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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
FOUR-DAY
Ample Funds for the Firemen's An.
nuaI Tournament at Chamberlain.

Ample Funds for the Firemen's An.
nual Tournament at Chamberlain.
The board Of control Of the South
Dakota Firemen's association decided
to hold tho annual tournament in
Chamberlain on June 9, 10, II and IL.
Sioux Falls withdrew and Chamber
lain had no competitor. 1t was solely
through Chamberlain's efforts that a
permanent appropriation of 81, 900 was
secured from the state for the annual
tournament, which, with a local con-
%tribution of not less than $500. will
enable the board Of control to hang I'D
purses of sufficient size hereafter to
revive interest in the volunteer de-
partmsnts Of the state.
In view OF Chamberlain's work it
was conceded that it was entitled TO
the first tournament, and hereafter the
purses that will be put up will insure
good meetings. All purses and ex-
psnses will be paid directly from me
state appropriation and the local sub
scrfption, so that there will be no
charge for admission to the grounds
and everything will be free except
grsndstand privileges, for which a
nominal charge will be made.
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THE NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED,
State Guar Hereafter to Be Known
as the National Guard.


The companies of the state militia
IN the western counties Of the state,
unde a recent order, are under the
general supervision of Col. Amos Pat
riquin of Lead, assistant adjutant gen.
eral of the state. Col. Patriquin has
been Informed that the designation Of
the militia hereafter will be the South
Dakota National guard, and under the
change the First and Second regi-
ments become the Second and Third.
as the numbering includes the original
First South Dakota infantry, which
served in the Filipino war and was
afterwards mustered out of tho serv-
ice.
The three infantry companies Of the
Black Hills constitute the Third bat
talon of the Third regiment, to which
the troop of cavalry at Deadwood is
attached. This battalion reports
through Col. Patriquin. Walter l..
Vercoe of Deadwood has been appoint
ed a%djutant for the battalion with the
rank of first lieutenant, and Herbert
u. Allen, first lieutenant, who has been
squadron qusrtermaster for tho South
Dakota cavalry, has been relieved and
assigned to the Third battalion, Third
regiment, as assistant quartermaster.
1t is expected that a fourth infantry
company will be mustered into the
service some time during the early
summer, although it has not been de-
clded where it is to be located. There
are applications from a number of
Black Hills towns for the organiza-
ton.
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wealth 1902 ..........$ll9,S49,OO 0
Live Stock Increased.
Because of the wet season the corn
bp was damaged, and this accounts
the comparatively small value of a
tge output. But this loss in corn
s counter-balanced by the rise in
B value of live stock, chiefly cattle.
lis was s23, 600, 900 in 1901 and $751;
1000 last year.
The banks naturally showed the
owing prosperity of the people of
b state. On Sept. IS of each year
banks make a sworn report of
Dir finances. The deposits on that
te last year amounted to SS0,416,341,
increase Of $40, 984,555 over the ag-
bgate deposits the year before.
There is more significance in this
ltement than an outsider would i'm
Inc, as South Dakota people keep
(ge sums on deposit in Chicago, New
|rk, Minneapolis and Omaha; also.
eepting the Homestake Mining COM
by, no large corporations have head
arters in the state. This company,
viewer, keeps only enough funds in
state to transact current business.
q more than thirty millions, there
2, deposited in South Dakota banks
present the accounts Of merchants,
fyers, doctors, farmers, cattle men
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Gadzocks.

Ye of racing men congre-
gated in We city of Pennsyldelphia to
confab about ye scheme to sell pools
and thus fool we Reform Administra-
ton and We host Of Police officials.
1--WE will run it like ys Life Assur-
ance Companies" said ys fat fellow
with we red nose.
"But what can we assure?" 1nterro-
gated we other fellow with ye loud
neckwear.
What can we assure?' almost
screamed We first. ~"Saphead! Can we
not assure We clients that they will
lose their monev?"
And ye concourse went merrlly on
with ye meet.-New York Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
French Nobility Feast.

A French exchange gives an account
Of a chateau dinner al which no less
than seven Duchesses were present
Each wore a magnificent tiara and
family jewels and priceless old lace.
The skirt of every costume worn by
these grandes danes was very long
and sweeping. Many Of the bodices
had long, dropping sleeves OF lace or
tulle, which, with the high tiaras and
couronnes, gave a most picturesque.
MOyen age air.
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Pierpont Morgan's Straight Talk.

Pierpont Morgan was besieged by
q group Of newspapermep in Wash
ington one day last week. They
wanted to- get his opinions on some
of the problems confronting Wall
street. Gentlemen" said the multi
millionaire, your business is to get
news and print it; mine is to do things
II l can. Now, suppose l gave you
the news in advance regarding things
I may try to do. You would be the
winners and I the loser, and you would
think me a Ounce for letting you win.
Good day. gentlemen"
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bIG BOOM IN SOUTH DAKOTA
lowing Prospects for 19O3-50, 900 Families Are Ex-
p~ected-Secret of States Growth Given in Its
Production of Wealth..

Abordeen special in Chicago Rec
kd.uerald: Fifty thousand families
. expected to settle in South Dako-
his year. The fame Of this state,
bicb to the world at large has rested
a measure upon easy and conven-
# divorce laws and erratic politics.
II henceforth find a solid basis on
exceptional growth, wealth and
osperity. A hint Of what South Da-
hta is destined to become was
rown out a few years ago when it's
%aryelous corn and wheat crops and
10 remarkable natural advantages it
assesses for raising cattle were ad-
)rtised.
Now some of the principal roads
hversing the great Northwest are
anning great extension, and the de-
loyment of South Dakota promises
be more rapid. 1t has just become
own that the departments Of agri-
lture and of the treasury in Wash
gtou have sent out the information
lat during the last five years the
tie has led all others in its per capt.
production Of wealth.
$275 Per Capita.
The census Of 1900 placed the pop
htion Of the commonwealth at 401,-
%, and the total production of wealth
that year was estimated at $780,
O,oOO, or about $265 per capita. In
O1 the estimated production was
3,457, $50, or about s275 per person;
1902 the wealth of the state in its
(oducts is believed to have been
1s, 949, 900.
Figuring the population to have in
eased in two years to 100000, the
r capita quota Of wealth would be
66. which is far ahead of any other
lite. From the most reliable Stats
Es al hand the amounts and values
products during last year were as
lows:
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DIVERS ON A STRIKE.

Those Employed on the Lakes Want
Ten Dollars Per Day.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 80. - The
divers employed on the lakes have
gone on a strike to enforce their de-
mand for recognition Of their ~organiza-
ton and an increase Of wages f&om
S. and Sc per day to a fat rate Of SO
per day. The strike will delay break.
water repairs, extensions and other
harbor work.
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Typewritinq telegraph Apparatua.

The Steljes typewriting telegraph,
as used by the London police, is an
apparatus for sending a message sim.
ultaneously and in typewriter charac-
tiers to several places at once. The
battery is a powerful magnet, and the
parts are actuated by springs. The
operator at one end touches the keys
repres snting the letters and figures,
1t the same time turning a handle
and the message is received and
printed automatically by all the re-
cording instruments on the circuit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
Needle In Her Hand.

after carrying a portion OF a needle
her hand and arm for a period Of
put twenty years, Mrs. o. Anderson,
Rell-known lady residing at Bryant,
3 a day or two ago relieved Of the
OF steel which had caused her con-
}erable suffering. About twenty
prs ago the piece Of steel was forced
% the palm Of her hand while she
IS engaged in washing. Recently
felt a severe pain in her arm. This
caused by the piece Of needle,
lch was located by a doctor about
way between the hand and elbow.
was imbedded quite deeply in the
q and required considerable cut
3 to remove it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
CLEVELAND WANTS QUIET.

He Will Not Make a Grand Tour OF
the Country This Year.
New York, March 30.-Former Pres
ident Cleveland, in talking Of his trip
West which he intends to make in
order to deliver the opening address
at the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
said he was simply going for this pur-
pose and would then return directly
home. He seemed much disconnected
by newspaper political reports which
would have him visiting all w the
country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
Mate Washed Overheard,

Wilmington, N. c., April /. The
lumber schooner j. C. Butterick went
ashore during Sunday nights gale
and is a total loss. The mate was
washed overheard, but the rest of the
crew were rescued.
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GOES TO HIS DEATH.

Bedding ExpIates in Oregon the Muir
der of Three People.
Portland, Or, March 80. - A. l..
Bedding vas hanged in the county Jail
yard here. Bedding murdered his wife.
his mother-in-law, Mrs. McCroskey.
and Frank Woodward. otherwise
known as "Gyp," on the evening Of
July IL, tho killing being due to the
jealousy of Belding. who resented the
attention of Woodward to Mrs. Beld-
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
Kim Alfonso Arrested.

Madrid, April 1. - King Alfonso,
while shooting in Elprado park, was
stopped by two gendarmes, who con
fiscated his majesty's gun and laid in
formation for illegal shooting. AL
fonso smilingly acquiesced, stating
che had forgotten the law"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
Slept Between the Rails.

Staples, Mimi, March 30. - N. A.
Hanson. a farmer living about seven
miles north Of Staples. was killed here
by a switch engine. Hanson had been
drinking all day, and 1t is supposed he
wandered to the track and laid down
and went to sleep. He leaves a wife
and five children. all grown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03

Norwood, r. l., April /. - In a run
ming fight on the farm of w. H. Earl
yesterday Henry Cole, negro, was shot
and killed while in the act of steal
ing a quantity of provisions.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
InSllranne nanar TT mant
(Seal.D H. C.. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

>l'' - ''''''t Nii@S
Company'S Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The Hanover Fire ms. Co., a
corporation organized under the laws OF
New York, has filed in this office a sworn
statement, exhibiting its condition and
business for the year ending December
81. 1902, conformable to the requirements
of the laws of this State regulating tho
business Of Insurance.; and
Whereas, The said Company has filed
In this office a duly certified copy OF it's
charter, with certificate of organization,
in compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, /, II. c. Shober, Com
missioner of Insurance of the State Of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
of said Jaws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully empow-
cred through its authorized agents to
transact its appropriate business Of Fire
Insurance in this State, according to laws
thereof, until the 31st day of December,
A. D.. 1903.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my han and seal at Pierre, this
10th day of February, A. d. 1903.
{Seal.) H. C. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.
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German Consul Kills Himself.
Caracas, March 30.--A dispatch re.
ceived here from Carupano announces
that Herr Merger, the German consul
there, has accidentally killed himself.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Department Of Insurance.

Sompanys Certificate Of Authority.
Whereas, The Central Life Assurance
society OF the United States, a corpora
ton organized under the laws Of iowa.
mas MED in this office q sworn statement
exhibiting its condition and business for
the year ending December 81, 1902, con-
1ormasle to the requirements of the laws
or THIS State regulating the business of
insurance.; and.
Whereas. The said Company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy of its
cnartef. with certificate of organization.
IN compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid:
NOW, Therefore, l, II. C. Shober, Com
missioner of Insurance Of the State Of
south Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
or said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully empow-
cred through its authorized agents to
transact its appropriate business of Life
insurance in this State, according to laws
thereof, until the 31st day of December,
In Testimony Whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre, this 10th
day of February. A. d. 1903.
III. G. SHOBER,
tSea) commissioner of Insurance.
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Net amount Of risks in
force ............... S333, S14. 513.9 /
COMPANY's STATEMENT OF BUsI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Premiums on risks written... SS,OOS. so
Amount of risks w~ritten..... 477,GO5.OO
Losses incurred during the
Losses Losses paid during the year: 1.o2s.4s
STATE OF NEW YORK.
County of New York--ss.
Charles A. Shaw, President. and Jas.
McCord, Secretary of the Hanover Fire
Insurance Company of New York, being
duly sworn depose and say that the fore
going is a full, true and correct state
that the said Insurance Company is a
bona-fide owner of at least one hundred
thousand dollars of actual cash capital,
Stocks and Bonds. or IN Bonds and Mort
cages of Real Estate unincumbered, and
worth double the amount for which tho
abcve described officers of said Insur-
ance Company.
CHAs. A. SHAW.
President.
JAS. M'CORD
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
27th day Of January. 1909. nc y sr,,v
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Insurance Department.
/, H. G. Shober, COMMISSIONS Of In
surance of the State of South Dakota, do
hereby certify that the above is a truo
copy of the original Statement now o n
file at this office.
set my hand and affixed the seal of this
office at Pierre. this 10th day of Febru-
airy, 1903.
(Seal.) H. c. SHOBER.
Commissioner of Insurance.
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Total production new
wealth 1902 .........$ 119,949,O 900
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Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
9th day Of January, 1903.
(Notarial Seal.) CHARLES F. SHAW.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-03
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Insurance Department.
l. "a =. Shober. COMMISSIONS of Insur-
ance of the State of South Dakota. do
hereby certify that the above is a true
copy of the original Statement now ON
file at this office.
In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of this
effioe ct Pierre, this Dist day of Febru-
AIy, l9S. H.. c. SHOBER,
(SeaN Commissioners of Insnra nca
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

Of the skull and genius were. hov:ev1
most happily blended. In the case of Hel.'
holtz, the inventor Of the opthalmoscope
and author of The Doctrine of Tone Sem
sations as a Physiological Basis on the
Theory of Music" in Dante. the poet. and
S~chopenhauer. he woman-hattng philos-
opher. while the abnormally large facial
TO be classed as idiots by people who
did not know them personally. j.
Pope VI, most illustrious of his
name. whose genius for eloquence and
scientific achievements was applauded by
Petrarca. might have been a very ordi-
nary man. it is alleged. If 1t had not been
for q knock on the head he received when
a child.
In some manner this blow influenced his
brain development
He became disfigured for life and at the
same time one of the master minds of the
world.
There is one popularity common among
men of genius and idiots alike-misoreism.
so called: that is, a passion to belittle the
discoveries and efforts of others. This
hankering. which seems to be a near kin
of envy, is "a great hindrance to progress.
The age of steam might have arrived
decades before it revolutionized the world
had the great Napoleon been willing. He
frowned upon 1t and progress was put
back for ever SO long.
Richelieu. the great statesman and pa
tron of letters and the arts. sent a man
who used steam to drive machinery to an
insane asylum.
That happened about 1910. and Napoleon
was still adverse to the use of steam at
the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.
Darwin amused himself making fun of
hypnotism and Virchow ~disapproved of
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had been allowed to step into the shoes
of the late laureate, an honor that his
poetic genius certainly merited.
Tennyson was a six-footer and a pow
erful man inside and outside. So were
Goethe and Petrarca tall and powerfully
built. the first the object of admiration 70
all women. the other as famous for his
love for the beautiful Laura US for the
revival Of classical literature. in which he
was assisted by .Boccaecio and panse.
Whether genius prefers; to abide in fat
or lean bodies remains a question with the
statisticians. Victor Hugo. Renan and
Lee were decidedly %corpulent men. and it
is reported OF Rossini, the greatest Italr
ian dramatic of the Nineteenth
Century. that he did not see his feet dur.
ing the last thirty years of his life.
Balzac, of whom Professor Harry
Thurston Peck says that he viii live after
Shakespeare. taG a waist of Formidable
proportions.
Three good-sized men. holding one an
other by the hand. could scarcely clasp
him round. But. again. there was Vol
taire. so thin that his body was likeIied
to a veil through which his soul showed
luminously." This friend of the small
sized Frederick the Great. WING exercised
a tremendous and practical influence on
public opinion throughout Europe, never
weighed above 100 pounds.
Blaise Pascal. who exhibited precocious
proofs OF genius. especially in mathemat-
les. at the age of 10. and whose works are
positories of eloquent thought and pro
found theology, was a regular bag of
bones"
Sc was Kepler. the father of the new
which contains the great trea-
tise on the motion of Mars and who first
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productive of sugar cane in a small way.
Few Indians live among the pines. Lower
down at a moderate elevation their
ranches are found. widely scattered. Mex
leans populate the northern section. as 1t
is not so mountainous and inaccessible
around the pueblos Of Tezompa and So
ledad.
NO PRIESTS THERE.
"They were converted only nominally to
Christianity. and there are no priests
among them to-day. and no tribe in Mex
leo so well maintains the ancient beliefs.
They are really n side line of the Aztec
stock. Their exterior conditions were al
tered with the Introduction OF cattle and
sheep, the former being preferred for sac
riice at feasts for making rain during the
dry seasons. They are Of medium stat
ure. healthy. very emotional. easily moved
to aughter or tears. imaginative and ex-
citable. Young people show affection by
kissing and caressing each other IN pub
lie. They are rather kind-hearted and not
inhospitable when their confidence is won.
They are avaricious and very susceptible
to the Mexican peso.
."They are absolute liars. and not a
word they say can be depended upon.
They steal from each other, although thew
tUDk HotfIHS u NINE. III tUe west ana
south districts the hair Is worn long and
flowing. but in the eastern section IL IL
interbraided In a cue and tied with a
colorei ribbon. The women weave blaD-
kets. %tuuics. girdles and hair ribbons Of
ancient designs of wool. Cotton cloth,
however. Is gradually replacing wool.
being cheaper and attended with less
bother.
THE women embroider cleverIy and
adorn with their work their own and the
clothes of the men. They live mostly in
circular houses of loose stones or stone
and mud. covered with matched roofs.
The temples. devoted to various gods. are
much larger. similar to shape. with en-
frances toward sunrise. Around the tenn
piles are small god houses of rectangular
shape. opening toward the open place Of
the temples. The god houses are also
found in the 4iorests. where they are usual
ly circular in form.
There are nineteen temples. with
near. where the people congre-
gate at feast time. the officials and their
camping in the god houses. The
temple Is at the pueblo Of Santa
Catarina, called T~o-a-pu-H. a mountain.
1t is devoted to the principal god. TATE
god of fire. Idols are never seen
In the temples. but are hidden In remote.
caves or in some sacred or small rectang-
ular or round edificc built for the purpose.
There are a great many caves devoted to
great many gods. generally containing a
spring or pool, which makes a cave
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the Darwinian theory and criminal an
thrOpology.
SOME ALMOST SURE
SIGNS OF GENIUS.
General attributes of genius are absent
~midedness. morose sensibility and irrita-
bility and apathy, or excessive suscepti-
bility. to painful sensations.
Among eleven men and women Of genius
whchl l had under observation for a con-
siderable period eight proved far more
susceptible to pain than the average per-
son; while the susceptibility of one wom-
an had almost degenerated into a craze.
two of my geniuses hardly felt pain at
all.
Newton, the greatest of English philoso-
piers. mathematicians and astronomers,
made himself ridiculous by his absent
minded habits,
At one time. while. shaking hands with
his niece. he used her finger to push down
the tobacco in his pipe.
The German philosopher Tucheral was
so taken up with his studies and investi-
cations that he sometimes forgot his
name and had to carry a card in his hat
reminding him OF his identity and. par
ticularly. of the house where he lived.
Mommsen, who died the other day and
who knew more about ancient Rome than
any other man. living or dead. had the
greatest difficulty in remembering the
names and even the faces of his children.
Several years before his death. a boy
picked up his hat. carried away by the
wind. and Mommsen. handing the child a
dime. said approvingly: Tell your papa
for me that you are a very well-behaved
little fellow. I am Professor Mommsen."
Saying this. he walked way. wondering
what the boy meant by staring at him