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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-01-29
Tobacco Growers Organized:

A meeting of the Webster coun
ty c. mmittee of tobacco growers
was held at Dixon last week, The
object of the meeting was to assist
in the formation of a league
among the tobacco growers OF
Henderson, Union, Daviess and
Webster counties, for the purpose
of curtailing the acreage of that
product. After discussing vari-
GUS plans the committee adjourn
ed to meet Monday, when a per-
manent organization will be efrec-
ted Similar ASTON has already
been taken by the tobacco grow
ers Il Henderson county.
AsroRIA.
Bears the H'hs Kind You Haze AMsys Bought
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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-01-29
FAMOUS men
Who Lived in Livingston County
Long Years Ago.
MEMORIES Of OLD SRITHLAND.

In the early history of Smith
land o. Il. Williams removed her,
he was a mechanic and an invent
or At that date there were no
those floating palaces now used il
raising sunken vessels, and many
palatial steamers became a tota
loss. Williams invented and pat
ented machine that would with
a small expense raise the largest
sunken vessel. 1t consisted of me.
tallic tubes in shape of a cigar.
The tubes were fastened together
with a chain, and when in opera
tion were sunk on each side of the
sunken vessel, connected by a
chain under the boan. Air was
then pumped into the tubes which
caused them to rise to the surface
drawing the sunken vessel up with
them. Williams did not realize
much from his valuable invention
before the civil war came up and
his patent was adopted by the gov
eminent without remuneration TO
the inventor.
Later, Williams invented the
shingle machine and secured pa
tent. Shingles were at that time
by hand.
The machine was soon in gener-
al use and the inventor realized
considerable money out of it; Viii
liams lived to ripe old age.
James Bryant was another char
acter who figured conspicuously
in the early history of Smithland.
He was a noted turfman. When
he came hear he bought large
tract of land adjoining the town,
and built one of the best race
tracks in the country. 1t was
mile track. Large stables were
erected, and all the buildings for
the accommodation of the thous.
ands of people who attended. Bry
ant was known all over the coun-
try and his race course was patro-
nized by the leading horsemen
from every section of the United |
States. All the noted race horses |
of that day were brought to his
stables every season, and thous-
ands of dollars changed hands on
every race. Bryan. sold out and
went to California, where he enga-
ged in the same business and
made a fortune.
On one occasion while here he
was challenged for duel. He Sc
lected Bowie knives as the weap-
ons and to fight in pen 10 feet
square. The day was set and Bry
ant was there on time, but his
adversary failed to put in his APP
Dearance.
Bryant is remembered by all the
of our county -
Courier
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-01-29
LINN BOYD.
A Monkey Caused the Great Con.
gresham to Lose the Vote
Of His0ld Friend.

Old man Irving Hollowell, wh'
lived over in Trigg county a mum
Der of years back, was from hi
youth up an intimate friend of tn,
great Linn Boyd. In the earlier
part of the last century, beinl
mere striplings, the two men emf
grated from South Carolina into
Kentucky. With all of their small
effects packed away in asmall GOV.
cred wagon drawn by two sturdy
oxen, they crossed the mountains
camping wherever night CHANGED
to overtake them.
One morning Irving on awaken.
ing was surprised to see seated
nearby an old woman with small
monkey, which she offered to sell
him. ButIrving declined to invest
and went about feeding the stock
and getting breakfast. After a
while Linn orswled out of the
wagon and was Immediately APP
preached by the old woman. After
some haggling as to the price,
Linn became the owner of the
monkey, very much to Irving's
expressed disgust.
The first day the little animal
was kept tied up close in the wa.
gon and on the second day Linn
allowed it considerable rope. 1t
pried around in the wagon with
true monkey inquisitiveness and
played on the canvass top and
seemed to have a delighted time.
Linn was very much pleased
with his pet aud the third day
concluded to extend him his liber-
ty. All went vel! until the mon
key peeping over the wagon bed
spied the oxen. In the twinkling
Of an eye, with a spring, he landed
square on the headquarters of the
of steer. But he was no sooner
On one than he was off on the
other.
There was a succession of mad
bellows and with tails high in air
The steers headed down the noun.
ain side scattering meal, bacon.
Irving and Linn along the broken
Aqusrter of mile
Town q hickory tree stood at the
'orks of the road. The frighten- !
ID beasts struck squarely, the
yoke was snapped and the oxen
parted company. The boys were
.hree days rounding up their
'tampeded cattle and making re-
pairs. The monkey had disap-
oeared.
They pursued their journey and
'ettled in Western Kentucky. |
Both prospered. Hollowell be.
ZANE wealthy and influential
armer, while Linn Boyd was re-
'eatedly elected to congress and
became speaker of the lower house.
But up to the last Hollowell
positively refused, although they
we're personal friends, to vote for
3oyd. stoutly maintaining tina.
any man that was burned fool
nough to buy a monkey did not !
lave sense enough To 90 IN con.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25

HE LIVED LIFE
Formed a Carrot With Ruler and Irvine
About His Neck. Which He
Twisted Until Death Re-
suited-Dakota News.

Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 23.-Juliua
Schram. a carpenter. killed himself in
the county jail, by strangulation. He
had been drinking heavily for some
time. and while laboring under mental
alteration he wandered away to Bris-
toll, going on the railroad and paying
his fare from town to town only. The
conductor put him off at Bristol and
the officials there sen word of his con-
dition. Sheriff Cole brought him to
Aberdeen and he was put in a deten-
ton cell. Everything was taken from
him but a tWo-foot rule and a cord,
which he had concealed On his person.
Upon being left alone he placed the
cord around his neck and used the rule
for a CARROT, twisting 1t up until
s~trangulation and death resulted. There
Is something of a romance connected
with his life, which undoubtedly led
him to drink and to the mental condi-
ton which resulted IN his suicide. He
lived here for several years and
some three or our years ago went to
Germany for a visit. He there fell in
love with a young woman, who fol-
lowed him to Aberdeen. They were
married, but she lived only a few
months and he soon afterwards began
drinking and at times showed evidence
Of being unbalanced mentally. He
talked much about his dead wife and
at times labored under h hallucina-
tion that she was not dead.
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BuRDlck CASE AGAIN.
Insurance Companies Propose to Prove
That PennelI Did the Murder.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 23.-At the COM
ing term Of supreme court four actions will
oe moved for trial, in each of which at
tempts are to be made to collect insur-
ance policies issued to the late Arthur r.
Pencil, whose sensational death in a To-
cal quarry and connection with the Bur-
dick murder mystery are still fresh In the
minds of the people. The total amount
sued for is 5000.
1t has been known for some time that
former Postmaster General Wilson s. Bis
sell has been making a painstaking inves-
tigation into Pencils affairs, with par
%ticular references to their relations with
the murder Of the late Edwin T.. Burdick.
AS a result Of these Investigations, Mr.
Bissell's law firm intends to show that
Pennell committed suicide. To do this
the firm intends to establish a motive for
the suicide, and it is limited that the de-
velopments will be Of a nature to connect
Pencil with the murder case In a way
that was not intimated in all the %investi-
cations made by the authorities.
Three other law firms also nave been at
work along similar lines. These other
firms represent different Insurance COM
panies. They will attempt to show that
PenneI committed suicide merely for the
sake of enabling relatives, whose money
he had stolen, to reimburse themselves
from the insurance that would be paid in
case of his death. If compelled to dc SO,
however, it is said, these other firms will
also be in a position to reveal things tend
ling to explain why Pencil, bent on self
destruction, took his wife with him OH
that fatal plunge over the quarry brink.
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U is IN SESSION.
An Interesting Case on the Docket of
a Bold Robbery Near Lead.

Deadwood. s. D.. Sept. 23.-The cir
cult court Is IN session this week at
Deadwood and the grand jury has re-
turned two partial reports, with sew
enteen Indictments and no bills.
Among those who have been indicted
are: John Nevins and Carl Mcfarland,
robbery in the second degree; T. G.
Grace, assault and battery; Frank
Brandstrom, grand larceny; John 7.
Matthias, rape; Thomas Hawkyard and
Jacob Quite, shooting at another with
intent to kill. Others against whom
true bills have been returned are not
in custody and their names are with
held.
Mcfarland and Nevins are charged
with holding up Ole Nyia at Lead and
by force relieving him of $25 in gold
and silver. Grace is alleged to have
struck Walter Barker in the head with
IN ak, during an alteration over min
ing ground, and was charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon, al
though indicted for the lesser offense.
Hawkyard shot David Horn through
the body In a boarding house at Matt
land several months ago while quarrel
ing over Horns wife. Quite hot John
Conway twice in the latter's saloon at
Roubaix. Horn and Conway both re-
covered. Matthias case is from Bear
gulch, In the western part of he coun-
ty, Miss Ida Washington being the
@.li planning witness.
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MANY IMPROVEMENTS
IN BLACK HILLS TOWNS
Large Amount Of Building, and
Demand for Mechanics
inadequate.
HIGH PRICE FOR MATERIAL
Throughout the Valley Towns New
Edifices Are Being Erected, an
Unusual Feature at This
Time Of the Year.

Deadwood, S.. D., Sept. 22.-There is q
large amount of building in the Black
Hills this fall. This is particularly true
about Deadwood and Lead, and owing
to the great amount of work on hano
and the demand for labor the build
ing mechanics are enable to
the situation. They are receiving a dol
lar more q day n are working n
hour less than they did a year ago.
There is a difference of from 81 to $3.50
per day in the price of mechanics be-
tA,een Deadwood and Belle Fourche,
this difference being due to he rgani-
Eatien of labor in Deadwood ana Lead,
and nc labor union in the valley towns.
The act hat lunhermen and brick
mon have raised the price OF lumber
and brick and also added greatly to
the cost of building in the two cities,
and q h0lsa nat could have been erect
ed a year for $1,000 will now cost from
$4,000 to So. 900.
In Deadwood six new buildings are
III the process Of building that will cost,
when completed, between $4,000 and
$4,000. They are among the most mod
ern ever erected in Deadwood. The
First Methodist church is building an
Ali DIACk Ab0 stone parsonage HS@l W
the church at a cost of IS, 800.
At Spearfish q new science hall Is be-
ing erected in connection with the state
normal school and will cost S24, 900. Rx-
cavations have been made and work on
the foundation walls will begin in q
short time.
At Whitewood a new $4,000 all stone
hotel is under way. 1t is two stories
high n is entirely modern.
A w pnJ1~ -, a.. - 49,. 800
building a $4,000 brick business house.
New high schools are being built in
both Deadwood and Lead, both to be
u,odern and complete.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
SCHWAB IN NEW ROLE.
Steel Magnate Will Try to Give Hi;
Fortune AWAY a La Carncqie. ~

steel Magnat VIII wy " 9'VC '''S
Fortune Away a La Carnegie.
Weatherly, Pa. Sept. 25.--ln pre-.
senting the Mrs. c. M. Schwab school
building to this town today Charles M.
Schwab said that he intended eyentu-
ally to devote his entire fortune to ed
vocational purposes, and especially to
industrial instruction and to h erec-
ton Of public school buildings where
they are most needed. He intimated
that he intended, in disposing of his
wealth, to emulate the example of An
drew Carnegie, the man who took him
from behind the counter of a village
store and in time made him the presi.
dent Of the greatest corporation in the
world.
The public schools, said MI. Schwab,
constitute the nucleus from which all
OF Americas industrial greatness has
sprung. With this thought in mind.
he said that he intended to do all he
could to increase their number and
power.
In concluding MI. Schwab said that
he desired to call attention to the fact
that the town of Wcatherly had at one
time been the home of family that is
playing an important part in the u
try's industrial development. He re-
ferred to the Dinkey family, Of which
his wife is a member. "A. c.. Dinkey is
president of the Carnegie steel works
and c.. E.. Dinkey occupies the same
position with the Edgar Thompson
steel works at Braddock. Pa. Mrs. NJ.
e. Kinsey, who was Mrs. Dinkey and
who is the mother of these men. was
present at the dedication.
The Schwab school is a magnificent
structure and COST about 500, 600. Mrs
Schwab was born near Weatherly and
spent her girlhood days there.
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PARKS WILL FIGHT.
coss.s.aa New York Labor Leader
Turns Up With Contrasting Dele
cation at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Sept. 23.-Before the In
Workers convention met in annual
session here today, Sam Parks of New
York said:
II nave come here for the purpose of
making the fight of my life for labor,
and l honestly believe it is necessary
to make such a fight. 1t seems some
are lighting against the rights of labor
instead of for them. The delegates
from local union, No. =, from New York
city, are going into this convention.
President Buchanan has no power to
suspend local union, No. 9. and we will
go into this convention without him
drance."
President Buchanan was reticent in
talking about the Parks delegates.
When asked about a possible fight in
the convention he said merely:
Il do not believe we will need notice
protection"
PRESIDENT buchanan called the con-
vention to order and introduced Mayor
James "A. Reed, who extended the city's
welcome.
When John Smith Of Kansas City had
nnished his response on behalf OF the
convention, Samuel Parks Jumped to
MS 1eet. lie wanted to know il the
convention mad been called as a gath
erlng of organized labor or as a public
meeting. Without waiting for an an
sWer he went IN to denounce in a
general way some of those present.
Ihere were some in the hall, he said,
MOI flghtfully delegates to the conven-
tlon, and he requested that these be
removed. There We're murnurs of dis
throughout the room and
resident Buchanan Interrupted Parks
order, and the convention proceeded
with the order of business.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
RETURNS ON INVESTMENT
Already Miss eoeIet Has Been Kissed

Already Miss GoeIet Has Been Kissed
in Public by Her Own Duke.
Newport, r. l.. Sept. 23.-The Of
Roxburghe kissed May Goelet in the pres
ence of about 400 people and caused great
surprise to those fashionab.es who look
upon demonstration of feeling as .deuced-
ly'. bad form. It was while the duke was
going aboad tile steamer Puritan at the
wharf. Miss Goelet, who is to marry tie
duke, was in the crowd on the pier ana
the duke saw her.
II will shake her hand coldly," aid
one critic. HE will merely bow and say
how do you dog" said another. Rox-
burghe strobe to the side of his fancee,
flung his arms around her and gave her a
real, full-t1edged, tirst-class kiss. There
was CONSERVATION among the cottagers.
They gasped and sighed and looked
shocked, but none Of them looked away.
The duke did not repeat the salute. He
is IN his way to Canada, where he will
hunt and fish, and has promised to write
>very day.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
JUST LIKE ROB. S
New York Broker Wrecked on a Dss.
ert island Has 4 Hard 1;nne.

ZAE - U
New York, Sept. 23.-James hampton, a
New York broker. was wrecked on Little
Captains island off Greenwich, during
Wednesdays gale and led a Robin Crusoe
sort of existence until late yesterday aft
ernocn, when he was rescued by August
Scott, bridge tender at Cos-Cob.
hampton on Wednesday hired q BOAT of
Scott to go fishing. He was in the vicin-
ity OF Great Captains island when he
saw the storm approaching. He hastened
to the bag OF Little Captains island, but
before he could reach 1t his flat bottom
rowboat was thrown against a rock and
a hole stove in 1t. LamSon swan
ashore, which was not far, and made him
self as comfortable as possible under the
bushes during the storm.
He had taken a jug of water with him,
but this had gone down with the boat.
His pockets contained a box of crackers
that were water soaked, and these were
eaten that evening with nothing to drink.
All day Thursday Hampton wandered
about the island, hoping to attract at
tention BY waving a. handkerchief on the
end of a stick, but failed. He found by
good luck a can of corned meat which
had been left probably by some picnick-
ers. He slaked his thirst a little by eat
ing berries from a bush which grew on
the island. squeezing them in a handker-
chief and catching the juice in the palm
of his hand.
The second night was spent under a
shelter made from fallen limbs of trees,
and by Friday morning he had nearly lost
his mind. He paced back and forth on
the borders of the island looking for some
boat. Yesterday afternoon Scott started
out in a launch to look for his boat. He
was on his way back when he thought OF
the possibility that the boat might have
been thrown up on Captains island. II
was nearly dusk when he reached Little
Captains island and saw the broker, APP
parently half crazy on the sandy beach,
motioning him. Starvation and exposure
had told on him and he was in a state OF
collapse when taken into the launch.
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FORGERY CASE DISMISSED.
Not Sufficient Evidence Found Agains.
Mrs. Mulliean to Convict.

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 22.-The case
against Edrs. j. D. Mulligan. accused
of forgery, was dismissed in circuit
court. There was 10 evidence that she
had forged a check. She had been
arrested at Fort Pierre and brought
back to Deadwood. It was shown that
Cove Morgan had boarded with Mrs.
Mullisan and was owing her $35. He
had left with her an order to draw his
check from the Hidden Fortune Mining
company. She obtained the check and
instead of forging Morgan's name to
it, as charged, had obtained Morgan's
Endorsement, With this Endorsement
she presented the checks at the bank,
after indorsing it herself under his
name, and was given the money,
amounting to $3S.
Morgan denied that he. had Endorsed
the check, but his signature corre-
sponded with his signature on other
checks which he acknowledged having
Endorsed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
A A SALE.
A Regular Meeting Of the Commission
Will Be Held This Week at Pierre.

Pierre. s. D., Sept. 22.-The next reg
ular meeting of the state brand COM
mission will be held Wednesday, the
Esd. The work which has accumulat-
ed In the last six months will be cleared
up at h a time. About a hundred
brands are ready for auction and a
number more will be in before the
time of meeting.
Horses are already coming in for the
sale of next Monday. Buyers are ex~
pected from Oman and eastern points
to secure the first class horses that
are looked for on that day.
A number of cattle shipments have
been made in the last few days. Al
though some of them ran into the
heaviest day in the history of the Chi
cago yards, they secured a fair price
for their shipments,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
o OF AssAss'Ns.
rhc Government of Servia Said to &c
in Hands of Conspiracy.

IN HanoS OF SoAioP''NS
London, Sept. 23.-The Times CORE.
spondent at Belgrade sends a revleW u
the situation in Servia in which ne says
he military conspiracy at Nlsh d1rect.
ed against the regicides is far gravel
than the government dare acknowledge;
OF a total of $500 officers, 1000 are sac
to be concerned in it, and probably the
bulk of the nation secretly sym
pathizes with them.
The clique of assassins, however
hold all the chief civil and military Oh
fees. the keys of the arsenal II tfe
treasury, and anyone crossing theii
path is doomed. The king is surround
ed and under the rule of h assasslns
and many doubt if he will ever max
himself free.
Minister Gentchiech, in whose house
the regicide plot was Matched, and Whc
conducted the secret negotiations WIN
King Peter, is alleged to possess an IN
eliminating letter which4is kept hang
ing over the royal head.
Lately, however, the regicides are be-
ginning to realize that they have gone
too far and must moderate their attl-
tude.
The elections are anticipated with
~orSiderab BILE interest, =-ta-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
FARMER TAKES POISON.
William Bachelor, Formerly Of vermii

William Bachelor, Formerly of vermii-
lion, Suicides at Huron.
Huron, S. D., Sept. z2.-William Bach
eler. a widower aged 43. living on a farm
W. miles southwest Of the city owned by
+. NJ. Smith Of Vermillion, committed
suicide by taking s~trychnine Sunday even
Ing. He came here with his little daugh-
ter carly in the afternoon and procured
the poison on a statement that it was to
Kill rats. On his return home he took two
doses, but the child didn't know the ma
ture of the drug till they were reaching
home, when her father told her 1t was
poison. Bachelor and a family of three
daughters came here q year 6 from
sVerinillion and were doing well. No mo-
we is assigned for the deed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
REWARD FOB THIEF.

Daring Robbery From Farmer Living
Near VermilIion.
Ver1nDlion, S. D., Sept. 21.-Sheriff John
A. Gunderson is sending out postal cards
today offering a reward Of $50 for the re-
turn of stolen horses. harness and buggy.
The outfit was stolen from the farm Of
Fritz Lass in Fairview township early
yesterday morning, sometime between.
midnight and dawn, and was owned
bay, 5 years old, with star in
forehead and white on end Of nose. The
other Is a bay mare. 3 years old, star in
forehead and white left hind foot. The
reward is divided, s5 for recovery Of
sam and $25 FOR arrest of thief.
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MORE GAME VIOLATIONS.
Farmers Who Failed to Screen Their
bitches Arrested by Warden.

: aithsTo VINO FdiIed TO screen Their
bitches Arrested by Warden.
Spearfish, S. D., Sept. 22.-The fish
and game warden for the Black Hills.
M. B. Ocumpaugh, has the fish of the
county under close surveillance. He is
making efforts to enforce the law rela-
tive to the screening OF the bitches.
Last week he caused the arrest Of a
number of farmers, who had neglected
to screen their bitches. The men ar
rested alleged that their screens had
been torn away by some kno
parties. Mr.. Ocumpaugh states that he
VIII continue in the endeavor to have
the state lay obeyed, intimates
that other arrests will follow II the
screens We're not placed on the bitches
as required by the law. A complaint
filed against parties for building a ditch
on Jim creek. and not protecting the
ditch as required by law was without
grounds, and no action was taken witt
reference to the matter.