Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
T%ELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

e.. Johns, N. Fine colonial gov
eminent will test the validity or the
modus yiyendi, enforcing the bait act,
which forbids Observation-Disclosures to fish
on board foreign vessels within colonial
waters. 1t intends to prosecute one or
more colonial fishermen who have been
shipped by Americans outside the
three-mile limit after these men have
been paid off by the American vessels
on which they are serving. After this
the supreme court or the privy council
will determine whether or not the
modus vivendi overrides colonial en-
actments.
Berlin-A remarkable denunciation
of the reform dress worn by
"~enlightened" German women has
lust been pronounced by the Anglo
American Medical association. The
doctors base their views on reasons OF
health, saying that the reformers mako
a mistake in shifting the weight OF the
dress from the waist to the shoulders.
They predict that. II the practice
spreads, the result will be a narrow
ing and depression Of the chest that
win increase from generation to gen.
Grafton.
San Francisco-On the ground that
an attempt was being made to learn
the secrets OF the prosecution against
the alleged grafters, District Attorney
Langdon refused to answer certain
questions put to him by counsel for
Abraham Ruef. Suit was brought by
Langdon restraining Ruef from act
ing as district attorney, to which place
he was appointed when the board OF
supervisors ousted Langdon last
Thursday.
IN..A -
scalded to death by O. column of es-
Gaping steam from a broken boiler
drum in a sugar house near Vacherie,
La. The escaping steam plowed a
trench three feet deep in the ground
until 1t struck the sugar house founda-
ton. This obstruction detected the
column of steam and hot water up
ward so that 1t entered the sugar
house.
Omaha, Neb.-By the filing of his
will here il came to light that Joseph
A. Bent, the eccentric recluse of Oma-
ha, who died in Los Angeles, Cal, last
February. was n Of the richest men
in Nebraska. His estate Is valued at
l 800, 900. So eccentric was Bent in
his habits, so quiet did he amass his
fortune, that even his family did not
know he was rich.
OttaWa-The cOroner'S jury which
has been investigating the death Of
strikers in the riots at McLaren's
Mills announced a verdict. Criminal
prosecution OF Albert and Alexander
McLaren, the millionaire lumbermen,
is recommended. The verdict declares
they are responsible for the death of
their men because they brought the de-
t~ectives here who fired the fatal shots.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-The barking
Of a dog saved the lives of John Dolan
his wife, two daughters and a son.
They were in bed while the roof of the
house was burning. and the rooms had
filed with smoke, when they were
awakened by the terrific barking of
the dog. AS they reached the outside
the house became enveloped in flames.
Lodi, O.-Armed citizens are patroll-
Ing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
where 100 farmers with their teams
pulled three engines and several cars
off the track and landed them in the
ditch. The action followed an attempt
Of the railroad company, to construct
lts new cutoff line across a country
road at a grade several feet higher
than the highway.
Madison, Wis.-Attorney General
Sturdevant made a ruling that votes
cast on voting machines cannot be chal-
lenged because of the imposslbility OF
recording such votes. Under the. usual
form of voting. challenged votes that
are sworn In are marked for later ac-
ton, If necessary, but his is impossi-
BILE on voting machines.
Nashville, Tenn.-Two express pack
ages. containing a sum of money va
riously estimated from $1,000 to 5 1000
wnra nniSainp from tha Sol1tbprp Ey-
press company car when the packages
were checked over here. The officers
of the company decline to say where
the money was from or where des-
tined.
Chicago-Richard Mansfield is now
living in rooms over the shop of q
Aorist at AS Elm street. There are
four rooms. which rent for S35 d month.
Mr.. Mansfield keeps the rooms all the
year round, and there his wife and.
child spend months while he is on the
road. He will have nothing to do with
hotels here.
New York-Collector Stranahan will
send men to inspect the steamship
Koenig Albert, which is due here from
Mediterranean ports, because of reports
from he other side that the steerage
was 80 overcrowded that first cabin
puSSGllSeTS lIldut u COiilpidlhI W I'm
United States consul at Gibraltar.
Boston, Mass.-Sir Thomas Upton
arrived here to be the guest of the city
of Boston and of the local yachtsmen
In speaking of a possible challenge for
the Americas cup. Sir Thomas said he
had decided to send another challenge,
but could not say whether 1t would be
issued next year or 1908.
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Lexington, ky.-In a fight between
600 state college students and police
men here four policemen were struck
on the head with rocks and severely
injured. The college students were
playing Halloween pranks. and 1t Is
said attempted to carry a street car
from the track.
Lexington, ky-Announcement is
made Of the engagement of Miss Eve
c. Stevenson. of this city, formerly OF
Cincinnati, TO George w. Gable, au-
thor and lecturer. Miss Stevenson is
a daughter OF Robert Stevenson, a for
mer member of congress.
Washington, D. C.-Wednesday's
statement OF the treasury balance ir
the general fund, exclusive OF the $780,
600, 900 gold reserve, shows available
cash baiauce SlO5 4A3 AIS. rold coiT