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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
I'm and About the State
WIFE LEFT o
Becomes Despondent and Kills Her
self, Leaving Husband and Baby.

Becomes Desponoent n Kills Her
self, Leaving Husband and Baby.
A sad occurrence took place recent
ly at Running Water. Mrs. Blanche
Hendricks, wife of Jesse Hendricks,
brakeman on the freight, committed
suicide by shooting herself through
the heart with a revolver. The neigh
bors were first alarmed by hearing
cries from the yard of the house
where Hendricks lived, and upon
their arrival there they found Hen
bricks himself wandering about the
yard with a revolver in his hand in a
state of mental collapse. Upon being
asked what was the trouble he said
that his wife had shot herself, and If
she was dead that he was going to
shoot himself also. Several people
went into the house and found Mrs.
Hendricks lying in the kitchen on
her back with her arms stretched
out, and evidently dead. There was
a quantity Of blood on her breast, and
upon examination it was found that
there was a bullet wound just under
the heart.
DR.. Dugoid of Springfield, the coun-
ty coroner, was at once sem for and
upon his arrival with the undertaken,
Mr.. Montfore, also of Springfield, an
inquest was held upon the spot. All
the evidence went to show that Hen
bricks statement was substantially
correct. 1t seemed that there had
been a little trouble between them
on account Of Hendricks going to a
ball game in the afternoon contrary
to his wife's wishes. Upon his return
from the game he found her cooking
supper. They had a few words Of a
somewhat quarrelsome nature, and
Hendricks said that if they could not
get along together better than that,
that he would leave her. She there
upon went out of the room into the
kitchen, and she must have taken
the revolver with her, as in a few
minutes Hendricks heard a shot, and
going into the kitchen found her as
described. He ~thereupon took up the
revolver and went out into the yard
crying for help and threatening to
shoot himself.
1t seems that Mrs. Hendricks had
been in rather poor health of late and
had been somewhat respondent on
account of being SO much alone at
home. She vas a woman who was
highly respected in the community.
1t is only a few weeks ago that she
had been elected organist of the
Congregational church, the duties of
which Office she took much pride in
performing. She will be greatly
missed in the town. One sad thing
in connection with this lamentable af-
fair is the fact that she has left a
little siX-months-old baby, who will
have to be taken care Of by the
neighbOrs until her friends can be
communicated with.
She formerly lived in Marion juno
ton, and has some relatives near
Chamberlain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
USE STRATEGY IN SURVEYS.
st. Pau Road Engineers Are Said to
Be Looping to Cover All They Can.

49, OS''s
Reports from the country west of
Forest City indicate that the different
railroads working into the reservation
country are keeping a close watch Of
the movements Of n another, and all
playing for any position which will
give them a lead.
The St. Paul roads surveyors are
said to be running a line west in long
loops to the north and south to take
in as much territory as possible and
to attempt to hold it against any 9TH
er line. The Minneapolis & st. Louis
surveyors are working southwest from
LIE Beau, at times close to the survey
of the Milwaukee. both attempting to
cover the Fox Ridge country. The
Northwestern crew is working north
from Leslie, all of them heading into
the section of the state about or just
south of Thunder Butte.
If the lines now being surveyed
into that part Of the state are to be-
come operating lines within the next
two years, that portion of South Da-
kota which yet shows a blank, so far
as railway lines are concerned, will
show quite a different appearance by
the time the next maps are put into
circulation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
ELECTED BY ONE VOTE.
Nelson Of Yankton New Grand Master
of South Dakota A. o. u. w.

Nelson Of Yankton New Grand Master
Of South Dakota A. o. v. w.
Olaf Nelson of Yankton was elected
grand master Of the A. o. U. w. over
T. M. Simmons of Huron by n vote
out Of a total Of over twelve hundred.
Other officers elected were: s.. H.
Goodfellow Of Bookings, foreman;
S. J. Smith Of Mitchell. overseer; J..
d. LAWN Of Aberdeen, recorder; J.. E.
Platte of Stark, receiver; Dan Newell
of Sturgis, guide; A. McCullen Of
Highmore, inside watch; F. S. Row
of Fort Pierre; outside watch; G. ".
Dilger of Rapid City.
Sol Starr of Deadwood, F. M. Crane
Of Redfeld and T. NJ. Simmons OF
Huron were elected as delegates to
the supreme lodge. Deadwood was
selected as the place of next meeting.
A committee reported favorably on
the administration rate, and its re-
port Is now being considered
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
AT r
The State Association Will Meet In
CapitoI CITY June 1924.

The State Association Will Meet In
Capitol City June 23-24.
The program of the state bankers
association which meets at Pierre
June 23 and "a, includes talks by
Congressman e. NJ. Martin, Gov. YES
sey and Bank Examiner Jones in the
list Of state officials. Bankers from
outside of the state who are on the
are: Charles H. Frost and
w I. Nolan Of Minneapolis, David
Williams of Duluth, G. N. Lukes of
Sioux City, e. r. Quincy Of Free
mont, Neb. A number Of the leading
bankers Of the state are also on the
program. Besides the business of the
session the visitors will be enter
tanned in different ways by the peo-
pie of the city, one being a boat ex-
cursion to the buffalo pasture, fol-
lowed by a fish chowder lunch on
Marions island. Other means of en-
tertainment will be provided beside
these occasions. The session promises
to be well attended, and an important
one to the bankers Of the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
UNCLE SANS RED WARDS.
Government viii Distribute Live Stock
and Other Property to the Cheyenne

Any n who visits the Cheyenne
River Indian reservation in the north
central portion Of South Dakota, at
any time between June 15 and July
Is, will have ample reason TO know
that In these modern days Uncle Sam
takes good care of his red wards, as
represented by the Sioux Indians of
South Dakota.
Commencing on June 10 the govern
ment will distribute among the Sioux
warriors on the Cheyenne river reser-
walton a vast number of COWS and
other animals and a vast amount of
other property. OF the live stock to
be distributed among these Indians
there will be 6,210 heifers, 926 mich
COWS and 926 brood mares.
In addition to the live stock In
dian allottees not heretofore provided
will be furnished with wagons. axes,
forks, harrows, hoes, plows and
harness, which have been contracted
for by the Indina bureau at Washing
ton in large quantities for this dis
tribution. In view of the fact that
many hundreds of Uncle Sans red
wards on the Cheyenne river reserva-
tiOn have but recently taken their al
lotments Of land in ~severalty, thus
~renounCing their tribal relations, the
distribution of farm implements and
other property and live stock among
them will be THE largest distribution
made among the Indians in South Da-
kota since this feature of the Indians
welfare has been so closely looked
after by the government.
The live stock and other property is
given only to Indians who have taken
their allOtments, and is a sort of a
bonus and inducement for them to
take their allotment.
1t is expected that many Of the
horses required by the government
for the distribution will be purchased
from parties now residing o. the
reservation who have devoted a part
of their attention to horse raising, in
asmuCh as the specifications require
that the animals must be acclimated
to the Northwest, particularly to the
Dakotas. Many breeders on the res
ervation have large herds of horses
from which to select mares that con-
form to the requirements of the In
dian bureau.
The major portion of the cattle,
however, will be purchased from
Eastern breeders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
COUNTY CORN CONTEST.
Boys Enter Into Contest for RAISING
Prize Corn.

A. HI. Seymour, superintendent Of
schools of Kingsbury county, reports
that nearly 200 boys of the rural
schools of the county have entered
the corn contest inaugurated by the
county superintendent, and will COM
pete for the prizes which have been
offered those who this season succeed
in raising the best corn. In the past
these corn contests have proven very
successful, and that of this aso will
be no exception. Year by year the
number of rural school pubils who en-
gage in the contests is becoming larg-
er and the boys generally of the rural
schools are thus being trained to con-
duct corn raising on modern and SCI
entifc lines. The competition between
the various contestants is very keen,
and some of the best ORR raised in
South Dakota this season will be
raised by the boy pupils Of the rural
schools Of the county.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
TO ENTERTAIN G.. A. r.
Annual Encampment to Be Held in
Sioux Falls June 22-24.

Sioux Falls June 22-24.
Arrangements have been practically
completed at Sioux Falls for the en-
tertainment of the South Dakota de-
partment of the Grand Army of the
Republic on June %, 23 and "a. The
feature of the gathering will be the
presence of Gen. o. O. Howard, only
surviving commanding general of the
Civil war. Gen. Howard will deliver
an address. Henry M. Nevies, ma
tional commandments, and eX-
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT, former depart
ment commander of Minnesota, will
deliver addresses. Others who have
places on the program are Col. Mel
vim Grigsby of Rough Rider fame;
Miss Claris Anderson, elocutionist,
who will read The Empty Sleeve"
dedicated to Gen. Howard by David
Barker; Capt. S. H. Magner, a
prominent signal officer of the Civil
war, who will repeat many OF h
famous war messages. Here Is n
OF them: Gen. Sherman on Oct. 6,
1864, signaled from Kenesaw noun
tain to Gen. Corse in the fort at AL
toona, Hold the Fort, / am Coming"
Gen. Corse answered, Am short a
cheekbone and one ear, but can whip
all HI yet"
Special side trips and other features
of amusement will be provided by the
local G. A. r. and citizens Of Sioux
Falls. The railroads have made a
rate of one fare for the round trip.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
SURVEYS BOOM THE LAND.
Prices Of Real Estate Are Boosted by
Civil E%nqlneer's Activities.

SINIi ChSi'SS'
The people about Onida, Sully coun-
ty, have gone railroad crazy. A party
of surveyors for the North-W Western
road came to the place and pitched
what looks like a permanent camp
for a long stay in that part of the
county.
The real estate owners within
twenty miles of that place began at
once to get their land off the market,
or to notify the agents handling it
that the old prices no longer held
good, but would have to stand a raise.
One man in Pierre who was negoti-
ating for a tract at $40 an acre re.
ceived a telephone call the next day
announcing that the price had gone
to $26 an acre. and the deal would
have TO be closed at once to hold it
at that price. The surveyors have
not made enough owe since landing
at that place to predict which way
they will 60.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
10000 ACRES soWN TO FLAX.

About 10000 acres Of fax will be
sown by Faulk county farmers this
year. At the present time one can
60 ND In the courthouse tower at
Faulkton and count from ten to If
teen steam rigs at work turning over
the sod. Thomas Mitchell, who owns
two OF these rigs, and Is breaking
with twelve plows on each, recently
established a record by breaking 100
acres In two days and three hours on
a quarter section located a mile from
Faulkton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
MAY HAVE TWO LAKE LINES.
Rival Companies Seek Franchises for
l~nterurbans.

ttllCI W dIlo
It now looks as il Watertown might
have two electric lines connecting the
city with Lake Kampeska. Some time
ago a local company headed by A. L.
Rowe of Watertown vas given a
franchise to build a line to the lake.
The franchise expires this month.
and there has been nothing done to-
ward building the promised line. A
few weeks ago a second company OF
local capitalists interested them
selves in the project and announced
that they would have electric cars
running to the lake inside Of sixty
days, providing they get the right of
way. This stirred the old company to
life, and it has applied to the city
council for an extension of its fran
chise.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
Two lynched by Mob.

Branchiville, s. c., June ia tele.
phone message from Smoaks, ten
miles from here, states that Quillie
Simmons and Frank Samuels. negroes,
charged with the murder Of Ben
Smoaks, were lynched yesterday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
a SCHOOL FOR ALPENA.
New Building Desired and Bonds May
Be Voted to Build Il.

In accordance with a numerously
signed petition which has been filed
with It, 1t is expected the Alpena
board Of education will soon call a
special election to the voters the
proposition of issuing bonds in the
sum of $4,000 for the construction
Of a new public school building.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
LOST HIS LIFE.
North Dakota Farmer Fell From Wag-
on and Is Run Over,

on and Is Run Over.
William Wolfe Of MELVILLE lost his
life in an accident. Mr.. Wolfe was
driving out of MELVILLE with a load Of
lumber when the lines accidentally
slipped out Of his hands. In reaching
for them he fell from his seat to the
ground, one wheel running over his
leg and b breaking it, while the other
wheel went over his chest. He lived
but a halr-hour after the affair occur
red .
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17

The Northern Society Of Petersburg,
which Is a society of the Scandinavian
element in the city, recently held a
particularly successful meeting. The
society has been very active in keep
ing I'D the feeling for the mother
country, and these programs are ar
ranged from time to time with that
end in view. The address of the oc-
casion was delivered by A. Thillander,
and there was also an excellent musi-
cal program. The meeting was at
tended by over 1000 people.
Rev. Nels Hannerz, who has created
quite a sensation in the church by de-
nying the existence of the devil, m
has been cited to affirm or deny hold
ing such a belief, has written the con-
sistory of Stockholm to the effect that
his religious belief has no place for
any conception of a devil. He further
afirms that he believes that his be-
lief has nothing in it conflicting with
the teachings of the Swedish church.
The communication has stirred up the
matter again and 1t is quite probable
that Rev. Eannerz will he tried for
heresy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
& MARK.

The election Of members Of the
folketing took place recently, but at
this writing the result is not definite.
ly known, only meager press dis.
patches being at hand. Judging by
these, the outcome was not decisive.
The principal issue was the question
Of the national defense, about which
I ave frequently written. On Feb. IL
Premier Neergaard submitted the plan
mier Christensen opposed it with
vigor, and submitted another plan,
differing from it quite radically. II
appears from the press dispatches
that ~thirty-eight members favorable
to Neergaard's plan were elected to
the folketing; t~hirty-four members ia.
vorable TO C~hristensen's plan, thirty.
nine Socialists and Radicals, opposed
to the defense proposition altogether,
and eleven who are not committed.
If this is the actual result OF the cleo.
ton, it is evident hat the administra.
ton will have hard work getting its
plan adopted by the next rigsdag, hav.
ing less CDdH one-ndll VI the meIuDtTS
under its control.
There are to-day $4,000 electors in
Denmark-that Is in local or con
munal affairs-of whom $4,000 are
women. At the last election the total
vote was SIG, 1000, Of whom 1913, 1000
were women. The stay-at-home vote
was, therefore, rather large.
The sugar factory at Halmstad will
close it's doors this summer and the
company will be dissolved. Last year
this company sold its factory at Gen.
evad to the Swedish sugar trust.
which now has practical control Of
the industry in Sweden.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17
SWEDEN.

Eric Burger Trolle, formerly minis
ter Of the exterior, has been named
by the king as minister in Berlin, and
assumed his new duties at once.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17

The furniture factory at Gisebo was
recently burned to the ground. Only
a few of the smaller machines were
saved. The plant was insured for 49,
900 crowns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
lne6enaai Music.

One afteruo0n | couple from aa A6 ilning town presented themseives to . \ Xnton d!vtne and asked to be mar. I'd tut as ho was about to enter tht nolpit to eooduct m afternoon service lAs ministW replied that he reg-stte. Ut he couA not at that moment com f0 with thsir wish, but that immedi reeiy upon the eonclusion of the serv
 - he would take pleasure in perform. - the csFemooy. Tho lovers after
 omurring seated themselves In the la4 of tho church. When tho minister
 I'd finished the service ho made the
 Allowing announcement: '"The partics |ho are to be joined iu matrimon, I'll present themselves at the chance
 nmediately after the singing of hym
 4b. Mistaken Souls That Dream 0
 geaven! "- Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Sher;oan's nouble Marc,s

fs was ln 1857 that the Cretns c.,an Pfrriages were made Illegal 4 r,Ianos n.,.
 It's registers may yet iDSnir. t,,. RSe!tst of the future. One entr, VI
 sure to puzzle. l vice within . s,.e Rys occurs the record of the n,a,.4.#. hicnagJ briusley Sheridan to rant There was only one R F
 iy one bride for the saine ecnt1a,ra1. Pe double entries are not the result -. " oHih1er on the part of the i,n.. E. Vulcan. The parties were v.a ic@ married Tt Gretna Green sr!a. V1a sunday they were duiv uc. eeo' ani sped away to Edl9h,rq pefe' however. Sheridan ehancea
 anee at newspaper h which T, ffed the mcuDrations of q 1ag<,..
 'hese plainly stated was the fa
 no contract executed on & Sur l.,. ;d binding. Clearly, then, their ,qo5 1g was aot legal. Back to CresD. ben they scorried, to be remar1..-., a week day and leave the dual ...... P1 to perp,ez larer generations s- (apathetlc soarchers of the recnrds =.
 James Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
The 5AxxaYd sr FtioL%

fere can be no doubt that the fnr
 IS The living aeroplane in parse<. E It cannot sail against the wiz; Pt ss other birds do~-by sheer pow
 moving wtngs-but it can sail :l
 ing speed before the wind f
 angles to the wind and can Nj i.
 ln few points of the wind.
 hen there is no wind its High. | Psy-Rot much of an ;fnprov :. fhe flying of a hen. Authors ar. to describe the buzzard as sail T the sky on days when tie V persrires beneath sult~y, stls losphere. But it will also be F mbered that these authors invari y describe the hRzzara as hajn |speck in the brassy heavens X :. |tter of fact, that is just the 1,.sf7s the buzzard's aerial (snowlesl. hen there i9 10 breeze close to 'th 1t is always fo be observed roc. in tree or flying laborIouslr | zenith until 1t tiads an upper = t, where l. can na rate witAoqf .--Seyg York Time&.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Eores and heir Places,

Ft was colloqaT Il norc3
 hteher's shop. "GA, 7 said tie Ii oman, "that's an awfu. 3ig bone
 lat small steak. don'@ t,'<e to I1a
 pay for all bone"
 "Yes'm,' said the butcher polite,
 nt with touch of irony in his a
 wer. 'that do seem to be a good de bone, but the animals what's ee. h' to this market now seems to hay, hore or less bone in 'em. And reaI2 Ds animals is built now don't see hot hey can get along without bones.' "That may all be true," said the lii ue woman. and there was a wickej twinkle in her eye, "but this morning found good sized bone in the sat 0ge, and I leave 1t to you, honest now Cont you think that is going . little tor hrf"
 And the butcher eould not say . vofd in seply.-Indianapolis News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
-3Sa Jumps by Rabbits.

EEow fast do hares and rabbits rnt ferhaps you have wondered while el#
 nnning and watched the elusive ar hals speeding away. According to !. Millais, the length of q hare's stn ] about four feet, while that of g t 1t is about two feet Under con Ions of fear the hare Is said to les en to twelve feet. some authorize 1aimine that it can Jump ditchos t D twenty-five feet In width. A har an jump upward perPendicularly | eet. Rabbits can make leaps of six even feet horizontally, but canne ump higher than three feet. Whe- ompelled to do so. it is said. rabl'J an swim as well as dogs.-Philade
 hia North American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
A Rrinht Bird.

The cuckoo Is as likely to steal II lest as to make 1t, but this fact doe
 ot take from the point of the follow hg pun, quoted from Short Stories: A young Englishnan being asked [
 Inner whether he would have sol
 ird's nest pudding. said, turning [ Is hostess: "Ah. yes. Birds nest pofi ing. and what kind or bird ma
 ave made it?"
 I"Oh, it was the cook who made 1T, ras her promnt reply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
1onsorlal Artietry.

Customer (facetiously,-Do you sul looo you can cut my hair without mak no - look iIke an idiot3 Barber Id: Do1ot1yHyt will be | pretty dif1cu'
 nan0 b do. but will ty.-Lippincott'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Not Always.

Remember, ny boy" said Une James as he gave Bobby coin. "tl you take care of the pennies | killings will take care of themselves Bobby looked a trife dubious. "l do tlke care of the pennies" l eplied. "but as soon as they get to l billings pa takes care of 'em. ."-Lol lon Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30

0aytns ws,l causas . lausA Dotn. o0 0aueos slleneA~vssoA HsUvseb.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
COTTON BELT.
TRAINS.

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