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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-23
crimse and Criminals.

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crlmse and crIminals.
Frank RatxlaR, . johnson county
(Iowa) farmer, arose ut daybreak, and,
going 70 the barn, fred . bullet into
his brain.
George w. Hudson and wife were
found dead at their home r. Mobiles
Vile, Ind. II IL presumed they were
0urdered by unknown persons, whose
object ~ robbery. Both had besn
shot.
Believing that . slight injury to m
e her hands, which she received while
working In the button factory, would
eause her to be unable to support her.
self. Alma Fischer. eighteen years old.
committed suicide ut Muscatine, Iowa.
John II. Zimmerman, who shot and
killed Inward Shields while defending
Aimself from the assaults Of four high.
waymen IN the downtown section Of
Pittsburg. VA exonerated BY the Q !.
oner's jury and released. from custody.
Rapp Guy, an Italian, narrowly es-
caped lynching at tho hands Of nearly
. hundred persons In Allegheny. Pa,
following N alleged attempted assault
IN Mrs. Mary Baruko. The police had
1imculty IN rescuing the man from the
mob.
Meager details have been received
at Fairbanks, Alaska, Of the robbery Of
0fty-nine pounds Of gold dust, valued
at $4,000 from . registered mail sack
between Eagle and Ranpart. The
rack originally contained eighty
pounds.
A school for thieves Of the Fagin
class Ii believed to have been discov-
cred Ct Cedar Falls, Iowa, through the
arrest Of John Lockerby. It - alleged
that Lockerby. who 10 seventy.two
years old, had ten boys whom he had
taught to steal systematically working
tor him.
Ed Granger, o miner at the Noun
min Consolidated mine At Butte. Mont.
was stabbed In the back by . fellow
miner. IN italian. and now lies at st.
Jossph's hospital In 4 critical condl-
ton. He val stabbed with . candle
otick. 0ranoer does not even know
the Italian's name. and says that he
believes that he VA stabbed by mis-
take.
Frank Dungats. former mayor and .
prominent merchant Of Ottumwa. Iowa,
ehot and killed his fatherin-law, Geo.
Godfrey. and then committed suicide
~ shooting himself In the head. Just
What motive prompted Dungate to COM
nit the deed u unknown. He had been
sick Tor The last week and may have
eommittsd he oct 81 . AZ Of Temporary
Insanity.
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-23
Demands on Brokers.

The local union met last night, and
later 1t was announced that it had
been decided to make certain demands
upon the Wall street brokers, SO that
the brokerage houses that had not al
ready done SO would be given until
noon to sign the union scale. It W.
also stated that the strikers had ID.
cided to begin at once the publication
of a daily paper, which would set forth
their side Of the controversy.
The special leased wire news serv.
ice was materially improved through
out the country yesterday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
Queer Things Made From MIX.

You could build a house of milk, If
you liked, and it would be as strong
and lasting as though made of Aber-
1een granite, says NJ. Glen Fling in
Technical World Magazine. More
over, all the fittings could be made
Of the same substance, and they
would outlive the finest ordinary ma
terial that was ever constructed.
Billiard balls, combs, fancy boxes
and many other things are made from
the new substance, galalith, which is
made from milk.
There is really no limit to the
articles which can be made from gal
alith. 1t takes dyes readily and in
ferior grades are colored. The best
remain white, however, for white gal
alith brings the highest price because
Of its similarity to ivory. The first
grade of white galalith is made up in
to knife handles, and it brings al
most as high figure as would SO
much ivory
Galalith is the best substitute for
ivory ever discovered, for 1t is smooth
to the touch. retains its soft, creamy
tinting for years. is not marred by
soap and water and, unlike celluloid,
is proof against fire. 1t does not chip
or crack like bone, and can be cut
into the most delicate shapes. being
tough and not easily broken.
In Austria something like 100000
quarts Of skinned milk are used daily
for the purpose Of making galalith,
and the industry is largely on the in
crease. The article describes the
process Of making this queer sub
stance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
ROMANCE OF THE GREAT GUN LADY DAVIS"

men uncovered their heads. Sudden
" major from our headquarters
staff appeared, threw himself from his
horse, and said, with forced calm
ness:
Il am sorry; have a duty to per-
form. The coffin must be opened, must
be searched for dispatches. Gentle
men, as officers you know that this,
my painful duty, is inexorable.
With bayonet the lid Of the box
was pried up. within lay the body OF
beautiful young woman in bridal at
tire Upon her breast reposed
wreath Of orange blossoms. Thet
ladies, one of whom was the dead
woman's sister, pleaded that they
might lift the corpse, With reverentI
tenderness every part Of the robesI
and box was searched BY request
the young officer and two ladies were
allowed to accompany the remains on
board the steamboat Iberville. All
three were blindfolded, led through
our camp to the boat, where they
bade a last Adieu to the dead bride,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

There is quite a romance con-
nected with the great gun, Lady Da-
Wis" named in honor OF the confed-
crate presidents wife, writes a cor
respondeIt OF the National Tribune.
The captain commanding the gun was
Alphonso Dubreil He was young
sugar planter, who had opposed seces-
sion, but said If Louisiana seeded
he would go with his state. DR..
Chartrand, his neighbor, was a vio-
lent secessionist. Alphonso and the
doctors daughter, Amelia, were
lovers. Louisiana seeded. Alphon-
SO raised company and proved SO
brave a confederate that the doctor,
who had hitherto opposed his daugh-
ter's marriage, consented. The pair
were married in Port Hudson. The
bride was accorded special permis-
sion to go into the bombproofs, where
in comparative safety she could be
near her husband There. she saw
him bravely serving his enormous
gun, and smiled encouragingly on
him, while her heart was torn with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
iN THE RUSSIAN STYLE.
curious National customs Observed
ata South Dakota Marriage.

A double wedding ii the Russian
colony at Rosedale. s. D., south Of
Alexandria. lasted through an entire
day and into the evening. The names
Of the principals were Joseph Mandel
and Katherine Hofer, and Michael
Waldner and Katherine Gross.
The ceremony was begun in the
morning in the little stone church, In
which the old custom OF the men and
women sitting on opposite sides still
prevails. The Russian priest dellv-
cred a long sermon, and at 1920
o'clock he called the principals to the
front OF the edifce. the women going
first and being followed by the young
men. The ceremony proper was spok-
en- in Russian, and lasted but short
time. 1t was followed by prayer
and song and then brides and bride
grooms returned to their separate
seats.
The bridal costumes Of the couples
were very simple, the maidens wear
ing fannelette gowns with a hand
kerchief tied over their heads. The
bridegrooms. however, were dressed
a little more fastidiously, in that they
wore regular wedding suits, chief Of
which was long coat A peculiarity
about the coat is that It is worn by
every bridegroom in the settlement,
two coats being kept in the settlement
in case of a double wedding, and
whether the bridegroom be tall or
short, large or small, the coat must
do its duty.
With the ceremony over, the guests
and the bridal couples went to the
eating house, where a big dinner com
posed of noodle soup, bread, beef,
sauerkraut, whiskey and wine was
served. The women occupied one
long table and the men another, but
the bridal couples were allowed to sit
together. With the dinner over came
the interesting part Of the ceremony,
and that is the love scene which fol-
lows a Russian wedding. The com
pany went to what is called the love
room in one of the houses, where be-
fore the assembled crowd the brides
and bridegrooms sat with arms
around each other, billing and cooling,
oblivious to the comments and watch
full eyes Of the others. As a sort of
break in the monotony for the brides
one Of the young ladies' filed the
aprons Of the brides with peanuts and
candy, which they munched with COM
placency as the joyous festivities pro
ceeded. At nine o'clock the love
scene broke up and the day Of the
wedding came to an end.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

Mrs. Esther S. Damon, the last sur.
viving widow OF soldier Of the revo-
luton, died in Plymouth Union, vt.,
last month. She was SO years old.
She married Noah Damon In 1885.
when she was 22. Her husband was
then rs. He did not receive a pension
till "A years later, SO Mrs. Damon can
not be accused Of marrying an old
man for his pension money. Although
no more revolutionary widows sur
vive, there are four daughters Of revo-
lutionary soldiers still upon the PEN
sion roll. Special acts for their relief
were passed by congress. Two OF
them live in Pennsylvania, one in Con-
necticut and one IN New York. Using
Mrs. Damon's case as a basis Of reck-
oning, the last surviving widow Of a
soldier OF the Spanish war Will not die
till the year 2021.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

.nat gfow in such places are crowded
together IN dense and tangled masses.
wherefore It is TO the advantage Of q
given species. that It's seeds shall be
carried to a draw or creek-plain
where the chances Of life are more IA.
yorable."
TO show how these conditions might
ueyeiop wings on a seeding, the
writer supposes an ancestor Ct the
trees bearing such seeds to be grow
ing IN an isolated draw" amid vast
barren hills. It's fruits, while wing.
less may be supposed to produce ocea-
sionally minute winglike appendage
on the end or margin, as do many
plants The winds carry a few OF the
nascent key-fruits far away to the fer
tile soil Of another flood-plain, as yet
unpeopled BY trees Other seed-ves-
sells, unable to fly far with the winds,
perish in the tree-crowded couIee or
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

mans product is a spherical bali Of
wax and fat with a small charge, and
in tests "a balls were lodged in sue.
cession in a rectangle by five inches
at 20 yards. At a six-day tourna-
ment held in the Tuileries the Ell.
cheney Of the wax bullet was demons.
trated.
The combatants wear thick screens
for masks, with heavy glass over the
eyes. and wear thick clothing to pre-.
vent bruising from the impact Of the
balls The distance Is rs PAGES and
the weapons are revolvers, held as
seen In Fig. 1. The director Of the
combat, keeping his gaze fixed upon
a metronome which beats so to 100
times minute. makes the inquiry as
in an actual duel, Are you ready?"
and when they reply "Yesl" the d.
rector, timing his words exactly to
the beats ef the pendulum, cries,
"Fire-one eAtwo-three!"
AT the command "Fire!" the ad-
verSaries raise their weapons and
shoot. The two shots must be made
before the command "Three!" AS
the participants in these trials we're
experts they made a good average,
hitting their man six or seven times
out Of csght shots. Although m0re
than 1900 balls we're fired there was
not the slightest accident
The wax bullets can be used in
apartments as well as in the open
air. without the Inconvenience Of the
lead ball Of small callher, says La
Nature, which will probably lead to
its introduction into the armies Of
the various nations for practice shoot.
ing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
sHow RIo oAIMs.
Lutherans in the United States Now
Number TWO Million.

The Lutheran Church Almanac,
corrected to October 1, 1906. has just
appeared. It shows that the total
membership Of al the multitudinous
Lutheran denominations in this
country has increased within the last
year by $4,000, making the present
aggregate 100000. This great gain
is recorSesi in spite Of net losses in
several synods amounting all to-
gether to 10000. The number Of
congregations appears, however, to be
decreasing, although the actual de.
crease is uncertain, since 1t is admit
ter that last years reports contained
a serious error. exceeding a thousand.
The present corrected number Of CON
gregations is 1871. OF these 4,701
maintain parochial schools Minis
ters number 1865. Lutheranism keeps
up "a theological seminaries, 40 col
leges, 80 academies, 81 hospitals. 48
orphans homes, and 9 institutions for
the training of deaconesses. In the
theological seminaries there are 1,174
students for the ministry, in colleges
1873, and in academies 300. It ap-
pears entirely vain to hope for a
consolidation OF the many Lutheran
branches. Another conference Of che
theologians of the various independ-
ent synods was lately held at Fort
Wayne, and for two days they de-
bated together over their doctrinal
differences but without the least
progressing toward agreement. The
champions of the Missouri synod--so
called from the state OF its origin;
its churches are now scattered all
over the central weat-upheld the
most extreme doctrines Of absolute
predestination and compulsory con
version, and would not admit even
the slightest shading Of their views,
says Chicago Interior. They voted at
the end of the debate that it was use
less to hold any further conferences
looking to union; but the Representa-
tives Of iowa and Ohio synods, who
are nearer together in doctrine, de-
cided to try again, and they may
finally coalesce. The general synod
and general council, which are larger
than either Of these, appear to prefer
to hold on their separate ways still
independent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

keeping two pieces 0f artillery silent
81 shooting the sunners. when hat-
TALON Of the enemy charged him and
drove him to the rear. He lost sew
eral Of his men. and there IS where
the captain says he stopped q bull
let. The enemy were about so feet
above him on top Of the bluffs and
fired down upon his company, and
naturally the most OF the shots were
high The captain had his watch iD
his pants pocket, over the right hip
A bullet struck the watch on the rim
near the stem. split it open and de-
stroyed the works. the handspring
never being found. The bullet glanced
and lodged in the right ilium. bed.
ding itself about one inch In the bone
knocking the captain over log into.
the edge Of the bay, where he was
drowning, when two Of his men came'
along and got him and carried him
two miles to the rear to the hos
pital. Their faithfulness to the cap-
tain saved him, as he was pretty near
ly gone when they got him out Of the
mud and water. He has his watch and
bullet hole in his side to prove the
above You cannot make him be-
lieve the colored troops wouldn't
fight And he knows what it is to
stop bullet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
voLUAsLE RELIC.
Old Soldier Has Watch That Saved
His Life in 'e5.

Capt. C. W. Foster, Of Council
Bluffs, la, has a valuable relic of the
civil war It is an old-fashioned sill
yer watch. It was a fairly good time
piece. and was all right until it was
put out Of service by a confederate
bullet. G. w. Foster was captain Of
company D. Seventy-sixth U. s. c. l.,
First brigade, Hawkins division,
Gen. Steele's army. aiding Gen. Can
by in the taking Of Mobile, Ala. They
went to Barnacas, Fla, thence to
Pensacola, and then by quick march
through Florida swamps northwest
until they struck the Tensas river, in
Alabama, and then south until they
made connections with Canbys army
in the rear Of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakeley. Hawkins division Of
Smoked Yankees was placed on
the right next to the river, and the
white division further south. BY dig
ging rifle pits and trenches and plac-
ing batteries Hawkins men advanced
until within half a mile of the en-
emy's works, and on April 8, 1865,
charged their works at four o'clock
p. m. Capt Foster with his com
pany, was on the skirmish line when
the order to charge was given, and
his instructions were to advance and
draw the enemy's fire. then rally to
the right and join the charging col
umn. When within 100 yards of the
fort, says National Tribune, Capt. Fos-
ter was ordered to deploy his com
pany to the right and try to get in
the rear Of the fort next to the bay.
He got a good place where he was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

upon the barren hills. The trees that
spring from the seeds Of appendaged
fruits will tend to produce this kind Of
seed-Yessels themselves. Thus, in
time, first samaroid and later fully
winged fruit will be evolved. To
quote further:
Easy conditions Of life cannot have
impelled the ashes and naples to de-
velop key-fruits. Great difficulties
have in the past been encountered,
and the trees that were enabled to es-
tablish means Of dissemination sur
uved in the struggle for existence.
But the barriers to be passed over
may not have been in all, or even most
cases hills. Sir John Lubbock finds
that the only trees that bear winged
fruits are forest trees. which fact
would seem to indicate that such
fruits In many instances have been
evolved in order to be carried over
vast tracts Of dense woodland. But
the theory here set forth remains un.
shaken, and is really thus supported.
for the principle is the same
ITO sum up: II is certain that key.
fruits were developed IN a country
where they became Of far greater
service to the trees which bore them
than they appear to be to the ash
trees and naples in many regions Of
our eastern United States and else
where. But I do not wish to insist
that the barriers to be surmounted
were necessarily hills. They may
have been broad dry plains, or forest
growths Of other kinds Of trees, or
even bodies of water--it all depends
upon the nature Of the region where
the changing form first grew"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
@osntIsmsn, ! have Painful Duty to Perform

fear for his safety She became ex-
cited by the firing and cheers Of the
men. She rushed out from the bomb
proof, a piece of shell struck her,
and she fell dead. He rushed to her,
saw that 1t was death, and went back
to his gun. This happened during
the assault Of May 27. 1868. The next
morning was beautiful. The sun
shone gloriously There was ces-
sation Of hostiIities for "a hours. we
buried our dead. While thus engaged
q request came from the enemy to
allow the body Of young lady who
had been killed during the engage
megs to pass through our naes. It
was granted. The little cortege came.
preceded by military snnd play.
ing a mournful dirge 1t halted at
the outposts; there were two ladies'
and several officers. One Of the lat.
ter, handsome young fellow with
long hair. walked calmly and slowly.
but his face betrayed the greatest
grief The corpse was 10 an old mus
let box 4 detail Of confederate pfl.
Yates acted Is pAll-bearera Our
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

A woman who wanted soap Of a
certain make asked for blue cake.
1T doesn't come in blue" said the
clerk. 1T is made in yellow. white
and green
The woman seemed disappointed,
and finally bought another brand Of
soap in the desired tint.
"That is a queer fad, said the
clerk, when she had gone out. 'Many
women are carrying the color scheme
to such extremes nowadays that hey
use soap that matches the furnishings
OF the room. In order to meet this de-
mand manufacturers are turning out
soaps that almost every known tint.
The color they are most deficient In
Is blue"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
old church celebrafes

The 140th anniversary Of st. paul's
chapel, Of Trinity parish, New York.
has Just been celebrated by the vicar
congregation and friends Of the par
ish. The parish was established in
1854 and opened for public worship
two years later. This church has 4
pew which President Washington oc-
cupied, and II still keeps in its place
a sounding board over its pulpit, on
the front Of which is the coat Of arms
Of the Primes X Wales. reminder
of the day when from the book Of
Common Prayer were read regularly
on American soil prayers for the
King Of England
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
5ll.IF|.IlE5;5$ESS1 lE5;5$E SS1I1E. @
-7HUes s1glr e.s-s-
How They Came to De and the Reason
for Il.


We all know that seeds with
wings such as those Of the maple.
are borne far by the wind and NAV
thus take root in distant soil. In an
article In The Plant World, we are
told BY Mr.. IL Tullsen that this form
OF seed-vessel Is Of no special adyan.
tase to the trees at present, but was
doubtless developed in some long.dis.
tant age when It was necessary for
the propagation Of the species that the
seed should be carried over wide in.
fertile spaces of some kind. He says:
There are about 100 species Of
naples lAcer) and 40 species Of ash
Fraxinus). All have winged fruits.
We may be certain that this peculiar
form Of fruit was not developed inde.
pendenfly in each OF these numerous
species
The direct action OF the environ
ment can have done nothing toward
the development Of the foiiaceous
fruits Of the trees under consideration.
Il would be hard to conceive OF any
other factor than natural selection as
having wrought to produce them.
Natural selection. we know, can oper.
ate only where these prevails a fierce
and keen struggle for existence. So.
In some great struggle OF the past. we
may conclude that the production Of
winged seed-vessels, by lnsuring the
wider territorial distribution Of the
trees that bore them, saved the ances.
tors Of the naples, and those Of the
ash. from extinction.
That this Is true, it may at first be
somewhat difficult TO apprehend. The
ashes and naples. it may be said.
grow peacefully. and IN their tranquil
shade there il nothing that smacks Of
struggle. But he who argues
thus is thinking OF present and local
conditions only. Now lei US look at
one Of these trees under another and a
different environment Upon the great
Pine Ridge Indian Indian reservation
in South Dakota. for example, are nu-
merous streams and draws or cOulees
(which are nothing more or less than
ravines or gullies free OF water except
IN time Of food and rain) which, az a
rule. are far below the general surface
OF the adjacent country. and often
miles from one another. Upon the
flood-plains OF such streams, and In
the draws grow ash trees and box
elders in company with trees Of a few
other species. Nowhere on the high.
dry hills DO they or any other trees.
except pines, grow; although / have
often found their wind.tossed samaras
there; and II termination takes place,
the seedlings are doomed to perish.
Along the draws and other water
courses all the various kinds Of trees
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

and returned blindfolded Cant Felix
Agnus, Of the One Hundred and SIX
ty-fifth New York, whispering, asked
one Of the confederates who the young
officer was. and received the re.
ply;
The gunner who served the Lady
Who and what do you mean?"
= mean the big gum, you have had
reason to know her"
Davis. /"
The young lady who had accom-
panied the dead brides sister ana
husband through our lines would have
tainted but for some ammonia that
our surgeon happened to have in his
pocket. N going through blindfold-
ed she was supported and comforted
by him. He never forgot her After
the war he went south and purchas.
ed plantation. He had hard work
to find her. but never despaired. They
are living happily On the surgeons
plantation as man and wife.
There are many such r0mances
where Yankee soldiers married con-
fedaFate women.