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WHITES VS. BLACKS

DECLARES LAW VOID BUCKET SHOPS WIN OVER GOV.

ERNMENT BY DECI8ION OF JU8TICE WHITE.

THE NEW YORK FACTORY FIRE

:te« , A 3ERIOUS RACE RIOT OCCURS

IN THE TOWN OF

m. LAUREL, DEL.

ONE KILLED AND SCORE HURT

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Officers Unable to Cope With Fierce 8truggle, Which Lasts Several Hours—Windows Shattered and Ex­terior of Buildings Damaged.

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X • Laurel, Del.—About 10 o'clock Sat­urday night a mob of armed negroes

'> • swooped down upon a crowd of spec­tators In the main thoroughfare of the

j town and fired a volley of buckshot in-I > to the throng. Orem Stockley, 18 years ' old, son of a famer living near Lau-

. rel, fell to the ground shot through the head. He was taken to a hospi­tal In Salisbury, Md., where he died the

• r.i. following day. George Hudson, 50 years old, a white

man, of Bethel, was shot in the leg, i 'necessitating amputation, and John , Thompson, a white barber, was shot

p1*' 'in both legs, while shaving a patron. Other white men were Injured. It

£r -vis known that several negroes are In-' fi.' Jured, but they cannot be located.

&. Officers were unable to cope with . Ir'the mob and there was a fierce strug-'"Ifc.tsl® between the two races until 3

-gf o'clock In the morning. Windows were #?>< shattered and the exterior of build-

'< ||Hlngs was greatly damaged. When it was learned that young

Stockley had died a number of white ^' 'jiien armed themselves and with Chief

' of Police Ellis and others entered the negro section and raided the house

•, v.. which was said to be the head quar-/ ters of the negro rioters. Three al-

" ' leged ringleaders were arrested and 'r _ taken to the Sussex county jail. Earl

v E Richards, a 15-year-old white boy, •tote his father's revolver and captured George Wright, a negro, for whom the authorities have been looking for more than a year. Richards compelled the negro to hold up his hands until the officers arrived. Wright Is said to be

( wanted In Virginia for the alleged mur­der of a white boy.

Officers are endeavoring to appre­hend the negro who flred the fatal •hot at young Stockley. Open threats have been made of a lynching when he is captured.

ATTACK AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

ftev. John Murray 8erlously Injured, His Assailants Thinking Him

a Kidnaper.

Shanghai.—Rev. John Murray, of the American Presbyterian mission at Tsl Nan Fa, was attacked by Chinese on March 28, seventeen miles north of that place. He was badly Injured about the head and body and was brought back to the mission by a government escort. He is not considered out of danger.

An absurd report had been circul­ated among the Chinese that Mr. Mur­ray had stolen a child, and some of them set upon ,111m while he was en­gaged in making pastoral visits. His assailants are under arrest, and the Chinese officials are displaying the ntmost solicitude for his recovery.

Police Raid Kansas City's Little Italy. Kansas City, Mo.—Kansas City's lit­

tle Italy was raided Sunday. Fifty-eight were arrested, scores of weapons and much ammunition and many houses and places of business in the •iolnity of Holy Rosary church were searched. The raid was made by fif­ty-five policemen, headed by Chief Griffin. i-,"

Expires at Age of Eighty-Six.;, Washington, D. C.—Dr. James Or-

aond Wilson, for many years superin­tendent of schools in the District of

v Columbia, had invited friends to gath­er at his home in celebration of his 88th birthday, but when they arrived they , found him dead. ^

Dual Nebraska Crime. Hastings, Neb.—Harry Palmer, a

young farmer, shot and killed his wife, and then attempted to take his own life by the same method. The shooting was done in the presence of Mrs.

i?SS4 Palmer's mother with whom she had taken refuge. Marital troubles are given as the cause.

Sioux City Live Stock Market. < Sioux City, la.—Saturday's quota­tions on the local live stock market follow: Top beeves, $.6.7$, Toprhogs, 96.35.

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Explosion In Juarez Dance Hall.-> v El Paso, Tex.—A bomb was exploded In a Jaurez dance hall shortly after 12 o'clock Sunday morning. Many are reported to have been maimed and in­jured. • .

. ' .•tSi-i ' Plague Outbreak In Java.

Amsterdam.—Reports of a serious outbreak of the plague are coming from the southeastern portion of Java.' It Is stated that 350 cases, of which SS4 proved fatal, have occurred in va­rious districts there.

Omaha Pioneer Called. Omaha, Neb.—Capt. Henry Emerson

palmer, aged 6*, a former postmas­ter, and for twenty-five years a~ prom­inent resident of Omaha, died at his borne in this city. Apoplexy is given •a the probable cauae of death.

Oanman Thompson Seriously III. ; Wtot fwaBMr. N. H.—Encouraging

"fcjjmU come from the bedside of Den-Thoapsao. the aged actor, who Iwithsraemia and heart aSee-

GOVERNMENT IS TO APPEAL

Has 8evere Setback In Campaign Which Began With Raids In 8even Large Cities—Jurist Says Act Vio­lates Right of Contract.

Washington.—"Bucket-shopping" is a lawful occupation, according to n decision handed down by Justice Wright in the district Supreme court, and as a result the widespread move­ment by the department of Justice to end the practice in nearly half a score of cities threatens to come to naugbt. Justice Wright based his de­cision on the ground that the amend­ment to the code defining "bucketing" Is unconstitutional because It deprives citizens of the liberty of contract guaranteed them by the Constitution.

The decision was rendered in the oase of Edward Altemus of Jersey City and Louis A. and Angelo Cella of St. Louis, who operated a so-called buck­et shop under the title of the Standard Stock and Grain company. With 25 others they were Indicted and, while six of those pleaded guilty and were fined In sums aggregating $8,100, the remainder decided to fight.

Movements of the government lead­ing to the Indictments were shrouded in the greatest secrecy. On April 12, 1910, however, when Indictments were obtained, raids on "shops" in seven cities were made simultaneously, wires were cut and customers were thrown into panic. Since then, accord­ing to Attorney General Wickersham, "bucket-shopping" has become a thing of the past east of Denver.

The government announced its In­tention to appeal from Justice Wright's decision. The attorney gen­eral, when Informed of the finding, de­clared he would carry the question to the Supreme court of the United States, If necessary, for he is anxious to have the matter determined In or­der that the department may proceed with further prosecutions along the same line if the law Is upheld.

In the meantime the law officers of the government will watch carefully the progress of an appeal of other of the indicted "bucket-shoppers" pend­ing before Justice Gould of the same court. This appeal Is not taken on constitutional grounds, but raises technical objections.

CONFESSES HE SLEW GIRL

Frank E. Heldemann Collapses as He Pleads Qullty to Murder of

Little Marie Smith.,

Asbury Park, N. J.—Frank E. Helde­mann pleaded guilty to the murder of Marie Smith, the ten-year-old Asbury Park school girl Thursday, when ar­raigned before Supreme Court Jus­tice Willard P. Voorhees in the county courthouse at Freehold.

Heldemann, who was arrested on the Atlantic City express at Red Bank on March 15 while endeavoring to es­cape to Honduras, was Indicted by the grand Jury following the reading of a signed confession made to the detec­tive who arrested him.

In the confession Heldemann told of slaying the girl in the woods along Deal Lake on November 9 last. He said he killed the child on the spot where she was found with a hammer.

With the proverbial rapidity of Jer­sey Justice, Heldemann was led into court three hours after the Indictment was found. His face was white and drawn and his hands shook as he grasped the rail for support. He was a picture of despair.

When the Indictment was read Heldemann collapsed. His plea was announced in a voice so faint as to be almofet inaudible. When he uttered the word "guilty" he sobbed audibly and clutched at a table for support.

SMILES ON WAY TO GALLOWS

Slayer of Woman at Pottsvllle, Pa., Places Noose on His Neck—Exe­

cution Witnessed by 1,500.

Pottsvllle, Pa.—A remarkable dis­play of nerve was made In the county Jail yard here Thursday by Joseph Chrlstock, who was hanged for the murder of Mrs. Ann Richards last fall.

Declining the proffered assistance of a priest and deputy sheriff, the man walked smilingly from his cell to the foot of the gallows and ran lightly up the steps.

It was a public hanging and before him stood 1,500 persons, to whom he waved his hand. Then he reached up, grasped the noose and placed it around his neck, put his arms by his side to be strapped and smilingly said: "Good-by, all." The nervy man held his head in position for the ad­justment of the black cap and in an other moment the trap was sprung. He was dead in a 12 minutes.

•Mi'M prominent Mason Dead. Urbana, 111.—The funeral of Edward

Blackshaw, a prominent Mason, was held here Wednesday. Mr. BlacRshaw caused the first step to unite the Grand Council with the Orand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, where It re­mained until 1882. . * I-A'r

Treaty Ratified by Japan. Toklo.—The privy council Wednes­

day ratified the treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States. The signatory exchange will be made on April 4.

Woman Hale at 104 Years, Muskegon, Mich.—Possessor oi

good health and retaining almost un­impaired faculties, Mrs. Marie Esther Sturgeon celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday Tuesday. It Is •aid ahe has attended church regular­ly 100 yean.

Crop of Easter Lilies Is Short. 1 New York.—There is to be a famine

In Baiter lilies thla year. The crop, according to wholesale florists, here, to only stoat osettM as large as last

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It Was From the Windows and Ledg es of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth 8tories on This Side That Most of the Girls Jumped.

FIRE RUINS CAPITOL MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE AT

ALBANY, N. Y., COSTING $27,-000,000 SWEPT BY BLAZE.

PRICELESS RECORDS BURNED

Conflagration Believed to Have Re­sulted From Defective Electric Light Pushbutton—Valuable Docu­ments and 8tate Papers Lost.

Albany, N. Y.—Flames Wednesday ruined a large portion of the $27,000,-000 state capltol here.

State Architect Ware estimates the loss at from $5,000,000 to $7,000,-000, exclusive of valuable historical papers which cannot be replaced. There Is no insurance on the build­ing or its contents.

Flames raged In the costly struc­ture for four hours, destroying prac­tically all the west wing, and were declared to be under control. Later they broke out again In the south­west angle of the building and threat­ened to complete the work of destruc­tion. In two hours, however, the fire was subdued.

It was reported that several men were missing, but all have been ac­counted for except Samuel Abbott of Syracuse, night watchman in the state library, who is believed to have been burned to death.

Several firemen were knocked un­conscious by falling debris in fighting the second outburst of flames, and were taken to a hospital.

The governor summoned Architect Ware, Police Chief Hyatt and Fire Chief Bridgeford into conference as to the safety of the capltol.. Mr. Dix feared It had been so badly damaged that all parts were unsafe. The con­ferees refused an opinion on the mat­ter until a thorough examination had been made.

Firemen considered the senate and assembly chambers practically Intact, with the exception of slight fire and water damage, but Mr. Ware advised against their use until they had been tested. The building was placed un­der martial law.

On the third floor, where the flames gained their start, the departments wholly or partly destroyed by fire or seriously damaged by water were:

State library, containing 600,000 vol­umes, among them the most valuable genealogical works in the United States, together with relics and price­less documents, some of them dating back to 1778 and Irreplaceable.

Assembly and senate libraries, stored with thousands of volumes of law and code books; also a number of documents and manuscripts that can never be replaced.

Both house^ met at the city hall in a response to a call by Governor Dix. It is expected that the legisla­tors will take up a rigid Investigation of a report that an electric push­button was reported out of commis­sion by a watchman Tuesday and not repaired during the day. This but­ton is held responsible for the con­flagration.

Try to Capture Ex-Sultan. Tangier, Morocco.—An army of 3,000

Berbers attacked the Moroccan capi­tal city of Fez Thursday and attempt­ed to capture Sultan Mulai Hafld. In a fierce battle with native troops they were driven off.

Fire Wipes Out Dixie Town. Alexandria, La.—A $500,000 fire

practically wiped out the business sec­tion of Pollock, La., Thursday. Twenty-eight buildings, including two hotels, several stores and residences, were destroyed.

Cavalier! Seeks Divorce. Paris.—Returning from St Peters­

burg in a harem skirt worn under a 95,000 coat of silver fox, Llna Cava-ller! Wednesday admitted she had be­gun divorce proceedings against her husband, Robert Winthrop Chanler.

W. Q. Evans Succeeds Moffat. Denver, Colo.—W. O. Evans, presi­

dent of the Denver City Tramway oompany, was- Wednesday elected president of the Denver, Northwestern ft Pacific railroad (Moffat road), to succeed the late David H. Moffat.

Fire Marshal's Inquiry Reveals Fact Workroom Was Death Trap—86

Victims Are Identified.

New York.—Of the 141 employees, mostly girls and women killed in a fire in Triangle Shirtwaist factory at the corner of Greene street and Wash­ington place Saturday, 86 have been Identified.

Seventy of the bodies were those of girls and young women, the remain­ing sixteen those of men. There are 12 Injured in the hospitals. Scores of others more or less seriously hurt were taken to their homes.

The building was occupied by a number of factories, and at least 1,500 persons were at work when the fire started.

The victims were either burned to death or Neere crushed Into lifeless forms on the .pavements when they leaped to escape the swift rush of fire which quickly enveloped the building.

Not since the burning of the excur­sion steamer General 8 locum, off North Brother's Island in 1904, when 1,020 persons perished, has the city been so excited by a fire horror.

At least fifty of the victims were killed by leaping from the windows of the seventh floor, and floors above.

Many perished in the flames on up­per floors, regaining, afraid to leap until the fire surrounded them.

A great crowd gathered around the scene of the fire. Factories in the neighborhood were soon emptied of their employes.

Some of the revelations brought out by Marshal Beers In his public inquiry into the causes of the Are show that the poor girls In that panio rush to escape from the flames found traps at every turn.

It seemed that the very arrange­ment of the workroom was a trap, with 700 women. Jammed back to back at their machines. When the panic started, the narrow aisles be­came blocked with chairs and the girls were in confusion before they even started for the -doors. Then there was a scarcity of exits, the Inward opening doors and the death trap "fire escapes."

'The fire, without any question, started from a cigarette or a match thrown Into a pile of lawn clippings— light cotton stuff," said Marshal Beers.

JOHNSON IS RESENTENCED

Colored Pugilist Must 8erve Twenty. Five Days in Jail for Speed­

ing Automobile.

San Francisco.—Ordered into the police court. Prise Fighter Jack Johnson was again sentenced to serve 25 days i& the county Jail by Acting Police Judge Treadwell. Judge Treadwell said that he took this ac­tion to forestall any question of the legality of the original sentence, from which Johnson appealed to the su­perior court.

Last Spike In New Alaska Road. Cordova, Alaska.—The last spike

completing the Copper River & North­western railroad between Cordova, on Tidewater and Kennelcott, where the Bonanza Copper mountain is situated, was driven Thursday. Ore trains will be in operation within two days.

Pass Senatorial Vote Bill. Columbus, O.—The house Thursday

passed, by a vote of 89 to 13, the W1-. man bill providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote on the Oregon plan.

'; Oklahoma Fight In High Court. Washington.—The fight over the re­

moval of the capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City began In earnest in the Supreme court of the United States Tuesday when Guthrie's claim was presented to the court in a printed brief.

Honduras Has New Chief. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.—President

Davila resigned his office Tuesday and Dr. Francisco Bertrand took the oath 6f office as president Immediately aft­erward. ;K-? -vv:

HINES' STORY DENIED DECLARED IN WASHINGTON TAFT

NOT LORIMER AID.

President Wrote Letter Last Novem­ber Saying There Was No Truth

in the Statement.

Washington.—A flat denial wat made of the report from Springfield, 111., that the president had joined with Senator Aldrich In urging the election of William Ijorimer to the United States senate.

Edward lilnes, the millionaire lum­berman of Chicago, testified at the Lorimer hearing that Senator Aldrich had told him President Taft was anx­ious to have Lorimer elected.

Last November there was a similar report. Then President Taft wrote a letter to a personal friend who had made Inquiries that there was abso­lutely no truth tn the statement. A paragraph of that letter says:

"The reports, rumors or statements that I consciously lent any weight of the administration to the election of Lorimer are wholly untrue."

President Taft himself would not an­swer the Hlnes statement. He believes the one denial is enough.

Following the, Hlnes charge came the statement that the Lorimer case will be reopened soon after congress convenes next Tuesday. That action will be based on the developments In the Lorimer hearing now in progress in Springfield. It is expected that much evidence will be developed which might be of use In reopening the case here.

SQUATTER GOVERNOR ZIEBACH

TELLS StORY OF- FOUND­

ING AT YANKTON

NOW PRESS AND DAKOTAN

141 PERISH IN FIRE SCORES DIE BY JUMPING FROM

BURNING FACTORY.

RAILROAD MAN GOES INSANE

Dickinson MacAllister. Becomes Crazed, Battles, With Friends and

Officers and Attempts Suicide.

Pittsburg, Pa.—Dickinson MacAllis­ter of Harrisburg, Pa., went mad on a Pullman car on Panhandle train No. 10.

The man was taken from the lava­tory where he had locked himself in and had smashed the windows ready to jump out.

MacAllister, who Is said to be a high official with the Chicago Term­inal Railway company, left Chicago for his home In Harrlsburg. He was accompanied by two friends, I. M. Jorden and John C. Hays of Chicago, and occupied a drawing room aboard the train. Somewhere between Co­lumbus and Dennlson. O., MacAllis­ter grew violently insane and kicked out the lights in the drawing room leaving the compartment In darkness.

He made a rush for the windows in the car, and before he could be pre­vented, he Is said to have kicked out two of them. When his companions attempted to calm him, MacAllister took refuge in the lavatory where he barred the door. Here he remained, and all the efforts of the Pullman conductor and the man's two friends, failed to dislodge him.

BANKERS LIKE ALDRICH PLAN

Currency Bill Is Acceptable, But Minor Changes In Phraseology Are Rec­

ommend ed.

Washington.—After a conference of two days with the currency commis­sion of the American Bankers' asso­ciation, the monetary commission ad­journed to meet at the call of Chair­man Aldrich.

The conference has been devoted to a general analysis of the Aldrich cur­rency bill. In the main the provisions of the plan outlined by Mr. Aldrich have been found to be acceptable to the bankers, but they have suggested minor changes In phraseology In other portions of the measure, and consid­erable attention has been given to a few of the features of the bill.

The plans of the commission em­brace an active campaign for the sum­mer, with the view of having the measure completed by the beginning of the first regular session of the Sixty-second congress on the first Monday of next December.

TRUSKETT IS FOUND GUILTY

Vealthy Kansan Convicted by Jury of 8laying J. D. L. Neeley of

Ohio.

Independence, Kan.—A. A. Trus-kett, seventy years of age, a wealthy business man of Caney, Kan., was found guilty of murdering J. D. S. Neeley, a millionaire oil man of Lima, Ohio. The jury returned its verdict of second degree murder after Being out 27 hours.

Forbids "Nat" to Marry. New York—An Interlocutory de­

cree of divorce in favor of Edna Good­rich Goodwin, the actress, from her husband, Nat C. Goodwin, the come­dian, was signed by Supreme Court Justice Glegerich. Miss Goodrich re­ceives permission to be married again, but Mr. Goodwin Is denied permission during the lifetime of his former wife.

Kills First Three to Pass. Burlington, Wash.—William Wee-

gin, a rancher of South Prairie, be­came violently insane Thursday, and, taking a rifle, went out on a county road and shot and killed three pass-ers-by, who were John Ranke, William Ranke and John Ware, all of Burling­ton.

Russian Edict Is Blow at Jews. St. Petersburg.—The holy synod

Thursday Issued an edict prohib­iting Jews bearing Christian first names,

Peary » Rear Admiral. Washington.—Commander Robert B.

Peary was Wednesday commissioned a civil engineer with the rank of rear admiral, in accordance with the act of congress passed at the last session. The appointment is to date from April 6, 1909. the day he reached the north pole.

Bishop John P. Dumoulln Dead. Hamilton, Ont—The Right Rev.

John Philip Dumoulln, bishop of Ni­agara, died suddenly Wednesday. He "was seventy-live years old.

Two Wagons Brought Out f i t In to the

Newly Organized Terr i tory of

Dakota, From Sioux

Ci ty , June, "61

Yankton- M. Ziebach, one of the pioneers in the newspaper field of Sioux City and Yankton, well known as tlie "Squatter Governor of Dakota Territory," has dived into the earliest history of the newspaper now known as the Press and Dakotan, of Yankton, and has, in a letter to that paper, given the following interesting his­tory:

The Dakotan, the first paper printed in the organized territory of Dakota, was established at Yankton in June, 1861, the first issue being on the 6th day of that month. The promoters of the enterprise were F. M. Ziebach. William Freney and J. B. S. Todd, un­der the firm name of "The Dakotan publishing Company." The material used in this enterprise was that with which the first paper in Sioux City was printed—The Sioux City Eagle— established in July, 1857, by Setli W. Swiggett, who sold his printing outfit in 1860 to the proprietor of the "City Register," which latter paper was es­tablished in 1858, by F. M. Ziebach. The material was transported from Sioux City to Yankton in two wogans, one drawn by a span of horses and the other by a yoke of oxen, and the time occupied in making the round trip was four nays.

The first home of the Dakotan was in a log building on the west side ot" Broadway, between Second and Third streets, the property of Judge Congle-ton. This building was later covered with siding and used for a store, and remains today as one of the old time structures on that part of Broadway, and is we believe, the only building remaining in Yankton erected prior to the organization of the territory, un­less it be the building on the southeast coiner of Broadway and Second street, which was built early in 1861, and us­ed as an office by General Todd.

The primary object of the first two named projectors of the Dakotan (Messrs. Ziebach and Freney) was to get in on the ground floor, and reap whatever profit there might be in the public printing, and the last mention­ed member of the firm (Gen. Todd) to have the support of the paper in his candidacy for delegate in congress. The letter's purpose was accomplished and he was elected as the first terrl-tcria' delegate. The two first named met with disappointment. They had an ill-grounded idea that the major­ity ruled, in public printing, as in other things, but the idea was soon dispelled. John Hutchinson was sec­retary of the territory and he had entered into a contract with Josiah C. Trask of Kansas, to act as official printer for the first territorial legis­lature, and the pioneer printers were given to understand that Trask would get the "price" no matter who did the work. Among the first acts of the new legislature was to elect Ziebach public printer, but under the ruling of the secretary, he was up against it, and did the next best thing—sold his interest in the paper to Mr. Trask and "took cases" in the office during the session. After the printing for the first session was completed, Mr. Trask seld his interests in the paper to George W. Kingsbury, and F. M. Ziebach, who had in the meantime ex­changed his interest in the Sioux City Register for William Freney's inter­est in the Dakotan, resumed the own­ership of General Todd's interest, the paper was continued under the new ownership, with Geo. W. Kings­bury as editor, until the spring of 1863, when the outfit was sold to Dr. Burleigh, who wanted the support of the paper in his candidacy for con­gress.

Belle Fourche—Tn prospecting for oil. a company 18 miles southwest of this city, struck a flow of from one to three barrels per day, which was pure lubricating oil, and could he \ised for all ordinary purposes of lubrica­tion without refining, it finding a ready market at $10 per barrel. The supply seems to be ample, and the prospectors are now confident they will strike a lighter oil, but in larger quantities, and perhaps gas. If the latter, it can easily be piped to this city and all of the larger places of the Black Hills regions.

MISS JEWELL RET 11!b

Chi ldren 's Home Lose3 a Cap .tble and

Devoted Worker

Rioux Falls—In a recent i.-v.i:e the I)<>ad wood Pioneer-Time# r ;y ; 1 '<:

following tribute to M'.ss Aliie Jew­ell win) litis done such "1 work in the western poition of the state us representative of the Children s ilume at Sioux Kalis:

"Though many of them are yet too young to realize it, the homeless eii.l-drcn of South Dakota have at:Here ! a distinct, loss which is sliaied by thou­sands of the older residents in the announcement that Miss Allie Jewell, tiie western representative of the Cliil-drens' Home of Sioux Kalis is about to seVer her connection with the work.

".Miss Jewell has yielded to that national cry of 'back to the farm' and after twelve years of activity in a field that returns little remuneration beside the satisfaction of assisting in a great work for humanity, has decid­ed to try the delights of ranching ami will become a homesteader near Lew-iston, Mont.

"Miss Jewell first associated her­self with the work of the Childrens' Home in 189G, when W. B. Sherrard was the superintendent. It was a work to which she was peculiarly adapted and she soon became inter­ested in the opportunity to better the conditions of the hundreds of little waifs and orphans that are found in every community. Possessed of good judgment, a charm of personality and a ready wit that tided her over all emergencies, Miss Jewell put her whole heart into the work which calls for a tireless energy that would soon cool the ardor of any but an enthuiast It became her duty to go where she was called, investigate the cases re­ported. decide upon the emergency and then to represent the Home in any 'egal actions that might be necessary in the premises, either in takmg chil­dren from unworthy parents or im­proper atmospheres, or completing their adoption into homes where the lisp of baby lips and the clasp of .a little child's arms, brought the one note of harmony that was lacking in the lives of two people.

"Twelve years ago Miss Jewell was given charge of the western port.on of the state in tiiis work. It has re­quired many weary miles of travel by day and night in stuffy coaches on all railroad lines, without the luxuries oi Pullman sleepers, hard rides into deso­late sections of the country if! all kinds of weather, the constant care of children of all conditions and moods and not infrequently the personal ex­hortation of charitably inrl ned citi­zens for the maintenance of the work. In all this time Miss Jewell has han­dled to exceed one thousand children whose lives have been made brighter through her effoTts and .w'hen on April 1 she bids farewell to Super­intendent Stuckeman of the Home, it will be with a consciousness of a work well done."

Pierre—S. M. Howard of Gettysburg who has been at work on his "Aqua­plane" for several years, by which he expects to solve the question of navi­gation of the Missouri river, now an­nounces that he has finally secured his patent from the government, and will this year have a steel hulled boat built on his plans either at St. Louis or at Pittsburg, and when he secures s.tich a boat expects to startle the old timers along the Big Muddy by making ex­press speed with his new boat on its shallow waters.

Engine Starts Fire Rockham—A west-bound freight

irain set fire to the prairie a few miles northwest of Rockham, and for a time there was great excitement. The fire spread rapidly beoause of the high wind and soon had extended o\mr quite a scope of country. Several au­tomobile loads of Rockham men went to the scene of the fire, and with the aid of scores of farmers succeeded in saving farm buildings which were threatened. After sweeping about half a mile into Hand county the fire was extinguished. Much damage was done to hay and pasture land.

Deadwood—A club, to be organized primarily for the protection of game and fish in the Black Hills and to further the sport under better condi­tions, is the purpose of a number of sportsmen In both Lead and Dead-wood who are now interesting the citizens generally. It is planned to systematically stock al! the various *.rout streams in the Hills.

Onlda—Otis P. Shaver, charged with deserting his wife and infant child at thla place, is being returned from 8henando<*h. Ia.

Heinz Gets L i fe Sentence

Ft. Pierre—William Heinz in the Stanley county court here, was to­day given a life sentence on his plea of guilty on the charge of hav­ing murdered Ralph Miles.

The prisoner was cool when taken into court and showed no trace of ex­citement over what, his fate was to be. After the sentence was pronounc­ed he remarked that it was pretty severe, but it might have been worse.

Heinzi will be taken to the peniten­tiary in a few days to begin his term.

Following family trouble in which William Heinz charged Ralph Miles with causing alienation of his wife's affections. Miles was found dead in his homestead shanty with three bullet holes in his body.

A shattered window indicated that the first shot was fired through the window. Heinz had made threats against Miles and was arrested on sus­picion. After being declared sane by a jury he entered a plea of guilty to the charge of murder.

Aberdeen's New Depot Aberdeen—While in Aberdeen last

week, General Manager D. L. Bush, of the Milwaukee railroad announc­ed that a new station would be built immediately to replace the passenger station destroyed by fire last fall. The new structure will occu­py most' of the space formerly taken up by the passenger station and the freight depot, which was burned at the same time, and the freight depot to be erected will be on a site one block farther west. The grounds not occu­pied by the new station will be park­ed. The new building is to be a credit to the city and up to the requirements of Aberdeen as an important station on the Milwaukee line, and will he so built that additions can be built as the growth of the ctiy and the busi­ness of the road require them.

Showing of Postal Savings Deadwood — Postmaster Grimshaw

and those interested in the govern­ment postal savings bank here, ex­press great satisfaction over the show­ing made by the loca! postal bank for the first two months' business, a re­port of which has just been made pub-lice by the postoffice department at Washington. Deadwood ranks ninth in the average deposit per depositor, with J48.88 and is ahead of many larg­er towns throughout the country.

Answerd Call of Spring Woon socket—Sanborn county au­

thorities are searching for Walter Burk, who escaped from the county jail here, where he was confined await­ing trial at the next term of circuit court on a larceny charge. Burk had been in jail several months, and had been considerable of a "trusty," being allowed a great deal of liberty about the place which he never abused. Some one apparently made a skelton key, which he used to unlock his cell and escape, for he disappeared at night, leaving his cell unlocked. He had had many opportunities to escape earlier.

Belle Fourche—While carrying a shotgun on a tramp over the hills, Francis J. Quirk, a rancher west of here, stumbled, and the gun in discharging sent a charge through his intestines, which a few hours later caused his death. Quirk was found an hour after the accident happened by a cousin, who had heard the shot and went to investigate.

Redfield—Bert Ness, a rich farmer was found frozen to death in a field near his home recently. He evidently became lost in the storm while on Ma wav home.

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