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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
WALKING 10000 MILES.
Is Taking Lot of Leg Exercise to
Disprove Theory.

DlSprOVe a Theory.
There arrived in London last even
ing an aged man named Mark All,
who has been wandering for the past
six years
Mark All is an engineer by trade,
and he set out from Fleet street on
Aug. 6, 1900, with the object of
walking 10000 miles in seven years
The idea of the enterprise was to
disprove theory, which All at
tributes to engineering employers,
that after a man has reached As
years of age he is useless for man
ual labor.
Some gentlemen who were desir-
GUS of disproving this theory agreed
to pay All 500 pounds if he could
walk 10000 miles in seven years,
earning his living at his trade, and
that he shall not beg, sell photo
graphs of himself, or picture post
cards, make speeches, or exhibit him
self at music halls. All these con-
ditions, he says, he has faithfully
observed. He has been all over the
three kingdoms, and has visited
France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium
Holland, italy and Germany, but
failed 10 get into Russia. His record
now is 58,006 miles.
He proposes to take a weeks rest
in LONDON, then walk to Newhaven,
and cross to Dieppe, where he will
resume his pedestrian exercises
through France. Throughout his
travels Mark All wears the Union
Jack on his right arm
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
LORD TELLS Us NOTHING NEW.
The Shawl Has Long Been Wearing
Apparel in This Country.

The shawl has come in as an ar
ticle of mems wearing apparel, we
are assured by Lord Turnour, who
wore one in New York the other day
and declared it was the very latest
thing ION the other side" Lord
Turnour, it should be explained, is
a cousin of the duke of Marlborough,
who went to the Boer war with 127
pairs of trousers, which is quite suffi-
cient to mark him as an authority
on fashions for men. But the noble
lord should know that shawls are
not new. Long before he was born
men and women were wearing them
in this country, and quite comfort
able and handy wrap they made, too.
Why the shawl was ever abandoned
is one of the mysteries of fashion.
The beau of forty years ago will aver
on his oath that his Betty never
looked so charming as when the
bright shawl over her shoulders was
fastened at the neck with a decor
ated safety pin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02

Extract of beer put up in the form
of plugs like tobacco is what the
thirsty Kansan may use now to
uuench his thirst. One plug will
make from four to six gallons of
what is POLITICALLY termed the amber
liouid. And the manufactured beer
seems to have all the qualities, good
and bad, of that which is made from
real hops and put in bottles and
kegs.
The Kansas state board of health
has inspected the extract and finds
there are no adulterants or pre-
servatives init The company which
is to push the product guarantees
it's purity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02

The wreck of a man who was ONO
a banker and a millionaire has just
drifted into Mobile from Honduras
and is asking for aid to return ~
Duluth, MINI. He is James Billings
who was a resident of Duluth, MIMI
twenty-five years ago. For elsnr
Years before that he was treasure
OF Harlan county, Nebraska anu anu
three times reelected. From 100
10 1893 he was engaged extensively
ID banking and trust company Dusi
ness, and also in the great iron III, III.
uustry business in Minnesota. IN! Ie
panic of 1894 completely wiped nm nm
rom the financial world. Al anu
prior to that time both Dun anu
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
TOOK HIS TROUSERS ALONG,
Passenger Got OFF Train in Pajamas
TO Cool Off and Train Left Him.

Passenger Got OFF Train in PaJamas
to Cool Off and Train Left Him.
O. Foss, of Minneapolis, loves the
pure. cool, fresh ozone, but his love
for that important element Of the
atmosphere brought him to grief the
other night, and from now he will
seek better methods to secure 1t.
Mr.. Foss left his native home for
Michigan City, Ind, to see about
some electrical work for a house IN
MINNEAPOLIS. The sleeper of the
train becoming too warm, he slipped
on a pair of low slippers and, with
his overcoat thrown ABOUT his should
ers. left the train at Menominee
Junction, where he perambulated up
and down the track beside the train
and inhaled the fresh air from the
woodlands in large and invigoratlng
hreaths. The train suddenly Whls-
fled and before Foss could Chamber
hack on the cars the brakeman
slammed the vestibule door IN MS
face and the knight of the grip was
left ont in the cold. With his scant
attire oss, who is six feet four IN
height. made his way to the lltIle
depot, where his appearance creaCeu
a small sensation.
He was forced to wait for the next
train to bring back his pantaloonS'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
NO FREIGHT TRAIN IN SIX WEEK

Complaints of Service Reach Com
missioner Lane from the West.
Interstate Commerce Commission
er Lane, who has had direct charge
of ameliorating conditions in the
northwest, where both coal and car
famines have prevailed, is in daily
receipt of hundreds of letters from
dealers and residents in North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Wyoming and Ida
no that tell most interesting story
of existing conditions, says a Wash
ington dispatch.
Some of the writer's go to the ex-
tent of saying that in many instances
freight trains have not passed rail-
road stations for a month or six
weeks, and that hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars have been lost to
the farmers and elevator men, par
tieularly in North Dakota, by rea-
son of their failure to obtain cars
to move their wheat and flax.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
A COSTLY FAILURE.
A Once Landed Naval Monster to Be
Sold as Old Junk.


Sold as Old junk.
After being carried on the naval
list of warships for number of
years, at a big expense to the gov
eminent, the ram Katahdin, one Of
the failures of the new navy, which
has been lying since long before the
Spanish-American war in the Back
Channel at League Island, is on the
list to be disposed of as junk, says
a Philadelphia paper. The Katah-
din, which, it is claimed by naval
men, has cost nearly $4,000 every
two years to be kept in such condi-
ton that it would not be eaten away
by rust, has already been condemned
as utterly useless for any purpose
whatever, naval or commercial, and
orders from Washington to sell the
ram as old iron are expected at
League Island any day
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
JAG PLUGS" CARRIED ABOUT IN POCKET

The state prohibition laws and the
federal revenue laws have at last
been surmOunted. A Topeka man
discovered how to make and sell the
Jag plugs" and he advertised them
as being capable of producing 1.-The
extract that the world has been look
ing for
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
SPURIOUS MONEY IN ALBANY.

Crooks Raise One Dollar Bills 10
TWenties.
A gang of crooks are showing tne
queer" in Albany. Several one dol
lar hills which had been raised TO
+wantv dollar bills have been passed.
The work was very crude thousn ~, -
was not detected by those VINO tooh
the money. The bills were raised
by nasting portions of confederate
hills on one dollar bills.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
Why Not Swap?

An Illinois man the other uay
asked for a divorce because his wife
didn't talk enough. A Michigan Wo-
man is asking for a divorce because
her ts, husband doesn't ALLOW ner 10
LII Ill Of all" Why can't these nus,
hands ham and wives come together ana
effect a swap?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
LIVING HIGHEST IN 20 YEARS
ALLEGED PROSPERITY TOUCHES
THE POCKETBOOK DEEP.
The Trusts Have Showed Up the Cost
of Food, Clothing and Rents
to Inordinate Heights.
Some Comparisons.

Living, the cost of the actual ne
cessities of life, has not been higher
in twenty years. Startling proof of
this is given in Duns report. Sta
tistics show that the prices of al
most every table commodity, such
as meat, eggs and milk, have risen
to inordinate heights, along with the
cost of virtually all that the wage
Garner and his family require.
This means that while the corpor-
atoms of the country have been alb
sorbing hundreds of millions of dol
lars, taking everything but giving
nothing, the man who works has
been held up in order that the corpo-
rations might thrive.
Wages have not increased in pro-
portion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
MILLIONAIRE IS NOW ONLY POOR OLD TRAMP

pradstreet rated him as being worth
f o. 'r(,1 s40o, 900 to 100000. He
nwnad one bank entirely and was
Dresident of a national bank and sec
p to and treasurer of a $6OO,OOO
loan and trust company. Since ms
foiInre in 1894 he has been a wan
darer He is so years old.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
No Horses Allowed in Town.

The neatest town in the world is
Brock, in Holland. So tidy are the
inhabitants that they will not allow
horses in the streets. 1t contains
a population of 2,7O0 and the chief
industry is the making of Edam
cheese.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02

nc uolldI VI Io5o Is dCtudlly
worth about sc cents today Dun
proves it.
One striking example of the way
prices have scared in twelve months
is afforded by the following table,
the figures of which rwee taken from
the prices of a wholesale grocery
firm in this city for November, 1905,
and NOVan1 her 1905,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
BROKE HIS NECK.
Fatal Accident BefalIs a Little Eu-
fauIa Boy.

Sherry Brannon, aged g.. while
sitting on the steps at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. P Bran
non, shooting roman candles, fell
back and broke his neck He was
killed instantly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
Co-Defendants ParoIed.

that he or she knew nothing what
ever of Engram's death.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02
Some Sample increases.

Canned goods, too, are high, while
pumpkins, turnips, apples, tomatoes
and caulifowers range from 10 to
25 per cent. more than they did in
the fall of 1905.
At each turn of the beef trusts
screw upon the retailers they have
tackled on few cents to the steak,
chops, roast, pork, veal and mutton.
Any one who pays rent knows of
the additional two, four, six, eight,
ten or more dollars a month which
the landlord now demands of him.
In proportion it now costs man
more to house his family than it
does to feed it.
The old rule that not more than
a quarter of ones wages should go
for rent has been made dead let
ter
The growing and permanent short
ening of the leather supply has
boosted the price of shoes.
Inferior grades of wooden goods
and cotton goods, of which the poor
and the middle classes are the prin-
cipal consumers, cannot be bought
within many cents per yard of the
figures that used to prevail New
York Journal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-02

ishment to hundreds of thousands
of babies, is retailed at figure
which almost places it in the cate
CORY of luxuries Since the dairy
trust began bringing the creamery
and milk companies into one cor
poration milk has risen from 8 to
1912, and in some cases Is cents
quart
Modified milk, prepared especial
ly for sickly infants, cannot be pur-
chased for less than 20 cents. A
few months ago only / 5 cents was
asked
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
DEATH MASK BREAKS
UPON IOWA FAMILY

Chicago. May 16.-It may have been
the spirit of Sacajawea, Bird Woman"
who guided Lewis and Clarke across
the mountains to the ocean; it may
have been the spell of the death mask;
1t may have been artistic temperament
but whatever 1t was, 1t brought Ma
thania NJ. Hubbard from his home in
Cedar Rapids. Ia. and made him haunt
Bohemia" In Chicago and it closed he
studio Of Alice Cooper. a %sculptress in
the fine art building.
However. this is the situation. N.
M. Hubbard. jr., of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
son of the late N. NJ. Hubbard, sr., at
torney for the Northwestern railroad.
IN Iowa, agrees to separate from his
wife and has retired from his law firm.
Miss Cooper, creator and sculptress
OF the figure Sacajawea. Bird Woman"
has gone from Bohemia"
In Cedar Rapids the whisper Of
Romeo began four years ago. Follow
ing h death OF the elder Mr.. Huh
bare. the son decided to have a death
mask made OF his father and sent for
Miss Cooper to make 1t.
F. Then Hubbard began to make fire.,
quent trips to Chicago. Now Chicago,
friends do not knew where either are
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
PENNY LAMP DEAL sTlRs
UP COUNTY AuTHORiTfEs

Woonsocket. S. D.. May ia 15-cent
lamp caused authorities of this county
more trouble than the government is
causing the Standard Oil company.
ing through the rural precincts had.
stolen a lamp at a farmhouse where he;
had stopped. After a chase, they over
hauled and arrested the peddler. He
was taken before a local Justice, When
ne protested he had purchased the lamp
from a hired girl at the farmhouse for
l cent. 1t developed that this was true.
the girl having sold him the lamp for
! cent to get rid of him. The case had
to be dismissed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
GIRLS AID FIREmEN
TO FIGHT FLAMES

New York. May 16.-Thirty fremen
We're overcome by smoke. one was
killed and another is missing as the
result of a stubborn fire today in the
basement of Il five-story building on
broadway occupied in part by the sales
rooms and offices of the Remington
typewriter company.
The blaze was confined at first to a
quantity of material stored in the cell
lar, the burning of which filed the
store room with suffocating smoke.
With no windows to allow its escape.
the firemen were unable to withstand
the fumes. One after another they were
brought Il unconscious.
A temporary hospital was established
IN offices on Worth street. and many
hremen were emove there. About
lO0 young women employed in the
offices of the Remington and
who fled when the fire started, volun-
teered as nurses. AS fast as they be-
came able the men returned to the
building and helped bring out others
who had been overcome.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
SOUTH DAKOTA QUARRYMEN
MAY NOW BID ON CapIroI

Pierre, S. d.. May 1.-THE plans for
the new capitol building We're drawn
nnd paid for to the tune of So 900 by
the preceding state administration. and
these plans and specifications have been
of such a nature that quarrymen in the
state, especially the Sioux Falls stone
men. could not make bids for stone to
be used in the building.
AT a conference here, at which Archi-
lect Bell was present. the commission
finally agreed to nave the plans so
changed that ii will be possible for the
Sioux Falls people to. bid. This will
dispose entirely of all criticism hereto
fore made on the present commissions
ers. who are not responsible for the
plans. No doubt the Sioux Falls uuar-
ries will now be able to secure a con-
tract for their beautiful Jasper from
the ground and up to the water table
of h new building. Those who can
furp'sh South Dakota stone will now
get a chance to show what they can
do.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
SOUTH DAKOTA PURE FOOD
COMMISSIONER SEEKS LIGHT

Kansas City. Mo-. May 17.-south
Dakota is seeking information from
Kansas City's food inspection denart-
ment regarding the best method to
protect the pubic against impure ice
cream. The request comes in Il letter
from A. H.. Wheaton. food and dairy
COMMISSIONS to DIR. w. p. Cutler, gen
srai food inspector for this city.
The Dakota official will be informed
that Kansas City has a deputy in
spector detailed especially to look after
everything in the confectionery line.
That includes ice cream. He takes
samples to the city chemist when he is
In doubt and the condition of the
product is not evident.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
MlLLERs OF TWO STATES
RESOLVE TO FREE WHEAT

aWtertown. S. D.. May 1.-THE mill
ers of South Dakota and southwestern
Minnesota who have been in session in
this city placed themselves on record in
the following resolutions as favoring
tariff REFORM:
Resolved. by the South Dakota and
southwestern Minnesota Millers' club, thai
the time has come. when not only for their
own, benefit and protection. but for the
good OF the public at large. the duty upon
foreign wheat should be removed: and
Resolved. That we respectfully request
our representatives In congress to work TO
the end that this may be brought about as
early as possible.
Il resolutions We're offered by w.
IL. Stokes. proprietor of the big Wa
tertov:n mill. and were enthusiastically
adopted by the association. The Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year are:
President. Geo. p. SeXauer, of Brook
l2gs; vice president, c. a. Laurson, of
Howard; secretary-treasurer. Henry
Neil. of Madison. Huron was chosen
as the place for the next meeting.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
FEARING UNFAIR
TRIAL, WOMAN IS TO
ASK VENUE CHANGE
Mrs. Moses Kaufman May Not Face
Jury in Home Town, to Answer
Charge Of Murder.

SHdTSS OF WuT0CV
Sioux Falls. S. d.. May 14-Appli-
cation for Il change of Venue Will be
made by the defense when the case of
Mrs. Emma Kaufman, OF this city,
charged with the murder of Miss Agnes
Polreis. her 1~6-year-old domestic, is
called for trial in the state circuit court
in this city. next week. possibly to Nc
Cook county.
When Il continuance was secured
from the November term il was stated
by the defense that the case would be
ready for trial at This term. BY tho
close of June most of the spring terms
OF court will have been held, and to pre-
pare FOR the trial of the Kaufman
case would appear to require the call
ing of II humble of additional jury
men. which would require considerable
time.
Last fall when the defense filed an
affidavit of prejudice against Judge
Joseph w. Jones. The regular presiding
Judge of the circuit court in this city,
he called upon Judge T.. G.. Smith. of
the first ~CYankton) circuit, to come to
Sioux Falls and preside in the case.
Judge Smith consented, and in view
of this the application for the change of
venue. like last falls application for a
continuance. will come before him.
The application for the change of
venue will be supported by scores of
~afldavits, secured IN all parts of Min
nehaha county. and particularly in
Sioux Falls, stating that a strong SEN
timent prevails against the defendant
and would prevent her securing a fair
and impartial trial in Minnehaha coun-
~. The demonstration made against
Mrs. Kaufman Immediately following
the holding of her preliminary exami-
nation last June will be used in sup
port of the application for the change
of Venue.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
MOVEMENT TO REPLENlsH
BLACK HILLS WITH PINES

Deadwood, S. d., May 14.-The for
estry department is beginning the
planting of trees with a view to intro
ducing in the Black Hills varieties of
pine hitherto not grow here. A num-
Der of citizens also throughout the
country who nave regretted the deyas-
tation by the bark beetle. have inter-
ested themselves in planting seeds. and
the result will be seen in a couple of
years when these new varieties of
pine will attain a %perceptible growth.
These seeds will also be planted in the
different cemeteries in the Hills and
the valley towns. Deadwood. Rand
City. Custer. Hot Springs and Her
mosa, being among the towns that
ere especially interested in this work.
The -four varieties which are receiving
the most notice are the red cone nut
Pine the yellow cone nut pine, the red
FIR n the white jack pine. One of the
principal features in favor of these va
rieties is that they are said to with
stand the attacks of the bark beetle
which Is rapidly depicting the forests
of the Hills.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
ATHLETES FROM 3
COLLEGES MAKE
GOOD RECORDS
Huron Wins by Good Margin
Over Aberdeen and
RedfieId.

Huron, S.. d., May 16.-Several hun-
idred people witnessed the track meet
and athletic contest on the state fair
teams from Redfield, Aberdeen and
Huron colleges. All the events We're
closely contested and some good records
made.
Visiting teams We're accompanied by
large delegations from their respective
towns and all We're Splendidly enter
tanned by Huron athletes and their
friends. The results We're not easily
earned. but met with popular approval.
Tn summary in points gives Huron,
62: Aberdeen, 46, and Redfield. 80.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
HURON TO GIVE GLAD
TO G..A.-R.A AND VIZ

Huron. $. d.. May 1-7.-Everything
possible is being done for the proper
entertainment of the G. A. r. encamp-
ment and w. X. c.. convention, depart
ment of South Dakota, here June 4-5-6.
The city will be handsomely decor
ated and citizens generally will throw
open their homes for the entertainment
OF all who come. Indications are that
the convention will be exceptionally
large and the encampment one of the
best ever held in the state.
w. w. Eastman, of Omaha. the
famous fifer, n Bryan Anderson.
drummer. who marched with him dur
ing the war. will be present, and as at
national and state encampments will
be Il splendid attraction. Plenty of
band music has been range for, and
camp fires. reunions, etc, are on the
program.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23
BANKERS STAND
GUARD ALL NIGHT
Then LOSE CATTLE
Fight Over Land Taken by In.
dian Girl and Subsequent
Deals.

standing guard a ali night say o1 ls:r 500 hsaa
or cattle is a part of Chapter No. = of
the case involving a section of Gregory
county land. There is "A history to the
story, including a special act of con-
gress. The section involved is known
AS the DOC Lewis" ranch.
klVa Lan!oreauX was Il beautiful In
d,an girl. Twenty years ago she mar
rled Doc Lewis and relinquished her
allotment in Nebraska. Gregory coun-
~ opened and she applied for two fine
sections just east of Herrick. Through
Register and Receiver Sanford Parker,
or ONeill. who is her brother-in-law,
she secured q special act OF congress
which gave her and her four children
two sections of land. !
Mrs. Lewis to assist her husband
gave him a deed for one section of land
and he sold 1t to the Bank of Spencer.
through its president, f. w. Widner.;
OF Corning. Ia. decided same and
bought $4,000 worth of cattle, giving
a chattel mortgage on them TO the
bank.
Mrs. Lewis now enters suit against
her husband and bank to secure re-
conveyance of the land to her. The
bank attempted to take the SIS, 600
worth of cattle and lock them In the
Ferrick stock yards and the bankers
ana cashiers stood guard all night.
Doc Lewis. through his attorney. c..
o. Van Meter. began action and at
III O'Clock at night secured possession
of 500 cattle, which Lewis now holds
on his ranch.
The bank has t%elephoned for legal as
distance and a long drawn out conflict
IN the courts is expected. All night
long could be heard the halo of the
cowboy. the moving and believing herd
and the weird Tight y the tankers.-
lanterns gave Il grotesque picture.