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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
WIFE BY COMMON
Law CONTRACT
Mrs. Anna Tagg Claims shs
Lived With Late John
Shelley.
BROWNS Y v
Formal Dedication of New Building
March 15-lndications That Large
Crowd Of Brown County People
Will Attend.

Deadwood. S. d., March 12.-Claim-
Ing that she had been made the wife
of job Shelley by common law con-
tract, Miss Anna Tagg, who now gives
her name as Mrs. Anna Shelley, has
commenced suit in the courts by which
she hopes TO acquire possession of an
estate valued at SOS. 900. This consists
chiefly OF mining property, situated ad-
joining the HOmestake mine at Lead
and held under United States patent. :
Shelley died at Deadwood very sud-
denly several months ago, aged about
60. and supposedly unmarried. He had
come to the Black Hills in 1876 and had
acquired a fair sized fortune by hard
work and earnest application. Immedi-
ately after his death the woman filed
a petition asking that h be appointed
Administrative of the estate, stating
that h was the widow of the deceased
and Offering proofs that she had lived
with him as his wife. although no mar
riage ceremony had been performed.
Her petition ELECTED protests from
creditors of the Shelley estate and from
Luke j. Shelley of Rochester, N. Y, a
nephew Of the deceased, who claims tc
be the legal heir. AT the hearing in
county court the application OF the
woman was denied and Joseph Nj.
Rickle Of Deadwood was appointed ad-
ministrator, with the consent of all the
parties.
The case promises to bring on q stub
born legal fight, in which some ques-
lions of law not often resorted to VIII
be argued. 1t is admitted that Shelley
had lived with the woman several
months before his death, which in fact
occurred In her apartments in a Dead.
wood rooming house.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

Can't be restored to health until the
kidneys are cured. Read how one
woman was restored by using Doan's
Kidney Pills:
Mrs. II. \. Van Sickle, 81 9th Ave-,
s. W., Roanoke, Va, says: kidney
trouble was hereditary in our family
and l had been so continually afflicted
with the disease that l began to de-
spair Of even temporary relief. Some
times suffered SO severely that 1 was
confined to my bed. The aching in my
back was intense and the kidney dis
order caused an excess Of uric acid in
my blood, which impaired my diges-
ton. l was compelled to deny myself
of many of the little delicacies Of diet.
The doctors diagnosed my case as con
gestion of the kidneys. l had about
given up hope when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but I took only a
few doses when their curative powers
were proven to my satisfaction. 1
have never been without them in the
house since"
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all
dealers; price so cents; or mailed on
receipt of price by Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for free trial.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

New York Times: III I were a stat
lstician." said the motorman who had
been obliged to stop the car for five
minute and give a man with n broken
umbrella q chance to extricate the re-
mains from the slot in the tracks. Il
would md out what percentage Of the
umbrellas that are broken in the course
OF q day meet their doom In the tracks
wouldn't be afraid to bet money that
I'd nnd hat fully two-thirds Of them
get smashed hat way.
The accidents are not due to poorly
constructed tracks or the carelessness
Of railway employees. but to the fool
lshness of the people who carry UNI
brellas. Somehow. most folks have a
habit Of jabbing them into every con-
venient crevice. The slots In the car
tracks offer the greatest inducement
o this form of exercise, and the man
who can resist giving them a dig with
his umbrella or walking stick as he
pasSeo by 10 strong minded, indeed, So
deeply ~ingrained is the desire to test
the capacity Of that slot that some men
who have missed the mark at the first
Ming have actually been seen to stop
stock still in front OF an approaching
car to give q second or third dig. II
necessary. to find out II the slot was
really open or X 1t was Just O line OF
beauty drawn down the center of the
street by some enterprising member Of
h Municipal Art society. With plenty
OF blockheads Of that kind abroad can
anybody wonder that street car tracks
have become the foe of umbrellas and
walking sticks? 2"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
FOURTH CANDIDATE.
More Opposition TO denomination Of
Congressman e. w. Martin.

More Opposition to denomination Of
Congressman e. w. Martin.
Lead. 8. D.. March 1.-THE fourth
republican candidate in opposition to
Congressman f. w. Martins candidacy
for the denomination has developed at
Deadwood within less than q month.
being James Mum. q contractor and
builder OF Deadwood, who 10 being earn
estly advocated by a number Of the
party leaders at Deadwood to succeed
Mr.. Martin. The other three were
George v. Ayres. vice president Of the
republican state central committee, who
was talked OF for q few days for gov
ernor: State Senator ]. C.. Moody and
State Representative r. C. Hayes, each
Of whom was also q fav0rite for q few
days with the dissatisfied leaders ct
.Deadwood as Mr.. Martins successor.
Mr.. Mum IL q brother-fn.law Of ex.
State Treasurer Kirk q. Phillips, and
has for q number OF years been an act
I've worker In politics
It 10 claimed by Mr.. Martins friends
at Deadwood that nc considerable head
way has been made In favor Of Mr..
Mum. and that Mr.. Martins home
town will be carried by the Martin con-
tingent at he primaries. despite the
element opposed, which. it-fS declared.
10 composed entirely Of some OF the
leaders who have become alienated by
reason Of some Of Mr.. Martins recon-
mendations for ofices. ana does not
communicate itself to the rank and fle
Of the party. either in the town Of
0eadwood or the surrounding country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
rat 10 Miraoulous.


Manhattan, Kan, March 14.-One o.
the strangest ases that has ever been
heard Of in Riley Co. IL that Of the
three-year-old daughter of Mr.. Jonas
Bruhaker, Of this place.
Some time ago the little girl took
whooping cough, which was followed
By pneumonia. When the pneumonia
left her, she was taken down with
malaria fever with at times symptoms
~ spinal meningitis.
The family doctor brought her safe.
y through these troubles, but after
the fever Bright's Disease set in and
the doctors gave her up. Her father
tells the rest Of The story:
I'VE began to give her D0dd's Kid.
ney Pills, and after she had taken
about three and a half boxes, she wa
entirely cured. Now she IL well 90 any
child, running and playing &c IL moth.
ing had ever been the matter with her,
The doctors said she was beyond the
reach Of medicine. Dodd's Kidney
Fills certainly saved our little eirl's
ltfe, when she was 20 far into the
ehroaic stage Of Bright's Disease that
~ Thought nothing could saye her.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
sha Had the hAusie.

Tit-Bits: a stage heroine who hap
pened at the same tint to be an able ex-
ecutant on the plano had to play night
after night the same part at a popular
theater. She anxiously longed to give the
audience a specimen Of her musical abili-
ties. bur her part in the performance at
forded nc opportunity for such a display
of her powers.
Her Inventive genius anne to the rescue.
and she discovered a place in the action
where pianist and heroine might go hand
in hand. When the curtain rose. reveal
ing the desert of the Black mountains. the
spectators beheld. to their establishment.
a splendid grand piano placed at the foot
of the rocks.
The heroine. with the haste of one who
is pursued. climbed down the rocky path,
stopped e%nraptured at the sight of the
piano, and exclaimed:
The savages have burned down our
cottage, but, heaven be praised. they have
left me my piano. Music shall comfort
me in my distress, and, If the ladies and
gentlemen Permit, 1 will play them a
short selection"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
DEDICATION OF COURT HOUSE
Brown county's New Building to q,
Formally Opened March Is.

Aberdeen. s. D.. March 12.-The for
NAL dedication of the new Brown coun-
ty court house in this city will take
place on March Is, and the indications
are that there will be from 1000 to
5000 people here from the county. The
proceedings will begin at II o'clock in
the forenoon, and double header pro-
grams will be heard at the court house
and at the opera house. Among the
speakers will be DIR. Chalmers, presi-
dent of Brookings college; Doane Rob-
inson, ex-State Auditor Reeves, Bertha
Dahl Laws. M. F. Greeley. Rev. FIR.
stephen Duran and several from the
county. music being furnished by the
WATERFOWL cadet band. o male chorus,
q chorus of mixed voices. At the close
of the program in the evening a county
historical society will be formed. From
II a. m. continuously till the end OF
the proceedings In the evening lunch
will be served the visitors in the base
ment Of the court house.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
ACCUSE NO ONE.
coroner's Jury at Pierre in Nelson
Case Returns Verdict.

SeSS
Pierre, s. D., March 12.-The last
witness before the coroner's jury in
the Rena Nelson poisoning case was
examined this morning, Sheriff
Laughlin being called before the jury
on his return from Iowa. He testified
as to the condition in which he found
matters in that state. The jury then
delivered their report, which was as
follows:
I'VE. the jury, find that Rena Nell
son came to her death from the effects
Of eating some tablets or chocolate
candies contained In a box received
through the United States mail at
Pierre. 8. D.. and postmarked Boone,
Ia, which said tablets contained corro-
sive sublimate in ~suficient quantities
to cause death. A. B. Nelson, Geo. L.
Fay and w. H. Bailey
Since h return of Sheriff Laughlin
without securing the custody Of Mrs.
Dye no definite line of action has been
mapped out for further procedure in
the case. and just what will be done
-ext is yet an open question.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
MARTIN GETS BUSY.
South Dakota Congressman Has Z
Large Bunch Of Trouble Started
for Meat 1rupt.

Washington. March 11.-There Is lob.
IL government investigation of the SO.
called beef trust. The house of repre-.
seltatives yesterday passed. without
opposition, The resolution introduced by
Nh. Martin of South Dakota. request
ing Secretary C%ortelyou, OF the depart
ment of and labor, to inves-
tigate the causes of the low prices OF
beef cattle in the United States since
July !, 1903, and the alleged unusually
large margins between the prices OF
beef cattle and the selling price of fresh
beef"
When Mr.. Martin called up his reso-
luton he asked for unanimous consent
to It's immediate consideration. Mr..
Man of Chicago had had some
thoughts OF entering an objection, but
refrained in consideration of one or two
unimportant changes in the wording
OF the resolution. such as the insertion
Of the word alleged" before unusually
large margins
Secretary Cortelyou already has tOld
MIR. Martin and others interested In this
movement that he will proceed as soon
as possible to a thorough investigation
of the alleged manipulation of the prices
OF live and dressed beef by the Chicago
and other packers. and that he will
make the investigation as thorough and
IN"A NaaAAA6 oo tilG W. w.
nit. He will endeavor to learn all the
facts.
Will Be Expensive.
But before starting his investigation,
Cortelyou will probably ask congress to
make IN appropriation for the pay and
expenses of an ample staff Of special
agents to &c into the field to make the
inquiry. The secretary says he has not
now "a large enough force for such an
important undertaking. Mr.. Martin has
the assurance of the speaker n the
leaders of the house that whatever
within reason Secretary Cortelyou asks
FOR the house promptly will give him.
80 there should be no great delay in
starting the investigation.
This is the first request congress has
made OF the new department for a trust
investigation. and Secretary Cortelyou
naturally Is anxious to respond In such
manner as to Justify the wisdom OF con-
gress in establishing his department
and its bureau OF corporations. The
work will fall directly under the juris-
diction of that bureau, whose head is
James X. Garfield. son of former Presi-
dent Garfield.
Mr.. Martin says since he introduced
his resolution he has received many let.
tiers from western cattle ~raisers, Offer
ing to give evidence to the special
agents who may be sent put to make
this investigation. Some of the writer's
are afraid to have their names used. as
they believe the packers will discrimi-
nate against them In the buying OF
cattle at the various stock yards.
The South Dakota representative q
been congratulated warmly by his fell
low members upon his success In set.
ting this investigation under way.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
CANNOT Dc TRIED.


Des Moines. Ia. March l1.-At 10
o'clock today Mrs. Sherman pye
walked forth from the county jail at
Boone q free woman. The sheriff who
had come from South Dakota with =
requisition warrant, charging her With
having murdered Hena Nelson Of
Pierre by sending poisoned candy
through the mail. had departed 4og
Pierre on an earlier train. and al g.
folts to prosecute Mrs.. Dye had been
Acc0rdinGly, when her ~.
plieation for q writ Of habeas corpus
came uplor hearing before Ju0go Witt
sakef ut 10 o'clock, there was uoth1ng
for him TO do but 70 releasa heE. ThlD
situation resulted erom 0overnoe Cum.
mlns' ruling that she could ~ txtod to-
murder nowhere but In South 0akota,
ana that "a the other hand tharo - mo
law which .peSmlttod MIN to oond 00e -
another Gtate toe tr1ol unleoo thotS bers
son hns c0snn13tto4 gcs1moi - that oeoto
ana then ded to Iowa. yodesol autboe.
tiles axe StAted - - co0tomptatlng
.p-ro9ocut3uo e 11rosT6yo to- 1UprqDoe
NE ~ TIE laatloy ~ 0ooo uoE 16nv
havjne written MI 3goeooos ut e1a3Io
that he let&ee th&t@-$eAaNeAzNtGl 49,
son atS4hes tt4e ~ 04oy o>vO9 Woo
not tfom eeys Hllqet - a. tn jt.aWao
fom Nh Ht6GI byy9e116s
9SgQeS ee9ase : eee M
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
plvmouHh Reok.

Philadelphia Press: During one Of
my visits through the country die.
t~ricts," said the professor. Z happaued
to reach a small village whore they
were to have a n~ag-raisine at the
school house. After the banner had
been lung to the breeze there was an
exhibition of drawings which the pu-
pills had made and OF the work they
had done during the year.
THE teachers rectted to them The
Landing of the Pilgrims.' and after she
had Anlshed she requested each pupil
to try and draw from his or her mag.
ination a picture of Plymouth Rock.
Most Of them went to work at once.
but one little fellow hesitated and at
length raised his hand.
"'Well. Willie. what IL it?' asked the
teacher.
".Please, ma'am. do you want ~.
draw a hen or a r~ooster?'"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
INSTRUCT FOR HEARST.
First South Dakota Convention Of
Democrats Met Today in Mitch
ell, Dawson County.

Mitchell, S. D.. March 1l.-At the first
convention held in South Dakota the
democrats OF Eavieon county today
selected fourteen delegates to attend
the state convention, who were unani-
mously instructed Tor William Ran
dolph Hearst for president and for
Hon.. E.. S. Johnson OF Armour for IA
tional committeeman. The convention
also Endorsed the Kansas City plat
form of 1900.
The following are the delegates:
Charles Ferguson. John K. Johnson. Gil
mar Stevens, J. French, ]. l.. Donahue,
Karl Knappe. il. F.. Hitchcock, D.. W.
Collins. Peter Gaetze. Glen Wade. John
Michels. Joseph Mclaughlin, w. H. VIII
kinson. Casper Anthem.
A Hearst club was organized with fifty
members at the close of the convention.
Armour, 8. D., March N.-Douglas coun-
~ democrats are feeling very good over
the action of the Dawson county demo-
Gratis in i%nstructing for F.. 8. Johnson for
national committeeman.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
Earliest oresa onio..

The John A. Salzer Seed Co.,. La
Crosse, Wis, always have something
new, something valuable. This year they
offer among their new money making
vegetables, an Earliest Green Eating
Onion. It Is a winner. Mr.. Farmer and
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND Ice
aud they win send you their big plant
and seed catalogue. .toGsthsr with e1ousb
seed to crow 10000, plants!
1000 ine, solid Cabbagss,
1900 delicious Carrots
1000 b~lanching, nutty Celery.
Zoo rich, buttery Lettuee,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare. luscious Radlshee,
1000 glonoasly brilliant Flowers.
sisr is made TO- ct yoa to test their
ALL FOR BUT l6c POSTAGE,
R%sc ovid ni,I you On, III IL return =, ,.t til: uo sts. .ad
add to the shove 2 package Of the te1,
oas Beriinss C~aull6owsr. q. =. "
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

The following is the record of a
gasoline tractor used in England for
drawing agricultural machines: Six
acres Of grass cut in three hours and
forty minutes, using FIVE and n half
gallons OF gasoline: three acres OF
grass cut In one hour and thirty-hve
minutes. using three gallons of gaso-
line; w and one-tenth acres of land,
with hard surface, plowed to an av-
erage depth of sever inches, in five
hours and fifty minutes. using a dou-
b~le-furrow pillow. and consuming sew
en- and three-fourths gallons of gaso-
line; nineteen acres of wheat har.
vested in ten hours, using eight and
one.half gallons of gasoline. The cost
OF the machine is said to be 81. 800.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

~ ~ MAJ
Idward Cummings in The Coward" II.
be felt the blood in his head pounding
heavily. He was frightened about az
much ~ no could be.
Ano then there came an utterly new
~sensAtiop. It was like the burning that
comes In the face n limbs Of one COM
anB y from the cold to q snug fire. It was
yeecstou-it was anger! He remembered
nle colonel. who was kin to him-and
the things the major said. and the gem
erals praise. The new emotion dominated
everything else.
And he found ! thing to do. His pock-
90 . cartridge o were full. He had
not 6red . shot. He unslung his carbine,
= momsn later Il banged under the
yaurelA. The sergeant In charge Of the
nearest piece jerked hack, rested for Z
nemeut with his hand upon the escabel,
end nank.
rstdr drew back 10 load. There il
eo0ething steadying In charging q mug
~ale-lcadlng rtfe. Peter began to feel cool
- he bit his cartridge Ind rammed home
TIE balls. He began TO please himself
noasero Were In reality but large squir-
relD. Il served his Aim. and he averaged
. man foe every two OF three shots. He
. no IDEA how many there were. or
what reserve they had. but HI argued
that It would DO . good thing to shoot ~
0A1y q he could He was ired at re-
keaeeoly. He ! not care. The Peter
ian who collapsed at the wailine Of
~ eul1eta was another person. In anger
~ tnoandeecent hatred he had passed
9e1e aeyeNuo catmactefio; the lAtent brave
0~De4 0ts3Aee Was ot1ffo4-at last! The
'eeaseee peece was trained upon him: he
1900 the rock. and there Wal =
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

An interesting addition has recently
been a to the Natural History
Museum. South Kensington, London,
Dy the receipt Of specimens Of some of
the blind cave fishes of Cuba. The
special interest OF these fishes lies in
the fact that their alliance is with salt
water forms which exist in the neigh
boring sea. n moi with fresh water
fishes. as Is the case with Amblyopsis
and its allies OF the great cave Of Ken
lucky. There can be little doubt that
the Cuban caves in which the blind
fishes are found were formerly In COM
muntcation with the sea, and that the
ancestors Of these fishes entered the
yes from the adjacent ocean.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
The Forest city Press
Z. p. rHoRNE, pusssA.r.
CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA

The income tax statistics OF Berlin
Tor the year 1903 show that the highest
income returned by q single individual
amounted to over 1850, 900 marks
($704. 1921 the next highest was over
2.S60.0 600 marks ($e22, 619). The tax paid
on these incomes amounted. respective
~. to 1S.400 marks ($2S, O95) and 104. 600
marks ($24. 905). In Berlin the munich
pal taxes. which are assessed through
out Prussia with reference to local
necessities, amounted to exactly the
same as the income tax. The two high
est incomes given above were the only
ones In Berlin which amounted to more
than 2,000.0 600 marks 0476, 0O0) a year.
but there were thirteen taxpayers who
returned Incomes ranging between L.
900. 900 n 1000. 900 marks ($23S. 900 and
$476,000). thirty-three whose incomes
ran8ed between 500, 900 marks and 1.O0O.-
zoo marks N119.000 and $23S. 00O). and
62l who had incomes between 100, 900
n 500. 900 marks ($23. 800 and $1l8, O0O).
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

Grants In aid Of research have re-
Gently been mad from the Rumford
tund OF the American Academy Of Arts
and Sciences as follows: To Professor
e. w. Morley, for his research on the
nature and effects of ether drift, $500;
to Professor Carl Barns, for his re-
search on the study by an optical
method Of radio-activity produced con-
d~ensation. 5000: to Mr.. J.. A. Dunno, for
mis- research on fluctuations in solar
activity as evinced by changes In the
1inerence between maximum and mini
mum temperature, 5000.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

1t IL proposed to hold a horticultural
and gardening exhibition In the month
of June next under the auspices of the
loyal Botanic Society Of Great Brit
ain in the new exhibition grounds of the
society, situated in the center of the
Bontanic Gardens in Regents Park.
London. The proposed scheme en-
braces horticulture, forestry, botany,
educational methods. nature-study and
q special section for colonial produce.
In addition to the exhibition, lectures
and conferences are in course Of ar
ranGement.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

The telephone system is Of more gem
sral use in Sweden than anywhere else
In the world. Everybody practically is
ON he ine." from banker to washer
woman. The service IL thus avail
able because Of Its ~cheapness. Compe-
ution between the General and national
companies-the latter a government
concern-makes 1t possible to get u
house telephone for SO a year and sew
aral business instruments fer 427.EO.
For q conversation at a booth telephone
one payD 3 cents.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

Germany and the United States Will
have competitive forestry exhibits at
the st. Louis fair. which will include
large tracts Of land given up to plant
Ing. tr~ansplanting. training and prun-
will be shown under treatment by In
cculetion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17

You Can Get Aliens Foot. Ease FREE,
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
Ease. q powder to shake into vour shoes.
It cures tired, sweating, damp, swollen, ach-
ing Feet: 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
a certain cure for Corns and Buniony. All
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-17
Restored to Health.

Many weak, sui
fering women do
not know that
their Kidneys are
S l k. Backache
tells Of sick kid
neys and SO do
urinary disorders.
Sick kidneys make
bad blood, and bad
blood makes bad
digestion, h e a r t
p%alpitatiOn. dig y
Ii e a d a C h es, ner-
'vousness, s%leepless-
ness. ~sciatica. rheu-
matte pains and
c O n slant depres-