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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
seine RIVER RISES
AGAIN NINE INCHES
Rainfall and Melting Snow
Responsible for Latest
Caper of Stream.

Paris, Feb. 1.-THE river Seine has
risen nine inches here during the "a
hours ending at noon today, owing TO
yesterdays rain and melting snow. The
photographic department predicts q
continued rise until Friday, when 1t will
reach a height of more thar % feet at
the Pont Royal and equal the flood
level Of 1882.
Although confident there is no danger
of q repetition of the recent disaster,
the authorities are taking thorough
precautions. The level of the paraps.s
at low places throughout the length of
the city are being hastily raised by
im~provised dykes.
The return of high water threatens
to greatly retard the work of repair
which is in progress. The waters, which
had dropped below the mouths of the
sewers are again pouring into the con-
Quits, drowning the electric light and
power lines in the vicinity of the Place
De L'Opera.
While service has been resumed on
several sections of the subway, the
management holds out no hope that the
main line passing st. Lazare station
will be restored for another month.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
HUGE FRAUD IN COAL
LANDS NOW ALLEGED
Sixty-four Defendants Must
Answer Before Authorities
in Wyoming.

Lander. Wyo. Feb. 10-SiXty-four de-
PENDANTS in alleged coal land frauds
against the government appeared to-
day before the United States land Office
in this city in cases which have been
brought by the government for the can
collation. of their titles to coal lands
which are said to be the most valua-
BILE in the state. The cases involve $500
acres of land lying in the mineral dis
tric. north of Lander and have been
appraised by government experts at a
value of nearly $500, 900.
The government alleges hat these
lands were filed upon by dummy
entrymen for the benefit of the Owl
Creek Coal company and the North
western Coal company, which are con-
trolled largely by New York capital
lists. The two companies are reported
to be associated with the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railroad.
The cases are commonly known as
the Gebo and fraud cases, as Samuel
w. Gebo, Geo. w. Daily, Rufus p. Ire
land. and others were alleged to be in
strumental in securing the titles to
the lands involved.
John A. Williams, law examiner of
the land office. will hear the cases, and
Captain Geore H. Hair, chief Of the
field division of the land Office at Salt
Lake, Utah, will act as registrar. About
10 witnesses will be summoned, a large
part of them from New York city.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
ENGLISH LABOR
PARTY Is BALKY

Newport, Eng, Feb. 12.-In his adj
dress opening the 10th annual meet
ing of the independent labor party to-
threw cold water on all suggestions
that the laborites in the forthcoming
parliament should be the blind fol-
lowers of the government. He said:
81 confidently assert that those who
hope to see us bring about our OWL
undoing by entering into some agree
ment or understanding with the gov
eminent are doomed to disappoint-
ment. At all costs and hazards we
must maintain a complete freedom of
action, both in the house of commons
and in our constituencies. The treat
men melted out to our candidates by
the liberals in the recent contest was
no the kind to predispose us in ia
vor Of any friendly relationship"
President Hardie declared that the
policy of the liberals toward the peers
as outlined, did not inspire the labor
ties with confidence. To talk Of weak
ening the veto power of the lords was
toying with democracy, he said, add
ing that any second chamber must in
the nature of things be reactionary and
could be intended only as a check
to progress.
He said that the policy of the labor
party remained unchanged and that
was to sweep the house of lords into
oblivion. The same. unsullied indepen-
dcnce which had produced SO many
labor measures in the past must con-
thu to work for ends yet to be won
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
CASHIER SWEARS HE PAID
BRIBE MONEY TO SENATOR

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 1.-THE man
who handled the money was brought
before the state senate yesterday by
Senator Ben Conger, to confirm Con-
gers statement that Jothamm r.. Aids,
its majority leader, accepted $1,000 for
influencing legislation. He proved to be
Hiram G.. Moe, a veteran bank cashier
of Groton, where Conger lives, and he
declared positively that on April %,
1901, he a handed Aids an envelope
containing $1.G00 at the state house. The
purpose for which this alleged transfer
of money was made did not appear in
the direct testimony, but Senator Con-
ger filed an affidavit in which he de-
clared the payment was made to Aids
on Aids demand in the Interest of
the American Bridge company"
Moe declared he gave $4,000 to anoth-
er legislator and $1,000 to a third, who
having died since were not mentioned
by name. The man who Moe sal sent
him TO Albany with this $4,000 also Is
dead. He was Frank Conger, brother
of the senator, and at h time these
events occurred vice president of the
bridge company.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
.PEARY GIVES BIG CHECK
TO SOUTH POLE SEARCH

New York, Feb. 11.-Before an audi
ence of more than 1900 persons in the
Metropolitan opera house, Commander
Peary, d~iscoverer Of the north pole, was
presented with a $40, 900 check on behalf
of the citizens of New York, but in
stead Of retaining 1t for himself. the
commander announced Immediately
that 1t would be contributed towards
the south pole expedition as planned
by the National Geographic society.
The check was presented to the com
mander by Governor Hughes, of New
York, as the first national testimonial
In the explorers honor.
Washington, Feb. 11.-America has de-
cided to seek for south pole laurels.
similar to those won for her by Com
mander Peary at the north pole. The
National Geographic society yesterday
resolved to send an expedition in search
Of the south pole, provided the neces-
sary funds can be raised. 1t is o be-
Iieved there will be any lack on this
score. Commander Peary was notified
Immediately of the action.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
RADICAL CHOSEN AS
cpAIMyc NEM DDEMlEp
VI HIV y NkW I nIHIlLIl
Mendes, Leader Of Ante Cleri.
Gals, Selected to Form a
Ministry.

Madrid. Feb. 1.-THE assumption Of
the premiership by Josef Canalejas y
Mendes, the radical and anti-clerical,
has caused great surprise among the
r~eactionaries, who had assumed that
when Moret fell King Alfonso would
institute a more moderate rather than
a more radical regime.
The impression prevails that the king
has outwitted the intriguers by boldly
confiding the government to Canalejas
for the purpose Of giving the
try a clear proof Of his sincerity in the
role of a constitutional sovereign.
The revision of the concordat of 1851
and the reduction in the number of
religious orders will be a feature, 1t
is expected, of the new cabinet policy.
The Manana, a social-liberal organ,
says hat the imperious necessities Of
the times brought Canalejas to power.
The Ell Paius, republican, expresses
great qualification at the advent of a
man with advanced views, but fears
that the new premier will not be given
sufficient latitude and that he will re-
tire within the year to be succeeded
by Antonio Maura, the leader of the
conservatives and former premier, who
vas displaced by Moret.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
FAIRBANKS EXPLAINS
THAT VATICAN! AFFAIR
Former Vice President Gives
His Version Of What Hap
pened at Rome.

Rome, Feb. 12.-Former Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks has given out the fol-
lowing statement of the vatican in
cident:
When IN Sunday L reached the
American college, Manager Kennedy
said that he had been advised from the
vatican that it would be impossible
for me to have a papal audience if /
delivered my contemplated address at
the American Methodist church. / re-
piled that / had agreed to make an
address and was obliged to keep the
engagement; that / had always exer-
ciscd The privilege to speak to Catho-
lies and protestants alike wherever
they desired and whenever il was pos
sible. and therefore the arrangement
for the audience / regarded as ended.
/ spoke TO the students of the Ameri-
lean college along patriotic and gen
eral lines, giving the Catholic church
a full share of the credit for the great
work accomplished by all the Christian
churches. The subject of the papal
audience was suggested again by Man
ager Kennedy a little later. He had
received further Instructions in the
meantime and said that if / did not
speak at the Methodist church the
audience would hold good. l replied
that / appreciated the intended cour-
tesy, but the alternative was impos-
sible. j would speak as announced and
thus would be obliged to forego the
audience with the pope When l ad-
vised DR.. Triple, the pastor of the
Methodist church, he SAID that he was
ready to release me from the engage
ment, but ] answered that that was
Impossible. Under the circumstances
! felt obligated to the fultillment of a
promise made before the papal audi
cvcN 40 - . 80 - csl - "
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
WOMAN WILL RUN
FOR GOVERNOR TO
HELP VOTE CAUSE

Dover, n. H, Feb. 1.-THE announce
ment of Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, a Do
yer lawyer, leader in the suffrage
movement and a we'll known disciple
of Ingersoll, that she will be a can
didate for the governorship of New
Hampshire, has aroused an interest IN
precedented in the history of New
England politics.
Mrs. Rtker herself as a
candidate OF a woman's rights plat
form. She was reared on a New Hamp-
shire farm, and at the age of 16 grad
was married. Six years later her aus
band died, leaving her wealthy in her
own right. Her only brother was killed
during the civil war.
Left a widow at %, with means, she
concluded to travel, and went to Ger
many and France, where she remained
two years.
In 1870, when she attempted to vote,
she declared, $50 long as women are
hanged under the laws, they should
have a voice in making them"
For a number Of years past she has
paid her taxes under protest. Her last
n reads as follows: Taxation with
out representation is tyranny. / hereby
protest against the injustice OF being
compelled to pay taxes without having
a vote to protect my property"
Her existence, though unusual, is not
eccentric or exclusive. Through her
practice she brightens the lives Of
many in the community and takes al
ways personal interest in those about
her. She is very fond of children.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
A AT LYONS.

Lyons. Neb., Feb. 11.-Jennie, the wife
of Fred Moore. who was taken to the
hospital at Omaha. died there OF APP
pendicitis before an operation had been
performed She was the only child OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Southwell. and
her mother was sick at the same time
and In the same hospital. Both fami-
lies ave lived n Alberta. Canada. dur
ing the last 10 years. and just recently
moved back here to their old home.
The remains We're brought to Lyons Tor
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
ON TRAIL
FOR MURDER OF GIRL
Jury Is Secured at Detroit in
Case of DR.. George A.
Fritch.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 11.-After nearly
a week passed in getting a jury, the
trial of DR.. George A. Fritch. charged
with manslaughter in connection with
the death of Maybelle Millman. OF
Ann Arbor. was begun here today be-
fore Judge Phelan.
Miss MillmaE's d~ismembereo body
was found in three gunny sacks sub
merged In Ecorse creek last Septem-
Der. The prosecutions strongest wit
ness is expected TO be Thomas Leach.
a chauffeur. who has testified that
he drove DIR. Fritch TO Ecorse creek at
midnight and waited in an automobile
while three sacks, which the doctor had
brought from his house, were thrown
into the water.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
MEXICAN RAILWAY MEN
VOTE AGAINST STRIKE

Mexico City, Feb. 12.-There will not
be a walkout of American engineers
and conductors in the employ of the
National lines of Mexico, the employees
and the railroad management having
agreed upon terms of settlement of
their differences. The peace pact was
signed at 2.30 O'Clock yesterday after
noon in the Office of E.. N. Brown, presi-
dent of the company. Mr.. Brown signed
the document as the representative of
the railroads, and committees Of en-
gineers and conductors signed for the
men. The conductors and engineers
are entirely satisfied with the peace
terms. which include assurance that
the policy of the railroad as recently
outlined will be carried out.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
DR.. HYDE HELD GUILTY
BY BY THE THE SSIWh|GPPEE JURORS JURORS
Accused Man, Under Advice of
His Attorney, Refuses to
Take Stand.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. g.
Colonel Swope came to his
death by reason of strychnine
administered in a capsule by
DR.. B. G.. Hyde, but whether by
felonious intent or not we, the
jury, are unable to say
This verdict was rendered at
/ o'clock this afternoon by the
coroner's jury at Independence,
after being out one hour.
Into the superlative of inten-
sity went the inquest to-
day, into the darkness of con-
lecture and mystery was again
carried the death of Col
onel Thomas H. Swope. For
DR.. B. Clark Hyde, physician to
Colonel Swope on the day he
died, prescriber of a digestive
capsule, which preceded death
only a short while, refused to
testify to the coroner's jury,
and refused even to be sworn.
The scene lasted only g few
moments. In that time more ex-
element was created than in
the two days of testimony. It
was a space of time in which
pulses beat with excitement
and in which the eyes of jury
men, spectators, witnesses and
even the stenographers forgot
everything else, except to di-
rect their every attention to the
men who may determine an ar
rest in the case of the death
of Colonel Swope-Frank P.
Walsh, Hyde's attorney; DR.. H.
F. Zwart, county coroner; Vir-
gil Conklin, prosecuting attor-
ney of Jackson county, and DR..
Hyde.
Hyde Declines to Testify.
The morning had barely started When
DR.. Zwart looked at a piece of paper
upon which he carried the list Of wit
nesses. His lips were just beginning
to frame the name of DR.. Hyde when
Attorney Walsh arose and bent over
the table. The court room became sud
denly quiet. Mr.. Walsh began slowly:
1.-The attorneys for DR.. Hyde have ad-
vised him not to testify" Mr.. Walsh
said. 1--WE do not care for him to tes-
tify here and therefore, at our sug-
gestion, he must decline to be sworn"
Another mar was standing close by
at this time and in his hand there was
a copy of a newspaper, the g OF
which were being rapidly turned to a
certain place. The man vas Virgil
Conkling, prosecuting attorney. He,
too, spoke his words slowly, with pre-
cision and almost GOODNESS.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
DR.. HYDE ACCUSED
FORMALLY OF THE
MURDER OF SWOPE

Kansas City, Feb. IA climas in
The Swope mystery anne late this aft
rnoon when John G.. Paxton. the fam
lily counsellor, filed an information at
the office of the county prosecutor for
mally charging DR.. Bennett Clarke
Hyde with murder in the first degree,
holding him responsible for the death
of Colonel Thomas H. Swope.
Virgil Conkling, the prosecutor, said
later that a warrant for DR.. Hydes ar
rest would be sworn out during the aft
ernOOn.
Anticipating tie warrant, DR.. Hyde's
attorneys had told Mr.. Conkling their
client was ready n willing to accept
service and would be available when.
ever he was desired. q
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
SWINDLER IS GIVEN
STIFF Term IN JAIL
Congressman Hull, of Iowa,
Among Victims Who Gave
Up Their Coin.

Washington, Feb. ff.-Juies l.. Water
bury, Of Enfield Center, N. Y, recently
convicted of obtaining money by false
pretenses from Representatives Hull
and Barthold and former Assistant At
torney General McHarg, representing
himself as connected with the Associ-
ated Press, was today sentenced by
Justice Gould in criminal court Nc. /
to serve Is months in the peniten-
tiary in Atlanta, Ga.
Waterbury made an earnest plea for
leniency and while the law would have
permitted the court to condemn him to
Imprisonment for nine years, Justice
Gould considered the fact that restitu-
ton had been made and the young man
promised not again to engage in perpe-
trating q fraud on the public.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
DRINKING CUP UNDER
A BAN IN WISCONSIN
State Board Of Health Puts II
on the Blink by Official
Order.

Madison, Wis. Feb. 10.-The common
drinking cup must go in Wisconsin.
Its doom has been sealed by the state
board of health at a recent meeting in
his city. BY the passage Of a rule
which, upon official publication, wilt
have all the force and effect of law,
the board has taken a step toward the
prevention of infectious diseases. The
new rule reads as follows:
The use OF the common drinking
cup on railroad trains, in railroad sta
tons and IN the public n private
schools is hereby prohibited.
mo person or corporation In charge
OF or control OF any railroad train or
station. or public or private school or
state educational institution. shall fur
nish any drinking u for public use
and no person or corporation shall
permit on said railroad trains or in
stations OF in said public and private
schools or state educational institu-
tons, the common use OF the drinking
cup
The rule win be submitted 10 the
attorney general for approval before
being published in tho official state
paper.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
WILSON CHAMPIONS
SODA Preventative
Secretary of Agriculture Comes
Out Flatfooted in Letter
for Benzoate.

Washington, Feb. 12.-According to
special dispatches from Atlantic City,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in a
letter received by officers Of the Ma
tional Gamers association there, re-
quests the packers not to go on rec
ord as opposed to benzoate of soda, de-
claring in his letter hat the fight be-
ing made against benzoate is none of
their business. The cabinet officer
politely requests that they take no ac-
ton in the matter at the present con-
yention.
Never before has Secretary Wilson
gone so far in defense of benzoate of
soda, Members of the Gamers associ-
alton. who are fighting every sort of
chemical addition to canned goods. in
the endeavor TO retain public conf
dence in canned products, resent the
attempted interference of Secretary
Wilson in their pledged program for
pure foo
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
THAW AGAIN FAILS
TO GAIN FREEDOM
His Effort to Be Transferred
to Another Asylum May
Be Successful.

Nyack, N. Y, Feb. Hilary X.
Thaw's latest application for his dis
charge from the Matteawan state hos
pital for the criminal insane, was de-
MED by Justice A. S. Tompkins, In a
decision rendered today.
II the same time the justice APP
pointed William Vanaince, of Orange
county, as a referee to take evidence
on Thaw's application for a transfer
from the Matteawan asylum to some
other institution.
The referee is instructed to hold the
hearings in Matteawan and submit the
evidence TO Justice Tompkins together
with the referees opinion as to whether
Thaw is being properly treated in the
state hospital where he is now con-
fined
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
GAMBLING IN FUTURES
Is BEFORE COMMITTEE

Washington, Feb. 11.-Gambling in fu-
lures in cotton and other agricultural
products was the subject of a hearing
begun today before the agricultural
committee of the house, which brought
together a delegation of prominent
members OF the cotton exchange of
New York and several delegations of
cotton growers and agriculturalists.
who appeared to give testimony for and
against the measures designed TO pro-
hibit dealings in futures.
A number OF bills are before the
committee dealing with his subject.
Chairman Scott OF the committee is
the author of a sweeping bill designed
to end gambling i'm the futures OF the
products OF the farm.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
GENTLE TREATMENT OF
NAVAL OFFICERS LIKELY

Washington, Feb. 12.-It is expected
that Assistant Secretary Winthrop will
today dispose of the court martial
cases of Paymaster George p. Aud and
Surgeon Ansey H. Robnett, recently
tried at the Charlestown navy yard,
Boston, on charges of conduct unbe-
coming an officer and a gentleman in
connection with an assault on DR.. Ed
ward Spencer Cowles at a navy dance.
While no official announcement has
been made, naval officers in Washing
ton are practically unanimous in the
opinion that the numbers which the
court advised should be lost in the
case of Paymaster Aud will be re-
mitted. A severe reprimand, however.
Is looked for.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
SENATOR STONE BlAMES
HIGH TARIFF FOR PRICES

Washington. Feb. 11.-Apropos CON
sideration of the composite Elkins-
Lodge-McCumber food price investiga-
ton resolution reported TO the Senate
yesterday from the committee on
finance and contingent expenses. Sena-
tor Stone. OF Missouri, today addressed
eral question OF food prices He under
TOOK to show that the Payne-AldrIch
tariff bill Is largely responsible for the
enhanced price Of many Of the neces-
saries OF life. y
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
PROMINENT DAkOTAN
BURIED WITH HONORS

Elk Point, s. D., Feb. 12.-The funeral
of Hon. Il. C. Ericsson. member OF the
state board of regents. prominent at
torney OF this city, and we'll known all
eve the state, was held this afternoon
from the Congregational church. State
Officers and men prominent in the
public life of the state were present
and a large delegation anne from the
state university. at vermillion. which
was closed for the day In memory OF
the man who has done much for the
advancement CT the ;ns Eitution.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
INDIAN COUNCIL PASSES
NEW PRESS GAG MEASURE

Calcutta, Feb. 10.-The press nill. de-
signed to suppress the dissemination
Of anarchistic literature, was passed by
the imperial council TO-DAY. Tho
requires the proprietors OF
newspapers and job presses to deposit
with the government q sum OF
which will be forfeited should the de-
positor be convicted OF an attcmpt 90
incite to murder or sedition or 70 In
luence the public against law 2
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
POPE ANNOUNCES SEVERAL
CHANGES AMONG PRIESTS

Rome, Feb 1.-THE following appoint
ments proposed by Cardinal De Lai,
secretary of the consistory congrega-
ton. were ratified by the pope today:
Rev. j. G.. Lacoler, to be auxiliary
bishop OF st. Paul. MINI; Rev. J.. w,
Shaw, OF Mobile. Ala. to be coadjutor
bishop Of San Antonio. Texas: Rt. Rev,
Denis O'Donaghue, auxiliary bishop, OF
Indianapolis. to be bishop Of Louisville
XIV
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
TAFT is INVITED TO
VISIT CEDAR RAPIDS

washington, Feb. ~. President
Taft was invited too-y by Representa-
tive Good to visit Coe college at Cedar
Rapids at the time of installing the
new president and defeating the new
hall OF science. If the president Is will
ing to go there. exercises will be ar
ranged accordingly. Secretary Wilson
Is urging the president to go.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-18
POLE EXPEDITION SPOKEN.

Buenos Ayres. Feb. 12.-The captain
OF the steamer Sud, which arrived at
Punta Arenc today. reports that he
spoke the Antarctic exploring steamer
Poureuoi Pas. anchored ut Port Gallant
in the strait of Magellan. DIR. J.. NJ.
Charcot refused any information con-
corning the results of the French South
Polar expedition.