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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23

George Moe, eighteen, was killed.
and Miss Minnie Curschke, seventeen,
vas severely injured in an accident
on the Santa Fe at McCook, Ill.
The Monon passenger train from
Cincinnati was ditched just north OF
Rensselaer,, Ind. One passenger and a
mail clerk were slightly injured.
John McMackin, former labor COM
missioner. poisoned himself by acci-
dent at his home in Livingston manor,
New York, and died two hours later In
great agony.
Four young people were drowned
by the capsizing Of gasoline launch
near River Park, Man. The accident
was caused by the launch striking
sunken pier.
A mixed train on the Franklin q
Pittsburg line was derailed at Red-
wood, Va, and the conductor, man
agent and three passengers were IN
jured, none fatally.
The eleven-month-old child Of d. A..
Haviland Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, fell
face downward into a tub containing
a few inches Of water and was
drowned before help reached it.
Miss Mary Skinner was drowned IN
st. Joseph river at NishaWaka, lnd.
Miss Skinner was canoeing with }, G.
Miller OF South Bend. The canoe shot
over a twenty-foot dam. Miller saved
himself.
Clarence Williams, the ffteen-year-
old son of Eli Williams Of Rattiesnake
Canyon, Mont, was killed by the ac-
cidental discharge Of a small caiiber
rife in the hands Of one of his play
mates.
Edward l.. Schram, brakeman en-
ployed on the Toluca-Cody cuton or
the Burlington road, was instantly
killed at Toluca, Wyo. He was help
ing make up a train when he fell be-
tween the cars and was cut to pieces.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Notes From Washington.

In order that the food manufactur.
ers of the country, may have opportu'
nifty to make suggestions concerning
regulations for the enforcement Of the
new pure food law hearings will be
held at the department of agriculture
from Sept. II to %.
An investigation OF certain railways
will begin in Toledo by the inter
state commerce commission respect
ing the interstate transportation OF
ice to and from Toledo. The inquiry
will be conducted by Judson G. Glen
ents, a member Of the commission.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Fred o. MURRAY Is Acuuitted.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-Fred O.
Murray, collector of customs and for.
merly deputy county treasurer, yes.
terday was acquitted of the charge OF
grand larceny in connection with the
graveyard scandal. by which the
county was mulcted out of many thou
sands of dollars.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
interurban Is Projected.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 1S.-Preliml-
nary steps have been taken here for
the organization of a company to build
an electric interurlfan between this
city and Webster City. distance OF
twenty miles. Funds for the survey
have been raised and the work for the
work will begin at once.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Potato Crcp Injured.

Fergus Falls, MINI Aug. 1S.-The
potato vines here are dying premature.
ly. They are quite large, but they are
by no means matured, and it is feared
they will rot this year as they did on a
previous occasion when the vines died
about the same time of the year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
In Receivers Hands

Elkhart, Ind, Aug. 1S--The Elkhart
Mutual Life assertion was yesterday
placed in the hands of Arthur f. OAR
ling as receiver The total assets are
said to be less than $1,000 The re-.
ownership was asked for by Belle
Shinberg of Syracuse, n. Y. The com,
pany recently sold its 1,400 policies to
the Marquette Mutual company of
Chicago.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Three Lose Lives in River

Pittsburg, Aug. 17.-George Man.
ming, seven years old; his brother.
Herbert aged five, and George Wat
son, sixteen years old, were drowned
In the Monongahela river near Nc
Keesport yesterday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Five Are Injured,

Danville, Va, Aug. ia mixed
train on tho Franklin & Pittsburg
lire was derailed at Redwood early
yesterday and the conductor, mail
agent and three passengers were In
jured. none fatally.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
APPEAL TO MICKEY.

Omaha Citizens ASK nat Laws
Against Popular Vices Be Enforced.
Omaha, Aug. 1S.-At a mass meeting
of citizens a resolution was adopted
commenting the efforts of Cows. Hig-
gins, Hanley, Och and Folk to enforce
laws against popular vices in cities
and calling upon Gov Mickey ito hon
or Nebraska and himself by fearless
proclamation informing all citizens OF
the exact provisions of the laws most
frequently violated and ordering public
officers to enforce such laws fully on
penalty of dismissal or other punish
ment."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
His Neck Broken.

Minneapolis, Aug. 1S.-Charles Fo-
ley, of Haverhill, Mass, a remittance
man visiting in Minneapolis, fell in
saloon at 100 Hennepin avenue yester.
day and broke his neck. He died in.
SANITY.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Two Killed by Gas Explosion,

Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, Aug. 49,
Pietro Algonoso and Michael J. Mo.
riarty, employed in the packing room
of the Union Carbide company, we're
instantly killed last night by an explo.
sion of gas in the companys plant.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
ENGINE BREAKS BACK.
Fireman Under LOGON otive Is Killed
When Iron Horse Backs.

Belgrade Mont. Aug. s1S.-Charles
II. Abbott. locomotive fireman, was
probably fatally injured here while in
the act of cleaning the fireboX Of his
engine. While Abbott was under the
engine the engineer, not being aware
of his position, started to back the en-
CINE onto switch. The ashpan
lurched back, pinning the fireman
down and breaking his back. He was.
taken to the hospital at Bozeman, but
his recovery is not expected.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Search for Missinn Youth

New York, Aug. 1S.-The police are
searching for FELTON, Landrum, G cor.
gian. twenty three years old, who ar.
rived In New York on the evening ~
July 8. and Il missing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
FOREST FIRES IN MINNESOTA.
Settlers Forced From Their Homes by
Fury Of Flames.

Biwabic, Mimi, Aug. 17.-Several
large forest fires are burning fiercely
west and south of this place. Hun
dreds OF acres of second growth and
thicket have been burned over and
still the flames sweep on unresisted.
Much damage has already been done
aside from the burning of wood. Many
settlers have been forced to abandon
their homes and have lost most or
their property. Wild animals are in
vading the limits of the villages. I'm.
less rain falls within twenty-four
hours valuable tracts of pine will bo
DESTROYED
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Killed on Train.

Boone, Iowa, Aug. 1S.-Frank Simms
of New Haven, Conn.,, was killed while
beating his way on a North Western
train last evening.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Wheat Grades as No. 1.

Browns Valley, Mimi, Aug. 1S.-The
first load Of wheat marketed here this
season was brought in by F. Dittes
and graded as No. 1 Northern.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
BANK WRfCKER
IN P|TTSbURG
sTENsLAND is RECOGNIZED ON
TRAIN BOUND FOR THE
EAST.
BfGS, "DON'T GIVE NE AWAY"
ALMOST DEMENTED OVER TRoU.
BLEs-soRRtE EVEN THAN
DEPoslToRS.

Pittsburg, Aug. 1.-THE Chronicle
Telegraph is authority for the state
ment that Paul O. Stensland, the de-
faulting president Of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank of Chicago, was in
this city yesterday, and is now thought
10 be III the East According to this
statement Mr.. Stensland was seen
aboard train at the union sta
ton by Oscar HOlmcr, a mechanical
engineer, who used TO be close friend
of Stensland, but had not seen him for
two years. Holmer had gone to the
station to meet a friend that was on
his way East, and while talking in the
Pullman car his attention was uneX-
plainly attracted to a man seated
near.
identity Not Denied.
In telling of the incident Holmer
said:
Il walked up to him and said, Hello,
Stensland What are you doing here
For Gods sake he said. is it you?
Don't give me away
were none of my business, and then
he declared that he was almost out OF
his mind with worry. He did not say
where he had been. He told me that
he was going east and had plenty OF
money. We had time to exchange only
a few words when the train began to
move and had to jump Off
MY friend, who came from Roches-
ter, via Buffalo, told me that the man
whom | recognized had been on the
train from that city and that they had
talked together.
The train left here 1T A. m.
He's Very Sorry.
Stensland told about his trouble and
said none of the depositors OF the
wrecked bank is more sorry than he
over the way affairs have turned out.
The train finally started and Holmer
had to leave. Stensland told him he
was going to New York or Philadei-
phia
Strange to say, Holmer made no at
tempt to detain Stensland or to inform
the authorities of the fact that the man
had passed through Pittsburg. He told
all of his friends of having met the
fleeing bank wrecker, and in this man
ner the news finally drifted around to
police headquarters.
No official report of the matter has
reached the headquarters, and the po-
lice are greatly incensed at Holmer for
allowing the bank wrecker to go
through without notifying them.
Has Routes Outlined.
Chicago, Aug. 16.-Police Inspect
or Shippy has found one of the va
Uses taken by Pres 'ent Stensland
when he left home on his fight. In
the bag was a notebook containing MI
mute details of three routes to coun-
tries where extradition treaties with
the United States are OF such a char
acter that difficulty would be expert
enced in securing the return OF flu
gitive from justice. The countries
mentioned in the book are Honduras,
India and Canada. The valise was
found in a Wisconsin village, but no
further information concerning the eX-
act location would be given by the po-
lice.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Outbreak Of Bubonic PLAQUE

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1S.-There has
been an outbreak Of bubonic plague al
CampOs, 140 miles northeast of this
city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
TRAIN is WRECKED.

Big Four Passenger Is DeraiIed in In.
diana.
Lafayette, Ind, Aug. 1S.-A south
bound Big Four passenger train side
swiped a freight at Summit, partially
wrecking the locomotive and derailins
the baggage car. Four men were in
jured. The engineers of both trains
jumped.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
OFFICIAL ADMITS GUILT.
Milwaukee Sidewalk Inspector Gets
Penal Sentence.

Milwaukee, Aug. 1S-John Brock,
sidewalk inspector OF the Eighteenth
ward, charged with obtaining city or
ders by false pretenses, pleaded guilty
to the charge in the municipal court
and was committed to the Green Bay
reformatory for an indeterminate SEN
tence of from one to three years.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
THIEF KILLS DlSCOVERER.
Shoots Occupant of Canadian ?acifi
Car and Escapes

Oar ana ESCAPES.
Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 1S.-On being
caught robbing Canadian Pacific
railroad boarding car at Kenmay, near
Brandon, an unknown man shot and
MORALLY wounded F. Cushner, one OF
the occupants of the car. The murder
er made good his escape in the dark
ness.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
WANT PRIEST IN POLITICS.
Pennsylvania Democrats Would Send
Him to Legislature.

Mahony City, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE
Democrats and Lincoln Republicans
are urging Rev. Hugh P McGettigan,
pastor of st. Josephs Catholic church
at Ashland, to accept the nomination
for the legislature in the Second dis
trict. Father McGettigan is student
of political economy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Otherwise.

w. M. Hays of Minnesota, deputy
secretary of agriculture Of the United
States, has been offered the position
Of director Of the Pennsylvania agri-
cultural experiment station and dean
of the agricultural department.
w. H. Whiteman, former Judge of
the supreme court Of Arizona and
later adjutant general Of the terri
tory, is dead at Terminal island, CAL.
of softening of the brain. Judge
Whiteman was a native of Ohio and
about sixty years Of age.
The Democrats and Lincoln Repub-
licans are urging Rev. Hugh p Nc
Gettigan, pastor of st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie church at Ashland, Pa. to accept
the nomination for the legislature in
the Second district. Father McGet-
tigan is a student Of political economy.
After an absence of eighteen years,
during seventeen of which NO word
to indicate that he still was alive had
reached his relatives, John Campbell
of Sioux City, much changed by the
ravages of disease and hardships of
various kinds, which he underwent
during the Boer war, suddenly has
presented himself to his wife and chill
dren, who had thought him dead.
Forty acres of ground in the eastern
suburbs of Guthrie, Okla, have been
bought and paid for by Carrie Nation q
business manager, on. which will be
erected purity farm school and home
| for poor boys. Mrs. Nation donated
the $4,000 site to Rev. Charles Mitch
ell of Missouri, who will be In charge
of the Institution, the first Of the kind
for the new state.
Representative Joseph II. Dixon of
Missoula announced his candidacy for
| the United States senate. to succeed
William A. Clark. whose term expires
In March. 1907.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
Criminal.

A well dressed young man giving
his name as Alfred Johnson attempted
to steal the cash drawer from jewell
ry store at Berkeley, Cal, while the
proprietor's back was turned.
James o. Higgins. an advertising
solicitor OF Butte, who has been EN-
ployed by the Mckee Printing COM
pany Of that city, Is under arrest in
Salt Lake City on the charge Of en-
beZzlement.
f. f.. Drake, treasurer Of Elkhart
county, Indiana, committed suicide be-
cause OF i'll health, following the loss
Of $4,000 of the county funds by the
failure of the Indiana National bank,
which he had to replace.
John Donahue, a wealthy farmer,
was shot and killed at his home near
Colville, Kan, by his wife, whom he
had attacked with a butcher knife.
Donahue was seventy years OF age,
and had lived near Colville more than
a quarter of a century.
Five armed men attempted to hold
up a camp of fifty Italian laborers at
Almond. N. Y. The Italians, how
ever, drew knives. whereupon the
raiders opened fire and wounded three
of them seriously. They escaped with
out securing a dollar.
In restaurant at Winfield, Kan,
Frank Cochran, armed with butcher
knife. assaulted and dangerously
wounded Shorty" Myers and drove
every one from the place. Cochran
then viciously attacked Officer Krue-
ger and was shot and killed by the
latter.
Joseph Castleman, living In Weake-
" county. Tennessee, called at the
home Of his divorced wife and killed
her with a shotgun and then killed
himself. He was sixty years old and
she was fifty. The tragedy resulted
from her suit of divorce, which was
recently granted.
Albert M. Crone, charged with the
killing of his former sweetheart. Miss
Bertha Bowlin, at Kansas City last
month. was held on the charge of
first degree murder without bail at his
preliminary hearing. Miss Bowlin
died as the result Of an assault upon
her and her escort. Frank Kern.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-23
People Grow CaIlous.

"The people have grown callous with
too much death. was shocked to hear
a young girl laugh heartily at the sight
of a woman whose brain pan had been
torn off by bomb
Last night resulted in an orgie OF
blood in the Jewish quarter The
number Of persons dubbed or bayo.
neted exceeds 800
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
Ten Fortunes, s2.ooo.Ooo. 900.

Today it is computed that there are
in the United States no fewer than
seventy estates that average in value
$35,OOOOOO each. There are te1f pri-
vate fortunes aggregating $2,OOO,OOO,-
OOO-those, namely, Of John D. Rookie
Teller, Andrew Carnegie, Marshall
Field, w. X. Vanderbilt, John Jacob
Astor, J. P. Morgan, Russell Sage, ].
]. Hill, Senator w. A. Clark and VIII.
liam Rockefeller. There are 400 for
tunes aggregating $3OOO,OOO,OOO and
$500 aggregating $1O,OOO,OOO,OOO. Five
thousand men in this country, whose
aggregate wealth is estimated at $751;
OOO,O0OOOO, actually own, to say moth
ing of how much they control, nearly
one-sixth Of our entire national wealth
in money, land, mines, buildings, in
dustries, franchises and everything else
Of value, which sixth. if put into gold,
would give them all Of the yellow met
al above ground in the world and leave
more than S9.OOO,OOO,OOO still owing
them.-Harper's Weekly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
TWO MEN OF NERVE.
4 Dramatic Incident of the Siege OF
VarsOvie.

1 Dramatic Incident of the Siege OF
Varsovie.
It is doubtful II the soldiers Of any
nation are drawer than those Of Russia.
1t is related of Field Marshal Paskie-
witch that in the course of the siege OF
Varsovie, being somewhat discommod-
ed by a hot fire from certain battery,
he ordered it to be shelled, but to no
purpose. His troops did not seem able
to locate the enemy, and their shot had
no effect. Finally the field marshal
himself galloped forward and sternly
commanded:
What imbecile is in command here?'
'I am" answered an officer who ap-
preached.
well. captain, shall degrade you,
since you do not know your business.
Your shells have no effect"
TRUE, sir, but it is not my fault.
Tie shells do not ignite"
TELL that to others. Don't come try
ing to- fool me with such chaff. You
will receive your punishment this even
ing"
The captain coolly took shell from
a pile near by, lit the fuse and, holding
it in the palms of his hands, presented
it to the marshal saying:
''See for yourself, SIR
The marshal, folding his arms across
bis breast, stood looking at the smok-
ing shell. 1t was a solemn moment.
Goth men stood motionless, awaiting
the result Finally the fuse burned
out, and the captain threw the shell to
the ground.
ITS true" remarked the marshal,
turning away to consider other meas
ures to silence the enemy's fire.
In the evening, instead Of punish
ment, the captain received the cross of
the Order Of St Vladimir.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
(ElLECrIQ|NNA1
RUSSIAN TERRORISM.
the Ruses to Which Trepon Il Conn
PEELED to Resort.

the Ruses to Which Trepon Il Com
PEELED to Resort.
1 was chatting the other evening with
Partisan who had just returned from
Russia and who told me that in west.
ern Europe we had as yet no real idea
Of the state Of affairs there.
''Trepoff, for instance, who has the
position once occupied by Plehve
knows that any moment he may be
blown to pieces, as Plehve himself was
although he spent 100000 a year to as.
sure his personal safety. Do you
know" my friend added, "how Trepofl
goes out? A landau leaves the palace
surrounded by squad Of Cossacks. A
man is in it, but the man is not Trepof
Trepoff drives in an ambulance wagon
with the red cross Of Geneva floating
from the drivers seat, and as he passes
people cross themselves and murmur
Another one of Trepoff's Victims
II went to interview Trepoff a few
days before l left st. Petersburg" he
added. II had received a letter promis.
ing me an audience At the palace l
was passed on to secretary, who took
me through three empty salons to a
small private Office. where he left me-
A few minutes later he returned and
pointed to telephone upon the table.
His excellency is waiting for you he
said quietly. Waiting? Yes, at the
other end of the wire. He sees nobody
But am a personal friend of his ex.
cellency's,' l explained. And that is
why you are allowed in the palace,
was the answer.
"And SO 1 said goodby by telephone
to Trepoff. I could not bring the words
'Au revoir' across my lips somehow, for
who knows where Trepoff will be when
I am next in Russia ?-Paris Letter to
London Express.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
Schoolbooks and Contagion.

A discussion of far reaching interest
has taken place in the French Academy
Of Medicine on the subject Of class
books as disseminators of contagion In
schools, especially in the case of such
diseases as scarlet fever, measles and
diphtheria. Paper has long been recog-
nized as dangerous agent Of infection,
even in tuberculosis, owing to the habit
among children Of turning over leaves
with fingers wetted with saliva. DIR.
Lop in order to test the extent Of dam
ger In schoolbooks made long expert
ments to establish the duration of in
fective power in various bacilli finding
it to range from forty-eight hours for
some to fifty days for the Ebertle and
1O3 days for the Koch bacillus. General
agreement was expressed as to the I'M
portance Of thorough disinfection Of
school materials.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
A Tricky Actor.

Lemaitre. the French actor, was al
ways head over heels in debt despite an
enormous salary and was always kept
busy devising means by which he
could raise money. One evening an
hour before the curtain was to rise up
on new play a well known pawnbro-
ker entered the private Office of the di-
rector of the Theatre Francois.
Here is pawn ticket for you, sir"
"For me-? exclaimed the astonished
director.
eyes, monsieur. It Is for 10000
francs, and l hold M. Lemaitre as Sc
curity. He cannot leave my place until
have been paid"
And the pawnbroker was telling the
truth. The director had to pay this
amount before he could get his star.
Lemaitre and the pawnbroker divided
the spoils.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-15
A REMARKABLE RISE.
How "Yim" Davidson Went From Gas.
tie Garden to Governors Chair.

How "Yim" Davidson Went From Cas-
tie Garden to Governors Chair.
Little did Norwegian youth Of
eighteen who landed at Castle Garden
some thirty-four years ago imagine
that the newspapers of America would
one day refer to him as the Hon.
James o. Davidson" or that he would
be called to preside over one of the
most famous commonwealth Of the
great northwest, the state Of Wiscon-
sin. Yet all this has come true, and
the governor Of today preserves with
care the little piece Of cloth in which
all his worldly possessions were tied
up and slung over his shoulder on that
eventful morning when his feet first
trod American soil. In Norway he
got all the education which the teach
ers who travelled from farm to farm
could give him, but that was not much,
and he knew the three books which
they used by heart when he was ten
years old. When he left Norway he
borrowed the money which paid his
passage to the United States, and,
reaching Madison without friend and
almost penniless, he went to work to
earn money to pay that passage money
back. He worked as a farm hand, as
a tailor and as a clerk in a general
store and in few years time had a
store of his own. In 1892 he was sent
to the state legislature and made the
cause of the people his own. He was