Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14
T%ELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

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company, gets through with the peni-
Tertiary sentence which he now faces
he will have a tidy fortune as the result
Of striking oil on his farm, If the bank
does not succeed i'm it's efforts to get 1t
away from him. Hixton, with G.. b,
Wray. the individual bookkeeper.
robbed the bank, which is owned by
H. c. Frick, senator knox and other
Pittsburg ~millionaires, of a sum which
the bank admits amounted to $l25, O0O
and which it is believed will reach
$500, 900 and probably 100000.
Paris-The American girls sent here
by newspapers in Kentucky. Ohio and
California, and popularity known as
peaches have come and gone. Real
ly they captured not only Paris but all
France. One French newspaper made
a v and discovered that the
members of the party a already re-
ceived over 1000 offers Of marriage. 1t
may be taken as indicative OF the good
sense OF the average American beauty
or peach" that up TO the present time
none Of these offers has been accepted.
Omaha, Neb.-By provisions OF the
will OF Edward Rosewater, which viii
be fled within a few days. a large sum
goes to the Wise memorial hospital, to
be held in trust for the providing of
care for INDECENT persons, regardless
Of nationality, creed. color or sex. Most
OF the other provisions are OF a family
nature, merely. The will is a long
one and was prepared by Mr.. Rosewa-
ter prior to his departure for Europe.
paris-Mme. Severine writes a most
pathetic appeal addressed to the new
born son Of the crown prince of Ger
many TO spare the life Of a woman
now lying in a Berlin prison under the
sentence of death. The execution has
been postponed until after the birth
Of the woman's child, n as an act Of
grace she has been given a further re-
prieve of three weeks in which to nurse
her babe.
Kingston, Island of ST. Vincent, 3.
w. Police officers stationed. at
Chateau Belair, near the Soufriere
volcano, reported that twenty-one de-
donations were heard and that many
flashes were observed over the volcano
between 3 and 5 o'clock in the morning.
There has been no distinct sign OF ac-
tivity since. The crater is enveloped
in clouds and the heat is oppressive.
Mexico City, Mex.-Dealers In Mex
lean cocoa have bought up all the
available supply OF that product in his
country and have advanced the price
% per cent. in the last few days. 1t is
reported that these dealers are work
ing in conjunction with a New York
City commission firm which is seeking
to control the worlds supply OF cocoa.
Romoay-The new King of Bengal
has been crowned at Calcutta with re-
gal pomp. He ia Surendranath Ban
erJee, the leader of the agitation against
the dividing OF Bengal province into
two lieutenant governorships, which
went into effect last October. He seems
to take himself seriously. but the ma
tive papers jeer at the proceedings.
Vicksburg, Miss-B. S. Adams, now
manager for the Quinn-Sharp Drug
company, but formerly assistant CASH
Ter Of the Citizens National bank, was
arrested by United States Marshal Will
son and taken to Jackson on the charge
of being short in his cash to the
amount OF $4S, 900 while employed in
the Citizens National bank.
Beriin-StatistIcs issued by the last
national congress against tuberculosis
show that since 1875 the number OF
deaths from the disease has diminished
In Germany 3S per cent About "a per
cent. of the sufferers were pronounced
cured in the several sanitariums, and
during last year $4,000 patients under
! went a cure.
Portsmouth, NJ. 1.-THE treaty OF
Portsmouth, which ended the war be-
tween Japan and Russia. was signed
here a year ago Wednesday at 3:47
o'clock in the afternoon, and at the
same hour a tablet was unveiled to
perpetuate the memory of the event.
The day was observed as peace day"
Los Angeles CaI-Practically all the
union carpenters in Los Angeles, es-
tlmated at about 1900, went on strike
In order to enforce their demands for
an increase in the wage scale, CLOSED
shop and Saturday half holiday. Two
hundred and eighty union plumbers
also failed TO report for work.
Kansas City, Mo.-The power house
Of the Kansas City and Leavenworth
Electric railway at Wolcott burned
with all it's valuable machinery. Loss,
$500, 600. The railway is shut down as
a result of the fire and cannot be OPP
Grated for an indefinite time, no power
being ohtainable.
Oyster, Bay, N. Y.-President Roose-
Welt attended the meeting here of the
Matinicock lodge of Masons, of which
he is a member. The meeting was the
first to be held since last winter, and
the president made n short address.
New York-The steamer Kaiser Will
liam der Crosse arrived in port with
colors at half mast On account of the
death OF Herman Oelrichs, who died on
board last Saturday. Mr.. Oelrichs had
been In poor health for some time.
London-The Telegraph
that Patti has decided TO close her pro-
fessional career. She will sing a fare
well concert In London on December
1, and will give q series OF provincial
farewells In the autumn of 1907.
Seattle. Wash.-The cruiser Boston
went aground on Orcas island in the
San Juan group In a fog while on her
way TO the straits of Georgia for tar
get practice, but was pulled off at high
tide, and Is apparently uninjured.
Rome, ~. Y.-The labor unions have
declared war on the city, declaring the
whole city unfair" The trouble arose
over sewer work, the unions refusing
union men until all the city boards
should declare for union labor.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Suit for $250,000 was
brought in the United States court here
against Receiver Thomas A. Renike
and the defunct Enterprise National
bank OF Allegheny. by Catherine Hud-
dleston. OF this city.