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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
CITY TO OWN TWO PLANTS.
Gas and Water Systems to Be Secured
by Battle Lake.

Battle Lake, Mimi, Jan. 4.-Munici-
pal ownership and operation of puoiic
utilities is to be given a trial In Battle
Lake, the people at the election neld
for that purpose having voted to issue
bonds in the sum of $1,000. The gas
plant, which is at present owned by
individuals, is to be purchased for
$500 and $4,000 Is to be used for the
purpose of establishing a water iys.
tenn. The bonds were carried by mo :,
than a t~wo-thirds majority.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
HE o A HARD FALL.

Carpenter at vermlIion Fell From =
scaffotdIns Twenty Feet to the Floor.
Contractor Otto Johnson, who has
charge Of the carpenter work On the
new Catholic church being erected,
fell from a scaffold twenty feet from
the floor. II was thought he must
have suffered severe injury, and the
workmen who hurried to him ex-
pected to see him dead or dying. But,
strange to say, no bones were broken
and the contractor was not injured
internally. He will be able to attend
to his work In . few days. Since
coming here to work on the Catholic
church. Mr.. Johnson was called on to
mourn the death of his wife. who was
burned to death BY a gasoline exp:o'
zion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
"MONEY OR YOUR LIFE"
BIackmailers Make Life a Burden fol
Rich Wisconsin Farmer.

Chiffon, Wis, Jan. 4. - Thomas
met county, is threatened by anony'
nous letters, and the whole countr%'
side is excited. Recently he received
a demand to leave $500 under a bridge,
and his barn was burned when he lid
not comply. Yesterday he got a ie,
mand for $4,000 or his life. There is
no clue to the blackmailer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
SUICIDE IN JAIL CELL.
Man Who Shot Mrs. Guam Hangs
Himself,

Owatonna, Mimi, Jan. 4.-Fred Zim.
norman, accused of shooting down
Mrs. Guam at her home in this city
last Thursday evening, committed sui
eide some time Tuesday evening by
hanging himself in his cell in the
Steele county Jail. His lifeless body
was found on the floor Of the cell by
Deputy Sheriff Fisher, where it had
fallen, the knot that the would-be mur,
derer had tied about his neck having
become loosened. allowing the body to
slip to the floor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
BIG GRAFT IN CREAM CITY.
Padded Pay Rolls and Bogus Vouchers
Said TO Have Been Found.

Milwaukee, Jan. because Of the
discovery of an alleged ring of grafters
in the city hall, District Attorney
Francis McGovern will call for a spe'
cial grand jury to probe municipal cor.
ruption. 1t Is said that many padded
pay accounts and bogus vouchers have
been found by Controller Paul Becht'
ner.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
FINED FOR BAD WHISKY.
FarlbauIt Saloonkeepers Arrested Un
der Pure Food Law.

DER fure 900 Law.
Faribault, Mimi, Jan. 4. A pure
food law inspector made a visit to this
city, and as a result of testing articles
of food and drink in the various gro
Gerry stores and saloons he caused the
arrest Of five saloOnkeepers and i've
grocerymen. One s~aloonkeeper wss
fined $40 and the fines OF the others
were from SIS down. They We're found
with adulterated whisky on tap and
for sale. The fines of the grocers
were not 50 large.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10

They were hunting in a buggy and
started a wolf to which they gave
chase across the prairie. The chase
started a prairie chicken. which few
up ahead Of them, and one of the
hunters took a snap shot at the bird.
bringing it down and getting It in the
buggy box as 1t fell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
SUE FOR DEAD GIRLS LOSS.
Parents Of Agnes PoIreis Want 500,
600 From the kauffmaps.

lie Mars, Iowa, Jan. 4.-Mr. and Mrs.
Moses Kaufman Of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
are TO be sued by Mr.. and Mrs. Polrejs
Of Parker, S. D., for 100000 punitive
damages because of the death of their
daughter Agnes at the home of the
Kauffmans. and for whose alleged muir.
der Mrs. Kaufman is soon to be tried.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
Montana Mining Man browns.

Helena, Mont. Jan. 5.-George Cum
vile, a well known mining man, while
climbing an inclined shaft in Monte
yuma, near here, fell from a ladder and
was drowned in eighteen feet Of wa
ter.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10

Officer 70 Arrestod on Char0e OF eH.
ing Without a License.
Salem. N. D.. Jan. 4.-Sherif G.. n.
Ausin Of McCook county has been ar
rested on q charge Of selling intoxi.
cants without a license. The hearing
Is set for tomorrow. Ausin was elect
ed sheriff two years ago and vas a
candidate for re-nomina alton. but was
defeated at the convention.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
HAs MUNcHAUsEN BEATEN.
Shoots Flying Bird From Rocking
Buooy and Catches II Falling.

To shoot a prairie chicken while
on the wing while the hunter was rid
Ing in a buggy with the horses at
full run would be quite a feat, but
to have the buggy drawn under the
bird as It dropped, and the game to
fall In the box, is going at a rather
rapid gait even for Dakota hunting.
But that Is the experience which Joe
Gerlack and Matt Wagner OF Lurel,
sul,y county. claim for themselves.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
Baby.

Baby.
Youngster-We've got a e baby
up to u house
Lady--Indeed. and what's his namef
Yoxngster-I dunno; he can't talk
yet
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
MRS. BROWN RECEIVERS.

Former Wife Of Congressman Buck
man Regains Her Reason.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Jan. AIRS,
G. b. Buchanan, wife of Congressman
Buchanan, has recovered her reason
after a short curse of treatment at
the insane hospital here, and has left
for her home at Sank Rapids.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
Found Dead In Cabin,

Ely, Mimi, Jan. 4. - Matt Lake was
found dead in his cabin here. Foul
play Is suspected.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-10
THRESH NEAR GREEN ISLE.
Crew Has About Six More Jobs for the
Season.

Green Isle, Mimi, Jan. 4. - Thresa-
ing in January is something uncom
mon in this state, but such Is the case
at the present time. A threshing crew
is threshing for John Dwyer, n and
one-half miles from this place. They
have about six nor threshing jobs for
the season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
AMALIA'S MAID
IS NOW ACQUITTED
Sky e ar-Old CauS e
CeleDre Ends at
Last.

BERLIN, May 1S-A court scandal
THAT has been a cause celebre for six
years has ended with the acquittal Of
Fraulein Anna Milewska, who was
charged with stealing the jewels Of her
late mistress, Princess Amalia Schles-
wig Holstein, to whom she was lady-in-
waiting.
Fraulein Milewska's defense was that
/ the Jewels she was accused Of stealing
We're either gifts from the princess or
had been purchased by herself. This the
jury believed.
Ever since the case was first heard OF
b Fraulein Milewska has protested that
+ the accusations against her were a plot
+ concocted by Duke Ernst Gunther. Of
, Schleswig- Holstein and his chamberlain
in order to weaken her influence over
her mistress. who is now dead.
The affair began while Princess ANA
liza was in Egypt. and the enemies of
Fraulein Milewska actually denounced
her to the Egyptian police as a spy and
obtained her expulsion from the country.
The result Of the case is regarded as
a serious blow at the prestige Of Duke
Ernst Gunther, who is a brother OF the
Kaiserin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
EDWARD ACCEPTS
DRESSLER STATUE

LONDON, May IS.-By King Ed
wards command, the decision of the
Royal Academy judges IN rejecting a
piece of sculpture for tins years cNhibi-
ton has been reversed. The comm .ttee
rejected a fine bust OF Queen Victoria
Eugene of Spain by Conrad Dressler,
which was promptly accepted by the
New Gallery judges, who often take
advantage OF the Ac2demys mistakes.
The bust was accordingly placed in
position at the New Gallery, buc a letter
was received from the Academy asking
that the bust should be returned to Bur
lington House, as it had been rejected
by mistake" Naturally, the direo tors
OF the New Gallery refused TO hama the
bust over to the Academy. Then the
New Gallery authorities were notified
that the King had couhnanded that the
bust should be exhibited at Burlington
House. and. of course, it was a. once
given Up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
.LACROMA ISLAND
TO DAUGHTER OF
PRINCE RUDOLPH
Gem Of Adriattc Sold by
Priests With Pope'S
Consent.

TRIESTE. Austria. May 1s--It is an
hounced that the beautiful island OF
Lacroma IS to become the possession
OF Princess Elizabeth, granddaughter or
the Emperor Franz Joseph, the Pope
having given his consent.
The history OF the island is a romantic
one. After Prince Rudolphs death IL
was found that he had willed the island
to his daughter, the Princess Elizabeth,
but the Austrian Emperor, who was the
princess guardian. gave her 100000 in
stead, and presented the island, with its
DID abbey, 20 the Dominicans of Ragusa.
10 whom it had formerly belonged, II
having passed from their hands about a
hundred years ago, when the senate Of
Ragusa, after the death of the last
friar, sold it to the residents, who plant
ed out the abbey grounds with olive
groves and vineyards.
Archduke Erects Monument.
At the time Of the French blockade
In the Adriatic, Archduke Ferdinand
Max's flagship was blown up. and he
landed on the island Of Lacroma. and
there erected a monument to the brave
fellows who had then lost their lives
He was so taken with the place and
ties that he bought out the tenants and
partially restored the abbey. but did not
disturb the beautiful old ruined church
of the BenedIctines (Which was destroy
ed by earthquake in 1850 nor the
lcloisters.
After his death it was acquired by
Lieutenant Dumivit, and after him a
lawyer bought it and tried TO form a
company for turning II into sanatorium.
lie, however, failed, and the island was
again on the market for sale. IN the
course of an excursion from Abhazia,
Prince Rudolph came upon it, was en-
chanted with Il. and bought Il. He, in
turn, did some restoring. but like his
predecessor. spared church and abbey.
Pope Gives Consent.
The princess never knew the contents
Of her fathers will until after her mar
rage. When she at last learned what
had been her fathers intention with
regard TO the island. she left no ston,
unturned to come into her heritage
She succeeded in winning the Pope's
consent to the sale Of the island OF
Lacroma, and also In winning over he1
grandfather. the aged emperor and has
at last been able 10 buy back the island
Her mother, Princess Stephanie, now
Countess LOnyay loved the island. and
wrote its history in a little book. which
she had illustrated by the landscape
painter Perko.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-19
PROPER CARE OF THE YOUNG.

Care for its young is a distinguishing
mark OF any progressive society. The
helplessness of infancy and its pro-
longatioR as a phase OF high culture are
inculcated by biology and recognized by
compassion Science and sentiment alike
force the fact upon the intellect and the
emotions. and if parents can not or do
not fulfill their part, men win provide
these philanthrOpic and State agencies
10 take their place.--lIacmillan's Maya
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
Hoke Smith LduCted Into Office
Yesterday
AN IMMENSE CROWD PRESENT
Troops and Citizens Escort Cover
nor-Elect From His Residence To
tho CapitOl-General Clement A.
Evans Marshal of the Day.

Atlanta, Ga, June 29.-Hoke Smith
was inaugurated governor of Georgia
today at noon. The oath of Office was
administered by Chief Justice William
II. Fish, of the supreme court, before
the joint sessions of tie two branches
Of the legislature which began it's
annual gathering this week. Govern
or Smith then delivered his inaugural
address from platform erected in the
open air on the west front of the
capitol.
The feature of the occasion was the
parade of troops and--citizens escort
ing the governor-elect from his home
to the capitol.
The Fifth Georgia regiment and two
troops of the First Cavalry besides
numerous ''Hoke Smith Clubs" from
all parts of the state and hundreds of
citizens joined the parade under Gen.
eral Clement Evans, marshal of the
day.
General Evans wore his brigadier
general of the confederate service,
general OF the confederate service,
which he wore at the final surrender
at the close of the war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
COTTON GOODS EXPORT TRADE
Special Agent Whitan Makes Inves-
tigatiOn of English Method.

Washington, June 29.-An exhaust
i've investigation into the cotton goods
export trade of England has just been
completed by William Whitam, Jr.,
special agent of the department of
commerce and labor. who spent sew
eral months in the Lancashire district.
Following a plan which has been Of
great value in other countries, Major
John NJ. Carson. chief of the bureau
of manufactures, has arranged that
Special Agent Whitam shall make Il
tour covering the principal cotton
manufacturing centers of the country
to confer with manufacturers on the
question of export trade expansion.
The special agent will take with him
samples of cotton goods procured in
Lancashire that are in large demand in
nearly every country in the world,
which will be exhibited and explained.
Transportation and methods of doing
business abroad will be gone into, and
suggestions from mill men looking to
further investigations invited for con-
sideration by the department. Special
Agent Whitam left for the south today
and will be in Atlanta from July to
July 6; Greenville, S. c., July s anG
8; Spartanburg. S. c., July 10 and II;
Charlotte, N c.. July IL and 13, and
Greensboro, N. c., July IA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
PTCkPOCKFT MAKES RICH HAUL
Secured $1,000 From Pocket of
ROoknakeP at Race Track.

New York, June pa pickpocket
secured the richest haul that has re-
suited from the Brooklyn bridge crush
for long while when he stole $6,35n
from the pocket of Peter Worth, a
bookmaker at the race track today.
The money was not recovered, but
George Howard was arrested on cora-
plant Of Mr.. Worth and is charged
with having jestled him in the big
crowd at the bridge.
The platform at the Manhattan end
of the bridge was densely crowded
with passengers bound to the races
when Mr. Worth attempted to board a
train. Mr. Worth declared that he Was
roughly iostled by Howard and at the
same time felt purse extracted from
his%pocket Howard boarded the train
but the police stopped it long enough
to arrest him. The S6,350 was not in
his possession
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
KEEPING OUT OF THE WAY
WhcrcabOut of John ID. Rockefeller
Cannot be Ascertained - Second
Process TO eb ISSUED for Him.

Chicago, June 29.-Ip order to make
sure that John d. Rockefeller will be
served with a subpoena. Judge Lam
dis today decided to issue a second
process for the oil magnate, as the
original summons cannot be served
only in the state of New York.
New York, June 29.-At the office
of the Standard Oil Company no in
formation was obta:nable regarding
the course to be puroued by John d.
Rockefeller in the matter OF the sub
poena directing him to appear befor-
the United States court in Chicago
Rockefeller's chief adviser in the
case is believed to ne his son-in-law,
E. Parmelee Prentice. Of the law firm
of Howland. Murray and Prentice. AT
Mr. Prentice's Offices it was said that
he was spending the week at his coun-
try place, Pittsfeld, Mass.
PittsfeId. Mass, June 29.-E. Par
melee Prentice, son-in-law OF John
d. Rockefeller, authorized the state
ment today that Mr. Rockefeller Is
not in Pittsfeld at the present time.
nor has he been In Pittsfield recently.
Cleveland. Ohio, June 29.-At For.
est Hill, the home OF John ID. Rocke-
feller here. it was stated tonight that
Mr. Rockefeller is rot in this city
and those in charge Of the Rockefeller
home professed absolute ignorance a.
To his whereabouts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02

While the official figures for the fis-
cal year will not be announced until
Monday the figures available today are
approximately accurate. They show
that in the year just closed the in
come from the various sources OF rev.
enue was s665. .s06,134 and expendi-
lures s57S. $40, ,709. as compared with
receipts OF s594. Asa, ,121 for the last fis-
cal year, and expenditures Of $685.
7s4.799, the surplus in that year being
So, Sos. .3S2.
There has been a tremendous in
crease in receipts in the year just clos
ing. while the expenditures have Teen
only about s1e,e6s,ooS IN excess OF the
last year. The largest increase In re-
ceipts had been from customs. al
though internal revenue has showed
a big gain.
The receipts from the different
sources this fiscal year have been as
follows:
Customs, 1888 .23O. 126; internal reve-
nue.. s27O.309, ,3SS; miscellaneous. $751;
76e.619.
There has been No year in the his
tory of the country in which the re-
ceipts from customs come within
many millions of the present year
The receipts last year held the record
up to that time and this years income
from that source is about $33, 600, 900 in
excess of last year.
Internal revenue receipts likewise
break all records except during the
Spanish war. when speciaI
taxes We're being collected
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
KILLED BY JEALOUS sUITOR
Mrs. Wordsworth Ora goed From Bed
and Shot to Death

Chicago, June 29-Dragged from her
bed by jealous suitor. Mrs. Mary
Molesworth, a widow. was shot ami
killed late last night at her home,
6348 Normal avenue Cecil Gibson.
the murderer. then turned his revolver
ON Thomas Jones, a boarder in the
house, and wounded him Brobsbly
fatally.
The killing was done in the presence
of the woman's nine-year old SON, who
pleaded with Gibson to spare her life.
airs. Molesworth, who was 81 years
old, conducted a boarding house aud
Gibson took his meals there He wa;
insanely jealous OF the atteHtioD she
paid Jones.
Gibson was arrested
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
THE TRIAL OF HAYWOOD
Plans OF Mine Owners Dctailed-Cre
dibility of Orchard Impeached.


Boise, Idaho, June 29-Morris Fried
man. a former employee of the Pink
erton Detective agency at Denver, who
published his adventures and many of
the confidential reports and records
that passed through his hands in an
attack On the agency. was a witness
today in behalf of VIM D. Haywood,
charged with the murder of Govern
Or Steunenberg.
Friedman told how the Pinkertons
had sent spies into many of the i'm
portant unions of the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners.
Friedman has shock of black hair
and is of marked Hebraic type Heavy
thick glasses magnify his dark eyes.
BY name and operating number he
identified a dozen detectives who sue
| ceeded in entering Or getting close
to miners unions in Colorado. He
| produced voluminous copies of reports
| they made to the agency for transmits
| sion to the mine owners Friedman
was confidential stenographer under
| Detective Mcfarland and, so he tes-
titled, it was part Of his duty to re-
copy the reports of the operatives as
they reached the Office
| Friedman said that one Pinkerton
operative became chairman of the un-
ion strike relief committee at Globe
vile and as such haL charge of all
of the funds and food disbursed there
| by the local union and general feder-
alton.
| Friedman said that under instruc-
tions from his superiors at the Pink
ertOn agency this man first tried to
Deggar the federation by the lavish
| expenditure in behalf of the strikers;
and, failing in this, he cut the reliei
down to the lowest point of stingi-
ness in the hope that the members
of the union might censure Hay
wood.
| Aside from the introduction of Nor
ris Friedman the defense also offered
a large amount of testimony covering
Orchards credibility, the disputes as
to the time Orchard sold his interest
in the Hercules mine. the treatment
of Jack Simpkins while a prisoner in
the Idaho bull PEN. another motive
for the murder of Detective Lyte
Gregory, the whipping of men friend
ly to the strikers Gt Cripple Greek
and the circumstances under which
the process of the civil courts at Tel
luride were disregarded by the mill
tary authorities.
| Two witnesses swoTe that on the day
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill was
destroyed. Harry Orchard was at Null
len, eighteen miles from Wardner
They placed him i'll a poker game
and Patrick McHale. a barkeeper
swore that he sat in the game. By
various means. including the showine
| that McHale is a gambler, the prose
cution endeavored to break this testi-
mony, but both witnesses held to their
stories
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
WILMINGTON. NC, JULY 2 1907

go out to the world that jury Of
Virginia gentlemen put the feloR's
stripes on Virginia gentleman.
Mr.. Lee appealed strongly to the
sympathies Of the jury with both
words and tears. Sweep from Fir-
ginia the chaste homes of the citizens,
he said, "and what remains OF the
state. The purity and the dignity OF
our homes is the sweetest thing in
life in Virginia. 1t is the gift OF God
When any one invades our homes
they strike society ard the body polite
the deadliest blow. You all know how
love for your wife and how the smile
of a daughter can bring out from
your nature the best there is in it.
MY heart and my mind tell me,
gentlemen of the jury, how you feel.
| believe that when the foreman asks
you to hold up your hands if you be-
lieye the prisoner not guilty shat
every hand will go up and that your
act will be according to your consCi-
entious opinion When Christ depart
,
forgive them; they know not what
they do"
Commonwealth Attorney Bouldin, Of
Halifax county, in the closing address
ridiculed the insanity plea, calling at
tention to Judge Loving's deliberation
before and at the time Of the tragedy.
He declared the evidence showed that
the murder was an act of deliberatiCn
and that it was committed after Judge
Loving had ample time to reflect and
realize fully the consequences.
''In this case and all Others" he de-
clared in conclusion, "the guilty and
the innocent suffer alike, but you can
not measure their verdicts by SYM
pathy Judge Loving's is not the only
stricken household"
Mr.. BOuldin spoke for an hour and
three-quarters. Judge Barksdale then
placed in his instructions to the jury
a section which mad been objected to
by the defense and was not included in
structions as read. This instruction
contained the statement "the unwrit-
lSu Id" IdS ilO ISCOShiL1Ol1 III IA4lo
court" The defense contended that
this was unnecessary, but it was in
serted
The jury then retired and in 45
minutes returned with a verdict O.
mot guilty.
For the first time during the trial
the women relatives of young Estes
were in the court room.
John P Swanson. of Danville- a
brother-in-law of Theodore Estes who
was killed. issued the following state
ment tonight:
"The statement in the press today
that M. K Estes would qualify as the
administrator of Theodore l. Estes,
deceased, and enter suit against Judge
Loving, is a mistake. Neither Mr..
Estes nor any member Of the family
ever contemplated suit against Judge
Loving. We had hoped that the court
would admit the evidence of the com
monwealth as offered by Mr.. Harmon
which would have vindicated Theodore
Estes of the charge Of assault and es
tablish the gact that no assault was
committed''