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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31
COMMENT ON ATTRACTIVE PACK
ING.

Commenting on our insistent articles
urging that growers of farm produce pack
a~tractively, 4 reade says: The one trOu-
bic with your idea is that we lose fruit,
that is, If l have a bushel of strawberries,
for example, by packing them after your
plan, | find a numbe of quarts which can
not be marketed at any price, and this
does not pay We do not agree with our
friend for If, out OF a bushel or % quarts
of berries we sell 30 per cent. at y cents,
30 per cent. at s cents, and have % per
cent left as unstable. which, by the way,
Is a very large per cent, we MAKE more
money than If we sell the entire % quarts
for 6 cents or less per quart, and we have
the added satisfaction Of knowing that
our selected fruit found a ready sale and
that there will be a demand for more Of
II, while on the other hand we might have
found considerable difficulty in selling the
mixed crop even at s cents a quart. Think
it over before marketing the fall fruits
and vegetables.
CURING COW PEA HAY.
There Is always more or less difficulty
In curing cow pea hay, but the crop is
well worth the trouble Of going about cur
ing II in a careful manner. The general
rule is to cut the cow peas when the
leaves first begin to turn yellow, the cut
ting being done as soon as the dew has
dried in the morning and always on a
sunny day RAKE into small. rather fiat
piles, and by the afternoon of the follow
ing day ii Will be ready to haul Into the
barn. If one has a number OF sheds which
open at one or two sides the curing
may be finished under cover, should a
storm threaten. Unless the sun is very
warm and bright during all the period
from cutting to the next afternoon we
cart the hay under a shed and
leave It there two days, turning three or
four times during that period, and find it
Wen worth the trouble. The idea in cur
ing COW pea hay is 20 retain all Of the
possible and thus cured it makes
one Of the best possible rough feeds for
cattle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
STAYS BRIDE TO BE.
FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN TOWN
OF COMFORT, TEXAS.
Young Man Murders Woman He
Was About to Marry and Then
Kills HinSeIf-Robbers Leave
Penny of Ohio Mans Hoard.

In the presence of the assembled we'd
ding guests the other evening at the home
of Miss Ernestine Kutzer in Comfort,
Texas, his intended bride, Joe Reinhardt.
the man who was to have been married
TO her, shot and instantly killed her and
then shot himself, with probably fatal re-
suits. The tragedy was as terrible as it
was unexpected. The hour for the cere-
mony was at hand and the guests were as
sembled in the parlor of the home of the
brides father. Young Reinhardt walked
into the room where Miss Kutzer and the
guests were assembled and drew a pistol
from his pocket, leveling it at his sweet
heart. She threw up her hand as if to
ward off the danger and three shots were
fired at her in rapid succession at close
range. The first bullet entered her heart,
killing her instantly. Reinhardt then
turned the pistol upon himself and fred
two bullets into his own breast One of
them entered the left and the other the
right side. He is not expected TO survive
The cause of the tragedy is not known.
The relations between the sweethearts have
been typical Of lovers and the marriage
was expected to be happy. The theory
of the neighbors is that the young man
was excited and temporarily irresponsi-
bic. Families of both parties are among
the best in the county and The young peo-
pie were highly respected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
THE IsTHMUs OF PANAMA.

to accommodate itself to mountain
spurs.
A popular error is that one ocean has
a higher level than the other. This is
wrong, but there is a difference of
eighteen feet in the height TO which
the tides rise on the two sides Of the
isthmus. Hence, even if the canal were
made at sea level. guard locks would
have to be built at each end. 1t has
been proposed that there be five twin
locks of concrete masonry along the
canal route. Beginning at Colon har-
Dor, the canal will be exeavated for
twenty-four miles through the marshy
lowlan1s of the Chagras River TO Bo-
h;o. So far L viii be at sea level. At
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
DRUG STORE Is BLOWN UP.
Stock of Man Who Sold Liquor Is
Scattered by Dynamite.

Residents of Alaska, Ind, were star
tied at O'Clock Thursday morning by
terrific explosion and when they reached
the street they found the large brick
building occupied by Grant Phau in RUNS
and his stock of drugs scattered around
for a distance of two squares. Houses
in the immediate neighborhood of the
drug store felt the shock of the explosion
severely, nearly all the windows being
broken. For a distance of half mile
the jar was distinctly felt. The explosion
was caused by dynamite placed under the
building, but who committed the deed IS
unknown. Phau's stock was destroyed
and the building badly wrecked. Some
days ago Phau was arrested for selling
liquor, for which he had no license. He
was taken before a justice of the peace
and surprised the prosecution by pleading
guilty in two cases and paying fine OF
so and costs in each. There had been
accusations before, but this was his first
arrest. It is supposed that the dynamite
was placed Under the store Oh account of
the liquor traffic in which Phau confess
ed to have been engaged. There is no
clew to the identity of the parties who
wrecked the store and little interest is be-
ing taken in the effort to discover them.
Alaska is a mere hamlet and the people
are bitterly opposed to the liquor tratflc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03

mus, and for nearly seven miles a vast
cut has to be made through this back
bone of rock.
For the first five miles this is called
the "Emperador' cut. Then comes a
mile and half of the "Culebra" cut.
The greatest depth of this cut from
the hill summit to the bottom of the
canal, is about go feet. The amount
of rock and earth to be removed in the
seven miles of excavation through the
Emperador and Culebra cuts is eSti-
mated at 100000 cubic yards.
These cuts terminate at the south
eastern end of the summit level Great
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
MRS. BoTKIs IN pENIrENTIARY.
.'Bonbo1 Murderess" Behind Prison
Gates After Eight Years.

..Bonbo1 Murderesso Behind Prison
Gates After Eight Years.
Although nearly eight years have pass
ed since Mrs. Cordelia Botkin was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment for the muir
der of two women by poisoned bonbons
mailed to them at Dover, Del, from San
Francisco, the doors of the California
renitentiary have just swung open Tor
her. Since she was arrested on Oct. Is,
1898, she has been confined in various
temporary prisons, most of the time IN
the San Francisco County Jail. She was
removed from the jail at her own request,
having expressed herself as dissatisfied
with the jail accommodations and stipu-
lating that in doing so she did not ware
any of her legal rights. The trial of Mrs
Botkin was one of the most sensational
on record, and at the time the whole
continent was agitated over the story OF
how murder had been done by, mail. The
motive assribed was Mrs. Botkin's adj
mitted fondness for the husband OF Mrs.
John p. Dunning, one of the victims.
Mrs. Cummings sister, Mrs. Joshua
Deane, was the other victim. The fatal
sweets were purchased in San Francisco,
punctured and poisoned with arsenic by
the murderess and mailed to Mrs. Dun
ming at Dover. A direct and complete
chain of evidence cor victed the murderess.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
B1RD's-EYE VIEW OF THE CANAL.

ed by the Bohio dam, at Pedro Miguel,
thirty-eight miles from Colon. AT this
point, it is thought, there will be two
double locks, which will bring the level
of the canal down to about twenty
eight feet above mean sea level. A
mile and a half further on toward the
Pacific is Miraf1ores, where there will
perhaps be another double lock, which
will let vessels down to the level of
the Pacific.
Commercial Event of the Age.
BY dividing a hemisphere, man will
create a new commerce of the world,
and bring the countries of both sides of
the globe into closer relationship. Next
to girdling the globe with submarine
cables, therefore, this work of cutting
through the Isthmus of Panama will
prove, it is hardly too much to say,
the most important commercial event
Of the age.
The annual cost of operation will be
about 100000, but it is expected to
yield a revenue in tolls of nearly $10,-
100000. The revenue producing func-
tons of the canal will be minor as com
pared with its services in promoting
the industrial and commercial prog
ress and general welfare of the United
States. But while we speak of its COM
mercial and political advantage to the
United States, we must also remember
its worth to the world and to the prog
ress of civilization.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
CHINESE BANDITS ROB MISSION.
Gag and Bind in Canton Under shad-
Ow of American Wnrship.

Ow of American Warship.
DIR. A. Beattie, an American mission
airy who arrived in San Francisco the
other day from China on the Siberia had
an experience with Chinese robbers short
ly before he left Canton, where he has
been stationed for years. DIR. Beattie's
residence was in the heart of the city.
Anchored in the river within less than 200
yards from his house was the United
States monitor Monadnock. Patrolling
the streets were native policemen, who
frequently passed the house. One night
DIR. Beattie, his wife, children and ser
wants were suddenly awakened to find
strong yellow hand across his or her
moIth and slant-eyed yellow face con-
fronted each of the Beatties, while in the
dim glow of fish lanterns giittered sharp
knives. The house was in possession of
thirty robbers. Every member of the
family was gagged and tied to a bed
post. The band Of burglars stripped the
house of everything that was of any value.
Despite the fact that a United States
warship was lying so close to the house
and police patrols We're passing at fire.
quent intervals the robbers, heavily bur-
dened with their loot, made their escape.
The Chinese government promised repara-
tion, but up to the time that he left Can
ton DIR. Beattie had received nothing but
apologies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03

Announcement of a deadlock in the con-
ference on the meat Inspection provision
of the agricultural appropriation bill was
made in the Senate Wednesday. Senator
Bailey made long reply to the recent
attack upon him in the Cosmopolitan
Magazine, and Senator Warren spoke in
support of his resolution relative to the
live stock industry. The naturalization
bill was passed, but Senator La Toilette
was unable to secure a vote on his bill
limiting the hours service on railroad
trains. An almost complete report on the
Sundry civil bill was accepted. In execu-
tive session it was agreed that the Al
geciras treaty in relation to Moroccan af-
fairs shall be brought to a vote Dec II,
at the next session of Congress. the latest
date on which action could be had if the
United States is to participate in the con-
vention The general deficiency bill, the
last Of the big money measures, was pass
ed IN the House, about 100000 being
auded to the measure as reported from
committee. The amendment legalizing the
collection of duties in the Philippines be-
tween the date of the peace treaty and
March, 1902, which was cut out of the
bill on a point of order Tuesday, was re-
stored under a special rule. The Senate
was passed. The conference sought by
the Senate on the bill creating a United
States District Court for China was
agreed to, and Messrs. Perkins, DENLY and
Howard were named as cOnferees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
OC FAN

disaster of April 81, 1865, when more than
! 400 exchanged prisoners returning to the
North on board the steamer Sultana were
killed by the explosion of the vessels boil
ers in the Mississippi river near Memphis,
Tenn. a bomb, it is supposed, had been
placed in the coal. When the explosion
came, Goodrich was thrown into the river.
He chung to a piece of wreckas and float
ed for some miles, finally drifting into an
eddy which carried him beneath an over
hanging tree. Selling the dropping
branches be was enabled to draw himself
to safety. Although it is nearly half a
century since the explosion took place.
Goodrich has never been able TO forget the
awful horror of those fatal moments.
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fessed, giving all the details of tbs
crime.
Mrs. HOLSTER was the fourth woman
murdered within a period of five
months, the first having been Mrs. Elk
abeth Mize, who was killed near Del
Prado Hotel, Aug. %, 1905, and whose
murderer is still at large.
The details of the crime committed
by Ivens were so revolving that the
whole city was aroused to action. Mass
meetings were called in every section,
anti-crime associations were formed
and campaign for an increased police
force started. In order to make the
increased police force possible a cru
SADIE to raise saloon licenses to $1,000
was started and after bitter struggle
was carried.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
All Around the Globe.

The plant Of the West Virginia Brew
ing Company at Huntington. W. Va, was
burned Loss 100000.
The Farmers and Merchants Savings
bank in Roseville. Muskingum county,
Ohio, has closed its doors.
b. f. Yoakum of the Rock Island d.
rectorate has bought a New \ ork resi-
dence, paying $2J0,OO0 for it.
Over forty military convicts will be
transferred from Governors Island, ".
Y, to the prison at Fort Lesyenworth,
Kan.
DR.. Richard Burton, the Boston pro-
fessor and lecturer, will return 10 Min
nesota to take the chair of English at
the university.
The boiler in the sawmill Of the Lyons.
Company, near Frenchburg, Ohio, blew
up killing three men and perhaps fatally
injuring three others.
II" Rt. Rev. John y. Delany, Roman,
Catholic bishop OF the diocese of Man
chester, died at the Sacred Heart hos
pital in Manchester, y. II.
William Wardlow and Jesse Heating,
convicts. died in the Wyoming peniten-
tiary from the effects Of w0sd alcohol
taken from shellac bottle.
A movement was launched the other
day at a meeting Of the Denver conyen-
ton league 20 bring both Of the great
national conventions to that city two
years hence.
Assemblyman Max Eckman Of New
York pleaded guilty TO stpfiing petit
ton nominating him as municipal own
ership candidate. Four noteries also
pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting Attorney /. Il. Kimbreii OF
Kansas City has announced that II tie
grand jury fails to indict the mep.,ers
Of the alleged ice trust in tha. city he
will begin proceedings similar TO those
instituted BY Attorney General Hadlsy
against the Standard oil Company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
ChiCdUO

- The summer season OF
Chicago business activity is unlike
---1 ~ to be marked by much
of the customary cessation for repairs,
this period surprising ali previous In
the accumulation of forward work
among the leading indus lries. This
condition gives unusual strength to
current dealings and much confidence
in the outlook. Wholesale selections
in fall wares make an encouraging adj
vance, While new demands for mill and
factory outputs compare favorably with
a year ago, although bookings have les
sened for rails and cars. Production
is close to the capacity in pig iron and
steel, and steady growth appears in
heavy hardware and machinery, cleo
trio supplies, footwear and furniture.
Mercantile collections are unusually
good, more promptneSs appearing at far
Western points. Advices indicate that
country stocks of merchandise undergo
seasonable reductions. Local retail
trade has expanded, despite the rain
SlOIluS, ilShi-NtlSuJ s'Il'AiCi anu lOOl-
wear being in much request. Wholesale
activity is stimulated by more recorders
for the interior and the early selections
for fall delivery The movement of
commodities exceeds the great tonnage
of a year ago, due mainly to extraor-
binary forwardingS of furnace and mill
products and enlarged grain market
ings.
The total quantity of grain handled
ut this port aggregated S650419 bush
els, against S,676634 bushels last week.
Receipts made the substantial gain of
% per cent over those in 1905, but the
shipments decreased 10 per cent. Lum-
Der receipts. 56,1S2,000 feet, compare
with 54735,000 feet last week. Hides
received were only 2,00S.S53 pounds,
against 3,066,1G1 pounds last week.
Bank clearings, S205,229595,. exceed
those of lie corresponding week in 1905
by o ! per cent. Money was unchanged
at and 81 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %, against p last week
and II year ago.-Duns Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
FACTS ABOUT THE CANAL.

Estimated cost of the Panama canal,
s200,000,o00.
Amount paid French company for
title, S40,0O0.0o0.
Amount paid Panama government for
perpetual lease of canal lands, $1,000
o00
Length of canal, forty-six miles.
Canal width varies from 80 to 500
feet at the top, the bottom width being
$50 feet.
There viii be five twin locks of con
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
1000 Telephones in store.

Within the new Wanamaker store at
Philadelphia, which is only one-fourth
completed, 1000 Bell telephones have al
ready been installed, and 1000 more are
soon to follow. 1t will be, when COM
pleted, the largest store phone system in
the world. Twelve operators will operate
a switchboard, from which will radiate
within the store 10000 miles of wire Ev-
cry instrument has an automatic coin box
attached, so as to minimize the custom
er's trop5le. 1t is estimated that $780,
600 messages will pass between Wana-
makers and the Bell central offices in one
year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03

THoS. P. SHoNTs. pany them.
"Cut loose now and build the canal.
The American people want results on
the isthmus as soon as they can be OBJ
tanned, and l want them. Dig, dig.
Congress and the people are behind US
in our efforts
Within forty-eight hours after the
completion Of the Panaman canal legis-
lation President Roosevelt issued in eff
feet the above order to Chairman
Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens.
The President expressed his great graf
ification at the action of the Senate in
supporting his plan, and it is announced
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-03
WILL REVEALS ROMANCE
Jurist Who Lately Died Left $1O,-
900 to Fiancee of Thirteen Years.


In a will filed for probate at Wheaton,
H., was revealed the romance in the
life of the former jurist, George w.
Brown, who died from an attack of diph-
iberia at the Briggs House in Chicago
several weeks ago. The document be-
queaths $4,000 to Miss Florence Viii
liams of Warrenville, a village not far
from Wheaton. When the late judge was
young and poor he got a chance to teach
in country school house at Gary's Mill,
near Warrenyille. One of his pupils was
Florence Williams. The teacher and the
school girl fell in love with each other.
In 1898 they became engaged, with the
understanding that their wedding must be
delayed until the death of Miss Williams
m2ther, who was old and feeble. For
thirteen years the lovers waited until
death finally placed an irremovable bar
before their marriage. Miss Williams is
not in need of the legacy from her for
mer sweetheart. She lives with her moth
er on a farm near the village of Warren
vile and is well to do. The bulk of for
mer Judge Browns estate, which is said
to approximate 100000, was left to Miss
Caroline Scofeld of Wheaton, .half-sis-
ter and for many years his housekeeper.
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Dtls lEA@3;21E7S
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
S400 to 5000; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to 1892; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
$500; wheat No. 2, SAC to S6c; corn,
No. 2, sic to 52c; oats, standard, &c to
soc; rye. No. ?, CSC to 64c; hay, timo
thy, $3.50 to S1450; prairie, 5000 to
$14.00; butter, choice creamery, Ice to-
zoe; eggs, fresh, 14c 70 1Sc; potatoes,
new, 60c to Soc.
Indianapolis shipping, $500
to 1910 hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
S667; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 TO
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, Sic to Soc; corn,
No. 2 white, Sic to 53c; oats, No. 2
white, 39c to 41c.
st. Cattle, $3.50 to $685.;
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
5000; wheat, No. 2, SOC to 90c; corn,
No. ?, Acc to soc; oats, No. ,, SIC to
3Sc; rye, No. 2, 63c to 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 10
1925; wheat, No. ,, SSc to soc; corn,
No mixed, SIC to 53c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 40c to die; rye, No. 2, 63c to
64c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $40; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, SEC to SIC; corn, No. 3
yellow, 53c to soc; oats. No 3 white,
41c to 42c; rye No. 2, 65c to 66c
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 northern,
SIC to SEC; corn, No. 3, 50c to 51c;
oats, standard, BIC TO CSC; rye, No. ],
64c to 6jc; barley, standard, 54c to soc;
pork, mess, $17.00.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, SIC to
s5c; corn, No. 2 mixed, i6c to 4sc;
oats, No. 2 mixed, Bic to 33c; rye. No.
., G6c to &c; clover seed, prime, SG.S5.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 5000; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $6.S5; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 500.
New York-Cattie, $500 to S595;
hogs, $500 TO $500 sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, 93c to 94c;
corn, No. 2, SIC to Sc; oats natural
white, 42c to 44c; butter, creamery, tic
to 21c; eggs, western, 16c TO tic.
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to the gallows. The rope was adjust
ed, the trap sprung, and his neck was
broken by the fall. There were few
witnesses to the execution. Physicians,
necessary officials and newspaper re-
porters were the only spectators in the
Jail gallery The parents and imme-
date friends of the youth were even
denied the privilege of speaking to him
before he walked to his fate.
Mrs. Bessie NJ. HOLSTER was muir
dered on the evening of Jan. - near
the carpenter shop owned by William
Ivens, father of the murderer, 36S Bel
den avenue. The body was found next
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that before the summer is far adj
vanced as many men and as much ma
chinery as proftably can be employed
will be engaged in making the dirt
fly on the canal rotue.
Promptly upon being advised of the
result of the vote in the Senate Mr..
Shonts called on Secretary Taft at the
War Department and began to discuss
the plans of the commission for the
prosecution of the great work of the
canal construction. 1t was decided that
the commission as a whole should start
for the isthmus at the earliest possible
moment and Chief Engineer Stevens
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eighty-two feet wide, with a lifting ca
pacity Of thirty to thirty-two feet.
Lake Bohio (artifcial) covers thirty
one square miles.
AIhajuela Like (artihcial) covers $500
acres, about nine square miles, and viii
furnish motive power for operating the
locks and lighting the canal from ocean
to ocean.
Distance from New York TO San Fran
cisco by old route, 1874 miles; by the
route through the canal. 500 miles.
Distance from New York to Manila
by present route via San Francisco and
Yokohama, 1850 miles. Distance from
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FLEE WITH EXPLOSIVE.
Horses Run Away with NitrOglycer
i'm Wagon and Co Seven Miles.

Horses Run Away with NitrOglycer-
in Wagon and Go Seven Miles.
A team of horses hitched to a wagon
loaded with twenty quarts of nitrogly-
cerin ran away north of Knightstown,
Ind, and was not stopped until it had run
for seven miles through a thickly popu-
lated country, but the deadly fluid did
not explode. The horses took fright at
two fighting dogs. Once the wagon was
overturned, but it was Strengthened OFT.
Terrified farmers who saw the runaway
team jumped fences and ran to the woods
or by telephone warned others of its COM
ing. Wallace Apple, a farmer, stopped
the runaway before he saw. the danger
sign on the wagon