davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16
more TACKS
ARE PLACED
UNDER COOK
~ 'S7T7- ~ 20
Four Other AffidaVits on
Mckinley Feat Are
Published.
ARE ALL AGAINST HIM
Explorer Says He Will Climb It
Again, But Keeps on Rak-
in the ShekeIs.
ARE ALL AGAINST HIM
sf 5t~ fs1ss9

New York, Oct 16.-Four more am
dayits were published by the Globe
today m connection with the investi-
CATION of Cooks expedition to Mount
Mckinley. Three of them are from
members of the Cook party--Fred
Printz, guide; Walter p. Miller. pro-
tographer, and Samuel Beecher. Their
Testimony relates in detail TO the move
ments of the party. explaining Cook
and Barrill were alone together during
the period in which Cook claims to
have reached the summit. All three
say Barrill assured them later Cooks
story was false.
Fourth by Physician.
The fourth affidavit is that of DIR.
John e. Shore, physician of Leaven-
worth, Wash, who tells of CONVERSE
ton with Oscar F. Blankenship OF the
United States forestry service, in
which Blankenship said Cooks claims
to have climbed Mount Mckinley were
false, inasmuch as the feat was impos-
sible in the short time during which
Cook and BarrilI were absent. Blank
enship was located near Mount McKin-
ley at the time Cooks expedition was
there.
FOLE - ----a--.-.-s
Going TO Hunt Records.
New York, Oct. 16.-Dr. Freder-
lex A. Cook announced last night that
he had organized an expedition to
ascend Mount Mckinley and procure
the records which he says we're left
there on his former ascent. This step
will be taken to refute the charges
that he did not attain the summit
of the mountain, as set forth in the
affidavit of Edward N. Barrill. the
guide who accompanied him.
Has Well Occupied Day.
New York, Oct. 16-Dr. Freder-
lex A. Cook came back to New York
received the freedom OF
the city as conferred by the board or
aldermen, branded as a lie the afi-
davit of Edward N. Barrill, the guide
who says he did not attain the sum-
nit of Mount Mckinley and fired the
shot which started a 24-hour auto
mobile race at Brighton Beach. He
will remain i'm New York until Sun
day night. when he will start for the
west on another lecture tour. He
may issue a detailed affidavit In re-
ply to Barrill.
stII with Cook.
Copenhagen. Oct. 16.-The Barrill
affidavit. although regarded here as a
vague reply to Cooks anidavit. is be-
lieved to weaken somewhat Cooks
assertion that he ascended Mount Nc
Kinley to the apex. Public opinion.
however. still favors his claim that be
reached the pole.
The rector of the university OF
said that "it is clear that
Cook is pursued by enemies. There
IS no reason for me to change my
mind. Nevertheless. we cannot un-
ierstand why Cook cannot send us
he observations he made at the pole
before two months"
Too Busy 90 Fix Records.
Captain Sverdrup. arctic explorer.
said that impatience over Cooks sub
mission of the polar records is un-
as Cook is too busy lee
uring TO send observations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
Conviction Follows Crime Commit-
ted i'm st. Louis Political Feud.

tel I'm St. Louis Political Feud.
st. Louis. Oct. 16.-Thomas Kane
was found guilty OF murder in the
second degree by a jury here today
He killed Fred Mohrle I'm the corrf-
dor of the Four Courts building, June
a, Mohrle having killed Samuel
Young, political leader of whom
Kane was a follower, last April. The
.sury recommended Kane's punish
ment at IL years in the penitentiary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16
FIRST INNING.

AAaoA ANNhANo'
Pittsburg.-Byrne was hit by a
pitched ball. Leach bunted to Dono.
van, who had plenty of time to throw
Byrne out at second, but no one COW
cred the base, so Donovan threw
Leach out at first, Leach getting sac
rifice hit. On hit and run signal
Clarke failed to hit and Byrne was
caught at third, Schmidt to Moriarty.
The men colIided at third and were
both knocked out. 1t was apparert
that Moriarty was hurt as O'Leary be-
gan warming up to take his place at
third. Neither men got up for a time
and both appeared seriously hurt.
The game was stopped and doctors
were working over each man. Moriar-
ty then arose and a great cheer went
up from the crowd. Byrnc was carried
off the field. Moriarty continued at
third for Detroit. Leach went to third
base and Hyatt to center field and Al
stein to first base for Pittsburg. Il
developed that Byrne's ankle was
sprained. Clarke walked and stole
second. Wagner walked and Miller
nit to Bush, who forced Wagner at
second. No runs.
Detroit.-D. Jones fouIed to Leach.
Bush was hit in the back by pitched
ball. Cobb flied to Clarke and Bush
was caught stealing, Gibson to Miller.
No runs.
SECOND INNING.
Pittsburg.-Abstein walked. Wilson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16
Operate in Kansas.

Scottsville. Kan, Oct. 16.-Robbers
early today dynamited the State bank
and escaped with $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16

Pttsburg ......O o o 0 0-8 10 O
Detroit o o o 90 1
Bateries-Donovan Mullin and Schmidt Adams and Glib
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16

Detroit, Oct. 16.-An immense crowd
today saw the deciding game of the
worlds championship baseball series.
The weather was rather chilly, but the
crowd lost sight of that fact in their
enthusiasm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-16

Umpires-O'Lough Evans, KLEIN
and Johnstone.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-16
Ladies' and Children'S Shoes

ctets eXcec H economy price are OaOE any
dens and feathers dainty Ankle Ties with hand turned Solos, quarter hn
emf Kid Tan Calf Skins nd al olOngs all styles and Sizes
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-16

Our new and pretty line Of Collars Ties and Cuffs must Be
seen to be appreciated Hosiery Underwear Cloves ParasOk
Laees, Embroidery Edgng and Insertions all widths Lots
of the latest style things for trimming waists and dresses and
the daintest designs for lining chiIdren's dresses
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-16
Dress Goods

Silks of all kinds and new eOlOrs MercerineS, Spring
STYLES in Wool Dress Goods White Jap Silks, French Lawn
Mercerzed Linens NanSOOk Lawn, etc. Beautiful line Of
Wash Goods.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
LAND FOR HoMEsTEADERs.
Three Million Acres to Be Thrown
Open Next Fall West Of Mission

49, 49,
Open Next Fall West Of Mission
River.
Not since that day when the saga
cious William Penn bought Pennsyl-
vania from his red friends has there
been a deal made which was quite
so satisfactory to the indians az that
whereby the white man will be given
possession Of the magnificent stretch
Of territory now included in the
Cheyenne River and Standing Rock
settlement during the coming fall.
The Sioux who do tile freighting for
the cattlemen Il the west of lie Beau
are not only r~econciled TO the deal
they made with Maj. Mclaughlin for
ceding their land to the government,
but they feel assured that they have
laid the foundation for their fortunes.
A generation back they were fight
ing with scalping knives to keep the
whites out of their country. They
held to the reserve just across the
river from lie Beau with q tenacity
that demonstrated their love of the
soil. For a hundred years these Teton
Sioux had held this country as their
choicest hunting ground; the land of
their fathers and favorite pasture Of
their buffalo, they chung to long after
they had left the way open into the
Black Hills and the great hunting
grounds on the Republican river In
the Big Horn country.
Now they are a tribe OF traders and
farmers: their young men do the
f~reighting for the cattlsmen and ride
the ranges for them. There are scores
OF men just past middle age who have
rich farms west of the river who,
thirty odd years ago, were among
the fiercsst Of the followers OF Sitting
Bull when he made his last stand on
the Little Big Horn and destroyed
Custer and his men. They regard the
coming OF the white man to settle on
the 5000, 600 acres they have ceded as
b one think necessary to give their
own holdings substantial value, and
they have held many pow-wows dur.
Ing the winter in which they discussed
means Of making the opening Of the
reservation profitable to themselves.
This land to be opened next fall viii
attract a greater Of people
than has eve been seen at a like
event. The immense territory to be
opened. and It's fertility, has already
impressed prospective settlers to the
extent of bringing a lot OF people to
this point. or course, no n will be
allowed on the reservation until 1t is
formally opened; but there has been
a good deal of spying on the promised
land this winter.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

festival was held in Webster hall, in
West Eleventh street, and 700 little
mothers attended the function. The
society offered a prize to every little
mother who would keep her festal
lily alive until the next Easter.
What a notable gathering that wasl
Seven hundred babies, from four to
twelve years old. gathered from the
four corners of the earth! Little bios
SONS from Sicily, swart cheruhs from
the Syrian quarter, dark-haired tod
dlers from Ireland, chubby babies from
Germany. and starry-eyed little Jew
esses. volatile and impulsive!
What larksi' as Tiny Tim once
aid The afternoon was literally
filed with music. and the cares that
infest the day were banished into the
East river. There was a chorus OF
fifty babies who sang in excellent time
a little tune called Ginning Bells"
and as they sang they rang tiny bells
like miniature echoes of a great sym
phony. Then a small expatriate from
Syria sang a solo. a very small solo,
written by Mr.. Bliss, who was killed
In the AshtabHla disaster, called Il
Should Like to Die" The baby,
dressed in white. sang in Ler childish
treble like a seraph at heavens high
gate:
Il should like to die said Willie,
IF my papa could die. too.
But / know he isn't ready.
'catse be has SO much to do.
And I'll rave TO tell the angel.
When | meet him at the door.
That he must Reuse my papa
Cause lie couldn't leave the store.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
"And she withered like a flower

"And she withered like a flower
That is waiting for the rain"
The Blue Alsatian Mountains.
Mary Ellen Ryan lives in Woes
Square Mile. 1t is so called because
1t is the most populous district in
America. 1t is located between Four
teenth street and Chatham square.
Division street, Clinton street and
Avenue B. In the district there is a
population of more than 100000 per-
sons. 1t possesses the largest Hebrew
settlement in the United States.
There are three races prominently rep
resented in the district-the Irish,
German and Hebrew, the latter being
largely in the ~ascendancy. In the dis
trict $500 evictions for non-payment
Of rent occur every year.
Mary Ellen is known locally as a
little mother" because she takes care
of her little brother. She is a lunch
back. Mary's mother is a widow. Her
iats.er was killed in a big tunnel under
the East river by a disease called the
bends" This he contracted in a Gals
son under the bed of the river by the
compressed air which forced all the
air from his body through the pores
Of the skin. Since his death Mary
Ellen has ministered to her little
brother Bobby while her mother
washed for her more prosperous neigh
bors. Mary is eight years old.
There is a beneficent society in
Woes Square Mile called the Little
Mothers Aid society, which was or
ganized to aid little mothers who are
forced to carry their little brothers
and sisters around on their ~infantile
hips. The society is formed of tender
and compassionate women, to whom
fate has given more money than they
actually need for personal adornment.
Every year this society gives a flower
festival to the little mothers, during
which flowers are distributed and ice
cream is given away. Recently this
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

help me eat it. 1t tastes better that
way"
"Out Of the mouths of babes and
stockings cometh wisdom"
And the ice cream! All done up in
packages In tissue paper! And such
generous slices! Why, you cannot get
such a big slice in an ice cream store,
really. What larks! What larks!
There never, was such an after
noon ca tie East side!
And when the ice cream was all
eaten and the plates were scraped
clean, came the distribution of the
presents to those who had kept their
lilies for the year. Standing on a
raised platform In full bloom. were
some lilies. all representing the
beauty and the CORY of the Christ.
The majority Of the lilies were pure
white. These were more frequent,
because they are cultivated more ex-
tensively for decorative purposes ON
Easter. There was one rgeou
specimen of the lily. This was a very
rare specimen in New York. II was
imported from New South Wales by
a wealthy member of the Little Moth
ers' Aid society. 1t stood in e pot
three feet across the top, and was or
namented by clusters of large Grim
son flowers. 1t vas a splendid beauty.
There were specimens of the Turk
Cap lily in full bloom. the flowers re-
sembling a turban. There were the
orange lily, the Southern red lily. the
~tiger-spotted lily. The sight of these
beautiful blooms stimulated the i'm
agination Of the spectators. but they
were too expensive to be given to the
children.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
Rush for Lands in Full Swing
Spring Brings Its Annual Offering Of Thousands
of New Settlers for Fertile Land

r daily running over practically
every railroad line In the state.
Every train passing westward from
Oacoma has from three or -four to q
dozen or fifteen carloads OF immigrant
effects, to be distributed along the
new Black Hills line of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway. Re-
ports from the towns along the new
Black Hills line OF the Chicago a.
Northwestern railroad are to the
same effect.
A decidedly favorable aspect ss the
influx of new settlers is that they
are without an exception experienced
farmers from older states, who come
prepared to actively engage in farm
ing. They are not explorers, expert
mentors Of spectators" remarks one
South Dakota editor, 'but the best and
most energetic of other statesmen
who have the foresight and penetrav
ton to see what this section has in
store for them; men who act and do
things"
Many of the new settlers are locat-
ing upon virgin prairie, which they
will break" and this season for the
first time devote to the raising OF
crops. Owing to the great influx OF
new settlers, in numerous counties
power plows will be put at work
breaking" and the breaking Of from
5000 to 10000 acres OF land in a sim
gle county will be nothing uncommon.
Last year South Dakota broke all
previous records by producing new
wealth to the value of more than
$1S5, 600, 900, and for the tenth suc
cessiye year occupied the proud posi-
ton OF producing more new wealth
per capita than any other state In the
Union. With the coming of the thou
sands OF new settlers and the adding
of tens Of thousands OF acres to the
crop acreage of the state there is lit
tie doubt that South Dakota will this
year produce more new wealth than
during any former season in the his
tory OF the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

Not since the early days Of settle
ment has the influx of new settlers to
South Dakota been so great as at
present and during the past few
weeks. Predictions that South Dakota
win this year add anywhere from TO-
900 to 10000 new settlers to its popu-
lation promise to he fully borne out.
The new settlers for several weeks
have been pouring into the state In
a steadily increasing stream. They
come from all the states OF the west
and middle west. Several thousand
are arriving In the south-central por-
ton OF the state alone, being those
who were fortunate enough to draw
homesteads in Trip county at the
gigantic movement land drawing last
fall. and who in the near future will
be permitted to make entries on the
land which they drew. With these
Trip county homesteaders are many
hundreds of other new settlers. who
are locating upon that portion OF
Gregory county which formerly was
embraced in the Rosebud Indian res
ervation.
So great is the influx of new set
tiers to that and other portions of
the state that special trains are re-
CURED to carry the and
their effects. A newspaper at Alpena
reports that from eighty to one hun
dred carloads of emigrant goods have
passed through that place each day
for several weeks past, bound for diff
ferent points in the Dakotas. Numer-
GUS towns in the older portion of the
state east Of the Missouri river report
that their localities are receiving their
full share Of the newcomers arrivals
of from five or six to eight and ten
carloads per day being nothing un-
common. Extra freight trains made
up of the effects Of the new settlers
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
WIFE GETS
Recreant Spouse Must Now Pay Back
to Wife Money She Loaned Him.

sh~@tN&hh 0R06GS ~ 1m&M
to Wife Money She Loaned Him.
Because the jury believed that he
borrowed nearly $4,000 from his wire
when they yer living together In
Omaha, under promise of returning IL
when he became heir to some rich es-
tates, Mrs. Mildred Q. C~uthbertson
was given a verdict in the circuit
court at Deadwood of $4,000 against
her recreant spouse. The case was
bitterly fought. the defendant, Edward
M. Cuthbertson, a travelling man
formerly of Omaha, appearing In per-
son and denying In toto the charge OF
his wife.
The couple have been estranged for
some time. About a year ago the de-
PENDANTS father died, leaving an es-
tate Of about $4,000. When young
Cuthbertson failed to pay the alleged
debt his wife brought suit. She
claimed that her husband had expen-
sive tastes which she gratiied with
frequent loans. One large loan he ia
said to have made to invest In sheep
in Montana. but did not follow up his
intention. The wife is now suing him
for divorce.
In another suit brought by the same
plaintiff against her mother-in-law
Mrs. Isabella Cuthbertson, she was
not SO fortunate. Plaintiff alleged that
In 1902 defendant and her young
daughter were maintained by plaintiff
at an Omaha boarding house where de-
PENDANT and her married son, Bert
Brown Of Omaha, resided. Since de-
PENDANT shares In the C~uthbertson es-
tate. plaintiff held that defendant was
able to remunerats and the jury ale
lowed the PLAINTIFF $50.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
THE DROWNED LILY
A New York Easter Story
BY Ernest Jarrold ("Mickey Finn.")

Mamma told me, / remember,
Once, while sitting on her knee,
That the angels eve weary,
Watching over her and me.
And that il we're good
And sister told me just the same be,
fore
They will let us into heaven,
When they see us at the door,"
And when the song was finished
Miss Amaryllis Hope, whose Geft nm
gers played the accompaniment, jump
ed up from the piano stool and seized
the small alien and kissed her rap
turously,, all the 700 little mothers APP
plauding as big children do at the OPP
era. All except Mrs. Jonathan Will
Jams, an elderly woman whose hus-
band is the proprietor Of a big dry
goods store. She sat with her elbows
on her knees, her tiny piece OF en-
broidery called a handkerchief crush
ed into a wad in her hands, and n
big tear coursing down her cheek into
ner MOUTH, anu Lnc IdSIS VI Inc ISal
was very, very bitter, like aloes. Her
husband was a very busy man.
One little daughter of a Nihilist
from Russia. commenting on the kiss,
said:
II thought that God was dead, but
he surely must be alive today"
Then came the distribution of the
cake and ice cream. Great big, gener-
Gus slices of cake, covered with frost
ing, were served by the members of
the society. Women from every grade
of society, women in silk and women
in gingham, women whose husbands
are ~millionaires, and those who are
doubtful where their next meal vas
coming from, women who are surfeit-
ed with cake and those whose mouths
>watered at the sight Of 1t. And many
a slice of cake was hidden in a hand
kerchief by a little mother, who said:
I'm savin' mine SO m can
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
THE SPELL or EASTER.
All the avenue aplow

ALI the avenue agfow
Chimes in every steeple,
Pretty girls in warns TO show
Bonnets to the people:
Bells above and bells below.
Music in their voices,
This is Easter morn, and so
All the earth rejoices!
Once again Hypathia's dress
Shows a bit of color.
And a careless golden tress
Makes the sunshine duller:
Forty days her loneliness
Has been halfway hidden:
When I begged a smile to bIes.
Met was forbidden.
Now the lenten season done.
End the days of sadness;
Comes Hypathia with her fun
Touching all with gladness-
Papa's purse she does not shun-
Take my word upon it,
Presto!-see the dollars rum
That's Hypathia's bennett
Felix Carmen In Life.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

The increase is accounted for by
two reasons, one the increase In pop
ulation and the other that the law Is
being better observed in reporting
deaths to the department. The az
ures do not show any material in
crease in the spread OF tuberculosis.
but they do not contain figures from
the Indian reservations. only the
deaths In organized counties.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
VETERAN EDUCATOR DEAD.

DIR. Lewis McLouth, former presi-
dent Of the state college of Brookings,
died at his home at New Britain.
Conn. last week, aged seventy-three
years. DR.. McLouth had been in feeble
health for several years, due to I'D.
vancing years. and the end was not
unexpected. He was in Brookings
last June. accompanied By Mrs. Nc.
Louth. to attend the twenty-nfth an.
niversary eeashratiCn or the founding
q rs STATE ecSg
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
His Argument.

The college man wrote homo to
father.
dad" he said. Il can't get along
with that two-passenger runabout any
longer | must have a touring car.
You see dad. every time I take one OF
the professors for a ride at least Ave
other professors are as mad as bIazes
over Il You never saw such a jeal-
oGs sct csfrilows az <Ssss-
whooper OF the 1909 model. dad
: He got it.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

z. j. Ellis Of Clark has inst market
ed the crop of barley which he raised
last season, and finds that it gave him
an average Of $3.50 an acre, consider
ably more than double what he paid
for his land only a few years ago.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
BUYS BACK OLD FARM.

Bell Sold II for $14 an Acre Ten Years
Ago; Now Pays s37.
Herman Bell has just closed a deal
whereby he becomes owner OF the
Herman Hocs farm two miles south OF
Cogswell for $4,000. He has also
bought the quarter section just south
OF here, owned by Fred Dietrich, To
Illustrate the rapid advance In the
price OF lands. Mr. Bell sold the Die.
trsch farm some ten years ago for $14
Ar aStes6rd a1U ar acre ca
get it again
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

While taking straw from a stack In
a field on the r. HI. Manard farm
lear Burbank, r. J. Washington, a
hired man. uncovered the body of a
nan about thirty years old. No clue
to his identity has been secured.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09

Thirty-six Of the county auditors
OF the state are at Pierre in attend
ance at the state meeting. Real ss-
fate valuations were considered and a
committee OF even was appointed to
M q list 81 valuations for ths diner
emit ccpnties. with indice ions Of =
general iaCrsas>
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-09
Cost Him J penny.

Gva-And you refused him? Why?
Edna-He vas too economical.
Eva But | though you said the
young man you accepted would have
to be economical?
Eena-But he was too much so. He
actually proposed on a postal card.