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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-22
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Erick Hespby made a business trip tc
Arlington last Tuesday.
Aft Johnson is treatiHg his house to a
new coat of paint.
Work on the elevator for the new mill Is
making good progress, We are informed
that it will be in shape TO handle the new
crop in about five weeks.
Farmers are busy having and some are
getting their Irvine and making other
preparations for harvest.
Frank Warning, agent for the c. * NV.
II. X. Co. at De Smet, passed through Ar
lington last Tuesday afternoon on his way
home from st. Louis where he has been
attending the Worlds Fair. Frank ex-
pressed himself as well pleased with the
time'he spent there.
Quite o number Of people from Airing
ton and HetIand attended the Ringling
Bros show at Huron July 10. II seemed
ODE a good time for pickpockets; John
Bennett, of Arlington had the misfortune
to lose about twelve dollars in this way.
Chas. Redfern is helping PR. Sanborn fix
his house.
AT the last county institute, the in
structors and teachers made arrange
nents to have three weeks summer
school to begin at De Smet, July 1s. Supt.
Swanson and Prof Seymour, of Arlington,
are the instructors
Hiss Maude Armstrong took the west
bound passenger train last Tuesday after
noon for De Sniet to attend Summer
school.
A social was held M Ed FranLa,,,s tact
Friday evening for the benefit of Elder
Ross. 1t was we'll attended and some
thing over eight dollars was contributed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-22

Miss Matilda Stankey, of this city, spent
the first Of the week with her friend, Miss
Lula Elliott.
A company of about sixty young PEG.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE
IMMIGRATION LAW
President Aroused by Statement of Ma
tional Union of Musicians-Watch
Will Be Kept.

Unusual precautions will be taken
hereafter to prevent the Importation of
musicians into the United States under
contract from Europe. This announce
ment was made today at the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
The action was taken on protest
made TO President Roosevelt by a COM
rnittee of officers of the national union
who called upon him several days ago at
OYSTER Bay These men asserted that
the alien contract law was being vio-
lated regularly and they asked that the
abuse be stopped. President Roosevelt
referred the protest to Secretary Met
calf. and this morning the latter issued
a statement concerning the matter.
Mr.. Metcalf said in effect that the i'm
migration law was being rigidly and i'm
partially enforced, and that no evidence
OF it's violation, such as the musical
union asserts, was before the depart
ment If such facts should appear an
administrative officer would at once ap-
ply the law.
The union leaders alleged that the
country was being swamped with cheap
players, who were coming here and talk
Ing work at much lower prices than the
union men II is also asserted that
many OF the Europeans are going into
Government bands, and the Marine, the
Engineer, and the Artillery bands OF
Washington We're mentioned as having
some OF these men In them.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
This Summers Needs.

To the Editor Of The Times:
Since both private individuals and
public officials have been expressing
through your columns their opinions
concerning public Fairgrounds for chill
dren Of this city, wish to call your
attention, and theirs. TO this fact:
Would it not be advisable to try to find
some means of providing a number Of
Fairgrounds this summer for the young
sters?
There has been a great deal said about
arousing public opinion 20 such All ex-
tent that Congress can be prevailed upon
next session TO appropriate money for
the establishment OF the grounds next
summer. But in the meanwhile the little
ones are without the romping space all
through the hot weather Of this sum
mer. It is very well TO make the ar
rangements for the desired improve
ments next year. but what is most
pressing Is the need OF some such re-
form this summer.
II seems to me that the District Com
missioners might be prevailed upon to
throw more parks open TO the children.
Under the present order of things, near
~ all the parks in Washington are a
means Of Identification only. Many Of
them are even without seats along the
cement walks that intersect them. With
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
The CABBAGE Service.

There is room for improvement in
our garbage service. Complaints are
coming from all over the city about
the slowness, inadequacy, and ir-
regularity Of the collections.
The garbage service is one depart
ment of the city's work in which
there is no room for slackness. It is
hard enough to get the citizens 10 do
their part in keeping the city clean,
without any obstacles being thrown
IN their way. At present the citizen
must buy a garbage can of prescribed
shape and quality and put all his
garbage into that The cover is sup
posed 10 be tight-ftting, but after
the garbage man has taken it off and
banged the can two or three times
against the gate post to shake out
clinging egg shells and bacon rinds
II is next to impossible to get that
cover on, and the cats remove it and
fish out choice bones and parade them
The Washington times., 1904-07-25

ally revealed during the past ten
days; and it has also been revealed
that the meat trust really has few
friends in the ranks of its own sub
Ordinates. Its dealings with both the
Cattleman and the retail butcher have
been arbitrary in the extreme, and
while subsection may be for time
enforced by. brute strength, the wider
spread such subsection becomes, the
weaker it really grows.
The people. by cutting down their
individual meat supply, have also
proved that they can in a measure
dictate the price of meat. A combi-
nation between the meat trust haters
both inside and outside the trade
would result in an effective independ-
ent movement. The longer the strike
continues the nearer such a cOmbina-
ton will come.
But such remedial means are at
best only temporary. The real cause
for the oppression Of the public goes
back to the spirit of the times, which
counts that man smartest who can
get the most by giving the least.
That spirit can only be met by in
dividual reformation, but it can be
controlled by a proper administration
of the laws of the land. Such ad-
ministration can be forced by a pub
lie which through its votes holds the
whip hand over all public officials.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
The Question of Gratitude.

A paper devoted to the interests of
electrical enterprise informs the pub
lie that it ought to be grateful to
the managers Of such enterprises,
who have done so much for it in the
way of promoting travel, encouraging
suburban settlements, and so on.
This is rather absurd.
The companies engaged in these
enterprises are not in the business
for their health, or entirely for the
good Of the people, though for OBJ
viOus reasons they try 10 give the
people what will best suit the needs
OF the situation. There is no par
ticular reason for the passengers to
be grateful 20 them, any more than
they need be grateful 10 the passen-
ger when he pays his little nickel
The fact is that gratitude has no
place whatever in ordinary business.
Nobody buys a gold brick if he can
help it, and If such a thing is sue
cessfully sold it behOoves the seller
not to be grateful, but to get out Of
the way as soon as possible. The
notion held by many large capitalists
that they do their men" a favor in
giving them work" has possibly
caused more trouble than any other
one wrong-headed notion in modern
business.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25

all over the yard to tunes of their
own.
When, in addition to this, the col
lections are not made oftener than
twice a week, in this weather, the
contents of the garbage can become
a fostering mass of unpleasantness,
breeding insects which presently be
sin to explore the house, Eternal
vigilance is the price of a clean gar
bage can, especially with a servant
who does not see the need of one.
Some families. in these eXigeneies,
solve the difficulty by burning gar
bage. which is against the law, to be
sure, but nobody is likely to find it
out; and then the atmosphere is
pleasant for the neighbOrs. A gar
bage can, to be decent, in such
weather as this, ought to be COM
pletely emptied every day and scalded
out. but the majority of those recep-
tacles are lucky if they get a bath
once a week
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
A GRAMMATICAL DISPUTE.

A brook and a little tree once went TO
school
To a buIlfrog that lived in a puddle;
They tried 10 learn all of the grammar
by rule.
Which left both Of their heads in
muddle.
OF nouns and Of pronouns they soon had
enough;
Propositions they found most unbear-
able stuff;
While auxiliary verbs. they declared,
were too tough
To be taught by a toad IN a puddle.
Il may. can, or must. might could.
would. or should.
Cried the brook-"what nonsensicaI
twaddleI"
quite right" said the tree; and I
can't see the good
OF ones stufing such things in ones
noddle"'
And 1 VOW" cried the brook. Il shall
not learn thing!"
You mean will not. my dear" said the
tree. with a swing.
Ct said shall not" retorted the brook,
with a fling;
Surely you do not pose as a model?'
But will is correct" cried the tree.
with a look.
so is shall" said the brook, with
another.
at is Will" said the tree. 1T is shall %
said the brook,
AS they both turned their backs on
each other.
Thus a quarrel arose 'twixt the brook
and the tree,
For neither one knew enough grammar
TO see
That perhaps right or wrong both or
either might be
In the usage Of one or the other.
And the tree to the breeze still declares
Is this day:
1T is will. oh-'tis will, oh-'tis Will,
oht'
While the brook to the sands where the
little fish play
Murmurs: Shall. oh-'tis shall, Oh-'tis
shall. OH"
For that tree is a willow wherever it
grows.
And that brook is a shallow wherever II
flows;
While beneath each green willow. as
everyone knows.
Runs little brook whispering shallow.
John Bennett. in St. Nicholas.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
Root for Governor.

After resisting for many days the
strongest kind of pressure. it is now
declared that Elihu Root has agreed
to stand as the Republican candidate
for governor of New York. Certain
conditions are limited at as the hinges
upon which Mr.. Roots final decision
will turn, but there is no question
that they will be satisfactorily met.
When Mr. Root left the Cabinet, he
regarded the act as a retirement for
good and all from public life-at least
for a period of some years. He want
ed to practice law. He liked prac-
ticing law, and practicing law was
eminently a profitable pastime for
him He will let slide an income of
something like 100000 a year in or
der to be governor.
With him as a candidate. however,
the Republican position in the En-
pire State will be immeasurably
strengthened. Tammany. it is said,
has made a deal with Judge Parker
and his friends whereby the organiza-
ton viii name the Democratic nomi-
nee. Under those conditions, with
Mr.. Root as their standard-bearer, it
is readily seen how bright the Re
publican prospects in the State are,
Republican figuring allows that
Mr.. Roosevelt could be elected Presi-
dent without New York No Demo-
cratic figuring claims that Judge
Parker could be elected without the
vote of his own State. Partisan fig
uring ignored. the situation makes it
plain that neither party can afford
to drop New York out Of its reckon
ing. It's vote is a prime necessity re
gardless of the spirit in which one
juggles the tables
The Republican party would have
to go far and search long TO find a
man better qualified for the honor of
New York's chief executive, or one
who, as a candidate. would make a
more potent appeal for the suffrages
of the people than Elihu Root. His
nomination will be an example of
that higher political wisdom which
places its hope of victory, not in ele-
mental trickery, but in the best man
! obtainable.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
FUNERAL OF D. w. BROWN,
VETERAN HOUSE REPORTER

The remains OF David Wolfe Brown.
the veteran official reporter Of the House
Of Representatives, who died Friday
night, were taken TO Lewes, Del, this
morning for burial. The immediate fam
lily accompanied the body on a. early
train. The burial took place at noon
Brief funeral services were held at
the family apartments at the Ontario
yesterday, the Rev. NJ Ross Ffshburn,
pastor of Mount Pleasant Conversational
Church. officiating. 1t had been intended
to have the Rev. z. Lawrence Hunt,
pastor Of the Washington Heights Pres
byterian Church, present but he was
unable TO reach the city Ii time Inc
family has received p large number or
kilograms and letters OF coincidence,
many from members Of Congress
throughout the country.
Among those present at the funeral
was William Henry Burr, OF this city,
who was a stenographer on the corps
of official reporters of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVE from 1860 10 1863, when
he voluntarily retired. he IS the last
survivor of the five official reporters OF
that period. Of whom he was the eldest.
being now eighty-five yeGrs Of age.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
The Neat Strike.

After the excitement that attended
the beginning of the troubles between
the meat trust and its employees. pres
ent public indifference over their con
tinuance is marked. There is also
something exceedingly suggestive in
il, which the unions will do well to
consider carefully before involving
themselves in a sympathetic strike.
During the first strike public senti-
ment was unquestionably with the
strikers. and this sentiment found it's
natural expression in. plainly mani
tested interest in the progress their
cause was making. Qualification over
the advent Of arbitration was univer-
sal, and the public mind settled down
to a satisfactory belief that the diff
culties would be adjusted >amicably
and with justice to all
The second strike, therefore, came
as a most unpleasant surprise. It
shattered an illusion and it destroyed
an ideal. Cool examination Of the
situation showed where the men
might have been fooled regarding the
terms on which they returned to
work, but it showed nothing to justify
their quick action in quitting their
jobs a second time.
The cause of the packers gained
strength but not sympathy. The
public was divided heart against
head. It's spontaneous favor was still
bestowed upon the cause of the men,
but it could not honestly indorse their
course. Consequently, it became dis
gusted with the whole business and
was not disposed 10 say much of
anything about it.
With public sentiment in its pres
ent state, the uselessness Of a sym
pathetic strike is evident, for a SYM
pathetic strike has no power except
as it honestly represents public sym
pathy. theoretically the sympathetic
strike is a terrible weapon against
capital, but actually its reactionary
force against labor is just as terrible.
II cuts into the resources of the work
ers in a frightful manner. and in the
past the results attained by the SYM
pathetic strike have scarcely been a
drop in the bucket compared with the
ocean of suffering that such a strike
has caused.
In fact cool calm Judgment AT the
present moment counts the beef strike
failure-due directly to bad general
ship on the part of the strike leaders.
But this does not mean that the
packers have really gained anything
though they seem to have gained a
victory over their employees.
The menace that the trust is to the
people as a whole has been emphatic
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
The Question Of Fairgrounds for Children.

few exceptions, the rule Keep OF the
grass" is rigidly enforced with both
young and old. While the Commission
ers have not, as I understand II, the
authority 20 buy regular Fairgrounds.
they can put more space at the disposal
Of the little ones by relieving the re-
strictiOns on the parks. II the Com
missioners have not this power, 1t GER
tainly lies In the lands OF the Chief Of
Engineers, L. S. A.
If such a plan fell through, might not
private Individuals. perhaps IN cOnJunc-
ton with the Associated Charities play
grounds committee, get together md in
stitute a movement in the direction OF
more play space for the yOungsters2
saw in The Times that there are now
eight Fairgrounds IN the city, '.sder the
MANAGEMENT OF the Associated Charities.
Might not this number be doubled this
summer through the exercise OF a mod
crate amount Of intelligence and indus
try2
If this could be done, either through
private generosity or through temporary
arrangements with land owners, Il would
Fairgrounds already established. and
Congress would have TO appropriate
money for a plan which was already
fully outlined, partially developed, and
assuredly practicable.
/ make these suggestions IN the hope
that they may be discussed either In
your editorial columns or by letters
from other citizens interested IN the
children's welfare.
Washington, July 3.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
The War.

General Kuroki, commanding the
northern division of the Japanese
army, became active once more last
week by occupying Kiao-Tung, which
is apparently some twelve miles
sOutheasterly of Liao-Yang. This
advance was the result of two days
OF hard fighting, in which the Rus
sian losses were apparently heavier
than the Japanese
LiaO-Yang is on the line Of the
railroad from Port Arthur northward.
and is situated about half way be-
tween Mukden on the north and Hal
Cheng on the south KurOpatkin's
army is supposed to be concentrated
between Lao-Ya6g and Hai-Cheng.
and consequently KurOki's position is
a serious menace TO the Russian line
of retreat. With General Ollu's main
force active south OF Hai-Cheng at
TaschichaO, and a section threaten
ing the Russian left at Niuchwang, II
it is difficult 10 see how KurOpatkin
can postpone the inevitable conflict
many more days.
A curious criticism of the Japanese
as Coldiers comes from General Rem
nenkampff, described as one of the
boldest and most dashing command
ers of the Russian army. According
to him the Japanese is a cunning and
dangerous foe. but he is not awful
He is a slave TO system, lacking the
necessary dash and willingness &c
take chances that would make him a
most formidable foe
The general goes on to commend
Japanese engineering skill and the
excellence of Japanese Notifications
In fact, according to the general, the
Japanese are surprising the proverbi-
ally methodical Germans in method
and accuracy"
This sort of talk is strikingly remi-
niscent of that INDUCED in by the
misguided French before they were
awakened from their trance by the
stern realities Of the Franco-PrussiaI
war. The japanese have shown their
mobility and their Individual self
reliance as soldiers. If they combine
with these the system and accuracy
with which they are credited, they
need no verbal testimony from Rus
STA TO prove their military effective
ness.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
BISHOP SATTERLEE
PLANS VACATION
viii Go to Atlantic City
and Thence to Maine.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Minister Combes Will Soon Return to
His Post in Guatemala and
Honduras.

The Bishop of Washington and Mrs.
Satterlee. with Miss Satterlee and a
maid, will leave town for Atlantic City
on Wednesday, unless some unexpected
change in the Bishops condition takes
place before that time
He is just recovering from a long and
serious Illness and It Is thought the sea
air will benefit him. After he has gain
ed sufficient strength at this resort, the
Bishop and his family will cruise along
the Maine coast and will probably f.
nally settle near Bar Harbor for the
rest of the season
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
POSTHASTERS ACCUSED
BY COLORADO MINERS
President Roosevelt Informed That Let
tiers for Union Sympathizers
Were Mutilated.

DENVER. July 25.-Secretary Hay
wood, of the Western Federation Of
Miners, has forwarded telegram 10
President Roosevelt. representing that
Postmaster F. NJ. ReardOn. of Victor. is
one OF the members OF the committee
responsible for deporting miners from
the Cripple Creek district
He asks that steps be taken 10 pre-
vent Federal Oficeholders from taking
part in such demonstrations.
Complaints have been made to the
President, also against Postmaster Rear
don and Postmaster Sullivan. Of Cripple
Creek, alleging that they have permitted
mail sent 10 union sympathiZers 10 be
opened and mutilated
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
LITTLE POEMS OF WASHINGTON LIFE
TWO EXILES

Said l to my friend when the brazen sun
Beats down on the scorching street
And the yellow leaves culver, and life itseif
Grows stale in the July heat
1 think of my woodlands dusky-cool
That cover the mountain-side
And the good spruce balm and the wide blue lake
Where paddles my Indian guide
There's little sweet with eyes of gray
And rpples of gold-brown hair,
And cheeks like the Mayower that wakes in the sprir
And a laugh that is sweet and rare
l shall see her tonight in the dusk Of the porch
And white as white rose is she;
Her hearts ways travel, with Love for my guide
And she is my North to me-"
Said my friend to me, when the sleeting rain
Drenches the dreary town,
And sodden and dull under skies Of lead
Lie the outland hisides brown
1 dream of a garden sunny and fair.
Where the mockingbirds fit and sing,
And the breezes are laden with incense rare
In honor of Lady Spring.
There's a woman know, with fower-like grace
And an indolent, stately walk,
With the depth of night in her mystic eyes,
And its dreams in her low-voiced talk.
Though ice-chains fetter the shivering land,
And barren are garden and tree,
The scent of the jasmine is round her for aye,
And she is my South to me-"
o. the world is wide. but it's ways the same
BY mountain or prairie sea-
Once let the little god Love steal in,
And there is Already.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
BOST0NlANS COMPANY
IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.. July 25.-Dis-
aster of a serious financial nature has
overtaken the Bostonians. one of the
oldest and best recognized opera COM
panies in histrionic profession.
Charles Deacon, manager of the COM
pany. held a conference with the mem
bers Of the BOstonians. He told them
he had made several attempts 10 obtain
the financial assistance OF William Garlic
ton. president of the Boston stock COM
pany.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
HELLO GIRL"
SOON TO WE'D

Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Bobb. of 924
Pennsylvania Avenue southeast. have is
sued invitations to the marriage Of their
daughter, Edna Earl, to Arthur c.
Proctor, on Wednesday evening. August
3. at o'clock, at the Wilson Memorial
NJ. z. Church. Admission to the church
Will be by card.
Miss BObb has been chief operator Of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telepl. one
Company for a long time, and Mr..
Proctor is one OF the rising young busi-
ness men OF the city, and is the son of
Detective {. w. Proctor, Of the Dis
trlct
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
DOM PAUL KRUGER
LEFT A BIG FORTUNE
Amounts to $4,000, 900, Chiefly in En-
ropean Securities-Goes to
Eloff Family.

LONDON, July "a dispatch to the
Daily Mali from Geneva says II Is
learned from d trustworthy source that
the fortune left by the late Paul Kruger.
the late President Of the Transvaal, Is
between 9T50OOO and eL000.OQ0
1t consists chiefly of European securi-
ties. The bulk of IL goes 10 the Elon
family
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
LAS VEGAS PETITION
GOES OVER TWO WEEKS

Hearing on the petition Of margarine
Romero and other citizens OF Las Veg 5,
\. NJ. for a writ of mandamus to is
sue against the Postmaster General to
compel him 10 re-establish a postoffice
I'm the city OF Las Vegas, which was to
have come up for consideration today,
by Justice Wright, was postponed until
August next
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
BODY FOUND; NO CLUE.

MOUNT VERNON. n. Y. July Is
Considerable mystery surrounds the
finding of the body of a well-dressed,
man IN a clump Of bushes
near the pipe line, in Sherwood Park.
There We're no letters or papers on the
body. Coroner Wisendanger said the
man had been dead at least three
months, and IL was impossible to tell
whether IL was a case OF suicide or muir
der.
The Washington times., 1904-07-25
BISHOP SATTERLEE BETTER.

The condition OF Bishop Eatterlee.
who has been I'll recently. is so greatly
improved. that he was able, yesterday,
to dine with his family. II is thought
that in a few days he will be able 10
leave the house.