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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18
Esq WIN.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Schenck and
Mrs. r. HI. Leach drove over to De
Smet Tuesday.
A little baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Lundquist Thursday.
A. w. Stone and family were De
visitors Wednesday.
Mr.. Assadoorian went to Iroquois
last Monday and returned home We'd
nesday accompanied by his wife and
little baby girl.
Miss Doris Porter went to Vienna
Wednesday evening and returned
home Monday morning.
Miss Matte Sleeper returned to
Andover Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Tabler visited
in De Smet Wednesday.
Mrs. Warrens and daughter Lucille
are visiting at the home of Mrs. r.
Leach.
Miss Sylvia Atwood visited friends
in Vienna over Sunday.
Miss Mildred Coulson, who is at,
tending school in Lake Preston, spent
from Friday until Monday with hel
parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coulson.
Mrs. Motion came up from Sioux
Falls Friday to spend a few days al
the I'll. B. Atwood home.
Mrs. w. H. Schenck went to Sioux
Falls Tuesday evening to visit hel
daughters, Mrs. w. Newport and Mrs
Fred Borough.
Fl. B. Atwood was a Lake Preston
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Harriet North aud Mrs. G.. T
Snyder and baby Evaleth visited il
Lake Preston Tuesday.
Fred Dorman was an Oldham visit
or Tuesday.
Henry Court, who has been visiting
for some time at the home of hi.
brother-in. law, Andrew Bjordahl, re
turned to his home in Otona, Mimi,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lee, of Pierre, visited at the
home of Fred Ruman the first of the
week.
Miss Bell Slime spent from Tues
day until Thursday at the Andrew
Bjordahl home.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18
UMMON

State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury.
In Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
George L. kheiralla, Plaintiff:
Charles O'Connor. Hanna O'Connor, f. T.
Day, Edward l.. Bradbury, Ed. l.. Brad
man, +. 6. prall, Interstate Stock EN-
change Co. Interstate Stock Exchange,
Robert Luscombe, Laura NJ. Luscombe,
Nellie n. Sanger, Mary J. Wright, Seville
Thomas Jefferson Pereles as Executors
and Trustees of the Estate of Samuel D..
~Luscombe, Deceased: also the Unknown
Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees and
Creditors of Samuel ID. L~uscombe, De
ceased: also the Unknown Heirs at Law,
Devisees, ,Legatees and Creditors of,
and the Executors or Admin
~istratoIs of the estate of. Frank Huls-
man, Deceased: also all persons un-
known who have or claim to have any
estate or interest In or lien or incuni
brance upon the premises described in
the complaint, Defendants.
The State of South Dakota, to the above
named Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby sum
moned and required to answer the Com
George /. Kheiralla, which said complaint
was filed in the office of the Clerk of this
Court in the Court House in the City of De
of South Dakota. on the 21st., day of Sep
TENDER. A. ID. 1907, which prays for a
Judgment quieting the title to and the
determination of all adverse claims to,
i'm and liens against. the premises
described in the complaint, situated in
the said County of kingsbury, State of
South Dakota, to-wit: fhe South East
Quarter[L l of Section No, eleven fill in
No. one hundred nine 100 and
Range No. fifty six 1851, west of the Fifth
+. M, and to serve a copy of your answer
to said complaint on the undersigned at
his Office in the City of De Smet, in said
county, South Dakota, within
thirty days after the completed service OF
this Summons upon YOU. exclusive of the
day of such services; and If you fail to
said complaint within that time
the plaintiff will apply to the court Tor
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated az De S.pet. South Dakota. this
the 21st., day of September. A. d. 1907.
4. F. GREEN,
Attorney for Plaintiff, De Smet, 8. D,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR DIS
CHARGE OF MORTGAGE.

State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury-Ss.
In circuit court-Ninth judicial circuit.
In the matter of the discharge of Mort
gage on the southeast quarter [seLl of
section No Nine lSec. 81, Township No.
One Hundred Nine TWP. 1901 north of
range No. F~ifty-eight LRge 5Sl, west OF
the 5th p. NJ, situated in K~ingsbury
county, South Dakota.
The above entitled action coming on
regularly to be heard by the court i'm
l.. Gordenier for the discharge of the
mortgage on the said described land.
which mortgage IL dated the Gath day of
March. 1902. and filed for record in the
Office of the register of deeds of Kings
bury county On the 9Th day of April A. d.
1902, at 5 o'clock and thirty minutes in
the afternoon and recorded in Book So of
Mortgages at page 1868, and an assign
ment made of said mortgage by A. N.
Waters to George NJ. ~Sherburne, dated
April 7th. 1902. and filed for record in the
office OF the registet Of deeds OF Kings
at 2 o'clock y. m. and recorded in Book 80
of Mortgages at page 314. and 1t appear
ing from the said application that the
the same has not been satisfied on the
records and that the assignee of the
mortgage Is dead and has no acting ad-
ministratrator or EXECUTOR;
Now, therefore, Ii Is ordered hat the
said be heard before the said court at
chambers by the Judge thereof in the city
OF DE Smet. county of kingsbury. and
state of South Dakota. on the the End day
of November, A. ID. 1907. at the hour of
10 o'clock In the forenoon, at which time
and place any person may appear. and
show cause why said application should
not be granted;
1t is further ordered that this order be
published three weeks prior to the date of
said hearing in the Kingsbury County In
dependent, a newspaper printed and pub
hshed In the said city of I,c Smet, county
of kipgsbury and state of South Dakota
Dated this 9th day of October, A. d,
l90!, at De Smet. Kingsbury county.
South Dakota.
By the court,
cHAS. s. WHITING. Judge.
r. a. CARPENTER, Clerk.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18
Correspondents.


One of the younger son OF h. u.
Rude, living four miles south west OF
of Arlington, had the sad misfortune
to break his leg last Saturday after
noon. The boy was riding horseback
and was csming home from when his
horse stumbled falling on the boys
leg in such a way as to break it above
the knee. The little fellow was taken
to the hospital at Arlington where he
is doing as well as car be expected.
Mrs. B. Austad and Miss Laura
were shopping in Arlington Monday.
Martin Peterson is moving his fam
lily onto a farm he owns southeast of
Arlington.
Andrew Peterson and family who
lived on the Al. Hewitt farm, moved
onto the Charley Ingvald farm north
of Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Erhardt mourn
the loss of their little one, who died
last Sunday morning.
Ed Farnham and family moved to
Madison the latter part of last week,
where they will make their future
home.
Oscar Hersrud made a business
trip to De Smet last Saturday.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18
SPIRIT LAKE BLIZZARD.

Chas Nordland is blowing by steam
and he has six gang plows SO he is
able to turn the furrow pretty lively.
H. Grotjohn would have moved his
chattels to Erwin to be put in a car
but on account of car shortage he is
unable to leave.
The young folks from H. A. Pop
pens and j. Eikamp's visited at Adam
Poppen's a few days ago.
Will Nordland and Ed Hicks
have left for their farms west of
Pierre.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18

A. Fl. Dawson, of DesMoines, Ia,
was in the city Thursday. Mr.. Davi.
son has always been well pleased with
his real estate interests in this and
Manchester vicinities, but this year
he should be doubly pleased with his
returns on the high price basis.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-18

State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury.
In Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
George /. Rheiralla, Plaintiff:
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
OLD PHILADELPHIA STRUCTURE
WILL BE TORN DOWN.
Modern Warehouse to Replace Build.
irg Where Earliest Coins Of the
United states Were
Struck.

Philadelphia.-One by one the old
landmarks in this city which were the
pride of our first president. George
Washington, are disappearing. The
latest heroic structure to be removed
is the old United States mint building
at Nos 81 and 80 North Eleventh
street. which was sold under the
hammer recently for $4,000 by the J.
Louis Kates estate to Frank IL. Stew.
art Of this city, who will give GER
tain portions of the building such as
the corner stone, pillars and other val
liable stones. which are of historic
value, to the Historic society Of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Stewart will domOlish
the old structure with great care, as Il
is believed that in certain crevises
many valuable old coins may be
found. Upon its site a modern ware
house will be erected.
There is nothing at all striking
about the building. which has a very
plain front, and Of the thousands of
persons who daily pass up and down
Seventh street, some who are business
of them knoW that behind its ven.
cradle walls this country turned out
the first coins ever struck for the
United States. 1t is three stories
high, and at present occupied by
shops
Through the center of the building
is an alley which runs to the points
where the mechanical plant and smelt.
ers were located, the front of the
structure having been used for the Of
fees Of the mint. Very little remains
now to indicate that the building was
once used for its original purposes,
with the exception of the old vaults
in the basement, which are still in a
good state of preservation. The mass
i've blocks of stone that were used in
their construction and the substantial
character Of the work speak well foI
the mechanics in the old days
The building is nearly 115 years old
On April .. 1892. congress passed an
act providing for the erection Of the
mint. The lot was bought on July
IS, 1892, and the corner stone laid
with Masonic ceremonies on July 81
On this occasion President George
Washington took an active part in the
| ceremonies.
The first coins made there We're cop
per pennies in 1893. The first purchase
for this purpose was six pounds OF
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13

Within the limits of particular
groups large ears may be taken, as a
rule, to indicate either great powers
of hearing or the necessity of catching
every wave sound Thus, forest-dwell.
ing animals generally have larger, and
especially broader, ears than their rel
atyes inhabiting open country.
An excellent instance of this is af.
forded by the okapi of the Semliki for
est, as contrasted with the giraffe Of
the more open districts of Africa-the
ears in the one case being excessively
broad and leafike; in the other they
are comparatively narrow and pointed.
Similarly Grevy's zebra, which inhab-
its scrub iungles in Somaliland and
northeast Africa generally, has much
larger and wider ears than the ordi.
nary zebra Of the open veldt.-Scien-
tifc American.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
ELLEN TERRY Welded AGAIN.
Youthful James carew Becomes Third
Husband of Famous Actress.

New York.-Ellen Terry, leading
actress of the English stage. SO years
old, is a bride for the third time in
her long career. Her husband is
James, Carew, her leading man in the
American tour which ended recently.
He is only 80 years old. They were
married in Pittsburg. March 22. in
the course of the tour, by justice of
the peace, but it was not until the
other day that It became known.
Mr. Carew said his bride would not
abandon her stage career. He said
they had known each other two years
and had been engaged months. The
bridegroom is six feet tall, broad of
shoulders, with ruddy, clean shaven,
handsome face. He is n native of In
diana who has worked his way to the
forefront of a stage career He took
a three years course in philosophy,
economic and English literature in
Columbia university by studying sum-
mers and playing during the winter
months. His stage career began
eight years ago in Milwaukee in a
stock company.
Miss Terry's first husband was G..
f. Watts. r. A.. the noted artist, to
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
WIFE OF POLISH DOCTOR, LEFT
ALONE AT NIGHT, SAW
BURGLARS
CLEVERLY GAVE THE ALARM
She Then sat Down and Played the
Piano and Sang Until She
Could Stand the Strain
Nc Longer

Warsaw. Poland.-By the exercise
of courage and presence of mind, such
as probably few women have pos
sessed Nine. Stresky, the wife of
Warsaw physician, has just saved her
self from murder and robbery under
circumstances as thrilling as ever
we're put into a novel.
Nine. Strosky lives with her hus-
band in a small villa on the outskirts
of Warsaw. One night she was alone
in the house but for an old, deaf COOK,
who Gozcd in the basement. Nine.
Stresky sat with her needlework up
stairs in the drawing-room. Sudden
ly looking up, she saw, in a mirror.
the reflection of a huge, rufiianly
looking man, cruching behind a screen
which stood at the back of her chair.
For a moment fear petrifed her, as
she thought that this man, knowing
she was alone. had crept into the
house and was awaiting an opportun-
ity to murder her and strip the house
of valuablcs. Outside the street was
as quiet as the grave. Her husband
would not be back for hours. TO rush
from the room and cry madly for help
meant fastening death.
Then a thought struck her There
was a telephone in the room. She
went to It and quickly rang up a fam
lily she knew. The servant answered
at the other end. 81 want your mis-
tress." she said. After two interim
Unable minutes her friends voice was
to be heard
MY dear Sophy," began the doc
tcr's wife. BE so good as to send me
round that $4,000 roubles this evening.
! must pay It into the bank tomorrow
morning. I'm very sleepy and want
to go to bed"
The friend at the other end OF the
phone was mystined They had never
had any financial dealing with each
other, nor had she heard of the sum
in question. But before she could say
anything, the Doctors wife began
again--ths time in French:
Some wretch has got into the
housc-I'm alone Come at once with
patrol, or the first man you can get
hold Of"
Then she added, in Polish Send
the money as soon as possible. I'll
wait up for IT,"
This done. she sat down at the pi.
ano and, with shaking hands and
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13

shifting of the bulk above brought a
lab under the chin that even tho
meekest and mildest OF rodents would
nave resented The wistful face con
tracted in fury and the struggling
whiskers stuck out straight-a beauti-
fu fringe for the white teeth that
snapped at the offending foot And
then, with flashing eye and teeth
a-gleam, the stowaway "lep' iato the
aisle, for one brief moment struck n
tragic attitude ana thon-scurried.
Meanwhile the passengers were NOV
ed-most of them to the top Of the
seats.
MY Gawd" screamed the woman,
who had been the shelter house for
the rat "Look-a there" She mount
ed the seat pointing in terror. Her
skirts were held high. Every one
followed her example-only there
were some who didn't hold their skirts
high. These-the men-with rare
presence OF mind, shouted to the CON
ductor and made Intellectual attempts
to boot the pestcred animal as q dash
ed bewldered here and there in
search Of another friendly petticoat.
one bell tangled in the motcrman's
cage and the car came to sudden
halt for the final scene Mysteries
We're rife and every skirt in the car
was wildly shakcn-for the rat had
disappeared A nice big hole which
loomed like the gates of Paradise to.
the pursued one offered advantages
too alluriug 20 be resisted and through
some rat avenue the hero Of many
hair-breadth scapes leisurely disem-
barked-no one knows where-and
courage and skirts We're restored
within the car.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
WOMAN'S NERVE
SAVED HER LIFE.

voice. began to play and sing. She
calculated that ten minutes a. the
most would see her out Of her terrible
dilemma She could not leave the
room without passing by the screen;
all she could do was TO appear as IL
she did not know what stood behind
her. Her voice got weaker and shak
Ter every minute. though she hoped
the runiian would wait for the ficti-
tious 1000 roubles. But 10. 20, %
minutes passed and there was no sign
Of help. She feared the wretch would
suspect her. She determined to ring
up the police and ask for help in
French. trusting to the chance that
one of the inspectors might under
stand her. Again she went to the
phone, rang up and gave the neces-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
rExlcANs ARE CONVINCED THAT
THE FAMOUS MUERTA is
HAUNTED.
STRANGE RUMBLlNGS HEARD
Merry American Gets Title TO Prop
erty But Men He Takes with
Him Refuse TO Remain in
Spooky Shaft.

Maria, TcX-Tom Borgus came In
from the Chinau mountains. GO miles
southwest of here. the other day and
laid in enough camp supplies TO run
him and his men several weeks lie
is trying to reopen the famous Mucrta
mire. which is said to be haunted
The mine Is the terror Of the Mex
leans of the upper portion Of the
Rio GranGe border and they cannot
be- induced to visit the locality whore
1t is situated, much less enter It's
dark and grcwsomo shaft.
Borgus is am old mining man. lie
has prOspcctcd all over the west and
southwest and in many mining dis
tricts of Mexico. lie was in Chihua.
hua a few months ago when tho story
of the Muerta mine was told to him
by a Mexican who was down there
from Preside del Norte Borgus made
made up his mind to take hold OF the
property He came to Marta and had
no trouble in obtaining title 20 the
mine. lie spent some time trying TO
organize a working force among the
MeXicans of this section. Not a man
could be found who was willing TO go
with Borgus TO the mine and help him
work it,
Finally BOrgus went over into New
Mexico and employed % Mexicans TO
work in the mine lie said nothing to
them about the shaft and under
ground workings being haunted
In less than week the whole body
of laborers were in Maria again.
| Tney had deserted their work despite
the vehement objections of Borgus
When questioned as to the cause of
| their quitting the job the Mcxicans
shrugged their shoulders and an
| swered:
Spirits"
The leader of the gang Of Mexlcanc
told thrilling story Of the advon
lures of the men. He said that the
shaft is about 100 feet deep and al
its bottom a shaft or tunnel extended
to a chamber of considerable size from
which IT appears a considerable quan
tity had been removed at some period
in the history of the property. This
is evident from the fact that large
pile of rich silver ore was found at the
far end of the chamber.
Soon after their arrival at the mine
Borgus set the men to work cleaning
out the shaft and Strengthening NJ
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
FIRST MINT TO FALL.

copper scrap, for which one shilling
and six pence was paid The coming
OF silver was begun in 1894 and in the
following year gold currency was first
made.
Many of the early coins that are
most highly priced by numismatists
were coined i'm this old building. The
Washington liberty cap cent of 1893.
which are now extremely rare, and on
which there is a large premium, and
the 1904 dollar. OF which there are but
four authentic specimens in existence.
and which are highly valued by coin
hunters and dealers, were coined
there.
The old building was maintained for
coin purposes until 1885. when II was
superseded by the second mint, on
Chestnut street, corner Of Juniper. In
the following year the property was
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13

sary number But the rufiian behind
the screen knew the number too;
pushing down the screen, he rushed
forward, knife in hand, upon the de-
fenseless woman. She tried to
wrench the weapon from him, but in
vain. He pointed the knife at her and
struck Happily it clashed against a
large metal buckle she wore on her
belt. With an oath, he raised it again
1T was within an ace of her heart
when the sound Of breaking glass ar
rested the murdcrer's hand lie
looked around-a soldiers head ap-
peared in the broken window. Fling
ing down his knife, he made for the
door, only to fall into the arms of an
other soldier.
The doctors wife was found on the
floor unconscious. The wretch who
had all but murdered her was known
to the police as one of the most des-
perate characters in the town, wanted
for several crimes
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13
Panic ReIared in the Car.

The car was well filled, mostly with
West indianapolis housewives with
suppers to prepare for six o'clock hus-
bands. In the confusion and turmoil
the big, unoffendlng rat, without mon
ey, ticket or transfer, settled com.
fortably in a dark corner under a
womans skirt. The conductor gave
two bells; the motorman threw on
the current and the car, loaded with
possibilities, bounded down the rails
to the south.
1t was not until the car had turned
into South street and was bowling
merrily to the west that the venerable
and battle Scared stowaway was
prodded into action. Reposing In con
tent beneath the skirts of an ample
colored woman he merely whisked his
tail when she readjusted her avoirdu-
pois and inadvertently dug him one
in the short ribs with a massive heel.
Sufficient unto the day were the skirts
thereof, and the rat overlooked the in
dignity in return for shelter. Another
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13

soon TO take charge of the bureau of
navigation at the navy department, is
one Of Uncle Sans noted naval Off
GERS. He was born at Lyons, n. Y,
In lSf5, and was graduated 20 years
later from the naval academy, Of
which he was superintendent from
1902 until 1906. Previous to the war
with Spain he went to Europe 20 as
certain If any warships were for sale,
aud more especially to prevent any
purchases by the Spanish govern
ment, and performed his work 50 well
that he was thanked by the depart
ment. In the conflict over Cuba Ad-
miral Hrownsou commanded the Yam
kcc which was manned by New York
naval reserves. While a midshipman
on the Mohegau years ago he was in
strumental IA tho destruction Of a
band Of pirates that had preyed on
towns along the coast of Mexico.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-13

the sweetheart of his youth. and pre-.
vent her marriage to Edward Pritch-
EFT.
Invitations to Miss Claussen's mar
riage to Pritchett had been issued by
her parents, the young lady's trous-
seau was ready and all preparations
for the celebration of the nuptials had
been made The wedding was 10 take
place at eight o'clock in the evening
a few days later at the home OF the
brides parents.
But on the day before Bachelor
appeared on the scene and as result
the nuptials were not celebrated.
After visiting the home of his par
ents and revealing his identity the
young man went to the home of Miss
Claussen, convinced her that he was
her old lover and begged her TO jilt
Pritchet and marry nim.
Tue young woman was overjoyed to
see b,n again and It was not difficult
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which seemed to come from under
their very feet was heard and was ac-
companicd by a strong gust Of wind
that oxt.nguishcd the lights every man
Of them dropped his tools and fed in
terror out of the chamber and up the
ladder in the shaft TO the open air
above.
Borgus was at tho surface and wit
messed the exit Of the men with no
little dismay He could not Induce
them to return to work and despite
his entreatics they all left the place
and came 20 Maria.
The ancient mining records on file
in the archives Of the state of Goa
hula. Mexico, at Saltillo, are said TO
show that thc Mucrta mine was opcr-
ated by the Spaniards more than a
century ago. II was abandoned on nc.
count Of the mysterious and weird
demonstrations that were said to havc
occurred in the underground work
ings.