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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
PERSISTENT SEARCH
FOR NICALOuS kREBS
Masonic Fraternity Throughout
United States to Ascertain
Whereabouts.
HAD $500 IN CASH
HAD $1,000 IN Cash
Mysteriously Disappeared Last
September from Salem and Was
Last Seen on a Train Bound
for Omaha.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. 2i.-Persistent
and prolonged efforts IL ascertain the
whereabouts of Niculous krebs, fer
years one OF the most prominent OF
South Dakota business men. who mys-
teriously disappeared las, September.
Lave proved fruitless, and NOW MaSons
throughout the United States will be
asked to take up the search for him.
When he disappeared krebs had the
Suin of $500 in cash III his possession.
The missing man is Il prominent Mason.
He is q member of Constantine COM
mandery of Salem. S. D.. of Ell RiaG
temple OF Sioux Fails. ana Of The con-
sistory of Scottish Rite Masons of
Innkton.
His Immediate friends and relatives
have e%ndeaNored to get some trace of
him. and had about decided To give up
in despair when it was believed that an
appeal tG Masons throughout the Il
try would aid in locating him ii still
in the land of the living.
krebs, who was a widover, was mar
rieG to his second Wifi. in February of
last year. In May last himself and Wife
departed for Oregon for the purpose
of looking over that country with a
view to locating there. In June lSrebs
cturned 10 South Dakota, closed up his
business affairs. II on July ] returned
to Oregon, where he rejoined his Wife.
she meeting him at Portland, according
to Instructions which she received in 4
letter written from South Dakota.
They lived in Portland until August
81. when krebs disappeared from that
city. Several days later his friends at
Salem, who did not expect to sec him in
South Dakota again So soon. were sur
prised at his appearance there. He
reached that place about s o'clock on
the morning of September >. Going to
:: local bank where he had his money on
deposit he drew out the full mount,
something over $500.
AT l o'clock that afternoon he beard
ed u southbound train on the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad. having FUR
chased q ticket for Omaha. That is the
last trace that can be found Of him. His
second wife is still at Portland. She is
Ill destitute circumstances and is being
looked after by acquaintances.
Masons n Portland first interested:
themselves in ascertaining the where
abouts of the missing man and nov
members of the organization through
out the United States will be asked to
take up the search.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
M0[R OF I6S[SWnakeIS
Proceeding. es :A1 Week in Brief in
Both Houses of the South Dakota
legislature. > . >
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS,

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 2l.-The house was
crowded at the opening of the house SEES
ON the primary election hill on final ac.
ton in the house, out In this they Were
/ disappointed.
The clerk droned through the bin and at
the finish no one attempted to secure the
floor. and the roll call began. 1t was
M WA, c closely; with 2 checking showing
a constitutional majority. Several had
failed to respond TO their names on the
eau. and a vote was demanded from
east. giving 1t the necessary forry-nve. Be
fore the vote was taken both sides claimed
to be certain OF success. and this caused Il
close watch of the roll call in many quar-
The opponents of the appropriation COM
mittec amendment to the Irvine plant bill
won out and the $780, oo for machinery was
placed back in the bill.
Among n number of new bills presented
were these:
BY the drainage committee, for a drain
age code.
BY the judiciary committee. increasing
the Jurisdiction of a justice of the peace
BY the ways and means committee. pro-
Nidine for a 2-mill deficiency levy for 1905.
BY Wilson, providing for compulsory de-
lands.
Tn house bills passed were these:
The state primary law.
Increasing taxes of insurance companies
TO J per cent. of premium receipts.
For hide inspection.
FOR meetings of count auditors with
the STATE board of equalization.
Apprnprlating s.. 1000 for an artesian we'll
at the itedield asylum.
Allowing cities to acquire property by
condemnation for sewer purposes.
Senate bills passed we've:
TO limit liability of banks on forged pa
per and increasing to five years the tine
of practice before admission TO the bar in
the st-te.
In the senate. among the news bills
We're:
BY Dillon. to allow the steward at the
hospital to retain 81, coo as incidental fund.
BY Douthey. appropriating Is. 900 to pur-
chase a farm at the agricultural college.
BY koepsel. allowing the county treas
urers to offer for sale tax judgments Sc
cured by the county al scavenger tax
sales.
BY the committee on insurance. prescr:b-
Ing q state s%tandard insurance policy
form.
BY the state affairs committee. a gem
eral game law.
Senate bills passed were:
For city meat inspection.
To change the name OF the Rcdfeld asy-
lum to ''home for feeble minded"
An emergency appropriation for Yank-
ton asylum
Applopria ting money as deficiency for
state board of medical examiners.
House bills passed by the senate were:
To provide for court costs in cases
brought by the state land department;
providing penalty for false statements as
to physical condition for the purpose of
securing public aid, and the cattle dipping
bill which carries an appropriation of SlO,-
88 for carrying it into effect.
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BACK TO HER FIRST LOVE.
Eloping Scotland Woman Returns
Husband and Iline Childre,

Scotland. s. D., Feb. 23.-Dcscrted at the
home of her brother In Nebraska by Chas.
Bachelor. with whom she clipped from
South Dakota. Mrs. Joseph Sarda has re-
turned to the home of her husband in
Charles Mix county.
Bachelor had been n res.dent of that
part of the state since last spring. He is q
married man and has a son l6 or II wears
old. Mrs. Sarda is the mother OF nine
children. eight of whom she left with the
father, taking the youngest, a mere babe.
with her.
The couple eloped in December, and
when Sarda realized that his wife had
abandoned him for another men he pur-
chased a revolver and would have ended
his own life had not a relative. who
CHANGED to be near at hand, taken the
weapon from him.
The affair created a sensation In Charlie.
Nix county. where the woman and her
husband are prominent. Bachelor is
deemed to be entirely the cause of the
clopement, and friends of Sarda promise
him u hot reception Il he ever returns to
that locality.
Sarda and mis- erring wife have become.
reconciled and peace reisns again in their
household.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
WERE A AIDED.
Rosebud Settlers Did Not Have .

Make Trip to Chamberlain.
Mitchell. S. D., Feb. 2I.-When Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed the order of the
secretary of the interio. transferring
the 900. 600 acres of Rosebud ccded land
in Gregory county from the Chamber
lain to the Mitchell land district, the
settlers We're greatly aided by making
it possible for them to reach the land
office without making the extra $40
miles by rail to Chamberlain.
Another thoughtful and Wise thing
was done by Senator Gamble of mi
ton when he secured the eXtention Of
time from January until May | for all
entrymen TO go upon and make set
dement, on these Gregory county lands.
h order extending the time until
May also includes old soldiers who
made dec.aratory statement filings last
August. They will not be called upon
to make their homestead entry or set
tie on the and until May l. and by that
time the Weather will be such that res
idence can be easily established.
Already the Mitchell and officers are
receiving inquiry regarding the trans
fers of the land to the Mitchell dis
,rict. ana it being understood that the
transcribing is being lone in the gen.
eral land Office at Washington as to the
100, 600 acres that was opened up eight
years aSo. it is thought the transfer
will be made within thirty days. The
filings made last August can be trans
ferred bodily from the Chamberlain Of
flee. ana not require tranScribing.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
CLEVER JAP SPIES.
Dressed Alike. a Dozen Japs TAX.
Note of Powers

Monte Carlo. Feb. 2I.--At Monte Cur
10 the Japanese hav recently been Civ
ing proof of their versatility, and have
shown that not only are they today the
foremost combatant& among nations,
but they are aiso masters of espionage.
A band OF some dozen or SO young Jap
anese swellS took up their h%eaduuar-
tiers at Monte Carlo at the beginning
OF the season. They are all dressed
precisely alike in suits bearing the un-
mistakable stamp of a highly fash
ionable tailor. Each wears Il large
blossom in his b~uttonhole: they go in
bands to the Casino. attend the con-
certs. disport themselves upon the
Dromenades, and each looks so exactly
like all the others that the keenest ex-
pert in physiognomy would be likely
To mistake their identity.
Because all these young Japs look
alike to everyone and as they
are all stopping at the same
hotel. it is practically impossible for
the casual onlooker to keep track of
them. This has been exactly what they
have been playing for. When one OF
their numbel| slips quietly away and
ferrets his way into secret places, and
learns the hidden contents OF state pa
pers and other important things, no.
body notices that one young Jap out
of so many Is missing. or that one more
today Is added to yesterdays band. In
this way using Monte Carlo as their
headquarters. a perfectly organized
company of Japanese spies have beer
watching h curtis of Europe and re-
porting with due regularity to their en-
1erOr.
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Was a Four-Leseed Thief.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Feb. 27.--After
having kept the police force in !. furor
Cor a number of months through fire.
1uent complaints of residents living in.
he outskirts of Sioux Falls that their
hen roosts We're being robbed with pc
culidr regularity, ii was discovered
that the thief WAS a gray fox This
discovery removed suspicion from q
number OF persons who We're being
watched in the belief nat they were.
guilty of the numerous raids OF. the
hen roosts. The fcX has now been shot
and killed. 1t was evidently an es-
capped pet, as arcund it's neck Was a
brass collar. One of the animals legs
was missing. probably having t.een
severed by being caught in a trap at
ONE period in its career.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
REUNITED AFTER YEARS.
Brother and Sister Believed Each OH
err to Be Dead for Lonq Time.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. ga broth
er and sister. who for a period of about
forty-one year believed each other to
be dead. were reunited and brought
into communication with each other be-
cause of Il letter written to George
Schlosser, postmaster of this city.
The letter was written by w. j.
Brown of Marion. Wis, who Informed
the postmaster that through a nephew
he had recently learned that there was
a possibility that his sister was yet in
the land Of the living and a resident of
Sioux Falls. The letter contained the
maiden name of the missing sister, to-
gethe. With that of the man to whom
she had been married. and d description
of the sister he had long supposed to
be dead.
Postmaster Schlosser read the letter
to the members of the mail carrying
force. lame Buell., carrier on one of
the routes, recognized the name given
as that of II woma who lived in that
part of the city to which he delivers
mail. Proceeding to the home of the
woman, whose name is Mrs. David
Main, he speedily convinced himself
that h was Browns long lost sister.
Mrs. Main nearly collapsed from joy
when she learned that her brother was
yet alive and was Informed of his adj
dress. Mrs. Main and her brother are
the only surviving members of Il family
of eight.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
FARMER MISSING.
Seward County Man May Have Me-
Foul Pisy.
families


Seward. Neb., Feb. 21.-Elias knight. 4
well to do farmer living near Seward,
has disappeared unde. circumstances
which lead to suspicion OF foul play.
Knight, who is the owner OF valuable land
near kearney, a few days ago received a
letter from a man he supposed to be a
real estate dealer at Kcaypry by the name
Of Smith. requesting Knight TO meet the
writer at Lincoln and taih over the mat
ter of the price of tho property which
knight was anxious to dispose of.
Knight left Seward for :hc state capital.
since which time nothing has been heard
of him.. The Lincoln police were asked by
the distracted wife to Try and find trace
of the missing man.
When Knight did no, return to his
home the Kearney real estate man was
communicated with ana declared that
he had not written any letter 10 knigh
concerning his propert! OF for any other
reason.
knight is described as h ing IS years of
age. of slim build, blach mustache. dark
hair. OF medium heigA. and was we'll
dressed. So far as can he learned here he
had no domestic troubles aud his friends
and wife are sincerely alarmed CONCERNING
his prolonged absence.
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ll---T-S 8 7TNAN. Publisher.
klMBAIL SOUTH EAKtyl \

E-=EHl"af
Fortunate is the farmer who has
plenty of onions, He cali get Il dollar
a hushel for them. with a prospect OF
higher prices ncsc;a long. The onion
cr0p in Europe was q failure last year.
and a great many are being sent owe
h water at the present time. Twenty
thousand bushels were sent in oae on
signment from Sunderland, Mass. Il
few days ago. 1t is estimated that
Connecticut valley which can be bought
by people who have "got the price.
They are said to be mostly owned by
four men in the vicinity of Springfield.
There is a very good profit In raising
onions at a dollar a bushel-a good
deal more than in producing tobacco
at the present time. Indeed, it may be
doubted whether there is any other
crop which pays so handsomely as the
odiferous vegetable which is nov corr
manding such a high price in this s,art
of the country.
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OFFICER TO BE TRIED.
Battery that Fired on Emperor to 3.
investigated.
n ~paterShurp Eoh !.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 21.-Grand Duke
Vladimir. commander of the military
district of st. Petersburg. has ordered
the trial by court martial of Captain
Davidoff, of the seventeenth battery of
the first regiment of horse artillery of
guards. and three other officers and
three men in connection with the firing
in the direction of the emperor of a
charge OF shot at the ceremony of the
blessing of the Neva on January 10.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth has been
appointed commander OF The Fifth
Kien ~grenadiers, in succession to the
late Grand Duke Sergius,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
PEsANTRy MlsLED.
New Danger to Russian Government
Seen in the Southern Provinces.

'..S
Seen in the Southern Provinces.
ST. Petersburg, Feb. THE begin
ming OF a dangerous movement has
been observed among the p~easantry OF
some of the southern provinces, where
revolutionary agi,ators are circulating
reports that the emperor will on March
1 issue II manifesto providing for Il gen.
erai division of lands. \ new allotment
has been the dream of the Moujiks ever
since emancipation, II according TO
private reports the stories have spread
like wildfire and are implicitly believed.
In the government of Tula Il large pro-
prietor went to his estate last Week
and found h peasants at work meas
urins off and stalking THEN shares. In
response To his demands for an explains
ton they told him of the coming mani
festo. Refusing to listen to his dectar-
alton that the repoTt was absurd they
would mt once say: wv have heard the
little talhe has decided"
When the proprietor aske what
would become of him, they replied:
"Oh we will leave you the building
and forty acres
Once the ~peaSantrN become pos
seSsed of the idea that the emperor has
willed Il division of land it will be eX-
ceedingly difficult To disabuse their
minds and agrarian troubles on Il large
scale are feared. The Moujiks are like
ly to urn on the proprietorS, as they
did several years ago i'm the provinces
of Saratoff and Polteva. when anarchy
reigned for some time.
Among the reservlsts a%situtors are
spreading the story that the war is
over. A case is cited which occurred Il
fortnight ago at RiaZian. where 100 re-
servists who had been called in fatty
told the officer they did not intend To
serve.
1.-The war is over" said the eader
we know you simply want 10 make
money out of n contract for feeding us.
We will not serve" and they marched
off.
An instance is given of reservists who
actually left a railway train after they
had been started for the front.
Private reports also leave no room
for doubt that the strikes in the whole
region below Moscow are Utmost all
political in character. The situation
generally in the south of Russia is be-
coming worse instead of better, and
contains many factors which are cauS-
ing the authorities the greatest alarm.
possibility of the necessity for The
dispatch of additional roopS to The
Caucasus is already being considered.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03

w tOIs
appropriation committee to insert an item
of S'5e in the general hin tor the purpose
OF issn!ns an official map OF the state,
showing the resources OF the state IN Il
condensed form oil the same.
Che two reports on the wolf bounty bill
showed that the bounty question has not
lost any points of argument from many
battles =; past sessions over the issue. but
the bounty people won after a discussion
in which a number of members took II
part.
Among the new house bills presented.
Van Osdcl sent in a resolution for u con-
stitutional amendment to prohibit the givz
ing to or accep,ance OF railroad passes by
state officials and their families. and am
other resolution in%structing the South Da-
kota delegation to support President
and this was secured as a special order
for next Monday In committee of the
whole.
Other house bills were: BY. .His,aa.
providing Il penalty for q physician who
prescribes liquor when there is no all
ment. and by the state affairs committee
requiring railroads to put in sidetracks
fourteen miles apart.
Two bills regulating the taking of carp
from streams were indefinitely postponed.
the house bill on motion of Wilson because
Il senate bill following covering the same
grounds. and the senate bill on motion OF
Scott because the general game bill COW
cred tho whole question.
The house passed senate bills allowing
consolidated school districts 10 increase
the limit of school bonds to 5000: provid-
ing a penalty for the failure of physicians
to register their certificates, and requiring
the registra, ion of motor vehicles.
Senate business:
The senate a%ppropriat tons committee re-
ported the capitol building bill without
recommendation. and 1t Will be up Mon
day for final action.
Principal among senate bills presented
We're those by Cass,li. 10 allow a wife to
take advantages of exemptions when her
has failed to take advantage of
the right. and by Cook. requiring foreign
corporations doing business in the state to
pay Il license fee.
The principal senate bills passed We're to
provide state aid for nigh schools and ere
ating Il state library commission.
The senate made laws by passing house
bills compelling mutual insurance com
panieS to give the n~on-negotiable note re-
CURED under the law providing for divi-
sion of cost of township line fire guards.
and increasing the term of compulsory
attendance at school TO sixteen weeks in
rIr- N-an
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03

The town of Warsaw may be called
the milk producers Eden, although the
milk consumers Eden it certainly is
not. There is probably nowhere such
"A milk town as this. Restaurants
are little fr%equented. ON the other
little diaries in great numbers in order
to chat with riends or to read the
newspapers, to the accompaniment of
a black or white coffee or a glass OF
cold or warm milk. To close a bar
gain or to talk business, the milk
saloon is resorted to; chess and bill
lizards are likewise TO be played III
these recognized places OF public re-
sort. Blu in spite of the enormous con-
sumption of milk, the supply is of the
most w%retched; in fact it is indies
cribably bad.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
An Ancient Loo.Rook

Groton. S. D., Feb. 27.-A. II. Hack.
deputy treasurer Of Brown county. is
the owner of a interesting relic Of ear
~ whaling days. 1t is an ancient log
book which was kept during a whaling
voyage made by Captain Nathaniel
Gray Of Fall River, Mass.
The log gives an account OF the daily
happenings Of the three-year voyage to
the northern seas, which began in Au-
gust, 1874. and ended in March, l84Y.
Mr.. Hack secured the old log book at
his former home In MASSACHUSETTS,.
"A perusal of the log book reveals that
he voyage was a most successful one,
as it states that the crew brought back
2,10O barrels of oil and zoo, 900 pounds
# wh%alebone.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03

According to statements made by ex-
perts at the Midland Institute of Min
ing Engineers, our coal measures are at
last beginning TO show signs of COM
ing exhaustion. There would be, in
deed, some scarcity We're not deep min
ing much more largely resorted to.
Forty years g there We're only twelve
pits exceeding 1900 feet in depth, now
III namber is mir times as great.
while IN twenty instances the depth ex-
ceeds 1000 feet. This tapping of the
lower beds makes good the loss con-
seQuent on h exhaustion and disuse
of the shallower seams, and so. temper
arily, keeps down the price of coal to
its former level. =
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Head of Normal =, Res;on.

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 27.-Charles r.
koehler, president of the Northern
Normal and Industrial school located in
his city. today announced that he had
sent his resignation to the state board
of regents of education, to take effect
on July !. President Koehler has net
yet fully decided upon his future
course of action. but is considering an
offer made him by a brother to join the
latter in the practice of law in Ohio.
President koehler came here from
Mankato. MIMI. at the opening of the
Northern Normal in September, 1902.
and has had charge of the school since
its organization
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03

AT one of the recent lectures by Pro-
lessor George Kirchwey. dean OF Co
lumbia Law college, New York, the
students were uneasy. There was some
thing wrong in the air. Books We're
floor. There were various Interruptions.
The nerves of all were on edge. The
members of the class kept their eyes
on the clock and awaited the conclu-
sion of the hour of the lecture. The
clock beat Professor Kirchwey by per-
haps a minute, nut at the expiration Of
h schedule time the students started
to their feet n prepared to leave.
Wait a minute" objected Professor
Kirchwey, don't go just yet. / have Il
few more pearls to cast
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GOODS GOT KISSED.
Riot in Ladies' Hall at VermiIIion un,
versity Ended in a FusiIlade of
Oscillation.

Nerminion, S. D.. Feb. 24.-Angered
by what they regarded as AN unwar-
ranted exercise of authority in the hall
in the matter of suppressing noise. u
bevy- of fair goods assaulted the lady
members of the university faculty to
the extent of greatly ~disheveiing their
hair and rutf1ing their tempers.
Flushed with this victory. the rioters
hen attacked the young men walters
who We're just emerging from the dim
ing room, and at first carried all before
them. The young men. however. rail-
lied. and retaliated by kissing all the
young women who permitted them
selves to be caught. None is known to
have escaped. No arrests.