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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
Two DIVORCE Wanted.

Suits were brought in the Interme-
dtate Court this afternoon by VIII
liam s. Bland rs. opha E. Bland. At
torney G. A. Vincent; and by George
Hartsell vs.. Della Hartzell-Attorney
y. T. Kirby; both chancery; both
.returnable to August rules.
In the Hartsell case, Page Hacker,
of Weston, and Jack johnson, Of sa.
lem. are named as correspondents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
EVERY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN
OF 1T WILL BE SUMMONED.
(By Publishers Press.)

WASHINGTON. D. c., July a.
The grand Jury Of the District of Co
lumbla met to-day in pursuance OF a
call from United States District At
torney Beach to consider the cotton
leak scandal. Attorney Beach. as
sisted by special agents of the govern
ment and secret service men. has
been working on the Investigation for
two weeks. and believes he has OBJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
Justice Amos Is TblnkIno.

AT the conclusion OF a somewhat
protracted session, Justice Amos took
time to consider his decision In the
case Of Carl c. Wilson vs.. the B. and
o. Railroad Company. The hearing
was On a while Saturday and was re-
sumed this morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA

TTLIs. Russia. July 2f-An oficial
report sent to st. Petersburg an
nonnces that five bomb throwing out
RACES occurred in Tinic last week, and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
Five-Year-oId Child Dead.

Boyd vandergrift, the fye-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Wander
GRIT, died Sunday afternoon at the
home of his parents on Goose creek.
Funeral services were held this af-
ternoon at four o'clock and the re-
mains were laid to rest in the Dun.
kard church yard.
The child was a brother of James
~vandergrift, a railroad conductor in
the local yards.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24

that eight officials were killed and
fourteen Injured as a result. In Only
two instances were the bomb throw.
ers arrested.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24

Mr. Ell Mussrave went to Terra
Alta today TO visit his daughter. Mrs.
Roy A. Tough.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24

Marriage License Granted.
Bert Pool. AZ and Mamie Virgin,
70.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
RIVER MAY LOSE FIVE MILES.
New Junction OF Missouri and James
Forming in South Dakota,

Yankton, s. d., July 11.-High water
in the James river is causing much
damage in the GAINESVILLE district.
Many fields are covered and the crop
will, III most cases, be a total loss.
Carp and buffalo fish from the river are
swarIning u owe the bottoms and in
some wheat fields have been SO thick
that they have broken down the grain
and ruined all prospect of n crop. Hans
Gudmundson took fifteen buffalo with
a spear last evening, some of them be-
ing thirty inches in length.
The Missouri river is falling and will
soon be within its banks. Several years
ago in high water the Missouri threat
ened to cut through into the bed of the
James river at a point where a long
curve in the James, known as the Big
bend, reaches nearly to the bank of the
Missouri. The high water this year
threatens to complete the work of that
of former years and if SO complications
may result.
There remain but q very few yards OF
earth and the Missouri is cutting it
"a Should the junction occur it will
form a new mouth for the James river
and cut off nearly five miles of it's
length.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
COMPANY TO BUY
MUNICIPAL PLANT
One Way Out of the Water
works Tangle at Sioux
Falls.
INDEPENDENT CONCERN
This Organization Proposes. to Buy
Plant Now Held by Injunction and
Operate 1t; Later Turn 1t
Over to the City.

Sioux Falls. s. D.. July 11.-At a
meeting of the city council to be held
Tuesday evening Of this week a num-
her of Sioux Falls men will make a
proposition to the council which it Is
believed will undue the legal tangle
In which the city finds itself over the
attempt TO secure q municipal water
plant. The city has u 100000 plant
practically completed, but it is pre-
vented from using the same owing to
an injunction issued from the United
States district court. This injunction
holds pending the appeal on the part
Of the old water company from a de-
cision rendered in favor of the munici-
pal plpntsby the United STATES court of
appeals. When Judge Garland of the
United States district court granted the
injunction he stated in SO many words
hat while the city had no right to go
ahead and complete the plant it did
have a right TO sell the plant to the old
water company. 1t is based upon this
statement by Judge Garland that the
new steps will be taken.
EN-Cnited States Senator r. f. Pet
tigrew, G. A. Jewett. John W.. Tuthill.
Mayor Burnside. and other leading
citizens have organized the Peoples
Water company (~incorporated). This
company at the meeting of the city
council Tuesday evening will make an
offer to either purchase or lease the
municipal water plant. They will in
'ert a clause in their contract with the
city, that just as soon as the Peoples
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
MISSOURI AND NORTHWESTERN
Hork Progressing Rapidly on the New
Line Between Rapid and Mystic.

Rapid City. S. d., July 1l.-In spite of
the recent heavy rains the grading is
progressing rapidly on the new road
between Rapid City and Mystic. From
the temporary connection With the Bur
!ington which is about a mile and a
half west of Mystic, to Silver City, is
about six miles. On his section Of the
work the grading will be finished in
about six weeks and it will then be in
shape for the laying of the rails.
There are two pile drivers at work
On the line, driving piles for the bridges,
and the bridges are being capped just
as soon as the piles are driven. AS
the recent heavy ain have swept
away all the bridges between Mystic
and Silver City. there may be some
.ittle delay in finishing the line into
silver City.
NJ. Day, the bridge contractor on the
new extension, stated hat the tele-
phone line has been completed the full
ength of the Dad and owing to the
TACT that the large rock cut on the road
aas been completed, the construction
company now near Silver City will be
moved down near the Big Bend, and
The grading will be carried on from
here.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Man Was Hit on the Head and In
stantIY Killed.

Kimball, s. D., July li.-Partioulars
have just been received here of the
death by lightning of d. S. Paddock. a
prominent Stockman of Jerauld county.
Paddock. John Bosen and John and
Andrew Phaum We're busy at work dip
ping cattle, with other men, at the sta
ton fifteen miles southwest of Wessiny-
ton Springs when a thunderstorm arose.
Several sought shelter in u nearby
barn, but the four men We're in Il hurry
to finish their work and remained be-
hind. As the lightning grew threaten
Ing n the rain fell in torrents they
quit work and started OH Il run for the
barn. When within q few yards of the
shelter, Il bolt descended in plain view
of the men already in the barn and was
seen to strike Paddock OH the head.
All four men, running in Il group. Wee
thrown to the ground. The two Pflaunls
quickly arose to their feet and reached
the barn. but their two companions lay
PROSTATE. They quickly returned and.
found Paddock lifelcSS.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
AGENT AND CASH GONE.
Whether the Two Are Associated is
the Object Of a Search.

Fargo, n. D., July 15.-Chris Witmeyor,
a land agent, is missing and members OF
n colony of twenty farmers from Emer-
ado, Grand Forks county. are out various
sums, totaling S2,N0. Witmeyer disap-
peared in Fargo. and efforts are being
made to find him.
The colony went to Emerald six years
ago 10 farm rented land. They prospercd
and wanted homes of their own. They
sent Jacob Rau, one of the members. TO
look over the country. AT Jamestown he
met Mitmeyer, whose father he had
Known. Witmeyer said he represented a
Minneapolis land company and had con-
troll of all the government land along the
Northern Pacific in this state. Through
Rau, Wltmeyer induced Il colony from
Emerald to accompany him to Kiddcr
county, where both homesteads and SAL
able land were secured. When the papers
arrived it was shown there was an error
in the descriptions as written in and
outlined by Witmeyer. He told them they
would go back TO Iiiddcr county and in
spect the land, and twenty men accom-.
panied him to Fargo where they stopped
overnight at a local hotel. Rau and Wit
meyer occupied the same room. but just
before breakfast Witmeyer asked to be
excused 4 moment and mas not since been
cnan
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
STRIKERS RENEW PlckETs
Chicago Strikers to Resume Their OLD
Tactics.

Chicago, July S.-Alarmed over the
large number of desertions from their
ranks and the increasing demoraliza-
ton among their members, the Depart
ment store drivers decided to resume
picketing today at all of the depart
ment stores involved in the strike. The
plan was brought to the attention OF
the teamsters' joint council last night
and received the formal ratification Of
that body.
Some mystery is supposed to sur
round the exact purpose of the picket
ing revival. Union leaders were not
disposed TO discuss the plan at length.
Thos who did talk professed to know
that it was with a view to obtaining
information as to the condition of bus
mess. Some said the pickets were to
be posted to discover how many strik-
ers were returning to work. None
would admit that picketing would be
resumed with other than a peaceful
intent.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
INDIVIDUAL HAS RIGHTS.
Judge Garland Hands Down an lmpor:-
ant Decision.

Sioux Falls, $. H.. Jcly u.-Judse
John Il. Garland, of the United States
district court for South Dakota HAS
just handed down a decision which viii
be of general interest. The facts in The
case briefly stated are rs follows:
ON juno 81. 1903. Thomas Evans, a
farmer residing IN Hutchinson cotMty
near Parkston. signed an order for II.
thresling machine that he agreed 10
purchase of the Minneapolis Threshing
Machine company. The price agreed
on in the order was $500. The day
after giving the order Mr.. Evans mailed
a letter to the company canceliing The
order on account of what he considered
misrepresentation on The part of the
representative of the company. The
company refused to pay any attention
TO the countcrmand of the order and
shipped the machine to Parkstom ac-
cording to the contract. Mr.. Evans re-
fused To accept the machine. The COM
pany then brought suit against Mr.
Evans i'll the circuit court OF Hutch
inSon county and after the trial had
proceeded TO a certain point the al
torneN for Mr.. n moved TO have
the case dismissed. The attorney for
the threShing machine company with
drew the case. and Immediately COM
menced another action in the federal
court in Sioux Falls to foreclose a.
vendors lien. The testimony was
taken some time ago when Judge Car
land took the case under advisenemt.
Judge Garland now makes Il decision
which relieves Mr.. Evans from an
liability, thus establishing the right Of
an individual To cancel an order OF this
character.
Since The machine was shipped 10
Park ston two Years ago the company
has allowed it 10 stand out in the
weather With no projections, and al
though the machine could have been
sold twice during that time. the COM
pany made no effort to dispose of IL.
The company now has a badly dislis-
ured machine on its hands.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
eoYs WERE IN RAIN.
Militia in Camp at Watertown Have
Dri1ziy Weather.

oi'-[fy SNSdA'S's
WatertoWn. :, ~. July ll.--The boy:
in khaki at Camp Roosevelt have spen.
days trying To keep The water from
Moving under tents and flooding equip.
age.
All soldiers are dressed in khaki thi,
ear, and all officers are wearing the
regular olive drab.
Captain I.eniham of Fort Mead an6
Captain Guyer of Rrookings college,
both regular army officers, are in camE
for duty as instruction officers. Every
forenoon they conduct an officers
school.
Large targets have been erected al
the northwest corner of the grounds
and the companies are having target
practice every day. Captain Mark w.
Sheafe, inspector of small arms prac.
tice. has supervision of the target
work.
Governors day is set for tomorrow.
Governor Elrod is in the east, but is
expected to be in camp i'll a day or two
enato Kittredge has also expressed
his intention of being present. Frank
Crane. chairman of the republican state
central committee, will be a guest al
camp.
Adiutant General Enslesby is keep.
ing Troop ID of Sisseton# in practice by
making an overland march to camp.
1t Will arrive today.
y familiar figure about the camp is
that of General Conklin. former adju.
tant general. who is still greatly inter
ested in the guard.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
%ADvENTlsTs IN JAIL.
Husband and Wife Suffering fer
Christ's Sake, They Believe.

Nv SSf'SSSs
Selby, s. d, July l5.-2. AIoser and
his wife, Christina Moser, are confined
in the Walworth county Jail, in this
place, under peculiar circumstances.
There is a settlement in the north
east part of the county of Adventists
and who are excessively jealous along
religious lines.
About a month ago Mrs. Moser went
to the acme of John Kerner, q neigh
Dor, and told his wife that the Lord
wanted her Cirs. kerner) 10 die, and,
to emphasize the decree, took along a
pitchfork TO help the Lord execute the
plan.
Mr.. Kerner llad her arrested for as
sault, and after a hearing she was
bound over for trial ard bail was fixed,
which she refused to give. saying that
h was like the apostles of old who
suffered imprisonment fer Christ's
sake
After the hearing II. Moser returned
home and set fire to Kerner's barn.
Husband and wife are now confined
together, with a 7-montlls-olG baby, in
the county Jail awaiting the next term
of court, suffering, as they believe, for
ChriSt'S sake.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
COLOR RIGHT; GROWTH GREAT.
Fields in Southeastern South Dakota
Look PROMISING.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. July lit is the
opinion of those who have carefully in
spected the fields that With favorable
weather this locality will have one of
the best crops in its history. Crops
on some Of the lowlands have been
damaged by being flooded by the ex-
cessive rains. but in general the con-
dition of small grain n corn is good.
Corn is making rapid growth, and
with late frcsts in the fall will be a
good crop. Fears of black rust, which
last year SO seriously injured the wheat
Gro" of South Dakota, are no longer
entertained. Grain in general in this
part of the state has a good, healthy
aolor and has attained a great growth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
UNIQUE
at Evarts Indians i4cIpcd to Full
Eacle's Feathers.

Aberdeen, S. d.. July 11.-A UNIQUE
Fourth of July celebration occurred
near lEvarts in Walworth county in
which indian and whites participated
Tho Indians We're on the ground early,
their tepees, fully 800 in number, being
pitched in II large circle three miles in
circumference. An event of the cele-
bration was the big parade. in which
200 horsemen participated, followed by
over 400 rigs of different styles and
descriptions, from Il dilapitated rig
drawn by a COW and a mule to an auto
mobil With a land man as chauffer.
One of the incidents Of the day was a
baseball game between the Indians and
whites, in which the whites won after
n close contest, the score being 4 to 8
in their favor. Horse racing was also
a feature of the day. In all the sports
connected with the celebration the red
skins entered with the same enthu-
siasm as the whites. and the day vas
made Il memorable one to the $50 per-
sons, white and red, participating.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
MURDER SUSPECTED
OF A DAKOTA WIDOW
Was Forced TO Marry Against
Her Will and Husband Diea
Soon Afterwards
RuMoRs OF FOUL PLAY
Husband Died in a Sort Of Choking
Spell, So It Is Alleged. and the
Body Has Been Exhured in
Hope of Learning Truth.
RuMoRs OF FOUL PLAY

Yankton. S. D., July N.--News
reaches here from the east n Of
Gregory county of a possible murder
that the county commissioners have
ordered the states attorney OF that
county to investigate. 1t appears mat
Il young Russian-German girl was
forced into an =ulwelcome marriage by
her father. She married a young cotn-
tryman by the name of Iirnbienann,
who after five weeks of married life
had a 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 asctrtained The body has now
been cXhumed and experts will he
called upon TO see if traces of poison
can be found. The dead man WAS a
quiet person. while his wife was widely
different. and ii was from her remarks
as to disliking her husband and dis
raraging his character after his death
that the rumors of foul play We're
started and have at length led To the
recent Investigation ordered
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
SOUTH DANul,

Pope Gregory XVI. died on June i.
1886, nearly sixty years ago. and it
would seem impossible thai a bishop
appointed by him could be still alive
and in harness. But tomorrow DR..
Daniel Murphy, archbishop of Hobart,
Tasmania, the last prelate of Pone
Gregory's creation. enters on his 9lst
year. He was born in Cork While the
battle of Waterloo was being fought,
was consecrated an Indian bishop in
1886. and translated to Hobart in 1865.
He is the sole survivor of the council
of 1851 that proclaimed the dogma of
the Immaculate Conception, and he
was also a member of the vatican coun-
Gil of 1870, which mad papal infalli-
bflity an article of faith.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
FIRST TRAIN CROSSES RIVER.
Milwaukee's Advent Into the Great
Rance Country of South Dakota.

Range Country of South Dakota.
Chamberlain, s. D., July l5.-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 Il complete crossing.
The grading is completed TO Oacoma,
several miles down the river from the
bridge approach from the west, and it
is that the iron will be laid
TO thai town b. the last OF this week.
The iron gang will then leave for
armour TO lay the track from that
place TO Plankinton. 1t is expected that
this work will be completed within two
weeks, after which the iron gang will
again return TO Oacoma. In .he inter-
val it is calculated that the work OF
grading westward will nave advanced
so Tar that the iron can be aid with
out further Interruption. During the
next two weeks ties and iron will be
taken to supply yards on the west side
OF tie river. to be in readiness for the
resumption of rail laying upon the re-
turn of the crew from the Armour ex-
tension.
1t is positively asserted thai the sur
NeNlng crew, under the direction of j.
III. Mcknight, is now at work survey
Ing the line from the end of the rack
now contracted for seventy-five miles
out on 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 is no longer the least doubt as to
the immediate extension of the line, at
least TO the Black Hills.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
EL0PEMENT STORY IS
EXPLAINED AT LAST
Miss Cook, Who Fled With
Smith to Avoid Anceher Mar
riage. Writes Relative.
SAYS SHE WE'D SMITH
Marriage look Place at Milwaukee
June 0-The Ex-Normal Student
and Her Husband to Settle
Down at Cripple Creek.

Mitchell, s. D.. July l5.-Miss Caroline
Cook, the Madison S. D.. normal school
student who, on the eve OF her marriage
TO AN obnoxious but wealthy sutton.
was said to hav eloped With Z. +.
Smith of Sioux Falls n WAS supposed
to have married him in that own about
June 20, has been heard from by her
brother-in-law, Thomas Morgan, of this
:ity, y letter reached him from Chi
oago a few days g from the former
Miss Cook. who says she married Smith
In Milwaukee on June 20 and hat they
will reside in Chicago until about Au-
gust l.. when they intend to settle at
Cripple Creek. Colo, where Smith has
employment as q civil engineer. This
will end the romance until the honey-
moon WearS of.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
TRIED TO BLOW SAFE.
Robbers Failed to Penetrate Walls of
the Iron Box.

Central City, S. D., July 11.-Robbers
entered the drug store of G.. l.. Price,
olew off the outer door of the safe with
1itroglycerln, but We're unable to
penetrate to the inner vault and con-
,~equently did not succeed in taking any
'aluables. The force of the explosion
ihattered bottles on the shelves, scat
.ering and running their contents. Two
men are being held Oh suspicion. 1t is
believed that the robbery was COM
nftted by, he same gang of men who
ave been\making recent attempts ir
cad City u
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
ASSESSORS NEGLIGENT.
Sailed to Report in Full from Three
Counties.

Sioux Falls. S. d.. July 11.-If the re-
port returned to the county commits
sioners by three of the township as
SCISSORS Of this CMinnehaha) county
here are certain sections of the oun
" where The residents are badly off.
According to the returns of the asses
sors referred to there are no household
goods in either of the three counties.
AT least no return was made for such.
The county board expected to close its
work as an equalization board Saturday
evening. but they adjourned over until
this afternoon for the purpose of Civ
ing the three assessors an opportunity
10 make an explanation. they have
oeen notified to appear before the board
this afternoon.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
G GOES MAD.
He Imagines a Mob Is Pursuing Him.
and He Runs.

Pierre, S. D., July 14.-"Bunk" White.
a negro, who has been employed on.
ranches west of the river for years. is
being held here awaiting an attendant
to take him to the insane hospital at
Yankton. Hts hallucination is that he
is being pursued by a mob, which de-
sires to lynch him just because he is a
negro. He was at first taken TO the
hospital, but after being there several
days rushed out into the street to -
cape the mob" and was only captured
after q long chase. since which time he
has been confined in a cell.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
CROP OUTLOOK is coon.
Poor Fields Are the Exception, Not the


Fergus Falls. Mimi, July 1.-THE
crop outlook in this locality continues
to be encouraging, regardless of the
rains. Occasional fields show short,
yellowish grain. but these are the ex-
ception. In general, the grain is thick
and heavy. and is about ready to head.
Occasional fields are beginning to show
heads, n the heads promise we'll.
This locality has not had as much
rain as II southern part of the state,
The official record for June being 4.76
inches. whereas Minneapolis shows 7.21
and other localities more.
The hinnest and poorest grain is en-
sandy soil. One is unable to account
for this. as it would naturally be sup
posed that the sandy land would absorb
moisture more readily and that crops
there would be improved by plenty Of
water. Barring rust, his county will
raise a good crop.