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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
RUSSIANS FLOCK
TO SOUTH DAKOTA
One Wealthy Subject OF Car
Pays Nearly $4,000 for a
Ranch Near Arlington.

Arlington, S. D.. Aug. 16.-The rule
that immigrants from Russia generally
belong to the poverty-stricken class,
scarcely being able to pass the exam
nation as to visible means of support
upon landing. has been broker by a
man who has just arrived from that
country and bought a ranch in Camp
bell county.
Jacob Hildebrand has made a cash
payment of S12.0 900 on a tract OF land.
the entire purchase price being S19. 800
for LILO acres. Ten years ago this
same LAND was worth only fourteen
hundred dollars.
A number of wealthy Russians are
now trying to get their property in
shape SO they can get 1t of Russia.
and the northern part OF South Da-
kota is being considered by several of
them as an attractive field for invest
Ipent.
The Russian settlers are proving a
valuable element in the development of
the wheat and cattleslands in the Mis-
sour valley. and their lands are worth
several dollars more per acre THAI
farms under similar conditions which
have been held by the less careful
farmers rom the western countries.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
THINKS He WILL DIE,
GIVES UP INSURANCE

Pittsburg, Aug. 15.-The insurance
element in Pittsburg is agog over a new
sort of person-one who thinks he ia
about to die n doesn't a to play
a sure thing game on the insurance
companies. SO cancels his paidup policy
In a letter frankly admitting belief he
is about to be killed in a railway acct
dent. The following letter is made pub
lie by the Central Accident Insurance
company. of Pittsburg:
Gentlemen: / have absolute and UNI
n.istakable knowledge that my death
will occur in about eight weeks in con-
sequence of a railroad accident. In
view Of this knowledge 1 feel that 1
would be w%ronging you in taking ad-
vantage of a condition which neither
you nor 1 had in mind when l took out
my policy (No. S25. 712). 1 therefore sur
render the same to you."
The writer is Leo A. Adrian, Of I'LL
Chestnut venue. Cleveland.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
STOLE AUTOS To MAKE
SWEETHEART LOVE HIM

Des Moines. la. Aug. 15.-"Auto AL
phonse." the most daring automobile
thief that Iowa has ever known. who
while posing as a young millionaire has
been stealing automobiles. to take his
sweetheart riding, Is finally under ar
rest.
For weeks he bafiled the police. But
his zeal to make a flash finally got
the better OF his judgment n the Of
ficers took him in charge. He Is Rob-
ert Stevens. a young college student at
Highland Park college.
When put in the sweatbox. young
Stevens is said to have confessed his
wholesale robberies.
Il did 1t because l wanted to make
Grace love me-" he finally said as he
buried his face in his hands.
Who Grace is the police refuse to
give u They say she Is prominent 80.
c!aMy. She shrinks from publicity and
the detectives say they VIZ Hs0tecs
her.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
PITTSBURG AGOG OVER
M'KEE DIVORCE CASE

Pittsburg. Aug. 15.-There is more dis
cussion over the entering of the Mckee
divorce suit in Paris tina there was
over sermons, II now many of those
who have had the news of dissension
from Paris weekly for the past month
are talking.
There are none who will go so FAR as
to hazard an expression as to the de-
tails OF the charge OF infldelity made
by Mrs. Mckee against her husband.
but there are many stories told OF es-
icapades In Paris by Mckee as we'll as
in New York. 1t is not unlikely that
some of Harry Kendall Thaw's adven-
lures on both sides of the Atlantic will
be brought out in the taking OF testi-
mony in Paris. as Thaw and Mckee
were ~inseparable companions at home
INC abroad.
Mrs. Mckee No. 2 was most bitterly
opposed to her husbands c%onsorting
with Thaw. Pittsburg would not be
surprised at some spicy Thaw details
from Paris.
One OF the bitterest fights between
Hart Mckee and his wife was over his
declaration that he thought Thaw had
lone right in shooting White. and that
II the family did not allow Thaw I o
fight it out on his own line. tina ne.
Mckee. would furnish the money for
Harry to fight as ne wanted. Mrs. Nc
Kee objected to this form of advertise,
mont
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
GERMANS EAT DOGS
SAYS YANKEE CONSUL

Washington, Aug. 15.-United States
Consul Norton. at Chemnitz. has made
an official report OIL the scarcity Of
meat in Germany and the efforts Of
the government there to f1nd cheaper
food for the people. He concludes:
I'm this connection the growing use
of the flesh Of dogs as an article of
food is worthy Of note. The number
Of dog submitted to oficial
inspection now amounts annually to
about $500 in the German empire.
Saxony alone reports over 1900 and Of
these $40 fall to the share Of Chemnits
and the section enthusiastically cor.
nected with It. Horsele6h IL now n
standard article Of food consumption
in Germany.
About 1900 rcass annually are
inspected for this purpose"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
Gov. Folk Finally Disposed o.
the Noted Missouri Muir.
der Case.
AEART BREAKER TO PEN
Made Love by the Wholesale in tn
Blue. RIoodsd West End
Section Of ST.
Louis.

st. Louis. Aug. Is. - o Folk has
saved Lord Darlington. convicted OF
murder, from the gallows.
After repeated postponements OF the
carving into execution of the death
sentence imposed by the Missouri
ency by Folk, and an appeal to the
United States supreme court. the con-
victed slayer of Horseman Mccain Is
to spend the rest of his life behind the
bars, instead Of swinging.
There are those who profess to be-
lieve Darlington will ultimately be par
doned or at least paroled. Anyway, he
is not to die.
When informed of the governors
flnal action last night, harrington re-
fused to make any out
wardly he preserved the same stolidity
that has characterized his actions and
appearance since his arrest following
that tragic night when he and Mccain.
with other sports n some women.
rounded up the summer gardens of st.
Louis county, starting at Delmar.
On that night. several years ago.
after Darlington and Mccain had be-
come separated from the rest, they
took a wild ride out into the county.
Mccain never came back.
harrington was arrested and tried
on charge OF numbering him. and found
guilty, after putting up as pretty a
fight through his attorneys as was ever
made by q murder defendant.
Lord Darlington appeared in ST.
Louis some time before the fair. we'll
dressed, suave. polished and enter
tanning.
He was a lady killer.
More than one society belle fell des-
perately in love with him and several
scheming mammas planned to entice
him into matrimony.
Darlington went to live in a swell
boarding house and was about to mar
ry one of st. Louis most aristocratic
West End girls when a big brother be-
came suspicious that despite Barring
toms undeniable resemblance to Eng
lishmcn. he was no lord"
The big brother thlew harrington
down a flight of o steps one night
and it hurt the lord" a good deal
more than 1T did the steps.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
FOUR PER CENT A n
CASHIER IS MISSING

Chicago. Aug. 15.-The whereabouts
IF James Sewall Mather. jr., president
Madison and La Sale streets, have be-
come a matter of uncertainty. Mr..
Mather has been sought since a week
ago today, when he departed %ostensibly
for New York Immediately after a no
tice was issued that his new bank
would accept no more deposits.
Creditors and others interested in
finding out something about the future
of the brand new institution have been
unable to get any trace Of Mr.. Mather.
He has not been seen around the Offices
of h Society Times. a weekly publ
cation of which he is president. He
has not been at the Mather family resi-.
dence for several days.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22

IIldora. Ia. Aug. 16.-The state
board Of control mas rewarded Will
liam l.. Kuser for his splendid service
as assistant superintendent of the
Iowa Industrial school by promoting
him to superintendent. He will as
sumo his new duties September /.
Mr.. Kuser was born in Indiana,
thirty-two years ago. and lived on
a farm in Nebraska till he was IS. He
is a graduate Of the State Normal
School Of Lincoln. as well as of the
law department Of the State University
of Nebraska. He married Miss lola
Greene. a daughter Of Congressman
Greene. of the Sixth Nebraska district,
in 1897 and came here in 1901. serving
az an officer under superintendent B.
j. Miles. When Colonel Drake came
here in 1904. Mr.. Kuser was appointed
assistant superintendent and Mrs.
Kuser matron. and after Colonel Drake
resigned last February. the couple
have had executive control.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
SHOOTS NAN WHO
SPEAKS TO HIS WIFE


Cumberland. Md. Aug. ia trag-
edy in which the unwritten law Is
expected to figure o place at Han
cock station. on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, in West Virginia, OPP
posite Hancock. Mo. Morris F.. Won
goren. aged 33, night operator. was
shot and killed about 9 O'Clock in the
shadow of his boarding house.
William Jones. "a, track hand. who
recently married 14-year-old Georgia
Stotler, is in Jail at Berkeley Springs.
charged with the crime.
Jones' child-wife is noted for her
corpulency, being short and stout. and
weighing owe 200 pounds. Jealousy
was behind the shooting.
Jones and his wife had been at a
dance. when Vangoren had talked
with Mrs. Jones. He wen home. got
his gun. and it Is said. shot the tele.
graph operator.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
PAPER MAKERS START
WAR UPON MARRIAGE

Appleton. Wis.,. Aug. l6.-ls the per-
contage Of marriages in the Fox River
valley to be lessened through the in
fiuence of the wealthy paper manufac-
turers?
Z. 1t has often been asserted that the
paper makers discourage their young
lady employees intent upon matrimony
but the first direct evidence Of this
came recently. when s. r. Wagg. su-
'perintendent OF the Fox river paper
mill, OF this city. raised the wages oil
the cutter and finishing girls with the
stipulation that they stay single.
paper struck and the wager they re-
Quested were granted. Following this
action Mr.. Wagg called the ten finish
ers to his ONCE. informed them their
pay was increased 15 cents a day and
that their hours should not be length.
ened.
Girls" said Mr.. Wage. you have al
been faithful employees n I want tc
show you l appreciate 1t. Now I like
h work you are doing and l nave
Increased your pay. You can make
enough to be independent n a cara
for yourselves better than many men
can are for you. Just when you ara
able to u or finish. we'll l don't like
hope as long as we make 1t an object
for you to work here you will not be
tempted to undertake married life"
This in substance was the remarks
of the paper maker.
Now 1t is claimed five young men
h have been waiting upon young
ladies included in the advance In wages
have deserted the cause and are look.
ing elsewhere for s~weethearts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
Every Man Quits.

Promptly at 1880 o'clock a message
was received in the Chicago office from
Louisville saying: Good night. We
are out"
The operator in charge OF the oper.
ating room in this city. as soon as he
received the message, called out,
Good night. r S." the latter letters
being the Geographic call for the Chi
cago office OF the Associated Press.
Instantly every man working a wire in
the office rose from his seat and
stopped work. Only one remained In
his seat long enough to finish the few
words necessary to complete the item,
he was then sending. The Others left
their work as 1t happened to stand at
the time of the call.
The operators remained In the room
for a few minutes. and then, being
did so in good temper. and with every
evidence Of good feeling.
Appeal TO Roosevelt.
Quincy. H.. Aug. 13.-The Quincy
Wing tonight forwarded a 400 word
telegram to President Roosevelt asking
him to intervene in the telegraph
strike.
Union Printers, Too.
Columbus. Aug. 13.-The union print
ers at the newspaper offices notified the
publishers that they will not set up
copy sent over the Western Union
wires by union operators. h
Western Union established a new man
at he special leased wire in the Dis
patch office to take the place OF the
mar who quit Saturday and when the
first copy vas sent to the printers the
notice vas sent to the management.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
CHINA HOLDS AN
AMERICAN MARINE, SAYS
he KILLED A WOMAN

New York. Aug. l6.-Dispatches fror7
Chefoo, China. report the arrest there
of w. H. Adsetts, formerly of the
United States marines guarding the
legation at Pekin. He II suspected OF
robbing and killing a woman. whose
body was found in a box on a British
steamer at Hong Kong; Adsetts was
and later broke out OF q local jail and
escaped.
/. several thousand dollars and other
valuables believed to have belonged to
the murdered woman were taxen from
iAdsettS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22

the telegraph work than In n west.
ern city. The Western Union and
Postal operate their largest New York;
San Francisco trunk lines through
Omaha and the Postal uses this city az
a repeating station on their oriental
all the cablegrams between every point
In the United States and the Phillip.
pines, Hawaii and points in China, ia.
pan and eastern Siberia.
In Now York.
New York. Aug. 13.-It was 1 n
III. yesterday when the operators iE
the main office of the Western Union
here went out. There had been rumora
that such a move had been in con.
temptation. but up to a few minutes to
I there were no signs Of the in
tended owe At l n shrill whistle
was sounded through the big operat-
ing room and the men left the keys.
As the mon left the building they
were cheered by other operators who
had gathered In the street. The cheer
Ing soon attracted the passersby on
Broadway and in a few minutes u
large crowd had gathered. There was
no disorder. however. and h police of
the traffic squad o o put the sight
seers in motion.
Secretary-Treasurer McInerney OF
the local Photographers union said that
the local men a walked out without
any order from the union officers and
hat they took the matter in their own
hands In going out. He said the on
GERS OF the union. though. would stand
by the strikers In their action.
Associated Press Silent.
Melville E.. Stone. general manager of
the Associated Press has replied to the
requests OF the telegraphers of the As
sociated Press. Those requests are:
Day work-slx days. eight hours
daily, $50 per week and overtime and
extra at the rate of 60 cents per hour.
Night work-Six days. eight hours.
$35 per week and overtime and extra
at the rate of 10 cents per hour.
The vacations to remain as at pres
emit.
A proportionate increase for chiefs
and subchief operators. The telegraph
ers requested a reply by 1880 this (Mon-
day. evening.
Mr.. Stones reply IL:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22

New York. Aug. 13.-To Oper-
ators: received this morning
a communication from a large
number of the operators in the
service OF the Associated Press
asking for Il changed scale OF
wages and hours and requesting
q reply by half past Z o'clock this
evening.
The changes involved are so
radical In their nature as to add
over $4,000 a year. and prob
ably more, to the expense OF this
organization. The Associated
Press Is mutual in its character,
makes no profits and has no sur
plus fund out Of which such a
sum could be paid. Any such
increase must OF necessity be
levied back upon the newspapers
as Il part OF their weekly e
ments. AS general manager I
have no power to make such an
increase. either in salaries or as
sessments. without authority
from the board OF directors, and
1t is obviously impossible to call
this board together within the
OF fifteen members scattered
throughout the entire country.
At the am time. acting under
authority heretofore granted me
by the board of directors. i shall
be very glad at any time to meet
a committee of our own opera
tors and confer with them re-
speeding hours of service and
compensation with a view to
making some recommendations
to the next meeting OF the board
OF directors. which shall meet
any fair or just expectation OF
those In our operating service.
Even were l free to act / think
you must agree with me that a
question OF this magnitude should
not be presented to a conclusion
within the limits of a few hours
and without any opportunity for
consultation between myself and
representatives of our operating
force.
Melville r. Stone.
General Manager.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
WOMAN SAVES
TRAIN FROM A
PLUNGE IN RIVER.

Kansas City, Aug. 16.-Mrs. MIN
ME Houdeshell. wife OF a trackman.
living In a tent beside the tracks
three miles west Of Ethel Mo-. l25
miles cas- OF Kansas City. saved
the eastbound California limited
passenger train on the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railway from
going through a wrecked bridge.
AS a result Of recent heavy rains
the abutment had crumbled and
fallen into the river. 1t was almost
time for the limited to arrive and
Mrs. H~oudesheli. real!xing the fact,
hurriedly gathered some dry sticks
and. going to the west approach OF
the bridge. kindled q fire. Then she
awakened her husband and sent
him further up the track with .
lantern.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
HEARST LEAGUE is SPLIT
Political Organization Has Two Chair
men-Ihmsen and Friends
Claim Action Illegal.
Publishers Press1

New York, Jan. S.-WlIliam X.
Hearst was elected chairman of the
state committee of the independence
league. January 1 about 80 members
of the state committee met and
during the absence of Chairman Max
F. Ihmsen, elected Thomas F. Long
as chairman. The meeting Tuesday
was called by Ihmsen soon after he
returned from abroad. 1t is claimed
by Ihmsen and his adherents that
the earlier meeting was Illegal, be-
cause it was held on a holiday, al
though the rules provide that the
committee shall meet the first Tues
day in January.
The session Tuesday was execu-
tive and admission was by card. Long
and his adherents were not present
Just before the committee met JUS
tice Leventritt denied an application
by Long for an order compelling the
Ihmsen men to show cause why they
should not be enioined from meeting
to elect another chairman.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
BURNED BABE IN FURNACE
WAS FINED FOR HIS ACT
Foundryman in Chicago DID Not
Have Means of Burying His Child.
and Threw it Into Flames Where it
Was Cremated.
Publishers Press1

C--dSO, Jan. o.--OnarICo Ioc5TSo.,
a laborer, was arraigned on the charge
of having cremated the corpse Of his
child in a foundry where he was
employed. The child died six days
ago and Peterson was without suf-
ficient funds to give 1t proper burial.
He held the body in the house for
five days, hoping to secure sufficient
funds for a funeral. Occupants of
adjoining buildings who knew of the
childs death complained to the police
that no steps were taken to inter the
body, and when the officers visited
Peterson he informed them that. de-
spairing of being able to obtain
enough money to bury the child in de-
cent fashion, he carried the body to
the foundry and burned it in one OF
the furnaces. Peterson was fined S25
by judge Hines
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
Prominent Physician Murder
ed, Apparently for the Pur-
pose of Robbery.
POLICE ARE SKEPTICAL
INCLINED TO THINK THAT
THERE is MORE BEHIND The
CRIME THAN MERE ROBBERY
HINT AT SINISTER MOTIVES.
Publishers Press.1

Portland, Ore, Jan. S-The muir
der here of DR.. Philip Edward John
son, physician recently arrived from
New York. is one of the most mystic
the Northwest
Johnson came to Portland with his
newly-wedded wife two months ago. to
establish his home here and practice
his profession. The couple bought a
home in fashionable section.
Mrs. Johnson before her marriage
last fall was a Mrs. Scarborough She
is daughter of former Governor
Episcopal archdeacon of Staten ISL
and, n. Y.
Johnson announced his intention of
visiting DR.. Panton. one of the ex-
aiming board by which he was to
have been examined for admission to
practice in this state. He went
against the protestations of his wife,
who feared highwaymen. On his way
Johnson called on his cousin. w. c.
bank. What happened at Alvord's
house has not been learned, Alvord re-
fusing to make any statement for pub
LEGATION, and If he has told the police
anything that transpired the depart
ment is keeping it a secret.
Alvord's parents told the police that
after leaving their home Johnson
walked toward the Ford street bridge,
two blocks distant, to go to DIR. Pan
a car conductor found Johnson's body
lying on Jefferson street, III feet be-
low the bridge. Johnson's pockets
were turned inside out and his watch
removed. Johnson's empty pocket
book and keys were found on the
bridge There was no evidence of a
struggle. Cards on Johnson's body
were the means of Identification.
When first approached by newspa-
per men for a statement Alvord was
eager to talk, but excused
himself moment and went to Mrs.
Johnson's room. Returning. he in
formed them Mrs. Johnson was pros
and all further efforts to get
him to make a statement were I'M
availing. The police met with no
better success.
Alvord visited police headquarters
and endeavored to secure possession
Of some articles found on Johnson's
body but was not successful. A visit
TO the coroner had better results, that
official turning over to Alvord several
articles.
Captain Bruin, of the police depart
nent, inclines to the murder theory,
put according to his statements to
men he does not believe
Johnson WIS robbed. He insinuates
lis belief of murder with some mo-
i've more sinister than robbery
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
The IDEAL WAY.

How fine and dandy it would be.
How very, very nice,
II we could travel on our shape.
Nor think about the price;
If we could take a railroad train
Whenever we would go hence
To any portion of the land
Regardless of expense.
II we could order up a cab
Or buy a touring car
And feel, when we received the bill,
No symptom of a jar,
II we could own a private yacht
And sail the public sea
And say to those who shook their
heads.
Expense can't bother me-
II we could pick suit of clothes,
The finest in the store,
And say offhanded to the clerk,
Send up a dozen more;
If we could purchase right and left
Whatever we might see
The same as though we owned tho
mint,
How lovely it would be!
Alas. the thing that hampers US
When we would cut a dash
Is not our modesty-oh, no;
It's lack of tainted cash.
How fine and dandy it would be.
How very. very nice,
II we could fit about and say,
Expenses cut no fce.