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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
In and About the State
FOUR PIONEERS DIE.
Black Hills oId-Tlmers' Ranks Dc
pleted in Last Week,

Black Hills oId-Timers' Ranks Dc
pleted in Last Week.
Within the last week four more
| pioneers of the Black Hills have join.
ed the throng on the other side, and
the list of survivors is rapidly dwind.
ling. Deadwood reports two in one
| day, while another, j. J. Williams. the
first pioneer, may pass away at any
time.
Just on the eve Of the annual picnic
at Rapid City, an event at which all
the old trail blazers hold a reunion,
James H. Carver, one of the best
known old-timers, died suddenly at st.
Joseph's hospital. He was taken i'll
during the night with stomach trouble
and succu1nbed before even his friends
had been notified. At the same hour
In another room in the hospital the
life of Joseph Franklin, another pic.
neer, went out.
The third pioneer was James Nc.
Aleer, who passed away at his home
in Redwater valley, near Spearfish.
Death was the result of spinal
trouble, and for years past Mr.. Nc.
Aleer had been a helpless cripple. He
was f1fty-seven years old A widow
and four grown children survive.
Heart trouble caused the sudden
death Of Max Fishel, one of Dead.
woods best known business men. Mr..
Fishel lived alone and was discovered
in a dying condition at midnight. A
physician was summoned, but Mr..
Fishel passed away almost Immediate
ly. He was fifty-four years old and
came to Deadwood in 1877. For some
years he was associated here in the
book and stationery business with his
two brothers, Louis and Ado1ph, who
later formed an establishment there OF
their own. and Max since had contin,
ued TO conduct his stationery store.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
SOUTH DAKOTA'S PEN IMPROVED
Many Changes Made in Sioux Falls Prison Uniforms for
Conyicts Will Be Made BY Conylcts Under Super
vision Of Skilled Men.
,nder the chin and the coat having

under the chin and the coat having
straight corners.
II the prisoner is disobedient and
will not conform to the rules Of the
prison, he will be reduced from either
the first or the second grade into the
third, the uniform for which is black
and white stripe, the stripes being al
ternate and about one inch wide.
Prisoners Make Clothes.
The cost of the cloth for the new
uniforms will be about 5000. It is Of
good material, and the prisoners will
be comfortably and warmly clad. A
tailor is to be employed by the prison
authorities to assist skilled prisoners
in making up the uniforms. The tailor
will supervise the cutting and the
prisoners will make the clothes.
The shirt factory which was ,estab-
lished at the penitentiary year or
more ago is proving great success.
During the month of August a total
of 4.200 dozen of shirts were turned
out Of the factory. These shirts are
made for a large dealer who furnishes
the cloth, filings and everything en-
tering into the making of the shirts.
The penitentiary factory turns out the
shirts for a stated price per dozen.
Men in the shirt factory work from
1880 in the morning until $3.50 in the
afternoon, with an interval for dinner.
There Is system Of self-earnings
which is allowed the prisoners who
are employed In the shirt factory.
Each man has a regular amount to
turn out each working day. If he Is
able to exceed the amount that is al
lotted to him the profit that the state
would have made is credited to the
prisoner turning out the excess Of
shirts and is paid to him at the end
of his term Of Imprisonment.
Some of the men have become so
expert that they are able to earn from
81 to S. per month on excess shirts,
while others make as low as 81 per
month. The individual profit making
is an incentive for industry and good
habits.
Study While in Prison.
Warden Parmeley of the peniten-
tiary has arranged with an Eastern
correspondence school for books on
number Of studies which are given
at the school, and will place these
books in the hands Of prisoners who
are anxious to improve their educa-
tional qualifications during the time
they are in prison. Warden Parme-
ley believes this will be better for
many of them than to spend their
leisure time in reading novels which
they secure from the prison library,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
TOBACCO Gid" AT NORMAL.
Principal Says No User Of Weed Shall
ii Be Student.

l5s Dc 0IuuGI1l.
Z If students of the state normal
school at Spearfish wish to smoke in
the school year they will have to re-
sort to corn silk or cubebs.
Such is the dictum of the principal,
Pa. L. Cook, who has just issued to the
parents a lengthy ruling on the to-
bacco evil, in which he decries the in
creasing appetite manifested by the
scholars and declares that he will eff
fectually stamp it out at once. Hence
forth, he says, no scholar will be ad-
mitted to the school, no matter what
other qualifications he possesses, If he
is known to be user of tobacco in
any form, and particularly is this
aimed at cigarette fends.
Prof. Cook says the old theory of
tobacco stunting the growth is all we'll
enough, but he has found that no
smoker ever makes a good student,
and it is the mind he is seeking to
cultivate first. He asks the parents
to cooperate with him in enforcing
this anti-tobacco rule, and says plain
ly that no student who smokes is
wanted at the school, no matter if the
rule cuts down the attendance to only
ten scholars.
He lays the blame for the smoking
largely on the heads of the families,
who permit their boys too much laxity
In their pleasures.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
OBSERVE "RAlLwAY pAy.p
Rapid City Entertains One Thousa M
Visitors,

sl Visitors,
ssh; More than 1000 visitors took ad.
vantage OF the low rates to participate
In the railroad jubilee Of three DAYS
which has Just ended at Rapid City.
~ marked the entrance of the North
western and Milwaukee railroads to
1.-The Black Hills from across the state,
Mayor Emrick officially welcomed ev-
s8ery one on the first day with a neat
speech. Each days program included
s "a balloon ascension, and each evening
there was display of electric light
ing, including the Illuminated "wel-
come" arch, such as Rapid City has
never seen before.
s The second day, with its picnic Of
1.-The Black Hills pioneers, was the big
day. The feature of this was the
civic parade in which soldiers, In
ssdians, bands, over fifty of the pioneers
8and floats of all descriptions took part.
Il There were more than 1000 persons
y In line, but the first settlers Of the
4 Black Hills were the objects of atten-
ton, and all along the line were
d cheered to the echo. In honor of the
old timers Rapid City had erected a
\ triumphal arch. In the afternoon the
crowd assembled on the court house
square, where they listened to excel
lent congratulatory speeches from
Senator Gamble of Yankton, Attorney
Thomas 3. Harvey of Lead, himself
pioneer and the first attorney in
the Black Hills, and others.
The evening feature was the pre-
sentat1on of a fireworks display, "The
Battle of Wounded Knee" an appro-
pirate reminder for the old trail
blazers of the scenes of the early days
in the Black Hills.
Mrs. J. A. Jones, in attempting to
cross the street during the celebration
of the railway jubilee, was struck in
the head and knocked down by bug
gy tongue. She remained uncon-
scious several hours, and little hope
i is entertained Of her recovery. A
number Of minor accidents occurred.
Il Several children have broken arms.
Two young women, Miss Mccain and
( Miss Buchanan, were injured by their
4 horses falling on them. One Indian is
suffering from broken limb.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
Natural Curiosity.

The car was Just about to leave a
corner of the street-in fact, the con.
5ductor had pulled the bell as q signal
to start when everybody inside was
startled to hear a voice in the rear
saying:
"oh, do wait, conductor, till I get
my clothes on"
on course, every one craned their
necks to see the person who made this
strange request. They were quite dis
appointed to nd it was a boy trying
TO lift onto the car basket Of clothes
from the laundry.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
WOLF BOUNTY POPULAR.
Nearly Every County In the state
Gets a Share c< She E,nh

80
Nearly Every County In the State
Gets Share c: The Fund.
Wonder often is expressed at the
popularity Of state wolf bounty regu-
lation, when only few counties west
OF the river are supposed to be inter
ested in such legislation, but in fact
it gets it's popularity from the revenue
that practically every county in the
state gets 1t. In many of them it is
small, but it is divided, and some
constituent Of every member wants it
continued. In the distribution this
year the only counties without claims
are Rrookings, Brown, Buffalo, Hand,
Jerauld, Mcpherson, Minnehaha, Rob-
erts, Sphinx and sully. The total is
s9,9SS.75, which was as near as could
be got to the $4,000 appropriation
without handling fractions of cents.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
FIND LOST COPPER BED.
Excitement Is Aroused Over Fresh
Discoveries in Superior

Excitement Is Aroused Over Fresh
Discoveries in Superior.
Superior, Wis, Sept. 13-More ex.
citement was stirred up yesterday
over a discovery of copper. Blasting
for a road out on Bardon avenue, on
the Douglas range, the town Of .Supe-
rior employees uncovered another lot
of native copper This is the second
time that this has occurred within
tie last few days and there is consid-
cradle interest taken in the matter by
those that have followed the proposi-
ton.
1t is now learned that these finds
have been made where, back in 1859,
settler reported that he had I'M
earthed copper. Some years after
ward he tried to find the spot again,
but the brush had grown over it so
that he was unable to show some cap
italists who were investigating where
he had made his discoveries.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
Study While in Prison.
MISTAKE IN DRUG FATAL.
Physician Ends Life With Poison He
Gave Patient.

Gave Patient.
Did DR.. f. v. Frankenstein take
carbolic acid as the result Of a mis-
take in the selection Of remedy for
some ailment Of his own, or Gid he,
In remorse over the placing Of the
acid, by mistake, In a prescription he
had filled for a young woman, take the
fatal poison with suicidal intent? Is
question to which the answer has
been sealed by the death Of the physi-
clan.
DR.. Frankenstein has practiced med.
tcine at Epiphany, In the northern
part Of Hanson county. He was sew
enty years old.
The physician at first was thought
to have been a suicide, but upon an
investigation by the coroner other
facts were brought to light that cast
doubt upon this theory.
The physician was called upon to
prescribe for a young woman on the
morning Of his death and he put up
a bottle of medicine with the usual
directions. The girl attempted to
take dose Of it, but was forced to
stop when it seemed to burn her
mouth. She went back to the physi-
clan and told him she thought that a
mistake had been made in putting up
the remedy. The physician wanted to
prove to her satisfaction that he had
not made mistake, and removing the
cork Of the bottle, he took a dose of
the medicine, which he declared to be
all right. To be on the safe side the
doctor poured the contents out of the
bottle, refiled the prescription and
gave ito the girl, who, however, did
not take any Of the second prescrip-
ton. - IS
It is not known whether the physi-
clan took another dose Of the medi-
cine after the young woman went
away, but at noon he complained Of
feeling I'LL, and said something to his
son about having made mistake. BY
noon he was unconscious and an hour
after he died. The coroner's jury gave
the verdict that the doctor came to
his death as the result Of an overdose
of carbolic acid, taken by mistake.
Burns were plainly visible in his
mouth and when the stomach was ex-
amined the evidence of the acid was
strong.
The second prescription put up by
the doctor also contained carbolic
acid.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
lch has a total Of about 1000 vol

which has a total Of about 1000 vol
umes.
1t is reported by Warden Parmeley
that the health OF the prisoners in
the penitentiary is unusually good.
and that the prison hospital has not
had an inmate for a period Of about
three months. Out Of a total Of 1T
prisoners who are at present serving
terms in the penitentiary. twenty-five
OF them are serving life terms. This
percentage is very large.
Inside the prison yard there has
been in course OF construction for some
time the new binder Irvine factory.
for which the state legislature made
- precipitation couple of years
ago. 1t will cost much more than the
amount OF the appropriation to COM
plete and equip the binder twine
plant. The factory building is $500
feet in size, and is built Of Sioux Falls
granite, which is taken from quarry
belonging to the state. The building
has concrete trimmings. It will he
two stories In height. and when COM
pleted will turn out manila and sissaI
twine. Another building which Is be-
ing completed at the penitentiary Is
storage building eighty-five feet
square. 1t will be used for the stor.
age Of the product Of the twine fac.
tory. The factory will be what Is
known as one-system mill, and will
have about 100 spinners.
Naxay Dourac L.nen 9s:54i55 n sf,,S
The new power house also Is near.
ing completion. This building has a
stack Of concrete blocks 1876 feet high.
The warden takes great pride In the
stack because the prisoners made the
blocks during the past winter. The
stack has base of twenty feet
square, and has not settled one thirty.
second of an inch since it was reared.
Warden Parmeley estimates that the
| whole cost Of the improvements now
under way at the penitentiary, includ.
ing the new buildings, would be about
$4,000. #
He said further that II there is no
special appropriation made for the
| cost Of the works, which would be in
excess 81 the original appropriations.
| the money would be taken from the
local endowment fund Of 100000,
which has been created by the profits
from the prison factories.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
ELEVATOR PAYS DIVIDEND.
Farmers Profit in Several Ways by Co
Operative Enterprise.

Farmers Profit In Several Ways by Co.
Operative Enterprise.
One of the most successful elevators
conducted by farmers in South Dakota
is the elevator of the Farmers Eleya-
tor company at Bryant. The annual
meeting Of the stockholders of the
company has just been held and re-
ports made at the meeting show the
company to be in excellent financial
condition. Owing to the thriving con.
dition of the treasury it was decided
to declare dividend Of 81 per share.
Ten per cent of the net profits of the
company are held as a reserve for
emergencies. There are about 200
shareholders in the company, and they
received the dividend Of 20 per cent
on their investment, in addition to re-.
ceiving better price for their grain
than was the case before the farmers
elevator commenced business.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
CYANIDE. MILL ROBBED OF GOLD.
Trusted EmpIoye Is Arrested and Con.
spiracy Is Seen.

Trusted EmpIoye Is Arrested and Con.
spiracy Is Seen.
BY an organized system Of robbery
Erwin M. Hilton, a trusted employee.
and others for whom the officers are
looking, it is charged, have succeeded
in stealing an unknown sum from the
Golden Reward Mining company, OF
which T. H. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, is large owner. Hilton is
under arrest. When confronted with
evidence, 1t is alleged he broke down
and confessed, duplicating others in
his operations.
Hilton was employed in the precipi.
tation room Of the Golden Reward.
Some time ago the company began to
suspect that they were losing some Of
their precipitates, a form Of black
mud containing the gold values after
they have passed through most OF the
forms Of the cyaniding process. Till
ton was not suspected until q few
days ago, when he went to Lead and
endeavored to dispose Of some gold
bullion. The chief of police Of that
city heard OF it and informed the COM
pany, when an investigation COM
menced that ended with Hilton's ar.
rest.
Later Hilton, It is claimed, returned
to the company about 5000 worth Of
bullion, which he declared was all that
he had taken. The superintendent.
Henry Schnitzel, believes this figure
far too low to cover the alleged theft,
and he says he has learned that Hilton
: had several confederates ON the out
side. wko, as soon as they learned
that the officers were on their track,
left the city. 7-ss=
the precipitates were stolen In the
mill while passing from the zinc to the
lead boxes. 1t was not difficult mat.
ter to conceal some Of the stuff each
day and take 1t home. Hilton, it is al
legged, had erected in one OF the
gulches near town gasoline assay
furnace where he secretly 1nelted
down the precipitates after they had
hardened, and made them into gold.
It is believed that a conspiracy exist
ed and that the theft was larger than
I is known at this time, as 1t apparently
has extended over several weeks.
A number of warrants are, out and
more developments in the case are ex.
pected in the next day or two. Hilton
is married and has family.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
THROWS HIMSELF UNDER TRAIN

Pat Noon of Toledo Attempts Suicide
at Lake City.
Lake City, Mimi, Sept. is. - Il
stranger giving his name as Pat Noon
and his residence as Toledo, Ohio,
threw himself under the wheels of an
east-bound train and was badly hurt.
Dependency over his unsuccessful at
tempt to stop drinking is the cause Of
the attempted suicide.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19

Because the new Lawrence county
court house is not yet completed and
the old one is inadequate for trials by
fury, the regular September term Of
the circuit court will go over until De-
cember. There are fifty cases waiting
to be disposed of, but the court house
will require several weeks yet before
It is finished and Judge Rice will con-
sequentiy extend his vacation in Mon
tana, where he now is.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
BANDITS RAID STATE BANK.
Robbers Dynamite Safe. Take $1,000
and Escape,

Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 15. - Three
bandits broke into the First State
bank early yesterday morning at Leo
la, wrecked the safe and escaped with
$1,000. The robbers were seen by the
watchman, but no accurate description
can be given. They went through
from Wetonka in box car, it is be-
lieved, and made their escape on a
handcar. coming in the direction Of
Aberdeen. The police here are on the
watch and arrests are expected to be
made in few hours. The entire coun-
try was notified. and 1t will be impos-
sible for the bandits to escape. The
office and bank building were badly
wrecked.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
TAFT SETS SAIL.

Secretary Leaves on the Minnesota for
the Orient.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. IA. = William
Fl. Taft sailed at l o'clock yesterday
On the steamship Minnesota. Accom-
panying Secretary Taft are represent.
atives Of the Associated Press and
Golfers Weekly, the New York Her.
aid and other papers; his wife and
son Charlie, his private secretary,
Fred W. Carpenter and Gen. Clarence
Edwards, chief of the bureau of insu-
lar affairs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
Crushed to Death.

Minneapolis, Sept 15.-John Eber.
harrison, young engineer on the Mil,
waukee road. was crushed to death
yesterday when his engine crashed
into a freight train. A mistake in sig
nails is said to have been the cause OF
the accident
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
GETS BIG DRAINAGE JOB.
Minnesota Work Is Awarded to Allan.

Minnesota Work Is Awarded to Allan.
ia (Wis.) Firm.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, Sept. -15.--A
firm at Atlanta, Wis, has been award
ed contract by the Minnesota state
drainage commission for the excava-
ton of 100000 yards Of ditching in
Northern Minnesota The considera-
ton for the work is $4,000. They al
ready have started to erect the
dredges, and expect to begin the work
Of ditching early next spring.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
Burglars Raid Iowa Store

Cedar Rapids, 1owt, Sept. 15.-The
Spokane Furniture company is loser
to the extent of 5000, the result Of an
unexpected visit of burglars. The
money was In a safe, which the ma,
RAIDERS tapped successfully.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
WOMAN MADE INSPECTOR.

Miss Rose Purdut of Madison Gets
State Job.
Madison, Wis, Sept. Is. - Commits
sioner Of Labor and Industrial! statis-
tics J.. D. Beck yesterday appointed
Miss Rose Purdut of Madison state
factory inspector, to take the place Of
Miss Odessa Kunz, who resigned to
get married. The salary is $1,000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
JAIL BREAK FOlLED.
Men Are Nearly Out When Turnkey
Discovers Them.

Discovers Them.
La Crosse, Wis, Sept. H. - Using
fat iron springs taken from the cot
in their cell and fashioning other
crude implements from portions of the
furniture, Charles Mecum and Charles
Menzemer, on trial charged with bur.
glary, attempted to saw their way out
of the La Crosse county jail, and had
1t not been for the chance passing of
turnkey they would have been sue.
cessful. This developed yesterday at
the hearing of the men before Judge
Fruit. The evidence of attempted
jail delivery has been added to the
charges of attempted burglary against
them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
Fair Closes at Arlington.

Arlington, MINI. Sept. Is. - The
thirty-efghth annual fair of the sibley
County Agricultural society closed
here yesterday The exhibits as we'll
as the races and other attractions out
classed all of it's previous fairs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Sept. 15.-A Sc.
we're electrical storm passed this place
early yesterday morning, doing great
damage. The barn of John Spect was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, with five head of horses.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
AWAkEs. IN BLAZING BED,
Man Who Uses Electric Light for Foot
Warmer Nearly Meets Death,

Wan Who Uses E!ectric Light for Foot
Warmer Nearly Meets Death.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 14.-An ex.
pertinent in foot warming almost cost
the life of Henry NJ, Carson, a Fort
Dodge grocer. 1t was cool last night,
50 Mr.. CadsoE placed an electric bulb
attached to long wire among the
clothes at the foot Of the bed. He went
to sleep with the current turned on.
Defective insulation caused the wire
to set fire to the bedclothing, and he
awoke to find himself swathed in a
bed of flames. He escaped with diff.
Guilty and the house was consumed.
He was alone in the residence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
TO Bust Doctors Trust

Dubuque, Iowa, Sept is. The.
grand jury of Bremen county yester,
day returned indictments against four.
teen physicians for violation of the
state antitrust law, the medical SO.
ciety having raised fees Some time
ago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
PRIEST is Heir TO FORTUNE.

Rev. P. schirners of Lamberton Is
Left $4,000 by Uncle.
Lamberton, Mimi, Sept. Is. - Rev.
P. Schirmers, pastor Of ST. Joseph's
Catholic church of this city is the ex-
elusive heir to the estate of his uncle,
Gen. Won Thullen, who died three
months ago at Kyll, Germany. The
estate is valued at about $4,000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
FINE RESIDENCE BURNED.

Blaze In East Grand Forks Is Laid to
Incendiaries.
East Grand Forks, Mimi, Sept. ii
Fire, believed to be of incendiary orr.
gin, yesterday destroyed the residence
u Miss lcalll;si and mayed til
residence of Ole Lukkason. The loss
On the McCallum property is estimat.
ed at $4,000 and on the Lukkason resi-.
dence at about $1,000 The McCallum
residence was one of the finest in the
city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19

Prince Hilkoff, the Russian ex-minis,
ter Of railroads, has received an Inn.
perial grant of an immense tract Of
ore-bearing land in the province OF
Fergana, Russian Turkestan. ts,