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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

makes him less excited over events
of his prosecution than are his
friends.
Once an opposing attorney in
court called Burton a hard name
Quick as a flash Burton threw a
heavy inkstand at the lawyers
head, barely missing the mark. He
would not do that now. He waited
the coming Of messenger the 9TH
er day and though he supposed the
yellow envelope contained news Of
the supreme courts decision, the
most critical moment of his life,
his hand was as steady as rifle
mans.
His townspeople make no differ
ence toward him. Not since the day
of his arrest has he entered the
senate, nor save on two occasions
has he made a public address, but
he is barred from no social recog-
milton. At the town parties, at the
impromptu gatherings, he is a
guest as before. For 90 years they
have heard him as the most popu-
lar orator who could enter the
opera house." No big bills were
needed the announcement that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

The charter of Federal union No.
222 has arrived In the city and is
in possession of Organizer e. A.
Cooney, but will probably be turn
ed over to the union today. The
number OF the union is changed to
No. 1922. The union Is given the
same kind of a charter as Federal
No. 1924 now has and It will have
jurisdiction over the same class of
labor. There will, 1t is believed, be
no conflict between the two unions,
but working arrangement will be
perfected whereby the cards Of
both will be recognized and any lit
tie differences which may arise will
be settled by joint board. The
prediction Is freely made among
union men that in a few months
the two unions may be able to unite
under one charter.
Business Agent Anderson of No.
1922 stated yesterday that the
outlook for the two unions at pres
ent was very bright, and that he
fully expected to see 1900 members
in the two unions during the COM
ing year. The combined member
ship of the federal unions at pres
ent Is over 600.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

Burton would speak filled the audi
torium to the daars. Their sympa
thies are with him, even his politi-
cal enemies do not rejoice. 1t is
felt that his punishment has been
out of all proportion to his trans
gression.
Some have real reason to be sor-
ry. There are plenty Of stories of
his generosity. Ones enough. For
years a Western Union messenger
boy, a widows son. has been able
to go to school because of monthly
checks sent him by Mr.. Burton.
In a small town a man hides little
and Senator Burton has in the
quarter century past won the re.
spect of his neighbors. He has not
mingled in their local quarrels. His
politics were on the big stage, and
now that he has so tragically lost
they are sincerely sorry for him.
Senator Burton is, of course, not
an Issue" in Kansas politics now
He Is not a candidate for the fata
succession. But the wheel of fate
takes many turns in a lifetime, ant
it may not always be the downfall
side for Burton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

DR.. Chas. J. Whalen is health
commissioner of Chicago. He says
that tuberculosis in cattle will not
affect human beings If the meat is
eaten and that the Commercial
consideration of the value of the
meat of infected cattle outweighs
the doubtful theories of scien-
lists that it is injurious to feed
their flesh to human beings"
He has instructed his agents to
permit the sale of "lumpy jaw" and
tuberculosis" cattle if the infected
parts are cut out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09
PRISON GATES AT LAST SWING
SHUT BEHIND CORDELlA BOTKIN

Otner VICTIM.
g The fatal sweets were purchased
in San Francisco, punctured and
poisoned with arsenic by the muir
deress and mailed to Mrs. Dunning
at Dover, with the message: with
love to yourself and baby" and
signed simply Mrs. c." The pack
age was opened by Mrs. Dunning
and both herself and her sister ate
of the sweets unsuspectingly.
A direct and complete chain of
evidence convicted the murderess.
One of the legal points raised was
as to the jurisdiction of the Della
ware or California courts, the act
ual crime having been committed
In California, but the murder occur
ring in Delaware. Finally both
states participated in the prosecu-
ton, at San Francisco, and Mrs.
Botkin was sentenced on February
S, 1889.
The murderess still maintains
her innocence and takes life light
ly. She expresses herself as pleas
ed with her new cell at San
Quentin. =
She was considered a handsome
woman at the time of her arrest,
and has suffered only few
wrinkles to encroach during her
eight years confinement, being q
tireless believer in massage treat
ment. She has, however, grown
somewhat overstout, which dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09
iron WOMAN FEARS MOOSE:
bEGS W0mANH00D SAVE HER
UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH MRS. AGGIE MYERS PENS AN
APPEAL ITO THE WoMEN"-MURDER HUSBAND
IN AID OF A PARAMoUR HER cRIME-sHE MELTs AT THE
GRIEF OF HER MOTHER.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June s.
VIII the great state of Missouri
hang the young woman of compare
lively attractive appearance and of
fair education, convicted of what
the supreme court terms the foul
est deed in the criminal annals of
Missouri?
The execution of Mrs. Aggie N.Y.
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LABORS' os8o REALM

parks on the lines of the Traction
company last Sunday promise to be
Insignificant as compared with the
future. The Traction company Is
double tracking its Mantle Park
line in order to accommodate the
increasing traffic. Mantle Park
promises to become the popular
breathing spot Of the working pe0-
pie while the linemen's strike con-
tinues.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

Tomorrow the unions promise to
picket Natatorium park more eff,
fectively than ever. Every car will
be closely scrutinized so the num-
Der Of members of the various
unions which will visit that resort
will not swell the receipts of the
Washington Water Power COM
pany to any great extent.
The crowds which visited the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

wife. Her answer was to stab him
in the back with scissors and to
fetch his razor, with which she and
Hoffman slashed the husband fear
fully. He died in his own blood
in a corner of his cosy cottage.
No popular sympathy for Mrs.
Myers has appeared in Kansas City
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09
He STANDS FOR "LUMPY
JAW" FOR HUMANS

Health Commissioner WhaIen Of
Chicago Will Allow Beef Infected
With That Disease and Also With
tuberculosis to Be Sold In His
City.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

where the details of the case are
we'll known, but with the approach
of the date of hanging, women's
clubs throughout the state may
seek executive clemency from Gov.
Folk solely on the ground that Mis-
souri, should not apply the extreme
penalty to any woman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

fixed this 30th day Of April, A. d.
1908.
r. A. KOONTZ,
County Clerk and Clerk Of the Su-
perior Court.
BY e. F. CRAWFORD. Deputy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09

SUNDAY BAND CONCERTS.
Inland Empire band at Mantle
Park Sundays. Two grand concerts
-22 observation-disclosures and eve
ming. Take Traction company cars.
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ers Is set for June 20. 1.-THE woman
of iron," the police of Kansas City
call her, because of her calmness
under circumstances which would
drive most women mad or to sui.
eide. And the woman of iron" she
has remained during the two years
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Piratlna Foley's Honey and Tar.

PiratIns FoIey's Honey and Tar.
Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and
lung remedy, and on account of the
great merit and popularity Of
Foley's Honey and Tar many imi-
tations are offered for the genuine.
These worthless limitations have
similar sounding names. Beware of
them. The genuine Foley's Honey
and Tar is in a yellow package.
Ask for 1t and refuse any substi-
tute. 1t Is the best remedy for
coughs and colds. Chas. McNab,
402 Riverside
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-09
BURTON, GUILTY SENATOR
AS SEEN IN HOME TOWN

TIVE MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR BUSINESS INTEGRITY, WHO WIS
GENEROUS AND KIND TO HIS NElGH6oRs AND WHO Is
NOT HELD UP TO DISGRACE AMONG THEM EVEN Now
HIS HARD, LONG FIGHT TO REACH THE sENATE-AN ORA.
=. TOR WHO COULD ALWAYS HOUSE.
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The Spokane Press delivered to
your house for Csc a month. TeIe.
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Steamer
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Capacity 1000 People.
First Excursion of
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St. Maries

Up the Beautiful st. Joe River.
68 miles on the finest electric
railway in the United States.
80 miles of lake and river ON a
magnificent steamer.
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HISTORY OF BURToN's CASE.

January %, 190-Indced federal Louis
attorney a
prevent fraud order Rialo
he
March 2S 1904-Found guilty in st. Louis
April g. 1904Justice Brewer of the United
writ of
49, 1905United States
remanded for trial.
November 81 1905-Second trial commenced Found guilty
November 26.
November 90, 1905-Senenced second time to
and Imprisonment before.
May 21 1906-verdc sustained by United States
court, justices standing six to three.
May % 1906-Given to file hearing.
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
CLEARED At SIOUX FALLS|
Loses Important Suits Charging Important Land
Frauds.

In favor OF the defendants, Judge Car.
land held in substance that at the time
the alleged offense was committed, in
July, 1908, 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 thA case In this
instance.
The law, however, was changed In
December, 1903, but too late to benefit
the prosecution in the case OF Ayers
and the other three men.
At the 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 a federal grand jury in South Da'
kOta.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
TOPEN IN DAYS FROM CRIMES DATE
Robbed Store on Tuesday; Sentenced on Thursday Burglar:
Believed to Be Members of Desperate Gang Plead Guilty.

The wheels of justice turned rapidly
at FIandreau Thursday for the five
suspects arrested in Canton in conne
ton with the robbery of r. l.. Browns
hardware store in Flandeau during the
livery barn fire in which three chill
dren and eighteen horses were Gre
mated.
They we're lodged in the county Jail
awaiting a hearing, and when taken
before Justice Carter T. ]. Clancy and
Enoch McCarty pleaded guilty to the
charge of burglary and were bound
over to the circuit court. They were
taken Immediately before Judge Jones,
who sentenced them for three years,
and Sheriff Davis took them to Sioux
Falls. The other three proved TO be
innocent harvest hands and were
turned loose.
II is generally supposed that the two
men gave fictitious names and pleaded
guilty to the charge to escape punish
ment for a graver offense. When ar
rested they had a quantity OF loot that
did not come from the Brown hard.
ware store, also a full kit Of burglar
tools. nitroglycerin, etc. They were
desperate characters, for only the
quickness Of the marshal at Canton
with his shooting iron saved him from
receiving the contents OF an automatic
Colts revolver. This revolver was
stolen by them from the hardware
store and was the property of Sheriff
Davis, he having left 1t with Mr..
Brown recently because he had no am
nunition for 1t.
1t is generally thought that the fire
and burglary were the work OF the
same men, but there were no grounds
to charge arson, while burglary was
met with a plea Of guilty.
Whoever F. J. Clancy and Enoch Nc
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
RULING FAvoRs COUNTY CAUCUS
Decision on Commissioner Nomlna.
ton Is Given.

Decision on Commissioner Nomlna.
ton Is Given.
A written opinion has been handed
down in the supreme court in the
case Of the State eX rel. NJ. f. Long,
and E. A. Wearne, chairman of the
Republican party Of Day county. VS..
Manson Rexford, county auditor Of
Day county. The case was brought to
settle the dispute between county
convention nominees and district NOM
inees for the place Of county commits
sioner. and incidentally to get a rul-
ing on the meaning of the caucus law
of the last session, in regard to NOM
nations for this Office.
In the contention between the dif-
ferent nominees, the court says:
The office of county commissioner
in this state exists by reason OF legis-
lation authorized by the constitution,
which declares the legislature shall
provide by general law for such coun-
ty, township and district officers as
may be deemed necessary An exam.
ination of such legislation will dis
close that the county government is
entrusted to a body designated as a
board of county commissioners that
the numerous powers and duties or
such commissioners almost exclusive
~ relate to county affairs; and that
they are elected by all the voters OF
the county, the same as other county
officers Rev. Pol. Code, Sec. SO9-S65.
There is therefore nc escape from the
conclusion that the statutory ule re-
earding party nominations for this OF
flee was changed by the act OF l9o5;
a conclusion demanded by the lam
guage of the act itself, and consistent
with sound public policy, because it is
strictly in accord with the spirit OF
popular elections, that where an OFF,
Ger is to be elected by all the voters
of any given territory, the nomination
of a candidate to represent any point
ical organization should be participa-
ted in by all the members of such or
ganization in such territory. State VS..
RotWitt. IS Mont. 500. So it clearly
was competent for this county conven
ton to nominate county commission
ers. 1t alone could make Republican
party nominations. And it is imma-
terial whether a different method had
been followed for years in Day county,
as all party customs must necessarily
Weld to the regulations established by
law. For these reasons, the REALTORS
in this proceeding were given the re-
lief prayed, and the application on be-
half of the candidates nominated by
the district convention was dis
missed"
1t is rumored that on the strength
of this decision a number OF count
commissioner cases will be rushed TO
the supreme court before election, as
there was a question as to just what
the caucus law intended in regard TO
such officers, and the nominations
were made in different IN
different counties. If any contests
come. they will be from counties
which did not nominate in the county
convention.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
SKULL OF AN AUROCHS.
Bones Of Progenitor Of the Buffalo
Found Beneath Bed of Missouri.

At a depth of more than twenty
feet, the workers in caisson No. /, 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 t%hirty-four inches
from stub to stub Of the inside horn
formation. The find was in a bed Of
gravel and boulders, and the bones
must have lain there for years, as the
river bank has long extended far out
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 a
dome between the horns, while the av.
erage buffalo skull is almost straight.
The specimen has been placed IN ex-
hiEition where it Is attracting a great
deal of attention. 1t Is claimed by
some that on account of its size and
shape it is a skull Of an aurochs, Il
larger animal, and a 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.
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TO LEASE OR NOT TO LEASE.
Famous Issue Is Raised Again on the
Standing Rock.

A general council OF all the Indians
on the Standing Rock reservation has
been ordered by Commissioners Leupp,
to be held at the agency. At this coun-
ell the Indians will decide whether
they will release the Lennon. land for
another five years or not. The lease,
which is all under fence, contains
about 900, 900 acres.
The Indians are receiving at present
3 cents an acre, and not more tina
one animal Is allowed to forty acres.
At the time of the former leasing the
matter was written up in Eastern pa
pers and magazines 0y George Ken
nan and others, and it was asserted
the Indians were rot fairly treated.
President Roosevelt finally sent out
his personal representative, DR.. Grin
nell Of New York, and Inspector Nc.
Laughlin, with the result that the
tract was leased.
The new extension Of the Milwaukee
runs through forty miles of the lease.
This 900, 000-acre pasture is believed to
be the largest in the United States un-
der fence, being fifty miles long by
forty miles wide.
Special Agent Downs Of the Indian
department will be present, and every
Indian over eighteen on the reserva-
ton can vote on the proposition.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08

The first Of the alleged land fraud
cases 20 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 l. 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 were paid by the
agents company from the time they
left home until 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
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
For Our Women Readers.

AS probably all of you know, the
name QUAKER on a package OF
rolled oats means exactly what ster-
ling does on a piece of silver.
Both stand for PURITY. In an
other part of this paper you will find
an advertisement of QUAKER OATS,
now put up for the first time in large
FAMILY PACKAGES at the same
price as inferior oats. In addition you
get in each package FREE a beauti-
full piece of imported china. Read
the advertisement, and then ask your
grocer for a FAMILY package Of
QUAKER OATS. You will be delight
ed with the oats, and more than de-
lighted with the beautiful present in
the package.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
TO FEEL NEED OF MORE ROOM.
Solons Will Realize Necessity Of New
CAPITOL.

Capitol.
When the legislative session meets
n January, the members can tender
their thanks TO the last legislative
session for tying up the capitol com.
mission with so many hobbling strings
that they considered it practically i'm.
possible to make any progress; then
add their thanks to Sioux Falls for
stepping in and stopping progress
when the legislative hobbies have
been cut. All this after they begin to
consider what they are going to do
Tor committee rooms during the ses.
sion.
The business of the state has grown
to such an extent the past TWO years.
with the addition of the vital statisti-
cal department, the state engineers
department, and the growing needs OF
the old departments, that not even
room is left in the old building for the
two engrossing committees, let alone
any others. The space left for legisla-
i've rooms is contained in the W. as
sembly rooms of the W. bodies, and
hat only because portions of them
which are in daily use for the needs OF
the present business will be vacated
for that purpose. If the last legisla-
lure had attempted to help instead OF
hamper the commission, and 1T had
been allowed to proceed after 1t had
started, the supreme court and the
statistical departments would have
Enar ont nf Tho ola hrilIinU hpfOrp
The coming session, and there would
lave been room in the old building for
another year. 1t is now up to the COM
ng session to care for their commit
tees.
The section of the state west Of the
Missouri at every session has been in
evidence in the way of legislation
which was claimed to be a necessity
If their peculiar conditions in that
section. The homestead voters OF
Stanley and Lyman counties now out
number the exclusive stOckmen, and
The Republican legislative candidates
rom those counties are meeting this
change by pledging themselves thai
If elected they will use their best ef-
forts to ecure a repeal of h free
range law, and compel owners of cat
lie to be responsible for their trespass
damage on the west side Of the river,
as they are on the east side Of the
stream.
The liquor question is another which
will be rehashed at the coming ses-
sion, the liquor dealers coming for
ward to ask restrictions. One of which
hey desire is something in the shape
Of the Illinois law, limiting the num-
Der Of saloons in a place on the Nasis
Of population, If they succeed in this
move, they will place a greater value
1pon a liquor license than exists where
there is no limit except the ability or
The applicant to dig up the required
license fee. Thrifty town councils,
which have been licensing all who
asked for the revenue to be thus Sc
cured, may take it upon themselves TO
figure on a new basis to make the few
which can be chosen pay enough into
their treasures to make up for the
possible loss of the licenses which
might have been granted if the NUM-
Der was unlimited.