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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
JOHNNY'S S DIGESTION.

denly, we were i'm the long dining
room. The children were taking their
places; the visitors lined the walls, en-
joying the sight Of 80 much happiness.
There were 60 children, and they
looked to me like 500. The room
seemed to stretch away a mile at least
to where Miss Glendon sat at the far
end of the table with her eyes upon
me.
l had risen to speak, but why I did
not know. Every one was waiting.
/ could not remember what / had
meant to say nor why l had decided to
speak at all. l merely knew that this
was the end of me, and the tears came
into my eyes.
Then in the stiffness heard a
strange cracking sound. / felt a slight
jar. There was a faint cry from among
the densest crowd of visitors. One Of
the children near me screamed In a
shrill voice, The floors sinkin' down."
Far away / could see Miss Glendon's
face as white as paper. / was mildly
interested, half awakened. 1t came
to me like a commonplace that the cell
lar EXTENDED only half way the length
of the house.
sit STILL" said I in a tone of ordin-
OIL y oaAlOll. IIICi0 10 AlO IClldi
under us"
Rather the tone than the words re-
assured them. The rush thai had been
imminent did not come. Some of the
more nervous visitors edged away by
the two doors hat were available. l
saw Miss Glendon whispering to some
Of the girls, who went out quietly.
The h~ousekeeper standing in the door
said, Il want ten OF the biggest boys
to help me with something"
/ told them off mechanically, with
my pointing finger. and they went out.
BY this time there were not more than
half as many people in the room and
scarcely a third as much weight as
formerly upon the floor.
I'VE have decided TO serve dinner in
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
AMERICAN NAVY To
HONOR THE KAISER
Division of Atlantic Fleet at
Kiel to Take Part in Naval
Festival.

Kiel, Germany, June 22.-The Amer
ican warships. second division OF the
Atlantic fleet, arrived here early this
morning and are now moored in the
inner harbor before the town. sur
Founded by the array OF battleships and
yachts gathered for the emperor's
great annual naval festival.
Practically the entire German navy,
including a fun division of the new
dreadnoughts, are assembled, the only
absentces being the cruiser Won Der
Tam, which is at Spithead for the cor
onation, and the obsolete reserve d.
vision at Wilhemshaven. Admiral Won
Tirpitz. admiral of the fleet, minister
and creator OF the new German navy,
heads an imposing list of admiral COM
manders.
The Americans were met at sea by
n dispatch boat carrying Lieutenant
Commander Il. A. Traut, American
naval attache at Berlin; Paul II. j.
Sartori, American consular agent at
kiel. and German officers who had
been assigned to pilot the visitors to
their anchorages.
The arrival OF the battleships was
timed so that they would pass the
outer fertilization of Friedrichort al s
o'clock in the morning. when the naval
salute is fired by the fortress and ant
swered from shore.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
GIANT OF The OCEAN
ON INITIAL VOYAGE
Steamship Olympic Is Given
Noisy Welcome in New
York Harbor.

New York. June 22.-Ten stout tug
boats strained and pulled OF the White
Star liner Olympic today on her arrival
from England, warping the giant
steamship of the seas Into her dock.
The Olympic was given a noisy well
come as she moved up the Hudson
river. escorted by a feet Of tugs that
darted alongside like pilot fish after a
shark.
The berthing of the Olympic with her
8S2h feet of length was no small task.
The federal government had permitted
an extension OF one pier into the river
in order to dock the Olympic, but the
greatest care had TO be exercised to
prevent the bulky liner from carrying
ava the temporary extra dock.
The Olympic made an average speed
of 2I.17 knots on her maiden run to
New York, covering the course In five
days. is hours and AZ minutes. She was
abeam OF Ambrose channel lightship at
2:24 o'clock this morning.
julius Adler. the pilot who brought
the Olympic through the harbor lanes,
remarked as he relinquished tho
wheel:
She handles like a catboat.''
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30

the other room" said Miss Glendon In
a clear, high tone.
Then there was a rush, but not what
might have been. 1 walked as In a.
trance TO the door where she stood
while the last child passed out. Then
she closed the door and clasped her
arms impulsively around me.
Magnificent" she sobbed. 1.-THE fin
est lie God ever put into a mans
mouth"
Eternal heaven" 1 cried. cts this
end Of the house that the cellar is un-
der! IL had forgotten!"
But she would never believe II. She
said X was my modesty. She got an
opinion from the carpenter hat the
floor must have fallen and cost a dozen
lives and no man knoweth how many
broken bones but for my GOODNESS and
ready wit.
1t is all nonsense, but 1 can't prove
1t, and the less readily because ] began
upon that day TO o j don't know
why. Perhaps ii was the natural course
of the malady; perhaps Providence had
no further need of me in the character
of a lunatic. At any rate, / am we'll to-
day and should be more than happy
but for the false halo that / wear in
the eyes of the woman / love.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30

membering his own name if asked for
1t in a hurry there is little use in eX-
pecting him to lay plans or ven TO car
ry out those of another person. / be-
gan to worry about the matter, TO
dream of il and to talk aloud about it,
70 my own great shame.
Then / resigned and was laughed at
by Miss Glendon, who assured me that
my success has passed her utmost eX-
pectations. SO nothing remained but
to go on, a wooden automaton that
must run its curse and then drop
where it stood.
And 1T didn't want TO break down.
Let me assure you that / had no appe-
lite for such a performance. 1 strove
hard against it and wore out In striv-
ing the very strength / needed.
On the morning of the Fourth / was
at my Very worst. | wandered from
room to room, giving orders tina others
seemed to think were rational. though
l had little understanding of them my
self. We had many visitors, and l
greeted them, and they said pleasant
conventional things, as if they noticed
nothing amiss in me.
And then, as 1t seemed to me sud
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
HlGHWAYMEM ABOUND
IN PALESTINE WlLDS

Boston. Mass, June PIN the
wilds of Palestine, holdups are pulled
off in the most approved style OF
American fiction, according to reports
Of an Y witness, DIR. ira ID. Payne,
of Des Moines, Ia. who has just re-
turned from n six months trip through
Egypt and the Holy Land. He with
messed q battle between brigands and
American tourists.
1T was while we were between Cali
lee and Zammaron, In the widest
part or Palestine" said DR.. Payne,
that the party just ahead of us was
attacked by masked brigands. The
travellers were asked TO hold up their
hands and the roppers went through
their pockets and baggage with the
precision OF experts. When we reached
the scene h bandits had disappeared
and the travellers were penniless.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
SAN FRANCISCO CLUB
SCENE OF A HOL.DUP
Card Players Relieved of Their
Money and One of Them
Hurt.

San Francisco, June 22.-At the com
mand Hands up!" five men playing
cards at the so-called Editorial club
early this morning looked up TO find
themselves covered by revolvers in the
hands OF two masked men who stood In
the doorway.
"Cut out the comedy said one OF
the players as he pressed his cards
tight against his shirt front, this Is
serious"
you bet it's serious replied one OF
the masked men. Put up your hands
or wen blow your heads OFF,"
Il. G. Briggs, n OF the players, was
slow to comply. and he was stunned
and seriously hurt by a blow on the
head from the butt of a revolver. Tho
robbers then relieved their victims Of
money and valuables, totaling more
than $1,000. locked the card players In
two closets. cut the telephone wires
and escaped.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
HANDCUFF QUEEN IN
FLOOD ON The STAGE
Glass Front of Tank Breaks and
Nearly browns the
Artist.

san Mateo. Cal, June 22.--Two
thousand gallons OF water. released by
a break in a tank on the stage of q
local theater last night, nearly
drowned the members of the orchestra
and discounted a handcuff queen, who
had been mystifying the audience by
the apparently marvellous manner In
which she freed herself from the steel
shackles.
AS she was making her customary
pose before entering the tank i'm which
She was TO release herself. there was
a crash and the glass front gave way.
The handcun queen was swept Off
her feet by the deluge and just before
she tainted she flung her manacled
hands in the air and from them
hurled into the audience the bunch OF
keys.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
PACKERS WILL PLEAD
TO CHARGES SATURDAY

den Armour and nine other Chicago
packers. indicted for alleged violation
Of the Sherman antitrust law, will APP
bear In the district court Saturday and
ask for a hill OF particulars. setting
forth the charges against them. Inn
mediately afterward they are expected
to plead not guilty to the government
charges. Judge Carpenter today ee&
guments FOR ! bin a. n~azticulara
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
WOULD FIGHT woLcAsr.

a Francisco, Cal, June 22.-Fred-
Welsh, the English lightweight, Is
80 confident of victory over Matty Bald
win here next Friday night that he has
TO fight Champion Wolgass for
100000 n side met before the club offer
ing the best Inducements. Welsh's defy
was accepted by Wolgast's manager
and certified checks for $1,000 each
were posted today to bind the match.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
GERMAN MgTHoplsTs in CAMP.

Garner. Ia, June 22.-The annual
camp meeting OF the German Metho-
dists Of Iowa. Illinois and South Da-
kota opened today to continue one
week. Nearly 200 delegates from the
three states were In attendance a. the
erst session which was presided over
by the Rev. T.. l.. Bremen. OF Garnr.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
The Inevitable Result.

Cobwigger-How did the parrot get
all his head feathers burned off?
Mrs. Cobwigger-He said He wanted
a cracker, and Freddie gave him one.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
The rest of the song I have forpott Z,
Before Ice Was Plenty.

Henry, you are getting old"
Nothing OF the sort"
Yes, you are. Every Fourth OF July,
now, you tell about how your folks
used to have TO cool the watermelon in
a tub Of pump water
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30

China is offering an unusually favor
able market for American ginseng. The
stock at Hongkong ia lower than for
several years previously
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
NEW PRESIDENT IS
NAMED IN PORTUGAL

Lisbon, June 2 22.-Anselmc
Braam-Camp was erscted presi-
dent of the republic of Portugal
BY the constituent assembly to-
day.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30

The German mercantile marine Is. to
4 considerable extent. engaged in .
carrying trade which Is entirely nom
German.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
Washington
WOOL REVISION BILL
PASSED IN THE HOUSE
Republicans Vote
With the Democrats for
Reduction of Duties.

Washington, June 22.-The House
by q vote of 221 to 100 yesterday
passed the Underwood wool tariff re-
vision bill, providing for a reduction
II the duty on wool and manufactures
Of wool. Twenty-Five republicans
voted with the democrats for the pas
sage of the measure and one demo-
erat, Representative Francis, Of Ohio.
voted against ii.
Many amendments were voted down.
he only one adopted being a slight
change in phraseology. Almost five
hours We're spent in debate under the
1ye-minute rule. Immediately pre-
2edlng the final vote, a motion offered
D. Representative Payne, of New
York. that the bill be resubmitted TO
he ways and means committee with
Instructions that they await a report
from the tariff board on the wooden
industry before making final report
IF the bill was lost, 1S9 to rs.
-
Representative Underwood, chair
nan of the ways and means commit
zee, in charge of the bill, kept his
'orces well together in their opposi-
Ion 10 all amendments. While some
democrats proposed amendments, with
one exception they voted with the
party when the bill came TO passage.
Representative Gray, of Indiana, Of
erred an amendment to replace raw
wool on the free list. instead OF 20
Der cent ad valOrem. as the bill pro-
vides, and to recommit the bill to the
committee with instructions that man.
lfactures OF wool be reduced to 20
Der cent ad valorem. This was lost.
Representative Mlrdock, one of the
tnsurgent republicans who finally
voted for the bill, proposed several
amendments placing certain grades of
wool on the free list. His purpose In
these amendments, he stated, was to
give TO the American people protec-
ion from the worsted trust by making
free those articles which enter into
the manufacture of trust controlled
wooden products"
Mr.. Murdoch appealed to Represen-
tative Harrison, Of New York, q dem
ocratic member OF the ways and
means committee, and to others OF the
party who had favored placing wool
On the free list to support him.
Mr.. Harrison sal that he would
vote for the bill although he would
placed raw wool On the free list
II his personal desires had prevailed.
After the bill had passed a message
was read from President Taft In re-
spouse to a request which had been
made for certain information from
the tariff board in regard to the
wooden question. The message stated
hat the desired information could not
De furnished at this time.
The republicans who voted for the
oil were: Representatives Anderson,
Anthony, Campbell and Davis, of Min
%nesota: French, Haugen, Helgeson,
Jackson, La Toilette, L%enroot, Lind
Madison, Miller Morse, Muir
dock, Nelson, Norris, Rees, Sloan,
STEVENSON, Stephens. of California;
Volstead, Woods, of Iowa; Young, OF
Kansas, and Kent, OF California.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-30
FIRST JOHN BROWN SONG.
Private in Wisconsin Regiment Gives
Verses He Sang in 1859.

Verses He Sang in 1859.
Chicago Tribune: The origin of the
song John Brown" as given by James
Howard Jenkins, is questioned by Z. r.
Reed. a private in Company II, Second
Wisconsin infantry, who says he sang
a John Brown" song in 1859 and 1860.
He says:
There was u song of John Brown
which was sung quite extensively
among the a~boiitionists, but, owing to
the abolition sentiment which 1t
breathed, never became generally pop
ular. ! sang IL myself a great deal and
still retain in my memory two verses
Of it. Those two verses ran like this:
John Browns body lies moldering In the
grave,
While weep we sons of bondage whom he
ventured all TO W
And though he lost his life In striving for
the slave,
Yet his soul is marching on.
He captured Harper's Ferry with his
mighty men so few;
He frightened old Virginia till she trem-
bled through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves
a traitor crew;
But his soul is marching on.
The rest of the song L have forgotten,
but these verses and some others I
sang a great many times in SO and go,
and to the same music as they are now
sung, and Mr.. Jenkins did not have to
go searching for a fitting tune The
samples he gives are only corruptions
similar to those every regiment had.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
BACHELOR APARTMENTS.

There is woman in New York who
is making money furnishing bachelor
apartments 1t has been said many
times that a woman can always make a
home for herself better than can a
man. but evidently the home idea is
striking the bachelors and instead of
living in cherries hail bedrooms or in
public hotels they are now hiring
apartments and enjoying the comforts
of home minus wife.
One of the first problems which con-
fronted the bachelor was how to fur
nish his home. This young woman saw
an opportunity 10 help him and to make
money She realized THAT while the
average man may appreciate the gen
eral effects of colOrs. pretty furniture
and tapestries yet the methods by
which good effect is produced are for
eiSn to him unless he is trained i'm in
lady hit upon the wise plan OF offering
her services. She has now large
clientele, and when bachelor moves
from one apartment to another he calls
on her to rearranSe the house and
when one of his bachelor friends DE-
cides to have an apartment ne recon-
mends the young woman fUrnisher.
She says the greatest fault she finds
with bachelors is that they want to
put too many things in one room. Many
OF them viii crowd into four rooms
enough furniture To properly equip a
sevenroOm house. and strange To say
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
.FORT|F|CAT|ONS CLAUSE
IN SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Chairman Tawney Will Try to Save
That Item BY Negotiation.

Washington, Feb. 23-The sundrl-
civil bill. appropriating $40. J90. 030
for a multitude of details of operation
in various branches of the govern
ment service during the next fiscal
year. including many items Of appro-
priation To he immediately available.
was reported from the appropriations
committee today. and will be taken
up for consideration and action by
the house tomorrow.
II included an appropriation of
So 900. 600 for the Panama canal for
tifiCatiOn for which Major General
Wood. Chief Engineer Cocktails of
the Isthmian canal commission. and
other officials presented arguments
When the bill is called up. Chair
man TSwney of the appropriations
Committee will offer an amendment
providing that no part of the appro-
priation for the fOrtification shall he
available until the president shall
have determined that he is unable
to negotiate and conclude treaty
with ma iority of the leading mari
time nations Of the world. joining the
United States in guaranteeing the
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
AUTOMOBILE JOURNEY
c. j. Foster and Party Covering
Western Half of Continent.

Mr.. c. J. Foster of San Francisco
is in Phoenix in the course of an
automobile tour bver the western half
of the continent for business and
pleasure. MIR Foster is accompanied
by Mrs Foster, their three children
and r. H Berveliegh, mechanician-
The trip is being made in seven
passenger White Steamer
Mr. Foster is the personal repre-
sentative Of DR. Elliot and is engag-
cd in interesting people in DIR. Elliots
five foot shelf of books" published
by p. r Collier & Sons He was met
here by c. \. Taylor. district man
agor for this territory who was In
stalled here a week ago having been
transferred from Canadian district.
The Foster party will remain here
for four or five days and then will
go south via Tucson. El Paso and
thence north taking in the more i'm
portant New Mexican towns. the OBJ
jective point SO far as the White
Steamer is concerned being Denver.
The Journey so far has been a
pleasant one except for a bad stretch
of roads i'm this territory and across
the California desert The road from
Prescott to Phoenix was found To be
not lacking in picturesqueness but in
the opinion of Mr.. Foster who is a
judge OF such matters some of its
scenic quality might with advantage
be exchanged for smoothness. He
would not suggest that it he made
perfectly smooth and level but just
little smoother and leveler than it
is in some places.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
SINGS UNDER KNIFE

While DR.. W. Wayne Babcoc&, at
the Samaritan hospital, operated on
I6-year-old Edna Ford, an Atlantic
City girl, for the removal Of the ap-
pendiX, the girl exchanged witty re-
partee with the nurses and surgeons
grouped about the operating table and
finally burst into song, says a Phila-
delphia correspondent OF the New
York World
The young patient was under the
influence OF novatain, an anaesthetic
which is the private prescription of
DR.. Babcock, and similar to stovaine.
the anaesthetic used by DIR. Jonesen,
the famous Roumanian surgeon. which
paralyzes the sense of feeling but does
not hake the patient unconscious.
Physicians who were present at the
operation say that while the girl
gave one of the greatest demOnstra-
tons OF nerve that they have ever
witnessed in a surgical ward the oper-
alton also was triumph for the
anaesthetic, which. injected into the
spine destroys the sense of pain but
permits the patient to laugh and chat
with the surgeons as they WELD the
knife
The needle was inserted between
the vertebrae of the spinal column.
and i'm a moment the spinal cord was
numbed by the powerful brug. The
girl smiled in contentment at the
cessation of pain. She was advised
to keep a stout heart.
'Oh. that's all right" she nodded,
with a smile Il don't mind now, for
it doesn't hurt"
While Dr. Babcock and his assist
ants worked with skilled fingers the
girl lay with upturned face wreathed
i'm smiles. and joked first with the
doctor and then with the nurses. Sud
denly the silence of the operating
room was broken by the clear, sweet
notes Of a girlish soprano. Slowly
but firmly the girl began and con-
tinued with unwavering tones to the
completion of the song;
Roses. roses. roses bring memories
of you. dear
Memories of life's sweetest hours,
Telling your love to the flowers.
Roses. roses your love was like the
Fresh for the day, but they faded
away.
Red roses bring dreams of you
BY the time she had completed the
song the doctors. too. had ended their
work and the patient was wheeled
from the room to her cot. She was
strong after the operation and will
have an early recovery, the surgeons
say
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
CLOTHES OF VICTIMS
FOUND AMONG INDIANS
Hope of Overtaking Murderers of
Nevada Sheepmen.

Winnemucca, New. Feb. 25.-Rem-
nants of the clothing of the four
rich sheepmen murdered i'm Northern
Nevada little over a month ago
have been found i'm several Indian
camps on the trail which the posse
has been following, according to
Sheriff Ferrel. who came in from
the chase today.
He said that starting on a trail
three weeks old the posse has gained
ten days on the pursued and that
il is certain that the Indians are
headed for the Owihee country in
northern Elko county.
Sheriff Ferret came into go to
ElkO by train, there to organize an
other posse TO head off the Indians
from gaining the mountain fast
nesses. The fugitives' horses are
worn out, he said. and they are not
making more than twelve miles
day. He left on the afternoon train
for ElkO.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
THE BOTTOM FACTS
OF COFFIN MONOPOLY
The Insursent Mr.. Norris Has Got All
the Details.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Two resolu-
tons asserting the existence of a
monopoliStic control of the coffee
market by a Brazilian producing in
terest and Americans and Europeans
interested with them. and calling re-
spectively upon the president and the
attorney general of the United States
TO report whether any investigation
of the matter has been instituted by
the government, were dropped i'm the
hopper" of the house this afternoon
by Mr.. Norris of Nebraska. 1t was
done without remark. and the reso-
lutiOns went automatically to the
committee
Ii is hardly likely that the commit
tee will report the resolutions at this
late day in the session.
Mr.. Norris said he had the names
Of those who he said had entered
into the arrangement with Brazil for
the coffee control
J, p. Morgan 4 Co, and the City
Arizona republican., 1911-02-24
ON THE MENU,

one of these regular jokers sat
down at table i'm a Superior-avenue
restaurant Saturday evening. He had
guests. 50 he felt that it devolved
upon him to be funny. He read over
the bill Of fare, and then summoned
the waiter.
Waiter" he said. with grand
flourish, bring us four orders of
photographed errors"
Beg parson sir" returned the
waiter we have none q that"
Then why have YOU 50 many on
the menu" said the joker. Send the
proprietor at once.'-Cleveland' Plain
Dealer.