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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
DR.. ARoNs KILLS HIMSELF.
Convicted 6igamist and Thief Grabs
Sheriff's Gun and Turns It on Self.

Convicted Bigamist and Thief Grabs
sheriff's Gun and Turns It on Self.
Aitkin, Mimi, Oct. "a. = DR.. w. C.
Arons, the bonesetter. convicted of
bigamy and grand larceny and SEN
fenced by Judge Spooner to six years
In the p~enitentiary in saltwater. com
mitted suicide in his cell, blowing his
head completely off with a 44-caliber
Colt revolver. Sheriff C. G.. Haugen
had just gone down town, leaving the
Jail in charge of Deputy Sheriff John
Erickson, who, 1t seems was writing at
his desk in the sheriff's office, when he
was called to the door by loud and con-
tinuous knocking on the inner door OF
the Jail room When the officer opened
the door the doctor gave him a violent
push against the back wall and imme-
diately rushed to the sheriff's desk and
opened it, grasping a 44-caliber Colt
revolver, shouting: Get out OF my
way" rushed back into his cell, placed
the revolver to his head and scattered
his brains all over the cell. The dep
uty rushed in the Jail behind the doc
tor but was unable to prevent his com.
hitting the act.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
CIVIL SERVICE IN LINE.
Examinations for 1850 Employees OF
the State Will Begin Dec. 1.

The state civil service examinations
will begin about Dec. l.. AS near as
can now be estimated 1880 people will
come within the operation of this sys-
tenn. Of this number over $50 are in
some manner connected with the state
capitol. Some are game wardens ard
oil inspectors; 200 others are employed
about the state university, and nearly
700 are now under the supervision of
the state board Of control. The system
of classifying the different positions is
similar in it's general respects to the
system employed by the New York
commission.
In the state board of assessment the
secretary, G. w. Francis, and Miss
Bertha MoritZ are exempt, while the
other officers and assistants, five in
number, come within the limits OF the
law. Attorney General S~turdeyant's
first assistant, Mr.. Titus. and n
stenographer are exempt. while the
other five positions in the office are
filled by the commission. In state
board of forestry Mildred Castle is the
only one who does not escape the ex-
animation. In the dairy and food de-
partment nineteen people will be ex-
amined.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
AGED MAN BUILDS His OWN TOMB
Pioneer Constructs Sunken Grave at
Fond du Lac.

Harvey Durand, a wealthy pioneer
resident of Fond du lac, has finished
constructing his own grave as we'll as
that for his wife. He 10 lot supersti-
tious and has had no ~premonition that
the end is near, but he has a horror OF
what he terms 'sunken graves"
By building a brick vault several
feet beneath the surface of the ground
and placing a heavy slab of stone
across the top, Mr.. Durand believes
that the graves will not sink, as the
earth can be tamped over the slab
after the caskets have been deposited
in the vault.
He also has left 800 with the GENE
terry association to see hat the lot is
kept in good condition. Mr.. Durand's
brother-in-law, r. E. FELTON, and his
wife, have vaults near those of Mr..
Durand, the work having just been
completed. Mr.. Durand erected a large
granite monument bearing the anne
of himself and wife in the family lot
at RienZi cemetery some time ago.
The date of his birth, as that Of Mrs.
Durand was included in the inscrip-
ton, a blang space being left for the
date of their deaths.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
MEETING THE A
Wisconsin Loggers Take Advantage OF
Present High prices Offered.

Wisconsin Loggers Take Advantage OF
Present High prices Offered.
The logging camps in the Ashland
district are already briskly at work,
but inside Of a month, when cold
weather and heavy frosts set in their
capacity will be trebled. There are at
present seven camps on the bad river
reservation. These are run the entire
year, but an increase in the crews is
made as soon as snow is On the
ground.
1t is estimated that the Foster-Lati-
mer mill at Mellen has a twenty-five
year cut in sight, the Stearns Lumber
company has as least twelve years
cut, the Davis Lumber company at
Medford about twenty years cut and
the Edward Hines Lumber company
at least a dozen years cut, depending
upon the times and the prices of lum-
Der. AS one lumberman expresses 1t:
"If the present high prices continue
not only hines, but every other mill
man, will cut every log he can get hold
of. In a few years. think about
~twelve-the white pine will be gone
from Wisconsin, SO far as big cutting is
concerned. But the smaller mills will
be running by that time, and they will
saw twenty-five years longer. 1t is a
cast of Pennsylvania over again, where
| used to deal in waney or square tim
bers. OF course they get no more such
timbers in Pennsylvania, but they are
discovering that they have large guam
titles of hemlock and are logging it. 1t
will be the same way in Northern Wis
consin. where we have an inexhausti-
BILE supply of hemlock and hardwood,
and tn claiming industry will gradually
take the place of the lumber industry"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
INDIANS MAKE EXHIBITS.
Successful Fair at Standing Rock
Aoencv. South Dakota,

Successful Fair at Standing Rock
Agency, South Dakota.
Something unique in the history OF
the Sioux Falls Indians was a fair held
recently at Standing Rock agency, OF
exhibits of Indians only. It was a
great success, and will be held annual
ly hereafter. The display of bead and
%porcupine work was especially inter.
esting, and it Is doubtful II q similar
display could be eQualedl anywhere in
the United States.
The South Dakota delegation in on
gress Is asking for data regarding the
prevalence OF tuberculosis among the
Indians Of this state. with a view of
finding q remedy for present conditions
II possible. Full-blooded Indians are
much affected with pulmonary COM
plants, but the white people who live
among them seem to be immune, cases
Of consumption among the latter in the
Indian country being very rare.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
"CHASE THE ENEMY"
Missionary Sends Information as to
Real Name Of Rain-in-the-Face.

Real Name Of Rain-in-the-Face.
Miss Mary c. Collins, who has spent
twenty-five years as missionary OF the
Conversational church among the In
dams of the Standing Rock reserva-
ton, has sem the following informa-
ton to the State Historical society In
relation to Rain-in-the-Face, who re-
Gently died there.
His real name was Chase the Enemy.
When two years of age he had the
smallpox. leaving his face badly pitted,
hence his nickname. He was the son
of Bearface, and was born ffty-nine
years ago at the mouth of the Black
Horse Hill creek, and lived all of his
life in that vicinity. On his deathbed
he declared that he neither killed nor
mutilated the body Of Tom Custer, but
that he did kill Gen. Custer, being so
near to his victim that the powder
blackened his face. When dying he
boasted that he was never afraid; did
not know fear; that he had never
killed a man except in war; thai he
had never killed in the house and lev.
err committed a murder.
The killing of Honzinger and Bali
ran, veterinarian and sutler of the Gus
ter expedition of 1873, for which Rain
in-the-Face was arrested by Tom Gus
ter and confined in Fort Abraham Lin.
coin, was not, from the Indian view.
point, murder, but spoil of war;"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Joke on Jacob Riis.

Once. in a Massachusetts town Ja-
cob A. Riis was asked by a gaunt, fu-
neral sort of a chap what he should
say by way of Introducing him to an
assemblage. oh" replied Mr.. Riis
in a spirit of levity, "say anything you
like. Say l am the most distinguished
man in the country. They generally
do" Whereupon his seriOus-minded
friend marched upon the stage and
calmly announced that he did not
know this man Riis whom he was
charged to introduce, and had never
heard Of him. "He tells" he went on
with never a wink, that he is the
most distinguished citizen in the
country. You can judge for your
selves when you have heard him.
Kansas City Journal. =,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
PROPRIETOR LEFT BEHIND.
Sheriff of Sioux Falls Holds Otis Bow.
ers on Attachment.

0HSTUI " 0lOuA duo TWINS ~ ~"
ers on Attachment.
Sheriff Phillips of Sioux Falls has
in custody Otis Bowers of the Otis
Bowers Minstrel company, which came
here to fill an engagement. The ar
rest was made on a body attachment
secured in behalf of a woman living at
Watertown.
The company was billed to appear at
other places, and as a compromise
could not be effected it will be neces-
sary to leave Bowers behind. He has
announced that he will apply for a writ
of habeas corpus and endeavor by this
means to secure his release.
This arrest is the elimination of an
accident which occurred at WATERFOWL
about two years ago when the Beach
& Bowers minstrels were filling an en-
gagement IN that city. Prior to filling
the Watertown engagement the part
nership had been dissolved. but Bow
ers was one of the performers and &C
companied the tent show when it Wis
tied Watertown. He claims he had no
financial interest in the attraction be-
yond the payment of his salary.
During the Watertown performance
a section of the seats fell and several
persons were injured, and among them
was the complainant in the present
case.
She instituted an action for damages
against the company, which was still
travelling under the name of Beach &
Bowers, and the trial resulted in the
plaintiff being awarded a Judgment
against the company.
Since that time Beach has not play
ed in South Dakota, and it has beer i'm
possible 10 serve the Judgment papers
upon him. The WATERFOWL attorneys
of the plaintiff learning that Bowers
was to appear in Sioux Falls, sent
the papers in the case to a local attor-
ney, with instructions to secure a body
attachment against him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
BURGLARS ARE BUSY.
e.ra Of Professionals Believed to Be
Operating in Sioux Falls.

Operating in Sioux Falls.
That some of the professional
cracksmen who recently robbed a bank
at Springfield, s.. D., of the sun Of S.,
200 are operating in the vicinity OF
Sioux Falls is the belief of the local au.
thorities. In support of this they point
to the robbery a night or two ago OF
the store Of A. S. Peterson at Cotton,
a little town twenty miles north OF
Sioux Falls. An explosion of nitrogly'
cerine tore the safe to pieces and
greatly damaged the building. The
safe door was blown through the steel
ceiling and to the roof.
AS Mr.. Peterson had taken the bulk
of the money home with him the night
before the robbers secured only about
$50 in cash. Suspicion points to two
strangers who, preceding the robbery,
were seen In Cotton on two occasions.
A recent visitor to Sioux Falls whose
identity has not yet been established
doubtless thinks himself the loser to
the amount Of over $4,000, for in a
pocketbook found on a seat In the
mems waiting room in the Milwaukee
railroad depot ere two notes, one for
s. 1900 and the other for $50, in add
ton to a small sum in cash. The prop
erty was turned over to Agent Cum.
minis of the Milwaukee Railroad com.
pany, who is e~ndeavoring to locate the
wne
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
THE SECRET OF YOUTH,

De Soto looked for the secret Of
youth in a spring OF gushing, life.
giving waters, which he was sure he
would find in the New World. Al
chemists and sages thousands Of
them), have spent their lives in auest
for it, but it is only found by those
happy people who car digest and as.
simulate the right food which keeps
the physical body perfect that peac
and comfort are the sure results.
A remarkable man OF "a says: "For
many long years I suffered more or
less with chronic ~costiveness and
painful indigestion. This condition
made life a great burden to me. as
you may well imagine.
Two years ago I began to use
Grape-Nuts as food, and am thankful
that | did. 1t has been a blessing to
me IN every way. | first noticed that
it had restored my digestion. This
vas a great gain, but was nothing to
compare in importance with the fact
that In q short time my bowels were
restored to free and normal action.
THE cure seemed to be complete;
for two years / have had none OF the
old trouble. l use the Grape-Nuts
food every morning for breakfast and
frequently eat nothing else. The use
has made me comfortable and happy,
and although l will be "a years old
next fall, have become strong and
supple again, erect in figure and can
walk with anybody. and enjoy It."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek. Mich. There's q Reason"
Read the little book. "The Road u
MELVILLE" In every pkg.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
y I'm Qno About the State ~
q. sKlNNER's uNrIMELY DEATH
Boat capsizes in the High Wind on
Lake Pelican, Near W~atertoWn.

Boat capsizes in the High Wind on
Lake Pelican, Near WATERFOWL.
Lying among a tangle of rushes, Wild
rice and other sedge-growth, the body
of s. s. Skinner, more popularity known
as "Steve" Skinner, n of the most
prominent and popular citizens OF
WATERFOWL, was found by a searching
party at $50 o'clock Sunday night
near the southern shore of Pelican
lake. Mr.. Skinner, accompanied by
DR.. Abbott and some friends from Chi
Icago, went out to camp on the lax
Saturday noon. Against the protest
of his friends Mr.. Skinner insisted on
crossing the lake in a high wind to a
point Of vantage where he thought he
could. shoot more ducks. He got safe
ly on the other side Of the little lake
and considerable shooting. remaining
in his position until about sunset,
when the last shot from his gun was
heard. Before going out Mr.. Skinner
had remarked to DR.. Abbott that II
he did not return soon after dusk,
the doctor should take the horse and
drive home and that he himself would
remain in camp over night. The doc
tor waited two or three hours after
darkness set in, and Mr.. Skinner not
then returning, he set out in a rig for
WATERFOWL. The camping party, OBJ
serving that he did not return, took
it for granted that he had walked
home from the southern shore OF he
lake. No uneaSineSS was felt until
DIR. Abbott drove out to camp Sunday
forenoon. The party at once became
alarmed and began to search for the
missing man. About noon the boat In
which Skinner had rowed across the
was found thrust upon some PUSHES
and moss in a shallow part OF the
water. But it was not until about
$50 in the evening that the body was
found in the murky waters OF the lake.
There are various theories concern
ing the Immediately cause of the vic
TINS death. MI. Skinner was an ath-
lete with great strength and endurance
and it hard to understand why he
could not save himself, for the water
where the body was found is not over
three feet deep. Had he gone a little
more than fifty feet closer in to shore
he would have found the water little
more thar knee deep.
One theory is that he had started
to cross the lake and in some man
ner had upset, the boat being a light,
metallic one; that he chung to the up
turned boat, after cutting the anchor
rope (the rope had been severed and
the knife had been returned to his
pocket, he had drifted with it to
the rushes and wild rice, where he left
to strike out for the shore; that, either
through exposure he had become ex-
hausted, or because of an attack OF
cramps. or possibly the bursting or a
blood vessel in his struggles to gain
the shore, he sank backward, with his
feet imbedded in the mud. His body
indicated that he had struggled hard,
his muscles standing out as If he had
died in a supreme effort to extricate
himself. 1t is also thought that pos
sibly if he were attacked with cramps
che same effect would be produced.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
TRUE BILLS FOR srockMEN.

South Dakotans Are Indicted or the
Charge Of "Un|awfuIIy Fencing"
Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 25.--The Uni
ted States grand jury, now in session
in this city, yesterday returned indict-
ments against George B. Mcpherson
and John H. White, prominent stock
men living in Western South Dakota,
or the charge of unlawfully fencing
land which belonged to the govern
uent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Blight on Potatoes.

The starch factory at Grantsburg
has been running two weeks and only
O,OOO bushels of potatoes have been
received. The tubers are rotting badly
owing to a blight that struck them the
latter part of the season. Leading
farmers claim that potatoes have been
replanted there for SO many years that
they have become diseased with q
blight germ and that the soil is full of
it, SO that good crops are no longer
produced. Much seed will be imported
In that locality next spring and new
ground generally will be planted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
DISCOVERS FULLER'S-EARTH.
South Dakota Farmer Finds a Genuin,
Vein.

Piedmont, S. D., Oct. 24.-H. Denton
has discovered fuller's-earth on his
place near here. An employe Of Mr..
Denton, while working in a well, was
attracted by the appearance of a por-
ton Of the wall. On closer observation
he was astounded to find that the Pc
culiar looking vein was genuine full
er's-earth. Mr.. Denton was notified
and further work was done at once,
with the result that a twenty-fOot vein
was uncovered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Recommended by
Prominent Physicians
and Chemists
a y nj
Baking } A XII
Powder Nd d
Perfect in Quality
Economical in Use
Moderate in Price
Ponderous Don'ts.

Mr.. Grover Cleveland doesn't think
women should join clubs or have the
right of suffrage. When he gets
through his list of "don'ts" will he
kindly indicate the privileges that they
may legitimately enjoy?-Boston
Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
THE BOSTON BAG EVIL.

Even the Men at the Hub Are Carry.
ING Them Now.
"The Boston bog is a growing evil,"
said a man who has just returned
from the Hub. formerly it was only
the women who carried them. but now
no Boston a is correctly equipped
for the street who does not carry .
bag. Every day in Boston I saw
scores of business men carrying large
green or blue broadcloth bags, exact.
ly like those the women affect. They
contain their books, papers, small
packages, and on one occasion l saw
a man dive into his bag for street car
fare. >
do you think you could hire a Kan
a City man to do that?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Buried Under Several Feet Of Earth

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. "a. - Buried
under several feet of earth and dug
out before suffocated was the expert
enc of Adolph Spangle, a New Am.
sterdam farmer. Spangle was under
While digging sand from a bank the
earth gave way and Spangle vas
crushed beneath it. AS he fell he was
carried under q wagon into which the
dirt was being loaded, and the open
space provided air enough to maintain
life until his rescuers freed him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, MINI. Charles
Bird, Minneapolis, Mimi, dumping
platform; Martin Brennan, Garretson,
S. D., harrow; Almon Dutton, Pleasant
Grove, Mimi, fence post; Eberhard O.
Tough, Fosston, Mimi, grain seive;
Joseph Kugler, Waconia, Mimi, surgi-
cal appliance; George Wilson, st. Paul.
Mimi, game apparatus; Charles Wy.
man, Anoka, Mimi, harvester.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
.. w. Rathburn Dies.

Spring Valley, Mimi, Oct. Is. - D.
w. Rathburn died here last night. aged
81 years. He was born in New York
State and settled here in 1855. He rep
resented this district in the legislature
at one time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Oil in Stove Burns Boy.

Yankton, S. D.. Oct. 24-Warren, a
fou~r-year-old son of George Osborn of
this city, was badly burned by his SIS
ter Grace, who was starting a fire with
kerosene. Fears are entertained that
his eyes are injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Loss Of Affection. $500.

Worthington, Mimi, Oct. 24.-At the
fall term of the district court. now in
session, the jury awarded Miss Della
Swift a verdict Of $500 in q suit for
5000 against Henry Blume for breach
of promise.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
Traction Car Hits Wagon Loaded With
Nutting Party.

indianapolis, Ind. Oct. "a. - Two
children were killed and eight other
persons injured, three fatally, in cross
ing accident two miles north Of South
port last night, when car No. 9 on the
Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern
traction line struck a wagon loaded
with a party returning from the coun-
try where they had been gathering
nuts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
Government Land Fenced.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 24.-The Uni
ted States grand jury, it is understood,
has taken up the cases of the dozen or
fifteen stockmen residing in the coded
Sioux lands, west of the Missouri river,
who are charged with the illegal fenc-
ing of government land, and that at
least some of the cases will be report
ed to-day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
is GUILTY.
Buffalo Jury Returns Verdict Against
Former Minnesota Man.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 24.-The jury in
the case of Alonzo j. Whiteman of
Dansville, N. Y, on trial on a charge
of defrauding the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of Buffalo by means of raised
and forged drafts, brought in a verdict
of guilty. Sentence was deferred. An
application for a new trial will be
made. There are four more indict-
ments against Whiteman, but Assis-
tant District Attorney Ryan declined
tt say what would be done with them.
Whiteman was acquitted on n indict-
ment last March.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
BAD FIRE At ABBOTTsFoRp.
Snow Storm Prevented Spread O
Flames, Despite Heavy Gale.

Flames, Despite Heavy Gale.
Fire at Abbottsford totally destroyed
the two-story building owned by John
F. Greve. The Davidson Drug com
pany occupied the first floor and DR..
Goetsch the second floor. The building,
with all it's contents, was a total loss.
Greve's loss was $4,000; insurance. ST.
200. Davidson Drug company loss.
$4,000; insurance light. DIR. Goetsch's
loss, $1,000; insurance light. There
was a heavy snow storm at the time
of the fire or the fire would have
spread, as the wind was blowing a
gale.-W.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
FALLS IN LAKE,; DIES.
Wiley st. Johns of Heron Lake Meets
With Accident While Hunting.

Heron Lake, Mimi, Oct. 24.-Wiley
st. Johns, president of the state bank,
died last night while hunting. The
cause of his death is supposed to have
been heart failure caused by the shock
of a sudden fall into the cold water of
the lake. Mr.. ST. Johns went out on the
lake in a boat and it is thought that he
fell overheard. He crawled back into
the boat, but as he did not return by
6 o'clock a party went in search of
him. They found his body lying in the
boat with the clothing thoroughly
soaked.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
School Teacher Fatally Burned.

Marquette. Mich, Oct. 25.-Carrying
n lighted lamp down stairs, Miss Flora
Richards, principal of Ironwood school.
slipped and fell. Her nightdress was
set on fire and she was 70 badly
burned that death is expected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-10-27
JOY FOR ~DEPOSIToRs.
Sheldon, Iowa, Bank Liabilities Re-
duced by Courts Ruling.

uuCeu Uy NUUTtS Nu''"9'
Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 24.-The de-
positors in the defunct Sheldon State
bank at Sheldon, Iowa, will get 70
cents on the dollar instead of so which
was all they had been counting on.
The recent decision of Judge Gaynor In
ruling out preferred claims reduced the
liabilities of the bank to $4,000. The
announcement has caused JOY among
the hundreds of smaller creditors OF
the bank. The revised report of the
receiver will be part of the evidence in
the criminal case against Ed c. Brown,
who was president of the bank.