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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28

Charles Rapp, aged thirty-three
years. a ball player Of South Bend,
Ind, killed his mother with a butcher
knife and then committed suicide.
Mayor Mahool OF Baltimore decided
that every department Of the munich
pal service shall have a thorough au.
diting and that accounts of every EN-
pIoye shall be investigated.
Robert Jolly, who on June 10, 1907,
killed his little daughter, was declared
insane by a jury at Danyille, Ind,
jolly maintained he was sane and
wished to be found guilty of murder.
Louis Baeslaw, a Iaborer, SHOT his
young wife at Chicago, attempted to
kill her brother, William Springer,
and then killed himself by a bullet in
the temple. Baeslaw was intoxicated
al the time.
The customs oGicials at Boston un-
covered what they believe 10 be a sys-
tematic smuggling scheme. Vincenzo
MarraZzo was arrested, and on his
person, it is alleged, were a number
of pieces Of coral, valued at 5 $500.
Using John c. Decora, a Winnebago
Indian, as a decoy, T. E. Brent, a spe-
cial government agent, secured evil
dence by means Of which he caused
the arrest of twenty-eight Sioux City
dealers on a charge Of selling
whisky to Indians. The minimum pen
atty in each Ease is a 5000 fine and a
year in the county Jail.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
FREE LUMBER is DEFEATED
McCumber's Free Lumber Amendment
Defeated After an All-day
Argument.

Washington, May 26. No single
piece of lumber was ever used more
effectively as a seesaw by children
than was the great lumber industry
yesterday by the United States sen
ate. The lumber schedule of the tariff
bill was under consideration almost
the entire day with Senators Root
Hepburn, Borah and Dolliver contend
ing on the one hand for a protection
for the industry, and Senators Clapp
burkett ana McCumDer arguing a.
strenuously against that policy. The
day closed with more than a two,
thirds vote against Senator McCum,
ber's free lumber amendment, the bal,
lot showing 25 for and Sc against.
The surprise Of the day was the at,
titude of Senator D~olliver, who hereto
fore has stood with the "progressives'
throughout the present tariff fight. He
yesterday took positive position
against the radical demand for free
lumber, but expressed the opinion
that the industry would not suffer
from a reduction of the Dingley rates,
Senator Root opened the days pro,
~ceedings with an argument in favor
of a differential on dressed lumber.
Senators Borah and Hepburn of Idaho
contended for the highest duty on lum-
Der, and Mr.. Borah entered upon an
argument to show that the policy of
protection is a System" and cannot
be maintained if there are to be con.
slant exceptions to It as is desired in
the interest of free lumber.
CIapp for Free Lumber.
On the other hand, Senators Clapp
and Burkett argued that lumber can
be produced as cheaply in Canada as
in the United States, and contended
that the lumber industry of this
country would not be endangered by
the free admission Of the Canadian
product. Incidentally, Senator Clapp
paid a glowing tribute to the Cana
dian government, saying that 1t was
equal to the best.
Republicans of the house yesterday
again took matters In their own
hands and with a sudden show of
strength passed the Philippine tariff
bill, the consideration of which had
been concluded two weeks ago, refer
red the message of the president re-
garding Porto Rican affairs to. the
committee on way and means, and
devoted some time to a discussion of
the bill amending the laws of Porto
Rico SO as to divest the legislature
of certain authority.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
FIVE PERSONS DIE /
IN RAGING FLOODS
Unprecedented Rains Send
Every Stream in Oklahoma
on Rampage.
MANY HOUSES WASHED AWAY
Several THOUSAND Acres uf Crops are
Inundated-TOrnadO Causes
Damage. 81

Oklahoma City, May 26.-Five peo-
pie are dead, at least ten seriously
injured, several thousand acres OF
crops are inundated. and every
stream in the northern and eastern
part of the state raging as a result
of almost unprecedented rains in the
last t~wenty-four hours in Oklahoma.
A number of houses have been
washed away. The dead:
Mrs. w. w. Brown and three chill
dren OF Foraker.
Mrs. Hattie Jones, negro.
Dropped Dead of Fright.
Mrs. Brown and her children were
drowned in Salt creek while attempt
ing to escape. Mrs. Jones dropped
dead of fright when the waters OF
Doggy creek surrounded her home.
Railroad tracks near Shawnee.
Holdenville, Tulsa, Pawnee, Musko-
gee, Vinita and Oklahoma city are in
bad condition, and sections of track
are washed out. Bridges are unsafe
along the Arkansas, Cimarron and Ca.
madam rivers and traffic is generally
delayed. The food Is the worst since
1872, and the loss to crops will reach
many thousands.
Near Miami the Neosbo river is out
of its banks and many farms are Gov.
cred with water. A cloudburst at
Kremlin damaged houses and crops.
Laid Waste by Tornado.
A small tornado struck Morris, de-
molishing the Methodist church and
several residences, including that Of
Ernest Scott. He and his wife and
child were seriously injured.
Black Bear creek, in Pawnee coun-
ty, is out of its banks and hundreds
of people are moving to higher lands.
In the oil fields four 16, 000-barrel
tanks were struck by lightnings and
destroyed.
Lightning struck the schoolhouse
at Billings, injuring a number attend
ing services there.
Traffic Demoralized.
Butte, Mont, May 26. - Northern
Pacific traffic in Eastern Montana is
demoralized as the result of the
worst washout since the disastrous
floods of last June.
Long stretches of track are wash
ed out between Bozeman and Livings-
ton as the result of a cloudburst and
rapidly melting SHOWS in the noun
tains. Half a dozen overland passen-
ger trains are tied up at Billings, Liv-
ingston and Bozeman. All the streams
are swollen and further trouble is ex-
pected.
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FROM OTHER SHORES.

Capt. Ullen, chief of police of Lub
lin, Poland, was mortally wounded
and two policemen seriously injured
in one of the principal parks of the
city by a band of men with revolvers
Two assailants were arrested.
A newspaper at st. Petersburg pub
lished a dispatch from Toxic saying
Japan has decided to send a warshil
10 the Behring sea on account of the
repeated seizures there of Japanese
vessels by American ana Russian
ships.
The American steamer Admiral
Dewey was in collision in Port Anto.
Mo harbor with the German steamer
Bradford. The Admiral Dewey sus,
tanned considerable damage and will
not be able to complete her coast
itinerary.
A Paris court upheld the validity of
a gambling debt. The case was that
Of George D. Morgan, an American,
who lost $4,000 in a Paris gambling
club. He gave a check in payment of
the amount, but allowed the check to
60 to protest.
The architect of the Cologne cathe-
dral has informed the authorities that
the condition of the building is unsat-
isfaetory in many respects, although
there is no immediate danger. The
necessary repairs will cost many mil.
lions and take years to carry out. e..
George Meredith, English novelist,
died in London last week. The imme-
date cause of death was heart failure,
following grave symptoms that deyel.
oped early in the evening. Mr.. Mere.
dith's illness began on May IA, and he
had steadily declined since that time.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPITOMf
Digest Of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
PEOPLE TALKED o

o. Fl. Marschuetz died in Cincinnati
erom acute indigestion caused by eat.
ing lobster salad too often between
means.
Amos Noyes Currier, forty years
professor Of Latin at Iowa university,
is dead at Iowa City, aged seventy.
six years.
Delpha Rogers, aged LOG years. said
10 be the oldest resident Of Iowa, is
dead at Clarinda. When a boy her
Iather was a servant in Gen. Wash
lngton's army.
The Yale corporation has accepted
The offer Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". Dan.
Iels Of Minneapolis OF $4,000 for a
memorial gateway to their son, Forest
Leonard Daniels Of the class Of 1907.
Charles f. Barber Of New York, o
member of the Aero Club OF America,
died at Warwick. n. Y, of injuries
sustained when his automobile was
struck by a locomotive at a crossing.
Prof. T. II. Gragg has been re-elect.
ed general secretary OF education of
the United Brethren church and also
chosen to succeed himself as presi.
dent Of Central college. a church in
stitution at Huntington. Ind.
Carl Lumholtz, explorer and author,
a left New York for the unexplored
regions OF Northwestern Mexico.
Thorough study Of language, tradition,
religion and decorative art of the In
Alan tribes he will meet is contem.
plated by the explorer.
William Cooper Proctor, a member
Of the class of 1883 of Princeton uni
Versity, has offered a gift Of $500, 900
10 the board Of trustees of Princeton
university towards carrying out the
project Of the graduate college. 1t is
conditioned that IN equal sum be
pledged before May, 1910.
The councillors Of the American
Geographical society have accepted
Mrs. Coils p. Huntington's gift of a
$3.50, 900 site for a new building in
New York. Archer NJ. Huntington,
Mrs. Huntington's son and president
Of the society has given $4,000 to-
ward the building fund.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
Bankrupts Are Indicted.
SQUALLS IN SENATORIAL SEA.
But Notwithstanding Senate Makes
Substantial Progress on Tariff Bill.

But Notwithstanding Senate Makes
Substantial Progress on Tariff Bill.
Washington, May 23.-There were
some squalls yesterday on the senate
rial sea, but, Notwithstanding, the tar
III bill made progress. A number of
paragraphs were passed upon and,
while in most instances they were
disposed Of with the understanding
that the senate might still return to
them, it is the general opinion that
little, IL any, change will be made in
most Of them.
The house rates were retained In
the polished plate glass paragraph,
but with the understanding that when
the bill is taken up in the sem
ate proper, IL nov being consider
ed as in the committee of the whole,
there probably will be some altera-
lions. The ~so-called Republican pro-
~gressives" criticised the house rate as
too high, while Senator Oliver, who
represents the glass producing state
OF pennsylvania, contended that the
ATE wss entireiy ~iuauequate To u
proper protection of the plate glass
industry.
The interests considered during the
day RANGED all the way from mica
and feldspar to automobiles. Begin
ming with the earthenware schedule. a
number Of committee recommends
lions were adopted. These included .
marked increase of foIdenar poaaa -
the instance of Senator Bradley, and
a decided reduction on gypsum. There
was also a reduction in mica from the
Dingley rate. Then came an interrup.
ton by Senator Culberson, who made
a set speech outlining the Democratic
position on the tariff. He declared
that real Democrats we're neither pro
t%ectionists o free traders, but advo-
Gates of a revenue tariff only.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
TRAIN IS HELD
UP BY BANDITS
Mail Clerks Are Forced to Hand
Over United States Mail
Pouches.
POSSES QUICKLY ON TRAIL
iwfrUie Country Secured, SGt Little I:
Way of Clews Is FOund-PaSsen-
gers Not MOlested.

Omaha, May 25.-Four masked ban
! dts held up and robbed Union Pacific
train No. 2, known as the Overland
| Limited, a mile west Of the city, JUS
before midnight and obtained a mum
Der of registered mail pouches, be
lieved to have contained a large sun
Of money.
The robbers evidently got OF the
train at some town west of here. The
hOldup occurred about a mile west
Of the city limits. The robbers climb
ed over the tank and forced the en-
gineer to stop his train and then pro
Ceeded to the mail car.
The clerks were forced to open the
door and hand out a number OF pouch
es of registered mail. Once they OBJ
tanned the bags they hurried away in
a southerly direction and permitted
the train to proceed.
The passengers were not molested
Continuous EusiIIade.
A continuous fusill4de of shots was
kept up during the robbery, evident
ly to intimidate pass engers and crew.
A lagman who went to the rear mar
rowly escaped being shot. Several
passengers who had not retired start
ed to get out of the ~vestibules, but
the robbers ordered them back into
the cars.
The train made a quick run to the
station and the police were notified.
Posses were hurried to the scene, and
although they have secured the coun-
try in the vicinity of the holdup little
progress has been made toward ar
resting the robbers. Two mail
pouches were found some distance
from where the robbery occurred.
They had been cut open.
That the robbers had laid their
plan well is apparent. They dropped
from sight so quickly that no n has
been able to give a clue to the direc-
ton in which they went.
Little in Way of Clues.
The Union Pacific road has made
every effort to trace the men, but
have found little in the way Of clues.
Every town in the country has been
notified. The postofice department
also will aid in the search.
What means of escape the robbers
selected is indefinite, but authorities
believe they had either an automobile
or a fast horse. The fact that only
two rifed pouches have been found
indicates that they were in no hurry
to divide their loot.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
CONVICT NOW IN SOLITARY.
Hunger Forces Surrender of Man Who
EIuded Guards for Three Days.

Hunger Forces Surrender of Man Who
EIuded Guards for Three Days.
Columbus, Ohio, May %. - Harvey
Johnson. a negro burglar serving a
life sentence, who disappeared We'd
nesday night and who had been hid
ing at the prison until 8 o'clock yes
terday morning, is now in solitary
confinement. awaiting trial in the pris-
on court for his attempted escape.
Johnson's hunger is responsible for
his surrender, which occurred after
he had been cornered on the top of
the wash house, in the prison yard.
Despite vigilance of guards and pris-
on attaches, Johnson had eluded cap
ture by hiding under the porch Of the
prison postofice.
On three nights he ventured forth
on foraging expeditions, but ducked
back to his hiding place when fired
upon by guards. At 1870 last night
he be 6stssie ~ lssch OF g g,,ard hnt was
apprehended while leaving the
guards kitchen.
He ran to the wash house and
again disappeared, but not before
three rife shots had rung out and the
entire prison was the scene of excite
ment. A dozen guards quickly SUR
rounded the wash house and then a
search was made. Johnson could not
be found. For three hours Johnson
ley on the roof. When he realized
that he would be eel with the com
ing OF daylight he surrendered.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
WHEAT AGAIN GOES UPWARD.
Both May and September Options
Reach New High Marks.

Chicago. May 26.-Both May and
September wheat established new
high records on the board of trade
yesterday, largely on bullish reports
from Kansas predicting crop short
age in that state.
May wheat early sold at $1.33 Ia,
l Is cents over Saturdays close. 1t
reached $1.34 IA shortly before the
close. and closed at $1.34 1-8. Sep
TENDER contracts brought $1.1O, which
is 7-8 cent higher than the previous
close and liz cent better than the pre-
vious high point of some weeks ago.
July, at $1.1S IL. was within 3-8 cent
of it's previous top price.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
OTHERWISE.

The 2-cent passenger rate proposi.
ton suffered It's second death after an
all-day session at the hands of the
Mississippi railroad commission.
A real daughter" of the American
Revolution, Mrs. Emily S. Nettieton,
aged ninety-one, died at the home Of
her son, Edgar z. Nettleton, at Sioux
City, Iowa.
The Missouri legislature adjourned
after a long session, noteworthy for
the contest over the seating of the
lieutenant governor and the prohibit.
ton fight.
DR.. Gerardust H. Wynkoop, one of
the first physicians in America to
perform the operation for the removal
Of the vermiform appendix. died in
New York.
The lower house of the Michigan
legislature, by a vote of 81 to 4, pass.
ed the conference bill to extend the
primary nomination system to United
States senator's.
The Canadian Northern railway has
let contracts for the building of 600
miles of branch lines In Western Can
ada. The principal line will be from
vegreville to Calgary. 2S5 miles.
Lang Mrrray, an American. aged
thirty-ive years. best known as hav-
ing been probably the most famous
tackle on the Yale team Of the late
sos. died suddenly In Mexico City.
Mgr. John Grimes was formally ele.
waited to the Office of titular bishop of
Adana and coadjutor bishop of the do
cese of Syracuse at the cathedral of
the Immaculate Conception at syria.
cuse. N. Y.
determination OF the Black Hand
and other criminal cliques OF italians
and Sicilians Is one of the principal
ends to be attained by the Sons OF
Ficily Of America. an organization fol-
which papers OF Incorporation were
prepared in New York.
Bishop John Lancaster S~palding, re.
tired bishop OF the Peoria tIll.) dio.
cese Of the Catholic church. has been
appointed titular archbishop Of Scy.
thopolis by Pope Plus X. The appoint.
! nient follows q petition 20 Mgr. Fal
| COMO, apostolic delegate at Washing
| ton. signed by q number of clergymen,
The new title is honorary.
AS a result OF beints exposed to mos
1 nuif0 infection the enfira shine rraw
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
Hauls Grain With AUTO.

Stratford, S. d.. May rs. - An EN-
terprising farmer near Stratford
hauls his grain to market with an
automobile. He attaches the auto to
a string of ten wagons loaded with
grain and hauls the whole train to
market, making the journey in a half
day, when under the old system 1t
would require ten days to market a
similar amount OF grain with one
team.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
LOOK INTO HIGH
FINANCE TRICKS
Creditors Start Investigation Of
Mystery of Failure of
Curb Brokers.
GO ON TRAIL OF F. A. HEIHzt
Startling Testimony Expected When He
Gees on Stand in Bankruptcy
Court.

New York, May 23.-Creditors of
NJ. R~Othenherger & Co. organized yes
terday and elected a committee to act
in harmony with the receiver to elu-
Cidate the mystery surrounding the
failure OF the curb brokerage firm.
The members of this committe are
A. J.. Kohn, Harry Ashmore and H. G..
Einstein. They believe that the in
vestigatiOn will reveal a condition Of
affairs similar to that disclosed in the
notorious Monroe & Monroe case,
when ii was found that men high up
in the financial world were the real
hackers of that concern,
MOritz R~osenberger and his part
ners were examined yesterday before
the receiver, Peter Alexander. Some
most interesting testimony in respect
to the dealings between F. Augustus
Heinze, David Lamar and the bank
rupe firm was given. AS a result the
testimony that Heinze and Lamar
may give before the United States
commissioner in bankruptcy if rigidly
examined is expected to be of q most
startling character.
Some High Finance Tricks.
Developments yesterday indicate
that Ro~thenberger was more sinned
against than SHINING, so far as his fol.
lowers were concerned. 1t was learn.
ed that the operations of the persons
interested in advancing the price of
Ohio copper stock extended across the
continent, from Boston to Salt Lake
and the Pacific coast.
1t is not at all unusual, 1t was said,
for persons who have in their vaults
large blocks of stock on which banks
will not loan, to juggle the securities
through a number of brokers, and.
washing up the price, obtain large
loans of them in that way. " #
The bankrupt firm of Tracy & Co.
and two other stock exchange houses
We're employed in the ring around
the roses" game that it is alleged was
played in connection with the Ohio
copper boom.
5ankrupts Are Indicted.
Ennis and Stoppani, the bankrupt
stock and grain brokers of this city,
have been indicted for grand larceny.
Warrants for their arrest were issued
and yesterday their attorneys agreed
to surrender them for pleading. The
indictments were found by the grand
jury OF Orange county, New York.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
LYNcHERs MUST FACE COURT
For the First Time In Serious Case
Supreme Court Will Mete Out Pun.

For the First Time In Serious Case
Supreme Court Will Mete Out Pun.
ishment.
Washington, May 26.-For the first
time in 30 serious a case the supreme
court of the United States will, on
next Tuesday, undertake to mete out
punishment for the crime of contempt
of the court itself, and the impor,
lance of the occasion will be en-
HANGED by the number of defendants.
The proceeding will take place in
connection with the cases of Sheriff
Snipp and Deputy Sheriff Gibson of
Hamilton county, Tennessee, and of
four other residents of that county
Williams, Nolan, Padget and May.
Guilty Of Contempt.
These men yesterday yer declar-
ed by the court to be guilty OF con-
tempt in combining in 1905 In q con
spiracy to lynch a negro named
Johnson, who had been sentenced to
death by the local courts on the
charge of rape, and in whose case the
supreme court had intersered to the
extent OF granting an appeal which
had the effect of a supersedeas. On
the night following the announce
ment of the courts action, Johnson
vas taken out of the jail in Chatta,
nooga by q mob and lynched. There
was no resistance on the part of the
Jail authorities, and Shipp and a mum.
Der of his deputies, as well as about
twenty citizens, were proceeded
against on the charge of contempt Of
the federal court.
Case Is Exceptional.
The case has been nending ever
since, and the number of defendants
was from time to time reduced to
nine. OF these nine, three yesterday
were found guiltless, while the other
six were ordered to be brought into
court next Tuesday for sentence.
They will be taken into custody i'm.
mediately and will appear in court In
charge Of Marshal Wright. The sen.
tence may be either fine or imprison.
ment, or both.
The case is regarded as Of excep.
tional interest because it is practi.
cally the first time that the highest
court in the United States has ever
undertaken TO assert it's dignity or to
resent acts or words rejecting upon
IL
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
coushlna Of child saver FAMILY.

Aberdeen, s. D., May 26. Fire
early in thc morning completely de.
stroyed the home of r. F. Thomas. a
laundryman. The family vas aroused
by the coughing of q child who was
being choked by the smoke nd ali
managed to escape from the burning
building.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
Free Four Murder susDecta,

Superior. Wis, May 26.-Ail OF the
suspects held by the police depart
ment in connection with the murder
of Rudolph Nelson at Itasca over a
week ago were released yesterday.
One other suspect. Charles Sebolski,
is held by the sheriff. and he viii
also doubtless be released.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
900 Men on Strike.

Spokane. Wash, May ga gener.
al strike of river drivers and sawmill
workers has been called by the Indus
trial Workers or the World of Kaiis.
pell. Mont. 1T Is stated 800 men en-
ployed at the sawmills and factories
at Somers, Mont, rel out yesterday.
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Messina, May rs. = One Of the Sc
verest shocks since the great earth
quake occurred here yesterday. The
movement was both vertical and hori
zontal and lasted ten seconds. The
populace fed stricken. and walls 81
the ruins IN various places collapsed
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-28
Mrs. John b. Much Better

Hot Springs. Va. May rs. - Mrs
John d. Rockefeller. who for some
time was seriously III with pneumo-
mia at the Homestead hotel here, has
coniFalesced so rapidly that the fam
lily will leave in a few days for their
summer home at Pocanto Hills, N. Y.