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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
NEW YORK

Fall jobbing trade In dry goods and
wearing apparel generally tends toward
expansion as the ultimate outcome OF
leading crops becomes more assured and
as evidences increase of higher prices Off
setting small yields. From the north
west reports are of orders previously held
back now coming forward and there is
evidence also of more life in southern
trade and of Improvement in collections in
that section as the cotton crop begins to
move to market in good volume.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. II number IT,,
against 130 last week, 164 in the same
week of 1906, 1S8 in 1905, 167 in 1904
and ITO in 1908. Canadian failures for
the week number %. as against 15 last
week and II in this week year ago
Bradstreet's Report.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
KIDNAPPED ~ oYpsIEs.
Child Slave Escapes From band
After Four Years Captivity.

4
After Four Years. Captivity.
The flames of the great South Chicago
steel mills were the beacons which few
nights ago lighted kidnapped boy to his
home. After four years spent as a child
slave of the wandering gypsies 1O-year-
| old Walter Cutler found safe haven
under their glare.
The boy was kidnapped four years ago
| from South Bend, Ind. where his mother
| and his stepfather, Frank Cullen, lived.
Some time before his father, J. III. Cutler,
South Chicago shpyard superintendent
died, leaving a widow and two children,
Walter and Flora. A year later the
mother married Cullen and went with her
husband and family to South Bend. The
couple had just settled on the outskirts
of the Indiana city when 6-year-old Wal
ter was stolen by band of gypsies. No
attempt to secure n ransom was made,
and for a year the captive was only a
charge to his kidnapers. Then he was
taught to care for the horses and children
of the gypsies.
The band subsisted by horse trading
and fortune telling and was commanded
by Chief Joseph Casmir. The captive
was abused by the gypsy children, who
regarded him as a slave, and any attempt
to resent their cruelty led to more severe
bcatings by the chief and his followers.
He was compelled to sleep and eat
with the dogs and was commanded to
keep out of sight when visitors came to
the camp. The child became tanned to a
hue almost as dark as that of his cap
tnrc &c ill Ia.
had forgotten all but a few words Of his
childhood tongue.
During all Of his wanderings the bog
remembered the great sheets Of flame
which rose from the scores of stacks in
South Chicago at night and which light
ed up the yard in which he and his sister
played.
A short time ago the gypsy band in
their wanderings reached the vicinity of
Chicago. One night the boy looked out
from his place among the dogs and saw
the great stacks belching forth sheets of
flame and once more the memories of his
home came back to him. He crept out
from among the tented wagons and stun
bled out toward the great lights. When
| dawn came he took refuge under n bush
and slept. When he awoke he pressed on
again to where he could see the great
mills.
When the boy reached the city he still
was lost. He could not explain his
wishes, and for a day he wandered the
streets without food. Blind chance led
him to the place where bis grandmother
lived, and in an instant he recognized
her.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
New Life-Restoring Apparatus.

Z. G. Hall, writing in the August Tech
aical World Magazine, asserts that Prof
George Poe of South Norfolk, Va, is able
to restore life to apparently dead animals.
his treatment being based upon the we'll
known method of forcing oxygen into the
lungs. For this purpose he has devised
an artificial respirator, m )deled in all
respects after nature. 1t embraces two
small cylinders, each having an inlet and
an outlet, with which plungers work sim
ultaneously, and from which tubes are
conducted to the nostrils or mouth of the
patient. One cylinder is supplied with
oxygen, and the outlet of the other dis
charges directly into the atmosphere. The
plungers are worked by hand and timed
according to normal respiration. Thus in
one movement noxious gases from the
lungs are drawn into one cylinder, while
the next movement forces oxygen from
the ether cylinder into the lungs. This
device has been patented and win soon b.
upon the market.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
HIGH PRICES FOR COAL.
Car Scarcity May Make Cost OF Fuel
HIGHEST in Years.

Highest in Years.
The Pittsburg Coal Company, the Mo
nongahela River Consolidated Coal and
Coke Company and the Pittsburg and
Buffalo Coal Company have refused to
accept an order from the Italian gov
ernment for 100000 tons of coal, to be
shipped to Italy.
For some time past a representative of
the Italian government has been in this
country trying to obtain coal, first in the
anthracite field and afterward in Pitts
burg. In both places he has been un-
successful. The Pittsburg operators have
decided that it would be impossible to
fill the order because Of the great home
demand for coal.
There is a shortage of miners at the
present time, and the car shortage is so
serious that it would be impossible to
get the coal to tidewater. Besides, there
are no boats available on which the coal
could be shipped.
According to the operators. there is
every reason to believe that the price of
coal will be higher this winter than ever
before, mainly through the car shortage.
The railroads entering Iittsburg have
served notice on the operators that here
after no cars will be allowed to be sent
off the lines owning them. This action
will prevent the shipment of thousands of
tons of coal until the order is rescinded,
which is not expected to happen until af-
ter the crop movement is completed. The
situation was never more serious than at
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.

Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep.
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
Cutfcura Cured I'm Six Days.
3 Il had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs. They were the worst
In the winter time, and were always
itchy, and l could not keep from
scratching them. l had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, and at
night / would have to scratch through
the bandages, as the itching was so
severe, and at times I would have to
tear everything off my hands to
scratch the skin. could not rest or
sleep. l had several physicians treat
me. but they could not give me
permanent cure, nor even could they
stop the itching. After using the Cuti-
cura Soap, one box Of Cuticura Olnt-
ment and two bottles OF Cuticura Re-
solvent for about six days the Itching
had ceased. and now the sores have
disappeared, and l never felt better in
my life than / do now. Edward Wor-
rell, Band Both U. 8. Infantry, Fort
Crook, Nebraska"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
western Union stands Pat.

The expected conference between the
leaders of the striking telegraphers and
the Western Union officers did not mate
rialize, and the executive COMMITTEES of
the company sustained the course of the
officials in formal resolution which re-
ferred to the "late strike" as though it
were a closed incident. President Small
of the union and President Gompers of
the American Federation were in New
York, and both said that there would be
no surrender. Small said that most Of
the telegraphers had got jobs on the rail-
roads. The Western Union declared it's
regular quarterly dividend, as usual, but
did not publish the earnings for the quar-
ter, as Is customary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
A BATTLE ON KANSAS PLAINS.
American Artillery to Reproduce the
Great Mukden Conflict.

American Artillery to Reproduce the
Great Mukden Conflict.
Out on wide stretch of Kansas plain
the savage battle of Mukden is to be
fought again-a mimic struggle which for
ten smoke-blown days is to stagger over
10000 acres of government reservation.
There will be the crash of heavy siege
guns and the stencil of picric as the dis
rIpting shells hurl earthworks and their
drSsmy defenders in the air.
The infantry, with its siege guns and
field artillery, will throw its strength
against the redoubts which the engineers
have constructed-a fortifcation which
duplicates as far as possible the one be-
hind which Kuropatkin intrenched his
Russians at Mukden and over which the
little brown men swarmed after their
Shimose shells had blown great breaches
in the works.
1t is chiefly for the purpose of seeing
what American artillery can do under
Identical circumstances that this mimic
battle is to be fought. Dunnite is the ex-
plosive with which our shells are to be
charged, picric compound which takes
it's name from Major Beverly w. Dunn
The works which are to be attacked
by this shell were constructed by the
Third battalion of eng neers, now station
ed at Fort Leavenworth. The redoubt
is 80 feet through at the base and II
feet at the top. 1t is rivetted with ia
cines, hurdles, brush and sod and is made
as strong as the nature of the soil and
subsoils of the region will allow. On the
inner face banquette tread, about four
and half feet below the top, has been
constructed, and on this will be placed a
large number of dummy figures represent
ing men, to test shrapnel fire.
The work of making this redoubt has
occupied the engineers all summer and
they believe that it will put the artillery
to a stubborn test 1t is practically the
strongest fortifcation that modern mill
tary science could construct.
In all about 5000 men will be engaged
in the maneuvers at Fort Riley.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
To Collect 10000. 900 Seeds.

The forest service will collect 5O,o0O,~
600 seeds of forest trees in Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and Califor-
MIA from the Douglas fir, Englemann
spruce, western larch, incense cedar and
yellow pine. Tie seeds will be used for
broadcast sowing and for planting in for
est service nurseries. The broadcast SOW
ing will be experimental. to test the ex-
tent to which this method of renewing the
forest in denuded lands of the West can
be used. One method of gathering the
seeds is to rob squirrels nests. 1t is to
be hoped that Uncle Sab will not do this
without replacing the boards of these
bright-eyed little rodents with a gener-
Gus amount of something lust as good
% eat ..
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
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-GEGNGS-

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$4.00 to $40; hogs, prime heavy, $4.W
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.S5; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; !;
corn, No. 2, Soc to 60c; oats, standard,
51c to 53c; rye, No. 2, SOC to 90c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, 5000
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 21e
to 27c; eggs, fresh, 1Sc to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel, 55c to 60c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping $500
to $6.S5; hogs, choice neavy, $500 to
$6.4O; sheep, common TO prim., $500
to $475; wheat, No. 2, v0c to 9ic. corn,
No. 2 white, Gle to SIC; oats. No. 2
white, 47c to 49c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $7.25;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn,
No. 2, SOC to Coo; oats, No. 2, 46c to
47c; rye, No. 2, &c to S3c. ....
Cincinnati-C S4O0 to $5.75;
hogs, $4.OO to $6.55; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 63c to 65c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, SSc to 9Oc.
Detroit-Cattle, $4.0O to 5000; hogs,
$t.OO Fo.oO, bhccp, F-sDo " PT'sct
wteat, No. 2, 93c to Ole; corn, No. 8
yellow, roc to tic; oats, No. 3 white,
sc to SIC; rye, No. 2, SAC to S5c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.O4 to $1.O6; corn, No. 3, Gle to 62c;
oats, standard, Sic to 52c; rye, No. /,
Soc to Ole; barley, standard, 92c to 93c;
pork, mess, $15.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.0O to $685.; hogs, fair to choice, $4.O0
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.O0 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $S.25..
New .York-Cattls, $4.O0 to $645;
hogs, $4.OO to 500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $101 to $1.O3:
corn, No. 2, 74c to 75c; oats, natural
white, 56c to SIC; butter, creamery, 25c
to Csc; eggs, western, lie to 22c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 93c to
95c; corn, No. mixed, 65c to &c:
oats, No. 2 mixed, Bic to 53c; rye, No
2, s6c to SIC; clover seed, prime, $1,000
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

tion was disordered and passages of
the secretions too frequent. On the ad-
vice Of my husband l began using
DOan's Kidney Pills. Since using two
boxes my trouble has not reappeared
This is wonderful, after suffering two
years."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
AMERICAN FOOD sTUFFs.


Contract for Canned Meats Placed
in Chlcago-British War ONCE
Has Every Confidence in the
Stockyard Products.
Another large contract for timed
meats for the British Army has been
placed with Libby, McNeill & Libby of
Chicago, through the Director Of Sup
plies Department of the British War
Office. This contract was a competi-
tive affair, England, Canada, Australia
and Brazil entering with tenders. 1t
wa; quality and method of packing that
got tie Chicago firm the business. Cen
eral Clayton of the War Department
in an interview, according to the Lon
don Standard, stated that the British
Government is highly satisfied with the
Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and
they have every confidence in the manu-
factures entering Britain from the
Stock Yards.
''The foods for the Army will be
packed under the supervision Of British
representatives at the invitation Of the
packers" he said. Although the Gov
ernment is ready to rely upon the new
Pure Food Regulations recently inaug
urated in the United States. All the
talk about the incf.telency Of the new
law is sheer nonsense. British officers
in America have gone fully into the
matter and the authorities are per.
fectly satisfied to place orders in Chi
cago when conditions call for outside
supplies Of canned meats"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
Not Much to Say.

"Yes, sir" said Bragg, i've decided
to have long talk with the boss and
tell him just what l think"
"1s it possible" remarked Nagg.
"Why? Don't you believe I've got
the nerve to tell him what l think?"
"Oh, yes; but if you tell him just
what you think how are you going to
have a long talk?'-Philadelphia
Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

14O2-Englsh defeated the Scots at
Homeldon Hill.
l504-Colunlbus took final leave of the
New World and sailed for Spain.
1609-Henry Hudson discovered the riv-
er which bears his name.
l64o-Lord Stirling, to whom James l..
gave large section of what is now
the United States and Canada, died
in London.
lG45-Covenanters defeated Montrose at
Philiphaugh.
1742-Faneuil Hall completed and pre-
sented to the town of Boston.
1753-Wolfe landed troops at Quebec.
l775-Gen. Washington began to commis-
sion war vessels.
177S-Benjamin Franklin sent to France
as minister plenipotentiary.
17S1-Gen. Washington arrived at Will
liamsburg and assumed command.
11S2-Congress accepted the offer of
Virginia's western lanus.
17S6-Connecticut decided western land
to Congress.
1TSS-Congress made New York the
capital city of the United States.
17S9-Alexander Hamilton became Sec
retary of the Treasury. Henry
Knox of Massachusetts became Sec
retary of War.
lS03-Lord William Downs appointed
chief justice of Ireland.
1S14-Battle of Plattsburgh, n. Y.....
British made an unsuccessful attack
on Baltimore. British bombarded
Fort McIIenry, near Baltimore.
British abandoned their expedition
against Baltimore.
lS29-Treaty of Adrianople, ending war
between Russia and Turkey.
| 1S41-Walter Forward of Pennsylvania
became Secretary of the United
States Treasury.
l846-First Mississippi rif1emen, under
command of Company l, Jefferson
Davis, charged the Mexicans at Fort
Teneria.
lS47-Amercan army under Gen. Scott
marched into the Mexican capital.
Many lives lost in hurricane off New
foundland.
lS50-Jenny Lind first appeared on an
American stage at Castle Garden, n.
Y. Alexander III. II. Stuart of
Virginia became Secretary of the In
terror.
lS5S-Steamship Austria, Southampton
to New York, burned at sea; All
lives lost.
lS61-President Lincoln revoked Gen.
Frcmont's emancipation order.
1S62-Governors of fourteen States met
at Altoona, Pa, and approved of
emancipation as a war measure.
Gen. Mcclellan appointed to COM
mand the defense of Washington.
is64-Gen. Sherman entered Atlanta,
ending the four weeks siege. Gen.
Sherman ordered all civilians to
leave Atlanta.
lS69-National Prohibition party organ
ized at a convention in Chicago.
1S71-Henry Irving first appeared in
''Fanchette" at the London Lyceum
-. Mont Gents tunnel opened.
1S72-Alabama claims against England
decided in favor Of the United States.
1SS6-Canadian Pacific railway tele-
graph line opened for business.
1S93-Gov. William Mckinley of Ohio
opened his campaign for reelection
with a speech at Akron.
1S94-Hinckley and other Minnesota
towns swept by forest fires.
tS9S-British forces defeated the Der
wishes at Omdurman. {. . Admiral
Cervera and other captured Spanish
officers sailed for Spain.
1906-Emperor of China issued an edict
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

'FolloWinS an Oper-
alton two years ago,
dropsy set in, and my
left side was 80 swol-
len the doctor said he
would have to tap
out the water. There
was constant pain
and a gurgling sensa-
tion around my heart,
and l could not raise
my arm above r;y
hood Tha IyiJpnu
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
present
Rriet. News Items.

Chicago banks send millions of dollars
West to aid in crop movement.
Mayor Becker of Milwaukee intimates
that he will in a short time be . full
fledged candidate for Governor.
A strong sentiment favoring Roose-
selt for a third term as President Is seen
by Secretary Straus during a trip.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
Worst Thing About Them.

Appearances" remarked Mrs. High
mus, "are so deceitful."
II don't mind that so much" sighed
Mrs. Ambish, but they're so expensive,
to keep upv'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
All Around the Globe.

The invention Of the typewriter has
given work to more than 100000
women.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
A MISSOURI WOMAN

"OnderfuI RELIEF,
Mrs. J. d. Johnson, of GO3 West
Hickman street, Columbia, Mo-, says:
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-1Continued.l

Very little" he admitted, for am
more inclined to believe you are the
possessor of a strong will than that
you are swayed by moods. Listen. If
l thought that a mere senseless mood
had caused your peculiar treatment OF
me tonight, I should feel justified in
yielding to mood also. But / will Tot
lower you to that extent in my estima
ton; l prefer to believe that you are
the true-hearted. frankly spoken girl
of the vine shadow. 1t is this abiding
conviction as to your true nature
which holds me loyal to a test Miss
Nadia, is it now your desire that
leave you?'
He stepped aside. relinquishing hel
arm, his hat in hand, but she did not
move from where he left her.
TIT hurts me-" she faltered, "fol
truly desire you to think in that way
of me. and II don't know what il
best to do. If l tell you why l wished
to come alone, you might misunder
stand; and if I refuse, then you will
suspect wrong, and go away despising
me-"
I sincerely wish you might repose
sufficient confidence in me as a gentle
man to believe never betray a trust
never pry into a Iady's secret"
"Oh, l do, Lieut. Brant. 1t is not
doubt Of you at all; but am not sure
even within my own heart, that 1 an
doing just what is right. Besides, il
will be so difficult to make you, almost
a stranger, comprehend the peculiar
conditions which influence my action
Even now you suspect that I am de
Ceitful-a masked sham like those
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CHAPTER XVIII.
A Slight INTERRUPTION.

The young officer passed slowly
down the dark staircase, his mind still
bewildered by the result of the inter
view. His feelings toward Hampton
had been materially changed. He
found it impossible to nurse a dislike
which seemingly had no real cause for
existence.
Yet Brant was far from being salts
fed. Hampton had not even advanc-
ed a direct claim; he had lodged the
real issue, leaving the soldier in the
dark regarding his relationship to
Nadia, and erecting a barrier between
the other two. 1t was a masterpiece
of defense, puzzling, irritating, seem
ingly impossible. From the consid-
GRAFTON Of it all, Brant emerged with
but one thought clearly defned-who-
ever she might prove to be. whatever
was her present connection with
Hampton, he loved this dark-eyed, au-
burn-haired waif He knew it now
and never again could he doubt it. He
paused, half inclined to retrace his
steps and have the matter out. He
turned just in time to face a dazzling
vision of fluffy lace and flossy hair
beside him in the dinly lighted hall
oh, Lieutenant Brant." and the
vision chung to his arm tenderly. II
is such a relief to find that you are
| unhurt. Did-did you kill him?"
(To be continued)
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CHAPTER XVII.
The VERGE Of a Quarrel.

Rrant's mind was chaos OF con-
hicting emotions, but a single abiding
conviction never once left him-he re-
tanned implicit faith in her, and he
purposed to fight this matter out with
Hampton. Even in that crucial hour,
had any one ventured to suggest that
he was in love with Nadia, he would
merely have laughed, serenely CONN
dent that nothing more than gentle
manly interest swayed his conduct
Nevertheless, he manifested an IN
reasonable dislike for Hampton. He
had never before felt thus toward this
person; indeed, he had possessed a
strong mans natural admiration Tor
the others physical power and COOL
determined courage. He now sincere
" feared Hampton's power over the
innocent mind Of the girl. imagining
his influence to be much stronger
than It really was. and he sought after