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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
20 MORE CLERKSTREMBLE
TO BE DROPPED FOR INcoM,
POTENCY.
INSPECTORS Will Charge That Men
Carried Unnecessary weight
On Cars.

st. Paul. Minn.-Fifty-twO mail
clerks in the Minneapolis division are
facing suspension as the result of a
report Of p~ostOfice inspectors n AS
sistant superintendent Whitney of 81.
Paul, charging them with carelessness
and incompetency. The report has
been SEM to c. F. Johnson, acting
chief clerk of the Minneapolis diyi,
sion.
Railway mail clerks, whose names
have been recommended for suspen-
sion by the inspectors, say 1t is but
an excuse for their suspension In con-
nectiOn with their part in the organ
ization of the brotherhood of Rail
way Mail Clerks" formed during the
winter following the controversy be-
tween the postofice department and
the TraCy.Pierre clerks.
Postofice inspectors who recon
mend the suspension deny the charges
of the clerks and say their recommen-
dations have been made OF the
grounds that the clerks are using un-
necessary equipment on their runs,
thus aiding railway mail weighers to
secure high weight Of the mails on
which the government contracts for
the next four years are made.
The report Of the inspectors and
Mr.. Whitney follows a week of inves-
tigation over the roads of the Mime
apolis division. Last week Mr.. Whit
ney and Postoffice Inspectors Munro,
Hugdal, Pierce and White made trips
over every railroad in the division.
Unnecessary Sacks Used.
In their report they say scores of
mail sacks are used with only three
or four letters in them. This, they
claim, constitutes unnecessary use of
equipment and raises the weight of
the mails several hundred pounds
daily more than the figures should
be.
Each sack weighs five to ten pounds
and their unnecessary use raises the
weight of the mails needlessly. Dur
ing mail weighing season. which
started in February and will end in
May, every p]recaution is taken by
the government to Curtail the use OF
all equipment except that which is
absolutely necessary to transport the
mails properly.
Two or three sacks were found or
n run with only one letter each in
them" said one post office Inspector
today. THE name of the clerk who
makes up these sacks is put on the
lock of each sack. We took those
names and turned them into the act
ing chief clerk of the division. H,
will recommend their suspension. 1
has nothing to do whatever with the
controversy existing between tn,
clerks and the department"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
TRAIN WRECK is FATAL TO 80.
Most Appalling Accident in the His.
tory of South Africa Railways.

Grahamstown. Cape Colony, S. A.
Thirty-two persons were killed in
the wreck of a passenger train on the
Kowie railway when it plunged 10 de-
.struction into a gorge $50 feet deep
through the collapse of the Blaakwa-
krantz bridge. In addition many were
injured, some of them probably fatal
ly. 1t was the most appalling wreck
in the history of South African rail
ways.
The rescue work involved heart
rending experiences. A large las Of
wreckage lodged on a ledge 120 feet
down, and 1T was many hours before
all were removed from the difficult
crags and hoisted in sacking to the
lip of the gorge. One little girl had a
miraculous escape. She YES caught
in a fork of the bridge and held by
one foot over the ravine. The res
cuers had to scale Orders to the
height OF 200 feet to bring her down
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
RECIPROCITY BILL IN SENATE.
Cannot Be Taken Up Until organiza-
ton Is Completed.

Washington, d. c. The Cana
dian reciprocity bill was conveyed
from the house to the senate, and
without comment was referred to the
committee on finance. 1t cannot be
taken up until the organization oil the
committee is completed.
William s. Kenyon, of Iowa, n
Nathan p. Bryan, of Florida, took the
oath of Office as senator's from their
respective states.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
cAMoRRIsTS HAVE FITS.
New Phase to Murder Trial at Viter.
BIO, Italy.

Viterbo, Italy. An unexpected
outbreak on the part of the Canon
rist prisoners, inexplicable on any
other ground than the volatile nature
of the Neapolitans. forced a recess in
the murder trial until the gendarmes
could restore order.
The outbreak was the most violent
that has yet marked the trial and
came Immediately on converting of
court. 1t began by several of the pris-
oners manifesting either real or
feigned hysteria and within a few
minutes all the other prisoners had
become affected until the big steel
cage resembled a violent ward in an
asylum.
The prisoners wept. screamed, beat
the bars of the cage, moaned and
hurled excavations at the court until
a recess was taken.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
plant of Dynamite Found in Tiffn.

Indianapolis. Indiana.-A message
received here from Tifin. Ohio, from
Detective w. j. Burns, who led the
raid on the Offices of the information
al Association of Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers here stated that a
plant" of between 800 and 400 lbs.
of dynamite was found there.
The dynamite was contained in a
rough wooden box. locked with a pad
lock and hidden in a shed in the rear
of the home of James McManigal,
father of Ortie e. McManigal, one OF
the men indicted in connection with
the Los Angeles Times building explo.
sion, arrested at Detroit and now be.
ing taken to Los Angeles.
The dynamite was tightly packed
and 1t was estimated the total number
Ct sticks weighed between 800 and
400 pounds.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, April 25.-Cattle-mostly
ioc lower; beeves. s5.10@6.60; west
ern steers. s4.40@5.75; stockers and
feeders, s4@E65; cow and heifers,
s2.55@5.75; calves. $i:7s16.5o
Hogs-market SLOW, generally l5c
lower; light, s5.85 @6.20; mixed, $5.4e
@6.20; heavy. s5.65R615: rough,
s6.65@5.40, good to choice heavy.
s5.S0@6l5: pigs, $5.S0@6I5.
Sheep-steady; native. $3Q47o;
western. s3.2504,s0; yearlings, $4.Sv
0525; lambs. natise. $4.50Q6,25-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
Confession at Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois, Captain Stephen
Wood. chief OF the Chicago detective
bureau, said that a full confession
had been obtained from one Of the
men arrested in Detroit.
According to Captain Wood, it de-
scribes in detail the dynamiting OF
railroad trains, buildings and factor
les where conflicts between union
and non-union labor existed The loss
OF many lives and the destruction OF
property valued at almost 50, 0 900 is
seid to be detailed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Apr. 25.-Whsat, May.
97%c; July, 97Ac; No. ! northern,
99%: No. 2 northern, 9SA; No. !
durum, S5I; No. 8 corn, SIC; No. 8
white oats. 311ac; barley, mating,
s1.09; No. 2 rye, 911kc; No. ! fax,
1851.
Duluth, April 25.-Wheat, May,
s7%c. July. sshc; No. | northern,
9Shc.
South st. Paul. April 25.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.40G5.50; cows. $3,75@5.0O'
calves, s3.7566.25; hogs, $5.6506.1o,
sheep, y~earlings. s2.0005.o0s
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
GAS BLAST KILLS THREE.
Chicago Liquor Dealers Held For Ex-
PLANTATION.

Chicago, Illinois. - Three persons
killed and a score were injured when
an explosion occurred in a building
on the northwest side. occupied BY
Joseph Morici & Co, wholesale liquor
dealers Morici and his partner were
arrested and will be held on the belief
that the explosion and fire were
caused by gas escaping from Jets that
had been left open inte~
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
MCCLELLAN TO BE PROFESSORS.
Former New York Mayor Declared
Slated for Princeton Chair.

New York, N. Y. Princeton uni
yersity will establish . chair OF public
affairs. and George b. Mcclellan. FOL
mer mayor of New York, will &C.
cept the PROFESSIONALLY. Admirers OF
Mr.. Mcclellan started the movement
and have raised the desired fund OF
$4,000 toward which j, p. Morgan Il
understood to have contributed $12f
900.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
DE BEAUFORT LICKED AGAIN.
French Nobleman Still Supplying
News for the Reporters.

Chicago. Illinois. Court Jacques
Alexandra Won Mourik De Beaufort
has been whipped again: also pinch
ed" Court De Beaufort's conquerer
this time was not his millionaire IA.
ther-in-law. M. H. Kilgallon, but Allen
Mccullough. 10, who charged that the
nobleman was altogether too attentive
to his wife Both men we're arrested.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
TACOMA MAYOR is RECALLED
w. w. Seymour Elected Over Fawcett
by a Majority of 852.

Tacoma, Wash. Mayor Fawcett,
of Tacoma. is recalled. w. w. Sey-
mour is the new mayor-elect. He Will
take Office at the end of ten days.
Seymour polled 11,246 votes against
1884 for Fawcett. Seymour and
Fawcett were the two highest candi-
dates al an election two weeks ago
when a Socialist also was in the race.
Seymour was the candidate of the
welfare league.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Kansas City, Missouri. The inter-
national balloon race will start from
here Oct. 5. The national balloon
race, which will be held to select an
American contestant in the interna
tional race, will start July 10 from
here.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
E T FIvE YEARS.
Idcago Black Handler Sent Up by
JudEe He Threatened.

Chicago, TIT. = Giovanni Atongi,
CONVICTED black handler, was sentenced
to five years in the federal prison at
Fl. Leavenworth and ordered to pay a
fine of $1,000 Judge Lands. Of the
United States court imposed the max
imum penalty. Judge Lands admitted
that he had himself received rRaack
Hand letters threatening him with
death unless he released the black
mailer.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

An English paper announces that
Americans lack the sense OF humor.
This sounds like the argument OF the
man who satisfies himself by exclaim.
Ding: you're another"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
Russia to Welcome U. s. Tars.

st. Petersburg. Russia.-The adj
miralty has ordered the naval authori-
ties at Libau to begin preparations
for the visit there In June of the sec
ond division of the United States At.
lantic fleet.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Il know not where I am" cried n
poetess In one OF the magazines. Eng.
nish critics of American literature viii
wonder why she did lot say: Il know
not where l. am at"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Camden. New Jerseys-Disappoint,
ed because he was unable to find D
publisher for a novel he had written,
frank lie Feyre committed suicide al
MS home here by hanging.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The Boston young woman who
worked eight years on her ~trousseau
must have had unusual. though not
well founded. faith in the stability
Of the styles.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Nearly 2.ooo.0oo brook trout fry are
ready for planting in Wisconsin's
streams. They will probably develop
into 100000 fish stories later in the
year.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

A Montreal doctor recently con-
tributed q pint OF his own blood to
save the life Of . patient. Some doc
tors seem to be actuated by a sincere
desire to cure.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Australians have perfected the milk
Ing machine so hat 1t milks a hun
dred cows in two hours. But the
milkmaid will continue to live In
poetry.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The autocrats OF fashion ma sue
coed In making women wear the ugly
Turkish 'harem" dress. but no auto
crat now living win ever succeed In
shutting ome mp.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The Marquis of Landsdowne's Rem
brandt, valued at $500. 900, may go In
to the National gallery and then again
It may be brought to America.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Three New Jersey "sportsmen" who
went out for fox hunting are on trial
for killing deer. Possibly New Jersey
rabbits wear horns.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
One Dead by Mysterious Exposion.

Parkersburg. West Virginia. -One
person was killed, another fatally
injured and a third seriously hurt in
a mysterious explosion and fire, which
partially wrecked the house occupied
by the family of William Caskey, a
prominent business mar here.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Those Chicago crooks who stole a
600 pound safe in the dead OF night
evidently missed their calling. They
should have been piano movers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Automobiles to the number OF 1907
600 are fitting here and there In this
country, but all their fitting does not
reduce the cost of mules.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Wagner in English is promised for
next season. We can't understand
why. The words are always unintei
ligible, anyhow.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

At the same time we are forced to
admire the bravery Of those young
women who walk abroad in harem
skirts.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
HANGED for WIG Murder.

Ashdown, Arkansas. - TT a s
Pearce. convicted of the murder of his
wife near here last December. was
hanged In the Little River county jail.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

A Chicago professor says that lack
OF money is the bane of wedlock. In
the matter OF feeling this lack as a
bane, wedlock has plenty of company.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Love is love-" opines an expert
on neurology, name unknown. Like
wise pigs is pigs and prunes Is
prunes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The Los Angeles man who was sent
to Jail for 80 days for smiling at a
strange woman evidently does not see
the point of the joke.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The average life of q statesman 10
said to be II years. This doesn't
necessarily conflict with the old the
pry that the good die young.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

We are told hat Russia has hurled
another ultimatum at China. II the
car keeps on he won't have any ulu-
matums left.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

We see by the papers that France
Is facing a crisis. 1t strikes us that
facing crisis is a chronic disease IN
France.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Along with taxing bachelors why
not give away a marriage license de
luxe and a first payment on a parlor
yet.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Washington, ID. G. y Frank Pierce,
assistant secretary of the interior. ten
dered his resignation. 1t was ac
cepted by President Taft.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

An Illinois husband has offered a
reward OF SIS for the return OF his
missing wife. That's all she Is
worth" he says. That Is love.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

twenty-five million persons smoked
Missouri corncob pipes last year, and
half OF them borrowed the tobacco.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The harem skirt ought to fool the
mouse some.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
Were Astonished.

More than an hour elapsed after Nc
Namara had been taken mysteriously
from the city before his companions
in the meeting were aware that he had
been taken from indianapolis. When
told he had been arrested as being re-
sronsible for the dynamiting of the
Times building and Llewellyn foundry
in Los Angeles they gasped with as.
constituent, declaring they could not
believe the report to be true. Their
surprise was greatly increased when
they began to plan to procure their
friends release and were told he had
been taken from the city.
Immediately after the Offices of the
union had been searched Detective
Burns and a squad of his men went
10 the barn west of Indianapolis where
the explosives were unearthed. The
detectives then returned to the city,
when a search in the basement of the
union headquarters revealed more ex.
plosives.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

According to an English professor,
the human race is 10, 900 years old. 1t
hasn't much sense for its age.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

And the industrious COW has taken
her place in the hall of fame beside
the Industrious hen.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Now Wellesley proposes to raise
cats for laboratory purposes, why not
utilize them for the glee club, also?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The farmer, unlike the consumer
goes to seed in the spring.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Missouri has the corncob pipe rec
ord. This, however, is not regarded
as a sporting event.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

The witchcraft Of 200 years g ID
now called malignant animal magne-
tism, and it is the same old article.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

Soon again the housefiy will engage
attention as an enemy to mankind.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
LABOR MEN HELD
INTERNATIONAL UNION SECRs.
TARY is ARRESTED IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
FOR LOS ANGELES HORROR
Two Others Also Taken to Coast on
Similar Charge.-ExpIosiVes
Found Stored in Head
quarters.

indianapolis, Indiana. 1900 After some
months of Investigation, directed oy
William J. Burns, a private detective,
John J. Mcnamara, international sec
rotary Of the Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers Of America, the head
quarters of which are in Indianapolis,
was arrested here, charged with COM
pIicity in the dynamiting Of he Los
Angeles Times, Oct. /, 1910, and the
plant Of the LIewellyn Iron works at
Los Angeles.
1t is also announced that James w.
Mcnamara, a brother Of John and a
union printer, and Ortie E. McManigal,
an iron worker, were arrested in De-
troit, April IL and held secretly in
Chicago.
Four hours after Mcnamara was ar
rested, detectives found two quarts of
1itro-glycerine and II sticks of dyna-
mite in a barn three-Quarters of a mile
west Of indianapolis. The barn was
rented by Mcnamara from r. =. Jones,
the owner.
A later investigation of the inter
national offices of the union disclosed,
in a storeroom in the basement Of the
building, ga sticks (about 60 pounds)
of dynamite, 200 feet Of fuse, 500 dy-
Mantle caps, one dozen small alarm
clocks and a leather case made to
carry a 10-pound can of nitro-glycer-
inc. Detective Burns took possession
of all the explosives.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
MOBRIDGE NEWS

BY MoBRIDoE PRINTING co.
Dell M. Wright, Editor and Manager
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28
Prisoner Rushed Away.

Requesition papers from the COVER
nor Of California having been signed
by Governor Marshall before the ar
rest, Mcnamara was taken to police
headquarters, where he was arraigned
Immediately before Judge Collins In
police court.
Requisition papers from the COVER
minutes after Mcnamara had been
seized in the association headquarters
in the American Central Life building,
where a meeting of the executive
board of the organization was just ad-
j%ourning, he was taken from the city
by four detectives in an automobile.
They later boarded a fast train for
Los Angeles.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-28

MosRIpGE SOUTH DAKOTA
The Delta independent., 1911-11-24
A Good Trainman,

In its Service Gazette, the Den
yer & Rio Grande explains as fol-
lows, what constitutes a good train
man:
"A good trainman will never
guy passengers, nor give short or
fllppant answers to questions.
Nor will he laugh at the mis-
takes of inexperienced travellers.
He will look especially after the
comfort OF elderly people, country
folks and women travelling alone
or with children.
He will answer the questions of
all these in such a manner as to
make them feel at ease; and in var
Gates, he will supply an air of cour-
tesy which is contagious.
"A very little information, unob-
trusively given about points of in
terest along the line will be appre-
ciated by patrons and aid in pop
ulorizing the route.
No doubt passengers are often
very trying. but it is the business OF
good trainmen to meet discourtesy
with unfailing patience.
in the past ten years many chang
es have taken place in railway man
agement-changes vastly for the bet.
ter
The middle aged and those past
that period of life, can remember
when not only discourtesy seemed
licensed part of the service, but
gamblers and swindlers were fire.
Quently found on the trains who
fleeced the unwary, and the rail-
way officials and employees were
chary of even an excuse to the poor
Suckers who had paid both for
travel and protection.
At the present time a short card
man working his game on railway
train would be an astonishing sight
and an employee who gave a dis
courteous answer to a civil ques-
ton from a stranger, would be dis
charged, for it would be reported.
And all this is as it should be.
The man who is discourteous or
unnecessarily cranky when OCCASION
does not absolutely demand it, is
an enemy to himself, unpopular
with the public and a failure with
his company.
II has come to a pass that only
petty government officials can be I'M
civil and snub their fellow citizens
Bless them; they serve as re-
minder of the times when the en-
ploye classes of their predecessors
went down and out before the
steady advance of popular education
and enlightenment.