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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Casualty.

The premature explosion OF a blast
In the Herman quarry in st. Louis
county caused the death of two men.
A solid half block of buildings at
Birmingham, Ala, was totally destroy
ed by fire. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
The town of Estilville, in Virginia,
was swept by a disastrous fire. Two
hotels. a number of stores and several
residences were destroyed.
Mrs. Tom Stewart was killed and
her husband and three-year-old child
were probably fatally injured in a run
away accident at Columbia, Mo.
The plant of the Steelton Electric
Light at Harrisburg, Pa,
was destroyed by fire, involving a loss
of $50, 900, on which there was no in
surance.
William Brown, Jr., was mistaken
for a deer by Herman Allen, aged a.,
of Ishpeming, while hunting near Big
Bay, and was shot and probably fatal
ly wounded.
The east-bound Atlantic express on
the Erie railroad was wrecked at Fai-
coner N. Y. The passengers escaped
with a severe shaking up. Two train
men were killed.
The tannery Of the Michigan Leath-
err company, located at Mill Creek,
Mich. was destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at over 100000, with In
uranc to cover.
Two heavy freight trains on the Bal
timore & Ohio collided near warren
Ohio. Fireman Cook and Brakeman
Harrison were killed and Engineer
Murphy was badly injured.
Fire at Knoxville, Tenn, destroyed
the clothing stock of Suttle & Beeier,
the stock Of the International Harves-
ter company and other firms, causing
a loss of 1926, 900. Origin unknown.
John ]. Merriman, an employe OF the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, was
struck by the Chicago limited at Mar
shalltown and instantly killed. Merri-
man leaves a wife. He was IS years
old.
All but one Of 400 girls attending
the parochial school of st. Annes' par
ish at Lawrence, Mass, whose lives
were endangered by fire in the build
ing. escaped without injury, although
twenty-five of them were caught In
nets by fremen as they were dropped
from a third-story window by a each
or.
-Four men were blown to pieces by
an explosion at the laboratory OF the
international Smokeless Powder n
Chemical company at Parlin, N. J.
what caused the explosion will never
be known, as only the four men were
In the building at the time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Grimes and Criminals.

The trial of Capt. Benjamin D.
Greene, Col. John F. Gaynor and 9TH
er swnl be called at Savannah, Ca,
Tuesday, Jan. 8.
, The st. Joseph, Mo-, police arrested
even men charged with stealing more
than $4,000 worth of merchandise from
the Burlington route freight cars.
John P. Sevener, Fred Roberts, AL
Linderman and T. s. German were
hanged at Carson, Mo-, for the murder
Of Jack WEIGH in Humboldt county, in
1903.
John CLANCY shot and killed Mrs.
Maud Ellis and dangerously wounded
Duncan Veach "a bystander, at Hop
kinsville, Ky. Jealousy is said to
have been the cause.
In a saloon brawl near. Fort River,
Mich, Alexander Gravel, aged So, was
shot and instantly killed, and Richard
Gravel, aged 80, was fatally wounded
by William Lind, a bartender.
Lieut.. Hugh Kirkman, Eighth cav
airy, has been arrested at Manila on
a charge of forgery. He is accused of
being short in his accounts, it being
alleged that he forged a check to make
good an amount said to be about $500.
Because they objected to his atten-
tons to their sister, w. N. Jones shot
and instantly killed Harry B~ritton, Is,
and probably fatally injured Britton's
brother Frank, at Nyack, N. Y. The
murderer then escaped, and a posse is
hunting for him.
The grand jury at Dubuque reported
after the longest session ever held and
returned 1914 indictments, breaking all
records. Nearly all of them are
against the owners of slot machines
in the city and county. Prominent
business men and former city officials
are included.
Lying on a couch at his home in
West Philadelphia, David F. Rowe was
shot four times by Caspar Cooper, his
son-in-law, who then fled from the
house and killed himself instantly by
sending a bullet through his head. The
father-in-law's wounds are serious.
The shooting followed a quarrel.
A. S. Busby, for four years assistant
financial agent of Texas, in charge OF
the p~enitentiary at Rusk, Texas, was
convicted by a jury of embezzling ST.
500 of the funds of the state and SEN
fenced to serve three years in the pris-
on which he formerly managed. The
trial was bitterly contested.
Louis Ojalethe, a Finlander who is
to be tried on a murder charge at Red
Lodge, Mont, in a few days, made a
desperate attempt to cheat the law by
butting out his brains against the
steel framework of his cell. Sheriff
Potter thinks the Finn Is preparing to
work the insanity dodge on the jury
and will place a guard owe him.
George A. Weaver of Altoona, a first
year law student in Dickinson college
at Carlisle, Pa, while on his way to a
rendezvous to be initiated into'a Greek
letter fraternity, was attacked by
toughs, who sandbagged and robbed
him. Weaver thought the attack was
a part of the Greek letter society's
ceremony and made a vigorous but un-
availing protest.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
CRAWFORD TO A

Box Car Bandits Request for Com.
mutation Of Sentence Denied.
st. Paul, Nov. 28.-The petition of
c. D. Crawford for communication of
sentence to life Imprisonment was de.
MED by the state board of pardons.
Crawford was convicted of the muir.
der Of Heine Lundeen and sentenced
to be hanged. A special meeting of
the board of pardons was held to hear
Crawford's petition for Communication
of sentence. Both sides were repre-,
sented, and after hearing the case the
board denied the application by unan.
imous vote.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Z BEND Is DEAD.
Was Tor Years Prominent In Minneso
ia National Guard.

Was for Years Prominent In Minneso
ia National Guard.
st. Paul, Nov. 2S.-Brig. Gen. W. B
Bend, for years one of the foremost
figures in the Minnesota national
guard, and for nearly thirty years
prominent business man of st. Paul
died suddenly at his home, 239 Sum
NIT avenue, at 8 o'clock last evening
after a short illness. Gen. Bend had
scarcely known a sick day in his life
until a week ago, having always en-
joyed robust health. A week ago a
carbuncle foormed which developed
into blood poison and the end came al
8 o'clock last evening. Gen. Bend was
one of the oldest living members OF
the Minnesota national guard. He
was born in New York city in 1887.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Foreign.


Haakon VII, the new king of Nor
way, according to the Copenhagen cor
respondent of the London Daily Mail,
says that his first official visit will be
to Stockholm.
The mayor of Hull, England, has
publicly announced that an American
radiator company had secured thirty
acres of land at Hull and was about to
build works employing 700 men.
The Spanish embassy in London
says there is no truth in the statement
that King Alphonso is to marry Prin-
cess Ena of Battenburg. The foreign
office describes the report as arrant
nonsense.
Almost daily large numbers Of Nor
mons from Salt Lake City, Utah, are
arriving in Mexico and forming colo
MES in many states of the republic. A
large colony is being formed in the
state of Tamlah.
The French council of ministers has
decided to infict forty-five days arrest
Oh GeH. bIuSeIS, COllllidLuCi VI vi"
T, army, for making public the details or
q conference which he had with the
minister of war.
Japan will in the near future begin
the construction of great navy yards
| and dry docks. Japanese naval VIC
| tories hereafter will be a tribute not
only to the Japanese sailor, but also
to the Japanese workman.
| All the cadets attending the Royal
military college at Kingston, Ont, have
been ordered to wear mustaches. 1t is
said it is desired to give an older ap-
pearance to the cadets. The order has
caused disapproval in some cases.
A cable message received in Berlin
from Lieut.. Gen. Won Trotha, COM
mander of the forces in German South
west Africa. announced the death OF
Hendrix Witboi, the leader of the Hot
tentot revolt. His death resulted from
a severe wound received while attack
Ing a German provision train Oct. 20.
Witboi has been succeeded by his son
ISaak.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
STEALS TO GET INSURED
Sioux City Man Puts Up Stolen Watch
to Secure Policy.

Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. %. - The
scandals in insurance circles do not
seem to have lessened the value of
insurance in the estimation of c. A.
Carpenter, who was so anxious to Sc,
cure a policy for the protection Of his
parents after his death that he stole
a watch from Peter Nelson, his land,
lord, and put it up as security with
the agent who wrote him a policy. In
the police court the young man made
nc defense and pleaded guilty.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
DEATH IN SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Woman Claims Killing Of Man Was an
Accident.
Mason City, Iowa, Nov. ESP. Rey.
holds was shot and killed last night.
He and Miss Caddy O'Brink were in a
room alone, and she says they were
scufiing owe the revolver when the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
The bullet struck Reynolds over the
left eye, killing him instantly. The
will make a thorough investi.
cation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
SUSTAIN %scHANDEIN WILL.
Daughter Is Chief Beneficiary of 81,
900, 900 Estate.

Milwaukee, Nov. 2S.-Judge Carpen.
ter, in a lengthy decision, sustained
the will of Mrs. Lisette Schandein
and admitted the instrument to pro-
bate. The will makes Mrs. Jacob
Heyl the chief beneficiary of the ST.
000,0 900 estate, and Mrs. Ella Frank
and Emil Schandein, two other chill
dren, were cut off with a small allow
ance. The contestants sought to
break the will, alleging undue intlu,
ence on the part of Jacob Heyl.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
M'cURDY WILL QUIT MUTUAL.
Resignation to Take Effect As Soon
As Successor Is Named.

Resignation to Take Effect As Soon
As Successor Is Named.
New York, Nov. %. - Richard A.
McCurdy, president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, has resigned.
The date of his resignation depends
only on the time required by the
trustees to find his successor.
Quickly following the retirement of
President McCurdy, his son, Robert
H. McCurdy, general manager of the
Mutual, and his son-in-law. Louis A.
Thebaud, the general agent for New
York, resigned.
A tentative offer to head the COM
pany was made to James B. Forgan,
president Of the First National Bank
of Chicago, who once was an equita-
BILE director. His bank is one of the
leading financial institutions in the
Middle West. Mr.. Forgan decline to
consider the offer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
STUDENT JUMPS TO DEATH.
Leaves Note Saying That Religion Is
Cause Of Her Act.

Winona, Mimi, Nov. %. - Miss
Myrtle Cory, a student in the elemen.
tary course at the normal school
twenty-three years of age, walked to
The middle of the wagon bridge across
Lake Winona at the church hour yes.
terday morning and jumped into the
water. Persons at the end of the
bridge saw e go over, but were In
able to reach her in time to save her
life. Prior to jumping, she took of
her Jacket and fur, and in the pocket
Of the jacket she left a note addressed
to Father, mother, brothers and sis
ters," asking them to forgive her for
the act, saying 1t was caused by re-
ligion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
TO INFLUENCE WITNESS.
Man on Stand In Car Case Says De
Tense Offered Aid.

Yankton, s. D., Nov. 28-In the Sam
Carr murder trial yesterday, in cross.
examination, Walter Wilson, a star
witness for the state, was asked if he
had not been promised some immuni.
ty by the state in a case of assault
pending against him If he gave dam.
aging evidence against Carr, the de.
PENDANT. Wilson denied 1t, but said
he had been offered help If he would
give his evidence so as to clear Carr.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Flour Mill DESTROYED.

Bloomington. Ill, Nov. 26. = The
plant of the Decatur Milling company
at Decatur was totally destroyed by
fire early yesterday involving a loss OF
$50, 900; insured for 100000.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

The public debt of the United States
Nov. !, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $1,0O2, $40. 125-figures
that would have made the father of
his country worry.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

We raise only 6,OOO,O 900 bushels of
c%ircuses and baseball games are in.
~creasing in popularity every year. This
is a view-with-alarm.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Falls OH Train on TrestIe.

Helena, Mont, Nov. 2~8.--John Cope.
land, a cattleman living at Chinook,
while passing through Helena on a
stock train, fell from a trestle and
sustained serious injuries, not regain
ing consciousness for some time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

1t would be interesting to know how
the story of Alice Roosevelt jumping
into a tank of water was started. Il
is utterly untrue. Probably the fabri.
Gator was himself tanked up to begin
with.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Baby Irish" Is to be worn a great
deal again. this winter. This informa-
ton may to belong in the fash
ions department, but It is of even
more vital importance to the purse
providers than to the wearers. 1t is
beautiful, costly stuff.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

The story that the tenor Caruso has
IL his wardrobe 1000 fancy waistcoats
must make Tim Woodruff wonder
whether life is really worth living,
after all.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

One Of the philosophers says this
country is much in need of men who
will put character above wealth. This
moralist should study the United
States senate and take a more hope.
full view.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

1t is fitting that a Boston man
should be appointed public printer.
Boston has been a great center of the
printing industry ever since the days
of Franklin.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Killed by His Horse-

Ashawa. Mimi. Nov. 26.-Peter An.
derson, woodsman for Dan Haley,
logger, OF North Ashawa, was killed.
His horse stampeded. caused by q
moose. He vas a resident of Superior,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

In Russia whips are used to subdue
the populace. What would happen if
a platoon of policemen should attempt
to whip a crowd of American citizens
is painful to contemplate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
One Year for Robbery.

Winona, Mimi, Nov. 26. - John
Brown pleaded guilty to robbing the
Kellogg p%ostofice and was sentenced
by Judge Morris to n veal at Still.
water, where he has previously served
three terms.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Somebody says that the turkey, not
the eagle, ought to be Americas ma
tional bird. The turkey would Ger
tainly go better with Americas ma
tlonal flower, the toddy blossoms.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

A cat that was once one of King
Edwards pets has passed his 18th
birthday anniversary in Philadelphia.
King Edward never did neglect the
kitty.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

1t is said that Charles Dana Gibson
has discovered a new type of a girl.
Many a man has thought that in the
~eventful past, only to discover, after
3 while, that it was only a new phase
OF the old variety.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

A Cleveland woman has been arrest.
ed for putting love powders in her hus.
bands coffee. This is no more than
right. If she want to win her hus-
bands love let her abandon the pow
ders and learn how to make good COT
fee.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Mark Twain will be 20 years old on
the 3Oth of this month. He regards it
as a joke, but does not go so far as
to insist that it is a good one.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Times indeed have changed when
the autocracy issues manifestoes hum
bly, asking the common people if they
will please be good.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

By discharging from government po-
sitions a few grand dukes, the czar
evinces a very fair notion of the duties
Of housekeeping.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

The per capita circulation in the
United States now is $3l. so, but Mr..
Rockefeller has considerably more
than that.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
OF THE NEWS
From the Capital.

~ ScHss0t
Secretary Shaw received a con-
science contribution of $500 in an en-
velope postmarked st. Louis.
Secretary Wilson appointed DIR. A.
d. Melvin of Illinois as chief of the bu-
reau Of animal industry to succeed
DR.. Salmon, who resigned some time
ago.
BY a vote of 8 to 5 the board of con-
sulting engineers of the isthmian
canal commission, a body which, If
President Roosevelt realizes his hopes,
embodied the greatest and most rep.
resentative engineering talent in the
world, placed itself upon record as
favoring the construction of the Pan
anna canal on the sea level. This de-
cision represents the outcome of near
ly three months hard work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

George Bernard Shaw neither
shaves nor wears a collar. Some day
he may attempt TO start a new reliS.
iouS sect.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
IMPURE DRINKS AT WINONA.
Saloonkeepers and Grocer Each Are
Fined $25 and Costs.

flheo SEo ana costs.
Winona, Mimi, Nov. %. - Pure
Food Inspector John McCabe has
made another raid in Winona and
captured three offenders in his drag,
net. Mic Grathen and Charles Holz,
saloonkeepers, were each fined $25
and costs for keeping a%dulterated
blackberry brandy, and J. Bart
Taisey, a grocer, was fined S25 and
costs for keeping evaporated cream
containing less than 20 per cent but.
ter fat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

A woman in Connecticut looked un.
der her bed for ten long years before
she found a nan there. And then
she had him arrested
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

A New York broker who hastily
wrote" for $4,000 is now rejecting
at leisure in Jail, charged with forg-
cry.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

j. Pierpont Morgan handed 100000
to the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hart
ford. Conn.,, and thought no more
about it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Mrs. Russell Sage. in the North
American Review article, is particu.
larry down on bridge"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

That Seattle fiance who insisted up,
on an examination of his loved ones
lungs must have been married before,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

People who are planning to swear
on Jan. l will find it a good plan to
practice just a little now.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Edison says, I'VE sleep too much"
The I'VE" he speaks of are not
named.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Education has been so nihilistic IL
Russia that great difficulty is had il
getting rid of it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Nearby" eggs IS cents a dozen!
Are any of your hens beginning to say
"Cutter-caw-caw!"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Lamp EXPLOSION Hurts Two.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 26.-The ex-
plosion of a lamp at the home of Jo-
seph Smith, La Crescent, caused the
total destruction Of the property and
severely injured both Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Eggs are going higher. The posi-.
bility of a ham and eggs" famine is
awful.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30

Perhaps ]. p. Morgan meant to abate
2 nuisance by buying that very old
PLANO for $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Lamp. Used Before Candies.

Lamps were used before candles.
They date back almost as far as his
tory goes and were common in ancient
Egypt, China, Assyria, Greece and
Rome. Lamp, from the Greek lampas,
a torch, and candle, from kandeel. the
Egyptian word for a common lamp,
originally meant the same thing, and
the Mosaic candlestick held oil lamps.
not candles, as we now use the word
Man early improved on the torches
OF the Homeric age and caught the
idea of obtaining light from porous
fiber soaked in animal or vegetable
oils Lamps Of brass, bronze and stone
have been found in the pyramids and
in ancient Indian temples, and com
mon terra Gotta ones were In general
use for domestic purposes In Greece in
the fourth century b. G. The earliest
candles we hear of were those Of the
ancient Romans made of PUSHES coated
with fat or wax.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
FOR THE CHILDREN


In their efforts to teach children par
ents are often surprised by the original
views which the youngsters take and
by their presentation of views which.
while they may be but partial, are at
least correct and discriminating so far
as they go, says ST. Nicholas.
Ii occurred to a father who noticed a
carpenter hammering upon the roof of
a distant house that he would give his
little son, eight years old, lesson in
physics by calling attention TO the fact
that blows of the hammer could be
seen before the sound made by them
could be heard and explaining that the
difference in time between the seeing
of the blows and the hearing of the
noise was due to the fact that light
travels much faster than sound. He
sought TO Introduce the subject by ask
ing the boy II he understood why ii
was that he could see the hammer fall
before he could hear the noise of the
stroke. He was astonished to receive
the reply: Yes: it's because my eyes
are nearer to the hammer than my
ears