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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
EXPECT ARREST OF ASSASSIN.
Detective Trails Suspect I'm Henry
Murder Case

Two months have passed since Hen
ry was plunged into intense excite
ment and indignation because of the
murder of T. NJ Brown, a highly re-
spected citizen. As several days had
passed before the murdered man was
found IL was believed that all trace
of the murder and robbery had been
lost. The coroner's inquest brought,
out but few, If any, facts or circum-
stances which might lead to the arrest
of any suspected parties. But after
the funeral was held and attended by
many Of the leading citizens Of the
community the Investigation began to
take place. The result was that Will
lam Baxter, superintendent OF the
Baxter detective agency, of Minneapo-
lis, has been on the ground for the
past few weeks making a personal in
vestigation.
To the average mind the murder
was one of the darkest and most das-
tardly ever committed in South Da-
kcta, and there was apparently no
hope OF running down the guilty par
ty, who murdered for boarded treas
ure.
While Detective Baxter Is in pos
session of much Information which
he withholds from everyone, it is
known that he has very important
evidence and is weaving a network Of
circumstances around the suspected
party.
1t is in a roundabout way, It is
known, that Detective Baxter has dis
covered and photographed running
footprints leading from the cabin of
the murdered man and has also pho
tographed footprints of the suspected
party which correspond; there is pos
tive proof that Brown was first shot
and then strangled there is evidence
proving where the suspected party
purchased a 32-caliber gun and am
munition; there is evidence placing
the crime absolutely within certain
hour; there is evidence showing that
Brown agreed to meet a man at a
certain time at certain place, and
failed to keep the appointment; the
detective now has money in his pos
session which was known to have
been in the hands Of Brown: he also
has evidence which shows that Brown
marked his money, and how; he also
has some Of the marked money which
has been passed by the suspected
party.
The above, there Is reason to be-
lieve, Is only little of the network
OF testimony which is shaping itself
around the supposed guilty man and
will make it impossible for him to es-
cape.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
FIRST WHITE SETTLER DIES.
e. WixOn Was Pioneer Elk Point
0.. Citizen.

- f. Wixon, Of Elk Point, the first
white settler in that section, is dead
of heart failure at the age of "A years
He went to Elk Point In August, 1859.
He was one Of Elk Points leading cit
Hzens He had been in poor health
for many years and had not been able
to perform manual labor, but Thurs
day evening he milked a COW and did
chores at his home and at his supper
as usual. After supper he complained
OF pain in his chest, and lay down on
lounge. In a short time he began
breathing heavily and quickly expired
His poor health was due to disease
contracted while in the army. He
drew a pension Of $40 month.
- Wixon came west in 1855 FROM New
York and settled at Sergeant Bluffs.
TWO years later he removed to Sioux
City and opened a photograph gallery
and was Sioux City's first photogra-
pher. He was also a charter member
of Landmark lodge A. F.. and A. NJ.
OF Sioux City. In 1859 he came TO
Elk Point, took a homestead and
erected log cabin, which he later en-
larged and for several years ran a
hotel. The hotel was the first stopping
place on the Sioux City-Fort Randall
stage line.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
TENANTS START RIOT
NEW YORK POLICE MAKE LIE.
ERAL USE OF CLUBS.
Landlords Object to Floating of Amer
ican and Socialist Flags from Their
Property, and Tenants Defend When
Attempt Is Made TO Remove Them

Incipient rent riots broke out on the
east side in New York Sunday as re-
suit of the tension between the land
lords and striking tenants, and before
the disorders were auelled by the po-
lice reserves, which were called from
several precincts, many combatants
were injured and five were arrested.
The police used their clubs freely,
but thehe was no way to obtain the
number injured, as they hurried away
and were cared for by friends. The
disorders were general throughout the
affected district.
The most serious trouble occurred
OF East Eleventh street, where a
landlord who had been unable to coll
lert rent ordered his tenants to re-
move the American and socialistic
flags, with which the strikers had dec
Grated the tenement The landlord
was hooted and jeered by the tenants
and other strikers, who were holding
mass meeting in the house. and he
called the police.
The striking tenants resented the
appearance OF the officers and in the
clash which followed the reserves used
their night stricks vigorously. Five
were arrested. The offending decora-
tions were removed
Hardly had order been restored at
this point when the police reserves
were hurried to East Twelfth street,
where striking tenants were making
demonstration against landlord who
had objected to the flying of red flags
over his property. The crowd failed
to obey the police order to disperse
and was set upon with night sticks.
One woman. 1t is reported, was rem
dered insensible during the fight, in
which wives and daughters, as we'll as
fathers aud sons. participated. The
police tried to gain entrance into the
tenement, but the strikers barricaded
the door, and semblance of order
having been restored. the officers
withdrew Ambulances were sum
lmoned to care for the injured but the
strikers declined to admit the physi-
clans, saying that they would call their
own doctors.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
TO CRUSH BLACK HAND.
World Wide Movement Launched in
New York. .

A plan, world wide in its scope. to
crush out the Black Hand, Malta and
like organizations has been devised
by Lieut. Joseph Petrosini, head Of
the Italian branch of the New York
detective bureau. Petrosini has estab-
lished correspondence with the heads
OF the police departments of Rome
and other italian cities and through
them will learn whenever brigand
or blackmailer has left the country
supposedly for America. He has es-
tablished similar connections with the
polite Of Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Denver. San Francisco, New Or
leans and many smaller cities, and in
this manner the local police expect 70
keep track of the leaders of the
groups and cliques in tbs country
Petrosini is aiding in the organiza-
ton of the national body of italian
Americans which proposes to appeal
to congress to pass an immigration law
to cause more careful examination
Of immigrants from Sicily and the
south of Italy. ....
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
BIG ROAD is EMBARRASSED.
Seahoard Air Line Is In Receivers
Hands,

Hands.
r. Lancaster Williams, of Rich
mond, Va. and S. Davies Warfield, of
Baltimore, Nd, were Thursday ap-
pointed by the United States circuit
court receivers Of the Scaboard Air
line
The effect of the receivership for the
Seaboard Air line will have a far
reaching effect in Baltimore, whert
the securities of the company are
more largely dealt in and held thar
any other trading center, not even ex-
cepting New York. The bond issues
placed on the property since 1T has
been merged into one system aggre-
gate $33,7S5,000, of which amount II
is estimated nearly. .$25, 100000 is held
there. Persons on the inside" are out
spoken in the opinion that the security
holders of both stocks and bonds will
benefit. These say no holders of any
underlying bonds need feel the least
alarm over the safety of the security
nor have any fear of default any time
of interest. One of the assets Of the
Seaboard Is the Baltimore Steam
Packet company, better known as the
Old Bay line.s The operations Of this
line, it Is said, will not be affected BY
the receivership.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
ROADS HIT CHICAGO.
Special Rates to Merchants Meetings
Withdrawn ~


The spring and fall merchants
meetings, which have for some years
past been the means of bringing thou
sands of business men from smaller
cities to Chicago and st. Louis, will
be omitted this year. The executive
committee of the Western Passenger
association has refused to grant the
desired fare and half rate in spite
OF the pleas of representatives of the
Chicago commercial and the st. Louis
merchants associations.
The reason given for the refusal is
that the 2-cent fare laws Of Illinois.
Missouri and other western states have
so reduced passenger earnings that 1t
Is no longer feasible to grant special
rates. Last spring, when the railroads
regularly charged cents per mile, a
rate Of fare and one-fifth was garnted,
and 9,454 retailers from Chicago's
trade territory came to that city. Last
aItumn no reductions in fare were
granted and only 500 retailers came
into the meeting.
The falling off at ST. Louis was less,
as the Southwestern Passenger asso-
citation has continued to grant the re-
duced rates.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
SEEKS SHARE OF MILLIONS.
iDisinllerited Son of William Rhine
lander TO Contest VIII.

According to a statement made in
Albany, N. Y, the will of William
Rhinelander, who died last week I'm
New York City, leaving an estate said
to be valued at $4,000, 900, is to be
contested by William G. Rhinelander,
son, who lives in Albany, and who,
II Is said, is disinherited by his father.
This statement was made by Ju-
liette Catherine Marie, who says she
was married to Rhinelander in New
York in 1897 William c. Rhineland-
Ell is i'll. according to a story told by
the woman, who says she is his wife.
She says her husband. as soon as his
condition permits, will go to New York
for the purpose of claiming his share
OF the estate left by his father.
Rhinelander and his wife reside in
humble apartments in the lower sec
ton Of Albany. He is about 55 years
old and his estrangement from his
fathers family. 1t is understood, dates
back from 1876, when. it is stated, he
married against the wishes of his fam.
lily.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
PLANS FOR WESLEYAN BRANCH.
Methodist School Likely to Be Started
in Black Hills.

In all probability the proposition to
establish the auxiliary school of Da-,
kota Wesleyan university at Hot
Springs will be settled soon, when the
executive committee of the university
will met to decide on the location
o. the site in Hot Springs. Dr. Mich
olson. president of the university,
spent the past week in the Hills coun--
try. and met with Rev. Mr.. Dolliver,
superintendent of missions; e. w
Martin, of Deadwood, and S. E. Will
son. of Hot Springs. The proposition
IS to purchase the buildings and
grounds Of the old Black Hills college
at Hot Springs, and conduct the acad-i
envy as an auxiliary to the Methodist
institution in Mitchell. Present plans
call for carrying out of a college pre-
paratory course, with courses in mu-
sic, art and business. Hot Springs
has already raised about Sc, 900 to as
sist in the project. The old colleae
building is 66 by IS feet. three stores
high and cost about $4,000, surround
ed by fifteen acres for a campus. The
buildings and grounds are owned by
eastern capitalists, who We're COM
PEELED to foreclose a mortgage on the
school when 1T failed along in the early
90s. The owners are very anxious
to dispose Of the structures.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
PROSPERITY IN DAKOTA.
People of State In Excellent Financial
Condition.


The fact that the delinquent tax
lists printed this fall in the newspa-
pers of the various counties Of the
state were the smallest for years-if
not the smallest in the history of
south Dakota-testifed eloquently to
ne excellent financial condition of the
people Of the state, but further evi-
dtnce, particularly upon the finoncial
condition Of the farmers of that por-
tlcn of the state lying east of the Mis-
souri, river. is given by the record Of
farm loans In the region indicated. A
single loan agency Of Sioux Falls has
az the phesent time about $2,O00,000
loaned in that part of the state lying
east of the river. The $4,000, 900 rep
rosents loans to about 1000 farmers
scattered in oil portions of eastern
South Dakota. Upon this vast sum all
the interest has been paid but abont
$500, and this will be, adjusted within
the next few days, or in week or two
o. the most.
Fully 25 per cent of the interest
due on Jan. l on these loans had been
paid several days before it was due,
and during the month of December
twenty farmers voluntarily paid the
principal of the sums borrowed, to-
Gother with interest. During October
November and December the volun-
tary interest and principal paid
amounted to an aggregate of 1922,
which certainly shows that the farm
| ers' Of South Dakota have ample funds
and are in a more prosperous condi-
ton than ever before
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
FOR POWDER FOR JAPS.
Big Purchases of Salt Peter Beins
Made in Chill.


Passengers and officers who arrived
ir San Francisco by the Kosmos linel
Neko brought news Of great japanese
activity at the Port of Iquique, II
Chilli. They say that the japanese
government is buying up all the sail
ueter available in Chilli, and that grea'
stocks of yucca which grows II
great profusion in the Sahara district
near Iquique. are being sent by ever,
steamer to Japan. A line Of fasl
steamers Of about 5000 tons register
have been put on between Japan ant
Iuuique,. and according to reports
heard at ports along the coast, these
steamers are taking full cargoes OF
salt peter and yucca on every trip
The Yucca Is a stunted form OF palm
with a resinous grass growing in the
head, the product Of which contains
a large percentage Of picric acid. and
it's sole use is for the manufacture OF
shin1ose powder, the high explosive
which was used with deadly effect y
the recent war with Russia.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
KIDNAPPED GIRL FOUND.
ELLA Kates. Of Kansas City, I'm a Con-
I. vent at Dubuque.

The Chicago police received word
from Dubuque. Ia, Sunday night that
Ella Kates, II years old. who was kid
naped from her homie in Kansas City.
Kan. several years ago, has been
found in a convent there. The discoy-
cry followed statements made by Will
lam Birmingham and his wife, who
are awaiting trial in Chicago on a
charge of stealing Lillian Wulff, s
years old, from her home few weeks
since. According to the police Ella
Hates Is the daughter of Richard
Kates, a former merchant of Kansas
City. She was taken to the convent
of the Good Shepherd several years
ago after she had been found in the
streets OF Dubuque, where she had
been abandoned by the Birminghams.
AT that time she gave the name of
Patterson, but has recently admitted
her identity to Sister Delourdes. moth
er superior OF the convent. The Chi4
cago authorities will now endeayor to
communicate with the girls father.
who is thought to be still a resident
OF Kansas City, Kan.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
KIN IN GUTTER FIGHT.
Casteliane with Brothers Aid Whips
His Cousin.

Count Boni de Castellane. from
whom his wife. who was Miss Anna
Gould, of New York, was recently d.
'vorced, and Prince Heiie de Sagan.
who CT several occasions was reported
to be engaged to Madame Gould, had
a personal encounter Thursday at the
church of ST. E.Sfre de Chalot in
Paris, while service to the memory
of the Lady Stanley Errington, rela-
tive Of both men, who died lately in
England, was III progress. Beginning
inside the church, where Count Boni
says the prince insulted both him and
the sacred ediflce, the encounter was
resumed at the doorway where Count
Boni- followed by his brother, Count
Jean de Castellane, overlook the
prince. Cour. eoni spat in his cous-
ms face. ..a..
Then came the clash of canes and a
rouSh and tumble fight on the pave =.
ment, which ended in the gutter,
where the men We're finally separa ted
by big butcher. Count Boni at the
moment Of intervention was holding
down the well night insensible prince,
while Jean, according to eye witnesses,
was administering to him severe
kicking. When the police arrived the
butcher was holding the two pcinci-
pals in the fight, who were covered
with mud. The police invited the two
men to go to the station house, and
this, after some disputing, they agreed
to- do. 2 An three of them, bespattered
with mud, accompanied the police,
and followed by several thousand per-
sons, marched off to the station,
where they made Explanations"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
MRS. COOKE IN DOUBT.
Undecided as TO Whether She WIZ
Prosecute Her Husband.

Mrs. Cooke, of Hartford, Conn, wife
Of the Rev. ]. Knode Cooke, who
abandoned his family and fled with a
girl to San Francisco, where he has
been located, was asked If she con-
templated making charges against her
husband.
Tt is a very serious matter" she
said, land 1 could hardly determine
what course to take without counsel
with the members of my family. 1t
would seem that the Nassau county
officials should take the initiative. My
husbands crime is not against me; 1T
is against the girl, against the church
and against God If District Attorney
Coles wants me to prefer charges per-
haps he will communicate with me,
and then shall have to consider what
Is best to be DONE"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
NIGHT RIDERS USE TORCH
Mob of One Hundred Men Raids Ken
nd tuclSy Town.

s lucky Town.
~ Night riders, 100 strong, swooped
down on Russellville, Logan county
KY, early Friday morning and, after
overpowering three policemei, dyna-
mited and burned two independent to-
bacco concerns in the city and several
other establishments and then rode
away. Three men were wounded.
The telephone girls and police were
held prisoners for nearly three hours.
The property loss is about $4,000.
Chief OF Police Bruce, as soon as
he heard the noise, hastened to the
fire tower, where he attempted to
sound an alarm, but was overpowered
by four masked night riders
Two merchants. j. r. Mclean and
] Henry Moseley, did not hurry in
to their homes as fast as the night
riders desired and were shot The
most seriously injured was DR.. c. M.
Roberts, of Evansville, Ind, guest
at Forest house, who was wounded
about the head and face by charge
OF buckshot.
The mob seemed to be well organ
lied with head and lieutenants. All
the men were mounted and wore
white caps, false boards and masks.
Except for the shots at those who ap-
peared on the streets, there was little
shooting, the chief business of the mob
seeming to be the destruction of the
tobacco houses.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
LASSOES GREAT EAGLE.
BAD River Stockman Makes Remark
able Catch with Rope.

Jack Mathieson, a Bad river range
rider is in possession of an immense
eagle, which measures feet from tip
to tip of its wings, which he captured
several days ago with the rope which
nc range rider ever travels the country
without. While riding along Bad riv-
er he saw the bird evidently asleep in
a small hole and started his horse
toward 1T in a rapid run. AS he drew
near the bird aroused and started to
fly, but when ito cleared the ground
the ever ready rope settled over it.
catching around it's neck and under
one wing, with no possibility of it's get
ting loose. While it was hampered by
tho rope It put up fight before it was
finally tied SO that it could do not
harm. Mathieson says he has used his
rope to catch about every kind Of ami
nal to be found out on the range, but
never tried 1t on an eagle before.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
UNRULY PUPIL is FINED.
4 Case at Tankton Attracts Much At.
tcntiOn.

A section of the new educational
'aw passed at the last session Of the
state Legislature was utilized in Yank-
.nn In case brought by A. ID. Russell.
# country school. against the father
( one Of the pupils in the school. Rus
ell charged the defendant, named
Pend, with creating disturbance i'm
he school and using unfit language
before the scholars. Pond was fined
$40. The case is of statewide interest
and attracted much attention in edu-
2ational circles. 1t is believed it is the
lrst case of its kind brought under
the new law.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
OrplnanS i'm a Panic,

st. Anne's Orphans home, q Roman
Catholic institution, in Terre Haute,
Ind. was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday. Hundreds of orphans were
in the building at the time the fire
started and a panic ensued. but all
escaped without injury. The less is
$4,000.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
LID" OFF SMALLPOX.
State Board of Health Decides to
Abolish Quarantine Rules,

't~@sS A>NaAu VA iAttillb
Abolish Quarantine Rules.
BY a recent decision of the state
board Of health there will be no more
quarantine cards tackled up on houses
where smallpox is known to exist
That is, the card that is put up will
simply to warn people thtt smallpox
exists in the house, but it will not
deter friends from entering If they
50 desire or keep the family members
at home.
1t is the opinion CT the. board"
said Or. Cotton, member of the state
board, that the only sure preventive
or smallpox is vaccination, and that
quarantine in such cases is unscientiflc
and of no avail in preventing the
spread CT this disease. The board
has, therefore, resolved to remove the
quarantine"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
oficcrs XIII Negro Woman.

Sarah Burton and her son, Arch,
negroes. were shot and killed at Black
Vile, Ark, Friday evening by Depu-
ty Sheriff Barnes, OF Conway county,
and City Marshal Jones, of Morrill,
ton. The officers declare they resisted
arrest and that the woman attacked
them with an ak.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Trolley Cars Collide.

seventeen persons were injured,
ncne fatally. in collision between two
trolley cars on the Denver. Colo,
Tramway company's line about mid
night Thursday. One Of the cars
should have taken siding. but failed
TO do so.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Man Was Not Lost.

w. A. Terry, a newcomer from
Charles Mix county, disappeared at
Yankton and big search was made
f.: twenty-four hours for the missing
man, who was supposed to have be-
come lost in some way. Just as the
searchers wer" about to give up the
search in despair Terry showed up.
RE had been to Centerville on a busi-
ness trip.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Glass Work Resume.

After being shut down for repairs
the works OF the Pittsburg Plate Glass
company at Ford City, Pa. have re-
sumed operations. The department
employs from 1900 to 1900 men.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Improvements at Vihorc.

Taking population into considera-
ion the people Of Viborg claim their
town made more public and private
improvements during the year 1907
man any other town in South Dakota.
The improvements made there during
The year amounted to fully $4,000
in yalCe.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09
Wisconsin Editor Dead.

Chalmers Ingersoll, for twenty years
an editor of Beloit, Wis. is dead at the
age of 60. He was leader in the
political affairs OF the state.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-10-06
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