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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-15
50REPORTED
KILLED

DETROIT, Feb. 15.-lt is report
ed that SO personals were killed
when a Lake Shore electric car
carrying 100 persons was wrecked
in the outskirts of Vermlion, O..
last night. The report is unveri-
fled on account of all wires to the
scene being paralized by blizzard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-15
DAMAGE SUIT ON TRIAL

The claim of j. r. Lawrence
against the S. F. & N. for $4,000
damages for injuries received while
unloading ties is being heard today
before a jury in Judge Huneke's
court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-15

MONTREAL, Can, Feb. 4
ia man, patient at the 4
Verdun insane asylum, fell 4
i'll recently and DR.. 7. J. w. 4
Burgess decided upon an
operation. The case was
diagnosed as peritonitis.
The patient died. An au-
topsy revealed the following
} articles in the patients
stomach;
} Three bundles of broom
, fiber, piece of whalebone,
} piece of insulating tape,
} bundle of hair, 103 nails.
piece paper with string, 80
, pieces of wire. one button
hook, six pieces of tobacco
pipe stem, II tobacco tags. I
, 81 small pieces of wire, four I
, screws, one paper fastener, I
, one boot eye, two plum
, stones, one piece of twisted
} picture wire, nine pieces of
, glass, nine pieces of iron,
, one steel spring, one iron
nut, one horseshoe nail, tour
, lacks and four hairpins.
, The patient had been in
, dulging in an indigestible
, diet for weeks, the articles
, having been secretly picked
, up and swallowed.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-15
Six Pianos
FOR SIX LUCKY PEOPLE

Each day this week We are GO
ing to offer Special Secondhand
Piano Bargain. Six magnificent
pianos for six careful buyers.
We quote below the pianos with
their factory number so you can
make no mistake. These are ex-
ceptionally fine instruments. Only
a firm that handles such superb in
struments as Chickering Pianos
and genuine Pianola Pianos could
induce homes to exchange such
valuable pianos.
MONDAY
Schenck, 1925, cost new
$3.50; special ................$ 1910
TUESDAY
Wheelock, 1894, new $3.50;
special ............... $24o
WEDNESDAY
Mozart, 1888, new 1925,
special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3.50
THURSDAY
Weber, 27703; new $3.50;
special ................... 1895
FRIDAY
Steinway, 1862; new $780,
special .................. $3.50
SATURDAY
Story & Clark organ new
500; special ....,.......... SAG
Very Easy Terms.
Remember "the early bird gets
| the worm
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-15

The American people will be able to pay
the debt that is due Lincoln
When the sculptor can take his model
of Lincoln, cut out of granite stone, and
chisel the arteries, making rich red
blood flow through the veins, and there
by prove and show you-The Man-that
Lincoln really was-so that you could
see his heart beat, and understand that
every beat was beat for the welfare of
Humanity
When the sculptor can do this and not
until then, will the people be able to pay
the debt that is due the Immortal Abe
Lincoln
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Milwaukee Coast Extension Com.
pieted

The last spike has bee driven
in the roadbed of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railways
great continental line. The Mil
waukee aystem, one of whose main
arteries runs through our county.
now owns and operates over 8. 900
miles of railway, The coast ex
tension, some | 400 miles in length
from the bank of the Missouri
River, has been completed in three
years time. Beginning next Sun
day the Milwaukee will run two
passenger trains daily to Seattle.
That is something exceedingly
great when we consider that three
years ago the road did not have q
tic beyond tho Missouri river.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
What They Say About Pl,llp

The Philip News is trying to an
mex Quinn to its Great Empire
of Stanley" Stanley is an empire
in size and richness, Bro.
Waggoner. but it does not include
Quinn. Quinn Conrant.
Even Hayes is envious of Philip.
The editor Of the Homestead over
there spends all his sober hours.
which are not many, in writing
mean things about our town. This
is his latest: "A year ago Philip
was for county division and want.
ed the county seat established n
that burg. Now they want the
state cut in two at the Missouri
river, with Philip the capital Of
the new state. About anothe,
year and they will want the United
States divided and Philip the capi.
tai of the new republic. What
kind of booze do you fellows drink
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
out therel Better change the
brand.'

OUT tneret better change tho
brand.'
The kadoka Reporter protends
to unearth "a dispatch to an east
ern paper' as the foundation for
the following yarn: "A dispatch
to an eastern paper throws some
light on what the people of Philip
are up to. 1t says: The people Of
Philip. in western Stanley. arc
circulating a petition for division
of Stanley into two counties, Mid
land which would be practically on
the dividing line Of the two coun-
ties. stands in opposition to such
move. Fort Pierre would not put
up much Of Il fight on the division
scheme to save themselves any
future agitation in regard to coun-
ty seat removal to i more central
point in the county,"
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15

to other Parkston parties. Guy
Lobdell will put in Mr.. Browns
while John Stickman will handle
the field in Lost Draw. A few
more enthusiastic stunts like this
will build this country up wonder
fully. Cottonwood Republican.
The new steam laundry here
opened for business promptly the
first of the week in it's new build
ing in the north part of town. All
the machinery was given due trial
and found to be working @. K.
The clothes wringer run by gasoline
power, was an especial object of
curiosity. Jim Snow inspected it
so closely, that his sombrero hat
got caught, and 10 when picked up
on the other side it resembled a
piece of paste board, but Jim saws
it will do for some time vet. -
Midland Star.
An annual meeting of the school
officers and teachers of southwest
ern Stanley county will be held at
the school house in Kadoka on
Saturday April II, 1909.
A number of prairie fires have
been sweeping over the country
the past week. Last Friday one
started near the Kruse place,
northwest of here and was stopped
at the Chester dam due north of
Hayes. 1t is supposed to have
been started by sparks from a
stove pipe. Other fires have been
seen at a distance. Hayes Home
stead.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Great Empire of Stanley

Colonel Eb Jones, the newly
chosen county father from the
northwest corner, is in town this
week serving his country and
fellowmen. Eb says he has lived
in South Dakota forty three
years, although he doesn't look it,
and be has Just begun to realize
within the last few months what a
g-e-e-lorious country this is. He
has been selling seed oats, raised
on his own ranch, at 81. so a hun
dred, and he has it figured that
any man who will ship in dogies
one year and then look for them
three years after they are dead,
when he can raise grain like that,
is a fool. There's nothing dry,
either about Eb's farming or his
CAlk. alrplay,
The case of George 5. Poste
against Stanley county for 81, ,OOC
back salary, was decided last week
in favor of the county.
The taxes of the Northwestern
Railway for 1906 and 1907 in
Stanley county have finally been
adj justed and paid, the amount be.
ing something over $4,000,
+. E. Morrison, the Philip com.
missioner, is busying resoluting
and whereasing with the rest OF
the board this week. Ed has al.
most entirely recovered from his
sickness of the past winter, and
we are glad to be able to report
his presence at the county seat al
this time. .-Fairplay.
Frank Norman, our newly elect.
ed assessor, has been busy at the
court house this week supplying
his deputies with their books and
other supplies, and giving them
instructions as to their duties and
the best way to ascertain just how
little the citizens of Stanley coun.
ty claim TO possess: Frank is
starting out right and we believe
he will make = good official. Fair
play:
Ben Brown returned to Parks.
ton Saturday night after having
made arrangements to have seyera
hundred acres broken and put into
fax in this vicinity He will hav,
100 acres of his own on his farm
south of town and the rest on tn,
! farms up in Lost Draw belonging
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Pierre Ball Team Promises Ne
Blaze of Glory This Year

Now that the warm spring days
have come, the various league sea-
sons are opening, and the base ball
fans thoughts turn naturally to
the national game, the Pierre de-
votceA are beginning to worry at
the fact that there is as vet no agi-
tation indicating that this city will
have ball team during tho coming
summer.
Last years teams both the anna
teur one which opened the seaenn
and the semi-professional bunch
which wound it up in 4 blaze of
glory, were neither of them .
financial success and those who
financed the teams last season are
in no hurry to again 60 against =
losing game. Base ball has lost
money for its promoters during
the last four seasons, and anyone
with sufficient courage to try it
again is hard to 6nd.
Cottonwood, Highmors and
Philip will all have paid teams,
which are now being gotten into
shape. B. A. Cummins. who
managed the team last year, Is re-
ceiving inquiries from tho men
who were on last years team - to
whether he will have 4 club this
summer. All are anxious to again
play the game here, but no hopes
are held out to them at present.
And finally, the Sunday law
which this year cuts out tho games
On that day, makes a team here
out of tho question. Because No
team could subsist in Pierre with
out the Sunday gate rocsipts, a.
ways the largest of the week.
Capital Journal.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Some Recent Changes in Home
stead Law

A law was recently passed by
congress, allowing 800 acre home
>teadS on non-mlneral and non
lrrlgatable lands is Colorado, Mon
tana. Nevada. Oregon. Utah.
Washington and Wyoming. No
lands. however. can be entered
under this act until said land shall
have been designated by the secrc-
tary of the interior, rs not being
susceptible of successful irrigation
at a reasonable cost. These home
~tendS cannot be cOmlnuted and at
Ica>t SO acres must be cultivated
tor the three years prccrrdinr
proof.
The Quinn (ourauJ u,ta.ihs !,
land d"cl>lor Of cen siderable I'M
por'ance, the case ICING Martin
~. Wells from the state of Wash
'n2ton. Wciis' faulty nela down
the claim and he held a position in
Seattle. The local land Office held
there WAS Mu ground for contest.
but on appeal to the secretary of
the interior this decision WAS over
turned. The fac, that the claim
was simply held until final proof
was made and then sold for a good
price. and the further fact that the
defendant owned a home in Seattle
and had no intention of making
the land his home, was deemed
sufficient evidence to cancel his
entry. How many of our home
steaders would be caught if this
rule was enforced. 1t is getting
harder all the time to do business
with Uncle Sans lottery.
Another important recent ruling
is that heirs of deceased entryman
IN order to commute must show
both residence on. and cultivation
of the land fourteen months by the
entryman, his heirs, or partly by
both. The same rule is also held
in case where communication proof
is submitted by the widow of the
entryman. Heretofore it has only
been necessary to show residence
on, or cultivation of the land for
fourteen months.
In the case of Eugene Crook vs..
Edward J. Carroll. involving land
in the Pierre district. South Dako-
ia, First Assistant Secretary
Pierce decided on March 20, 1909,
reversing the general land Office,
that where q contest affidavit is
filed, but before service thereof
the entryman files REIMBURSEMENT
and third party makes entry, the
burden Of proof on the question of
whether or not the REIMBURSEMENT
was the result of the contest.
should be placed not on the entry
man but on the contestant. The
prevailing Departmental policy to
the contrary was held to he so
manifestly illogical and incongru-
Gus that it's discontinuance is here
by directed" The General Land
Office is also directed to submit
for Departmental approval draft
of regulations mbodyinQ such
changes in existing regulations as
may be deemed necessary to carry
this decision into full effect.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15

Througn some misunderstanding
Z part of the deputy assessors did
not reach the county headquarters
to receive their instructions aud
supplies this week. 1t Is desired
that Ill report 1t the auditors
Office at tho earliest possible
moment.-Fairpiay.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Medicine Valley items

Jimmy Nowlin has suffered much
cholera infantum. Medical aid finds
him recovering 1t present.
Many acres OF grain have been
seeded in this valley during tho last
month.
Mrs. Pat Toomy will be tho 6rst
ono in tho valley to supply tho mar.
ket with spring chickens, she having
one brood 2 weeks old. Those want
ing early chicks take note
Pat Toomy having secured = team
is becoming fu|l-fiedged farmer.
Mr.. Claus Lembke has Z new team
which is proving satisfactory. He
dressed two fine porkers last week but
one left teeth marks on his hand.
Mr.. J. A. Nowltn the dam man has
the finest dam Of water In the county.
1t has stood the test nearly two years
and is 20 feet deep.
J. II. Airey Is seeding Ave acres Of
tame grass this spring.
Guy Edlin is fencing his own and
his mothers claim.
Mr.. Sullivan has moved back On l,is
own place ready with : good team for
spring work.
Mr.. Harry Smith made = quick trip
to Pierre last week and returned with
. bride. That accounts for his new
house recently finished.
! A move Is on foot to build = school
house in this valley this summer.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15
Byron Williams.

hs met her In the glory Of 4 day Be
yond compare,
Beside 4 rippIina river with the sun
beams In her hair.
He lost hts heart completely and HI
sent her tulips red.
They breathed: ~ love you, sweet
heart" but the maiden shook he>
head.
A. next he carried th,ther, with tn
siIv'ry moon above,
A bunch 81 sweet arbutus, vouino
"You alone, ! love!"
And then, some four-leaf clovere Id
dispatched her as a sign
That spoke Ia turquoise coiors - thu
maiden: 70, be mlneI"
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1909-04-15

Free maps Of Stanley and Ly-
man counties at the r. H. Arnold
Real Estate Exchange.
Our job room is complete.
When in need of job work of any
kind call No. IA and W will caIl
and 80 you.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15

traction than ever if he manages to
best Eangford.
The chances are that nothing definite
will be known till Saturday. If
ketchel is beaten or hurts his hands
there will be no chance for him to come
on here and fight the heavy weight
champion of the world three weeks
later. There are rumors that the police
will stop the New York fight and if
this is correct it will be a Godsend to
Coffroth.
The latest from Britt is that he will
start for this city Immediately after
the fight with Langford. But this in
formation is very vague. They don't
even know whether or not this fight
will come off and Britt's promises have
never been kept in the past. so it be-
gins to look as though the whole affair
will have the effect of hurting the
game.
While stalling around with Britt and
ketchel, Coffroth managed to use his
spare time to good advantage by max
Ing a match between Johnny Frayne
and Ad WOlgaSt. This was practically
clfnched last night, though Wolgast is
still holding out for couple of hun
dred dollars more than Coffroth has
offered him. However, it looks good,
for Wolgast wires that he will leave
for this city Immediately to start his
training.
The only thing that worries Coffroth
is the date. If the Ketchel-Johnson go
fellows on October IL, but if there is
no postponement of the big one he will
put the lightweightS on week or per-
hapS two weeks later.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15
Baseball Notes

The oaklanders played wonderful game in
the field. Not error was made before or
after the second inning when Christian prac-
ticaIly tossed his own game OF by making that
Wild throw OF Cooney's easy bunt Hogan cut
of many a hit and so did little Cutshaw.
Take a peek at that batting record of john
sons. He came up six times and he responded
with a home run. two double, sackers, single
and a stolen base. and. incidentally. he regis
tered two of the Beavers three runs No won
der Portland won. Johnsons work alone de-
served to bring the victory home
Oakland has signed up outfelder- His
name is Swander and he is now playing with
the Bridgeport team of the Connecticut league.
Swander is 300 hitter and a fast man on
the bases. Oakland will not gain possession of
him till next year. but this goes to show that
Manager Billy Reidy is already making prepa-
rations for the campaign Of 1910.
The Oakland management continued its crusade
against the gamblers yesterday. afternoon, when
big flock of the marked men, was shut out
OF the ball park The gambling has really been
worse in Oakland than the local grounds. but
there was little stirring there yesterday. The
tip IS out that the layers Of odds will hereafter
be barred from the transbay lot.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15
Powell Puts Kid Harrison
Out in Two Rounds

Lew Powell once more gave DEM
onstration of his punching ability last
night in Oakland when he slowed the
tough Kid Harrison away in two
rounds. Powell hooked a hard right
to Harrison's jaw in the early part
of the round and the Kid fell to the
mat with a thud. He may possibly
have been able to rise, but if he did
Powell would have finished him, for he
was waiting to land a right swing as
Harrison lay on the floor. This was
the main event of the Oakland Wheel
mems show in Piedmont pavilion.
Willie Burns and Young Trenbech
went six rounds and. though Burns put
1t all over his man, Referee Barnes
called it a draw, while tha crowd
Kissed. Jack Spear, another referee,
was called in to pass upon the six
round mixup between Jim Foley and
Fred Ward and he stopped the go in
the fifth round, claiming that Ward
was too badly beaten up to continue.
Ward responded by making an attack
on Spear, but was held back
Willie Richie and frankie Burns
fought six fast rounds, with Sol Lew
inson as the third man in the ring. and
Burns got the decision, beating his man
all the way.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15
Decision for Abe Attell
Surprises Crowd

BOSTON, Sept. 14-Abe Attell of
California, the feather weight cham
pion, was given the decision over
Tommy O'Toole of Philadelphia in IL
rounds by. Referee Charles White of
New York at the Armory athletic as
sociation tonight. The decision was a
surprise to the majority of the 1000
persons who saw the fight and they
strongly expressed their disapproyal.
O'Toole did the forcing throughout
and in the last round had the blood
flowing from AttelTs face as he drove
him around the ring with stir punches.
The fifth round was the hardest
fought of the bout. Attell drove
OsToole to the ropes with smashing
rights and 1efts to the head hut
O'Toole. came back and sent Attell
staggering into the corner. The round
closed with Attell repeating his first
charge, forcing O'Toole to cover.
OToole did most of his lighting in
close and put in a rapid fire attack on
Attell's body and face
Attell closed O'Toole's right eve in
the eighth. Up to the final round hon
ors were about even and in the twelfth
OToole sent In hard swings on Al
tells nose and smashed his body with
short jabs in the clinches AtteJ had
little opportunity to land blow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15

not allow the match to go over a day,
as he had important engagements to
fili Immediately after the fight. Cof-
froth realizes that KetclleL will hardly
be fit to go against Johnson unless he
is given a few days of grace
II can call this fight off any time /
see fit without financial loss," said Cof-
froth last night. Il have no forfeit up.
while Johnson and Ketchel each have
$4,000 posted. which is to go as a side
bet also. Britt has tangled things up
in bad and the worst part of it is that
nobody can tell what he is going to
do next
Coffroth declares that he will not call
the match off. He wants to bring the
men together and, at the same time,
he wants Ketchel here in ample time
TO train. If Ketchel is injured in his
bout with Langford he will forfeit that
$4,000 to Johnson and If he is beaten
by Langford it looks as though he will
surely suffer like fate at the hands
of Johnson.
The New York fight apparently is the
key to the whole situation. Just what
is about to come off back in Gotham
on Friday night is a dark mystery. All
think that the bout will never be
staged. others think that Ketchel is in
for an awful lacing, while there are
others who believe that the men will
stall along for 10 rounds.
The outcome of this fight will have
much to do with the success Of the
Ketchel-Johnson affair, provided that
bad in New York it goes without say
ing that it will materially hurt Cof-
froth's house here during Portola week.
Naturally ketchel will be greater at
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15
British Tennis
Players Make
Weak Showing
Americans Make Clean Sweep
of Five Victories in fhe
Davis Cup Series

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14.-America
today made a clean sweep of the Davis
cup lawn tennis series at the German
town cricket club, w. A. Larned de-
feating J. C. Parke by 6-3, 6-2, ,6-S,
and w. J. CIothier beating C. P. Dixon
by 6-3, 81, 6-4. These events, with
those of the doubles matches yesterday
and the two other singles last Satur-
day, give America five wins to none for
England. The doubles was the only
hotly contested match. the Englishmen
failing to win a set in the singles.
In the Parke-Larned match superior
steadiness and accuracy of the Amer
lean champion were noteworthy
Parkes service was ineffective.
The Clothier-Dixon match was an
other one man affair. the American
outplaying the Engltshman at every
point.
The series has been disappointing
because of the weak resistance made
by the visitors in the singles
Messrs. Dixon and Parke will sail
for England tomorrow, but Crawley
will remain in Philadelphia for some
time and will take part in the Phila-
delphia championship tournament next
week.
Summaries:
Larned defeated Parke. 6-3. 60,
6-3.
"a.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-15
Baseball Player Mangled in
Southern Pacific Tunnel

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Sept IL
The mangled and lifeless body of a
man was found at o'clock this morn
ing in tunnel No. on the bay shore
cutoff. A track walker employed by
the Southern Pacific was making his
daily inspection when he stumbled
upon the corpse in the darkness of
the tunnel. The dead man was iden-
titled by card in his pocket as Will
liam Nathan Ziemer of San Jose, an
employe OF the Western meat COM
pany.
Ziemer was prominent in baseball
circles around San Jose, having been
catcher OF the Hoilister team in 1907
and last season catcher on the San
Jose baking company's nine. At the
beginning of this season he was
signed by the San Jose state league
team to hold down a substitute posi-
tion on that team, but was later re-
leased. His brother in law is Com
stable John Shannon of San Jose town
ship.
The deceased leaves a mother, sis
ter and two brothers to mourn over
the sad and peculiar accident. He was
81 years of age.