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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Tried to Desert Baby.

Webster City, Iowa, Feb. %. - A
woman giving the name OF Mrs. Ander-
son tried to desert her month-old baby
at the Travellers home. She left on
the train, presumably for Minneapo-
lis. where she claimed to live. She
was apprehended several stations
north,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Hazel. the eight year-old daughter OF
A. L. Cole of Menomlnce. Mich, was
shot in one eve and fatally injured by
her t~en.yearold brother. The boy vas
shooting a 22.caliber rifle at 4 knot
hole when his sister peeped through
the hole in time to gel the bullet in
her eve.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Wreck Fatal to Five,

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 23.-Four train
men were killed and two others in.
jured, n OF whom died on the way to
the hospital, when the fast American
express train on the Michigan Central
railroad collided yesterday with an ice
train two miles west of Ypsilanti.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
HONDURAS NOT TO BLAME
Nicaragua Invaded Honduras Without
Declaration of War.

Havana. Feb. 90. : The AssOciated
Press yesterday recei-cl the following
dispatch from T~ea.C'Galpa. honduras.
signed by Manuel Bonilla. president OF
Honduras:
Without declaration of a Mica
ragua Invaded Honduras territory. TIL"
Nicar? nan troops wore renelled in
the FIST encounter. Honduras trusts
i'm the triumph of Justice"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Sick Man Is Shot to Death by an Un-
known Assassin.

Deadwood, S. D.. Feb. 23.-J. \. To-
hey of EnglewoOd, a prOspector. was
found dead in his bed with a bullet
hole through his head. He had been
i'll with lung trouble for several days
and a friend who had been staying
wit hhim had left to go for a doctor.
When he returned in less than half an
hour. he found Tobey dead. He hah
no enemy so far as is known.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
SCENT MURDER IN DEATH.
Bookkeeper Of Mar Reported Acciden
tally Killed Is Arrested,

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 23.-AS a Sc
quel to the supposed accidental killing
of Chalmers Vestal on Sunday. w. s.
Bryant. Vestal's b~ookkeeper was ar
rested here while on board a train in
the company of Mrs. Vestal. the wild
ow. He is chargedswith the murder.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
SHEA is NOT GUILTY.
Transfers President Is Acquitted in
CHICAGO.

Chicago. Feb. 23.-PreSident Corne-
Illus p. Shea of the International
Brotherhood of Transfers and his FEY.
low defendants. who have been on
trial on Il charge of conspiracy COM
mitted during the teamsters' strike
against the department stores in Chi
guilty by a jury in the criminal court
last night.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Hermit HAMS Self,

Bookings, S. D., Feb. 22.-Charles
Gustaffeson. a farmer living in the
northwestern part of this county. CON-
mitted suicide by hanging. Gustaffe-
son was a bachelor and lived alone.
No motive for the deed is known.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Refuses Million for Tot.

Asheville. n. c., Feb. %. - Merrill
Bcecher Mills, the Detroit millionaire,
who is suing his wife here for divorce,
has offered her $1,000. 900 if she will
surrender TO him their s~iy-year-old
child, Cynthia. Mrs. Mills rejected the
offer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Saves Car From Plunge.

La Crosse, Feb. PA crowded cleo
trio car speeding down a hill toward
the approach of the La Crosse river
bridge left therails within twenty feet
OF the bridge, and would have been
dashed into the waters below had not
a telephone pole stopned its passags,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Suspected of killinq Children.

Muskogee, |. T.. Feb. %. - George
Robinson, a negro. was arrested here
yesterday and is being held pending
an investigation of the death of his
two children, who were found i'll the
ruins of his home. destroyed by ire
early Yesterday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Brakeman Falls Between Cars,

Abbotsford, Wis, Feb. %. Harry
Wright, a Wisconsin Central brake
man. fell between two cars az Dorches-
ter. One car passed over him. crush
ing one hand sc that amputation was
necessary. Internal injuries are also
feared.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Shot as BurQlar.

Butte, Mont. Feb. 23.-Fred Elgin
was probably fatally shot while at,
tempting to enter the house, of Carl
Dolman. which he had mistaken for
his W lodging house.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Divorced, Dies a Suicide.

ColfaX. Iowa, Feb. 23.-C. A. Brown
committed suicide by taking ~carbolic
acid. He had been married to his
cousin. Preston's daughter. and a di.
vorce was recently decreed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
hydrophobia Kills Man.

Chisholm, Mimi. Feb. 23.-Bitten IN
the ace some time ago by a pet dog,
GeoI e Peterson. fifty-four years Ola
living about four miles from here IL
lead from hydrophobia.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Gar Not Assassinated.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. - The re-
ports spread abroad yesterday that the
emperor and the empress had been as
sassinated are utterly and absolutely
without Foundation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Hit BY Switch enoine.

Minot, N. D., Feb. 23.-A Johnson, n
railroad employe. was injured through
being struck by a switch engine. He
was badly mangled. and thought still
alive cannot recover.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Hunter Is Fatally Shot.

Extra, Iowa, Feb. 23.-Martin Mar
tinsen was fatally shot on a farm near
here while ont hunting with his uncle.
The gun accidentally was discharged.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Fatally Hurt in Runaway

Deadwood, S. d., Feb. 23.-Charles
Modine, a driver for a brewing com
pany, probably was fatally hurt by be.
ing run over by a wagon load OF beer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Livery Barn in Ruins.

Pierre. S. D.. Feb. 90. - An over.
heated stove in the Office of A. S.
Guthrie's livery barn was probably the
cause of a con1agration ending in a to.
tai loss of the structure.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
GIVE PRISONERS PURSE.
lie sUeur County Grand Jury Makes
GIFT to Boys.

&c oUtUT IOUTIy OTdTu July VIEWS
GIFT to Boys.
lie Sueur. Mimi. Feb. 23.-Two boys
were arrested las fall on a charge of
attempted burglary at the Pettis Office,
near the Omaha depot, at St. Peter.
They were bound over to the grand
jury and housed in the lie Sueur jail.
Last week the grand jury inquired in
TO the case and after investigation
found insufficient grounds upon which
to return an indictment. They then
inquired into the condition of the boys
and found they had not a cent. The
grand jury made IN a purse Of s. and
presented it TO them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
SURGEON COMMITS SUICIDE.
Opiates Exhausted. Wounded Man XIII:
Self With Probe Needle.

Albuquerque. n. NJ, Feb. %. - His
meager supply Of opiates exhausted,
DR.. Sherwood V. Ives of New York,
who accidentally shot himself at Datil,
plunged the needle with which he had
been vainly probing for the bullet into
a vital organ, and died almost instant
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Loses All

Bovey, Mimi, Feb. 23.-Francis Kel.
ly was so badly frozen yesterday that
all Of his fingers had to be amputated.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
JApS RAISE A PROTEST.

Government to Support Cause.
Toxic, Feb. 23-The Japanese Office
in San Francisco has cabled a strong
appeal to Toxic asking the govern
ment to support their cause and point
ing out that the restriction Cf japanese
emigration would eventually result in
the extinction of their compatriots re,
siding III San Francisco.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Beast Raids Farms

L.amberton, Mimi, Feb. 8 Farm
ers are alarmed over the depredations
OF some creature which kills sheen.
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Damaging Confessions.


There were other confessions which.
while damaging TO her own character,
acC~Cntuatcd all the more tn" terrible
personal sacrifice she is making in the
effort to save her huskouI from death
in the electric chair.
After bringing out that her relations
with White continued for some Time.
Mr.. Jerome wer deeper. Mrs. Thaw
admitted that in 1903. after the return
from Europe. she spent the night at
Thaw's apartments in New York. and
that for three weeks he and She OCcu.
pied connecting apartments a. the
Grand hotel in this city.
Defendant in Bad Light.
Mrs. rhaw made what was consider
ed her most damaging statement to
the defendant when she said he had
showed her copies Of cablrgrams that
were being sent to Stanford White
from Europe, asking him to use his in
fiuence with a certain man in London
to prevent Mrs. NcSbit from raising a
fuss and interfering with Evelyn con.
tinuing H. the company Of Thaw.
Mis-. nav ALSO WIS IOlt'il - dNiiiit
that when she aud her mother went
abroad with ThaW in 1903 they We're
stin drawing upon the bounty Of Stan
ford White.
Gay life in Paris.
\ letter written 10y Mrs. Thaw in
1905 and telling of hcr gay life in Paris
with Harry Thaw and a "bunch from
the Tenderloin" WIS read TO the jury
by Mr.. Jerome. This brought out
more testimony rs to the Dead Rat
a Partisan cafe. There seemed to be
nothing in the witness past life al.fit
which the prosecutor was II q intqAl-
ed. He seemed | o have been ableINo
trace every step, largely due, doubt
less. to the typewriter statement ot
the mother. which Mr.. jerome nearly
always holds in his hand while hurting
questions at the daughter
Court adjourned until Monday.
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TEARS STREAM DOWN HER GRIM
SON CHEEK AS MR.. JEROME
PROBES HER PAST.
SHAMEFUL SfCRiTS LAID BARE
RELATIONS WITH WHITE CON.
TINUED AFTER RUIN-OTHER
INOiSCRETiONS.

New York, Feb. -. - Iuder the
stress Of a cross-eXamIinarion in which
District Attorney jerome gave no
quarter. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
brok" down yesterday upon the wit.
ness stand. With binding tears burn.
ing their way down cheeks which
from aShrn white had flushed - Grim
son. ah" admitted thai after her first
experience with Stanford Whit her
relations with the architect continued
for several months. Bat tins Ias not
all
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
SWALLOWS HER GLASS PIN.

High School Girl. Playing Basketball.
Meets With Accident.
GAINESVILLE, Wis. Feb. -. - While
playing basketball in the school gym
nasium Ethel Pond a~ccidenraIIv swal-
suffered great pain. but it is thought
that she will cover.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
ASHUELOT, N. a.

Mrs L. NJ Fay is assisting at the hotel.
Miss Addic Tufts has been spendire. t,o
past week with relatives i'm ITolvolfe
Miss 1rono sberida, bo, -, .,,a...,..
inc a yo,,n, Iad,. rriona III vil.ei taIII-
of Koena -'''9 nay 'i'o"u'
Mic t,u,., ~ ,,.u,.,.
is hol,,, a,,tort,t,,,i i'' vi LuuIo"' VI
- ne"s entertained by her sister, Mrs.
% y" N'N"elu'
MISS Mary NJ. OConnor has closed her
engagement at the hotel and returned to
her nome in Holyoke.
Mrs. II. O. Bolton and son. Stanley left
Monday for IIazardville, Conn, to spend
a month with her parents.
Frank w. Detour of tho Garorol r,too-
tric companv's works In Woet t,,r,,
Mass. is spending a two weeks, ,.acatin,,
a this home here.
IIupb sheridan nro,riot,- 80 a.. e,,..-,
dan yyooio, Iii ea,tlI W, 80 VI CHe olleri-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
How Peary,s. Shin Eonnht the Lee

on the evening Of September 16, with
the turn of the hoodtide large foe
pivoted around Cape Sheridan, crushing
everything before it, until at last 1t held
the snip mercilessly between its own blue
side and the unyielding face of the ice
foot Its slow, resistless motion was
trightful, yet fascinating; thousands of
tons of smaller ice which the big foe
drove before 1t the Roosevelt had easily
and gracefully turned under her sloping
bilges, but the edge of the big foe rose 70
the plank-sheer. and a few wards baclr
from It's edge was an old pressure ridge
which rose higher than the bridge-decx
For an instant, which seemed an age
the pressure was terrific; the Roosevelt's
ribs and interior bracing cracked like the
dlscharge of musketry. The main-decL
amldshps bulged up several inches. the
maln-rigging hung slack, and the masts
ana rigging shook as in a violent gale.
then, with a mighty tremor and n sound
when reminded me of an athlete taking
ms breath for a supreme effort. the shin
jumped upward. The big foe snanned
against the edge Of the ice-foot forward
ana AIT ana under us, crumpling up its
edge and driving IL inshore some wards
'hen came TO rest, and the com
motion was transferred to the outer edge
OF the noe which crumbled away with
a dull roar as other foes smashed against
1t and tore Off great pieces in their on
ward rush-leaving us stranded but safe
This incident of course, put an end to ali
thoughts OF further advance, and to pro-
vide against the contingency of still
more serious pressure rendering the shin
untenable' all supplies and equipment.
together with a considerable quantity Of
coal, were landed, officers and crew and
Eskimos, including the women and child
dren, working almost without interruption
Tor the next thirty-siX hours.-tComman-
der r. b. Peary in Harper's Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05


F. S Edge lowered all o,tor,o,,,,o
records for "a hours by riding I5S1 r,t,as
! 1910 yards over the Brookland. Eng. CO.
! ment track Saturday He drove n 60
horsepower Napier car at the rate Of se
| miles per hour He covered 20 miles in
the first hour.
Marguerite Swanton of Naltborr, ,,.o.
killed. and her three cornenior." 80
| slightly injured. bv tho ovrrtrrrjne, ~ ~
! automobile at WELLESLEY Mass 80, y, an
! day. The driver turned the car ~ a,.oJ5
| collision with another autorohiIo go
| crashed into a treo '"'''''o"''e' ana
The Red Cross line staar,or posoi,-,.,
with $50 passengers. rnostI,. fror,, ~,
! York and Phnadelphia was In nouieia,,
with the steamer Senlac i'm tho bort,D. 20
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Monday o,o,,irr,
Almost the whole side Of tho Soria,,' .,.1.
torn out and she quickly, sori, ,,rtu %a
decks were awash. No ono uae iri,,-..,
by the collision and tho ,,asscrgars a,,i
crew We're taken from tho Serlac -
tho Rosalind
John o'Rri.r s.,,. .,,
girl i'm an insuiflro -. nv" ".cost n
Boston. ana going 70 No., va ., S'rc't IN
So badly pumnoled b,. ,t,o 80" 80, 'd.lre was
that he had to no t,l, w. S'ahgers
where he diad fro,,, III =" "ospItaI'
voting mon u.bo 49,, INJURIES, Inc
charge, win ass,,,t, , "IesIed ana
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
NEW AAMPsHIRE NOTES

W Harry Watson, for two Years s,,b-
master of the Keene high school has
been elected by the board of eduoation N
MI the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Principal Leslie L. Cleveland who
goes . the Quincy Mass high school
MT. Watson is graduate of Dartmouth
college, class Of 1923 and taught in Great
harrington. Mass before coming m
keene. He has coached the athletic
teams OF the school for the past two
years with great success and Is a favor
lite with pupils and parents.
The storm which swept through WIN
chester the afternoon of June 26 damaged
several houses, uprooted large trees. COW
ered the ground with broken branches and
put the telephone exchange out of com
mission for several days It was the
worst storm ever experienced in that sec
ton. The Congregational church house
on Elm street and II. +. Swans and
Mrs Capron's houses on Parker street
We're badly damaged. a mammoth elm
tree which was uprooted struck the cor
her or the Congregational church house.
smashing 1t from roof to foundation and
causing damage of several hundred dol
lars Mrs. Samuel Thompson, who was in
the Kitchen at the time, had narrow es-
cape At H. +. Swans the addition used
as a woodshed and storehouse was
wrenched from the main building and
hurled 30 yards into the yard. where II
tipped over.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
Camping Season opens at Mortified.

Camp Mortified started its 18th sea-
son June p with nearly two hundred
young men in camp and prospects for
more than six hundredG before the sum-
mer is over. Most of the campers are
college boys who are up here for the
student conference The camp will be
organized in a few days and the police
committee appointed to inlict penalties,
such a s building camp fires and providing
amusement for the other campers, upon
the disorderly. The social committee will
be elected and receptions will be held
regularly. Camp fires corn roasts and
college "sings" will be arranged with
ladies day for inspection of the entire
camp, as a climax. In the athletic line
the camp has its own baseball team
which plays the other teams of college
fellows who are staying here, also Joined
them in the track meet on the Fourth.
In addition to the camp and the colony
OF summer residents on Rustic ridge,
Quinneh Tux camp for boys with an aux
iliary camp for girls has been opened
under the direction of Rev. Howard A. NJ.
Briggs of Jersey City. The attendance of
young people at the Mortified meetings
Will be new feature Of the work here.
College men have been coming in on
every train. Special cars were used by
the Yale and Harvard delegations to come
up from the boat race. The registration
is already over 500. ]. A. Macdonald
editor of the Toronto Globe, gave an ad-
dress on the Fourth. Rev. f. b. Never
Of London is conducting his class in
bible Characters" which will meet daily
during the month of July,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
VERNON
Fred A. Cook is i'll at his home
ira e, ,i Grange will hold a regular NEE
ing next Saturday evening.
The l11ipc ,fv,1. ...t,,

Fred a. Cook is i'll at his home
vernon Grange will hold a regular moot.
ing next saturday evening.
me ladies' circle will meet in tboir
rooms next Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs charles Shine of Wardsboro visit
eu her cousin, L. f. Putnam, last week
Mrs Jesse Squiers of BrocItton. Mace
Staten. MIS- H. A
MISS Esther Chase and Mrs. Ernest lar
aoee OF Marlboro are visiting at Mice
Emma Tylers. MISS
Mrs. Ransom Akey Of Guolford snort
several days recently with her daughter
Mrs. B. II. Newton.
MRS. f. j. Morse and little daughter
Margaret, have returned from foI,.
days visit in Wardsboro.
Miss Mary Miller attended the v.o,5,,,..
OF her cousin, Miss Margaret Jobnson
III Dummerston this week
Mr.. and Mrs. George Titcomb and con
OF Gardner are at their summer home NJ
L. r. Futnam's for the season.
lhree daughters of DR.. Rathbone Of
nIaItIeporo were guests of Miss Ruby
wright at lakewood farm this week
II. H. Akley took four pairs of fine
oxen to market this week He has sold
Iour good driving horses and bought two
pairs of fine horses.
There will be preaching in Union church
next Sunday afternoon at 3 O'Clock nv
KEY. ID. f. Trout of Brattleboro. The
sunday school will meet at o'clock.
walton c. Hubbard recently visited his
old nome at G. II. Hubbards briefly. He
mas served in the United States navy nine
years and for the last few has been an
electrician on the magnificent battleshin
ONO Since he returned he writes that
ne has reinlinsted and has been detailed
1or studying wireless telegraphy. and
VIII be advanced to a position in that
department when qualified
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05

John Kelley, while driving one of the
coal teams on Tuesday, was thrown from
the team. owing to the pole breaking, and
was seriously injured. No bones were
broken but he was badly shocked and
wrenched.
Miss Henrietta Webster who has re-
Gently returned from California and her
sister Mrs. Ella Webster Collins. and
children from Springfield have been the
guests of their uncle and aunt, c. E. and
Miss Lucy Webster.
Frank Mason, son of II. H. Mason of
this place, died at the Northampton Re
treat on Monday having been feeble for
the past two years. He was the second
son of II. II. Mason and has spent most
of his life in this town. Funeral SER
vices were held at his home on Wednes-
day morning, the body being taken to
Marlboro, n. H., for burial.
The body of Lizzie Adams Howe, wife
of Harry Howe of Montague City, was
brought to West Mortified on Wednes-
day afternoon. The funeral was held at
Dickinson hall in the afternoon, burial
being in the cemetery near. She was a
daughter of Nahum and Gracia Caldwell
Adams, native of this town and a resi-
dent here most of her life. She is sur
yived by her husband and one son,
Charles, of Montague.
The young mems conference is in full
swing and larger delegations than ever
before are here. Prominent among them
are delegations from the naval school at
Annapolis, West Pointers, and several
foreigners Athletics hold an important
place every day. Rev. +. B. Meyer, one
of Englands most famous preachers, is
here and holding daily Bible classes and
platform meetings. A track meet, and
the usual celebration, occupied attention
on July 4th.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-05
SOUTH VERNON

proving. ''
rev j. William Denton will preach
Sunday at IL a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Newton and SON
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Newton arc
SPENDING the week at c. II. Newton's.
The many relatives and friends of Mrs
Lizzie Adams Howe wife of Harry Howe
were shocked to hear of her death. which
took place in Montague City from a heart
trouble Her husband and one son.
Charlle, survive. The funeral was held
IN Dickinson hall near her old home. A
large circle of friends mourn her loss.
Her age was 50 years.