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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
SIXTY BLACK
HANDS COMING
Have Left Geneva, Switzer-
land, for More Inviting
Fields
FORTY OTHERS ARRESTED
Held on Charge of Black Mail,
Assault and Murder
in Europe.

Geneva, Dec. THE police today
confirmed the report that there has
been a wholesale exodus Of members
Of the Black Hand who mean to find
a new field of operation in America. 1t
developed also that sixty of these char.
acters are making their way by cir
cuitous routes TO the United States
These men were formerly part of a
gang of two thousand Italians, EN-.
ployed in the construction of the Loet
schberg tunnel through the Bernese
Alps. This scene of industry became
a hot bed of Black Handlers, forty OF
whom are now in custody awaiting
trial of charges of black mail, assault
and murder.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
JOHNSON SURELY
MUST BE A WONDER
1t is Next to Impossible to Hit Him
Says Tom Mccarey, the Los
Angeles Sportsman.

Chicago, Dec. Tom McCarey of
Los Angeles, one of the unsuccessful
bidders for the big fight passed
through Chicago yesterday on his way
to the coast. Il consider Johnson
one of the most wonderful men who
ever stepped into the ring" said Nc
Carey. and any one who thinks he
is just going into the arena to take
the count may have to revise his
opinion. Not that ] say Jeffries is
going to lose and Johnson to win.
l am not picking a winner but am just
giving my opinion of Jack as a fight
er. l don't think ever saw a swift
er man in the ring. He is the most
wonderful blocker in the world and
therein lies his strength and it is
next to impossible to hit him."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
CzAR|NA IS NOT
SERIOUSLY ILL
Attends Usual Dinners and
Ceremonies Of the Season
at Lividia
ALARMING REPORTS DENIED
Nevertheless She is Suffering
From Long Nervous
Breakdown

st. Petersburg, Dec. Alarming
reports concerning the condition of
the empress originate daily from ir-
responsible sources. There is no
truth whatever in these stories. 1t is
we'll known that the empress has suf-
fered for two years from the effects
of nervous breakdown and inflam-
nation Of the veins of the lower
limbs, but her condition is not criti-
cal. She is attending the usual din
ners and ceremonies of the season
at Lividia.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
INSURANCE SCANDAL
IN NEW YORK
President George P. Sheldon
of the Phoenix of Brooklyn
Deposed
MILLION DOLLARS INVOLVED
VIII Be Made Good by Crossing
Off That Amount From
Surplus

New York, Dec. 7,-Crimiual investi-
cation and the prosecution of the
Phenix Insurance Company Of
Brooklyn, the surplus of which ac-
cording to a statement of State SUI
perintendent of Insurance Hotch-
kiss, has been impaired a million d j.
lars, will not be abandoned because
of the possible fatal illness of George
P. Sheldon, the deposed president Of
that company. Mr.. Sheldon was re-
moved at the instigation of the state
insurance department and the case
has been placed in the hands of the
district attorney. The insurance de
partment believes that the COM
pany's risks to the public are not in.
vOlved and that the entire loss,
through loans negotiated by Sheldon
can be balanced by crossing off a
million of the company's three mil
lion dollar surplus. Although the in.
vestigation shows Sheldon managed
the company affairs without consult
ing the board of directors, Superin-
, tendent Hotchkiss declared each of
the directors responsible under the
law. The charges which led to Shell
don's removal were, that he had over
drawn his salary, unloaded doubtful
| securities on the company and used
i the company's assets as collateral to
secure his own private speculative
accounts.
Doing Business in New Mexico.
The company was admitted to do bus
! mess in New Mexico on June 8. of this
year The paid up capital is $500,
| GOO. The company has paid in divi
dends since its organization $5,424 900
It's surplus is reported as $1,010, ,453
its surplus on policies S2,510,000.
Looks Like Crooked Work.
New York, Dec. THE Phenix In
surance Company of Brooklyn does {
fire risk business, is incorporated fol
$1,000, 900, and is credited with a sur
plus of $1,010,453. Directors are:
George P. Sheldon, Frank ]. Logan
William ]. Logan, John Cartledge
George NJ. Hard, Edward c. Converse
George Ingraham, Benedict L. Green
hui and Charles F. Coster
Mr.. Hotchkiss says that in the judg
ment of the insurance department di
rectors who have permitted Presiden
Sheldon to do as he has done arr
equally responsible to the public. |
might be said that the Phenix Insur
ance Company was really George F
Sheldon, and that the directors hav'
seemingly never objected to his opera
tions.
Among the loans to officers of tn,
insurance department specified are tn
following:
To James Pierce, in the period h
was state superintendent of insurance
loans aggregating $500.
To Isaac Vanderpool, in the perio
he was chief examiner of insurance
companies, loans aggregating 800
600.
+ TO Robert H. Hunter, in the perio
he was first deputy superintendent o
insurance, loans aggregating 100000
To William H. Buckley, in tn
period he was third deputy superir
tendent of insurance, loans aggregat
. ing SCI 600.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07

STRIKE IS QUIET
Railroads and Shippers Main
tain That 1t Is
Broken
MEN ARE STILL CONFIDENT
Assert That Traffic is Tied Up
Despite Contrary Claims
of Lines.

st. Paul. Mimi, Dec. 7.-"Every
thing quiet was the only comment
made today by President Hawley Of
the Switchmen's Union on the strike
situation. The men continue to assert
thew have the railroads tied up, but
tbe railroads claim the strike is brok
en-. The latter claim is backed by
the Jobbers and Manufacturers AS
sociations..
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07

llitdSo, lJtG. ~lulCdGO vas VS.
tied today with the first real snow
storm OF the season. Several Inches
of snow fell and traffic is impeded
Blizzard Causes Three Deaths.
Chicago Dec The storm re-
suited in three deaths in Chicago up
to noon. One man was found dead
from the cold and two others blind
ed by the snow, were run over by
rains.
Omaha Has Coolest Day.
Omaha, Dec. 1T was two below
zero here this morning, the coldest
day OF the season.
Six Below in Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb Dec. Twelve
inches of snow and a temperature of
six below were reported here this
morning. Street car traffic is block
ed and the roads leading to the city
are impossible.
Missouri is shivering.
St. Joseph, Dec. 7.-Northwest
Missouri is covered with snow and
the cold is causing considerable suf-
fering. The railroads are having
much difficulty in moving trains. The
Missouri river was blocked here to-
day by an ice jam.
Coolest December Weather in Years.
Denver Dec. THE entire state
of Colorado is shivering under the
coolest December weather in thirty
one years. For three days the high
est mark in Denver has been five de-
grees above and last night ten be-
low was reached.
Twelve Below.
Laramie, Wyo., Dec 1T was
reported twelve degrees below at
midnight and Fort Collins, Colorado,
reported ten below
i Blizzard in Ohio Valley.
Chicago, H.. Dec. THE storm
extends from southern Wisconsin into
eastern Iowa and through the Ohio val
ley covering Illinois and Indiana
Trains from the west and the north
are greatly delayed The wind blew
ttt IllS AGtlC vi lllll y -iiht lHIISS per
hour.
Cold Wave Strikes Kansas City.
Kansas City, Dec. This portion
of the southwest is today in the grip
of the most severe cold wave of the
season. with the temperature ranging
from eight above at Oklahoma City
to four below at COncordia, and Dodge
City, Kansas. Clear weather has fol-
lowed yesterdays heavy snow and
railroad traffic conditions are rapid
ly improving
SnowbaIIine Causes Small Riot.
Globe, Ariz. Dec. 7.-Snowballing
following the heavy storm of last
night was responsible for causing a
general fight in the streets of Globe
this morning. More than a dozen
men were involved and for a time the
scene resembled a minor riot. One
; Of the cOmbatants was knocked insen-
sible. The storm is the most severe
that this section has endured for IA
years.
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CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
Omaha Has Coolest Day.

Omaha, Dec. 1T was two below
zero here this morning, the coldest
day OF the season.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
Six Below in Lincoln.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec Twelve
inches of snow and temperature of
six below were reported here this
morning. Street car traffic is block
ed and the roads leading to the city
are impossible.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
JOHN DREW THROWN
FROM HIS HORSE
Actor Badly Injured While Out Rid
ing With His Daughter in
Central Park.

New York, Dec. John Drew. the
actor, was thrown from his horse this
morning while riding with his daugh-
ter in Central park and was seriously
injured.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07
BELOW ZERO IN
MIDDLE WEST
Colorado Has Coolest Decem-
Der in Thirty-One
Years
SNOW BLOCKADE IN CHICAGO
Omaha, Lincoln, Saint Joseph
and Other Towns are
Shivering.

Chicago Dec. 7-Chicago was yis-
tied today with the first real snow
storm OF the season. Several Inches
of snow fell and traffic is impeded
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-07

Chicago. Dec. THE storm re-
suited in three deaths in Chicago up
to noon, One man was found dead
from the cold and two others blind
ed by the snow, were run over by
lrains.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
Judging Teachers.

New York Post: The request by
the authorities of the University of
Chicago that undergraduates confde
to a faculty committee their inmost
opinions about their teachers, seems,
at first, to be little more than an OPP
portunity for Che president to dis
cover incompetent professors, and
for students to vent spite. Yet it
may be that a pedagogical genius has
hit upon scheme for toning up class
room work. Young men like to have
opinions about things. They like
still more to have some elderly i'm
portant gentlemen take them serious
ly. And the most natural brain ex-
ercise is censure. Undergraduate
Chicago, we forecast, will therefore
plunge into it's new duty as joyously
as into a swimming hole; but be-
fore long, it will be burning mid
night electricity and keeping awake
through lectures. For, to criticise,
one must know something about the
subject, as we'll as about the object
under scrutiny.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
ACTUARY EMPLOYED

Insurance Commissioner Basford
has employed Frederick A. Draper as
an assistant in examining the policy
forms of life insurance companies do
ing business in this state, which have
been submitted to him to find if they
conform to the provisions of the
policy form law of the last legislative
session. Up to the present over 500
forms have been submitted to the
office, and the commissioner has Sc
cured the services of Mr.. Draper as
an assistant in the work. Mr.. Draper,
who has been acting as consulting
actuary for several companies, comes
to this city to assist in the organiza-
ton of the new joint stock company
which is being organized here, and
while here his services could be Sc
cured to assist in investigation of the
blank forms at lower figure than
could any man who came exclusively
for that purpose.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
STATE INSTITUTIONS

South Dakota gets a new college
this year, to be opened at Eureka by
the German Lutherans. This makes
eighteen institutions of higher learn
ing in the state, OF one for every 27,-
TIT people. This fact may explain in
some degree the reason why the re-
gistration Of our state institutions do
not boom to higher point. The sup
port given to sectarian schools in
view of the liberal endowment of the
state institutions and the generally
liberal views of the people upon re-
ligious questions is marvellous. 1t
however emphasizes the fact that
however careless parents may be in
matters of religious worship, when
they send their youngsters out from
them they want them to spend their
first years where they are surrounded
by the best moral Influences and even
if they find the environment bit
straight laced they like it all the bet
ter for their children, believing they
will ''liberalize" fast enough when
they get cut in the world.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
THE FOUNDATION OF PROCESS.

Agriculture is being given more
prominence among the educators of
our nation than ever before. There
are now fifteen state agricultural high
schools and forty others which receive
state aid. Two hundred and fifty
high schools and academies are giving
instruction in agriculture and there
are also sixteen colleges privately en-
dowed with funds to carry ON this
same farm training. One hundred
and fifteen state and county normal
schools are teaching our teachers to
teach these principles. The people
have seen great light. 1t is most
hopeful sign of a hopeful nation that
we are placing our trust in the soil as
the foundation of our material pros
perity. Our food comes from the soil.
When man is reasonably assured of
his daily bread, he may begin to cast
about him for another means of bet
terment, but the bread must be pro-
vlded first. AS with one man so with
a nation. While we firmly establish
our agricultural greatness, we shall
have no fear but that our other growth
and prosperity and general progress
Will follow right along. In all this
we shall never forget that it is the
soil fertility of America that most
directly furthers her might. The
Wisconsin Farmer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
LONG IN DAKOTAS,

Felicia Falias died at st. Mary s
hospital at Pierre on Thursday, after
a long illness. He was probably the
Oldest white man in length of resi-
dence in either of the Dakotas. He
came to this country in 1855 with
Gen. Harney's expedition, which
marched from Fort Kearney, Neb. ],
fought the decisive battle of Ash
Hollow with the Sioux, thence by the
southern base of the Black Hills to
the Big Cheyenne river, then to old
Fort Pierre, which the government
had bought of Indian traders, intend
ing it for a military post, but Harvey
found it unfit and built Fort Randall
ia 1856. Fallas was a civilian en-
ploye with the army, and settled OPP
pOsite Randall
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
RICH HERITAGE FOR SCHOOLS.

Omaha Bee: South Dakota authori-
ties can forecast the time III the near
future when all the money necessary
for the conduct of the schools of the
state will be had from the school en-
dowment funds without the levying
OF tax upon the people. The money
will come from rentals of unsold
school lands and interest on invested
funds derived from the sale of school
lands. South Dakota has followed
the policy of selling school lands only
in portions of the state in which they
have reached their approximate final
values, those in the newer portions
being retained and leased. The re-
suit has been the maximum of money
for the schools without materially
checking the growth of the state by
keeping lands of the market really
demanded for cultivation.
South Dakota, being settled later,
profited by the early mistakes of Kan
sas, Nebraska and other states, which
in the early day sold their school land
in the then settled sections at low
figures, because no one was far-seeing
enough in that day to conceive that
the immense public domain would
soon be exhausted and that farm
lands would by this time be worth
from $50 to 500 per acre. When the
light dawned Nebraska took it's re-
naming lands off the market thereby
largely increasing It's permanent
school fund until the income now pro-
duces approximately 100000 yearly
for our public schools.
1t is doubtful if the men who franz
ed the law setting aside for the schools
sections sixteen and thirty -six in each
township of the public domain dream
ed of the immense heritage they were
bequeathing the children of the coun-
try. No such magnificent endowment
to education has ever been given since
the world began, and the west is
showing it's appreciation by most
liberal support for the public schools,
the per capita expenditures for edu-
cation being far in excess of older
states with the resultant low ratio of
illiteracy. What this generous policy
has wrought cannot be computed and
it's future usefulness can only be
guessed at.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
ODD FELIX'S HOME

Deadwood, S. D., May 24--W it'll a
grand ball at the Franklin hotel, fol-
lowed by side trips to Speartish and
Hot Springs, the thirty-fourth annual
convention Of Odd Fellows came to
an end and the visitors departed for
their homes. Through the efforts of
prominent members the home fund
has now reached nearly $50 900, an
announcement which called forth con
siderable enthusiasm. The total at
tendance of Odd Fellows and Rebek-
abs was slightly in excess of 900,
the largest convention Deadwood has
had in years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
GOING AWAY GREETING.

Eureka Blade: The Blade notes
with regret today of Judge and Mrs.
l.. L. Boucher and the boys for their
new home in Pierre. Away back in
the early eighties Mr.. and Mrs.
Boucher were residents of eastern
Mcpherson county. The removal of
the family to Pierre is made neces-
sary by an act of the last legislature
dividing the big sixth judicial cir
cult, of which Mr.. Boucher is Judge,
into two circuits. In the division of
the circuit the counties of Hand,
Hyde, Sully, Hughes and Stanley re-
tanned the name Of the sixth circuit
while the balance was named the
tenth circuit and Mr.. Boucher having
been elected as judge of the sixth cir
cult, would of course be compelled to
resign Bis position or else move into
the circuit. The latter course was
adopted, much to the regret of Nc
Pherson county people, and the
friends, neighbors and associations
of a quarter Of a century severed !.
Mr.. Boucher has purchased SPLEEN
did home in Pierre and we trust they
will enjoy it to the limit-they de-
serve it--but their removal is little
tough on those left behind who have
known this estimable family intima
tely for years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
THE SPECTACULAR soLoN

The Sioux City Journal, in an edi-
torlal headed "Butfoonish Politics, ;"
points out that it really isn't neces-
sary for congressman to be spectacu-
lar in order to hold their Jobs, al
though so many of them appear to
think otherwise, and adds:
Business that arrays itself in tin
selry, and blows horns, and does
ground and lofty tumbling, is viewed
with suspicion. The ballet dancer is
not an adjunct of the counting room,
nor is it found desirable to maintain
high salaried end men to grimace,
and fire off almanac jokes, and to say
with gusto that here we are again. Con-
gress is not properly the place for
short skirts and burned cork. When
there is cutlery from the galleries to
play ball the galleries ought to be
cleared, and if members have nothing
to say to interest their respective
bodies they ought not to be permitted
to talk to the Congressional Record
and aid in burdening the mails under
the Thanking privilege. 1t would be
wholesale reform in our congressional
life to cut out the spectacular. If the
public does not know what the debate
is about until it gets to a pugelistic
basis, illustration is afforded of the
need of higher education in the great
cause of saving the country.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
TO INSPECT MISSOURI RIVER

Colonel Bixby and Captain Schultz
of the United States engineering corps
arrived last week to investigate the
improvements necessary at this point
Of the Missouri river. The river is
uncertain inits moods and frequently
cuts away it's banks at points where
it should not, and these officials will
try to find the best way to keep the
river from enlarging it's channel. Con-
siderable work has been done in rip
rapping the Fort Pierre bank of the
river and large sum will be spent
on the river bank of this city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
GROWING TIME.

He is certainly what the boys call
dead one who can not enthuse
every day at the out-of-doors spectacle
which is presented. 1t is an inspira-
ton to notice the unfolding of the
leaves and the rapid development of
the grass. The birds are so happy
that their song is the first sound
heard III the morning and the last
thing at night.
Let no one be disturbed about crop
conditions. Everything is shaping
for another of those bumper yields
which have made the state famous on
two continents. We heard q promin-
ent farmer say the other day that the
state was getting ready for 3,00O.-
0oo,ooo-bushel corn crop That sounds
big, but the possibilities are here.
With corn bringing 10 cents net to
the farmer, there is certainly plenty
Of incentive to plant literally. Oats
have not done as well in all sections
as in some years, but good weather
from now on will go a long way to-
ward repairing the damage of the
protracted cold spell which prevent
ed termination.
1t is glorious growing time. The
South Dakota farmer is in his ele.
ment. 1t is not difficult for other
people to catch the note of his enthus-
iasm when they recall what the state
has done in the past and when they
note the prospects ahead.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
A LAND DRAWING.

The president on Saturday sighed
the proclamation which opens to
settlement in the near future million
acres of rich farm lands in the Couer
d'Alene and Spokane reservati ons.
Couer d'Alene has been selected as
the point where the drawing for sites
on both the reservations will be con-
Quoted. The drawing is slated to
take place commencing at ten O'Clock
on the morning of August 9th.
The point of registration for the
Flathead reservation is Kalispel and
Missoula, Mont, for the Spokane
reservation at Spokane and for the
Couer d'Alene at Couer d'Alene.'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
WIRELESS FOR DAkorAs.

Aberdeen Americana; Within the
next three months Aberdeen will be
connected with other cities of the
nation and the world by wireless, and
headquarters will be established here
for the two states of North and South
Dakota.
In South Dakota stations will be
installed at Pierre, Deadw God, Sioux
Falls and Mitchell and in North Da-
kota at Bismark, where permission
has been given to put the mast on
the state capitol, Fargo, Grand Forks
Minot and DEVILS Lake. 5
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

Col. A. S. Frost, of Evanston, H.,
has returned to South Dakota and
will make his home at A berdeen, to
accept employment as regular army
instructor to the national guard of
South Dakota. Col. Frost was colonel
OF the South Dakota volunteer regi-
ment which went to the Philippines,
and is well known in South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

And now comes officials of the az
rlcultural department "killing Off
another superstition about planting
potatoes lin the dark of the NOON.
They say it is all humbug
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

1t seems that Aunt Carrie Nation
has saved enough money to buy a
good farm. Il cannot tell lie," we
can imagine Aunt Carrie saying; Il
did it with my little hatchet.' -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

The Minneapolis Il st. Louis rail
way company is pushing the survey
work of its extension west from La
Beau with all possible haste.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

A Nebraska man is promoting q
project to build railroad from New
port, in the northern part of the state
to Pierre.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27

The Kansas City Journal gives this
from the typewriter of a Kansas
editor on the death of a prominent
citizen: "Iie had been married forty
years and was prepared to die"