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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20
CHAPTER So.
Oh. b. 278.)


An Act to Provide for the organiza-
ton, Maintenance, Equipment and
Regulation Of the National Guard
and Of the Militia of the state Of
eRapter * al f the Rev Hss e
Laws Of 1903. Relating to the Militia
B. 1t f Enacted es q by so the Legislature of
the State of South Dakota:
1. Militia, What Constitutesl All
the able bodies male citizens of this
state and every able bodied male of
foreign birth who has declared his in :
tention to become citizen, who is
more than eighteen and less than for
dents of this state, shall constitute the
militia, subject to the following ex-
ceptions:
/. Persons exempted by the laws of
2. Persons exempted by the laws of
this state.
organized IRE or police department In
any city, village or town, and exempt
flremen who have served their full
term in any FIRE company, but no mem
Der of the organized militia shall be
relieved from duty because OF his join
ing any such fire company or depart
ment
T. Judges and clerks Of courts of
record, registers of deeds, sheriffs,
county auditors. county treasurers.
physicians, superintendents. officers
and assistants OF hospitals. prisons and
jails. conductors and engineers Of
s. idiots, lunatics, paupers, vaga-
bonds. confirmed drunkards, persons
addicted to the use of narcotic drugs,
and persons convicted of infamous
All such exempted persons except
those mentioned in subdivisions / and
5 shall be available for military duty
In case of insurrection, war, invasion
or imminent danger thereof
2. Enrollmentl. Whenever tho
governor shall deem 1T necessary, he
may order an enrolment to be made
by either civil or military officers des.
ignated by him, of all persons liable
to service in the militia. Such enroll
ment shall state the name, residence,
age and occupation OF the persons en-
rolled and their previous or existing
military or naval service. Three copies
shall be made thereof; one shall be re-
tanned by the enrolling officer, one
filed in the office of the auditor Of
the county in which the enrolment is
made. and the original in the office OF
shall be required to make such en-
rollment, II demanded by the COVER
nor, without additional expense to the
s3. Notice OF Enrolment Exemp-
tion Claimsl. The officer making the
enrolment shall, at the time of MAX
enrolment upon each person enrolled,
by delivering to him such notice or
leaving 1t with some person of suit.
able age and discretion at his place OF
residence. All persons claiming ex-
emption must. within fifteen days af-
ter the service of such notice. file a
written statement of such exemption;
verified by affidavit. in the Office or
the county auditor. Such county aud
itor shall thereupon, IL such person be
exempted according to law, mark the
word Exempt" opposite his name;
and the remainder of all thus enroll.
ed, and not found TO be exempt, shan
constitute the militia of this state
and such county auditor shall trans
nit a COPY of such corrected roll to
the adjutant general The command
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20
CHAPTER 81.
Is. B. S5.)

Is. u. So.)
An Act Recurring All Railway Cor
porations or Receivers or Lessee
Operating Line Of Railway In the
State Of South Dakota to Equip its
locomotive Engines Is, Used for the
Fifteen Hundred Candle Power
without the Aid of Reflector and
Power to Order Headlights OF Such
Candle Power as They May Deem
Necessary on Al AIa,, Other Loc1motiye
for the Violation of This Act
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of South Dakota:
1. 1t shall be the duty of every
railroad corporation or recsivsrs or
lessee thereof operating, lac OF rail-
road In this state, within four months
all locomotive engines used in the
SyeT, said railroad with electric
handsd e Candle less pow shsn s
ured without the aid of re-
Hecter, or with other headlights of
not less than nftsen hundred candle
fsses'0t Tn. railroad commissioner. of
authorised and it shall be their duty
to order headlights of such candle
power ~ they may deem necessary on
Of train. .han
passenger trains in tho state Of South
Dakota, giving railroad companies q
with the order: provided. that such
time shall not exceed nine months at
ter such order Is made
80. Any railroad company or the
receiver or lessee thereof operating
any line of railroad in the state of
South Dakota which shall violate the
to comply with the order of railroad
commissioners as provided for in Sec
tion two of this Act. shall be liable to
the state Of South Dakota for a penal
ty Of not less than one hundred dol
lars. nor more than one thousand. dol
lars, for each offense, and such penal
ties shall be recovered and suit
brought in the name of the state of
South Dakota In a court of proper jur-
isdiction by the attorney general or
the states attorney of any county in
or through which such line of railway
may be operated.
Approved February 1s, 1909.
shall the above law become a law
OF this slater
YES.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20
CHAPTER 107.
(H r. 13O)

An Act TO Amend Section 1904 OF the
Revised Political Code. Relating to
Removals from Ofhce and Providing
for Suspensions from Office Pending
Proceedings for Removal
Be II Enacted by the Legislature OF
The State OF South Dakota:
l. That Section 1904 of the Polit-
ical Code of the state OF South Dako-
Ia be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 1904 All constitutional ON
GERS Of this state net liable to i'm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20
CHAPTER Pill.
IS, b. 267.)

An Act to Regulate the Transports
ton of Dead Bodies, and to Provide
for Examination and License Of EN-
balmers.
the State OF South Dakota:
1. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to embalm or otherwise pre-,
other public conveyance. the dead body
Of any human being, or to embalm or
otherwise prepare any such body, or
tice the art of embalming without
first obtaining, from the state board
Of health, license anth .nis him
s 2, All applicants for license TO
practice esmbaimns shall .r,v have
two years practical experience in.
business for himself or two years un-i
der licensed embalmer in this state,
practical experience of not less than
one year under licensed embalmer,
and have completed the regular course
ing recognized as being in good stand.
ing by the state board Of health Of
South Dakota; in addition to all said
embaimer's license shall have actually
embalmed not less than Ave bodies un-
der the supervision OF licensed en-
ton. He shall also demonstrate his
proficiency as an embalmer by opera
lions on cadaver. Each applicant for
examination shall file with the secre-
tary of the state board of health not
later than ten days prior to the date
of the next examination, sworn
statement of his age and other quail
ficatlons as required by this act, and
certificate of good moral character
signed by three respectable citizens,
one of whom must be a licensed en-
balmer personally acquainted with the
applicant for at least one year All
applications under this act shall be
upon blanks furnished by the state
board of health.
3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
gage master. conductor, or 9TH
receive Rert tRe de aein Body of any
son for shipment or transportation by
railway or other public conveyance,
to or from any point in this state or
said body be accompanied by a remov-
al or shipping permit signed by the
health officer of the local board Of
health, and a certificate, attached to
showing the name and official number
of the embalmer by whom II was pre-
pared; and the method of preparation
employed; provided, that nothing In
this act shall be so construed as to
prevent, the shipment OF dead bodies
poses within this state. when the same
are so designated by the shipper
A. All acts or parts Of acts In
conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 8. 1909.
shall the above law become law
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION

hhrst tuesday after the first Monday in
November next, 1910. at the Several
voting precincts in Day coun-
~; south Dakota, a general election
county, judicial and district officers
and for the purpose of voting upon
the various amendments to the state
constitution and laws under the refer
endum act, as follows:
Two members of the National House
OF Representatives.
One governor.
one lieutenant governor.
one secretary of state.
one state treasurer.
one state auditor.
one attorney general.
instruction.
One commissioner of school and
one railroad commissioner.
one justice of the supreme court,
one Justice of the supreme court,
fifth district.
One judge OF the circuit court, fifth
judicial district.
One state senator.
Four members of the house Of rep
resentatiVeS.
One county Judge
One county auditor.
one register of deeds.
one sheriff.
One county treasurer.
One states attorney.
One clerk. of courts
One superintendent of schools.
One county surveyor.
One county coroner.
Four justices of the peace.
One constable
One member state central committee
One county commissioner, first dist
riot.
One county commissioner, second
district
One county commissioner, fourth
district
One county commissioner, fifth dist
riot.
The polls OF said election will be
opened at eight o'clock in the morn
ing and will continue open until i've
o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day.
The places of holding of the said
general election will be the usual vot-
ing places in the several voting pre-
cincts in Day county, South Dakota
Dated at Webster, South Dakota,
this 3rd day of October, 1910.
Seal C. E. BLEGEN
County Auditor, Day County, South
Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-20

I. SAMUEL c. POLICY. secretary OF
state of the state OF South Dakota, do
hereby certify that petitions invoking
Chapter 2, of the Revised Political Code
of South Dakota, have been filed in this
office wherein the petitioners ask that
Session Laws OF 1909, passed by the
legislature OF the state of South Da-
kota during, the session of 1909, and APP
proved by the governor OF this state, be
submitted to the electors of the state
of South Dakota at the next general
election to be held on the sth day OF
/ further certify that the same lesis-
lature proposed measure known as
Chapter 80, of the Session Laws Of 1909
article 3, of Chapter 2, OF the Revised
Political Code of the state of South Da-
That all OF said acts and said meas
nre, shall be placed upon a separate
ballot to be voted upon at the general
Dakota on said sth day Of November.
a. ID. 1910, in the manner provided by
law
further certify that the following is
a true and correct copy OF such meas
ure and laws as the same appear on
Ale in my office, viz:
CHAPTER go.
Is. b. 1863
An Act Providing that Organized
mine by Ballot Whether the Sale
of Spirituous, Vinous, Malt, Brew
ed, Fermented or other sIntoxicat-
ing Liquors Shall Be Permitted
Within Their Respective Limits.
Whereas, Under the provisions Of
Section 1 OF Article OF the Constitu-
ton, and Article 3 of Chapter OF the
Political Code, petition has been filed
in the once Of the secretary of state,
signed by more than FIVE per centum
OF the qualified electors of the state In
the manner and form therein directed.
petitioning that the following pro-
posed law be enacted and submitted
to a vote of the electors OF the state
at the next general election to be held
In the year 1910. Certified copies of
said petition having been Transmitted
to the senate and the house of repre-
sentatives by the secretary of state
NE IT Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of South Dakota:
1. That the following act be and
the same Is hereby enacted and sub
mitted to the electors of this state at
the next general election for their APP
proval:
IAN Act Providing that Organized
Counties In this State May Deter
mine by Ballot Whether the Sale of
Spirtuous, Vinous, Malt, Brewed,
Fermented or other Intoxicating
Liquors Shall be Permitted Within
Their Respective Limits"
Be II Enacted by the People of South
Dakota:
Section 1. At any regular general
election hela IN this state, as provided
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This report SURPRISED Mr.. Rogers very
much. be- -Aid. for he had BEEN whore
any one but q -nbp1nA server could have
found HIM just - soon ~ h. heard
through the pubic pre~- that h@ was
wanted he hunted up has lawyer, John y.
StAmchfield. took tram FOR New York
aud showed up yesterday ready 10 tell
all that has lawyer would lot him tell about
the books of the brokerage Arm ut which
he had been a memlDer Wh-n q number Ut
m"mber. of the : legislature we're dealing
with the firm coincidentlv With their lahors
at Albany what interests Mr. HOtchkls~
is thu fact that members Of tho Legislature
scanned - he dealing largely - =.Eeet
railway stocks at a time whom Mr.. Rogers
was much in Albany looking after legisla-
ton affecting street railway Interestr
Mr.. Rogers said he woIld ,s On hand
next Friday
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cItsr-S.rHer.I NsN - the Dt>mI~~sI SG
Hrtkr's NpprSI

WAsHISoroN. April ~ Solicitor Gen
eral Bowers On behalf uf the Government
to-day moved the Supr.m" Court To dis
miss the appeal of Charles X. Hetks
secretary oG the American Sugar Refining
Company. indicted ~ New York for
completely IN the sugar frauds az the
Custom HOUSE at that port. The court
took the motion under advisement
hetke claimed immunity from prose
cution ny r~a.on II having he-n before
the Grand Jury with the books ~ the
company and brought the QUESTION direct
to the supreme Court from the Judgment
az the thai Judge decining his motion
for dismissal of the case against linn
through a writ ~ error granted Nv just lce
Lurton.
Before the record IA the case was fled
the Government endeavored 20 have the
court vAcate the writ % error IN order
that the trial u Heiks could proceed With
the Ave Others indicted with him claiming
the denial Of the pies Of immunity was
not such a final judgment a. would per-
nit an appeal The Supreme court
however. not only declined to grant the
Govsrnment's motion b'd also allowed a
counter motion submitted by counsel
for Heike cosnpeliing the trial Judge ia
enter a formal judgment on the inn
munity plea. Nov thai the record in
the case has been fled IN the Supreme
Court the Government has entered =
motion to dismiss the writ ~ error
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THREE INNRaNCE BILLS,
cOunaei Ter I.Ife Insurance rressde1a~
Association Takes Them 20 Albany.


ALBANY. April u. Senator 6rattAn
tonight introduced three bills handed
him nv Robert Lynn Cor. counsel Tor
the I.ife Insurance Presidents AS>ocia
ton. The frs, bill extends by FIVE ad-
ditional years tho time within which
domestic lifs insurance companies may
dispose Ot thu stock which they owned
prior TO tha enactment Of the Armstrong
laws In 1893. The companies claim that
the Eve year period originally allowed
them IL not suSficient To enable them 10
dispose Of their stock holdings advan-
tAgsolsly.
They point tn the market condit ons
since the Law went into eject. part GU
larry the year 81 IsOs. during which tley
were able 20 dispose 81 stock to the amount
Of only - no .Oo0. A. compared With DER
81 .0O0!OnO worth OF stocks sold in the
year IsOe and over 81 800 900 in 1877. lt
Is urged that II the Law IL allowed 90 stard
and companies should be compeiled To
dispose OF all their stock holdings within
the next two years there would resui'
q tremendous sacrifice ri value.
The second hill makes ~ 50 per each
si00 of insurance the unit IN heurIng
surrender charge on a policy, instead OF
SIS per 81 ODO inMIranrs a. the Law nov
spscife@
Another bill permits the life companies
20 specify in the policy contract what
form Of surrender value shall be given
20 the policyholder in case he does not
make an election himself within three
m,nths after the potlcv has laDs-Ad
The third provides that policy con-
tinued in force after lAp-~ nv its -uTrend'
value shall he non participating aud
without right to loans
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OBTTI AM


Mrs hsFuet Sloat 81 NeNbuigh q 90
on SUNDAY ni1ht. IN" vas the daughter
ot the late John " IraphaRen, Lumber
mefs, hHnl. and Sss born IN New oIk tltN
On NoLemDer y, lNl IN lsH Lhr IauhD
removed 20 NeNpurEh 9hn oI NSaf-
later hl-~ IraphAEen was ulaiIl-u 70 JohIl
l.. Sloat thrI kothet, Ne,luhi nhhiNtI-
say WAS neiN IN ISL. w S'S -, uN.ne spot
,' ,'I",, a.. 60 ", az
= nsa y t,s.,,,,, ,,,t..ta,.r- un,I IA, A ia,
- 49,, A. ~ S.,,h,,,''h W."
w s"'AN" vs. "
thon1a- H!shI9b lrath tue neau OF hF
lsath lheatrnN LI'ull' ul,1 Yesterday
IA klchmohd, - Az y ofesi Iins-N rT
Sas - Nesr- 81 age anu S~s an az Ihes tri,aI
career a. nv h""lS 'oNu :" I4rT sUuI q
where he introiu'~d ne hf.t variety thSalIs
an NhGlhla NtA'r 'Ha' 'ul- W nsu b"-h
~ ,...Ii ,.,. I" NJ Nmyf 81 i.,,h
,.t ..s,6 stt,..., 80, a., ~. ,cct.,i.,.,.
,s.,'.1s,. t,,st,,,, 49,. 80, - a. i..,S..-
ssn o. in di.rnS,pds Ia, ~h,rh Al. had -. a.
s,i' ~ "''''" ~" ' wv """ ~'''
60,
a.. sylvester - on. pTessuSnL me
Worcester Ss' NollpHhs oi lo- yuan.
s!rrSt. H'cd on SunaaS M hoinr' -Oys
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TtFT'S NOMINATIONS.
Batch SG New Census ana PsstmssIrrS
sent TO the senate.


WAsHINGToS. April II -President Taft
ssut to the Senate to-day the following
nominations
10 he Consuls wilbur I Graosy nj
Massachusetts. a. Marking. Ihins. William
ken' Of irginia At ~ John. NsS BruB--
wick. Canada: James e MrNally of Penn
svivnnin. at Tsinstau china Maxwell h.
Moorshsad Of P~nn~yiVaniR at l.anEOOn
Inais Walter u Shsughn-~sy ~ Itsh. a,
smith Of North carolina a. Aguss Ca't"n:-. -
Mexico
To he associate Justice Of the supreme
Court OF \eN MeNico iOhH u McFie oi New
Mexico
To be tinted States Marshal Tor the
Eastern DisJrict oi Arkansas Harmon D.
Remm-l of Arkansas
10 ~ placed ON retired I-r Ut Inc army
with RAM Of Hrig1dieT -General Col Will
lam " Robinson. ~ assistant Quarter
S.as AZ, General
10 he i,-r.s-r of pIbilc mOnsys 81 I'm
'oln. N-b " illiam VI Gtnord 81 Nebraska
- h. Registrar Of he Land once ~ LIN
colin N-b Charles , ~hedd oi Nebraska
Captain 20 bs Rear Admiral l.u''en
Young
P0-imasr~r~ New Jersey John Ne.
nsn- k-utlNorth charles : EObin-Dr
Prin,et William VI >hIpman Nhtppanv
New ORR t,~OrE- " Mathew BrOrktou
Burt GTaNe- Middi-pnrr Charles Wal
lace Lisbon t,~orgr VI 'rsgory Ori-kanV
Nlrgars' u 'o.tran- Bedford P-nn-yi-
wanna BENJAMIN I NanyIu Darby Nh
ism : ~ahv lall- f~sk
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FAITBFUL WORKErS ss,SOO.OoO.
homman was Never N Buslness fsr hiHs'-
aeaG. but saved That sum.


Charles Ferdinand Hoffman. known a.
oonfdentiAl man for Brown Bros.
bankers at - Wall street. died year ago.
He left an estate valued at about $500.
100. He was - years old. bachelor. and
most Of his near relatives had died The
will gave tangIe for Surrogate ketchaTn
OF Kings county 20 unravel. The de-
Cisiou was handed down yesterday.
Charles Hoffman worked for Brown
Bros. for more than fifty years. He be-
gan in New Orleans. and such % his reIa-
tives IA survive live in the South now.
He moved to Philadelphia aud from there
he was transferred 90 the New York Once.
That was nineteen years ago at about the
time that the men in charge now OF tn.
New York ONCE were getting ont OF
college.
HOFFMAN never was a partner IN the
firm. vet he Was confided in - such a
degree that he held the indefinite poaition
II confidential man. He held the hrun =
power Of attorney. Thsir confidence in
MIN was 90 great that difYicuIt bits Of bus
mess were trusted 20 his discretion.
Honman'R expenses didn't amount to
much. He lived tnOdestly at l5i state
street. Brooklyn. with relatives. The
men in the ONCE understood that he had
becn putting away money little by httie.
hut they didn't think that he had got
together "A big fortune. He simply
turned over and over what he had. each
time with profit. The result was pile Of
securities which by the time h@ died
had reached the value of about two
millions and n third.
He didn't leave a will Of recent date.
The will that he did leave made his mother.
Caroline Hoffman. the principal legatee.
Il provided for certain other legacies and
trusts. hut ny the will Mrs. Hoffman was
To have received about O.. 400. OO0. Mrs.
Hoffman's death anticipated that of her
son by n number Of years. In a codic'l
To the will Hoffman named his brother.
John r. Hoffman. and his sister. Mrs.
Milhellnina B,lrdett. also a. beneficiaries
BUT they too died before Charles Hon
man The unly residuRry leRate~s who
are still living are Margaret and Caroline
Hoffman aud lnel Hoffman Spagnola,
Surrogate Ketcham decided that the
legacieS Of John Hoffman and Mrs Bur
dett lsp~ed with the deaths Of thOs-'
legatse- and that the three others are the
residuary legatees. Thus Margaret and
Caroline holman and Mrs. Spagnola
b,scoJne Joint heirs to about - .Os0, O0O Il
the fortune which the employee ~ Brown
Bros. left
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REFTN ERY STRikE ENDS.
EIxh1ren Hnndred Hands Return ssrIkS
Breakers New Out NngPS

The 81 men who went on strike from
the Havsmeyer refineTis- ~ the Ameri-
an sugar Refining Company in Will
iamsburg two weeks ago returned to
work yesterday They get an IL cent?
an hour wage schedule instead Of ISl
cent. and the beer drinking privilege
during working hour- ~ restored They
are to have a half hour for breakfast
another half hour for dinner and Ars to
be PAID fer working overtime.
The 60 strike breakers whom tho COM
many employed while the strike was 10
progress WeTe IN ignorance Of the strike
settlement until they reached tho rein
cries Yesterday and harmed that their
services were no longer required. Thess
men. mostly Italians. had been taken "a
the refineries on . barge from a Manhat-
tan pier daily and landed at the South
one half OF the number received thOtr paw
envelopes and were ordered to turn in
( their work checks. On Sunday night tins
other half got thstr pay and also turned
/ in their checks.
When the men found there WAs no
boat TO take them to Williamsburg YES
terday at daybreAk they marched in q
body across the Williamsburg Bridge
TN reaching the redneriez az Kent Avenus
and South Third street The strike breaken
found all the strikers in line and gOinS
back to work Many OF the strike brsaksE
became furiouH when they learned theirs
dozen broke through the police lines and
made a rush To attack the strikers. Thu
police we're obliged to use force to dis
Derna them
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n. y. e. N TTGROAT STRTkr
several Crews Quit After OUe was D,>
charged. 'he Pllots say

The officers OF the Masters and Pilo,.
Association reported last night tina, IN.
crew Of a tugboat OF the New York Ger
trial Railroad having P1fused to handle
the freight % a tugboat of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. whose crews are on
strike. the crew % this boat was ris
charged. whereupon q strike of the crew.
on several other boats of tho New Yor
Central went into effect.
According to an officer OF the Master,
and Pilots Association the New YorL
Central had agreed not la aid the rus
boats 81 the four railroads involved In
the current strike. He said that aho,Ii
twenty Of the New York Central's boa
Werp now aTacfed
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New SSrk Presbytery Nsm~s I1s spOh ~
aaa Before Sae s3@ReTai ass@ssstsis

NeW VERA Presbytery Names ne SpSh rs-
man Before the s!sReTai assssssssls
A. the spriug meeting nf the Presbytery
Of New York yesterday the Rev
Dr Jesse Y Forbes was appointed to
defend before the General Assembly
AZ Atlantic city on May 10 tine action
Of the New York Synod IN the alleged
herssy decisions affecting the three men
already licensed by the New lork Pres
bytery
The Presbytsry protested AGAINST
S~na tor SchultHa bill No. IS relating
To open sunday laws II elected the Rev
DIR George Alexander moderator for the
coming year Three students coming
from tnion ~ mary failed to excite
opposition. apparently having answered
all questions thus far put them in a sat
isfactory manner They are Walter
A Heurick-. Arthur & sally aud JO-eph
NIilellI