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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

and everything in Haberdashery
that a man needs.daa Besides the
large line Of everything there are
more exclusive things here than
you will find in most stores.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
ExiLED FROM A
Miss Russell Who Confessed to Arson
Must Quit State

Sioux Falls-Recently when ]. III.
Hillard, formerly of Pipestone, Mimi,
entered a plea of guilty to the charge
of arson in connection with the burn
ing of his restaurant at Howard, 5.
ID, and vas sentenced to a term OF
four and one-half years in the Sioux
aFlls ~penitentiary, where he now is,
II was a matter Of considerable spec
ulation as to what would be done with
Miss Lonza Russell, who confessed
that she set fire after Hillard had
promised to pay her SIS and purchase
her a new dress. At the time it was
believed that she would be leniently
dealt with in view of the fact that she
made a full confession n thus prov
ed hat she was simply a tool in the
hands of another.
h has proven to be the case, for
on the advice of States Attorney Grua
Of Miner county, h with State Fire
Marshal Craft succeeded in securing
the confession, Miss Russell was re-
leased from custody and exiled from
South Dakota. She was told to i'm
mediately shake the dust of the state
from her feet, and this she did with
out delav. Her release and exile was
on condition that she would be ar
rested il she yer was caught on the
soil OF South DAKOTA. Hillard is a
thoroughly repentenr mar and as
cribes his downfall to whisky and
AS an act of atonement he
has transferred al his property to his
wife, who yet resides at Pipestone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
Doings at Scenic

Scenic.-The farmers institute held
at Scenic last Friday was well at
tended and a good deal OF interest
manifested. There were three ses-
sions and all of them were full OF
interest, and the speakers were. Mr..
Potter OF B~rookings, Mr., Robbins OF
Hot Springs. Mr.. MCGEE of the Black
Hills. The speakers expressed great
surprise at so large IN audience in
this new country. Scenic has a large
territory from which to draw trade
and an audience.
The w. C. T. u. held a fair this fall
that would do credit to ar older coun-
try. 1t is generally supposed that
nothing will grow in the bad lands
but there was some as fine grain and
vegetables as one need wish to see al
the fair from the bad lands, although
h soil is white like chalk, but 1t will
grow vegetables and grain and besides
1t is used for ~plastering houses and
makes a solid wall when mixed with
sand.
Rev. Spittel raised seed corn this
year that yielded 80 bushels to the
acre, Pretty good for this new coun-
try and 1t Is conceded by all the old
settlers that this has been an unusual
~ dry year for this country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
HEALTH ENVRONS
THAT is JUST WHAT THE AVER.
AGE SOUTH DAKOTAN is
'CHESTY' ON
%INYICORATING ATTITUDES
SWEPT BY OZONE LADEN AIR
BUILD UP a MAN THAT
OUGHT TO WIN

The subject which most seriously
health for himself and family. The
medium and higher attitudes have al
ways been found more h%ealthful than
the lower levels. South Dakota has a
varying altitude from that of medium
TO high. Her lowest point is the
northeast corner of the state, Big
Stone Lake, 965 feet above sea level,
while 100 miles south of there the
altitude reaches 1000 feet; $50 miles
west, 1900 feet; the great valley of
the James river between these two
last points ranges from 1900 TO 1900
feet; while in the Black Hills an eS-
IRENE height of 1900 feet is reached
at the top of Harvey Peak in Custer
county Her towns and cities vary
in altitude above sea level from l,l5O
feet for Vermillion in the south n
Milbank in the northeast portions of
the state to 1850 feet for Sturgis and
Hot Springs in the Black Hills. The
LAYS in South Dakota during the sum-
mer months are as hot as in some or
the states much further south, but
the nights are always cool.
The state has no large cities dump
Ing sewage and waste into her
streams, or heaping the refuse from
the streets and alleys in her raVlnes
to breed and disseminate disease in
the community. Owing TO the rolling
character of the country her streams
which are numerous, all run rapidly
guaranteeing purity, and freedom
from malaria and other fever produc-
ing germs.
The state now boasts of between
1000 and 1000 artesian wells, rang
ing In depth from 200 to 1900 feet,
with pressure varying from a few
pounds to 200 pounds to the square
inch. These wells are now procured
IN about one-half the total area of
the state. The water is always or a
moderate temperature making 1t
most desirable for stock purposes,
and also for irrigating gardens and
groves. In the vicinity of Pierre SUI
ficient gas is obtained with the wa
ter from these wells to furnish light
and heat for the farm home. The
city of Pierre for several a has
been lighted from these wells. Nat
ural gas of good quality and in album
dance with a flow of from 20 to 100
barrels of water per minute from n
and the same well, are features worth
consideration by the home seeker.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
Substitute for Bricue.

THE Intellectuals' is the name by
which a number of commuters who
travel daily between their summer
homes and New York are known by
their fellow.traveiers. They make
what they call "a white horse pool"
every morning. They sit with their
faces close to the windows, looking
for white horses along the line OF the
road. The man who guesses nearest
to the number encountered gets the
pool.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
at Last.

Certain psychologists have been
enlightening the public as to the value
of tears. A good cry, they say, that
washes the face with tears, is an ex-
cellent antiseptic bath. Owing to the
large percentage of sodium chloride,
or common salt, which they contain,
they sterilize the delicate mechanism
of the eye and render harmless the
bacilli which may have found lodg.
ment or the cheeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18
Railways in Canada.

Out of zoe railway charters granted
by the Canadian parliament in the
20 years ended 1909 only % have re-
suited In any construction. So have
lapsed and the others have received
extensions Of time. Exclusive of the
Canadian Pacific. Grand Trunk Pa.
ciftc and Canadian Northern. the char
tiers granted called for 63.S0s miles
construction.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

In 1908 purchases Of Japanese por.
~celains. lacquers and bronzes by Eng
land. France, Germany and the United
.Statea- decreased hx-&Il1 900. Ex.
ports to China fell OF $12.500. 900 gen
orally, owing to the reduced value oi
sHsar-zH tffe-rsssa Hxfa boycost
All exports decreased except mata
noor mating and refined sugar.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

When a man returns from a visit to
his folks, his wife looks at him as
much as to say: What have they
been doing to poison your mind
against me now?" Z
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

Huron-The selection Of Huron for
the place of meeting of the next an
nual convention of the South Dako-
Ia Teachers association is especially
gratifying to local educators. 1t viii
hring to the city a thousand or more
seasAS .Dakota-.~$es2Aers IN --zu bile
scs,oois ara censrs Interested In edu-
cational work In the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

lington and Missouri River local pas
senger train left the track near here
his evening killing Miss Edith Logan
OF Pukwana, and seriously injuring
Miss Edna Sedgwick of Chamberlain.
Both We're school teachers returning
from the Black Hills.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-11-18

After our subtlest analysis OF the
mental processes we must still say
that our highest thoughts and our best
deeds are all given to us.--George
Eliot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19

to obey his orders. And at Wa
terloo he lost throne, power, every
thing.
1t is told that during the re-
treat from Moscow, the Cossacks
we're hurrying along a regiment of
French soldiers, prisoners. They
knew the horror of no sleep and
divided their forces into shifts, and
kept the French going night and
day.
One night they gave their pris-
oners shelter in big barn where
there was room for nearly all of
them to sleep. AS the tortured
Frenchmen rushed inside and
threw themselves on the floor, the
Cossacks gathered outside with
loaded guns. A torch was thrown
on the building, and the Cossacks
waited to shoot down the prison
ers as they rushed out.
But a startling thing happened.
Not a man tried to escape. Wheth-
er so benumbed by lack of sleep
that they didn't realize, or con-
scious and preferring to sleep
over all things else, no one will
ever know. But not a man stirred.
They were all cremated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
F|REbOAT MAT TER
To BE SETTLED
TONIGHT

The fireboat committee will re-
port to the council tonight and 1t
is likely the fireboat question will
be definitely settled.
Councilman Rankin OF the COM
mittee, who is also chairman of
the council finance committee and
knows how hard 1t is for the city
to pay bills, is not inclined to
jump into the fireboat deal with
out determining where he will
land.
He believes that no money
should be spent by the city for a
fireboat until it has a site on the
waterfront to put 1t. The North
ern Pacific has agreed to furnish
a site but 1t has not done 1t yet
and the city does not know what
site 1t will give and whether it
would suit.
There are several in the council
who believe the first thing to do is
to go to the N. p. and get a site
and see what the railway will do
toward paying for the boat. The
N. p. now escapes paying about
$4,000 year in taxes to this city
on its waterfront property and 1t
is thought that the city should not
be required to buy a fireboat to
protect this untaxed property.
Sentiment in the committee on
fireboat is now strong for a steel
hull. Fred Hallin is also looked
ON with favor as superintendent.
He has had 35 years of experience
in boat building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
Trial of Skinny Madden Remarkable
Labor Leader, for Alleged Grating

CHICAGO, H.. May i..-An.
other Sam Parks case.
This is what Chicago labor men
are calling the present trial OF
Martin b. Madden, better known
as skinny" Madden. the natty
and Immediately dressed head OF
the building trades council, for
mer president of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor, and political boss
and acknowledged czar of Chicago
union men.
Madden Is accused of extorting
$1,000 from a contracting company
by calling off a strike.
Two other men, M. J. Boyle,
business agent of the electrical
workers, and f. A. Pouchet, chair
man of the board of business
agents, are being tried with Mad
den, but he is the big central fig
ure.
Two features, one of the atti-
tude of the prosecution, the 9TH
err the personality of Madden,
raise the trial above the level of
|ordinary labor great difficulties
The attitude of the prosecution,
as evidenced by the questions
asked by State Atty. Wayman of
each prospective juryman, is that
not unionism is on trial, but one
man and one offense.
DO you understand that this
Is fight for unions, not against
them?" he asked. And would
you be prejudiced against the
prosecution because the defend
ants are union menP"
Wayman gave out list of
words that each venireman had to
define or leave the stand. They
are jaw-breakers. Some of them
are:
Confederation, hypothesis. ac-
cessory, avverred, circumstantial,
presumption, conformity, conjec-
.ture, dicretion, extorion, presump-
ton, caricature, subtle, tortuously.
But the chief interest is In the
chief defendant, natty Skinny
Madden.
Madden dresses like a bank
lcashier, and talks like a dock wal
lloper. That is, he talks that way
usually. When he has to address
a committee of employers, or any
public gathering, his language is
studied, elegant, correct.
With brilliant colored vests,
Ispats, diamonds, and college boy
trousers, Madden can talk to the
least educated of his men In their
own language, and leave them
swearing by him.
His word Is law with his men.
They trust him and believe in him
When he says do this" they dc
1T. When he says go out" they
60. Not a word back
cor Skinny knows what he's
Jabout," his men say.
Madden pulled a strike on the
biggest department store in Chica-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
MORTALITY NOTES

John M. Davis, As years old,
died last night at the family resi-
dence at Summit View, OF
Bright's disease. He leaves a
widow. The funeral will be held
Thursday morning at 1890 from
Gaffney's parlors, under the aus
|pices of the Switchman's union.
Rev. G.. l.. Cuddy will officiate.
Gladys v. McNew, the 7-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Edward McNew, 1915 South 10th
street, died last night of spinal
meningitis. The remains will lie
in state at the residence from 1880
until 2 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. The funeral will be held at
II o'clock. Rev. Laughlfh officiat-
ling. The remains will be taken
Ito lakewood cemetery for inciner-
alton.
Mrs. Nancy ]. Marshall, 6S years
odd, died last night at the home of
her son. F. d. Marshall, 5431
Thompson avenue. She leaves two
sons and a daughter. The funeral
will be held Friday afternoon at Q
o'clock from the chapel of Buckley
e King. Interment in Tacoma
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
DOG BITES BOY;
OWNER TO BE
Arrested

Because his bulldog bit Mrs.
Gertrude Machette's boy on the
nose Monday morning, L. F. Mar
tin, of Bismark, will be arrested
some time this afternoon or to-
morrow morning. On the wom-
ans complaint Judge Frank H..
Graham, justice of the peace, is
sued the warrant this morning and
sent it to Deputy Sheriff Shaffer of
Bismark, for service. Martin is
charged with maintaining a public
nuisance. His hearing probably
will take place at 2 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
MeNO-SIEEp DEWLISHNESS o<He
THIRD DEGREE&e~&
BY Hugh Aller.

An old detective was talking to
me one night.
"The most important thing
when you're sweatin' CROOKS" he
said, "is to keep 'em awake. Night
and day, keep at 'em. Just as they
begin to nod. prod EN- up. That'llI
break 'em down. They amt any
of 'em who can stand up under it.
That is the real third degree
They know-those detectives
who have gone through the sweat
box training. No possibilities of
torture have been neglected. No
system of breaking down the re-
sistence of the criminal but has
been tried out.
When an old detective tells you
this about sleep and the lack of
It, you can count on it that it's
true.
First the prisoner will be de-
fiant, or sullen. He'll be beaten,
threatened, pinched, struck In the
face, assailed with a fury of ques-
lions, confronted with unexpected
information the police have on
him, confused by thousand
shrewd circumstantial remarks
and queries.
But he keeps his nerve, we'll
say.
The police wait, confident They
have an ace buried. They change
shifts and go on.
A sleepless night after the ten
sion of the day inevitably works
its havoc with the man in the
prisoners chair. He is no longer
fresh. 1t is an effort for him to
be on his guard. He can't think as
quickly. He gets tangled up. He
contradicts himself. He makes adj
missions. He tells things he
wanted to hold back. He gets des-
lperate. Then we hear of confess
sions made in the sweatbox re-
canted in court.
81 was harassed and tormented
by the detectives" the prisoner
will say. 81 didn't know what l
was saying. THEY WOULDN'T
LET ME SLEEP"
No sleep-people in general
smile a little when they hear that.
To the prisoner it's the browning
horror of the third degree.
It's strange, this matter of sleep.
1T seems like harsh and unneces-
sary law of nature.
People are all the time breaking
1t. Men of genius, like Napoleon
or Balzac, have defied it. Business
men, harassed by thousand cares
and responsibilities, neglect It. So
|ciety women, who must keep in
the everlasting whirl Of the world
of fashion, haven't time for sleep 4
Young men, strong, athletic. think
they can stay down town half or
three-quarters of the night, then
be fresh on the Job at 8.
They can't do It. Genius or bank
clerk. lack of sleep wifi get them
Just as It gets the criminal I'M
the sweatbox.
They'll draw on their nervous
energy for a while. The excite
ment, the necessities Of the day
will whip their nerves to steel and
they will go through the days
smiling, alert.
But they are using up q nervousl
energy that they cannot afford tol
spare. They are drawing con-
tinually on their reserves. They
will keep up all right-yes. But
the day will come when something
snaps.
On that day. the society woman,
genius, gilded youth, and business
make the wrong move,
lose their grip.
1t II a matter of record that Bal
FAC. prodigal Of his tremendous
mental strength, collapsed and
died at 81.
While Napoleon. on his suprem-
Il day, found his nerves refused
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
THE SMILING GOD BILL IKEN AND DAvY M'KEE

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May
1s.-Is Billiken a true god?
Yes, Billiken, the smiling little
stone god of light and cheer and
happiness and optimism and good
fortune and smiles-is Billiken a
true god or false?
Billiken's first American home
was in Salt Lake City. Here the
Optimists club was formed, with
him as its presiding genus--a club
which has swelled in two years
from a membership of nothing to
one of 100000, including presi-
dents and cabinet members and
captains of industry.
"God reigns, the union still
lives, and the sun shines, even
though the clouds obscure 1t. Go
bury thy SORROWS; the world has
it's share. Just SMILE"
This was the message which
Billiken and his club flashed to
the world. And the grotesQue lit
tie smile-god has conquered
America; but after all, is he worth
while--is he true?
This seems like a strange Ques-
tion, but it's answer racked and
tortured one man till he went mad,
and the asylum claimed him.
This was an honest, smiling,
impetuous, enthusiastic young
Irishman named David Mckee. In
. New York cell where he is lock-
ed pending confinement In the
home for the insane, Davy Nc
Kee curses the god Billiken, and
wants to write letters Of warning
to Taft and Roosevelt and Carne-
gle and other who have Endorsed
his teachings.
sBi1liken-Billiken- Billiken,"
he mutters, distraught.
The grotesque features Of the
little god he had worshiped, but
now curses, CLEAN at him from
the shadows OF the wall-grin
and jeer and revile him In horrid
and CHASTITY arabesQue Of light and
darkness.
Davy Mckee IL no weakling no
dreamer. He IL an athletic. clear
Minded. stronsly-knit young man
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
Big CHURCH MEETING
OPENS AT Denver
PRESBYTERIANS MEET TO
CONSIDER MANY IMPORT
ANT MATTERS-WILL DE-
BATE DIVORCE PROBLEM.

DENVER, Colo, May 19.-With
the meeting of the foreign mis-
sionary conference in an all day
session today. the one hundred and
twenty-first general conference of
the Presbyterian church practically
opened it's annual session. While
the conference proper does not
open until tomorrow, there are
nearly thousand delegates al
ready present. Beginning tomor-
row, the conference will hold its
sessions until Sunday, May 80. The
sessions will be held in the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, Rev.
Robert F. Coyle, pastor.
The question probably attract
ing the attention of the majority of
the delegates at this time is the
election of new moderator to
succeed DR.. B. F. Fullerton of
Chicago. This election will be
held at the opening session of the
conference Thursday and is con-
Quoted by open ballots. At pres
emit the two leading candidates
seem to be Rev. Howard Agnew
Johnston of Colorado Springs, and
Chief Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court. DR.. Edgar
p. Hill of the Mccormick Theologi-
cal seminary, Chicago, and Rev.
DR.. Robert Mackenzie of Rutgers
Presbyterian church, New York,
also have considerable backing.
Every problem which confronts
the people of the nation from the
divorce question to labor and the
negro, will be considered and de-
bated by the conference. The di-
vorce question will be considered
from every standpoint, some pre-
dieting a sterner attitude by tn
church in it's treatment of d.
vorces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19

DENVER, Col, May 10
these news pictures show Gov.
Shaffroth of Colorado saying good
by to Billy Knipper, driver of the
Chalmers Detroit car, in which the
pathfinders are laying out a route
from this city to the City of
Mexico, for the alag to flag" run,
and a meeting between the path
finders and an emigrant, which
wildly shows the difference be-
tween the old and new methods of
transportation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19

Igo q few days ago, and In two
days they had come to his terms.
And yet he has few strikes. this
shrewd young leader In stylish
clothes.
The building trades, which he
heads, have had less trouble than
any other branch of Chicago union
men.
But when he hits, he hits hard.
His strikes count. The employer
who crosses him wants to be pre-
pared for a real fight. He cam
count on 1t that it's coming to him.
Madden gets good wages for his
men and keeps them satisfied.
The arrest of skinny" Madden
came as shock to Chicago labor
men. His Indictment was another.
His trial has stirred deeper than;
anything since the Shea trial,
which followed the teamsters'
strike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19

lof 26, whose early training was
hard work in the open.
He was at an age open to i'm
Ipressions when he met, several
years ago, VIM. J. Robinson OF
Salt Lake, later to become the
head of the Optimist club move
ment. Robinson, magnetic, force
full, visiting the old country,
talked to the boy. liked him.
When Mckee came to America
a few months ago, he found Rob-
inson and the Optimist club. He
attached himself to the organize
ltion with Celtic fervor. 1t was a
great thing, great power for
lhelpfulness and good to many peo-
plea new religion. He rejoiced
over every new convert. He be-
lcame the most active and valuable
worker on Robinson's New York
staff. He was taken into the Of
lfice to help direct things.
That brought the disillusi0n.
Before. Billiken had been re-
ligion. Now he saw 1t was also a
business. Robinson had been
forced to put the club on a finan-
lcial basis. Mckee saw great or
ganization, with tons of literature
land factory where figures of his
god were turned out by wholesale.
/ He saw 5000 q day coming into
1.-THE Optimist clubs cash register,
81 apiece as dues from each new
member.
Now Davy Mckee. in addition to
being enthusiastic, was religious.
lie had been active in Y. M. G. A.
land church work In Ireland, had
taught Sunday school. All of
these were things which helped
people. made them better, just as
|Billiken did.
But Billiken was business
|proposition. Davy McKee's ideals
were broken. His idol had feet Of
|clay. He was not worshiping a
god, but was clerk In q business
|ofifce.
And Davy McKee's volatile mind
couldn't get reconciled. And now
his poor brain IL filled with the
'9ibberish Of the god he loved. lib
bering, mockins. torturing him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-19
CHURCH FAIR OPENED

The church fair of the African
M. E. church, 1411 South Yakima
avenue, was officially opened last
night by Mayor John w. Linck, the
occasion drawing a large attend
ance. The address of Mayor Linck
was highly appreciated by the au-
dience. During the evening a pro-
gram was given by the church
women, under the direction of Mrs.
F. l.. Donohoo. A special pro-
gram has been arranged for this
evening.