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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
UNANIMOUS FOR TAFT
Ohio Delegates Will Be a Unit
for the Secretary Of War.
RESULTS OF THE PRIMARIES
Four Delegates at Large and Twenty.
two District Delegates to Chr
cago Convention Chosen.

Columbus, O., Feb 12.-The net re
suit of the Republican primaries held
throughout Ohio was, for William III
Taft, four delegates-at-large and TWEEN
ty.two district delegates to the ma
tional convention in Chicago, and a
list of delegates to the state conven
ton, to be held March 3, which will
be unanimously in his favor. Hardin
county held no primaries.
No opposition worth mentioning de-
veloped. The supreme court destroyed
all chances of success by the Foraker
element in Cuyahoga county by de-
claring that the Taft county commit
tee was the only valid organization of
it's kind in that county and the selec-
ton of delegates there went by de
fault, no ticket being placed in the
field against the Taft candidates.
In Knox county the opposition to
Taft had brought an "independent"
ticket into the field, the Independents,
however, being all Foraker men. The
Taft candidates won easily, the vote
being about four to one in their favor
Actual voting for delegates to the
state convention was carried on in but
thirty-five out of the total of eighty
eight counties in the state, the Taft
delegates in fifty-two counties having
no opposition and their names were
simply certified as having been elect
ed, and no vote being taken In Hardin,
1t was the general belief that votes
would be cast in thirty-six counties,
but the failure Of the Foraker men to
bring out an opposition ticket in
Cuyahoga county reduced the num-
Der by one.
Congressional primaries were held
In tho Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, greater
part of the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth and Twenty-first districts,
and in small proportions of the
Seventh and Nineteenth
In all but the two last, wherein the
voting was in too limited a territory
to be decisive, the Taft people won
without opposition. In the Ninth,
Sixth and Sixteenth districts candi-
dates for congress were nominated di-
rectly al the primaries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
DISGRACE AT WHITE HOUSE.

| blOOhhSE M VIII Il II tloOOE
Kelly and Knowles did not dc
anything during the two years they
drew salaries as congressman from
South Dakota, but it was not neces
Jary for the decent people Of the
state to apologize for them or either
of them during their stay in Wash
ington other than for their incom.
potency. As much cannot be said
for Parker and Hall. III the World
likes to know the reason why, ask
the door keeper of the White House
at Washington. Webster Reporter
and Farmer.
The foregoing, no doubt, refers by
inference to the fact that Congress
man Parker disgraced himself and
the state at the recent reception at
the White House. When Mr.. Par
ker reached the president in line he
clapped the president on the back,
called him Teddy" maudled over
him and did and said other things of
which only man in that condition
could be guilty. The president
turned his back in disgust and secret
service men hustled the maudlin con-
gresham to an ante-room In plain
language, Congressman Parker, rep
resenting the State of South Dakota,
was much the worse for liquor at a
public reception at the White House,
maudled over the president, was
hustled off by secret service men and
the president issued orders to strike
his name from the list of eligibles at
the White House.
And while the truth is being told
about the present congressional rep
from this state, be it said
that for many months Congressman
Hall has been under surveillance for
the same weakness or crime in a
public servant, according as such
things are viewed.
A pretty pair this to succeed Burke
and Martin as representatives of
this state, yet this is what Crawford
ism has forced upon us and would
force upon us again.-Aberdeen
News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13

Found Not Guilty of Numbering Web
ster s. Guern.


Chicago, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Dora Nc
Donald, who has been on trial here
since Jan. 20 on the charge of murder
ing Webster Guerin, was acquitted by
jury in the criminal court. The YER
dict was reached after six and half
hours elaboration. The defendant,
who was the widow Of Michael Nc
Donald. formerly a political leader In
Chicago, received the verdict without
apparent emotion.
II developed at the trial just con-
cluded that Guerin and Mrs. Dora Nc
Donald had been more or less init
mate for almost ten years, their rela-
lions having begun when Guerin was
less tan seventeen years old. The
state asserted that Guerin he'd at
tempted to dissolve these relations
and that the woman shot him in a
Jealous rage.
The defense attacked Guerins
character, asserting that he had sys-
tematically blackmailed Mrs. McDon-
aid for years and offered evidence
tending to show that he had attacked
her in his studio on the day of the
tragedy. One of the dramatic Incl
dents Of the trial was the acting out
OF this alleged struggle by two physi-
clans, who showed how Mrs Melon
aid might have twisted the revolver
In Guerin's hand until 1t pointed at
his own breast and how the trigger
might have been pulled during the
struggle.
The trial attracted unusually large
crowds and on several occasions the
police and bailiffs had to unite forces
to hold would-be spectators In check.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
DENIES THE ACCUSATION.
President Not Using Federal Patron.
age to Assist Taft.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Answer has
been made by President Roosevelt to
the recent public statements that he
has made use of federal patronage to
further the presidential interests of
Secretary Taft. The answer is in the
form of letter addressed to William
Dudley Foulke of Richmond, Ind, and
includes letter from Mr. Foulke to
the president suggesting the need of
such q statement.
The president begins by characteriz.
Ing the charges as false and ma
licious." He follows this with an an
alysis of all appointments sent by him
to the senate for its action to show
that in no case has the proximity of a
presidential contest Influenced his &C.
lions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
WOULD NAME LABOR TICKET
compers Asked to Call National Con-
vention.

New York, Feb. 10.--At a meeting
Of the Central Federated union Pres
ident Samuel Gompers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor was re-
quested by resolution to call a con-
vention of labor union representa-
tives from all over the country for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for
president and vice president of the
United States and adopting platform
for a National Labor party. The re-
cent decisions of the supreme court
ir which labor laws were declared un-
constitutional were criticised and II
was declared that labcring men
throughout the country must combine
to change the Constitution. Judges,
It was said, owed their appointments
to men opposed to labor and must be
superseded before labor would re-
ceive the justice to which 1t is en-
titled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13

The Grant County Review, which
is democratic newspaper, in its last
issue calls attention to the fact that
the insurgents Of Grant County tried
TO steal the delegates to the state
convention, tried to evade the prim.
AIRY election law and finally adopted
resolutions endorsing the candidacy
OF Secretary Taft for the presidency.
Since the Aberdeen American and
the Webster World have called
attention to the Grant county reso-
lutions and say the stalwarts oppose
resolutions endorsing Taft, we print
what the Review says:
AT the committee meeting last
Saturday, however, the insurgents.
including the editor of the News who
penned the foregoing paragraph, Ia
paragraph taken from the Grant
CountyNews, insurgentpaper, endors.
ing the primary and showing what
a wonderful thing it was for good
regardless of the expense it would
incur fought to oppose holding a
primary election upon the ground
that it would involve a needless
expense, claiming that as both fac
tions now favored Taft for president,
the committee might as well name
the delegates and thereby save the
expense OF an election. The insur-
gents have thus completely reversed
themselves in two important particu-
lars one is now advocating Taft
whom they vigorously opposed unill
very recently, and the other in
opposing holding primary election
which until three weeks ago they
favored. The actions OF the insur.
gents Affords ground for drawing
several conclusions. Had the reso-
luton carried at the county commit.
tee meeting, il would have been in
the power Of the insurgents to have
named all eight delegates by boldly
usurping that power as was done in
the McPherscn county case. 1t was
perfectly natural for the stalwarts
not to permit themselves to be caught
mapping, and not to take any chances
upon the generosity Of their insur-
gent opponents. Judging from the
situation as a whole, it would appear
that the reason for the insurgents
reversing their position, and acting
inconsistency with their former
position, ia that they realize they
have lost ground in this county as
well as elsewhere and feared taking
chances upon going to the polls and
being defeated. If this guess Is cor.
rect, il will explain why they are
willing to be generous and offer to
divide the delegation to the state
convention. and to endorse Taft
whom they have all along been
opposing.
Thus twill be seen that the insur
gents Of Grant county very ingen-
iously sandwiched the resolution
endorsing Taft in with many other
resolutions including one which
would have given the insurgent
county central committee power To-
name the delegates 70 the Huron
convention had they passed and the
staIwart republicans were compelled
h Kin al the resolutions to prevent
(he piracy Of the delegation. The
e6use q Crawfordism will not stand
publi4ticn and ~ the time the votes
ere counted il June, Il will be i
~cnder 4 he carries Beadle county.
1f|afsprose ntsiion DON'T 30 any morel
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
NINE MINERS KILLED.
Fatal Explosion Occurs in a Shaft In
Kentucky.

Central City, KY, Feb. 11.-Nine
miners were killed and one other
was fatally injured by an explosion of
gas in the mine of the Moody Coal
company at South Carrolton, three
miles from this city. The mine is
a small one and only thirteen men
were at work in the diggings at the
time of the explosion. The accident
was caused by slow blast setting off
the gas, which had evidently accumu-
lated in considerable quantity, as the
interior of the mine was wrecked and
the cages smashed so that 1t was i'm
possible to get the ten victims and the
three survivors to the surface for
some hours.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
WOUNDED BY NIGHT RIDERS
Tennessee Planter and His Son Shot
by Armed Mob.

Adams. Tenn, Feb. S.--Night riders.
well armed and mounted, visited the
farms of Hugh c. Lawrence and Wash
inetpn T. Wicker. within three miles
Of tins place, destroyed the barns on
both farms, together with 10000
pounds OF tobacco. shot and wounded
Lawrence and his son, Bradley Law
renee. and whipped q negro named
Motlow numerically.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
FOR ILLEGAL BANKING.
Two Indictments Against "Man Now
Coming Across Ocean,

New York, Feb. 10.--Two indict-
ments were returned by the special
grand jury OF New York county which
Is now investigating banking methods
as disclosed by the recent panic. 4
was anpcunced that the indictments
were az siEst a man who is now com.
ing across the ocean" Justice Bowling
fixed bail In each Indictment at $I0,-
700.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13

Paris, Feb. 12.--Count Boni de Cas-
itelIane. the divorced husband of Anna
Gould Of New York, was found guilty
BY the correctional court of criminal
assault and battery on Prince Helie
de Sagan. his cousin. and fined $50.
The prince was awarded 20 cents
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-13
TWO NEW BATTLEsHIPs.


Washington, Feb. 10.-The house
committee on naval AFFAIRS has voted
to recommend an appropriation for
the building Of two batt.eships OF the,
Delaware class, instead OF the four
battleships recommended by the navy
department and urged by the pres
dent.
The sun., 1908-07-19
POSTMASTER FOR Al YEARS.
Mr.. Smith OF Smiths Basin, N. ", Holds
the Record for This State.

Mr.. Smith OF Smiths Basin. N. ", Holds
the Record for This State.
The Oldest postmaster in New York State.
tinuous service In the United States, Is
ington county, q little town with popula-
ton Of less than 800. situated on the Cham
plain Canal. Postmaster Smith was ap-
pointed April 10, 1851. by Montgomery
Blair, Postmaster General during Lincoln's
first term, and has survived all the Demo-
cratic Administrations since that time.
Before his appointment as postmaster
Smith had served as clerk in the post Office
for ten years, giving him fifty-seven years
OF continuous service. Smith has really
served the Post Office Department one year
less than James @. Kerr, an octogenarian
who is now employed in the Office Of the
superintendent OF the mails in Chicago,
but Kerr has never risen to the dignity Of
being boss OF post ofiioe.
Smiths success In olinging to his Job
through the Democratic years was said to
have been due partly to the fact that there
were no Democrats in Smiths Basin who
had tho heart to terminate the veterans
long service and partly to President Cleve-
lands disinclination to do 20. Smiths
Basin Is as proud OF the postmaster's record
as he is, and once when an unsympathetio
Democrat started petition for Postmaster
Smiths Job everybody else In town signed
one asking that Smith be retained.
When Smith first went to work In the
little Warrington county post Office every
letter was recorded, way billed and wrapped
separately, and every three months the
postmaster had to send record to Wash-
ington Of each letter that left his Office in
that time. Now the veteran receives and
sends out eight daily mails and has two rural
delivery routes to look after
Mr.. Kerr, whose record II q year LONGER,
was born In 1898 and became q maif clerk
when he was 81, serving first in gainesville,
Ohio, whore his uncle was postmaster. He
was sent from one city to another until be
finally landed In Warrington just prior to
the OWL war. After establishing posts to
take care OF the mail for soldiers In parts Of
the South conquered by the Union Army
he ran the first railway mail service south
OF Mason and Dixon's line. He went to the
Chicago post office in 1875, and for the last
thirty-two years has been correcting the
galley mail proofs for the Chicago news
The sun., 1908-07-19

did, that you mustn't t'ink Of followin
thin without changin' your breeches---'
'That's what man gets for making or
organ grinder monkey Of hissilf---' sput.
tered Mcknight.
But Mrs. Mcknight hurret to him, her
head on wan side, like q frindly horse loolin
over q fence. 'Dont worry, Ambrose,
abe said, talking sinse. as the silliest OF
women will whin driven to II. .Flossie is q
good girl, and Dole is publicity respectable
had quite enough Of furren alliances and
furren ways--'
1t was Guerin who again interrupted-e
bewildered Guerin, olingin' deepritly TO
fixed idee, though the batty waves were
breaking over his devoted nut.
it up to naG: ,sess eatrssssd g ssdff' WIN MAKE
'P'raps I have; p'reps might II the5e
were eart'ly reason for my doing so,
snapped Mcknight. But can't. you un-
derstand-the girl Il marret by this time
the deal ID on and we'll on too
Besides Mcknight wint on pitilessly.
you forgit that you have yoursiR just do
nounoed these men as swfndlen-and am
beginning to think you are right; But IN
that case you are the wust swindler. OF all.
advantage Of my fool notion thet becus was
rich must also be great to lead me on and
on into this mire. What IL to pervint me
from telephonin' for the periice and giving
over the whole gang into c,istodyr
hove asarts for this snsso ssss ayancne
easily from his chair. You wudn't want
her held up to ridioule. wud your The nire
can soon be removed now by our going,
but 1t might become unavailable were we
forced to stay, There ie a noblisse obliges
vrvtf v.<%N N@-vttk
And again Mrs. Mcknight laid restrain
ing. hand on her husbands arm. glanoing
up 10 an equine way rs II reaohin' for hay.
Here Guerin created wiloome dtvussun
by beginnfn' to t'row things. fust the de-
canters ginerally. and thin the remains Of the
Had not large showed his deftnees at catch
ing whativer was In sight thQse plush
knee brooches wud, to an extint at least,
have been McKnight's winding sheet.
We. hard "a efos stbrugse thSs Ts W had aSs
unnateral strengt' and cumming Of the mad.
A dozen times whin it seemed that we had
him secure he slipped from his throngs
and was at ue again, screamin', strugglin'
for his gold. gold. gold, I know felt q
In as os os
we had med. 80 I removed (. and surely
enough. soon after we had him helpless.
all trussed until the torminters shud come
and take him to the house OF tormint. I'D
think there was somethin' devilish about
money IL didn't know how devilish II
was to be without It.
Mcknight showed his appreciashun by
esoorting US himsilf to the door. where We
left him looking in the reddish light re-
Elected from his legs very much Like his own
laokey.
AT least we have this to fall back on
said large ruefully. showing a bill that the
kind hearted magnet had clipped him.
And this I added, opening the square.
fiat package aforesaid. It was Guerin's
and deeoripshuns Of clients with moro
money than brains.
The sun., 1908-07-19
HORSESHOE CRABS TO ANTWERP.
Packed on Their Backs In Eel Grass-Not
Found In European Waters.

The New York Aquarium shipped on
July ! to Antwerp two dozen adult horse
shoe crabs, these specimens measuring an
average OF about az feet from tip to tip,
with the shells measuring about is inches.
The big horseshoes were packed lying
on their backs In crates bedded with eel
grass. Daily on the way over when the
men wash down the steamers decks they
will turn a stream Of salt water on the
crabs to keep them moist. and no
doubt is felt that they will get aoroes ali
right. similar shipment Of horseshoe
crabs made last year by the New York
Aquarium to Amsterdam arrived In good
condition.
Familiar as the horreshoe crab is along
the Atlantic coast OF the United States
1t is found on this coast exclusively and not
in the waters OF Europe. where il Is looked
upon with great interest as a marine curl
osity
The New York Aquarium has lately re-
ceived from the Berlin Aquarium a request
for horseshoe crabs. which viii be duly for
warded.
The sun., 1908-07-19
".

certainly reached quick for the yellow
backs. whin the casoolty occurred. but
somewan had reached quicker. Whin
at lengt' wan Of the tall candles was lighted
with caushun II showed that our number
had diminished in more ways than wan.
where's Flossie, dear child?- cried Mrs
Mcknight.
where's that stupid Dole2" demanded
Mcknight; -he niver was Of amy use until
II was too late to be Of it.
Where's the money! gasped large.
And with that. though no more'n q peep,
Guerin sat up and began to take notice.
sGarn,' he screamed most horrid, sthe
beautyus forshune toiled and moiled forl
Oh, search these two men-they're nav-
thin but pair Of thieves
At this crucal moment entered tho fat
butler to stare alphabetically on the di-
vastashun.
Beg pardng, sir he said to his master.
But the young folks, Miss Flossie and
Mr.. Dole. have gone of in the small otto.
And MICS Flossie, sir, she left wud, 20 abe
The sun., 1908-07-19

you. Jump loose. boys. and let's see how
they do things like that here. II won't
be much
$50 the bucko got up. and just then the
man who had been chuoked out Of the store
appeared in ginmill doorway. coming fast
with two guns. The cowpuncher blew out
mouthful Of smoke and said, Anonymous,
your heats on. Get up and run
And then the fellow didn't want 10
escape but we escaped him. Aggy went
up to the gun player. pushed his stomach
In with his foot and took his guns away
from him and insisted on his chasing the
other man. 30 away We went. loping up
the road. everybody stopping to wipe the
sweat out Of his eyes 90 he could see now
and then.
sOh, that townl You can bet the result
wouldn't amount to anything. The escaper
stubbed one foot trying to 20 crpes lots
and fell all over himself into seven II eight
hundred miles OF mixed up barbed wire.
The other man did exactly the same thing
and neither OF them could move. There
they were barbed right down.
-Aggy slowly raised and lowered HIM
self on his toes. Well. II that isn't a plati-
tude, said he, the ordinary sand bank o
an epikram.'
.rMy!' said the oovpunoher. You been
to school,
.'Yes.' says Aggy.
''well, let's talk about that, says the
cowpunoh. Not that ever liked school,
but that thght'-pointing to our friends stuck
in the barbed wire fence-is even less
interesting
''we talked about other things until our
mouths dried completely. then the cow
man went over and yelled, Ia that alp
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

State of Georgia, Terrell County
BY virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary, of Terrell county, Geor-
gia, under date of October 5th.,
1908, will be sold, during the legal
hours of sale, before the court house
door, in the city of Dawson, Ga, on
the first Tuesday in November, 1908,
next, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described lands: Sew
enty-eight and one-half (78h)
acres of land, known as the Mrs.
NJ. E. Bush home place, in the
Twelfth district of Terrell county,
Georgia, being fractions off of lots
of land numbers 27, %, 81 and 80,
in the Twelfth district of said county
of Terrell and bounded as follows:
On the north by lands of D. J. Wool
bright, on the east by lands of Reese
Andrews, on the south by lands of
w. NJ. Allen and on the west by lands
of A. J. Lee and r. A. Morgan.
Sold as the property of Mrs. M. e.
Bush, deceased, for division amongst
heirs. This the 9Th day of October,
1908. A. G. MULLHOLLAND.
Administrator of M. h. Bush, de-
ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-21
GOV. JOHN ROBINSON ELOPED
OLD CIRCUS MAN BRINGS YOUNG
BRIDE WITH HIS SHOW.

When old John Robinson comes
to Georgia to bring his show this
month he will also bring his bride,
handsome and attractive young wo-
man, who has been his trained nurse
for some time. Prior to her mar
riage Mrs. Robinson was Miss Maud
Logan.
From the newspaper accounts the
affair was more or less of a runa-
way match. 1t seems that on Mon
day, while the couple were in Hop
klnsv1lle, KY, Mr.. Robinson tried to
procure a license, but that he was
defeated by relatives saying that he
| did not know what he was doing.
The next day the couple were more
successful, and securing the license
were married at noon. John Rob-
inson, Jr., tried to head the couple
off and chartered a train to do so,
but reached the scene of the we'd
ding only after the marriage had
been consummated.
AS matter of fact, the Robin
sons are an clipping family. Two
daughters of the Governor" eloped
! with circus men. They were Caddie
and Pearl Robinson. Then John Rob
inson, Jr, eloped with Leonora
Smith, the daughter of the United
States surveyor of customs and
| former mavOr Of C'ro'nro+i '->0r
Smith. Old John Robinson's niece.
Minnie Robinson, eIoped several
years ago and has since procU.,4 a
| divorce.
Governor" Robinson" as the old
man is called, owns much real estate
in Hopkinsville, including an opera
house. He is reputed to be worth
many millions of dollars. He is
about the last one left of the old
time circus men of the Barnum-
Bailey-Forepaugh class, and, like
them, he is keeping in harness in his
old age. He and his bride will keep
on travelling with the circus until it
goes into winter quarters.