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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
FIVE THOUSAND OUT.
New England Granite Men and Their
Employees Disagree,


Boston, March 2.-More than 5000
granite cutters, quarrymen and 9th
ers employed in the granite industry
at Barre, VT; Montpelier, VT, and
Westerly, r. l., are affected by sus-
pension of work due to a failure by
the unions and manufacturers to
agree to the provisions of new wage
scale and working agreement to re.
place that which governed the indus
try up to Saturday Although the Yer
mont and Rhode Island unions voted
to suspend operations until their de-
mands were met by the manufacture
ers the cutters in Quincy, Mass, re-
ported for work following a vote to
submit the matters in dispute to arbi-
tration. A continuance of the present
agreement, calling for an average
wage Of 371s cents an hour, is asked
for by the Vermont unions, while the
manufacturers say they will contract
for no shorter period than three
years. The unions in Westerly ask
for minimum compensation of 40
cents an hour in place of the 37h
cents which they received under the
old agreement. Half hundred. paw
Ing cutters and about as many black
smiths employed in the quarrfes at
Westerly also struck for more pay.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Three MEET DEATH,
Fatal Fire in Store Building at Hines.
ltasca County.

~e~' w ~ ~s~'~ ~~'~s'9 @s
ltasca County. r..
Three persons We're Killed, four
severely injured and four others
slightly injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the store building OF v NJ.
Owens at Hines, Itasca county, Two
of the dead were entrapped by the
flames and the third, Wells Johnson,
was overcome and died while trying
to save his eight-year-old nephew from
the fire. The dead are:
Vina Doyle, domestic, International
Falls: Wells Johnson, clerk: Rodney
Owens, eight months old.
The seriously injured are: v. NJ.
Owens, Mrs. V. M. Owens. Lester
Johnson and Millicent Owens.
The damage to the building amounts
to about $1,000 and that to the stock
Is $4,000. There was no insurance
on either. The village is entirely
without fire protection and all efforts
made were directed toward saving the
lives of the occupants of the building
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Invented THE TELEPHONE
Dr.. S. D. cushman, Aged Eiqhty-nine,
Dead at Minneapolis.

In the death at Minneapolis OF
DR.. S. D. Cushman it is not gen.
orally known that there passed
away the man who invented the first
telephone, his being the first human
voice to ever send a message over
wires, and that after nature, in the
form of a bullfrog, had brought to his
astonished senses the fact that such
thing could be accomplished. De-
ceased was eighty-nine years OF age,
having been born in Virginia on Feb.
16, 1919, being a descendant of the
historical Cushmans who came to Vir
ginia in 1910.
DR.. Cushman was associated in the
early pioneer days with S. F. B.
Morse, the discoverer of the tele
graph. He was also warm friend OF
Horace Greeley and one Of his prom
fnent contemporaries in what might
be called the era OF rapid mechanical
development
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
DISEASE IS EPIDEMIC,
Smallpox, Diphtheria and Measles Al.
fiict EVejeth,

A smallpox, diphtheria and measles
epidemic has broken out al Ev-
eleth and almost hundred FAM
lilies are under quarantine. The
epidemic came upon the own so I'm
expectedly and suddenly thai its equal
could hardly be imagined. DR.. T. v.
Johnson, the health officer there, has
resigned, giving no. reasons, and the
city has hard problem to cope with.
Over 1000 children have been dis.
missed from the public schools, due
to sickness of pupils and teachers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 2.-Cattle- Beeves,
$3.90D6.00; cows and heffers, $500
490;:5 Texans, $3.75@4.75; calves, $500
@7.2a; Western cattle. $400@4.75;
stockers and feeders, $2.75@490. Hogs
Light, $4.35@4.60; mixed, $4.65@
4.70;. heavy, $4.35@4.65; rough, $4.35
GAS; pigs, $3.75@4.40. Sheep, $3.50
@..50; yearlings, .$5.0o@6.25; lambs,
$6cO@6.S5
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
From Pulpit to Cell.

From pulpit to a cell in the state
psnitentiary is the fate decreed for
Rev. Samuel White by a Hennepin
county jury, which after several hours
deliberation returned a verdict find.
Ing the former clergyman guilty OF
larceny In the second degree as the
result of charges growing out OF trans
actions in loan" business which he
has been conducting in Minneapolis
for the past few years.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06

WORK OF CONGRESS
Wednesday, Feb, 20.

House-Mr. Dalzell (Pa.), recog-
nized as foremost protectionist in the
country. spoke at length in defense
of Republican policies. Army appro-
priation bill read for amendment.
Senate-Penal code bill passed and
the emergency currency bill advanced
to the position of unfinished business;
which action has the effect Of giving
It unQuestioned right of way. Speeches
on tho currency bill were made by
Senators Culberson Dom, Tex) and
Nelson (Rep., MIMI,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Thursday, Feb, q.

senate-Interesting debate occurred
between Senators Owen of Oklahoma
and Curtis of Kansas, both of them
part Indian The controversy was
over an amendment which Mr.. Owen
sought to have inserted In the Indian
appropriation bill.
House-Committee on ways and
means ordered to vacate it's rooms in
the Capitol building and remove to the
new office building a block away.
Army appropriation bill discussed at
length.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 2-Wheat-May,
s7%@97%c; July, 93%@93kc; Sept,
90h@905sc. Cornz---May, 61Ac; July,
59Ac; Sept, 59hc. Oats-May, old.
52Ac; May, 511sc; July, old, 44Nc;
Sept, 373s @37kc. Pork-May, Sill.
20; July, $12.071s. Butter-Creamer-
les, 21@31c;s dairies, 20@27c. Eggs
-1S@181sc Poultry turkeys. 17hc;
chickens, 1111zc: springs. 12c.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Hardware Men Elect Officers.

The State Retail Hardware Dealers
association, in session atezSt. Paul,
elected the following Off GERS Presi-
dent. Amons Marched, Perham; vice
presidents, 2. H. Heines,. Renville;
treasurer, H. H. Heydon, Chatfield;
executive committee for one year, C.
F. Lander, st. Cloud; Charles Grin,
Sherburne; J. G. Stuhlrnan, St; Paul
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
A|lA 1 &c l|S|ifljlL[D'
Russian Jew Tries to Kill Chi.
cage Chief Of Police.
AssAILANT SHOT TO DEATH
Slain by the Police Official After He
Had Wounded the Formers ~.
Son and Coaehnan.

Chicago, March 3.-Chfet OF Pouce
George NJ. Shippy, has SON Harry and
his driver. James Foley, were wound
"a by an anarchist who attempted to
(asassinate tho police official in the
hall Of the latter's residence, 81 Lin
coin Court. The desperate struggle,
n which Mrs. Shippy and her daueh-
ter Georgiltto joined. was terminated
when the chief drew his own revolver
and killed his assaflant.
One bullet entered the mans breast
near the heart and another passed
through his head. The revolver
dropped from his fingers and he died
without groan. Throughout the
struggle the anarchist had not uttered
q word, except to say in good English,
cts all right" as the chief seized
him. evidently referring to the en-
velope which he had offsrad the po-
lice official
The attack is believed to have been
the result Of widespread conspiracy
to harm officials who have been active
In suppressing manifestations OF an
afchy in this community. Other city
officials are said to have been threat
ened and a police spy who recognized
the corpse of the man who invaded
shippy's homo as that of person who
regularly attended anarchist meetings.
asserted that the man was chosen by
lot to do away with not only the chief
Of police, but Mayor Busse as we'll.
The qualifications Of the plot are said
TO-, extend to other cities and to be
! closely connected with the killing OF
the Rev. Leo Heinrichs. q Roman
Catholic pfiest who was shot down at
the altar Of his church in Denver.
Harry shippy Severely Wounded.
Harry Shippy is the most severely
hurt of those injured in the ARRAY.
Although the bullet from the asses
sins revolver passed completely
| through his body, just above the heart
it was said that his chances for
recovery were favorable. His
father was stabbed in the arm
while Foley received bullet in the
, wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked by thu
! desperate but her hurts are slight
| Following the attack. squads Of po
! Tics were sent into the Italian and
! Ghetto districts of the city. Places
known as headquarters Of secret so
cieties suspected OF anarchtstic ten
denotes were raided and a score OF
more of arrests were made. A coro
ners inquest over the body Of the
anarchist was also started and States
Attorney Healy announced that the
March grand jury OF Cook county
which was convened Monday, will b5
given an opportunity to Investigate
anarchistfc organizations in an at
tempt to fasten responsibility for the
! attack upon its instigators. 1t was
also reported that Mayor Busse in
tends to issue an order forbidding al
street meetings. the allegation being
made that such gatherings. whether
OF q political of religious nature. are
often made the occasion for vicious at
tacks upon the social order.
The dead man was identified as {
man named Lazerus Avarbuch, a Rus
sian Jew, twenty-five years Of age
who came to this country three
months ago. @.asg. 80 s u 81
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Mon day, March z.

House-Resolution passed authoriz-
ing the immigration committee to in
vestigate charges Of peonage in Ger
tain states. Four hundred pension
bills and few other private bills
passed. 49,
Senate William Alden Smith
(Mich.) spoke against the railroad
bond feature Of the Aldrich bill. Many
passed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
St. Paul Union Stock Yards,

st. Paul, March 2.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.75@5.50; fair to good,
&400@4.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.25@425; veals, s3.75@6.25.
Hogs-$4.25@4.45. Sheep-Wethers,
$475@6.&6; good to choice lambs,
S6.2566.6O. ~;
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
FRIDAY. Feb. %,

observation-disclosures to the army
bill appropriating $1,000,000 for joint
maneuvers of militia organizations
and regular troops defeated by mar
row margin of one vote after an all
day discussion.
Senate-Indian appropriation bill
occupied entire session. The measure
was passed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 2.-Wheat-To ar
rive and on track 1 hard, ST.
09H; No. Northern, s1.07k; No. 2
Northern, s1.05k; May, S1.06; July.
$106 Flax-To arrive and on track.
Silly; May, Sligo; July, $1.17N.'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 2.-Wheat-
May, s1.o6A @1.0sT; July, s1.05N.
On track-No. 1 hard, $1.11k; No. /
Northern, $109; No. 2 Northern, ST.
OF; No. Northern, $1,000 1.05k.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-06
FLEET LEAVES CALLA0.
American Warships Continue Their
Trip to the North. s'

Callao, Feb. 29.-The feet of Amer
lean battleships under Rear Admiral
Evans weighed anchor and steamed
ma5osttcally out OF the harbor in col
umn formation, heading to the north,
The departing visitors were given a
rousfng sendoff by the people. Sew
eral large steamers had been char
tered to take out spectators to witness
the departure. The feet was reviewed
outside the harbor by President
=Pardo
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
SHERIEF,S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution issued out of
and under the seal of tho circuit court in
and for the county of Kingsbury and
state OF South Dakota, upon a judgment
rendered aud docketed in the said court,
on the 2Tth day of June, a. ID. 1905, in an
action wherein Anne NJ. Casper was plain
tilt and o. III. Needham was defendant,
in favor of the said plaintiff and against
the said defendant, for the sum of one
hundred ninety and 35-100 dollars, which
execution was directed and delivered to
me as sheriff in and for said county of
kingsbuty, >. D., have this 18th day of
September, A. d. 1908, levied upon all the
right title and interest of the said defend
ant o. IL. Needham in the following real
estate, to-wit: The undivided one-hal
interest in the southwest quarter of sec
ton eleven (11) in township one hundred
ten d10l north, of range ffty-ive west of
the 9th z. NJ. in Kingsbury county, South
Dakota.
Notice is hereby given that L, the under.
signed, as sheriff aforesaid, will sell the
above described realproperty to the high
est bidder, forcash, at pubic auction at
the front doorofthe court house in DeiSinct
in the county of kingsbury and state
OF South Dakota. on Monday, the 18th
day of October, AID. 1908, at two O'Clock
p. m, of that day to satisfy the said exc
cution together with the interest thereon.
Dated September 10th, A. ID.
THOS. =. GOODWIN,
slS-Jt Sheriff of kingsbury County.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
Center Of the Stage.

The playwrights over their supper
Of lobster and champagne boosted.
IT, said the greatest of them, with
q complacent glance at the two pure
pearls in his shirtfront, decree the
color of every actress frock."
"Thst is carrying the regard for de-
tail too far" said a playwright who
had failed.
mot a bit of it," said the other.
If I didn't decide on the color of the
dresses the stage manager would.
Why, that must always be done. 9th
erwise In their overmastering desire
to draw all eyes to themselves every
actress would wear bright red. In my
first play the frocks were forgotten in
the general excitement. and at the
first dress rehearsal all six actresses
came on in the discovery scene IN
scarlet gowns"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
Farmers Cooperative Association
Gold Medal -four at the Farmer
Elevator, De Smet.
Legal Notices.
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

State of South Dakota. County of Kings
Dury.-SS.
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of John Lee,
Deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends greet
ing to Joseph y. Lee, and Katherine Faul,
formerly Catherine Lee, heirs at law and
next of kin of John Lee, deceased, and to
all whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Joseph A.
Lee, has filed with the Judge Of this court,
a petition praying for letters of admins
tration of the estate Of John Lee, deceased,
and that Tuesday the 9th day of October,
1908, at 10 O'Clock a m of said day, be-
ing a day ola regular term of this court,
to.wit: of the September term, 1908, at
the office of the county Judge in the city
of De Snet, county of kingsbury. has
been set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested may APP
pear and show cause why the said petit
ton ShOuld not be granted.
Dated at De Smet. 5. Dakota, this 9th
day of October, a, ID. 1908.
f. f. GREEN,
Attest: Judge of the County Court.
f. n. CARPENTER, Clerk.
Warren Il Warren. Attorneys for Petition
er, De Smet, 5, Dakota.
(SEALO
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

The estate of f. Mccartney, deceased:
Notice is hereby given blythe undersign-
ed, Geo. Moody, administrator of the es.
tate of D.. f. sMcCafffey, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, TO eX
hibit them, with the necessary vouchers,
within six months after the first publiCa.
ton of this notice to the said a~dministra.
tor, at the office ofD. a.. Crawford in the
city of De Smet, county of kingsbury and
state of South Dakota.
dated the 22nd day of September, y. ID.
1908.
GEO. MOODY,
administrator of the estate of ID. f.
Mccartney, deceased.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
GRUB RACING AS A SPORT.
The Speed re Selected Worms as a
SUBJECT for Wa1ers in London.

n SpeFT - selected worms as a
SUBJECT for Wagers in london.
The crus de against gambling on
the racetracks was being discussed,
when the proportion from a casual
racegcer that the sports would have
to train Cockro9ches to race brought
forth the statement from an English
man.
THAT would be nothing new. When
] was a young fellow in en- Office in
LonCcn there was a regular sport of
grub raoiag and nearly every clerk
had his stable OF racers.
''Thcye worms were bred in nuts or
apples and carefully stabbed between
two walnut SHELLS. They were select
ed by placing them in the center Of a
piece of paper and the ones that PROV
ed most adept in making a speedy
Decline to the edge of the paper were
matched against the pick of a rival
stable.
Some Of the fastest could not be
induced to travel in a straight line. In
racing parlance they bolred and were
bad betting propositions. But when
two came together that showed a dis
position to run straight and true the
betting on the result was lively enough
to stir up the anti-gambling enthusi-
asts.
Il read lately that John w. Gates
won a big bet on which drop of water
would be the first to slide down the
pane of glass on a car window. but he
had to wait for the rain to get a bet
down while we always had some Of
our crack grubs in condition to race /"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
STITUTION OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.

To the people of the State of South Da-
The Tenth Legislature of the state of
South Dakota, at the session thereof be
gun and held ut Pierre, the capital, on the
eighth day of January, d 1907, and con
Guided on the eighth day of March, A ID.
1907, proposed the, following amendment
TO the Constitution of the state viz:
AJQINT RESOLUTION for Increasing
Salary of Attorney General.
Be it Resolved by the Senate of the state
OF South Dakota. the House of Represen.
tatives Concurring:
ST. Amendment Submitted That
at the next general election in this state,
the following proposed mendmen to the
constitution of the state of South Dakota
which is hereby agreed to, shall be sub
mitted to the electors ofthis state for their
approval, which ~amendent when APPROX
&c and ratified shall become a part Of the
Constitution as Article 20 thereof.
ARTICLE 20.
The attorney general shall receive the
same annual salary as is received by the
other state officers as enumerated in
Article 4, Section IL of this Constitution
The above proposed amendment will be
voted upon by the people at the general
election to be held in this state on Tues
day, the Bird day of November, A ID. 1905.
ed upon the ballot followed by the words:
"Shall the above to the
Constitution in relation to the salary of
the attorney general, be approved and
Immediately to the left of which shall
be printed the words Yes and mo"
%elector can place a cross to indicate his
vote. Electors desiring to vote Yes will
place across before the word Yes and
those desiring to vote No will place a
Dated at Pierre, the capital. this 1st cay
OF August, A d, 1908.
lsEAI Secretary Of State.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23

Knicker-Do you think dogs should
be muzzled?
Bocker-If You proposed to muzzla
mosquitoes there would be sentiment
talists 10 oppose ii
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-23
TIme 70 stop.

Jingle Ito short. stout party)-Just
had such q good time with that lady
over there. Awfully hirty. don't you
know. But now she won't even look
at me.
Short Party Gust arrived)--How
funny! She's my wife,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-08-28
Figures. Food and Wages.

According to the national bureau Of
labor, the pay of wageworkers increas-
ed last year one-third faster than the
prices of food. In 1906 the weekly
earnings of each employee were about
per cent greater than they were In
1905 The increase in retail prices OF
food used in the families of working
men was about per cent during the
same period.
Figures in the hands of an expert
can be made to show almost anything.
It would seem, however, that in this
showing the average family of the
workingman was considered to be diff
ferent from the average family in gen.
eral. Only foods that We're supposed
to be used by the families of working
men were considered in the computa-
ton. So far as our information goes
there is no good basis for an allowance
of this kind The family of the aver
age workingman eats about just as
good food as the family of any other
man in this country.
Wages have undoubtedly risen.
Whether the prices of foodstuffs have
fallen is a question that householders
will hesitate TO believe. The member
Of the average family who has had to
do the marketing for the past few
years has had increased difficulty to
make both ends meet. 1t would not be
safe for the government or anybody
else to go to that member of the fami-
ly with the statement that the prices
of foodstuffs had fallen. She flor
nine times out of ten this will be the
right gender would be likely to talk
back and cite few figures.
There is one class of every commu-
nifty that certainly VIII not get any
satisfaction from comparative figures,
whether they be correct or not. This
is made up Of salaried employees
whose incomes do not rise greatly in
prosperous times nor fall severely in
periods of depression. To them the
steady increase in the price Of nearly
everything has brought about a condi-
ton that has forced them to become
real financiers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-08-28
Could We Live on Mars7

The physical conditions on Mars are
in many ways intermediate between
those found upon the earth and the
moon. and it seems plausible that the
life existing upon it should similarly
be of a higher type than that found on
the moon and of a lower type than
that found at present on the surface OF
the earth. Even if the physical condi-
tons. as we understand them, We're
equally favorable with those on the
earth, civilization would by no means
be a necessary consequence. Had it
not been settled by Europeans the
United States would still be a wilder
ness. How much less should we hasten
to accord civilization TO a planet Of
which we know little. except that if
we were transported there ourselves
we should instantly die.-Professor w.
H. Pickering in Harper's Magazine.