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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-29

The last report Of the national banks
of the state on a call of condition Jan.
. 9last shows 80 such banks in the
state. an increase of 3 in the last six
months. They carry deposits TO the
| amount of SIS. 1852, as against de-
posits of S15,079,714 six months ago.
This increase is not so great as was
expected. and is not nearly so great
an increase as will be shown by the
state banks for the same period.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-29

Work at the copper property be-
longing to the Dakota-Calumet at Hill
City is going along in great shape.
Improvements are geing made with a
vie VITO employing a large number OF
men this summer. A new bunk house
is being built and grading is being
done for a large barn. The new ma
chinery has been set up and is in
working order. and work az the mine
has been resumed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-29

The antics of drunken hoodlums
have so annoyed the local authorities
of Baltic that it has been decided to
build a Jail in which to lodge violators
of the law In future. The township
board, acting on a petition from the
citizens of Baltic, decided to have the
jail constructed so drunken and law
less characters can be suitably pun
ished. 1t is believed the construction
of the Jail and the arrest of all law
breakers will speedily make Baltic n
of the most orderly communities in
the state
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-29

Dakota
General
state
News I'm
Paragraphs.

Justice McCool of Miller held Harry
Clegg, a ST. Lawrence druggist, to the
circuit court in $500 bonds on the
charge of illegally selling liquor.
Articles of incorporation have beer
filed for the Gold & Co. State bank OF
Big Stone City, with a capital of s2S,
900. Incorporators, John T.. Gold
James A. Gold, NJ. E. Gold, Robert J
Hicks and George II. Clark.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
0' 'MEARA GETS THERE. Former Editor is now a Police Commissioner of Boston-Is
 Now In Europe. GOV GUILDS APPOINTMENTS Have Been Waited for Anxiousy by a Number Of Men Who Want to
 Hold Office.

Boston. May Ex-Governor Guild sent to the council, today number of appointments, the most important of which included that for the newly created office of police commissioner of the city of Boston, and the licens- ing board also of this city. For the police commissionship the governor named Stephen O'Meara. formerly ed- itor of the Boston Journal. Mir O'Brien who is now in Europe, will return to this city in time to assume the du- ties of his new office on June 4tn.
 For the license board the governor named Ezra H. Baker to be chairman for term which will end in June, 1912; Fred A. Emery to serve until June. 1910, and Samuel H. Hudson, to serve until June. 1908. The two first named are republicans. Mir Hudson is a democrat.
 Governor Guilds selection of a board of commissioners to represent the state at the Jamestown, Va, expo sition was also named today. It's members: Henry l.. Higginson, of Bos- ton, chairman; Arthur H. Lord. of Plymouth; Francis H Appleton, of Peabody; Wilson H. Fairbanks. of Warren, and Edith Greenough Wen- dell, of Boston.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
.h|LUK0FF IS SAD. Cannot Stay Tide of
 Revolution. CABINET ONLY PUPPETS. The Government will Not Yield to a Full Government Only
 That Will Calm Passion
 of the People.

St Petersburg, May 23.-Professor Milukoff, the spokesman of the con- stitutional democrats, according to an article published by him in the Rech to-day Is rather Respondent over the prospect of stying the tide of revolution in the country. He bases his pessimism upon the conviction that the government will not yield a full constitutional regime, with which he says 1t is still possible to calm the passions of the people. He regards Premier Goremykin and his cabinet as mere puppets doing the bidding of the powerful influences at court and believes that Emperor Nicholas is destined to throw away the opportunity as Louis XVII did of transferring the country to peace full. parliamentary regime. This the professor considers to be the govern ment's last chance and that re- fusal to do so will cut the ground from under the constitutional demo- crats and strengthen the revolution ary clements, which are preaching that parliamentarism is an illusion, and make anarchy and bloody revo- lution inevitable. Nevertheless the constitutional democrats will perse- we're in their attempt to place the country on constitutional basis and if they fail and disaster follows the responsibility will not be upon their shoulders.
 The central committee of the con- stitutional democrats has completed the drafts of the laws to be intro duced in parliament. including uni versal suffrage. irrespective of sex and equal rights for all citizens; laws guaranteeing immunity of the per son and inyiolability of domicle with out due process of law, providing also the guarantee of habeas corpus and specifically excluding all excep- tions.
 While no party at court fayors a complete surrender to the demands of the lower house of parliament the Trepoff cabal which secretly favors a dissolution of parliament is not strong enough for the moment to seriously urge such course. The emperor continues to be we'll dis posed and is supported not only by many nobles at the court. but by other big landed proprietors through out the country, who now seem to be fully convinced that unless the peas ants can be measureably satisfied by a compromise on the land question revolt of the peasants against the mo- bles will be aroused which will ruin the latter, as the peasants will forci- bly seize their property to the ac- compartment of horrors and excesses.
 The provincial papers are filled with advertisements offering estates for sale, inserted by property owners who, despairing of saving their prop erty. are ready to accept what they can and flee from the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
WAS Il LONG TRIP From Japan to New
 York CAME UNDER JURY RIG Brought Dismantled Hull of a Full Rigged Ship-Ship was Struck
 by a Typhoon and Put
 Out of Business.

New York, May 23.-Under jury rig from Kobe, Japan, to New York harbor the noted clipper ship A. C.. Ropes to-day arrived here, complet- ing successfully what was the first attempt in the chronicles of the American merchant marine to take the dismantled hull of a great, full rigged ship across two seas.
 The voyage began last December, following a typhoon experience last summer near Hong Kong, when prac- decks went overheard.
 The course of the A. c. Ropes from the moment that storm struck her until to-day has been filled with ad- venture and with striking demon- strations of American enterprise dis played by her skipper, Captain Riv- CTS. Previous to this accident the time of the A. G. Ropes, built in Bath, Maine, was posted in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Liv- erpool and Shanghai. for speed rec
 
 world. For four days after the ty- phoon the ship drifted, her crew in despair and the American skipper never once below decks. When at the end of these days of suspense Ger man steamer appeared and offered for $3,000 to tow the A. G. Ropes to port, Captain Rivers promptly re- fused. although his report states that it was some temptation to accept" He held out against exorbitant offers for towing until his ship was taken into port by steamer for $500. This was not paid, however, until he had sailed for five days more with sail the iron stump of the fore mast. At Kobe the ship was sold at auction to Lewis Luckenbach of New York, and the next six months voy- age home under a makeshift rigging began. The A. G. Ropes was built in 1884, is 250 feet long and 2,460 tons gross register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
The Base Ball Fever.

Everybody in Waterbury seems 10 have the fever of endeavoring to pick the winners of the majority of the games in the Connecticut. National and American leagues during the week, and in all sections pools are made daily on the outcome of the games. The employees of almost all the factories are trying their luck taking chances with the result that the scores of the games are eagerly awaited evenings by all The pools are formed by eight persons Each fellow will chip in quarter or a half dollar. or any amount that is agreed upon The names of the eight teams are then dropped into a hat and each picks a team The nine that makes the most runs dur ing the week wins and the fellow who has that team takes the money There are several other ways of form ing the pools and something new Is being sprung every dey. IL Is indeed surprising to see what a bold these pools have upon the young and old followers of the game fn the city. and if one were to make a canvass he rouId find verr few of the enthusi- asts uho are not in on some kind Of a scheme 10 win a fer dollars st the end of the week on the outcone of the s.n,<s- sursiF Waterbury b bsse bail crzs5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
STRIKE BREAKERS GONE.
A Few of Them Came from Philadel-
 phia, Hut Went Back.

Very little is being said about the local strike. but it is on all the same and both sides are using their best efforts to win out So far it appears to he horse and horse. though some say that the bosses are not in 1t for little hit. But men are coming in from abroad and while all of them do not remain here long enough to say so it is hut fair to conclude that a few of them will hang on long enough to bother the resident tradesmen. al- though they don't think so themselves and make light of the idea of making much headway with help gathered here and there in outside towns. There was little something doing yesterday when four masons came from Philadelphia and went to work in Brooklyn. hut in the evening they came in contact with the union men and agreed not to % back any more.
 This afternoon the men called upon Attorney Lynch and represented to him that they came here in response to an advertisement for first class carpenters to do high grade work on- ly. Their wages WAS to he of tho first standard and everything was agree able. This morning they said they found they had come here under false representations and when they quit the jobs and asked for their money they were informed that the expense cf bringing theme here was more than their wages IL seems thst the men were hired not hy the individual contractor. hut the builders in gen ersi for they worked on two different jobs already. ono for Knil,bs and ono for Fernandez. The contractors refused to pay them. so they called on Attor- ney Lynch who will bring four sspar- ste suits for the men against Fernand- er and Knihtss-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
ARTIST AT BUCKINGHAM.
Had valuables Stolen from His Home
 in New York.

It seems that some clever art thief must have been aware of the fact that Maxililian Friederang. the fres- co artist, was in Waterbury, far away from New York during the month of April. On the sixteenth day of April the burglar entered Mir Friederangs home in Brooklyn and stole price, less copy of the diary of Michael An gelo which tells the secrets of how the masters of 500 years ago were able to accomplish the fresco tinting for which the Renaissance was fa- nous, a secret unknown to latter day painters.
 The value of the monograph was certainly known to the crook for he did not soil his fingers by taking $1.- 900 which was nearby with other valuable articles.
 Mir Friederang was in this city for few months doing the work on the new Buckingham block.
 He is an excellent artist and Is the only painter of the country who can initiate the work of the creator of St Peters at Rome. Mir Friederang left the city last week to do work in other CArts of the state.
 Although the Brooklyn police have been working diligently since the theft occurred no trace of the light fingered fellow has been found.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
AUTO STRUCK Il TRAIN Two of P. F Golfers Servants Were Instantly Killed and
 the Machine Wrecked. MEN WERE GROUND TO PIECES Chauffeur Threw On Brakes But Could Not Come to Stop Stuck Car
 Square In Center.

Westbury, L. l., May 23.-While running at rate of forty miles an hour big touring automobile be- longing to P. F. Collier dashed into an east bound express train at the station crossing here last night. The two occupants of the machine, George Gabriel, the chauffeur, and Frederick Whitehead, valet in the Collier family. were instantly killed and the machine was wrecked. The men were on their way to the Meadow brook club.
 It is impossible to see train in either direction at this crossing until it is almost reached. Because of the several accidents at this point it has gained the name of Deaths Crossing.
 Twenty yards from the crossing the chauffeur threw on the brakes, but the momentum carried the auto mobile along at an apparently undi- unfinished speed The machine crashed into the second car of the train with a loud report as if the gasolene tank had exploded. The automobile was caught between the rear trucks of the car and dragged along for nearly half mile before the train was stopped. Gabriel and Whitehead were pinioned in the wreckage and drawn along by the train.
 As soon as the train was stopped, the hundreds of passengers who had seen the accident got out and rushed to the assistance of the two men, but it was found that they were literally ground to pieces.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
ACCIDENT AT POWER STATION.
Employees of Trolley Co Had Narrow
 Escape This Morning.

The employees of the power station of the Connecticut Railway & Light ing company, in Bank street. thought an earthquake had struck the town this morning about o'clock judging from the racket that took place In the building caused by the breaking of a pulley. Although machinery was scat- tered in all directions. part of the roof of the plant knocked in and. a portion of the side wall on the building de molished. nevertheless two or tbre,s employees who were working around the machine at the time of the smash- up. escaped uninjured.
 There was large pulley attachest to machine generating flye hundre3 volts of electricity. which in turn was run by another machine which vas receiving its power from a sub-sta- ton. The machines were surrounded by another mechanical apparatus large and small. All the employees refused to state how the accident happened claiming that they knew nothing about 1t. As near as could be learned it seems that the generator got beyond control of those in charge and made so many revolutions that the pulley could not stand 1t. With crash that could be heard for more than a block away. the pulley and belts broke all most at the same instant. Part of the pulley went crashing through the roof while the other section together with some of the machinery went tearing into the side wall. Joe" Daly of the firm of NJ. ]. Daly & Son which is nearby was standing In the alley-way talking with John Lynch. In the midst of their conversation. bricks together with glass, the window sash and pieces of machinery flew around them in all directions and they were so frightened that for time they were speeches.. Teamsters who were also in the alley-way unloading did not know what had happened.
 Within the station things were in confusion. After the crash. for a few seconds pieces of machinery were spinning through the air and a spoke weighing loo pounds landed at the side of one of the employees. if it had struck him 1t would undoubtedly have killed or at least fatelly injured him. It Is a strange thing that no one was injured or for that matter killed. One of the men who was working nearby was knocked distance of about ten feet. but suffered no severe injuries. The damage will amount to between $500 and sl.0oo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
AFTER JURY DODGERS Men of Veracity Get Out of Acting and Consequently Justice
 ls Thwarted. DISCLOSURES ARE SCANDAL IoUs The Result of An investigation Which Is Now Being Made by Several
 of the Judges.
DISCLOSURES ARE SCANDAL GUS

Chicago, May 28.-War on jury dodgers and the public officials who aid and abet them has been declarei by Cook county officials.
 Following an order issued by Sher- if Pease yesterday that employees of his office should not aid citizens in es- caping jury service, it transpired and a quiet investigation on the part of several judges has been in progress with view to eradicating the ey1.
 Scandalous disclosures of the ease with which influential citizens escape jury duty year in and year out, have been the result of the inquiry. Il is the belief of the jurists who have taen up the matter that the entire system of jury service in Cook county should It. ceive a thorough overhauling A con- dition of affairs seriously affecting the honor and integrity of many pub lie officials as we'll as we'll known law yers and prominent citiens has been laid bare
 The existing conditions have been brought to the attention of Sheriff Pease. the court clerks and other branches of the country service by several judges who quietly have been seeking the causes of the miscarriage of justice principally in criminal cases in Chicago. As result of the inyesti- gation the charge is made that jury dodgers and the public officials who aid them are responsible for the pre- valence and spread of crime in Chica- go and of the general disregard of the law on the part of criminals.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
THE STRIKE SITUATION.
Interstate Builders, Contractors and
 Dealers Declare for Open Shops.

The Master. Builders association met last night and took stand on the strike question which is likely to keep portion of the workmen and their bosses apart for some time. After going into the pros and cons of the question, the following resolution was passed unanimously:
 Voted, That all employers who are members of the local branch of the Interstate Builders, Contractors and Dealers association, who now have men on a strike, or whose em- ployes may hereafter strike, shall at once declare on open shop. All mas iters, in whatever craft. where an open shop has been declared shall see that no individual member of any craft Is discriminated against in any way.
 There shall be no discrimination against union men, but all employees shall be required to work wherever directed by their employers, or be at once discharged"
 One of the bosses told a Democrat reporter that the resolution passed at the meeting contains all there is to be said so far as the association is concerned and that so far as he was aware nothing further would be of fered, because there was no need of it. We'll employ men from now on," he said. '.on their merits. and If anybody objects to this he sets himself against the law of the best country in the world. country which Here the speaker stopped and dismissed the reporter with the remark that he had said more than he intended to.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
BOYS BACKED 0Ol Phiips-Andoyer Row i.l
 Now Over HELD MEETING TO-DAY But Finally Cooled Down and 1 Went to Their Studies Pres- ident Stearns Looks for no
 Further Trouble

Andover, Mass, May 2s.-The threatened demonstration by students over the expulsion of fourteen ynuths rom Phillips-Andover academy on account of an escapade which oc- cured last Friday night, did not ma- terlalize to a serious degree to-day. While the academy bell was ringing. for the opening of recitations thisl morning, about thirty of the boys formed group in front of the chapel They were the ones who last night at a secret meeting talked of leaving summarily. This morning there waa more assertion along the same line. but within few minutes of the time that the bell stopped ringing the as- sembly broke up and it's members found their way into the recitation rooms as usual
 President Stearns said to-day that he had expected no serious trouble. None of the boys had left in protest against the expulsions, he said, and he expressed the belief that if any did go away they would be promptlS sent back by their parents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
CITY NEWS

George W. Cable. the well known author. will deliver the address at the graduating exercises of the Cros- by high school on June 2I.
 Hurdy-gurdy dance tonight at Miss Reeds dancing academy, 4s East Main street The best street piano in town has been secured for music. Lsllieris orchestra will also furnish music Electric fans have been installed for the occasion
 The case of Michael O'Keefe vs the Scovill Manufacturing Co vas finished this afternoon The evidence was all in at noon and the arguments began after luncheon. o'clock O-Keefe sues for s10.e00 damages for the loss of the use of his right leg He was working overtime for the company and one night while passing through the yards he fell into a foundation trench which he claims vas neither lighted nor pro tected in any manner. The defense vas that there vas plenty of light in the yard and had the pizfntif used ordinary care be would not have s1f- feret the accident Decision vas re served
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
.BAERNASPO|NTED Talked Openly at Din-
 ner Last Fight THE CRAFT IN BUSINESS Was The Subject of His Discourse -He Says P. & R. R. R.
 Company is Not Tainted
 Despite Opinions. !.

New York, May 23.--A special to the Herald from Philadelphia, Pa, says: At the dinner celebration of the fiftieth birthday of w. R. Taylor. secretary of the Philadelphia & Read ing company last night. George F. Baer, president of the company, aroused intense interest among the diners by his pointed remarks. MT Baer said in part:
 No one regrets more than the evident lowering of American busi- ness ideals. That such ideals havc been lowered is evident by the fact that confronts us every day regard ing the graft and the unprincipled conduct and the actions of great cor porations.
 Just now the public attention is being held to railroads.
 In the midst of the disclosures re- garding the taint that affects the off, cers of other railroads l am glad to be able to say that the Philadelphia ] & Reading is as free from criticism as any guild of railroad men in the United States or elsewhere.
 '.The railroad companies are trus- tees for the investment of thousands and thousands of men and women, and the officers for the railroad com panies should be men who will look after these interests carefully and hold fast to honesty.
 Those who know us not believe us to be tainted, but those who come Investigating us will be surprised. They will be able to find no wrong in even the slightest part of our man. agement.
 We do not ask to be excused from the wickedness of human nature, but we hold ourselves responsible for knowing If that wickedness exists and to remove Il"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
SENTENCED TO JAIL.
But Stock Broker Betts Never Served
 Day.

Boston. May 23.-It has been learn ed that prosecution of the seven ,n- dictments against Frederick F.. Betts and John NJ. Fisher. of the firm of I .M. Fisher & company. stock brok- CTS. accused of using the mails in a scheme to defraud. has ended. and the indictments have been placed on fle. .Betts. after trial. was sentenced to fall in Dedham for a seven year term. but has never served a day. the Uni ted States circuit court of appeals having set aside the conviction -ri technical points. The district attor- ney finally assentesl to the placing of the indictments on file.
 Betts and Fisher were placed on trial in September 1002. and Fisher pleaded guilty Subsequently he took the stand against Betts- It was al- legged that the firm wrongfully obtain cd enormous amounts of money from customers all over New England.