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The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
overruIes Committee on Rules.

Washington-The usual spectacle of the committee on rules being over ruled by it's chairman, the speaker. on the floor of the house was witnessed in that body Monday. much to the discontinue of Mr Dalzell. member of the committee. MT. DalZell brought in a resolution providing for an in- vestigation of peonage in the south ern states, but the speaker. on an ob- jection by Mir. Mann of Illinois. held it was not privileged. Despite Mir. Dal- zelrs argument. the speaker refused to alter his decision and the resolu- tion was recommitted
 The army appropriation bill, carry ing $S5,O07 ,56G, was taken up. After MT. Hull of Iowa had explained it's provisions, MT. Slayden of Texas crit icised the enormous extravagance for the military establishment, while MT. Holiday of Indiana pleaded for in- creased pay for the enlisted men of the army.
 Other speeches were delivered by Mir. Hamilton of Iowa. who favored tariff revision and by Mir Washburn of Massachusetts in favor of remov- ing the restrictions of the Sherman antitrust law regarding organizations of merchants in certain cases.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
StoesscI Asks Full Psrdnn

St. Petersburg-Li -Lieutenant-Genera Stoessel, who on February 20 was condemned to death for the sur render of the Port Arthur fortress to the Japanese. has petitioned Emperor Nicholas fer full pardon. The court recommended that the death sentence be commuted to 10 years imprison. ment in a fortress and that the gen eral be excluded from the service.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Duke to Testify at Home.

New York-Being unable to ap- pear Monday to testify in the federal inquiry into the American To bacco Go. because of illness, James B. Duke, president of the company. who had been subpenaed as a witness by the defense requested the United states Commissioner Shields and the counsel in the case to visit his home today to take his evidence. This was agreed to.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Wealthy New Yorker Suicides.

San Francisco-J. l.. Munger. a member of wealthy New York family, committed suicide Mon day by shooting himself in the head at the hotel Audubon on Ellis street. He formerly was in the theatrical bus mess, but recently has been travelling for the Munger Leather Goods Co.,. of which his brother is tue head. Sev- eral letters addressed to various friends were found in his room. but have not yet been opened Despond- eney is supposed to have been the cause of his act.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Groescup and Others Arrainned.

Charleston, Ill.-Judge Peter s. Grosscup, presiding judge Of the United States circuit court at Chi cago, with six other directors. of ficers and employees of the Central Illinois Traction Co.,, was arraigned yesterday before Judge M. w. Thomp- son, in the Coles county circuit court. on charges of criminal negligence and manslauehter.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Diamond Jubilee Off.

Vienna-The diamond jubilee pa geants planned for next spring in the Emperor Francis Joseph's hon. or have been abandoned on the state ment of his majesty's physicians that their patient has not yet fully recov- cred from his illness of several months ago. The fatigues of an outdoor cele- 5ration and the entertainment ef for eign royalties, they say. would involve grave results
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Kansas Instructs for Bryan.

Hutchinson, Kas.-Kansas demo- orats in state convention here Friday morning unanimously adopted a resolution instructing delegates to the Denver convention. both state and con. gressional. to east a solid vote for the nomination of William I. Bryan for President of the United States
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Neuro Slavs White Woman.

Columbia, S. C-Mrs Paul D. Ellis er. an aged white woman who resides at Cayce. a station about two miles from Columbia, was brutally killed ear ly Wednesday by an unknown negro while engaged in her household duties, the motive being robbery.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
On Way to Callao.

Washington.-The torpedo boat flo tilla, under command of Lieut. Com maDder Cone. accompanied by the sup ply ship Arethusa. now on it's way tC Magdalena bay, left Taleuhuana Wed nesday for Callao. Peru. run of eigld days. The vessels will reach Callao some days after the departure of the hafflnehins
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Would Re-Enlist Negroes.

Washington.-Senator Foraker Wed nesday introduced a bill providing for the re-enlistment of such dishonor- ably discharged negro soldiers of the Twenty-ffth infantry as were shown by the testimony in the investigation Of the Brownsville affair not to have been connected with the affair.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
One Killed in Freioht Wreck.

Eellaire Ohio-Farry Diday is Gcad and John Hollingshead and Samuel Smith are probably fatally in- iured as a result of Baltimore 6 ohio freight train calaboese jumping the track at Glencoe. near here, and turning over late Thursday afternoon. The men were members of the freight ircW.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Montana Governor to Quit.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Governor Jo- seph K. Toole of Montana arrived in Los Angeles. Sunday. from Helena He announced shortly after his arrival that, owing to i'll health. he had de- termined to resign. and that his resig- nation will take place April 1.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Union Opposed to Parades

New York-The representatives of organized labor at a meeting of the Central Federated Union Sunday, declared themselves op- posed to the parade of unemployed and the mass meeting to follow in City Hall Park on March ' and re- fused to participate in the demonstra- ton.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Code Revision Ordered Reorinted

Washinston-The bill to revise the criminal code Of the United States
 was passed by the committee of the whole of the senate Monday and was ordered reprinted with amendments so that t might be put upon its passage.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
Fourteen Killed in enoisnd.

Newcastle-on-Tyne England-Fcur- teen out of i6 men at work in the Globe Colliery. in the village of Washington, were killed Friday by an explosion in the workings.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
SHOOTS THREE
 AND KILLS SELF
TRAGEDY AT LAMAR. MO, FOL LOWS QUARREL BETWEEN
 HUSBAND AND WIFE.
HE CASTS SELF UNDER TRAIN
He Had Been "ConVerted" at Church Revival and Party Had Met to -Father-in-Law,
 Fatally Wounded.

Lamar. Mo.-Beeause his bride of six months was not ready to go home when he concluded il was time to terminate an evenings visit With her parents, Lee Hart. 30 years old, shot and killed his mother-in-law. Mrs. Joseph Edwards; mortally wound ed his father-in-law. slightly wounded his wife and then ended his own life by throwing himself on the track be- fore a Frisco passenger train here Monday night.
 Sunday night Hart was converted" at q church revival and his visit to his parents-in-law was to celebrate his efforts to lead better life.
 The tragedy occurred about 9 o'clock. Mrs. Hart and her mother were in the back yard putting up" the chickens. when Hart appeared and said it was time to go home. He called to his wife to hurry and she re- sponded that she was not quite ready
 This enraged Hart, and quarrel en- sued. When the wife declared that unless he ceased swearing she would hot go home at all, Hart drew re- yolYer from his pocket and fired two shots pointblank at his wife. One bull let grazed her head. The other missed
 Kills Mother-in-Law.
 The two women ran into the house and braced themselves against the door. Hart managed to push it open. He leveled his revolver at his mother in-aw and fired two more shots. She dropped to the floor dead, and Hart bounded into the room.
 His father-in-law was darting across the apartment toward a shotgun which stood in the corner. Hart fired again. the bullet striking Edwards in the breast. He fell to the floor, moitaIly wounded
 Hart fled out into the rain and dis appeared. When neighbors, aroused by the sound of the shots, rushed into the house they found Mrs. Edwards dead on the floor, her husband pros trate beside her, and Mrs Hart lying near by She had tainted
 Ii was not known until Tuesday morning that Hart had ended his own life. The Frisco flyer is due in Lamar at 10:1S o'clock. It is only a short distance from the Edwards home to the tracks and Hart must have waited for nearly an hour for the train.
 His dismembered body was found Tuesday morning by two men who were on the way to the Edwards home to find out whether Edwards had sur viyed the night. Beside the track lay the pistol with which he had slain a woman and wounded two other per sons the night before
 Mrs. Hart's wound is not serious, but she is prostrated from fright. Ed wards, it is believed, cannot survive.
The Forrest City times., 1908-02-28
NEWS OF CONGRESS
DoINGs OF PEOPLES REPREsEN.
 TATlVES AT WASHINGTON.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED
Concise Report of Measures h. troduced and What Aeticn Is
 Taken on Them
Favor Monthly Repor, of Accidents.

T'tN''e'TtJ NtPVTt UT NCSIueI'tS.
 Washington-The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce authorized a favorable report on the Eseh bill, which requires railroads to make monthly reports of all acci- dents on their lines to the interstate commerce commission and authorizes the publication of these reports by the commission
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
DAKOTA DIVORCE DENIED.
Boston Merchant Fails to Prove Wite
Has Deserted Him.

It is seldom that a divorce Is refused
an applicant in this state when any
kind Of a showing is made in the
courts, but Arthur II. Wilkins, former
~ a well-to-do merchant Of Boston
Mass, has met with that disappoint
nent. After a bitterly contested suit
against his wife. which required three
days for a hearing at Deadwood, Judge
Rice denied Wilkins petition.
Wilkins went to Deadwood more
than a year & from Boston. When
he had been there the required limit
he commenced suit for divorce in the
circuit court against Mrs. Grace l.
Wilkins, charging desertion and cruel
ty. Mrs. Wilkins retained an attorney
and fought the case, asking merely
that the divorce be denied, as she was
living apart from Wilkins on a verbal
contract entered into with him -four
years ago whereby he agreed to sup.
port her.
judge Rice Held that the contract
was being lived Up to by the wife and
that since she had been guilty OF nc
other grounds, that desertion was not
proved.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
RANCHMEN TO PAY PENALTY.
Fencers Of Public Land Guilty and Get
Severe Sentences.

Four prominent Northern Montana
ranchmen and live stock owners were
given severe sentences by Judge Hunt
Of the United states court at Helena
unCn their entering pleas Of guilty TO
indictments CHARGING the illegal fenc-
ing of the public domain. This makes
ten prominent citizens WHO within the
last month have been convicted or
pleaded guilty to hat charge. and
Judge Hunt said that the time for
LIGHT sentences had passed; that the
law must be observed by all. and here
after persons convicted on that charge
would be given ample time to reflect.
Those sentenced We're all residents Of
Chouteau county. Their sentences and
fines follow:
John and Francis Laird. ten days
and $3.50.
n. H. BINGHAM. two days and 5000.
J. N. Bingham. two days and 500.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
MONTANA NEWS
BEST OF WINTERS FOR STOCK.
Cattle and Sheep Thrive and Little
HAY Is Fed.

u.uT,s go
'''~N"1eN VI Nioh'aha say 'h"1 tue
present winter has been remarkably
favorable to their interests; in fact,
with only a sino,a axcention inst
u
'>"' "7'' mas 'nVi0 oeen 81
universally mid weather. Only once
this year has the thermometer gone
below zero in . noor,yaI daoroa ,,1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
LAW LIMITS FUNDS.
County Commissioners Must Draw No
More Than State Allows.

County Commissioners Must Draw No
More Than State Allows.
Members Of boards Of county com
missiOners in South Dakota who have
made a practice Of overseeing road
work in their districts and performing
ether special services which run the
amounts drawn by them from the
county treasury in excess of the limit
fixed by law, will exercise more care
in future in view Of the opinion which
has just been rendered by S. w. Clark,
attorney general Of South Dakota.
The question arose in Jorauld COun-
ty, where charges were preferred with
States Attorney Bradford against a
member of tie board of county com
miSsiOncrs, who was accused of hav-
ing drawn from the county funds
more than was allowed by law. The
matter was submitted BY the states
attorney to the attorney general. who
holds that such payment by the com
mirsioners was Illegal.
TIE attorney general contends that
q county commissioner can draw only
the amount specified by law and that
he cannot receive | cent more for any
work or service.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
Has Big nugget Of Gold.

A piece OF quartz about the size Of
a mems egg, was brought to lie Beau
from the country west Of there by Pc
ter lie Reau, a mixed blood, and has
been sent to a government assay of
flee for a report. The specimen show
ed samples of free gold and is consid-
cred valuable. but lie Beau refuses to
say where he secured it.
Several years ago Narcise Narcelle.
another mixed blood living on that
reservation, brought to Pierre several
small gold nuggets which he said he
had picked up. but refused to tell
where. Several attempts to learn the
location of his find failed. and he has
kept still about it ever since.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
TRUCE IN COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Tri-Division Proposition Brings De-
cision to Waive Vote This Year.

County division for Stanley county
appears to be dead for this year. At
a meeting at Philip it was discovered
that While some of the people wanted
two-couuty division others would not
lie satisfied with anything but three
county division, and the old boun-
DIARIES of Jackson county restored,
making a new county of that part Of
Stanley lying west Of Lyman county.
While no action was taken formally
the sentiment Of the people who at
tended the meeting was at its close
that any attempt TO divide either in
two Or three counties at the present
time would bring on such a contest
that 1t would be better to allow the
matter to go over the election Of this
year and be settled at some time in
the future when further development
would more definitely settle where
the lines should be drawn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
PASTORS TO URGE FUND.
Superanuated Preachers Will Be Aidet
by $4,000 to Be Raised.


A half dozen presiding elders of the
Methodist Episcopal church held ar
informal meeting in Mitchell to lay
the Foundation for the plan Of work tC
start raising the fund of S25, 900 for
the superanuated Methodist preachers
of the state.
At the conference session held III
Vermillion last fall the movement was
started to raise this amount of MONEY
and it's starting was left with the pre-
siding elders, with President NichOI
son of the university as the chairman
of the committee. The presiding ED
ers will call to this work of RAISING
that $4,000 the pastors Of the Metho.
dist churches all over the state. which
will be received in the form Of q sub
scription, a bequest of money, the Civ
ing of real estate and of a life estate
The pastors will continue this work
until the next meeting Of the confer
ence. when it is expected that a finan
cial agent will be placed in the field tC
work the ground more systematically
There are no many s~uperanuateC
preachers in the conference at the
present time, but the pastors are
looking to the future and hope to have
a large fund raised by the time that
il will be Of greater use.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
MARKING THE PAPERS.

State Board Busy Looking Over Ex-
animation Papers of Teachers of the
State.
The state board of markers on the
papers Of the late teachers examina-
ton in the state is in session, and Is
this time largely composed of county
superintendent Of different counties.
Among those officers who are here are
Myrtle b. Farmer, Chamberlain; Stella
kolb, Vermillion; Mrs. Josephine An
derson, Hot Springs; Hattie Pickles.
Clark; Rosa G. Moran, Clear Lake;
Ida s. Williams, Salem; F. II. Griffiths,
Alexandria,: A. H.. Seymour, DeSmet:
Q. IL. Jones, Sisseton; G.. l.. Fillebrown.
Armour; Charles J. Anderson, Oacoma.
Others assisting In the work are
Misses Katherine French of Elk Point,
and Nellie Steady of Pierre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
WILL LAY NEW RAILS.
Milwaukee Is Shipping Rails to Its
Division West of Mitchell.

The Milwaukee road has commenced
to ship in new rails for their division
west and east of Mitchell. 1t is the
intention of the company to begin
work in the spring to lay heavier rails
west to Chamberlain. these being of
the T5-pound variety to replace the
~60-pound rails, and the same kind will
be laid east of here to Chancellor. The
lighter rails Will be shipped out to the
coast extension which is to construct
sidetracks at stations. Work win COM
mence in the spring also on the en-
l~argernent Of the turntabIc and TO the
~roundhouse. to take care OF the in
creased service to be established be-
tween Mitchell and the Black Hills
country. a new freight house 200 feet
long is just being completed and VIII
be opened in the curse of a month.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
WON CAN VOTE.
School Issue Gives Right Of Suffrage,
Attorney General Says.

A number Of towns and cities of the
state will this year vote on the 0ues-
ton of issuing school bonds to meet
the rapidly growing demands Of the
Schoo population. In this relation it
is generally interesting to know that
Attorney General Clark has ruled that
women are entitled to vote at such
e'e"tiOns, basing his opinion upon the
provisions of section 8 of article ! Of
the constitution. which, after providing
that any woman having the dualifca-
tons Of a voter as to ace and resi-
d"nCc may vat" IT amy election held
solely for school purposes" The oues-
tlCn was taken 10 the attorney general
by women at Mitchell, where a y0te
was hein@ taken ON bonds for school
building construction, and after Sc
curing his opinion they generally vot-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
Elevator Men to Unite

The program has been completed
for the big meeting Of Independent ell
evator men Of South Dakota, which
will be held in Sioux Falls on Thurs.
day for the purpose of organizing a
state association of Independent eleva.
tor interests. 1t is estimated that
there are in South Dakota about 25C
farmers and other elevators which are
independent of the so-called elevator
combine or trust. Those attending
the meeting will be welcomed to the
city by Frank Pillsbury, mayor OF
Sioux Falls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
State News of Interest
STATE SOCIALLY HEALTHY.
Prisons and Poorhouses Are Little
P~atronized in South Dakota.

~ oOHN'i NoNohes
w. f Upton. a member of the state
hoard ~ ob,r;+;os o,a nroo+on. .,
''p"" SECRETARY vi 'he Nd'loh'
al conference Of Charities and Corrcc-
tons, which holds it's next session in
Nav a+ Picbonnd va hos ,
: '0''' ~ '"7
SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN South Dakota,
which he will present at that time.
The showing IS ~rar92rtohIa for q
onnu rt,+, ,-i+h -oo oao
'L"''l I'll, 'cIo'u9 u tl' li9jllH}lohS
W 'He .'''9 IL - aSc1Ij"illc0 lAaI on
jail l, i'Vo' 'iI'Te were 40 mel and
l"o women dollS llhle IN the state
prison AZ >l2uN falIS' tW'nt]-Iour OF
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
His Grievance

"A little boy I know" said Miss
Mabel Taliaferro, appearing in Polly
OF the Circus was sitting despond-
entity on the front steps when | passed
the other day.
whats the matter, johnny in
qpired I.
law, u hired girls sick
But why should tl~S .olher your
"'NVell, it does
But why?'
'Cause MA makes me wash the
dishes, an then I have to eat off
en-"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
GUILTY OF KILLING FISH.
Three Mining Men on Jury That De
cides Cyanide Case.

Appealing from a conviction in the
justice court at Deadwood, /. y. Cuck-
Ter, foreman al the SAFE Investment
Mining cOmpany's mill on Box Elder
creek, was tried in the circuit court
and found guilty of sluicin2 the cyan
!de tanks into the creek, killing many
hundreds of fish through the pollution
OF h stream. The cast brought out
sharply the issue whether the fish in
the streams are OF more consequence
to the country than a mining company,
and a conviction resulted even with
three mining men on the Jury.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
SOCIETY MAN IN TOLLS.
Member of Respected Family Accused
of Holding Up Saloon Man.


A sensation was caused in Dillon
last week when 1t was disclosed that
Emery Pulver, a well known society
man of that city, whose parents are re-
spected people Of the city, was shot
and fatally wounded while participate
ing, it is alleged, in the hold-up of
Henry Cahill, a saloon man.
Cahill was going home at an early
hour when he was accosted by two
highwaymen and dragged into an al
ley. Cahill shot one of the bandits
through the stomach. The other ban
dit Their felled Cahill and robbed him,
after beating him into i~nsensibility.
DR.. II. A. Bond was awakened an
hour later and found young Pulver
PROSTATE at his door. where he had
beer carried by friends.
Three arrests have been made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
Mikes DIST Nisit." C.es

A dispatch from Twin Bridges says
that Joseph Slater, ninety-two years
old, Of Concordia, Kan, died while
making a visit with his son. Slater
had made the journey to see his son
before he died. He contracted a cold
which developed into pneumonia. He
was a we'll known pioneer Of Central
Kansas. having resided at C~oncordia
more than forty years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-13
TO SECURE TERMINAL SITE.
St. Paul Road Seeks Large Tract at
Rapid City.

RapId CITY.
Through the fling Of a number of
condemnation suits by local agents of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company it is learned that
the road is taking steps to secure the
property for terminal facilities at Rap
id City. When acquired the road will
then have more than 1000 front feet
on it's track, OF which it intends build
ing a round house, stock yards, freight
house and other buildings.