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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
ANOTHER WEDDING
IN DIVORCE COLONY

sioux Falls. s. D., Jan. 16.--E.
Franklin Brewster. jr.. son OF ii whole
sale grocer II banker at Rochester,
N. T.. who is worth $1,000, 900. to-
morrow will marry. here. Mrs. Helen
Virginia Baker. a Divorce, Of Rich
mond. Va. whom he won by giving up
the morphine habit after u terrible
struggle.
Brewster came here two months ago
with his mother, who is supposed to
want Il divorce. and met Mrs. Baker,
who bad just been divorced from a
United States consul to Costa Rica.
1t was Il case of violent love.
Brewster confessed to her tina ply
sicians who prescribed morphine for
him while he was suffering from mall
arial fever in Texas had made him
a slave of the drug.
She told him she could not marry
a drug fiend. and on the advice OF q
in Il room at the Cataract hotel, where
for two weeks he went through all the
fortunes of II man insane for want OF
q drug.
Finally he Won both this battle and
the woman's hand. Then his father
wrote that he would disinherit hin il
ne married.
Young Brewster answered that he
would marry anyway, but contrived to
have h girl see his father at Roch-
ester, with the result that Brewster.
ST.. was also c%aptivated.
Mrs. Brewster. the mother, say the
marriage is Il direct answer to her
prayers at spiritualistic seances she
has been attending at the humble home
OF w. M. Daniels here.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
MRS. EDDY NO LONGER
RESPONSIBLE, SAYS SON

Lead. S. d.. Jan. l5.-seorge w.
Glover is not the instigator. but mere
ly one of the plaintiffs III the new suit
said to have been filed in the New
Hampshire courts to restrain his moth
er, Mrs. Eddy. from donating $1,000, 900
to a Christian Science institution.
Glover last night said:
Personally. l know little of the pro-
ceedings relative to my mothers con
templated endowment. Senator Chand-
Ter has full charge of the case and DIR.
Foster Eddy knows more of the nature
of the suit than l. I do not even know
That II has been filed.
1T is the intention of this suit to
show that the trust deed which
blocked our efforts to get at the condi-
lion OF my mothers finances in the last
suit is merely a blind. for under it's
provision if it is valid, rs the members
OF the Clique that dominate my mother
contend, this present endowment could
not be made. sooner Or later the world
is going to get AT the bottom of the
mystery of my mothers life.
II believe from what information I
have that her mind is like that of Il
ilttic child. and j. as her son. am sure
ly entitled to have some say in the
matter of protecting her from the in
IucnceS SnrrOunding her
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
TRAINS ON DAKOTA
ROAO RUN

Arlington. s. d.. Jan. t7.-Hamlin
county expects to hold a county fair
the coming season. Hamlin is n of
the richest counties in the northern
part of the state, and has some Of
the finest racing stock in the north
west. Estelline. which has n fine rae
ing park and several of the best blood
ed horses in the state. will make Il
strong pull for the location of the fair.
The South Dakota Central railway
has finished laying steel to Hayti. and
will suspend track laying till spring.
A Y will be put in at Hayti for con-
venience Of trains till the load reaches
Watertown, hero a turntable will be-
installed. At present the trains are
compelled to run backwards on their
southern trip.
The new town OF Hayti now has two
newspapers, r. H. Marshall, a news
paper man from Minneapolis. having
started the Hayti Herald, the third
new paper to be established in Hamlin
county the present winter.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
1907 A BIG LAND
YEAR FOR PIERRE
t7a!s a Million Acres Taken IN
Homestead EiIings---Receipts
Were SI41,l65

Pierre. s. D., Jan. IL Homestead
filings went over the half-miiiion acre
mark in the land Office in this city
for the year 1907. and several thous-
and more acres were taken ny in sob
diers' and reservoir d~eclaratories. This
Means that the man who wants free
land from Uncle Sam will have to get
busy at an early date or wait untN
some of the Indian reservations yet left
are opened. The homestead filings alone
for h year reached 3,2O9. with moro
than 100 ~eclaratories. This would
mean the taking up of nearly 100
townships. or as much as a half dozen
counties OF the size of those III The
southern part OF the ate.
Besides the filings, 172,762 acres Of
and were disposed OF at cash proofs
and excess sales. which brought to the
office $S6,405. and fees amounting to-
$3G.s97.S2. The Lower Brule receipts
amounted to $15.S0O.14, with fees nr
$3.s61.S2. h making the total re
ceipts Of the office for the ye:a1 sl42,-
1858.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
VETERAN OF MANY
WARS, ~, INSANE

Watertown, s. d. Jan. 14.-John kei-
fer, reputed to be III years old, was ad-
judged insan n committed tu the
asylum at Yankton by the board OF HI
sanity.
keifer has been i'm this country ever
since h Oldest settler can remember.
He is half Indian, and about 30 years
g hOmesteaded u farm near Lake
kampeska, but lost it through a mort
gage. .
He is a veteran of several wars.
among them the civil war, from which
he still a his discharge papers; the
Mexican war and the Blackfoot wa Of
1897, and was only prevented by his
age from enlisting in 1893 for the Span
ish-American war.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
UNIVERSITY BAND
TO TOUR THE STATE

Dakota University band will tour tho
western part of the state during th.
month OF April. in the interest Of The
university. The band is under the dt-
rection of DR.. G. w. Collins. II b
planned to have the musicians VISIT
some Of the best cities In the eastern
part of the state, also the Black Hills.
They will take with them a number of
musical artists. Professor Won Geltch
has been secured to assist, together
with a glee club Of male voices from
the university. The purpose is to- :d-
vertfse the university.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

An English y has an account OF a
tiny boat made by an Italian and
formed by u single pearl. It's sail is OF
beaten gold. studded with diamonds.
and It's headlight. carried at the PROV.
Is Il perfect ruby. An emerald serves
us it's rudder. and its stand is a slab
of ivory. Ii weighs less than half an
ounce. and its price is said to be 1000.
The Italians are adopts at minute work,
for there are artists in Florence who
will take particles OF stone and glass
no larger than a mustard seed and
piece them together on the head Of n
shirt stud with such nice adjustment OF
delicate shades of color hat flowers
and Insects are represented In perfect
detail, with all the truthfulness of ma
,ure. An Italian woman has painted a
landscape in which appear "A windmill,
millers, a cart and horse and passen-
gers. with sue diminutive neatness
that half "A grain of corn covers the
whole composition.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
U TO RULE
ON BLUE LAWS

Rapid City. $. d.. Jan. 15.-The blue
laws are TO be tested in the courts.
The first cases are those of Clayton
Heavlin and James Belknap, who. it
is alleged, hired out rigs for Sunday
use. and Patsy Whitford. who used
his cabs for IA similar purpose states
Attorney Wood filed formal complaints
charging the three men with violations
Of the Sunday closing law. and they
were arrested. Each defendant has
asked a jury trial that "a true express
sion OF the feeling of the public on
the subject of the closing law may be
obtained.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
O'CRADY MURDER
CASE DISMISSED
BY JUDGE JONES
Widow. Charged With Sioux
Falls Crime, Released on
Plea Of States Attorney.

Sioux t,iiis. :. H.. .lin. -. -C'rtrnry
TO general eXuec.ation. Mrs. Juiia ANN
OGrtdy, who last tan %as arrested OF.
the charge of having shot and killed
her aged husband. John O't;rady, at
the 0tirldy horue north Of Sioux Fails.
will not be tried for murder.
Alpha T.. Orr. vi this city. states al
turrey at Minnenahn county, appeared
before Judge Jones of 'he state Circuit
court, and movcd that the charges
against Mrs. 0Grady be dismissed. \
diligent search hv the prosecution, IL
appears. has failed to hring forth any
thing in the form .f evidence upon
which Il conviction could be hased d.
Under these circumstances the states
attorney asked that the case he dis
missed. and Judge jones So ordered.
When she was released frcin custody
some weeks ago Mrs. oiGrady was
placed under Il heavy bond, ~hlch now
has been released. Iohu C'Grady was
shot and killed on a Sunday night. AT
the time he WAS seated IA his home,
The shot having been fired from outside
The building.
New Evidence.
One feature which pointed to- the in
nocence of Mrs. ofGIady, and which
has not heretofore been set forth IN any
newspaper. concerned her actions i'm
mediately following her giving the
alarm Ut the home of a neighbor.
The neiHhbor and his wife returned
with Mrs. O'(irady. but did not at that
time enter the house, but remained at
the doorway and peered into the room,
In which the body lay. Mrs. O'Grady,
however entered the room without hes
itatiOn. and. going up to the body of
her husband. lifted the head from The
floor.
She then placed her cheek against
that OF the dead maj and piteously
called his name and urged him to
speak to her. Those who have had
much TO do with criminals declare that
this action clearly WAS an evidence OF
Innocence and that had Mrs. O'Grndy
really been guilty nf the wanton muir
der of her husband she would have
shiank from the body instead of
caressing the face and head of her
lead husband.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
sEDUcEs GIRL. Ie,
THEN ELOPES WITH
ANOTHER MANS WIFE

Dallas. s. D.. Jan. 17.-Orley Wall. OF
Gregory. was arrested by Deputy Sher-
III Chas. Morrissey ON the charge of
statutory Iap The charges were pre-
ferred by John Gardner. father Of Ell
vtrh Gardner. a Girl of 16, who charges
that she is now in Il family way and
that Wall is the father Of the unborn
child. Wall vas arraigned before Judge
Wilson at Gregory n secured a post
ponement of h preliminary hearing.
At the time Of his arrest Wall had
just returned from Lynch, having
eloped with the wife Of ]. w. Hinton.
Hinton threatens the arrest Of both
parties on q charge OF adultery.
The scandal has set Gregory astir
and will give rise 10 a sensational lease.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
"BLACK HAND" LETTER
WRITER IS CAUGHT
BY THE POLICE

San Francisco. CAL. Jan. l5.-On adj
sice Of police authorities. to whom he
brought information In a "black hand"
letter threatening the lives of himself
and family should he fail to leave a
purse Of $3.50 near an electric liehtpole
in Washington square, Antonio Brenta.
proprietor OF the Hotel Guianduza. ne.
c0mpanied by IA oficer. appeared in
the square at the hour appointed ana
awaited the arrival OF the man. When
the author OF h mysterious letter ap-
peared on the scene he was promptly
arrested. HI gave his name as John
Bona, Italian, and said he coane from
New York November q.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
UNCLE SANS LAND
BUSINESS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA IS BOOMING
Homesteaders Secured Nearly
a Million Acres at Rapid
City Office.

Rapid city. s. d.. Jan. l.. Dln. ,n"t"
id city land office broke al previous
records during the year 1907 and tn"
records disclose the fact that more
original homestead entries were filed
in this office than my other two iand
offices in South Dakotr.
East of the river there are live
land offices. Pierre, Chamberlain,
Huron. Mitchell and aberdeen. OF
those Pierre and Chamberlain have
the largest business because OF the
fact that they are on the Missouri
river and some of the territory west
of the river in those districts. Ac-
cording to the reports of those Of
fees he Pierre land office received
1903 original homestead entries
AID the Chamberlain office 2.04o, MIX
ing "A total of 5.2i9 for the two. While
the Rapid City land office received D.
26l original homestead entries.
The total cash receipts of the
Rapid city office for the year 1907
were $234.475, the largest in the
history of the office and 1898
acres OF public domain we're aprro-
rriatcd.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

THE latest wrinkle In Kansas real
estate transfers." said Representative
Vim. Reeder, of the Sixth district of
kansas, lis the purchase Of top soil
from alfalfa fields In north central
Kansas. to be shipped by the carload
20 farms along the Missouri river. where
II In difficult to get this excellent for
age plant started. Like all leguminoua
plants. alfalfa fertillzes the soil. and In
the Kaw valley an old alfalfa field In
expected to yield 20 bushels Of corn to
the acre. Bailey Wagner. a lawyer Of
top soil from Cloud county to his farm
in Atchfson county,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

Il h reported that a Hamburg Joint
stock company has purchased q large
tract q land along the mouth Of the
E1be At CuxhAven. where power works
are 70 BE efocted. The action Of the ebt
and now Of the tide II to be employed
In generating electric ensrgy to be used
In factories about to Be estAbliohed.
The works Will also furnish electric
power to the town Of Cuxhaven and
other towns In the vicinity. The daily
capacity Of the plant w1ll reach ll.o6(
AoxxepoWeF. Tests r aAjd 70 have -
ftahli6hed the feasibility q this uhoShod
q eoaesating slsctIicity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

The latest to enter the already
crowded field Of photographic enter
prise In New York are two Japanese.
and three now occupy large studios
ceeded in attracting a clientele Of rich
and influential customers, to Judge by
tho subjects he exhibits. None Of these
new photographers betrays in his work
the least trace Of his oriental origin.
They are successful in producing very
artistic and pleasing portraits, but 20
Tar az any national characteristic IL
TO be noticed In them they might have
been taken BY artists from any West
ern country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
DAIRY BUSINESS is
GROWING IN DAKOTA

Pierre, S. D., Jan. l5.-Fifty thou
tent TO which the butter. Eggs and
poultry business has grown in South
Dakota during recent years is shown
by the record of II Lake Preston pro-
duce house. which find that during the
past IL months it has paid to farmers
in this vicinity in exchange for butter,
eggs and poultry an aggregate Of
$1S6, 1886. During only three months
of the year the payments to farmers
amounted to $50, 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
SMOOTH STRANGER BUNcoEs
ElANDReAu MERCHANTS

%FTandreau, 8. D.. Jam. IA moot
stranger buncoed a number of mer-
chants out of about $40 a few days
ago., by forging the name of Father
Martyr to 4 letter. His plan was to
get out a year book for the parish.
Becoming suspicious. several of the
merchants Investigated and found that
Father Martyr had not given the young
man a letter. He was arrested, but
gained his liberty ON n technicaiity
He then left town with the money.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
DECISION HITS SOUTH
DAKOTA CATTLEMEN

Pierre, S. D.. Jan. H.-In the cass
OF Henry j. Lawrence and Sully
county VS.. A. w. Ewart ana C.. Is.
Ingham, decided in the supreme
court. in an opinion by Justice Corsop.
the question Of highways on section
lines all over the state was made clear
and q question of local Interest in
every part OF the state fixed 50 that
contentious will be stopped.
Ewart n lngham leased a large
tract of land in northeastern Sully
county and fenced the tract without
3 to section lines running
through 1t. This called out a protest
from residents Of that part of the
county. and in 1900 they went to the
county commissioners with a petition
asking that all section lines in the
county h" declared to be public high
ways. 80 that they might have free
and unobstrueted travel on the SEQ
uon lines. The commissioners took
this action and the cad commissioner
IN that part Of the county attempted
to remove the fences which crossed
IN section lines. As fast as he
tore them down they were repaired
oy the owners Of the pasture and
IN Injunction was asked to restrain
n rebuilding OF the fences. The
2 has been hanging fire for a long
ume. q the Iowa cours has been
sustained 1 ito action granting the
Justice Haney dissents to this.
holding that section lines cannot y
mad highways without the reRufar
sorrnule for opening highways by pc.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
$4,000 ACRES OF
STATE LANDS TO BE SOLD

Lake Preston. S. D.. Jan. 15.-The ex-
sal acres of state lands are to he dis
posed of in the Jim River valley and
northern part of the state. About Feb
ruary I the specific counties in which
the Offering will be made will be decid-
ed. Estimates sent to the Office from
residents Of the various counties III
which offerings will most likely be
made places the valuation Of most of
the state lands ut from $50 to $40 an
acre. A few tracts are valued down
to the minimum of $40, and som are
placed as high as $50 ar acre.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
MILWAUKEE ROAD
CUTTING EXPENSES

Mason City. Ia. Jan. 15.-The office
Of superintendent of the Black Hills
division Of h Milwaukee will be abol-
ished. according to word received here,
and the division be operated from this
point by Superintendent Collins. This
means that Superintendent f. p. Edi-
son. who has been in charge of the
Black Hills division. will be stationed
at Mitchell. S. D., to act as trainmas-
ter. The dispatcher's Office will be
abandoned al MurdO. The change is
made to curtail expenses. Business on
the new division Is said to he light.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

The kaiser's courtesy in always rails
ing his hat he saw II fOx was
q inspired, as some cynics suggest,
by the fact that we now import foxes
from Germany to replace the victims
Of the secret vulpicide to which keen
game preservers are addicted. AL
though not SO prominent in Teutonic
folklore as the hare. the fox Is still
looked upon as u mystic animal
throughout Sweden and north Ger
many. In many districts Reynard has
long been regarded by the peasants as
so sacred hat his name must be pro-
nounced. and he Is alluded to by some
such euphemisttc title as blue foot"
or The who goes to h forest"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
ALLEGED MURDERER
DIGS UP BURIED CASH

Miller, S. d., Jan. 14.-Gustave KAN
mel, in. Jail here awaiting his trial on
The charge Of poisoning his wife, went
to his home in company with the sber-
III and found the money he had buried
In his garden before he was arrested.
has no fear Of his deposit being dug
up by the neighbors. whom he thought
might get it, as they were reported
to be prospecting for it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
STUDENTS SCOuR
TOWN FOR CATS:
PEOPLE AROUSED

Yankton. S. D.. Jan. 16.--FailinE to
understand the game" the population
Of he town was startled yesterday by
the visit of the biology class Of Yank-
ton college in search OF cats for dis
section purposes. A large number Of
the students. among which were sew
eral goods. made an attempt to get the
cats. but the towns people resented
and drove them away. As a result
only . few stray cats were secured.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

Cornelius v. Collins, New York's
superintendent Of state prisons. said
at a recent dinner in Troy: Then
there is the faddist type of prison war
den. I know one such warden. 1t is his
hobby to give to his prisoners %congenial
work--work which they like and are
accustomed TO. He said day to a
new convict: Young man, / see that
you are sentenced to hard labor. Now
in providing with work / shall
take your former occupation into ac-
count. What were you?' An anarchist,
SIR the convict replied. .Ahem,' said
the warden, turning to his assistant.
then we will put this mar to road
bla st!ng.'"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
WRONG SIGNAL SENDS
: MAN TO HIS GRAVE

Canton. s. D.. Jan. 16.-Frank Grace,
who was killed at Chamberlain while
trying to couple q passenger coach to
a sleeper. was buried hero. He was
one Of the most popular passenger
brakeinen on the Milwaukee and from
best information was crushed 10 death
through a wrong signal. The body was
received here by a large delegation
of firemen and members of the K. p.
lodge. The funeral was largely at
tended.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
eATTLEsHlP SOUTH
DAKOTA UNDER ORDERS

Washington. D. c.. Jan. 1.-THE bat
tleship South Dakota has been ordered
placed In commission Mt the Mare ISL
N navy yards on January g.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23

Discussing a certain bankrupt A Chi
cage stock exchange member said: 1t
Is no wonder the poor fellow went un-
der. When 1t became necessary for him
to borrow the securities that he Of
fered We're worthless. This fact was
pointed out to him and he produced
other bundles of securities. less valu-
able, II possible. than the first lot. He
was somewhat like a waiter whom 1
heard about the other day. This waiter
was summoned. angrily by a guest,
Look here wafer the guest grumaled,
me are bad. Il know nat SIR the
waiter answered, but we have given
o three more han you ordered to
make up for it,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
eRooksNGs EDITOR
GETS PoSTMAsTERsh,p

Bookings. S. D.. Jan. 15.-Geo. n.
Breed. editor Of the Brookings Register,
has been appointed postmaster to sue.
coed Editor Allen. of the Press.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
ALLEGED MURDERER
HELD At KANSAS CITY

Pierre. 8. D.. Jan. l6.-Governor
Crawford has granted q requisition on
the governor of Missouri for Harry
Brooks. wanted for the killing of
Carl Linder at Midland about one
year ago. Brooks IL being held at
Kansas City until the papers in the
case can be secured.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
IOWA FARMER ROBBED
OF $1,000 AT RElElEIl

Redfield. s. D.. Jan. 14.--Joseph Qujn-
trail. an Iowa farmer. was robbed Of
1900 here last Thursday night.
He had made a proposition to pur-
chase a restaurant. exhibiting a large
roll of bills. He afterwards went to his
room in a lodging house. and put his
pOcketbook containing most Of his
money under the carpet.
He went out to see the town with
his friend. the restaurant keeper. and
when he returned an hour later the
money was gone. Four suspects are
under arrest.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-23
LIGHTED STREETS
FOR PLATTE. q. d

Platte, s. D., Jan. 1.-THE town
council has contracted with A.. H.
Pease. one Of The Of an electric
light plant which has just been in.
stalled at this place. for the lighting OF
b streets. The lights will be OF 100
candle power each. They are expected
10 b placed in position within 4 day
ior two.