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The Newark journal., 1907-09-20

lessened her pain, or made our burden of misery easier to bear. We know that such work will not pass unnoticed and without reward by Him who sees even sparrow when 1t falls.
 We pray Heaven s richest bless ings to be showered on these good Samaritans, and when their final summons comes, we pray their misery and pain may be as light as they tried to make hers.
 Yours with our prayers and thanks. w. A. MAYHUE
 AND CHILDREN.
 List your property the Herder- son Real Estate Company.
The Newark journal., 1907-09-20

The health of ex. President Grover Cleveland is failing very fast and it is said that he cannot live but few weeks.
The Newark journal., 1907-09-20

When the farmers declare for fifteen cent cotton, they are only demanding that they, and not the middlemen, shall have the profits of their industry.
The Newark journal., 1907-09-20

The wants of a people are, to a certain degree, their standard of living. The people who never want much never attain to much.
The Newark journal., 1907-09-20

Twenty states have reduced rail road fares in the last year. If this thing keeps up long, 1t will soon be unanimous.
The Newark journal., 1907-09-20
ADVERTISING RATES
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907

Hon. o. N. Killough of Wynne has announced that he will be a candidate for attorney general.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
MANY HORSES PERISH.
aquine Epidemic Of Unknown Disease
Causing Great Damage.

aauine Epidemic Of Unknown Disease
Causing Great Damage.
An epidemic among the horses
around Lebanon is worrying the own
ars, who fear that unless the nature
of the disease Is learned soon they
may lose all of their animals. Hun
dreds Of horses have died within few
weeks, one man losing 200 out of 300
90 his ranch, and as yet nothing Is
known about the disease.
When horse is attacked by the dis
ease he loses the use Of his legs, and
without being able to stand he eats
and drinks we'll and seemingly is in
good health In every way except as to
the use Of his extremities. The horse
eating and drinking right up to the
time Of death. Post-mortem examina-
tons have been held on a number OF
che dead horses, and In each case all
Che organs have been In healthy con-
dition. The only thing so far discov-
cred has been a small clot of blood on
the horses brain.
Dr. Brimhall, state veterinarian. sent
Cor an expert from the bureau of ami
NAL industry at Washington, but Meth
sr of these mon have been able to de-
termine the nature of the epidemic.
Ali they could find on post-mortem ex'
aminations was the clot of blood on
the brain. The Washington officials
have been asked to make systematic
investigation of the epidemic.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
SEEK PRosEcuTioNsFyND-
Parkston People Appeal for Money
Kaufman Case

Parkston People Appeal for Money
Kaufman Case.
Now that it is practically certain
that the trial Of Mrs. Emma Kaufman
Of Sioux Falls, charged with murder,
will commence at Flandreau on June
l, the people OF Parkston, the former
nome Of the domestic whom Mrs. Kauf-
mann ia charged with having wantonly
murdered, are endeavoring to raise ad-
ditional funds for the purpose Of pay
ing the special attorneys who have
been engaged by them to aid In the
prosecution.
Some time ago the people Of Parks.
ton raised the sum of 500 by popular
subscription for use in connection with
the prosecution of Mrs. Kaufman,
but this now is about exhausted, and
the most important period In the pros
ecutiop Of the ,accused.is near at.hand.
An effort was made by Parkston peo-
pie to have the board of county COM
missioners of Hutchinson county ap-
propriate the sum necessary for the
payment of the special attorney, but
The board now has refused to appro.
pirate q single dollar.
The Parkstonites accordingly have
Issued public notice asking the poo
pie of that place and adjoining towns
TO contribute such sums as they can
toward the. fund for the payment Of
the special attorneys. Practically all
Of the money secured in this way will
go to the members Of a law firm at
Logan, Iowa. who have been engaged
py the Parkston citizens committee to
aid States Attorney Alpha F. Orr Of
Sioux Falls in prosecuting the case
against Mrs Kaufman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
HOT SUMMER COMING.

Lake Thompson. near Arlington,
which for twenty years has been dry
bed. most of i being under the pillow,
now Is full and ia being stocked with
fish. All the lakes along the plateau
between the James and Sioux rivers
are full to overlooking This is some,
thing which has not happened since
early days, before cultivation absorbed
or diverted the water from their beds
On lakes which for years have grown
large crops of grain, steamboats, are
now running. The lakes have moi
been so full for twenty-five years as
they are at the present time The In
dams say that this is an indication Of
an extremely hot and dry summer
They say that traditions handed down
down from as far back as 200 years
show that whenever the lakes show ar
abnormal fullness there always has
followed a period of drouth
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
LAUNCH IS cAPsIzED.
Three Persons Thrown Out; Excited
Witness Falls From Bridge.

Three Persons Thrown Out; Excited
Witness Falls From Bridge.
Three persons had narrow escapes
from drowning, and fourth was Sc
riously injured as the result OF the
overturning of steam launch on the
James river near Columbia.
Henry Nose, Mrs. John Nose and
George Moule had entered their gaso,
line launch, intending to spend the
day upon the river. AS they reached
a point near the railroad bridge the
launch overturned, throwing all into
the river. They managed to cling to
the keel Of the overturned craft and
held on until help reached them some
time later.
Guy Wynn, the son Of farmer liv-
Ing near here. was walking across the
railroad bridge at the time the acct.
dent occurred. He became 80 ex.
cited that be made a misstep and fell
between the ties, through the trestla
and to the river bank forty feet be.
low. Both his wrists were broken,
and he received other serious inju-
ries. but it is thought he will recover.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
FUGITIVE is "aA1 MANI
60 DAVIS, Escaped convist, 10 MUIR
dersr and "Ruatlsru

eSiS duO Nu8tt0c.
Ed Davis, the man who escaped
from the penitentiary at Sioux Falls,
was sentenced from Fort Pierre about
ten years ago. on. a. charge of, murder.
being given life sentence. Davis
came to Fort Pierre with bunch of
horses and disposed Of part Of them,
starting east with the rest, selling
them along the road.
While at Fort Pierre, Davis talked
700 much. and after he left there some
81 his talk was repeated. resulting in
nls arrest at Miller He was brought
back to Fort Pierre, and after little
Investigation it was learned that
Davis left Rapid City as an employee
Of Nels Carlson, a Wyoming man,
driving bunch of horses, and that
The horses Davis was selling were the
property Of Carlson.
Davis at first denied any knowledge
Of Carlson, but afterward admitted
the fact OF his leaving Rapid City
with the owner of the horses, and
Stained that he killed Carlson in self
defense in light. and took the
horses. He told where he had buried
the body Of Carlson, and searching
party found the remains at the spot
be named. The only wound on the
body was that of a bullet which en-
Tered the back Of the head, aud the
self-defense theory did not look good.
Davis then admitted the killing, and
was given a life sentence. About a
year ago he applied to the state board
OF pardons for Communication OF SEN
tence to eighteen years, but the ap-
pltcation has never been acted upon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
PRINCE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Renounces Royalty and Becomes q
Citizen of WATERFOWL.


Prince Alexander l.. F. Koslovsky,
who served on the personal staff Of
General Kuropatkiu in the late Rus
stan-Japanese war, in court in Water;
town. announced his determination to
become resident of South Dakota
and made citizenship declaration.
Ia doing this he drops the final three
letters Of his name and is now known
as koslov. He Is "a years Of age and
graduate Of the national military
school of Russia. He has served four.
teen years in the Russian army.
After the war, according to his
story, he was drawn into a quarrel
with one of the grand dukes aud COM
PEELED to leave the country. arriving
in New York with some $4,000 saved
from his ancestral estate. He is of
striking personality and easily con-
vinces those with whom he converses
that Of his claim to connection with
the nobility
Az in the case of many another
prominent stranger locating in South
Dakota. this gentleman, who has re-
nounced allegiance to the czar is be.
ing classified by some as a divorce
seeker, although he stoutly denies the
rumor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
NEW RANGE LAW VOID AS OLD.
Attorney General Calls Both statutes
Unconstitutional.

Since his return from his Califor.
MAN trip, Attorney General Clark has
been busily engaged in clearing up
work Of his department and among
other opinions which he has given are
several which are of general public
interest.
Attorney General Clark holds that
che law Of last winter which attempts
20 continue the free range until wiped
out by vote of the people of coun-
ty is unconstitutional as well as was
che old law. In a recent case before
che supreme court on that question
an attempt was made to raise con-
8titutionality, but the court lodged the
Issue. as 1t was not necessary to de.
eide that point to pass upon the case
ut issue.
The question of license money is
one which la agitating a number Of
Che smaller towns under the provision
OF the law Of last winter, which limits
saloons In towns with less than a
thousand population. That law limits
one saloon to each 800 population, but
allows two saloons In a town OF any
size. Tbs question as to the number
Of saloons allowable in such town is
the one at issue. and In this the at.
eorney general holds that three is the
limit, one for each 800. This would
give town with 900 population three
saloons, but ii 1t could scare OF ten
more of population they could license
any number they desired
- The attorney general holds that un.
der the sidewalk law of the state the
charge for such Improvements is to
be against the adjoining property"
which properly would make it a
charge against the property owner, in
stead Of the general public
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
In and About the State
SOUTH DAKOTA FiREMEN.
Annual Meeting of Association to 6s
Held at WATERFOWL.

Annual Meeting Of Association to 8s
Held at Watsrtown.
One Of the largest OF the many
state meetings which will be held In
! Wat n during the coming suns
ner months is the twenty-fourth an
nual tournament OF the South Dakota
Tiremen's association, an organiza-
lion including all OF the volunteer Are
companies in the state. which will con-
vene in this city June 10. 10, 20 and
Il. The association numbers some
seventeen hundred members. and it
Ia expected that the entire member
be In attendance at this annual event.
The date of this organization goes
back to 1888, when the cities OF the
southeastern part Of the state formed
the association The need OF fire
protection In every city brought forth
more organizations. and hence the
large and we'll organized association
Of which the state may we'll feel
proud. The fire department laws, the
laws governing their apparatus, dis
ciplfne, etc. are the chief themes for
discussion at all these meetings.
The officers OF the association are:
c. w. Gillis. Mitchell, president; VIM.
Mieller, Parkston, first vice president;
R. l.. Glisby, Parker, second vice
president; VIM. Luck. WATERFOWL.
treasurer; VIM. Koch, vermtllion,
secretary; F. w. Lyon. Waterfowl,
corresponding secretary. It is quite
customary at the general session to
Introduce topics OF special interest to
the hremen. After the Introduction
any member Of the organization is
privileged to enter into the discus
sion. This portion of the meeting has
proven to be especially helpful. Bills
passed by the last legislature, bearing
on fire rates and funds. are largely
the result Of discussions In these
meetings.
The entertainment committee has
arranged the program so as not to
conflict with track events or special
features Of the meeting. On the open
ing day there will be parade of the
delegates and visiting iremen and
a public reception rendered the Wis
TORS. Special prizes will be offered
to the best and most complete de-
oartment appearing In the parade.
Some fifteen hundred dollars will be
offered in prizes for the events in
which the fremen will participate. A
special purse will be offered for the
best visiting band and arrangements
are completed for the meeting Of all
the musicians in one concert. The
Fourth Regimental band of Water
town is slated for an open air concert
on Thursday evening Of the meeting.
All Of the contests will be held at
the West Side Athletic park where
an elegant straightway track is laid
with the finish between the two large
grand stands andg bl eachers.4 Ample
and reasonable hotel accommodations
have been prepared and F. w. Lyon,
the corresponding secretary, states
that keen interest is being mani
tested throughout the state. The local
6remen state that all funds have
been raised and that Watertown will
be ready to welcome the guests and
tender them royal good time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
1oos.M,LEsaFoR5cLAiM
etH Carries Food and Sleeps Outdoors
On Journey


Probably as plucky a young woman
a ever sought to take up homestead
Cram has arrived at Seim after a
Journey which many man would
nave hesitate,, to undertake.
Attracted by the offer of free homes
IL suite county, May people are
rushing to this section. some OF them
arriving on horseback, others In wage
-ons and many Of them on foot. A
party OF twenty, including Anna Nord-
strom. young Norwegian girl, start.
cd from Cashmere, the end Of the
railroad liz, to walk to Seim. nearly
100 miles. The trail took them across
rivers and over buttes Their route
lay through the reservation, where the
only food they could obtain was such
as they could carry with, them, and
their only shelter was the blue sky.
Several OF the party were com
PEELED to give up before the journey
was completed, bat Miss Nordstrom,
though only frail looking girl. stuck
pluckily to her task, and with eight
others OF the party succeeded in
reaching Seim this week.
So much admiration did the girls
pluck arouse at Seim that fine quar-
ter section has been selected for her
on which shack has been built and
everything made ready for her en-
trance upon the life Of homesteader.
The United States commissioner has
offered to throw off his fees for her
filings and one of the newspapers has
offered to print free of charge her
dnal proofs. when the time comes to
make them
Miss Nordstrom already has receiv-
ed dozen hattering offers of mar
riage, BUT she has refused them all,
declaring that she intends to have a
farm for herself before she thinks Of
.hatrimony
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
STRICKEN AT THE AGE OF 1o4.
Burning Of Home and Fortune Hastena
Centenarian's Death.

Burning Of Home and Fortune Hastens
Centenarian's Death.
James McKeon, aged 1o4 years, who
with his ninety-four-yea wife ar.
rived in Sioux Falls last week from
McGregor, Iowa. died at the home Of
his son, James r. McKeon, in Sioux
Falls The aged man was feeble when
he was taken fro mthe train to the
home of his son, and it was not expect.
ed he long would survive. His death
was fastened by recent misfortune.
Two weeks ago the home Of tie aged
couple was burned with $4,000 in cash,
the accumulation of years, which
could not be saved and was consumed
by the lanes.
Mrs McKeon on that occasion saved
the life of her husband. He was help
less as as the result Of his advanced
years, and when the house caught
fire, his aged wife carried him to a
place of safety.
She then rerentered the house for
the purpose OF recovering the $4,000
in cash, but in this she was unsuc-
cessful
Mr.. McKeon was born in Kings
county, Ireland, and Mrs. McKeon in
Queens county, and both came to
America when they were small chill
dren. They were married in New
York seventy-fve years ago. OF a
family of ten children, but one is liv-
ing, the son with whom they took. ref
uge In Sioux Falls
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
"RUsrLER's" FlANcEE FAILS.
Girl Who Would Wed Convict Pleads
In Vain.

Miss Mamie Hall of Atkinson, Neb.,
left Pierre last week for her Nebraska
home disappointed in the hope that
she soon would be able to wed the
man Of her choice, Roscoe Moore Her
hope was shattered by the refusal Of
the state pardon board to do auy-
thing toward shortening the sentence
which Moore is serving in the state
penitentiary on larceny charge .
It. appears that Moore is a Texan.
who drifted into the North country,
landing at Atkinson, where he stayed
for time, and won the affections Of
Miss Hall, resulting in their engage
ment. But before the marriage bells
could ring. Moore went to Butte coun-
ty, where be was arrested and con
victed Of "rustling" c1ttle, and the
court in November, 1904, sent him to
Sioux Falls for term of three and a
half years. OF that time he has served
two. and half years, with less than
another year to run in case he fs
granted any good time.
/. ) During this time his Atkinson sweet
heart has stood by him, and one OF the
reasons given for asking his pardon
was their desire to wed and settle
down. Bui the pardon board was not
satisfied that this was sufficient reason
for cIemency, and has refused to take
any action In the case.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
INDIAN AGENT WANTED.
Position Of Agent at Cheyenne River
Has Few AppIieants-Reds
Want to Move,

position OF Agent az Cneyenne HtVeF
Has Few AppIieants-Reds
Want to Move.
The position of agent at Cheyenne
river Indian reservation appears to
be going begging. Major Downs, an
army officer has been in charge for
more than year, and the selection
of civil agent has been delayed on
account Of numerous matters which
were pending. The only open appli-
cant appears to be c. w. Rastall, the
present clerk at the agency, who has
had many years actual experience in
the Indian service, and who has a
petition signed by majority Of the
male adult Indians on the reservation
for the place.
For a number Of years there has
been an Indian camp several miles
up Bad river, where a group of reds
under the leadership of Pratris
Chicken took their allotments. These
indians, now that white settlement is
crowding in on them desire to sur
render their allotments and take new
ones north Of Cheyenne river among
the many Indians who have taken al
lotments in that reservation. They
have made application to the agent
for such a change, and 1t will likely
be granted to them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
Supreme Court Decisions.

In the supreme court petitions fol
rehearing were denied in the cases 81
che State vs. Gilbert, Kirsh, Harvey
and Mcmillan, which are saloon cases
from Lyman and Brule counties, in
which licenses we're revoked. and the
court refuses to reopen the cases
Opinions were handed down:
By Fuller, in the cases Of Fred ]
Macarthur ct al. VS.. E. j. Mccoy
Brown, reversed; c. B. Chambers VS.
Martin Roseland, Faulk, affirmed
Aulman Engine and Thresher Com
pany vs.. w G. Boyd, Day, reversed
State Of South Dakota VS.. Henry
Pratt, Lyman county, reversed.
BY Haney-Frank E. Stevens vs..
Nv. Doughty, Beadle, reversed; L. An
derson vs.. J. l.. Lambert, Potter, ,af
firmed; Plano Manufacturing Com
pany VS.. Soren Thompson, Minnehaba
affirmed; Charles c. Polk vs.. James
%. Carney ct al, Meade, affirmed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
TO LET THE RED MAN WORK.
indians to Have Chance to Be Man
and Not Mere Wards.

dftA tNOI WCFS w Cu0.
It is only within the last few years
more especially within the last two
that the opening of the reservations
has wrought any considerable change
In the Indians condition
He continued to receive his rations
and lived in much the same way as OF
old, only in a comparatively few In
stances improving his, property. With
the entrance Of the present Indian
commissioner. says the World To-day.
radically different policy was in
copied.
This new movement aims at the sub
stitution Of independence and freedom
for segregation and charity. Every In
ducement Ia being offered to the able
bodied Indian to go out into the world
and seek work side by side with The
white ma1 and in free competition
with him.
1t is the policy Of labor and citizen
ship, as against the policy Of rations
and nonentity. We are giving the red
skin the white mans chance and ask
ing him to assume the white mans re-
sponsibilities.
1t is bold experiment, fraught with
many dangers and difficulties for us
and for our wards. No one can be
more keenly alive to these than the
commissioner, but he has entered
upon the enterprise with confidence
and enthusiasm that deserves success.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
DENTISTS TO CONVENE.

The twenty-ffth annual convention
OF the South Dakota Dental associa.
ton will be held in Sioux Falls on
June and 5, and preliminary arrange.
ments for the gathering are now being
made. Germania hall has been Sc
cured and will be temporarily convert
ed into q clinic room, where clinics
will be given and papers read by some
Of the leading dentists of the country
A large attendance is expected from
this and neighboring states.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
FOR A COUNTY SEAT.

The scrap for location Of the county
seat Of Trip county has already be-
gun before the county Is opened for
settlement A town to be known as
Lamoreaux. has been laid out on the
allotment OF Oliyer Lamoreaux, at
what is said to be the geographical
center Of the county, and will be in
The field for the location of the county
seat OF government as soon as the OPP
portunity arises to form legal coun-
~ Of Trip.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
: Simple Remedy for Badness.

A remedy for badness has recently
been found by a learned Egyptologist
inscribed in papyrus. 1t is said to
have been used by King Chata, the
second sovereign of the first dynasty.
The recipe is as follows. "A mixture
OF dogs paws, dates and asses hoofs
ground up and cooked ia oil, The
head is to be rubbed vigorously with
the preparation"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
"Doc. wilson, who has been in the

Gregory county jail on a. charge OF
assault with a deadly weapon, now
faces a charge of murder in the first
degree. Charles Meyers, who is al
eyed to have been cut In fight with
Wilson, Is dead at the Omaha hospital
where he was taken for treatment.
The fight took place at point on the
Missouri river, opposite Wheeler.
Meyers was cut several times In the
leg with a knife. The wounds them.
selves were trivial, but blood poison.
us set In and the man died.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
TOWN OF. SEM HANDED 1ALEMoN
Part Of 1t Will Be Moved Twelve Miles
- p,;Iroad f%in. 85 IA

Seim, in the newly settled part OF
Butte county, is to be placed upon,
wheels and moved about twelve miles
to the line surveyed for the western ex
tension OF the Milwaukee railroad.
The new town will be known as Lem
on Some OF the residents Of Seim
will decline to move to the new loca-
ton. but will remain at Seim and keep
the town in existence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
DroMns Self ia Lake.

Minneapolis, June g. - Despondent
over her illness and domestic troubles,
Mrs. p. J. McCaffery left her home
yesterday afternoon and committed
suicide by walking into Lake Calhoun.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06
South Dakota
csasr>i staas News paraara,Asd.

A movement has been started By
several farmers to organize farmers
elevator company. aud purchase the
Wentworth Hour mill. ;S