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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17
The INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
from al Around the Town and
County.

W. B. Storts is confined to his
room with a case of small poX.
Rev. A. II. Seymour occupied the
Congregational pulpit Sunday morn
ing.
-Thos. Sorenson, of Hartland town
ship, went to Chicago Saturday with
three carloads of heavy steers fatten-
ed on his own farm.
Word has been received that Mr..
and Mrs. G.. w. Burd have not enjoy
ed life upon their claim west of the
river up to this time. Both have suffer.
ed from severe attacks of rheumatism.
An Iowa justice of the peace has
all his marriage certificates made with
a divorce coupon attachment. This
puts the matrimonial business on a
par with the street a service, Buy
your ticket and take a transfer.
Manager Miller with
pleasure that he has secured Miss
Courtenay Morgan in the great Bern
hardt production, "A Woman in Mys-
terry" which will appear at the opera
house April 18th.
Tuesday was a warm n until
about five O'Clock in the afternoon
when the wind whipped around into
the northwest. The following night
was as much an extreme the other
way and froze everything solid.
Cement sidewalks have been con-
structed along the front of the Fuller
and Boast lots On Second street one
block west of Calumet venue The
council has ordered all old plank
walks on that street replaced by ce-
ment.
"A letter from NJ. H. Whaley, of
Morrison, Oklahoma, a former and
well known resident of De Smet,
states that he and his wife are both
well and that their location is pleas
ant. They have just completed the
construction of a comfortable cottage.
-"A Woman of Mystery" at the
opera house next Saturday evening
will doubtless attract the banner
house of the season. The play is a
universal favorite and the ladies are
anxious to see those wonderful gowns
worn by Miss Morgan in the charact-
erof "Ayesha."
Mrs. John Lark returned the lat
ter part Of last week from Somerset,
Wis, where she went to secure treat
ment. There were several hundred
people ahead of her waiting for a
chance to consult the famous man
who is said to perform wonderful
cures. She will have to wait until
the latter part of this month before
securing an interview.
An item that escaped our atten-
ton last week was an account of the
death of Mrs. Collins the aged moth
er of the Collins brothers, of Mathews
township. The lady died April 9Th,
at the home of her son Father Collins,
of Ramona. The remains were brought
to this place and burial took place
from the Catholic church Wednesday
the service being conducted by Very
Rev. j. +. Hogan, Father Nolan, and
Father Collins. The sympathy of all
is extended to the bereaved.
The De Smet Mercantile Co. went
into the hands of the receiver Satur.
day evening. E. r. Parker is the
temporary received. The petition
was joined in by all stockholders of
the concern, except G. l.. Brownell,
the president, who is now in Colorado,
and who. with the company was made
defendant in the action. The store
was closed Monday and the work of
taking invoice was commenced. The
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-17
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and upwards per acre for land as an invest
high cash, or share rent as a renter. when
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

London, Oct. 1i.-StiIl boisterous
after a night OF rioting the mob OF
sulfragettes today repeatedly tried
to storm the court room where the
cases of thirty-seven women arrested
during yesterdays demonstration
We're called for trial. The worst out
break occurred as the prisoners were
being driven to the Jail. Several
hundred frantic suffragettes made a
concerted rush for the poli.e wagon
in an effort TO rescue the prisoners.
The mounted police scattered the mol
and dozen women were injured.
Fourteen Of the prisoners we're sen.
fenced to jail and the cases Of Others
are being postponed
The women were given their choice
Of going to Jail or promising to de-
sist from similar outbreaks. without
exception they chose Jail sentences.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
Dolce Court

Mrs. John Bollette, wife oil INC
.,,o,t ,sucwn Italian peddler, "Little
ponaua John appeared at inc
meyors Office "Wednesday and tod a
,.Itiable tale The lretty yopns
italian sisl -declofed that her nus
Land lett her without a cent OF
money and that she is now alone
and helpless. a-i ia'
she told the mayor that on. ae-
count OF the foreclosure OF a ehal-
tel mortgage, that her hcne had
been lifted of every article III u
she said that, she waS foMp2'lsd
to sleep on the cold moor last night
as the constable he'd taken every
piece OF bedding in the hoaSe' It'
mayor viii investigate tle clrc'pp
stances and will try ana arrange
TO have The weman e1.Sd ~ #
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
HASKELL TO
SUE HEARST
New York Publisher will be
Forced to Answer Charge
of Libel

Kensas City, Mo, oct. h--tTovef-
nor Charles ". Haskell of Okla
homa. arrived here yesterday from
Guthrie, to consult his attorneys
with reference to suit that he
says he intends to bring against
Willicm andolph Hearst, charging
the New York editor with libel
The case grows out Of the publi-
cation of the Standard Oil story,
which was the immediate result OF
Governor Haskell rosigning as Treas
urer of the Democratic National
Committee.
The story in question alleged that
a man named Haskell, in connec-
tiCn with two others, had made
ovcrtures to Frank S. Monnett, then
Acknowledgement of Ohio, TO stop
a suit pending against Standard
Oil Company, the trio agreeing. 1t
was alleged, to furnish $4,000 in
case proceedings were dropped.
MIR. Hearst asser.ed that this Has.
! kell was Governor Cherries y. Has
kell, hut the Executive OF OklahomG
declared that he had no connection
with the matter, and said some Other
Haskell must have been meant.
, Governor Haskell said after .
lengthy conference with his attor
neys that he had given his coun,
sci authority to bring the suit
against Mr. Hearst as soon as they
could get service on the New York
editcr. This, he said, he believe.
would be possible at some point he
tween Kansas City and 81. Pau
when MIR. Hearst makes his return
, trip to the East,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

free nations to make their own COM
mercial lr,ws.
It is very generally admitted in
Caracas that II the Venezuelan gov
ernment wishes to have the trans
shipment of merchandise for Mar
acaibo done in Venezuelpn ports.
that It has perfect right to do so,
althovsh Curacao may be sufferer
thereby. '.U
Although the Netherlands note
asks for the immediate revocation
OF the tre,ns-shipment decree, II has
been reported that the second note
likes the date Of November 1 as the
time when this must be done, thus
Igiving the note the nature OF an
| pltimatum Nta
Nobody who knows General Cas-.
tro believes that this, demand will
have any Other effect than still fur
ther to incense Venezuela's execu.
/ tive against Curacao.
That Venezuela is being prepared
to resist invasion and that the
many big coast defcuse guns have
been mpde ready for an emergency
is common knowledge down here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
HOLLAND DEMANDS
I REVOCATION OF DECREE
The butch Nation Sends Ultimatum to President Cas-
troVenezueIan President will Probably not Concsde
Any of the Demands and is Preparing to Resist
an Invasion.

Caracas Oct li--srhe revocation
of the decree OF Mcy IA Is demand
cd in the most energetic manner
the government of Venezuela must
frem this moment, and without de-
lay fulHll The pfotoeDl OF 1894 and
not probing The intolerab,e state OF
anals which i, has created by the
decree of May 49,
These are the words OF the min7
lister cf foreign affeirs oi tho
Netherlands in his note OF August
20 IN which hc answers Nenezuela'a )
.commUalcatlon telling 0f tho sunl-
mary dismissal cf Minister De Reu,
from Caracas
NJ Van Swindcren, the. foreign
MUNSTER Of holland, began bis reply
TO President Castro by aeknowledlg-
ling tie gravity OF the offrnsc cont
mitted bS N. De Reus, and sayitig
tLlt the Netherlands. government
would immediately have recnied
him of its own Initiative, II il has
seen the offensive publication, bu'
that President Castro htd taken jus,
tico into his own hands by violat
ing international customs by summar,
lily eXpelling the minister without
asking for his recall. The text o
the vital parts ol the note is ai
follows:
"The revocation of the decree o
May IA is dempnded Ia the mos
energetic manner. IT is only this re
vocation which can confirm as al
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

North of the Ohio, have joined IN u
statement to the public, in part as
follows:
1.-THE division into two forms one of
which Is white and the other i'm col
ors yellow and blue was adopted to
meet the unanimous belief that the
order bill of lading should be Of a
distinctive character in order, 50 far
as possible, to prevent fraudulent
changes being made after the bill of
lading is issued, and it was urged by
both the shipping public and the
bankers as necessary guard 10
their commercial transactions, it be-
ing recognized that straight bill
of lading without any distinctive fea-
lures could be fraudulenTIy manipu-
lated
ut Is the belief this bill Of lading
the result Of three years Of ardurous
negotiation between the shipping in
terests and the carriers, with the
benefit of advice from learned counsel
and the banking interests oi the coun-
try, who are vitality interested in the
nesutiabllity of the bill of lading,
has resulted in u document which.
as to its form, is so nearly perfect
as to commend itself to every ship
per.
''The. great Importance of uniform
ity has been recognized throughcut
the period during which the bill OF
lading has been under consideration
and by all the parties in interest. 1t
has been urged by the shippers, the
bankers and the Interstate Commerce
Commission
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

London, Oct. 1.-THE climax Of
tue suffr8get campaign was reached
last night when an enormous mob
hemmed In parliament and stopped
traffic in all streets leading to West
Minister. For more than three hours
the crowds scdfIled good naturedly
with the police, interiered with the
ater goers, broke windows Cnd dis
organized things generally in the
center of London
The heroine OF the day was Mrs.
rravers Symons formerly secretary
to James .Keir Hardie, the Socialist
and Independent member of parlio-
ment who reached the door of the
house Of commons by strategy The
house was solemnly debating bill
to Prevent children from cigarel
smoking when the woman dashed
past the doorkeeper to a position IN
front Of the. speakers chair, and
shouted shrilly: Leave of discuss.
! Ing children and talk abaut women
Three officials seized Mrs. Symons
and carried her ont bodily. She was
then led to the outer door and dis.
missed. AS result Of the coup an
order was issded' that hereafter won.
en- should not be admitted TO. tho
building on any preteyt whatever
and in the future the historic grille
will not screen feminine spectators
The appeal issued by the SUI
fra,sets few days ago for $4,000
I persons to help them crush" parlia
ment at 1880 O'clock was the most
successful stncke yet, Not less thar
twice that number responded to the
call, and nlne-tenths of these were
young people who .came to see tn
fun There were also a few hundred
of the unemployed and their sym
| pothiZers.l a'aNIL Hi ia,a a
Parliament WIS In state OF sieg
A close triple Zine of police wa
drawn around the three sides of tn
square IN front of the building
| TIE yard within the gates swarmc
WIN ponce ans 2UO guarded th
terrace In the repr against assauI
by water which the women twic
attempted A small fleet of polio
boats patrolled the d. Thames ap
proaches. v 4....
All the mounted poliee in Londo
and suburbs bad been ,nipbilized a
this center aud loads of.ahoy wer
unstacked in the streets for tn
horses. The whole spolice force, to
gether with cavalry mfantrg an
marines numbering more than 500
was kept busy in restraining tn
pushing, struggling masses, espeC
tally about TrofaRsarr square, wher
; the Nelson monument looked dow
upon dense crowds in all direction
with buses motor cars and, cab
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

accomplished fact the assurance
from your CXcellehcy thgt the per-
sonal fault committed by the minis
ter resident, had not altered the good
relations so happily existing between
the two nations and that Venezuela
also desires to maintain them in the
umicpble basis.
"Recently my attention has been
called to new complaints apparently
well founded, concerning the arbi-
trary aud illicit actions of Venc-
zuclan functionarles, for example,:
THE seizure on the high sePs ol
ships flying the Netherlands flag TO
Venezuelan vessels and | have been
informed by cable of acts of your
chief of state towards the repre-
sentatives Of the Netherlands gov
lerumont unfriondly to the highest
degrec "'r's ts op a.-
! It Is generally understood here
that Venezuela will not give In to
cny of Hollands demands,
Venezuela will take the stand that
until satisfactory apology and in
dcmnizatiou is forthcoming from the
4 Netherlands government for the in
sulting letter of the fate Minister Dc
Reus, and for the stoning of the
! Venezuelan consul by the CurecaC
mob, Holland has no right at all tc
make any demands Of this country
/, especially in the nature of those
made in the Dutch note which in
tcrreres with the right enjoyed by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
We FRAME PICTURES
OILS

"The Republican elan " Regulating
..a the Trusts"
In a speech IN The west Mr.. Taft
told the people that II Mr. Bryan sue
cecded he would put trpst.controlled
articles on the free lfst, hut that the
Republicans would not do anything OF
tho surt, but tho Republican plan Of
regulation is the proper remedy The
Republican plap of regulation" has
been in operation ~ years. With the
result that under Mckinley i27 now
trusts we're organized and under
Roosevelt l07 new ones began bust
ness. If tho Republican plan OF reg
ulatiug' is proper why do trusts mul.
tiply and why do they continue to
practice eXtortioa?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
DOUBLE
TRAGEDY
Negro Shoots the Woman
Who Spurned him and
Commits Suicide.

Columbus, o., Oct, l.-BeCause
she would not tolerate his company,
Charles Newman, color1d aged 80,
of Delaware shot anu killed Mary
John on, aged IS, colorcd, of iS7 Den.
nisop avenue, and then l:illed himself
by firing a bullet into his brain at
% o'clock las, night. The tragsdy
occurred in tho yard adjoining the
home Of the murdered woman.
Whether they had words before
Newman did the shooting is not
known, as no one was attracted 10 tie
scene before the first shot waa fired,
Mrs. Johnson was shot twice. One
bullet entered the skull at the bacl,
of the head and the other entering
the right ear. Newman shot himself
In the right temple, and the force OF
the large bullet shattered his skull
aud cracked his cheekOonG. The re.
volver used was a it-,allber bulldoG
pattern weapon.
/ Mrs. Johnson had been separated
from her husband for seVeual months
lie works on a farm al Hlllsboro
Since the separation Newman had
been forcing his attentions on the
woman.
He came to the city last summel
and raised considerable disturbance
about her home. Tho police ordered
him to stay away. He returned
about a week ago and was again or
derCd away last week
Joe Jenkins, at whose home Mrs
Johnson lived, heard the first and sec
ond shots and ran to the door just IL
time to see the murderer fire bul
let into his skull. Both were deaf
when jenkins reached the yard.
Coroner Murphy ordered the bodie
taken to tho county morguc,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
Must be Used by all Ship
pers After November l
TEN PERCENT PENALTY
Will be Assessed Upon all
Who Refuse.
Presses are Working Overtime now
to Provide all Who Desire the
Froms with GOOD Supply.

Chicago Oct, 10 --All the 4l6 rail-
roads in Official Classification Terri
tory have arranged to address no.
tiees to shippers 10 the effect that on
and after November /, shippers us
ing the new Uniform Bill Of Lading.
prescribed by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, will be charged
the regular rates provided in the
"Official Classification. If a ship
per shall elect not to accept the con-
ditfons of the new Uniform Bill Of
Lading and shipping order the prop
crty will be transported at carriers
liability, limited only a. provided by
the Common Law and by the laws OF
tho United States and Of the several
states so far a. they apply and the
charge will be ten per cent higher
than the regular rate.
The railroads have given orders for
the printing Of an extraordinarily
, large number OF the new forms, in
order that a surAy of these may he
furnished to all shippers desiring
then in ample time. In order that
tho greatest possible uniformity shall
prevail, 1t has been prescribed thai
the Uniform Bill OF Iading must
contain the precise language of th'
new contract and conditions, ant
must conform to the, requirements
that yellow paper be used for "Ordel
Notify shipments and white pape
for Straight" consignments.
The Central Freight Association ant
the Tank Line Association, comprls
ing the more important lines betweel
the SeaDoard and the Mississippi
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14
WOMEN SURROUND
PARLIAMENT: HOUSE
Five Thousand Mounted Foot and Marine Police are Kept
on Duty to Guard the Law Makers English Women
Make Campaign for the Ballot and are Backed
in Their Demands by a Crowd OF
100, 600 Persons. Il IHF

mostly filled with sightseers, trying
to thread their way through
The police kept the streets adj
Joining the house OF commons clear;
elsewhere they endeavored to the
best of their ability to keep the
people moving. The crowds cheered
sang songs, aud hooted, giving voice
to all the sarcastic remarks that a
London crowd Is capable OF. These
were aimed in semi-good natured
manner at the suffragsts, who, dis
tingulshcd by their orange sashes,
swarmed everywhere, distributing
tracts. I... .,oCl l..
A Delegation OF thirteen sltfrrageta
which approached the police Gordon
and was formally refused admission
to parliament, attempted football
rush, but the police chivalrously re.
pulsed the women with the least pos.
sfble roIgness. Two bodies of the
unemployed, however, which ap,
preached the line, were driven on
with little saving grace.
The, police were pelted with vege
tables and some stones in few
minor skirmishes that occurred, bu'
nobody was seriously hurt Twenty
four suffragets and twelve Of th,
unemployed were placed under ar
rest Many persons tainted in Tn,
crush; few were trampled upor
and taken to the hospitals
Mrs. Parkhurst. Miss Christabl
Parkhurst and Mrs. Lawrence wer
summoned to court for melting
breach of the peace; this mominj
they cody refused to obey the sum
mons, but agreed to surrende
themselves at 6 o'clock in the even
ing, which they did, and spent tn
night in the Bow-st., station.
4 The suffragets and unemploye,
have kept practically the whole DO
lice force OH duty continuously 70
iorty-eight hours.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

BoB:
Just made some splendid biscuits---Golo
Medal PiOur. RnTnv
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

The local Pennsylvania railroad en-
ployees were paid today.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

The new uniform bill OF lading TO
be used on all OF the railroads begin
ming November l is creating much
discussion among shippers in gcner-
al all over the country. The bill
will define the precise terms upon
which any shipment is made so that
any shipper will not be compelled to
make legal proceeding or consult a
lawyer II there Is any difficulty in
the handling Of the product in case
of loss or damage OF any nature. Ev-
cry proposition of the shippers has
been considered in the making up OF
the bill and II Is believed that it will
be entirely satisfactory. A provision
is made in the bill that when property
is held in transit upon request OF
tho owner or IS carried in opcn cars
the carrier shall be liable for dam
ages except as due to negligence,
The Big Four road suffered quite
serious freight wreck betgen Gaze
donia and Martel Tuesday evening
A fast freight was adyancln cas-
and through some unknown cau'e
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-14

number OF the ears left the track
and a mix mp resulted The wreck
ing crew was summoned and the
wreckage was cleared Erie No 4
was detourod over the west bound
tracks Gn account of the wreck.
Railroad men are telling of the
feat Of certain local switchman
Tuesday The swtchman is said to
have heard rabbit start near
him Tuesday and Immediately started
out in pursuit. He outran n shepherd
and greyhound and gained the game
for himself The rabbit was kept as
remembrance Of the feat.
Orlando johnson, general superin-
tendent of the Wisconsin Central
railway, is the guest of local rail
readers and relatives here.
l.. c. Engler, of the Hooking Val
ley construction department was look
ing after business in local railrolt
circles today.
The local Pennsylvania railroad EN-
ployees were paid today.
Came the newlyweds TO the grocery
store.
To get the sugar, beans and flour,
''Now to the druggist, BiIl,' said she
II want some Rocky Mountain Tea
(No household complete wthou
it,
FlOcken's Pharmacy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-02

AZ EW YORK. With the Vanderbilt
1v szechenyi wedding. Mrs. Ogden
Mills annual da1Ce and the charity
BAN affairs Of the past, the social sea
son Is on the wane. but one unusual
and interesting event la promised in
the tableaux and play being ar
ranged BY Mrs. Waldorf Astor.
Theatrlcals are fast becoming fad
with society women. and Mrs. Astor
has been encouraged to her present
undertaking by successSin similar ven
tures In Elngland. Nog only will she
be seen Ia several tableaux drawn
from masterpieces BY Gainsborough,
Reynolds and other artists, but she
will play the leading character IN the
pretty little comedy, lie Reveillon de
Plerrette.v
Society Is feeling blue over the
prospect 81 dull summer in Newport.
II il practically certain that the
Breakers will not be opened, as Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt will pay a pro
l0nged visit to her daughter, the
Countess Szechenyi in Hungary, and
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has just made
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-02

40 WOMAN alone and in the hotel
~ sense Of the word a woman is
alone even when she Ia q crowd-may
satisfy her hunger In a New York res
tauranL after 6 p. n.
According to the findings Ia the
Twelfth Municipal district court in
the suit Of Mrs. Harriet Stanton
BIatch, daughter of the late Elizabeth
cady Stanton. against the Hoffman
House to recover $500 damages for
exclusion from the roof garden din
ing-room. because unaccompanied By
man. an unattended woman Is one Of
two classes: she Is disreputabie, or
ehe is testing a question OF woman's
rights. and. n either case, open to
suspicion.
John 0addigan. president of the
Hoffman House corporation. who has
been In the hotel business 40 years.
said It was the unwritten law not to
serve a woman without escort In any
nrst-class hotel.
The decision vas the result Of a
test case brought by Mrs Blatch who
determined to try to break the rule