davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
BOY OF SIX THROWS
SWITCH AND HEAVY
TRAIN LEAVES TRACK

yanktcn. June 2S.-Wha: at first was
thought to be = derailnlent owing to
the spreading of Il soft track. has
proved to be an accident caused by the
opening of a switch by u precocious
younSster OF six years.
a double header Milwaukee and ST.
Paul stock train Sunday anne to a
standstiil here when both engines SUD
denly left the track. The train was
going very slowly and the engines did
not topple over and were replaced on
the track after several hours work.
One hundred yards of track was torn
up and only the Slow pace OF the train
prevented Tin. piling up of thirty heav-
lily loaded stock cars. A s%witchman
had left m unlocked switch for a min
ute while the stock train went by and
in that short space OF time young An
ton Niagara saw mis- chance and half
opened the switch. his strength not
being equal to more. The trains were
tied up here the best part of the day
by the accident.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
INDIANS SEEKING DIVORCE
AT THE FAIRFAX TERM

Fairfax. S. d.. June 2S.-Judge f. G..
Smith. of Hanston. opened the regular
term of circuit court for Gregory coun-
ty here yesterday. The calendar is un.
usually large and IT is surmised the
term will last from ten days to two
weeks.
Among the out of town ATTORNEYS in
attendance are Judge Orvfs, OF Yatfk-
ton; NJ. F. Harrington. of O'Neill, r,eb.;
Judge Kenaston, Butte, Neb.; Stillwell,
of Tyndall: w. Mcdonnell and w.
Doherty. of Gregory; Messrs. Backus,
Jones, Donohue. Hooper and LETTERS, Of
Homestead; J. w. Lindsay and G. P.
Harlem, Geddes.
Among other cases to come up is the
case against Doc Wilson for the murder
of Charles Myers last winter.
The usual large number of Indians
are here either as divorce litigants or
as witnesses for those who are.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
T~HREE-FOuRTHS OF
A MILLION ACRES
ADDED TO ROLLS
Great Number Of Settlers Prov.
Up on Farms in South
Dakota.

Pierre, S. D., June 2T.-State Audi
tor Herring has received reports from
the various land offices in the state.
which reports show hat a greatly An
creased acreage of lands will be placed
On the assessment rolls this year.
Reports by districts how the larges,
numbe of titles to have been trans
ferred from the government to private
owners in the Chamberlain district for
the past year, with 2,211 proofs: Rapid
City district shows $50: Mitchell, 7S7:
Pierre, Az; Huron, S1S; Aberdeen. 81;
WATERFOWL, 245. These proofs will COW
er over 1000 acres of new lands for
assessment. at an average rate OF about
So per acre, increasing the real estate
assessment OF the state the coming fis-
cal year yer $3.50, COO. 900.
The list by counties shows that proofs
are yet being offered in eve older
counties of the state. n coming from
Union county. n of the Oldest settled
counties in the state. Clay, Douglas,
Moody. Turner and Yankton are the
counties i'll the state which make no
showing of final proofs.
Counties Showing New Land.
The counties that make a showing of
"ew lands with the number of proofs
are Aurora. 6; Beadle. 5; Bon Homme,
l; ~Brookings. 4; Brown. IS: Brule, 10;
Buffalo. IS; Butte. 1903: Campbell, 104;
Charles Mix, 40: Clark. 16; Codding-
ton, l3: Custer. "a: Day. 25: Deuel.. 9;
Edmunds. 100; Fall River, AS; Faulk.
10; Grant. 6; Gregory. 100; Hamlin. 4;
Hand. l02; Hughes. &c; Hutchinson. 2;
Hyde. 92; Jerauld, 9: k%ingsbury, i;
Lake, /; Lawrence. 46: Lyman, 1884;
McCook. /; Mcpherson, Sc; Marshall,
5S; Meade. 1879; Miner, Q: Pennington.
162; Potter, 1888; Roberts. ZIG; Sanborn,
Z; Sphinx, IL; Stanley, $40; Sully, 40;
Union. /: Walworth, So; unorganized
counties. 81.
Outside of the Gregory county bust
ness the Mitchell office had but 81
-Pfaais.-and the business of that county
is what keeps the Mitchell office In
existence. Lyman county shows the
greatest number of proofs with 1854,
while Stanley county is far below that
record. with the proofs which are be-
Ing made in that county this summer
and fall. next year thai county will
very likely lead in the amount OF new
land to go Oh the tax lists.
If the influx of new settlers into
South Dakota is kept up for a year
or two more as at the present rate
the population and the wealth of the
state will be something immense.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

Sixteenth century law students were
hard workers. AS is shown by the fol-
owing, taken from the Memoirs Of
Henri de Mesmes," descriptive OF a
days work of a law student at Tou-
louise: I'VE used to rise from bed at
5 o'clock to our studies. our big books
ander our arms. our ink horns and cam
dies In our hands. We heard all the
lectures without intermission till 10
O'clock rang. Then we diped after
having hastily compared during & half
hour our notes Of the lectures. After
Dime we e as a recreation
Sophocles or Aristophanes, or Eurip-
tdes and sometimes Demosthenes
Cicero, Virgil or Horace. At / o'clock
to our studies, at s O'Clock back to our
dwelling places there to go over
and verify passages cited in the lee
lures until 6. then supper, and after
supper we read Greek or Latin. On
holy days we went to high mass and
vespers; the rest Of the days a little
music and walks"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

A girl IL years old has accomplished
the extraordinary feat OF ascending a
church spire 260 feet high. in the teeth
Of a gale OF wind. A steeple-jack had
undertaken to ascend the spire of All
Saints. Hereford. the highest in the
west OF England. when Miss Elsie
Helms, daughter Of one of the church
wardens. volunteered to accompany
him. The ascent was made by means
OF q steeple- Jacks cradle. In spite OF
the force OF the win and OF the sway
Ing OF the cradle, the girl. says the
steeple-jack. was remarkably coo all
through the perilous ascent and de-
scent. The ascent was made on mar
ket day, and Il great crowd watched in
thrilling suspense every movement OF
the swaying cradle. Traffic was entire
~ blocked by the crowd until the girl
mad gained the summit and descended
bafe n unframed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
REST OF BAD IOWA
GANG IS CAPTURED
IN NEBRASKA

M~arshalltown, Ia. June 2S.-A tele-
gran this morning from Grand Island,
Neb.. announces that Frank Rogers and
James Corcoran. two safe blowers
wanted here for burglary OF the Mar
shall Vinegar company's plant April 16.
1906. are under arrest.
Sheriff Hillson left at $3.50 for Des
Moines to secure extradition papers. He
expects to reach Grand Island Friday
morning. Rogers IL the man shot by
Oficer Haas when making the arrest
of a gang Of Ave single handed. The
entire bunch broke jail April 10, 1906!
Three were captured a month later al
Mitchell. 8. D.. and IN now SERVING
psnitentiary sentences.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

The American I~sraelite, in the cur
rent issue. says: According to the
report published in the daily papers.
Abe Hummels penitentiary record
reads: Place OF birth, Boston: nation
hlity, Hebrew II his Ia as reported
1t Is high time that the custom which
sanctions this offense should be abro-
gated. Every native of the United
States Is an American, whatever his
religion or descent nay be. 1t ought
not to be difficult to bring about the
change. as there can be no intention on
the part of the state of New York to
deprive us OF the right to be counted
asAmericans. which is our %birthright."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

The United States is supplying prac-
tically all the flour used i'm Manchuria.
Large cargoes are discharged daily by
the fifteen or more plying
regularly between Japanese ports and
Dalny. and loaded at once into freight
cars to be transported to the interior.
Whole trains consisting Of dozens OF
freight cars. laden only with flour
from the Pacific slope of the United
States can be observed here at any
time. Recently In one day 1919, 0OO bags
of flour. destined to Yingkow were
landed in Dalny.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

The use of data is" has become so
con MOI lately III technical papers, and
even III books written by engineers. re-
marks the American Machinisf, that
1t is apparent that p~roofreaders, as we'll
as engineers need some elementary in
%struction in regard to the plural form
of nouns taken directly from Latin and
Greek, such as datum and phenomenon.
The expressions memoranda Is" ''phe-
nomenu is." strata u.s. are seen in
print In journals which otherwise gem
orally use good English.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

The latest fad of the cigaret smoker,
according to large manufacturer. is
to vary the strength of the cigaret
with the season. In the winter he says
that the smoker now demands a much
heavier article than he does for the
summer. Somehow. the manufacturer
declares, the cigaret smoker has found
that he can not smoke anywhere near
80 strong a cigaret in the summer as
in the colder months and the makers
nov are putting out special milder Gig
arets for summer demands.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
EDITOR SCOTT BEGINS
SUIT AGAINST HOTEL

Sioux Falls, S. D.. June 2S.-Upon in.
formation filed by Mark d. Scott. edito,
of the Sioux Falls Journal, crimina
warrants have been issued against All.
fred Jones and John Emmke, prophet.
ors of the Cataract hotel. charging
them with violations of the state laws
In two particulars-conducting q place
for gambling and keeping the hotel bar
open on Sundays.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

Two more states have established n
di,ect election OF United States sena-
tcrE-Iowa n Notwithstanding
Ave states this year.. ana a total Of
eighteen. The northern states are
Oregon. Washington. North Dakota,
Wisconsin,. Illinois. Iowa, Missouri and
Oklahoma. with a unanimous house in
Pennsylvania and a tie vote in the sem
ate. The southern states are Virginia.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, ella
be- ma. Mississippi. Texas, Arkansas.
Tennessee and Kentucky.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

During the salmon fishing season an
Engltshman was the guest of a high
land laird and one day ne hooked =
fue SALMON. Being inexperienced as a
fisherman he became excited and in the
struggle with the fish fell into the
river. The keeper seeing that he was
and started to- drag him ashore. what
are We ABBOTT, Donal'?" cried the laird.
Get baud o. the rod and look tae the
fush. Ma friend can hide q wee. but
the lush winna!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
TWO YOUNG MEN
DROWN IN DAKOTA

Montrose. S. d., June 27.-Bruce Ter.
ry. is years old, of Bass Lake, Ind.
was drowned in Swanson lake.
Garretscn, S. D., June 27.-John Jul.
son, aged 10, was drowned while bath.
ing IN Split Rock river. a mile from
Gairetson. He could not swim and got
beyond his depth. His body was re.
covered after ]. three hours search
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATOR
WEBS IN MINNEAPOLIS

Bookings, S. d, June 2S.-Prof. c
Malcolm Aldrich, superintendent Of
school of Brookings county, was mar.
ricd to Miss Ruth Alden yesterday at
the home of the brides mother in Min.
neapolis. Mr.. Aldrich is a graduate Of
Brookings college. and is we'll known
and liked by man. all over the state
while the bride is a favorite in so.
ciety circles in her home city. Mr.. ano
Mrs. Aldrich Will reside in Brookings
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
FLANDREAU PEOPLE FETE
kAUFMANN's PROSECUTOR

Sioux Falls, s. D., June 26.-George.
K. Egan, of Logan. Ia, the energetic
and eloquent attorney who SO success-i
fully prosecuted the case against Mrs.
Emma Kaufman, was here en- route,
home. !
Mr.. Egan has been invited to fill a;
date in the lecture course at Flan-!
dreau next fall. on the subject THE;
Educated Man." and efforts will also.
be made to induce Mr.. Egan to deliver
the address in the lecture course I'M
Sioux Falls next fall. Prior to his
departure from Flandreau, the people,
pr that place showed their appreciation
pr the in which Mr.. Egan had
conducted the case against Mrs. Kauf-
Manu..
Hundreds OF people called at the
St. Vincent hotel, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Eean had apartments, to personally
congratulate Mr.. Egan upon the man.
fier In which he had conducted the
case. A delegation of brother Irish
men visited Mr.. Egan and presented
MIN with a fine blackthorn cane, which
lame from County Wexford, Ireland,
ths ancestral home of the Egans.
ira Blewitt, states attorney of
MOODY county gave a dinner party to
MI. and Mrs. Egan, at which the most
p!oInihent residents of Flandreau and
Moody county were present. Among
the gifts made them was a handsome
HAnd costly cut glass vase. The card
accompanying the beautiful gift had
upon 1t the names Of a dozen or more
OF the most prominent women of Elan
tlreau.
Before leaving Flandreau. and after
Inc jury In the cas- returned a YER
oict OF granddaughter in the first de-
gree against Mrs. Kaufman, the resi-
gents OF Flandreau showered invitation
utter invitation upon MI. and Mrs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

Rebuked by an English Sunday
school teacher for bringing her lit.
tie 4.year-old brother to class with
her. the sister replied: III you please.
teacher. I want to bring him next sun
day. too. as mother wishes him to have
all the pleasures he can before he has
q tooth pulled on Wednesday week"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

rs goat a Sheep Is a geological
question that the commissioners Of this
county have been called upon to de-
eide officially. There has long BEEN q
state law providing that the county
reimburse farmers for sheep
killed by dogs. A.. r. Harvard Of CO.
,lumbus. O.. has filed a claim for $50
flor Angora goats 30 destroyed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

A number OF housewives OF Arlinrton.
-. were indignant at the water COM
IIhiss3ouer Monday morning. a. he
turned on the water IN Main etreet for
Q while without giving them warninr.
(which he should have done. a 4 sreet
lmany Of the women were puttins out
ltho family washing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

According to the last report OF the
commissioner Of navigation the mer.
lchant marine Of the United States now
lnumhers 36.006. with a gross tonnare
iof e.s7l.sSe. II the present rate OF conc
lotruction - not checked the output or
lthe shipyar@s for the current year win
loe the Greatelt since 1856.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
.EsMoNp, 8. D.. WILL
CELEBRATE eoueru

Gsmond. 9. D.. June 2e.-This place
VIZ Celebrate July l.. An elaborate pro-
sS.om mas been prepared for the coca.
'sson. Music BY the Iroquois hand.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
BURGLARS BLOW SAFE
AND GET AWAY WITH 81

Garretson. S. D.. June 2S.-Burglarsi
blew the safe in o. e. Fauske's store
at Corson. s. d.. nine miles southwest
OF Garrctson. yesterday morning. The
secured $50 In silver and escaped.
There Is no cleW.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
BRIDGES WASHED OUT
AND CROPS ARE Al1a1

Yankton. 8. D.. June 2a.-Another
heavy rain here has played the mis-
chief with almost every bridge in town,
washed out many county bridges and
made roads almost impassable, Corn.
already very backward. has received
another setback.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04
WHITE LAKE HAS NEW
; VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

White Lake. 8. D.. June 26.-Young
men OF this place have Organized q
fire department. The election
OF omcers resulted as follows: Can
I'm; Levi Winget: secretary. Wenzl
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
Wires Of Pacific Company are
Greatly Damaged
PORTLAND LINE DOWN FOR TEN DAYS
ALL AVAILABLE LINE MEN ARE
RUSHED OUT TO REPAIR
BREAKS.

Telephone communication with Port
land is entirely cut off by the dam
age done to the wires of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company by
the recent storms.
So important Is the situation that
every available lineman in this vicin-
ity left yesterday for Portland via Sc
attic to assist in getting things into
shape. 1t is estimated that the equip
ment of the company has been dam
aged to the extent Of $1O0, ,OOO
Practically every man in the employ
of the company will be used to rush
the work of repairing through, but it
is probable long distance commune
cation with Oregon's metropolis will
not be resumed for 10 days.
No other part Of the long distance
system of the company has been af-
fected by the recent storms.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
"cRoUNO HOG" IS DRESSED UP
Meat Men Have Fun With Curious
and innocent Who Are Caught
With Funny Gag.

Ground hog day caused more tall
today than it usually does in hal
dozen February Seconds" put together
All about the street people were com
menting on the fact that the tiny ro
dent would not see his shadow toda,
as had been expected.
The Walla Walla dressed meat com
pany turned the superstition into
neat little joke, by which many of the
most prominent citizens were taker
in
A big box was set in front OF the
shop on Main street. 1t was lapelieo
See the groundhog.' and hay was
stuck realistically through cracks ano
protruded over the top.
A nice little slit was left open or
top of the box for viewing Mr.. Wooo-
chuck but this was too high to reacn
without standing on conveniently
placed box.
The curiosity of the person iookiils
through the slit was rewarded by see
ing a long string Of sausages
Much amusement was caused oS
the funny look on the faces OF those
who were more familiar with "groune
hog" than they thought.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
Health Officer Reports No New
Gases in Two Weeks
SMALLPOX PATIENTS GET1|NG WELL
oN,v NINE CASES ALTOGETHER
AND THEY ARE NOW ALL
coNvALEscENT.

Danger of smallpox epidemic is
practically over. No new cases have
heen reported for over two weeks to
the city health officer. AS Is days is
The period of incubation for the dis
ease it seems as if it had been COM
pletely checked.
Dr Braden said this morning: mo
COS have been reported for Is days
and unless some are being concealed
from the health department all danger
;s mast None of those exposed from
those who had the disease has been
str;cken down with it and it is ex-
treme,v improbable now that there will
be any more cases"
T. also seems that the diptheria and
soar,et fever troubles are about over
&c M cases have been reported Tor
many days
All smallpox patients are rapidly re-
.ar;np and some of the nine who
moro IN are about again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
Torn In The Weather Pre-.
vents Damaging Freshet
0. R. 8 \. TRAINS MOVE
Only One More Washout Yet
Remains to Block Regular
Traffic

The possibility Of trouble for this
city from a freshet is thought to have
been prevented by the sharp cold
weather which prevailed all over the
mountains last night and checked the
melting of the SHOWS.
1t is expected that trains will be
moving on the main line of the o. X.
& N. tonight although the local Of
ticials said this could not be known for
a certainty until this afternoon.
The bridge washed out at Juniper.
near Umatilia. has been repaired and
also the difficulty west of that point.
The washout near tunnel on the
Snake river division between Grange
city and Wallula is the only remaining
obstruction on the main line. Reports
received this morning. from the work
train engaged in repairing this damage
We're to the effect that rapid progress
was being made and that there We're
good hopes of an open line tonight.
No train ran to Wallula last night
but if the main line is cleared by even
ing. the Walla Walla- Wallula mixed
will leave on schedule time tonight. as
there has been no trouble on the track
between here and there.
If this train runs it will make con-
nections for Pendleton at Umatilla.
Four Trains Still AnnulIed.
The Spokane-Pendleton passenger
and freight trains (Nos. Z. 8. Al and 42)
remained annulled today. Officials
said that it was impossible to tell
when all the food damage between
this city. and the Umatilla county cop
ital would be repaired but that 1t might
be several days before direct communi-
cation would be restored.
No reports of further damage from
the turbulent waters have been re-
ceived since yesterday and it is thought
that the worstis over
Trains on the W. & c. r. and North
ern Pacific are moving as usual with
exception of the Oregon branch of the
latter road. The damage done in Van
sycle canyon by the water was cOnsid-
cradle and although work crews are
working day and night it Will be sew
eral days before the line is free.
The w. & c. r. train left as usual
for Seattle last night despite rumors
to the effect that it had been cancelled.
Mill Creek Falls.
Mill creek fell two inches at the pipe
line headworks last night according to
a telephone message received at noon.
It was quite cold there last night and
had been showing heavily all the MORN
ing with about IL inches on the
ground at noon.
Word was received this afternoon
that the passenger train which left
Pendleton for Walla Walla day before
yesterday and has been tied up at
Athena since that had been able to re-
turn to Pendleton today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
Two Men Throw Carload Of
Strikers Out IN Snow
ONE DRAWS GUN ON GW|NN
After a Dozen Swarthy Agitat
ors are Cowed Rest Promise
to Be Good

More than a dozen Greek laborers
who struck yesterday rather than work
under the present foreman, Allen
Gwinn. together with their baggage
and belongings, were forcibly elected
from five o. r. & N. outfit cars, this
morning. by Officers Wolf and Lam
bert.
For several days the foreman has
been having trouble with his laborers.
After striking early yesterday MORN
ing, 10 of the men returned to work
while the leaders and agitators sue
ceeded in persuading Is men to quit
and refuse to leave the outfit cars. All
the persuasion possible on the part Of
the foreman and Roadmaster COnnors
failed to induce the men to leave.
Officers Lambert and Wolf were
called this morning and together with
the foreman, they boarded the cars
and threw the men and their baggage
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS MOVED
Walla WaIIa Organization Take.
Rooms Formerly Used by the
$1,000 Club.

Commercial club headquarters are
now comfortably located in the room
formerly used as headquarters of the
$4,000 club On the fourth floor of the
Ransom building.
The club will occupy this room
which it formerly rented to the $4,000
club, and also the large card room in
front of it, giving up the two front
rooms to be used by the Walla Walla
Fire Insurance company.
The two rooms have been nicely ar
ranged for the accommodation of the
members of the club until the new
quarters over the city hall are occu-
pied next fall.
The reading room and card room
have been combined and most of the
exhibit and some of the extra furnf-
ture has been boxed and stored tenn
porarily in the cellar of the Ransom
building.