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PARTED AT DOCK, GO
TO DIFFERENT PORTS
Husband and Son on One Ship,
Wife and Child on
Another.
THEY ARE NOW REUNITED
Senator Gamble Gets Quick Action OF
Part of immigration Officials
On Their Way to South
Dakota.

Wasni agton. ID. G., Feb. l2.The re-
markable case of u family divided and
reduced to utter despair was brought
to the attention of the immigration au-
thorties today when NJ. Atofsky and
George Heuther of Bridgewater, S. D.,
appeared before Commissioner of I'M
migration Sargent to ask assistance In
reunitlng the family OF Atofsky.
When the case was explained to him
the commissioner lost no time In en-
listing the proper officials to assist in
getting the unfortunate out OF their
trouble. Atofsky. VINO is d Russian. but
has been living some time in Germany.
emigrated to this country a few weeks
ago. AT Bremen in some way his wifo
and one child were separated from him
and another child. The wife and
younger child We're put aboard the
wrong vessel and landed at Baltimore.
while Atofsky and his son We're taken
to New York, getting on the right boat.
Could Get No News of Wife.
Al New York it was utterly impos-
sible to get an explanation of the mis-
take and Atofsky. nearly crazed, a
stranger, with little money, knew Of
nothing to do except to push on to
h has an uncle, Henry Heuther. After
waiting for some time there and re-
cevins no word from his Wife. he en-
listed friends His uncle. who is we'll
TO do interested himself in the casa
and as a result of much inquiry it was
learned that Mrs. Atofsky and the lit
tie girl had been landed at Baltimore
and We're detained there by the immi
grafton officers because the child was
suffering from an abscess
The scant knowledge which the wo-
man had about this country. it's Ian
guage, etc. made 1t impossible for her
to communicate with her husband.
The child was sent to a Baltimore hos
pital and there. thanks to the efforts OF
Commissioner Sargent, the mother and
sick baby were located by the father.
1t is expected they Will be able to leave
for the west in a few days.
Seultor Gamble was Interested in the
case by Mr. Heuther and was respon-
sible directly for affecting the family
reunion.
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NUMBER 2l

Ing electric baths. which was shock to-
Poster who wanted the consideration
OF the bin Indefinitely postponed. Van
Osdel opposed that section Of the pri-
mar which provides for the payment
of fees to the secretary of state to help
bear the expenses of operating the law.
but was informed by majority vote
that If he still insists on breaking into
the legislature as has become his habit
on ten different occasions, he must help
to pay the freight with the rest Of
the bunch.
a New Railroad Bill.
Byrne introduced new railroad bill
IN the senate providing that whenever
the railroad commission shall have
need the services OF an attorney tho
counsel shall be furnished under the
direction Of the attorney general. and
that the commission shall have no
other counsel at any time. This is In
tended to leave p. J. Rogde Of Sioux
Falls without Job; and the bill goes
still farther and says that the COM
mission shall not employ or appoint =
warehouse inspector. but in any case
where the scales need balancing to re-
duce the tare In the farmers favor or
for any other reason. the governor shall
appoint the inspector for that purpose
and the commission must keep It's
hands off. This is construed as notice
to D.. c. Kicker, OF Minnehaha county,
chairman OF the county republican
stalwart committee. to leave that $1,000
per year and expenses where he found
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None for Crawford.
ARE REGISTERING UNDER
NEW ANTHOLOGY Bl


Pierre, S. d., Feb. lathe first man
to register under the provisions of the
new anti-lobbying law was j. l.. W..
Ieitlow, of Aberdeen. president of the
Dakota Central Telephone system and
uccordiag to his declared intentions he
is Interested in three senate bills and
one house bill affecting the telephone
interests of the state. AS he will con-
,stitute the legislative agent for this
large interest from this time on. Burn
side, of Sioux Falls: Hartwell. of Yank-
ton, and others will leave the matter
in his hands and work through him for
The accomplishment of the results
sought.
Secretary d d. Wipf was the second
TO enroll on the exclusive register as
signing as his reason for so doing that
the fees of the office which he admin
listers are not sufficient and that he
proposes to work for the passage of the
bill Increasing the fees to be paid by
corporations seeking to organize or re-
new their charters under the laws OF
this state.
Ben p. Hoover. legislative agent for
the Milwaukee, will register his declara-
1lon of purpose today and it will be of
more than local interest rs this man
who received diamonds from the last
two sessions of the legislature and a
CLASSY stare from this one. has con-
fired himself absolutely to discussion
of the weather since the anti-lobby bill
be. partly owing to his persistent refer
ence to the weather that the February
thaw has set in at this time. Hoover
has been something OF a political
prophet as we'll as manipulator and if
he turns his attention exclusively to the
weather business he is apt to put the
government observatory out OF commits
sion
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EDITOR SALLET REPLIES
TO HIS FIRST WIFE

Sioux Falls, s d, Feb. l3.-''I do not
believe in airing domestic troubles in the
newspaper neither do l believe in trylns
court cases in the columns OF the daily
press" remarked +. w. Sallet of 9ank>
ton, whose first wife is suing to have his
divorce from her annuled. But i do
not feel that would be doing myself or
the present Mrs Sallet justice by remain
ing silent after the article printed in tho
qast issue of the Sioux City Tribune.
Il wish to say that i am prepared to
meet in detail every allegation in the af-
fidavt of the former Mrs. Sallet, but
do not think the newspaper ts the place
for this and ] will await the hearing of
the case in court However, L would re-
quest that the public withhold judgment
in the until they hear both sides TO
this unpleasant controversy
II wish simply to say here that the,
former Mrs. Sallet and myself had talked
over the matter of a divorce time and
again and we had both agreed that 1T was
impossible for US to live together 1t waa
agreed that l should get a divorce but
should provide for her and the children,
which did. | agreed TO pay SEQ per
month, but l even went further than that
and | show conclusively that since
last May / have paid to Mrs Salet $500
and TO my oldest son. who attends the
Business university at indianapolis 5000,
amounting together to SLIGO
Instead of Mrs. Sallet leaving Indian
Npo!is without any money she was given
,lS0 by Gustav Schaffer before she de-
parted and the money was furnished by
ne. AS soon as l learned that she was
N need of money after reaching Merrill l
vent to her through Judge Hoffman of
chat city $50.
''As soon as ! learned. while abroad that
the divorce was to be attacked. | made
ny arrangements to return to America
Gnd | am here in person to meet and re-
Cute any charge of fraud or underhanded
work in connection with the divorce pro-
weddings. IL there is any fraud whatever
connected with this case II Is from the
Dther side, which will develop a the heara
ing Oh the 18TH instead of the 12th as re-
ported. My attorneys have an affidavit
rrom Gustav Shaeffer OF indianapolis In
which he states that the affidavit
which my former wife's attorneys have
from him was obtained through mLsrepre-
Hentat!ons and he had no knowledge of
what he was signing.
II wish in conclusion to say that a
friend of mine in Sioux Falls has a letter
from the former Mrs. Sallet, written while
] was in Europe, In which she admits a
full knowledge Of my intention Of procur-
have commenced the present proceedings,
only other people talked her into it.
The truth of the matter is that certain
people think that I am rich man and
they can squeeze blood money from me-
but in this they will find they are mis-
taken.
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SUMMER RESORT AT
h LAKE ANDES; TROLLEY LINE

Lake Andes. S. d, Feb. 12-Residents
of Charles Mix county are bent on
making an up -to-date summer resort
of Lake Andes. on the lake of that
name. This body Of magnificent water
is about eleven miles long and one
mile wide and is teeming with game
fish, among which are to be found
black bass pickerel and perch. The
lake is maintained by two artesian
wells which have a discharge of $50
barrels per minute and the government
has recently closed deal for the sink
ing OF a couple more wells for the
maintenance of the lake and the
raising of the water level for the
purpose of furnishing better harbor
and protection for the fnny tribes in
its depths
w. I. Mcfarland. of Struble. la. has
purchased 215 acres on the lake and
will at once commence the erection of
the necessary building for caring for
those who are expected to frequent its
shores. The establishment of sum
9ner resort at the lake will bring nearer
fruition the dream of Wagner and Lake
Andes capitalists of the construction of
trolley line between these towns
which has long been contemplated
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COUNTIES
SEND PRISONERS TO PEN

Sioux Falls, s. D.. Feb. l The biennial
report of II. T. Parmley. warden of the
Sioux Falls pententiary, Just made public
shows the cost of maintenance per capita.
exclusive of farm products used and in
Guiding citizen and prison clothing. cash
aid and transportation. fuel and light and
officers salary and board from July 1, 1904.
TO June 80, 1893, was as follows: Cost per
day. so.67s; cost per year s247.50; cost of
maintenance from July l. 1905. to June 80.
1905. per day s0676; per year. s241
The movement of population In the peni-
tentiary during the two years covered by
the report was as follows. Number OF
prisoners in confinement July l. 1904. 1876:
number received from July /, 1904, to June
30 l9O3 l22; number received from July /.
1905 to June 80, 1906. l42; whole number of
prisoners confined during the above period,
100: number discharged from July /, 1904,
To June 80. 1905. 100: number discharged
from July l. 1865. to June 30. 1905, l2l; max.
ing a total of 24l prisoners discharged dur
ing the two years
II IS urged by Warden Parmley that the
legislature make provision for the building
of an insane ward in the penitentiary, as
under the present arrangement it is all
most impossible to care properly for this
class of criminals. and there is a strong
and growing prejudice on the part of the
officers of the insane hospitals against adj
mitt.ng insane criminals to the hospitals
for treatment.
During the two years covered by the re-
port forty-three of the counties of South
Dakota sent prisoners to the penitentiary.
The county of Brown sent the greatest
number, 16. Meade county sent IA, Law
renee and Butte counties 10 each, while
Minnehaha county contributed II prison
ers.
The remaining counties contributed prs
oners follows: Bon IIomme Yankton.
. each; Day, Dawson, each; Cod.ngton,
Kingsbury. Lyman, each; Pennington
Roberts, Union, each each: Beadle,
Hughes, 5 each; Hand. A Mrookings, Gus
ter. Clay Fall River, Gregory. Grant.
Miner. Sphinx. Stanley. each; Aurora.
Brule, Hanson. Mamlin. . each Buffalo.
Charles Mix. Clark, Edmunds Lake Lin-
coin, Marshall. Moody. Potter, Sanborn.
Suly. Turner, each.
OF the prisoners committed to the peni-
tentiacy during the two years. eighty-two
were under sentence for grand larceny
Thirty of the prisoners We're sentenced for
burglary in the third degree Four of the
new prisoners We're convicted of murder.
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so. OAK. POSTOFFICES
GET NEW HEADS

Washington ID. c.. Feb. ll.-The first
batch of postofflce appointments in
South Dakota Went to the senate today
for places not seriously involved in the
patronage fight. as follows:
John II. Dobson. Alexandria l.. j.
Edwards. Bowdle; j. b. Long. kimball,
f. f Gilmore, Lennox: j. w. Walsh.
Montrose; j. N. F'ulford, Oacoma: f
D. Griffin. Selby: G. A. Stunley. Nolsa.
There are still twenty offices i'm con
troversy on some of which deter
mined fight will be made as between,
the two political factions
Senator Gamble had consultation
with President Roosevelt last week on
the subject of patronage.
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ARMY SENSATION
PROMISES BURBANK
Soldier Freed From Term In
flicted on Filipino Wife Deser-
ton Charge, Threatens.

Ieavenworth, Ilas.. Feb. 14.-Ex-
Lieutenant Sidney S. Burbank. who
beZzing army funds and for marry
ing Filipino woman whom he de-
serted. intending to wed a Kansas
girl. was released from the peniten-
1iary today, after serving nearly fifteen
months. Burbank said his convection
was the result of a conspiracy, and
criticised officers whom he blalnes 70,
his troubles.
He declared that he would make g
statement that would create a sensa-
tion In army circles.
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STUDENTS STEAL CHAIRS
SPOIL LINCOLN SPEECH

Nermillion, $. d.. F,b. IA by steal
Ing every one of the ioo chairs in the
college chapel today students prevented
President Gault. of the University OF
South Dakota, from giving to the en-
tire faculty and student body, rs ex-
pected. his "convocation address on
"A Man Among Men" This was the
special observance planned for Lin
coins birthday.
While on the surface the affair has
the appearance of a prank. there are IN
dications that there Is some personal
feeling. Some view the escapade as a
rebuke of the president for trying to
hold the students in line on a holiday
to listen to a speech. Others say 1t Is
an outburst of feeling having Its or
igin in the removal OF President Drop
pers.
At any rate President Gault has Or
dered "A searching Investigation and il
the guilty persons can be located there
is strong probability of severe action
being taken.
Spoke to Few in Armory.
Nothing was known of the theft of
the chairs, apparently, until all
marched into the chapel to listen TO the
address. There was nothing there to
sit on but the floor President Gault
then went to the armory, where he was
followed by quite large number and
where he delivered his address on the
value of genuine manhood.
The purloining of the $50 chairs was
the work of real sleuths. They not
only removed the chairs. but have Sc
creted them so that no trace of them
has been found.
OF course all the students today are
greatly surprised by the apparently as
tonishing visitation of spirits with a
penchant for stealing chairs.
A watchman at the chapel was on
duty until 2:3G this morning and moth
ing had happened up to that time to
arouse his suspicious
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FALLS UNDER A MOVING
TRAIN BUT SURVIVES

Belle Fourche. S D.. Feb l4.-To
have an entire freight train pass over
him while lying PROSTATE on the track
and live to tell the story was the ex
perience of G. Willie. who has been
placed In Il local hospital. Although he
escaped with his life. he is suffering
from scalp wound, several fractured
ribs and a dislocated hip. He was en-
ployed as brakeman on dump train.
and while standing on the front car
as the train started down an incline
his foot slipped and he was thrown un-
der the train, every car of which passed
over him. That he was not torn to
pieces beneath the swift moving train
is regarded as little less than a mir
acle. 1t is expected he will be in the
hospital only a few weeks,
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ELEVATOR BURNS AND
SNOW SAVES THE TOWN
INSURANCE POLICY
IN OVERALLS POCKET.

Pierre. S. D., Feb. 11.-One of
the requests which recently come
to the state insurance depart
ment to do business in this state
was from an overall factory,
which desired to place an acct
dent policy for 5000 for one year
In the pocket of every one of the
garments sent out. and make a
slight additional charge for the
goods to cover the policy. They
were notified that the only way
they could do this was to place
themselves under the insurance
laws Of the state. as other COM
panies do. and nothing further
has been heard of the project.
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SUICIDE is BURIED
WITH MASONIC HONORS

Sioux Falls. S. D., Feb. l4.-In view
of late information ii cannot be
doubted that e. III. Dow. the Sioux
Falls man who committed suicide u
few days ago at Manchester Mich
was insane when he took his own life.
Thus the mystery surrounding his
tragic death is at least partially solved
The funeral of the unfortunate man
took place from the Masonic temple in
this city, and was in charge OF Unity
lodge. No. 100. A. r. and A. NJ, Of
which the deceased was member. The
funeral sermon was preached by Dr.
George Cornell formerly of Sioux City.
but for some years rector Of Calvary
Cathedral in this city. Interment was
made in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
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SPECIAL TRAIN SENT
FOR HOMESTAkE FOREMAN

Lead. S. D., Feb. n.--A special train
was run on the Piedmont line to get
Alfred Johnson q Homestake foreman.
suffering from acute appendicitis. The
trip WIS made at record breax King time
and the sick man was taken 10 the
Homcstake hospital here to receive
treatment without which he would have
died. He is resting easy and will BE-
operated upon today.
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SIOUX INDIAN CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL; Assault

Geddes S. D.. Feb l4-Abol Thomas.
member of the Yankton s,ibo OF
Sioux Indians, aged about II, mas been
lodged in the Cieddes jail IN The charge
'"f criminal assault. The complaining
witness is Lizzie st. Pierre, the 49,
year-old iaughter of Louie St Pierre,
an old pioneer who resides nea. Green
NOOG.
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DELEGATES TO PITTssuRG
MEETING ARE NAMED

Pierre, s. D.. Feb. l4.-Gos ernor
Crawford has appointed as delegates
to the National Congress of Highway
Commissioners, to meet at Pittsburg,
Pa, March IL and 13. A. j. Plowman.
Deadwood; r. o. Richards. Huron,
f. A. Sherman. Sioux Falls; 1. A. Keith.
Lake Preston, and E. Robertson, Con-
II
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never KISSED, man
AGED 81 DECLARES
Witness in DisorderIy House
Case Denies Ever Giving or
Receiving Caress.

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb. 14.-AIilwau-
Kee holds the record Tor unkissed men
according to the statement under oath
.oday by William Bartel. He is 81
and testified he never had been kissed
oy a woman nor had he ever kissed
anyone.
He was witness In case where
a saloon had been raided as disor-
ierly house
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RESIGNS TO GO TO
JAPAN. a BRIDE

Spearfish, S. D.. Feb. l3.-,liss Daisy
Jierton. teacher of history in the state
:.ormal school, has resigned and will
be married at Madison, February 81.
March g she and her husband will sail
for Japan, where they viii make their
home. Miss Gerton has been very
popular Instructor and was the recip-
lent of many valuable gifts from the
teachers and students
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HE SAYS PRESENT
Avn re m EHAI

Pierre, S. d, Feb. 11-Attorney Cen
eral Clark, has in response to request
from Lyman county, held that in its
opinion the fence law which is in opera
tion west of the Missouri river is un-
constitutional and will not stand a.
test case. His holding is in effect that
the only way such a law could pos
slbly be effective would he to make it
state wide. and county optional. If
any county voted for the fence law
then it would be legal otherwise it
would not. And that legally the herd
law is just as much in force west Of
stream
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WILL CORRECT RATE
INJUSTICE IN HILLS
Determinations Found to Exist by
State Railway commissioner-To
Consult Interstate Body.

Sioux Falls. 8. D.. Feb. 11.-H. Smith
OF Miller. chairman of the state board
Of railroad commissioners while in
Sioux Falls en- route home from the
Black Hills. where hearings in the mat
ter OF the preparation Of new freight
schedule for South Dakota were held.
talked Interestingly of matters in con-
nectlon with the progress made in the
preliminary work of preparing the pro-
posed new schedule
We had some very interesting meet
ings at Lead and Deadwood on Febru-
airy and 81 said he. ",The Business
Mems clubs Of those two cities sent an
invitation to the commission to come
TO the Hills, as they had some grtev-
ances which they wished to present to
the board. The commission found that
the people OF the Hills had been put
ting up with quite a good deal in the
way OF discrimination in the way Of
rates and while their grievances were
largely interstate. we found some COM
modify rates which were very unjust.
especially ore rates, and the commits
sion shall try to correct these as soon
as possible.
1T may take some little time, but the
connections with the eastern part OF
the state which Will soon take place
In the completion Of the railroads now
crossing the reservation will bring
about an adjustment all along the line
The commissioners intend to take the
matter OF interstate rates complained
of In the Hills up with the Interstate
Commerce commission. and the Hills
people have agreed to submit to us
data so that we can go to the Inter-
state Commerce commission with facts
to substantiate their claims
The commission will go from hera
to Pierre, where the commissioners
have some matters to take up with the
legislature. w. G. Smith, one OF the
members of the board. and the secre-
tary. w. H., Stanley, remained in tho
Hills for a few days.
We return to Sioux Falls on the 18th
inst. for another hearing-the final one
on the rate matter"
ANOTHER TRAIN TAKEN
OFF BECAUSE OF STRIKE
Deadwood, S. D., Feb. lion account
of the slackentng Of business since the
strike the Northwestern has taken of
another train. the o'clock morning
train between Deadwood and Lead.
ELEVATOR BURNS AND
SNOW SAVES THE TOWN
Lily. S. d., Feb. 1.-THE elevator be-
longing to Larkin & Thompson, of Mad
ison, S. D.. burned The roofs Of build
ings being covered with snow, was an
added factor in saving the town. The
loss on the building was $1,000; 5000
bushels Of wheat. 5000 bushels Of oats,
1000 bushels of fax, 1000 bushels of
barley and 250 sacks Of patent flour
burned. The loss is portly covered by
insurance.
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BRIDE OF THREE MONTHS
MEG AT LIIDnN G n

Huron, S. d., Feb. 14-Mrs. Clyde Park
hurst, wife of the city editor of the Daily
Huronite. died suddenly on Sunday from
heart failure. and the remains We're taken
to Mitchell on Monday for interment Mrs.
Parkhurst was an Aberdeen girl and they
were married less than three months ago.
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THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN SOME FIREWORKS.

Pierre, S. d., Feb. l2.--The SEN
ate passed the house bill desig-
mating the legal holidays which
shall be observed in the state.
but inserted the Fourth of July,
where the house had left it out,
and thus the great firecracker
day is preserved to us and to our
children, but it was almost over
looked in the effort to give prop
er recognition TO the birthdays of
Lincoln and Washington.
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ANOTHER TRAIN TAKEN
OFF BECAUSE OF STRIKE

Deadwood, S. D.. Feb lion account
of the slackentng of business since the
strike the Northwestern has taken of
another train. the 6 o'clock morning
train between Deadwood and Lead.