Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-19

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baby I'm her arms Mrs. Sprouse while pass
Ing through the darkened sleeping room,
did not see her husband kneeling in prayer.
She stumbled over his feet, and, in trying
TO save the baby from injury, struck her
head against a wash stand as she fell,
breaking her neck and dying almost in
stantly. The child fell from her arms
n was severely hurt, and may not re-
cover.
P~ittsburg. Pa.-The humane society is at
ter G. X. Stevenson, a grocer, charging
him with cruelty TO animals Stevenson
had a large display in his window. in the
center OF which was a glass hive with live
bees working, and a man who claimed TO
be an authority declared the bees would
bic II they did not have n Ia to move
about. The humane society notified Stew
enson he would have to send the bees to
the country for exercise and he agreed.
Kansas City, Mo.-While the trial OF
Joseph Aber, an aged German, charged
with assault. was in progress a grapha-
none in an adjoining building began play
ing Ask the Savior to Help You" Rails
ng his hands I'm duplication the lawyer
,or the defense called the jury's attention
70 the sentiment OF the beautiful old song.
There were many bowed heads in the
court room at the close Of the dramatic
Incident. Ager was acquitted.
Easton, Pa.-After having suffered. ac-
.ording to statements of the attending
physicians, at least 1850 strokes Of paraly-
sis during a period of two years, Samuel
Yehl, formerly n railroad foreman, is
lead at him home in S~latington. near
aere. He was stricken two years ago
while working on a railroad, and it as
serted that he was never conscious for a
!onger period than twenty minutes at a
time since the first stroke.
Paris-In an article on clothes. published
IN the Gaulois, Monsieur Emile Faguet Of
the French academy mas brought to the
notice of the public some curious facts.
He says that of the 100000, 600 inhabitants
Of this globe. only 500, 100000 are clothed.
BY tina he means completely covered from
the throat to the ground. OF the remain
der. 750,000.000 are only partially clothed;
the remaining $50. COOS 600 do not wear cloth
ing OF any sort.
Cleveland, O.-John d. Rockefeller's in
terview in which the oil king defended
the trusts and was also reported as saying
that the French people hated Americans.
has caused the resignation from his sons
Bible class G.. Ct. Meter, one of the
stanchest defenders or the Rockefellers
and an active member of the Sunday
school. Mr.. Meter is thoroughly Ameri-
can by adoption, but he was born a
Frenchman.
Philadelphia. Pa.-Hazing at Bryn
Mawr, Think OF it! Rough, hoydenish
demeanor IN the part of those very select
young women who are enrolled as stu
dents at that fashionable institution Of
learning! 1t must have been so, for the
president, Miss M. Carey Thomas, gave a
warning against Ii yesterday to the assem-
bled student body of the college. She
said that there must be no hazing at
Bryn Mawr.
Syracuse, N. Y.-Chancellor Jas. r. Day.
OF Syracuse university, who called Presi-
dent Roosevelt an anarchist and refused
scholarship 10 students who smoke. has
begun a crusade against hunters and fish
ermen. The man violates Gods law and
is a murderer in the animal kingdom who
comes out Of the woods with a great bag
of game"
Barbados, Windward Islands.-Earth-
quakes are occurring continually at ST.
Lucia, and though not violent are suffici-
ent to be disquieting. Frequently ones
guests at dinner are disturbed by seeing
the glasses on the table careening madly
from side to side, while their plates begin
to skim away from them.
Chicago. Hl.-Dr. Wladyslaw Kufewski.
vice president of the board OF education,
has struck a note OF alarm at what he be-
lieves to be a growing prevalence of neu-
rasthenia among school teachers, especial
ly in grammar grades. He wants author
ity from the board to gather statistics M
on the number of teachers with nerves."
Wichita, Kan.-C. A. Mosher of Wichita
received a commission as a general in
the Cuban army, and Thursday he was
asked to resign. His commission came
directly from President Palma. He had
in mind to raise a regiment of rough riders
similar to the one led by Theodore Roose-
welt in 1898.
New York.-The family of Lizzie Cas-
sidy. who died in Bellevue of cerebral
spinal meningitis, are convinced that the
disease was s~uperinduced by blood poison
ing the young woman contracted a year
ago through cutting her tongue while
licking gummed bands to be pasted in
hats.
London.-Among society women the
fashion of riding horseback astride is be-
coming more and more popular. The latest
development of the idea is that adopted by
Lady Castle Reaghalie. She wears an or
binary hunting frock coat, riding breaches
n top boots.
New York.-Worry over the loss of a SER
want. who had left her after many years
of service, Is believed to have caused Mrs.
Florence Unger to end her life. In a let
ter which Mrs. Unger left she said: Good
bye. ! am tired and need rest"
Denver. Colo.-With death near AT hand
Mrs. Edward j.. Mungen, the wife of a
wealthy oil operator of Fostoria. talks
daily into photograph so that when she
shall ave passed away, her voice NAV
cheer her sorrowing husband.
Mananoy City. Pa.-The Public School
Teachers institute of Schuylkin county
will be asked TO commend for adoption the
Innovation OF Miss Evans, Of Bank town
ship. who allows her pupils ten minutes
nap each day.
Louisville, Ky.-The football team OF TN.
Kentucky institute for blind. which has
five totally blind players and six with good
sight, started the season by playing Man
ual high school to a standstill.
Paris-The submarine boat Is to be
put to a crucial test as to utility nv the