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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-22

PLAN Of Work Of the Ladies' Missionary
Society of the Congregational Chnrch.
The Woman's Missionary Society OF
the Congregational Church will hold
Its opening meeting for the year at the
home OF Mrs. T. J. Woodcock, Thurs
day afternoon, Oct. goth, at 3 o'clock.
The ladies have decided to make
Home Missions their theme for this
year and the work as planned promises
10 he very interesting.
The following is the line of work for
each month:
October.-The Auxiliary and the
State Society.
November. Porto Rico and the
Porto Ricans.
December Texas.
January. The Arr of Giving.
February Our Slavic People.
March. The Indian at School.
April. The Christian Academy It's
Value and It's Purpose.
May The Orientals In America.
June. Alaska.
July. Christian Patriotism and Our
Young People.
The program for next Thursday il
as follows:
Responsive Reading. Psalms las
1.l3.
Prayer.
Reports.
Minutes Of last State meeting.
Plan Of State work, By Mrs. Wood
cock.
Story The Living Fountain.
Paper. w hat Can che Women o
South Dakota do in the Present Crisis
| Mrs. Anderson.
Special Music.
/ General Discussions
Refreshments and social half hour
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-22
TO The Hog nnissrs.

II. e. Henry, live stock dealer oil
Britton, S. D., has wheat lthe maca.
ronil that every hog raiser ought to
raise. An acre will yield Is to As bush
els. 1t is rust and smut proof; it stands
up where all others crinkle and fall.
IL does not she'll. And as a hog feed
from infancy to maturity it has nc
equal. Don't fail to buy some OF this
wheat. Special prices In car lots. En-.
quire at this Office.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-22
Floods In the Rast.

New York and New Jersey are suf.
fering greatly from heavy rain fall.
The damage TO property In Patterson,
N. j., has already amounted to over
100000 and will probably exceed
that amount before the water sub
Sides
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-22
SneciaI Tor 40 Davs.

FREE. Send your name and adj
dress and YOU will receive by mail,
postpaid, Is selected popular songs
and music.
CHICAGO FLAvoRING Co.
Michigan Ave-, and 22d ST., Chicago.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-22
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
COUNTY OF UNION

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townships said Unon November 1903
whereof have
County Dakota this 10th
"a. DoDD,
County
Evening star., 1903-10-24
American Interests in Corea.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
1t will be well to remember at this time
that when Japan, by the intrusion OF the
European powers, was deprived of the
spoils of victory on the continent of Asia,
she acquiesced in the establishment Of
Corea as an independent kingdom. but adj
vsed that it would be to the interests of
those same occidental powers to demand
equal industrial and commercial concession
from the hermit kingdom. If this advice
had been followed. in all probability Japan
and Russia would not now be facing each
orher; but the powers were suspicious and
declined to take concerted action in the
matter.
But what the powers declined to do con-
certedly and officially was done by indi-
viduals and corporations. and 1t is worth
while noting that an American concern was
first to obtain a mining concession Since
1895 German Japanese. English and French
companies have all obtained more or less
extensive mining areas In the hermit KING
dom The American mines give "mpioy-
ment to about 900 CoreanS and consiu-
erable British capital was embarked IN the
American ventures by some of the leadlns
South African magnates. VINO, Win lhelr
la hor difficulties in South Africa, appre-
ciated the value of labor at from 10 cents
to 20 cents a day for the best artisans, so
tbat the company might be regarded as an
Angle American undertaking, although an
American company. 1t had 200 head of
stamps at work, and had paid during the
present year about S1.O00.O00 in dividends.
Evening star., 1903-10-24
To Avoid Hold-Ups.

From the Chicago Tribune
a man who carries Ills money and his
watch in his left hand Will never lose a
penny nor a timepiece in hoid-up. The
precautcn. which is 4 perfect one is 50
simple that few people have thought of it,
Yet ii has the sanction Of the police and its
efficacy has been proved in more than one
instance.
As soon as the citizen is confronted by
the hold-up man he will. if he has his
money and his watch in his hand, throw
them on the nearest lawn or into the ditch.
No highway robber has time enough to stop
to look for either. There is no sense in car
rying valuablcs in the right hand. because
the first move of every accomplished hold
UP man is to grab his victim by the right
arm. This movement in made to prevent
the victim from reaching for revolver.
The man who tries to draw a revolver
while a hold-up man is in front of him
takes his life in his hands. If a citizen car
ries a revolver at all he should carry il in
his right hand while In a dangerous street.
His money and his watch should always be
in his left. Then after he has thrown them
away and the robber has departed discom-
fitted the victim can take his time about
finding his property.
This simple plan discounts all the revol-
vers. sword canes, slungshots and brass
knuckles ever invented and has the added
beauty that it can be employed by a woman
as well as a man. To throw the purse or
the watch away takes but a fraction of a
second, and that isn't long.
Evening star., 1903-10-24
Peacocks as Watchdogs.
the Philadelphia Press


Bird fancers are predicting a fashion for
the peacock such as no other feathered
creature ever before enjoyed They say
that people who can afford it have been
lately buying many of them for their coun-
try places Ornament is one consideration.
Nothing could be more dazzling to the eyes
than a lot OF peacocks strutting leisurely
across a veivety lawn in the summer sun
shine. But there is another thing that
recommends the brilliant creature in a
more practical way.
Some one discovered not long ago, that
there is no watchdog equal to the peacock
as a guardian against thieves and maraud-
ing tramps Perehed on the roof of an ar
bor or outbuilding of the estate, peacock
will announce in shrill. discordant notes
that can be heard mile away the presence
of suspicious-l looking strangers within the
grounds The.r eyes are always open, and,
like others of the bird family, they have the
ability to see at almost any angle
A dog makes a better friend than a pea
cock. but too secure in his masters af-
fection, he goes to sleep in his comfortable
kennel and dreams pleasant dreams while
thieves make away with property.
Evening star., 1903-10-24

twelve hours the crowd will be like wild
beasts. But We want to do it in quicker:
easier way. You can let half dozen OF
our fellows in from the inside
Stransky shook his head. "If you don't,
said Cadoudal, well storm the palace from
the outside. The king and all will go. AS
it is, it will be only the king
Strausky looked at the two men. He was
thinking. He knew quite as well as they
! that the conditions were most serious-that
| the king could not escape. He frowned and
nodded slightly.
Cadoudal understood. "Oh. as to that"
| he said well compensate you handsome
! ly. Money now and safe transport"
Again Stransky nodded. "A transport
WHENCE he asked.
wherever you will" answered Cadoudal,
pulling out a card.
Money! insisted Stransky. Cadoudal
named the sum.
Double it.; said Stransky. Cadoudal
agreed. Stransky was satisfied.
| They drew up chairs and talked in whis-
pers. They were planning away the life of
| a king.
Later Stranskv entered the presence of
| the king. Your ma ajesty. he said, will do
/ as | suggest. l have considered all. There
| is no danger.
| Later one of the two strobe from the
| room and passed down the narrow corridor
| AS he reached "a corner the door of a Sc
| cret passage opened and a head was thrust
| out. The man kept on.
| ''Stransky,'' called the owner of the head.
| The other turned.
"All is well?''
J "All is WELL
quarter of an hour passed. Then SIX
silent figures crept from the secret passage
and stealthily entered the apartment of the
| king. Suddenly. upon the still air, there
! was a muffed shrek. and then a few groans
| and all was quiet. In the kings chamber,
| that which had borne the semblance OF the
| king was oozing life blood at thirty dis
| tnct and different wounds
| bot ,i,ys,t yxyf,D ha
! at fever heat. window was thrust open,
| and q head thrust out.
''The king is dead" called out this man.
! crowd. Shortly after half dozen men
| stepped into the glare of torches bearing a
| covered burden. Quickly they dug a pit,
| and as quickly they swung the body into it
/ and covered it up with earth.
! at the frontier the guard halted man
/ in the dress of a lieutenant.
! He's one of the kings household said
! one of the guard as he noted the gold and
/ purple on the sleeve. he must not pass.
| Passport lieutenant" he commanded The
| other produced small card
/ "Ah - said he of the guard. q had for
| got. Go. Lieutenant David Stransky, the
/ servant of the king
THE ing" said the lieutenant doubt
fully.
| 'E,xa - returned the ether. 1.-The new
king-( ioudal of the southwest
| Stra1 " returned to his railway car
| riage He sighed with relief as the train
| sped across the border. David Stransky
disappeared from the face of the earth.
Months passed. Cadouddl reigned The
Evening star., 1903-10-24
"sTANsKYn THE OTHER SAID, YOU'RE A

people expectantly looked on. But Provi-
dence had never cut him out for mo- arch
The people soon found it out. And besides
the people had expected great things of the
new administration. They had taken 1t out
in eXpectation-nothing else
Adrfanovitch was prime minister. Cadou-
dal filled his offices with men chosen from
his favorteS.
The official coronation was not due until
the end of a year-the year of mourning
for the late king. For the late king had
been assassinated, not by the people, not
by Cadoudal, but by some unknown assas-
sins. His death had merely been an Incl
dent which had occurred at a very oppor-
tune time So officially the people mourned
him, and Cadoudal his successor mourned
him. In the meantime the people COM
planned loudly Cadoudal was greedy: he
wanted riches. And the way to riches for
a king is by taxation. He knew the people
pretty well. too. He was pretty sure that
they lacked the spirit to rebel
In the northwest, among the honest folk
man wandered on foot from house to
house. He discovered all the little griev-
ances He found out how to remedy them.
Who was this man? Was he a revolution
list? Was he a traitor to the king?
After awhile this man and the people be-
gan to hoad Notwithstanding which were
peaceful but intense. The kingdom was
small, and he canvassed it from start to
finish.
On the night before the coronation a man.
in the gathering dusk. approached the pal
ace. lie looked up to the side where the
dead kings apartments had been. Cadou-
dal had left these rooms intact and had in
| stalled himself upon the other side Was
| this man. this thing that glided through
| the darkness? If he were. he had strange
methods. for suddenly he passed apparently
| into the midst of a solid stone wall
Inside lonely sentinel was pacing a de-
serted corridor. AS this sentinel reached a
| dark corner, something brushed against
| him. and swept along the passage. The
| sentry shivered. He knew not what it
was. but he knew one thing, and that was
| that it is not a pleasant business. keeping
| watch outside the chamber of king who
| no longer lives.
| An hour afterward he was relieved, but
| the patrol caught his arm.
| What is that?" said the patrol. Issuing
| from underneath the door of the apartment
| of the dead king was a thin streak of light
| They stood motionless for an instant. and
| then with common impulse pushed onward
| toward the room. They had not been mis-.
| taken. They listened. but they heard nc
sound. Suddenly one of them, bolder than
the other. tried the door. It yielded to his
Evening star., 1903-10-24

have given my life for naught," he answer
ed. II have been dupe-a fool.
Exactly" said the king, dryly. Il
thought you'd like to know before you go"
turning paler yet.
The king arose and motioned to the man.
Seransky obeying went on before. Silently
they descended the stairs. There was a
Iackey there, but the king opened the door
with his own hands.
Good night Stransky." he said next
time you revolt find out the real cause that
lies behind you. He shut the door in
Stransky's face.
Outside Stransky gasped and the color
rushed into n 5 cheeks.
''Merciful heavens" he whispered to him
self, Il am a free man-set free by the
king"
For him it was resurrection day-he had
stepped out of a yawnlng grave.
Within the king sighed. "Pshaw." he
said to himself. Il might just as well have
let the law take its course. Just as like as
not he's one of Cadoudal's star perform
Crs"
1t was two years later. The whole coun-
tryside was in revolt. Not yet. 1t is true,
IN armed revolt but 1T needed but a spark
t. touch the whole thing off. The trouble.
So the people claimed was with the king
and his administration.
Down with the king they hOWled.
Down with the king"
The king kept his palace in a stale OF
complete defense and ventured not abroad.
Cadoudal of the southwest was at the
capital He was there unknown TO the
king and unknown to the crowd. One nigh;
he sat in small room in obscure lodg-
ing house talking In whispers to anotaeI
man. This other was Adrianovitch.
"All that the people need said Adriano-
witch. lis a start. Once the king is out oi
the way it will be plain sailing. But the
people won't touch him-they're too civil
lied for that"
Cadoudal nodded his head. IF they won't
we must" he answered I'VE can do it all
right" he went on, but the thing is to dc
It in the easiest way, and the easiest way
is from the inside. Have you got the list
of the householder
Adrianovitch handed out the list. Cadou.
dal looked ii over. Half way down he
placed his finger on a name.
Lieut.. David Stransky," he exclaimed
''the very man. He was with us once, and
he'll come with us once again"
Four hours later there were three men ir
the room. One of the three was Lieut.
David Stransky.
''Stransky," said Adrianovitch. "the kns
Is doomed. II he stays inside for another
Evening star., 1903-10-24

That night some fifty men huddied TO-
rether in the small compass of the narro"
room. The light from smoky lamps leii
upon their faces-faces set with dogSed oe-
tcrmination They belonged to the LABOR
ing classes these men of the vague unrest
A man stood behind a small table Ihe eye
of each man was upon him.
Down with the king he cried. Down
with the king There was a deep-Volceo
murmur of applause.
The man at the table paused in his ha-
rangue and lifted up a single sheet OIL
paper.
II have signed the resolution" he an
nounced: "let HIM who cares to follow sign
also. Here Ii is" There was sound al
the door-a sound that he did not hear.
.'Harkr' cried one man. in sudden fear.
The next instant crash after crash re-
sounded upon the panels of the door.
'In the name of the king called those
without. Inside there was "a sudden scram-
ble and fifty men rushed helter-skelter for
the windows and the roof. All escaped but
one. That man, seemingly dazed by the
sudden turn affairs had taken stood at his
post In another instant the door had been
battered down and dozen Sendarmes en-
tered. Their leader sprang for the table
and the man.
I'm the name Of the kingr' he command
ed. Snatching up the single sheet of paper
The man at the table turned pale; Tor
there was but one name for his crime-and
that was treason. The name of this man
was StranSky-he was StranSky, the traitor.
This thing happened in the year 1900. In
that year. in all climes and countries, there
was but one punishment meted out 1or
treason and that punishment was death.
An hour later two men conversed together
in a richly furnished apartment. one man
was seated and other stood. The man VINO
stood was Stranslly. He was still pale
"Stransky." said the other earnestly, tell
me whence it comes-this vague dissatisfac-
tion and unrest among the people?
Stransky stifiy bowed. In the south
west" he answered. where they are most
oppressed The other smiled. THE south
west" he exclaimed. Il thought as much
And have you heard. in these popular up
risings. the name of Adrianovitch"
Stransky started as lie heard the name,
but he answered. Names are nauSht to me,
your majesty. l deal not with names, but
men"
"Stransly," the other said. you're a
doomed man. But before they visit upon
YOU the vengeance of the law, there's one
thing you ought to know That is that
you, who think you are the champion of the
people. are nothing more nor less than the
tool OF Cadoudal. my cousin of the south
west province. who looks with envious eyes
nothing but his right hand man"
NO" exclaimed Stransky.
yes" answered the king. He pulled out
a handful of papers. Look over these,
he said, "and he convinced. Legally these
do not amount to a row of pms. Morally.
nothing could be more convincing"
Strdnsky read and bowed his head. Il
Evening star., 1903-10-24
Catering to Dame Fashion.
New York Weekly

From the New York Weekly.
Man Dressmaker-"Well, what nowT'
Apprentice-'I ve discovered way to
make a woman's dress so that she Will
look like hump-backed baboon with bats
wings
Man Dressmaker-"Glorious 1t will b.
come the rage"
Evening star., 1903-10-24
Providential Interference.
anita Constitution

u
Hes gone now" said the Billville citi-
zen: but Providence wuz on his side to
the Iast!'
You don't say!'
Gospel truth. sir. Lightnin' killed his
best mule just two minutes fore the sheriff
come to levy on it, an he died a nat'ral
death three days fore the vigilance COM
mittee come to lyme. him.
Evening star., 1903-10-24

Mr.. William Fuller Curtis has returned
from Ashiield. Mass where he spent the
summer, and is now at work upon the
panel of Love and Labour Glorifying Life,"
which he began late last spring. During
the summer he not only got this well under
way, but executed in burnt wood and gilt
a small ecclesiastical panel representing the
Evening star., 1903-10-24

after all, it's the wise man who can
change his opinion
But the wisest men simply can't do it.
'Why not?"
because they've been dead for years.
Philadelphia Press.
Evening star., 1903-10-24
Every Fifth Day Off.


the department were the most closely con-
fined of the District employees, Mr.. Dutton,
just before leaving the department. made
provision for granting them one day off
duty in every five, beginning July 1, 1903.
Two years ago they We're. on mis- recommen-
dation for the first time granted the twenty
days' annual leave allowed them by law
although it had been up to that time con-
tended thai to grant them what the law
authorized would endanger the safety of
the community.
saws Mr. Dutton, has now been demon
strated, and it is confidently believed that
the men will. by increased efficiency and
greater devotion to duty, demonstrate that
they can safely be allowed off every fifth
day. If this innovation proves to be as sue
cessful as anticipated, its success will show
that. by the addition of fifty privates of the
class above recommended, at an annual
expenditure of 10000, the twelve hour
shift could be established in this depart
ment."
Mr. Dutton points out that for many years
past the expenses of the fire department
have almost Invariably exceeded the regu-
lar annual appropria tions. AS far back as
1882, he says. there was a deficiency ap-
preparation OF $500 for the contingent ex-
penses and for forage in the department,
and about every year since then Congress
has been obliged to make deficiency appro-
priations to meet the actual expenses of the
department, for the regular appropriations
have kept pace neither with its growth nor
with the advance in prices.
In noting th.-t his recommendation of a
wear ago that the public school buildings of
the District be directly connected with fire
alarm headquarters and properly equipped
with fire escapes was favorably acted upon
by Congress during it's recent session, he
contends that the appropriation made for
the purpose is not large enough.
Every public school building he says,
laau
alarm headquarters. and every one of three
or more stories in height should be pro-
yided with substantial fire escapes Not,
however with fire escapes similar to those
to he found today on a number of the Dis
trict public school buildings, to descend
which would require the nerve of a strong
man and the agility of trained acrobat.
but roomy. substantial escapes down which
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-09
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posite results to those which occurred
when it was enacted.
On Sunday afternoon, March 81,
1881, Brown took Sadie with her 6
year old child for a drive with Niger
John Clark as ~coachman. About 4
o'clock their carriage pulled up at lei
gers and they ordered drinks. At the
corner of Railroad avenue and First
street stood the only force pump in the
town. Yarberry stood near the pump
and turned the hose into the carriage,
slightly wetting the driving party,
Only pleasant words were spoken, the
drinks were taken and the drive con-
tinued. At s o'clocn the party went to
the Victoria restaurant, now 103 First
street, for dinner and about one-half
hour thereafter Yarberry called Brown
out onto the sidewalk, took him by the
right arm, and they quietly and seem
ingly socially, walked north, down two
steps off the end of the walk, turned
west onto a vacant lot, now 105 First
street, and Immediately and rapidly
four shots were fired. We who rushed
to the scene saw Yarberry moving
away from the PROSTATE Brown, heard
Browns dying words, "Milt, you killed
me cowardly," saw Sadie Preston rush
to Browns body, take his gun from
the scabbard beneath him and secret
ing it in her clothing go away. So
ended poor Brown.
At the second shot Yarberry loosed
his hold and Brown fell TO receive two
additional bullets. Truer words than
his dying declaration were never spok-
en-.
The body was taken to Adams ex-
press office, now 113 Railroad avenue,
and in this n was remarkable that
from his manicured toe nails to the
dressing of his hair. except for the
four wounds in his breast, 1t was as
delicate and neat as that OF a newly
washed child.
Yarberry was arrested, but a suit OF
clothing and a farm wagon induced
Negro" Martin, the old town alcalde,
to hold him justified. Upon trial in the