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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
Kansas is here fora short visit from
Colorado. His brother and wife are
here for a visit.
Make a Specially

OF City Property. Farmers !
thinking of moving to Aberdeen,
come and soc me before buying,
l can save you money. | have a
fine list of houses and lots, just
where you want them.
J. A. BROWN,
Office in Mills old stand, second
door nclth Of Kearney'e Grocery.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
Plana

G. Fl. Creed is fencing his quarter
section this fall.
Rees Roberts is taking a ourse at
Minneapolis this winter.
T%hreshing is still going on and will
be going on for some time.
0John Roberts returned Friday from
a short trip to Minneapolis.
Rumor has it that Putney means to
givs a dance in the GEAR future.
Miss Blanche Robertson is teaching
again in the Sheridan sschool of
Columbia.
School No. i still lacks a teacher,
the greatest difficulty being to find a
a boarding place.
The two large wolves which have
hunted this neighborhood for some
time are now living in Perry's tree
claim and appear occasionally.
Having sold his farm Robt. Owens
will hold andsan auction soon to dis
pose o. his property and is building
a house in the city of Plana, where nc
doubt the cititied residents will laugh
at his rural appearancean and shoutWitt
the singer
ktr-SGr 49, /.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
Columbia

Miss Mabel Leomis has been visit
ing friends in town.
Our minister's wife, Mrs. Larson,
sang q fine solo last Sabbath evening.
Our latest boarding house is being
conducted by D. S. Turner and wife.
Go to John Glau for your fine fruit
apples, especially. He keeps the
best kinds.
Lee Murphy spent last Sunday with
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Pardon by Governor Peabody.

Although the board of pardons on
March 3rd refused the petition of Emil
Baeder. serving a sentence in the peni-
rentiary of twenty-five years for the
killing of A. H. Austin, for pardon or
Communication of sentence Governor
Peabody exercised his pardoning pow
ers in the case on May 21th, and cum
muted Baeders sentence to ten years.
AS he was sentenced on February %
1897. the time allowed for good conduct
made him a free man.
In December, 1896, Baeder shot and
killed Prof. A. H. Austin. graduate of
the University of oxford, and man
well known in educational circles Of
the state, on the street at Central City
for an alleged insult which Baeder
claimed Austin had inflicted on his
wife. According to the story told at
the time, Mr.. and Mrs. Baeder We're
living in the house next to the one
occupied by Professor Austin.
Mrs. Baeder strung clothes line
in front of Austin's window and hung
some clothes on it. Austin asked Mrs.
Baeder to take it down, and when she
refused he cut it down, at the same
time telling her she was no lady. Mrs.
Baeder told her husband this, and he
dsnanded an apology. A war of words
followed and Austin struck Baeder on
the nose, breaking it, as was after
wards learned, Then Baeder drew a
revolver and shot Austin through the
brain, killing him instantly.
Baeder was found guilty of murder
in the second degree and sentenced to
twenty-five years Imprisonment by
Judge La France.
Baeder's petition for executive Glenn
ency bore the signatures of nine of the
jurors who had convicted him. 1t was
also stated that Baeder was in the din
ing room of the penitentiary on the
night that Night Captain Rooney was
killed, and rendered service by giving
the alarm at the risk of his own life.
In his own statement Baeder said that
at the time he killed Austin he was
under the influence of morphine and
was scarcely responsible. He is bar
tender, and his wife and family are
now in this city.
Governor Peabody felt that in view
of the circumstances Baeder had been
punished sufficiently and accordingly
commuted his sentence last month.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26
CONVICTS AT CANON CITY MAKE
DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE

Denver, June ga Republican spe-
cial from Canon City yesterday gives
the following details of the prison re-
volt:
The most desperate precOncerted at
tempt of prisoners to escape from the
Colorado penitentiary known to the
history of that institution occurred at
exactly s O'Clock this morning, and re-
suited in the death of one convict, Sc
rous wounding of two others and re-
capture within an hour and a half af-
ter the first alarm of the entire half
dozen engaged in the attempt.
The break for liberty was started
from cell house No. 3. Dr. Thomas d.
Palmer was the first man assaulted.
He, in company with James II. McDan-
iels. hospital steward, was making the
morning rounds and attending to the
sick.
kirch kuykendall called on the doc
tor. asking relief for illness, and when
the doctor started to make an eXamina-
ton the prisoner drew bottle. sup
posed to contain nitroglycerine. and Or
dered him and the steward to throw up
their hands. Cell House Keeper Clar-
ence Cleghorn was also overpowered.
Kuykendall being joined by five other
convicts The guard and doctor were
undressed and the convicts attired
themselves in their clothes.
The convicts proceeded from the cell
house to the dining room. where Stew
ard John f. Keefe was overpowered.
Then they proceeded toward the front
Office.
While these events had been trans
piring in the cell house. Mrs. Cleghorn.
wife of the warden. had come inside
the wall en- route TO the female prison,
where she was going to have some
dressmaking done. but was halted by a
tower guard and refused admittance.
At this point a convict came running
M to Mrs. Cleghorn and informed her
break was in progress among the
conyicts. She again asked the tower
guard to admit her inside the female
department walls, and was again re-
fused.
Mrs. Cleghorn turned then to go to
the prison entrance and on the road
was met by kuykendall, attired in a
guards uniform. He told her he would
escort her to the front Office she fol
lowed for a few feet until she noticed
his convict's shirt underneath his
guards coat. when she refused to go
farther. The convict drew a knife, and
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26
Would Stop Child Marriage.

The laws of Colorado do not regulate
the ages of persons who get married.
They simply require that the contract
ing parties, if under age, shall have
the consent of parents or guardians.
This loophoe has placed the Tellu-
ride agent of the Humane Society, Mr..
Inman, in a quandary. He is trying to
prevent the marriage of two children,
residents of Telluride, but the girl
swears her mother is willing and the
expected groom VOWS he will have Am
arylLs in spite of the Humane Society
and the law And now Agent Inman
has aid the problem before Secretary
Whitehead in The following letter:
Il wish to call your attention to a
case of a couple OF children that are to
be married some time in July. The
girl, still in short dresses and small for
her years, is but thirteen years of age.
and her prospective husband is fifteen
years old. The girl tells us her mother
has given her consent to the marriage.
Can such marriage be legally per-
formed in this state? If not, what can
be done to prevent it?'
Secretary Whitehead wrote to the
agent to interview the parents of both
the girl and the boy. and if the facts
were as stated to present his affidavit
as to the facts to the County Court,
and ask to be appointed guardian of
the girl, on the ground that her mother
is not competent person to have
charge of her. Once appointed guard
ian of the child Mr.. Inman can control
her actions and prevent the marriage.
The names of the children are not di-
vulged Denver News.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26

grabNIg her by the arm forced her to
accou any him until other convcts
who ID DR.. Palmer in charge met
them md they proceeded to the front
gate, here some nitro-glycerine was
inssrf'l in the lock and it was blown
ont u place. allowing entrance to the
from lice.
Gar Keeper Goldstein, when he saw
the o. oners approaching backed to-
ward q outside Of the prison. locking
the ga'r as he went. Before reaching
the oxide he was approached by
cGnvi and asked to give up the COM
binatl0l to the armory, which he re-
fused '0 do, and Immediately ran
thrOUg the outside gate and locked it
behinu uim.
Whr. the first charge was placed al
the Io. Of the inner door the convicts
ran ba j, into the prison yard drag
ging AIRS. Cleghorn with them.
On U.aching the inside they wasted
little ne in exploration and proceed
ed at 4ce to the front gate, where
more rOglycerine was exploded,
which ew the lock off and the door
was ol ed, and for the time being
flcodo. vas obtained,
Sill oeping Mrs Glcghorn with
them, h drawn knives held over her,
they s'.ted across the ground leading
toward he railway tracks in front OF
the pr n, some 100 yards distant.
Here Cured the death of kuyken-
dali. I. stood up and yelled to the
guards I'll never be taken alive;
III new go back in that -- -
hole; 81 Jt and do your -- y"
Yard lster John Clark. when within
thirty It Of Kuykendall. fired. strik-
ing hin n the left side of the mouth.
The ba passcd through the head, kill
ing hin Gstantly.
kuyi lall was sent to prison from
Cripple reek for thirteen to fourteen
years f. felonious assault
Folio ng is list of the other pris
oners Scd in the outbreak.
Jane armstrong. burglary, Flor
ence. t,'e years; captured by VIII
CleghuT and James Peabody, Jr.
Thon Fisher, assault to Kill. Den
Yer. ten T" twelve years; captured by
]. b. LD.rA.
Thomg Fallon. robbery. Denver; ten
to fourl i years; captured by Guard
Knight % ! others.
Robpr. ain, murder, Gunnison. life;
captured = Dali DeWeese and Steward
j. E. Kc.n
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26

Denver. June 23-The following ar
ticle was prepared at the request Of
the Denver Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial club, by +. II. Bran
denburg. district forecast official Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
and may be depended upon as being
accurate:
"Much has been written regarding
the climate of the Rocky mountain re
gian, and especially regarding the eli
mate of Denver. The temperature,
rainfall and other elements have been
fully discussed. | shall, therefore, aim
to bring ont only such features as
have been overlooked, and. as an aid
in making clear the conditions that
obtain, some comparisons will be
made with similar data from Wash
ington, Boston, Chicago, st. Louis and
Jacksonville. Unless otherwise stat
ed, the data used are for the years
1S97-l9O1, inclusive.
"Discardins fractions of degree.
the mean annual temperature at Den
yer is 80 degrees. as against As at
Chicago, 40 at Boston, 55 at Wash
ington sc at St. Louis and 60 at Jack
sonville. During the last thrtytwO
years 100 or higher has been touched
just thirteen times in Denver-seven
times in July and six in August.
While these high temperatures were
maintained only for a few minutes,
readings in the 90s are common dur
ing every summer month. For July,
the warmeSt month, the average TEN
perature is - degrees, and the aver
age daily maximum, or afternoon read
ing, is 81 degrees. Pretty high, it is
true, but on the other hand, the av-
erage minimum. or night temperature,
for July is 50 degrees, which all will
agree is very comfortable for midsum-
mer.
Here, as elsewhere over the great
er part of the United States, the
coolest month is January, with an av-
erage temperature of % degrees.
Zero or lower has been noted in one
fourth of the Novembers, One-third of
the Marches. two-thirds of the Decem-
bers and Februarys and seven-eighths
of the Januarys-in all 3i3 times in
thirty-two years. These readings are
night temperatures. and are not to be
cOnfounded with the mean tempera-
ture, nor with the maximum tempera-
| ture, for the days on which the tenn
perature did not rise above zero have
been exceedingly rare. The records
/ show that such extreme weather has
been experienced on only ten days in
thirty-two years. five times in janu-
AIRY and five times in February. The
lowest ever recorded was % degrees
below zero.
The annual precipitation. which
includes rain, snow, sleet and hail. is
400 inches. Chicago. 34.S; st. Louis,
ALI Washington, 44.S; Boston. 45.O,
and Jacksonville, 54,1. Fortunately
for agricultural interests the seasonal
. distribution in the vicinity of Denver
is generally favorable, that is to say.
as a rule we have the greater part of
| the annual fall during the warmer
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26
WEATHER BUREAU OFFICIAL
PRAISES CLIMATE OF DENVER

half the year The total for the
sprlh- and summer months is ten
inch Or lust five-sevenths of the an
nua tlO. leaving only four inches, or
an oFrrase OF only two-thirds of an
inch for each of the fall and winter
mon quite the opposite from that
whica our eastern friends generally
infer May the wettest month. has
an a.age of 2-6l inches. and April.
the n,N in order, zoo inches.
'10r average number of days with
0.0l u. an inch or more precipitation
is eilHy-0ne. against III at St Louis,
12O al Chicago, l2l at Boston, l22 at
Washugtun and l2I at Jacksonville.
This an excellent showing in view
of TIL fact that this number repre-
sents u the case Of Denver. not days
with NUtlnuOus rain, but principally
days with showers of short duration,
"Ol Wshine we have siXty-nine per
cent. OF the possible, as against sixty
five ST Louis, tifty-nine at Washing
ton. tl.}-i0ur at Boston and iifty-three
at Chicago. 1t is of interest to note
that TO- these cities the greatest
amour occurs in the summer months.
while with us the winter months
bring The highest percentages. Thus
for The winter months our average
is aboyn seventy, while the lowest av-
erage for any mouth-siXty-one per
cent for May. Only twice in
twelve years has the monthly amount
of sunshine fallen below fifty per cent.
in May 1891. and May, 1892. Occa-
sionally the monthly average is as
much as eighty-nine per cent; this
was noted in October, 1894, and Sep
tember lS9j On the other hand, we
have some days without any sunshine.
There are not many such days, how
ever, the average is one day a month; /;
two. tn" highest average. is for April.
as against none for August.
THE average relative humidity is
slightly below fifty per cent. 1t is
highest in February, fifty-fve per
cent, and lowest in June, which has
an average OF fortysiX per cent.
Twice during my residence of twenty
one years in the state have | OBJ
served a humidity as low as one-hali
of one per cent. The annual relative
humidity at St. Louis is seventy per
cent. Boston seVenty-two. Washington
seventytEree. Chicago, scventy-seven
and Jac. 5onyille eighty, and for the
warme nonths-Iune, July. August
ana Ser ember-at St Louis sixty-siS
ger i11., Chicago ana Boston seventy,
-four. Washington seyeHty-siX, and
lac 7onville eighty-twO. 1t will be
obs ryed tnat in the Atlantic states
the lumdity during the warm months
is prater than the annual. just the
reyr-e Of that which obtains at Den
yer
"Io brief. our summers are charac,
teri 4 by warm days and cool nights
the cat of the day not attended by
the nal debilitating effects. our win.
tiers ny an abundance of sunshine and
the -cneral absence of snow and Of
sevcr and long continued cold
IF. II. BRANDENBURG.
"District FOrcCaster."
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26
Child Labor Case Appealed.

Attorney Thomas Fl. Hood. repre-
senting the Overland Cotton mills,
John l.. Jerome and Dean Sutcliffe, has
filed a brief in the Supreme Court
asking that the judgment of the Coun-
ty Court in fining the defendants $50
each for violating the child labor law
be set aside.
The defendants were found guilty
and fined by Judge Lindsey in the
County Court last fall for employing a
child under fourteen years old to
work in the mills. The complaint was
sworn to by o. l.. Tuft, an agent of the
State Humane Society. One error as
signed is in connection with this com
plant, which reads that the com
plainant swore to the facts set forth
because of his own personal knowl-
edge. In the brief it is alleged that
Tuft on oath admitted that he knew
only one of the defendants, and that
he had not seen the misdemeanor al
legged. 1t is also alleged that the
statutes covering the cases specify
persons and that corporations are not
mentioned anywhere.
The brief closes by stating that while
the defendants believed that what
ever Judge Lindsey had done in the
case was from the best of motives and
a desire to be impartial, yet there was
sometimes a danger that in looking
after the rights and interests OF chill
dren those of others are disregarded. -
The Grit-advocate., 1903-06-26

Governor Peabody has appointed
Joseph Dennis of Golden a member of
the board of the State Industrial School
for Boys. The appointment was made
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of George II. kimball.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-02
DIsFRANCHISErENT IN ALABArlA.

reading of the opinion of the supreme of the
United in the of the negro Jackson Giles which was
the of testing the validity of the suffrage povis
OF the Alabama optuon leads to two important
conclusons First that the for the complainant
Quoted improper lines and second that relief for the dsanchse
intelligent coored citizens be secured through national
legislation rather than through judicial Interpretation the auto
matte operation of the constitution of the United States.
The i'll its opinion says the plaintiff alleges that the whole
registration scheme OF the Alabama constitution fraud the
constitution of the United States and asks declare void
Then the complainant tasks be registered party under the
void instrument The court then that TO approve
his claim would be ito make the party the unlawful
scheme by accepting and adding another its fraudulent lists
and il then denies the petition.
There doubt the scheme OF the trainers OF the provision
the Alabama constitution in question dsranchs negro
entirely while the time retaining terae whites
right of suffrage On this point final decision has been
dcred but does say The traditional limits proceedings
in equity embraced remedy for political wrongs Indeed
the opinion almost advise political action in order
remedy Legislation make effective the provision the four
.cent amendment the constitution which provides that repre-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-02

Chapter III In which the Wise Men
Seek for a Kingly Leader and hear of
George Fred Parable Of Mighty Lead
ers OF the People:
/. Now. in the days Of Teddy, the King
Of strenuosity. there came wise men from
the east ana other points OF the compass,
saying:
2 Where is he that is born king OF
political leaders. for we have seen his
star notices in the eastern newspapers
announcing the advent of a mighty lead
er who should prove 10 he the man on
horseback. leading his party 10 a glorious
victory which shall usher i'm the millenni-
um dawn OF political purity and fill the
hearts Of men with light ard hope thai
fadeth not away
8 And when the wise men had inquired
diligently of many whom they met OF The
highway. a certain man lifted up MS
voice and remarked with great remarka-
tiveness: Harken unto me and j viii
teach We knowledge and direct We wise
men 40 plain that ne who runs may read.
and the wayfaring man, though devoid of
average intellect, need not err SUFFICIENT
/ ly 20 become lost, past being found again.
! g. And when the wise men heard this
/ nutterlng OF the banners of language
/ they reioiced with great JOY saying,
/ said unto David, Thou art the man so sly
! we all of us: verify thou art the man We
] seek. show us the way.
s. And again the man lifted up MS
voice and said "lt must I've that each OF
| We both have especial reference 10 George
/ Fred OF the tribe Of Williams who
/ abideth I'm Dedham, even as man might
| travel from Boston through Roxbury ana
/ Jamaica Plain and journey forward even
/ until he rearhpfh the plaCc. lie Is 10
| form n new party which shall sweep the
/ nation, even as saith the poet:
/ Went down TO Dedham 10 stay the after
noon,
And they sweep the kitchen with brand
new broom.
/ g. Then a broad and extensive smile
passed over the wise mems faces. reach-
/ ing half way across the highway Ana
! one OF the wise men said: Refereth'
thou. to the man, who. with David b.
who resideth upon a Hill In New YORK
state. went to the great convention whicn
I nominated Bryan and marched To battle
for gold dollars and silver dollars and
gree nbacks. all Of which should be worth
100 cents each, for 90 pay debts and en-
ployes?
:. Even so. replied the man OF mighty
knowledge.
S. And the wise man continued hi'
| parable and said Then we know him
for We did hear. even At the time OF theii
/ return. that David n. had settled into
his boots. while George Fred caved ever
as n landslide goeth down tho mounte "
side with no gulding hand. while sore
destruction marketh the path of its head
long course.
q Yea. verify. IL was even George Fred
who led his party In the Ray state unit
II could be easily beaten by the party o.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-02
A FAR REACHING DECISION.

R decision that is unanimous the of appeals
has upheld validity of the special franchise tax law In It's
,nion the court devotes the question OF local
home rule and to the relation of authority local authority in
the evyng question Although this is an essential ao
necessary will undoubtedly find prominent place III the
arguments carried to the United States supreme
by corporations affected it is not the vital ana p
in decision
That point revealed plain emphatic declaration that
special property They represent privileges granted
corporations occupy public thoroughtars tor the purpose Oh
dcting profit The corporations that come WITHIN
the special franchise tax law include street railway
telegraph telephone companies and electric light
ing ETC. They essentially modern product and the otgoth
Of modern conditions highways they and the appliances
they employ above below the surface
tangible has long been recognized tor purposes OF cap
the plain meaning OF the courts decision a'
also liable taxation just as are ot
kinds of property subject to levy
1t will be that this decision if it upheld as
there is good the United States supreme
court will be of great moment permanent value only to
municipalities Empire but those in every state in the
union city Of Importance IN TINS country la'
will able through the enactment OF Legislation similar TO he
New. York franchise tax statute materially its
from only legitimate subject OF taxation but Is
pay that is likely to be eveo upon "
No doubt merged corporations with highly watered capitalization
may regard and but no suh
will by sobernded already heavily burdened
by maintaining under which quasi pubic
corporations enjoy privileges which speedily make mhonare OF
their astute stockholders.
Here in Providence special franchise would be boon and
the would render what otherwise will
inevitable material increase the rate OF taxation lhere Is
merged" Perry corporation with plenty of waered stock on
which handsome dividends being paid and would be neither
hardship injustice compel reasonable tax on the
valuable profitable exclusive privileges enjoys instead of the
pay into the municipal treasury under what
it fatuously insists is perpetual contract
recalling that the initiative of President
franchise
passed. and the offspring OF desire nd
by which equitable distrbu
ton public burdens The purpose of the law is to bring within
of the taxing poyers kind of property and the hghe
court decided that the well the
legitimate valid An approval of this decision by the
in the land will be general and neverendne
blessing to the American people