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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07

'em to make a scrap said CAPTAIN
Jack ruefully to his men one after
And 1t did look that way to
every man in the, bunch. So it was a
really enjoyable when Jack
Croker announced one night that he
had received a husky letter from the
%Nverrnin' down below. He read it to
the asse7nblage:
ITO Captain Jack Croker and Com
pany-Gentlemen: Tomorrow afternoon
at 6 o'clock / wish you would assemble
all your force where the dead line
crosses Range g., section 9, and we'll
talk yer this dead line business. Bet
ter bring your guns along.
James H. Lawrence"
1t was getting well along toward
sunset when the rangers galloped to
the place appointed for a conference.
There were twenty men on twenty
bronchos. There were also twenty guns
and a we'll loaded belt around each Of
the twenty men. They rode faster as
they approached Bill Jones corne and
their approach resemhled in miniature
a charge on an IndianFcamp. Sudden
ly the leader drew up into a walk. He
scanned the valley intervening keenly
and then with a string of oaths snort
ed:
i thought it was only a bluff. Thar
amt ginger enough in thet hull camp
to start a dog fight. /" jest dare you
fellers now ter foller me down there
now and shoot thet town full er holes.n
There Amt no fight in sight. but
somebody's a kickin' up er heap O. dust
Jest beyont thet clump er Willows yon-
der drawled Rattlesnake Jim. Yes.
there was a horseman in sight coming
toward them on the gallup. Croker
awaited his arrival with a curi0ls look.
A slender young fellow leaped from
the saddle and with the bride lightly
flung over his arm walked feisurely
toward the group. Croker again Gag
erly scanned the country behind the
boy, but was disappointed in seeing no
b~elligerent band.
lis this Captain Jack Crockers
croWd?" asked the stranger.
AM who re you and what yer want
with him"
My name is Lawrence" responded
the new man in a quiet but firm tone.
II had an appointment with Captain
Croker and his associates about this
particular spot, and I thought you
might be the parties The
made a leisurely move forward.
Hold on there blurted Croker
'tTh' dead lines. about three PAGES this
side of you, neighbor. Better 90 and
Sit strnsbodys to help you"
Ah. sc tais is Captain Croker. =
thought So replied the young man
hating respectfully. and fixing his cold
gray eyes on the burly leader.
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Kansas Bumper Wheat c.on

York Times: While the Y
valley Is recovering from ~
most destructive inundation az ne
generations, the broad wheat he,t .m 70
me state Is girding itself for the mieht
Test harvest In Its history. Unmolestad
~ irost, drought or insect, Kansaa:
ah,,nd y, Wfeat promises to surpass in
anything N :ts previous h,stor 1asu1,.
Duik OF the harvest VIII he da,, 1.n
from haa a week to ten days by the recent
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07
Tips for Traye.ers.

Four Track News: Here are a Yeu
tips that should be written on eve,.v
travellers hat band: Ss
Get posted! 1t costs no more To an
joy your trip by being prenared.
Get ready in time! BY p-rocrastina+.
ing you are apt to lose your head-and
train. ahu
Take as little baggage as possible.
Take your manners with YOU.
p9nt demand Pullman service on a
ming card. WI
Use discrimination regarding tins.
Don't pay for one seat and eSnsct -
occupy three. 70
gers. passen-
fate Of the parrot. .le
home. ~ not
Don't snore-there are otbars
want TO sleep. VINO
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07
Tho Revolution by Farm Mad

The Revolution by Farm Mad,
w. 3. Thornton in the August n
Work: Farm machinery may I'D
do work for us that will be worth {
OI1.GO a year. Theoretically 1t is \
saving US nearly three-fourths that
Tor as far back as 1883, If all the II
which machinery Is adapted could
been planted and gathered by haRs|
would have cost nearly s700,00Qal
than If they had all been plalaaa
gathered by machinery. 1t has ~
added SO much to our wealth, but
made US the foremost exporting 4
and it is changing the character /
farmer by freeing him from rnoua
hand-toil. More than that, 1t VI
changing the immemorial conce55
agriculture and the pastoral and
associations that have gathered y
since the time of Abraham Weaa
dlsstry, commerce, the character a
and even their sentiment are all a
by 1t.
Tet SO sudden have been these y
that we have yet hardly caught
meaning. The cradle-scythe Is y
little mose than a century old. AZ
cast-iron piow was first used eyasl
than the cradle-scythe. In Other
q century ago agricultural machine
almost as primitive as 1t was a tt9
years ago. Now we have steam
combi-ed harvesters and threshs3
auto-mowers. They have come la
SO recently that only a smaly lHd
population have ever seen them AZ
Yet they are changing our life mi
wide reaches-from commerce to 4
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07
HIS FACE sPolLs 3,
A Philadelphia Barber 40

q Philadelphia Barber Nh.
cutter for a Cuso~.tl
Philadelphia Telegraph: ..n..
the man who Just went or, il
uptown barber of a cu.ta.1
swarthy individual left Il. .ss
Well. he spoils a razor eyery
him. and he comes here aas
regularly. He Is a stonecn,s.sssa d
grit and dustti IL so imbeddea + y :
Of his face that It Is like dros.s y
over the side Of a stone. / airsaa
best tools I have upon him hS.
not stoneproof, and a dull ny
result when his beard is remM.s
HE is a customer mon ~
money, and am glad to say ssa]
tho only stonecutter who favo,. W.
his patronage. I often wonds. Z
that he doesn't vince whan 4.
strikes a section OF stone that Il. "
in his face and bounds of. In, aa3
ably because his skin Is so haraA
he feels no Ill effects"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07
Mr.. Lucjdis BODY Eount

Nicola, Ia. July 29.-Mrs. a (
Lucid. who mysterfously disaEa
from her home yesterday nortlllgJ1
found dead in a small stream nsa]
this afternoon.
Foul play is still suspected, ana1
onor Treynor of Council BluEA
hold an Inquest.
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That Time I. Pa.

Gncinnatti Commercial Tribune. "a
man. remarked Weary Wrapp,e,
from the northeast corner Of the haa
stack, amt got er chancet even =
gether der crums from de rich man,s
- Da1 ne ain't," replied Tired Tat.
SIS eneerIuily. .fer of der rfch
dey don't eat nuttin' but MIL "a "a.
eggs" : iAtiA an
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07

616 Of the revised statutes. Ths DEFEND
ant In this, case came from Georgia into
Florida, accompanied by armed men, and
wit the assistance Of the sheriff of Levy
county. Florida arrested two negroes
who had run away from his ~turpenti1leS
farm In Georgia while indebted to him.
The men were forcibly arrested, taken
out OF the state without legal process and
forced to work on DEFENDANTS turpentine
farm. At h time Of capture the de-
PENDANT announced that his purpose was.
Ito take the negroes back to Georgia, in
order that he might make an example Of
them SO that other employees would not
run ava AT the trial! of this case 1t was
developed by the evidence that the actions
of the defendant were in line with the
usual custom Of tho country regarding
employees indebted to employers. The de-
PENDANT introduced no. evidence IN his .de.S
Tense and the juryafound him guilty The
court imposed a penalty OF four years.
imprisonment In the federal prison, ana
the defendant took a writ Of error to the
circuit court 81 appeals for the Fifth ctr-s
cult. Tn case y stiH pending at this
writing. n the decision OF the court Is
awaited with interest by the federal au-s
thoritfes and employers throughout the
south.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-07
HEART is %iNDEPENpEN
II Will Work by Itself as Sd
Machinery.

Washington Star: That the heaa1
dependent OF the central nervous
and can be made to pump blood Il
an artificial circulation, ever MID
moved from the body, has been n
strated to students at the uniye11
Chicago by a striking expertnsa
formed by Professor Elias p. Lyon
Departments Of physiology.
Professor Lyon has been able nos
ty to make pieces of hearts pulsatt
solutions and in the air. as was ID
Professor Jacques Loeb and PnI
Ltngle, bus by the arrangement ii
able apparatus he has caused the Z
a dog TO pump blood through ITSELF,
of lungs and Il loop Of tubing nos|
four feet high.
On. Lyon disclaims the distlmh1
discovering the method of causing /
parently dead heart to beat. as ii
that the experiment has been pert
before by certain investigators. p
experiments having shown that ths|
was independent Of the central ID
system, 1t was found that the olH
dttfon necessary for causing the bid
beat was that 1t should be able tea
late blood through Itself.
Ii this condition be me- and TIL
prevented from eoagulating In ,aI
partments OF the heart it was fouas
c~irculation could be kept up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
DOWIE AND ARMY
SAFE IN NEW YORK
Restoration Host viii at Once
AssaiI the Works of the
Enemy.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-The "restora-
tion host" under the leadership of John
Alexander Dowie, garrisoned Madison
Square garden today and completed
preparations to sally tomorrow on the
works of the enemy"
The first detachment numbering
about 400, arrived early in the morn
ing and the remaining trains followed
during the day and evening. Leaving
the ferryboat, the crusaders boarded
special cars which were in waiting,
proceeded direct to the garden to the
music of their bands and the singing
of hymns.
The general overseer himself ac-
companied by his family and staff, ar
rived in his special train at the Grand
Central station, where, owing to a mis-
understanding, his private carriage
failed to meet him and he was COM
PEELED to go to the Plaza hotel in a
hack. During the confusion of leaving
the train a thief slipped into Mrs.
Dowie's reception room on the car and
stole a $1,500 diamond and pearl
brooch.
From the Plaza DR.. Dowie went to
the garden, where he restored order
out of the general confusion that pre-
vailed, and outlined his plans in an
interview with the newspaper men. He
denied that he intended to raise a fund
of 50,000000 while here and declined
to say whether he was going to found
another Zion City here. 1t is intended
to begin the house to- house ViSitationS
tomorrow and the first public service
Will be held in the garden Sunday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
BARRED BY DIVORCE
Minister Married to Divorced
Woman Loses Church.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. ia
matter that may become a celebrated
! case in the Protestant Episcopal church
in America became public today when
announcement was made that Bishop
John Scarborough, of the diocese of
New Jersey, had refused to approve the
call to church within his jurisdiction
Of clergyman married to a woman
who had been granted a divorce from
her first husband-also an Episcopal
clergyman.
The case is that of the Rev. George
F. Kettell, formerly assistant rector of
Christ church, Baltimore. His wife
was originally Miss Bessie Broughton,
of Pocomoke City, Md. She married
the Rev. Clarence Frankel In February,
1900, and six moths later they moved
to Nebraska, where her hus band was a
missionary. Later she secured a di-
vorce in South Dakota on the grounds
of non-support, unfaithfulness and
cruelty. She then came back to POGO
moke City, became acquainted with the
Rev Mr.. Kettell and the couple were
married on July 29 last by Rev. Charles
A. Hensel, vicar of Grace church
chapel, Baltimore. Shortly after this
Mr.. Kettell resigned from Christ
church.
Christ church at Palmyra, N. J.,
about ten miles from Philadelphia, Of
ASA Oo SAiC ACNlOiolllP VI IlldI Cllul I'll W
the young rector on the recommends
ton of Bishop Scarborough before he
was married. He accepted after in
forming the vestry of the church that
he had married a divorced woman, but
when he went to Trenton, N. j., to get
approval of the bishop, which is nee
sary, when clergyman Of the church
goes from one diocese to another, he
was refused. The disappointed rector
notified the VeStrymen at Pal
myra, vacated the pulpit and accepted
a position as instructor in the Episco-
pal academy in this city pending the
settlement of the controversy.
The .parishioners of Christ church
took uf c.e matter and appealed to
the bishop to reconsider his decision,
but this he would not do. Meetings
were held at the church and the par
ishioners finally became decided, ma
jority of them, it is said, deciding to
take the view of Bishop Scarborough.
Some of the more ardent supporters of
the Rev. Mr.. Kettell want to take the
matter to the civil courts, and it is said
this will probably be done.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
FOR WAR
Army Maneuvers at Camp San
ger to Begin Today.

CAMP SANGER, FORT RILEY,
Kan, Oct. 16.-Better weather condi-
tions prevailed at Camp Sanger today.
The day was bright and cold, the ther-
mometer almost reaching the freezing
point. The troops were astir early, as
all were to be in a position for the first
problem at $3.50. The purpose of this
maneuver was to develop the posi-
tons of the outposts of the opposing
forces, "The Blues" and "The Browns y
But little firing was INDUCED in and
that was at long range.
Recall had been sounded and all or
ganizations were in camp and ready
for the noon meet at IL o'clock. The
first real work of the encampment be-
that will form the attacking force In
tomorrow's maneuvers prepared to
leave camp for a designated point
where they will go into bivouac.
This force is known as the Blues
and is under the command of Brig.
Gen. Fred d. Grant, u. S. A. His
brigade is composed of the Second and
Twenty first infantry, a battalion of
the Twelfth infantry, Company D, of
the engineers, with mounted detach-
ment from the same organization, two
y
and Twenty ninth field batteries, signal
and hospital corps detachments and a
long wagon train conveying rations
and forage for the command.
This force crossed the Kansas river
in the pontoon bridge erected by the
engineers. This crossing was effected
in a remarkably short time, the entire
brigade disappearing from view in the
direction of Jefferson township
will be under the command of Brig.
Gen. Thomas Berry, U. S. A, and will
consist Of the Sixth infantry, the
Twenty-f1f infantry, portion of the
Twelfth and the Ninth cavalry, two
squads Of the Fourth, the First bat
talon of engineers and the Nineteenth
and Twenty-e eighth field batteries. The
bluff that borders the valley to the
south of the reservation will doubtless
prove an advantageous point that will
be sought after by both forces.
Maj. Gen. John c. Bates and his staff
arrived shortly after noon today and
was received with salute of thirteen
guns. He Immediately assumed COM
mand Of the division.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
RITES ARE CREEPY
St. Louis Capitalists" Be-
queath Skulls to Lodge.


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 16.-The dis
covery of a secret organization of
prominent men of st. Louis who call
themselves Capitalists and bequeath
their skulls to adorn their lodge rooms
after their death, has destroyed the
peace of mind of every woman who
has heard of it.
In guarded secret subterranean
place the Capitalists hold mysterious
bi-weekly meetings. AT such times
outsiders have heard faint echoes of
wild songs and hollow laughter and the
clink Of glasses as toasts were drunk
to the skulls of departed members for
each member is pledged to the release
of his head to his comrades at his
death.
Each member wears in his scarf a
gold skull, which is at once a part of
the emblem of the order and a per-
petual reminder of the pledge. The
complete emblem of the order is the
object is to keep in trust the skulls of
the members.
The headquarters of this order are
in Brooklyn. There the order was or
ganized about twelve years ago with
membership of thirteen. One of the
charter members was Max Schoff, a
Bay Ridge architect, who is now it's
secretary. The order has branches in
Chicago and Baltimore in addition to
st. Louis.
One of the members said to friend:
4 ''Skulls of members are coming to US
from all over the world, which we are
constantly adding to our store. We
believe that it is a good idea to fanil-
iarize mankind with the idea of DEATH
If you want to know how tits done you
should join us. Our meetings are US
ually very impressive"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
KEPT FROM COURT
Man kidnapped to Prevent Him
Appearing Against Thief.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
CULBERTSON. Mont, Oct. ia
sensational story was told today of a
bold case of kidnapping and unlawful
detention. After the last trip F. L. King
made to Culbertson, he returned to his
ranch on the Big Muddy, near the
Canadian border. and found some of his
household goods missing. He traced
the missing articles to a ranch in
Canada, and swore out a warrant for
the arrest of a suspect. The man was
arrested and a day set for the hearing
before justice of the peace. Young
King returned to his ranch.
When the day of trial approached
he started for the Justices office on
horseback. Before arriving there he
was waylaid and obliged to accompany
the outlaws to their rendezvous. Here
he was detained thirteen days, or until
after the day set for the trial, when he
was turned loose on the prairie, with
out arms or horse, and had to walk
back home. They even took his clothes
and gave him old rags.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
DYING, He OWNS UP
Ohio Man Confesses a Defal-
cation of $4,000.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. Oct 16.-With
the grave still waiting to receive the
remains of Joseph Spahr, late secre-
tary and treasurer of P. P. Mast &
Co., rumors were f1oated today that he
had embezzled $4,000 from the com
pany, and that he made a complete
confession of his alleged shortage on
his deathbed, and, to right the wrong
surrendered his stock and deeds over
his property to the company. 1t is ru-
mored that his wife agreed to give up
his life insurance, amounting to $20,-
QUO to the company in case his illness
proved fatal.
For twenty one years Mr.. Spahr was
trusted and valued employe of the
firm of F. P. Mast & Co., manufactur-
ers of grain drills. The late P. P.
Mast, millionaire manufacturer. was at
the head of the concern until his DEATH
which occurred few years ago. The
strangest part of the whole affair is
the fact that the finger of suspicion
did not point to Mr.. Spahr until after
he had been taken Ill.
The the discovery was made that he
had been Systematically robbing the
concern. For seventeen years he had
refused to take a vacation, claiming
each year that his duties demanded his
attention.
A few months ago an expert exam
1ned the books for the American Seed
ing Machine company, the grain drill
combine, with a view Of the latter buy
ing the plant, and he failed to find any
thing irregular. When the discovery
was made it came like a thunderbolt
out of a clear sky, and his legion of
friends would not believe the reports
circulated. His own confession, ad-
Continued on Fourth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
TWO ARE SHOT DEAD
Desperate Negro Is Killed After
Killing Constable.


MKEESPORT, Pa, Oct. 16.-As the
result of an attempt by three officers to
arrest negroes at Glassport tonight,
Constable William Shields, of Glass
port, was shot through the heart and
almost instantly killed, and Peter Mel
win, one of the negroes, was shot dead
by Patrick Kelley. For some time
several negroes have been creating
trouble, and were always ready to pick
quarrel.
Today they attempted to shoot Will
liam Davidson, railroader who es-
capped and notified Constable William
Shields and officer Joseph Morris, who
swore in Patrick Kelley as special
officer
The three men then started for the
scene of the trouble. They found one
of the men, in company with another
negro named Peter Melvin. The Off
GERS started forward, calling on the ne
groes to surrender. Morris caught
Melvin by the arm, and, upon Melvin
attempting resistance, Constable
Shields started forward to help Nor
ris. Melvin pulled revolver from his
pocket and fired. Shields fell to the
ground with bullet in his heart, and
Melvin, wrenehing himself loose, es-
capped.
Kelley encountered Melvin entering a
store near by, and attempted to place
him under arrest. Both men opened
fire, each emptying their revolvers, and
Melvin staggered and fell. He was
taken to a nearby store, where he died
within a few minutes. Drs. Mehard
and Nichols. Of McKeesport, had been
called to attend the wounded men, but
by the time they arrived both Shields
and Melvin had died. It is thought
that the third negro escaped on a
freight train, and officers started to
capture him. Chief of Police e. S. Nc
Cow was also notified. and, with De-
tective Patrick Morrissey, of McKees-
port, is searching for the negro. Shields
was forty-four years old and marrieG.
having three children. He was well
known in Glassport and was very pop
T1ar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
WOULD SHOW CAR
Believes Labor Leaders Could
Organize Russia.

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-"The car saws
that Russia is not ready for repub
lie; that its people cannot be organiz-
eo. Put Roosevelt or Cleveland or Bry-
an at the head of twenty labor leaders
whom I could select. and in one year
they would organize the people of
RUSSIA and make them ready for self
government"
This tribute to the ability of some
OF the leaders of organized labor in
the United States was paid last night
py Louis Jackson, of New York. indus
tr1ai commissioner of the Erie rail-
road. In an address at a dinner of the
Chicago real estate board at the Chi
caso annette club. Other speakers
during the evening joined in his praise
Oh union labor and union leaders.
Mr. Jackson's declaration of the
power OF labor leaders was prefaced
by the following assertion:
A few men at the head of the Ia
Dor movement have organized a union
OF 100000 men, and in time of ma
t1onal trouble they could organize as
great an army for the national de-
fense. To these men credit and re-
ward is due.
The factory bell of the big city
should not ring before a. m. Real
estate men of the big cities should
unite to this end. Then the laborer
may have his little home in the sub
urb, will have time for his bath and his
breakfast. and can get to his work In
time. Then when he is asked to strike
on trivial issue he will consider his
home and will be restrained from
hasty action by the same influences
that restrain the man who controls
millions of invested capital"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
BOYS ARE PARDONED
Ohio Governor Releases Convict
Sons of Wealthy Parents.


COLUMBUS, Ohio. Oct. 16.-Wear-
ing their convict suits, three young
prisoners, known as "William How
ard, Harry Elmore" and Harry
Reed" were ushered into the presence
Of Gov, Nash in the executive Office
at the capitol this afternoon, and in
less than an hour were made free men,
- Gov. Nash, in pardoning them, de-
clared that they should have been COM
mitted to the reformatory and not the
penitentiary.
All three are sons of well known To-
ledo families, and their real names
have never been made public.
While tramping year ago the
young men entered a store at Thurs
ton, Ohio, and were caught. They
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to.
seven years. None of them was yet
twenty-one years old. To the gov
ernor they told their real names, but
he declined to make them public.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-17
SHOT FOR REFUSING TO
HOLD UP HIS HANDS
JeweIer ignores Burglars Command
and is Seriously Wounded.

CINCINNATI, Oct 16.-Louis H.
Goosman, jewel at 9O2 Central ave-
nue., was shot and seriously wounded
tonight by an unknown man who en-
tered his store for the purpose of rob-
berry. The man, at the point of re-
Volver commanded Goosman to throw
up his hands. Goosman refused, and
the robber shot him in the groin. He
then ran to the street and exchanged
shots with a policeman who was at
tracted by the shooting. None of the
shots took effect and the robber es-
capped.