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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

away up IN the TIP
of New Hampshire.
1t is in the wilds
of the town of
Pittsburg, which
occupies all Of the
bulge in New
Hampshire that
extends north of
Vermont boundary
and which is very
much the largest
town in the state
t~erritorially.
The place is 600.
acres of woodland
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

laid out which is
one of the finest to
be found any
where. The ground
is as hard and
smooth as a floor
and it is enclosed.
with a high wire
netting, W h h,
however, does not
conceal the court
from the street.
Here three or
four days in the
week the president
plays tennis with
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

EH -IGG Ea9HW 0hS SAOSCIl
companions. His favorite antagonists
are Commissioner Garfield and Com
missioner Cooley, the young New
Yorker, who has just taken a place on
the civil service commission. Both of
them are fine players, Garfield espe-
cially, and they go at it with a vim.
The president generally picks one of
them for a partner and the two play
against the other. Occasionally the
president takes enc side OF til 1Tiett4tby-
himself. He is not up on the fine
points of the game as the others are
and he is a little heavier on his pins.
but he plays powerfully and plays to
win.
It is one Of the most Interesting
sights In Washington to see this ten
mis- game going on in the afternoon be-
tween four and five o'clock after the
grist of visitors has been ground out.
Tennis is not SO popular among pab.
lie men in Washington as it was q few
years before the lazier game Of golf
came into vogue. but it is growing
again in esteem. When Olney was seq
iSe1Ay VI SIoee uAusI SicFeianQ he was
regarded as the best player iii Wash
ington and it was the only form of az
ercise he took. Senator Lodge is also
a fine player, though he seldom gets 4
chance. Ever since he was old enough
to straddle q horse he has beenaddicted
to riding. and he has the best seat oil
any public man in Washington.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
Rugglcs' Failing.
FWeddyI got an insulting note
from Ruggles this mawning. He says
I'm g damned fool.
Cholly-Neyer mind Ruggles. He's
one # these deueedly frank fellows.
don't you know.-Chicago Tribune.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Recognfxed II

This" smiled the fond young wife
as she passed a plate Of dessert to her
is cottage pudding. made it
myself"
The man tasted of it.
I'D known it was cottage pudding.
he asserted.
you would?" she asked, delighted.
Eyes. / can taste the plaster n the
wall paper. What did You do with the
shingles and the bricks for the chimney?n
Judge.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Irrefutab1c Argument.

Aged Husband-You are going to ruin
me with your extravaganza. You don't
need that cape any more than a cat needs
two tails. How often have told you
never to buy anything because it is.
cheap?
Young Wife with an air Of n who
has got the better of the argument)-
But it was not cheap; it cost s5o.-Tit-
Bits.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

breasts OF the
army Of hangers
on about the capt
tol who live from
9 q to year in the
never-dying expec-.
tation that some
time Or other they
are going to have
the rights which
they have claimed.
There is nothing
more pathetic any.
where, wrecks oil
manhood " no
haunt the corri-
doris Of the house
for the Justice that
\ n-n- .st.tv4l
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Charley never thinks of playing tina
races any more" said young Mrs. Tor
kins.
I'm glad to hear it," said the friend
How did you persuade him to- quit"
Tdidn't persuade him at all. I accepted
it in a spirit of patient resignation and
told him that If he lost any more / was
going to do the cooking myself.
ington Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
They,d All Catch II.

ASubbubs is trying to give all his
friends the shake
You must be mistaken. Every time,
1 meet him he tries to induce me to move
out near him In Swampville."
Exactly, and Swampville is full of
malaria Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Rather unnanaI

She-Haye you nctlceu mat young
Shortleigh is paying a good deal Of at
~Etention to Miss Gotrox?
He-Yes; and it's the first time / v e
knew him TO pay anything.-Cincinnah
Enquirer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
One Indication.

DO you know whether that stranger
who is going to SETTLE down in this block
has a large fasnily or not?"
lam quite sure he has. He has rented
al lsst hoHse In the neighhorhood.,
Chicago Tribune.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Indirectly.

Nockem-I suppose You find it neces-
sary to mind the baby occasionally?
Peckham-Y-yes; that is, | find it
necessary to mind my wife when she
tells me to mind the baby.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Visitor to Asylum-Thats rather abad
case, isn't it? What brought him her?
Attendant-Well, they say his wife
once made him go shopping with her,
sir.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
G1lZZhh5r1fLES11AI
The SMART Editor.

"Can you tell me what sort Of weather
We may expect next month";" wrote q
subscriber to the editor of a country pa
per, and the editor replied as fol-
lows:
1T is my belief that the weather next
month will be very much like your sub
scription."
The inquirer wondered for an hour
what the editor was driving at. when he
happened to think of the word unset
tied He sent in the required amount
next day.-Tit-Bits.
These Strenuous Times.
Twas Shakespeare first declared to us
That "all the worlds a stage"
But it's more like continuous
Performances IN this age.
Philadelphia Press.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
"A Menace to society.

Tne CGoionei-Weii, boys, III Is my
last night at the club. I've gotten to be a
fearful menace to- society. so there's mo-
thing left for me to do but go way and
be a hermit for the rest of my life.
The Chorus-Why?
The Colonel-Because I've lived here
SO long know everybody's family his
tory.
The Chorus-What of THAR
The Colonel-And, confound ii, I've got
into the habit Of thinking aloud.-M.Y Y.
Times. e
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
The Untxeranl Relief

[ say with due civility
That some time. soon or late,
The thought comes unto each anG al
That they might soon be rich and great
If, with their own ability,
They had their neighbours gall.
Chicago Record-Hernld.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Advertising Pays.

Pastor Asadoorian of the Congrega-
tional church at Iroquois is a firm be-
lever in the good results to be deriv-
ed from judicious advertising, not
only to the average business man but
to churches as well. In accordance
with this belief he has posted plac-
ards and distributed blotters around
his town upon which are printed in
vitations to- attend services at his
church.
He states that there has hardly
been a Sunday since he adopted this
novel method of calling attention to
the services at his church that he has
not had strangers in the congregation
who told him at the conclusion of the
services that they came in response
to his printed Invitations.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Position Of Senator spooner.
Senator Spooner is bound to play a
very conspicuous part in the congress
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
A Narrow Escape.

Although the boy ne'er learned to spell
His future wasn't wrecked;
He simply used quotation marks
And wrote in dialect.
washington Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Just Claims Laid BY.

On the other hand there was old Bill
ly McGarahan, who trudged the. corri-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
COMING OF CONGRESS
Timely and Interesting Gossip IF
tie Nations Lawmakers.
PLACE OF SENATOR sPooNER
afe lie hound to Occupy a Prominent
Place in the Special Session
The Settlement of just and
Unjust Claims.

Neutrality-suspicious. Spooner, OF
Wisconsin, has bought a summer place
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Newsie-Extry! Four hundred found
The Foolish WORM.

The Foolish Worm,
De eahly buhd he cotch de wuhn-
Leas' ways da. what I heahd-
Which show de wnhm amt got no head,
Fob If he had he'd stay In bed
En- fool de eahly buhd.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Enjoyed n Joke.
JimsonI just tell you, you can't find
a man anywhere who enjoys a good joke
better than | do.
Friend-Guess that's so. I haveheard
you tell the samejeke Il 1tine s, and laugh
at it every time.-N. Y. Weekly.
A Wise BOY.
Sunday school eacher-Now, Bobby,
can vol tell me what becomes of people
who steal?
~Bobby-Yes, sir. If they are not
caught before they get rich they become
kleptomaniacs.-Puck.
|HNtH H5NIE
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

With the Coming of Congress.
Now that congress Is coming back to
Washington hope again animates the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Tennis Court at h White House:
Just back of the executive Offices at
the white house a tennis court has been
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
what Would Hapnen.

AsWhat would happen to-day. said the
thoughtful citizen, IF Diogenes were to
go through q Of our great cities with
a lantern looking for an honest man =,
That's easy answered the Chicago
man. Some one would steal his Ian.
tern before he had gone three blocks
Washington Star. Sgs7s
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
A Rare Bird.

A black eagle, with white tail,
measuring six feet nine inches from
tip to tip, and weighing ten and.
three-quarters pounds, was shot by
Charley Miller on Elm creek, TWEEN
ty-tive miles southwest of Miller, This
is a bird that the Sioux Indians look
up to with suPerstitious reverence,
never killing one, but for the white
tail feathers, when they learn OF ono
being captured, they will give almost
their last pony. The eagle just cap
tured has twelve of these white feath-'
ers in his tail, which means to Mr..
Miller almost a little fortune, unless
civilization has instiiled new ideas
into the Indians mind regarding
eagles tails, which evidently it has
not, for two 5squaws from Fort
Thompson drove to town post haste
ahead of the great hunter, as they
declared the successful shot was,
pitched their tents and began barter
ing for the white feathers. Other In
dams soon followed the feathers be-
ing the magnet Of attraction.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Shufies-Dey say Bulky Buffers is
from Boston.
Limper-Yep. He alters carries a
baked-bean can.-Chicago Daily News.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
snake Stories.

The unusually fine weather this
fall and the. absence of snow in South
Dakota has resulted in a second crop.
of snake stories. The latest story.
of this kind floats here from the cat
tie ranges of Stanley county, west of
the Missouri river, and is to the effect
that Oscar Maupin, William Powell
and Anderson Powell at a point about
six miles west of Fort Pierre, found
a den of rattlesnakes. Dozens of the
reptiles were coiled together in a
washout. Maupin and his compan-
ions armed themselves with clubs and
commenced the work of slaughter.
In less time than it takes to tell it
an even twenty-four of the snakes
had been sent to the reptiles happy
hunting grounds" Some of the
snakes, according to the stories of
the siayers, measured three feet in
length and had from sixteen to TWEEN
ty-four ~rattles.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Pardoned.

On Feb. &c, 1905, the state board
of pardons, upon the recommends
tons of Judge Bennett, Judge Whit
ing and many citizens of kingsbury
county, recommended the pardon of
Charles Coulson, John Wing, James
Bradley and Charles Harrison, con-
victed for participating Ia the So
called "w~hite-cap' affair in Kings
bury county. Governor Herreid has
held the case under advisement.
Judge Whiting. who prosecuted these
men, having again recommended a
pardon, Governor Hereto ordered
their release from the penitentiary.
Governor Herreio has granted an
e~xtradition warrant on request of the
governor OF Wyoming for Benjamin
S. Bentley, who is wanted in Cook
county, Wye, on a charge of obtain
ing property under false p~retense.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

and senate waiting for the justice that
will mover be theirs. Once In q while
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13
Rank Outnider.

Bacon-To what family Of vegetables
does the onion belong?
Egbert-I don't think it belong to any
family. I think it,sm rank outsider.-
| Yonkers Statesman
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Two earthquake noe were Teiu at
st. Louis and buildings rocked and
the telephone service was disarranged.
Shocks were also felt at Memphis, Lou.
isville and in Illinois.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

The Cuban congress met in regular
session and President Palma in his
message expressed hope for speedy ac-
ton on the reciprocity treaty by the
limited Statac
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Lars Brudvig is at Sacred Heart
hospital, Yankton, suffering with a
broken leg. He was in a runaway ac-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-11-13

Leonora Smith, aged IS years, was
shot and killed by her Tilted lover.
Hosie Bowers, aged 80, at her home
near Topeka, Kan. after which Bowers
killed himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
TOWN is CONE.
Melazgherd Has Been Entirely
Destroyed by Earthquake.
Its Entire Population Killed by
the Disturbance.
DEAD NUMBERS 1000.
Including 700 Armenians and
1 All the Garrison.
Four Hundred Houses Collapse
in NeighbOring Villages.

Constantinople, May 2s.-Advices
which reached here today from Asiatic
Turkey show that terrible earthquake
occurred April %. at Melazgherd in the
vilayet of Van, 80 miles southeast of
.Erzeroom, on the Euphrates. The town
was totally destroyed with its entire
population. numbering 1000 souls. in
cluding 700 Armenians as well as the
troops forming the garrison of Adelazg-
herd. In addition over 400 houses in the
neighboring villages collapsed.
A somewhat severe earthshock was
felt here this morning, but no damage
was done.
London. May 2S.2The forfgn office
here today received some details from
the British consul at Erzeroom regard
ing the recent earthquake at Melaz-
gherd, according to which a strong
shock lasting 80 seconds was felt on the
morning of April 20 throughout the en-
tire district between Lake Van and the
Russian frontier and as far as Kharput.
The town of Melazgherd, consisting OF
500 houses, was destroyed and much
villages. Colonel Khalil Bey, COM
manding the garrison of Melazgherd,
with his whole family, three other off,
GERS and eighty soldiers, perished in the
ruins. Lieut. Col. Tayib Bey. whose
family perished, became insane.
The telegraph operator who sent the
news of the catastrophe said he hiTn~
self was badly injured and that his
wife and sister had been killed.
The foreign Office has appealed for
subscriptions for the relief of the desti-
tute of the Melazgherd district.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
BIG 400 is CONE.
Building Which Figured in Col
Inns Case a Wreck.
Its walls Collapsed at Early
Hour Today.
FIVE PEOPLE BURIED.
They Are All Rescued and Not
Badly Hurt.
FIVE PEOPLE BURIED.
Walls Weakened by Vibrations
of Gasoline Engine.

The building at 106 North Kansas av-
enue, famous as the big 40o.'' where
the Collins murder is supposed to have
been planned, is thing of the past.
over half OF the building collapsed this
morning at 4:45 with crash, and was
totally demolished. The walls did not
fall outward, but fell in heap.
The lower part of the building has
been occupied for several years, or since
the Big 400'' was broken up by the
police, by J. NJ. Hartman's feed store
The second story was partitioned or
into ten rooms, which Hartman rented
for small sum, and which were all oc-
cupied. Five of these renters. all
Swedes, were caught in the fall, but nc
fatalities resulted. The destruction Of
the rear 40 feet Of the building was SO
complete that one viewing the debris
would marvel that even rat could es-
cape being crushed to death, yet only
one of the i've who were caught IN the
fall was injured severely enough to
be taken to the hospital He was NJ o.
Charlesburg, who is frequently in Jail
for being drunk. He was taken to
Christ hospital, and DR.. Eastman said
that he seemed not to be injured, aside
from a severe jolting up. The others
who were caught in the fall were ].
Larson, A. Johnson. L. Anderson and S.
Johnson. Another man named jackson,
had left the building about two minutes
before the crash. His room was totally
demolish. A few scratches and slight
bruises compose the list of injuries.
johnson, who is an old man, was ac-
companied by his dog. a Woolly spaniel,
which dug out of the debris in short
order and was waiting for his master
who followed shortly.
Two horses belonging to Hartman.
which were stabbed IN the basement OF
the building joining the 400 on the
north, were imprisoned by the stone and
wreckage which fell into the rear Gel
larway, but were not injured and were
later removed by tearing up the side
walk in front About 25 feet of the front
of the building is still standing, but in
danger Of falling at any time. The
building was fimsy in construction, and
poorly braced, and it is thought that a
gasoline engine for running corn shell
Ter which was located in the rear Of
the Hartman store weakened the walls
by its vibration.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
NO CATTLE PAPER
C. C. X. ScoYiIle AssaiIs This
Class of Securities.
Other Bankers Take Issue With
Him.
MR.. ALBAUGH'S PAPER
He Didn't Reveal Any Official
Secrets.
MyrOn A. Waterman Discusses
Money Order Business.

In his paper on the BEST Class Of In
Vestments for the Average Kansas
Bank" C. C. K. Scoville of Seneca cast
some reflections upon the value OF
~cattle paper" which do not meet the
approval of "a large part Of the bank
ers of the state. Mr.. Scoville stated
that he had been in correspondence
with a number of Kansas bankers on
the subject Of his paper and that SO
per cent of his correspondents had
named cattle as a good security for
loans Then he cited the opinion of one
of the most successful bankers in one
Of the larger towns who did not take
cattle paper when he could get any
thing else and usually rejected a pro-
position to loan on that sort of security.
Mr.. Scoville went on to critieise cattle
securities as uncertain and to advise
against their acceptance.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
MOB AT THE JAIL.
Offending Yates Center Negro
Secretly Taken to Wichita.

Wichita. Kas., May 28.-J. NJ. Woods.
the negro arrested at Yates Center on
the charge of assaulting a white wo-
man, is now in the Wichita jail
A mob OF 300 men with huge plank
approached the door of the Jail at Yates
Center last night, and the sheriff and
county attorney and other county ofa-
GERS faced it with drawn revolvers.
threatening to shoot If the mob came
any nearer. The mob thought they
meant it. and it would retire only to
make another approach. This was kept
UP until 1 o'clock this morning when
the officers Slipped their prisoner out
and into q carriage and drove seventeen
miles to another railroad and brought
their man to Wichita
The sheriff of Woodson county tried
to reach Governor Bailey by telephone
at his residence late last night, but the
governor had left for Altamont to at
/ tend high school commencement. H.
J. Bone, his secretary was also absent,
on his way home from Wichita. It is
/ supposed that the sheriff desired to
make arrangements for calling out the
militia in case the negro prisoner could
not be gotten away from the mob.
Bale Waggeners new anti-lynching
law viii go into effect next Tuesday
upon the publication Of the statute
/ book lynching after that time viii
/ be serious affair." and participants -
one viii be punishable the same as for
/ murder IN the nrSt degree, ana even
! those who stand and look on without
interfering will be subject to a term IN
the penitentiary.
A sheriff who allows a prisoner to be
taken from him by a mob also forfeits
his Office. If he can afterWard make a
showing that he did everything possf-
bic to save the victim the governor may
reinstate him, but the provisions of the
law are very strict on that subject
The provision of the new law relative
to calling out the militia makes it the
positive duty of the sheriff to notify The
| governor IL he thinks he may be unable
to protect the prisoner. This was pro
badly what the sheriff of Woodson
county was trying to do last night. The
provision reads as follows:
IF at any time any sheriff has reason
4 to believe, and does believe, that a pris-
oner in his custody is in danger OF BENG
! lynched, and that he with his deputies
and assistants. as above provided for.
are not able to protect the life of such
prisoner without additional help, II shall
/ be his duty to at once, by telegraph or
otherwise, notify the governor Of such
facts, and to ask for the aid Of the
militia of the state to protect such
prisoner
Inasmuch as the attempted lynching
at Yates Center was not successful this
new law would not have applied even
had it been in force. so far as punish
/ ing the participants in the mob is con-
cerned. for there is no provision IN It
for Furnishing those who merely at
tempt mob violence and are not success
ful-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
TOO MANY PLACARDS.
Automobilists Wish One License
Number Recognized in All States.

beginning an agitation to prevent the ne
cessity of giving their machines the ap-
pearance OF bill boards-that is. If they
travel beyond the confines Of any one
state. They will make the very reasona-
bic demand that there be a reciprocity be-
tween states whose laws require the tag
ging of machines. so that a number al
10tted by one state be recognized in other
states when displayed on the back of a
vehicle
tt has been pointed out that all the
states contiguous to New York now re-
duire the official numbering of automobiles
and that consequently an automobile
owner who stirs away from his own
threshold must necessarily carry whole
string of p1acards in the rear Of his ma
chine Already it Is becoming a common
sight TO see automobiles in the streets Of
the city with two or three different sets Of
figures dangling behind.