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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Beat Up the Wrong Man.

Mitchell--Henry Hendrickson, a
painter, who has resided in this city
for the past six months, was arrested
on the charge OF an attempted assault
on small girl years old. Hendrick-
son with two others we're at the Jim
river and took some beer. Late In the
afternoon Hendrickson saw two or
three little girls playing on the river
bank and went over there. He at
tempted to commit an assault on a
little girl named Neser. One OF the
other girls ran to the house and told
her mother and she got Mr.. Neser and
the hired man and started them to the
scene Of action. When they arrived
there they found man hitching up
the horse and some little distance
from where the girls were. Without
stopping to inquire OF the party they
lit onto him and beat him up in a
fearful manner. When their anger
subsided the fellow proved by the girls
that he was not the man who com
mitted the act. Hendrickson was
found in this city later in the evening
and arrested.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
STATE IMMIGRATION LAW TO BE.
COME EFFECTIVE JULY
FIRST.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State institutions and DIFF
ferent Parts Of the
State.

Pierre.--The failure OF the attempt
TO refer the law creating the state de-
partment of immigration means that
within thirty days the immigration
board created by the law will be call
ed upon to select commissioner,
the board for this purpose being COM
posed of the governor, secretary Of
state and state land commissioner.
While there are number of aspirants
over the state who would not object
to acting as commissioner, those ap.
parently pushing the hardest for the
honor are: I. A. Webb OF Deadwood,
Everett White OF Faith, and George
Van Camp of Highmore. The selec-
tion will probably be made before the
first Of July, when the law creating
the department goes into effect. Just
what salary is paid the commissioners
is left to the discretion Of the board,
but as the department is only granted
$500 for the first year of its exist
ence and $4,000 for the second year,
the salary will have to be based some
what on the amount at the disposal Of
the board
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Washington. a communication
received by Representative Burke, t.
G. Burns, register of the land office at
Gregory, s. d., asks that an investiga-
ton be made of the charges OF George
Silsbee, the Minnesota soldier. who in
letter recently forwarded to Repre-
sentative Davis made statements re-
flecting on the administration OF Reg
lister Burns and Land Commissioner
bennett Silsbee charged in substance
that he had been defrauded out OF a
claim on Tripp county land in South
Dakota.
Register Burns comes back with a
charge that Silsbee was used as a
"cat's paw" by land vultures. and he
asks that the case be placed in the
hands of an inspector with instrI ctions
to make thorough investigation.
Representative Burke has called the
matter to the attention of Commis-
sioner bennett, and an inquiry will
doubtless be made as demanded by the
Gregory register.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Sioux Falls.--At first 1t was sup
posed that Ave men were implicated
In the robbery of the Farmers Savings
bank at Tea the other night, but the
authorities now are convinced that
only three men-those captured In
Sioux Falls--were concerned In the
robbery and accordingly the search
for the two supposed fugitives has
been abandoned.
In addition to the $642 found in the
possession of the three men when
they we're arrested here, quite sum
was found on the ground near Tea at
the spot where one of the robbers fell.
leaving only about $400 which has not
yet been recovered In some quarters
II is believed this amount was buried
at some point between Tea and Sioux
Falls, while others believe the money
was given to a confederate of the men
after they reached Sioux Falls. II is
scarcely probable that the money
missing will be recovered.
Although the prisoners have steadily
refused to give their names or any
other information concerning them
selves. two OF them have been identi-
fed as former prisoners in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary. One of the fellows,
apparently the oldest of the three,
has been identified as Ed Gordon, who
served four years on sentence I'M
posed In Nebraska at time when
rka -
brought to the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary. The other who has been identi-
fed completed six months term for
grand larceny November l, 1910.
The three prisoners will be com
PEELED to pass the summer in the Lin
coin county jail, as term of state
circuit court will not convene in that
county until next September, and they
cannot be tried until that time.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Hot Springs The 19-month-old boy
of Mr.. and Mrs j. E. Harmon was SER
iously IL not mortally wounded by his
17-year-old brother. He was brought
TO the sisters hospital here for oper-
ative treatment. The accident hap
pened at their home 10 miles from
Deerefield. The young man was
handling a revolver in the same room
where the baby was sleeping, when Il
exploded. the bullet striking the child
in the leg above the knee, The ball
crushed through the bone and up
through the hip, coming out at the
abdomen. Through a 1O-mile drive, a
railroad trip from Hills City and a
wait over night for the return of the
surgeon of the city, the child stood
the pain without losing consciousness.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
NOW PULLMAN PRESIDENT

Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abra
ham Lincoln, presented his resigna
ton as president of the Pullman Sleep
ing Car company the other day. and
John Sumner Runnells. vice-president
and general counsel of the company
was elected president.
Mr.. Lincoln, who Is retiring from
active Office on account of i'll health
has been president of the car com.
pany since George M. Pullman died
in 1897. He is now 6S years old. and
has been away from his office on ac.
count OF poor health much OF the time
for several months. Mr.. Runnells
meanwhile has administered the office
duties
Mr.. Runnells has been general coun-
sci of the $120, 100000 Pullman com
pany since 1887, and has been vice
president since 1905 He was born in
Efingham, N. H., July 80 1874. grad
uated from Amherst college in 1866.
and after studying law at Deyer. N.
H., removed to Iowa and became pri.
state. From 1881 to 1885 he was
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Three Measures to referendum.

Pierre.-June / closed the 60 days
period following the end OF the session
of the legislature during which refer
endum petitions could be filed for laws
passed during the session. Thus far
three petitions have been filed, the
electric headlight bill, the herd law
and the county seat law.
The electric headlight bill appar-
emily has the most opposition of these
three unpopular measures, the petit
tion having over $4,000 names at
tached.
The immigration bill, which passed
with difficulty Immediately prior to
the close of the session, has been the
topic of much discussion, but the ex-
pected petition has not been filed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
orinln Of "Rlaoknuard.y y

Blackguard is said to come from a
nickname applied to group OF boys
always on hand to black the boots of
the horse guards who paraded at ST.
James park, London, although Web
ster gives OF probable origin as com
ing from the scullions, smutted from
handling kitchen utensils. 1t now
means a person of low character,
especially one who INDUCES In sour
rilous or abusive language.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

The total cost OF power for sewing,
washing and wringing, mangle IRON
ing, chopping meat, grinding coffee,
and polishing silver would be sum
that almost any housekeeper would be
willing to poy for few hours more
to call her own, or for being able to
take a more independent stand on the
servant question. Electricity has adj
vanced far enough now to give her
the opportunity she has longed for
Electrical Review.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
THE ORIGINAL INSURGENT

Representative Henry Allen Cooper
OF Racine, Wis, is declared entitled
to the distinction Of being the first in
surgent in congress. Mr.. Cooper was
an insurgent before the word "insur-
gent came into use. He has been in
congress 16 years, and he has been
an insurgent 16 years.
Before the "stalwarts" in Wiscon-
sin had Robert Marion La Fohette to
trouble them, Henry A. Cooper of the
First Wisconsin district was inclined
to muss up the program of the regu-
lars. He was elected first to the
Fffty-third congress. Once or twice
an effort was made to defeat him for
the nomination, and after that they
tried to defeat him at the election,
but he has been returned to each sue
ceeding congress.
When Cooper went to congress for
his first term he was placed upon the
committee on Pacific railroads. The
Pacific railroad funding bill was be-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

fall
cratic landslide a
Stimscn
small musace His dion his delivery like
tnat OF an attorney reading a n court
When Dickinson, the
gave the position
umbus Miss in 1851 studied
coege Leipzig
boundary Commission 1907
his home and politics Il a
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

glad did, for it has cured me.
II know Of 80 many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia T.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that / can
say to every, suffering woman II that
medicine does not help her, there In
nothing that will."--Alrs. JANErzKI.
2ooS Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age OF substitution, and
women who want q cure should insist
upon Lydia X. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills Pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years LYDIA
T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
which is made from roots and herbs.
has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you viii find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia IL. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
sTIMsoN NEW WAR SECRETARY

Henry Lewis Stimson, the new sec.
retary OF war. Is progressive Repub.
hcau Of the Roosevelt stripe and has
been considered as Rooseyelts right
hand man in politics. Stimson is
forty-three. He comes Of Knicker.
booker family and was born In New
York September 21, 1867. AT Yale
he was member of Psi Upsilon and
Skfll Of Bones. After he graduated
from Yale in 'SS he went to Harvard
and received his masters degree in
80 and his law school diploma in 80,
In 1893 he became a member of the
law f1rm of which Elihu Root was a
member, and in 1906 President Roose.
welt took him from lucrative private
practice to make him United States
district attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York. During the three
years that followed Stimson distin.
guished himself in the prosecutions OF
the sugar trust, Charles w. Morse
and railroad rohatnrs
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
CARNEGIE GETS GOLD MEDAL

What he called his greatest mark of
honor was received the other day by
Andrew Carnegie. when 21 American
republics bestowed upon him a gold
medal bearing on one side the words
"Benefactor OF Humanity" and on the
other "The American Republics to AD-
drew Carnegie" II was the first time
in history that such tribute from SO
many nations had been paid to an In
dividual, and the scene. which took
place at Washington. was highly i'm
pressive.
Senior de Zamacona. the Mexican
ambassador. made the presentation
speech. Secretary OF State Knox pre-
sided and President Taft spoke in
eulogy OF the gifts which Mr.. Carne-
gle has made for the cause OF peace
on this hemisphere and throughout the
world. Members of the diplomatic
corps and men high in official life
filled the hall Of the Pan-Americani
Union building, where the ceremonies
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
The Real Reason.

Adam sat down. IL am the greatest
man in the world" he said to himself;
"the wisest sage, the biggest financier
and captain of industry; / hold all
the records from the hundred-yard
dash to the marathon; my wife is the
best dressed woman in the world; /
am tie best dressed man. Gadzooks.
am too good to be true; will eat
OF the fruit of the tree of Evil Life.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
AnnalIlnn Exnl,a..

This is the fifth time you have
been brought before me this term, =
said the Judge. frowning severely up
on the prisoner at the bar.
Yes, your honor" said the prisoner.
You know a man is judged by the
company he keeps, and like to be
seen talkin' to your honor for the
sake of me credit"
"All right" said the Judge. "Oficer.
take this man over to the island and
tell them TO give him credit OF 30
days. - Harper's Weekly.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
y0rmer waste IS AgrIcuIturaI psradIse.

Centerville. OF acres Of
reclaimed bottom lands between this
city and vermiliion are now verdant
with growing crops AL. Newton, a
few miles south, will harvest a mon
ster grain crop from these lands as
follows: Wheat, ITO acres; oats, 115
acres; corn, 135 acres; flax, SIS acres.
other farmers along the line of this
former waste territory will reap large
returns this year from various crops.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Sioux Falls.-Steps have been taken
to file with the state board of pardons
an application for pardon in the case
of Ohio X. Hull, young man who is
serving term OF three years in the
penitentiary for the robbery of a
farmer named Billings in Aurora
county several years ago. Hull now
has served more than two years OF his
term
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

committee
which
sent for number times
labod with
It, He fought the claim of the
next session ne removed from the
mpudence.
the
the leadership OF DeArmond Missouri
rules giving the speaker such great Cooper
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Dakota Buying Autos.

Pierre.-The automobile business
for this state shows aa increase for
May, with 424 new machines regis
tered, bringing the total to date 9,627.
At the rate of registration Of new ma
chimes, the total is likely TO get up in
to fiye figures before the first OF July,
as It will take fewer registrations for
June than those for May TO get to that
point In past years the June regis
trations generally have been the
heaviest Of any month OF the year.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Brand commlssIon Meets.

Pierre. The state brand commits
sion at its recent session cleared up
accumulated business since the last
regular meeting They have practi-
cally fifty brands, showing that stock
branding yet continues, even in the
creamery section of the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

The iandlady was trying to impress
the prospective lodger with an Idea Of
how extremely eligible the neighbor-
hood was. Pointing over the way at a
fine mansion. she said IN pushed
whisper:
Young man, over there across the
street there's seven million dollarsl"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Couch Cure.

II you can stand the odor, bad
cough can often be cured zy five drops
of kerosene taken on lump of sugar.
II this sounds too horrible, much the
same effect is achieved by swallowing
vaseline.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Positive wife John. why do you
talk in your sleep7 Have you any
,ideaf
Negative Husband-So "a not to
forget how. suppose. It's the only
chance get!---Puck.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Recommended For Pardon.

Pierre. The state pardon board has
recommended a pardon for Christian
Christensen, sentenced from Clark
county about fifteen years ago for life
on the charge of having murdered his
wife.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Johnny Williams had been bad
again.
"Ah. me. Johnny" sighed his Sun
day school teacher, I'm afraid we
shall never meet In heaven"
What have youlbeen doin'?" asked
Johnny. with grin Harper's Month.
ly.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

Shabby leather bags may be very
much improved by rubbing them with
the well-beaten white OF an egg Then
polish with beeswax and turpentins
and rub With clean cloth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

and / went to tho
store to get u bottle
Of Lydia X. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have tt
he said Il was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
oil about 1t i In
sisted and finally
got it. and i am 90
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but 1t Paid

Chicago, Ill.--"I suffered from fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09

The Professor-An ordinary brick
will absorb quart Of water.
The Pugilist-Then my brothers no
brick!
The What do you mean7
The Pugilist-He never absorbed
that much water in his life.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-06-09
Bad ReaLnnIna and Endlna.

In politics, what begins In fear usu.
ally end in folly Coleridge.
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feelings being
sau him American
remarkable evidence Of appreciation ar
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-11-17
FOOD FOR SKEPIICS
BY JOHN BARTON OXFORD

morning the captain was not without
a certain breathless anxiety as he hur-
ried along the silent, deserted streets.
the gunny-sack over his shoulder and
the cat within 1t sending out soulful
protests every step of the way.
Indeed, 1t was only when he gained
the dock, scrambled aboard the Lu-
cinda, and tossed his burden uncer-
enormously into the spare stater0oin
OF the little cabin, that he found
courage to draw long breath.
There, drat vel" he apostrophized
the sack, "squall your in'ards out now
for all care or for all the good It
will do We! Ill learn We to come
sneakin' round that maple BY my bed
room every night try to stay ashore,
keepin' me awake with your internal
yowlin'. Go on: keep it up now: don't
mind me. Have your. fun while you
can. l callate you'v6 pretty nigh
yowled your last yowi, and spit your
last spit. ! sum. I'D heayc you over.
Saari now, il IL want for the tide
takin' you ashore and them Rider
folks next door gettin' suspicious that
| drowned ye. Ill jest keep We trussed
up in the bag till we git outside and
then over You so like the wuthless
carcass you are / guess likely next
time | stay ashore here In my own
house III git a little more peace. so
fur as you are concerned, anyway"
He slammed the door Of the spare
stateroom. crossed the cabin, and
threw himself into his own berth 10
snatch what sleep he might before
il was time to start for Rockville with
the cargo
He was awakened somewhat later
by the sound OF heavy footsteps on
the deck over his head. He arose
and went up the companipnway 70
| ind his two foremasr hands. and Joe
Blair, his cook. but Just come aboard.
-Aa right. boys" be greeted them
cordially. Glad you got here bright
and early. May as well git under way
right of. Tides settin lest right for
US now. Git breakfast goin', Joe.
Look aiive there. foriard. Cast on
them lines"
In a few moments the Lucinda was
drifting with the tide away nom the
dock, and presently. with all sail set
she went careening across the bay
toward the open sea
II was after he had eaten one Of
Joe Blair's excellent breakfasts that
4 Captain BeaIe's mind returned 10 the
spare sfateroom ana the sack therein
He arose from the table. and, thrust
ing his head out Of the companionway
mentally noted the schooner's posi-
ton. Far away the shore was but 4
haxy blue line; while Just over tns
port bow doomed the gray shaft o.
the Lighthouse on Flat Island. The
captain chuckled-
arIshis IS as good as any place." hi
told himself ~Tte tide1i never wasf
~ ashore from hero"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-11-17

He descended to the cabin, opened
the stBseroom-door and drew out the
sack. With much vocal effcrt. the
unwilling tenant had wellnigh en-.
hausted itself. but as, The bag was
lifted II SUMMONED sniiicient spirit 10
send up last wall that would have
killed the last spark OF pity In the
captains heart had sucn a spark ex-
listed.
AS II was. he stoldly carried the
bag. to the deck. and looked about for
a convenient piece OF scrap-iron to
serve as sinkinE-weight.
He was intent on his task Of -
curely lashing piece OF spare chaiu
to the neck OF the bag when Joe Blcir,
with basket OF dirty dishes ON bis
arm. came up from the cabin. h
spied the captain seated on the bits
forward and made his way thither.
what yen goins TO do with that,
capn?" be demanded.
Captain Beale went on with his
work without so much as looking up
I'm goin' 10 heaye this bag over
said he.
"sos What yer got in the bags.'
The contents OF the bag answered
for itself There came from its depth
vail Of misery that would have
melted the heart OF an idol. Joe
Blair started perceptihly. lie Sc,
down the basket of dishes and looked
accusingiy at his superior.
ITS a cat." he aaid.
Captain Beale hrigged. Hard lines
appeared about the corners OF -
mouth.
well. what II that?" all -.
What you guin' 10 do VITA thai
catyv the cook questioned In a tone
that BODIED trouble.
DO with it?. the captain Strapped
What do You sspose. D'.er thi1k
was goln 10 use II fer figger-head.
I'm goin' 70 do Jest what / told yei
was-heave ii overheard
Joe Blairs brow darkened. III
| pushed hack his sled cap AMI
scratched his head IN doubtful fashion
II was plnin he wanted to speak fis
mind. and yet felt some hesitancy IN
doing &C. He shifted from foot e
/ foot. and looked heiplessly az The
basket OF dishes az his feet.
Say" he yentured AZ Length, SAY
amt exactly what you'd call su
perstitious man. which amt sayin'
neither. that amt COX my PECULIAR
l ties. But I was on vessel once
4 the old Starlight. bound for Mara
caibo. It was-and they. had a ca
aboard that took sick. and they hove
II overheard: and. after that"
Yes. yes, ! know the captain In
terrupted irritabIy. "Yon'ye told N,
all about that once or twice before
There amt nofhIn' like that goin' q
happen this time This asn't tilI
ships cat. ITS one fetched aboarl
a purpose 70 drowned.- e.
1T don't rake % difference" III,
cook aalnfsine9 ssfr It's .ba'