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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
His UnIucky Day.

81 tell you what 1t is" said an old
cynic-"I am firmly convinced that ev.
cry man has his particular days for
good and bad luck. Monday is my
unlucky day. 1 have been watching
it for twenty years, and nothing can
shake me in this belief. I eve be-
gin any enterprise, no matter how
trivial, or start on any journey on that
day. Therefore l make Monday an OF
day and do nothing but potter round
the house. Even in these little affairs
everything goes wrong. .
Take the record Of last Monday, q
fair average. and be convinced: Smash
ed finger while mailing board on fence.
Fell down cellar stairs with coal scut-
tie. Fell over wheelbarrow while car
rying s~tepladder. Sat down ON chair
where children had been sucking tof-
fee. Got swindled by peddler. Got
thumb pinched in gate. Dropped
smoothing iron on foot. Baby got out
in yard and was butted by strange
goat. Tax man called. While eating
supper square yard Of ceiling fell on
dining table. Went to bed to escape
further disaster. Had nightmare.
Thought 1 was falling from top of
Eiffel tower. Fell out of bed and
broke arm. Looked at clock and saw
it lacked fifteen minutes Of midnight.
Lay still till clock struck IL. Was
afraid IL I moved before Tuesday was
ushered In would have broken neck.
Yes, indeed" concluded the man,
Monday Is my unlucky day, and I
approach 1t with feelings akin to ter
ror."-London Tit-Bits.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
Women Who Are Envied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of m.ny, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly mn will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation
or Kidney poisons show in pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
edscomplexion. For such, Electric Bit
ten work wonders. They regulate
Stonach, Liver and Kidneys, purify
the Hood, give strong nerves, bright
eY1xE pure breath, smooth, velvety
Sin, lovely complexion. Many charm
in4 Women owe their health and beau
~ 10 Them. soc at G. d. KendalIs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
The Third Way.

The Midland express was slowing up
in Derby station. An American trav-
eler, his finger keeping the place in his
Baedeker, addressed the carriage:
''Can you tell me whether this place
IS Derby or 'DarbyY | have heard
both"
"The original and therefore the cor
rect pronunciation" replied n precise
looking passenger. sis Darby 1 have
seer 1t spelled 'Darbie' on old maps.
1t is also the form used in common
speech"
You'll find Derby is right" re-
Joined a passenger, less precise. TITS
spelled like that, and the people up in
the north Of the county say Derby"
At this point the train stopped, and
a porter bawled loudly into the car
rage, Observation-Disclosures Guard
ian
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Sven Hedin's Experience.

Or. Sven Hedin, the famous traveller
and explorer, had some terrible expe-
riences during a journey through IT.
bet. He told how, owing to the high
altitude at which he and his party
Travelled, that to unbutton ones coat
meant acute pain and tension to an
overweight heart. which literally was
at the point Of breaking. His only
safety lay in the fact that he eve
left the saddle for a single moment
from morning till evening. Had be
done so his heart would have given
way. At one time they were nine days
without water, and when at last he
saw a small pool DR.. Hedin drank five
pints without stopping.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
a Family
Medicine

! of suffering would be avoided and much
disease prevented if every family did a!
her of this letter suggests.
HAS found out from experience with many
hes that there is nothing so good as Dr..
a Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills as .
medicine fer biliousness and constipation
diseases as Bright's disease, diabetes ano
icitus almost invariably arise from neg.
keep the liver, kidneys and bowels reg
! emphasizes the wisdom Of keeping DR..
Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills con
at hand.
*WM. PALARDY. l46 Summer ST., Cen
1ls, r. l., writes:- 81 think DR.. A. w
! Kidney and Liver Pills most excellen
e for bi!iousness and constipation. w,
bot think of being without them in the
3 a family medicine. / have used many
les but none ' suited my case SO well. 4"
Gpill a dose, IS cents a box, at all dealer
~ w Chase Medicine Co Buffalo. NY
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
A Rattlesnake Trap.

Ra~ttlesnakes were the most danger
Gus wild animals with which the early
settlers Of New Jersey had to contend.
They were very numerous, and their
bite, II not treated properly at once,
vas generally fatal. In "Stories From
American History F. r. Stockton
cites an incident which gives an idea
Of the abundance Of the rattlers in
the new colony:
In a quarry from which the work
men were engaged in getting out stone
for the foundations Of Princeton col
lege q wide crack in the rocks was dis
covered which led downward to a
large cavity, and in this cave were
found about twenty bushels Of rattle
snake bones.
There was nc easOn to believe that
this was a snake cemetery, to which
the creatures retired when they sup
posed they were approaching the end
Of their days, but it was without doubt
a great rattlesnake trap.
The narrow, winding passage lead
ing to 1t must have been very attrac-
tive to a snake seeking retired quar-
tiers in which to take its long winter
nap. Although the ave at the bot
tom Of the great crack was easy
enough to get into, 1t was 30 ar
ranged that it was difficult If not i'm
possible for a snake to get out, es-
pccially in the spring, when snakes are
very thin and weak, having been nour-
ished oil winter by their W fat.
Thus year after year the rattlesnakes
must have gone down into that cavity
without knowing that they could never
get out again.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-10
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made a salve, oint-
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 1t is the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands its SUI
preme. Infallible for Piles. Only Csc
at c.. d. Kendall's.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
WIFE INSANE
At MARRIAGE

That his wife was insane when he
married her. and that she Is now In
Eloise asylum, was the statement
made by Ernest Knopatzky, in Judge
Murphy's court Saturday. when he
asked for a divorce from his wife,
Elizabeth.
The couple were married In 1896
and have five children, the youngest
being twins.
ION the day of our marriage" said
the husband, while we were stand.
ing on rug just as the ceremony
finished. my wife stopped over and
pulled the rug from under us.
thought that queer. Then she refused
TO leave her home, although she knew
had a home furnished for her, and
we didn't live together until three
months after the wedding"
Knopatzky said that his wife would
run away from home and remain
away for week, and occasionally
would get out of bed during the night
and wander away.
DR.. J. J. Marker, superintendent of
the asylum. testified that the womaL
is hopelessly insane, and that in his
opinion she was insane at the time
OF her marriage.
A decree was promised.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
PLANS MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

municipal employment bureau to
hire all men employed in temporary
positions by the city is the plan pro-
posed by Aid. Godfrey Freiwald. The
hiring of many of the laborers for the
city has fallen TO the aldermen here
tofore, but during the past year the
supply of jobs has been so far shore
OF the demand from constituents that
the aldermen have found life bur
den.
so Freiwald proposes that the work
ticket system which has prevailed for
many years be done away with.
The aldermen get all the blame
now because they cannot give out
Jobs" says Freiwald 1T would be
ell right II the men got turn about,
but the foremen carry lots OF men
along for weeks and months at a time
without ever a lay-off, while we have
other men. just as good, coming To
us and applying for places. We would
be better of If all the jobs were given
out by one bureau and the laboring
men given turns at city work"
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
CAR PLUNGES 100
FEET DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT
MoTORMAN Is KILLED AND PO-
LIcEMAN PROBABLY FATALLY
INJURED - STORM AND SLIP
Perry TRACKS THE CAUSE.

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 30.-One
man was almost instantly killed and
20 passengers were hurt today when
a street car broke loose on Clifton
ave. and plunged over 150-foot en-
bankment.
The dead man Is William Mulligan,
motorman.
The snowstorm and the slippery
tracks are given as the cause OF the
accident.
The car was on the College Hill
Min lipc, and, with thirty-seyen pas
sengers. tumved the rails on Clifton
aye~anA 4tvea bled down the embank
ment, iandfpS at the bottom OF a "a
vine, with q mass of snrieking. fight
ing men, women and children caught
under It or hurled from platforms oil
through windows
Lieutenant of Police Pope Is prob
ably fatally hurt. Pope tried TO help
the motorman regain control of the
car He was working with the brake
when the car jumped the track
Poppe stuck TO his post, as did
Motorman Mulligan. Their lives, 1t Is
believed, will pay the forfeit.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
SAILORS BATTLE
FOR LIVES IN BIC
GALE ON LAKE
FiREMEN STAND IN WATER UP
TO THEIR WAISTS AND SHOVEL
= COAL INTO THE FEEBLE FIRE
WAS IL HOURS LATE.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.--Fourteen sail
ors battied for many long hours with
the fury Of the gale on Lake Michigan
last night. They were the officers and
crew Of the little steamer City Of Mar
quette, which plies regularly during
the winter months between Chicago,
Waukegan and Kenosha.
Plunging in the seas that rolled
high, the course obliterated by the
binding snow, fearing every moment
that the ship would go to the bottom
captain, officers and men fought for
their lives and arrived at Waukegar
- hours late. The Aremen stood n
water up to their wafsts' ShovSline
coal into feeble fire. Before the
boat reached its dock the water rose
over the fires and the aid of tug
had to be secured. The whole upper
works of the boat were shattered by
the waves that broke over II, and II
was only by great exertions that II
was kept afoat
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
ROOSEVELT is ENLISTED
IN RUSSIANS FIGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-President
Roosevelt, II was announced this al.
ternoon, has been enlisted In the fight
which is being waged TO prevent the
extradition of Jan Pouren, the Russian
revolutionist.
The announcement was made by at.
torneys for Pouren at the hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Hitchcock, OF the Russian govern
ment's application for a reopening Of
the case in order to give II an op-
portunity TO submit new evidence.
Congressman Herbert Parsons saw
the president about the case" said
Lawyer Pollok, in requesting an adj.
journment, and he agreed TO take up
the case The president said he woul1
hold a conference with Secretary Ba.
con, OF the state department.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
DYING Man STARTS
FOR WORK; SOON
EXPIRES
BECAUSE IT'S PAY DAY AND FAM
iLY NEEDS MONEY, JOHN MAR
cENAowski BRAVES STORM,
BUT is sTIckEN DOWN.

In a dying condition from conges'
ton OF the lungs and weak heart,
John Marcenaowski, 62 years old, q
laborer living at No. 1853 Medbury'
ave. east, started out to work as usual
Saturday morning. because II was pay
day and the family needed the money
At Medbury and Grandy-aves.. hardly
two blocks from his home. he fell ex'
hausted TO the snow-covered sidewalk
and lay there. helpless. until citizens
picked him up. He was carried home,
where he died a few minutes later. He
leaves a wife and Ave children.
The man had been In poor health
TOR 25 years with asthma and heart
trouble, but continued bravely AT
work, for his family was dependent
on him for it's daily bread. Friday
night he called at the Office OF DIR.
c. G. Burgess, No. 1886 JOS. Campar'
ave-. and the doctor found that he was
then In almost a dying condition, as
there was practically no heart action
When he arose Saturday morning
however, the aged man declared that
he felt much improved and braved
the storm In the hope that he coul
put in at least one more day.
Coroner Burgess will hold no In
quest.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
EAST SIDE BALL
PARK FOR THE
1911 TIGERS
DETROIT BASEBALL CLUB PuR-
cHAsEs RUoFF PROPERTY, MT.
ELLIOTT AND WARREN, FOR
SUM OF $4,000.
BY PAUL n. 6RuskE.

When the follower OF the Tiger
boards his car to journey to the bal
lark for the opening game OF the sea
son OF 1911. he won't journey out
siichigan-ave. No, indeed.
His destination will be an altogeth
er different part Of the city. for by
That time the representatives OF Mich
igan's metropolis In the baseball world
Will be entertaining at the corner d
Mt. Elliott and Warren-aves., ON the
east side.
The formal closing OF the deal by
which the Detroit Baseball and Amuse
ment Co. comes into possession Of the
site destined for the new park was
announced Saturday morning. The
property involved measures 563 feet
on Mt. Elliott and 1876 on Warren,
running clear through to Beaufait on
the east. II IL at presen. occupied
by the August Rouff home, vinyard
and gardens.
The consideration involved was SIS.
boo.
For some time II has been known In
real estate circles that the Detroit
club was In the market for a centrally
located plot of ground where 1t might
be It's own landlord. The lease on the
park where the Tigers have been To-
Gated In the memory OF the American
league fans has but two more years
10 run and matters have not been
Ideal. by any means. The closing Of
deal Of some sort was regarded as
but q matter Of time. Az the new
(Coutiuusd on Page seven.)
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
SUGGESTS NEW
PLATING SYSTEM
TREASURER KOCH WOULD MAKE
DESCRIPTIONS OF PROPERTY
AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

A new plating system for the city
of Detroit which would simplify the
recording and assessing OF property
and aid materially In all matters az
fecting tax-collection Is proposed by
City Treasurer Koch. He proposes
that a new plat OF the city be made
by which lots shall be described IN
the simplest fashion by number. 80
that the description shall consist OF
only few words. with little danger OF
mistake or confusion
Il think the best plan" says the
treasurer" would be to number lots
in each block and then number the
blocks in each ward. Then a lot
would be described as Lot /. Block
of the First ward. for instance. There
would be only one Block l In each
ward and only one lot In each block.
LAS II Is now, the descriptions are
long and cumbersome and the chance
for error is large. Many assessments
are invalidated because Of some slight
change In the description"
Assessor Plass agrees with Koch as
to the need OF change In the sys-
TEN OF recording property. Such a
change cannot be made without au-
thority from the state government.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
MURDERED c H|LD
!. BY FEEDING It HOT
TURPEAT|NE
PRESENCE OF INFANT BORN TO
HIS 1e-YEAR-oLD WIFE ANGER
ED HIM, SAYS PRISONER IN
SWORN CONFESSION.

FLINT, Mich, Jan. 30.-(SpeciaL)
I'm jail today Robt Hitler, 20 years
old, confessed to numbering the infant
child born to his girLwife of Is years.
on Jan. IL. He says he was not the
father OF the baby and that It's pres
ence made him angry. The couple
have been married since last August.
Hitler claims his wife had nothing to
do with the case. that he alone Is re-
sponsible.
While the baby was asleep beside
its mother" says Hitler In a sworn
confession. II heated tnrpentine and
jyaseline on the stove and fed 1t TO the
baby from a hot spoon. The spoon
was 30 hot II burned the child's lips
| got tired lying about the case and
want to tell the truth and take my
medicine"
Mrs. Hitler was formerly Evelyn
Barnum. She worked In the home OF
VIM. Farnsworth, OF Chesaning. and
later charged that he attacked her.
Farnsworth was convicted and is serv-
ing a ten to twenty-year sentence in
Marquette prison.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
WETH|NGTON
CASE WITH JURY

The fate Of Carl Wellington, the
Negro charged with, shoottpg, Ed Pow
ers on the night Of Oct .. II In the
jury's hands. The Jurors retired about
1920 o'clock Saturday morning, after
listening to charge by Judge Phelan
which both sides pronounced fair and
impartial. After nearly three hours
of jangling the jurors asked for din
ner and were taken to the Griswo,3
house They were still celebrating
at 2:30.
In his charge Judge Phelan In
structed the jury not to let the color
question enter into its deliberations.
1t is not the color Of this defend
ant nor the fact that the woman, Lena
Groves, Is white that you have to deal
with, but their acts. The theory of
the people is that Wellington shot
Powers and that the testimony OF the
woman, Lena Groves, that she did the
shooting Is false. The defense, on
the other hand. contends that the
woman is guilty. II you believe that
theory you must acquit the defend
ant. And II you have a reasonable
doubt as to this mans guilt you must
acuuit"
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
SNOW STORM COSTS
CITY HEAP OF CASH

This Is a rather expensive storm
for the city In the cost OF cleaning
away snow from the downtown streets
and the crosswalks at street inter
sections throughout the city. Frank
Aldrich. superintendent Of street
cleaning, has put on about 125 extra
teams and 400 men in addition to what
are usually carried in his division AT
this time OF year. The pay roll for
these extra men and teams will
amount to about $1,000 for Friday
and about $500 to $4,000 for Satur
Day, with the probability that another
81 900 will be expended in finishing
the cleaning Sunday.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
LANDSLIDE KILLS
MANY ON COAST
OF MOROCCO
EARTHQUAKE CAUSES DISASTER
AND FATALITIES IN REMOTE
REGION MAY BE LARoE-BARcE
Iona, SPAIN, is SAFE.

PARIS, Jan. 30.-Between 20 and 20
persons have been killed by land
slide caused by an earthquake at Ro
mara. on the Moroccan coast. accord
ing 10 a dispatch received here today
II was reported that Barcelona, Spain
had been devastated by the earth
quake, but a message from Barcelona
today says little damage was done
there.
II Is feared that the fatalities are
considerably greater In the more re-
mote sections near Romara. Reports
are very meagre and II may be days
before anything definite is received.
The reported destruction OF BARGE
Iona caused great excitement In Eu'
rope. Barcelona lies 312 miles south
east OF Madrid. on the Mediterranean
sea, and Is a city that ranks with
Manchester and Leeds In commercial
Importance. It's population In 1910
was $685. $50.
Although Barcelona has enjoyed the
reputation Of being hot bed or reVo'
lutionary spirit. II Is one Of the most
progressive cities Of Spain. and dis
putes with Marseilles the commercial
supremacy of that part OF the Medi-
terranean. Until recently the city or
Barcelona had been rather backward
In development for tradition helped
to check the introduction OF improve
ments. But within the last genera
ton the city has undergone complete
revolution
1t Is composed OF two distinct sec
tions-old town and new town. The
old town lies to the southwark and
the other toward the Pyrenees noun
tains.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
CAMERON CURRIE
AnO [. \ CASE
ARRESTED
GUY A. MILLER CHARGES The
BUSTED" BROKERS WITH
FRAUD IN STOCK pEALs-Dg-
PENDANTS eAILEp.

Cameron Currie and Louis III. Case.
members OF the firm OF Cameron Cur
RE 4 Co.. rne derunct brokers. were
arrested Saturday morning on capias
issued Friday afternoon by Judge MUIR
ply, on motion OF Guy A. Miller, a De-
troit attorney and member Of the
legislature, who claims to have been
defrauded in two deals with the firm.
Cameron Currie was found by Depu-
ty Sheriff Rudolph Grant in the once
OF Gray Il Gray, Currie's attorneys. on
the fourth floor OF the Ford building.
He wasn't hard to find as he telc-
phoned the sheriff and informed him
OF his whereabouts. He was escorted
10 the sheriff's office. Accompanying
him were Fred T.. Moran and Fire
Commissioner Frank II. Croul, who
went on his bond as sureties To the
amount OF 81 500, and he was immedi-
ately released.
Mr.. Case was found In his home at
IL o'clock. and his release followed Ia
few minutes after reaching the
sheriff's office. Paul F. Bagley and E.
l.. Ford went on his bond.
This action Of Rep. Miller Is the
busted" brokers.
Miller alleges that he was defraud-
ed in two deals with the firm. Last
April he ordered so shares Of Pitts
burg & Superior. and was notified In
few days that the stock had been
purchased He says he gave his check
to Louis III. Case for the amount. He
has learned since. he says. that the
stock was never purchased by Gamer
OH Currie * Co.
In the second deal Miller purchased
100 shares of u. s. steel for $4,000.
paying $500 down. He paid the bal
ance by check on the Peoples State
bank on July IL. Miller claims the
stock was never purchased. and he
tried to stop payment on the check.
but was too late. Miller has denied
liability on the check. and the bank
has started suit against him. He
claims that Case knew they were In
solvent when they accepted his check.
and he charges fraud.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
$4,000 GIVEN TO
QUAKE VICTIMS

William Livingstone, treasurer or
the citizens relief committee for the
Italian sufferers, reports that includ'
ing the $4,000 donated by the city he
has received $7,47S.69. The Red Cross
society has collected $3,822l2 In add
ton. william G.. Maybury, chairman
OF the citizens committee. thinks that.
including money forwarded through
other channels than his own commit
tee and the Red Cross, an amount NJ
wards OF $4,000 has been contributed
by Detroit He says the work OF the
committee is drawing to a close. and
urges that those who contemplate Civ
ing send their subscriptions at once.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
DEFENDS FORT
WAYNE SOLDIERS

Anthony l. Day, secretary of the
Army Y. NJ. G. A.. makes strenuous
objection to the statements Of County
Aooot Lawrence that many Of the sol
diers at Fort Wayne are "a cheap set
OF buns" and a disgrace to the army.
THE statement Of the county agent
Is not correct by any means" says
Mr.. Day Il have been with enlisted
men for many years. both In the army
and navy, and feel that know more
OF the inside of their life than an or
binary civilian The statement that
many Of the soldiers at Fort Wayne
are buns and loafers is totally wrong.
OF course, there may be few who de-
serve the name, but the proportion Is
very small Most of the men are clean
and moral, deserving the respect OF
all citizens. instead of ridicule and
criticism.
There are about 600 men at tho
fort and there is daily attendance
Of 160 at the reading, writing and
game rooms of our association
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
EDDY ANNOUNCES
COMMITTEES MONDAY

Secretary Paul G. Renaud. OF the
street railway committee OF fifty. Ia
already receiving q number OF re-
sponses from other cities to which he
has written for information regard
Ing the traction problem. He expects
to have great deal OF data avail
able for the use OF the sub-commit-
tees next week.
Chairman Eddy has decided not to
complete his list OF subcommittee APP
pointments until Monday. when they
will be announced at the general
meeting
The Detroit times., 1909-01-30
School Board Candidates.

Only Republicans have qualified so
far for places on the primary ballot
at the coming election OF school in
spectors. The candidates for nomIna-
ton up to Saturday noon are; Simpson
c. Leonard. Fourteenth ward: Joseph
Shivers. Sixteenth ward, willard G..
Brown and Albert Gladman. Fifteenth
ward; Turner Stanton. Tenth ward.
Leonard and Shivers are at present
inspectors and vote with the Martin
dale faction. Stanton Is a former es.
timator and is supposed 10 be anti
Martindale. Entries close next Thurs
day