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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-16
THE LOCAL MARKET

Eggs. 13c. do,
 Friers under 2 lbs. .t5c lt' Friers over 2 lbs. s.........12 1 .9a
 Butter er........... ..12 1-2c n
 Old Hens and Chickens. 8c hl Old Boosters 1Oc. eacbl Geese full feathered. 4c lbI Green Hides. .6e bl Dry Flints ..... ...... lie. hI laliow '.................3c. lb| Ducks ................ 7c. bI Old Turkeys. :. .12 1-2c m Young Turkeys weighing under
 lbs at. So h Stock Peas Clay. .S1.15 hrY Stock Peas Whippowil .S1 10 brS
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-16

For Headache Try Hicks Capu,
 Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomac Nervous troubles. the aches ar@ r--o
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-16
TIME TABLE M. & N. 4. R. R,

SOUTH BOUND TRAINS. No. l, Passe nger, Daily n:13 A. M. No. 2s Local Freight, Daily Ex. Sun. s;15 A. M. NORTH BOUND TRAINS. No, g. Passenger, Daily 7:2s P NJ. No. 24, Local Freight, Daily Ex. Sun 200 P. NJ.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-16

anl ansIFF BARNETT of Searcy has been ''jugged" for ,gging booze. When ar-
 he was found to be con-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30

Bradley furnished sufficient funds we
We're not overburdened with the usual
aids to pleasure and comfort, but
did not start for that purpose.
ALL IN A FEW MONTHS.
AS to the excitement of the press
10 force things of their own pickiny
from important records into print. +
have taken the stand that have all
ready given tangible account of orr
journey. 1t is as complete as the pre-,
liminary reports of any previous ey-
plorer. Data, observations, recordsx
are of exactly the same character
Heretofore such evidence was taken
with faith, and the complete record
was not expected to appear for years
whereas we agree to deliver all within
few months.
We arrived at the pole April 81
1908. We discovered new land along
the 102nd meridian between the S4th
and S5th parallels. Beyond this there
was no life, no land. Ice was in ,arp.
heavy fiela with few pressure line
The drift was southeast, the wind
southwest. Clear weather gave good
observations nearly daily. THESE OBJ
servations, combined with those at the
pole guarantee our claim When taken
in connection with the general record
you DO not require this: but this AMI
all other records will come to you.
| acknowledge to you, and to all
living Arctic explorers, by da5t OF graz
itude for yaluable assistance; but we
must not forget the fathers of Arztic
polar travel There is glory enough
for all, enough for the graves of tn.
dead and the heads of >-e livinr.
Those here tonight are too numerous
to mention; but special mention must
be made of Greedy, Schley, Melville
Peary, Fiala, Nansen, Abruzzi, Cagns.
Sverdrup, Amundsen, Nordenskjold.
and a number OF English and other
explorers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
GRAFTERS INDICTED
Several South Dakotans Among the
Victims Stung

Council Bluffs, Sept 23-James c.
Mabray and eighty-four alleged assoc,
GATES We're today indicted by the fed
eral grand jury on a charge Of con-
spring to defraud by illegal use OF
mails. With exception Of Mabray and
three others, none OF those indicted
are in custody, and the names of the
defendants are not made public Tt
was stated the list includes many per
sons known in criminal annals IN an
parts of the country, and that nearly
every name is followed by one to four
alases. Each OF these alleged confed
crates had a number which was CIV
ga as one of the aliases ACCREDITED to
the defendant. :.
IN speaking Of instances of viola
ton ton OF the postal laws. the Indictment
includes copies of many sensational
letters alleged to have been exchanged
between Mabray and his associates
winch refer to alleged deals, and name
| Various var sums as having changed
llanos as q result Of the alleged OPP
eratlons One letter, dated New York.
invites Friend John''-wIo a a11epeI
70 pc Mabray--to go to New York. de-
ciarirlg, II have a town right across
the river in Jersey; swell track abso-
lnte protection Sheriff, prosecutor
and and. police will be right on the lob in
working hours :
q list Of the South Dakota victims is
as follows 81 4 - = sliis =
p. G, Harrington, Sioux Fails
]. b.. Harrington, Sioux Falls
John Biegger, Sioux Falls.
NJ Meuer, Bristol, S. d.
g. 81 Hayward. Garden city, st. d.
20 Stenger. Hermosa, s. d.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
A BOREAL BOGGLE
Claimed That Northern Lights In
terrupted Wire Transmission

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Violent electr c.
al earth currents believed to emanate
from the aurora Lorealis, today dis
turbed the telegraph service over the
entire country and for a time st lie /
the ticking of instruments. While the
drift of the currents was apparently
to the eastward it's strength was i.,le
more pronounced in one section of
the country than in another. The cur
rents We're first felt about o'cock n
the morning and increased in inten-
sity for two hours. reaching the heav-
lest wave at 7:10 a. m. when ali the
telegraph activities were at a stand
still. The force of the disturbing cur
rents was SO great that fuses wese
blown out and resistance lamps lighted
up brilliantly. Shortly after 7 o'tlo TX
the currents began to subside AMI n
termittent service was resumed ard
conditions after 9 o'clock became re-
latively normal except to the north.
Operators long in the bas.ness sunh !
itatingiy ascribe the dead wires 10
the aurora borealis and their opini n
was reinforced by the weather bureau
experts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Washington.

y r x 4 ( : a +
Protesting against the treatment
they received at the hands of the state
and county officials of Oklahoma, 49,
600 Oklahoma Indians, comprising
the Creeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws
and Choctaws, have caused a petition
to be sent to Washington seeking re-
lief.
Representative Good of Iowa will
introduce a resolution in the house
early next session for investigation
OF: the Sutton case. Mr. Good was in
Washington while the case was being
heard at Annapolis. He became much
interested in it and was convicted
from his attention to the testimony
that young Sutton did not commit sui
eide, but was killed.
President Taft's appointment Of the
new tariff commission or board which
was announced from Beverly, is looked
#on in Washington as the most import
ant development in tariff matters
since the enactment Of the new Al
b drich-Payne measure. The makeup
OF the commission is such as to leave
no doubt that President Taft has CON
Guided the tariff question is not set
tied for an indefinite period.
Despite the announcement made by
Baron Takahira before leaving the
United States for Japan month ago
that he expected to return to this
country as ambassador, the belief is
/ growing that the Japanese govern
ment will send another AMBASSADOR to
Washing ton. For this reason credence
is given at the state department to
the Associated press dispatch from
Toxic to this effect.
The days Of the 13-cent postage
stamp are numbered Instead of this
enomination, by some supposed to be
nnlucky, the postoffice department will
issue a 12-cent stamp. Acting Post
master General Steward requested
the secretary Of the treasury to have
the new stamp printed at the bureau
Ilof engraving and printing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30

Senator Theodore 3. Burton. chair
{ man OF the National Waterways com
mission Of the United States. accom-
panied by several Of the other commits
sioners, spent day inspecting the
Willebroeck canal, which runs from
Brussels to the River Rupel.
The condition Of Bishop B. c. Lene.
han of Fort Dodge, who is critically
i'll. has become alarming and it is
ago he underwent an operation for a
carbuncle on his neck.
An agreement has been signed
which assures three years Of peace
with street car operators in Chicago.
4. r. CLAWS, late chief of the Seat
tie field divisions of the United States
land office, has written letter to
President Taft, in which he says he
will publish the evidence in the Cum
ningham coal land cases shortly.
The comptroller of the currency APP
proved the conversion Of the Fort
Pierre bank of Fort Pierre, S. D., into
the Fort Pierre National bank, with
$25,OUO capital.
William Buckley, convicted of the
murder of George w. Rice in San
Francisco during the machinists'
strike in October, 1901, was sentenced
by Judge Lawler. to be hanged at San
Quentin on November 49,
Governor Harmon of Ohio has invit-
ed the governors of all the states and
territories of the United States to at
tend with delegations the national
good roads congress to be held Octo-
Der 26 to 20 in Columbus.
William Brown of Philadelphia, one
of the occupants of the automobile
which was wrecked near Reading, Pa,
while bearing message from Presi-
dent Taft to the management of the
Alaska Yukon-Paci exposition, died
at the Reading hospital making the
second death as the result of the ac-
cident.
In speech at Winona, Mimi, Presi-
dent Taft gave unreserved support to
the Payne tariff law.
Export trade of the country is tend
Ing more to gulf ports than to the
Atlantic seaboard.
j. J. Hagerman, builder Of the Colo
RADIO Midland railway and one of the
foremost among Colorado pioneers
died at Milan, Italy, as the result of
a lung affection.
Secretary Wilson says high prices
forI products of the farm are destined
to continue.
Victory for the street car men in
their long drawn out negotiations with
the traction companies for increased
wages was announced in Chicago.
Halley's comet has been located by
Heber d. Curtis and photographed
with the aid Of the Crossley rejecting
telescope at Lick observatory.
Mrs. Hartman is now put down as
the richest woman in America.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
MccANN is GUILTY
Testimony Agaist Him Too Strong
For Acquital Verdict

Chicago, Sept 23-Police Inspector
Edward Mccain, charged with graft
ing was found guilty by the iurv
which reported in Judge Barnes court
today.
Sentence was not pronounced and
will not be until after the hearing of
arguments for new trial. The law pro
Vides an indeterminate sentence in
prison.
Charges against the inspector who
was in charge of Desplaines stree,
district, were the most sensational
winch have been aimed against any
attorney charged that graft aggre-
eating many thousands of dollars had
been collected from disorderly houses
in return for protection"
The chief witness against Mccain
was Louis Frank. a Russian immi-
grant, who though unable to read OF
write has accumulated a. fortune of
several hundred thousand dollars in
the West Side tenderloin. He and his
brother Julius for years have exer-
clsed marked power in West Side
politics.
Louis Frank testified he collected
protection" money from denizens o.
the tenderloin. The first two colec-
tions he stated on the witness stand,
were paid to Detective Griffin, who,
she said acted as an agent for Nc
Cam Thereafter, he declared. he
had given the money to Mccain in
person. The rate for protection was
said to be $40 a month Several
checks, each dated a month aparr,
and calling for that sum, were ex-
hibited in court. The list of women
from whom it was charged 'protec-
ton" money was regularly collected,
was read in court and identified by
both Louis and julius Frank
McCann's defense was that he had
suppressed and regulated vice in his
district with SO rigorous hand that
a conspiracy headed by Louis Frank
was formed against him. The jury
went out at 5:23 last night and reach
ed verdict at 1880 this morning. 1t
was sealed and returned in court at
the orening of court today
Mccain came to this country fror
Scotland. He was at first miner but
20 years ago Joined the Chicago pol
ice force as a patrolman. BY slow
degrees he advanced through various
degrees until three years ago he was
made an inspector anr placed in
charge Of the district west of tho
river.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
PU INTO 4 !
! PARAGRAP H !
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5 Washington, Congressional, Politi-
B cal and Other Events Briefly Told 8
Foreign.

Foreign.
Oryille Wright MADE new record
at the Templehof club, Berlin, for
sustained aeroplane flight with pas
senger. He reanlined in the air for
one hour and thirty-five minutes, car
rying Captain Englehardt. He broke
his own record made July ~, when he
stayed up with a passenger for one
hour and twelve minutes.
Louis Paulhan, the French aviator,
Aging In q yoisin hiplane at Ospend,
won a prize OF $1,000. He covered
seventy-three kilometers (forty-hve
and One-third miles, In one hour at
IN altitude ranging from 240 to 800
feet.
The insular government at Manila
soon will ship to the bureau of In
sular affairs at Washington nearly
half ton of opium the proceeds of
many custom seizures. The govern
ment plans to dispose Of the opium
for medicinal purposes among drug.
manufacturers.
Mrs. Morris. widow of the late Nell
son Morris Of Chicago. died at Fon-
tainbleau, France, from injuries re-
sceiyed In Q motor car accident which
occurred there September TO-
@ Howard Marjorib blanks, second baron
OF Tweedmouth, who was first lord
Of the admiralty In the Campbell Ban
herman administration. and later lord
president OF the council, died in Lon
don. He was born In 1849.
Taking advantage Of the prevailing
shortage in and the advanced prices
Tor canned meats, the thrifty British
war Office is reported to have reaped
g handsome rrofit by selling back to
scertion houses lalGc stocks OF canned
meats ordered before the prices adj
s.vanced.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
A Remarkable Vessel.

"a lH0atang pQntOCn Of 100 tons dis.
placement, designed to expedite the
shipment Of coal from Goole, has been
launched in England by the Goole
Shipsbuildin and Repairing Com
7pany The vessel, the only one Of
the kind in the world will be fitted.
with hydraulic hoist. BY means Of
this small boats carrying about 40
toms Of coal will be lifted bodily out
OF thas water 81 and their con:
tents shot into q vessels hold. Many
Sihunsassis 81 IONS VIII 81 tnsM be shipped
IN day.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Powder Mill Blown Tn

Peoria,Sept. 25.--The Buckeye Pow
der mill at Edwards station was blown
up this afternoon James Wrigley,
an emploSe. was killed. and an un-
known man seriously injured. A
great fight ensued to prevent the adj
Joining buildings containing powder,
from being destroyed. 1t was con-
sidered almost a miracle that these
places remained intact. and that the
hundreds of men within escaped The
manager says he is una BILE to state now
the accident happened. No fire fol-
lowed the explosion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Personal. 1lI

Z.
The cabin boy aboard the Roosevelt
was told in confidence by Or. Cook
that he had discovered the pole. ss
Unless signs fail the preaident and
congress will have q brusl when the
next session begins.
Packy Mcfarland and Ray Bronson
fought twenty rounds to draw in
New Orleans. n 81
Cecil r. Drake. John D. Strong and
Harold NJ, Lewis. three young bank
clerks 81 Victoria, 81 81, were arrest
ca at the Wald 1rf Astoria Id New
York 1T the request Of the chief Of
police of Victoria. 81
Former Vice President Fairbanks
delivered an eulog istic address, t the
Methodist church III Manila, +. 4, on
Abe lite work of Presid ent McKinle
The party 81 United States congress
men who have been touring tho Ha-
itan islands are now on the way
M cf 81. aEriIn nan ieavss
sissil his propeft hts
air ia Wald ympur. admiral
;0f ritis6 te6t hia bsen desigs
81 IL U al IA g conEaal q
sShH q Ill
81 ia III lion cslebrat lon Ii
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Larson Given Seven Years.

Marquette N icnigan Seven years
IN Detroit at the house OF cOrrec-
tion Is the punis hment melted out to-
former Cashier =. Larson. OF the.
ssdefunct IronWood bank Sentence was
u. III HE
federal court here Larson had plead
sed guilty to SIX counts. alleging el1a-
bexzlement falsii ation of books ard
lion % funds hut as ext tens
iuating circumstance had been upint.
IA out his attorney d appeal
ESCAPED
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
TELEPHONE MERGER SHOWN.
American Company = ook Over New
York System, Certificate States.

Albany, New II The American
sTeIenhnne t.nmnanya cert flied tn TIE
secretary OF state that It had Sincreas.
ed its capital stock from $50. 000. 900
to 81 90, 0Qo, 900 The company paid
IA state tax Of s25, 900 on the Increase.
The New York Telephone company
also iilesi 4 cert fieateS showing II had
Telephone q Telegraph company
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Meteors Fall in Sea

Honolulu. Sept. 25.-A phenomenal
rain of meteors, filling the skies over
this city last night, caused much ex-l
@citement and some alarm among Ger
tain people. The fall began at 1915
Although most the heavenly visitants
fell into the sea, it is believed that
some of them struck land on this. ISL
and and an investigation will ba made
today. Observers counted over 40
meteors that fell into the sea.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30

Cost Of Building In United States.
- 2 uiidngs erect.
ed IN the principal cities Of the Uaited
States in 1907 was s661, 076,2s6. q net
decrease Of s17, 6a4, 6s3 from the fie.
.ures of 1906. but q, y inereassa ars-s
those Tor any previous year. Tho
unit cost q building, however, in
creased in the past year, Tor there
were some 1S4 .055 permits issued In
1902 as against 1871 In ID. 1906. m
the cities showing q decrease insbuilds
ing New Z ork takes the lead wi It'll 3
falling Oh q s 81 ,5a1 .sS2 or 2s.S4 Der
cent 80 So. s & IS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30

tons) flagship; Vermont 10000.
Kansas (16,000), Louisiana (16,00O),
Minnesota (16,OOo), New Hampshire
(16,000). mississippi 10000. Idaho
13,O00), Georgia (14,948). New Jer-
sey (14,94S), Nebraska (14,94),
Rhode Island (14,s4S). Virginia Ga
d2,44o), the armoured cruisers
North Carolina (14.500 tons, speed
22.4S knots). New York (S,20O). Mon
tana t14,500 tons, % knots) the scout
cruisers Chester. Birmingham and
Salem (3.750 tons. 25 knots); and
fleet of five submarines and "a des-
troyers, torpedo boats and other auxil-
iaries.
SEYMoURs FAMOUS REMARK
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder is
outranked by both Admiral Won Koes-
ter of the German Imperial Navy and
Admiral Edward Seymour OF the Bri-
fish Royal Navy A movement to petit
ton the President to place Admiral
Dewey in command was promptly
halted by Admiral Dewey himself, who
said that his health and age would
not permit him to undertake eight
days of full-dress duty and banquet
ting. The appointment Of Admiral
Seymour to these waters is regarded as
another evidence of King Edwards
tact Admiral Seymour was in COM
mand of the British fleet in Manila
Bay on the day when Commodore
George Dewey annihilated the Spanish
feet. and the rejoinder of his cap
tain. Sir Edward Chichester, to the
German Commander who inquired be-
fore Dewey went into action ami
while the attitude of the German fleet
then at anchor in the same waters.
was still matter of anxiety, what
action the British proposed to take,
won his instant popularity in this
country and passed into history, crys-
tallized in the aphorisms of Mr..
Dooley:
That said Sir Edward, with sig
known only to Admiral Dewey and
myself
WAS ALSO AT PEKIN
Admiral Seymour became still better
and even more favorably known to
Americans during the international oc-
cupation of PeSin at the time, of the
Boxer uprising. His fleet here con-
sists of the armored cruisers Inf1ex-
IDLE (17,500 tons, % knots), Drake
G4,100 tons, "a knots), Argyll CO..
$50 tons 90 knots) and The Duke of
Edinburgh, 13,550 tons, % knots).
Grand Admiral Won Rooster is also
We'll KNOWN TO the Americans. AN
intimat friend Of -the-kia
years an officer, and one of the COM
mittee which drew up the plans re.
sulting in the German-American Som
der-Klasse races at Kiel and Marble
head. he recently retired as Comman-
der-inChief of the Imperial Navy 20
be succeeded by Prince Henry of Prus-
STA. He consented, however, to accept
the presidency of the German Navy
League and his appointment to the
Hudson-Fulton command is both
compliment to his own honorable car
eer and to this country. His fleet
consists of the cruisers Dresden (3,544
tons), Herthar (5,569) Victoria Louise
(5,569) and Bremen {3.200).
France sends three battleships un-
der the command of Admiral lie Pord
the Verite (14,635 tons), Justice
G4,435) and Liberte G4,635), Italy
sends two-the Etruria and Etna, the
Argentine Republic, the Netherlands,
Mexico and Cuba, one each.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Express Rates Cut

Lincoln. Nebr Sept. 25.In the
first ATTEMPT in the United States to
regulate express rates the supreme
court of Nebraska today upheld the
Sibley act which makes a fiat cut of
% percent in express rates In Nebras-
ka. The law has been in operation
16 months under an Injunction. The
contentious of the state are upheld
In every respect #
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
Other Nations Represented

New ork, Sept. With more than
three score of the picked fighting
ships of eight nations, swinging at
anchor in the Hudson River, awaiting
the coming of the Clermont and the
Half Moon, sightseers at the Hud-
sen-Fulton celebration looked upon
the most impressive assembly of for
eisn sWarships that has probably ever
been seen in American waters. Riding
in the river between 44th Street and
Spuyten DuYvil, besides the SO vessels
sof the United States Atlantic ueet
under Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder,
the foreign navies are represented by
sixteen fighting craft in all Great
Britain has four, Germany has four
also, France has two, Italy has two.
Mexico has one. Argentine has one and
Cuba has one.
Their massive hulls tugging lazily
at their anchorages represent the
highest development in the construc-
ton from the great shipyards on the
Clyde and the best efforts of the Ger
man Naval constructors The trim
NEST ships Of Trance. the pick of the.
feet of italy. are most Impressive
emissarfes from the old world to the
new.
81 II. Swift cruisers with triple expansion
angires and long rakish lines like grey
hounds of the ocean; massive battle
ships nounted4 from turrets to the
lighting tops with batteries OF the
highest type. swift torpedo boats ana
torpedo boat destroyers, wonderful
submarines every type of fighting
ship known to the United States and
eight other nayies, four of them
world powers, are in this impressive
Assem- bly, g$
The United States Atlantic Fleet
under the command Of Rear Admiral
seaton Schroeder, Is represented by
the battleships Connecticut $4,000
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-30
General.

-
BY special request Of the presi-
dent no effort was made to operate
street cars during his visit to Omaha
a terrific tropical storm visited New
Orleans and other sections along the
gulf coast.
2s President Taft discussed railroad
and trust laws in his speech at Des
Moines. .s$=
The Netherlands financial depart
Ment has submitted to the state coun-
ell 9 bill providing for an increase Of
{ 30 per cent on all import duties.
In q running battle with John Schei-
xer at Des Moines City Detective.
4 Frank Delmege, one Of the best known
detectives ia the west, was shot and
killed. {
Packy Mcfarland and Ray Bronson
{ fought twenty rounds TO draw at the
Vest Side Athletic club in McDo-
( noug hyille. Just across the river from
i New Orleans.
Revenues for the year ending June
30 last are greater than the railroads
earned Ia the preceding year
That former Governor Folk Of Mis-.
\ souri, Will be induced to stay out of
the senatorial fight next year, under
u promise that he will be- given the
+ support Of the Missouri delegation
for the Democratic nomination for
\ preside emit In 1911 ], Is the. latest tip
y from the Inner circles Of the Demo
ratio state committee
E. Morgan was elected q director