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REJECT DEMANDS
OF ENGINEERS FOR
WAGE INCREASES
Say It Would Add $8,-
100000 to Annual
Operating Cost
MINERS HOPEFUL
Believe They Can Avert Con-
test With American
Operators

New York City.-The conference
committee of managers of fifty rail-
roads between Chicago and the At
lantic ocean and the North Ohio riv-
er, today rejected the demands of
the locomotive engineers for wage
increases averaging 18 per cent.
Warren s. Stone, head of the engi-
neers, says that the conference will
be resumed. The managers said the
demands would add nearly $4,000
900 annually to the operating eX-
penseS of the railroad companies.
BRITISH CONFERENCE FUTILE
London, England.-The triangular
conference between Premier Asquith,
the coal operators and the coal min
ers, adjourned today without having
reached any agreement. The min
ers made many concession, but stood
immovably for the minimum wage,
American Miners Hopeful.
Cleveland, Ohio.-Both the Goa,
miners and coal operators were
hopeful today when they returned
for a re-opening of the conference
tomorrow for a settlement of the
coal wage scale.
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Deadwood, S. D.-Within another
week, distribution of free grain to
the farmers in this county, will be
commenced by County Auditor Gus
tafson. Already three carloads have
arrived from Basin, Wyo., and two
more are on the way. The grain is
sacked and cleaned and is being
stored in a warehouse iLtown rented
for the purpose and will be allotted
according to the amounts requested
by the different farmers and allowed
by the commissioners. In all there
IS 100000 pounds of this grain to
be distributed, the average price of
purchase of which was $40 per
hundred for wheat, s1.00 for oats,
and $3.50 for barley. The d%istribu-
ton is made to the farmers who lost
their crops and on account of two
bad years are in need of present
aid. They reimburse the county by
giving liens or their 1912 crops
formed her husband that she would
not return to South Dakota.
He then departed for Kansas and
commenced the search for her, con-
tinuing this for some weesk without
success. Recently he returned to
South Dakota and had fixed the date
for the sale of his personal property
so he could return to Kansas and re-
sumo the search for the missing
woman, only to now be informed
that she had been found in a Kan
sas hospital. Hulet and his wife
have been married twenty-four years
and had four children, all of whom
died and are buried at their former
home in Kansas. For weeks scores
of persons We're engaged in the
search for the missing mn
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T|BBETTS GOES TO
THE STATE CONTEST
JUDGES SELECTED ROI Ii. TIB-
BETS AS DAKOTA WELEYAN'S
ORATOR FOR THE CONTEST
IN MAY.

Monday evening the twenty-ffth
annual o~ratorical contest of Dakota
Wesleyan University was held in the
city hail and there was a fine au-
dience of students and citizens out
to hear the orators make their best
effort to represent the innstitution
at the tsate contest which is to be
held at Huron the latter part of May.
The University orchestra, under
the direction of ~..illis S. Hunter, pre-
sented some three or four selections
for the entertainment OF the audience
until the orators were ready. The
orchestra, with its thirty members,
presented some fine selections in a
n that gave evidence of much
practice and hard work, and it re-
ceived the heartiest kind OF appre-
citation from the people.
Following the invocation of Pres
ident kerfoot, the first of the seven
contestants made his appearance in
Albert A. Kaye, who spoke on
World Peace" Roi b. Tibbets
spoke on "America's Greatest Crisis"
referring to the struggles between
capital and labor. Laurence Tod
mems Grafton was on "Americanand
the Changing China" in which advo-
Gated more lenient treatment for the
Chinese students coming to this
country for an education. Bruce
Price spoke on 'Universal Peace
| presenting Christianity as the great
power to bring thi sabout. Albert
Hooking delivered an Grafton on
Conservation of American Ideals
in which he presented the thought
of liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness as the two cardinal features.
Alcohol and Public Opinion" was
the title of Walter j. McClarinon's
grafton and be believed hat temper
an expression of public opion.
Arthur H. Beardsley was the last
speaker and he discussed The New
West, showing the advantages OF
the country for gaining an %independ-
ence.
The rations We're of a cry high
character and it was the genera
opinion thai it has been a number OF
years since as many really good
men had contested on the platform
for the distinction of representing
the college in the state contest.
The judges on delivery were A. ID.
Hitchcock, of this city, Rev. H. r.
Best, of Sioux Falls, and Sidney Fl,
Chandler of Sioux City. With the
markings they gave the orators and
together with those of the judges on
thought and composition W. first
place to Roi b. Tibbets, and second
place to Laurence Todnem. The de-
cision was accepted with loud APP
plause and it met with po pular APP
prevail. Mr.. Tibbets made a very
fine impression with the OF
his delivery and his subject matter
was arranged with much skill. There
is great confidence expressed in the
idea that he will again place Dakota
Wesleyan at the head of the oratori-
cal contest, which has been the case
in much more than a majority OF
times during the past quarter of q
century that the contests have been
held.
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VAN OSDEL WTHDRAWS
ENTERS NEW F|[LOS
WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR BUT WILL TRY FOR
Observation-Disclosures
SHIP.

Canton, S. D.-Hon. A. l.. Van
Osdel, of Yankton county, delivered
an address in the courthouse Sat-
urday afternoon and towards the
end of his speech announced that
owing to recent i'll health and q
pressing demand from hundreds of
friends from all over the state that
he withdraw as a candidate for gov
ernor and become a candidate for
lieutenant governor, and in view OF
the conditions now existing and In
the interest of harmony he had de-
cided to withdraw from the contest
for governor and would stand as q
candidate for lieutenant governor.
A host of friends here congratulated
him on the wisdom of his decision
and pledged support.
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the Noble undertaking parlors.


This morning Coroner Bowers
held an inquest, and summoned
Chris. Footitt, c. V. Wilson and
Isaac Spears us members of the
jury. The facts were placed before
them and they returned a verdict
to the effect that the deceased came
to his death by the dislocation OF
his neck, resulting from a fall down
the stairway after being overcome
with an e~pileptic fit. 1t is stated
that the young man has been sub
ject to these attacks and that ii was
supposed he was overcome by one
when he started down the stairway
The deceased had two sisters liN-
ing at Lynch, Neb., and another al
Wagner, and they were informed OF
the accident. He also had a secont
cousin at Sioux Falls, Judge Parli
man. None of them will be able
TO come to the city and it is likely
that the interment will be made
here. Parliman has been working a
odd jobs in the city for some little
time and was last employed a
Coacher's livery stable.
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Reliance, 5. D.-lwo ears of seed
grain have been delivered here by the
Sioux Falls Grain company, which
has the contract rom the commits
sioners for furnishing the grain sup
piled for by the farmers OF Lyman
county. The car o oats came from
Montana and is o excellent quality
and better than any oats raised here.
Outside of being mixed With oats and
containing some foul seed, the car of
velvet chaff wheat is also of good
quality. A mixed car of barley and
blue stem wheat has not yet arrived.
The following is the cost TO the farm
ers: Velvet chaff wheat, Sill per
bushel; blue stem, $1.l3; barley,
S1.37 10; oats, 70 cents.
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BREAKS AN ARM.

kimball, S. D.-Mrs. Edward Der
wart, wife OF a prominent business
man of this place, slipped and broke
her arm yesterday but is getting
along as we'll as can be expected.
The Forty Hours Alteration which
began az the Catholic church last
Sunday were brought to a close Tues
day night before one of the largest
crowds ever seen i'm the big church
on Third Avenue east. The services
began with a solemn mass at 1890
a. IN. Sunday. Father O'Flaherty
was celebrant of the mass, being as
sisted by Rev. f.. O'Rrien OF Aberdeen
IA deacon and Rev. NJ. i. IIarte Of
st. Joseph hospital as subdeacon.
On Monday and Tuesday morn
ings, masses We're offered at 6 a. m.
and s a. m. The evening services
were held at $50 p. m. 1t is esti-
mated that nearly 1000 persons re
ceived Holy Communication.
Last night the final service of the
Alteration attracted a crowd that fill
ed every seat both in the immense
auditorium, and in the choir gallery,
while many We're compelled to stand
out in the aisles. The first part Of
the service consisted of English pray
ers, followed by a ermon by Rev.
/ J,,thar E;tvnoro1l nc onpny A.
ter the Litanies had been chanted by
the choir and clergy the blessed sac
rament was carried in solemn process
sion from the sanctuary through the
aisles o. the church returning later
to the altar. The PROCESSION was
headed by 60 young girls prettily
dressed in white, wearing white
wreaths upon their heads. Behind
these marched 30 altar boys robed
in Cassock and SUPPLE bearing light
ed tourch in their right hands, these
were followed by two censor bear
ers. Then came the priests carrying
the Blessed Sacrament beneath a rich
canopy OF silk and cloth of gold. The
canopy bearers We're Messls. w. II.
;, Fritz, y. Kramer Frank Mcguire &
John Hoye. The priests VINO assist
ed Father O'Flahelty during the
Forty Hous Alteration were Rev. +.
O'Brien OF Aberdeen, Rev. Nj. Tray
nor OF Alexandria,. Rev. G.. IL. Hoif-
man of Emery, Rev. NJ. C. Iitzierald
of Lennon, Rev. NJ. j. Harte, Rev. NJ.
C. Fitzgerald OF LennoN, Rev. NJ. j..
Harte of Mitchell and Rev. e. Bouter
of Letcher.
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FOUND
NOT GUILTY OF
M0NOPOLYCHARGE
Acquitted of Conspir-
acy Alleged by the
Government
QUICKLY AGREED
Members of Jury Reported At
ter Being Out Less
Than a Day

Chicago.-The ten millionaire
meat packers charged by the govern
ment with criminal responsibility
for the alleged packing combine,
were found not guilty by a jury in
Federal Judge Carpenters court at
1915 o'clock this afternoon.
The defendants Immediately were
given thei discharge by the court.
The indicated heads of big bust
ness" attacked in this trial are Louis
+. Smith, Edward F. Swift, Charles
II. Swift, Francis A. Fowler, j. Og-
den Armour, Arthur Meeker, Thomas
j. Connors, Edward Morris, Louis II.
Heyman and Edward Tilden.
The jury went out late yesterday
and it was comparatively easy for
the members to agree upon a verdict.
This terminates a nine-year at
tempt by the government to run the
against the packers resulted in the
Immunity BATH administered by
Judge Humphreys. A little later
they We're practically exonerated in
a report by the commissioner of cor
porations. The present trial follow
ed an investigation that had been 60
Ing on for more than two years. 1t
was charged the packers had united
under the national Packing com
pany, that they held regular meet
ings and that the prices of meats
were fixed a these meetings. The
packers INTRODUCED no evidence in
defense.
Chicago The case of the ten
Chicago packers, who, the govern
ment charges, have violated the
criminal section of the Sherman an.
t%i-trust law, went to the jury late
yesterday.
The closing argument, delayed
since Friday by the illness of a jur-
or, was delivered yesterday by Spe,
cial Counsel Pierce Butler, for the
government and was a scathing ar
raignment of the acts of the packers,
The counsel repeatedly asserted that
the government had established its
case beyond question. 9d
Instructions from United States
District Judge Carpenter held the
jurors attention for more than ar
ohur. A short council between coun-
sci and court followed, and at $40
o'clock the jury retired to consider
its verdict, which will bring to g
close a trial W Itch has lasted since
December &, 1911, more than three
months.
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BEATEN
IN MEXICAN FIGHT
GEN. OROZCO is EXPECTED TO
PRESS ON TO CAPITAL OF
REPUBItG AT ONCE.

Mexico City, MeXico.-tl is admit
ted here now that the federals We're
defeated in the battle of last night
and today. is expected that Gen.
Orozco will press on to this city soon.
Eagle Pass, TeXas.--Private adj
vices indicate that the rebels were
victorious in the fight near .Jiminez,
north of Torrcon. Fighting was re-
sumed this morning and the federals
were driven back. The rebel used
dynamite and the rebels say that 400
federals We're killed and many more
wounded. Trains are bringing in
many wounded. The rebel general
Campo is pressing south and is eX-
pecting to strike the federals AGAR
at Torreon.
Eel Paso, ToXas.-The rebel leader.
announce the complete defeat of the
federals in a battle at Jiminez, which
the federals at Mexico City say was
their victory. The truth is hard tic
secure.
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Belle Fourche, S. D.-That the in
depreciation by the attorney general
of the law governing the holding of
state and county officers of their Of
fetal jobs for four years only, in uc-
cession, need not bother a resource
full man, is shown by the latest po-
litical announcement of f. f. Ben
nett, treasurer of Butte county. The
ruling of the attorney general caus-
ed officers in Fall River and Mime
haha counties to decide not to en-
ter the June primaries as even if
elected, they would have but a few
months to serve. But lot so with
Mr.. Bennett. When he found that
If elected treasurer again. having
filled part of an %uneXpired term and
being elected once late, that he
could serve but six months on a
third term, he announced himself
for auditor and is now making a Wig
orous fight for that Office. He is
popular and so far has no opposition
for nomination.
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FELL DOWN STAIRWAY
AND BROKE HIS NECK
THEODORE PARLIMAN HAD AN
EPILEPTIC FIT, FELL DOWN
STAIRWAY AND DlSLOCATED
HIS NECK.

Sunday morning Theodore Parli-
man died very suddenly as the re.
suit of breaking his neck. The
young man. who vas about % years
old, had a room over the Vermilyea
grocery store, opposite the corn
palace. He got up a little after S
O'Clock Sunday morning and start.
ed down the stairway. His room
mates heard him get up and leave
the room, but knew nothing more
until one of them, Mr.. J%orgensen,
left his apartment and started down
the stairway. AT the foot he found
the body of Mr.. Parliman and he
was dead. The remains were taken
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Pierre, S. D.-The business men
of Fort Pierre are ANXIOUS to see Il
test of irrigation by artesian water
in Stanley county, and have made in
quiries as to the possibility of Sc
curing state aid to test the plan on
a ranch about five miles out of Fort
Pierre, on a high bluff over three
hundred feet above the river. There
is a flowing we'll on this ranch, used
only for the gas, which will supply
l44 acre fee tot water each year, or
place two feet of water each yea
on ~ acres of the tract. The owner
is willing to allow the test to be
made but does not care to take it
up at his own expense, hut the indi-
cations are that there will be a lin
tied test o ia few acres on that
ranch this year by some means of
looking after ii.
As an offset TO irrigation talk, the
state Engineers department has re-
ceived q drainage petition from Au-
rora county, asking for the location
of a drainage district in the north
west part of that county to carry
the water away from a swampy tract
which is worthless or practically so
under present conditions.
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The annual meeting of the Y. NJ.
c. A. takes place April list, and the
Association is going to make Il spe-
cial occasion OF it. Mr.. A. y. Nor
ris, the physical directors of the
Sioux City y. M. G.. A., will be pres
ent and give an address on the
physical work of the y. NJ. c.. A.
A banquet will be given for the oe-
casion to which any man is well
come, tickets to the banquet will be
80 cents.
Physical Director Norris will
come here next Saturday and bring
with him two of his pupils and the
three will put on an exhibition of
Folk dancing in the city hall. These
dances will be given in the costume
of different countries, Scotch, Irish,
Dutch, Spanish and the dancers will
have the different instruments used
in these countries. Mr.. Morris will
speak to the older boys at a lunch
con Saturday evening at 6 p. m. and
Sunday he will speak to men on
'IIealth and Service"
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EGAN'S PETITION is
FILED AT PIERRE
SIOUX FALLS CANDIDATE is FIRST
ONE FOR STATE OFFICE TO
PRESENT PAPERS.

Pierre, S. D.-The petition of
George w. Egan IS the grst general
petition of nomination received here,
it being presented to the Secretary
of State by Henry Howe of Sioux
Falls.
Nearly every county in the state
is represented in the county auditors
meeting here today. The work OF
tn e forenoon was on real estate as
sessments and while generally left,
as for last year, several auditors Sc
cured reductions for their counties
Aberdeen, S. D.-The Aberdeen city
commissioners have called a special
election for April 10. for the pur.
pose of having the voters pass on {
proposition to issue bonds in the sun
of %$75,0000 to building a city hall
At present the various department!
Of the city's business are widely
scattered, the city auditors and mu
nicipal judges and the commission
ers' oom offices being in the Brown
county court house, the city Jail il
another building, the fire depart
ment headquarters in another, anc
the police station at another loca
ton, all those outside the cour
house being wooden buildings. Sine
the destruction of the Goetschall
theater a year and Il half ago, thu
city has possessed no meeting plac,
of large seating capacity except tn
first Methodist church, seating 1,10'
people. and many important publ
meetings have been held in iii
lchurch.
There is but little opposition t,
the proposed bond issue and it is be
lieved the proposition will carry.
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WORK ON NEW HIGHWAY.

Pierre, S. D.-Hutchinson county
boosters in the vicinity of Freeman
report that they are getting busy on
their part of the Meridian Highway
across the state, and that as soon
as the ground is in shape for road
work they will have several road
graders at work on the line selected
across the country.
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New York City.-The

New York City.-The prospects
that Judge Hand of the United
States district court would instruct
the jury to acquit Attorney John L.
Parsons and other officials of the
American Sugar Refining company,
on trial for conspiracy, was indicat-
ed yesterday when counsel for the
defendants finished long arguments
on a melton to dismiss the indict-
ment.
Judge Hand, who reserved decis-
ion on the motion until today, sew
eral times remarked during the ar
gument which was conducted for the
the defence by Delaney Nicoll and
James II. Beck, that he agreed with
points they raised and announced
that unless the district attorney
could convince him otherwise he
would instruct the jury to bring in
a verdict OF not guilty.
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Lead, S. D.-Two more local
churches have joined the movement
consolidate Protestant churches as
far as is practicable, in the Hills.
Members of the Christian and Bap-
fist churches here have decided to
unite. following a Joint recommended
ton by a committee appointed by
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DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE OF.
FICERS.

Aberdeen, S. D.-The officers of
the South Dakota development asso-
Walton are: President, M. p. Beebe,
Ipswich; vice president, F. H. Bar
nard, Aberdeen; secretary-treasurer,
John d. Deets, Pierre; members ex-
ecutive board, G. r. Malone, Drap-
er, representing the Grange; G. S.
Tussey. Aberdeen, representing the
U. c. t.; T. S. Everitt, Redfield, rep
resent!ng the Real Estate Men;
Charles McCaffree, Howard, repre-
senting the state press association,
and George SchlosseT, Sioux Falls,
representing the Federation of Com
mercial clubs.
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Trip, s. D.-Members of the
German Lutheran church at Del
mont are preparing to erect a new
church building this spring, and
during the winter months the men,
bers have been hauling sand as a
help toward paying for the work.
The church is to be 44XSO feet, and
will be built of pressed brick. 1t
is expected that about $4,000 will
be expended in the construction and
equipment of the church property.
Quite a large number of new set
tiers have moved into that section
in the past year or two to increase
the membership.
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Deadwood, S. D.-Despite the
record of the heaviest snowfall the
Black Hills has ever seen and the
severest winter, there is no appre-
hension over possible flood in this
section. All provisions have been
made to take care of the immense
body of snow in the Bald Mountain
country and the various gulches
around here when it commences to
melt and although high water is ex-
pected in the creeks that pass
through town, there is little danger
it a do to property here. Around
Whitewood and Sturgis railroad and
wagon bridges hat have not cement
foundations will probably go and the
same condition may be said to be
true in other countries in the Hills
through which the melting snow
water from the higher mountains
will flow. Even with warm rains to
melt them suddenly, these snow
bodies are not greatly feared by the
railroads in the Black Hills this year
and no heavy loss is anticipated.
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each church to investigate. Each
church retains its own individuality
and each makes certain concessions
and the members are to be governed
by a committee selected equally from
both churches, although the CONSOLE
dation does rot got go as far as did
the one last week between the Pres
byterians and Congregationalists.
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Eel Paso, Texas.--After a four
days battle, the Mexican federal
army is r%etreating toward Torreon.
The federals lost 200 killed and the
rebels 100 and both armies are ex-
hausted.