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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-09-04
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

Sept. 9-14-Angell's Comedians at the
Grand.
Sept. l0-13-Winnesheik County Fair
Sept. 14-Base ball, DEBORAH VS.. st.
Paul Colored Gopbers.
Sept. 23-District court, Judge Hob
son.
Lecture Course. 1907-0S:
Oct. 10-Parland- Newhall Co.
Nov. 4-Frederick Warde.
Dec. 4-Frank r. Robertson.
Feb. 14-John Temple Graves.
March 10 - Clarke.
- Luther College Band.
Nov. district court, Judge Fell
lows.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
MYSTERY TO REMAIN
NO SOLUTION OF DEATH OF HOR-
ACE MARVIN.
Public is Skcptical, as Accident The
Ory Cannot BE Satisfactorily Ex-
pIaincd-Body to- BE Brought to
Sioux City for Burial.

"Horance n. Marvin, Jr. died
March 4, 1907, aged 3 years and 10
months"
This simple inscription was Sunday
placed upon the casket of the little
son of Dr. Fl. n. Marvin, who disap-
peared from his home near Dover,
Delaware, just two months ago.
Later in the day funeral services
were conducted in the parlor Of the
Marvin home by the Rev. III. b. Kelso,
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and afterwards temporary burial was
made on lawn of the Bay Meadows
farm. Later the body will be removed
to Sioux City, Ia
Immediately upon the finding the
body Saturday the machinery Of the
state and county was started to dis
cover the cause Of death If possible.
Accidental death with peculiar sur
rounding circumstances probably will
be the verdict. Coroner Joseph CAL
loway impaneled jury and testimony
was taken.
Fully 500 farmers and others
swarmed around the small building,
anxious to look at the features Of the
little boy. The face was hardly rec
ognizable from the familiar portrait
with which the country was flooded,
for 1t was much swollen.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
PAY FOR GRAIN ELEVATION.
Great Western Road to Allow Three
Quarters of u Cent.

Announcement was made Saturday
by the Chicago Great Western rail-
road thas, beginning May 7, it will
pay y of cent per 100 on all grain
handled through elevators at the Mis-
souri, river and shipped via that line.
The payment is to be made to the
owners of elevators and not to COM
mission firms or owners Of the prod
uct. This action is the result of the
recent decision of the interstate COM
merce commission reducing by SO
cents per 100 pounds paid on all grain
handled through the Peavey elevators
by the Union Pacific railway. 1t was
stated in the decision that as the
charge was supposed to pay for the
actual cost Of elevation. u Of a cent
should be sufficient. Whether other
lines will meet the competition has not
been announced.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
KILLED COUNT BY MISTAKE.
California Posse Took Nobleman for
Murderer.


A supposed desperate who was
killed at Willows, Cal, Monday after
a running fight with a posse of Off
GERS has been identified as Count Otto
Won Valdstein, Of Austria, a scion of
a noble family of history, a nephew to
a cardinal and to Prince Wurtemburg,
one Of the richest men in Franz Jo-
seph's empire.
The identification was made at
Willows by Miss Mary Fitzgerald, Of
San Francisco, who knew him well.
after the body of the young nobleman
had been exhumed from the potter's
field.
Count Otto died fighting, believing
he was attacked by band of robbers.
The posse thought it had run down
Smith, the murderer of John Marco
vich, of Oakland.
Otto left Austria six years ago be-
cause of love affair. He fought
through the Boer war. He wandered
to America, a poor man, without a
profession, to work with his hands for
existence. He quit a job in Placer
county the day before his death and
was walking toward San Francisco.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
PRISONERS IN IRONS.
Police Of Nicaraguan Town Taken by
Americans.

Americans.
The chief Of police and several po-
iicemen of Puerto Cortez are In irons,
aboard the American gunboat Padu-
oah, charged with murderous assault,
and face a trial by cOurtmartial and
possible hanging from the yardarm
of the Paducah. They were arrested
on orders issued by Commander Full
lam, of the Marietta, for attacking
Louisiana negro named Gen. Davis
there and perhaps fatally injuring
him. A number of Nicaraguan officers
and men were also arrested in con-
nection with the affray.
Davis, who is an inspector for the
Thacker Bros. steamship line, was
talking with some negro companions
when he was threatened with a ma
chete by drunken soldier. Davis
wrested the weapon away from the
man and went into a house near by.
Soon squad of police and soldiers ar
rived and arrested him. While being
dragged to the quartet Davis was
beaten into insensibility Thinking
Davis was dying they took him back
to the place of his arrest and threw
him on the ground, refusing to allow
his companions to remove him into
the shade. Physicians arrived and
found him perhaps fally hurt.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
The News d South Dakota
AN ELK POINT SENSATION.
An Alleged Conspiracy Against Rod
erick Cyr-One Man i'm Jail.

ertck Syr-One Man III Jaii.
An alleged conspiracy between
Jack Gleason and John Slayman, OF
Elk Point, to get their mutual enemy,
Roderick Cyr, into trouble was dis
covered by Cyr himself, and Gleason
now is in the county Jail in default or
$500 bonds. The hearing has been
set for Tuesday in Justice John Flan-
nery's court Gleason will be charged
with the stealing of two of Cyr's
calves.
Cyr states that he was awakened
about 2 o'clock Thursday morning
by a noise outside, An investigation
revealed his own team and wagon 60
ing down the road. AS he rushed out
to get his property Gleason covered
him with a shotgun and exclaimed:
Now, you - - -, you hao me-
and now I've got you Whoever
was driving tho wagon leaped from his
seat and escaped, leaving the two
calves, which belonged to Cyr, behind
In the wagon box.
Gleason and Slayman took possess
sion and drove away, Cyr returning to
the house. When he reached the
house his hired man, Albert Ricard,
informed him that Slayman, who had
borrowed a revolver of Ricard, had
just been there and left, with his
clothes and other belongings. He
had returned the revolver to Ricard.
Slayman has disappeared, but Glea-
son was caught and is now in Jail. 1t
is supposed that Gleason got Slayman
to help him draw Cyr into fight and
give the latter the worst of it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
BOISE FEARS ORDEAL.
Nervous Dread of Tragedy During
Mlncrs' Trial

Counsel for the prosecution and de-
fense In the Steunenberg murder case
at Boise, Idaho, have settled down to
their final preparation work and there
is every reason for believing that the
trial of William Haywood, first of the
accused, will be commenced on Thurs,
day next.
Various reports as to moves tend.
ing TO further delay the trial are in
sides indicates that they are ready
to go to the bar for trial. The only
preliminary proceedings pending is a
motion by the defense for a bill Of
particulars of the evidence from
which the state hopes to show that
Haywood conspired in the murder Of
Steunenberg.
Violence is the ever present fear.
The position of the prisoners and their
activity through years of bitter labor
warfare, the disscnsion over their ar
rest in Colardo and removal to Idaho,
the rallying of thousands OF working
men to their support and the radical
propaganda undertaken in their be-
half, together with the intense feel
ing against the Mine Owners associa-
ton and other incidents have served,
rightly or wrongly, to make the case
in the minds and attitude of thou
sands contest between the classes
rather than a trial for, the alleged
crime Of murder.
In few minds is there belief that
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone, their
friends or the men affiliated with
them in labor union circles would ap-
prove. much less encourage, any act
of violence at this time, because such
act, 1t Is believed, would be a fatal
error.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
BUSY CAREER OF CRIME.
Youngster of % Lands i'm Sioux Falls
Prison.

Although only about 22 years Of age
M. NJ. Wagner, who was lodged in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary few days
ago to serve a term Of one year for
burglary, committed in Sully county
has made a criminal record which will
be envied by many old and habitual
criminals.
When he serves his present term the
troubles of young Wagner will not be
over. for he is wanted in Potter coun-
ty on a charge of horse stealing, and
the authorities of that county promise
to meet him at the prison doors when
he completes his term and is released
with the object of escorting him back
TO Potter county for trial on the
charges pending against him there.
The career of young Wagner should
serve as a warning to other young
men who are inclined to take possess
sion of property that does not belong
to them. He has been a wilful, head
strong boy since he was only a lad.
and has caused his parents and the
neighbors a great deal of worry and
trouble for several years.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
WAR ON "BIIND PIGS"
Officers Make Raid on Place at Town
of Parker.

Earl Muldoon, Ivan HargroVc and
John H. Halsey Parker men. made
surreptitious entrance into the unoc-
Cupied old Northwestern hotel build
ing on Tuesday evening and promoted
a blind pig therein. Officer Dona-
hoe arrested them on complaint OF
Mason Scott, who went there and
bought bottle of beer The trio were
landed in the county Jail. The next
morning Halsey was brought before
Justice Kendall on the charge Of be-
ing drunk and disorderely, and plead
ed guilty to the charge and was fined
S5 and costs, which he paid and was
released. The charge against Ivan
Hargove is that of selling liquor ille-
gally, and is a more serious charge.
The charge against Muldoon was sim
liar to the one against Halsey.
Deputy United States Marshal Jerry
Carlton took young Hargrove and
Muldoon over to Sioux Falls for
hearing before the United States COM
missioner. The charge against Har-l
grove was selling intoxicating Liquor
without license. Muldoon was mor}
Of a witness. Verne Palmer and job
Scott went along as witnesses.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
FAMOUS CASE ENDS.
final Settlement is Made of the Bigger
Claims.

After legal battle which had been
waged in the federal courts since 1901
Marie Antoinette Singers Bigger, now
of London, Eng, has reached a settle
ment with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Nc
Courts, of Denver, Colo, against whom
she brought suit to recover the profits
due her as heir to her father, William
II. Bush, who with the McCourts at
one time controlled the Broadway and
Tabor theaters in Denver. In the fed
eral court Judge Lewis awarded $47,-
100 in final settlement of all claims.
The total amount recovered by Mrs.
Bigger is said to be in the neigh bor-
hood of 100000. When the suit was
filed in 1901 it caused a mild sensa-
ton because of the charges made in
ne complaint.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
LITTLE HOPE FOR CREDITORS.
Assessment of Scotland Bank Owners
is Ordered.

An assessment of 100 per cent on all
the stockholders of the First National
bank, Of Scotland, which closed it's
doors early in February last. has been
ordered by the comtrollc.' of the cur
rency at Washington.
Charles c. King, who recently was
arrested in Chicago and brought to-
Sioux Falls and lodged in Jail on a
serious charge preferred by the gov
ernment in connection with the fal-
ure of the bank, was president OF the
First National bank at Scotland.
The capital stock of the defuncti
bank was $4,000. 1t is not believed
in well informed quarters that the as
sessment just ordered to be made will
aid the creditors Of the institution to
any great degree, for unfortunately
the bulk Of the stock is held by r1r-
ties who are not financially response
BILE.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
ENDS RATE AGREEMENT.
Southern Pacific Ends Relations with
San Pedro Line

San Pedro Line.
Official information has reached the
Interstate commerce commission of
the cancellation of a traffic agree
ment entered into June Is, 1908, be-
tween the Southern Pacific company
and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Railroad company.
In the opinion of the commission
the abrogation Of the agreement is of
the highest Importance. The facts
concerning it were developed at the
recent inquiry into the relations Of the
Southern Pacific company with other
corporations. 1t was the opinion of
several interstate commerce commits
sioners that the agreement was in re-
straint Of trade and might subject the
officials who entered into 1t to prose-
cution under the Sherman antitrust
law
Notification of the abrogation of
the agreement was received in a letter
from r. S. Lovett, of New York, gem
eral counsel for the Southern Pacific
company. Mr.. Lovett assigns as reason
for the abrogation of the agreement
the enactment by the California legis-
lature of law which prohibits con-
tracts restricting competition.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
HONOR "LITTLE MACK"
Mcclellan Statue Unveiled In Washing
ton.

President Roosevelt, cabinet officers,
army and navy officers and men
prominent in civil life participated
Thursday afternoon in tho ceremonies
attending the unveiling Of the statue
to Gen. George B. Mcclellan, which
has been erected in Washington by
the Society of the Army of the Poto-
mac. Hundreds Of old soldiers attend
ed the ceremonies. Addresses were
made by President Roosevelt and Maj.
Gems. Sickles, Howard and Dodge.
The statue is the work of Sculptor
MacMonnies. When Mr.. MacMonnies
first made his model for the statue in
his studio in Giverny, near Paris,
many artists admired it's vigorous
treatment. The figure of the general
had been modelled from photographs,
busts and articles worn by him during
war times, furnished to the sculptor
by relatives and comrades of Gen.
Mcclellan.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
FOR BLOWING UP A CHURCH.
Case Against an Alleged Pennsylvania
Dynamiter Given tn Jury.

DynaIIiItcr GlVen 10 jury.
All the evidence in the case Of Jo-
seph Chunowsky. charged with dyna-
hitting the Welsh congregational
at Edwardsville, Pa, two years ago,
was given to the jury Thursday.
Sensational evidence was introduce
ed in this case when a man named
Stephen Savage confessed on the stand
that he and Chunowsky had been
promised $125 if they blew up the
church, the money to be paid by a
certain saloonkeeper who ID been
refused liquor license by the court
Savage implicated prominent busi-
ness man of Edwardsville as being the
one who was ready to pay the money
This man was on hand Thursday to
take the stand and deny the statement
made by Savage, but the court said it
was not necessary as there was no di-
rect evidence to show he had anything
to do with the deed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
BIG DOINGS AT GREGORY.
Five Thousand People Attend May
Day Celebration.

Gregory's May day celebration Of
1907 is a thing of the past. The BAN
quet given in honor of Gov. Crawford
was grand affair. Two hundred OF
Gregory county citizens paid honor
to his presence. The celebration was
attended by 5000 people from all over
that part of the state. The day being
an ideal one. everybody enjoyed the
occasion to the fullest.
Gov. Crawford delivered an address.
The sports consisted of ball playing
and wild west feats such as rOping
wild steers, riding wild bronchos,
throwing the lariat, and various 9TH
er sports.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
END OF HURON LAND OFFICE.
Business is Wound Up and Office
Transferred to Pierre District


The business of the Huron land dis
trict has been about closed up, after
an existence of a quarter of a century,
in which a large amount of govern
ment land was disposed of through
that office, and within a short time it
will be consolidated with the Pierre
district. The report of that office to
the state auditor shows 313 final
proofs for the past year, of which
more than 200 were in the southern
part of Hand and Hyde counties
where the Crow Creek reservation
country was filed upon about two
years ago, and the last rush of
proofs" have gone in. The others
We're scattered over a large extent of
country, only a few in each of the
other counties of the district. The
largest additions to taxable real estate
through final proofs will probably be
shown in the Chamberlain district,
with the Pierre district second.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
FALLS TO DEATH IN WE'LL.
Arthur COwan. a Farmer. Loses His
Life Near Harold.

Arthur COWan, farmer. residing
near Harold, was killed in well
Tuesday evening. He was assisting
in digging out the well and went down
to clear out the material loosened by
blast, and feeling himself being
overcome by gas asked to be drawn
out, catching the rope for that pur-
pose. His companions at the top had
drawn him up about thirty feet when
his hold gave way and he dropped,
striking on his head and breaking his
neck
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Negro Gets Swift Justice.

Swift justice was meted out to Ed
ward Gibson, negro of Woodbury.. N.
j., who Monday night last attacked
Miss Dorothy Paris, 10 years old, of
Wenonah. Gibson made no defense
when arraigned, and he was sentenced
to twelve years Imprisonment and to
pay a fine of $4,000.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Telephone Operators Strike.

Practically all of the operators of
The Pacific States Telegraph and Tel
ephone company at San Francisco
struck Friday for increased wages.
Bookkeepers and other employees Of
the company are acting as operators
pending the engagement of non-union
girls.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
To Meet at WatcrtONyn.

Watertown is to be honored by the
next annual meeting of the South Da-
kota Retail Implement Dealers asso-
citation, which convenes in annual
convention in December next. The
association will hold a four days ses-
sion and 1900 guests will be present
The selection of Watertown has been
made by the executive committee.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Farewell Banouet TO McCarty

A farewell banquet was rendered c.
II. McCarty, of Huron, retiring super
intendent of the Dakota division of
the Chicago and Northwestern rail :
Royal by the four railway orders of
that city About 150 people were
present and the occasion was one of
great delight
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Eleven Bodies Found.

The bodies of eleven dead have been
recovered from the Whipple mine,
near Charleston, w. Va, where an ex-
plosion Of gas occurred late Wednes-
day. This is thought to be the full
extent of the fatalities. The number
injured is five.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
A DISASTER IN CHINA.
Powder Magazine Explodes with
Frightful Force.


Very great destruction of life and
property was caused at Canton, China,
Thursday evening by the explosion Of
gunpowder magazine. Twenty one
bodies already have been recovered
from the ruins. Hundreds of persons
were injured.
Fifteen buildings were razed to the
ground, and over 100 seriously dam
aged. A section 200 feet long from
the massive city hall, was thrown
down. A historical many-storied pa
CODA escaped with slight damage.
In the Shamien suburb, where the
foreigners live, a terrific shock was
caused by the explosion, but the resi-.
dents We're unharmed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Ruef Asks Change of Venue

Abraham Ruef, Of San Francisco,
1T the resumption of his trial Thurs
day, applied to Judge Dunn for a
change of venue to some other county
alleging for various reasons he could
not be fairly tried in San Francisco
county.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Popular Fund for Town Hall

The little town of Lucas, one of the
new towns in the ceded portion of the,
Rosebud Indian reservation i'm Greg
ory county is to have what probably
VIII be the only public building in
South Dakota erected with money
raised by popular subscription. The
building will be utilized as a place for
public gatherings and for school and
church purposes
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
TO REOPEN CREAMERY.
Farmers of COdingtOn County to Re-
open Creamery at Henry.

Tuesday, May Z, has been fixed as
the date for the reopening of the
creamery at Henry, Codington county
The institution will not engage in the
manufacture Of butter for the present,
but the milk and cream received by it
will be sent to Sioux City produce
company. 1t is the intention of the
owners to engage the services of a
buttermaker and engage in the man.
ufacture of butter on their own ac-
count as soon as the receipts of milk
and cream justify it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Circuit Court at Armour.

Judge Smith at Armour has made
an order convening court in that
county on the 14th Of this month.
There is not much business on the CAL
endar, and the session promises to be
snort one. The only important
criminal case will be the hearing Of
the negro, Lucius Ross, who Isl
charged with assaulting Mrs. Perry,
the wife Of a farmer, living northwest
of Corsica
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Plot Against Du.na.

A secret congress of socialists, called
to decide on future parliamentary pol
icies, opened Friday in Sweden at
place not designated. About 500 del
egates are present from all parts of
Russia, including all the SOCIALISM
members Of parliament
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Brazilian Parliament Opcns.

The Brazilian parliament was open
ed Friday. In his message to the as
sembly President Penna referred to
the Pan-American congress of last
year, the visit of Secretary Root to
Brazil. and the satisfactory settlement
Of various frontier questions.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Attempt to Wreck Train.

An attempt was made Wednesday
night to wrecka passenger train on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
heavily loaded with passengers bound
from Milwaukee and Racine for Chi
cago, but fortunately an extra freight
train struck the obstruction placed on
the track and only the locomotive left
the rails
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Identify Prisoners by PaIates.

DIR. Paul Prayer. of Vienna, an
,rmy surgeon, who has made a special
study of methods of Identification, rec
ommends that prisoners should be
identified by the shape of their palates.
He thinks the system far more effica.
cious than finger priats.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Selects Color for Onic,,, p,,,o.

Chairman Cook, of the Republican
state committee, gets into the field
early with his choice of color of Off
cial ballots under the primary elections
law, selecting white as the color of
that party. The same color was Sc
lected under the old law two years ago
and will be retained by the new
filing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
Sioux Falls knights Temp,o,

At regular business meeting ~
the members of Cyrene commanders,
No. 2, Knights Templars, of Siour
Falls, the following officers We're
elected and installed tor the ensuing
year: Commander, Fred w. Gunkle:,
generalissimo, Charles w. ButlerS
captain general, William e. Martin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-05-09
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL

Schedule of Games to BE Played at
Sioux City, la.
Following is schedule of the West
Sioux City In the immediate future:
Lincoln. ...... May IL, II, Is, ID, Is
Omaha a.,........ May 20. 80. 80. 81