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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
REV. SHANAFELT MAKES A REPORT
As General Missionary and Secretary Of Raptists OF the State
of South Dakota.

Rev. T. NJ. Shanafelt, D. D., OF HUI
ron, is sending out his eighteenth an
nual report as general missionary and
corresponding secretary of the Baptist
convention of South Dakota. This will
be his last report, having resigned the
position he has so %acceptably and eff
GENTLY filled for nearly eighteen years,
the resignation to take effect the first
of next April. The report is very
lengthy and contains much valuable
Information relative to the Baptist de-
nomination in South Dakota.
During the year new churches were
organized at Pleasant View, Lincoln
county; at Sturgis, Meade county, and
at Corsica, in Douglas county, and
two others will soon be organized.
Three new houses of worship have
been dedicated, one at Burbank, Clay
county; another at Herreid, Campbell
county, and the third at Baltic. Mime
haha county, and at Montrose improve
ments to the amount Of nearly $4,000
have been made. The Scandinavian
church at Danville has been moved to
Viborg and enlarged at a cost of 3d.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

900; the German church at Avon has
just completed a new house of wor.
ship at a cost of more than $4,000, and
the First church at Sioux Falls is ma
turing plans for a new building. Aside
from these, two new ~parsonages have
been erected. Fourteen ministers from
other states have settled as pastors in
South Dakota during the year, and ten
have gone to other fields outside of
the state. Fifteen fields are now with
out regular pastors.
The present total membership of the
Baptist church in South Dakota is
6,127, a gain Of 1877 over the previous
year. The total valuation of church
property is $276,396, an increase OF
nearly 81 900. There was contribut-
ed for benevolences $13,O69.4S for
current expenses s43,3O9.47 and for lc-
cal improvements $~10,7S3.S2, making a
total of $67,122.47.
Altogether, DIR. Shanafe1t reports
the condition of the churches, both
spiritually and financially, very good,
and all are doing very satisfactory
work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
MEET AT ~BONESTEEl,

For the first time in years the state
board of railroad commissioners has
just held a regular monthly meeting
at a place other than the official head
quarters of the board in Sioux Falls
The meeting was at Bonesteel, and
was originally called for the purpose
of taking testimony in the case OF
Frank Chesley Of Platte, s. D., who
applied for an elevator site on the
right of way of the Northwestern road
AS the hearing was held about the
time the regular monthly meeting oil
the board was called, it was decided tc
hold the regular monthly meeting al
that town. The Chelsey case was tax
en- under advisement. The recently
organized Bonesteel Elevator company
made application for an elevator site
but this will be held in allegiance pend
ing action by the railroad commits
sioners In the Chelsey case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
MORAL EDUCATION IN STATE SCHOOLS
Superintendent OF pvblic Instruction Is Enthusiastic Over His
Participants System.

, Christ. Yet no one p%retends to deny
to relieve suffering and to render the
| earth a tolerable place in which to live
than all other characters combined.
The situation seems to be too incon-
sistent for consideration. Personally,
l believe in the sanity of the American
people. l believe they are not really
cognizant of the true status Of affairs,
and that as soon as they do see it they
will make this wrong right.
"The most serious aspect Of the sit
uation is that the schools promise to
give the children everything worth
having that will help them to live COM
pletely.
Religious Teachings Avoided.
"These schools have studied to omit
the teaching of morals and religion,
therefore the child has come to think
that the moral and religious side Of
his education is unworthy of account.
The impressions that have been left
in this silent manner have been about
the most telling teaching that possibly
could be done. Even if the parents
were doing their duty in regard to the
moral and religious instruction OF
their children, it is essential that the
schools place the stamp Of their ap-
prevail on that side of the human edu-
cation, from the fact hat their silence
on the point cannot be otherwise than
potent in creating sentiment antago-
nistic to the religious side Of mans
nature.
81 have not thought the matter clear
through as yet, but l am convinced
that the public must grapple with the
problem and do so Immediately, or the
neglect will be accompanied with
grave results. There is enough abso-
lutely u%ndisputed ground in the reli-
gious world to save the race. Why not
agree on that undisputed ground and
absolutely avoid all c~ontroverted
points? 1t does not matter what any
teacher believes relative to the Sab
bath question, so long as he avoids Cts
cussion on that point.
81 have arrived at the conclusion
that there cannot De any effective
moral teaching absolutely divorced
from the religious element"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
GET TRUE SCHOOL CENSUS.
State Land Department Calls foI
Sworn Statement.

Sworn Statement.
BY sending circular letters to coun'
ty school superintendent the state
land department this year purposes
to avoid trouble in the enforcement of
the provisions of chapter Ga of the
Laws of 1905. This law requires
school officers to make sworn state
ments regarding their returns OF
school census.
In the past such returns were made
without oath, and with the state schoo
fund apportioned on the number of
children returned there vas a strong
temptation to some of the officers tt
make the return as strong" as posi-
BILE. When the reports began to come
in it was necessary to return many OF
them for the sworn statement, and in
some cases the report was sent bach
several times before it was finally COM
pleted.
By the time the apportionment for
next yea is made there will be an
other factor to be considered in chap
ter 1853 of the laws of last session,
which requires pupils attending the
different state schools to be excluded
from the lists of the counties in which
such schools are located when the
census for the apportionment of the
school fund is made. The intent OF
this is that when the state is paying
for the education of pupils at a state
school such pupils are not entitled to
a share of the general state fund when
distributed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Prof. M M. Ramer, state superin-
tendent of public instruction and pres
ldent of the State Educational ~associa-
ton, is enthusiastic over his plan for
moral instruction in the state schools.
The plan will be taken up at the meet
ing of the educational association at
Brookings on Dec. q. Bishop O'Gor-
man of Sioux Falls will discuss the
matter from his standpoint, and Gov.
Elrod will speak for the state. DR..
Chalmers will represent the state edu-
cational institutions.
The theory of moral instruction in
the schools has been before the Ma
.ional Educational association for the
asst five years, but nothing definite has
been done. Spasmodic efforts have
been made in various states to intro
luce such teaching. Supt. Kramer
hopes to get a committee appointed
that either will select a textbook fCr
teachers or compile such a work. OF
his plan Supt. Ramer says:
"The public has exactly the kind of
schools that it has demanded. The
schools were forbidden to discuss mat
ters that could in any way be termed
religious. This meant the question of
morals had to be neglected also. Then
he people cried Goddess schools be-
cause 1t was discovered hat the stu
tents in all grades were acquiring a
disregard for things sacred and eth
tcal. They manifested alarming
tendencies toward f%alsehood, decep-
ton, profanity, irreverence for age
and parents, and disregard for the
rights of others.
Public Misplaces Blame.
"The great trouble is hat the pub
tic has misplaced the blame. The
schools are exactly what the people
have demanded. The teachers, l be-
rieve, stand ready to take up the work
Of sowing seeds Of morality just as
soon as the public will lend it's ap-
prevail.
Zone OF the incomprehensible feat
nres Of the situation is that the teach
er is expected to quote and draw ON
illusions from the words of Shake
speare, Longfellow. Dickens, Haw-
,horne and the rest. but he must scru-
%pulously avoid quoting the words of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
WANT U FREED.
Man Who Braved Prison to Save
Brother May Again Have Liberty.

Brother May Again Have Liberty.
Friends are about to move in the in
terest OF securing a pardon for Elmer
Young, now serving a three years SEN
tence in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for horse stealing.
He was sent up from Mitchell, and
after serving a part of his time made
a quiet escape on New Years day, go
ing to North Dakota and later learning
the barber trade in Minneapolis under
the came Of Brown. His home was
neal washington Springs, and after
his escape from Sioux Falls the crimes
of the surrounding country were gen
orally charged up to him, so he was
given credit for numbering George
Todd east of here about a year ago..
He was supposed to be at home, and
detectives yer to Jerauld county
after him, but on his not being found
there his father and two brothers were
arrested for the crime. One of the
boys, John, was put in Jail and held for
trial.
In the meantime the United States
and Canada were being searched for
Elmer. Some eight months after the
arrest of his people Elmer heard of
the affair and of his brother being in
Jail. and he voluntarily fastened to
Miller to give an account of himself.
He showed that he had committed NJ
crime after stealing the horses except
to leave the ~penitentiary, and to clear
his brother of suspicion of having been
an accomplice with him in the Todt
affair. he came back to prove his in
nocence of it, knowing that he must go
back to Sioux Falls and serve his time.
The application for the pardon will be
largely signed. Gernald Young, the
other brother arrested, postponed his
wedding a year on account of the ar
rest. There was also a loss of prop
erty to the family.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
BRINGS LAW SUIT OVER SCHOOL BOND
Bank Seeks 10 Hold County Liable for Interest and Principal
Interesting Case.

Interest was paid annually up to the
time the bond fell due, when the
money to redeem the bond was placed
in the bank and holders of the bond
notified to forward it to the bank for
payment. This they failed to do, and
since 1899 until the time Of bringing
action, holders of the bond failed to
comply with the request, but now
bring suit to ecover not only the 5000
claimed to be due, but compound in
terest aggregating $418. The school
officers of the district signify their
Willingness to pay the face of the bond.
but will not pay the interest assessed
as herein stated, claiming their notice
Of intention to redeem was given by
advertising the money deposited and
that it was no fault of the officers that
the bond was not redeemed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
VOTERS SEEK REFORM.
Belle Fourche Gamblers suspend and
Business Men Propose Ousting

Business wen propose OuStiHS
Them.
Yankton has a reform movement ir
progress. Some of it's citizens are cir
culating a petition already numerous
ly signed. calling for a mass meeting
at which, with politics eliminated, a
"citizens' ticket" shall be nominated
and supported at the coming spring
election.
Numerous reforms are under con
sheraton and both the support of Re
publicans and Democrats alike is
being pledged to the movement.
Mayor Fanslow himself was the first
to sign the petition, and it looks now
as if the plan would go through sue
cessfully, as all classes of business
men show much interest in the non
partisan movement, which has for it's
object a better Yankton in business
and moral ways.
Every gambling house in Belle
Fourche has been closed, and for once
the city is free from the gambling
vice. A woman was about to begin
suit against one of the places to re-
cover money lost by her husband, and
as court was in session here the gam
blers decided to close up. The bust
ness men intend to keep the houses
closed. Nearly every county in the
western part Of the state is nov purg-
ed of gambling.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

The Security Bank Of Faulkton has
commenced proceedings in the cir
cult court of Beadle county that will
be of more than passing interest to
school officers and township school
boards throughout the state. An ac-
ton is brought to enforce the payment
of a bond to the amount of $500 issued
by the school officers Of Cavour town
ship in 1884.
The bond was issued before Cavour
township was organized or the town
of Cavour was Incorporated. A char
ter of incorporation was issued in
1888, and a separate school board was
formed within the corporate limits or
the town. The Indebtedness OF the
former school district was divided and
the village Of Cavour was released
from liability on the bond here re-
ferred to.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
CITY JAIL BLOWN UP.
Only Prisoner M~iraculously Escapes
Death.

Hamilton, Iowa, Dec. 12.-By an al
Of w. j. Davis, a prisoner in the city
Jail here, was saved when the build
ing was almost totally wrecked by a
dynamite explosion late Saturday
night. Davis escaped with slight in
%juries. Curiously enough he himself
was under arrest on suspicion of hav.
ing blown up o restaurant building a
week ago. He was the only prisoner
in Jail at the time of the explosion
there. The work is credited either to
friends of Davis who wished to prove
him innocent of the first outrage, or
some n having a mania for such ex.
ploits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
FILLED FULL OF ROCK.
Blast Goes OFF Before Miner Gets Out
of the Hole,

Spearish, S. D., Dec. II. - An old
miner named Gus Kaum, has just
passed through a most miraculous es.
cape. He was employed to blast a
well on a ranch ear Crow Peak.
After lighting the fuse to six blasts of
giant powder, he started to climb a
ladder about thirty feet. When up a
short distance the first blast went off,
followed in quick succession by the
five other. Kaum kept his wits and
hung on to the rope When he was
pulled out by the ranch people they
found his back filed with rock, his
right ear torn off, and the right side of
his face almost entirely cut away. He
may recover.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
HAS AN ODD MODE OF EXIT.
Passenger Jumps Through Sleeping
Car Window at Hastinos.

Hastings, Mimi, Dec. II. - c. G.
Robertson, en route from British Co
lumbia to visit a sick sister at De.
troit, Mich, displayed symptoms OF
insanity upon his arrival on Passenger
Train No. Sc here last night, by break
ing the windows in the sleeping car,
after which he jumped through them,
and running like a wild deer up Sec
ond street for nearly half a mile be-
fore being overhauled, giving Police
men Temple and Kenney a merry
chase. He was uninjured. He had in
his possession a ticket to Chicago and
$50 in money.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Freight in a Wreck.

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. II. - An
extra west-bound Great Northern
freight ran into the rear of a freight
standing in the East Grand Forks
yards last evening and the wreckage
caught fire, burning the caboose and
one car of the standing train and the
woodwork from the engine of the sec.
end train. No one was injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
KILLED BY A A
Daniel Lyons, Living Near Walcott
Run Down by a Freight.

Faribault, Mimi, Dec. II. - Daniel
Lyons, a farmer living near Walcott
was killed by a Rock Island freight
train. He had been in town all 1.-THE
evening, and started to walk home. Ii
is thought that he must have been
walking near the track, and that the
freight train caught him. He was evi.
IDENTIFY dragged about a quarter of a
mile, to a point where the body was
found shortly after daylight by the
crew of a passenger train. The body
was fearfully mangled, barely enough
being left of the man to admit of iden.
tifiCatiOu,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Guilty Of Acceutinu Bride.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 10.-Former
Aid. William Murphy was yesterday
adjudged guilty of accepting a bribe OF
$50 when a member Of the council
from Oscar Davis for securing the
passage of a sidetrack ordinance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Banker Pays Hunting Fine.

Sparta, Wis, Dec. 1O.-Mr. George
Dunn, president of the Monroe County
bank and one of the most prominent
merchants of this city, was arrested
by Game Warden Early for hunting
without a Ii ,ense and was fined $50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

well as business opportunities, and
will illustrate the lecture with a stere.
opticon and scenes taken from Aber'
deem and other Brown county towns,
as we'll as farming scene in this sec
ton of the state. 1t is believed the
plan will result in a heavy immigra'
tion of desirable ~homeseekers to north
ern South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15
Indian Crushed bv Loo,

Hayward, Wis, Dec. II. - Joe
White, an Indian employed by the
Signor Lumber company at their
works on Chippewa river, was badly
crushed by a log. His wounds are
painful but not necessarily serious.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Aberdeen Commercial Club Considers

Aberdeen Commercial Club Considers
Question Of Employing Lecturer.
considering a plan which it will prob
ably adopt for advertising the resourc-
es OF Brown county and Aberdeen. 1t
contemplates hiring a man who is a
good lecturer to hold public meetings
In various portions of New York, Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan. The lecturer
will tell OF the cheap lands and big
crops OF northern South Dakota, as
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

Stock losses around Huron result
ing from the recent sleet and snow
storm are light, according to reports
received from farmers and ranchme1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-12-15

liners.
The annual meeting Of the Ministe-
rial association for the Aberdeen dis
trict of the Methodist Episcopal
church was held at Aberdeen. Among
the subjects on the program were
Opportunities for and Results of Per-
sonal Evangelism" Rev. w. d. Decide
and Rev. A. NJ. Ward; 1.-The Preaching
Best Adapted for Soul Saving" Rev.
Lawrence L. Layne: "The Pastor His
Own Evangelist" Rev. Louis L. Lane;
Importance of Conversions in Sun
day School and Epworth League"
Rev. D. s. Kerr and Rev. N. P. John
son; Endowment Of Power" Rev. F..
s. Bromaghin and Rev. N. F. Sander
son. The attendance at the meeting
raj large.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting Of the Naja tenn
pie OF the western half of this state,
Seld at Deadwood: Illustrious potter.
tate, G. B. Coolidge, Lead; chief raban,
Otto p. Til. Grantz; high priest and
prophet, O. N. Brown, Cyanide; orien-
tai guide, Walter Mckay, Lead; treas
urer, E. p. Dague; recorder, Sol Star:
grand representative, Able Holmes:
first ceremonial master, G. S. Jackson:
! second ceremonial master, HI. w. Bart
lett, Lead; marshal, D. s. Bentley.
Lead; captain of the guard, Col. w. j.
Thornby; orderly Of the guard. w. II.
Moore; director, Guy Williams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-28
lesson to Young Men.

To the Editor of the Gazette, Sir
The advancement Of J. E Hurley to
the responsible position Of general man
ager of the extensive system of the
Santa F7e railways, is an important les
son to the young men of today It
presents to those that are ambitious to
rise in the world an example that
should stimulate them to persevere. The
success of Mr.. Hurley has not been
made along a path of wealth, sunshine
and honey, but through long years OF
vigorous, weI1-dirscted activity and the
exercise of a firm and manly resistance
to the numerous temptations that are
ever lying in wait to allure young men
to a life of Incidence and prodigality.
Strewn along the path trodden by Mr..
Hurley, many a young man has met
his waterloo in the battle of life, who
could have carved his name high up in
the world of fame, but a lack of pur-
pose and persistent industry. coupled
with an IIngovernable annette for in-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-28

included a palatial private Pullman
with former President G. E. Perkins of
the Burlington system and party of
capitalists en- route to California For
tunately one of the best locomotive
engineers of the Ell Paso division was
assigned to the run vast from Dali
hart, and Dick Green with his Priaire
Queen engine 1903, the best on the
road, handled the train between Dali
hart and Santa Rosa.
Owing to recent heavy rains the
track was soft and progress slow. In
crossing the Canadian river bridge
great caution was necessary as a ter
rife food was surging and whirling
125 feet below, similar to the one
which had swept the bridge from its
foundations but n few months pre-
viously. On their arrival at Santa
Rosa, just as the grand old warrior
of the rails was about to turn his
tired, grimy old queen over to the
care of the hostler, a messenger pre-
scented the engineer with the following
letter containing a crisp SO bill;
compliments of c. E. Perkins prl-
vate car Black Hawk, for skill and
care in running and using air.
Dicks friends are congratulaung
him on his good luck and the mani
festations as expressed in the letter
will ever be highly priced by MI
Green as a souvenir OF the run
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-28
WHERE DID HE GET IT?
Original Owner Failed to EX-
plain Satisfactorily.
Jury Instructed to Bring in
Verdict of ''NOt Guilty"

Leavenworth, April 2S.-Ephraim
Brewer. colored, after having Jane
johnson and Lucy Rumsey arrested on
state warrants charging them with
stealing $40 in gold from his home could
not explain satisfactorily how he hap
pened to have so much money and this
fact caused Judge Fitzpatrick to in
struct the jury to sit. in the jury box
and bring in a verdict of not guilty,
which was done and the defendants
were discharged.
The two women and a young man
named Davidson were arrested during
Che past winter on the charge Of steal
ing $40 in gold from Brewer. He claim
ed that he took the women in his house
during the winter and gave them shell
ter, but that when they moved away
Davidson did the moving and that az
ter their departure he missed $40 IN
gold which he had hidden under the
mattress of his bed. He claimed that
the money was taken and four big but
tons the size of SO gold pieces su bstitu-
ted. Davidson and the two women were
arrested. The young man was taken
back to the state refOrmatOry at
Hutchinson from which place he was
parole and the two women held for
trial IN the district court
Several witnesses, including some
members Of the Davidson family took
the stand and told of having seen the
two women with $40 gold pieces. Then
Brewer was placed on the stand and
told to tell his story, which he did He
was asked where he got so much mon
ey and became somewhat ratified. He
said he met a woman on the street one
day and that she said to him: II guess
you are a. poor man." and said that she
would send him some money when she
got to her home down in Missouri. One
day, he said, he was standing on a. de-
pot platform when a train pulled in
and a man stepped from the train and
handed him an envelope with the mon
ey therein.
Some say that Brewer once had a
damage suit that was settled out Of
court for which he received some mon
ey 500, it is said, and it is thought
that if he had any money stolen it was
some Of this. but he refused to make
a statement other than the above
about how he came into possession Of
the gold.
Judge Fitzpatrick here stopped the
proceedings by ordering the jury to
choose one of its number foreman and
to bring in a verdict to the effect that
the defendants, Jane Johnson and Lucy
Rumsey, were not guilty.