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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
BOTH IMPORTS and
EXPORTS INCREASE
Report for July of This Year
and Last Is Made by
Treasury.

Washington, Sept. 4.-TherC was an
increase in the value cf both the i'm
ports n exports of the United States
during the month of July over that
month last year, according to the MONTH
ly statement of the country's foreign
commerce issued by the bureau of
statistics of the department of COM
,merce and labor.
The value OF the imports for July was
$112,4SS,3 54, an increase of $26, 1852 ,S62
over July a year ago, making the
total value of imports for the seven
months ending with July $780, ,646,
which is an increase of 1921, sos, 99S
over h same period for 1908. Every
class of imports showed an increase
for the July except food stuffs in crude
condition and food animals.
The increase in the value of exports
for July was a little more than one-
fourth of the increase in imports. The
exports for the month were sos, 337, 952,
an Increase over the previous July of
IS, 1885, 76; for the seven months ending
with July the value of exports for the
country amounted to 1897, 311,1 22, a de-
crease from the value Of such exports
during the same period in 1908 of
SO, 6S5,967.
The decrease in exports for the
month were in foodstuffs, all other
classes of imports showing an increase.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
RETURNS TO
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
e.ev. Jas. B. Haslam Renounces
Catholic Doctrines to Which
He Was Converted.

Philadelphia, Sept. 3.-The Rev. James
Bolton Haslam. one of the clergy of
st. Elizabeth's church, at Sixteenth and
Mitfin streets, who renounced the Pro-
testant Episcopal church In March, 1908.
to enter the Catholic church, is now
humbly confessing his regrets and
penitence for the step then taken. He
is about to r~e-enter the church of his
baptism.
Episcopal churchmen lave known for
some time that Mr.. Haslam wished to
return to their communion. 1t was re-
ported that Bishop Anderson refused to
receive him.
Mr.. Haslam had been connected with
the Companions of the Holy Saviour
about -four years when, on March 4,
1908, he babe his friends farewell and
went to New York to enter the Cath
ollc church.. 1t was his intention to be
ordained to the priesthood and labor
as a Paulist father.
At the time OF his reconciliation of
Professionalism, Mr.. Haslam said:
Il am going over because of the posi-
tive side of the Roman church. i be-
lieve 1t to be the church of God"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
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PAYS FOR
""+s INJURlNG SAILORS

Washington, Sept. 9.~-Through the
state department Acting Secretary of
the Navy Winthrop has received $4,000
from the Panama government, paid by
it as money reparation in the cases
involving the m~altreatment Of Ameri-
can naval officers and seamen at the
hands of the police of that republic.
OF this amount $4,000 is indemnity for
what is known as the cruiser Columbia
incident, when several officers in uni
form were arrested, locked up and
roughly handled in Colon on June /,
1906. The assault it is declared, was
entirely unprovoked. An indemnity of
$4,000 will be paid to the relatives of
Charles Rand, Il boatswain's mate OF
the cruiser Buffalo, who was killed in
Panama in September. 1908, and $1,000
will be given TO Joseph Cieslik, a sailor
of the same vessel, who was stabbed
at the same time Rand was killed.
Panama also has agreed to make other
amends to the United States govern
ment Cor i%ndignities suffered by these
men.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
MONTEREY FLOOD VICTIMS
WILL NUMBER THOUSANDS

Monterey, Mex, Sept. 4.-Three thou
sand is now the official estimate of
those in Monterey who lost their lives
in the recent overflow of the Santa
Catarina river, and to this total will
probably be added 500 more when COM
plete reports are received from along
the valley of the stream and it's tribu-
tary, the San Juan So far reports
from along the rivers are meager, but
it is known that several villages have
been wiped out, and crops, the largest
for a long period, have been entirely
destroyed. Cadareyata today reported
that 125 bodies had been taken from
the river and buried, and at a Juan
357 were found by searchers. In Mon
terey S53 bodies, many unidentified,
have been buried, n the work of the
searchers is still far from complete.
In San Luisato a terrible condition
confronts the authorities, as the stencil
from the bodies half buried in the
sands is almost ~unbearable. Forces of
prisoners and soldiers are working.
burying these bodies, n by morning
it is expected that most of them will
have been inferred.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
BISHOP w. II. HARE
GIVES OVER RElNS

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 3.-Bishop
William Hobart Hare, for 80 years
Episcopal missionary bishop in the Da-
kotas and Nebraska, has relinquished
his authority by issuing an order es-
tablishing Assistant Bishop Johnson
as bishop in his stead over all the
dioceses of South Dakota excepting the
city of Sioux Falls, the home of Bishop
Hare and the home of All Saints
school, which he founded in the early
years of his missionary work.
Bishop Hare has passed h age Of
II years, and for several years past
has been in failing health, spending
much of his time in the East, now be-
ing at Atlantic City. He
that he will be present at the mis-
sionary convention of the church, to be
held in this city this fall, and il he is
spared for the occasion he will be met
at that time by thousands of his former
friends in mission work, many of whom
have known him for more thai a gen-
Grafton.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
INSANE WOMAN COMMITS
SERIES OF HORRORS

Barnum, Mimi, Sept. Mrs. Fred
Young. aged 22, wife of a farmer re-
siding about five miles southeast OF
here. yesterday morning about 8
o'clock, while her husband was on his
way to town with a load of cream and
milk, threw her three children, aged
], 3 and s years, into a deep well, set
fire to the barn, destroying II, and then
set fire to the house. Failing In her
efforts to burn the building she took
a dose OF paris green and then gashed
her throat several times with a knife.
making ugly wounds, but failing to
sever the jugular vein.
Mrs. Young was taken to the sher-
ifs residence at Carlton and a special
meeting OF the insanity board was held
this evening. The woman was found
to be insane and ordered committed to
the state insane asylum In case h
RECEIVERS. In the meantime she was or
dered taken to a hospital. Her condi-
ton is serious. The physicians. how
ever, believe she VIII GOV
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
CADET BOOKER MAY
GET CASE RE0PENED

Nashville. Tenn, Sept. AFTER GO
ing over the records in the case of J..
II. Booker, jr., the young cadet of the
first class, who was dismissed from the
United States military academy at
West Point on August 10, on charges
of alleged completely in a recent haz-
ing case, Secretary of War j. M. Dick
inson, intimated that the investigation
of the case will be reopened.
A conference was held at Judge Dick
inson's home at Belle Meade yesterday
between Mr.. Booker and the secretary,
with h result that the chances of re-
instatement of the young cadet have
improved.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
BLUE LAW" AGENT
HIMSELF ARRESTED

Dubois, Pa, Sept. A new phase of
Sunday closing has presented itself in
Dubois, where the Blue law agitators
have succeeded in closing all places of
business on the Sabbath, in the arrest
of Z. S. Hoover, who is employed by
the Civic Federation to gather evil
derce against the merchants who per-
sist in keeping their places open Sun
days.
Hoover is under pail for a hearing
September 8 for working on Sunday in
collecting evidence. The prosecutor is
w. S. Luther, whose daughter Hoover
had arrested for working in a confec-
tionary store last Sunday.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10

LINE WILL BE BUILT

Huron, S. D., Sept. Following a
conference here of Chicago a. North
western railway officials. it was an
nounced that the Gettysburg and Blunt
extension Of this road would be COM
oleted this season. Contracts have been
let and the work Is being pushed as
'apidly as possible. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, If anything more than the secur-
ing Of titles to right OF way for the
Hitchcock-O nida brancn will be accom-
plished this season, the company pre-
ferring TO complete the other line be-
fore beginning work On the last named
route. The completion OF this branch
will be of incalculable benefit to set
tiers in one of the most fertile Inc at
.tractive agricultural and stool sec
lions in the state. Large quantities of
material are now being distributed for
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
YOUTH ATTEMPTS TO
MURDER STEPSISTER

New York, Sept. 2.-The unrequited
love of Arthur Winterstein for his
pretty stepsister, Stella Friedman, the
police believe, made him try to kill the
girl and two members of her family to-
day.
Miss Friedman, who /; only Is years
old, was standing In her mothers candy
store when Winterstein, who Is rs
years old, entered and shot her In the
left breast. He then fired at her moth
er, Mrs. Freda Friedman, and her aunt,
Mrs. Ella Richards. but missed both.
Winterstein was captured by the po-
lice and locked UP. The girl Is in q
critical condition.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
TRYING TO RAISE THE
SUPPLY SHIP YANKEE

Washington, Sept. 3.-Efforts soon are
to be made to raise the torpedo supply
ship Yankee, which has been on the
ocean bottom for some time, off the
Massachusetts coast.
Captain Charles C.. Marsh, her COM
mander, reports that the wrecking
company hopes to make the attempt TO
raise the vessel this week. The work
has been delayed owing to the Difficult
ties encountered in locating and stop
ping the air leaks which developed in
the ward room compartment on the
after gun deck. Most of the obstacles
now have been overcome.
The Yankee lies near Penikese island.
Compressed air is being used in the
efforts to raise the vessel.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
CRAMPS EXPOSE
FRUIT CAR THIEF

Eau Claire, Wis, Sept. ~4.--Bccause
he ate too many pears from q box in a
railway box car which he had broken
into in the yards here, Paul Schultz
was seized with cramps, and his cries
of agony attracting the police, he was
placed under arrest.
After filing up on pears he took an
other box containing hardware being
shipped to a local firm. He carried this
to an empty a on another track.
There he became attacked with cramps
and was caught in the act. Schultz
served a sentence in the county Jail
about five years ago for breaking into
box cars.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
SEVEN CHILDREN DIE
IN LONG ISLAND FIRE
Blaze in Roman Catholic Insti-
tuition Fatal and Disastrous
in Results.

New York, Sept. 2.-That seven little
children, inmates of ST. M~alachy's homo
for children at Rockaway Park, L. 1,
were suffocated in a fire which des-
troyed a portion Of the home last night,
was discovered today by f;remen dig
aing in the ruins.
There were $50 children In the insti-
tuition, which is conducted by the Sis
tiers of St. Joseph. of Brooklyn. Most
OF them marched out of the buildings
in good order last night when h fire.
alarm was sounded, and 1t was sup
posed all had escaped.
Under 5 Years Old.
Nearly all OF those burned TO death
were under 8 years old. The portion
OF the dormitory in which they slept
was directly over the laundry, where
the fire originated. How they We're
overlooked In the work OF rescue last
night, or whether there were other
not be determined this morning, as
most of the records OF the institution
were destroyed. -a
/, The fire was discovered in the laun-
dry in the north wing at s o'clock.
Three hundred and fifty small children
were In their cots on the third and
fourth floors Of that wing, and some
OF the older children were attending
evening prayers in the chapel
Children Are Orderly.
As the alarm sounded the older chill
dren marched from the chapel to the
board walk along the beach n the
nurses and attendants began carrying
the little ones from the floors above.
Firemen assisted In searching the
halls and dormitories, and found a few
children lingering In the halls too
frightened TO leave the building, but
the rescue work had been conducted
with such dispatch and good order that
II was believed until today all the chill
dren were out OF the building.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
AUTUMN MILITARY REVIEW
Is BRILLIANT SPECTACLE

Berlin, Sept. 3.-Captain Samuel G..
Shartle, the newly appointed American
military attache, was presented to EN-
peror William at the autumn review
today of the Berlin and the Potsdam
garrisons on the Templehof parade
ground.
The review was the usual brilliant
spectacle. Thirty thousand troops Of
all branches took part in the maneu-
vers. The emperor and empress re-
turned to the palace through the prin-
cipal streets of Berlin, and were cheered
by the crowds.
Among the Americans who witnessed
the review were Orville Wright and
his sister, Katherine; Mrs. D.. J. Mills,
wife of the American ambassador, and
Gustave Scholle, third secretary of the
embassy. and Mrs. Scholle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
TRAIN ROBBER GETS
SMALL SUM FOR DEED

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. 3.-Despite the
fact that an active search has been
made, the robber who yesterday held
up and robbed a fast express train on
the Pennsylvania railroad near here,
has evaded capture.
The railroad company is making ev-
cry effort to arrest the desperado, and
has enlisted the aid of severa. detect
i've agencies. The robber obtained less
than 800 by his daring deed.
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. LIN a state
ment issued here today by III. z. Slater,
Pittsburg agent of the Adams Express
company, IL Is claimed the loss to the
company as q result OF the train hold
up at Lewistown, Pa, yesterday will
not exceed $500.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
WILL ANSWER CHARGES

Washington, Sept. 2.--Acting Score
tary Pierce, OF the interior department.
today confirmed the report that Secre-
tary Ballinger is on his way to WASH
iiigton. He is not expected to arrive
until the latter part of the week.
The departments report on the Cum
ningham-Alaska coal entries, concern
ing which there is controversy between
the interior department and the fer
estry bureau, will be completed by the
time Mr.. Ballinger arrives, but will not
be forwarded to Beverly until after the
secretary has an opportunity to PEI
-gsa il.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
MEN RECEIVE
BLACK HAND LETTERS

PittsIurg, Kan, Sept. 4.-County A.
torney d. Fl. Wooley has received a
threatening letter signed BLACK
Hand" today. The letter states that
death will be the penalty if he does not
close all the joints that are alleged by
the letter to be running wide open.
while certain others are being bounded
by him until the violators land in Jail.
The letter charges discrimination.
Postmaster Stafford, of Radley, also
received a letter this morning warning
him to remove the store manager and
company store from his building by
Saturday night under penalty OF death.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
YORK GIRL VICTIM
OF A BRUTAL MURDER

New York, Sept. "a gold watch.
rocket and chain and handkerchief, be-
longing TO Dora w. Hockey, and evil
dence of a struggle on the edge Of the
Jerome park reservoir, near where they
were found, lead the police to believe
today that Miss Hockey was murdered.
The girl, who was 19 years old, was
last seer last Wednesday night with
Charles S. Schock. The young mans
body was found IN the reservoir yes
terday, and the reservoir is being
dragged in hope of finding trace OF his
COMPANION.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
MINERS WIN DISPUTE
OVER FLAMELESS POWDER

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 4.--rhe dispute
between the miners and operators of
the Pittsburg district, affecting $4,000
men, 1000 of whom have been on a
strike for over a week, was settled last
night at a conference between the
operators and the national executive
board members of the United Mine
Workers of America, with National
President Thomas l.. Lewis, of the or
g~anization. A notice was posted last
night in all the mines in his district
telling the miners that the recent or
der of the coal companies that black
powder must be used III mining coal
is rescinded for the present To in
sure this concession on the part of
the operators, President Lewis APP
pointed a committee from the miners
organization which will go 10 Wilkes
barre, Pa, today, to confer with Chief
Mine Inspector James Il. Roderick, of
Pennsylvania, asking that a thorough
investigation of the use of black or
safety" powder be made by the state.
The state authorities ordered the use
of this powder, but the miners contend
that 1t skaters the coal TO such an
extent that their earnings are greatly
decreased.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO
AND THREE ARE DEAD

Reading, Pa, Sept. A Pennsly-
vania railroad train this afternoon
struck an automobile at D~ouglasville,
this county, and killed three persons,
William l.. Graul and wife, of Temple,
this county, and the wife of DR.. Samuel
Fslegel, a we'll known dentist of Read
ms DR.. EslegeIs injuries were severe
ard he cannot survive
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
NEW COMMISSIONER Is
AT HEAD OF SERVICE

Washington, Sept. 2.--Tsoyal E, Ca
bell, for the last three years postmaster
at Richmond, Va, tomorrow will be-
come commissioner of internal revenue
succeeding John G.. Capers, of South
Carolina, who retIres to take up the
practice OF law.
Mr.. Cabell is 80 years old and Is the
youngest man ever appointed to the
commissioners chair. He is a graduate
of Princeton n was admitted to the
bar In 1901.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
ENGINEER FROM
DIES MONIES MEETS
DEATH IN WRECK

st, Joseph, Mo, Sept. 4.-Engi-
neer Thomas Howard, Of Des
Moines, was killed and a number
of passengers severely shaken
up In a head-on collision in the
st. Joseph yards this morning
between a Chicago Great West
ern passenger train and n ST.
Joseph e. Grand Island freight
train.
Howard was engineer of the
passenger train. Fireman Hick-
ok, of Des Moines, suffered a
fracture of the right leg. and is
in a st. Joseph hospital.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10

ST, PETERSBURG-The Russkoes s.
lovo yesterday published an interview
which it's correspondent at Teheran
had with the deposed shah IF Persia
who Is now a refugee at che Russian
legation at ZerZende. The former ruler
OF Persia complained, according 20 tho
correspondent. that his abiica ion was
due to intrigue and treaciery, limiting
broadly at Russian and British diplo-
macy
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
JURY FINDS VICTOR
GUILTY OF MURDER
Penalty Is Fixed at Death -
But Two Hours Required
to Reach q Decision.

Aberdeen, S. d.. Sept. 1.-The ju..
In the Emil Victor ase at 5:15 o'clock
yesterday afternoon returned a ver-
dict of guilty Of murder in the first
degree. and affixed the death penalty
The case was given to the jury at 3:l6
o'clock. The court fixed September 80
at 10 o'clock In the forenoon as the
date when sentence will be imposed
upon the slayer.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
BODY or WOMAN
is FOUND IN PARK

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. Mystery
surrounds the discovery OF the body OF
Mrs. Alberta Banta. the divorced wife
of former Unitcd States Senator John
r.. Phipps, OF Homer. La. in Breckin-
ridge park, ,.crc yesterday.
The body was found by the police In
a secluded spot I'm tho park, after a tel
cphone T essaga had been received II on,
an unic. ntiicd party who told OF it's
exact location. Vet refused to give his
name.
Mrs. Banta wos 20 years oil and was
formerly a leader in society.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
ROPE OF BALLOON
CARRIES BOY 5000
FEET TOWARD SKY

Syracuse, Ind, Sept. 4.-When
William Simmons, of Adrian,
Mich, made q balloon ascension
here late yesterday at the har-
vest jubilee, a boy named Quin-
ter Neef became entangled in the
ropes and was carried up 5000
feet, descending with the balloon
as the gas gradually escaped. He
was unhurt.
Simmons was compelled to cut
loose when up only a few hun
dred feet to save the boy and
came down with the parachute
safely. The boys father and
mother were in the crowd and
were Frustrated.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
%cAaINETEER IN ouR

Nashvliie, Tenn. Sept. 4.-Secretary
of War j.. M. Dickinson arrived in The
CITY court here today in behalf OF his
chauffeur, who was charged c.ith ex-
CO cding the speed limit. 1t was shown
the automobile was making 90 miles
an kour. and the secretary vas OH The
way to the custom house ON officinl
business. The case wa dlsmisss.t.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
kansas pkouTH eRokEM.

wellington. Kan. Sept. Five
weeks OF dro-th was broken here last
night by a two-inch precipitation, Re-
ports are general OF a downrour oyer
the entire country. and reaching into
northern Oklahoma
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
NEGRO ACCUSED OF
STEALING JEWELRY

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 2.-Leroy Hall,
a. negro waiter, was taken from a Wa
bash passenger train by officers here
today or suspicion In connection with
the theft OF jewelry valued at $12,0 600
from Mrs. Adolph E.. Hirsche In the,
dining room OF the Vendome hotel In
Chicago last night.
Hall, who wore a diamond stud
worth 5000 and a Sis In bills In his
pockets, denies the charge. He is be-
ing held for the Chicago police.
SAN FRANCISCO-Mme. Inez Fab
bri-Muller. famed a generation ago as
a prima donna. died yesterday from pa
ralysis. She vas born In Vienna 80
years ago. and was the first director OF
the Grand opera house in this city In
the early '70s.
BATAVIA, JAVA-Severc punish
ment has been inflicted upon the rebels
OF the island OF Flores by q Dutch de-
tachment. 15 members OF which were
killed in an ambush by the natives. The
Dutch sent for reinforcements and
killed III rebels in n sharp battle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10

TORONTO, ONT.-The west wing of
the parliament buildings here was COM
pletely destroyed yesterday Ivy a fire.
The loss to the building is about $780,
900. fully covered by insur .nce. but
the fine Mowat, law library, cne OF the
b-st collections In the doin'rhon, IS a
total loss. with no Insurance.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10
AGRlCULTURALISTS ARE
WANTED BY UNCLE SAM

washington. Sept. 2~.-Students WITH
An agricultural training, who are famil-
lar with laboratory and field work, n
with classes and varieties of cereals,
are In demand by the government at
salaries ranging from 1900 and $4,000
q year. The civil service commission
has announced an examination on Sep
tember % next for positions as assist
ant In grain standardization I'm the
bureau OF plant industry or the Depart
ment 4. agriculture.
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BRISTOL, TENN.--As a sequel 10
the murder of A. j. Slagle, a wealthy
Jonesboro iumberman, whose body was
found in the river at Newport. Tenn,
saturday, John Spencer. a relative OF
s.ag,e, committed suicide yesterday by
jumping head foremost into a rain bar
rel. He was suspected.