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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16
Burroughs Saw a Collection.

John Burroughs. the famous natural
list and poet. author of that lin. poem
My own Shall Come to Me" loves In
tell a story which has; TO do with -
friend of his named or. according Ia
the Peoples Magazine.
ON one OF his trips MIR. Burrouyh,
happened T. be in the own where .Ir.
Orr lives. Meeting him in the street.
Nlr. Burroughs insisted that his friend
should accompany him t. the hotel FOR
luncheon. Is they wore cutting. Mr.
burroughs inquired Il his friend was
interested in any speciality.
II think" said III naturalist, "nvc,v
man ought u have Il collection II some
kind. 1T adds Hcst to llfo."
oh. yes," said his friend. II h,.yo
cutie a collection. ! am interested in
flowers. ccme hofne w.ti. nae am III.
.i1ow them u you"
As the approached tae orr ho:aa. -;
fine. healthy chi.area. ll&yi..; On t.i.
" raa - meet thvi- fs.;Br..
These said Mr.. or. M.th 3 tsia.4a
in MS eye. form my c,ii ,NtiD.i a..
orchids we they no. sal4 .,c-
mens?'
Mr.. Bu..onS;is as:oel -, IL. o.
lect.on o! y.f h.as Na5 g.. 49,,
. exc. sran.
The 10. output -. cl .:.
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GOVERNMENTS REASON FOR NOT
CALLING HIM TO TESTIFY AT
CHICAGO.
GARFIELD SENDS EVIDENCE
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS OF DoCu.
MENTARY EVIDENCE ARRIVES
AT CHICAGO.

Chicago, Aug. John d. Rockefel'
Ter will not be served with a subpoena
to appear before the grand jury, which
will convene Monday to investigate
the relations existing between the
Standard Oil company and various
railroads. This announcement was
made yesterday by eminent OH
Gals after a conference. They de-
clared that should Mr.. Rockefeller
testify before the grand jury it would
be necessary to grant him immunity
from future prosecution, and this, it
was claimed, Is what the government
wishes TO avoid.
Two hundred pounds Of documenta-
ry evidence reached the office of Dis
trict Attorney c. B. Morrison yester-
day afternoon for use in prosecuting
the investigation The evidence was
sent from the Office of Commissioner
of Corporations James r. Garfield at
Washington.
A careful study Of the papers is now
being made by the government attor.
neys. The evidence was gathered dur.
ing the recent investigation of the oil
business
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CALLS ART PICTURES OBSCENE
ANTHONY cOMSTOCk RAIDS ART
STUDIOS AND ARRESTS
SECRETARY.

New York, Aug. 4.--Upon a warrant
sworn out by Anthony Comstcck, Sec
rotary of the Society for the Suppress
sion Of Vice, the studios OF the Art
Students league, one Of the most
noted art schools in America. were
yesterday searched and the bookkeep-
er, Miss Anna Robinson, was placed
under arrest 1t was charged by
agents of the society that the repro
auctions of figures in the nude contain
ed in the fall catalogue. which the
league was about TO issue, were of an
immoral character. A patrol wagon
load of the catalogues was seized and
taken to the police court as evidence.
Magistrate Mayo adjourned the hear
ing to Aug. Z.
Miss Robinson was arraiSned as
Jane Doe" on the charge of viola
ton of the act for the suppression or
traffic in obscene literature, illustra-
lions. pictures. etc.
The pamphlet seized by the agents
of the society is the one issued regu-
larly each fall to prospective students.
and shows pictures of the work turned
out by the students of the school. The
issue is styled The American Student
of Art" and the specimens pictured
are such as are seen in any art stu
dio or museum. In the book this year
two pages are devoted to the nude.
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Otherwise.

A Neutrality-suspicious. bank has been
inaugurated in Chicago.
Fourteen hundred miners are idle
at Bridgeport, Ohio, as a result of the
refusal of several companies to dis
charge non-union men.
Prof. A. II. Thompson of the United
States geological survey died in Wash
ingtor. aged sixty-seven years. He
was a noted geographer.
James Henneberry, an old settler OF
Webster City. Iowa. seventy-five years
Of age, dropped dead while loading
brick. He was born in Ireland.
The American Tobacco Co. declared
their usual az per cent quarterly
dividend and also an extra per cent
dividend O ncommon stock.
At Kingston, in Williamson county.
Tenn. a negress gave birth to six
children. The children are we'll formed
and all were alive at last accounts.
DR.. William T. Harris, ex-commis.
sioner Of education, has the honor OF
being the first American educator to
be selected by the Carnegie Founda,
ton to receive the highest salary al.
lowance. an annual income of $4,000
for meritorious service.
Judge Kennedy at Cleveland made .
sweeping ruling In favor of Mayor
Tom L. Johnson In the Fulton street
railway contempt Of court case. The
court declared it would not assume
that the city officials knew what they
were enjoined from doing without be-
ing told. AS public officials, the court
said, the defendants might be served
with 10000 injunctions In a year or q
month or a week.
Three masked men entered the
Grand Rapids & Indiana depot at
South Bend, Ind. and when the opera.
tor, Glen Deal. refused to open the safe
he was overpowered, bound. gagged
and thrown into closet. The men
then blew open the safe. After secur.
ing $3.50 they stole a buggy from q
nearby livery stable and escaped.
Large sums Of money were distrf6-
uted last week at San Francisco by
the sound insurance companies, which
have now settled practically all of
their Individual losses. and are rap
idly, adjusting the policies assigned
to committees.
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workmen were killed and six were
Ferocity Displayed.

workmen were killed and six were
wounded
Ferocity Displayed.
The utmost ferocity was displayed
by both sides One Of the workmen
killed cried to the patrol. Don't hre
on the people!" but the officer In COM
mand turned coldly away and gave
the order to shoot the man down.
Earlier accounts Of the Cronstadt
trouble have been largely incorrect.
The mutinous sailors never went 70
Fort Constantine The plan OF the up
rising was conceived by the revolu'
tionary military committee. While II
was executed to the letter, II failed be-
cause the information Of the situation
at Fort Constantine and the arsenal
was faulty.
Loyalists Hold Sveaborg.
Hclsingfors, Aug. 3.-The entire
Syeaborg fortress is now in the hands
of the government.
The prisoners are being hurried owe"
to Skatudden island.
Talk of Military Dictatorship.
On the 0eelS OF the OJueI ptu INV"
comes the startling statement that the
emperor has refused to accept the
conditions to which Premier Stolypin
agreed in his negotiations with Count
Heyden Alexander Guchkotf, Prince
Nicholas Loyoff, Paul Vinogradof ana
Senator KOni for the reorganization or
the cabinet.
There is an increasing apprehension
that he emperor proposes to take the
final step of turning the country over
to the military dictatorship OF Grand
Duke Nicholas.
The streets of st. Petersburg again
are filled with patrols.
Gen. Markgratfsky Killed.
Warsaw, Aug. 4.-Gen. Markgrar'
sky, chief of the gendarmerie, was
shot and killed by revolutionists yes
terday at Otwook, a summer resort
situated about twenty miles from this
city and much frequented by people
from Warsaw.
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WEEKS HISTORY IN fPITOMf
ALL THE NEWS THAT is WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
At the Capital.

The president has appointed FREQ
bearing, Missouri, second secretary Of
the American legation at Havana.
Patent attorneys throughout the
country are after the scalp of Commits
sioner of Patents Allen and are pre-
pairing 10 send delegation TO Oyster
Bay to request President Roosevelt tc
remove Allen. Delay in granting pat
ents Is the reason given for the attack
Capt. James A. Downing, a promi
nent miner in Mexico, wires: Give
no credence TO sensational reports OF
agitation against Americans. There is
no evidence here nor in any part OF
the republic Ambassador Thompson
advises in the same manner. Presi-
dent Diaz is unable to find cause for
the recent alarming reports"
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Casualties.

In street car collision at Los An
geles one man was killed and several
persons were severely injured, Of
whom at least two are expected TO die.
Joseph McMann. the aeronaut, who
fell at the Salt palace, owing to the
failure of his parachute TO work, died
at Holy Cross hospital at Salt Lake
City. McMann's home was near Des
Moines. Iowa.
Fire at Maryville destroyed the
county court house. Harper's depart.
ment store and opera house and sew
eral other buildings Loss $l25,0OO;
partly insured. The fire started in
Hsrper's store, which was struck by
lightning.
Ben Anderson. the ffteen-year-old
son of Mrs. Anna Anderson. living
nine miles northwest OF Elkader, Iowa,
was crushed TO death by a mower. The
lines became entangled in the mower
causing the team TO back. and the lad
In the mix-up, was thrown under the
machine and run over.
A tremendous electrical, rain, wind
and hail storm broke over Cleveland
recently. frightening horses, sending
everybody on the streets TO shelter
and causing several accidents. Light
ming struck In several places and n
city workman was killed by a bolt
which struck a water works crib in
Lake Erie.
Stewart Calsem, the nine-year-old
stepson OF A. X. Olson Of Cambridge.
Iowa, was struck and severely injured
by a passenger train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad. The
boy was standing near the main track
waiting for freight train on the side,
track to pass. and did not hear the
coming passenger train. He is in q
critical condition.
The most destructive fire which has
occurred in Billings, Mont, for several
years happened in the burning OF 9
barn owned by the Billings Brewing
company The entire building, which
was a huge brick structure. was prac
tically ruined and the contents are g
total loss. Ten fine horses were
stabbed therein and only one of them
escaped Among the animals lost were
some OF the finest in the city.
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The king and queen Of Spain ar.

The king and queen of Spain ar.
rived at Cowes, Isle Of Wight, recent
ly on the Spanish royal yacht Giral-
da. King Alfonso intends to build a
racing yacht to compete here In 1907.
Judge James F. Tracy of the Philip
pine supreme court is expected to sue
coed Gen. James F. Smith as vice gov.
ernor general when the latter assumes
the governor generalship in Septemr
Der.
The French cabinet held its first ses-
sion at the chateau occupied by Pres
ident Fallieres as a summer residence
in Ramboulet. Plans for the early
application of the law providing pen
sions for workmen were adopted.
The marquis of Montebello, a recent
candidate for election to the French
chamber of deputies, was sentenced
to fifteen days Imprisonment and 500
fine for assaulting his successful op-
ponent, NJ. Larguier, in the street
A cloudburst has devastated the
Camerino region in Italy. The village
Of Castel st. Angelo suffered most seri
ously. A number Of buildings there
fell and the water, forming an impetu-
Gus torrent, carried off and drowned
five to ten persons.
a papal encycical against Christian
socialists, Italian and foreign, Is ex-
pected to be issued 1t is understood
that it will deal also with the situa-
ton Of religious affairs in France
growing out of the separation Of
church and state.
Second Lieut.. John Jacob Astor gal
lantly rescued a trooper Of his regi-
ment, the First Life guards, from
drowning in the River Thames recen/
ly. Lieut.. Astor's troop was engaged
in swimming practice, when a troop
er's horse got into difficulties in mid
stream and kicked his rider. The lat
ter sank in deep water, and young AS
tor dived and brought out the soldier
In time to enable the latter to be re-
stored TO life.
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Foreign.

King Edward will not attend the
christening of the kaiser's grandson,
as planned. He Is to busy.
DIR. Jose Rosa Pacas has been ap.
pointed minister OF Salvador to the
United States and Roberto Parez sec.
rotary to the legation.
A new telegraph cable via BONN.
which establishes direct communica-
ton between Japan and the United
States, has been opened to the public.
Edmond Rouse. member of the
French academy, who acted as eoun-
sci for members Of the commune In
1871, is dead. He was eighty-nine
years Of age.
The United States government has
paid Germany the award of $780, 900 In
the Samoan case. Great Britain paid
her damages in the spring, and the
matter is therefore settled.
Capt. Castillo of the Spanish ar
tillery, son of Gen. Castillo, was
dangerously and probably MORALLY
wounded in a duel with swords fought,
with Senior Arroyer. The latter fed.
The grand vizier has been dismissed
at Teheran, Persia. He opposed the
granting of reforms, which resulted ir
popular demands for his dismissal
The minister of foreign affairs, Mo
chire-Dozlet, has been appointed pre-
mier
The Spanish steamer Cabo-Trafalgai
has been burned at sea. Her crew
was rescued by the Britishs steamer
Universal, which also towed the shell
of the burned steamers hull to San
lander. The cargo of the Cabo-Trafal
gar Ii a total loss.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco
says that serious all-day-long en-
gagement occurred near Muluya. ant
that the pretender's forces were com
pletely routed, with heavy loss, by the
sultan's troops, who afterward paradet
the district with rebels heads stucl
on their bayonets as trophies Of tn,
victory.
During q conflict between Creek
and Bulgarians at the village Of Cor
andjan. near Florina. two Bulgarian
sentries were killed. Turkish troops
came to the assistance Of the Bull
garians and the Greeks were defeate'
with the loss Of fifteen men killed.
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Gen. Macarthur Returns,

San Francisco, Aug. 4-Maj. Gen.
Macarthur, U. S. A, commander of
the Pacific division. returned yester-
day on the liner Manchuria, after an
absence of eighteen months in the
Orient. Gen. Macarthur was sent to
Manchuria by the president toward
the latter part of the Russo-Japanese
war to observe the Japanese military
operations.
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ARMOUR GETS INTO ACTION.
Big Packing Firm Buys New Brighton
Stock Yards.

Minneapolis, Aug. 4.-There is no
longer any doubht among business
men of Minneapolis but that Armour
& co. intend to establish a colossal
plant near New Brio ton, a suburb Of
this city
All question was dispeled yesterday
when it became known that the firm
has practically closed a deal which in
wolves the taking over of the New
Brighton stock yards as a. part of the
mammoth plant which is to be the
showplace of the world for meat prod
ucts.
Another convincing proof of the
firms ambitious plans in this vicinity
was found in the fact that representa-
tives of Armour & Co. have already
begun negotiations with local lumber
men looking to the purchase of sew
eral millions of feet of lumber to be
used in the new plant.
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Criminal.

Tim Burke, from Illinois, working
on the new Rock Island grade near
Oskaloosa, Iowa, plunged a butcher
knife into his heart and died in Ave
minutes. He had been discharged.
Edward c. Reed, a machinist, was
shot and killed by Mrs. William j. Sim
cooke at her home in Richmond, Ind
Mrs. Sincocke is the wife Of a travel
ing salesman, and her husband was
out Of the city at the time Of the shoot
ing. She has not been arrested, the
officers believing it to be a clear case
of self-defense.
After an exciting chase. in which
bloodhounds were used, Jesse FitZger-
aid, negro, was arrested by posse
and lodged in Jail at Barbourville. KY,
charged with robbing and numbering
Mrs. Robert Broughton Fitzgerald, II
Is stated, made a full confession. Mrs.
Broughton's head was hacked almost
off with knife.
John A. Cooke, former clerk of the
Cook county, H., circuit court, who
has been on trial for several weeks
on a charge Of stuflng pay rolls. was
found guilty by the jury and his pun.
ishment fixed at Imprisonment In the
penitentiary and fine Of $4,000. The
judge before whom the case was tried
will determine the length OF the peni.
Tertiary sentence.
Samuel Damopt n crinnla of Union
City, Ind. shot his wife through the
heart and head, instantly killing her
and then fired two shots in his own
body, one in the breast and one in the
head. He Is not expected to live
Three years ago Mrs. Demont received
$500 for the death Of a son caused by
an explosion, and this money became
a bone of contention between the two
and led up to the shooting.
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EDITOR SUES FOR 100000.
Complains Of Treatment He Received
in Porto Rico.

Complains OF Treatment He Received
in Porto Rico.
New York, Aug. 4.-Underlying the
complaint in the suit of 100000 dam
ages, brought by Richard S. Bird, a
lawyer of this city, against present
and former officials of Porto Rico, arc
charges that while editor of the
San Juan News he practically was ad-
judged guilty Of lese majestic and that
his paper was subjected to a censor
ship as rigorous as that exercised IN
Russia.
He further alleges that his printing
plant was confiscated and representa-
tons were made that led him to be.
lieve his life was in danger. AS a re-
suit of the alleged conspiracy he was
forced, he says, to leave the island in
March, 1904.
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UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.
Returning From Funeral, a Mans
Throat Is Cut by Runaway.

Baltimore, Aug. 4.-Walter X. Nc
Elroy, aged fifty-four years, a promi-
nent member of the Independent Or.
der of Odd Fellows, was almost in.
stantly killed late yesterday while re-
turning from the funeral of Israel Per-
ry of Bayonne, N. j.. whose body had
been brought here for burial McEl-
roy was alone in hack, the horses of
which became frightened and ran
away. The hack was dashed violently
against a post and demolished, and
McElrOy's throat was cut almost from
ear to ear by the broken glass of one
of the windows. The driver of the
hack was seriously injured.
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SAVING Four Bows Nav Cost Iif..

New York, Aug. Am saving three
or four boys from being run over Fire
man Harry Mistfield, driver of Engine
No. %. abruptly swerved his horses
from the car tracks and the engine up
set. Engineer Edward Henning was
so badly crushed, burned and scalded
that he may die.
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Intent to Kill CHARGED.

Rugby, N. D., Aug. 4.-Charles Bed.
ner, who, it is alleged. last week In a
quarrel shot his neighbor. Frank Ho-
rack, three times with a revolver, has
had his hearing and has been ordered
held to the grand jury on a charge Of
shooting with intent to kill. Horack
is expected to recover, though his in
juries are dangerous
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OIL CUT AGAIN

Trust Announces Drop of Cents East
and Centa West.
Toledo, Aug. because of the
great amount Of oil being sent into
the Standard OH companys plants, an
other cut of 3 cents East and cents
West was posted by the trust yester.
day.
This makes scent cut East and
cents West within a week.
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Shot and Beaten to Death,

Garrett, Ind, Aug AIRS. Guy
Cannon was killed early yesterday by
Edward Black. who fired three bullets
into the woman's head and then beat
her with the revolver until the scalp
was torn to shreds. Mrs. Cannon had
been keeping house for Black. Jeal-
ousy is said to have been the cause.
When arrested Black had $4,000 in his
pockets
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Election FIGHT Is Fatal,

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. Al. NJ.
Wellington. saloonkeeper, was kill.
ed; w. ]. Cooke, Judge of election,
fatally wounded, and third man less
seriously injured in fight at polling
place a few minutes after the closing
of the polls for the election of county
officers Yesterday.
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Fast Ends Fatally.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 4.-James M.
Postlethwaite died in hospital yes
terday, after having tasted forty.nine
days for the benefit of his health. Ex-
haustion is given as the cause Of
death. He was a member Of the De-
troit Physical Culture club.
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Mill City Man Is Rescuer.

Mason City, Iowa, Aug. AFTER
going down the third time Mrs. F. J.
Kruppinger of Davenport was rescued
by William F. Handy of Minneapolis
at Clear lake. Mrs. Kruppin ger was
bathing in four feet of water. lost her
balance and was strangling.
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Dies In Dental Chair.

Boone, Iowa, Aug. AIRS. Albert
Apple, wife Of well known farmer,
while lying in dental chair under the
influence Of an anesthetic. suddenly
collapsed and died almost instantly.
She was having ten teeth extracted.
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LET'S CHINKS IN FOR $50.
Witness Makes Charge Against United
States officer.

Helena, Mont, Aug. f. Sensational
evidence was adduced here yesterday
against David Hooper, acting inspector
at the United States port Of entry at
Chinese and opium smuggling conspr-
acy. One witness swore that Hooper
agreed to let Cinnamon enter at 500
a head and that he paid him $40 on adj
mission of one. agreeing to pay the
balance later.
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Hurled Down Canyon by Dynamite.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 4.-Four
Swedish laborers, working on the Cul
de Sac extension of the Northern Pa
cific road, were blown up last night
by premature explosion of a delayed
charge of dynamite and their bodies
hurled several hundred feet down the
were instantly killed and the other IA
tally injui ed.
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ACTRESS WEEDS PITTSsURGER.
Fay Temrleton and William Patterson
Are Quietly Married.

Philadelphia, Aug Announce
ment was made here yesterday of
the marriage of Fay Templeton, tho
actress, to William Patterson. of Pitts
burg. The ceremony was performed
by Rev F. G. Steinmetz at the home
of DR.. Giles, a brother-in-law of the
bride, at Ridgely Park, suburb. I'm
pie departed on a bridal tour
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Former DEPUTY Murdered.

Ardmore, I. T., Aug. 4.-Benjamin c.
Collins, formerly deputy United
States marshal, was assassinated at
his home near Emmett last night by
unknown persons. Bloodhounds have
been sent to the scene.
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MICHIGAN ENDORSES BRYAN.
Democrats Refuse to Call for lnvesti.
gatcn of Charges Against Taeeart.

gation Of Charges Against Tagsart.
Detroit, Mich, Aug. 4.-Indorse.
ment of William ]. Bryan for presi-
dent in 1908, the defeat OF a resolu-
ton calling upon the national Demo
cratic committee to investigate the
charges against National Chairman
Thomas +. Taggart and demand his
resignation if they were proven, and
the nomination of Charles II. Kim
merle of CassopClis for governor over
Stanley f. Parkhill of Owasso, after
spirited ballot, were the features OF
the Democratic state convention here
yesterday. About $50 delegates at
tended the convention.