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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
DOCTOR CHANGES
Ills TESTIMONY
NOW SAYS THAT WOUNDS OF
SIR COULD HAVE BEEN
SEtF-lNELiCTED,
SHOWS SOME DISCREPANCIES
DR.. STAFFORD SAYS THAT DEATH
COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED
BY DIABETES.

Flandreau, S. D., June IS. - Sensa-
ton followed sensation in yesterdays
sessions of the trial of Mrs. Emma
Kaufman of Sioux Falls, accused Of
murder for the death of Agnes Polreis,
her servant
Disorder broke out three separate
times during yesterdays session. The
citizens, hitherto apparently indiffer-
ent to the way in which the trial
might end, broke into a storm Of jeers
and Kisses as the testimony bore on
brutal acts which the rich brewers
wife is alleged to have have commit
ted against the girl, followed by
cheers Of triumph when the principal
witness declared that the defendants
husband and her counsel had attempt
cd to influence her testimony. The
third demonstration occurred when
compliments were exchanged between
Journment was taken.
Peter Erickson, the star witness for
the state, was on the stand yesterday.
Erickson was a hired man in the en-
ploy of Kaufman. He told OF an oc-
casion when Agnes Polreis was
Jostled to the floor of a storm house
by Mrs. Kaufman and being very
weak a prevented from rising by
the defendant. Other incidents of
cruelty recited We're the pouring of
hot water on the girl, poking her in
the ribs with a broom stick and max
ing her battle her feet in ashes soaked
in water. A perfect storm of Kisses
broke from the crowd as Erickson told
of alleged acts of cruelty.
On cross-eXamination, being pressed
to state whether he had been offered
a monetary consideration to influence
him, Erickson said that the only ones
who had attempted to influence him
were Judge Aikens, attorney for the
defense, and Mr.. Kaufman, husband
Of the defendant. This declaration
was intantly greeted by cheers and
handclapping from the spectators.
Judge Smith severely rebuked the
crowd for the demonstration.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Twelve Hurt in a Wreck.

Palermo, N. D., June 18. - Twelve
people were badly hurt, one probably
fatally, in the wreck OF the Great
Northern railroads Oriental Limited
passenger train two miles East of
here. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
PRINCIPAL sPANKs GIRLS.
Acquitted on Charge Of Assault ane
Battery-Salary Is Raised,

Bristow, Iowa, June 1S.-Prof. D. H.
Correl, principal of the Bristow
schools, was brought into court on a
charge of assault and battery. The
charges were filed by girl students at
the school, who testified that the
teacher spanked them. The teachers
defense was that spankings were nee.
essary to maintain discipline. He was
acquitted and the school board in.
creased his salary.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
PLAQUE at Trinidad.

Caracas, Venezuela, June 18.-The
Venezuelan government has been Off
cially informed that the bubonic
plague has broken out at Trinidad and
all communication between Venezuela
and that island has been severed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Two Doctors on the Stand.

g F1andreau, S. D., June IA. After
only a brief two-hour session, but one
full of significance, the Kaufman
%journment yesterday with two mys-
teries confronting the wealthy Sioux
Falls N
One of the mysteries is the ground
on which the defense will make its
fight. The other was furnished by the
prosecution, counsel having asked that
the afternoon session be postponed
because a contingency has arisen
which might make 1t necessary to Of
fer further evidence in behalf of the
state"
This request, following the an
nouncement in the morning that the
prosecution rested it's case, has given
rise to much speculation g.,
Peter Erickson was again called to
the stand yesterday morning and was
briefly cross-eXamined by Judge All
kens, counsel for Mrs. Kaufman. He
denied having made a demand upon
Mr.. Kaufman, husband of the defend
ant, for $500 to influence his testimony
In the case.
Doctors on Stand.
DIR. Arthur Sweeney of st. Paul, a
specialist in nervous diseases, minute
i, ly described the result of a microscope
Ic examination of the brain of the dead
girl. He found it healthy.
What in your opinion, caused the
death of Agnes Polreis?" asked the
counsel.
"The existence of the wounds on the
head and body were sufficient to have
caused her death" was the reply.
DIR. Frank e. Coulter said the girls
death was due to hemorrhages Of he
brain and that the hemorrhages we're
caused by external violence. He was
not cross-examined.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Wisconsin commencement.

Madison, Wis, June 18.-The exer-
cises Of the fifty-fourth commence
ment of the University of Wisconsin
began yesterday with the baccalaure-
ate address delivered before a large
audience by President Charles R. Van
Hise on "The Attainment Of Success"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
BOILER BURSTS; KILLS THREE.
Steam Pillow Engine Near SeIby, S. D.,
Blows I'm.

Steam Pillow Engine Near SeIby, S. D.,
Blows Up.
Aberdeen, S. d., June Is. - Three
killed and one injured, perhaps fatal
ly, is the result of al explosion of the
boiler of a steam plow outfit at work
four miles west OF Selby.
The crew was at work all the morn
ing, and about noon stopped for lunch.
While they were fixing the boiler to
be ready for the afternoon work it
suddenly exploded.
Oscar Baker was blown 800 feet
away and instantly killed. Wash
Kohler died a few hours later and
Samuel Baker died while has injuries
were being examined. w. H. Carlo is
not expected to live.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
eoDlE ARE FOUND.
Graphing Party Locates launen ana
Dead Sailors.

Norfolk. Va, June 16.-After many
hours of weary dragging of the waters
Of Hampton Roads in a systematlc
search by the navy for the bodies OF
the eleven victims of the sinking OF
80 h.tt,eship Minnesota's launch on
Monday night, a graphing party last
nisht located the launch and bodles
~ the men in eight fathoms OF water
lof the rip-rap5.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Crushed Under Macon.

Grand Forks, N. D.. June 10. -
Adolph Querin, three years old, was
crushed to death under a wagon load
ed with hay. The boy was riding on
the load and fell under the wheels.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Liaht for Eeruus Falls.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, June 1S.-The
city council has accepted the bid of
Courtland F. Ames, a Chicago con-
tractor, for the construction of an
electric light dam here. The contract
price is $47,235, with $4,000 for super
intendence.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
FINDS ROOM NATE DEAD.

Lying on Lounge With Saturated
Towel Over Her Face.
Cakes, N. D., June 1S.-When Miss
Frances Hurlbert entered her room
last night she found her roommate,
Elizabeth Pierce, stretched out on a
lounge with a towel yer her face.
Miss Hurlbert spoke to her, but re-
ceiving no answer removed the towel
and found that the woman was dead.
Two bottles which had contained
chloroform were found underneath
her pillow.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
IMPROVE ARMY POSTS.
Small Expenditures Provided for With
Larger Plans Pendinq.

Washington, June 18. Secretary
Taft has made allotments Of funds for
a small amount of Improvement work
at some Of the military posts, to be
paid for out of the appropriations for
next year. These allotments include
construction Of quarters for civilian
employees and teamsters and erecting
a stable at Fort Lincoln, N. d. Lareey
allotments are to be made later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21

Mrs. Kaufman seemed as little
moved as ever yesterday, though she
very plainly listened with the closest
attention to all the questions and an
swers, both in direct and cross-exam-
ination.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
CHILD BLOWN INTO RIVER.

Wind Causes Death Of Three-year-old
Pierre. S. D., June 1S.-The three
old daughter Of William Schmidt of
this city was blown into a stream
near Hayes by a gust of wind and
drowned before she could be rescued.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
Doctor Changes His Testimony.

Flandreau, S. D., June 16. = The
cross-eXamination of DR.. S. Olney, wit
ness for the defense in the trial OF
Mrs. Emma Kaufman for murder,
was concluded Immediately before an
adjournment was taken for the noon
recess.
The production by George B. Egan,
who is prosecuting the case against
Mrs. Kaufman, Of the transcript of
testimony offered by DR.. Olney at the
preliminary hearing of Mrs. Kauf-
mann, held at Sioux Falls on June 10
of last year, was one Of the sensations
of the day.
Shows Discrepancies.
The record, most of which was Of
fered in evidence in the trial of this
case, showed many discrepancies be-
tween the testimony of DR.. Olney a
year ago and the testimony given by
him yesterday, particularly with re-
gard to the u of the death Of
Agnes Polreis. A year ago, when DR..
Olney was asked by Mrs. Kaufmann's
attorney If the wound found upon the
head, body and limbs of the girl. as
the result of the post-mortem showed,
could have been self-inf1icted, he re-
piled:
g" can't catch onto the idea how they
(the wounds) could be self-inficted."
He stated in his testimony at the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
L BY RUNAWAY.
Driver Is Thrown From Seat and Is
Kicked by Horse

Manchester, Iowa, June 15.-While
driving down a steep hill the animals
which Edward Powers was driving be
came unmanageable because of the
breaking Of the tugs on the harness.
They started down the steep grade at
a terrific clip and I overs was thrown
from the seat and kicked by one of
the horses. He lived only a short
time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-06-21
SCOTLAND BANKER GUILTY..
EmbezzIer Sentenced to Five Years In
P~emtentjary.

PeTtentiary.
Pierre, S. D., June 1S.-In the Unit
ed States court Charles c. King,
wrecker of the Scotland IS. d. bank,
entered a plea Of guilty to twelve of
the ninety-five counts against lin and
not guilty to the others. Ee was SEN
teneced to five years in the federal
prison at Leavenworth. Kan.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15

\ large number O! physicians
OF Meridian. Miss. took the
stand tina; they would no, pay
the raise IN the rate demanded
by the Cumberland Telephone
Company, and the telephones
were ordered removed from
their residences. The Retail
Grocers' Association also unani-
mously passed a resolution 10
stop the use oil Cumberland scle-
phones. These events n, Me-
ridian arc repe,l,ions OF wha,
happen frequently when the
Cumberland Company gets n
community in It's grasp. Like
acts will happen IN the future
when the Cumberland finds OPP
portunitics 10 commit them.
About the only way that is per-
mancn,ly safe for a community
is 70 stick 10 local company
when practical. The question
~ no, one OF fighting a large
company because 1t is wealthy;
butt question OF looking out for
ones own interests. The rob-
Der Cumberland system has for
so many years and over 40 wide
a territory practiced extor,ion.
that it's bad reputation has been
made without any doubt remain
ing that the reputation ia fully
deserved.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15
How do you Shred
FOdder-Grind Feed
Water Saw
Wood Shell Corn?

no vow du II III the old SLOW hand.
power way, or do got do !, mp
N a hurry with a gasoline
engine
The easy way. the cheap wa, the
quick way. and the labn, Saving WAY.
Ia do these Jots and manv Others on
the farm Is with gasoline engine
lowef.
II Will cost YOU hu, SC an hour 10
run AIN / II. {. easol,uc engine
generating three horse power. The
engine - always ready when YOU
want t~t-,yc@f a&u YOU want it
Won don't even need to- hight a fire
'o start II. JUS, close the switch,
open tho inel valve and give the iv.
wheel 4 turn bv hand that's all.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15

it may cause and use the good
that can be got. This article
brings out some very good
points. Let others give their
experience with poultry and the
reasons why they like their pre-
fcrrcd breed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15

usually cat them at frying size
and that extra growth only rep.
rescnts so mucn extra feed. l
do not consider the Buff Leg.
horn very small fowl. as il is
larger than the other varieties
Of Lcghorns. Then IL we are
looking for beauty. az many OF
Us arc. what can be prctticr
than the colors which nature has
harmonizcd. \ green lawn cover.
cd with Buff Lcghorn chickens
with their large bright red
comb s looking a, a distance like
some erillian, tropical flower 7
Editorial comment: I, is more
than likely that feeding the
Plymouth. Rocks, which .attcn.
cd easily, heavily on corn 90,
them IA, with cioggcd systems.
Such a condition in. poultry
makes them very liable TO catch
colds, 10 whecze. 10 develop bad
cases Of roup and kindred dis.
asses. The condition OF the
poultry house described a. used
by them would also lay them
liable 10 colds and resulting
troubles. The larger breeds
are more easily ovcrfcd. cspcci.
ally when corn or other starchy
food ~ used; and the proper
course IL to avoid heavy feeding
unless ii IN intended 10 fat,cn
them. 1t would be interesting
for "Old Subscriber To state
whether there were not swollen
parts on the heads and faces or
in the throats OF the chickens
that died. The ease with which
Plymouth Rocks iatten is both
for and against them. but careful
banding can avoid the evil that
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15
Ones Experience
Old Subscriber
EDITOR GAzETTE:

experience or success with some
one kind OF poultry. have tried
several kinds. AT one time | had
a beautiful flock of 20 Plymouth
Rocks; but one never to be forgot
ten Christmas week | saw all but
1Scarried of by the wheclbarrow
load and buried. They had been
very highly fed on corr and our
new hcnhousc had not been bat
tened up on the north SO that a
sudden scvcrc cold spell brought
on cholera or some disease that
soon killed them. While ! ad-
mire the plymouth Rocks. |
Thick that all large breeds arc
more susceptible 10 disease in
unfavorable conditions than the
smaller and more sprigh,ly va
rietics. We always kept our
hcnhouse clean.
had seen the Buff Leghorns
highly spoken Of, although they
we're a new breed then. sent
and got a sitting Of their eggs
that cost me $3.50. Ia four and
a half months | had a nice little |
flock of grown hens and BOOSTERS.
and tho hens were laying. This
statement does not always seem
to meet with credence. but i, IN
fact nevertheless. then bought
from several different parties
the best stock obtainable. Last
wear from ~ hens | set and sold
600 dozen eggs from March \ 10
July B. The eggs which | sold
brought me ..o.7o. >i.l. per
hen, besides - dozen used for
sitting by myself. sold some
for sitting and some by the case
to grocery torres BY the way,
obtained a better price from tho
grocery because the eggs were
all large aud pure white. These
hens had no extra care, simply
full range on the farm and corn
fed at night.
| think that people arc fast
finding out the advantage al the
smaller. rapid growing fowls
over the large varieties. | have
grown the l3ud LcRhoru with
large breeds, and AZ three
months the Bun f.cgbornS were
the largest frycrs and we're per-
fec,ly ieathered. Another good
quality il tina, they are 'ndustrl-
Gus and do not stand around TO
be fed, while the large varieties
REQUIRE twice as much feed;
arS y.;t W .ae the advspfaos pf
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-15

how thev waste H6Hr.
How easy II is 10 operate them.
How much power they furnish.
| II. {. gasoline engines are made
in t"o STYLES and several sizes
Vertical. > and ; horse power.
horizontal PORTABLE and stationary,
:. u. :, 10. l.. Is and III horse power.
Ordinary stove gasoline Is used for
tucl and there IL no danger whatever.
Go TO our local agent for a talk
about power FOR the farm. oil # this
is not convenient, write for cataloc.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01

With possibly a single exception
the Republican papers of the State
are making no attacks on Charles
F. Teter, but all have the right to
attack those papers sailing under
Teter's colors and really preaching
Democratic doctrine. Such papers
take advantage OF the fact that Mr..
Teter was once candidate for gov
ernor and think they can profess to
believe in him merely to fool some
one. But, Mr.. Teter is not active in
politics. as some of them have un-
Willingly admitted, and, therefore,
they can not vlndlcate their Demo-
cratic course by protesting to be
only promulgating his desires and
ambitions.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01
MISS GARR'S FUNERA7
Is Held at Carr Residence and Burial
Takes Place Mt the Zion
Graveyard.

The funeral of Miss Mary Carr
took place Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock at the Carr residence at
Grasselli and was conducted by the
Rev. Robert B. Mcdaniel. Burial
was at the Zion graveyard.
Miss Carr was a daughter of the
late James Madison Carr. Her
mother. aged 80 years. and several
brothers and sisters survive, among
whom are Peter and James Carr, OF
Doddridge county; Amos Carr, OF
Upshur county; Samuel, John and
Misses Jennie and Fannie Carr, and
Mrs, Granville Kester all of this
county. A large circle of nephews
and neices also survive
A very estimable lady was Miss
Carr and a devout member of the
Bridgeport Baptist church. Her de-
mise is painful to many friends.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01
A Chinese sannlc.

John Lee Jung, Chinaman, once
of Washington. deserves a modest
fame and even more so do John Lee
lungs Chinese relatives, says an ex-
change. John was successful mer-
chant in Washington for many years
hut finally his health and his busi-
ness failed at about the same time
and he was compelled to retire owing
about $1,000. Nearly 10 years ago
he went back TO China to die, having
tried unsuccessfuily to pay his
creditors. But in China things went
better with the old man after a
time, and when he died little
while ago, there was found among
his effects a list of his creditors in
Washington and the exact amount
owed to each, and there was also
found in Chinese money, saved by
hard labor, enough to pay the entire
amount. A little note in Chinese
hleroglyphics told what the old man
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01
to be regarded asa candidate or one
who would accept the nomination.
Reform Needs Reform.

Judge contains a picture of a cart
labeled reform with horse at either
end pulling or trying to pull. with
the legislator urging one animal for
ward and legislation urging the other
the opposite way. Resultant the
cart stands still.
A moral is derived from this. The
moral is that the temper OF the
public mind is that something be
done and the legislator is earnestly
trying to do that something. But.
the people in their agitation for
something to be done, do not tell the
legislator what that something IS
they desire. for the reason that they
are not sure themselves what is the
best thing to be done.
There can be no question that
there is abroad in the land feeling
that something ought to be done.
The American people have some
thing mate that leads to such de-
sire. such demand. Many of them
call 1t reform, but fail to specify in
the slightest detail. The shrewd
politician, the statesman. who
wants the will of the peo-
pie to prevail earnestly en-
deavors to do something In the hope
that 1t will meet the demand. Some
times he takes his cues from other
men, other States. and introduces
Legislation similar to that that has
seemed to meet with approval by
others and other States. In several
instances this has been done without
the slightest conception of the effect
In his own State, or whether 1t APP
plies to his own people, but the legis-
lator thinks 1t will be all right be-
cause It has proved to be elsewhere.
However, 1t often proves dismal
failure and quite injurious.
This state OF affairs calls for a
check on the growing demand for
something to be done until that
something is fully determined by
those who want 1T done. This leads
to fxity of policy that may be adj
justed, when conditions require, and
not an ism today and some other
fad tomorrow. 1t also means that
the temper for reform should adjust
itself to substantial movements In
that direction. and to do that 1t
must see that the vagarles of the sort
of reform that has no fixity Of pur-
pose or basis of logic and practicable
ity are reformed into things solid
and sensible.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01
Democratic Demagogy.

The Parkersburg Sentinel solemn
ly declares that the State treasury
is to be opened up to help admins
tration politics. Just how this Is to
be accomplished the Sentinel does
not take the trouble to elucldate.
The Sentinel forgot to include the
statement that Governor Dawson
and the other State officials are
stripping the capitol, the annex and
other public buildings of all their
furnishings and are moving them to
their respective homes and that the
gentlemen mentioned will establish
a road agency near Charleston for
the purpose of holding up trains and
travellers and robbing them at the
points of revolvers.
1t is indeed queer how some peo-
pie see only the good, the pure, the
holy. the immaculate and the per-
feet in the men Of their own party
and nothing but meanness, knavery.
dishonesty, villiany, perfidy and
treason in the men Of all other par
ties and particularly the men who
are holding the public offices they
would like TO take charge Of them
selves. no matter what the circum-
stances. where the place or when the
time. If some of these dyspeptics
could get into position some time
in vivid day dream-forbid the
reality-where they would have
hurled at them all kinds of sulen
complaints, churlish criticisms and
growing adimadversions for which
there were no grounds of substantial
tion, perhaps they would come to o
realization of their folly. but it is
hardly probable
Such demagogy will not 90 in West
Virginia any more. and the foolish
attempts at the practice of 1t only
cause the smile of ridiculc to come
to the fact of Intelligent men and
citizens.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-08-01

Complaint is made in city council
and to the newspapers about the
condition OF the pavements at the
corner of Pike and Fourth streets
and on Pike just opposite the cor
ner. A crowd congregates there and
may be seen frequently throughout
the day and until late hour of
night. They deposit filth on the
streets and also blockade the pave
ments. The excuse is that they are
waiting for street car. II this he
true. and, in sense at least, 1t is
true. the city has remedy. That
remedy Is that the traction company
be required to erect and maintain
station somewhere in that neigh
borhood. This will get rid OF the
annoyance caused by persons wait
ing for a car, and the annoyance
from all others who merely loaf
there can be cut out by making them
move on. 1t is up to the mayor to
see that something is done there.