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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
ROBBERY OF TEXAS BANK
Lone Bandit Gets Over Eight Thou.
sand Dollars.

Fort Worth. Tex. June 23.-A high.
wayman, Described as genteel in ap-
pearance. robbed the branch banking
house of the Wagoner Bank and Trust
company in the downtown district of
Fort Worth of $500 in currency,
made his escape and has so far sue
ceeded in eyading searching parties
Of police and citizens.
The robbery was the most daring
attempted in Texas in years. The pc.
lice reached the scene five minutes
later, but the stranger had disap-
peared. At the time of the robbery
several hundred persons were in the
vicinity OF the building and many
noted the arrival at the bank and the
departure Of the man, but his manner
was bland and attracted no special at.
tention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
CLAIMS HER ACT JUSTIFIABL E
Girl Given Three Years for Staying
Alleged Defamer.

Trenton, n. j., June 21.-Declaring
that she had killed him In defending
her good name Pearl Paska, the
eighteen-year-old Hungarian girl who
was charged with the murder of John
Lucas near here several weeks ago, in
Mercer county court pleaded guilty to
manslaughter. She was sentenced by
Judge Reed to three years In the
state prison. In her statement to the
court the girl claimed that Lucas had
made defamatory remarks about her
character and that she was justified
IN stabbing him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
ATTACK BANK GUARANTY ACT
Bankers Apply for Injunction, Assert
ing Measure Is Confiscatory.

Omaha, June 21.-Fifty-two national
and state bankers of Nebraska have
filed applications in the federal court
at Lincoln for an injunction to re-
strain the enforcement OF the state
guaranty of bank deposits act.
The petition contends, among other
things, that the act is confiscatory In
appropriating one mans property to
settle the liabilities of another.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
NO TRACE OF POISON FOUND
Young Married Couple Apparently
Died Natural Death,

Willlamsport. Pa, June 19.-The
mysterious death of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert S. Munroe, bride and groom OF
week, has been explained by Cor
oner Hardt following an autopsy. No
traces of poison were found; instead
the conclusion was reached that the
young woman had fatal attack OF
heart paralysis and dropped dead at
her husbands feet. The husband was
overcome. the coroner declares, and
also suffered heart attack, falling
forward with his face in the bed cloth
ing and smothered to death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
ENDS IN A DISAGREEMENT
Trial Of Frisco Street Car Magnf
Charged With Bribery.

San Francisco. June 21.-The tt
OF President Patrick Calhoun of
United Railroads terminated in a di
agreement Of the jury. with ten mel
determined on acquittal and two
steadfastly resolved on conviction.
Five months and week have
transpired since the street car mag
nate, descendant of Patrick Henry,
made his first appearance in court to
answer to the charge of Offering a
bride Of $4,000 to a supervisor to OBJ
tain privilege for his corporation
Not until each Juror had pronounced
as hopeless the prospect of verdict
was the order for their liberation
made by Judge Lawlor. prosecution
and defense giving assent
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
Net amount In force. ....... Site. A.
SOUTH DAKOTA BUSINESS DUR
YEAR l9OS
STATE or SOUTH DAKOTA,


Company's Certificate nf Authority
Whereas, The Springfield Fire and Ma
rine Insurance Company, a corporation or
gained under the laws of Massachusetts,
has fled in this office sworn statement
exhibiting its condition and business for
the year ending Dec 81, 1908, conformahle
to the requirements OF the laws OF this
state regulating the business Of Insurance;
and.
Whereas, The said company has filed
in this Office duly certified copy OF its
charter. with certificate OF organization,
In compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore. /. O. S. Basford Com
missioner of Insurance of the State OF
South Dakota, pursuant TO the provisions
of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empow-
cred. through its authorized agents, to
transact its appropriate business Of
Fire and Tornado Insurance II. this
state. according to the laws thereof, I'M
til the 3lst day OF December A. ID. 1909.
In testimony whereof, ! have hereunto
set my hand and official seal at Pierre,
this 23rd day OF March, A. D. 1909.
(Seal) o. s BASFORD
Commissioner OF Insurance.
BY l. A. Schubert. Chief Clerk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
REFUSE TO QUIT THE UNION
Street Car Employees Of La Crosse,
Wis, on Strike.

la Crosse, Wis. June 22.--When
the employees of the La Crosse City
Railway company reported for work
they were given choice of dropping
out of the union or of giving up their
positions. To man the conductors
and motormen stuck to the union and
were ordered of the company's prop
erty. Strikebreakers procured from
Chicago were placed on the cars and
service was started, but only few
cars were put into operation and
these did not run on schedule.
The strikers and great crowd of
sympathizers gathered in front OF the
car barns and hooted the men as they
went to work
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
IDENTIFIES THE NEGROES
Wounded Brakeman Says They Shot
His comrade.

Des Moines, Ia, June 22.-Alva @.
Bechtel!, the brakeman who was prob
ably fatally shot by negroes at Yale.
is still, alive. He was reported dead
Sunday night.
He has identified Henry Clark and
Chesley Hubbard. two negroes ar
rested at Manila charged with the
murder of Brakeman Lee G. Warner.
as the men who did the shooting.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
SPANISH PRINCESS is BORN
Queen Victoria Presents Alfonso With
q Daughter.

La Granja, Spain, June 22.-Queen
Victoria has given birth to a daughter.
The birth OF princess Is particu-
larly pleasing to both the king and
the queen, as they had hoped that
this child, the third, would be girl.
The first two children are boys, Prince
Alfonso. born May 10, 1907, and Prince
Jaime. born June %, 1908.
Queen Victoria of Spain is a daugh-
ter of the late Prince Henry of Bat
tenburg and Princess Beatrice, daugh-
ter of the late Queen Victoria of
Great Britain. She was married to
King Alfonso of Spain May 81, 1906
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
BEAR RAID ON THE MARKET
Starts simultaneously With Rumor Of
Harriman's Illness.

New York. June 21.-An uncon-
firmed rumor that E. II. Hartman was
very seriously iii In Vienna was cir
culated simultaneously with a bear
raid on the stock market At the
Union Pacific Offices prompt denial of
the rumor was made and It was as
serted that cablegram had been re-
ceived from Mr.. Hartman on some
business matters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
Seven Killed in Mine Explosion.

volkham. Hungary, June 22.--Seven
were killed and eight injured In
mine explosion near here. All the
victims were miners who were caught
beneath q slide OF earth loosened by
firedanp explosion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
OF CORONER'S JURY
Or. CiemInson Held to Grand Jury on
Murder Charge.

Chicago, June 13.-Dr. Haldane
Cleminson was held to the grand jury
by a coroner's jury at the inquest
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 31st,
A. D. 1908,
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE IN.
SURANCE COMPANY,

Organized under the laws OF the State Of
Massachusetts, made to the Commits
sioner of Insurance of the State of
South Dakota, pursuant to the laws
thereof. President. A. w. Damon. Sec
rotary, w. j. Mackay Incorporated,
lsiS. Commenced business, 1851 Home
Office 1875 State street, Springfield, Mass.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-24
1. CAPITAL STOCK.

Capital paid up i'm cash. 49,. s., 900, 000. 90
Ledger assets Dec. 81, 1907. 1890, 426. 81
III. INCOME.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
KANSAS CONNENT
WHAT OF PORK CHOPs

y,
We see no remedy for an alarming
state OF affairs which involves a rise
OF cent day in the price of pork
cnops, with no visible increase in the
quantity, except to take by the ear
unwilling members of the community
who are doing very poorly in the CITY
ana lead them to the country there
chops
The great difficulty of our social
system Is not, as some maintain, the
Dadly arranged distribution of the
fruits OF labor, but the badly arranged
distribution of labor
There are enough people engaged
IN raising pork chops, and there are
TOO many trying to live in a flat by
oIferlng their labor where there is al
ready too much SO that they may re-
main In the city where there are nick
eiodeons and scenic railways and rare
sights and noises and general foolish
fun" and excitement which persons
who are busy charging the supply of
pork chops must do without.
what Is the use of increasing the
human engagement of the cities by
adding ones self to them, If there is
only enough work to do there to pro-
vide ones self a home no larger than
a pigeon box and with not quite
enough to eat. and much of that aduI-
terated?
J 1t is one more added to the consum-
ers of pork chops instead of the pro-
ducers of them.
Verify. some among US must yet be-
come SWineherds If pork chops are
not to disappear from the land; and
with a. steady and Iong-continued rise
in their price of cent a day, some
may yet be lured away from the
gtddy nickelodeon life of the city
Atchison Champion.
ONE MORE HORRIBLE EXAMPLE.
A young man up in the north CEN
hood, well raised, and went to the
Philippines as a soldier, where he won
an enviab1e record. He came home,
was a hero and was sent to the legis-
lature, where he made a fine record
for himself. He settled down to the
practice of law and was looked upon
as a coming Kansas man. He mar
ried the daughter of a rich man and
had everything coming his way. But
he could not stand prosperity and
He got to mixing up with
beer and whisky too frequently and
that led him on to association with
bad men and worse women. Now he
is a fugitive from his state, alienated
edness in dealing with the estate of
his father-in-law. All the promise of
a brilliant future has been blasted and
all because this man thought he would
be smart and booze a little. This is
not the first instance of the kind in
Kansas. But it serves to teach les
son to the Kansas young man, and
that is to let booze alone and attend
strictly to the carrying on of decent
life work of some kind.-Chanute
Tribune.
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the shrubbery ,disdainfully. IT don't
want the withered things she said.
Gordon gathered one rose from the
apparently despised bouquet and
of token by which to remember this
one night.
In the meantime Bess in her room.
was pressing the card to her lips with
tears and inartieulate murmurinEs. .
Two years later. Gordon McFar-
land sat in his office writing 1t was
after business hours, but he had re-
manned to think out certain points In
quiet and solitude.
Turning in his chair he picked up
the telephone receiver.
"Ill call Jones and find out what
he knows about this business" he So
liloquized. He was on the point of call
ing, Hello, Central" when the sound
of his own name arrested his atten-
ton.
That's the nuisance of a party
line" he muttered. He had no in
tention of listening. but how could
he help 1t when he heard his own
name in that well-remembered voice :?
"Oh! Gordon Mcfarland? Well, If
you'll never, never breathe 1t, I'll tell
you. He took me to a ball and, yes.
Grace, he left me to get home as best
I could
mo, certainly I don't think he was
to blame; 1t must have been some Of
Davy's mischief"
Eyes, of course, Davy denied It, but
1 know it was. Gordon would not
have done it unless he thought he was
justified.
''What's that7 Did I. really care /?
Well. yes, did, and 1 don't care II
you know it.
mo. no we weren't engaged-he
was SO bashful.
whats that? Encourage him :?
Ibid, I tried to make him Jealous
of that abominable Gerald Stone-and
-and-I succeeded; that's how 1t all
happened.
Eyes, that's SO; 1t isn't the thing to
talk secrets over a phone, those hor-
rid operators always do listen-well.
goodby Come over in the morning.
s24 Fourth street, you remember.
Good night"
Gordon called in hurriedly before
she could hang up. "Hello, Bessie!'
'We1l, what is it, Grace
"This is not Grace, Bessie ?"
Gordon McFarlandr' The explana-
ton was one of dismayed surprise.
Eyes. L have recovered from my
bashfulness. Will you marry me now,
Bessie?"
Indeed I will notl You're just too
awful-you listened"
at couldn't help 1t, and I'm glad
I didn't try-don't you hang up that
receiver, or I'll be there within ten
minutes" he threatened.
"Then I'll hang it up. If you want
an answer to that question. come and
get it, and he heard the receiver
clang as it reached the hook.-(Copy-
right, 1909, by Associated Literary
Press>
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
HARRIMAN,s SENSE.

Another convincing bit of evidence
of the soundness of sense which pre-
vailed with the late E. H. Hartman
is disclosed in the terms of his will
by which his vast estate. estimated
to be worth not less than $75,OOO,OOO,
IS beQueathed in its entirety to his
wife. 1t means, above all things, that
Mr.. Hartman has taken good care
that his children will have little or no
opportunity of wandering in the same
way that so many of the youthful
heirs to millions have gone during
the past decade or so. They will be
entrusted, even after attaining their
majority, with as much money and
no more as their mother thinks is
good for them and that they are ca
pable of handling. She can be de-
pended upon to see that no mistakes
are made in this respect and the ben
eft to her children will be great
One of the rather idiotic customs
which has maintained for many years
in millionairedom is the dividing up
of millions among the children of the
family by giving them huge shares of
estates as soon as they become of
age; to do with, to dissipate as they
please. There have been exceptions
to this rule. Of course. notably in the
case of Marshall Field where he pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
IIFE,s JoURNEY-
10 the Beautiful City of Rest

To the Beautiful City of Rest.
AS we sped out of youths sunny station
Inc track seems to shine in the light,
But it suddenly shoots over chasms
Or sinks into tunnels of night.
And the hearts that were brave in the
morning
Are filled with repining and fears
AS they pause at the City OF Sorrow
Or pass through the valley Of tears.
But the road of this perilous journey
The hands OF the Master has made;
With all its discomforts and dangers,
we need not be sad or afraid.
Paths leading from light to darkness,
Ways plunging from gloom to despair,
Wind out through the tunnels of mid
night
To fields that are blooming and fair
If you pause at the City of Trouble,
Or wait in the valley of tears,
Be patient, the train will move onward,
And rush down the track Of the years.
Whatever your game or your quest,
You shall come at the last with rejoicing
To the Beautiful City of Rest.
Lou shall store all your baggage of wor-
You shall feel perfect peace in this
realm,
waters,
With joy and delight at the helm.
You shall wander in cool fragrant gardens
With those who have loved you the best,
And the hopes that were lost in life's
journey
You shall find in the City of Rest.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
THE SCHOOLS TOO "H1GH."

Throughout the United States gen
orally, children between the ages of
six and fourteen are required to at
tend the public schools. According to
writer in the Van Norden Magazine
for September, Investigation shows
that the courses of study arranged
cannot be completed in the time limit.
In a few, like Aurora, Illinois; Meri-
den, Connecticut; Cincinnati; Trenton,
New Jersey; Utica and St. Louis, the
average time was less than nine years,
SO these are banner cities. On the
other hand, the average child in nu-
merous other cities needed more than
ten years to finish the lower school
course. In this group are Memphis,
Tennessee (both white and colored);
Troy, New York; Camden New Jer-
sey; Wilmington (colored); Kansas
City, and Erie, Pa. These last two
cities would have to keep their schol-
ars ~ to 1914 years, respectively, to
get them through an eight-grade
course.
In general, children are kept
through the sixth grade. Then, two
years beforethey have finished a low
er school course, they drop out and
go to work. The best cities, including
Boston, Denver, Fort Wayne, Grand
Rapids, Los Angeles, Minneapolis,
New Haven, Omaha, Portland, Maine
and Portland, Oregon, Springfield and
Troy. keep them through the seventh,
as do various smaller towns with an
unusually prosperous population, but
the average course for the American
child is six grades. The commissioner
of education, in his report for 1907,
gave a study of $50 towns with a pop
ulation of 5000 and over. The first
grades contained 447,S45 pupils, and
the eighth but 117,97S. It may be
said, on pretty accurate figures that,
taking one city with another, about
half (probably less) of the children
who enter the lower schools complete
the course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
king EDWARDS Consideration.

1t is customary on the royal yacht TO
keep the red carpet on the deck until
the king or the last officer has come
aboard for the night. One night, not
long ago, his majesty did not go ashore.
At 10 o'clock he was enjoying q cigar
on deck, when he called out to the
crarterr1aeter. Send for the officer OF
the watch" On mis- appearance the
king inquired, What are these men
hanging about for?" THE carpet, sir"
s'what do you mean?" The officer ex-
planned that 1t was the rule of the
CARPET. But" said the king, don't
these men have to get up at 5 o'clock
in the morning?" Yes. SIR" the officer
oGnitted. Then" replied his majesty,
quietly, ".n future. whether 1 am on
board or not, you take UP the carpet
before you pipe the men to supper"
Incidents such as this spread rapidly
among the sailors of the various squad
ions, and that is why the king Is SO
great a favorite in the British navy
T1IDdeA Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Suffering Moses, will this hot
weather last forever" is the way the
editor of the Independence Reporter
puts it.
What are Dave Leahy's politics?
Some call him Democrat. Dolley
calls him an anarchist. Stubs calls
him an Irish prince. But Dave will
do the work of private secretary ad-
mirably and some people have an
idea that that is enough.-Lawrence
Journal.
The many friends of young Preston
Plumb will be glad to know that he
is doing well in California. He has
taken a tract of arid land, and to-
gether with a number of associates in
his company, has put it under the
ditch, thus making the desert blossom
as the rose, and incidentally clearing
up $500 as his share of the tran
saction. 1t is a big deal, one that re-
Quires sense and courage and indus
try and the young man has hundreds
of friends in Emporia who always
have known that he had all of these
qualities. Young Preston is his faith
er's son, and all Kansas, which knew
and admired the late Senator Plumb.
will be pleased to know that his
namesake is going to become
worthy representative of an honored
Emporia Gazette.
A Missourian was in Atchison the
other day telling the Globe his idea
of good show. "A moving picture
show is good enough for me-" he said.
MY wife likes to go to the theater
and pay a big price to see a girl
blubber because she has lost her fell
Ter, but none of that for me. Pshaw,
girls are always blubbering because
they have lost their fellers. You don't
have to pay to see them. 1 once paid
a dollar and a half to see what they
called a real big show, and all there
was to it was girl blubbering be-
cause she had lost her Teller. Think
of paying that much to see a girl
blubber will you? Them moving pic
lures what make a man laugh are all
right, but I don't want none of this
blubbering busfnesa'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-18
To Stop Thunderstorms.

I The Rev. Theodore Geisel, a young
Baptist clergyman of Bayonne, and a
scientific student who has contributed
largely to technical magazines, has dis
covered a method. he said Tuesday, for
the elimination of thunderstorms and
Of storing on earth part Of the electrici-
ty in the clouds. His plan is to con-
struct a huge steel tower reaching to
the clouds, down which silently and
harnlessly would be conducted the i'm
mense stores of electricity.
cit is not impossible to construct such
that would be necessary would be three
city blocks on which 10 build solid
foundation. There are ten thousand
rnillion volts of electricity IN every flash
of lightning two miles long. Bottle up
this immense energy in storage batter
les and sell It. and in years time
you could buy out Rockefeller. The
clouds are charged with electricity and
the supply is inexhaustible. BY the use
of sucl a tower and proper storage
facilities thunderstorns in cities would
be eliminated.
II predict that within the next few
years every city in the United States
will build one large steel tower in its
territory, and will run its street cars
I'D large power plants by only that
erergy drawn from the clouds"
When Geisal, Illuminated with his
idea, was told that Nikola Tesla had
been experimenting for several years
along the same line on Long Island,
he became somewhat depressed.-New
York Press.
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vided that his large estate should be
held in trust for the benefit of his
grandchildren but not to be turned
over to them until they reached ma
ture years. As q general thing,
though, when millionaires have died
they have divided their property up
proportionately among their children
which has given them millions out
right when they reached the age of
tWenty-one. The result of this lack of
foresight on the part of their par
ents is a matter of common knowl-
edge. Very few of the youthful lega-
tees to fortunes of this sort have set
tied down to take up their work in
the world. The newspapers are daily
filled with their disgracefu1 escapades
at home and abroad. They provide
the divorce courts with more work
than they can attend to. Indeed, they
do about everything that they should
not do. There is but one reason for
all OF their disgraceful proceedings
The wealth which has been thrust
upon them has intoxicated all their
senses. They do not know how to
use it except in the satisfying of their
passions With more money than they.
need, and sometimes more than they
can spend. at their personal COM
mands there is not rein of any sort
to check them.
Things will be different with the
Hartman children. With their moth
er's hand on their purse strings they
will not be likely to start on the wrong
road which so many young million
aires and millionairesses have taken.
They will be far the better for it.
The disposition of Mr.. Harriman's es-
tate is an example that more men
of almost unlimited means should fol-
low.