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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
MANY HOMES SAVED.
Decision Aga nst the Northern Pacific In
Idaho Reservation Cases.

Decision Aga nst the Northern Pacific In
Idaho Reservation Cases.
BOISE, Ida, Nov. l5.-Some time ago
a suit was brought by the Northern
Pacific railroad to eject about 300 set
tiers in Northern Idaho who had settled
upon lands which the road claimed
under its grant from the government.
This land embraces several hundred
thousand acres and is situated in the
Kootenai country. When the govern
ment made the grant to the road it in.
cluded every alternate section for 40
miles back from the line Of the road,
excluding the land held as Indian res
ervations. When the Indians ceded a
large portion of their reservation to the
government the road claimed this, and
under the grant the case was brought
before United States Judge Beatty, who
decided that the land belonged to the
government and that the settlers were
entitled to possession. The attorneys
for the road appealed to the circuit
court, which has just dismissed the
appeal This action saves the homes of
hundreds of Idaho settlers as no further
appeal will be taken.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
FAR FROM SETTLED
TURKISH QUESTION AGAIN BECOM-
ING TROUBLESOME.
Relations Between Bulgaria and the
Porte Are Strained and the Sultan Is
Massing Troops on the Frontier.
Austria Also Threatens.

LONDON, Nov. l5.-The usually well
informed correspondent of The Times
says: The final treaty Of peace be-
tween Turkey and Greece has not yet
been signed and the negotiations OF the
powers with respect to autonomy for
Crete have hardly emerged from the
initial stage when already there are
disquieting symptoms in the Balkans.
The relations between Bulgaria and the
porte are strained. The sultan is pre-
pairing for all eventualities and 100000
Turkish soldiers are stationed on the
Bulgarian frontier, armed with Mausers
and amply provided with horses and
guns. Servia, of course, would be in
volved in any complications in connec-
ton with Macedonia, while recent ac-
counts from Albania reports signs OF
growing unrest. On the whole, the
outlook in the East is nowise reassur-
inp
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
BARELY ESCAPED DEATH.
Nj illionaire Bradbury at Sea without
Food or Water for Five Deys.

Nj illionaire Bradbury at Sea without
Food or Water for Five Days.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Colonel
John Bradbury, the Los Angeles mil
ionaire, has just barely escaped death.
For five days he was at sea in an open
launch and entirely without food. He
left his mines on Rosario river last
week to 60 to Mazatlan in a small
launch, there being only the engineer
with him. Outside the river they en-
countered storm and it was impossible
for them to reach shore. Fuel and food
gave out and they burned everything
about the launch except the hull to keep
her going, even throwing in most OF
their clothing. For five days they bat.
tied with the storm, suffering from
starvation and thirst. The men had
signals of distress displayed and ID
miles south of Mazatlan tug sent out
by Bradbury's uncle sighted the launch.
At that time the engine had stopped
and the men were lying in the bottom
of the boat half conscious.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
JUMPED lNTOTHE FiREBOx.
Fireman on the Northern Pacific Suicides
in Novel Manner.

Fireman on the Northern Pacific Suicides
in "A Novel Manner.
MANDAN, n. D., Nov. 15.-Fireman
Joseph Williams, who went west on
the engine that hauled the passenger
train, committed suicide near Marmott
by jumping into the firebox. Engineer
Burke was Mortified at seeing his fire.
man disappear as he did in the fire, and
endeavored to rescue him from his sad
fate, but his head and the top part
of his body were consumed.
Williams had been attending to his
work as usual, and had not given any
indication of being in any different
mood than on the many previous oc-
casions when he had gone over the
same run. The train was running at
ordinary speed, and the fireman was
busy at his customary duties.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Fire in the Smuggler Shaft
May Close Down the En-
tire District.
Attempts to Bulkhead Connec-
tons Fail and a Spread
Is Expected.
Forty Men Overcome by the
Deadly Gas in Fighting
the Flames.

ASPEN, Colo., Nov. Is. "A fire that
in the camp is raging in the eight level
of the Smuggler mine. The cause of
the catastrophe is supposed to be spon-
taneous combustion. So far the fire is
confined to large crib and is burning
at a point about 500 feet below the sur
face. All efforts to reach the fire have
proved unsuccessful and an attempt to
place bulkheads in the connection came
near losing the lives of some 30 men.
Over 40 of these were SO overcome by
the deadly gas that for time their
lives were despaired of.
The burning crib is located about 30
feet from the Mollie Gibson and the
Smuggler. Mollie connection furnished
a draught for the fire. The Mollie Glib
son people attempted to bulkhead their
connections, but came near losing a
number of men. At one time IL un-
mine and stretched out on the shaft
house floor Shortly thereafter six
more were hoisted out in an only
slightly less serious condition. AL
though physicians were on the ground
it took the energetic and vigorous eff.
forts of the bystanders to bring these
men around within three.quarters of
an hour A miner named Ed Hodge
son, while in a dazed condition, fell
down an ore chute and sustained seri-
Ops in inrieS
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
A TIP TO TURKEY.
Greek War Indemnity Must Not Be Used
to Increase the Navy.

Greek War Indemnity Must Not Be Used
to Increase the Navy.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. l5.-The Rus
sian embassy here has made an impor-
tant announcement to the Turkish gov
ernment. In substance it is that If
Turkey intends to apply part OF the
Greek war indemnity to an increase OF
the Turkish armaments, Russia desires
to remind Turkey that the unpaid ar
rears of the Russo Turkish war indem"
nifty amounts to 81, 10000 adding that
if the policy of the Turkish government
is as indicated Russia will demand the
payment of this amount.
The Russian pronouncement has
strongly impressed the diplomatic
corps, who believe it is directed against
the plans to reorganize the Turkish
navy,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Has Gone to Join Her Husband.

CHICAGO, Nov. l5.-Mrs. Jessie Lin
coin Beckwith, daughter of Robert T.
Lincoln, left Chicago last night to join
her husband at Mount Pleasant, La.
Her marriage to Warren w. Beckwith
at Milwaukee recently created sensa-
tion and it had been rumored that her
father would insist in the separation Of
the young couple, but no apparent
effort was made to prevent her de.
parture
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
CHOATE is SLATED.
Said the New York Lawyer VIII Likely
succeed Mckenna.

CHICAGO, Nov. ia special from
Washington says: 1t is considered
likely that Joseph H. Choate will enter
President McKinley's cabinet as attor-
ney general. If he does, it will be as
the representative of the independent
element in the Republican party in New
York state.
Mr.. Choate's name has been presented
to the president for the post to be va
Gated by Attorney General McKenna
who is to take Justice Fields place on
supreme court bench. 1t has been un.
der consideration 10y Mr.. Mckinley and
his most intimate advisers for several
days, and if the expectations of those
who are urging il are not disappointed
Mr.. Choate's appointment will be made
public possibly as early as next Mon
day"
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
AUSTRIA THREATENS.

Sultan Must Make Amends for an Insult to
One of Her Citizens.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 15.-Boron de
Calice, the Austro- Hungarian ambassa-
dor to the porte, has demanded the dis
missal of the vail of Adana, Asia Minor,
and of the mntersarif Of Merzina, the
port of Adana, the two officials respon-
sible for the recent indignity to the
Austrian merchant, Brazzafoll, agent
at Merzina of the Austrian Lloyd
Steamship company. He has also de-
manded salute to the Austrian flag.
In event of failure to comply with both
demands, Baron de Calice will quit
Constantinople on Thursday next.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
March to Be Res umed in January.

LONDON, Nov. 15.-According to a
dispatch to The Daily Mail from Cairo,
the advance of the Anglo Egyptian ex.
pedition toward Omdurman, on the
Nile opposite the site Of Khartoum,
where the khalifa has concentrated his
troops for final stand, will be resumed
in January. The Egyptian troops will
be used, as it is not practicable to spare
the necessary British force.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Killing More Men Than Deer.

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, Nov. TO-
Fred Cawling, rs years old, manager of
Wright Bros. extensive cedar business,
was shot dead fou2 miles from Chan
ming. He was mistaken for a deer by
an old hunter named Walmsley and
shot in the hack, the ball passing
through his heart. This makes the
fifth fatality since the deer season
opened week ago.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Was a Wisconsin Pioneer.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Karl Roser,
a we'll known German American jour-
nalist, died here in the S7th year of his
age. Mr.. Roser was one of the foun-
ders of the Republican party in Wis
consin. He had spent the later years
of his life in this city,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Post Office Burglars Jailed.

SHERBURNE, Mimi, Nov. l5.-James
Carney and James McKenny were in.
terrupted while robbing the jackson
postctfice. After exchanging shots with
the night watchman they fed and were
captured later in the day, McKenny be-
ing wounded in the leg.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
burned Two Buildings.

CHICAGO, Nov. l5.-Fire in the fac
tory of the Nutri company of
Philadelphia, manufacturing chemists,
destroyed two buildings, causing loss
Of $4,000 to 100000. During the
blaze there were three explosions of
gasoline and windows were broken and
firebrands scattered all over the neigh.
borhood,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
OEPOSlTORS WILL BE PAID,

Bank of Antigo Closes on Account OF
Irregular Bookkeeping.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15.-A special to
The Journal from Amigo, Wis, says:
The bank of Amigo closed it's doors by
order of the board of directors on ac-
count of irregularities in the books as
und by the bank examiner. An ap-
plication was made for receiver. De-
positors will be paid in full, H. G. Berg
man, president, and @. B. Mcdonald,
vice president. pledging themselves to
make good all deficiencies. The extent
of all the irregularities is unknown.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Scientist Church dedicated.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10. The first Scien-
tist church of Chicago and the largest
house of that denomination in the
world was dedicated Sunday. Four
services, attended by 5000 people, were
held, visiting Scientists from all over
the country being present.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Peunsylvania Dedicates a Monument.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 15.-Gov-
ernor Hastings was indisposed and was
not able to attend the two regimental
dedications which occurred at the Ma
tional Chickamauga park during the
afternoon. The monument was for.
mally dedicated at 8 p. M, Colonel
Blakely, president of the Pennsylvania
battlefield commission, presiding.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
An Arkansas Lynching.

OsCEoLA, Ark, Nov. l5. Henry
Phillips, alias Doc Jones, colored, a
self-confessed murderer and moon
sinner, was lynched in the courtyard
here at midnight.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Unearthed Eek tensive Smugs ling.

PORT HURON, Mich, Nov. l5.-Cus-
toms officers have unearthed what
promises to prove extensive operations
IN phenacetine smuggling Nearly 500
ounces Of the drug were contiscated.
1t was found at the home of a Mrs.
Fraser, who is under arrest.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17
Alper Confined to H s Room.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Secretary
Alger, who is ill with an attack OF ton.
s:litis, is reported much better. The
secretary is still confined to his room
und it will be some days before he can
resume his official duties
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17

Nine New Cases, Three Deaths.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10. The fever
situation continues to improve. Nine
new cases were reported during the
day and three deaths.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-11-17

the effects OF the dragging that they
did not realize what was about to han.
pen when the ropes about their necks
were tossed over the same beam. They
were unable to stand and were slowly
raised from the ground on which they
lay until their bodies swung into the
air and dangled from the windlass with
that OF Coudot, and the three bodies
swayed to and fro in the bright moon.
light, ghastly spectacle. The mob
then dispersed, mounted their horses
and rode away.
How Two Others Escaped.
There were two other men alleged to
have been implicated in the murders
for which the three were lynched, and
they were saved from the same fate by
the fact that they are confined in Bur.
leigh county Jail at Bismarck, 4O miles
away. The mob would like to have
secured them also, and, if they had
been within reach, there is no doubt
that they would have shared the fate of
their comrades. 1t is said that the
lynchlng was precipitated by recent
decision Of the supreme court of the
state granting new trial to the Indian
Coudot, the only one of the five men
who had been tried and found guilty of
the crime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
STEERING BY IN reno.
e Chicago Times-Iorald.

From The Chicago Times Herald
According to Ia Verne w Moves ~ this city
who has Just returned from a IN Gsummor pleas
ure trip 10 Alaska navigation in those North
crn ATTITUDES possesses some rather remarkable
features.
~ believe the inland steamer route to Alaska
is the finest pleasure trip in the world" SAID
dcscrihably beautiful and the water separated
from the Pacific by chain Of islands. is as
smooth any harbor in the world But
many points along the route the channel is
quite tOrtuOus and full Of rocks. and whenever
Z, fog is encountered every movement Of the
ship is iraught with danger
Il was awakened about :; O'Clock ono morning
by long blast Of the camers Nl.-''. This
struck unusual. for vessels are rarely met
on that trip. and there are comparatively no
settlements. moment later heard the cap
tain ard tn" pilot on the bridge over my state
room engage in a very lively colloquy
81 tell you it's right there said one Of them.
eXcitrdly; it must be, or well be on the rocks
in a minute"
That was enough for me. ] tumblcd ont Of
my berth and half-dressed rushed out on deck
screech 1t seemed to be answered Immediately
by another whistle near by. and imagined We
were meeting a steamer
"'What did tell you" cried the pilot There
she is all right!
after waiting ten minutes or more, hoping
TO be able TO catch glimpse OF the strange
craft ] accosted the captain and asked him
where the other steamer was. My question
nearly gave him epileptic fit We had run
into a dense fog and our pilot was guiding us III
that crooked channel and among those trcachcr-
Gus rocks by the echoes sent back from Inc
mountains which here and there rise prccipi-
tousiy from the waters edge"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10

detained the man full four hours but he
showed signs of pain fear. any inclina-
ton to apply a remedy. In order to convince
himself that the viper had not been mutated
by the extraction Of its poison fangs Bruce
made the reptile bite pelican. and the bird
speaks OF a man who, with his naked hand.
took one Of these vipers from q number OF
others lying at the bottom Of a tub He put
1t on his head then In his breast and tied II
about his neck like a necklace. Next it was
made to bite hen. which died in few min
utcs: and. to complete the experiment. the man
took it by the reck and, beginning at the tail.
ate it, as one does a carrot n stock Of celery.
without any seeming repugrance.'
This practice OF snake-eating still fingers in
Northern Africa. Drummond Hay. In his book
on Western Barbary. published in 1914. relates
some OF his experiences with snake-charn er5
Of the sect called Eisowy and says that ne has
frequently seen individuals Of this sect whom
he met On his sporting expeditions handle
injury. the animal never attempting to sting
or bite them He also witnessed their exhibit
tons. in which they allowed themselves to be
bitten. or provoked the snake to bite them The
person bitten then ate or chewed. the reptile,
which. writing with pain bit him in the neck
and hands till it was actually destroyed by the
Eisowy's teeth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
An ODD WEAPON FOR 4 HATFIELD.

Parkersburg OY. Va) correspondence Of The
Ch.cag) Tribune
Mrs f. p Chapman. Of Hartford City. w. Va.
vouches for the truthfulness Of the following
story concerning Hanse Hatfield. one Of the
widely known outlaws Of the Hatfield Mccoy
gang.
She Was in Kanawha County some time ago
nsttutmg Rcbekah Lodge. and her way
home stopped over Sunday with the family Of
q merchant IN Charleston. HanSe Hatfield was
in the city at the same time and was the guest
OF the chant, being there on a purchasing
tour. On Sunday evening Hatfield asked to be
shown the Methodist Episcopal church, and on
being informed that there was no service in that
church that evening accepted the invitation 10
80 with the merchants family to the Prcsby
terian church. Upon arriving at the church
Hatfield took the merchant TO one side and told
MIN the Hatn,ds had such a bad reputation
that he always carried weapon. He then pro-
ceeded to open hand grip he was carrying.
10 the snrITlse Of the uslrty he took thcrefrom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
IT MiKLS + DIFFERENcE.

From Tn cni.a P'st
Il understand youi uncle BROUGHT $500 100
back from tho k.ondIkc"
80"
$50? Why. that vas certainly the report"
"Y's. That WIS trc report ~ Dawson city.
but when he got to st Mchael's tGmor let It
drop - >G2JOpO"
w u. that's a pretty good sum"
"Df course IL g.. bat after n" had sailed 80
got word that the actual vain" of his nugLets
probably wouldn't exceed S'>orD"
".;f.ll. h" could do the handsome thing by You
II la. wanted to-"
80 doubt about that At all but when he
landed At Seattle In" newspaper reports from
there CAV, his fortune rs only SiluOp"
even that is good deal of mon j."
VERY true. but the next tim" w. heard from
him he was in san Francisco. and the best they
could make Of it there was a little less than
S.DvyD'
"Prct:y good pay for a years work. anyway"
"Tnquos;ionably; bat he reached Chicago this
morning with a letter ~ credit for %iIii. which
rcrrcsoitcd the total value II the gold that he
and his partner had brought ! own and delivered
at the san Francisco mint. and thcy Vant M to
board them for nothing all winter. 50 that they
can have that for their expenses when they
want TO 20 back I'm the spring.
1t Is strange. indeed that some fortunes that
seem as big rs a house NJ distance cannot
b. seen with the naked eye when they Set into
the same ward with US
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10

an old and much fused Bible and holding II IN
SO those near could see it, said:
rms is the only weapon ] ever carry, and to
get along well and live close to the feet of Jesus
ChrlSt one must carry IL constantly and use it
OFTEN The Bible was all there was in the
grip.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10

From Thr chicago Post.
Il understand your uncle BROUGHT $4,000
back from tho klondike."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
The Motherly Laadlaly.

A friend Of mine changed his board
ing place last week, going to one Of
those houses that advertise home COM
forts and motherly landlady, which
generally means that she is a person
who will pry into ones private affairs
and read long letters left lying about
This particular landlady happens to re-
gard drinking and smoking as particu-
lar devices of the devil, so when my
friend began to praise new brand of
tobacco at the dinner table the other
night she saw her chance and promptly
Clipped into the conversation.
Smoking makes men utterly selfish,
she said, as q starter, enunciating her
words as il she were saving ice into
symmetrical blocks.
Ny friend was dazed for moment,
for he had not much experience with
people who denounce everything as
wrong which they do not personally
fancy, but he quickly recovered and an
swered: "Possibly so, but after al it's
a stand of, for abstinence from smoking
seems to make people deucedly impolite
Or possibly you indulge little? So
many Of the ladies enjoy their cigarettes
nowadays. ="
Then the storm broke Boston Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
An Enterprising Thief.

"The most enterprising thief I ever
heard of was one whom Twas appointed
by the court to defend, said Henry v.
Joy, q prominent St, Louis lawyer. "a
wealthy man died, and as fine coffin
was obtained as money could buy. There
was some very heavy solid silver plate
on it. AS the hearse moved off well
dressed, businesslike looking man was
seen to enter it, carrying little sack as
if of tools Every one who noticed him
at all supposed he was an assistant Of
the undertaken Just before the process.
sion reached the cemetery the man
emerged from the hearse and went
ahead, disappearing at the gate When
the coffin was removed, all Of the trap
pings were gone, and the young man
was not to be found. He melted the sill
yer and sold it, and had it not been for
q pal betraying him he would never
have been caught. "-Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Saved by q Cool Head.

Sir Andrew Clarke, while travelling
in Italy, ascended !. high tower one
evening and found at the top another
tourist, an Englishman. They chatted
pleasantly for few minutes when sud-
denly the stranger seized Sir Andrew
by the shoulders and said quietly, Il
am going to throw you over. The man
was maniac. The physician had only
a moment in which to gather his
thoughts, but that moment saved him.
"Pooh," be replied unconcernedly,
"anybody can throw man off the
tower! If we were on the ground, you
could not throw me up. That would be
too difficult. 20 Eyes, could, retorted
the maniac. "I could easily throw you
up here from the ground. Let US 60
down, and will do it." The descent
was accordingly made, during which
Sir Andrew managed to secure help and
release himself from his perilous situa-
tion.-San Francisco Argonaut.