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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-10-26
MEETING THE DEMAND.
Wisconsin Loggers Take Advantage o.
Present Hiuh prices Offered.

Present High prices 0ffereds
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 al
present seven camps on the bad river
reservation. These are run the entire
year, but an increase in the crews Ii.
made as soon as snow is on the
ground
1t is estimated that the Foster-Lati.
mer mill at Mellen has 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 dozen years cut, depending
upon the times and the prices of lum-
her. AS one lumberman expresses 1t
eff 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. It Is a
case of Pennsylvania over again, where
l 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 til claiming industry will gradually
take the place Of the lumber industry"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-10-26
Bling1t on Potatoes.

The starch factory at Grantshurg
has been running two weeks and only
10000 bushels OF potatoes have been
received The tubers are rotting badly
owing to i blight that struck them the
latter part Of the season, Leading
farmers claim that potatoes have been
replanted there Tor SO many years that
they have become diseased with Il
blight germ and that the soil is full of
1t. 50 that good crops are no longer
produced. Much seed will be imported
In that locality next spring and new
ground generally Will be planted.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-10-26
ID. wv. Esathburn Dies.

Spring Valley, Mimi. Oct. rs. d.
w. Rathburn died here last night aged
67 years. He was born in New York
state and settled here In 1856. ne rep
resented this district In the legislature
1t one TINS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-10-26
school Teacher Fatalfv Burned

Marquette. Mich, Oct. 25. Carrying
- lighted lamp down stairs. Miss Flora
Richards, principal Of Ironwood school,
slipped and fell Her nightdress was
set on FIRE and she was SO badly
burned that death ii expected.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

IN the doorway with knout An his
hand. The atmosphere was oppress-
i've. Forward! ivan Wassjutin, q
very young fellow, almost q boy, was
the first to come forward.
Behind him were two mountaineers
from Caucasus; a Russian who had
escaped from a Siberian prison fol
lowed the hillsmen They had all
been sentenced to corporal punish.
ment. The verdict was read out loud.
all those present standing up. Then
followed the Doctors examination and
the investigation of previous corporal
punishment, and the doctor signed the
report.
The document was handed to the
convict, who lad TO certify ii advance
that he had received the punishment
The Russians ebeyed and signed the
paperss the letters which composed
Wassjutin' signature were almost
an inch apart, for his hand did not
tremble, but fairly danced over the
paper. The Caucasians could neither
read nor write, and they did not I'M:
derstand Russian.
Take your shirt of: on with it,.
The Caucasians failed to understand
IA volunteer interpreted with many
gestures, attempting to show them
what was wanted. They stared sui
lenly. suspicious1y, and without un-
derstanding. Finally they slowly un-
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
sWAMPMEN or NEW GUINEA 4
River Dwellers who ARP Unable tol
Get About on Dry Land
to Any Extent.

The British administrator o1 seNs 1sss'ss
Guinea describes strange tribe 81 ape-
like men which he discovered living ~
the inaccessible swamps ia his disfrl
saws the New York Globe. The trlDe,
called ..Agaimbo z was, he learned once
fairly numerous, and claimed Ine
swamps about the lower waters Of the
Barigi river as its exclusive territory.
Its numbers have been reduced, oW-
ing to epidemics, TO about 80 persons.
Two OF their villages were sighted, and
oae man and woman of the tribe induced
to step ashore and noWWow with the
white men. Never leaving the ssWamps.
their feet bleed when they attempt g
walk on dry land. The man who landed
had q good chest and arms, but short.
weak legs, the feet being thin, broad I
and almost weblike n the woman the
toes, long and slight, stood out appar-
emily pointless from the foot. The
man 's skin above the knees was Ia loose
folds, and the sinews about the knee "
developed. In figure and carriage, SAYS
the administrator, the man was more
ape-like than any human being he had
ever seen The houses OF the tribe are
sbuiltIon piles, at q height OF ten 0r
twelve feet above the water. They use
canoes followed out Of logs, and All
though exceedingly .scranky, the nza-#
tiVes stand up in them and pole along
very rapidly
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

Old Testament. He was sentenced
to 30 years hard labor Tor highway
robEery IA broad daylight, and for
attempted murder. He fed in 1882
from Sakhalin, but was caught at
the narrowest point Of the Tartar
straits, having almost crossed over
the continent. For this attempt he
received 96 lashes with the knout, and
his time was extended another 90
years. Executsoners were very busy IN
those days, and Terski. a famous SAX
halin executioner, needed helper.
The conyicts drew lots, and Komlen
was chosen for the post.
But Komlen still dreamed OF free
dom. In 1854 he again broke Jail was
caught again, and received Is years
additional.
Fifty FIVE years hard labor proud
ly exclaims Konlen. Besides, he was
sentenced to 40 lashes with the knout.
TersM waited 'on his pupil.
Well. dear seho.ar, lay thee down,
and will show thee how to knout, 3
said Terski. And he showed him.
Thirteen years later Kom1en said to
me, Il am still rotting." He barred his
back. His body looked as il it had
been scared and branded with hot
irons. It was terrible to see. Thick
white scars covered a portion Of his
back, and elsewhere instead OF skin
was seen a thin reddish membrane.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
EIEcTRlc LIGHT ~ oRpS 4
Iaoreeous Display of Gems p1 49,
lean Ladies II London 70 =
Turn s. #

r,,,,,r 81 .vnerts II the value of ple.'
80 80 stapas cnuld determine when ~
"a. 4 !, J, women Who attend go tne
80 q, nerffurmance "a Lon
sls'lsr. bar,er ~ Tia King Of Spain pre-
~ ~ .. .. a's, t,,a arsstest array 81 cosby
80 ,,,,,an c,mnarison was drawn
sst,.s NJ, pat tar palmer, Al
t1s,sa,, tho,u I,raxel Mrs Bradley Martin or
80 S. - = pnv trrp1e hut the anna
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
] MANY BUSINESS ABUSES
Practices il Germany Which Arc IN
furious to the Msrcan5
tile Class.

The chamber OF commerce for the
soran district, Prussia, has forwarded
two memorials to the ministry of the
interior Of the German empire, praying
that legislative action be secured to pro
hibit certain abuses ia business prac
tice that are burdeHsome and injuri iolia
to honest dealers and fatally affect the
morale of the mercantile class and em-s
lployes. The first is directed against the
widely-extended abuse OF closing out
and Bankruptcy sales which are con
stantly advertised by numerous retail
stores ii city and country, and the sec
ond memorial relates to what is de-
scribed as unfair competit titton by means
Of bribing employees. !,
RI United States Consul General Guen-
8ther at Frank fort, who has forwarded
copies Of these memorials to the depart
ment Of commerce and labor, says.
The reports Of ali the chambers of
commerce IN Germany advert to this
widespread evil, which seems to have
become unbearable. Some cases 81
bribed persons, who, upon being din
charged by their employers brought
suit for breach of contract, have been
tried III the courts and have resulted ad-
verseIy to- the ecomplainants.' =
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
WILLING TO PAY THE COST


a.A
The following anecdote Is told of Gen.
Gilman Marston, . once famous New
Hampshire lawyer:
i Gen. Marston was attending court nj
Dover. when young attorney made /
motion that was denied BY the court
The young man demonstrated aeainsf
what he thought was the wrong ruling
of the Judge. So yehemently did he u
monstrate that he was fined ten dollars
Tor contempt Of court. An older attor-
sney took the matter up, and he vas
fined similar sum. Still anot her. whn
thought he stood u little better with f1,e
Judge, endeaVored to straighten the
matter out, but he too enriched the or.
.fers Of the state By paying j ten spot.
for contempt. -7'ss g'
Gen. Marston Was then seen fo rise
In his seat and advance to the clerl..
desk. Taking his long pocketbook from
his pocket he took out two ten dolla-
bills and laid them on the desk -
What Is that Tor? said the conrt
IT want you to distinctly understand, j,
said the general that | have lust twIca
~ much contempt for this ef,urt ,,,u.st
as any man hers, md I am paying for Il !.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
I1r0L.,s;; Z

M the refuse and dumping It into
the. sea. And these convict stations
and settlements seemed TO me iike
mougtrous dumping grounds
i II made me sad to- think that down
il the prison settlements and ait
around NE all traces OF the human
which may have remained IN THIS
refuse were irretrievably doomed %
perish.
The second impression concerned
sakhalin itself
NV &rst steps on the island ap-
parently took me back at least oo
years va ID the history of Russia. me
rrieyous compulsory toll. the cringing
saryility and dofing OF caps and many
other signs brought TO my NINA tne
DAYS of serfdom
The ffrst impression OF horsaA.
offsk IL distinctly pleasant There
q nothing at the first glance 20 re-
mind you of the galleys II is neat
fit,la ,f nlace. Two rows Of pretty little
1, hs,,aes III oflcials are located on
~ aiiie of 4 rather steep hill. Tne
,n,rrison il . long way up the noun noun
tain it IL 4 low one-story pe1iolns,
|. m does not command the view nor
s,,tr,da s,,1,r itself upon the observer.
,,I rIn,,ses 81 settlers line both sides q
~ ~ hill. Nothing horrible, nothing =
son,har ~ nj revealed At hrst sight. You Y
ne inclined to rejoice over re rp
Il 4, 4. rant respectab ability IT the place,
s,,dE .,,,. 'l driying ~ lp the road to korsa-
sseffslT D, YOU smile Ind bin j Vel. !.
4hss' asll.S q ( rery neat, very neat, indeed.
d Mt wait sakhalin II = sEAInp, g p
thes u ace of hlcn ~ asossaas =
rsrstt y meadows Is looks snss e. u
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

Z a. : :
The rusty barrow sqseaks, the
chains rattle, and the men attached
to the barrow show US the implement
of torture.
The barrow, which weighs about
100 pounds, is welded to the chain
around the conyict's ankles.
sAt one time the barroWs we're weld
ed to the handouts, but now the for
mer is the more usual method. No
matter where. the convict may turn,
he drags with him the unweicome
burden. He even sleeps with It on q
bench made specially for the purpose.
sIIow long is he condemned to be
chained to the barrow" asked:
For two years; and the convict be-
fore him had slept in this bed for three
years.
approached the bed. The head
end Of the bench is worn out with
the friction of the chain. The Wood
had rubbed up against the iron for
Ave years. Even the wood wears
out grHmbles the convict.
The punishment Is very cruel, and
would be intolerable II the convicts
did not ease their burdens now and
then. It lis impossible to chain the
convicts SO fast as to absolutely pre-
went their freeing themselves. With
Ithe help of their mates sometimes
they grease the chains with soap and
take on their burden at night under
incredible agonies. But still for few
hours each month they manage 70 rid
themselves of their incubus.
All around us we see angry faces.
They peer hopelessly Into the future.
The glances are cold. hard, somher
Isnd bitter. j. zssss
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
Senseless Display.

Sensible Americans are disposed to
laugh when they read that king Ed
ward CT England has thrown the.
world of extreme fashion i hose who
live for tail..rs and dressmakersinto
d turmoil by changing the crease IN
his trousers, Dut they will be disposed
TO applaud Queen Alexandra Il her
latest example prove the vogue. Ths
yulgarity OF the display Of diamonds
and other geWgaWs has become out
rageous IN England. Therefore the
queen is frowning upon the barbarous
display and Is setting the example and
the fashion by wearing studiously sim
pie ornaments, such as little brooch
or small collar. These modest ornar
ments shine conspicuously BY contrast
with the coronets, ropes, sunbursts
and atararas. Let us hope. says the
Philadelphia Ledger, that the fashion
Of simplicity will 80 80 far that the
prevailing habit Id America among
the millionaires Of carrying around
with them q whole jewelry shop and
of being robbed Of their wares con
tinuously will fall into desuetude.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
Ihe Russian Prison Colony and Its
Terrible Tragedies.
DESCRIBED By a RUSSIAN WRITER
isrrible Cruelty Of the Keepers and the Exc
cutioners - Methods of Punishment That
Stagger ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .Knout''
81 and How 1t Is Applied.

The Interest Of the world in the
Russian penal system is awakened by
the capture DIT the island Of Sakhalin.
bys the Japanese. From time to time
during the past quarter OF century
the civilized world has been shocked
beyond measure at the tales of cruelty
TO which the Russian convicts in this
vast prison have been subjected, and
the depths OF degradation to which
these once human beings have been
Drought. But Russia has been careful,
that but little OF the true picture Of the
island should reach the outside world,
ana newspaper and magazine writer's
from England, France and the United
States have made repeated attempts
i to secure authentic descriptions Of the
conditions Ia this great prison land,
and Of the atrocious cruelties prac-
ticed there, but none have ever been
fully successful. Much has been
guessed at, and the world would
scarcely credit these pictures of the
imagination.
# has remained for Russian to
give US A practically authentic pic
ttIre of Sakhalin, and though the pic
ture Is tempered by seeing things.
from the Russian standpoint, it is still
picture that is SO horrible that it
staggers humanity. This story Of the
horrors of Sakhalin has been pub-
Nshed In book form, and it is only
translated extracts from the book
that we can give here:
The First Impression. Il
First impressions are likely to be
very vivid. 4 shall certainly never
forget the moment when our stea1a
launch came alongside the jetty at
Korsakofsk. The landing was crowd
ed with men. IA few more steps and
Twas lost III that sea which so
yearned IT'D fathom
During the months I passed among
the colylcts at Sakhalin could not
free my--lf from two impressions
which held me ID thrall, tortured me
and oppressed my soul like heavy
burden. They still are holding my
soul under their ban and still are
depressing It. The first OF these Inn
pressions concerns my trip to SAX
halin Our steamer. which trans
ported tho conviots from Odessa. re-
minded me Of q huge barge. like those.
used In our sea-coast towns for tow
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

" green, but step and you sink
in the deep, cold, sticky and viscous
mire. 8SF g
The remark about the neatness
hardly escapes your lips when you
hear around the corner the rafting OF
chains Harnessed to a cart, grasp
ing the shaft in their hands, convicts
are dragging refuse to the sea.
What a depressing sight to see men
doing the work of horses.
The road leads past the prison, and
one can see the grimy window panes
behind heavy iron bars. Right above
us is the hospital and directly .oppo-
site the mortuary.
The Chain Prison.
The chain prison of Sakhalin is In
tended for the criminals of the worst
kind Officially 1t is called the prison
for the testing of convicts,y 2 while the
prison for convicts showing signs Of
reforming. or the 'frre prison. 2 is
used for convicts who have passed
the test OF the Achain prison"
Our chan prison Is bad, very bad, =
remarked the Inspector I'VE are
building new one, but it will take
years to get it ready -.
!. Attention. calls out a guard A
rattling Of chains, and the conyicts
rise from the benches. On Easter
Sunday two of the convicts fed from
the prison, in spite of the fact that
the. convicts in body had given
their word of honor" not to attempt
an escape. As a punishment, all OF
them were put in chains. It is moist
and close. Not an attempt at venti-
lation. No attempt at making the
place habitable. No effort to make
existence tolerable. 81 Not even the
usual convict chests are to be seen
anywhere. Bare benches, filthy straw
mattresses are bundled together at
the. head end of the benches. A
NANCY, lean cat plays among the
benches and purrs ingratiatingly. The
onvicts, are fond OF animals, for they
alone regard them as human
In the center of the room is q table,
or rather a tsH bench 1t is trianyu.
lar in shape, wet and dirty, COW
cred with bread crumbs and filthy tea
cans
@ We enter a eel where we End two
convicts chained to barroWs.
T.,%, cfpSr 4
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
Watches Out for Children

When child Is born In certain Enc
glish towns there Is y race Tor the heath
department, especially II the eve,,r nas
occurred II the poorer district, Tha
reason for the haste IL not 4 desire a.
see that the record of vital statistics q
properly kept, but because there q Q J
reward Of one shilling To the one wl, 4 d !.
first 70 notify the health oficer. nrr,. -
yided this notification is given I within 11
4S hours Ar soon = the tip Ii receiver
the mother y visited and given ! print ]
ed slip With directions al to tia h.s.s
means Of caring Tor the child, ana ia
officer who makes the visit il exnecf 81 81
to see that the directions are clearlv
understood. -, ,sI
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

Inc punishment must nave DG4H some
thing dreadful Thus one execution
er Tested with another. But soon Ter
ski was detected taking a bribe from
a convict and promising to spare him
in consideration.
Terski was sentenced to 200 blows
with rods, and Konalen was called
upon to administer the punishment.
You taught me to handle the
knout. will show you what can be
done with rods, 2 he grinned. TersM
is rotting yet. What he did to Kom-
left was chi1d's play to Komleff's re-
taliatiOn.
According to the law Of Moses, !"
jested the f1end, s.eye for eye, tooth
for tooth. can knout. I was taught
how on my own carcass.
Convict Gubar, who had attempt
ed to escape, and who was sentenced
to be knouted for Gambia alism, had
to be taken to the hospital after As
Of Komlef's blows. He died three
days later without regaining con-
seiousness. Konlef had been bribed
to Go this by convicts who hated
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Tho dnctnr% flrnNs n glance ut the
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ooeunienss, lnu 90 j,
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ilke an eeno.
EashIy Wnispsf " - =. 80 -, 8
one looks eullohsiy sl 9. ens nsaa. y Z, - :
ls ABOUT 70 leee,se % .asss j. -. -
hnou. y uu.,1 eAs.11.1'.s. s..s'..s ~.
Wet Inc lhiauees pass - 49, ~ -
pnys1c1an s, snanss ms snvu'uel -, 8. :
you Wen e - aqu1se " - 8 -
nonof S. ],
Quite Well YOU say : g, Is. =, s.
Have you no palns a1o ullu sno
heart -!
NO, SIT, hSne -. - alls
10 YOU Know "i'eie soul ne1A. : =, :
you 1oa0ts No. PANS e .ne s1us !.
never: Don 'l' you ui1us s.al1u ne' you
1ool9 Don you lsei pa1ns ooeas1on.
any 5, 8
no SIT, never. ]. !.
Inc physlclan s. iooks s1 go = g =
the MiDeclie. Looh 9. S, ns. =, on
you ever cousn 1oua ,l'. : Sc. w. e :
y never cough! =.
Enc doctor ls pesloe nlhsen Win VII.
anger He throws 9 look OF .natreo Y
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02

dressed. Ill NH @dOGGOEs appTOaGueus 4OHS
of them with d tube and an asculata-
ton hammer, but the Caucasians
jumped back terrified. Finally the
doctor gave up in despair.
Il was Bardunoff's turn. Were
you ever punished before p No, sir."
Rub him!' A guard rubbed Bardun-
off's body with cloth the skin red
dened, and clear traces OF former
punishments became visible.
stood near the doctor, whose face
was flushed with shame.
Ivan Wassiutln. 8 Ivan neared the
horse, z SIS s.
aOff with al clothes" said the exc
cutioner. It was q long while before
he grasped the meaning Of the words.
Lie. down. Wassjutin mounted
the horse astride
AXE your hands on, lie down.
put your arms around the horse
Wassjutin embraced the horse. It
was humiliating, horribly humiliating,
to see naked man stretched on that
horse and awaiting the cruel lash.
Chruspel, the executioner. looked like
dog into the inspectors face.
Thirty rods. Chruspel picked up
bundle Of rods. drew one out of
the bundle with astonishing agility,
retired q step, and waited. #5
Go ahead {" The rod whistled
through the air once or twice before
the inspector counted one. Then an
other Whistling sound, and ared stripe
was seen on the quaking body. Two,
three, four, five. z ~.
Chruspsl threw the rod away and
took up another. He walked over to
the other side OF the horse Five
more blows fell on the other side Of
the Dody. ss s.
Every five blows required another
rod. and Chruspel changed his position
for eac44 rod. The sound of the rod
whistling through the air almost broke
ones heart, and the interval between
two b1oes seemed like. an eternity,
The inspector counted: Twenty.
nine. thirty, :,
Wassiutin rose on the horse and sat
astride. His eyes were filed with
tears. Get off e
Two and q half minutes, !" said the
doctor.
thought it had lasted an hour.
Then came the Caucasians' turn.
Chruspel laid them down on the horse
| one after another. He used the knout
on them sin accordance with the YER
Dict a look at the Inspector ex-
planned to Chruspel what he was to
| do. He grasped the knout in the
middle, which is the punishment Of
the half knout. z
Bardunoff trembled and shivered.
He looked helpless like hunted rab-
bit, and attempted to smile. Chruspel
poked him In the ribs. Lie down, 2
| Bardunoff convulsiyely clasped the
horse and pulled himself together.
Chruspel swung the knout with an
ominous movement. This was not d
punishment 1in accordance with the
verdict of the court; !" this was q
| private transaction, according to
the customs OF the Sakhalin prison in.
| specto1s. y
The room was perfectly still; not &
breath was heard.
~ Chruspel gazed inal liringIy at the
| inspector. The latter locked about
| for q moment IN confusion, glanced al
the deesstor and me, md finally made
a sig. to the executioner. Chruspel
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-02
Didr,t Seem impossible. I

@Do you think yos could learn 20
lore me n he asked the lady, as he
looked into her trembling orbs.
aWe1i, 8 she said, archly, popular ed
ucation has advanced with such rapid
strides that one can almost learn ar
thiax ia these days: ssssy Stories IS