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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
IN THE CHURCHES.
interesting News Pertaining to Church
Work Announcements, Etc.

Work Announcements, Etc.
Services at the Presbyterian church
will commence Sunday evening at
7;30.
The Y's will meet at the home Of
Miss Cora Gulick Thursday evening
Sept. IS, to lear the report Of the
delegate to the state convention.
St. Paurs Episcopal church 10th
Sunday after Trinity, Sept, IA. Morn
ing service and sermon s D. m., Sun,
day school atl2. All are cordially in.
vited. r r~Fs
The Ladies Aid Society OF the M. +
church will be entertained at the
home OF Mrs. Nellie Skiff, assisted by
Mrs Wood Thompson Thursday az
ternoon Sept. lS. The gentlemen are
invited.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will be entertained at
the home OF Mrs. Chas Collins, Thurs.
day afternoon Sept, Is. Mrs. Leslie
Dewing and Mrs L. d. Spooner will
assist in entertaining.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the Bap.
tist church will meet at the home OF
Mrs. Geo. Morehouse on Thursday
Sept. Is, at 2:30 p. m. Ladies bring
thimble, as work viii be furnished foI
the sale Refreshments served al
4:30 D. IN.
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Miss Mildred Anderson visited Miss
Fry formerly member OF the Book.
ings Y at Wentworth last week,
The prison statistics Of Switzerland
show that the chief cause OF the
crimes and arrest Of 37.7 per cent is
drink.
Miss Margret WIntringer, National
Organizer, lecturer and chalk talker,
will lecture in Brookings Tuesday and
Wednesday Sept, 18th and 18th.
The Eighth Ward Union of Min
neapolis, has appointed twenty-six
superintendent of department and
adopted a program and plan OF work
for the coming wear
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, W. e. t U.
has received $1,000 from Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, who say they appreciate the
good work OF the organization in max
ing men and women better"
The county of wexford, Ireland,
has an Anti-Treating league and
many parishes throughout Kerry have
followed the example. Beneficial ef-
fects are noticed, especially at fairs,
markets and other gatherings.
Over two hundred delegates will at
tend the Ontario Provincial conyen-
tion, to be held at Toronto in October.
Lady Henry Somerset will be one OF
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
FIRE DESTROYS LIFE.
Two Little Girls Burned to Death in a
Blazing Barn at Aurora.

Sunday afternoon small barn was
burned at Aurora, six miles east Of
here, and two little girls were con-
sumed by the flames. 1t seems that
Edna Cheatham, aged five and Mary
Lilly, aged four, were playing in the
barn on the residence premises OF
Glen Cheatham on the west side OF
Main street, and il is presumed that
they had matches. The barn was a
frame structure with lean-to in
which were three horses. Hay was
thrown down from the loft above to
the floor of the barn and it is sup
posed that the fire started near the
center OF the barn and a strong wind
blowing In the south door drove the
children to the north end of the
structure where there was no egress.
1t is undoubted that the smoke and
heat sutfocated them before the flames
reached them and thus they were
spared the agony OF death that can
only be compared to one at the stake
After a crowd had assembled the
absence of the two little girls was re-
marked and when it was possible to
get at the ruins their little bodies
were found at the north end burned in
horrible and sickening manner. The
sight was too awful to permit OF de-
scription and we draw the veil of sor.
row and sympathy over the pitiful
sight.
The funeral was held in the Con-
gregational church in Aurora Tues
day, with the pastor, Rev. Philo Cor.
ton officiating. The crowd was very
large and over fifty teams accom-.
panied the sorrowing cortege TO the
cemetery.
The sad and sorrowing parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Cheatham and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Lilly have the deep and
1 heart drawn sympathy in this hour OF
4 poignant grief and woe.
! OF the three horses in the lean-to
one was burned to death while the
team In the south end escaped. Hard
work by the citizens prevented the
spreading Of the flames to the neigh
boring buildings,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
BRooKNas BRooK1Nes COUNTY SOUTH SEPTEMBER H.

ing every precaution TO avoid any COM
plications. The case is very serious
one, though his condition today gives
greathope. He has shown himself pure
grit all through and the doctor will
have help in his fight to pull him
through.
Mr.. Kommers is young unmarried
man, whose relatives live at East
Pierre. He has brother who drives
one of POOLS drays. One of his Sis
ters, Mrs. w. S. Little, was tele-
graphed for and is here assisting in
his care. We certainly hope that he
will keep up his fight for life and re-
cover
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
SHOTGUN ACCIDENT.
Almost Fatal Results to Frank Kommer
From Handling Loaded Gun.

Frank kommer, who has been work
ing at Jack Gunn's farm southeast of
town, met with a very serious acci-
dent while handling a loaded shotgun
last Sunday late in the afternoon. 1t
seems that he and a young man had
been out shooting and when they re-
turned to the house where all the boys
slept, they stopped at the porch.
While standing there the lad called
Kommer's attention to some gulls fly
ing near and suggested shot.
Frank dragged the gun towards him
and the butt slipped off the porch and
the hammers striking on the edge ex-
ploded the shells in the barrels. The
charge first struck his wrist and shat
tered it so that amputation near the
elbow was necessary. The left side of
the face was peppered in a horrible man
,ner and the left eye entirely destroyed.
Several pellets entered the side of the
abdomen, making small but nasty
wounds. Immediately after the acci-
dent, the young lad with HIM was so
frightened that he ran to a neighburs
for aid, instead to hitching up one of
the many teams that were in the barn
on the place. Frank washed some of
the blood off in a near by mud hole
and then started for the house of Jas.
GunD, some distance off. Weakness
from the loss of blood overcame him
before he had gone half a mile and he
was found by hurrying friends on a
small bridge in the road. One of the
Gum boys came to town and took out
DR.. Tenant, who on his arrival rend-
cred all the aid he could and placed
Kommer in shape to be brought to
the city, where he was placed in a
room back of the doctors office and
every phase of the surgeons skill
brought to his aid.
Monday morning his forearm was
amputated and in the afternoon the
destroyed eye was removed. Though
blood poisoning is very liable to follow
gun shot wounds, DR.. Tenant is TAX
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Anna Kjolseth & hus to Christ
Hansen Berg lots & 10 blk &
Folsom $ add Bkgs.. I5C
Marie Reitaas & hus to Arne ii
Larson lot 5 blk Pet add
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man lots l3 & IA blk | Pleasat
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West Town Lot Co To Frank
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Martha Larson & hus to Hattie
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James Ryan to Mamie Way and
Mrs Cara Roberts w J N VT
32.I09-47. .........,.. 50'
Dennis Lorden & WI to Sarah
Nelson WI NWt & WI NE
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Sarah Nelson & hus to Christian
NJ Anderson M NW4&Wk NE
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Widow & children OF Ole A Mork
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Eidsmoe SWf NEt & SCI N
WI 26-1ll.52 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5O'
Amanda Eldsmoe to Bennett
Hanson SCI NW4 & SWt NE
/ 26-ill-52. Observation-Disclosures. ZOOI
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A Bows Wild Ride For Lite.

With family around expecting him
TO die, and a son riding for life, Is
miles, to get DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, w. II. Brown, of Leesville, Ind,
endured deaths agonies from asthma,
but this wonderful medicine gave
instant relief and soon cured him
He writes: 81 now sleep soundly every
night" Like marvellous cures of con.
sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis
Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its
matchless merit for all Throat and
Lung troubles Guaranteed bottles
soc and S100. Trial bottles free al
A. l.. Binford's drug store.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
Beware OF the Knife.

No profession has advanced more
rapidly OF late than surgery, but it
should not be used except where abso-
lutely necessary, In case of piles for
example, - Is seldom needed. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures quickly
and permanently. Unequalled for
cuts, burns, bruises, wounds, skin
diseases. Accept no oc0unterfeits. II
was so troubled with bleeding piles
that lost much blood and strength
says ]. G. Phillips, Paris Iii. "De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured me Ia
q short time. SoOthes and heals
Geo. A. Williams.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
A Quart Baby.

Now and again there Is an item in the
newspapers concerning the birth of a
puny baby so small that a quart cup
holds it comfortably. If the article told
all the facts it would probably tell also
of a mother who in weakness and misery
had looked forward to the baby's advent
with shrinking and fear.
To have fine, healthy children tha
mother must be healthy, and II is the
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11

common testimony
of mothers that the
use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton not only pro-
notes the mothers q
health but also gives
her strength to give
her child.
Favorite Pre-
scription " accom-
plishes these results
by tranquilizing the
nerves, promoting a
healthy appetite,
and giving refresfl-
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
w. c. r. U. COLUMN NJ

PLEDGE "hereby solemnly promise; Got
heluing me- TO abstain from All distilled, fer
mented and malt liquors, including VINE, peer
and cider, aud TO employ all proper means TO dis
courage the use OF and traffic Ia the same.
BADGE-The White Ribbon.
TRUSTING HOUR OF PRAY ER-The Neon
tide Hour.
LOCAL OFFTCERs.
President, Mrs. Eva y right.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Julia Hooker.
Treasurer, Mrs. Omodt.
Corresponding Secretary. Mr.. $. A. Evans.
Y President, Miss Cora Gullck
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
Very Low Rates to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.

The North Western Line will sell
Excursion tickets September 20, 30
and October l, with extreme return
limit until November Is, inclusive, on
account OF Meeting N. w. ID. A. at
Monterey. Stop-oyer privileges.
Variable routes, Pullman Drawing
Room and TOURIST Sleeping cars.
world.renowned scenery. Apply to
agents Chicago s. North Western R'y.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1902-09-11
A Sad disappointment.

Ineffective. liver medicine is oisap-
pointment, but you don't want TO
purge, strain and break the glands OF
the stomach and bowels. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers never disappoint.
They cleanse the system OF ali poison
and putrid matter and do 1t so gently
that one enjoys the pleasant effects.
they are tonic to the liver. Cure
biliousnes, torpid liver and prevent
fever. Geo. A. Williams
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AMERICAN PLAN.
Special Ambassador Curry Discusses
Situation In France.

Special to New Orleans Picayune.
Paris August 1O.-Dr. j. L. M. Curry,
ambassador extraordinary of the United
States of America, on special mission to
Spain, left Paris yesterday for America,
accompanied by Mrs. Curry and by his
niece, Mrs. Connolly Coke, the brilliant
young woman whom the King of Spain
paid unwonted attention at the Madrid
festivities. DR.. Curry said to the 'Ameri-
can correspondent:
ut Is a singular and significant coin
cidence that the same question, namely,
that of the schools, should Simultaneous
ly disturb such different countries as
Spain, France and England. The strug-
gle is another form of the old quarrel
between church and state.
1.-The agitation in England, while it in
no way beats upon the throne, is more
violent than either that of France or
Spain. And yet the statesmen Of all
these countries are only tinkerng with
the question. They are only looping off
branches of the upas tree. There is
only one way of settling this school ques-
ton. That is on the American plan.
This means the complete separation
of church and state, leaving each per-
fectly free within it's own sphere. The
state has no right to discriminate against
the religious opinions Of any man.
Though a believer in God and in the
inspiration of the Scriptures, I would,
nevertheless, respect the Belief or nom
belief of an Ingersoll. There is such a
thing as honest doubt
1.-THE present situation in France is
particularly distressing. The half meas
ures Of Minister Combes seem only to
irritate the people. He has ordered g.
500 schools to be closed; he has dimin-
ished the riches of the country by occa-
sioning the exile of 10000 Woodworking
people. Yet when his work will have
been finished, even the thin end of tn,
wedge of separation of church and stat,
will not have been introduced, and tn,
problem will have been left where i
was.
France has too many titles and weak
| ems itself by tinkering with religion:
/ questions instead of disposing of these
/ latter once and for all by abolishinf
concordants and let church and state re-
main separate. Frenchmen should moi
tell us Americans to mind our own bust.
ness. AS long as France is republic its
veal or woe is a matter Of more thar
platonic interest to the United States
Frenchmen may laugh at present pre-
tenders. Napoleon III was laughablt
when he landed at Boulogne with his
tame eagle. Later he arrived. 1t is bat
policy for a republic to keep on irritating
I
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GAMBLING PROPENSITY
IN THE FAR AWAY PAST

known to the general public as clubs and
to the gamsters as hells-were fitted up
in most extraordinary style. Fishmon-
gers hall cost $4,000 to furnish. The ex-
pense, however. does not seem SO great
when it is known that the proprietor
netted in one year e150.ooo. The law
prohibited the opening of such houses.
but the proprietor of Fishmongers'
boosted that he was in no danger, as
he counted among his patrons most OF
the men who made the law.
At this time. too. 1t became the fashion
in England for titled ladies to have
shares in the principal gaming tables
and faro banks in London. The grand
sons Of the Duchess of Marlborough had
a rule never to dirty their fingers with
silver" and when they went to the gam
ing clubs were in the habit of throwing a
guinea to the chairman to be fought for.
The passion for frequenting these houses
brought about some singular social
anomalies in England.
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mittee can lawfully change these rules
a particle Any such action on the
part of a county committee is unlaw-
full, disorganizing and undemocratic.
and the state committe should not
countenance or permit any such &C
ton.
The general primary law renders
any clerk, manager or inspector or
other officer who conducts the state
primary of August rs guilty of a mis-
demeanor who conducts the primary
in question contrary to the rules of
the state democratic party made by
the state executive committee of that
party, and he may be fined by any
justice of the peace of the county not
less than twenty-five nor more than
one hundred dollars.
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ALWAYS a Democrat.

The tide of misrepresentation rolls
on, being chiefly directed against Gov
ernor Jelks, but in every case it is
met by the truth and sent rolling
back, covering its inventors with con-
fusion and shame. The most per-
sistent of these misrepresentation
perhaps, relates to tho campaign of
1896, when Mr.. Bryan first ran against
the late President Mckinley. Il is
asserted by the Johnston-Waller COM
bine that Governor Jelks did not sup
port Mr.. Bryan at that time, but this
assertion is met directly by Governor
Jelks, who says: 81 supported Bryan
personally and with my newspaper,
and did so vigorously. There is no
excuse for the charge" This settles
it.
1t was never unsettled for that mat
ter, for Governor Jelks' position in
both 1896 and 1900 and in the inter-
vening years is known to all news
paper men in the state. He has ever
been a consistent supporter of the
democratic party In all sorts of
weather and under all circumstances.
He has never bolted, and he has never
attempted to become a factional
leader. He has been one of the rank
and file, serving the party of white
supremacy Loyalty and faithfully, and
commanding the respect of his fellow
men in all walks of life.
The Waller combine will
have to select new line of attack,
for not flaw in his relations to the
democratic party can be found in
Governor Jelks' record.
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coMPLETE lie PAYMENTS.
Trust Company Of the Republic Has
Shlpbuldng Plants.

New York August 12-The Trust
Company Of the republic today complet-
ed the payments for all the shipbuilding
plants held under the options of the
United States Ship Building company,
including the Bethlehem Steel company,
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Bath
Iron Works and Hyde Windlass com
pany, Bath Maine; Eastern Ship Build
ing company New London, Conn; Har-
Ian ana Hellingsworth company, VIII
mington. Del; Crescent Ship Yards
Elizabeth, N. j.; Samuel L. Moore &
Sons company, Elizabeth, N. J., and the
Canadian Manufacturing company Car
ter, n. ]. This consummates the trans
action and the business of the organiza-
ton will begin at once by contracting in
different yards, different types of YES
sells and introducing economies which are
expected to result in increased profits
over those Of the Independent companies
before they were brought together. Ca
mel L. Dresser. president Of the Trust
company Of the Republic, says:
"There have been no negotiations
whatever between the Vicker-Maxim
company and the United States Ship
Building company"
Mr. Nixon was asked as to the report
that the new company had acquired the
yiekers-A Maxim and Vickers plants in
England. He said:
Our desire is to put American ship
building establishments upon such
basis that we can build foreign ships
here. No steps looking to the taking in
Of English plants have been taken.
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THE BIG TREE BUSINESS.

From the Hartford Courant.
A dispatch printed In a recent issue Of
the New York Sun announced that far
UP In the Sierras" some lumbermen had
discovered a tree measuring 1854 feet S
inches in circumference at six feet
from the ground. and that undoubtedly
this is the Largest known tree in the
world" Well, II the measurements are
exact, perhaps 1t is. They have been
well chosen, for the well-known big
tree of Tule," in Mexico measures 1854
feet 2 inches, also at Just six feet from
the ground. It is an interesting circum-
stance that these men, while out discov-
ering the biggest tree in the world, should
nave found it just six inches ahead in the
race. To the skeptical mind Of the Cou-
rant this makes the whole story seem
suspicious. The big tree Of Tule is one
of the wonders OF the world. Baron Won
Humboldt wrote tablet descriptive Of
his amazement at its size, and this was
set into the trunk and has been grown
about so that 1t seems blocked in there.
The tree is of the cypress variety, but 1t
is no collection of trunks or composite
scheme. 1t is genuine and solid, but SIM
ply monstrous. We write somewhat posi-
lively of 1t, because some years ago Mr.
Warner and one of his associates on the
Courant visited the tree on the way to
Militia and took measurements Of it, and
we happen to have the information at
first hand. Nobody who has not seen
the tree can easily imagine any such i'm
mense mass of growing wood all in one
r,in
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t Is reported to this office that
James T. Allen is travelling through
the state of Alabama and soliciting
subscriptions for The Age-Herald. This
Is to notify the public that j. T. Allen
has never been connected with The
Aae-Herald and has no authority to
act as agent. The names of the au-
thorized travelling representatives and
collectors of The Aee-HeraId are w. D.
Rankston, Nj. w. Carlisle and C. H.
Allen, Jr.
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The amlty that wisdom knlts not, fol
low may easily unite.
-Trollus and cressida.
tennessee Valley History.

A local historical society devoted
to the sentiment, growth and develop
ment of the counties comprising the
Tennessee Valley in this state, is to
be organized on September at Hunts
vile, and an excellent programme has
been made up and membership in the
new society has been invited. Each
year a handsome annual volume is to
be published, and yet the dues of the
society will not exceed two dollars a
year The temporary secretary to
whom application for membership
should be made is o. D. Street of
Guntersville.
Two similar societies exist in the
state, the one in Washington county,
and the other in Mobile. They serve
a very useful purpose in the collection
of historical material, and in the res.
cue from oblivion of many interesting
facts concerning the beginnings Of
Anglo-Saxon life in the state, and even
of facts relating to life before the
conquering race came. One of the
papers to be read at Huntsville, for
example, relates to the Lauderdale
county mounds, and another discusses
the formation of counties in the Ten
nessee valley.
In this way much can be gathered
together that should be preserved, en-
abling some one in the future to write
the history of the state. No people
can afford to ignore the past, for from
it many useful as well as interesting
lessons can be drawn, and the estab'
lishment of a department of archives
and history at the capitol is promot
ing in all parts of the state desire
to collect and preserve historical facts
Mr.. Owens hand is to be seen in 10
cal societies, and he will read a paper
at Huntsville on the functions and
obligations of such organizations.
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To List Rent Certificates.

New York, August 12.-Applcation has
been made to the stock exchange to list
2,S1o. 100000 roubles four per cent certifi-
Gates for rent of the imperial Russian
government. The application, it is known
has the support of ]. p. Morgan & Co.,
who are interested in the issue. There
is little doubt that the application will
be granted. Other foreign bonds are
regularly listed in the stock exchange
including a recent external loan of the
Mexican government and bonds issued
by the municipalities OF Franlfort-on-
the-Main, Germany, and Quebec, Cam
ada.