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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
South Dakota
State News
NO TRACE OF MISSING GIRL.
Case of Miss VI. Il. Crane Mystifics
Friends.

Friends.
The father of Miss M. l.. Crane, for
merly in. the millinery business in HUI
ron, was there Tuesday in search Of
his daughter, who has been missing
since Aug. so, and Of whom no trace
has yet been had, On that day Miss
Crane left Pierre supposedly for her
home in Long Lake, Mimi, where her
parents reside. Some months since
Miss Crane disposed of her millinary
business in Huron and in company
with a number of other Huron women
went west of the Missouri river and
entered a homestead claim hear
Philip. On July % she made final
proof on her homestead entry, re-
naming with friends in that locality
until August 20, when she departed
for Minnesota. writing her father Of
the date of her departure. stating that
on the way she would visit few days
with friends in Wolsey and in HurOn.
That was the last letter Mr.. Crane
received from his daughter. knowing
that she had friends in Huron he felt
no uneasiness because Of not hearing
from her, supposing that she was with
them. Being in Watertown on busi-
the expectation of finding her and ac-
companying her home. Arriving there
he found that none of her friends had
seen her, and continued his search
across the river, finding no one who
had seen her since she paid her bill
at the hotel in Pierre and started to
take the train for Huron. She left
Midland the 29th Of August, reaching
Pierre that night, and the next day
vanished as If by enchantmcnt.
No theory is advanced as to the
cause of her disappearance. She nat
urally was of bright and happy dis
position, with a living father of whose
home she was the life and light. she
was to have been married this fall to
n physician in st. Peter, Mimi, and
bright and happy future seemed to
await her, so self-deStructiOn does not
seem possible. She enjoyed perfect
health, and that she wandered away
while temporarily insane is not p.ob-
able. That she is the victim of foul
play seems equally out of the question,
but the fact remains that no friend or
relative has seen her or heard from
her since she left the hotel at Pierre
three weeks ago.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
THOUSANDS At CORN PALACE.
Special Train Carried Many Sioux City
Visitors to Mitchell

With the increasing excursion and
regular trains over the Milwaukee and
Omaha systems Wednesday morning
a crowd of 2,700 people was brought
to Mitchell for the third day of the
corn palace. This broke the record
for any similar day in past years. With
1000 people in the palace building in
the afternoon to hear SOusa and his
band and to see the agricultural eX-
hibits and the display of the Women's
work in the gallery there were nearly
as many people thrOnging the streets
who were unable to get in the palace
or not caring to be in the jam. Two
special trains from Sioux City and
Canton and one over the Omaha from
Hawarden, la. Wednesday evening a
crowd of 5000 people attended the
palace, while hundreds enjoyed them
selves in the street with the attrac-
tions. 1t was a gay night with the
2,000 electric lights displayed for
distance of five blocks.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
FOR BIG CATHEDRAL
BISHOP SATTERIaEE LAYS COR.
NERSTONE AT WASHINGTON.
Roosevelt Congratulates Episcopaiians
on beginning OF Great Work-True
Religion Means Active Service for
God and Man.

Sunday witnessed two events In
Washington, d. c., OF general interest
to the religious world at large and es-
pecially TO the Episcopal church. The
first and chief was the laying of the
foundation stone of the Cathedral of
Saints Peter and Paul at Mt. st. AL
ban, Wisconsin avenue The other
was the great open air service on the
same grounds under the auspices of
the international convention of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew, which
brought 10 a close the convention
which has been in session at Washing
ton for the past week. The corner
stone laying was under the guidance
of the Episcopal church in America.
With betting ceremony and solem-
nifty the foundation stone of what
promises to equal in point Of architec-
ture and outlay the most magnificent
cathedral in the world was laid at
noon.
1t was a notable occasion, made
dent OF the United States and the bish-
Op OF London. '.
Among the distinguished people in
the assemblage besides President
Roosevelt and Bishop Ingram were J.
Pierpont Morgan and Chief Justice
Fuller, of the United States supreme
court.
Among the prelates who took part in
the exercises were Rt Rev. A. f. Win
nington-Ingram, the lord bishop of
London, who delivered the salutation;
Bishop Satterlee, of the diocese of
Washington, who performed the cere-
mony Of laying the foundation stone,
and many other bishops of the church.
President Roosevelt was among the
early arrivals, and occupied the chair
of Bishop Satterlee, who presided.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
FATHER sCHELL UNDER ARREST
Fighting Priest is i'm More Trouble in
Wisconsin.

WlScCHSll.
Rev. Joseph Schell, pastor OF the
Catholic congregation at Tony, Wis.
who claims to be instrumental in dis
covering the Oregon land frauds, was
placed under arrest upon complaint of
n local taxpayer, charging him with
obtaining money under false pretenses
from the local township officials
Some time ago the township board
settled with John Fenno for alleged
injuries to his wife, who fell upon u
defective sidewalk and gave prema-
tuye birth to twins, by giving him a
certain amount Of cash and agreeing
to pay all his expenses. The twins
died, and among the bills presented
to the town board and paid was bill
of $40 for services for attending the
funeral services of the two children.
1t is alleged that after the bill had
been paid it was learned that Rev.
-ather ScheIl never saw the children
and did not attend the funeral serv-
ices, and had nothing due him from
the town. The Tony Enterprise, edited
by r. w. Richardson, accused the
priest Of obtaining this money under
false pretenses, and asked him to show
what services he performed. The sur
rounding towns are grought up over
the matter and it was decided to place
him under arrest and settle the case.
Rev. Father Schell has defended
himself in a Ladysmith weekly paper,
stating that he never put in a bill to
town board and never got any money
from the town treasurer, and accuses
the trustees and others of trying to be-
little his work. The town treasurers
alleges that he gave Rev. Father
Schell check i'm payment for the
town order and that he now has both
the order and the check bearing the
priests Endorsement.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
PECULIAR BIRGLAEY CASE.
Man Accused Because Of Taking Own
Grip from Building.

Whether or not man is guilty OF
burglary when he enters n building
and takes possession of his grip and
ether belongings which had been
seized for a board bill will be deter
mined as the result Of the trial Of a
case during a term of state circuit
court in Aurora county.
The defendant in the unique case is
William Turner, young man who re-
sides at the new town Of StiCkUCy, in
the southern part Of Aurora county.
His grip and other belongings we're
seized by Landlord Rourctt. Of the
Stickney hotel, in lieu of payment Of
board bill. Taylor is charged with
having forced an entrance into the hc-
tel building. where he took possession
Of his property and removed it to
his own quarters.
The landlord, when he discovered
what had been done, caused the arrest
of the young man on the serious
charge of burglary. If he is convict
ed on the charge his action in entering
building and taking possession Of his
own property will result in his being
required to serve q term of several
years in the Sioux Falls penitcntiary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
FAVOR CREDIT MONEY.
Ranlkers Approve Hepburn Currency
Bill.

The American Bankers association,
in session at Atlantic City, N. j..
Thursday, by viva voce vote approx
ed the Hepburn bill. which ,favors
credit currency, and voted to continue
the currency commission. @
The question was first discussed by
A. Barton Hepburn, chairman of the
currency commission appointed by the
association at st. Louis last year. This
commission had endeavored to secure
legislation to correct certain evils III
the currency system, but failed. It's
the issuance Of circulating notes so as
to relieve frequent stringency in the
money market.
When Mr.. nepburn finished a mo-
tion was made 10 continue the curren-
cy commission, and Immediately there
was protest from Delegate Yates, Of
Omaha. He said there was no public
sentiment for the Hepburn bill. The
question also, he said, was a political
one, and the members of the associa-
ton should remember 1896, when we
only pulled through by the skin of our
teeth"
What we need" he said, "is reform
of banking methods. We should usa
the cash reserves locked up in Wash
ington and not ask congress to put out
speculative notes guaranteed by the
people of the United States. They will
not stand for it,
E. ]. Parker, of Quincy, ILL.,, sug-
gested that the government obtain
control of all the clearing houses
which could, he said, be operated as a
central bank to relieve stringency in
the money market and would thus
eliminate the necessity for another in
flation of the currency.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
JAP sEALERs AS PIRATES.
Said to Have Looted Alaskan Village
on Litak Bay.

A report was made TO United States
Consul Smith, of Vancouver, Satur-
day by Capt. Munro, Of the schooner
Casec, of the pirating Of the Alaskan
village on Litak bay, on the southwest
Kodak island, by the crew of a Japan
ese sealing schooner operating in
Behring sea this season. The Casec
called at Litak bay for water, and the
Russian priests asked Capt Muro to
inform the United States authorities of
the outrage. The japanese landed
from the schooner and broke open the
houses and looted right and left. All
manner of things were dragged from
the houses. #.r
Another report was received that
the japanese sealers had landed on
Shelikoff island and killed cattle run,
ming on the ranges there.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
SOCIALISTS IN A RIOT.
Attempt Made TO Break Up Italian
Meeting in New York.

Attempt Made TO Break Up italian
Meeting in New York.
italian socialists in New York Sun
day night made the most riotus dem
onstration ever seen in Cooper Union.
A determined effort was made to break
up meeting of the federation of Ital-
ian societies called to protest against
the recent action of the Italian govern
ment against the clergy and attacks to
which Cardinal Merry del Val, the
papal secretary of state, had been
subjected during the agitation. For
twenty-five minutes the disturbers,
who were Italians, held the police at
bay, and it was not until police cap
tain with reserves hurried to the res
cue of Lieut.. Powers and the eight
men detailed to the meeting that order
was restored and the meeting permit
ted to continue. Nine men, supposed
ringleaders, We're arrested, and 100
more beaten by the police and thrown
into the street. In the night court
eight OF these men were fined.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
ON TRAIL OF BOOKS.
Kellogg Hopes to Find Missing Oil
Documents.


Documents.
Frank B. Kellogg, conducting the
suit of the United States for the disso-
luton of the Standard Oil company
Of New Jersey, made another hunt Fri
day in the hearing of the oil case TO
discover a trail that would lead to the
finding of the long sought books of
the Standard Oil trustees and liquidat-
ing trustees. When the hearing was
concluded Mr.. kellogg said that he
was closer to the books from which he
hopes to prove that the oil combine
never underwent a legal dissolution.
than he has been at any time since
the governments action was COM
menced.
Charles White, the assistant secre-
tary of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, said on the witness stand
Friday that when he went to the sec
retary's office to assume his new du-
ties there were two steel safes in the
office. One of them contained the
books and records of the Standard Oil
company, the witness said. What was
in the other safe he did not know.
Mr.. White said the second safe was
removed two weeks after he had come
there.
Mr.. White said he had never seen
the records showing the various trans
fers of stock in the liquidating period.
Mr.. White said he had hunted for
the records recently, but was unable
to find them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
T.aNIPEES WITH OIL CASE JURY.
Ohioan Accused of an Attempt to
Eribp

l.. B. Williamson was arrested We'd
nesday at Findlay, O., on an indict-
ment charging an attempt to bribe
Charles F. Thompson, a juror in the
case of the state of Ohio against the
Standard Oil company, tried last June
Mrs. Charles E. Thompson said
Williamson approached her and asked
her to persuade her husband to dis
agree and hang the jury in the Stand
ard Oil case.
The final vote ~ the jury was s to
4, the last opposing conviction.
Williamson, in a statement made in
the county Jail Wednesday, admitted
he made proposition to Mrs. Thomp
son, saying her husband would be paid
$500 to $1,000 should the jury dis.
agree.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
WILL OPEN GREAT TRACTS.
Uncle Sam to Provide Homes for
Thousands.


Homes for over 10000 families will
be provided in the northwest by Uncle
Sam during the next twelve months,
when, it is given out, the government
will open to settlement over 1000, 900
acres of timber, agricultural and min
eral land in eastern Washington,
northern Idaho, western Montana and
South Dakota. The occupation of these
lands, situated in eight Indian reser-
vations, will mark the most important
period of development since the first
railroad invaded the forests. valleys
and sage brush deserts, west of the
Rocky mountains, and means the OBJ
liberation of the frontier, with it's pic
turesque cowboys and the vivid, ad-
venturous, heroic days, which will new
er again have a counterpart in this
country. The lottery system has been
decided upon in the disposition lof
Colville, eastern Washington, 1000
Gated as follows:
Colville, eastern Washington, 1,00,-
600 acres; Yakama, central Washing
ton, 1,245,000 acres; Coeur d'Alene,
northern Idaho, 10000 acres; Lemhi,
central eastern Idaho, 100000 acres;
Blackfeet, southern idaho, 5O0,O
acres; Flathead, western Montana. L.
100000 acres; Lower Brule, South Da-
kota, $500 acres.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
SAYS PICKETING Is ILLEGAL.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses
Decision of Lower Court.

A decision of far reaching impor-
tance was handed down by the state
supreme court of Wisconsin when the
order of the late Judge J. ]. Dick re-
fusing to punish A. G. Humphrey, d
striking. molder, at the Vilter Manu-
featuring cOmpany's plant, was revers-
ed. The decision in effect is that pick
citing is illegal, and is regarded as a
decisive victory by the attorneys for
the foundrymen's association.
This case grew out Of the molders'
strike against the iron foundries of
Milwaukee, which was instituted on
the I'd of May, 1906. About LOO
molders went out on strike to COM
pei the unionizing of the various foun-
dries Of the city.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
CLEW TO MISSING GIRL.
Searchers Have Succeeded in Tracing
Miss Crane to Mankato.

d. p. Crane, of Long Lake. Mimi,
who has been at Huron in search Of
his daughter, Miss M. L. Crane. for
mer Huron milliner, and whose mys-
terious disappearance has created
something of a sensation in those
parts, has succeeded in tracing the
lady to Mankato. 1t appears that
letter addressed to DR.. Hilmberg. Of
st. Peter, Mimi, was mailed to that
gentleman on Aug. 81, being post
marked on the Omaha road. This dis
pels the suppositfoh that Miss Crane
did not leave Pierre and establishes in
the minds of her father and friends
the belief that she has not been foully
dealt with. The fact is also esta blish-
ed that Miss Crane, who intended Wis
iting friends in Huron, was only in the
city between trains on the morning
Of Aug. so. Mr.. Crane believes that
he will soon be able to locate his
daughter. and expressed the belief
that possibly mental arrangement is
the cause of her mysterious action.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
NO RELIEF FOR SCHOOLS.
Shortage of Teachers General I'm South
Dakota.

DdhOtU.
County superintendents over the
state generally are finding Themselves
at the beginning of the fall terms or
school with not nearly enough teach
ers to so around. In Hughes county
the superintendent, Miss Ida Hatch.
says she lacks twenty of having
enough teachers to fill the country
schools and does not know where she
can set the supply. She cannot draw
from any of the other counties Of the
state for the reason that generally
they are all in the same condition.
Some of them are in better shape than
Hughes, but all are short. The super
intendents say that they think the new
law requiring papers of all grades to
be marked by the state board to be
largely responsible for the shortage1
Under the old law when the third'
grade papers were marked by the
county superintendents they could,
when they knew that the general quail
ihcations of teacher were all right,
stretch the requirements when the ed
ucational test was under on one or two
studies and keep up the supply of
country teachers Under the new sys-
tenn the state marking board can only
pass on what is before them and are
compelled to work to q set rule, re-
Sulting in dropping number of the
teachers who have been working in
the country for years. At the August
examination over so per cent OF the
applicants failed to secure certificates
and the shortage is something serious
10 county !-lperintendentS, who see no
way 70 open many Of the country
schools Of the state this fall.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
SHE "RUNs". THE FIRE AWAY.
Woman Saves Farm Building from
Destruction

Becauses her barn was set on a side
hill Mrs. r. f. McKinnon, living near
Bryant, saved her building from de-
struction by fire. A bolt of lightning
struck a load of hay that had been
left against the barn. Running out
Mrs McKinnon succeeded in starting,
the wagon down the steep hill on
which the building is placed. The
blazing load carecned rapidly to the
foot of the decIivity. where the wagon.
took a short turn, tipping off the load,
and nothing was burned but the rack
and its contents. Two minutes delay
would have meant the destruction Of
the barn and other farm buildings.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
ARE SHOT DOWN FROM AMBUSH.
Members OF Railway Surveying Party
S. Attacked.

A special from Valdez, Alaska, says
the forces on the GUggenheim rail-
road, the Copper River and North
western, shot and wounded six survey
ors and workmen of the Alaska Horne
railway in Keystone canyon, fifteen
miles from Valdez, Wednesday. The
party, which was making a prelimi-
nary survey for the Home railway,
from Valdez to Summit. was ambush
ed in a canyon by force under com
mand of Edward Hassey, former
United States marshal. officers are
searching for Hassey and party.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
VERMILLION PHONE WAR.
Northwestern Refuses to Vacate the
Streets and Alleys.

Northwestern Refuses to Vacate the
Streets and Alleys.
President Pettengill, Of the North
western Telephone company, has noti-
fed Mayor y. L. Ferry, of Vermillion,
that his company declines to Vacate
the streets and alleys of Vermllion
within sixty days The president MAIN
tains that a resolution passed in 1857
by a VermilIion council granting the
Northwestern company the right to
construct lines through and within"
the streets and alleys of the city is in
effect a perpetual franchise and that
the company will stand pat on the
resolution. 1t is evident that a fight
is in sight which may be settled in
court
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
PhafjS Admitted tn Rail.

The attorney for Lon Pharis, held
for the killing of Jesse Wallace at
Brushie, Wednesday went before
Judge MCGEE at Deadwood and made
application for bail. After the con-
sideration of evidence given at the
preliminary hearing bail was fixed at
$4,000, which will probably be given.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Finds Ancient Piece of Pottery.

George Reed, of Pierre, found on a
sandbar in the Missouri river an un-
broken bowl of Rec pottery. The find
was about a mile down the stream
from the place where w. r. Ferguson
found another perfect gowl early i'm
the summer. The find, unlike most of
the pottery manufactured by those In
dians. is without any ornamentation
whatever on the outside
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Oil Tank ExplOdes,

James Copper. James Reilly and
Richard Smith were killed instantly
early Friday by the explosion of an
oil tank from which they were drawing
crude petroleum into a sprinkling cart
for use on the Morris Park race track
in New York City.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Fine School at TyndaII.

The magnificent new school building
being erected in Tyndall at cost Of
100000 is nearing completion. The
structure is a beautiful piece of archi-
lecture, constructed of brick and
stone. and is claimed to be the finest
and largest structure of the kind ever
erected in South Dakota
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Would Exclude All Oricntals.

A monster petition signed by hum
dreds of British Columbians is on its
way to the premier, Si, Wilfrid Laur-
ier. 1t prays that the government
Immediately pass legislation to insure
the absolute exclusion of orientali
from the Dominion of Canada.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Carrie Nation Released from Jail.

Mrs Carrie Nation, recently COM
mitted to the work house at Washing
ton, d. c., for disorder conduct, was
released Thursday. her fine having
been paid by friend.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
To Use Bridge Only at Nieht.

The Northwestern road has issued a
circular letter providing for the cross
ing of live stock over the new bridge
at Pierre az night after the 5th of Oc-
tober. The crossing at night is on ac-
count Of the construction cors pany's
cars being upon the bridge most Of
the time through the day until the
bridge is finally completed, about the
15tn Of OctohQr.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Dies on Public Road.

While on his way to his cabin in
Pocket gulch, above Central City, Pc
ter Mooney. for over thirty years d
resident of Central City, suffered a
hemorrhage and expired before aid ar
rived. Mr.. Mooney was 60 years of
age, and so far as known has not a
single relative.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Dies in Sunday School.

With the final words of the opening
hymn which he was singing with his
Sunday school class, God Be with
You Till We Meet Again." upon his
lips. Frank b. Kitchener, a prominent
real estate man of st. Louis, dropped
dead at the Second Presbyterian
church.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-03
Bear Hunting i'm the Hills.

Bears in the hills surrounding the
belt towns are reported somewhat
plentiful this fall, and some good
hunting should result. Several OF the
miners have exciting experiences to
report in meeting the bears. but as
miners are not usually armed and are
poor hunters the bears are still around
to tell the tale