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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
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, but it'll be all right IN a ,ninute.
There" She stepped firmly on the sod
and then paled again. fainting in his
arms.
rest gently on his knee while he
thought OF a hundred things TO do for
her If only he had something to do
them With. The pale face colored
again and the eyes opened. and In the
midst OF the excitement something
happened which startled the young
lady, but did not brighten her.
Bert, l heard you say that" h
said mischievously. as she limped
along at his side.
Not a word from her companion.
II heard you and ! Eel. that--that
kiss
But | couldn't help II, | was so glad
you We're all right. Bess."
DO YOU know what 1t made me
think OF. Why. that day we played
YOU were young Lochirvar. Why
! haven't you been 10 see me since yoii
got back from the Rosebud?' she asked
sternly.
| Il promised---I hadn't time"
Jim WEIGH had time and he wasn't
SO blessed With leisure as some other
young man | know"
You say he has been here? He's n
fine fellow, Bess. n good man. and
he'd make woina q fine hus-
band.e
do you think soe do too. And
I'd just like TO find a nice girl for
him.
II likes 0 and wants o u said
the young man reyerently.
Me- a charming laugh rfppled
over the prairie like the song Of a ris-
ing bark, II couldn't, even though he
did get the finest claim In Rosebud"
Then she drew back abashed.
Hes better than d hired man,
Bess."
But I'd rather have the hired man
she started with a quick m-ovenlent-s1f
| loved HIM"
He didn't walt for n explanations
on his part, nor did he propose as they
do In books; hut his strong arms fairly
lifted here from her feet as he TX
claimed:
Then you do
II do she interrupted, demureIy.
II need n hired man. too. for / drew
one OF the best quarter sections LII
Rosebud myself, Bert Watkins, and
now you're In for a homestead for
life
We'll prove up together" he replied,
softly, rs they walked slowly toward
the house.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

And fiercely, madly IL burned. Per-
haps 1t was the hottest blaze OF the
evening. The flames soon found stores
OF liquors md these fed the fire till
il surged and writhed and boiled in a
perfect frenzy.
Outcome in Doubt.
Almost breathiessly the crowd
watched the torrent of water thrown
on the threatened buildings and turn
ing quickly IN the heat to clouds OF
steam. 1t seemed no human power
could stem h progress Of the blaze.
The Tribune building was practically
given up. For at time the hremen, be-
lieving 1t was beyond help, concen-
trated their efforts upon other build
ings.
But for once fortune was kind. The
heavy south wall of the Seller building
stood long, shielding The Tribune. The
liquors, though making a fierce. intense
~ hot fire. did not send flames so high
In the air al to arch the street. And
explosions. either the dynamite or h
liquors had wrecked the building.
Rebuilding thei. efforts. reaching the
Davidson building and now throwing,
an avalanche of water to the south of
of the Seller building, the fireman saw
a chance for victory.
Fight for The Tribune.
The fire had been divided. One arm
had reached out and clutched the West
hotel. The other had in its grip the
Seller building. II these two arms
could be controlled, the fire could not
again present the solid wall of flame
that heretofore made IL irresistible. AS
told elsewhere, In The Tribune, q force
of volunteers, principally employees of
The Tribune, entered the lists against
the fire fiend in behalf of that building.
Every spark was deluged, every little
burst Of flame from the intense heat
was quickly smothered. AT the same
time the firemen We're pouring their
floods of water into the center of the
enemy's front at the Seller building.
BY h same phenomenon which is to
be seen in every great fire. a mystic
rious wind here appeared and did vail
ant service. To the north and east OF the
fire the wind seemed coming from the
northeast. But, in fact, the column OF
hot air was drawing i'm the cold from all
directions. So it was that n constant
suction was noticed In the streets lead
ing to The Tribune building. It's gem
tie but steady pressure constantly
pushed back the fire. II stood guard
over The Tribune building and helped
to make the valiant fight for ii a sue
cess.
Fire Still Was Fierce.
But still the fire ragged fierceiy. II
seemed the hot, chemical flames pour
ing out of Sellers s~torehouse would
never stop. The West hotel burned like
a kindling pile. But the fire soon did
its work there. the walls fell in and
the danger was lessened.
Still the Northwestern National bank
stood at Fourth and Pierce streets, out
Of the main path OF the fire. Slowly
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
Lonu as Sherlock Hotnnes.

Cleveland Leader: Ex-Governor
Long. of Massachusetts. is a political
Sherlock Holmes. Not long ago he was
at a county fair, when a farmer APP
preached him. Governor Long stuck
out his hand and said:
Tn glad TO see you again, sir; glad
to see you. How's your Wife, And
the boy?"
All was right and accurate. and the
farmer beamed with pleasure. Gov
ernor Long continued:
And say! How about the white
horse? Still have him, I suppose?'
The farmer beamed more than ever.
wall, now. Who'd OF thought you'd
remember a little thing like that, gov
nor! Yes, | stil got the old white
hoss.'
When the farmer had passed out OF
hearing, a friend exclaimed:
Say, governor, that wife and boy
question was all right and safe. But
how in the world did YOU know he had
a white horseg"
We'll" said Governor Long, "Fll tell
you. / saw some white hairs on his
coat n / took chances
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

top of the Warfield building and plan.-
ed spots of red.
Will IL Never Stop?
From hundreds of mouths rose the
|awe-struck cry:
1T has crossed Nebraska street,"
Would the conflagration never stop?
To the east, a favorable breeze and a
few streams of water were helping To
stop h blaze with the burning of the
Toy annex. In this three-story struc-
ture, which adjoined the Toy building,
the fire burned less fercely. There
seemed little danger of its seias sa.-
Their east.
But to the west the flames were
marching with frightful rapidity. With
tier upon tier of buildings rising close
ten a deep concern for the city so
d~irefully threatened. A few women
or boys were laughing or talking about
the great sight; here and there a drunk
staggered. mumbling: still men rushed
to places of safety with books; and
wagons dashed their way through the
crowds with loads OF vaIuabies.
The crowd was now more frantic.
Men began yelling suggestions 10 the
firemen.
Blow Up the Buildings.
Dynamite the buildings
This cry was set up and spread quick
~ <AthCi ie1 -. IL. 4 ny LOOK a ledU
in this and ran about demanding that
the buildings be blown up.
If it isn't done, the who'll own VIII
CO." he declared.
Fire Chief Kellogg indeed sent for
dynamite, and sticks of it were thrust
into the front OF the Seller building
and the III. e. III. Shoe company.
In the meanwhile the fire had quickly
taken the entire Northumberland
hHildfnO into IT'S arnhrpca III 49,.
leap across h alley to the Seller
building was quickly made. And a lit
tie later the quarter block TO the West
together in the path before the eager
nre. there was no answering IA ques-
ton of its progress.
Now there lay ahead the Seller Bros.
wholesale liquor house, fronting on
Pierce street, Just south of Fourth:
The Tribune building, a quarter of a
block south of the Seller building: the
Northwestern National bank building.
at the corner OF Fourth and Pierce
streets; and the West hotel, on the
southeast corner OF the block. Across
Third street TO the. south lowered the
six-story Tolerton & Stetson ware
mousse across Pierce street to the west
stood he Shenkberg and Davidson
buildings.
Crowd Was in Terror.
AS the fire went on its way with
seeming "reminiscences, a tremor OF
terror seemed to run through the
watching thousands.
When will it stop" was the cues
ton on every lip.
Men hurried nervousiy about: on the
faces of some the pang OF personal
loss was to be seen: on all was writ
hotel was bridged and that structure
was in flames.
Now the battle was fought for The
Tribune, for the Davidson and the
Shenkberg building. Streams OF water
were thrown on all three. Now the
Seller building was fairly In flames.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
building. The IRE at no point crossed

building. The fire at no point crossed
Third street.
AS it was. the escape of The Tribune
building was little short OF marvellous,
and for time the fire seemed certain
10 leap cross Pierce street. devour
Davidson Bros store. the G. ~Shenkberg
company. wholesale grocery house, and
sweep on uninterruptedly to the west.
Dynamite in the Seller Bros. building,
just east OF Pierce street, together with
explosions of liquor, wrecked that
structure, and this, together with the
fact that at about this our the water
pressure grew stronger, is responsible
for the fact that the fire was bounded
as ii was.
The Alarm Sounded.
At $40 o'clock the alarm of fire
was sounded. Fire Chief Kellogg was
on Fourth street at the time. Two
minutes later the first hose wagon was
at Fourth and Jackson streets, but al
ready practically the entire Pelletier
building was enyeloped in flames lick
ing high into the air.
h. NJ. Pelletier. manager of the Pei
letter company, says: Il first saw the
fire when smoke vas coming through
the gents furnishing department IN
the northwest corner OF the first floor.
Instantly I yelled at the top of my
pAt " CN0Ag AiGAh w iGdNC III
building. ] started for the rear Of the
store, but before | could reach there
the whole room was on fire. My hair
was scorched, though / rushed out inn
mediately.'
The PeIletier store had been elabor-
ately decorated for the Christmas sea-
son, and now the very beauty of the
store was its doom. Like a huge oiled
lSindling pile the flames licked up this
structure and when fha fire.
men arrived they knew 10 human
power could save the building.
Across the street lowered the seven
story Toy building. The intense heat
from the Pelletier building soon melted
every window. The hremen, realizing
the great danger, turned their water on
the seVen-story stone building. But
their hose sent water scarcely TO the
third door.
The Building Doomed.
In a few minutes flames began
caressing the windows of the Toy
building and IL was apparent that
structure as well was doomed. After
fighting for this building as long as
hope remained, the fire fighters turned
their hose upon the Metropolitan block.
north across Fourth street from the
Toy block. Flames soon appeared on
most of the window SiTlS and the tower
in the seventh story was shooting
flames high in the air. This big block
seemed also doomed.
1t was a critical moment. II the
Metropolitan block should burn the
fire would have aa opening upon the
north side Of Fourth street and would
then be travelling in three if not folu
directions, making all hope of success
fully fighting it hopeless. But the fire.
men did valiant work here. Streams
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

were sent out from the upper floors of
the Metropolitan block, and. in spite
intense heat from across the street.
none OF the inside woodwork was ig-
nited. The fact that the north wall
of the Toy block stood. sending the
flames straight into the air, helped to
save the Metropolitan block.
Now the firemen turned to fight fire
running in two directions. The win
was at that moment, about 8:45 o'clock,
blowing from the northeast, and this
tended to drive the fire more toward
the west and check it's progress east
ward. So. leaving two or three streams
of hose 10 play on the Toy annex,
which was slowly burning. the fremen
turned their chief efforts to the path
way of an avalanche of fire hurting
itself through the buildings west of
the Pelletier store.
Twelve MOBILES in Use.
BY this time twelve nozzles, In the
hands of ~thirty-fiye members of the fire
department, were In use. But how
futile were the little streams that
sprayed from the sides of buildings, far
below the ROOF.
(. How many times did Fire Chief KEEL
logg pray for Il fire engine.
Now the buildings occupied by the
Gillette Hardware company and John
son q AronSons clothing store, We're a
seething cauldron. The fire was IN the
middle OF a solid block, flames were
shooting hundreds of feet into the air.
The whole city was almost as light as
MONDAY. The glare spread over the
sky until il was seen as Tar away as
Cherokee, sixty miles to the east, and
people who saw IL there called up Sioux
City to find what was burning.
A Subdued throng OF 5000 people
jammed the streets in every direction
from the fire. Pallid women shrieked
hystericai questions. men hurried TO
and fro. some advising, others talking
of the big light the fire made. all specu-
lating as to the time when 1t could be
stopped.
Men carrying ledgers, Juggling cash
registers, pushing trucks with files and
account books, threaded their WY
through the crowd. score OF drays and
moving vans, carrying .jumbles of
chairs, desks, papers and furniture.
forced their way through the jams, the
drivers yelling, whipping their horses
n cursing the crowd. Above all. the
mighty roar Of the fire filed the air
with a great, hoarse monotone, pune
tuated by the shrill popping or deeper
boom of explosives. Through it all. in
c~essantly, rising and falling with the
stress of the battle, the hoarse, desper-
ate cries of lunging firemen sounded
through the din. Cries of warning
swayed the crowd like fields OF new
wheat, while fire horses, tingling with
excitement. throwing themselves fran
tically. plunged now and Their through
the masses TO new places ar the front
OF the fight.
Fury Of the Fire.
Unchecked, the fire went on its way.
With mad caprice 1t surged now to the
west and now to the south. Seductive
ly the fire fiend wrapped long arms
around new buildings and drew them TO
his breast. And AT intervals. fnfuri-
ated, he pushed great walls. whole
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
Fury Of the Fire.

Unchecked, the fire went on its way.
west and now to the south. Seductive
ly the fire iend wrapped long arms
around new buildings and drew them TO
his breast. And at intervals. fnfurf-
ated, he pushed great walls. whole
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
Two Trainmen KILLED

headon collision between two freight
trains on the Clover Leaf railroad
twenty miles east OF here Walter Lee.
OF Charleston, conductor OF the east
bound train, and Brakeman Hobbies
We're killed. One OF the engineers was
slightly injured.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

New York, Dec. M.-Miss Eleanor
Robson, who mas just completed a lon
engagement at the Duke OF York the
alter In London. arrived last night on
the steamer Deutschland. She viii give
one performance In his city Decernber
IS and viii then Join her company IA
st. Louis.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

floors and roofs into the heart OF the
eauldron. hurting upward 10 new
heights great columns of flame and
~showering over a dozen blocks sizzling
balls of fire.
Slowly but surely the gentle breeze
from the northeast was working the
fire south and away from Fourth street.
AS a result, when, shortly after nine
O'Clock, a great burst of flame leaped
up from near the alley between Ne
braska INK jackson streets, the crowd
saw the wholesale and retail china
store of j. X. Prugh, on the first floor,
and the Higman & Skinner Wholesale
Boot and Shoe company, on the second
floor, In flames.
Now breath came more quickly I'm the
anxious crowd. The fire was making
straight for Nebraska street with rapid
strides. Famed by the soft but con-
slant breeze from the northwest, the
flames soon Tapped up the Prugh build
ing Flames, bending and rising on
mock sa~lutation, touched and touched
again the wood cornice on the top Of
the Warfield, Pratt. Howell company's
wholesale grocery. AS If playing with
its prey, the cruel fire, now stopped
and fondled the threatened building.
then leaped high i'm air and surged
back again to the east.
Again a critical moment in the con-
~hagration had beer reached. Would
the fire cross Nebraska street? Watch
ing i%ntently, every one of the thousand
on-lookers realized hat il the gap was
hrldged another block would be
doomed.
Windows Cracked in Heat.
as the people watched, a half dozen
window ,panes on the Warfeld- Pratt
Howell building cracked in the heat.
Three squads of firemen, blinded and
blistered by the intense heat, had
dragged their lines as close to the
Warfieid building as human being
could stanG not be burned alive. But
their futile streams fell far short Of the
third story, where the fire naturally
would start.
With a fierce swish to show he
mockery of dalliance, the flames from
across the street pounced down on the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

little hoy assistant to light q small en-
CINE ia a Santa Claus cellar in the
basement OF the Pelletier Dry Goods
company began a confiagration which
devastated the heart of the business
district. and before ~ o'clock wiped out
over two blocks and caused a loss es-
tlnaatc1 at fIom $4,000. 600 to s2.500.00
Desperate Efforts by the fremen to
stay the progress of the flames were as
useless a would be an attempt upon
the lie of Hercules by pygrmies. Be-
fore the progress OF the wall Of fire
was stayed. 1t had reduced to ashes
all between the east wall OF the Toy
building. at the southeast corner Of
Fourth and Jackson streets. and Pierce
street, excepting only 'fhe Tribune
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
STORY OF The GREAT
SIOUX CITY BLAZE
Night of Horror Caused by the
Most Destructive Fire
Iowa Ever Knew.
BIG FIGHT TO SAVE CITY
firemen and Citizens, Unaided From
Outside Till Aid Was of Little
Value, Struggle Against
ii the Tide of Fire.
BIG FIGHT TO SAVE CITY

From Sioux City Tribune. Dec. q.
In last nights fire the property loss.
as nearly as can be estimated. was
81. 500.0 600, most OF which was covered
by insurance.
AS fully as could be ascertained today
the individual losses were as follows:
TOcE Ipcttra ~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

How did he manage to do that?s
asked the girl In the balcony as the
comedian struck a match on his side
whiskers.
"Oh. that's dead easy answered her
escort. His whiskers are sandy. Seer"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

AT Port Louis. Mauritius, there rs a
turtle which is believed TO be more
than $40 years old.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06
One Man Killed.

But one life was lost. George ID,
Brockway, a car repairer for the Great
Northern. jumped from the fourth
story window in the Massachusetts
building, where the fire originated. He
struck a wire and missed the nat which
was being held by the firemen.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-11-30
The Meanest Man.

4 well-to-do Chicago real estate own,
OF came into a hardware store in that
city and asked the proprietor for .
pound Of nails. The small package
was made up and the price "a nickel,
handed to the merchant, when the
customer asked If the purchase could
be sent to his house, which was in .
distant part Of the city. The merchant
assented, and calling a boy. handed
him the parcel with a dime and said:
Here, Johnny, take this parcel out to
Mr.. Blanks house." What" said the
customer, are you going, to give the
boy a dime to take the parcel out??r
why, certainly" said the merchant;
Il wouldn't think of asking him to go
so far for nothing" WELL" said the
meanest man in Chicago, IF you would
just as soon give me my nickel I will
take it out myself and you'll save fiv,
CENTS"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-11-30
The Thanksgiving Table.

Something colonial by way of dec
Grafton is always in order on this day.
A pretty centerpiece may be made
of wheat and small artificial pumpkins
the wheat will need to be opened
and rearranged in a small sheaf.
Smaller sheafs may be set down the
length of the table if it is sufficiently
long, and the yellow may be still fur
Their carried out in bonbons and in
the candles and shades, and the ices
may be served either in little pump
kins or may be nodded in that shape.
A tiny card bearing the name of the
guest may be tied with yellow ribbon
around the neck of a small turkey and
put before each cover. These turkeys,
by the way, come at all prices and in
every variety, from the little feath-
cred fowl which costs but a few cents
to a really artistic iridescent bronze
bird which will serve as a paper
weight later on The colonial idea
may be suggested in the sherbet cups
made Of black paper in the form of
quaint hats. such as John Alden wore;
a spray or two Of the wheat may lie
under each hat with good effect.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-11-30
Women Physicians In Rn.,,..

Russia has long prided herself on
having the first women physicians.
The Chautauquan refers to the career
of Nadezhda Susloff, one of the earliest
and best women doctors, as particular
ly interesting. Born a serf, and freed.
with her parents at the emancipation
in 1861, she and her brothers and SIS
tiers received the best possible educa-
ton at home and abroad, for her par
ents were both extremely intelligent
and her father acquired wealth after
gaining his freedom. Everywhere In
Russia and in the continental schools
Nadezhda was brilliantly successful.
For thirty years there has been No
manner OF doubt as to the sympathy OF
the public and of the medical world
with the idea of thorough medical in
struction for women. Men started the
movement. In 1870 one professor and
two other men undertook to establish
courses for ~instructing women. In ten
years there were $50 women students
the majority coming from the "priyi-
legged classes"-that is to say not peas
ants. The majority were members of
the Russian church, but there were
several Jewesses, Roman Catholics and
Lutherans. In 1877 tw%enty-four stu
dents were sent to the seat of war,
during the Russo-Turkish campaign
and did so well that they received i'm
perial permission to call themselves
after due examination, women physi,
%cians," and to wear a badge"