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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
Convicted of SwindIina.

COnVlCLSG OF SWlnQilnSs
In the next eight or ten days w. B.
Shrove and Minnie Lewis, credited
with being the cleverest mail scheme
operators ever convicted in this part
of the country, will be on their way
to the Federal prisons, to which they
were sentenced last week by Judge
Sanders in the United States Circuit
Court. The man was sentenced to one
year without hard labor at Atlanta,
and the woman was given the same
term at Nashville. Both were con-
victed on charges of having used the
mails with fraudulent intent. United
States Marshal Loisel announced yes
terday that while no date has been
set, ,he will leave shortly with the
prisoners. The marshal will make the
round trip himself, going first to At
lanta and then to Nashville. The
couple are now in the Parish Prison.
Their scheme, as exposed by Post
office Inspector Pulsipher, who worked
up the case and had them indicted by
the Federal grand jury, is said to have
been one of the most successful ever
worked here. The man and woman
pleaded guilty to one indictment Of
the two returned. AS explained BY
Postofice Inspector, Pulsipher, they
advertised, by means of the mails, fol
women to produce paintings on velvet
under the title of the American Tap
estry, Art and Supply Company a
819 Camp street. They agree to pay
prices for the work ranging from 81
cents to S3,75. But before giving tn,
employment or pretended employment
they demanded a deposi;t of So. rs, osten
sibly for materials without which the.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
T1'espass Notice

All persons are hereby warned and
prohibited from cutting, burning dead.
ening, carrying or floating away, OF
otherwise iniuring or destroying any
trees, timber or wood growing or lay
ing upon the llnds of the Salmen Brick
and Lumber Company, Limited. Any
person so doing will be prosecuted un
der the provisions of Act No. 103, o.
the laws of 1902.
salmen Brick & Lumber Co., Ltd.
my25-ly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
Do YOU wish an investment
The Northwestern Dental Co.

When ,on GO to New Orleans I" get
vo,.r dental work done, be sure TO call
IT the Aorthw estern Dental C", M. 1910
Canal Street. You will find the finest
md best equipped dental Office in the
South, under the management of DIR. L.
A, Brewster Moderate prices; first
class work. is the motto. Everything
strictly first class, 'nnd a ten-year guar
antee on ali work.
Open Sund ,ys from 9 to 4; evenings
until 8 p. m.
NORYHWESPERN DENTAL CO.,
1910 Canal St.. New Orleans. Ia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
No Trespass1ng.

All persons are hereby forbidden to
hunt, trap, or otherwise tresspass on
the lands of the undersigned under
penalty of the law.
HOWARD A. PIERCE.
JOHH D. COUSIN.
TAYLR COUSIN.
JNO. A. TODD. JR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-06-27
1'resspass Notice

All parties are hereby forbidden
under penalty of the law, to cut wood,
deaden trees, or otherwise tresspass
on nv lands in this parish.
JACQUES PELLOAT.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
PAID UNCLE SAI. FIFTY
DOLLARS FOR HIS
JOKE
JOHN HOLNIBERG FINED FOR
TAMPERING WITH TIE u.
S. MAIL.
ImpcrSonatcs Husband and Offers to
Become affinity" of Other
Mans Wife.

Just how little Mrs George C.
Holmberg, wife of a travelling sales
man residing in Minneapolis, dream
ed that her confidential letler to her
husband directed to Mitchell, S. D.,
would fall into other hands, was
shown Friday, in the United States
court at DeadWood, when John p.
holmberg, a homesteader from Ly-
man county, who confessyt to two
score years and looks oldeI. pleaded
sulliy TO unlawfully intercc .,ting the
!e.,er, and was fined $50 and costs
Dy Judge Garland.
i5en.nd the tampering with the op-
AZ. llon oi Uncle Sans mall service
IS a story that comic setting inter-
.,rled with some serious aspects.
., .Ala. Holmberg to her husband
rs, DeueHDer. He was eA ,,ected to
y IN A4Itcnell on December 23 and
5. holmDergs young heart just
i.owed with pity at the thought
uoD0y away from home on the
:, III holiday. The letter naturally
e.lected some OF the overflow and
.aen Mrs. Holmberg busiol herself
bout her domestic duties 10 await
IN patiently reply.
Imagine her surprise and chagrin
when few days later she received
from Mitchell badly scra Nled-in
fact almost illegible missivc. bearing
a Mitchell date line. The ritter IA
borously plodded through some
coarse compliments. ingenio sly sug-
gested that he was a man of some
means and respected in ne COM
munity in which he resuad and
thinly veiled his ambition Sc termin-
ate a life of single blessedi. 4ss. The
misspel1ed letter was signeu John 2.
Holmberg.
Now Mrs. George G. Hol;lberg is
pretty and refined as we'll a young,
and her uncouth admirer liled to
awaken the slightest reciprolation in
her tortured heart. Instead it
aroused her to action. She managed
to get into communication With her
husband and dutifully tur, ed over
the strange letter. Mr.. Holmberg
sought the aid of the government
and Post Office Inspector D A. Col
lier soon located and arres slAd John
P. Holmberg on a homestead near
kadoka.
1t did not take long for the fed
eral grand jury to indict John P
Holmberg, on Thursday, and crest
fallen at what he considered an in
nocent amusement, he pleaded guilty
Friday and meekly took the punish
ment that was meted out to him.
This year George G. holmberg
thinks he can find it convenient fol
him to spend Christmas in Nlinneap
oils, and mayhap, await more mail
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
SPIRITS TALK 70
AGNOST|C'S WIDOW
Mrs. Robert G. Ingcrsoll Thinks
Message May BE From Her
Dead Husband.

New York City.-The widow of
the late Colnel Robert G. Ingersol,
desires to communicate with his de-
parted spirit and is encouraging
the efforts of the mediums to that
end.
Mrs. Ingersol denied she has been
converted to spiritualism or has any
opinion on that belief, but she ID
mits she wishes to be assured Of the
soul life of her husband and ex-
presses the hope that her wish will
be gratified.
II do not know that there is a
hereafter, but there may be one,"
she said. am not spiritulist and
do not know that there are spirits
But il spirits exist, believe my hus.
bands spirit will seek me out. am
trying to aid it,
Colonel Robet G. Ingersoll, widely
known as a lecturer and for his
views on religion, died July 21, 1s
80. His widow was an agnostic ever
before hef marriage to him, and sh,
supported his beliefs during his life
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
.RANR|DE SUFFERS A
DISASTROUS FIRE
BUSINESS SECTION is WIPED OUT
AND THREE THOUSAND
ARE HOMELESS.
Famine Was Feared for a Time But
Neighboring Camps Send Out
Provisions.

'Rawhide, Nevada.-Three thous-
and people are homeless, a score or
more injured, and a property loss
of more than s750,O0O is the result
of disastrous fire which started at
9 O'Clock Friday morning in DR..
Gardner's office, located in the Raw
hide Drug Company's building. Fan
ned by gale the fire swept rapidly
east and south to Balloon avenue and
up Rawhide avenue to within fifty
yards of the Peoples Hospital More
than q ton and a half of dynamite
was used in the demolition of the
buildings, which in a measure stayed
the flames progress The fire de-
partment and five hundred miner
volunteers worked heroically, but on
account of the inflammable construc-
tions of the buildings they were
swept away like tinder.
AT II o'clock the business portion
of Rawhide was a smoldering mass
of ruins, the flames being finally
checked south of Balloon avenue.
Wild excitement prevailed and
the scenes were the same as at Gold
field in July, 1906, and during other
big conflagrations in mining COM
munities. Many people we're slight
ly injured but none seriously. Many
acts of heroism were recorded.
A famine was feared as all the
supply houses and grocery stores
were wiped out. A subscription list
was started and in a few minutes
over $4,000 was raised and re
lief train started from Reno at
o'clock carrying thousands of pounds
|of food and bedding. All the mining
towns Of the state came quickly t.
the assistance Of the Rawhide suffer
ers with cash contributions.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
FAMOUS INDIAN
CHIEF IS DEAD
Famous South Dakota Chief Wore
Silk Tile in Bean Town.

Something is happening in South
Dakota all the time. The state has
outgrown it's infancy and now fur
nishes interesting events, data and
news for the world. During the
early settlement of the state the
Indians and dry weather were the
only topics about which the news
paper correspondents could, or at
least did write. Now everything is
vastly different, the dry spells are al
most unknown and the state is COW
cred with as happy, contented and
prosperous class of farmers as pos
sible to find within Uncle Sans do
main. AS a consequence the news
paper accounts of dry weather" are
superseded by glowing accounts Of
bumper crops.
The Indian has also ceased to be
much of an object of interest and
barring something outside the ordi-
| nary he reposes in tranquility and
| e.lusion within the ocontines of Las
respective reservation. However,
some of the older chiefs are known
all over the state, especially to the
early settlers, and their movements
| are watched with interest. Standing
Bear, a Ponca Indian chief at Mo
brara was one of the chiefs we'll
known all over the state and he even
r t.
gained this national reputation when
i Thomas Tibbles, former populistic
vice presidential candidate. dressed
him up in a high silk tile and cor
i responding attire and exploited hin
4 IN Boston and other eastern cities az
Ia martyr to government persecution
Standing Bear died last week a
Nicbrara, and in his death one more
Of the really notable Indians are gone
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
ATTEMPTED REVEGE
ON HIS NE|GHBORS
Gals Tusha, OF Near Hayes Sheets
Sell and Blamcs Accident
On NeighbOrs.

About year ago, Clyde Whiting,
- near Hayes, was killed by dyna-
Ante explosion. Gus Tusha, rancher
and near neighbor of the man who
Was killed, was accused of the crime
and tried for murder. At the trial
Messrs. f. l.. Smith, A. Swarts anu
Lewis ,Sellon all testified against
rusha. Tusha was acquitted of the
crime but has ever since the trial
..arDored an illfeeling for the three
neighbors who testified against him.
Last week Iusha had the three
men arrested for attempted murder
aud exhibited a rifle shot wound IN
ms side, claiming the men attacked
HIM, shot him and fully intended to
put him out of existence.
At the preliminary hearing of the
accused men it developed that Tu-
sha wound corresponded with the
calibre of his own rifle, and neigh
bors freely assert that Tusha shot
himself and then attempted to trump
DIP criminal charge against the ac-
used men for the sole purpose OF
getting even" or revenge on them
for testifying against him in his
tria1 for numbering his neighbor
Whiting.
The three accused men were dis
charged by the magistrate, ad an
investigation is under way that may
make it quite interesting for Tusha.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
Washington Savings and Trust, were
closed today by orders from the
federal and state banking author

Washington Savings and Trust, were
closed today by orders from the
federal and state banking author
titles.
The order closing the Cosmopol-
itan bank was brought forth by the
refusal it is said, of Bank Examiner
John B. Cunningham to approve
some of the paper and other secur-
tiles of the bank for loans aggre-
eating, it is said, more than $1,000
000 The officials Of the bank deny
that worthless or insufficient secur-
tiles have been accepted for loans.
They say all the paper and other
collateral he'd by the Cosmopolitan
is collectable, and that the bank is
solvent.
Further than to state that the
bank is insolvent, Examiner Cum
ningham would not commit himself.
According to the bank last state
ment, it's liabilities were $1,S61,S3O.
The banks officials are indignant
that the government should close the
institution. The cashier declared
that the available cash on hand was
nearly so per cent of the total depos-
its. Included in the deposits are fed
eral and state deposits Of 100000,
secured by bond.
Robert Lyons who is the receiver
for the Allegheny National bank,
which recently failed here, was ap-
pointed receiver of the Cosmopoli-
tan. The vice president of the Mount
Washington Savings and Trust com
pany is also director of the Nation
al bank The capital stock of the
Trust company is $125,000. Its de-
posts we're 100000, with loans and
discounts to aggregate 100000.
State Bank Examiner James X.
Cover said the Trust company was
closed because of apparent irregu-
larities.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
ward. Then while the audience
sat breathless. she walked Gut OF
the hall

ward. Then while the audience
sat breathless. she walked cut OF
the hall.
1'ne preacher drortd his crI.s ANA
lacked at the child, which began to
cry feebly. Then there was an up
rosr, women rushed forward. but
zone would touch the child wall
in: on the altar, until mothcrly
looking woman pushed her way
through the crowd and picked It
up. She was Jewess.
Pinned to the baby's dress was a
note which stated that the baby's
father was John N. Hutcherson and
its mother Cora Thompson. els
that true?". asked little shoe
maker, whose faith in Hutcherson
had always been supreme.
The preacher looked at the crowd
and read the same question in every
face. The woman tempted me, and
l fell" he said, quoting the pitiful
excuse of Adam with oily JUNCTION.
''H-l!" calculated the little
you amt even a mani"
Hutcherson has for five years been
a worker in the missions of the city.
He has taken every opportunity to
give testimony as to his Christian
life, and prayers with sinners have
always been remarkable for their
fervldity.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
ST. ONCE WOMAN WRECKS
TWO HAPPY HOMES
WIFE OF BUSHES MAN AND
VILLAGE BLACKSMITH FLEE
TO CANADA.
Erring "Soul Mates" Leave Families
For Shameful Life in Frigid
North.

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. S.-With
the friendship and sympathy o. many
loyal friends, but denied the love OF
the one he held most dear, j. M
Coombs has placed his business in
the hands of a friend aud left his
home. He was a passenge- from
Deadwood yesterday for Phoenix
Ariz., where he will place his 12-
year old boy in school. He has no
plans and no aspirations--only to
take care OF his boy and To forget
about the rest.
Some time ago his friends began
to whisper things to him, but he
would not believe them. Later on
he was furnished proof of these
statements and then he drove his
wife from home, and the community
supported him in his action. This
was just before the carnival. Two
days later Dave Johnson, a black
smith at St. Onge, with living wife
and children got on the train and
said he was coming to the carnival.
He never returned home. Mrs.
Coombs had friends in Canada and
there is reason to think that John
son went in the same direction she
perhaps took by prearranged plan.
But two hearts are desolate and two
families mourn. The recreant pair can
not be happy enough to make up for
the broken hearts their actions have
caused.
Mr.. Coombs, when seen yesterday,
expressed the deepest gratitude for
the citizens of st. Onge, many of
whom made him and the boy tear
full farewells as he left yesterday. He
expects to return to the Hills in the
spring.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
ed her down stairs, and was horri-
fed to find that he had killed her.

ed her down stairs, and was hOrri-
fed to find that he had killed her.
This happened at 1880 O'Clock Tues
day night. Fearing discovery he
conceived the idea of cutting the
body up, taking it away on one Of
the steamers and throwing the parts
overheard and then reporting to
the police that his wife had left him.
Jordan according to his confession
went out and bought heavy butcher
knife. With this and a razor and
shears he severed the head from the
body and after putting the scalp and
hair in the kitchen range, placed the
skull in the furnace in the cellar.
The legs and arms were cut from
the body and the flesh sliced off in
strips leaving the bones of the
limbs practically bare. the bones
were placed in the furnace and the
chunks placed in the trunk with the
torso. Then the trunk was taken to
the Somerville station and shipped to
Boston.
Jordan came to Boston and en-
deavored to secure passage for New
York on the Harvard, but learned
that the steamer vas not running
that day The hody remained at the
North Station over night. The mur-
derer declared to the police that af-
ter knocking his wife down stairs
and finding that she was dead he
placed the body in the kitchen and
went to bed and to sleep. When he
awoke in the morning he cooked his
own breakfast in the kitchen, eating
it in the presence of the body of his
wife. In the afternoon. Jordan said,
he dismembered the body.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
1900 SCHOOL TEACHERS
IN SOUTH /. ...Ak0IA.
Enough Teachers to Supply all the
Schools Of the State---Gain of
Is per cent.

At the August examination for
teachers certificates, total of l.
5G2 applicants wrote in all the coun-
ties of the state. This is an increase
of little over fifteen per cent over
the number of applicants at the Au-
tha largest number of papers ever
presented to the state board of ex-
aminers. Out of this list it is ex-
pected that enough will secure GER
tificates to practically supply the
schools of the state this fall.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
important LABOR CASE POSTPONED.

Washington, Sept. s.-The case
for contempt of court against John
Mitchell, Samuel Gompers and Sec
retary Morrison, Of the American
Federation Of Labor, has been post
poned two ueeks. slt| s,.I.s
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
PREACHER EXPOSED
IN OWN CHURCH
"i4ay Down Your SINS" H, Pleads,
and Ruined Girl Puts His Child
On the Altar.

St. Louis Mo.-"Come to he al-ar
AMI lay down your burden CT SIN"
pleaded John Hutcherson, IN unor-
dained preacher, at the cloae o: re-
! g,;ous exercises Friday. A pale
faced girl arose, stepped to The front
end laid month old baby on The
altar.
Here is your little burden Of
sin" she said to the man who had
invited the repentant to come for
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
FARMERS INSTITUTE At
RAPID CITY OCT 23.24
A Fine Program Will be Rendered
Interesting Meeting Assured.

Brookings, S. D.. Sept. 5.-The
following dates are assigned for the
Farmers Institutes in this state. Pro-
grams will be furnished the local
papers for their issue the week be-
fore the meetings are to be held. Lo-
cal parties interested in these meet
ings are requested to do all in their
power to make them success and
to advertise the meetings as much as
possible in their particular neigh
borhoods. The meetings and dates
will be as follows:
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
TWO BANKS GO 70 The WA[[
81 ,OOO,OOO In Loans on Worthless
Securities, Says Examiner-Of-
ficers Very Indignant.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. s. Two f.
nancial institutions, the Cosmopol-
itan National Bank. and the Mount
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

When you are told that
Rapid City has boom with
mushroom attachment. deny
1t and insist that it's just ..
natural, normal growth Fat
that has begun to sit " and
notice-that's all.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

If you've been q knocker
come out OF 1t. Swear OF
and join the boosters. II Will
help some II you subscrib,
for The Union It's saying
things for Rapid City once
week. also the year.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-10
TO REAPPRAISE TOWNSHIP.
Hartshorne, Ok.'s, Three-Year Fight
Finally Comes to End.

McAlester, Ok-The fight that has
been waged for three years over the
reappraisement of the townsite OF
Hartshorne has ended by the ap-
pointment of Charles A. Wilson OF
McAlester and Louis Lefiore of Atoka
to reappraise the same, beginning
July 7.
The original appraisement was
made by Colonel G. o. Shepard and
B. S. Smiser and was considered high
by the citizens. Feeling was intense
and Colonel Shepard was severely
beaten up while officially visiting
the town. All the power OF the gov
ernment was directed to show that
there had been a conspiracy to Grip
pie or kill Shepard, but the alleged
conspirators were acquitted by a
jury.
Later, two men, Wilcox and Ungles,
were convicted of assault and battery
and sentenced to six months in jail
there. Appeals are now pending in
the Eighth circuit.
Shepard, who is a protege OF Jas
S. Sherman, present Republican can
didate for vice-president, bitterly
fought all efforts to secure a reap
praisement successfully up until now
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-10
MASS MEETING OF INDIANS.
Many In MccIain County Are Tired Of
Waiting.

Purcell, Ok.-Indian citizens OF Nc.
Claim county are tired of waiting for
the Government to wind up tribal af.
fairs and pay to each individual his
share of the tribal estate, as evidenc-
ed by a mass meeting of citizens held
in the district court room here July
4tb.
The meeting was well attended,
representative Indians being present
from every portion of the county.
Permanent organization was perfected
by the selection of Don Fulsom OF
Lindsay chairman and w. l.. Bird OF
Purcell secretary.
1t is the determination Of this body
of citizens to extend the organization
to every county In the old Indian
Territory portion Of the state and de-
mand of the powers that be the pas
sage of such laws as will dispose of
| the coal, asphalt and surplus or un-
allotted lands of the tribes, parceling
| the proceeds thereof, together with
| all tribal moneys per capita at the
very earliest possible date.
Every member of Congress from
this part of the state will be asked
to commit himself on these questions
and every candidate for Congress who
refuses to assist in this work, which
is SO material to the welfare Of each
individual Indian, will not receive
the support of this body Of citizens.