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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
TO GRID SWORD ON MEHMtD '
No Foreign Eyes Will Witness Ancient
Rite to Mosque at Con.
stantinopte.

Constantinople, May Interviewing
stands are being put up in the princi.
pal streets of STEAMBOAT in preparation
for the procession today, following the
girding of the sword upon Meh.
med V. This ceremony, which CORE,
spends to that of coronation, will take
place in the Mosque Aynob, the sin,
gle mosque in Constantinople which
Christians are not allowed to enter
or even Congregate about the eli.
trance or court yard. 1t will last only
a few minutes, and no foreign eyes
will witness the ancient rite of the
spiritual power consigning the tempo
raj power to the sultan. A stand has
been erected for the diplomatic corps
and distinguished foreigners eight or
ten blocks from the mosque.
Guilty Will Be Punished.
The government is taking hold of
the relief work in Adana province
with vigor. 1t was announced yester-
day that $4,000 had been sent there.
The grand vizier and Ferid Pasha,
minister of the interior, received a
deputation of the Armenian clergy
and laity yesterday. The delegation
was assured that the government
would inquire thoroughly into the
Adana massacre and severely pun
ish those guilty of melting them. The
minister said the investigation would
be conducted by a military court.
Ferid Pasha told the delegation that
eight physicians had been sent from
Smyrna to Adana and that several
also had gone there from CONSTANT
Now Feel Safer.
Tarsus, May 11.-Since the procla-
nation of the new sultan there has
been a general feeling of security
here. Those in charge of the relief
work are thinning out the dependents
by sending them into the country. 1t
is the wish of the refugees to return
to their former homes so that they
may become self supporting. Six hun
dred soldiers are guarding the town.
Two Americans Killed.
Constantinople, May IL. Anti
Christian rioting in Asia Minor has
resulted in the loss of two American
lives and the destruction of American
property by fire and otherwise valued
in all at $4,000.
The American property was owned
by missionary organizations, princi-
pa1ly by the American board of COM
m%issioners for foreign missions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
CASUALTIES.

Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the plant of the Sioux City Brick and
Tile works at Sioux City. Loss, $50
600.
-Four persons were drowned and a
total of eight barges were lost during
a fierce storm of Faulkner's Island
Conn.
Mrs. w. z. Leadford OF Powderly
was instantly killed and her child IA
tally injured by a Bessemer electric
car at Elyton, Ala.
Prof. William Sawyer Of the Michi-
gan agricultural college, drowned at
Lansing, Mich, when his cap
sized in Cedar river.
Three children OF Charles Cross
man. a painter, were s~utfoCated by
smoke from a fire which badly dam
aged their home in SackVille, n. b.
A big blowout OF gas occurred in
No. Z mine of the Crows Nest Min
ing company at Carbonate, in the
Fernie district, killing two miners and
injuriDg a number of others. The ex-
plosion blew coal into dust.
Fire wiped out the little town OF
Wesley, B. c., twenty-five miles west
of Nelson. near the United States
boundary. The Yale-C Columbia Lum-
Der company's mill, employees houses
and other buildings and a stock OF
lumber, all valued at $250.000, were
destroyed.
William Rose, his wife and two
children, were killed in a collision Of
their buggy and an electric a on
the Chicago Lake Shore & South
Bend Interurban line, near Gary, Ind.
Rose had been drinking and purpose
" stopped his buggy on the track as
the car approached. The family lived
at Tolleston. Ind.
Windows in the First National
bank, Grismar's clothing store, Ames'
printing establishment and numerous
Offices at Waterloo, Iowa, were shat
tered, and o. H. Green seriously in
jured when his popcorn wagon ex-
pioded on the main business street.
Il is thought that the gasoline tank
blowing the machine to
atoms. Flying missiles were hurled
4 block, but fortunately no n except
Green was hit.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
FOREIGN.

A treaty Of arbitration between
Brazil and Venezuela was signed at
Caracas, and a similar treaty between
Brazil and Panama will be signed at
Washington.
The news of a recent explosion at
Osaka. Japan. in which sixty persons
were killed and eight buildings were
destroyed, was brought to Vancouver
by the liner Empress of Japan. Care
less handling of old shells in a store
caused the explosion.
DIR. Manuel Amador, first president
of the republic of Panama, died at
Panama after a lingering illness. He
was seventy-fve years old. He was
one of the prime movers in the rev.
olution in 1903 against Colombia,
which led to the independence II
Panama.
Lieutenant Commander r. r. Bel
KNAPP, American naval attache at
Rome, has turned over to the project
of Messina a total of 400 American
wooden houses to be used In shelter.
ing sufferers from the earthquake Of
last December. The attache expects
that 1900 houses will be completed
by juHs z
Lord Kitchener, commander-in-chief
OF the British forces in India, will Wis
It Canada this fall and inspect the
military forces Of the Dominion at
the order of the British government.
His term In India expires In July, and
he will spend August travelling In
China and Japan, after which he will
tour Canada.
According to good authority, and
as a reply to British anxiety, the
delegations at their next meeting viii
be asked to sanction an expenditure
of 400 00, 600 kronen for new Dread.
naughts for the Austro-Hungarian
navy. The program provides for
building seven Dreadnaughts within
the next few years.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
WYOMING LAND TO BE OPENED.
Beautiful Valley, Free From
Storms. but Absolutely Arid.

In Beautiful Valley, Free From
Storms, but Absolutely Arid.
Washington, May 11.-Large areas
OF valuable farming lands in n of
the most beautiful valleys in the
West, a region described by govern
ment experts as of wonderful scenic
grandeur, of exceeding fertility and
free from cyclones, billiards. or other
severe storms, will be opened to set
tiers on May %. The lands are sit
uated in the Shoshone irrigation prof
ect, which eventually will reclaim
$50, 900 acres east of the Yellowstone
National Park. in Northern Wyoming.
The farms are to be offered for set
Element under the homestead law.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
TAFT HAS iNFLAMED EYE.

President Unable to Attend Ceremony
Because Of Minor Injury.
Washington, May 9.-President Taft
was compelled yesterday to abandon
the idea of attending the unwilling of
the Longfellow statue in this city, ow-
ing to a badly inflamed eye, over
5=hseh he Sc wearing a light bandage.
A gnat or some other small insect
few into Mr.. Taft's eye while he was
horseback riding Wednesday after
noon.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

st. Paul, May "a passenger train
on the Hutchinson branch Of the
Great Northern railway was wrecked
yesterday morning nearly seventy
miles south OF st. Paul, while running
seventy miles an hour. Four people
we're hurt. the expressman seriously.
The accident was caused by a broken
rail.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
Ersnch Auitators at Work.

Paris, May 9.-Several meetings OF
postal employees. were held last night.
but a~ttendances were small. Speak
ers urged an active propaganda in the
various bureaus so that the strike
would be overwhelming. Leaders in
the movement have placarded Paris
with q statement outlining their case
against the government and appealing
to public opinion for support.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
WANT NEW STATE ON LAKE.

Wisconsin Constituents Disgruntled at
Action of Legislature.
Superior, Wis, May 7.-Disgruntled
at the action of the wisconsin legisla-
lure in refusing to pass the terminal
taxation bill, advocated by Superior
interests, a secret committee is active
at the Head Of the Lakes, Ashland and
in the copper country in reviving the
old scheme to form a new state in the
Lake Superior region.
The idea of the originators of the
plan was to include Northern Mime
sofa, North wisconsin and the upper
end of the state of Michigan in the
new commonwealth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
is FREED BY FINGER PRINTS.
Those Found Near Murdered Woman
MOT Like Suspects.

Chicago, May IL. - William Reilly,
an aged resident of Winnebago, ILL.,.
was cleared from all suspicion in the
staying of Mrs. Margaret Crippen Of
winnebago, on April %. Finger print
experts found no resemblance be-
tween Reilly's finger prints and the
marks found on the lamp chimney in
the room where the murder was COM
mitted.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
Nloht Rider warnlnas Posted.

Frankfort. KY. May 11.-Negroes
employed at quarries at Benson, sew
en- miles west of here, are alarmed
over might rider warnings posted in
the vicinity, threatening them with
whip and rope" unless they leave
within f~orty-eight hours.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Mexico City, May 11.-AIeager re-
ports received hel a a great hur-
ricane is sweepins over the Yucatan
coast. Many vessels. it is stated. are
lost and ii is probable that loss OF life
has occurred.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
Madman Kills saIoonkeeper.

Chicago. May S-Armed with two
revoIvers and protected by a large
chest plate Of iron. Fred Lundberg.
who is thought to be demented. enter
ed the saloon OF Otto Linquist here
yesterday and began shooting. Lind
ouist was killed
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
pstten Returns to Chicago.

Chicago, May Thames A. Patten.
wheat operator, arrived in Chicago
yesterday, after taking a short rest on
a ranch near Trinidad, Colo. Mr.. Pat
ten went directing TO his home in
Evanston, a suburb. He said he had
nothing CT interest to say.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
Killed by His Own Trap.

Logansport, Ind. May 11.-Schuyler
Holley was instantly killed yesterday
by a trap he had prepared to kill a
thief who had been raiding his chick
en- house. He forgot to disconnect the
trap before he opened the door Of
the house. and a heavy load of shot
was discharged ate hia breast
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
RTE. q kan chief Of police.

Paris. May liza Pole named Wit
kor attempted yesterday to kill M.
Won Kotten, chief of the secret police
Of MOSCOW. He fired Ave shots, but
missed. M. Won Kottan says vitkoff
is a dang erous nihilist, who escaped
from Siberia.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
EVELYN THAW PAYS FINE.
BY So Doing She Avoids Going to Jail
for Contemrt.

New York, May g.. - Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw did not go to Ludlow street
jail yesterday. Instead, representa-
tives of Daniel O'Reilly. her counsel,
paid over to George B. Hayes, the re-
ceiver appointed to take charge of
Mrs. Thaw's affairs, the fine imposed
upon her by Justice McAvoy for con
tempt on failure to appear in supple
mentary proceedings in a suit brought
against her by q milliner.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
MOST NoRTHERLY SHIP CANAL.
United States Engineers About to BE.
ain Work on Alaskan Project.

Seattle, May reconstruction work
on the most ~northerly ship canal In
the world will be resumed by the
United States government next
mouth. A crew of engineers under
w. S. Wheeler will leave Seattle on
one of the first boats for ST. Michaels
to direct the work, which will be com
pleted this year. This canal. seven
teen miles long, will open a deer
mi o. s.a.lh
and the mouth of the Yukon river.
Work on the waterway was begun last
year.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
SINS AND SINNERS.

M~elanchoIia Is supposed to have
led Edward Everett vinal. a promi-
nent Boston grain broker to kill him
self He was forty-three years old.
Henry Yarling. . wealthy farmer,
walked into the Office of Sheriff Beck,
a Upton, Ind. and said Il have XIII
ed Charles Smith and surrender my
self"
Wayne Brazel was acquitted at Las
Cruces, N. M, Of the murder Of Pat
Garrett. New Mexieo's famous sheriff
OF frontier days. Brazel claimed self,
defense.
william II. Dose. said to be a news
paper man oil BeIlevIIle, H.. commit.
ted suicide In Central Park. New
York. By shooting himself IN the
head. He was nifty years old.
Charles r. Cults. twenty-seven
years old. city editor OF the Daily
Evenihg uem. at Lynn. Mass, com
mIfted suicide by drinking poison.
The cause Is q mystery.
A. tk6 result OF a revolver duel
between two Frenchnnn Of Mountain
Ntev X ia Armand Fauchon Is dead
nnt ~ otter. Eayjd Broussard. who
W. xr8fite0 away BY friends. is lseri
oygy wtanded Tts motivs for tht
9qfl ~ nnhflowu.
gazsnln wellington Sonit a AZ
-xkl&nnd III court az San Francisco Of
neiaxgR 0f sending jesfrss 10 Rndolpl
gafenkalA. Mrs. Spreckels and Samel
0'Drlen Gum, casiier az thu Mechan
bank, threatening them viii
lAzAzh bx p0isonxtf he was not Give
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
OTHERWISE

Al dispatch from Sitka announces
the seizure of the Japanese sealing
schooner KaIsen aIzTu, With .hs-ty
men, for violation of the sealing laws.
Charles ID. Gates entered an en-
phatic denial to a report that his IA
Their. John w. Gates. was contemplate
ing the building OF a race track at
Galveston. Tex.
The grand jury at Nelson, 3 C.,
returned mo BILL In the case of Lord
Sholto Douglas. brother OF the mar
outs OF Queensbe-ry, charged with
shooting with intent to kill J. b.
Rawlins last September.
The United wireless Telegraph
company announced that communica-
zion rad been established between
tho station on the top Of the Waldorf
astoria and the station ON the top OF
the Auditorium Annex, Chicago.
rhe Missouri senate passed a reso-
linton submitting TO the people a
statewide prohibition constitutional
amendment. The amendment. which
carne to the senate from the house.
was amended with q tax rider which
nrovjded for the doubling OF the rate
Of taxation. The final vote far % to
d. with two senators not voting.
Howard Charters. twenty-three
wears old. a teacher in q school near
Crawfcrdsvile. Ind. has forfeited his
- -H>rw. 80 ba@tuo Germ
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
HAMS TRIAL NEARs END.
Both sides VIII Sum Up or Monday
States Alienists Testify.

Flushing, N. Y, May Son Mon
day both sides of the Hams trial win
sum up. Most OF the days. session
was taken up with the testimony of
the states three insanity experts. All
expressed the opinion. predicated On
the hypothetical question prepared by
the prosecution, that Capt. Hams was
sane at the time he killed Annis.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Bank Teller Must Face Grand Lar
ceny Charge.
Minneapolis. May 8. Ellis w.
Niles. accused receiving teller Of the
First National Bank Of Minneapolis,
was indicted late yesterday afternoon
by the Hsnnepin county grand fury
on a charge OF grand larceny IN the
first degree.
Niles IS accused Of having embez-
zled nearly SIS. 1000 from the banh2
OF this amount about &c. Q he's been
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

lnnaoa-Nay III. King Edward
returned To- London after an absences
or two months, The king visited the
earthquake Districts In Southern italy,
hat spent most OF the time In Biar.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Washington. May S.-Just before adj
journment yesterday the senate voted
to fix the duty on lead contained in
lead ore at l IL cents a pound, which
is the ate of the Dingley law and OF
the pending bill as il was passed by
the house of representatives.
During the day Senator Clapp OF
Minnesota spoke al length in favor OF
lowering tariff duties. and Senator
Owen of Oklahoma upheld the consti
t%utionality of the income tax.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14
PERSONAL.

Horace St. George Voulss. editor of
London Truth since its first issue In
1877. died in London.
Col. S. W. Durham, who was a mem
Der of the Iowa state constitutional
convention Of 1914, is dead at Marion,
aged ninety-two years.
Former Mayor and Congressman
william Maybury is dead at his home
in Detroit, following a sudden relapse
OF HIS old illness. He had fTreh q
victim OF uraemic poisoning.
Col. Owen J. Sweet, commanding
the Twenty-eighth United States in
fantry at Fort Smelling, Mimi, has
been ordered to his home to await re-
tirement from active service.
Victor II. Metcalf. former secretary
or the navy, has assumed the active
management OF the Union Savings
bank at Oakland, Cal, of which he
Is vice president and general mana
ger.
Capt. Alexander M. wetherlll of the
Nineteenth infantry has been ordered
to duty at the Alaska ukon-Pacific
exposition at Seattle, and will report
to the president Of the exposition by
May Is.
BY the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Brig
ham, sister of the late Robert b.
Brigham of Boston, $t,500,00O is given
to the Robert B. Brigham hospital for
incurables, for the founding of which
the brother left the bulk of his for
tune.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Anton Rank, aged %nfty-seven years,
n pioneer bookbinder OF Iowa, died at
his home in Fort Dodge after months
OF agony suffered from gangrene, the
result OF blood poisoning that devel-
oped when Mr.. Rank was trimming his
corns.
w. .. Thompson Of Spring Coulee,
Alta, who was one of the first set
tiers in that part of the country. is
dead. An appraisal Of his estate
shows he was worth approximately
$3.50, 900. He was farming $4,000 acres
and had sown 5000 acres Of wheat
this year. He came from Illinois.
M. Gilbert, a retired merchant of
Paris, whose declining years have
been made miserable by speeding au-
tomobiies, has bequeathed HIS entire
fortune to churches In certain French
cities for masses for the repose of the
=e.sle d the victims Of the 'diabolicaI
machines which have poisoned my
last days.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Washington. May z. - But small
progress was made in the considera
ton of the tariff bill by the senate
yesterday, the lead schedule being un
der consideration. Senator Bristow
made a strong fight against increases
in the rates of the schedules over the
duties provided in the house on the
ground that such increase would
unnecessarily increase the cost OF
paint, which the farmers use extern
sively. During the discussion Sen.
ators Beverage and Gallinger engag
ed in a sharp ~colloquy, during which
Mr.. Gallinger accused the Indiana
senator of advertising his own
wares"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

! Resume of the Weeks
|, Proceedings.

Washington, May Am extended
defense Of the duty provided in the
Dingley bill on lumber was made in
the senate yesterday by Mr.. Piles OF
Washington. He was followed by Sen
ator Borah, who discussed the income
tax, declaring in favor not only of its
justice as a means of raising revenue
but in view of the divided opinion in
the supreme court of the United
States insisted also that it was the
duty of congress to again submit the
question of the constitutionality OF
the tax to the court.
Washington, May 5. - Notable
speeches, provoking debate of intense
interest, characterized the session OF
the senate yesterday. Senator Dolli
yer Of Iowa made an attack upon
methods under which protective tarif1
bills are formed, and engaged in 9
constant exchange of words with Sen
ator Aldrich, who was a careful lis
tener to the address of the Iowa sen.
ator. On the Democratic side sena,
tors remained mute, nc member OF
the minority interposing a word in
the controversy over the tariff. which
occupied the Republican senators
alone. At times this debate threaten.
ed to be acrimonious. but the Iowa
senator was every ready with a hu
morous retort, which called forth
laughter at times when angry words
seemed unavoidable.
Senator Borah concluded his speech
on the income tax.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-05-14

Washington, May 6.-The tariff bill
was again taken up by the senate yes
terday for the consideration of com
mittee amendments that were passed
over upon the first reading Of the bill
after ii had been practically laid aside
for ten days while senators have been
making speeches on the measure as 9
whole. Small progress was made in
the consider alton of the measure. but
eight pages being considered before
adjournment There was much de
bate on the various amendments that
were acted Upon.
Senator Dollivsr concluded his
speech.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
River RobS Most
PopulouS School
District of Kids
Big Muddy Cuts Away Land and
Leaves Not One Child
There.

The Missouri river has been accused Of
many things, but G new indictment now
rests against the turbulent, ~treacherous
stream. An indictment, forsooth, which
would rouse the big stick" to strenuous
activity.
The Missouri is responsible for the fact
that in school district No. SS Of Sarpy
county. once the most populous in the
county, there is not now a single child Of
school years.
In the district, better known as the Belle
vue Island school, there were a few years
ago so many children. that the old log
house became far too small to teach the
young idea how to shoot.
1--WE shall build a new and bigger school,"
cried the farmers and forthwith they did.
Meanwhile the voracious NAV of the
river was steadily getting In it's work. 1t
did not devour the children themselves, but
1t robbed their parents OF the means of
life. Foot after foot Of rich bottom land
acre after acre-slipped into the river.
Family after family began to leave the
island. Child after child disappeared from
the school house. Today there is not one
treble voice to answer here or present"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Sioux City Packs
Meeting and Gets
the President
E. M. C~lendenning Of Kansas City
Says That's How Burke
Beat Ellis.

sioux City neatly jobbed us on the cleo
tion Of tho president OF the Missouri River
Navigation congress-" said Secretary q. M.
Clendenning of the Kansas City CONNER
cial club.
He and seventeen other Kawville men
and women spent the day in Omaha en-
route home from the Yankton convention.
Sioux City sent up a packed delegation
of seventy-five, who were present long
enough to vote for Governor Burke. We
wanted to re-elect former Congressman
Ellis, who has been a hard worker for the
Missouri"
The Kansas Cityans were the guests of
the Omaha Commercial club. They were
met at Union station by a committee
headed by f. h. Brando, which included
C.. j.. Harrison. Z. G.. Griffin, d. v. Sholes
and j. IL. Durant. The visitors were taken
by automobile through the wholesale dis
trct and then west to upper Farnam street.
At noon luncheon was served at the Com
mercial club,
Omaha is certainly growing fast" de-
clared Mr.. Ellis. All the visitors betrayed
that customary polite enthusiasm over the
city which they were visiting.