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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25

SNOW railing Heavily When Iceberg
Looms Up-Ship Rams The Mons
ster And Tears Great Hole In Its
Side 49, Headed Full Speed For
Shore, But Goes TO Bottom In
Eight MinutesMen And Women
Reach The island Row Fifteen
Miles For Help.
Juneau. Alaska, February 1.-THE
steel steamship Yucatan, of the
Alaskan Steamship Company. for
merly a yacht used by George w. Per-
kins. of New York, bound from VAL
DEE to Seattle. with SIS passengers.
struck an iceberg in Icy Strait yes
terday and sank within eight minutes
IN six fathoms Of water at high tide.
There was no loss of life. and, so
far as Is known, no one was injured.
The shipwrecked passengers and
sailors are camped on Chichagof Is
land. They will be brought to
Juneau tomorrow by the steamer
Georgia, which left Juneau soon after
news of the wreck was received.
First Mate Gutafson, of the Yucca
tan and Capt. Raymond Jaeger, of
the fishing schooner Alexandria, ar
rived here with news of the loss of
the Yucatan.
The Yucatan was bound for Gyp-
sym on Chichagof Island, to take on
cargo of gypsym. When Icy Strait
was reached the water was smooth,
but there we're great fields of ice.
Snow was falling so heavily that it
was impossible to see far ahead. Capt.
w. r. Porter was on the bridge
with the pilot, Capt. John Johnson,
VINO commanded the steamship Ohio
when she was lost in British Colum-
D1an waters last summer.
Slow steam was ordered and the
steamer crept through the ice. Pres
emily an iceberg doomed up ahead
and the steamship rammed it, tear
ing a great hole in the side of the
vessel. Full steam ahead was order
ed and the Yucatan was beached on
Chichagof Island. The boats were
lowered and all on board were
taken ashore without mishap or
confusion. The 10 women 2assen-
gers were taken off first. Food and
bedding and the United States mail
also were saved
On the island the castaways founi
cabins. and, with sufficient food. cloth
ing, blankets and wood, are not like
ly to suffer Many passengers lost
their personal effects.
Soon after the crew had landed
Captain johnson, First Mate Gustaf-
sen and four sailors put off in life
boat to seek aid. After rowing Is
miles they sighted the fishing schoon-
er Alexandria. Captain Johnson and
the sailors turned back to the is
land in the lifeboat. while Captain
Jaeger and Mate Gustafson set out
for Juneau in a gasoline launch,
which broke DOWN after going short
distance. The two men had difficulty
in getting their craft to Hoonah
Indian village. The Indians refused
to lend them boat and the white
men were obliged to row the heavy
launch to Juneau.
Mate Gustafson could not say
whether the Yucatan could be saved.
1t is steel vessel built at Chester,
Pa, in 1890, and was valued at
100000 Last summer she was
equipped as private yacht at an
expense of $4,000 and, flying the flag
of the New York Yacht Club, carried
Geore W. Perkins, OF New York, and
a party of friends on pleasure trip
along the Alaskan coast. After this
trip the Yucatan was reconverted in
to commercial boat.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25
Railway Has Cost 200 Lives.

Winnipeg, Man. Especially - A
powder house in the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway construction camp
near Nipigon blew up, tearing to
pieces three Italian powder men.
This makes more than 200 railway
laborers slain by fatal accidents at
tending the building Of this railway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25
Crete Gets A sbaIxine.

Canea. Crete Especially A severe
earthquake was felt throughout
Crete. 1t was accompanied with vio-
lent subterranean explosions. In
this city a number of buildings were
damaged and minaret of the mos
que crashed through the dome. In
the village of Varipetro house coli
lapsed, burying six persons in the
ruins.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25
Tube Merger In london.

London Especially. - The share
holders of the three principal Lon
don tube railway companies, about
half of the stock in which is held
in America, met and agreed upon 4
plan of amalgamation. A bill pro-
viding for the amalgamation will be
laid before Parliament.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25

Secretary OF Treasury Cannot Open
To Public Inspection The Returns
OF Corporations Unless An Appro-
priation or $50, 900 Is Provided
For Clerical Hire-Snake Found
In A Former Act--President Rem
ders An Opinion,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25
|NADRIz ARMY
IN MATAGALPA
Insurgents Evacuate City in the
Night.
GENERAL CHAMORRO had NO CANNON.

Government Forces Had The Nicar.
aguan Town Almost Surrounded
And Chamorro Escaped None Too
Soon-He Deserts Estrada And
Makes Overturas To Madriz,
Which Are Internationally Re-
jected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-02-25
HITS An ICEBERG
AND GOES DOWN
The Alaskan Liner Yucatan Lost
During q SnOWstOrm,
SIxTY-FIvE PEOPLE ARE RESCUED.

Snow Falling Heavily When Iceberg
Looms Up ship Rams The Mons
ster And Tears Great Hole In Its
Side 49, Headed Full Speed For
Shore, But Goes To Bottom In
Eight Minutes-Men And Women
Reach The island Row Fifteen
Miles For Help.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
KEEP INCHlNG ALONG

James j. Hill, the empire build er,
IN an interview says he cannot see
why the business men of the country
should at present fear to engage in
new enterprises, nor can he see any
reason whatever for the semi -paraly.
sis which is gradually creeping over
the United States.
Its only a senseless lack of con.
tldence,' said Mr.. Hill
And why this lack Of confidence?
Some man, somewhere, has grown
tlmid over something or other, and
has cried boo at his neighbor. His
nelghbor probably jumped and the
next fellow took fright without know
ing why he was frightened. And SO
on.
It's just like flock of sheep. II
one starts to run, every sheep in the
flock will follow, even if they die fo1
it.
During this big national conser-
Vatlon congress we have talked about
conserving water and conserving
land; conserving coal and conserving
iron; it's too bad somebody didn't
say a word about conserving com
mon sense
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
FEW CRUMBS LEFT

1t isn't SO very many years since
the United States used to feed itself
and have lot to spare for the rest
of the world. But population-and
possibly appetite--has been increas-
ing. Nowadays when the American
people get up from the dinner table
there are precious few fragments left
for anybody else. For instance:
Last week the United States ard
Canada together exported 1880, 900
bushels of wheat, which was only
one-tsnth of the wheat exports of the
world. In the 9O's they were export.
ing one-half of the total. Unless
scientific farming spreads, SO that
the yield on each acre is increased to
somewhere near what it should be.
the time isn't far distant when Uncle
Sam won't have enough bread on his
plate to pass around to all the men,
bers of his family, to say nothing Of
sending any to the neighbors.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
PLAN FOR DEWEY COUNTY
With a petition bearinga sutficie

With petition bearing sufficient
number of names asking for the or
ganization of Dewey county, j. w.
Conway and E. L. MilIigan of Timber
Lake secured from Governor Vessey,
authority on Tuesday to proceed with
the work of organization. For that
purpose an election will be held on
the sth day Of November, the same
date as the general election, and the
voters will be accommodated at three
polling places, the places SO selected
being Isabel, Timber Lake and White
Horse. The petition on which action
was taken contained 1853 names which
was amply sufficient under the law on
which to take action. AS the new
county will have within it's borders
several new and ambitious railway
towns, the chances are that the an
nouncement Of the election will mean
grand and hurried "getting busy
on the part of the boosters for each
of the places, and a lively campaign
to show that each is the only natural
and logical place for the seat of coun-
ty government
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
THE INTERSTATE FAIR

Only one more week and all roads
will be leading to the big Interstate
Live Stock Fair in Sioux City. All
railroads have reduced their rates of
fare and all have made provision to
run extra trains and add extra coach
es to regular trains.
The fair will be the best all around
show the association ever has given.
The exhibit OF livestock will be lar
ger than ever before and will include
the prize winning herds of the state
fairs of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska
and South Dakota.
The racing program is we'll bal
anced, an excellent card having been
arranged for every afternoon except
Saturday, when the track will be
given over to automobiles and motor
cycles.
The automobile parade in front Of
the grandstand on Saturday after.
noon will vie in Importance with the
famous parade of premium winning
live stock, which always takes place
on Friday afternoon.
A free vaudeville show, containing
the highest class acts obtainable, be-
ing the same seen last week at the
Minnesota State Fair, will be pre-
sented every afternoon in front Of the
grandstand.
Every foot of space is taken in the
departments devoted to plants and
flowers, pantry and kitchen, fine arts
and household work and children.
There will be a Midway with more
good, clean shows than even before
seen at a fair grounds, and while the
shows are of a higher grade than
usual there will be t.'t,e usual rattle
band and Changer of a "hig show
ground.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
INTEREST SUMS LARGE.

Since taking the Office, state treasur-
er, George Johnson, has turned into the
general fund interest money in the sum
Of s22,481. This for little over year
and half, and the total for his first
term will be near, if NOT fully. s3o, 900.
This is fund which has been looked
upon by all former treasurers of the
state as a personal fund, and has been
retained as such. But from this time
on the state can consider the interest.
receipts from the funds as part Of the
state revenues, instead Of a personal
perquisite Of the treasurer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
is FILLING A WANT.

The Southeastern Telephone company
which is building toward Wessing tor
Springs from Pierre, now has its lines
operating into the southeast corner OF
this county, and will continue across
southern Hyde county, and on down
into Buffalo and Jerauld counties. This
line gives Pierre direct telephone COM
minication with a part of the state
where it has been practically impossible
to reach on any other line.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Uncle Sam, as a land au ctioneer, is
attracting considerable attention in
Oklahoma by an unique method of
selling the red mans heritage, IN the
form of good tillable land That the
farmer and investor appreciate the
plan and have confidence in it is dem
onstrated by the fact that within the
past twelve months approximately
one million dollars have been paid
for Indian land to the United States
government through the United
States Indian Superintendent at Mus
kogee, Oklahoma.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Dressmakers in Illinois have just
adjourned a state meeting. One who
was there declares the meeting put
an end to hobble skirts. 1t was stat
ed that skirts are already widening
cut and many of the modistes declar-
ed that there advice to women hover
ing on the brink of gowning them
selves in la loosely-wound umbrella
was "don't''.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
HILL Ar CORN PALACE

Mitchell citizens are congratulating
themselves upon the fact that James
j. Hill has promised to appear at the
4cern palace on Monday afternoon,
September 26, at which time he will
deliver an address, the subject of.
sWhish has NOT yet feea iingiieatsd
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Dubuque Journal: The city council OF
Sioux City proposes to weigh the coal
and bread furnished the inha bitants and
also test the bread for purity. Here
after a Sioux Cityan with bun will
not be polluted and no coal dealer in
that town will be known as the cham
pion lightweight.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
September Meeting, 1910.

Pierre, S. D., September s, 1910.
This being the day fixed by law for
the levying of taxes and also the
day to which an adjournment of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Hughes county, South Dakota, was
had on July 15, 1910, the Board met.
Present: F. P. Grandle, E. F. Mer-
Ger and w. S. Thomson. The chair
man being absent, f. P. Grandle was
chosen pro TEN.
Joseph Ihli, county auditor, pre-
sented the following estimate of ex-
penses of Hughes county for the en-
suing year:
In the hospital for the insane,
Hughes county has twelve patients,
for which the county is charged
S2,304. This amount will require
levy of 4 mill.
The amount to be provided for by
levy for the special salary fund is
nearly $4,000 This will require
levy of mills.
About $1,000 are needed in the
county bridge fund to pay for those
bridges just built and the work un-
der consideration by your Honorable
Board. This amount will require a
levy of ~ mills.
There is now on hand about $780,
900 in the sinking and interest fund.
A 5 mill levy will pay the current in
terest and increase the amount on
hand about $4,000. With this ball
ance in 1911, when $4,000 becomes
due, our indebtedness can be mater
tally reduced SO that much smaller
levy for interest and sinking fund
will be needed after this year.
The probable amounts required in
the county general fund are as fol-
lows:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Congressman Champ Clark says that
if elected speaker he will drive team
Of Missouri mules down Pennsylvania
avenue, from the capitol to the white
house and back. 1t is evidently Champs
intention to make the emblem Of his
party as respectable as possible.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Judge j.. E. Garland has gone to
Denver, Colo. where next week, he
will sit with the court of appeals,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

South Dakota has again come into
its own regular fall weather. Hope
it will continue for some time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

In the disestablishment of credit
we find the most obvious cause of the
prevailing depression, The link that
connects labor with capital is not
broken, but we may not deny that it
is less cohesive than it should be or
than conditions warrant. Financial
ly, the country is stronger than ever
before in it's history. Recovery from
a panic so severe as that of three
years ago was never before soiprompt
and comparatively complete. The
masses are practically flee from debt.
Money is held by the banks in abun-
dance and rates are low.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

The Rosebud Indians will have fair.
This shows that the Indians are getting
to be a good deal like white men and
the showing they make at their fairs
is something interesting. The fair
held by the Grows on the Grow reser-
walton north of Sheridan, Wyo., is a
better exhibition of farm products and
handlwork of various sorts than the
white man S fair held at Sheridan. The
Indian still clings SO his dances but the
white does, too, so there is not so much
difference after all.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

The probability is that Theodore will
continue to keep the front page busy
until after the New York convention
if not longer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

The crops have matured and the hay
fever people see no reason for the delay
or a killing frost.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Hot water baths free at the gas
plant. Lot is enclosed by board fence
and water is four feet deep.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

g.
The question of free range bids
fair to be settled in South Dakota
before many years in every county
where it now prevails. Lyman and
Stanley have wiped it out, and at the
election this fall it will be submitted
in Meade, Pennington, Lawrence and
Perkins, leaving only the counties of
Custer and Fall River in the south
west, ana Butte, Harding and Cor
son in the northern portion of the
state with law applying. Without
further railway development, Hard
ing will probably be the last county
in the state where the free range will
prevail and the last stand for the
cattle raiser.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Real estate is assuming it's usua
autumn movement, and many houses
and lots have been sold in the las
few days. Several farms have bee1
sold during the month.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

builders and excavators for new i'm
provements may mar the beauty of the
landscape, but they certainly show what
Pierre is doing in the way of building.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Is the country going Coxey arm,
again?' inquiries the Argus, Leader
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

AS the congressman make their bouts
looking after the fences they may be led
aside for more or less confidential chat
concerning the disposal of postonices.
1t will be the business of the congress
men to keep everybody hoping until
after election day.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Indian graft is uncovered on Standing
Rock agency.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Fifty-seven Methodist ministers in
Iowa are preparing to vacate their pull
pits. There is no variety" among
their fifty-seven reasons. Each one
says the salary will not support his
family.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Monday fire, starting from some
unknown cause, south of Harold, burn
ed twenty-five tons of hay for j. c..
Peterson, two loads Of hay, wagon
and rack, and hay loader for Charles
Bird, and a horse and harness for Chris
Broneman, the horse being securely
tied to the rack of hay which was
burned. Another team belonging to
Bird which was tied to the same rack
broke loose and escaped.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

This country needs no new national
ism. The nationalism founded by
Washington, and endorsed by the great
est American statesmen since the in
auguration of the government, is good
enough.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH IHLI,
County Auditor.
Upon consideration the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved by the Board of County
Commissioners of Hughes county,
South Dakota, that the following
sums in mills and tenths of mills be
and the same are hereby levied for
the various funds as necessary taxes
for the current fiscal year upon the
taxable property of Hughes county
as returned by the State Board Of
Equalization and Assessment for the
year 1910, to.wit:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

1t is beginning to dawn on westerners
that the west is ten years behind the
been handing the government lemon
under the guise of conservation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

William Randolph Hearst's PROPOSE
ton to make political alliance with
Theodore Roosevelt did not appca
strongly to the big game hunter. Mr..
Hearst is power in his newspapers,
but t is noticed that The wise one keer
clear of his political tentacles.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

This makes a total of over $21,-
600. AS there is an income in this
fund of about $4,000 outside of taxes,
we still have fully $4,000 to provide
for by levy. This will require levy
of 4 mills.
A levy of mills was made last
year for county road in unorganized
townships. The same levy is recon-
mended for this year.
The valuation of the assessed prop
erty of Hughes county as returned
by the state board of equalization
and assessment for the year 1910,
upon which taxes are to be levied, is
as follows:
Real estate Qands). SO ,OOS, ,267
Real estate (toWn lots) )...... ,4O9, TIA
fefsonal property. y........... &c.,
Chicago & Northwestern
r. r., Dakota Division,
Blunt ................... 1923
Chicago & Northwestern
II. r., Dakota Division
Harold d................. 6,763
Chicago & Northwestern
r. r., Dakota Division
Pierre ......,....,....... 1so, ,9oe
Chicago Il Northwestern
r. r., Dakota Division
balance of county s2l, ,9oe
Pierre & Fort Pierre Bridge
Railway Co., Pierre. 1853, ,191
Pullman Co................. 1862
Western Union Telegraph
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1898
Express companies .... 21,924
Telephone companles...... 14,71s
Total. ......s4, ,s21 ,s1s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

The Chicago and North Western road
has had heavy run of stock since the
month began. So heavy has been the
run over the main line, that it was nee
essary to borrow freight crews from
other lines of the road.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

The state board of pardons will
meet on Thursday, September 20, for
the consideration of any applications
which may be before them at that
date.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

tGaaatsD~d oaPsss4l
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

Taxpayers are becoming frequent Wis
itors at the county treasurer's office,
due to the fact that this is the last
month for paying the second installment
of taxes without also being called upon
to pay the penalty for delinquency.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-22

j. e. Truran, deputy commissioners
OF school and public lands, has gone
to direct the appraisal of timber on
10000 ceres Of land in the government
forest reserve of the Black Hills.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-07

Che democrats could net attribute the
Increased price to the tariff
In trying 10 explain the high prices
the republican congressional com
mltfce is making much use Of the
saieet committee 0f the senate.
headed BY senator Lodge, on wages
nd prices Of c~ommodities That com
mlttec absolYed the tariff from
blame. but named a number Of
eauses. among them industrial COM
hinattous, increased money supply
higher standard of living, Increased
cost ~ producing farm products. In
creased demand for form products
and food. ana various other Things.
The democrats ore also scored FOR
havinK nothing to eag about high
prices in agricultural communities.
Prices have Increased since 1895, y
the republican committee. not
alone in the United states, but AL
ever the Morld~~iu Canada, In south
America, in England. IN France. IN
Germany. in AL parts OF Europe, In
al parts of Asia. in China, In Japan,
ana Ia almost all these countries 90 n
greater degree than IN the United
states. There is. then, no possible
political argument in the fact for or
against either the republican or dem
6Crafic party. There is no poNtlcal
argument for or against protection or
free trade. and the demagogue who
tries Ia win votes on a dishonest
presentation Of thie matter should be
buried politically forever
Further than this the republicans
that while prices have In
creased the world over. wages have
and that wages have increased
about in proportion 10 prices nowhere
else. but la tho United states. The
republicans atc also making much Of
the increase in savings hanks depos-
It's in this country from less thar
$4,000. 600, 900 In 1896, 10 more than
twice that sum now.
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