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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18

Only By Strenuous Fighting BY Citi-'
zens Was the Progress Of Flames
Arrested List Of Losers and
Their Losses.

y OakeS, M. u, OCT. Il 3 .---- Specia TO
the American. AS a result on the
fire at this town early yesterday
morning several Of the finest business
blocks OF the city are in ruins, and
the business district received the
closest call 1T has ever had to total
destruction.
It is due entirely to the superhu-
man efforts OF the citizens in. fighting
the frs fiend, famed BY a fierce
wind, that the flames were brought
under control when they were.
There were quaking hearts at sew
seral times when 1t seemed that moth
ing could stop the onward rush OF
the roaring flames until their fury
had been appeased. Today there are
many thankful hearts that Cakes is
still on the map.
The total loss Is thought to be in
the ighborhood Of no, 600 to
s il5. coo u winch the following are
the heaviest losses:
a. G. Ramharter, building $4,000,
insurance $1,000: j. n. lesson, gem
Heral merchandise, $4,000, insurance
$4,000; lesson occupied the Ramhar-
ter building; ]. w. Brush, hardware,
store, $4,000, insurance $4,000; w.
g. Brown, cafe. $4,000, insurance
$1,500;; 3. "A. Moe, jewelry, Sc, 900,
Insurance $4,000; 3. j. Walton,
building. $4,000, insurance $4,000;
Gus Strutz. building $1,000, no in
surance;; G, Il. Marshall /, pool room
and cigar store, $500. insurance
$2,4o0; w. H. Brush, postofice, 81
900, insurance 5000; Palace Cloth
Ing Co, 100000, insurance SIS, 300;
John Kennedy, barber shop, building
$4,000, insurance $1,000, fixtures
$4,000, no insurance; VIM. Locke,
building $4,000, insurance un-
known; n. J. Johnson, Office and fix
lures $4,000, no insurance; H. Al.
Young, druggist, building $4,000, In
surance $1,50O, stock $1,000, insur-
ance $500; w. D. Huffman, proprie-
tor Of Argyle hotel, $4,000, insur-
ance $3,500;A W. r. Bishop, butcher,
building $4,000. Insurance $1,000;
Fred Cought, tailor. building $500,
no insurance: Senton & Brown,
hardware, building $4,000, insurance
81, 100, stock $4,000, insurance So
90. Wickersham & Graham, law
yers, saved their valuable law library
which was in the path Of the fire. Sa
The local elephone system was put
out of commission, the poles and
wires being burned on Main street ia
the burned district. The toll line
only is in operation.
AS will be seen the insurance Gov
ers but a small part of the loss, prob
ably about one-third. Nearly all Of
the stores had big stocks ana not
enough insurance to speak Of on
them.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
TROOPS CHASE BOXERS

Pekin. Oct. Imperial Chiaese
troops detached from the Yanktse
sKiang Valley cantonments since the
anti-missionary outbreaks at Nan
Kang Sien, have driven the so-called
Boxers into the mountains on the
borders Of Kwang Tung. In an en-
gagement at Chung vi the troops
killed seventy Insurgents. i i
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
$4,000 PLEDGED
FOR M. E. SCHOOL

vermillion, s. D., oct. il. AT the
Methodist conference in session yes
terday, $4,000 was pledged for the
Dakota Wesleyan university at
Mitchell. The laymen will be asked
for $4,000 more, and then the uni
versity will be In a position to claim
the proffered gift Of S $4,000 from
Andrew Carnegie. The university
will then have an endowment Of
500, 900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
STOLEN STATUE FOUND

Clarmont Ferrand, France, Oct. | 5.
The statue o. ST. Baudine, which
was discovered Tuesday night by the
police in cellar leased by Antoine
Thomas, chief operative In the re-
cent robberies, was about to be ship
to Rio Janiero for the account Of .
Partisan antiquary, who sold it for
s37 500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
FAVOR UNION

Cleveland, o.. Oct. 17.The trien-
NAL council Of the Congregational
church last night by unanimous vote
adopted the report of the committee
on tri-church union.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
CRASH on SOUTHERN RAILWAY

I Greensboro, NC. Oct. IS AT 10: 20
last night the northbound passenger
train. No. pa, on the Southern rail-
way, crashed into freight train at
Rudd, eight miles from Greensboro.
Six persons are reported killed sand
sixteen injured.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
! Go BACK Az FRISCO

San francisco. Cal. Oct. ~
erintendsnt Miller. Of the Western
Union Telegraph company, reports,
seven striking telegraph Operators
applied for their old positions yester-
day. Five were given mployment.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
COPPER FIRM sUsPENDs, BANKS
FAIL AND Dividends CUT
IN TWO CASES.
Firm 81 Otto Heinze y Go. Suspended
From the Stock Exchange On Com
plant Of Firm Which Failed On
Wednesday Amalg gamated and j.
& M. Cut Quarterly Dividend.

New York, Oct. Sensatio
followed each other in rapid success
sion IN the financial district yester-
day. as the result Of the collapse Of
the projected corner IN United Cop
per and the suspense lon 81 promi-
nent brokerage Arm w Wednesday
The firm Of Otto Hsinze q co, was
suspended on the stock exchange
Dividends Are Cut,
r. Augustus Heinze, the Butte cop
per magnate, resigned the presiden-
cy Of the Mercantile National bank of
New York. The Amalgamated Cop
per company, at its directors meet
ing, cut Its quarterly DIVIDEND from
q to per cent. The directors of the
Boston and Montana Copper company
declared a quarterly q iyid lend off
iA spIacs ( suf the fori1el iviidend ofS
80.
The failure Of Haller, soehle
Co, prominent bankers of Hamburg
Germany, with liabilities that may
reach 81, 500 ,00o, was announced.
The State Savings bank of Butte,
Mont. Of which the Heinzes are the
principal stockholde ders, suspended
The officers say itSis solvent. All the
result Of these sensations the stock
market was halting and Irregular,
but there was an apparent feeling
that the break Of the attempted corr
ner in United Copper had cleared the
atmosphere somewhat, and the mar
sket rallied before the close.
Refused to Stand By Order.
L The suspension Of Otto Heinze &
Co, Of which Max M. schultze IL the
stock exchange member, was based on
q complaint to the exchange made by.
Gross & Kleeberg, the stock exchange
firm which failed Wednesday. In a i
communication to the president OF
the stock exchange this Arm charged
Otto Heinze & Co. with refusing to-
accept ,3,202 shares Of United Copper
said to have been bought on. the or
der OF the Heinze firm. This action,
Gross & Kleeberg state, was respon-
sible for their failure. Attorneys for
this Arm stated yesterday that the
amount owing to the firm by the
Heinze firm aggregates $500, 900. The
lHeinze Arm announced It IS perfectly
solvent and that all legal Obligations
will be met.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
PROXY COUNTERS
BALK STOCKHOLDERS
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF Il.
LIMOS CENTRAL POST
PoNED AGAIN
The Comittee Of Three Appointed to
Count the Proxies Still At Work
and no Election Can be Held Till
They Finish Hartman Makes
Appeal to Press.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. 18.-Until the
three men, who are locked in room
assiduously counting Z proxies, are
able tofreport to the stockholders OF
the Illinois Central Railroad, there
will be no election of directors. Twice
yesterday the stockholders assembled
only to be told that the inspectors
were not prepared to report. A final
adjournment was taken shortly after
8 o'clock in the afternoon and carried
the meeting over until 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
The attorneys for Mr.. Hartman,
who have all along been anxious to
push matters to a speedy conclusion,
.chafed sorely under the delays i'm
posed by the proxy inspectors. When
it was evident at the morning meet
ing that the committee would not be
able to report Mr.. Cromwell went to
Judge Edgar Farrar, who represents
M. Fish, with a proposition that all
the proxies should be thrown upon
a table in the general meeting and
that the conflicting proxies should
be thrown out. This would have
killed all revocations that have been
made, and the proposition was
promptly declined by Lodge Farrar
Mr.. Cromwell expressed himself as
anxious for show down." The
Fish faction, however, declined t.
consider the plan for a moment, and
Mr.. Cromwell was forced to acauiese
in the delay.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18

DSCdlul, liz, OCC. 9lo.--luc early
part of yesterdays session of the
trial of Fred and Faye Graham Ma
gill, charged with having caused the
death of Magill's first wife, Mrs. Pet
Magill, was occupied with the read
ing Of several letters identified bf
Magills daughter Marguerite, when
she was on the stand Wednesday, as
having been written by her deceased
mother while the latter was propped
up in bed, previous to her death.
After the reading of the letters,
Magill himself was placed on the
stand as the first witness of the day.
Magill told of his first wife,s de-
spondency, and said he saw her prop
ped un~in bed with pillows writing
letters He told of the incident tes-
titled to Wednesday by Marguerite,
when the veterinarian was called to
chloroform horse, and said that
Mrs. Pet Magin stated dpon the oc-
casion that she wished the chloro-
form was intended for her instead Of
the horse. He said Postmaster Da-
wilson Of Clinton had told him that
Mrs. Magill had told the postmaster
that she was taking chloroform and
that Davidson had told the witness
that he said to her:
Yoh had better get a gun and
kill yourself instead of taking chlo-
roform.' = s
Finds Wife Dead.
He said that on the night Mrs.
Mafill died she had requested Mar
guerite to telephone to Faye Graham
not to forget her promise, whatever
it was, that Faye had made to Mrs.
Magill. Just before he retired that
night the witness said his wife re-
quested him to get her bottle Of
beer. He gave her a bottle from the
ice chest and then retired. In the
morning when he awoke, he saw that
his wife was not in the room. He
made search of the house and found
her in the spare room, lying down,
with blanket wrapped tightly
around her head, He spoke to her,
but got no reply, and upon examina-
7tion he found she was dead. The
witness said he detected the odor Of
chloroform. u
Denied He Loved Faye.
Asked what, in his opinion, caused
his wife's dependency, he replied:
Her headaches and the nagging
Of my mother and sister,
You never heard her mention any
other troubles r.
Il never did. !"
Didn't you know people were
talking about you running after Faye
and Faye running after you, and
wasn't your wife worried about
that?
She knew people were gossiping
about Faye, and she was mad about
that. Z
We're you Infatuated with Faye
Graham before your wife died Z
4 was not.
Were you In love with herr
Il was not replied the witness.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
kAG|LL ON STAND
N OWN Defense
MAN ACCUSED OF NUMBERING
WIFE TELLS OF FINDING
HER DEAD BODY.


He Said On Night His Wife Died She
Had Their Daughter Phone Faye
Graham to Keep Her Promise.
What That Promise Was He Did
Not Know Found Wife Dead
With thloroform Soaked Blanket
Over Her.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1907-10-18
Hartman Talks to Press

SOAiS LII ACASla4 4WOl " lIoul Lie COulullC-
tee, in order to determine the time
to which adjournment should be TAX
en-, Mr.. Hartman picked UP his chair
and, carrying it to the end OF the
press table, sat down with the re-
mark:
I think you gentlemen can do more
to settle this railroad situation than
anybody else."
When asked for an explanation he
said: &.
You can do it by refusing to
print one side Of the proposition until
you have seen the man on the other
side, and let him have his say at the
same time. I am sick and most other
men are sick also, of the continued
attacks made on the railroads. When
charges are made against arailroad
the proper thing to do is to refrain
from publishing them until the party
bringing the charge and the repres-
entatives Of the railroad have had a
conference with. the representatives
of the press present. As such things
are now run, charges are printed in
the papers and the public receives
q wrong impression, because the rail-
road side of the question is not given
at the same time. tits the first i'm
preston that counts. Very often the
railroad is not able to make reply
for several weeks after the charge
has been brought and the denial is
not then noticed because the matter
lis no longer fresh news. The way
to settle such things is to get to-
gether at the outset and let the
charge and the denial go before the
public at the same time. This would
do away with much of the ill-feeling
that is now created against the rail-
roads.
Cites an Instance
IAN instance Of where the South
lern-P Pacific was guilty in q technical
sense Of violation Of the law, and
was in fact entirely guiltless, is
found In the trouble we had when
the Colorado river broke over Its
banks. We spent millions Of dollars
IN forcing the river back into Its
channel. II was too big Al Job for
the government to tackle and we had
to do it ourselves. The Colorado De
yelopment company, which did the
work. also to whom we paid the bill,
asked for a rate on material which
was to be used IN dammtng up the
river. The Southern Pacific quoted
CONTINUED on Page ~
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taws. which they use for sfdool
fund. The old AtolIa agreement, that
vices, and | am equally sure that
there are sufficient number OF men
in this convention who would under
take the risk.
Replying to Judge Barker's sug-
gestion as to the power OF this con
vention. The power Is inherent in
this convention TO create the office
of coal and asphalt commission, as
IL is TO create the office OF governor;
It has the same power TO do that as Il
has TO create the election machinery
TO ratify the constitution, which II
has. under the enabling act. II has
ample authority to create these OFFICES
as any other. and in creating them
by an ordinance-it could either be
done by ordinance of this convention,
not TO be submitted TO the people. or
it could be submitted 10 the people
but the idea contained in this act and
in this report is TO appoint them inn
mediately so they can get their report
ready by the time of the meeting or
the conyening of the FIRST legislature.
II say to- you, gentlemen, you cant
appreciate the importance OF getting
control OF these lands You have the
opportunity; You have the people on
the other side willing 10 negotiate
direct, and they are willing to go
more than half way They realize
the Importance, they have known in
the past what il has done for them
in the matter OF education, because
they have provided for high schools
and for colleges and for primary edu-
cation The Chickasaw nation has
even provided that each and every
pupil that attends school shall have
ten dollars month for board They
have been so liberal that they provide
for each pupil in the common schools
ten dollars per month. Then. when
they get a little advanced, they 90 to
the higher schools, and when they
get beyond that they send them to
the surrounding state universities. A
few years ago they selected eighteen
boys to go to the best universities
In this country, and paid their tuition
and gave them thirty dollars per
month. They know what il has done
for them, and they know what It win
do for the public schools OF the state
OF Oklahoma. Realizing the impor-
tance of education as they do,--and
! say TO You, that they have apreciat-
ed more money per capita for educa-
tion than any people on earth; rea-
li2ing. as they do. that It is the high.
est wisdom for them. as well as for
You. they want to turn these lands
over 10 you so that It win benefit ali
OF the people in the state. | hope the
provision will go through
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ROYALTY
PAYING
COAL
PRESIDENT MURRAYDI
CUSSES SALE OF
COAL LANDS
STATE SHOULD CONTROL
And Raise Royalties From
5 to Is Cents
STATE SHOULD CONTROL

President Murray talking on the
subject OF coal lands, said:
= must say that the matter OF pur-
chasing the coal lands IS one of the
most important TO every section OF
this state than anything that can come
before this convention. 1t is more
important that we own the coal lands
for school purposes than any other
school legacy, because we can sell
The surface or lease it. II we sell IL,
II Is taxable, and worth as much for
taxation as II the coal was not In
there. Reserying the coal. and from
year TO year. as It is mined, during
the centuries yet to come. the coal
viii be paying royalties TO this state
that Will give us a magnificent school
fund. greater than all the land set
apart now
Il will state, Mr.. Chairman, that al
preseit those lands pay eight cents
royalty 10 the Chickasaws and Choc-
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set aside these lands in 1898 provided
for a fifteen cent royalty, but the Ser
retary OF the Interior reduced IL to
eight cents. Eight cents is too low
and after we get control OF those
lands-and If we will take the step
now we shall get control, and unless
we do we never will-~we can raise
that royalty to twenty-five cents, and
1t would give us a million dollars un-
der the present leases each and ev-
cry year have no doubt in my
mind that Aiuder the red tape that
has been used in the past that there
has been a persistent effort TO get
controi of those lands in the hands
OF certain syndicates, and II they sue
ceed it will simply mean that the peo-
pie in the western part OF this state
viii pay a high price for coal and
the royalty viii be gone forever. We
can take steps now, II we want these
lands. and ! for one, as | stated be-
fore, would rather have them than
all the lands in the state that are set
aside for schools OF all kinds. Be-
cause, while we tax the surface, the
coal lies there within the earth; no.
body can steal It, and nobody can de-
stroy It, II is there II is there for
ever. We have this opportunity: the
representatives OF both of those tribes
are anxious to sell these lands TO the
state Of Oklahoma. IL has been said
in congress that they were worth a
hundred million dollars. Senator
Clark, the worlds greatest mineral
ogist, says So and I think they are,
but the tribes win be willing 10 take
less than one-sixth that amount il
they can sell them to this tate. The
reason they say they are worth a hun
dred million dollars is that according
TO the estimate OF the coal and as
phalt trustees, upon the basis OF s
cents. the royalty now being paid, the
yield from the lowest acre will
amount TO a hundred and thirty dol
lars an acre, or an average of $3.50
per acre. You compute that on the
immense acreage OF $4,000 acres.
and you viii begin to understand the
great worth OF these lands. II we
could get them at fifty million dollars
il would then be cheap, but want TO
say to you that / am sure that you
can get them for less than a third
OF that amount. and we must take
the step now. At the first IL was pro-
posed that the government buy these
lands; they couldn't be bought by
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OF money by and on behalf OF The
commonwealth, county. or other DO
litical subdivision OF the state shall
specify the purpose for which the
money is to be used and the money so
borrowed shall be used for no other
purpose.
The legislature shall not authorize
any county. or subdivision thereof
city town or Incorporated district, to
become stockholder in any company.
association or corporation. or to OBJ
tain or appropriate money for. or to
loan its credit to any corporation, as.
sociation or ipdividual.
The legislature may authorize the
levy and collection OF a poll tax on all
electors OF this state, under sixty
yehrs of age, not exceeding two dol.
lars $500 per capita. per annum and
may provide a penalty for the non
payment thereof
Every act enacted bN the legislature.
and every ordinance and resolution
passed by any comfy, city. town or
municipal board or local legislative
body levying a tax. shall specify dis.
tinctly the purpose for which said tax
is levied and no tax levied and col
lected for one purpose snail ever be
devoted TO another purpose The leg.
islature shall not impose taxes for the
purpose of any county city. town or
other municipal corporation but may
by the general laws. confer on the
proper authorities thereof respectively
the power to assess and collect such
taxeA
Nothing in he constitution shall be
construed so as 10 limit the right of
local communities IN any county or
municipality of this state. from taxing
themselves for the purposes OF educa-
tion and improvements. aud construc-
tion of public roads. when the maiori-
ty ri the legal voters in said communi-
tics desire 10 do so.
No county city, township. school
district or other municipal corporation
shall be allowed TO become Indebted
In any manner or for any purpose to
an amount, including existing indebt-
edness, in the aggregate exceeding
eight per centum on the value of the
taxable property therein. 10 be ascer-
tained by the last assessment for
state and county taxes previous to the
incu 'ug OF sgrh Indebtedness. ANY
city unty. school district. or other
municipal corporations inaurring any
Indebtedness, as aforesaid shall be-
fore or al the time of doing so provide
Tor the collection OF direct annual
tax sun cicnt to pay the interest on
said debt as it falls due and. also, to
pay and discharge the principal there.
OF within thirty years of the time Of
contracting same.
Nothing in this constitution shall be
held or construed TO prevent the classi-
hcacon Of property for purposes OF
taxation aud the valuation of different
classes by different means or methods.
j. +. KING.
Chairman.
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BrIsqus Ies eream-sarrIek.
HE TOLD HE WAS DYING

Special to Daily Leader
Tulsa, l. r.. Feb. lS.--An unusual
romance In which II. w. station OF
Pawnee. Okla, is one OF the principals
eliminated in a marriage here last
evening Mr. station, formerly a Tulsa
business man, had long been a suitor
for the hand OF Miss Frances Ferris
OF Nalesca, Iowa For certain rea.
sons the union could never be consum-
mated, though II had been discussed
frequently by the two with eYsry hing
arranged but ths wedding day.
Finally Mr. station decided to bring
matters 10 a focus, Coming 10 Tulsa
he wired twice 70 Miss Ferris al her
Iowa home that he was at the point
os death In the Tulsa hospital. The
message brought the young lady In
haste, only 70 learn they were q ruse
TO bring her to him.
Then marriage was proposed. and
this time she accepted. The Rev. Fred
$. Hart performing the ceremony at
the parsonags OF the First NJ. f.
chureh.
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GREAT WESTERN
STEWARDS MEET.
lnr Assoolated Press.l J

Milwaukee. Wis. Feb 1S-The
stewards OF the Great Western circuit
gathered in Milwaukee today to elect
officers. select dates and otherwise
prepare for the racing season OF 1907.
Outside Of routine business the most
important matter to come before the
meeting for consideration and action
is the application of Cincinnati for
admission TO the circuit
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should be sunshine I'm the house. ald
VIII be If you give it Whites Cream
Nermifuge the best worm medicine
offered to suffering humanity. This
remedy is becoming the permanent
tiXeure of all households. A mother
with children, can't get along with
out a bottle of Whites Cream Yer.
mifuge in the house. Sold by c. r
Renfro.
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Guthrie Neat Pressing Club. Will
call for and deliver your clothes
cleaned and pressed. Ladies clothes
given special attention. E. B. Metz.
Phone sos Royal basement.
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We have 300 quart bottles of Canada
sap Maple Syrup, guaranteed to com.
ply with the National Pure Food Law.
We can not afford to carry them over
until next season Closing out price
30 cents per bottle. Phone ga. j. Ii.
RUCKS.