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INDIANS GET WORST
OE EISTlc ENCOUNTER

Lake Andes, S. D., Oct. 1.-Three
Yankton Sioux Indians, who came to
Lake Andes for the purpose of beat
ing up white man, Jared rather bad
ly and were compelled to pay fines in
local court.
The Indians were Reuben Spotted
Eagle, VIM. Spotted Eagle and VIM.
Highrock The white man whom they
attacked was Patrick Miles, with whom
they had had dispute growing out Of
horse trade. Miles claims he was
attacked by the three Indians. He de-
Tended himself with pitchfork handle,
and was getting the better Of his as
sailants when the town marshal ap-
peared upon the scene. The white man
and the three Indians We're arrested,
and all had to pay fines.
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MOTHER TRAVELS
1000 Miles IN
SEARCH OF CHILD
Father Had Abandoned Daugh-
ter on Streets of New York
and Mother Finds Her.

New York, oct 6.-After travelling
nearly 1000 miles across country, in
search of her daughter. who was kid
mapped bv the father. Mrs. Flora Avery
arrived in this city today and went at
once to the office of HeinZelman ~
Walker, No. BAG Broadway, through
whose efforts She expects to gain pos
session of the child. Mrs. Avery lett
speartsh. S. d.. last Tuesday morning.
She sat up all the way across the con-
tincnt. and would not seek rest IN inc
sleeping car because Of her excitement
the New York Catholic protectory. she
was committed there after her father
had abandoned her on the streets OK
this city,
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ETHEL BARRYMORE
IS IN A WRECK
Porter Yanks Actress Through
Window-Engine Men Are
Seriously Hurt.

Springfield ILL.,, Oct. 1.-The Illinois
Central fast diamond special, south
bound, ran in an open switch at Diver
non. 90 miles south of Springfield, yes
terday afternoon. The engine plunged
into the ditch and was completely de-
stroyed. Engineer A. J. Shell and Fire
man Edward Taylor, both of Clinton,
ILL.,, jumped. both being injured.
Elizabeth Mcclure. 7-year-old daugh-
ter of Chas. Mcguire, was playing in
a yard near the tracks, when the frag-
ments OF the demolished engine struck
and instantly killed her. The baggage
and parlor cars and all the passenger
cars left the track. No passengers We're
injured.
Ethel Barrymore, the actress, was or
the train. She could not get out of the
coach doors and the porter pulled hel
through a window. She endeavored te
get special train to st. Louis to fill ar
engagement there last night, but failed
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TO SING WITH EYES IN
NEW THOUGHT CHURCH

New York. Sept. 5.-With Rev. Mrs.
Foote Marsh for leader. the New
Thought church. the cardinal doctrine
of which is that any one may become
anything he wishes, was permanently
established in Brooklyn today.
Voiceless singing is to be one of the
features Of the New Thought services,
Mrs. Marsh explained. Believers in the
new thought are to be taught how to
sing with their eyes. and by so doing
their eyes will be made perfect and
there will no longer be need for spec
tacles.
The sermons will be illustrated with
stereopticon views and the faithful will
be told to sit in silence and read the
verses to the accompaniment of music.
But the singing must all be done with
the eyes and the soul. There is no need
of making discordant noises in order to
sing. Mrs. Marsh believes.
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STOLE MONEY FROM
UNDER MANS PILLOW
Caught With the Goods and
Draws Sentence in the
State Penitentiary.

Sioux Falls S. D.. oct. 3.--Sherift
Hoven, of Walworth county, has ar
rived here with James Salisbury, a
former employe OF the Milwaukee rail-
the Sioux Falls uenitentii,ry to serve
a term OF two years f"r the theft OF
a sum of money and !: number OF
checks from j. III. CeuleN, aeDo5 agent
of the company at Java.
salisbury pleaded guilty To the
charge of stealing the money and
checks. realizing that, as lie had been
caugn, with the goods" The aathori
ties had him dead 10 rights" His
crime was an unusually bold one. On
the night before the robbery Agent
Cauley had on hand cash to the
amount of $3.50 and checks amounting
in the aggregate to $575 1t was too
late to bank it and he was compelled
to keep the money and checks on his
person.
lie complained to Salisbury that he
disliked TO keep the money and checks
over night. and in this way salisbury
became aware that the depot agent
had the money and checks. The fol-
lowing morning. While Agent Cauley
was, at breakfast, he having left the
checks under the pillow in his bed
room. salisbury sneaIed up and up
prcpriated the package to his Own use.
He WAS seen leaving town. and. after
an exciting chase, he was captured at
Eureka. Mcpherson county. Just pre-
vious To his capture he had left With q
merchant of Eureka a plain envelope.
containing 5000 of the stolen money!
With instructions that the merchant
mail it to him at some point in North
Dakota
4 small sum in cash was found upon
his person and this and the 5000 in
the envelope was recovered The checks
had been thrown away in his haste to
make his escape, and We're found the
following day on the prairie where
they had hecn thrown.
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KERMIT REFUSED
TO SHOOT TRAMP
BUFFALO BULLS
Seth Bullock Tells of Young
Mans Care for Almost Ex-
tinct Wild Game.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Oct. 1.-That
Kermit Roosevelt was n good enough
sportsman to refuse to shoot one of the
few remaining buffalo in the West.
during his recent hunt in South Da-
kota, is told by Captain Seth Bullock.
who WAS the presidents sons escort.
Captain Bullock was in Sioux Falls
yesterday leaving to meet the Taft
special ut Aberdeen
I'VE had IL successful hunt and the
young man is a splendid shot," re-
marked Captain Bullock. "But he de-
clined to kill amy buffalo, notwithstand-
ing that is a rare experience in these
days when the buffalo are all but ex-
tlncc
II found that there were two or three
stray buffalo from the old Dupree herd,
running Wild on the Cheyenne river.
Now. it was certain that someone
would kiln them before the winter is
over. They weren't worth capturing as
two of them are old bulls. l arranged
with the owner to allow Kermit to kill
them IL he could find them.
Declines to Shoot Buffalo.
when l told the young man that
he was about to have some rare sport,
him to shoot buffalo, instead of his
eagerly accepting the opportunity that
any hunter out here would jump at,
he quietly but firmly refused. l told
him he might as we'll shoot them as
to have someone else do it. But he said
that nevertheless he did not want TO
be one of those to further deplete game
that had been made almost extinct by
the excesses of hunters. l thought 1t
quite remarkable. for most young men
will shoot anything from turtle doves
uu.
I'VE went out on the Cheyenne river,
along the reservation, but when we got
there we bumped into an executive or
der against hunting on the Indian res
ervation.
Nov, if it had been a law" laughed
the marshal, 1--WE wouldn't have paid
any attention to it. for every one vio-
lates the law. But when Kermit's
father had issued the order, we thought
it matter of filial duty to observe 1t.
80 we went down on Plum creek,
and we really had some fine grouse
shooting. These grouse are very much
like prairie chickens, except that they
stay in the brush. The largest bag we
made on any one day was As. Kermit
showed excellent craftsmanship, knock
ing down his bird two times out OF
three.
You would be surprised by the i'm
provementS out there beyond the river,
Along Plum creek there was good
house on almost every quarter. Why,
we even found barbed wire stretched
across the old Deadwood trail. That is
as bad as raising potatoes on Thomas
.JtfferSOn'S grave.
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MONSTER RATTLEsNAkE
KILLED WITH LARIA1

Murdo, S. d.. Oct. 1.-While riding
across the prairie few days ago,
Brook Taylor, a Well known rancher OF
this part of Lyman county. ran across
and killed what. without doubt. is the
largest rattlesnakc killed in this part
Of the state this season.
In fact, many OF the old timers whG
have inspected the skin declare it is
the largest rattesnake they ever saw.
After cutting off the head and a few
inches of the body the hide of the snake
measured 55 inches in length. Taylor
killed the monster snake With his
lariat.
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DRUG STORE
BURNS AT HARRISBURG

Sioux Falls. S. d.. Oct. 3--Harrs-
burg, :, small town about midway be-
tween Sioux Fails and Canton, was
the scene of quite Il serious fire. of
which DR. Ralph Steenson, formerly of
SiouN Falls, was the victim. Dr.
Steenson for some time has conducted
Il drug store at harrisburg, and this
was destroyed by the fire. together
With the building in which the business
was carried on. DIR. Steenson places
his loss at $1,000, upon which he had
insurance to the amount of 81, 900 The
building belonged to another party and
the amount of the loss upon it is un-
known
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BOOTH FAILURE IS WORSE
THAN WAS ANTICIPATED

Chicago, Oct. 7.--While the report of
the auditors, who have been working
on the financial statement of 4. Booth
&; Co.. is not yet completed. it was
learned today that the showing will be
worse than was anticipated when the
examination began.
Tive alleged surplus of 81 $4,000 shown
in . statement issued on September l
covering the company's fiscal year end
ed April so. 1908, is no surplus at all.
Instead of there being a surplus the
capital stock has been impaired to the
extent of 81, 100000.
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HAND is MANGLED
IN THREsHlNe PULLEY

Elk Point, S. D.. Oct. 6.--While John
Gill, living six miles east OF this clty.
was cleaning wheat off Il belt on his
threshing machine, his left hand was
drawn between the belt and a pulley.
badly mangling the foretlnger of his
hand and the thumb.
He ut once came to this city and Or.
Phillips amputated the finger. but 1t IS
thought the thumb can be saved. Ha
put glove on his hand TO smear a
preparation on the belt and believes
that the glove became fast to the belt.
The accident happened ON the John
Ward farm near this city.
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BELL COMPANY PLANS
COMPETITIVE SERVICE

Huron. S. D.. Oct. 5.-w. o. Pennel
OF Kansas City, representing the Bell
Telephone Co, is spending DAY or
two here. He. with other representa-
tives of the company, are making Il tour
of South Dakota. investigating tele-
phone conditions with view to estab-
fishing a Bell system in the principal
cities OF the state. Besides Huron.
Aberdeen, Brookings. Watertown and
Woonsocket have been visited and in
dications are that the Bell Co. will in
augurate systems in some OF, if not ALL
the towns named.
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STOCK SHIPMENTS EQUAL
THOSE OF LAST YEAR

Belle Fourche S. D.. Oct. 6.-Inroads
by the Milwaukee railroad on the north.
and the drouth of the past summer
will reduce the number of cattle
shipped from this point this season to
below the figure Of last year. In 1907
over LOO cars of cattle and sheep went
to market from here. but this year it
is expected that the number Will not
exceed 1900.
Other points in the western part Of
the state will make up the total, and
the shipments from the western half OF
South Dakota are expected to exceed
the number in 1907 Stockmen in Butte
county, where most of the cattle ana
sheep of western South Dakota are to
be found, had an unusually dry hot
summer and some cattle We're, there
fore, held over for another year rather
than drive them over the ranges to
market
While Belle Fourclle continues to get
the larger part of the shipping, many
small towns along the Milwaukee and
Northwestern railroads east of Rapid
City, have become good shipping
points.
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METHoDlsTs PREPARE FOR
STATE CONFERENCE

Sax Falls. S. ps. Get. 1.--Loc.,t
Methodists are making elaborate prep
arations for the entertainment of these
who wilt attend the annual meeting of
the Dakota conference of the Methodist
church. which will commence in Sioux
Falls. october 21. Preliminary arrange
nents for the conference are already
being made. Bishop Wilson will pre-
terence. He is national president of the
anti-saloon league. Temperance people
say his coming to South Dakota this
month. Just prior to the holding of the
general election, will materially aid
them In their fight for the adoption by
the voters of what is known as the
county option law. While the confer
ence commences on Wednesday. Octo-
Der 81, it will continue the remainder
of the week. Each evening, the confer
cnce will be addressed by a noted
speaker from !, different part OF the
cOlntCN.
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LIGHTNING BURNS BoLEs'
Feet BUT HE RECEIVERS

Miller, S. D., Oct. 6.--Ren Boles was
driving to Tulare when he passed UNI
der a telephone wire just as it was
struck by bolt of lightning from q
cloud overhead. The Wire f'' and
struck Boles. knocking him sei,seless,
the horses then running away with the
load and going to Il neighbor's, Who
took care of the stricken man. Tho
lightning burned Mr.. Boles' feet. and in
other ways injured him, but he has re-
covered
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THREsHER,s lRM MANGLEp
In SELF EFEDEp

Parkston. S. D.. Oct. august Muel-
Ter was the victim OF quite a serious
accident while engaged in aiding With
the work of threshing on the farm Of
Daniel Boettcher. near here. He
dropped the Gil can into the feeder of
the machine. and, in endeavoring to
recover it, his right arm came in con-
tact with the revolving knives. The
arm was badly 1nangled before it could
be withdrawn from the machine, but
it is not believed it will be necessary
to amDutate the arm.
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SIOUX FALLS MINISTERS
WANT A SUNDAY LAW

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 6--The Sioux
Falls Ministerial association has begun
active work in support of a law to be
submitted to the people for ratification,
prohibiting Sunday theaters and Sunday
baseball to which admission is charged.
Rev. Frank Fox says that since Iowa and
Minnesota have Sunday theater laws all
the troupes come into this state for their
Sunday performances.
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DAKOTA RACER WINS
PURSE OE $4,000 ABROAD

White Lake s. d., Oct. 3-Mike
Griffin. of this place. who sold Shady
q. to parties i'll Austria q year ago.
has received word that the horse has
Won Il big stake at Baden and with it a
purse of 100000. He sold the animal
for $4,000
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MOTHER JUMPS IN
ClSTERN AFTER CHILD.

; 1'yndal S. H.. Sept. 3o.-To
; save the life of her baby son,
; Mrs. VIM. Miller stood for two
; hours up TO her shoulders in the
; icy water of her cistern. She
; SAW the child tumble into the
; cistern and without even stop
ping TO think IL the water was
; over her head. she plunged in
; after him. Recovering the child
she held him out of the wa
; ter, but in the underground hole
she was unable to make any
one hear her cries. At times
: she thought she would faint
from the cold and the strain
OF holding the child, but after
: two hours her other children
came home from school and she
: was rescued from her perilous
position.
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PANAMA CHEERS OBALD1A,
IT'S NEW PRESIDENT

Panama. Oct. 5.-The most remarks
able political demonstration ever wit
messed here marked the inauguration
to the presidency of Don Jose Domingo
Obaldia. Thousands of Panamans
thronged the streets, cheering the new
president and the popular enthusiasm
was reflected in the warmth of his re-
ception.
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FLOWING WELL FOUND
WITH AID OF FISH POLE

Wagner, S. d.. Oct. ell. T. Mayo.
a prominent farmer living near here.
secured u fine flowing we'll in de-
cidedly unique manner-by the use OF
a fish pole. Some time ago he noticed
that water was oozing out of the
ground at certain spot on his farm.
However, he paid no attention to it
and did not investigate the source OF
the water until a day or two ago. when
himself and his hire man decided
to make an investigation and solve the
mystery of the water appearing where
it did. They We're provided With a fish
pole, and with this they prodded around
in The soft earth at and in the mme-
diate vicinity of where the water
emerged to the surface of the ground.
Pushing the fishpole down IL few feet
at one point they withdrew it, and a
fine flow of water Immediately started
and has been flowing steadily ever
since. They had tapped a boiling spring.
which is at IL depth OF about eight feet,
and OF sufficient capacity to furnish a
never ceasing supply of water
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DEMOCRATS GET TICKET
PLACED ON BALLOT

Pierre. S. D., Oct. Attorney
General Clarke has given his opinion in
favor Of the placing of the democratic
petition ticket on the ballot under the
head of good government ticket
This settles the question as to the
filing of names by petition and permits
any combination Of names under q
party head
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SILVER FOR COINAGE.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 3-Director
of the Mint Leach announced today he
would this week resume the purchase
of fine silver for subsidiary coinage.
He expects to purchase about 125,OOO
ounces each Week for an indefinite
period.
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BOY KICKED BY HORSE
is FATALLY INJURED

his father upon his return, Stanley
Schmidt. of Ellis, planned to do all the
chores.
Leading a horse to water he was
kicked on the head and will die.
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MARSHAL BULLOCK TAKES
CANTONWINE' STORE

Armour, S. D.. Oct. 7.-Unjtcd States
Marshal Seth Bullock arrived in Ar
mour about 8 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing for the purpose of taking charge of
the business of j. c. Captonwinc, gen
eral merchant and implement dealer OF
this city.
Nm, Moore. of Armour has been APP
pointed custodian OF the property of
MIR Cantonwine. The hearing for his
case is set for next Saturday. October
10. before the United States court at
Sioux Falls. The pcttioning attorneys
are Walker & Gurley, OF Armour. and
u. J. Spangler, of Mitchell. This is the
sequel OF Il mysterious robbery which
occurred at the store of Mr.. Canton
wine the night of September %, when
he claims that mis- safe was opened and
the sum OF $4,000 in currency, 50. 900 in
gold and $500 III silver money was
taken
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COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
WILL TOUR STATE

1ar.lston. s. d.. Oct. 1.-THE glee club
plans Christmas trip and will spend
about two weeks meeting engagements
in the northern part OF the state. The
director of music has made a choice of
the members. after II competitive ex-
animation. with the following results:
Second bass, G.. NJ. Stevenson, Neigh.
Neb. X. j. Swanson, Alcester: II. l..
Nordness, Pierpont. First bass, C. w.
Gardner. Rec Heights; l1. ii. Melick,
Neigh. Neb.: il. w. Mack. Lesterville.
Second tenor, +. H. Hammitt. Alcester;
NJ. II. Hanna, Platte: c. S. Stevenson.
Neigh. Neb First tenor, S. l.. May.
Oacoma; j. A. Cooling. Skagway,
Alaska; j. d. Daley, Huron.
The college opens With an increased
enrolment. somewhat passing any pre-
Vious year, the number standing at 24O
ait the end OF two weeks.
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SMALL BOY WITH MATCHES
CAUSES SERIOUS BLAZE

Arlfngtdn, S. d., Oct. 5.-Snal1 boys
and matches caused Il disastrous fire
on the farm of Fred Berg, living south
east of town, by which he lost his barn,
containing his winters supply of hay
and oats.
The business men of this place are
raising funds for Il gymnasium equip
ment for n Y. M. G. A. 1t is hoped the
gymnasium may be equipped for use
before the winter
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TWO GRAIN ELEVATORS
DESTROYED AT CANTON

Canton, S. D.. Oct. 6.--At s o'clock
last night fire was discovered in the
elevator owned by Mr.. Logan of Shell
don, and in few minutes fierce blaze
was rolling high. An elevator owned
by the South Dakota Grain company
and the Gemmill elevator We're soon on
fire and great firebrands We're blown
north over the city by a 50-mile gale.
1t looked at oI,,. lime as if the city
was doomed. Two box cars and one
fiat car and many corncribs We're con-
sumed. The Hunting elevator was on
fire several times, but the tiremen were
able to save it by splendid work. Two
other elevators and the electric light
plant We're in danger for an hour or
more. and a splendid bucket brigade
rendered valuable service. The loss on
the elevators is about $4,000. and the
other losses will make it $4,000. The
fierce gale prevailing carried the fire.
brands over the city and thus saved it.
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THREE SEVERE ACCIDENTS
OCCUR AT ARLINGTON

Arlington, S. d.. Oct. ANDREW Lee,
ex-governor and democratic nominee,
addressed a large audience here today.
Floyd Lokke, OF White. was seriously
injured in a football game.
Mrs A. f. Shea. postmistress at
Rates, was seriously injured in run
away.
Mike Hand. of Cavour. narrowly es-
capped death by slipping into the cyllnd-
or of a threshing machine. His feet
We're badly mangled, but he will re-
cover
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The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-29
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munion rail because | could get a
better shot. I did not give a damn
whether he was a German priest
or any other kind of a priest.
They are all in the same class. |
left Italy three months ago; went
first to Central America, and then
came to the United States and to
denver. | am an anarchist, and |
am proud of it. | shot him, and
my only regret is that | could not
have shot the whole bunch of
priests in the church. I am a shoe
maker, but have not worked since
coming to Denver
Only extraordinary work by a
special force of policemen and dep
uty sherltfs a mob of three thou
sand erlraged men was prevented
from going to Colorado Springs
early Su,luay to lynch Giuseppe
Guarraccio.
Members of the Catholic priest
hood in Denver declare there is no
record in the history Of the church
of a tragedy to parallel that of the
killing of Father Leo Heinrichs
while administering sacrament to
Giuseppe Guaranaccio at the altar
of St. Elizabeth's church last Sun
day morning. Never before had a
servant of the church been sum-
moned from the performance of
his duties in so tragic and dram
attic a manner. This crime will
stand out as one of the most fear
full in the criminal records of the
world, and its preparation may
result in the elevation of Father
Leo to the position of a martyr and
lead to his canonization as one of
the saints of the church in whose
service he fell while performing
his duties.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-29
WILL GET THEIR PAY

Louisiana soldiers who were in
service during the Spanish wal are
about to receive $50, 900 from the
national government. The amount
represents compensation for the
time elapsing between the date of
their arrival at rendezvous points
within the State and their muster
into the service of the United
States.
The claim has bee impending for
a long time. The agents of the
State now say that the matter is
nearly settled. The auditors for
Fshe War Department and other Of
fc1a1s who have the final say in
the matter have decided the case
far enough to make the payment
Of $4,000 to Louisiana a GER
tainty. The proof for an addi-
tional $4,000 is not in, but the at
torneys say there is no doubt it
will be satisfactory.
The money will be transferred
to the governor and by him dis
tributed to those entitled to re-
ceive it. Many similar claims
have been paid.-N. O. World.