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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11

cures made by Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
Ger specialisf ard ;e
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
His Refusal.

"That man once offered me money
for my vote" remarked the practical
politician.
"And you refused it with scorn?'
81 did. My conscience wouldn't per-
nit me to take it. 1t wasn't more than
half Of what is customarily paid, and
I couldn't have looked my fellow men,
bers Of the legislature i'll the face if |
had cut prices. es."-Washington Star.
The Rings of Saturn.
81 wonder if Mars really is inlabit-
ed"
Give it up, but if Saturn is Ill bet
the politicians own it"
why?
"Becausc you can see the rings
Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11

Pyny-Balsam Stops the Tickling,
and quickly alays Inflammation in the throat.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
Royal Competitor for the Cup.

London, Nov. 29.-It is quite like
ly that the Prince of Wales will try
for the American cup races to be
sailed next year.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 10 know of the wonderful
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
BEESWAX WANTED
INLARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES

z WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAR
L ket price for clean AMI pure Beeswax.
Price governed by color and condition
RICE 3. HARMAN,
At the Bazaar. Lexington, S. C.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
NAVIGATION IS 0 K
Interurban Stretch of Mississippi
Will Be Navigable.
SOME MISLEADING DISPATCHES
Quotations From General GiIIispie's
Renort show the Mistake
Made.

Fro,s The JossrrsGI Bsreoas. Room .AS. Poet
BttStdisa0s Taslttla0fo9a-
Washington, Nov. There is no truth
in the published statement in north
western papers that General Gillispie,
chief of engineers, United States,
in his annual report. says the navigation
fthe Mississippi between Minneapolis
and St. Paul will be impracticable even
after the locks have been furnished be-
cause of the shallowness in low water
and swift current in high water. In order
to show exactly what General Gi1lispie
said on this point, I quote verbatim from
his report. Speaking of the Mississippi
between the twin cities he says:
In its natural condition this channel can
only be nayigated at low water by very small
boats, and at higher stages the current is so
swift as to make all navigation difficult.
General Gillispie then proceeds to tell
what the government is doing, in the way
of locks and dam building, to change this
natural condition" and make naviga-
ton easy at all times of the year. In
concluding his report for this piece of
work General Gillispie says:
No effort on the navigable channel can re-
suit until both locks and dams are completed
There are no commercial statistics to report
as steamboats, cannot navigate this section
OF the river in it's present condition.
I am able to say authoritatively that
the engineering department OF the army is
very sure that the locks and dams will do
for the channel between the twin cities
just what Minneapolis thinks they will do.
The resident engineer in charge of the
work has always reported favorably re-
garding the project and General Gillispie
regards 1t as being entirely practicable
and feasible. w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
A RELATIVE OF The P. M.
ALSO AN UNCLE OF CARPENTER
pIicity In the POstOfTice Rob-
berry at Oxford, Wis.

The federal authorities have made an
other arerst in conection with that OF
Dwifht j. Carpenter, the university stu
dent, who attempted to cash two spurious
money orders at Red Wing MINI. P. R.
Lance of Minneapolis, postoffice in
spector engaged on the case, discovered
that the filled orders were sent to Car
penter by S. L. Stimson of Oxford, Wis,
who Is his uncle He communicated with
the inspectors of the Wisconsin division
who made the arrest Stimson is an as
sumed name, the correct one being Grant
Frazier. Frazier is brother-in-l law of
the Oxford postmaster and obtained the
blank money orders from the reserve
stock which he kept in trunk at his
home.
Carpenter will be given a hearing at 10
a. m. tomorrow before Commissioner
Spencer at st. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
A Serious Accusation Made
Against Reuben Pickett.
WIFE BURNED TN 1900
Unsuspected EVideE Causes Case
to Be Brought Up Now.
PICKETT is NOW MARRIED AGAIN
Several circumstances of His First
Wife's Death Now Appear to
Be Significant.

Reuben G. Pickett, a bookkeeper, has
been arrested on an Indictment charging
murder in the first degree. The case
promises to be a highly sensational one
when it comes to trial.
Pickett is accused of having caused the
death of his wife on Sept. 29, 1900, at their
fat, 816 Eighth avenue S. Mrs. Pickett
was burned to death in the bath room,
the attending circumstances being some
what unusual. Instead Of rousing the
neighbors and hurrying for blankets or
something with which to smother the
flames, he went to fire alarm box and
turned in an alarm. His explanation of
this conduct was given in a straight for
ward manner. He said that he was
awakened by hearing the noise of fall.
He arose and smeIled smoke which led
him to the bath room. There he beheld
his wife on the floor, her clothing in
flames. A basket or something was
wedged behind the door in such a manner
es to prevent him from getting into the
room. which was all ablaze.
About eight months from the time his
married again.
No inquest was held at the time, as
there seemed to be nothing to warrant
any proceedings by the authorities Late
ly, however, it is understood that informa-
tion has been received which seems to
demand prosecution of the case. 1t is re-
ported that when the fremen arrived the
door to the bathroom in which the woman
met her death was locked and the key was
missing. 1t is also asserted that the lamp
which naturally would be supposed to
have caused the fire was found intact after
the flames had been extinguished by the
fire department.
The matter was brought to the attention
of the grand jury by the relatives of the
dead woman who have always believed
there was foul play. The authorities at
frist took little stock in these suspicious
but as the grand jury investigated the
case began to take on more serious as
pect and 1t was finally decided to indict
Pickett and thresh the matter out in
court
1t is understood that on the testimony
OF one witness principally was the in
dictment found. This witness described
sounds that were heard issuing from the
nat indicating a quarrel between a man
and woman. The quarrel ended with
pleading on the part of the woman. Later
some time after everything had Quieted
down, fire was discovered 1t is believed
to the the theory of the state that Pickett
killed his wife and then caused the fire
In order to cover up the crime. The
failure of the coroner to hold an autopsy
makes the determination of the actual
cause of death difficult if not impossible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
BISHOP OF NORTH DAKOTA

To Be COnsecrated About Dec. L and
Go to Fargo Soon After Christmas
Special to The Journal.
Kansas City, Nov. Thomas Under
wood Dudley, acting presiding bishop Of
the Episcopal church in the United States,
granted permission to-day to hold the
services In Grace church. Kansas City, for
the conservation of the Rev. Cameron
Mann, as bushop of North Dakota. The
ceremony will take place about Dec. 1, al
though the exact date has not been fixed.
Bishop Mann expects to go to Fargo soon
after Christmas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01

He paid the same, of course, but he was
well, surprised.
1t seems that the charge was made at
the Instance of the Iowa managers, who,
OF course had to be considered in extend
ing any courtesies. The Minnesota man
agement, however, felt that 1t was hardly
the courteous thing to exact payment Of
Mr.. King, and mailed him a check for the
amount paid with due expression of re-
gret. Even If Mr.. King had been dis
posed to push the protest against Mueller,
therefore, 1t could not have been for the
sake OF revenge.
Mueller Says It's Spnte.
In an interview this morning Mueller
said that he had had no official notice of
his having been barred, but confirmed the
story Of the race substantially as given
above. In his opinion, the whole stir is
due to the wish of some of the Wisconsin
alumni in La Crosse to cause him trouble.
Said he:
Some Of the people of my home town, par
ticularly alumni of Wisconsin university. are
angry because I am playing with Minnesota
instead of with Wisconsin, and they are using
this Fourth of July race as a means of carry
ing out their spite. It's true that I ran in
fat mems race on that date, but at the time l
did not think there could be any possibility
that a charge of professionalism could be en-
CCA GU a5d4uSI uS udQ just recovered from
siege of sickness and happened to be at the
celebration with a number Of my friends.
who urged me to go into the race There was
no announcement Of a prize for the race as
Is usual in professional contests, and the
other contestants were only a big fat man
and kid. I went in for the fun Of the thing,
and the race was so easy that l ran halfof
it backwards. At the most the whole affair
did not amount to anything, and is a small
affair for any one to take up. Who ever
hear dof professional fat man runner any,
way?
The possibility of being barred breaks me
all up. But whatever happens, i shall never
play on any team against Minnesota 1 shall
make an effort if I am barred to be rein stat
ed Failing in that, I shall leave school at
the close of the year and GO into coaching for
a time.
Wild RumOrs.
Later in the day when it became
definitely known that Mueller had been
barred, there was a good deal of sup
pressed excitement on the campus, and
with it much wild talk. 1t was said that
other members Of the team were to be
protested. The most persistent effort
however, failed to en- BILE the tracing of
any Of these rumors to their source. The
authorities denied absolutely that they
knew any other members of the squad
who had violated any of the conference
rules.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
DYING LIKE SHEEP
Winnebago Indians in Ne
braska May Be Exter-
minated by Smallpox.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov Later reports
from the Winnebago Indian reservation
in Nebraska are to the effect that fifty
three of the 1000 Indians on the agency
have died from the fearful smallpox epi-
demic raging there.
There is no adequate medical force to
care for them and the disease threatens
the destruction Of the tribe.
Every town within twenty miles has es-
tablished regular guards who keep away
every Indian. The Indians are scattered
over 1,196 acres, and many lie sick and die
without medical attention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
NORMAL BOARDS CLAIM
Supreme Court Decision Bearing In
directly on Case.

The supreme court gave utterance to an
opinion this morning that is regarded as
significant. In the case Of Charles Elk
against the St. Paul Permanent Invest
ment company, an opinion written by
Judge Lovely says:
The constitutional limitation that no law
shall embrace more han one subject, which
shall be expressed in its title, must be con-
strued literally to accomplish the purpose for
which it was intended, viz, to prevent the
use Of a statutory title as trick or artifve
to secure legislation upon matters dissimilar
and not reasonably nor naturally connected
with the expressed purpose of such title.
This Is the point on which the normal
school board bases it's case against the
board of control. A liberal construction
of the board of control bill might give
that body control over all the educational
institutions.
The Elk case involved the validity OF a
section OF st. Pauls city charter. Great
Ing the board of public works. It was
claimed that too many subjects were in
cluded in the section, not expressed in its
title.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
DEATH lNSURES UNION
Young Couple Whose Love Anairs
Had Been Interfered With.

Reading, Pa, Nov. 1.-At noon to-day the
bodies of Walter Snyder and Minnie Reichs-
teller were found on Mount Penn with bullet
holes through their temples A pistol was
lying by Snyder's side, and it is supposed
he killed the girl and then committed suicide.
The couple left letter which they said
that their love affairs had bene interfered
with and that they died in order to be to-
gether. Snyder had been keeping company
with the girl for some time. He was rs and
the girl 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
HUTCHINsoN's LODGE LEADS.

Speflal 10 IHt JOuIudI
Hutchinson, Mimi, Nov. deputy Head
Markham OF the state camp, Modern Wood
men, have been at work here with the purpose
of making the Hutchinson camp one Of the
strongest in the state and have succeeded.
Last nights initiatory work continued until
4 O'Clock in the morning. adding nifty eight
new members to the rolls, making a total of
2S5, or the largest lodge in this district, COM
prising fourteen counties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
President Roosevelt Will Recommend
to Congress Reformed Method
of Dealing With Red Men.
His Plan Means the End Of Scandals
Growing Out of Thievery and
Corruptionin Varied Form.

Nrens T7se Je4ynSI Btre0u. Roo0s AS, Fees
SesttGt1lS, Washington.
Washington, Nov. Roosevelt is the
only president who has had actual con-
tact with the Indians and has understood
them as result Of personal contact.
His life on the western plains will perhaps
result in some startling recommendations
to congress regarding the Indian question
He had his final conference yesterday
afternoon with Commissioner Jones and it
is understood that Jones sweeping recon-
mendations regarding new Indian policy
were received by the president with
marked favor. sit is the expecta-
tion Of the Indian office that
they will appear in the message
and that Roosevelt is to set up during his
administration policy which will hasten
the final solution of the Indian problem
Jones is an ardent advocate of the
theories which for years have been held
by the Indian Rights association, a volun-
teer organization which meets annually
and discusses the Indian question from the
Indian point Of view, and has long
claimed that the present policy Of annui-
ties, rations, ETC., has pauperized the
noble red man and that his condition will
not change until there is change OF
policy. The president can only recon-
mend; but if he does that it will be some
thing. Congress will then have the ques-
tion before it authoratively, and at the
very least there will be discussion of the
question which will throw much light upon
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
Killed by a Practical Joke
Special to The Journal.

o The
apacic he
nwith
ndwheu
OF the audu
o y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
SEAMAN GOES INSANE.

Special to The Journal
Ashland, Wis, Nov. Moses Solomon
Clark of the schooner Wayne who was yes
terday pronounced insane, was taken to tho
marine hospital at Chicago, where he will
receive treatment
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01

Arguments in the
case Of the State Of
Minnesota against
the secretary of the
interior, involving
Minnesota's claim to
cnhooI Iapd~ ~ Aha
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
SCHOOL
LAND
ARGUMENTS.

ceded Chippewa reservations, were begun
in the supreme court to-day. Former At
torney General Childs and Frank B, Kel-
log gof St. Paul appeared for the stats
and Assistant Attorney General Van De-
venter Of the interior department for the
government. The facts in the case have
been agreed upon by counsel and stipu-
lation filed with papers in the case. The
question at issue is the construction of
the Nelson act as 1t relates to sections 16
and S6 in each township of the oeded lands.
The>state claims that these sections az
due under the act of admission and thu
government contends that the grant ap-
piled only to lands which were unre-
served at the time the state was admitted
to the union. Pending a decision by the
supreme court the secretary of the in
terror has withheld these lands from dis
position under the Nelson law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01

GOV. ALLEN Attorney General Knox
to-day decided that tho
MUST application for pardon by
Rafael Ortiz, the Porto
DECIDE. Rican confined in Still
water prison. is one which
comes under the Jurisdiction OF the gov-
ernor Of Porto Rico, and the case has
been referred to him for action.
W. w Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01

as were discovered In Montana and other
states during the past year and at the
same time protect innocent purchasers
Of such lands.
Commissioner Hermann also calls at
tention to the rapid1ty with which the
west is now being settled and suggests
that some remedial legislation should be
adopted that Will permit settlers to use
timber from the public lands for domestic
purposes under regulations Of the depart
ment. The present law provides that tim
Der on mineral lands only may be used for
mining and domestic purposes, but there is
no provision by which the homestea6er
may secure enough timber for building
houses and barns, and for fencing his land.
Says Mr.. Hermann:
The class Of people who are developing the
west are, as rule, willing to comply with
the law, but the feeling prevails among them
that from the abundance of timber on the
public domain they should be permitted to
secure SUFFICIENT to supply their needs, and
as congress has failed to provide method by
which they can secure an adequate supply
legitimately, they feel justified IN taking it
without permission. When suits are insti-
tuted to punish the trespassers or to recover
the value Of the property, the excuse is made
that the people need the timber, and this is
frequently accepted by 1uries as sufficient to
justify the violation Of the law, except in
fragrant cases of trespass In localities where
the timber Is not used to supply any local
demand.
The report shows that there are 4, ,14O,
1913 acres of unappropriated and unsur-.
veyed land in Minnesota, of which /, ,967, ,2g5
acres are surveyed and 2.172, 1908 acres un-
surveyed. The area Of reserved lands is
4,93S,508 acres and the area appropriated
42,119,379 acres. In North Dakota there
are 16.956,491 acres Of vacant public land,
in South Dakota II, 869,004 acres and in
Montana 65,803,307 acres.
The surveyor general of Minnesota rel
! ports that surveys approved during thel
year embrace 129s 219 acres. IN North
Dakota 259 townships were surveyed and
plated; in South Dakota about $50, 600
! acres. In Montana 9, ,156 miles OF section
and township lines were RUN.
Swamp lands Datented to the state of
Minnesota during the year aggregated
46,S35 acres making total or S,S73, ,511
acres since the date of the grant. Com
missioner Hermann now has party of
special agents in the state examining the
swamp lands and expects to completely ad =
just that grant during the coming winter,
The state of South Dakota received pat
ents for 1926 acres of land under grants
for educational institutions and for other
purposes, and Montana S72,377 acres under
similar grants. OF the patents issued to
railroads under their respective grants
last year the Northern Pacific. received
II ,5S3 acres in Minnesota, 2,630 acres in
Wisconsin, 1877. $50 acres in North Dakota
and 19S.245 acres in Montana.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01


The process cannot be established in a
day or a year, but there is no question
but congress can hasten it materially,
and this result the presidents pro-
posed recommendation will have, if It
have any. The scandals which are con-
stantly growing out of the present sys-
tenn of Indian management, many of them
Of northwestern origin and still fresh in
the minds of Minnesotans, have had much
to do with bringing Commissioner Jones
around to this new way Of thinking. Mr..
Roosevelt also understands the opportuni-
ties which the system offers for thievery
and general rascality, and when Jones
talks to him as he did yesterday, he talks
to a man who is able quickly to grasp the
situation understandingly.
There is no question but that Roosevelt
has original ideas regarding the Indian
question and that he is not at all in sym
pathy with the existing policy Of the gov
ernment. Quite naturally he will be ex-
pected to reduce these ideas to sys-
tematic shape for congressional consump-
tion. There is a probability that the
northwest will have a stronger personal
Interest in the presidents Indian recon-
mendations than in any other part of his
message.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
APPOINTM

APPOINTMENT Postmaster Gen r a 7
Smith has decided that he
IN will not appoint rural
route Inspector from Min
ABEYANCE. nesota until he has fur
ther opportunity to con-
suit with members of the delegation who
have candidates for this job. He had
made up tentative list OF inspectors to
be appointed from various states, and
Thomas Torson of St. James was on that
list. Torson is Senator Nelson's candi-
date. When Torson's probable appoint
ment was announced Senator Clapp and
Representatives Fletcher and Tawney
urged that the claims Of their candidates
be further considered Mr.. Smith then
decided that he would not make any
choice at present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-01
REPORT

REPORT Without specifically men
tioning the proposed Min
OF nesota national park Land
Commissioner Hermann, in
LAND COM his annual report for the
fiscal year ending June 80
MISSION. last, indorses the PROPOSE
tion. One Of the recon-
mendations in that report is:
The passage of an act which shall provide
that all public lands which are more valuable
for forest uses than for other purposes shall
be withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale
and other disposition, and be held for the
protection and utilization Of the timber there
on in accordance with the provisions Of for
est reservation laws
'The need for such legislation is ur-
gent" says Commissioner Hermann, and
as such should command the attention of
congress at it's next session. In the draft
Of a bill which l have already submitted
no provision is made for lieu land seleo-
tions, since only the vacant, unappropri-
ted, non-a agricultural and non-mineral
lands belonging to the government are
affected by the withdrawal and therefore
no reIinquishments are invited and no in
demn1ty required. Ine commissioner also
renews his recommendations for legis-
lation to prevent the devastation of tracts
in forest reserves and the taking of valu-
able lieu lands outside.
In connection with the disposition of the
public lands under the timber and stone
act, violations of which have resulted in
numerous indictments in Montana, Com
missioner Hermann recommends that that
law be repealed and new act passed that
will be general in it's character and enable
the interior department to dispose of tim
ber lands under suitable regulations. Such
an act, he thinks, will prevent such frauds
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COntinued ON Second Page.
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Not So Sure.

On cross-examination Mr.. SeoviI said
OF the time. He could not say whether