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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-08-13
y. c. BLOHM & SON
Notice..

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE FARMERS STATE BANK
OF SINNER are hereby notified
that at a special meeting of the
Board of Directors of said bank
held on this date a resolution was
duly passed calling a meeting of
the Stockholders of the said
Farmers State Bank of Sinner to
be- held at the office of the bank
on September 10Th, 1908, for the
purpose OF considering and vot-
ing upon the question of increas.
ing the Capital Stock of the bank
from Thirty Thousand Dollars.
($30,000), to Fifty Thousand Dol
lars ($5o,00o) and the question of
the bank availing itself OF that
provision of the Texas State
Bank Liawwhicf permits corpo
rations with a Capital of Fifty
Thousand Dollars (S5o,ooo) to do
a Trust Company business.
You are therefore hereby mott
fed that such a meeting as is re-
cited above will be held in &C
cordance with said Resolution
Respectfully,
Chas. Fl. F'lato,
H. Dreyer, Sr.
Julius Dreyer,
A. G. Lichey,
Direc tors.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-08-13
The Xxx Century Club.

Miss Annie Koch was hostess
to the Xxx Century Club on
Thursday, August 6.
After the members had ar
rived President Nave called a
business meeting to discuss the
plan of work for the coming year.
A committee, consisting of Mes
DANES Fry, Hughes, Gantert and
Miss Tommy Thornton, was APP
pointed to assign the special
work of each member.
The question of a year book
was brought before the club and
after lively discussion the mem
bers decided that it was too late
to get out a year book, but decid-
ed to have neat little programs
of the plan of the work printed
and each member supplied with
a copy.
An application for member.
ship was put in by Mrs. @. B,
Welhausen for Mrs. f. Ledbette1
to become a member of the club
No more business being
brought up the meeting ad
iourned to meet with Mrs. Ella
Moeckel on August goth.
After the business meeting the
guests were invited into the din
ing room, where a variety of de
licious dainties were served.
Besides the regular members
the following guests were pres
ent: Mesdam e S Grasshoff
Blohm, Cagpes and Bohot, and
Misses Carnes, Grant, Burkett
Amsler and Discher. G.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-08-13

The following Sinner fire
boys went to Halletsville last
Thursday to attend the feast and
enter the hose contests: Max
VOTERS, Henry Parma, Edwin
VOTERS, Peck Welhausen, Victor
VOTERS, WIN. zappe, John Kas
per and Louie Ehlers.
Mr.. Joe Marek and wife eel
ebrated their baby's baptism at
the home of Geo. Mosmeyer, on
Sunday, August End. A number
of kinfolks from Sinner came out
to enjoy the occasion, also the
Meinke family. We hope the lit
tie one will live long and be hap
Ply.
Mr.. G. H. Raymond, assist
ant to Mr.. G. W. Eschenburg,
has planned and built a new pho
nograph case, which is marvel
of convenience and a great space
saver. He has also constructed
a window shade display case on
| the same order. Mr.. Raymond
has applied for a patent on both
these articles and they are likely
to prove money makers for him,
| It will pay. you to visit Mr.. Esch-
Ienburg's store and inspect these
new Inventions
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-08-13
Fresh Eggs Wanted.

We need 1000 dozen fresh eggs
per week for our trade; also
need some large and medium
frying chickens. Highest mar
ket Price in Spot Cash,
S. A. Carnes s. Son.
The Cash Produce Buyers,
Sinner and Yoakum.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
IOWA CITY DAMAGED
STORM DEMOLIsHEs scoE .
HOMES AT CHARLES c..
Tornado Strikes Residence District
and Wrecks Everything In Its Course
People Had Warming and Fled to
Ccllars-Much Live Stock Killed.

49, At S o'clock Sunday morning a tor
nado struck Charles City. Ia. demol-
fishing about 200 residences and barns.
have been killed and foul children are
reported missing.
The path of the tornado was about
ten rods wide. 1t started about three
miles southwest of the city, tearing
down many farm houses, barns and
killing many head of stock. 1t struck
the city in the southwest part. plough
ing q path ten rods wide to a point in
the northeast part of town. It cross
ed the river at a point a quarter Of a
mile east of the bridge. across the riv-
err on the main street and lifted the
water almost clean from the river Q
1t passed In a n~ortheasterly direction,
Just missing Charles City college build
ing and spent itself a few miles
northeast Of the city.
Several barns were tipped over
while stock were inside and In some
cases the animals were killed and In
others passed through without injury.
Big trees were tori from their roots
and in some cases heaved through
buildings.
While the storm was at its worst
there was a loud roaring noise. Many
had warning Of the approaching
storm and fully 5000 people sought
shelter In cellars. The path OF the
tornado included no business buildings
or institutions and most OF the houses
destroyed were one and two stories.
The e in the path OF the storm is
q desolate one Handsome homes are
a mass OF ruins and debris. House.
hold goods are scattered all over town.
Barns We're picked up. carried several
blocks and set down again. The length
OF the storms path is about ten miles.
All telephone wires are down and
details from the country are meager.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
PRIZE TO DERBY WINNER.

Signorfnetta Captures Rich .Oakes
Stakes-FavOrtte Has Hard Luck.
A dispatch from london says. 1.-THE
Cakes" was won by the italian flley
Signorinetta, winner of the derby,
Courtesy, second; Santeve, third Thir-
teen horses ran. including Richard
Croker's Rhodora.
Stgnortnetta won with almost as
much ease as she captured the derby
Wednesday. 1t is impossible to say.
however, what would have been the
result had not Rhodora fallen three
quarters of a length in front of the win
ner. The horses got a good start.
French Partridge soon forged to the
from and led the field to the mile.
Near Tattenham corner French Part
ridge stumbled and fell in a heap.
Rhodora and Signorinetta were close
UP. Lucien Lyme, who was riding
Rhodora, was unable TO pull his
mound aside and the American-Irish
hlley rolled over French Partridge.
Si~gnorfnetta managed to clear the
struggling horses and then took up
the running and won easily. The bet
ting was 3 to l against Signorietta, 100
to z against Courtesy and Santeve.
Rhodora started the favorite al 6 to 4
against.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12

John Dobson Is Awarded First Place in
O~ralorical Contest.
The thirteenth annual contest of the
Western League Of Oratory, which
was held at Mitchell between the rep
resentatives OF the South Dakota col
leges and the North Dakota colleges,
was won by John Dobson, of Dakota
wesleyan university, OF Mitchell, his
subject being "America's Great Prob
lem" The sum total of his points
were seven, having received five first
places and one second.
Don s. Ford, OF the state universe
ty. Of Grand Forks, N. D., was award
ed seco.nA place. His subject was.
1.-THE Call of the Central Empire" He
received a total of thirteen points.
Alvin Hanson. of Yankton college,
s. D., was awarded third place, his
subject being THE Tragedy Of Lost
Childhood" and Miss Arthea Ulsaker.
Of the State Science school, Wahpeton,
N. D., was fourth, her Grafton being on
Gladstone.
This is the second year in succession
that South Dakota and a Mitchell ora
tor has won the interstate contest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
STEAM I p BURSTS.
Six Lives Lost In Explosion on Cruiser
Tennessee.

A terrible accident occurred on
board the United States armorsd
cruiser Tennessee at 1l:OS o'clock Fri
day morning while the ship was steam
ing at the rate OF nineteen knots on a
speed trta, OH Point lIueHene. Cal. A
steam pire 20 'rn ~;Grboard engine
re- ' "s' 20 . noUnA"' rress-
~ ~" art
'%pi,. e.. the
-. occurred
ger Admiral
chief Engineer Robertson had left
the engine room on a tour Of inspec-
ton.
Fc.- OK the men we're killed in
stantly and two more are expected to
die.
The dead: George Wood, water ten
der. Scranton. Pa: E. c. Boggs, second
class fireman. Woodlawn. Ala; A.
Reinhold. machinist's mate, second
class. Germany; George w. Meek. first
class fireman. skidmore, Kan.
The fatally injured: S. Stetmattos,
drat class fireman, Norfolk, Va; F. S.
MAxfeld. second class fireman, Toukh-
kena, Chester county, Pa.
The seriously injured: F. J. Burns,
passer, New York: Walter w.
Burns. coal passer. Brooklyn, N. Y;
p. A. Carroll, second class fireman,
Hartford. Conn.
There were fourteen men in the fire
room when the tube. which is Jour
In diameter and enclosed with
water inside the boiler, blew out, driv-
a torrent Of s%calding steam, coal
lust, cinders and hot ashes through
the ash pit and showered the half
naked men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
LONG RIDE IN SEALED BOX CAR.
Railroad Men Find 16 Half Starved
Cinnamon in Frisco Yards.

When a sealed box car which had
apparently come intact from Calves
ton. Tex, was opened in the yards at
San Francisco. Cal, sixteen half
starved Chinese were found in addi-
ton to half a o of heavy steel. The
car was ten days on the Dad and a
been in the yards for As hours. The
Chinese had u little water and a few
crackers left. out were weak and hol-
low eyed. One of them showed a GER
tifcate emitting him to admission to
the country, but the others were turn
ed over to the immigration authorities
1t is supposed by the officials that the
men were smuggled across the Mexi-
can border and placed in the car at
Ell Paso, Tex. the seals of the car be-
ing replaced with others. There evil
IDENTIFY was an arrangement for their
release at San Francisco, but in some
way 1t miscarried.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
AN ATTEMI..r TO KILL DREYFJs
Assassin Flren Two Shots at Famous
EDIllcy,

Assassin t1rGD TWO SnOtS ul EdInous
Sol,lIcH.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
Thursday morning in connection with
the placing Of the rerH"l0s of NJ. Emile
lola in the Pantheon. y member Of
the staff OF the France Militaire. who
gave his name as Pater Gregort. fired
two shots point blank at Maj. Alfred
Dreyfus. wounding him in the arm,
His a%ssallant was arrested.
a bulletin issued Thursday after
noon by the Physician attending Drey.
fus says:
THE bullet penetrated deep into the
forearm. but without reaching the
bone. The patient is calm and with
out fever. Absolute rest is necessary"
Pate- GrcGort vas committed to the
detention prison charged with at
tempted assassination. He narrowly
escaped being mobbed when taken
from the police station to the prison.
The incident occurred at the foot Of
the catafalque and directly in front Of
the tribune, from which Minister Of
Public Instruction Doumergue deliv-
cred a eulogy on Zola's matchless
courage in arousing the conscience Of
the nation the necessity of doing
justice to Dreyfus.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
HOKE SMITH BEATEN.
Brown is Choice for Governor of
Georgia,

Georgia,
Returns up to midnight Thursday
indicate the nomination Of Joseph NJ.
Brown as governor of Georgia in the
general democratic primary held
Thursday by a majority Of about To-
600.
h Atlanta Constitution estimates
that Brown has won with from $4,000
to $4,000. Browns managers claim
the plurality is larger.
Gov. Smiths campaign managers
decline to make q statement. and the
governor himself says that he cannot
comment on the result.
In all the eleven congressional dis
tricts indications are that the pres
n democratic congressman will be
returned. the only doubt being In the
Fifth, where James L. Mayson may
contest the election with Congressman
j. w. Livingston.
There was no contest over the Unit
ed States senatorship, w. S. Clay be-
ing the popular choice.
Primary results mean election In
Georgia, the other parties in the state
making no contest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
IN HoLDUP.
business Man Slain and Girl Fatally
Wounded by Negro Footpads.

business Man Slain and Girl Fatally
Wounded by Negro Footpads.
At $3.50 o'clock Saturday night a
holdup occurred In Rossville avenue,
In the southern outskirts of Chatta-
nooga. Tenn, and Joseph Knight, a
business man. was instantly killed and
Miss Sadie Pool was probably fatally
wounded.
Knight and Miss Pool started for a
drive. going In the direction Of Ross
Vile. When they reached a point just
south OF the city limits three negroes
suddenly stepped to the middle of the
road and commanded the driver to
halt. This knight declined to do. One
Of the negroes sprang to the horses
heads while the other two covered
knight with pistols. Knight resisted
the attack and the negroes opened
fire, killing knight instantly.
Miss Pool was struck by two bullets.
and there Is little chance OF her recov-
cry. After the shooting the negroes
took to their heels. Immediate assist
ance came and a posse started in pur.
suit OF the negroes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12

-Jchnid'Arc hu~~'ri u q 'on.
1Gto- r.on If the New i.ng.and colo
MES.
1672-Peter the Great of Russia born at
Moscow.
119f-French fleet defeated in the Bay
of Biscay by the English under Lord
Howe.
1S13-English defeated the Americans at
battle of Sackett's lIarbor.
1S14-Emprcss Josephine, wife of Napo-
leon, died at Malmaison.
1S32-Opening of the Rideau canal.
1S33-Pope Plus X. (Guiseppe Sarto)
born.
1S64-Sheridan joined Grant before Rich
mond.
1S71-Canada issued its first post cards.
1S76-Several hundred houses destroyed
by fire in Quebec.
1SSO-Garfeld and Arthur nominated by
the Republican national convention
at Chicago.
1SS9-Tewas Spring Palace opened at
Fort Worth.
1S9O-The Texas Spring Palace in Fort
Worth burned.
19O3|Last performance given in the his
toric Boston museum.
19O5-Lewis and Clark exposition opened
at Portland, Ore. President Roose-
welt offered his services as a mediator
to end the war between Russia and
Japan.
19O7-Widow of President Mckinley
buried at Canton. 1.-THE Waters
Pierce Oil CoL..any having been
found guilty of violating the anti
trust laws of Texas, was fined ST.
623 800.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
PRODIGY N NEW YORK SCHOOL
Youthful Foreigner Makes Remark.

Youthful Foreigner Makes Remark.
able Progress in Three Months.
Hyman Fenster. who is just 10 years
cid, Is one of the wonder boys at pub.
lie school No. 10 OF New York. He
has now a scholarship offered to stu
dents by the child labor committee.
1t pay him $3.50 a week, which helps
support his family. He is one OF two
son OF Gazella Fenster. a widow who
came to this country some three
months ago from Austria. h othe,
son being Solomon, Is years old. Solo
mon and his mother work. Hyman
started to school as soon as he arrived.
From the foreign class he was quickly
promoted from class 70 clss ;:at.i
now. after three months, he Is in
grade 8 "A and is able to speak the
English language so that anyone can
him. The message he car.
to his home telling his mother
that not only he could keep on going
to school free OF charge, but that he
would be paid $3.50 a week made her
weep for JOY.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
THREW INDY INTO RIVER.
Unknown Writs'r Says They Had n
Way to Bury Her.

Unknown Writr Says They Had no
Way to Bury Her.
What may he the solution Of the
mystery surror nding the death and
the indemnity Of e woman found in the
Mississippi river at Alton. ILL.,. on May
20. with her ski Il crushed, is contained
in a letter postmarked st. Charles,
Mo-, and signe l Ruth Edmonds, re-
ceived by the j o1ice Friday.
h woman iound in the river, ac-
cording to the .etter, was the writer's
sister. Mary E,lmunds, and she met
her death by be sing kicked in the face
by a mule.
The letted in part says:
"On May 8 The was kicked by a
mule in the fase and died instantly.
We had no wasf to bury her and he
and me threw her into the river. The
clothe she wore were made by she and
me. Leave the jewelry on her. Bury
the cross with her. It will help to
take her through"
The jewelry and the cross referred to
In the letter were round sewed up in
the woman's dress. The police au-
thorities are trying to find the writer
and the man mentioned as he"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12

Prison Term -iiIcaI Of Sanborn County
1t is now certain that parties who
were implicated in one of the boidest
thetts 4 cattle in the history of east
ein South Dakota will be suitably
punished for their crime and placed
where they cannot for a few years at
east. modest the cattle herds of the
farmers and ranchers.
Twenty-stx head of valuable cattle
recently disappeared under mysterious
circumstances from the Meier ranch,
situated in the western part Of San
born county in the older portion Of
:he eastern half of South Dakota. For
g, tir1e it vas belieced the cattle a
sI"ayad, but as no trace of them could
be found in the region surrounding
the n where they belonged, the
owners came to the conclusion that
the cattle had been stolen.
The authorities in several adjoining
states then were notified to keep a
lockout for the cattle and the men
who We're supposed to have stolen
them, and the result is that h owners
Of the cattle now have been advised
that the animals have been located
nea bismarck. N. D, and that the
men h were in possession of them
have been placed under arrest pending
Instructions from the authorities OF
@anborn county.
The cattle will be brought pack to
the Meier ranch, and the men who
stole them also will be brought back
to South Dakota for trial on the
charge of grand larceny, which, upon
conviction, will subject them to q
term in the Sioux Falls p~enitentiary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
MAY SUCCEED NICHOLSON.
DR.. Taylor. of Aberdeen, Talked OF for
President of Dakota Wesleyan.

a year when there was a proba-
bi.ity that President Nicholson, Of Da-
kota Wesleyan university at Mitchell,
would be elected president of the Ne
braska Wesleyan university, there was
strong talk of DR.. j. w. Taylor, Of
Aberdeen, taking his place. Now that
DR.. Nicholson is to leave to take up
4 more responsible position in the
work of the church. the popular Aber-
deem pastor is again being considered,
and since it seemed to be conceded
Il year e that it was a foregone con-
clusion that DR.. Taylor should sue
ceed Or. Nicholson, there is strong
probability hat he will be the success
or at this time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
RUNAWAY BOY CAUGHT.
Officers Nab Youngstcr Who Was Dis
guiSctI as a Woman.

A sensation wa caused at Marion,
a small town southwesc Of Sioux Falls.
when officers arrested a stylishly
dressed young woman, or what APP
pearcd TO be a young woman just as
the latter stepped from a train which
had arrived from Tyndall and Run
ming Water. The young
proveL to be August Weisser. the
young son of a prominent hardware
dealer Of Tyndall, who had decided
to run away from home, and had
dressed himself in woman's clothing
In the effort to facilitate his escape
from the state. The eagle-eyed Of
f1cers. however. were able to see
through his disguise, to the great dis
comfiture of the young man, who was
compelled to divest himself of his
woman's attire and dress in his proper
clothing. A brother was notified and
now has taken him back to his home
at Tyndall.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
SEVERELY STABBED BY NEGRO.
Young IOwan Probably Fatally
Wounded at Aberdeen.

William Howell, whose father lives
near Oskaloosa, Ia, is in the hospi-
tai in Aberdeen, the victim of a stab
bling ARRAY. His condition is critical
and it is probable that he will not
ecover. His ~assailant, a colored man,
made his escape, and the entire coun
try is on the lookout for him.
Nothing is known of the affair, for
Howell is unconscious most of the
time. 1t has been learned, however,
that Howell and another man were
attacked by the negro and that the lat
ter ran off when Howell fell. A negro
was arrested at Aberdeen but he sue
ceeded in proving an alibi and the
police released him. Howell was
stabbe in the back, under the right
shoulder blade, and it is feared the
knife penetrated the lung. Word has
seen sent to his father at Oskaloosa,
Ia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
German Steamer Lost

All hope has bee abandoned for
the German steamer Europa which
sailed from Hamburg, Germany. for
days ago. bound for Norfolk,
Va, loaded with fertilizer. The trip
should have been made in twenty-one
days. Nothing has been heard of the
ship for forty days. She carried a crew
of twenty-one men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
To Improve Roadbed.

About 500 men are at work on the
Northwestern track just west Of Miller
laying heavie iron and ballasting the
roadbed. Officials say that when the
distance of forty miles between Miller
and Huron are finished the whole
roadb-d from the Black Hills to Chi
cago will be equipped with heavy rails
md solid ballast.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
Watcrworks for KadOka.

The business men of Kadoka. n
Of the new towns on the Missouri Nv
er-Black Hills extension of the Chica-
go. Milwaukee and st. Paul railway.
have commenced an agitation for the
construction of a municipal water
works system and the organization Of
a volunteer fire department.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
NEARLY 500 Persisted.
News of Disaster t. a Pcarling Fleet
is Brought to Vancouver.

The Canadian-Australian liner
Manqua, arrived at Victoria. B. c.,
bringing news Of the destruction of a
pearling fleet in a typhoon off west
Australia, involving a loss of forty lug
gers and 80 lives. twenty being white.
The disaster occurred near Thurs
lay island, the ,typhoon strikgin the
.leet just as it was starting for the
pearling grounds. scattering the vessel,
complete %wrecking some and driving
others ashore. About twenty Austral-
pearlers were lost. The other vic
Tins were Malays, Manilamen, Japan.
csc and Kanakas.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
DIG DITCH TO BE BUIIT.
VIII Drain Large Tract of IOwklnd
Near Sioux Falls.

After the matter had been in the
courts for months. all opposition to
the construction of an immense drain
age ditch north Of Sioux Falls now
has been withdrawn, and the work Of
constructing the ditch will commence
as soon as the preliminaries "a b"
arranged. The overflow of the Big
Sioux river last year and this year
flooded thousands of acres of valuable
farm land, and the construction of the
ditch will remedy this and al the
owners of the Ian to cultivate it each
season without the danger of floods
putting the land out of commission.
The proposed drainage ditch will cost
not less than $4,000, and will be con
structed under the direction of State
Engineer Lea.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
Erie to Incease Force.

President Underwood. of the Erie
railroad, has issued instructions that
all the roads locomotive and car shops
be placed or a ten-hour basis. Is is
the intention al the company to i'm
mediatly begin repairing all equipment
which has been idle by reason Of lack
OF business. The resumption of work
will give employment to several thous-
and men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-12
Road is

The state board of. railroad commits
sioners has been advised that the
Great Northern Railroad company has
IS yet failed to comply with a recent
order of the board requiring the rail-
road company to re-establish regular
daily passenger train service between
Huron and WATERFOWL.