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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-11-30

tne Snark Jaws, and Ii was evident ne
had swallowed the block and hooks
Fears for the safety Of the lieutenant
were cut short by the appearance OF
the intrepid fellow over the side Of the
launch, he having been hauled up jus,
behind the shark.
The diver told Of grewsome experi
ence In the water. He had found the
mine and was getting the block and
hooks ready to tackle to 1t when b.
was knocked over by some force frop
behind and in another instant was be-
ing hauled to the surface. The greedy
shark had swallowed the wrong game
After getting breath the lieutenant
went down again and hooked to the
mine, which was brought to the sur
face and destroyed.
1t was not because the roster of fear
less leaders was exhausted that the
Aausers cut down only three command
ers at the head of Wikoff's brigade in
the attack on San Juan hill. Colonel
Wikoff, Colonel Worth and Colonel Lis
cum all went down within 20 minutes
after the brigade came under fire.
Colonel Ewers of the Ninth infantry
was the senior officer of the brigade
after the fall of Liscum. He lived
through the ordeal which followed.
where so many gallant soldiers bit the
dust, but his escape was owing to his
charmed life rather than agility In
seeking shelter.
AS soon as the troops lined up in the
captured trenches it became a long
range duel, with every advantage on
the side of the Spaniards, because of
their smokeless powder Colonel Ewers
stood head and shoulders above the
breastworks scanning the enemy's
lines. In vain the young officers-he
Is a civil war veteran-urged him to
avoid exposure. But with field glass in
hand he swept the line right and left
and finally handed the glass to the
Junior who had been most persistent
in begging him to keep down. you
see that line of intrenchmeuts over
busy"
Having located the source of the
Spanish fire with risk to himself, he di-
rected that it be returned from his own
line. That gave the Spaniards new
employment for the rest Of the day.
The negroes are to have further
chance to show their valor now that
the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth
have been added to the army in the
Philippines. The noncoms Of the col
ored regiments are the stuff for heroes.
In the Twenty-fourth, at San Juan hill.
Sergeant Henry Thornton, the crack
shot Of Company l., rushed to the sum-
NIT in advance to locate the Spanish
lines. He found himself only 300 yards
from the enemy, but he stood there
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LTHOUGH the
Spanish war, or
more properly
the actual fight
ing, was an af-
fair of weeks
only, 1t added
m a II y bright
names to the
roll of martial
heroes. One of
the first soldier
victims Of vel
10 w fever at
Santiago In the
recent outbreak
of the ScOurge
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CAPTAIN STEWART. COLONEL MOSES.
plies Manila. Any time we walk 500
yards from camp we get all the fight
ing we want, as the 'niggers' are near
here, and they want the waterworks
badly. So you can see, although per-
laps the Nebraska regiments are men
TONED more often than ours, the whole
world knows what the Colorado regi-
ment has done for itself and the coun-
try"
OF the battle on the 25th Kirby said: !:
ut was pretty hot, / can tell you. I
could hear the Mauser bullets saying,
Fritz! Fritz" but I guess they didn't
want me. | felt the wind from one
once near my ear and looked back and
saw little cloud of dust about ten
feet behind me. But all the boys had
the same experience. and there was not
one that stopped. We Just kept peck
Ing away. From the first the niggers
kept up steady fire."
Colonel Moses escaped In the fight Of
the 25th. but was shot in the arm at
Cavite on June 10. the last severe
| fighting Of the regiment. At Cavite
only six companies went out with the
regulars In the attack upon the in
surgent trenches toward Paranaque.
The Colorados made spirited charge.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
Mrs Thomas Riddleman, Parshall.
vile, Mich, writes: ! was troubled
with salt rheum for over thirteen
years. had tried a number OF doctors
without relief. MY husband bought a
box of Banner Salve, which applied
two or three times and my hands
| began TO get better. In a short time
they were entirely cured. f. n AL.
| drich.
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The bloodless campaign in Porto
Rico brought out another hero In the
person Of a sailor, Lieutenant Thomas
Griffin, Of the cruiser New Orleans.
While not an act Of daring under fire,
the lieutenant's exploit was carried out
under circumstances Of great risk and
in the face Of unseen dangers. Sent to
remove a live mine from the harbor of
San Juan, he set out with the best
equipment possible for his crew of
nine picked mine destroyers, but there
were some things in the murky waters
Of San Juan harbor not to be provided
,gainst-namely, sharks, and live wires
connecting with the mammoth sub
marine torpedo.
For two hours the divers roamed the
bottom of the sea In the locality
pointed out by the Spaniards before
the monster engine Of death was dis
covered. At last 1t had been safely dis
engaged from the massive mushroom
anchor which held it down. A catfall,
or block, with a clawlike hook, was at
tached to the ring In the end OF the
torpedo, and the crew attempted to
haul II to the surface. Suddenly the
weight under water grew light, and 1t
transpired that the motion OF the tide
had lifted the torpedo high enough for
It to slip the hook Of the catfall from
Is ring, and that meant, Of course, that
the terrible explosive was travelling to
the bottom, impelled by its own weight
and might explode underneath the
launch with force to swamp It. The
boat was speedily pulled to safe dis
tance, but no explosion occurred.
Silently, as a man who had made
I'D his mind to desperate deed, the
lieutenant exchanged his uniform for
a divers suit. buckied to a cutlass or
sword bayonet and ran down the lad
der into the water. At the end OF an
anxious hour the crew felt twitching
nj the ocean end of the line, and, fear
ing the worst, hauled away desperate
IL, bringing to the surface. to their
dismay. not the lieutenant, but man
eating shark. about II feet long.
Part of the tackle was visible between
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y. a II. Robert l.. McCook Post No. "a,
meets nrst and third Saturday afternoon each
month In @. A. h. hall
w K STOWE, Commander.
WI. CORNELL, Adjutant,
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". h. Z. Meets first and third Saturday
evenings at o'clock.
Ms Emma Thayer. Mrs. Eliza Vinegar.
Secretary. President.
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NATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION,
Meets second and fourth Friday evenings of
each month In A. o. u. w. hall
+. Il, BoYDsN, President.
ms. G. c. BARR, Secretary.
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was an army man who made a gallant
ride in Porto Rico to call the battle
off and save many noble lives at the
tenant James b. Mclaughlin of the
signal corps was the hero.
When the protocol was under cOnsid.
Grafton, the American column under
General Brooke was making all speed
to Guayama, town surrounded by
formidable heights, upon which the
Spaniards took up position. The troops
toiled up the mountain sides the night
of Aug. II and got into position to
open fire upon the Spaniards. Lieuten-
ant Mclaughlin was in the rear con-
structing signal lines and at o'clock,
the 18th, received over his wire run
ming back to the port at Arroyo the
news that the protocol had been sign
ed. He knew that General Brooke
would storm the heights at the earliest
moment to prevent the Spaniards gath
ering strength. The shortest road to
the front was across country through
swamps, chaparral and tall grass, an
unmarked and tangled pathway.
Mounting his horse, the lieutenant set
out without a guide and no companion
but an orderly to carry the news to
Brooke before the ball opened for a
new chapter of carnage.
The orderly was soon left behind.
Momentarily expecting to hear the
boom Of the cannon, the foremost rider
drove his spurs into his horse to urge
him through the thorny bushes, cha
parral and mire which lay between him
and the firing line. The infantry sup
ports of the batteries were encounter
ed, and they told the heated messenger
that the guns were ready. and the sig
nal of attack was waited by the mar
shaled troops. Squirting forward for
last dash. Mclaughlin reined his
foaming steed before the guns at 80,
and his startling apparition, without a
spoken word. arrested the hands Of the
cannoneers, who were about to pull
the lanyards. with General Brooke
standing by to direct the firing. When
the ground came to be examined, II
was found that the Spaniards were in
position to annihilate the Americans
on that shelterless slope even without
good gunnery, and so this young lieu
tenant, of his own motion and with
reckless disregard Of his life, saved our
army in Porto Rico from horrible dis
aster.
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|REBEkAH Tetonka Lodge, No. 26, meets
second and fourth Tuesday night each month
|NL 0. o. F. Hall.
FLORENCE CAMPBELL, n. q.
BLANCHE BIGLER, Secretary.
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fahSI BAPTIST Services every Sunday
mnorhing and evening. Sunday school after
SiOrnins Ssn als service. Prayer meeting Wednes-
A. j. FINCH, Pastor.
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CHURCHES.

flKST PRESBYTERIAN Services ev-
~ sunday morning and evening. Sunday
oehool following morning service. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening.
w. NJ. JENNINGS Pastor.
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Yoona,s Dray | line
A. G. YOUNG, Prop,

Draying and hauling OF al kinds. Prices always
reasonable. Baggage and household goods
handled with especial care.
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Union ENCAMPMENT No. a5. 1. O.
IA. p, meets second and fourth Friday each
month at ODD Fellows hall
OLE KNUTsoN, G. p.
w. j. MATTICE, Scribe.
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la. 0. U. W. Brookings Lodge No. /, meets
trst and third Friday eacn month in A. .. U.
", ball. W. II. MURPHY, NJ. w.
c. r DOUGHTY, Recorder.
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HALLWAY TIME TABLE.

CHICAGO q NORTHWESTERN R'Y.
o. D. Subject to change
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hoo. +. Brookings Lodge No, 40, meets
ysrv Sonday in their hs j
D. H Campbell, n. G.
WI MATTICE, Sec'y.
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spnda,, NAN (Norwegian) Services each
sShoa,y shuy morning and evening. sunday
%noOI each Sunday.
f. G. NORMAN, Pastor.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

In 7. 6. Brookings Chapter No. Is, meets
Al Monday and third Tuesday each month,
n Masonic Temple. MRS. J. II. HOOKER,
NRs s. W LOCKWOOD, Sec'y. W. NJ
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HEROES OF THE WAR.
BRAVE HEARTS GALORE IN EVERY
RANK AND STATION.
A signal Corps Lieutenant and His
Gallant Ride-Diving Among Live
Wires and Sharks to Destroy n
Mine-San Juan Hill and Ell Caney.

copyright, 1899, by G. L. Kilmer.l
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1oh svla " EGlAN BAPTIST Services
every Sunday afternoon.
JACOB OLSON, Pasor.
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onlokCH w. .is OF CHRIST (scientisp Ser.
'~'' every Sunday in the @. A. r. hall.
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Brookings
Machine Shop.

III Is In better shape to handle
Iall kinds OF repairing In brass
and iron than 1t has ever been
] before.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
The Topic Discussed by the South.
ern industrial Convention

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Oct 13.-Yester-
days session of the Southern Industrial
Convention was the largest attended and
most interesting held thus far. The race
problem, as bearing on the Industrial
progress of the South, was the topic of dis
cussion during the entire morning session
Booker T. Washington, president of the
Tuskegee Normal Institute, led the dis
cussion. He said:
In all discussion bearing on the negro
in America il should be borne in mind
that We are dealing with people who were
forced to come here without their consent
and in the face of the most earnest pro-
test. Your duty to the negro will not have
been fulfilled until you have made OF him
the highest type Of American citizen in in
teiligence, usefulness, and prosperity"
Former Governor A McCorkle. of West
Virginia, said: I'VE do not want the ne
gro to leave the South. The proposition
is unworthy of its authors. We would not
consent 10 the removal of the negro to
any other country and the negro would
not go IL he could. What the white people
of the South intend to do is to educate the
negro up to an appreciation of his citi-
Zenship. The South is doing more for the
negro than the people OF any other sec
tion are doing, and we intend to do still
more. There is no question that the races
are greatly improved by daily contact with
each other. There is a kindly feeling on
both sides in all of the interests of life
that are not racial and inherent"
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Beers and rooineks (Englishmen) meet in
more or less friendly fashion. The old
Boer could unerringly hit a buck. running,
at seven hundred yards. The young Boer
is not much good at a bottle at two or
three hundred yards. OF course, there are
exceptions, but they are few.
Current news shows us that the Boer re-
tains his extraordinary power of rapidly
mobiliZing over a large, scattered and
sparsely populated district; but on the
other hand. it is certain that his shooting
has materially deteriorated and that his
waste of ammunition is ridiculous
His method of fighting, as is well known.
is semi-barbaric. The smallest cover is
taken advantage of with the skill of the
Zulu, but there is not that cohesion bat
tie formation, discipline or pluck which
that redoubtable nation possesses. Every
Boer fights on his own account and al
though there is nominal commandant of
the commando OF each district his author
ity is by no means absolute.
Boer commando viii retreat in confu-
sion il two men are killed They inva-
riably conceal the exact number of their
loss, and always underestimate it in sub
sequent reports. Their policy is to appear
invincible. In their Malaboch campaign
they certainly lost over two hundred men,
yet their official returns did not show one
tenth of that number. The seriously
wounded were hurried off to the nearest
farmhouse, and the dead promptly buried
or the bodies hurried away under cover
of night.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
MURDER IN HIS CARESS.
L baltimore Man MortnIIy Wounds
His Young Wife.

his
BALTIMORE, Md. Oct. 13.-Henry W.
Harris shot and mortally wounded his
wife yesterday because her father, A. G.
Jones, of Remove. Pa, had come to take
her back home with him. She was afraid
TO live with her husband on account of his
ungoyernable temper. The love of music
first brought the young people together.
She is twenty-four and a beautiful woman.
He is twenty-nine years of age. Eva Jones
three years ago was attending the Peabody
Conservatory of Music. She had fine
voice and was taking vocal Instructions
Six months after she first met Harris they
were married. Their baby is nine months
old.
Her father says that although his daugh-
ter has only been married two years and
a half she has had 10 leave her husband
and return TO her home in Pennsylvania
three times because of his violent temper.
A week ago Harris wrote her he was i'll and
she came back to Baltimore to nurse him.
Yesterday the father received a telegram
that there was trouble again. He hurried
to Baltimore, arriving yesterday. The
father decided that his daughter had better
return with him. Harris seemed distressed
He asked her father if Eva would return
if he behaved himself. The father said she
would. Then Harris stepped into his wife's
room where she was dressing for the jour-
ney. He put his left arm about her neck
as though to caress her, then quick as a
flash he drew pistol and shot her in the
head. He would probably have next turned
the revolver on himself had not Mr.. Jones
ran in and wrested the weapon from him.
When taken to the police station he acted
like a crazy man. I've killed my darling, =
he moaned, now let me die It was said
this morning that the woman could not re-
cover
The evening times., 1899-10-13
CHILDREN AS SHOPLIFTERs.
A Girl and Her Small Brother Ar
rested i'm New York.

A Girl and Her Small Brother Ar
rested in New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The youngster
shoplifters in New York were arraigned
in Jefferson Market police court yester-
day. They are Johnny Smith, twelve years
old. and his eight-year-old sister, Mamie.
She is little bit of thing, no taller than
most children of five. She has brown hair
that curls a sweet face, and a most en-
gaging smile. She wears a woman's cape
three or four inches too big for her at the
throat, but long as a cloak upon her tiny
figure.
The detectives in the big department
stores along Sixth Avenue have watched
the Smith children for the last four weeks.
Almost from the first appearance of the
boy and girl wandering from one counter
to another the watchers have felt sure
that they were looking only for a chance
to steal. But they seemed SO innocent,
and to arrest them without finding stolen
goods in their possession would make
such a hullabaloo, that the detectives
were Obliged, very sorrowfully, to let them
go.
There was a fash of red feathers and
black ribbons in the air, and the hat was
gone. Mamie had whisked it under her
cloak, then started down the aisle looking
as demure as if she were going to Sun
day school. Miss Elliott followed the chill
dren to the door OF the building before
she had them arrested
The evening times., 1899-10-13
JAMES HoUsToN's HEIR.
A Sister of the Famous Texan Gets
Sixty Thousand Dollars.

FRANKLIN, Pa, Oct. 13.-Mrs. o. G.
Dalrymple, of Pittsburg, has. by re-
markable circumstance, learned that she
is heir to a fortune valued at $50, 900.
The estate is that of her brother DR..
James Houston, who died in Texas, twenty
years ago. Shortly after the outbreak of
the civil war Houston had much property
destroyed by Union soldiers, which so an
gered him that he ceased all relations with
his relatives. who lived in the North.
The latter knew nothing Of Houston
from that time until few weeks ago,
when a son of Mr.. Dalrymple went from
here to Corsicanna, Tex, where he acci-
dentally met an old colored man, who had
been a servant of Mr.. Houston.
From the negro it was learned that
Houston, from whom the city of Houston
got its name. had left a fortune and no
apparent heirs. and an investigation proved
the story to be true. Mrs. Dalrymple is
the sole heir. She is a widow.
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Miss Mary Burnham, daughter OF the
late Robert K Compton, of Georgetown,
and Mr.. John Goode Urquhart were mar
ried yesterday afternoon at st. Adams
Church. near Tenleytown, by Rev. Mr..
Bratenahl, the picturesque little edifice
being filled with guests. An orchestra
announced the approach OF the bri-
dal party, which consisted of Mr..
Douglas Sims. Mr. Duncan Bradley, Mr..
Lewis Heiskell. DR.. Robert Mason. and
Miss vanderguff, of Norfolk, who was the
only attendant maid. Her gown was of
white India silk, with which she wore
a modish straw hat, and her flowers were
American Beauty roses. The bride was es-
corted to the chancel by her brother-in-
law. Mr.. Charles Warden, and the groom s
best man was his brother, DR.. Urquhart, of
Baltimore. The wedding gown was of
white liberty silk, trimmed with old family
lace. Orange blossom sprays fastened her
tulle VEIL and the bride carried white
roses arranged in a shower bouquet. A we'd
ding breakfast followed at the residence OF
the brides mother. in Cleveland Park, and
afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Urquhart left for
their bridal tour They will reside in this
city
The evening times., 1899-10-13
Underwear Prices Advance

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct 13.-Practically all
the mills in this State. now organized un-
der the name of the American Association
of Knit Underwear Manufacturers, were
representated at the meeting of the trust
here yesterday. President Harden said that
the meeting had decided to make 10 per
cent advance in the price of fleece under
wear which is the kind most generally
worn, and in which line the competition
heretofore has been the fiercest. This ad-
vance has been fully warranted, he as
serted, by the advance in the cost Of cot
ton and wool to the manufacturer 1t also
was decided to do away with special dis
counts and long credits.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
MRS. ATKINsoN's VENTURE.
The Former Governors Wife an In
surance Agent.

ATLANTA. Oct. 13--Quite a sensation
has been created in business and social
circles by the entrance OF the wife OF
former Governor Atkinson into the field as
general State agent for fire and life
insurance comanies. When Colonel Atkin
son ran for governor six years ago it
was through the indomitable management
of his wife that he secured the Demo-
cratic nomination.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Atkinson died
and left his widow with family Of five
children. In explaining why she has un-
dertaken this work, Mrs. Atkinson says
she has a double purpose-frst to make
a living for and to educate her children,
and secondly to open a new field Of labor
to women. Society women have written
many letters of congratulation to Mrs.
Atkinson. She is doing WELL
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Mrs. A. A. Thomas, her sister, Mrs. En-
win Graves, Of Philadelphia: her mother.
Mrs. Rufus Parks, of Oconomowoc, and her
niece, Miss Julia Macmillan, botanist, re-
Gently of the Washington High School, have
returned from ninety days outing among
the Great Lakes.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
Fi.hed Up a Mans Body.

NORFOLK. Va, Oct. 13.-while fishing
in the Elizabeth River Wednesday Henry
Grinnalds brought to the surface the body
of an unknown colored man. The body
was taken in charge by the county au-
thorities.
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Chandlee have
issued cards for the marriage reception Of
their daughter, Corinne Cameron, and DR..
Daniel Grant Davis. Thursday evening,
October 10. from 7:3O to 10 o'clock. The
occasion will also mark the forty-frst
wedding anniversary of the parents of the
bride.
The evening times., 1899-10-13
For the Ladies of Fashion.

The feminine folk Of this city will be in.
terested TO learn that Wm. Schwartz, formerly
OF Baltimore, has opened at l120 Connecticut
Avenue, and offers for the early season to make
Tsilor-made Suits of the newest imported fabrics
for SIS. Those who acquainted with Mr.
schwartzs fashion productions win readily appre.
clate TINS oner. The most stylish and perfect
fitting garments, made by the best tailors' Iately
oi Wv iOrA' se2llmo
The evening times., 1899-10-13
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The latest addition to the Diplomatic
Corps at Washington Is Raul Amaral, who
has just been appointed secretary TO the
Brazilian Legation here.
The evening times., 1899-10-13

MIR. Daniel Talon, Lord Mayor of Dub
lin, is en- route for this country, via the
White Star steamship Majestic.
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Mrs. Frank Hatton, who is now in New
York for visit, is stopping at the Fiftt
Avenue Hotel.
The evening times., 1899-10-13

Mr.. A. H. Shattuck, of the Treasury De-
partment. will leave for Boston today on
his annual leave