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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
NAY lNpIcr SANTA FEE.
Accused OF Having Paid Rebates 10 n
Sugar COMPANY.

The government is trying to secure
indictments against the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad and Some
Of the company's officials on a charge
of having paid rebates TO the United
states Sugar and Land company, or
Garden City, Kan. 1t is claimed by
agents of the government that the
Santa Fe road paid the sugar
a bonus of between $4,000 and $4o,-
600 to locate a sugar beet factory at
Garden City in 1905. This bonus, II
is charged, was based on he mount
Of tonnage the company should De
able to produce for the Santa Fe ana
was paid out Of the develop
ed, payment being on a definite
agreed basis.
In regard to the case President KIP
ley, Of the Santa Fe, said:
"It Is true that we paid the
company a bonus of $4,000 to locate
at Garden City, and we are ready TO
defend that action. 1t is
to say what we granted a rebate to a
company located on our railroad ana
having no other means of shipping out
Its product"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
RODE 700 MILES TO WED.
Act Of Plucky Wyoming Girl Disclosed
by

Act OF Plucky Wyoming Girl Disclosed
by Accident.
The injuries sustained by Robert
Mcfarland, a young railroad engineer
stationed at Lewiston, Mont, in being
thrown from his horse, disclosed the
romance of his marriage with Miss
Fannie Morris, daughter of a wealthy
stockman in the Big Horn basin of
Wyoming, who rode 700 miles to meet
her lover. The story was told ia the
hospital, where Mcfarland Is q pa
tent. The bride told the superintend-
ent that her parents would not con-
sent to the wedding, so h left home
on a pony on the long ride, which oc-
cupied three weeks, Owe rough ooun-
try. Her best days ride was eighty
miles, made the last day of the trip.
The bride is 20 years Of age. h is
an expert with the rifle aud revolver,
and can duplicate any feat of horse
inanship performed by a cowboy. She
Is q friend OF Col. William F.. Cody,
who recently invited her to join his
wild west show, but her father would
not consent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
GHOWS
$50 @LLE6Es
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IL was announced that Frinceton UNI
sersity had received sH,s OF ~9l,-oo'ooV
from persons not named ana tnat the
money would De used 10 ouliu TWO iapofa-
torles-
President William Jewett tucker OF
Dartmouth college has rendered his res
ignation to the trustees, giving as ms
reason, heart trouble, which made 1t I'M
peratlve TOR him to retire.
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania has signed
the bill authorizing school boards of cities
to set aside money each year to create a
retirement fund for public school teach
ers, the method being left entirely to the
discretion of the different boards.
Speaking at the graduation exercises of
the Friends select school at Washington,
where his son, Archie, was a pupil, Presl-
dent Roosevelt pictured his ideal Ameri-
can boy as one who plays hard and works
hard, who is brave and strong, but gentle
and kind. The bully, he said, was the
meanest boy IN the world.
The report of a committee at Bowdoin
on the means employed by students who
are working their way through college,
shows sixty-seven different occupations
in use. The highest amount earned was
that 500 in a year by one student as.
the pastor of a church. Another made
$500 by managing a summer camp. A
canvasser for stereoscopic views profted.
$3.50, and a book agent made 5000. One
enterprising student got VI a local di-
rectory, and vas paid $500 for it. An
other organized a touring party and
earned $3.50. Other profitable jobs Sc
cured were tutoring, snow shoveling, car
conductor, hotel steward, clerk, draughts-
man, summer school teacher, chauffeur
butcher, farmer, purser, reporter and ca
terer. The committee reaches the con-
clusion that any person blessed with good
health and the will can earn half his
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
BONDS HELD VALID.
New Yorker Gets Judgment Against
St. LaNrcncc Township.

Another of the st. Lawrence town
ship cases which has followed the
d~ecadence Of that town was settled in
the United States court at Pierre by
giving a judgment for $4,000 and in
terest to Chas. +. Furman Of RocheS-
ter, N. Y, on bonds against st. Law
renee township. in Hand county. 1t APP
pears that the bonds in question were
issued to pay for the sinking of an
artesian well in the "old dry days for
irrigation purposes the work being
done under the provisions of the Mel
Vile irrigation code" which was en-
acted to help out in the days when
the whole land of Dakota was crying
out for water, instead Of the present
demand for drainage. h township
kept up interest on the bonds for sew
eral years. but about three years
stopped these payments and now de-
sires to prevent any payment on the
principal Since the town of st. Law
renee has practically been eliminated
from the map on. account of the
growth of Miller a. number of suits
nave been brought on pic time securi-
ties which were issued by that town or
township in boom days and which the
people who remain at the present time
are 10th to pay. .....
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Oil Trust pipe. for Others.

The Circuit Court at Findlay, Ohio,
has ruled that the Buckeye Pipe Line
Company, a subsidiary of the Standard
Oil Company, must accept all oil offered
by the independent producers, and at a
fair remunerative price. 1t had been al
legged by the State of Ohio that the price
for transporting independent oil had been
20 cents a barrel, which was a prohibit
tive rate. This decision is. expected to
assist Prosecutor David when the case
against the Standard Oil and the Rookie.
fellers comes up for trial.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21

TELEGRAPH employees ON THE
VERGE OF BIG STRIKE.
Business Mans Appeal to President
for Intervention is Turned Over TO
Labor Commissioners Nciii without
Comment.

Strike talk was about the only thing
heard Sunday afternoon at a mass
meeting OF the Chicago Commercial
photographers. Fifteen hundred teleg-
raphers attended the meeting. includ-
ing more than 100 girl operators.
The union did not vote to strike, but
1t did the next thing to 1t In the abb
sence Of full authority.
1t passed a resolution declaring it
the sense Of the local that National
President Samuel J.. Small, OF h
stelegraphers, serve ten days notice on
the Western Union officials in New
York hat they must meet the en-
ployes' committee for the discussion
and adjustment Of grievances or bear
the responsibility for interference with
public business. which would follow
action that will be incumbent upon
this organization, this being a polite
way OF threatening a strike.
C. d Jones. chief te~legrapher OF
Chicago division, No. 81, Railroad
photographers, created considerable en-
thusiasm when he pledged the indf-
v1dual support OF the $4,000 members
OF the general organization.
He had written, he said, to every d.
vision in the United States. Canada
and Mexico.
"A strike assessment OF one days pay
was voted, which will amount from
the Chicago telegraphers to about @6.-
900. From all the union ~telegraphers
in this country It was said that the
'bene1it would reach $4,000.
kilograms were received from New
York and other cities encouraging the
Chicago telegraphers in the stand they
have taken.
a message from the national presi-
dent, now In New York. stated that
the national officers expected to stay
with the Western Union officials until
the grievances were adjusted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
z al LINE.
Proposed I~nterurban Electric Line Has
Been Formally incorporated.


Been Formally Incorporated.
The incorporators Of h Wagner,
Lake and Armour Traction company
held the first regular annual meeting
at Wagner. The officers were elected
for the ensuing year as follows: Pres
ident, John Absher; vice president,
John Stedronsky; secretary, E. r.
WanZer; treasurer, A Amundson;
auditor, A. H. PeaSe.
Arrangements were made to take
over the electric light and power plant
at Wagner, the same being now in OPP
Grafton: also to build the power house
at Armour and place the order for ma
chinery at once the cost of which will
be about $4,000.
This will undoubtedly be the first
interurban or electric railroad east CO
the river in the state, and as it Will
~averse a ,populous and prosperous
farming country there can be but n
solution as to the manner in which its
advent is being demonstrated by those
concerned. -u.
The right of way has been secured
from Wagner north twenty miles to
the county line over a route with few
bridges and very low grades making
the cost of construction very low.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
PUTS UP BIG BOND.
=. n. Kirby stands for $3,5OO,OOO for
nh NnrNn~ny

=. n. Kirby Stands for S3,5OO,OOO for
OIL Company.
John Henry Kirby. OF Austin, Tex,
. well known lumberman Saturday
signed for $500, 900 in behalf OF the
Water-Pierce Oil company, which
was placed In the hands OF a receiver
Friday by Judge Brooks. Of the state
district court, and which has previous
~ been fined something over $780,
100 IN ines and court costs. Mr.. Kir-
BY says that as far az lies In his pow
er he will assist every man and every
corporation to have a fair trial be-
fore they are adjudged guilty and
sentenced to imprisonment or banish-
mont from the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
STRIKE.
Black Hills Prospector Finds valuab

Black Hills Prospector Finds Valuable
Ore Near the Custer Peak
An interesting strike has been made
by Frank Ames on the Dundee group
of claims adjoining the Merritt strike
near Custer Peak. The ore encounter
ed is the same variety as the Merritt
material, but while the latter is found
at the grass roots of the Dundee ore
is in the quartZite. The vein which at
first diminished to a small stringer has
again widened out and has been open
ed up for a distance of sixteen feet.
1t carries go ounces in silver.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN.

Train Piunges Down Embankment
and Seventeen Persons Injured.
Seventeen persons we're injured in
Limited on the Great Northern rail-
way west Of Palermo. N. D., at 5
O'Clock Saturday morning. Nine cars
plunged down o twenty-foot embank-
ment and all but the mail a burned.
Engineer James Longevan went down
with the engine, but escaped injury.
Fireman Hugh A. Nolan jumped and
hurt his foot. The wreck was caused
by . broken rail, which Engineer
.Longsvan says that he saw long be
fore the engine left the track.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
SCIIMITZ is GUILTY.
Frisco Graft Mayor is Convicted or
ExtortiOn.

Frisco Graft Mayor is Convicted or
EXtOrtiOn.
A jury of twelve of his peers mas
declared Mayor Eugene r.. Oh
San Francisco, guilty of the crime OF
extortion as charged against him pv
the Oliver grand jury.
The jury was out just one hour ana
thirty-fve minutes. They elected Chas'
K. Capp foreman and at once proceed
ed to an informal ballot. This was
cast verbally and stood eleven FOR
conviction and one for acquittai, Juror
Burns. a shoemaker, casting the dis
senting vote.
Then the twelve men began a als-
of the evidence which lasted
for nearly an hour. At the end OF
that time the first formal ballot was
cast. 1t was a written ballot ana was
unanimous for conviction.
The court will pass sentence on
June 27.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
INVITED TO LEAVE PIERRE.
Capital City Gets Rid Of an "Undesir-
able Citizen"

Last winter Robert Neaves, while
lying IN the hospital in Pierre with a
broken leg. advertised for a wife, in
III advertisement describing himself
as possessed with property sufficient to
keep two. and that he would make a
good husband, with nothing the matter
with him but a broken leg. He has
just left Pierre after notification that
his further presence with his late ac-
tons continuing would cost him dear
ly. He has paid a number Of fines on
charges, of ~disorderly conduct and one
nne for pouring acid on the back Of a
horse which did not act just as Neaves
desired him to.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
iowa Divorces Knocked ont.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has
decided that Mrs. Edna B.. Plat, who
left her husband at New Haven. Conn.
and got a divorce in Iowa on he ground
of desertion. in order to be remarked
there. is still the wife of Piatt that she
is guilty of bigamy, and that the children
by the second marriage are Legitimate.
The first husband, Platt. brought suit
against his wife, claiming that service
upon him had been made only through
an advertisement in an Iowa newspaper
and alleging bigamy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
THE GOULD souAssLE.
Howard and His Wife Each Say
UrIy Things About the other.

The legal fight between Howard
Gould and his wife, who was the ac-
tress, Katherine Clemmons, is gradu-
ally reaching a climax. Mrs. Gould
asks legal separation on the ground
that he is an unfit person to live with,
and that he has tempered with her
mail. She asks alimony to the mount
of S25o,ooo a year She admits the
amount is large. but claims it is in
accord with his great wealth and none
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
For New Railroad.

A meeting of the representatives of
the Commercial clubs of Mitchell, Sa-
lem, Bookings and Madison was
held in Madison and further plans
were considered anent the projected
railway line between, Bookings, Mad
ison and Mitchell. Considerable i'm
terest is being manifested by repre-
sentative men of the above towns and
concerted action means considerable
10 this prospective line.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
NEGRO TERRoRIzE, MITCHELL
Big Black Finally Subdued by Five
Policemen.

Amos Chandler, a big, burly negro,
had the lower end of the business
section of Mitchell terrorized Tuesday
night when with a big 44-caliber gun
in his hand he ~traversed hat section,
declaring that he was going to kill a
couple of fellows before he got out of
town hat night. Chandler lost his
Job as a porter and commenced to fill
up on booze. His threats to kill caused
a great deal Of excitement, and with
the gun in his hands he had the crowd
at bay. Two policemen finally tackled
him and three more were called on for
assistance to get him to Jail.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Official Admits His Guilt.

John E. Heating. a member of the
Kenosha, Wis, police commission and
one of the best known Democratic pol
iticians OF the city. slipped into the
circuit court n pleaded guilty on a
charge of leasing a building for a
gambling room, and was fined 500.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Clay County pioneer Dies.

John w. Hagaman died at his farm
home In Star township as the result of
an injury received a week ago. When
at the bottom of a steep elevator drive
way in Wakonda, the wheels of one
side of his wagon went into a ditch
and Mr.. Hagaman was thrown to the
ground. He suffered injuries about
the head.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21

Carrie Nation Arrested and Fined.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined SIS in
the police court of Washington on the
charge Of creating a disturbance at a
local saloon. She paid the fine and
said it was the twenty-ninth PENALTY
that had been imposed upon her by
the courts of the country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
ncntists Elcct omcers.

The members of the State Dental
association elected the following Of
sfcers, in session at Sioux Falls: Pres
ldent. DR.. A. l.. Reyell, of Lead; sec
rotary. DR.. Ferd Brown. of Sioux
Falls; treasurer, DR.. J. w. Shoots, of
Beresford.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
1,;re in yankton Laundry.

A damaging fire occurred at Yank-
burning the stock and fixtures OF
Mielenz & Co.'S steam laundry, causing
a loss of $1,000. A large portion OF
the burned material belonged to pa
irons of the laundry. The fire caught
from an imperfect oil stove and spread
so rapidly tha the dozen employees
barely got out of the building.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Convicted OF Land Fraud.

The jury In the north Idaho land
conspiracy cases Saturday returned Q
verdict Of guilty on two Of the five
counts Of the indictments against 6.
HI. Kesler. William Dwyer and w. p.
Kettenbach and acquitted them or
the other three counts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Rockville for saloenkeepers.

Four saloonkeepers of Cherokee.
kan, who pleaded guilty. to violating
the prohibition law, were fined $500
each, ordered to pay the cost of the
suit and were sentenced to thirty days
on the rock pile.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
FACING SHAME; ENDS LIFE.
Witness In a Murder Trial Commits
CufCiI1o

Witness in a Murder Trial Commits
Suicide.
When his name was called in court
at Huntington, Ind, Emery Mosher
failed to respond and a deputy sheriff
was sent out to find him, who reported
himself.
Mosher was to have been a witness
In the case. charging his father Il
sister Nora with the murder of the lat
ter,s infant child. Rather thar face
the shame Of the trial Mosher tool
his own life. Nora became hysterical
on hearing the news and its effect is
feared on her mother, who is of feeble
mind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Unfoundcd Rurnor Of Reyolt.I

The runior that a serious uprising i
Impending in Pinardei sIsie province
swxs published in a Havana Eewspape
sunday morning. Gov. Magoon inves
tlgated h report and declared IL tc
be unfounded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Promotion for lines.

r. P. lines, a we'll Known young
man of Spearfish has been promoted
to forest Inspector and transferred to
district No. 2, with headquarters in
Denver. He has for the past two
years acted as technical assistant to
Forest Supervisor j. F. Smith. Mt.
lines Isl native of the Black Hills.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
KiIls vic with Fist Blow.

Henry Wolff. of the town of ;Iaston.
wis. in a quarrel with his VIE. killed
her with a blow of his fist as they
were struggling for the possession of
q revolver which she was said to be
f%ourishing ait him. He surrendered.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Bankers Meet at Huron.

President Issenhuth opened the an
nual meeting of the South Dakota
Bankers association at Huron We'd
nesday afternoon. Banks in every
part of the state We're represented.
Chicago. Sioux City, st. Paul, Des
Moines, Cedar Rapids and other cities
also were represented.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
WAS A "JoB" PLANNED.

Sensational Developments in Pennsyl-
vania Scandal.
A sensation was caused at Harris
burg, Pa. Thursday by the discovery
that William l.. Mathues. former state
was detected looking over
the books of the treasury department
late Wednesday night. The discovery
was made by Patrick McGrann. who
was chief Of police at Chester when
w. H. Berry, present state treasurer.
was mayor Of that city. and who is
now a clerk under Berry in the treas.
ury,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
RATTLE IN
Two Mem Killed and Two Wounded in
Fight Over Whisky.

At Lee Rose, Owsley county, four
miles from Bonneville. KY, q brawl
occurred Sunday afternoon in which
Tom Wilson and Wiley Bowling were
instantly killed and Henry CaudeIl
and william Long were wounded. Tom
Wilson. Henry Cauden and Henry Col
iins fought on one side and John Es-
tcp. Valley Bowling and William Lons
on the other. The fight started over
some whisky and more than a dozen
shots were fred. Henry Caudell is moi
expected to live.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Rain Does Big Damage.

A heavy ainfall was experienced in
Minnehaha county last week, a total
precipitation of 81 inches falling in
three days. Considerable damage was
done In Sioux Falls by the overfiowing
" cellars.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
HANTON CHIEF RANGER.
Watertown Man is Elected by Catholic
FOreSterS.

The grand court of the Catholic Cd
der Of Foresters of South Dakota,
which has been in session at Howard,
elected the following officers: State
chief ranger, John B. Hanton, of Wa
tertown; vice chief ranger Patrick
Scanlon, of Salem; state secretary. Pat
rick Walsh. of Henry: state treasurer,
r. N. Author, of Jefferson; trustees,
Thomas Fitzgerald of Howard. G. H.
Finn of Pierre, William Wagner of
Webster; delegate to the national con-
ivention at St. Paul, Mimi, John 3.
Hanton, of Watertown; alternate, J. P.
Roth, of Webster.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Woman slayer>to Get Pardon.

Woman Slayer>to Get Pardon.
Holding that the unwritten law vas
made to apply to both men and wom-
en-, Gov. vardaman, of Mississippi, an
nouced hat he would pardon Mrs. An
gle Birdsong. who was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary for kill
ing DR.. Thomas H. Butler. her fami-
ly physician and counsellor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Makes His Child Drink Poison.

Robert Jolly, of Indianapolis, Ind,
aged As years, living at 1O11 North
Senate avenue, killed his daughter
Gladys. aged 9 years. by forcing car
bolic acid down her throat. 49,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
RUSSIA FEARS CHINESE.
Endeavoring to Greatly
Forces on Borders OF siberia.

Russia's plan of reconstruction III
the far east now appears TO De oaseu
on the zeal of China. Notwithstanding
a lack Of money, Russia is
Ing to greatly strengthen the Siberian
borders. The. effect Of their loss or
the Manchurians. and the
away Of the high mandarin benefcia-
ries, despite the subsidies PAID
to them, together with the lofty att'-
tude of China, now that the japanese
are regarded as hectoring and brow
beating them, powerfully lmpresses
the Russian people.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21

Boy Struck by Ball Near Death.
AS a result of being struck by a
baseball during an amateur game
played at Kenosha. Wis, William Sor-
rensen, aged is years, a member of
the West End club of Racine, is be-
lieved dying.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21

New Paper for the Harmsworth.
The London Globe. the oldest even
ing paper in England, has been pur-
chased by H~ilderbrand Harmsworth,
brother of Lord Northcliffe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
Embezzling Teller Goes to Prison.

Chas. F.. Grotefend, the confessed
embezzling teller of the Washington
National bank, Of st. Louis, who fled
to Sweden Inc was brought back re-
Gently, was taken to the Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary Wednesday to
serve a sentence Of five years impris-
npnoapf
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
TELLS OF A PLOT TO KILL.
Fairbanks and Foraker Involved In
Sensational Alabama Tale.

Sensational Alabama Tale.
A special from Selma, Ala.
A newspaper man who arrived here
Friday morning from Montgomery.
Ala, reported to the chief OF police
that while at Montgomery station ear
ly Friday he overheard two men of
foreign descent saying there was a
plot on foot to assassinate Vio Presi-
dent Fairbanks and Senator Joseph b.
Foraker during the funeral Of Senator
Morgan, at Selma, Saturday. The as
sassins, according to the story, were
coming to Selma from New Orleans.
Chief Taylor, Of Montgomery. puts no
faith in the story.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
investigating Insurance Company.

investigating insurance company.
The state insurance department of
Minnesota is making an X animation
of the Queen City Fire Insurance
company, of Sioux Falls, and in that
work Chas. w. Farnham, of st. Paul,
is in the insurance department in
Pierre looking over securities which
were deposited by that company with
the insurance commissioner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21

Green Bug Appears in South Dakota.
Farmers over the central portion of
the state are carefully watching the
developments of the green bug, which
made it's appearance in he wheat
fields in Beadl county a week ago.. Up
10 h time no damage is p~erceptible.