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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16
N. v. A. GALA DAY IS A SUCCESS
Entertainment Features Are of High Order and Large
Crowd Was in Attendance
ONE HUNDRED ARE INITIATED At THE EVENING SESSION

Yesterday was a day long to De re-
membered by the Woodmen of Brook
ings county. Their big gala day here
was a success in every particular, the
crowd was large, the weather fine and
the sports and attractions all that
could be desired.
The sports began at the fair grounds
yesterday afternoon with ball game
between Aurora and Arlington. The
game was close and interesting, Auro-
ra finally winning out by a score If
6 to 4. f. H. Carlisle umpred the
game and was very fair.
The second ball game between
Bryant and Lake Benton was the sur
prise of the day. After trailing along
the first part of the game Lake Benton
tied the score in the eighth and won
out in the tenth by score of to 6.
The game we'll illustrated the uncer-
tainty of base ball. Lake Benton had
about as much right winning from
Bert Trees bunch as the married
men have to beat the single fellows.
The Minnesotans played a listless
game and not until late in the fray
when the crowd was roofing for them
through sympathy did they rouse up
and play ball as if they wanted to
win. Troeh, the Bryant first baseman,
lost the game for his team. At one
period of the game he stood and fond
led the ball while two men raced
home. The two teams are playing at
Bryant today and tomorrow and we
think that Lake Benton has something
coming. Will Deeth umpired good
game.
In addition to the ball games there
were two good horse races, a pony
race and girls and mems foot race.
The first horse race, half mile heats,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16
SHOW YOUR BABY.

There will be a baby show dur
ing the Brookings County Fair, on the
popular plan. Each person desiring
to vote will have the privilege of do
ing so and repeating is not barred.
Vote as often as you please at a
penny vote. All kinds of babies
are wanted for this contest. Prem
iums for the winners will be announc-
ed later. The proceeds will all go
into fund for the construction of a
woman's building another year. Get
your baby ready for the contest if you
are not ashamed of it.
P.S Take Notice Young and Old
1t is the intention of the association
to continue this contest next year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16
SAM SMALL HERE.

Sam Small, the noted evangelist, ad
dressed large concourse in the court
house square last Sunday evening
Twenty years ago We listened to this
same speaker and time has dealt len
iently with him. He appears but little
older than he did then and the supply
of vinegar and vitrol with which he
embellishes his talks has by no means
run low, in fact they have increased
il anything and while there is no
doubt some virtue in calling a spade
a spade in dealing with the liquor and
other evils there is little too much
slang and plain talking in his talks
today. He is an efficient and earnest
worker, however, and we should not
be over particular in regard to the
tools he uses. He denounced the So
called temperance people, saying that
he would as soon be called a yellow
dog as a temperance man. | am, said
he, "a prohibitionist from the tip of
the longest hair on the top of my head
head to the nails in the soles of my
shoes" and said further that he hoped
and expected to live to see the day
when the United States in it's entirety
would be under prohibition. He COM
mended South Dakota for coming into
the Union with a prohibition plank in
her constitution and roasted us unmer-
cifully for repeating it. Like the hog.
he said, going back to his wallow." "
He is a democrat from his breast
bone to his back bone and as he is
also dry" claims to be the twentieth
century wonder. He showed conclu-
sively that the prohibition movement
is on the gain and said that four years
from now the republican elephant and
the democratic donkey would be en-.
gaging in a mad race to see which
would get to the water tank first. His
talk was replete with spicy epigrams
such as dead cats and other vege-
tables" flask of favorite political
influence and he said that he would be
in the forefront of the battle until the
whole dirty sinking business was
dead, damned and delivered to the
devil from which it sprang.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16
MARRIED MEN ARE BEST

On last Friday afternoon at or
about thirty minutes after supper time
horde of Brookings folks wandered
off down to the fair grounds and gave
George Cole ten cents each to see
nine of the married men of this good
old town show up the all-around
worthlessness of some great big hus-
ky geasers who have either been afraid
to ask some good girl to marry them,
or else have not the get up and git nec-
essary to support wife. The result
but added proof to the eternal fitness
of things. Every one knows that mar
ried men can give a bunch of bache-
lors cards and spades and beat them
at any old game from blind mans
buff to football.
Judge Lawrence, dressed in a pa
triotic costume consisting of a white
pair of pants (not trousers), blue
shirt and a red cap, pitched for the
benedicts, while Mayor Mathews Off
ciated behind the bat And whisper,
what they did do to those single guys,
wasn't slow.
They made them carry the water,
build the fires, pare the potatoes,
empty the slop pals and do all sorts
of unliked and unlikable stunts. In all
this they were ably aided and abetted by
some two hundred pounds of Villas at
first base; A. w. Dressed and Bob
White, keepers of the county strong
box; John Johnson who is a winner
like his namesake, the governor;
Bart" keeper of the nonpareil pie
fou., dry; Sam Kelly and Willie Deeth.
Harry Allison threw for the single
footers and Carl Thayer wore the bird
cage and the large mitt. Carl throws
ball like an old maid and if he plays
down there again Zach Prentice better
take out some plate glass insurance.
He hadn't much on his team mates at
that, for the whole blooming bunch
are sure enough frost when it comes
to the great and glorious game of base
ball. How they ever got their six
runs is a mystery, the married men
only took seven as it was too hot to
do more than the necessary amount
of base running The same aggrega.
tions will hold forth at he same place
Monday evening at go and you want
to be there even if you have to hire
someone to- care for the children. Fol
lowing are the names the culprits &c
by.
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STUDY THESE.

Bulletins Nos. 105 and LOG have just
been issued by the experiment station
at the college. No. 105 deals with
the question of stock food for pigs and
is by Prof. ]. w. Wilson and H. G.
Skinner. No. LOG is entitled Sugar
Beets in South Dakota" and is by the
state chemist, Prof. J. H. Shepard.
Every bulletin issued by the station
should be in the hands of the farmers
of the state, and they may be had by
sending your name to the director,
Prof. James w. Wilson.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16
GRADUATING EXERCISES.

The graduating exercises of the
Eighth grade schools of the county will
be held at the college chapel tomor-
row (Friday) evening at $3.50. There
are fifty young people of the county
who will receive their diplomas at
that time. The following program will
be carried out:
Piano solo. Miss Ruth Westcott
Invocation. 80. Rev. Hugh Robinson
Reading .......... Miss Lillian Buck
Address to graduates .Supt. s. T. May
Vocal solo. Miss Lila Alton
Presentation of diplomas
County Superintendent Aldrich
America. Audience
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16

Col T. G. Orr has gone and got
himself into a peck of trouble. He
conceived the idea last spring of max
ing beauty spot of his back yard and
SO splendidly has he succeeded that
it will now be necessary to turn the
house around to have it face the real
grandeur of the premises. Although
portion of the lawn was seeded this
spring, the grass is as fine as any
in town, he has rods of sweet peas,
morning glories, host of nasturtiums,
many pretty geraniums and a vege-
table garden which though but a poe
ket edition is wonder as regards the
amount and variety of things it gives
up. His new potatoes are about the
best ever, and as We have inside in
formation about them our opinion is
incontrovertible. 1t is certainly a
pretty spot and while tom" is strut
ting around claiming most of the glory
thereof we are inclined to the opinion
that at least five-eights of it belongs
to the Mrs
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16

w. NJ. Callahan, who has been work
ing at Henry for some time, has return
ed home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Madden, Jr.,
have moved into the M. T. Wimsey
house.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-07-16

The game was umpired by Ed Car
Isle, bachelor of long and seemingly
hopeless standing, and while the mar
ried men were at times inclined to
think that he favored his unfortunate
brethern, he was in the main fair.
AS an added attraction there was
foot race between Will Sayre and
Frank Simmons or rather Frank Sim
mons ran a foot race, for Sayre con-
cluded early in the game that he was
going to- be late so he dropped out
entirely.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
GEORGIA CREW
IS VACC|NATEO
ONE CASE OF SMALLPOX HAS
BROKEN OUT ON BOARD THE
BATTLESHlP.
DETACHED FROM FLEET
White En- Route From Manila--AtIan.
tic Squadron Rides at Anchor in
Harbor Of Colombo,
Ceylon.

Colombo Ceylon Dec. 1.-THE Uni
ted States Battleship Fleet was an
Xiously awaited here 0y large crowds
OF natives. who assembled on the
southewest coast. and a great gather
ing of Europeans AMI natives at Go.
lCmbo
The fleet, which was sighted at :
O'Clock this morning, approached
slowly in single file The flagship Con-
necticut with Rear Admiral SperrE
commander Of the feet, aboard, enter
ed the harbor at 9 O'Clock, the others
following at Intervals The warships
saiuted the fort and the salute was re
turned
The batleshlp fee lefi Manila
December i, and passed Singapore
six days later The voyage was un.
eyentful, the deatner being fine
and the battleships pro.
ceedins at an even speed Of abcut
ten knots an hour The health of the
men on the ships is excellent, with
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
BLOODY FINGER
PRINTS A CLtW
NEW YORK POLICE WRESTLE
WITH SENSATIONAL MUIR
DER MYSTERY.
.BhRRICADEO IN ROOM
Mas Body of Murdered Woman
Every Distinguish ne Mark
Had Been Removed by
the Assassins.

New York. Dec ia new shrord
of mystery was thrown about the
murder cf the woman whose body
was discovered in a nat at No, 357
East Eleventh street. wnen It was
learned by the police today that two
men had made their abode in the
same qpartment, each of whom 50
closely resembled the other that 1t
is believed they We're twins.
The question accordingly which
has so ia rbalked the detectives on
the case is which brother committed
the murder
In their efforts to identify the
slayer Capt Carey and his men
again made a searching Investigation
Of the fiat. which had Decn found In
utter disorder at the time cf the dis
covCry of the body, The blood prints
On the picture frames, out of which
the murderer had torn photographs
OF the woman We're carried to police
headquarters to be compared with
records there, Copies of the flesh
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
Two Buildings Adjoining Destroyed and Catch
Fire--CoIiseum Prop Burns
POLICE BELIEVE EXPLOSION RE.
suit Or OPPOSITION TO
FIRST WARD BALL.
GUILTY PATTY UNKNOWN
One Theory il That Occurrence is Ar.
other Chapter IN Gamblers War
Ball Scheduled For To.
niuht--.Shock Terrific.

Chicago, Dec. l3.-Two buildings
were wrecked ana several people are
believed TO have been killed ana viz
dows shattered for blocks around, hi
the terrific explosion Of a bomb In all
alley on Wabash avenue near SIX
teenth street tonight
The wrecked buildings adioin The
coliseum, whore the First Ward ball,
an annual reyel against the holdirg
Of which this year much oppositioa
has been made. Is scheduled for TO-
morrow nshts and the police arr
working on the theory that an nm
.4own bomb thrower designed %
wreck the Coliseum to stop the bali
Building Catch Fire.
A two story frame building: which
adjoins the south wall Of the Coliseum
Annex, collapsed and took fire, Tho
FIRE spread to another frame building
which was also wrecked, Properties
of the Coliseum stored IN the two
buildings added fuel 70 the flames
That the bomb was intended
the Coliseum and that il wa al S
fort Of sbme wouldbe retcrner %
make impossible the holding Of tho
bali tomorrow night, the police ON
press little doubt
Another theory Is that the bomb
was thrown as another chapter IN
the HambIeFs' wer,s which. llas beeas
marked hv the4 iiring of u series of
bombs ind The vicinity az alleged
gambling resorts.
The First Ward ball has long been
source of contention and recently
the pastor#of a church in the neigh
horhood sought and failed TO secure
an injunction to prevent the holding
of the ball Tle ball Is supported hy
the First Warders,' who are repre-
sented in the city council by Aide.
man Kenna and Alderman John
Coughlan
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
AIDING ISSUES
Farewell LETTER
MI
RETIRING BISHOP OF DIOCESE
or PEORIA ADDRESSES THE
FAITHFUL.
HIS FAILING HEALTH
Prompted Him to Quit Active Minis
try and Leave Work for Some
Younger Man--Rev. OdeiIley
in Charge,

Teora. Dec Bishop spaldng
issued a farewell letter to the
priests and faithful Of the Roman
Catholic Diocese az Peoria in part as
follows:
"Whof my scycrc and lengthy III
ness compelled be "a recognize that
it was the. viii Of God that should
withdraw from the active ministry Of
the cauIch, that younger and BET
Ter man might assume the burden
which mfirmity and age had made
me incapable of longer bearing. the
first and keenest pang Of this sacri.
Gce caused me, spraag from the
knowledge that my step, which hal
net been hastily taken, involved sep
aration fro mthe priests and people Of
the Peoria diocese, who for many
years have been my strength and
joy.
May God bless and hold them ever
within His sheltering arms Had
not deliberately chosen this course
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT
Opens IN Council Bluffs. loNa. Tcday
Fruit From Al Sections
o. Show.

Council Bluffs. la. Dec with
fruit exhibits from many states. in-
turr- both tEe Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. tle 7r-t national hortCrltura
.a.e era.- HN BEGIN tomorrow ani
rart-1a tHouEr the week The a.
EIfI-. from Washington. Ttah. idaho
l.--Hri anil iowa are parucula-iy
Ieea. HlLual companies are H-aE
l special displays ci fut anI
f-a- products from along their uucs
Formal exercises vita afl-ess-s y
re uavc- officials Of the conEre-.
others uiI uHen fhe congress.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
FOR THE INAUGURATION
Resr Admiral Sperry Will Command
Naval Section Of Psrsde-other
Appointments Made.

Washington. Dec. 13.-Jante 8
ShenrE. Wa hinEt1n correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Press. has been
appointed chairman Of the press
col mittee. and Charles II. Boyntcn.
of New York. vice chairman Of the
committee on finance. for the IT,
aueuratiCn Of Taft a. president on
Marchi next year
Maicr General Barry. commanding
tire army If Cuban paCifcatiOn, has
been designated 70 command the
regular army division OF the in
aucural parade and Rear Admiral
SI+rry. ccmmaHiiug the Atlantic
tntleship feet. nov on its way home
from the far east vii command the
aaTai Fliision-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
ANOTHER NIGHT
RIDER SPEAKS
INDICTED MAN TELLS OF THE
EARLY RAIDS OF THE
REELFoOT BAND
ARRESTS ARE ORDERED
On Strength of His Testimony
Grand Jury Returned Thirty
two Indictments Last
Saturday.

Union City Tenn, Lee 13.-onc
of the alleged night ridges, who has
tser indicted as a member OF the
band made a full and complete con
fession this afterEJ0n, telling of his
own completely and also naming a
number who have been considered
above suspicion Although the cf
ficiaIs will give out nothing definite
in regard to the confession. it is al
most a certainty that it has To DO
with some of the earlier raids made
by the band, beginning at the time
the docks at Samburg were burned
in April, and taking in the numer-
Gus raids made during the summer
morhs Nothing in regard to the
murder OF Capt Rankin at Walnut
LcE Was liyulged by the man, al
though matters Of utmost importance
in regard to the identity CT the first
Imembers OF the band were told. A
number Of arrests have been Or
Tered Oh this testimony and s6nsa,
tchal Developments are expected
when tbs parties are taken into Gus
tody
Two men were released from the
barracks this afternoon. They Were
Ausclmo Osborne and James Muir.
phey The former is a Young man
about 20 years OF age. and was ar
rested with numerous others by or
dcrs OF Col Tatom at Camp Memo.
When he came down stairs from
the barracks this afternoon his
father and number OF friends from
neat Clayton, his home, We're on the
streets watching the soldiers drill.
They evidently had no idea that he
was to be released, and were over
jOYcd to see him His father with
tears in his eyes, shook hands with
Attorney General Caldwell. who had
known him for a number of years.
The official expressed himself as
glad that nothing discriminating had
yet been fouHi against the young
man, and assured his father that he
had passed On the matter as soon
as IS was possible for him 10 reach
it. Murphey Is a resident of near
Wobhs store. whore large number
of the men that are being held came
from.
ncb and Fons Morgan. from the
vicinity o fHombeak. who have been
held in confinement for several
several months. are 20 bc released
tomorrow morning on bail 10 the
amount og 5000 cac1. These men
belong to very prominent and
wealthy family one of the most
prominent 90 the vicinity and their
relatives have scvnral times been
to see the officials ln regard to
making bond for them. but t wag
only after htcir cases had been thor
ouehly Investigated and the matter
pa-seI on by the attorney general
and associates that it was der.IrI
70 release tHeM They are ms.
chants. being Ur0prietor of store
go crossroads between Webb
store and IDmbeak
Thirty tuo indictments ir.ulirE
thirty light men were Harlaf ir H.
the grand iurr YESTERDAY 8ftrne1-.
The names af the H8rlr. H'isteI
in the chaflas ara being Kept secret
o. is stateI tHat SOM. 0f tt. m.r
named are ur, il custody. and thar
the matter vim ha trnau .n.. t1
the officials rH-H aH.- tra arrests.
ave made
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
NEWS FORECAST
FOR The WEEK
CONGRESS WILL GET DOWN TO
STEADY GRlND-CONTiNUE
TARIFF HEARINGS.
TAFT WILL Be BUSY
Has Several Speeches to Make--Bat-
tleshio Fleet viii Spend Week
at Colombo, ceyion--
Conventions,

Washington, Dec l3.-Ha,ing de
voted the week just closed to the
rsual preliminary business, congress
is expected udring the coming SeeE
to be in shape to take up the real
work of the session. The house com
mittee on ways and means will con
tinue its tariff hearings through the
week
A busy week is ahead of President
elect Taft With Mrs. Taft he will
90 TO New York to attend and
speak at the annual meeting of the
National Civic Federation the ses.
sions of which are to be held Mon
day and Tuesday. He will also be
the tsgue of honor at the annual ban
quet of the Ohio society Of New
York at the Waldorf-Astoria Wednes,
day night Toward the end OF the
week the Presidentelect and Ms.
Taft will start south for stay of a
mcLth or more at Augusta,
The Atlantic battlesslip feet Is due
to reach Colombo, Ceylon tomorrow
and will spend the entire week there
before departing for Suez.
Rear Admiral William r. Emory.
until recently in command of the
second squadron of the Atlantic bat
tleship feet. will be placed on the
retired list for age next Thursday.
Reai Admiral Emory is a native of
the District of Columbia and has
hal a long and distinguished career
in the navy.
The program of receptions and
state dinners at the White House for
the coming season will be opened
with a dinner to the cabinet Thurs
day to be followed one week later
by the diplomatic reception
An event Of interest in theatrical
and art circles will take place in
New York Tuesday afternoon when
the corner stone of the New theatre
will be duly set in place, with adj
dresses by Governor Hughes Mayor
Mcclellan and others.
Joseph II. Choate and other speak
ers of national fame will be heard at
the twentyeighth annual meeting Of
the National Civic Reform League,
which will assemble in Pittsburg
Thursday for a session Of two days.
A distinguished gathering in Wash
ington viii be the annual meeting
OF the Institute of American Archi'
tects. The special topic for consid-
Grafton at the meeting this year is
"The Relation Of Our National Gov
em ment to Art
4 special meeting OF council of
the Episcopal diocese Of Virginia
will meet I'm ST. Pauls church. Alex
andria. Wednesday. 10 elect a bishop
coadiutor to Bishop Gibson.
An International matrimonial all
lisrco that reverses the usual condi
tions OF a rich American bride and
a titled bridegroom will be ccnsum-
mated in England Saturday. when
Miss EVELYN Violet Brocklebank be-
cores the bride OF George Westing
house. Dr.. The bride-elect is the
daughter Of Sir Thomas and Lady
Brcckleband. of Irton Hall. Cumb r.
land. England Mr.. Westinghouse.
the prospective bridegroom, is a son
of George Westinghouse, the mil-
lionaire electrical inventor Of pitts
burg .
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14

lines were also mad ofor the dctec-
tiyes who are searching the resorts
m MultoE street where the men
conn anicns OF the unfortunate WON.
pp ,,er said 10 nave their ren.
NO1kD. 81.
u b the belief of Lieut. Potr1nsoH
Of the detective bureau. that one of
the men last seen at the Gat had
mred their victim on from California
street 10 rob her OF her jewels.
Neiehbors say that only a few days
before her death she Rad exhibited
diamonds and rings estimated TO be
worth $4,000
when the woman first moved In
said Mrs Smiler. the iauitor "she
said that she and her husband had
come 10 New York from Santa Clara.
Cal She only spoke 20 me of one
man N0w Z learn that there were
two men who came and went but
lhey looked 30 much alike that they
rere mistaken for one man"
Woman Showed Je~elry.
The ieWelry which the woman
showed The ianitress consisted Of Iia-
mGLd earring. a diamond trqoch su1
several rings
On hnIIng "a receiutef tH Ter the
purchase Of .jewelrg from Brs'avs ny
Brothers. in NaiIe1 lane Tire poI-e
snlraEOrsi to uu G0uu tta identity
Of the victim with this clev Bot the
j..r..ry dealers crrd not re 4H Eno
10 uae that had bought fHe gems.
The reesIYt IiI not bear tha name
Of the purchaser
Flora vas the name hr aEi.h
tho woman was lloaa in ire neigh
hcrhocI where -la GreI Among
others aL0 riaa-I the remains vas
TT ReiioHrrni Cf 80. 21I Buomc
street 4 bottle baI been fouuI in
the Cat BEARING label uucu which
Eas written rhe Doctors mann. BIT
the rhFsitian cr1f5 nat recall t-st
De- hal erar seen IRE woman before
Cart Camr uho has charge o.
tCoutiuueI On Third PageJ
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
THIRTEEN VICTIMS
That Many Bodies Found IN Debris OF
Explosion on Canal-May
Find Others.

Cotton Dec l3,-Tha explosion yes
terIay at Bas Obispo of a twenty-five
ton dynamite blast was the most
serious accident in connection with
the building Of the Panama canal
sircc the United States took control
: thorough investigation with
view to fixing the responsibility has
beer ordered The dead now total
thirteen That many bodies have
beer recovered but it is believed that
"a score or more are still under the
mgsses OF rocks and earth thdr were
thrown up.