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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.


First Broker-Dropping a million yester-
particle.
Second Broker-No; he tells me his wife
has had q pretty good week at bridge
Houston Chronicle.
DE preacher wuzn't feelin' good las
meetin day, an he made de stove preach de
Made de stove preach7"
"Nes-made IL redhot FUN top ter bottom
an den toll dc sinners ter take a good look
al II an go ter hinkin'!'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
New Highlander Visiting in Kansas)-why
don't you raise punlSins out here?
kansan-We tried IT, but the soil is too
rich for en-. The vines grew fast that
the punkins got all skinned up draggin'
over the ground.-Judge.
Columbus was arguing that the world
was round.
"otherwise," he declared some woman
would certainly have made the four corners
cosey ones"
Clearly convinced Ferdinand withdrew his
| oppostion.-New York Tribune.
Some grocers," remarked the customer.
have an offhand way OF weighing sugar.
but notice you're not one Of Them
"offhand wayH How do you mean?"
Il noticed You kept your hand on the
scales just now while you measured out
that Ave pounds for me."-Detroit Free
Press,
Old Hunks was paying his gas bill, which
amounted to S2.65.
ITS only about half what thought it
would be-" he said. 81 guess your inspector
must have made a mistake"
We'll. II that's So" the cashier answered,
well even Il up with you next month;
with me. I've sold the place. Chicago
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

Andrew Carnegie talks as strongly in
favor Of peace as though he had never
reaped cent Of profit from armor plate
contracts.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrariIy should have The bee
mailed to them. IL II better than
daily letter from home. Adj
dress will be changed az often as
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

Colleges can be built IN day, but
it takes time to create traditions. and
drive the roots of the tree deep into the
ground. Bellevue colleges twenty-five
years testify not to rapidly accumulated
endowments, but TO a quarter Of a cen
fury of usefulness in a limited sphere
with steadily widening influence for
good
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

The first thing that catches the eye OF
the visitor to the ONCE OF William Travers
Jerome, in the criminal courts building,
is a plain cardboard sign. says an eX-
change 1t says: open game" The sign
is a souvenir OF one Of the district attor-
neys raids on gambling houses. The little
piece Of cardboard was posted for a num-
Der of years over a poker table in a well
known gambling house and Il Informed
the patrons OF the house that he who had
the price to buy stack" could sit in II
there was vacant seat
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

The New York Hall of Fame has the
merit of having saved some names from
oblivion.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

Registration uay next thursday. If
you have not already registered put a
chalk mark on the wall.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

French warsn1ps OH the coast of Ven
ezuela would indicate belief in Paris
that the big stick is busy elsewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

bIAIEMENI OF CIRCULATION.
State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
= e, Rosewater, secretary of The Bee
publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full and
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF Septetnber. 1895. was as fnllows.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

Two of the big hotels in New York per-
NIT their patrons to breathe filtered air,
and II is surprising to note how many peo-
pie go in for this sort of thing. They want
to feel that they are getting a superior
quality of air. Theaters are talking about
installing altering plants. aside from the
general interest attaching to the mere fact
that a barrel of dust is filtered out Of the
air supply of one public house every day."
said the health commissioner, 1.-THE example
is an admirable one for the theaters and
other places of congregation. There is no
question that the dust OF cities is very
largely responsible for the spread Of dis
ease. Ny experiments here, coupled with
my Investigations elsewhere, are such as
might astonish laymen. Comparatively
few persons realize that the lungs Of a city
dweler, of one who has lived in New York,
as an instance, for three years or more,
are indelibly spotted, whereas the lungs
Of countryman are nomally pink and
white"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life In the
MetronoIia.

Eastern people are steadily coming to a
realization of the immense development
of the west and the greatly increased
value OF western land and products. OF
all localities New York should be thor
oughly acquainted with this fact. for the
west gives the greatest momentum TO the
surging currents Of its life. Yet there
seems to be In some quarters, regarded as
intelligent and progressive, a total lack OF
information on this point judging by the
surprise and favorable comment provoked
by the circulation of pamphlet dealing
with western progress. The author is II.
w. Jones, an expert on crops. Mr.. Jones
shows that land values in seven repre-
sentative western states has increased
since 1890 nearly 5000, 900 900. He also says
the corn crop will exceed 2,521, 1887, 900
bushels, and that the United States never
enjoyed crop conditions as favorable as
those OF this year.
This is not news to the west, but Il IL
worth repeating as an illustration Of the
impressive figures the west sends down
the line to arouse the somnolent east.
"All sections of the country" says Mr..
Jones, "have been favored with a har-
vest. No crop is a failure over any large
area. Wheat, corn, oats, cotton, hay po-
tatoes, dairy products-all are good on
the whole and well distributed over the
states. The fodder crops are heavy. and
the farmer will have a supply ample to
insure full cattle feeding.
THE western railroads are already
taxed TO their capacity. The roads are
not able TO move promptly the tonnage
offering. Fully one-ffth Of the northwest
grain elevator capacity is already filled
by early marketings, and wheat deliveries
by farmers as such points are being re-
fused for the present"
Mr.. Jones also declares that twenty years
ago It cost about PA cents to move a ton
Of freight one mile. Now it costs about
q of a mill.
ut is an area of prosperity for the
farmer. and in turn, for the country.
Money is abundant throughout the west.
Western jobbers report good fall demand
for all lines, with tendency to purchase
other than staples, which is indicative of
an ability among the people to buy the
smaller luxuries that contribute to farm
comfort.
THE telephone and the daily paper are
going into the homes of the people in the
far west, and the producer Is posting him
self on markets as never before"
These facts will hold the east for awhile.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

c. G. ROSEWATER, Sec'y.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 80 day OF September. 1905
(SeaD NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

DE preacher wuzn't feelln' good las
meetin' day, an he made de stove preach de
-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

Made de stove preach7"
"Yes-made II redhot FUN top ter bottom
an den toll dc sinners ter take good look
at 1t an go ter thinkin ATLANTA Consti-
tuition,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18

EVERY MORNING.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
SOUTH DAKOTAN
IN DOUBLE CRIME
Frank Woodberry Shot and
Killed Mrs. Anton Dokken
at Brookings.
: THEN SUlcloED
The Crime u the Outcome OF an I'm.
usual Mixture Of Affection Be.
tween Members Of Two
Families.

Brookings. - H.. July l9.--Frank
Woodbury. shot and killed Mrs. Anton
Dokken and then put bullet In his
own body. causing almost instant
death. Tho cause Of the crime II said
TO have been the refusal Of Mrs. Dok-
ken TO marry Woodbury..
There had been more or less friction
IN the Dol,ken family for seine time.
Mrs. Dokken having commenced di-
vorce proceedings against her husband.
supposedly with the intent To marry
Woodbury.. Aitrrwnrd. u l. said. the
proceedings were dropped. the wife de-
claring her allegiance To her husband.
but all the une. u ~ alleged. she had
been playing mot aud cold with
woodbcrry.
Mrs Dokkcn went to Waterfowl last
week IN order. she said, To- gct away
from the young man, but IL ~ known
THAT they were together there on cir
Gus day. Friday evening Mira. Dokken
came home from WATERFOWL and wrote
her husband. who was at Toronto
building Ccmcnt Sidewalks. Ia come
home. which he lid. a. living Just after
the tragedy was Comi..iittd.
Saturday woodbcrry borrowed SIC
from his widowed mother. purchased n
revolver ana cartridges ana took Mrs.
Dokkcu out riding. Their bodies were
found al tho roadside three miles cast
OF this city.
The woman had either been shot
while in tho buggy and fell out or had
tried to leave the buggy and received
"a shot In the back or the head ns she
stepped TO the ground. When found
her dead bouy rested In a pool OF water
Woodbury. had alighted from the
buggy ana snot himself through the
heart. lie was breathing his last wher
found.
The horse. which showed that II had
been driven hard, was standing In the
road.
The bodies were brought io this
city. where IN inquest was hfld. a
great deal OF sympathy In expressed for
Mr.. Dokken. as he ~ n hard working
man and has tried 20 give his wife a
good home
Mrs Dokksn's mother and sister re.
side at WATERFOWL.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
AGENT AND CASH GONE.
Whether the Two Are Associated Is
the Object Of a Search.

Fargo. y. D., July i5.-chris wi;meycr
n land agent. Is missing and members of
a colony OF twenty farmers from Elmer
ado. Grand Forks county. are out various
sums. totallng Ss.Ooc. wlimcycr dIsap-
pcarcd In Fargo. and efforts are being
made 10 ind him.
The colony went 10 Emerado six years
ago TO farm rented land. They prospcrcd
and wanted homes OF their own. They
sent Jacob Rau, one Of the members. TO
look over the country. AT Jamestown he
met WItmcycr. whose father he had
known. wltmcyer said he represented n
Minneapolis land company aud had con-
troll OF all the government land along tho
Northern Pacific In this state. Through
Rau. Wltmeyer induced u colony from
Emerald TO accompany him To Kiddcr
county. where both homcsteads and SAL
able land were secured. When the papers
arrived IL was shown there was an error
in the descriptions as written In and
outlined by WItmcyer. lie told them they
would 20 back TO Kidder county and In
spcct the land. and twenty men accom-.
panied him TO Fargo where they stopped
overnight At a local hotel. Rau and VIII
meyer occupied the same room, but Just
before breakfast Witmeyer asked TO DO
excused a moment and has not since been
seen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
FIRST TRAIN CROSSES RIVER.
Milwaukee's Advent Into the Great
Range Country OF South Dakota.


Chamberlain, =. D., July 1.-the
work OF laying rails to the west bank
OF the Missouri river on the extension
OF the Milwaukee railroad westward
from Chamberlain Is completed. and
for the first time the construction train
was able To make "A complete crossing.
The grading h completed To- oacoma,
several miles down the river from the
bridge approach from the west. and Il
Is announced that the iron viii be laid
TO that town by the last OF this week.
The iron gang viii then leave for
Armour To lay the track from that
place To Plankinton. IL h expected that
this work VIII be completed within two
weeks. after which the iron gang Will
again return TO Oacoma. In the inter-
val II IN calculated that the work OF
grading westward VIII have advanced
40 far that the iron can be laid with
out further interruption. During the
next two weeks ties and iron will be
taken To supply yards Oh the west side
OF u.S river, To be I'm readiness for the
resumption OF rail laying upon the re-
turn or the crew from the Armour cx-
tension.
IL II positively asserted that the sur
veying crew. under the direction OF J..
III. Mcknight. IL now ut work survey
Ing the line from the end OF the track
now contracted for seventy-fiVe miles
out OH To the Black Hills. Parties In
town from that section OF country state
that the surveying crew has already
covered considerable new territory. and
there IL no longer the least doubt as to
the immediate extension or the line. At
least To the Black Hills.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20

coneersed Movement Of Settlers on the
Forest Reserve.

Iiill city. =. D.. July l9.-At meet
iEg here 81 the settlers on che FOREST
reserve who have been unable To secure
titles To their land, over 100 ranchers
were present. They came not only from
this county but also from Custer and
Lawrence and even from the state OF
wyoming Great excitement prevailed
Some OF the ranchers wanted tn apply
to the government FOR permission &c
lease the lands: others desired To ask
for the right to buy. They were agreed
upon one thing only. and that was that
they must keep their homes. Many of
these ranchcrs have been Twins on theiI
small plots Of ground for years, and
have improved and cultivated them
with the intention OF making them per
.manent homes. When Secretary VII
son held up the Sricr last spring for
one year which required ali fences tc
come down on government land. he Sc
cured merely n temporary benefit for
these people. They are now anxious 10
do something that viii DE OF permanent
value To- themselves.
An association Co be known az the
Black Hills Forest Reserve Honolulu
crs' association WIS formed and n COM
mittee appointed To convene with our
congressman. They are TO request thar
"a bin be introduced II the next scs-
sion of congress allowing NIL settlers no
,the reserve. whether they have used
their right 81 homestead or not, To
homestead their land. paying for IL at
Vs. 90 per acre. The rnnchcrs agree not
To Interfere with the forest reserve.
with mining intcrt SITS. or with water
rights. They desire only the tiilnble
lnnd from rim To rim.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
WORK ON BIG CANAL.
Government irrigation Project Is 5eing
Rushed TO COMPLETION.

Belle Fourche. :. D.. July ls.-No rk
In progressing steadily on the irrigating
ditch at this place. Steam will be used
for pumping r..tcr To the various
engines. and also To- pump out the
Golfer dam, which viii be constructed
by placing two rows OF sheet steel pill
ing the full length OF the permanent
dam. which will be about 400 feet In
length. A large forty horsepower boiler
will be utilized TO furnish the steam.
The dam above mentioned will feed
the inlet canal. which will be six and
II half miles I'm length. forty feet across
the bottom. Ifty-cight feet al the water
line. This inlet canal will carry the
Hood waters TO the main reservoir. to
be formed by a dam over 1000 feet in
length. i25 feet In height. j00 feet wide
NJ the base and 100 feet Wide at the
top Above the dam the water will
bee ninety feet I'm depth and extend
back something over ten miles. varying
I'm width from nothing TO three miles.
There l. on the ground seventy ton.
self-propelling steam shovel. which has
near the Giles ranch; also two large
elevator graders, propelled by power
ful traction engines. and which are fol-
lowed by dozens Of dump wagons which
receive the dirt from the graders I'm the
same manner that wagons used to
gather the wheat heads from the old
Haines Illinois headers. There are
thirty-six two-horse slips. ten two
wheelers and thirty-siX four horse
buck" scrnpers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
REASON FOR REFORM.
Deadwood Gamblers Refusal 20 Return
Losses Of Secretary Of Club puts
Them Out OF Business.

VcrmiIllon. =. ID. July i9.--"Strangc.
isnt ". how a match applied at inc
right time will kindic large con-
slagratlon." said "A prominent man OF
abe Black Hills here recently one OF
phe greatest reforms ever inaugurated
On Lawrence county h. now on. and the
beginning was simple one. The peo-
Pile across the river on the east side
have been led 10 believe that the move
snent against the saloons and gamblers
Mas the result OF premeditated action
bn the part Of the states attorney ana
u number OF the better class OF people.
This H. all wrong. The reform move
OF one OF the large clubs OF Deadwood
lost about $500 OF the clubs money
at the gaming tables. and an additional
$500 advanced by citizens OF Deadwood
10 square the victim with the club.
INSTEAD OF using the last loan In reim-
bursifg the club. the secretary went
back TO the roulette wheel TO win back
all he had lost. Fortune still smiled on
the gamblers and u was not long be-
fore they had $1,000 of other peoples
money. ,
Friends OF the secretary then In
terestcd Themselves In the hopes OF
getting him ont OF his dilemma. The
gamblers were called upon and re-
uucsted To return the money. THE
they refused TO do. even In the face OF
threats To put them out OF business.
When all efforts had failed In this d.
rection. the states attorney was ap-
peaied 90. and ne az once went after
the gamblers. with the result that eN-
cry game in Lawrence county has been
closed up tight. and the saloons are
now being made To live up To the letter
OF the lava condition never before
prryailing On the Black Hills.
Probably goo gamblers were thrown
out Of Jobs because OF the refusal to
return money which had been played
by one who could not claim u as his
own"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Man Was Hit on the Head and In
stantly Killed.

Kimball. s. D.. July 14.--Particulars
have just been received here OF the
death by lightning OF ID. s. Paddock. a
prominent stockman OF Jerauld county.
Paddock, John Bosen and John and
Andrew Pflaum were busy a. work dip
ping cattle. with other men. at the sta
ton fifteen miles southwest OF Messing
ton Springs when thunderstorm arose.
Several sought shelter In a nearby
barn. but the four men were In hurry
To finish their work and remained be-
hind. AS the lightning grew threaten
ing and the rain fell in torrents they
quit work and started on a run for the
barn. When within n few yards OF the
shelter. bolt descended In plain view
OF the men already In the barn and was
seen TO strike Paddock on the head.
All four men, running I'm n group. were
thrown To the ground. The two Phaums
quickly arose to- their feet and reached
the barn. but their two companions lay
PROSTATE. They quickly returned and
found Paddock lifeless.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
CIRCUS WAS ovERcRowpeo.
Sioux Falls Entertained Enormous
Crowds Friday.

Sioux Falls. S. o.. July l7.--Notwith-
standing yesterday was the hottest day
OF the years. In the shade at 2 o'clock
I'm the afternoon-the largest number
OF people ever In Sioux Falls from the
outside were here To attend the Barnum
& Bailey circus. The railroads running
into Sioux Falls report having brought
IN between IL 900 and l.. 900 people, while
a low estimate places the number who
drove In from the surrounding country
at 1000. The Barnum & Bailey off,
cials announce that the big tent has a
seating capacity OF 1880 people. and
at twenty minutes to the order was
given to sell no more tickets as all the
seats were gone and the Barnum &
Bailey show refuse TO sell standing
room.
The hent I'm the big tent was some
thing awful. and three women tainted
and were carried from the tent.
For the first time I'm the hiStory OF
Sioux Falls many visitors had To go
hungry. At a recent meeting OF the
city council the restaurant keepers
went before the aldermen with n pro-
test against allowing church societies
and others opening temporary lunch
stands during circus or carnivals The
council passed prohibitive resolution
and as a result the restaurants and ho-
tells were unable to feed the people.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
MURDER SUSPECTED
OF A DAKOTA WIDOW
Was Forced to Marry Against
Her Will and Husband Died
Soon Afterward.
RUMoRs OF FOUL PLAY
Husband Died In q sert Of Choking
Spell, So u 10 Alleged. and the
Body Has Been Exhurfsd In
Hope Of Learning Truth.

Yankton. &. d.. July N.--Ncwr
reaches here from the east end Of
Gregory county OF n possible murder
that the county commissioners have
ordered the states attorney OF that
county to investigate. IL appears that
n young Russian German girl was
forced into an unwclcomc marriage BY
her father. She married n young coun-
tryman by the name OF Zimblemann.
who after Ave weeks OF married life
had sudden choking spell after sup
per one evening and died. No physi-
clan was called and the young man
was buried without the cause OF death
being ascertaincd. The body has now
been exhumcd and experts Will be
called upon 10 see II traces OF poison
can be found. The dead man was n
quiet person. while his wife was widely
different. and II was from her remarks
as TO disliking her husband and dis
paraging his character after his death
that the rumors Of foul play were
started and have ut length led to tho
recent investigation ordered.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
PROSPERITY AT BELLE FouRcHE
Much Building Being Done There This
Summer.

Belle Fourche. $. D.. July l7.-Bulld-
ings are going up In this town with re-
markable rapIdity. The Townsend
building, n handsome structure OF gray
stone. with steel front. In almost COM
pleted. IL will be one OF the most sub
stantial buildings I'm Belle Fourche, and
Is merely an indication OF the general
prosperity OF the town. Every week
sees new buildiags under way and 9TH
crS completed.
The city council arranged n short
time ago To- put I'm n sewerage system.
and the plans are now almost COM
plcted. IL will be one OF the most per-
feet and modern systems In the Hills
and VIII add greatly TO both the COM
fort and health OF the town. The city
Is SO located that Il is easy TO inaugu-
rate a good sewerage system. and u
II at present the only thing needed
for the material Improvement OF the
town.
al improvements going on in Belle
Fourche look To the time when IL win
be- the trading center or "A very large
and productive territory.
The irrigation ditch, work upon
which is progressing well. Will draw n
large class OF substantial farming peo-
pie into this vicinity.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
ADvENTlsTs IN JAIL.
Husband and Wife Suffering for
christ's Sake, They Believe.

Selhy. =. D., July l5.--R. Moser and
his wife, Christina Moscr. are confined
In the Walworth county Jail. I'm this
place. under peculiar circumstances.
There Is q settlement in the north
east part OF the county OF Adventists
and who are excessively Jealous along
religious lines.
About a month ago Mrs. Moscr vent
10 the home OF John Kerner. n neigh
Dor. and told his wife that the Lord
wanted her (Mrs. Kerner) To- die. aud.
to emphasize the decree. took along 4
pitchfork to help the Lord execute the
plan.
Mr.. Kerncr had her arrested for as
sault. and after n hearing she was
bound over for trial and bail was fixed.
which she refused to give, saying that
she was like the apostles OF old who
suffered imprisonment for Christs
sake.
After the hearing r.. Moser returned
home and set fire to kerners barn.
Husband and wife are now confined
together. with n 7-months-old baby. I'm
the county jail awaiting the next term
OF court. suffering. as they believe. for
Christ's sake.