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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18
FARMER FALLS FROM LOAD
AND BREAKS HIS NECK

Scotland. s. D.. Dec. 10.-While haul
ing a load OF hay Herman Bitx, a farm
er living nea town, fell from the load
and his neck was broken.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18
MURDERED MANS BROTHER
TAKES CLARK FARM

Vermilllon. $. D., Dec. IA brother
OF G. G. Clark, who was shot by his
divorced wife. will come from Colorado,
and take charge of the farm while the
woman is incarcerated in the peniten-
tiary and it is understood that the old
est boys will remain with him on the
farm while the youngest boy will be
sent TO school in this city uuder the
care of q guardian.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

The immense Mortified schools and
colleges for the training of missiona-
ries and preachers were erected out Of
the profits derived from the sale of
Moody and Sankey's Sacred Songs
and Solos" Miss Ada Ellen Bayly
EDNA Lyall") built st. Peters church.
Eastbourne, England, with part OF the
money she received for Donovan" and
I'VE Two" She also presented a fine
peal of bells TO the neighboring church
OF st. Savior and christened them after,
the heroes of her books-Erie. Hugo
and Donovan.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

A black fox with a pelt worth $500,
driven from the hills by the extreme
cold, was killed In the streets of Nome.
Alaska, recently. The animal was
chased by hundreds of Nome citizens
and finally Its rich pelt fell to a ten
derfoot p~rospector. who made a wild
a.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

To teach the prospective English
emigrant things he should know In or
der to adapt himself to his future home
is the object OF an imperial school near
ondon AT II the youngster who has
determined TO follow fortune across
the seas Is taught farming, riding,
shooting n the roping OF cattle and
horses. s
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18
ANOTHER

Cape Hayden. Dec. 11.--There has
been a revolutionary outbreak in sew
eral of the northern towns OF the re-
public. IL is feared the movement will
spread.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

Among the thousand and one pro-
jects on the program OF the Young
Turks for the regeneration OF Turkey
Che C~onstanttnople journals announce,
with much satisfaction. the intention
90 rid the city OF Its street dogs.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

Beggs. Okla, ID said to be the place
where a minister, marrying a negro
couple, asked the woman: do you
take this man for better or for worse?"
She Interrupted by explaining: mo,
judge. I wants III jest as ne is. II he
gifts any better he'll die, and IL he gifts
any wuss I'll kill him myself
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

Kits of sailors lost at sea are sold
regularly at auction at the Albert docks
I'm London. Tire sale provides many a
pitiful sight. Most OF the lots are con-
tanned In the regular sailors sea
chests, all marked with h name Of
the ship from which they come. one
sea chest which came up for auction
recently was that of an unfortunate
Chinese cook Who was eaten by can
nnibals. Among other contents the.
box contained two choppers, a large
knife and the picture of ar English
woman in a frame. II is not unusual
for those who have lost friends or rel
atives at sea 10 attend these auctions
and there are times when the first
news Of such a loss comes through the
recognition of familiar objects.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

In the state OF Queensland, Aus
tralia, there Is a pension system for
widows left with the care OF children.
Under the new scale of weekly pay
ments, taking effect on May /, last,
the allowance for one child was s1.22;
two children, $1.10 each; three children,
81 cents each; four children. 81 cents
each; more than four children, a max
imum OF $4.3S. The state has found
II wiser, SO Consular Agent Caldwell
of Brisbane. writes to Daily Consular.
and Trade Reports, TO pension the
mother rather han TO condemn her TO
such employment as WOULD cause her
TO neglect her children.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

After four attempts the Episcopal
diocese of Washington has succeeded
In electing a bishop who will accept
the place. The Rev. DIR. Alfred c..
Harding. who has been chosen. Is the
rector OF St. Pauls, Washington. and
ne seems to satisfy all the warning
elements in the diocese. He under
stands the nature OF the problems that
await solution" says the Washington
Post, and knows thoroughly the per-
sons and local conditions which affect
them. All things considered. the choice
of a Washingtonian, rather than an
outsider, liz proper and wise"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

Britain. Canada. Australia and New
Zealand had to pay a deficiency OF
9s11 $40 on last years working OF the
Pacific cable, according TO the accounts
published q few days ago.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-18

The rarest seashell Ia the Gone OF
che Holy Mary" Only two specimens
are known, one Of which Is III the Brit
IN museum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
BAER SOLE MONARCH OF COAL
Head Of Reading System DEGREES
What Consumers Must Pay

George F. Baer, president of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Co. and the Reading system
is the man who fixes coal prices, az
cording to testimony adduced at the
resumed hearing of the government
suits against the so-called anthracite
combination in the federal building at
Philadelphia.
Robert j. Montgomery, general
sales agent of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company, and
other railroad officials, we're examined
by MacReynolds and Todd, special as
sistants to the attorney general. Mr..
Montgomery denied that he had any
thing to do with fixing the price OF
anthracite coal.
"Who does fix it?" Mr.. MacRey-
nolds asked.
After moments pause Mr.. Mont
gomery answered.: George F. Baer,
president of the Reading Railway
company, always fixes the price him
self When he wants to make a
change he sends a schedule of rates
to his sales agent. He sent them to
my predecessor, and when he wants
to make another change | presume he
will send one to me. | have nothing
10 do with the rates"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Tuesday.

One man was killed and one prob
ably fatally hurt in the reopening of
the Ross-Angel feud in Kentucky.
The authorities Of Curacao are pre-
pairing for action against Venezuela,
says a dispatch from Willemstad.
AS the result Of the robbery by
masked burglars of the home of Hams
lawyer at Cedarhurst, l.. l., villagers
have formed committee to cope with
the maurauders.
A watchman in the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel, known only by his
number, sas murdered by robbers,
who failed In find $495 in pocket.
The constant reference of the Ger
man emperor to the supposed yellow
peril says dispatch from Toxic is
causing much uneasiness among Ger
man diplomatic and commercial cir.
cles in Japan.
King Edward has issued message
to the princes and the people OF In
dia on the occasion of the jubilee of di-
rect British government OF the Indian
empire, pledging an extension Of equal.
ity and citizenship.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR DEAD.
For Thirty Years Was Regarded as
Social Leader of New York.

Mrs. William Astor, who for thirty
years has been regarded as the social
leader of New York, died Friday night
of heart disease at her home on Fifth
avenue. For nearly four weeks Mrs.
Astor, who was SO years old has been
in q critical condition.
There is no name in the American
social register that is so well known
as that of Mrs. Astor.
1t was Mrs. Astor who established
the famous "400," her visiting list or.
iginally being confined to that number
of names.
William Astor, who died in Paris in
1892, took little part in the social ac-
tivities his wife enjoyed. Mrs. Astor
was Miss Caroline Schermerhorn, a
daughter of Abraham Schermerhorn,
well-to-do merchant. She was mar
ried to William Astor on Sept. 90,
1858, John Jacob Astor was their
only son. There were four daughters.
Two Of them, Mrs. Ogilvie Haig and
Mrs. Orme Wilson, are now living.
The eldest daughter, Miss Emily AS
tor, who married James Roosevelt
some years ago, as did Miss Helen AS
tor, who married ames Roosevelt
Roosevelt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
CONVICT MONTGOMERY AGAIN
His Peculations In the Two Cases Said
to Amount to $613,oo0.

William Montgomery, cashier of the
Allegheny National bank at Pitts
burg until the discovery of a short
age in It's funds Of over $780,
900, early last summer, necessitated
closing the institution, was for the
second time last week found guilty of
embezzlement and abstraction Of
funds, his peculations in the two
cases amounting to $61300O.
The case just concluded involved
the abstraction of $144,0O0 worth of
the banks bonds, and as in the first
case Montgomery offered no testimony
in defense.
Every effort has been made by the
prosecution and the, banks directors
to learn from Montgomery what be-
came of the money distracted or who
besides himself received the money,
but the cashier has steadfastly re-
fused to involve. others, and it is gen.
orally believed that it was to prevent
the possibility of>others being dragged
into the case that no defense was Of
fered in the two cases.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
PUT BODY ON DUMP
Confession Made Near Spoil
Where Corpse Was Found.

Identified by Several People as the
Teamster They Had Seen With His
Wagon In the Neighborhood Last
Sunday-Brother's Wife, He Said
Helped Him Put the Body In the
Dump Wagon-Haunted by Victims
Face Since the Murder.
Detroit, Nov. 3. - John Kurka, a
teamster, made a dramatic confession
of how he killed his half-brother, An
thony Schultz. a week ago and then
hauled the body in his dump wagon
across the city to the spot in the west
ern outskirts where it was found. The
confession was made near the spot
where the body was found.
The police had dressed Kurka in
the clothes he wore on the morning of
the murder, mounted him on his wagon
and had him drive across the city from
the Schultz home to the woods, to per
NIT several persons to identify him,
If possible, as the teamster they had
seen in the neighborhood last Sunday.
After he had finished the grewsome
task and had been identified by sew
eral people, Kurka broke down and
admitted that he killed his half-broth.
er. FIe said that Schultz and his wife
were quarreiling and when he inter-
fered Schultz attacked him.
"Then ] let him have it with the
hatchet," said Kurka. His wife and
loved each other and we wanted him
out of the way. Mrs. Schultz helped
me put the body in the dump wagon
and drove it away. feel better
now. l was haunted by Schultz's face
ever since | killed him."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
MURDER LEADS TO
QUICK ARREST.
Policeman Two Miles From
Scene Arrests Fugitive.

Pittsburg, Nov. because a father
lives in Italy, calling on his pretty 20
year-old daughter u alleged to have
been the cause of murder at No. 4
Hall street, Northside, at 1880
o'clock Sunday night Mike Cominer,
aged 35, of No. Langtry street,
whose wife lives in Italy, was shot and
killed by another Italian alleged to
have been Guy Marnell, aged AZ, Of
No. Hall street.
Word of the shooting and descrip-
ton of Marnell was sent to Central
police station and Policeman Harry
Myers was the second officer to call
up after the description was received
He called from Sixth and Wylie ave
nues. The description was read to
him and he said:
"There is man standing here an.
swering that description who just
asked me how to get to Carrick."
The stranger was arrested and TAX.
en- to Central station, where he is al
legged to have confessed to the killing.
He told the police Cominer was a
married man and that he had objected
to him calling on his daughter. Com
iner threatened to kill Marnell and, ac-
cordlng to Marnell, called at his house
twice and told him he would kill him.
lie called a third time, started to quar-
rel and Marnell, believing him to be
armed and intending to carry out his
threat, shot and killed him.
Marnell has a sister living at 913
Soles street, McKeesport, a brother
also in McKeesport and son in Car
rick. Three other Italians are said
to have been at Marnell's house when
the shooting occurred, drinking beer,
but all escaped.
Cominer was arrested a month ago,
according to the police, and held a
grndge against Marnell for this, laying
the blame on him for his trouble.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
CHAS. A. HENCERER
GOES over FALLS,
Waded Into the Rapids and
BattIed Effort to Save Him.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Nov. a.
Charles A. Hengerer, son of the late
William Hengerer, and former vice
president of the William Hengerer
company, one of the largest depart
ment stores in Buffalo, committed sui
eide here yesterday by jumping into
the river and going over the falls.
Hengerer was seen wading into the
river at point about seventy-five feet
above the brink of the falls by Edward
King of Walden, Mass. King rushed
to the place where Hengerer went into
the river and tried to save him. Hen
gerer threw himself forward into the
swift current and was swept over the
falls
Hengerer left an overcoat on the
river bank and a card found in one of
the pockets led to the identification.
E. L. Hengerer, treasurer of the Buff
falo department store, came here in
the afternoon and identified the coat
as one belonging to his brother.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
KICKED NEARLY TO DEATH.
Fellow Prisoner Says He Remembers
Nothing of Attack.

Notnln9 OF Attack.
Beaver, Pa, Nov. 3.-ln blood-be-
spattered cell of the West Bridgewa-
ter lookup Policeman Samuel Scott
found Victor Swanson, so years old,
lying on the floor unconscious AMI ter
ribly beaten, while his ,Oll mate,
James Dugan, So years old, regarded
the PROSTATE man dazed and fright
ened.
At midnight Swanson, who lives in
West Bridgewater, and Dugan, whose
home is in Pittsburg, were arrested
for drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct. The borough lookup has but
two cells and as one was already oc-
cupied the two prisoners were locked
up together. The men in the adioin-
ing cell say Swanson and Dugan quar-
relied and soon began to fight. Swan
son was knocked down and kicked
into insensibility. The older man
begged for mercy and the other prison
ers pleaded in his behalf, but no at.
tention was paid to them.
Swanson was kicked and beaten un.
til he was almost unrecognizable and
every stitch OF clothing torn from
him. Two ribs were broken. and the
mans whole body was hass OF
bruises and cuts.
Dugan, it Is said, did not cease his
frenzied attack until he had kicked
of a sole of one shoe. He declares
he can remember nothing that took
place. Swanson was taken to the
hospital, while Dugan is being held to
await the outcome Of the others In
juries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
CHAIN PREDICTION.
Entire Face of Nations Politics VIII
Change Before Another Four Years.


Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. Eugene
w. Chain, the Prohibition candidate
for president, closed his campaign
last night in Milwaukee, speaking in
his native state to an audience which
included the Phantom Outing club. OF
which he is member.
"On the eve of election" he said, in
his address, 81 make this prophesy.
The party that goes down to defeat
tomorrow will never again put can
didate for president in the field. The
entire face of the politics of the nation
will change before another four years
are passed.
"The entire Prohibition ticket to-
morrow will receive the largest vote 1t
has ever been given by tens and tens
of thousands, and the old parties will
wake up on Wednesday morning to
the realization that there is something
more than body of what they call
fanatics backing this anti-liquor party.
''The old parties will realize that the
political battles of the future will be
waged over this question, and that
this liquor issue will be the great issue
until the day when the saloon is abol-
ished forever. Then, and not until
then. will we stop our fight for the wip-
ing out of the liquor traffic"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
$4,000 For Two DAYS In jail.

Five thousand dollars a day was
the remuneration allowed Harry
Hughes by jury in Judge Brentano's
court in Chicago for the time
he spent in the county Jail on what the
jury decided was false charge OF
embezzlement. The decision is
against the Interstate Shirt and Col
lar company and ]. o. Eaton, its pres
ident Eaton swore out warrant for
Hughes and the latter was placed in
Jail Dec IS, 1906. He remained in
Jail two days in default of bonds, and
ultimately was acquitted of the charge
in Municipal Judge Newcomers court.
He sued for $4,000, but the jury de-
cided that S1O,O0& was sufficient rec
ompense.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Coroner RIames Operator.

Utica, Nov. 3.-Coroner G. C. Morey
of Remsen announced his decision in
the matter of the deaths of the five
men who were killed as a result OF
the head-on collision between a pas
senger. and a freight train on the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg d.
vision of the New York Central at
Boonvillc on the morning of July 4
last. Coroner Morey blames Mrs. e.
r. McEane. the operator at Lyons
Falls, deciding that the collision was
due to her mistake in copying train
order. The coroner adds that the rail
road company should employ only
competent operators.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Thursday.

Presiden Castro is extremely Ill,
but maintains a defiant stand against
Holland
Prince Henry of Prussia made a
fight in the Zeppelin airship, says
a cable dispatch from Friedrich
shaven.
Tennessee officials received a confes-
sion of a man implicated in the Reel
foot Lake lynching accusing forty
night riders.
Bulgaria informed the powers of her
acceptance of the principle of paying
compensation to Turkey, says dis
patch from Sofa.
Letters from his wife to Captain
Peter Hams are read in the trial Of
the officer in New York to show that
it was her account of her actions that
brought him home to slay w. E.. An
mis-.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Monday.

Henry Farman in an aeroplane flies
from Mourmelon, France, in straight
line to Rheims, twenty miles.
Speaker Cannon, replying to charges
made against him by Methodist church
officials, says he did not smother tenn
perance bill.
The Turkish ministers are pleased
at Russia's determined opposition to
Austria's aims, says a dispatch from
Constantinople.
President Roosevelt issues a state
ment saying Rockefellers endorse
ment of Taft is a trick of Standard Oil
intended to hurt the Republican candi-
date.
Unconflrmed report that King Ed
ward is seriously injured in an automo-
bile accident creates great excitement
in parliament and In the streets Of
London.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Direct Flight For 20 Miles.

Henry Farman for the first time
gave a practical demonstration Of
the possibilities of the aeroplane by
flying direct from Mourmelon, in
France, to Rheims, distance Of
twenty miles, without mishap. The
aeroplane ascended at 4 p. m. and an
hour later telegram was received
from Farman announcing his safe ar
rival at Rheims. The time Of fight
was twenty minutes and the height
reached was between 120 and $50
feet. The course was literally as the
crow flies, over trees. fields and
streams.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Saturday..

The second squadron Of the Ameri-
can battleship fleet arrived at Annoy,
China.
Governor Patterson of Tennessee
released 35 of the 95 prisoners held at
Camp Memo as night rider suspects.
The Philadelphia police arrested an
alleged dealer in cocaine, who is held
on the charge of peddling the drug to
school children.
Two men were swept to death and
six others were rescued with difficulty
when the schooner Charles II. Hirsch
stranded off the North Carolina coast.
That prices of coal are fixed by
George F. Baer, president of the Phil
adelphia and Reading company, was
admitted by the sales agent Of the
company at a hearing of the govern
ments suit in Philadelphia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
Deer Leaped Into Mill Rollers.

Saulte Ste Marie, Ont, Nov. "a
frightened deer today leaped into the
rollers of the steel rail plant which
were in action and as a result 1000
men we're idle for some hours. A buck
and doe appeared wandering around
the railroad tracks. A yard engine
scared the buck into the river but the
doe dashed in the direction of the mill
and leaping over the heads of the
startled workmen landed in the steam
rollers. The animal was so badly in
jured that 1t had to be killed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
BONES FOUND AT MT. VERNON
Murder Mystery Develops on Estate
Once Held by Washington.

Washington, Nov 3.-Through the
finding of the skeleton of a man on
the historic Mount Vernon estate, at
one time the home of George Wash
ingtcn, the authorities of Fairfax
county, Va, have to solve what ap-
pears to be murder mystery.
Gatekeeper Vickers, employe of the
estate, discovered the skeleton, to-
gether with the dead mans clothes,
gold watch, bottle of whisky and a
calendar, in patch of woods near the
entrance to the grounds. Upon the
calendar the name Antonio" was
written, and a bullet was discovered
among the bones.
The theory of the police is that an
Italian workman, employed two years
ago in the construction of road near
the point where the skeleton was
found, was shot by one of his fellow
workmen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-11-04
CONVICTED or BRIBERY.
Contractor Blake Hired Juror to Vote
to Acquit Ruef.

Standing In the shadow of the peni-
tentiary at San Francisco, last week,
with sentence about to be passed
upon him and having seen his young
wife just led from the court room
Historically crying mo, no." E. A. s.
Blake, a contractor, convicted of at
tempting to bribe John NJ. Kelly to
qualify on the jury to try Abraham
Ruef, and vote fer Ruefs acquittal,
made full confession in court.
Blake said that after he was arrest
cd on a charge of bribery, Frank ].
Murphy, Ruefs associate counsel,
came to him and promised him $10,-
900 and provision for his wife, and
that notes for $4,000 purporting to
be signed by Ruef were delivered to
third party, to be paid to Blake i'm.
mediately after he was sentenced If
he were convicted Of bribery Be-
pides this amount Blake declared, his
wife was to receive 800 a month
while he was in the penitentiary.
When Blake was called on to rise
and receive sentence his wife cried
mo, not that" and began to cry hys-
terically. She was led from the
room. After motions for a new trial
and arrest Of judgment had been de-
MED, Blake said that he had state
ment as a reason why sentence should
not be pronounced. This came as a
surprise to his attorneys, who were
permitted to withdraw their case.
After he had been sworn and had
stated that he had not been promised
immunity, Blake said he had been
offered $1,000 by Attorney A. c. New
burgh and F. J. Murphy of Ruef's
counsel to influence ]. NJ. Kelly, a
prospective Juror, to vote for the ac-
quittal of Ruef. He at first offered
Kelly $500 which was refused, he
said, but an offer Of $1,000 was ac.
cepted.