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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
White Men Charged With Assisting in
IYnching of Negroes.

Barnwell, S.. c., February Wv. j.
Myrick, W. A. Sanders, c. w. Hogg,
and Tom Higgins, all prominent far
mers of this county Postmaster Jo-
seph Halford of Ulmer, and Consta-
bles w. J.. Harter and Milledge Lee.
were lodged in Jail here today, charged
with having assisted in the lynching
of Frank and John Deloch, colored,
father and son, at Ulmer, December
%. The younge negro was accused Of
having killed Haynes Craddock, a
prominent farmer of this. section, at
the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06

Washington, February 2.-Speaker
Cannon today made public the census
bureau figures On unginned cotton i'm
mediately after the House was called
to order. The total amount Of I'M
ginned cotton shown by the report is
25O,SS4 bales, with 1,643 ginneries I'M
heard from. This publication was in
accordance with the Sims resolution
tor North of the census bureau to fur
nish to Congress all data on unginned
cotton Of the crop of 1905 collected be-
fore January 16.
An effort was made to nave Speaker
Cannon order the report read in the
House, but he fatty refused to do
this, saying the document must pass
through ordinary channels and an
nounced that he thought the figures
were miSinfOrmatiOn, rather than i'll
formation hat they were based on
partial returns and of little value.
The report had not arrived at the
House when the speaker raped for
order. In response to inquiries from
the department Of commerce n labor
as to how the report should be han
died, he replied that he would turn it
over to the journal clerk, and have it
made public through the public docu-
ment room in case it arrived before
the House went into committee OF the
whole. Otherwise he said it must
wait until the House came out Of a
committee of the wrole as he did not
purpose deviating in the least from
the ordinary procedure for the purpose
of publishing figures of interest chiefly
to spectators. Officials of the de-
partment Of commerce and labor hur-
ried tn: report to the capitol, as they
did not wish to be responsible for de-
lay and it arrived in time to be placed
in the speakers charge before the
House took up the days work. I'm
der orders from the speaker a clerk in
the document room read the figures
for a large group of members of the
House and newspaper men who were
eagerly awaiting the totals in the re-
port. ,
Southern members expressed much
dissatisfaction with the figures, and
said they were far from the truth.
Members from the aorthern cotton
mill districts were equally harsh in
their criticism Of the totals, and de-
clared the ginneries unheard from
might make a radical difference in
the figures.
The report shows running bales ex-
Guiding linters and counting round
as half bales. The report by states is
as follows: Alabama 11,346; Arkansas
1888; Florida 1868: Georgia 1873;
Indian Territory 14,113; Louisiana 49,
800; Mississippi 1921; Missouri 1,7S5;
North Carolina 9,0S3: Oklahoma H.
Q6S: South Carolina $3.50; Tennessee
1854: Texas 72,734; Virginia 1896;
total 25O,SS4.
The number of ginners who reported
or failed to report in various states is
shown in the following table:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
FIGURES GIVEN OUT
Census Bureaus Estimate Of
UDginned Cotton
NORTH FURNISHES DATA
Southern Members Say the Re-
port is Fer From the Truth

Northern Representatives Also Harsh
in Their Criticism IF the Totals.
Figures Given Show 250.SS4 Bales
Of Cotton Nnginned, With 1913
Ginners Remaining to be Heard
FrOm-Table Showing the Number
Of Ginners Who Reported Or Failed
to Report in the Various States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06

Moultrie, Ga, February The YER
dict of the coroner's jury today was
that the killing of P. ]. Williams, last
night, by Dr.. R c. Lindsey, was jus
tifiable homicide. DR.. Lindsey has not
been arrested. He found Williams
with Mrs Lindsey upon his :
home and Immediately shot him, kill
ing him instantly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
-TsI1L loy pIsH su1uIIIM pIsyIso
lSpecial TO THE Messeneer1

ptc 10 The MesSenger-J
Raleigh, N. c., February 3.-Garield
Williams, colored, charged with muir
dering Charley Burch, colored in Ra-
leigh last April. and was brought here
from Norfolk on r~equisition, was To-
day held for trial at March term with
out bail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-06
Total Bank Cearfncs.

IOtaI Bank CIeaf1nSS.
New York, February Total bank
clearing 1852, 626, 708, increase 27.5 per
cent; outside New York 81, 033, 791 ,278,
increase It's per cent.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

Man Who lnterferes to Prevent a
Fight Is Struck by One of the Bel.
ligerents.
William O'Connell, prominent
resident of Deadwood, is dead from
the effects of broken hip, the in.
Jury having been received while Mr.
O'Connell was trying to separate two
strangers who were about to engageg
In an alteration over the Gans-Nelson
fight.
Mr. O'Connell was standing on the
street near the two men when the
trouble commenced. and, as they were
about to fight, he endeavored to stop
them. One Of the strangers turned
and knocked O'Conneli down, and he
fell upon the pavement, breaking the
right hip bone.
The hip was promptly set, but
O'Connell could not rally from the
shock received in the fall. Immedi
ately after the occurrence and before
1t was known that O'Connell was Sc
riously injured, his assailant went be
fore justice and pleaded guilty tc
simple assault, and later paying the
small fine imposed, left the city, and
1t is not thought that he will be sp
pretended.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

The grain crops estimates from the
Canadian West make range of from
S7,0o0,OOO to 115,000,oeO bushels, and
an accurate statement will be some
where between these fgures-prob-
ably not far from 90,000,O0O bushels.
This year q larger acreage was sown,
estimated at an increase of from is
to 20 per cent, and had the average
yield OF last year been maintained,
the aggregate would assuredly have
gone considerably beyond the 100000
900 bushel mark. The exceptionally
large Influx Of settlers was responsible
to considerable extent for much of
the increased area, and, there can be
no doubt, is also responsible for a
part Of the decreased average yield.
The first crop raised by the new set
tler-often unacquainted with the
conditions OF western agriculture-is
not usually prolific, and 1905-06 placed
q very large number Of amateur farm.
ers behind the stills Of the plow; but
they will learn, and learn fast, and
with another season or two will help
to raise the average instead Of de-
pressing 1t.
OF the estimates to hand, that OF
the Northwest Grain Dealers asso.
citation is the lowest: Wheat, $780,.
900 bushels; oats, 75,725,6 bushels
and barley, 16,9S0,6O0 bushels. The
Winnipeg Free Press sent out five
special correspondents. who returned
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

the combined amounts. together with
that received from dairying and 9TH
er sources, are bound to make hnan-
cial conditions very easy in the Cana
dian West until the next harvest ma
lures.
In the last week Of August tour
Of inspection was made along the line
Of railway in the wheat area by the
Northwest Grain Dealers association
and number of American grain ex-
perts. What they saw convinced
them that not only was the crop .
good average one. but the quality Of
the grain grown was admittedly Of
the best quality, and more than one
OF the visitors stated that although
the yield might have been larger. the
quality could hardly have been I'M
proved. Speaking on this point, Mr..
j. F. Whalley, the well-known wheat
man Of Minneapolis, said:
"The quality of the crop is excel
lent, and think the average will be
No. Northern. I was up with the
grain men two years ago, and am
very much struck with the improve
ment that has taken place in these
two years. The growth is certainly
marvellous; there is not a better coun-
try in the world than the Canadian
Northwest"
The past few years, in which agri-
culture has been carried on to any
great extent, have brought the prob
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
- In dn0 About the State -
NEED HOMES FOR 100.
More Schools Are Also Required b,
People Of Aberdeen.

More Schools Are Also Required BY
People Of Aberdeen.
The committee on homes and build
ings of the Greater Aberdeen club has
reported to the club that it is abso.
lutely necessary that more homes be
built and recommends that the fact be
made public with the hope that enter.
prises, private or otherwise, may be
attracted and invest in this city. The
fact was brought out that there are at
least 100 families that would move
there if they could find homes.
Eighty residences have been built
this summer and thirty-two more are
in course Of construction, yet the sup
ply falls far short of the demand. The
club adopted the report and an effort
will be made to relieve the situation
1t is likely that a syndicate of local
men will get together and organize a
company. The club in all probability
will Issue a pamphlet calling attention
to the desirable investment offered
and seek to induce capitalists to come
to Aberdeen and construct the homes
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

upon. This Is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 90,oOO,O00
bushels Of wheat is 100000 better
than what was looked upon last year
a. good crop. and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down in the mouth because the
acme OF It's anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that it can
be depended upon as great wheat
growing territory. and has to be reck.
oned with in the markets Of the
world.
Tho yield in oats has been In
creased this year by nearly 100000
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75.725.60o, with the average at ALP
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop Of barley is placed at 16,980,6OO
bushels, which Is a slight increase
over the total Of last year. OF fax the
estimate given is 690,1s4 bushels,
which Is material increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures in detail
for wheat. oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
WERE NOTIFIED OF DANGER.
Took Car Without Permission-lg.
nored Orders to Get OFF Track,

OOk SaF WlCnOut PefmlSSlOn-l9.
nored Orders to Get Off Track.
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 16-Running
without permission, handcar loaded
with trackmen of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad ran off an open
draw over the Maumee river last
night and every one on the car was
drowned. The number of men on the
car is said to have been twelve. So
far two bodies have been recovered.
Owing to the fact that the men took
the car from point some miles from
Toledo, where work is being done,
Identification of the missing men has
not been learned.
1t is impossible to learn what
prompted the fatal ride, as the men
took the car without orders. The men
when first seen in the yards were or
dered off the track by Yardmaster
Thomas, but refused to obey.
On one of the bodies was fond a
letter from Italy. 1t is thought that
most of the men were foreigners.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
AWFUL CRUSH At
M'K|NLFY STATUE
FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE, EA.
GER TO SEE MRS. NICHOLAS
LoNGWoRTH, IN PANIC.
TWELVE MEN ARE KILLED
HANDcAR LOADED WITH TRACK.
MEN RUNS OFF DRAW INTO
RIVER.
TWELVE MEN ARE KILLED
HANDcAR LOADED WITH TRACK

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16--With a
panic threatening in crowd esti.
mated at $4,000 people, surging about
the stand erected in the capitol
grounds, frantic to secure glimpse
of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the pres
ident's daughter. the exercises ar.
ranged for the dedication of the Nc
klnley monument were suddenly ter
minated yesterday afternoon after the
statue of the martyred president had
been hurriedly unveiled by Mrs. Long,
worth.
Women and Children Crushed.
The prompt action is regarded as
fortunate. for the crowd was beyond
control. and the shrieking of women
and children who were caught in the
crush was rapidly working it into a
frenzy. Many women tainted and wera
carried away by the police. Two were
so badly hurt that they had to be re-
moved in an ambulance. Both will re-
cover.
Throughout the excitement Mrs.
Longworth remained cool and self
possessed, but afterward she said:
1T was the worst crush l ever wit
messed. Inever saw anything like it,"
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth had an ex-
citing experience in escaping from the
crowd. Later they took train for
Cincinnati.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
"DRYs" PLAN HOT CAMPAIGN.
Prohibitionists Expect to Land Some
Legislative Seats.

Prohibitionists Expect to Land Some
Legislative Seats.
The Prohibitionists of South Dako-
ia have planned the greatest cam
paign in the history of that party in
this state.
Hon. Knute Lewis Of Lake Preston
the candidate for governor, accom-
panied by Hon. E. w. Chain of Hi.
nois. an orator Of the party, and Jesse
e. Van Busl1irk of Sioux City, Iowa
as campaign soloist, will tour the en-
tire state, beginning Sept. 20. Raj
lies will be held in three different
towns each day.
The Prohibition state committee
have corps of special organizers in
the field, who are conducting spe
cial campaign in several counties fol
the election of the Prohibition candi
dates to the legislature, and leaders
of the party confidently assert that
the vote in the state will be large,
increased, with strong probability OF
landing several of their candidates in
the next legislature.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

lem of transportation very prominent.
ly to the front, and there is a railway
development in Manitoba, Saskatehe.
wan. Alberta and British Coivmbia,
Such as has never been seen
anywhere. There are at present
over 5000 miles Of raNwsy In
operation in that country, and
a conservative calculation Of the
lines now in course Of construction
places the extent at 5000 additional
miles; a large portion Of which viii
be completed during the present year.
This means the opening up of con.
siderably increased agricultural area.
and there is every reason to beAovs
that in very few years the agr4cvl-
tural wealth OF the country win b
developed to such an extent that IN.
stead Of "A Hundred Million Busnsl
Crop" 1t will not be out Of place to
refer to the crop as 800, 900 900 bush
els of wheat for export" This may
look like drawing the long bow at the
present time. but, in the light Of what
has been done by Western Canada
In the past five or ten years, there
is no limit that can be placed upon
what may be done in the five or ten
years Immediately in front Of that
lusty young giant of the West
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Government Gets Land Near Irrigation
Project Without CONCERNING.

Project Without Condemning.
An important matter was decided
at Deadwood when a settlement was
made between the Belle Fourche Land
and Cattle company and the men In
charge of the Belle Fourche irrigation
project in regard to the price Of some
land owned by the corporation. The
land and cattle company owns large
acreage adjoining the town Of Belle
Fourche, and when work was well
under way on the government diver
sion dam two miles south of town it
became apparent that some of this
land would be overfowed.
Special agent Wallace, acting for the
government, came out to Belle
Fourche ten months ago to look over
the land and to make an agreement
with the owners for the price. An
agreement was entered into and an
option signed by which the company
was to receive $11,250 for an absolute
title to ninety-three acres and the
right to overflow forty-nine acres at
the time of high water.
Shortly afterward, however, the To-
cal engineer for the reclamation adj
xised the department that the price
agreed upon was too high. On July Ia
an action was begun by the United
States government to condemn the
. land which would be overlooked. The
case was set for this term of court,
but an understanding has been reached
and the price of s11, 200 paid for an alb
solute title to all land that is perma-
nently overlooked, about ninety-three
acres, and the right to overflow an ad.
ditional forty-nine acres in case OF
high water.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
TO RUN TRAINS OCT. IS.

Oct. Is is the date now set for the
beginning Of train service into Aber.
deem over the Watertown extension
of the Minneapolis & st. Louis road
Steel has been laid to point sia
miles west Of Wallace. and the track
gang now is going back over the
ground putting on the finishing
touches. BY the time it is ready to
resume operations the graders will
have progressed far enough toward
Aberdeen to enable steel laying tc
proceed without interruption.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21

after 20 days with a somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had Travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1.40O miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands Of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
90,250,O00 bushels, on 4,75OO00 acres,
with an average yield Of 10 bushels
per acre. The western division of
the Bank of Commerce also investi-
gated with the following result:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
SIXTEEN ARE INDICTED.
Federal Grand Jury at Deadwood
Makes Returns.

The federal grand jury at Deadwood
has returned sixteen indictments, only
eight of which have been made public.
The others are suppressed until after
the arrests shall have been made
Those made public are:
Nick Swanson, Indian from Rose
bud reservation, for running off a
mare belonging to Elmer Huston;
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
six months in the Brule county jail
Sam Mound, Indian from Crow
Creek reservation, for introducing
liquor on reservation; pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to six months in
Brule county Jail.
. James Doyle and James Cahill of
Scotland, S. D., for alleged passing Of
bogus money, two counts.
David Charging, Indian, for alleged
stealing of $685. worth of horses from
John Steele Of Pine Ridge agency.
Harry Bad Horse, charged with in
PRODUCING liquor on Lower Brule res
ervation.
Charles Tobias Of Bradley, charged
with stealing a United States mail
sack on Feb. 10, 1905, at Bradley, three
countz.
Edward Hobart Dahlheimer Of Gar.
retSon, S. D., for the alleged sending
OF obscene and defamatory matter
through the mails to we'll known pub.
Tic officials, five counts
Len Parker of Evarts, for alleged
selling of liquor to Indians; arraigned;
pleaded not guilty, and his case on
motion was put over until the Sioux
Falls term, owing to the absence of an
important witness.
Robert e. Bale of Hermosa, for al.
legged trespassing on the forest re.
serve; pleaded not guilty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
COUNTY TAKES REDUCED.
Miner Is Free of Debt and Demands
Less for Purse.

Few counties in South Dakota are
in better financial condition than Mi
ner county, which is situated in the
heart of the agricultural portion of
the state.
The county commissioners Of Miner
county, at a recent meeting held for
the purpose Of fixing the tax levy for
the coming year, placed the levy at
mills, which is 2 mills lower than
the levy for last year. The levy is
divided as follows: State tax, 2
mills; county general, % mills; coun-
ty bridge, ~ mills; county insane,
" mill.
Each year the taxes are being re-
duced. The affairs of the county have
been administered on business prin-
ciples. At present the county is en-
tirely out Of debt, and has in its
treasury the sum of about $4,000 In
cash,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE.
1t Probably Will Be Held Early In the
Summer of 1907.


Washington, Sept. 16.-Although
the date has not yet been definitely
fixei, the second Hague conference
probably will be held next May or
June, according to DR.. David Jayne
Hill, American minister to the Neither.
lands, now in Washington on a spe-
ciai mission. AS a result of Secre-
tary Roots South American tour it is
probable that nearly all of the govern
ments of that continent will be repre-
sented at the second conference,
which was not at all certain had the
conference been held when originally
proposed. The representation will
thus be increased from thirty nations
to about forty-five
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
SOUTH DAKOTA CORN CROP.

Corn raisers in this state say that
rs per cent of the crop is now out OF
danger of frost, and that another ten
days will make safe all but a few
fields which were put in very late.
and on which chances Of getting a
crop were taken at the time of plant
ing. The crop this year will be one
of the best ever secured in this part
of the Missouri valley, as rains came
at Just the right time to help fill the
grain.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN.
One Of the Few Survivors Passes
Away.

One Of the remaining soldiers OF
the Mexican war passed away at Lake
Flat, sixty miles from Rapid City, and
was buried under the auspices of the
G. A. r. Thomas Harris, aged seven
ty-seven years, came here from To
peka, Kan, and lived alone on a
ranch which he had taken up. He
died Of heart failure, and was found
dead in his bed by some neighbors
who were passing by and who no.
ticed the deserted condition Of the
place. He was a private in Captain
Duncan's mounted volunteers in the
Mexican war, and leaves two daugh-
tiers and four sons.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
SCOTT TURNS lMPREssARIo.
Sioux Falls Lawyer and May Yohe Or
ganize Company.

Wallace D. Scott, formerly of Sioux
Falls. who created sensation by his
marriage with Mrs Blanche Molineux
after she had secured a divorce at
Sioux Falls, has joined fortunes with
Nav Yohe in a theatrical venture,
and they have incorporated under the
laws of this state as the Yohe Theat-
rical company, with headquarters at
Sioux Falls and a business office in
New York. The company Is capital
lied at $4,000, and the incorporators
are May Yohe Strong and Wallace D.
Scott Of New York and Charles A.
Christopherson of Sioux Falls.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
Killed bx Ratted Ball.

Milwaukee, Sept. 1S.-While stand.
ing near the third base foul line
watching the baseball game between
amateur teams, thirteen-year-old
Kuno Schilling was struck on the
back of the neck by swiftly batted
ball Yesterday afternoon and died.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-21
FIRE DESTROYS cuDAHY's PLANT
Big Packing Plant Near Milwaukee
Goes UP in Flames.

0UeS Up tn FLAMES.
Milwaukee, Sept. 15.-The big pack
ing plant of the Cudahy Bros. Pack.
ing company at Cudahy, Wis, six
miles south Of Milwaukee, was de.
stroyed by fire last night.
Patrick Cudahy estimates that the
loss will reach about 100000. The
plant carries an insurance of about
100000.
The big building in which the lard
refinery, beef house, glue works and
killing department are located is to
tai loss. The fire got into the main
building, but the flames were checked
there and the structure was saved.