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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
AYR[S CLEARED AT SIOUX fails
Government Loses Important Suits Charging Important Land
Frauds.

The first of the alleged land fraud
cases to be tried in South Dakota, af-
ter having been on trial in the United
States court in Sioux Falls several
days, came to a sudden end, when, on
motion OF the attorneys for the de
tense, Judge Garland directed a YER
dict for the defendants in the cases of
Thomas H. Ayers, John /. Newell,
John f. Mcclure and Howard A. Bin
work of Pierre, stockholders and
agents Of the Gas Belt Land and Alb
stract company, with headquarters at
Pierre
1t was shown by the evidence pre-
sented by the prosecution that the de-
PENDANTS procured fifteen widows of
soldiers from New Ulm and other
points in Minnesota to go to Pierre
and make entry on fifteen different
tracts Of government land; that all
their expenses We're paid by the
agents company from the time they
left home ;.ntil they returned, 1t not
being necessary for the widows even
to pay the land Office fees. The tracts
were Immediately leased to cattlemen
In his decision directing a verdict
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
INDIAN ALLEGES VERY DEEP PLOT
Says Whites Conspired to Prevent Him Finishing His Law
Course.

Accusing self-respecting Indian of
serious crime and then fleeing before
the case comes to hearing, is some
thing which has made number of
residents of Charles Mix county, this
state-some said to be prominent
very nervous.
David Dudley, full-blood Sioux, a
second-year law student in the Uni
versity of South Dakota at Vermillion,
has had his career blighted, he be-
lieves, and has sworn to be even with
those who secured his arrest on the
charge of seduction. Dudley, popular
and apt law student, has returned
from his home, to which he was taken
for trial, packed up his books and left
the university. Hundreds of his
friends among the faculty and
students, tried to prevail upon him to
remain and finish his course. The In
dian stolidly refused.
Some time ago deputy sheriff came
to Vermillion and arrested Dudley, the
complaining witness being Mrs. Jose
phine Weston, rich squaw in the
Yankton reservation in Charles Mix
county. She is one of the handsomest
and most attractive women on the res
ervation, aside from her property hold.
ings, and it is said Dudley was an ad-
mirer of hers before she married Wes-
ton, from whom she soon got di-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
ROASTS BADGER UNIVERSITY
COMMITTEE DENoUNcEs RE.
GENTS, FACULTY AND GEN.
ERAL CONDITIONS.

Madison, Wis, Oct ga scathing
arraignment of the BOARD of regents,
the faculty and the general conditions
existing in Wisconsin's state universe
ty is contained in the report of the
legislative investigating committee
which has been inquiring into the at
fairs of the university. The report de-
clares:
Professors and instructors compel
students to purchase text books at ex-
orbitant prices. Instant action by the
board of regents is recommended.
mo member of the board of regents
is acquainted with the business Of the
university, the committees being igno.-
rant of the departments over which
they are supposed to preside. Drastic
action is recommended to compel the
board of regents to learn its business.
"No justification has been found for
the dismissal of Prof. G. NJ knepp,
who was ousted from the university
by the board of regents last winter.
"a dangerous spirit of suobbery and
ur-American exclusiveness is fostered
by the fraternities Some of the So
cial functions are planned solely for
the richer students, the poorer ones
being Inundated or compelled to
spend above their means"
The report was made public yester-
Day at the order Of Gov. James o. Da-
wilson
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
SKULL OF AN AUROCHS.
Bones of Progenitor OF the Buffalo
Found Beneath Bed of Missouri.

Bones OF Progenitor OF the Buffalo
Found Beneath Bed of Missouri.
At depth of more than twenty
feet, the workers in caisson No. l, on
the new bridge at Pierre, found a num-
Der of bones and an immense skull OF
a buffalo. The skull was perfect, but
the outside horn had disappeared, leav.
ing it to measure thirty-four inches
from stub to stub of the inside horn
formation. The find was in bed OF
gravel and boulders, and the bones
must have lain there for years, as the
river bank has long extended far ont
beyond where the sinking is going on
In years gone by, the channel of tho
stream was probably at that point, and
the bones were swept to the bottom
with the gravel and stones, remaining
there to be covered by the accretion
with a change In the channel The
skull is a peculiar one, showing
dome between the horns, while the av.
erage buffalo skull is almost straight.
The specimen has been placed on eX-
hiEition where 1t is attracting great
dealaof attention. 1t is claimed by
some that on account of its size and
shape it is skull of an aurochs, Il
larger animal, and progenitor of the
buffalo, instead of the buffalo itself, in
which case it has been buried in the
sands Of the Missouri for many hun
dreds of years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
NEGRO SHOOTS A
ST.PAUL MERCHANT
ALLEGED MINNEAPOLIS THUG
TRIES HIS HAND IN CAPITAL
CITY.
FINDS A GREAT DIFFERENCE

st. Paul, Oct. 27.-John H. Horeish,
q boot and shoe dealer at ST. West
Seventh street, was shot last night by
colored man whom the police sus-
pect of being "the man who shoots"
who has been causing reign of ter
ror in Minneapolis. The colored man
was captured by Sergeant Patrick
Murnane soon after the shooting. He
says that his home is in Minneapolis,
and the Minneapolis police were noti-
fed
The bullet struck the middle finger
of Mr.. Horeish's left hand. He was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital. 1t is
feared that it may be necessary to
amputate two of the fingers, as the
bones are badly shattered.
Shoots Storekeeper.
MI Horeish says that colored man
came int othe store at o'clock and
asked to see pair of No 6 shoes. He
tried the shoes on and the fit was sat
isfactory. Then he asked for a pair of
o. shoes, women's size, saying that
wanted them for his sister. The
2cond paid was wrapped in paper
and handed to the negro.
Mr.. Horeish says that his customer
then drew revolver, called him a vile
name and commanded him to throw
up his hands. The negro at the same
time fired shot, wounding the store
keeper, and then ran out of the store
Police Nail Him.
Mr.. Horeish followed and shouted
for policeman. A woman, who saw
the colored man running, told Patrol
man P. Friel that the fugitive had
gone into a shed on Leech street. Ser
geant Murnane, who was on the way
to police headquarters, joined in the
chase. He went into the shed and
says that he saw the cleaning eyes
OF a man crouched in a corner
I drew my revolver" the sergeant
states, "and he asked me not to shoot.
l disarmed him and sent him to the
central station"
Admits the Shooting.
Johnson admits the shooting, but
says:
was waning aoouI lie SIole, lIy
ing the shoes, and the proprietor
Ehought l was going to run away afte'
1 had got the shoes for my sister. He
attacked me and then l fired. did
not intend to injure him.
The prisoner says his name is Lu-
tfer Delaney Johnson and that he has
lived about the Twin Cities since 1902.
He says that recently he has been en-
ployed in the billiard room of the
West hotel, Minneapolis He says that
he came to st. Paul at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon from Minneapolis.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01

vorce. Dudley declares he was taken
back ard that there were none to face
him and the case was dismissed. He
believes he has been the victim of
plot, and that certain whites are in it.
He was fitting himself to take advan-
tage Of the immense amount Of Indian
litigation on his reservation, now be-
ing handled by white attorneys, the
reds having none from their own num-
Der. Dudley says the scheme has
been to disgrace him and destroy his
chances Of success.
But he means to find out who is at
the bottom of the plot and to be
avenged. The manner of getting even
he will not disclose, but the Sioux are
sure to find way, hence the uneasi-
ness OF those who had the accusation
brought against him.
Maybe, some time" is the answer
given by the Indian, when asked If he
doesn't intend to finish his law course.
There is ru1ror on the reservation
that the woman whose name has been
used in connection with his, herself
had the proceedings started in order
to secure Dudley for husband, the
fact that she has been in love with
him for some time being generally
known. When she saw the young
mans anger when the officer brought
him back, it is said she was afraid to
continue her desperate plan.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
SIOUX FALLS MAN ASPHYxlATED.
Mrs. Obert Found Her Husband Dead
When She Returned From Visit

Mrs. Obert Found Her Husband Dead
When She Returned From Visit.
To find her husband dead in a chair
was the painful experience Of Mrs.
Wendell Obert upon returning to her
home in Sioux Falls from visit in
Canistota. Illuminating gas is sup
posed to have caused the death of Mr..
Obert, who was one Of the pioneer ~es-
idents of Sioux Falls and was well
known through the state.
When Mrs. Obert left last week for
her visit Mr.. Obert was in the country,
and it has not yet been established
just when he returned. When Mrs.
Obert opened the front door of the
house she was driven back by strong
odor Of gas. After moment she and
her sister-inlaw, Mrs. McKinnon, who
returned from Canistota with her, en-
tered the house and found Mr.. Obert
sitting in a rocking chair stiff and cold
In death.
He was fully dressed, including his
hat. One of the burners Of the gas
stove was found fully turned on, but
not lighted, with a newspaper over the
burner. In his right hand the dead
man grasped a newspaper. One theory
is that Mr.. Obert accidentally turned
on the gas burner by carelessly brush
Ing against it, and that while reading,
fell asleep and was asphyxiated.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01

in favor Of the defendants, Judge Car
land held in substance that at the time
the alleged offense was committed, in
July, 1903, rulings Of the land depart
ment and federal laws authorized SOL
oiers' widows to make entry of public
land without the necessity of making
settlement upon, and also authorized
them to lease the land even without
ever seeing it, as. was the case in this
instance
The law, howeves, was changed in
December, 1908, but too late to benefit
the prosecution in the case OF Ayers
and the other three men.
At tho April term of the United
States court in Sioux Falls an indict
ment was returned against defend.
ants, charging them with engaging in
a conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of tracts of land between the
Missouri river and the Black Hills, in
Western South Dakota. The indict-
ment contained twenty-three counts
and was one of the most voluminous
documents of the kind ever returned
by federal grand jury in South Da-
kota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
FOR STATE IRRIGATION.
Move Being Made to Prepare Bill for
Next Legislature to Allow the State
70 proca>a

Move Being Made to Prepare Bill for
Next Legislature to Allow the State
to Proceed.
A move is being made to prepare
bill for introduction in the next legis-
lative session to allow the state to
take advantage of the Cary act for
putting in irrigation projects. This
act is being taken advantage of by the
states of Montana and Idaho, and
large areas are being brought under
irrigation through it's provisions The
act in effect donates not to exceed one
million acres of public lands to the
state for the purpose Of irrigation,
and these lands are placed under con-
troll OF state board, which provides
the manner Of filing on such lands,
and the payment price. In the states
which are taking advantage of the
act, cents an acre is added to cover
the expense which the state incurs in
the work. The state assumes no liza
blllty to the contractor for his work.
he looking to the settlers on the land
for his pay, in annual installments.
This act allows the letting of irriga-
ton projects by private contract, and
the work is done much more rapidly
than in government projects, which
are always slow in starting, and do
not move rapidly after once under
way. 1t is estimated that a large
tract in the northw Western part of the
state could be brought under irriga-
ton by this policy within short
time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
ROBBERS GET PURSE OF GOLD.

Two More Hold-Ups Added to Current
Crimlnaly History in Mill City.
Minneapolis, Oct. 27.-Wednesday
night added two hold-ups to curren
criminal history in Minneapolis. :
after investigation even the pol.
have admitted that the reports OF
these crimes as given by the victims
are probably true.
Louis Holen, a stonemason, was rob-
bed of SIS iii gold by two masked men
who stopped him as he was nearing
his home between midnight and !
o'clock in the morning.
Holen says that he spent Wednes-
day evening in SIMPSONS saloon in
company with two other men, and al
though he did not drink but little
LIQUOR himself he bought several
drinks watch he paid for out of a
purse containing SIS in gold and some
silver money. He left the saloon some
time before midnight and his two COM
panions went with him, but parted
from him when he took a street car
to go home
Holen left the car at Seventeenth
avenue and Washington street north
east, and as he was walking alon
Seventeenth avenue toward Adam
the two robbers stepped out of an a.
ley. Both men had handkerchiefs
over their faces. One of them thrust
a revolver close to Holen's face and
ordered him to hold up his hands, and
while he kept close watch on the vic.
time his pal went through Holen's
pockets.
Charles Rose was robbed of ST and
a pocketknife in an alley near Wash
irgton and Hennepin avenues late
Wednesday evening, and the police
have two men under arrest for that
crime.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
INCREASE OF PRECIPITATION.
South Dakota Figures Show an Ap.
probable Growth

South Dakota Figures Show an APP
preciabIe Growth.
The question as to whether the an
nual precipitation in this part of the
Northwest is increasing, is one on
which there has been great deal Of
dispute, and on this table covering
the period from 1882 to the present
year has been prepared for periods Of
five years.
This table would indicate that there
has been an increase. but whether it
Is one of meteorological cycles, or
permanent one is for future years to
determine. The observations up to
1881 We're taken at Fort Su1ly, and
since that date at Pierre. For the
five years from 1926 the average
was 1859 inches per year. This in
Guided the period Of the heavy SHOWS
OF the early eighties. The next pe-
Rod from 1S87-91 showed slight de-
cline with 1416 inches per year.
Since that time there has been q
steady increase. The period from
1926 showed 1903 inches. That
from 1897 to 1901 being 1855 inches.
The period from 1902-06 showing 1s .os
inches. The total precipitation for.
last year being 205S inches, and for
this year to date, with two months
more to go, being 20.46 inches.
These figures show an increase Nv
five-year periods, which is certainly
appreciable. e.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
VESSEL is TOTAL WRECK.
Captain and Cook Are Drowned, 9th.
erS Are Saved

Victoria, B, c., Oct. 27.-The barken-
tine Skagit. 445 tons. for Port Gamble.
drove ashore yesterday morning on
the Vancouver island coast within a
few miles from where the Valencia
disaster occurred. Capt. Ross and the
cook were drowned The mate and
seven men reached shore in safety al
though some were injured. and were
succored by David Logan. the lines
man, who did such excellent work dur
ing the Valencia disaster The Skagit
is a total wreck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01

amounted to 5000 quarts, while his
cherries consisted Of 1.4OO quarts, and
apples some 400 bushels of the Veal.
thy and Duchess varieties.
From the fruit farm of Daniel Dick.
inson Mr.. Dickinson marketed s27.OOO
quarts OF Strawberries, and he picked
some $4,000 quarts Of raspberries from
SIX acres In one day 9S cases. or 81.
S52 quarts were picked.
rom Elk Point fifteen car loads 81
melons have been shipped, and toma-
toes and cantaloupes have been
shipped by the hundred baskets.
Wheat, oats and hax are heavy crop,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
ENGINEER is KILLED.

Fireman Fatally Injured in Wreck
No Passengers Hurt.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 27.-Chica.
go Great Western Train No. S, south.
bound, was wrecked three miles west
Of Melbourne. The engine went
through a bridge which workmen had
been repairing. Engineer Hill was
killed and Fireman Mitchell fatally
g>;alded No passe. gers were hurt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
FRUIT YIELD.

Enormous Crops Harvested in South
Dakota.
This has been one of the most prof
table seasons ever experienced by the
farmers around Elk Point. The har.
vest Of fruits especially has been won
derful. On the Riverview farm, leased
by Wesley Mcneil, the gathering OF
strawberries consisted OF 1900
quarts. They were among the largest
ever produced In this section of the
country. His harvest of blackberries
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
STOCK LOSS is $4,000.
State Authorities Try to Stamp Out
Chambers Gases.

St. James, Mimi, Oct. 27.-Six
horses and three mules were shot on
the farm Of Gibson Bros, Just north Of
this city, yesterday morning by the
state authorities. The animals were
affected with CHAMBERS. This is tho
first case of CHAMBERS in Watonwan
county in some years.
The animals were all valuable, be-
ing full bloods and used for breeding
purposes. The Gibsons have only been
residents of the state few months,
so they must stand the entire loss,
amounting to over $4,000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
EAGLE ATTACKS CHILD.
Bird is Beaten Off by Baby's Mother
Armed With Broom.

ARMED WIN Broom.
The eighteen-months-ol daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Rhodes, who live
on large farm near Chamberlain,
was playing about in the dooryard
while her mother was attending to her
household duties, when, suddenly,
hearing the little one scream, the
mother ran to the door to find a large
bald eagle with its talons fixed in the
chi]d's dress and endeavoring to lift
its burden from the ground
The child was heavy for It's age,
however, and the eagle could not much
more than lift it from the ground
Selling broom, the mother flew TO
the rescue Of her offspring and at
tackled the eagle fiercely, causing it to
drop the child.
The bird fought back with vigor, but
finally was beaten into submission and
took fight. The child was very badly
scratched.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
EIGHT BREAK JAIL.
Prisoners Cut Hole Through Roof and
Escape.

Rolla, N. D., Oct. 2S.-Sight men
confined in the county Jail, charged
with various offenses, made their es-
cape by saving a hole in the metal
roof OF the building. The escape oc-
Cured while the keeper was at supper
and the men had fairly good start
before their departure was discovered
The sheriff organized a posse and
started in pursuit, but it is believed
the fugitives got across the Canadian
boundary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
HOG CHOLERA SPREADS.
State Veterinary Finds an Epidemic /
Dnunlac CniInfu TnALnS

State Veterinary Finds an Epidemic In
Douglas County Towns.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Oct. 2S.-An
epidemic Of the dreaded hog cholera
has broken out in the towns of Hud-
son and Lake Mary, across the Dous-
las county line, and the farmers
losses already foot up TO $1,000. ..
State Veterinary Ward arrived yes.
terday and Immediately pronounced
the disease cholera. Town boards
have established quarantine on affect
ed farms and ordered all hogs tied up
Or shot. Further investigation is be-
ing made.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Candidates Nerve Fails.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 28.-Frank L..
Gilbert, Republican candidate for at
torney general, is i'll with nervous
prostration in sanitarium at Prairie
du Chen, having broken down on his
campaign.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
"DRY" CANDIDATES ARRESTED.

Man in Legislative Race Charged With
Firing Into Crowd.
Traer, Iowa, Oct 28.-L. A. Pines,
Prohibition candidate for the y
ture, has been held to the {
court in $4,000 bond on charge CT as
sault with intent to kill Pines and
the Rev. Underwood recently raided !.
saloon at Berlin and it is alleged that
Pines fred several shots into crowd
which lad witnessed the raid.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
THUG ASSAULTS OLD MAN.
M. PIouf, Ageo Eighty Years, Is Beat
en- and Robbed.

Minneapolis, Oct. Is M Plouf,
eighty years of age, was brutally as
saulted and robbed in front of his own
residence He was in a dazed condi-
ton when his daughter found him ly-
ing on the sidewalk in front of their
home.
AS he was going to his home about
midnight he was attacked by a man
who struck him on the head with a
slungshot Or short club and knocked
him down and then robbed him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
FALLING ROCK KILLS MINER.
Workman Is Crushed and Buried Tn.
der Mass

Lead, S. D., Oct. 27-Paul Miller,
a miner. was crushed to death under
falling rock in the Homestake mine.
He and his partner were working on
the LOO foot level and were tearing
down some rock. AS Miller attempted
to walk under the overhanging mass
large part of the rock gave way.
burying him beneath it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01

Carly may be, 1t is evident that they
are part of a gang, and it is hoped
their conviction will break 1t up.
"Broncho Pete" a notorious charac-
ter, who made threats against Mr..
Kernodle prior to the fire, is being de-
tanned and will be asked to tell his
whereabouts at that time
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Champion "Huskerv Dies.

Shenandoah, Iowa, Oct. 27.-The
body OF Charles Rennack, who was
killed in railroad accident near Ever
EFT, Wash, has been brought here for
interment. Rennack bore the title Of
Champion corn husker of the world"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Sympathy Cuts Sentence.

Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 2S.-Because of
mpathy for his wife and baby, Judge
A. S. Blair sentenced Chester Ralston,
the mysterious "Raff1es" who burglar
lied the West side Carnegie library to
four months in jail and to pay a finc
Of 500
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Accused of smuaatinu.

Minot, N. D., Oct. PA man by the
name of Miller was brought here from
Portal last evening, Charged with
smuggling two horses ana a buggy
from Canada, and will be given hear
ing before United States commission
erS
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Hanos Self in Cell.

Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oct. 2s.-Conhned
in Jail On statutory charge, the COM
plainant being his fifteen-year-old
daughter, Cranberry Elkins OF Rose
Hill committed suicide by hanging.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
L.aborer Run Down bv Train.

Rapid City, s. D., Oct. William
Carlo. working on the Pierre extern.
sion of the Northwestern road, was
killed by being run down by a gravel
train about twenty-five miles east e
hsrA
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Gopher Former Kills Raccoon.

00PF1Si . q TTeI Mis- naCCUUH.
Browns Valley, Mimi, Oct. 2S.-Pe-
ter Vanderwyst, farmer living few
miles north of here, shot, a raccoon
one day this week 1t weighed about
seventy pounds. This Is the first one
ever shot around here.