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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
HOUSE BILL ADOPTED,
Missouri Senate Votes to Make Book
making a Felony

Jefferson City, Mo-. March 1.-THE sem
ate accepted the house bill making book
making and pool selling anywhere In the
state felony, punishable by a fine and
from six months to two years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary. The bill will
now go to Governor Folk for his sigma
ture. and will doubtless become a law, as
the governor made the provisions of the
bill the subject of a special message to
both houses of the legislature.
When the anti-bookmakng bill first
passed the senate it was amended to make
the offense a high misdemeanor, punish
able by fine of $50. The house refused to
concur, and after conference the felony
clause was reported back to the senate
with the recommendation that it be
adopted.
The breeders law which allowed book
making and pool selling on horse races in
certain enclosures in the SKATE was re-
peaied several days since, and will become
effective ninety days after the sine die
adjournment of the legislature, and the
measure today will. if it is signed by the
governor, place the ban on bookmaking
throughout the state, both on races run
in Missouri and elsewhere, so far as bet
ting In this state is concerned.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
JUMPING OFF PLACE.
Did Seth Bullock and His Cowboys
Misreprese the West?

Deadwood, S. D.. March lS.-Black
HIS people are wondering whether or
not the Seth Bullock expedition of cow
boys and cattemen to the Washington
Inaugural and further east has done
this country any good. Captain Seth
Bullock originally intended this trip to
advertise the western country in the
east for financial betterment The west
ern people have been reading the
'slush' in the far eastern papers for
the past few days concerning the cat
tlemen and cowboys and are Indignant.
The party that left the Black Hills con-
sisted OF one general manager for an
electric light plant, three well known
newspaper men, two wealthy lumber
men, ten wealthy cattlemen, four horse
rilScrs Two eX-cOunty commissioners,
railway contractor and Il number OF
other business men who went on the
Trip FOR business as well as pleasure.
.1he idea given in the eastern papers
Is that all the men were from the wild
ana Woolly country and 1t merely bears
out the general opinion held in the
east that the Black Hills Is in the
jumping off place" The Black Hills
papers are severely criticising the trip
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
GUILTY OF ARSON.
George Letcher, Principal of Sensation
al Life at Mitchell on Trial

Mitchell. S. D., March 16-George
Letcher, who was a resident of Mitch
ell from 1881 to, 1890, and was recently
arrested in San Francisco for setting
fire to a store building at Mt Peeler
Williams county, o. In 1880, has been
found guilty of arson. On March s
the jury that tried returned verdicl
as follows:
I'VE, the jury in this case, find de-
PENDENT. George Letcher, guilty of the
charge in the manner aforesaid"
The Edgerton. Williams county
Earth, newspaper where the trial was
held says: Immediately upon the
reading, Attorney Starr filed notice of
81 motion for a new trial" This motion
was to be argued March 8, and unless
Letcher is more fortunate than his pals
that organized with him more than
twenty-t five years ago to insure heavily
and then burn property, he will spend
few years behind the bars.
1t is claimed that large number
of persons in Williams county formed
an organization to make money by in
surfing and burning buildings. and
George Letckar had for years been re-
garded as one of that organization.
He came to Dakota territory in 1852,
and secured clerkship In the United
States land office at Mitchell, where his
father was receiver Of public money
and in that position he was able to aid
In defrauding the government and
blackmail settlers out Of their money
He soon drifted into real estate specu-
lation here, and fiinaly entered into the
hardware business and manipulated
every transaction in treacherous
manner, and While here about ten years
he had three or four fires, including a
large hardware store. all Of which were
heavily insured. 1t Is claimed that
George Letcher, while In Mitchell, pur-
chased several car loads Of hardware IN
Chicago and had them stopped enroute
and billed back to Chicago and the
hardware sold at auction prior to
contemplated failure in business, but
the wholesalers got onto the schema
and prevented the failure and made
him settle for the goods.
The old timers in Mitchell are not
surprised that George Letcher has been
found guilty of arson prior to coming
here, but they are surprised that he
has not been found guilty of crime be-
fore that restrained him from liberty,
1t seems that more than TWENTY-FIVE
persons in the state of Ohio who were
part of the same arson gang organiza-
ton that Letcher was, have been sent
to states prison, and 1t is not likely
that his application for new trial
there will secure him the liberty he sc
much desires.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
HYDE LOSES GRIP.
Scheme to Naturalization of the Equit
able Will Be Carried Through
BY Policy HoIders

New York, March lS.-James Hazen
Hyde has SURF endered control OF the
great Equitable Life Assurance society
and its $i34.000,000 of funds to the
poicyholders OF the company.
AL a meeting of the naturalization
committee of the society Mr.. Hyde con-
scented to the adoption OF a plan by
which the policyholders will elect TWEEN
ty-eight of the fiGty-two directors, the
stockholders elactng the remaining
twenty-four. This Will give the policy
holders a majority of four in the
board. and carries to a successful end
ing the bitter fight waged by President
James w. Alexander for a mutualiza-
ton plan that would actually place the
control of its hundreds of millions Of
assets and surplus in the hands of the
100000 pOlicyhOlders. Mir. Hyde's sur
render was most unexpected.
Fought to the Last.
Almost up to the hour when the seven
members of the naturalization commit
tee got together. it was announced by
Spokesman for both the Alexander and
Hyde sides that there would be no
agreement, as MIR. Hyde would never
consent to anything which would ac-
tually take the control of the society
from his family.
While no formal statement was is
sued concerning the reasons which in
Huenced Mr.. Hyde to make such
stupendous change in his personal for
tunes as the actual naturalization of
the Equitable involves, it was learned
that President Alexander made it
known plainly and bluntly to the other
members of the committee that the
time for pickering had passed and that
definite action must be taken one way
or the other at the meeting
He followed this up with a notice that
unless the committee agreed to actual
~ mutualize the society, he would go
anead in his own way to compel honest
anG genuine naturalization
This was taken to mean that the
courts and the Legislature would be APP
pealed tc on lines that would make
trouble for Mr.. Hyde and his followers.
announcer potent factor in influencing
Mr.. Hyde is said to have been the suit
brought in the supreme court of Sara
toga county, New York, by Mary S.
Young to compel the restitution of the
100000 year salary drawn by Mr..
Hyde out of the treasury Of the So
ciety; to restrain him from drawing
further salary and attacking the right
OF thirty-eight of the fifty-two present
directors to serve in that capacity on
the ground that they are merely
dummy directors who are not actual
proprietors of the necessary five shares
each of the capital stock of the so.
ciety.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
GOVERNOR FINISHES
ACTION ON LAWS
Completes Task Of Signing or
vetoing Bills Passed by
Legislature.
THREE BILLS ARE VETOED
These Will Cut the Chapters Of Session
Laws Down to VT, or Forty.
Nine Less Than Two Years
Ago-Library Opened.

Pierre. S. d., March l7,--Governor
of the session by filing without any
iZe a circuit judge to, at his discretion,
appoint an assistant states attorney
when the regularly elected attorney Is
be paid from the salary of the regular
incompetent person to mortgage the
became laws by limitation. and without
his signature.
He vetoed the act authorizing the
calling of special meetings of boards
of county commissioners on request
of two members of the board, on the
ground of imperfect title; the act pro-
viding for consolidation of wards in
cities on the ground that 1t was use
less and miSchlcvous legislation: the
act placing iIoWagc of water across
highways from private artesian wells
under control of the road overscer on
account of imperfect title; and the act
raising the age of compulsory school
attendance from il to l6 years, as
adding no value to the present law.
Bills vetoed which passed in du-
plicate through both houses, and which
remains as laws, either from the bill
introduced in one house or the other,
were those providing for working of
r&ilroad road taxes at any place in a
township, increasing the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace in assault and
battery and petty larceny cases: and
regulating fishing in boundary waters
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
PEABODY is GOVERNOR
But Pledged to Resign Immediately t.
Be Succeeded by Liutenant Gov
ernor j. F. Mcdonald.

enver, Colo. March 1S-James II.
Pet; ody yesterday won hts contest for
j the office of governor, from which he
retired on January 10, after serving a
term of two Jears. His victory was
achieved only after he had given his
liedge u resign and surrender the chair
to Lieutenant Governor Jesse +. Nc
Donald
The vote IN joint convention of the
general assembly, by which Governor
Ava Adams was Custed and Governor
James Fl. Pea bod. installed, was 81 to
Al. Ter republicans voted with the
democratic members for Adams.
1t WAS more in the nature of party
than {, personal triumph, for both Pea
body and Mcdonald are republicans
ana Adams is a democrat Although
the "er uhiican majority on joint ballot
is Unity five, it had been found impos-
siLle to gain for Peabody enough re-
publican votes to reinstate him as gov
ernor for the remainder of the biennial
term erc.ng in January. 1907. Twenty
TWO republican members of the general
ASSEMBLY. according to report, refused
to be hound ty any action in caucus on
the contest and entered into a COM
pact not to vote for Peabody. A ma
Jorty Of them, however, We're in favor
of seating the lieutenant governor in
the governors chair If means could be
foun! to do so legally. Finally the
leaders OF ne opposing republican fac
tons arranged 4 compromise by which
Peabody would be indicated by being
declared elected and Mcdonald would
be made governor.
AT the conference at which the bar
gain was made pledges wsre given to
the independent republicans by the
headS OF four large corporations, who
had been active supporters of Peabody,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
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MANY IN BANKRUPTCY.
United States Court At Sioux Falls
Flooded with Petitions

Sioux Falls. S. D., March 17.~Rob-
art c. Winhem, a retail liquor dealer
OF Huron has filed IA petition in vol
untary banruptcy in the United States
court in this city. In the schedule ac-
companying his petition he places his
liabilities at $10,13l.Si and his assets
at $G,6S3.So. The case VIII be adjudi-
Gated by Referee in Bankruptcy S. A.
Ramsey, of Woonsocl1et.
Ell r. Roll, farmer residing in
Sioux Falls township has also filed a
petition In voluntary bankruptcy. His
liabilities are placed at $3923.22 and
his assets at $645.
Williams Bros doing business in Sioux
rails under the name of The Queen
City Polishing works The liabilities
OF the firm are scheduled at $122l 90
and the assets at $57. Walter A. Will
liams. member of the firm. places his
individual liabilities at $292.51, with as
sets of $91.50 Frank r. Williams,
the other member OF the firm, sched-
ules his liabilities at $l747O and his
assets at S136.50.
"A petition In voluntary bankruptcy
has also been field by Martin Brusveen
and Chris. Q. Christopherson, as indi-
Viduals and as co-partners doing a
mercantile business at Brandon under
the firm name Of M. Pcusveen & Co,
- - ustSSus 'pellllon lie places the
firms liabilities at $1,955.S0 and states
that the firm has no assets.
BrusVeen's individual liabilities are
stated to be $1.7G5.97 and his assets
$l.S33. Or his assets property to the
value of $94S Is claimed to be exempt.
Chris o. Christopherson, the other
member of the firm, whose home is at
Corson, S. d., schedules his individual
liabilities at $52 and his assets at 1898.
All Of his assets are claimed to be ex-
empt.
All of the above cases, except the
first mentioned have been referred to
Referee In Bankruptcy Henry A. Null
Ter, of Sioux Falls. by whom they will
be adjudicated
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
JUST AN EXPERIMENT.
"oeornan on New York ~" Train.
Learns Something of His Bust.
ness at High Expense.

New York. March 1s.-Two person.
were paoiy hurt and dozen others
slightly injured while hundreds were
thrown into a panic by a rear-end col
llsion between two south bound Sixth
avenue elevated trains at Seventy-sec-
ono street. during the rush hours to-
day.
Passengers said the collision was die
TO the attempts of the motorman Of
the rear train to discover how near he
could bring the train to the one ahead
OF him without hitting it. The pas-
sengers became wildly angry and made
a rush for the motorman, with cries of
Lynch the motorman," and "Moh
him." The police reserves were called
out. The passengers demanded that the
motorman be arrested, but the police
declined to do SO, saying that thew
'ould not take him from his train.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
WILL ST. n MILLIONS.
Immense Amount of Money Is Going
Into Railroad improvements
the Coming Season.

Chicago. March 1S.-More than $780,
100000 for new equipment for railways
during the current year-S111, 900, 900
by ten systems and about 100000, 900
by others lines-is the almost unprece-
dented record made by American trans
portat!on companies, and it is taken as
forecast of an era of still greater
prosperity in the nation
This vast sum represents a conserva-
tive estimate of the others placed, but
some authorities insist the total expen-
diture will reach much higher figure
these orders. also. are in addition to
liberal expenditures made during the
close of last year.
Soon after the national election the
demand for equipment Of all kinds be-
gan 70 increase with such rapidity that
the railroads became convinced that
they would need to move quickly if
they did not wish to see a general con-
gestion of all kinds of traffic during
1873. and consequently a tremendous
loss in revenues.
Orders for Equipment.
Every railroad is bombarding car and
locomotive works with large orders
and from the iron fields of the north
west the ore is moving in great con-
signments and the furnaces throughout
the east are operating day and night.
Big orders for new equipment given
by railways in 1905 are as follows
Pennsylvania. S23,O0O.0OO Baltimore
and Ohio, $14.000.OO0: New York Cen
trail lines, s2O,00O.0Oo; Southern Pacific,
$S,0o0,ooo: Santa I'e. sS.OOo.0OO; South
ern Railway, sS.000ooO; Rock Island,
$10.o00,000: Norfolk and Western. So
100000; Erie, slGooOoOO; Frisco sys-
tenn. $2OOOGCo: by other systems (esti-
mated $90,00O,OOO Total s2O1 900.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
FOR GRAND LARCENY.
Crooked Work on Large Scale By Huff
ton Man.

Aberdeen, 8. D., March l6.-Chares WILL
sey of Hutton, small station in this
(Brown) county on the Great Northern
road, was arrested by the sheriff of Da-
kota county, Minnesota. on the charge Of
grand larceny. 1t Is alleged that Will
sey on February 90 1902, purchased seven
ty-three head of cattle from the live stock
commission firm of Simmer 4 Thomas of
st. Paul. giving them a mortgage on the
cattle for $780, September l, 1903, the
commission firm sold the mortgage to the
Stock Yards bank OF South st. Paul. Since
that time the defendant has paid two
notes on the mortgage, one for $500 and
the other for $1,000. Then black leg struck
the herd and thrty-seven of the cattle
died Willsey has been unable to pay
the remainder due on the mortgage. about
$500, and the bank charges. according to
Wllsey's attorney, that Willsey did not
own sl,SGo worth of stock at the time the
bank bought the mortgage. A requisition
has been applied for to take Willsey to
st. Paul, but his attorney states that the
application for a requisition will be fought
the defense
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
BLACK HILLS TRAGEDY.
Fatal Shooting, Arson Charge and I'm
happiness in One Family.

f-a,t,,I r;,
noonle ~ Cnn,,,1 ~, maicl, l';-ln ne
thni ~, ~ a. ny are divided III
m,t,a,. ,hill 80 49, 80. ~ .iie farhiian
avery H., ", a., t i,,e' oes'l SioWils worse
p Ea,.nI,,, 49, NV, ,',s PCS 'ilir.y Gays. N:
tbis ,i.'a g. 'ao peIh postmaster OF
. s p!.s's lor several years past, the
,,io az we Iv,, oiilce oell's Ill charge or
i ,,S 49,, 49, W.''illl NE past year he has
nnd o,@,n az. IN me INNING business
y. lhe queen or the Hills
,.nli,'1;,.t, ,S, WIN li'lhols ana Iowa
az, uithiiis NM II Is one OF the
thi,t,, dars .,o III tne hills' About
tniity Gays ago Farnham became sus-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
FIND FUTILE GUILTY.
Was the Man Who While Drunk Near
Iy Killed His Wife

FIX Point. s. d.. March lS.-ln cir
cunt court here yesterday the state
renewed the taking of testimony in the
case of Lyman futile, who was
charged with nearly killing his wife
during drunken brawl. He threw a
lighted lamp at her. The house was
almost destroyed by fire.
The court room was crowded Much
testimony was taken The jury after
being out several hours returned a
verdict OF guilty. The decision seems
TO meet the popular sentiment of peo-
pie here.
Judge Smythe, pioneer of Union
county. and for years Judge of this
circuit dicd yesterday of pneumonia.
re mas llVed here for many years. The
funeral will be tomorrow.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
NO REPRESENTATIVE.
South Dakota Aspirants for the Rhodes
Scholarship Failed.

Nermillon, S. D., March 18-Word
was received in this city yesterday to
lhc effect that the three students who
LOOK the examination at Yankton in
January for Il Rhodes scholarship had
lnlled. and that as a result no repre-
sentative Will go from South Dakota
thls year to JON Paul NJ. Young, Win
ller Oh the hrst scholarship. Inc ex-
animation is said to be very hard and
none but thorough students can make
a good showing. 1t is hoped that at
me next Rhodes examination at least
a dozen candidates will be on hand.
1t is to be regretted that no student
from the sunshine state goes to Eng
land tor the second scholarship.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

On an evening somewhere about the
end of the sixteenth century traveller
from Sweden might have been observed
at the door of the Rose theater, in
London. He was going to see a new
piece called Titus Andronicus," and
in order to follow it In the native Ian
suase bought a copy OF the play, price
sixpence, at the theater door. When
ne went home to Sweden he took the
book with him to show wife and friends
what strange stuff the foreigner
ranted. For 300 years 1t was preserved,
and In 1904, being discovered in the
nome OF countrywoman, was trans
Ierred Tor safety to the Lund univer-
sity. The book Is the only one of lis
kind known to exist.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
ANOTHER iNTERuRBAN,
One May Be Built Between Sioux CITY
and Violin, S, D,

Vermilion, S. D.. March 14.-Farmers
In the northern and eastern part OF
Clay county are enthusiastic over 8
proposed electric line between Sion,
City and Violin. S. D. Eastern capital.
lists are said to be interested In the
project. and all that Is now needed Is
the cooperation of the farmers. AL
ready meetings have been held in sew.
eral townships through which the troll.
ley will pass, and the indications are
that the farmers want to do business.
The plan is to organize a stock com.
pany, the farmers furnishing part OF
the capital and becoming joint owners
of the line. The promoters will furnish
the bulk of money needed to build the
road. Each farmer within a radius O.,
five miles along the route from Siou,
City is to pay dollar per acre TO,
every acre Of land owned by him. anG
this will go into the general fund, stock
being issued according to the amount
paid in.
The proposed route covers one of the
most thickly settled portions of ella,
and Union counties and would un.
doubtedly draw an immense amount o,
patronage. At Violin 1t would connect
with both the Northwestern and Grea,
Northern roads, us both OF the line,
pass through that town.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24

Russian astrologer has cast the
horoscope OF Car Nicholas. In Feb
quarry Nicholas was to be subject to
an illness which was to compel his
withdrawal for n while from the peo-
pie. In March he will have much en-
nifty to contend with, there will be ter
rible difficulties In his way. and 1t will
pc difficult for him to escape personal
Hanger. In April there is long Jour-
ney before his majesty to place
where there is much bloodshed and the
clash of arms. In June he is again sick
ana surrounded by trouble and danger.
The year 1912 is the critical year of his
life. After that year all Is dark.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24

Henri Duant, founder OF the Red
Cross movement, now seventy-six years
or age, lives in i'll health near Lake
constance, In Switzerland. He was
first inspired by reading the story Of
Florence Nightingale, and It occurred
TO him that some systematic arrange
ment might be made to provide sim
tiar help to the wounded in battle
on arrangement which should be rec
pgnized by both opposing forces. Ac-
sordingly he went to the battle at Sol
ferino In order that he might see for
himself what the results of warfare
were, and he was convinced that If the
terrors were to be mitigated 1t would
be properly recognized body.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
GREAT Oil FIND.
One of the Richest Petroleum Region.
in the World Located in West
ern Cap.d,

st. Paul. Mimi, March 1S-A special
from Oil City. Alberta, N w. T., saws
vast fields of the highest grade Of
petroleum has bee? discovered north of
the international boundary line in AL
berta and Athabasca. The territory thus
far prospected shows an area of 300
square miles. Subterranean reservoirs
have been tapped and the oil flows as
from arteSian wells
The discovery was made in the Nor
mon settlements, but was kept quiet for
d long time. Now capital is responding
and buying up the land, but the field
IS too great to be controlled The
Canadian Pacific from the north and
the Great Northern from the south are
rushing spur lines to Oil City. where
the excitement runs high over the find,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-24
Two Children Murderea

WESTMINSTER Pa, March 16.-Dominick
De Luca, 1O-year-old Italian bow. who
was brutally beaten by the assailant of
his 4-year-old sister. Mary, Tuesday night.
died today in hospital here without re-
covering consciousness. His death deep
ems the mystery surrounding the assault
md murder OF the two children.