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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29
omcers Nicnrn.,ua Canal Company.

NEW YORK. June 2s.-At meeting OF
the directors OF the Maritime Canal Com
pauy, ~ Nicaragua. for organization, neld
june 18th. the following were reelected
Offices 81 ue company for the ensuing
yeaf.
President. Hiram Hitchcock.
fice-presiQeut. Charles y. DAILY.
Secretary and Treasurer Thomas Il.
Atkins
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29
China Rather l'touts Ras-Ia.

PARIS. June - a scmi-0fiicial note
las heen communicated 10 the press
stating that china declares that she has
cfc'd.l 10 contract loan without re-
course 20 any intermediary Her attitude
S. attributed 10 advice said - have been
gwen her by Great Br.tsin. The situation
causes srcat cissatsftction 20 Russia,
which b. disposed 10 believe th9t Great
Britain 10 acting IN concert with Ger
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29
rho Veterans Have an Outing

The veterans of the Soldiers Home
had their annual picnic yesterday ~ Ash
land Pack. Commandant Bigger carried
rs of the old soldiers out, ana they spent
a most de!ightful day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29
MarrInce In I.anrnStcr.

WARSAW. VA, June 2S-tSpecial ,
Mr. r.. I.yen Ficklen. merchant OF Lit
walton. and Miss NJ. q. Chiffon. OF otto
wan. Lancaster county. were married last
night al Currotown Baptist church That
county. Rev ". \. street officiating.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29
r.. TT. SPENCE
TRUNK
FACTORY.
Wrong Side Broad and Eighth.
TIT SKS from 50c. to $50.
Al sHOFS a. cost 70 give up shoe business.
at Zl-3m
bicycles! BICYCLES!

A suggestion TO bicycle-riders: Don't
nave 80. les pA.lSa ~ tne so-caiiso
6icycle-repairer. bu!! Drlns your wheel 70
vonr tire patched and cementcd on rim
ior 80 cents. Spokes. tangepts, direct or
cold -swaged or plano-wire put in steel OF
wood rims for 2Sc. each. Hubs. spokes.
ninpies Tires OF all makes Copper
niatcd' nickel, and brass rims. 81 80 a pair.
Ali wheels repaired fully !gnsrsntssd.
no etf ~. LEoNAtsOs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-29

PITTTSBURG. PA, June pa special
to the Times from Youngstown. o.. says:
An important meeting OF the Bar-Iron
manufacturers Association was held here
this afternoon, and before adjournment il
was unanimously decided 10 advance the
price or bar-iron s. per ton. The advance
goes into effect at once, and IS the second
OF the same amount in short time. An
other advance i'm "A few days Is probable.
as all renorts Indicate an activs demand.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Death of Horace kratZ.

Sioux City Journal, -: "Horace
Dean Kratz, the lS-yearold son Of Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. kratz, died yesterday
afternoon at o'clock, at his home, sos
Douglas street.
His death was not unexpected, but to
his family. with whom he was great
favorite. and to his friends, whom he
numbered by his acquaintances. it
came as sad blow. Three weeks ago
Horace was taken i'll, but no dangerous
symptoms were manifested. and once
he was able to leave his bed. Last
Saturday he suffered relapse, and it
was discovered that he was suffering
with a sewers case OF appendicitis He
grew steadily worse, and the. loving
care of an aXious mother, the incessant
administrations of his father and the
skill of the best physicians seemed to
have no effect on the malady.
Thursday afternoon the doctors gave
up hope. 1t was a sad hour in the
kratz home. The family grouped
about the dying boys bedside and
watched the life Of their pride and hope
conscious, and, with a steady voice.
without fear or trembling. he lay on
his pillow and planned his funeral.
Horace said he wanted to be buried on
Sunday. and chose those whom he
wished TO act as pail bearers from the
Civics club OF the high school, of which
he was an active member. After he had
planned his funeral he spoke words OF
consolation to those about him, and it
seemed as if he was growing better
He struggled between life and death
from Thursday evening, and was in
possession of his faculties until death
wrapped him in peaceful slumber. He
died with smile on his lips.
Horce kratz was born in Bucyrus
O., November l3. 1877, and the oldest
son of Prof. H. E. Kratz superintend-
ent Of the public schools. He was a
member of the junior class OF '97, of the
high school. and very popular with his
classmates" Horace visited with Mr..
and Mrs. r. N. Kratz this summer and
is quite we'll known in this city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Misapplied Assistance.

Two women sitting side by side in a
street car the other day had an amusing
experience. They We're strangers to
each other, but one happened to notice
that her neighbor was having serious
difficulty with jacket she wore and at
which she tugged, with the result that
it would neither go on nor come off
''Permit me,' said the woman who
sat near to her, and she pulled upon
one shoulder and jerked up the top of
the collar.
Still the woman with the jacket strug-
gled with it, and the side that the other
woman had SO obligingly assisted up
slipped down again, to be grabbed once
more and pulled into place by the oblig-
ing passenger.
"Now, if you'll turn this way, I'll
help you on the other side, :" she said to
the astonished wearer.
''Thank you, ma am, - snapped the
other woman. If it's all the same to
you, I'm trying to get this jacket off, {"
and with final jerk she succeeded in
freeing herself from the cumberIng
wrap.
And the woman who had tried to help
her gazed into blank futurity and recall
ed the example of the man who got rich
minding his own business. Detroit
Free Press
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
BY ASPHYXIATION
Misses Clara and Dell Wedehase Barely
Escape Death by Gas From a Heat
ing Stove Last Night.
The Prompt Assistance Of a Physician
Prevented Results Which Would
Have Been Serious.
STILL ANOTHER FIRE
The Residence Of James Smith in the
Fourth Ward Nearly Consumed by
Fire--Well Insured.
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH.

Gas Escapes From Stove and Nearly
Ends the Lives of Two Ladies.
What might have caused two deaths
in the family of f. Wedehase was mar
rowly averted Tuesday by pecu-
liar circumstance. Misses Clara and
Dell Wedehase retired for the night in
good health, but this morning their
lives were in great uanger. A hard
coal fire was started in the heating
stove day or two before and during
the night gas slowly escaped from the
stoye, and in such small quantities that
the ladies, sleeping in the adjoining
room, consumed so much of it that its
presence in the house was not detected
by other mem bers of the family. About
three o'clock in the morning Miss
Clara was awakened by Dell throwing
her arms about and striking her,
which aroused Clara sufficiently to
know something was wrong. BY a
superhuman effort she managed to get
out of the bed and in wandering in the
room turned over chair The noise
awakened Mrs. Wedehase who came
down stairs to see what the trouble
was and found Clara lying on the
lounge half conscious and Dell was
wholly unconscious. DR.. Bobb was
summoned Immediately and after work.
ing over the ladies for three hours
they finally commenced to show an i'm
provement and during the day they
have gradually gained in strength. 1t
was an exceedingly narrow escape and
had they been left ten minutes longer
they would never have recovered.
Their many friends in the city will be
glad to know that they escaped so
serious fatality
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Practical.

Sweet is sympathy, and thrice well
come are kind words, but there are
times when the heart Graves recognition
more substantial.
In western city not long ago a gen.
tleman was surprised to recognize the
face of person who was hawking shoe
strings and buttonhooks on street cor
ner as that of one of his regimental
comrades during the war. He went up
to the man, greeted him warmly and
assured him Of his sympathy. He was
much grieved, he said, to see an old sol
dier in such case.
When he had expressed himself at
some length i'll this manner, he was
suddenly interrupted by his former ac-
quaintance.
"Im much obliged for your pity
he remarked dryly, ''but how many
pairs of shoestrings will you buy?"-
Youths Companion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
THEIR ACTIONS NOT DISHONEST
The State Fair Bosrd Wrongfully Charg-
ed With LootiDg the Treasury

The State Fair Bosrd wrongfully Charg-
ed With Lootips the Treasury
Sioux Falls makes some very sensa-
tional charges when it says that the
state fair board looted the treasury
There was nothing criminal in the
boards paying for services rendered the
association. 1t has been the custom
ever since the board was organized to
pay the expenses of the officers in what
ever trips they have made in the in
terest of the fair and it has also been
the custom every year to pay each
member of the board 500 for their
services in attending the fair, although
this year they cut that amount in half.
The Sioux Falls papers have known
this and if such an act was contrary to
law it was as much their duty years
ago to make such howl as they are
doing now. Sioux Falls agreed spe-
citicaly in her contract to pay all eX
penses of the board, and they did not
put any limit on that either. Sioux
Falls was so anxious to secure the state
fair that she bit off more than she could
chew. There were several things that
the city agreed to do which it failed in
doing and the board has no redress
from the simple fact that the contract
they had with Sioux Falls is no longer
in their possession, it having been bor-
rowed from the secretary and never
returned and the city never intended
to return it. Sioux Falls has but little
room to kick but they are just that
overbearing and porkish that they can
see nothing honest in anybody, except
their own member of the board.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Or on II Lecturing Tour.

Col. M. NJ. Price came down from
Letcher Tuesday morning and took the
east train for Parker where he lectures
that evening on Government and
Anarchy" He was accompanied by
Major W. A. Moore who will accom-
pany the colonel on his lecturing tour
through the state. Col. Price is one
Of the most brilliant and entertaining
speakers in the state and it is an easy
effort for him to entertain his audience
in two hours talk. He is gifted as an
orator and with flashes Of humor and
pathos intermingled in his lectures.
wins for him place in the hearts of
the people.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Having Fun.

boy who was recently sent to a
boarding school has just sent the fol-
lowing letter to his loving and anxious
mother: II got here all right, and for
got to write before 1t is a very nice
place to have fun. A Teller and went
out i'll boat, and the boat tipped over,
and man got me out, and was so full
Of water that I didn't know nothing for
a good long while. The other boy has
to be buried after they find him. His
mother came from Lincoln, and she cries
all the time. A hoss kicked me over, and
1 have got to have some money to pay
the doctor for fixing my head. We are
going to set an old barn on fire tonight.
and 1 should smile if we don't have
bully fun. I lost my watch and am very
sorry. l shall bring home some mud
turtles, and shall bring home a tame
woodchuck if l can get 'em in my
trunk. New York Tribune
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18

Chamberlain Saturday morning. When
Lake the driving rod broke on the en-
gine, close to the prong standing per-
pendicular from the rear drive wheel.
The detached rod was thrown with
great force up against the cab as the
engine was running at high rate of
speed at the time. The rod was broken
in three pieces. Engineer Frank
Woodman was standing in position,
when the breakage occurred, to receive
large volume of escaping steam, which
scalded one of his arms quite badly.
An engine was sent from Mitchell to
bring the train in aud it arrived about
two o'clock. 1t was a close call for
both engineer and fireman, although
the latter escaped without any injuries
whatever.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
His One Occupation,

Jack-Now that we are engaged, may
! drink?
Amy-No.
Jack-May I smoke:
Amy-No.
Jack-May play cards?
Amy-No.
Jack-What may I do?
Amy-You may think what lucky
fellow you are.-New York Herald.
1t is figured by Edward Atkinson that
cotton fiber prepared by hand in India
Is four times as strong as that torn and
tortured by power gins, as in this coun-
try.
Pitt had fiery red face and terrible
scowl.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
A FOURTH WARD FIRE.
James smiths Household Goods Nearly
Destroyed by Fire.

Destroyed by Fire.
Monday evening at five o'clock the
fire alarm sounded and the blaze was
discovered to be in James Smiths
house in the Fourth ward. The fire
department made a quick respose and
in a very few minutes after the alarm
was turned in they had a stream of
water on the blaze. The fire started
in small kitchen adjoining the east
end OF the house, where gasoline
stove was kept. The stove was being
lighted to get the evening meal and in
some way ignited some inlammable
material and in a few moments por-
tion of the main house was ablaze.
Nearly all of the household goods were
removed from the structure and as
consequence very few of them were
burned. The fire was extinguished be-
fore the small addition was burned,
but some injury was done to the main
part of the house. There was $500
insurance on the house and $3.50 on the
furniture. so that the loss is easily
covered by the insurance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Going on tho Lecture Platform.

Parker New Era: Major Moore, one
of the gallant boys who wore the blue
and rose from the ranks to major for
bravery and fidelity in his country's
cause, was down from Mitchell on Tues
day, as advance agent for Col. Price,
who is to give a non-partisan lecture on
Anarchy in the opera house here on
next Tuesday evening. We are in
debted to the genial Major for a call.
He is an admirer of Judge Clifford and
wants to see him the next governor of
South Dakota
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Closed Their Weeks Engagement

With their matinee Saturday after
noon and the performance in the even
ing the Frank E.. Long Dramatic Co.
closed their weeks engagement in this
city. While the company has not
drawn the crowds it was entitled to we
can assure Mr.. Long that the work of
the company has been up to the stan
dard Of excellence and has given the
very best of satisfaction to the public.
The matinee was largely attended and
q fair house was out in the evening to
witness "a Run on the Bank" We
hope at some future time Mr.. Long will
return to Mitchell when conditions and
circumstances will in more harmony
than they ars at present.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
The Change Occurred Saturday.


Saturday Mr.. J. O. Walrath assumed
control Of the stock of hardware be-
longing to the w. j. Healey Hardware
Co., the transfer being made the day
before. The circumstances leading up
to the transfer results from the claim
of the Overman Wheel Co., which had
notes and accounts amounting to $1,000
against the w. j. Healey Cycle Co.
Mr.. Walrath was large creditor of
the hardware company and to save the
hardware stock from being inveigled
in litigation and to defend Mr.. Wal
rath as creditor the stock of goods
was transferred to him by Mr.. Healey.
No other creditors of the hard ware
company have at all be alarmed oyer
their bills and in fact they were very
few. Mr.. Healey disputes the claim of
the Overman Wheel Co. on the ground
that the goods shipped him have been
defective. Saturday the Healey Cycle
Co. commenced action against the Over
man Wheel Co. for s., 900 which it claims
as being due for reasons just stated. The
summons was served on W. W. Darl-
ing, general auditor of the Overman
Wheel Co., and the case will probably
be heard at the Novem ber term of court,
unless settled previously. Mr.. A. E.
Hitchcock is retained by the WI.
Healey Cycle Co. and MIR. J. l.. Han
nett will look after the interests of the
Overman Wheel Co. The latter COM
pany has not commenced an action
against Mr. Healey for the recovery Of
their claim but is simply awaiting de-
velopments which will guide them in
their future litigation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
An Odd Custom.

An old custom is still in vogue in
High Wycombe, Bucks. After electing
the mayor for the year the corporation
solemnly proceed to the borough office
of weights and measures and are there
severally weighed, and their correct
weights officially recorded. Liverpool
Marcury
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
Home from Conference.

Presiding Elder Boggs returned
Tuesday from Aberdeen where he had
been attending conference. Mr.. Boggs
was continued as presiding elder for
the Mitchell district for another year,
his work having given the best of sat-
isfactiou to the churches in the circuit.
Rev. L. Bradford was returned to
Mitchell for the ensuing year. Mr..
and Mrs. Bradford are we'll liked by
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
FOR ADJUSTMENTS
The Opera House Question Being Agitated
Again--TWo Propositions, One Of
Which Should be Accepted.
The W. ]. Healey Cycle Co. Goes Up
Against the 0YernaD Wheel Go. in
a Demand for $4,000.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
The West Milwaukee Passenger Train
Has an Accident Saturday Which
Delayed the Train.
ACCIDENT
NOW FOR AN OPERA HOUSE.
The Need is More Apparent Than Ever.
Several Propositions.

The Need is More Apparent Than Ever
Several Propositions.
Since the Frank E. Long Dramatic
Co. had the hardihood to come to
Mitchell and attempt to play a weeks
engagement in a room that had no re-
sem blance to an opera house, several
people have awakened TO the necessity
OF an opera house in the city. Not
solely for dramatic companies alone
but for the use OF the general public in
the way of conventions, public meetings
and in fact anything which is liable to
draw large audience. The idea of
converting the corn palace building
into an opera house has not been aban-
doned as yet. A gentleman in the city,
who has some reputation in the build
ing line, offers to take the building and
the cash on hand and build fine opera
house from it, providing the whole
business is turned over to him as his
sole property. Whether majority of
the stockholders will agree to any such
proposition is a question, but we un-
derstand the gentleman is making a
canYass Of the stockholders to secure
their sanction to his plan and in several
instances he has been successful. At
least he is sanguine enough that be
has an architect drawing up the plans
for the new structure. We, in common
with many people in the city would
dislike to see the corn palace destroyed
as such an act would forever prevent
another corn palace being held Mr..
l.. O. Gale, president of the corn palace
committee, intends to call meeting Of
the stockholders to secure an express
sion of their opinion as to what shall
be done with the building ana the cash
on hand. He is deeply interested in
seeing an opera house erected and
thinks it would not be a bad idea to use
the palace money in that direction.
Another proposition is to convert the
Koch building on lower Main street
into an opera house. Over six months
ago the upper story of the building was
condemned by the city council and the
same ordered removed. The owner of
the building lives in Milwaukee and in
correspondence with Mr.. j. K. Smith
stated that he would give a ten year
lease OF the building if parties would
keep up the taxes and insurance, with
a rental of 5000 per year. although the
money consideration, Mr.. Smith thinks,
can be eliminated from the proposition
The upper story and the partition con-
tains an immense amount OF material
which the owner will give to the parties
who assume the undertaking. 1t is
figured that the material will sell for
nearly enough to pay the expense of
fitting up the lower floor for the opera
house. MIR. Smith has been working
on this scheme since last spring and
hopes to be able to carry it through.
Let's have an opera house some way or
other
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
the constituents Lof the church, Mrs.
Bradford making herself strong
worker in the church.
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of the letters
remaining uncalled for in the Mitchell
postotfice at the close of the week end
ing Oct. 10, 1895.
Crosby, F Feire, Henry
Likins, MIR Nelson Peakins, Mr. John
Speagus, H G Smith, Mr. L H
Snow, Joseph f Smith, Mrs Anna
Limon, M b Welch, Mrs EstellC G.
Interstate Stock Exchange Co.
When calling for the above please say
advertised" If not called for in two
weeks they will be forwarded to the
dead letter office.
SAML. T. GREEN, p. M.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-10-18
A Milwaukee Accident.

A peculiar, and what might have re-
suited seriously, accident occurred on
the passenger engine coming in from
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-07-12
Republican Hollow.

William PARCELS of near Gibbs
who had been in Kirksville fol
some time has returned home.
Miss Maggie Waddle of Ten
Mile is visiting Miss Minnie Winn
at this place.
James Vim and family and
John Gilmore and wife of near
Banner spent the 4th in Kinks
vile.
Elijah Wilcox of this place visit
ed his son DIR. c. M. Wilcox of
Millard recently.
Mrs. E. l.. Dodson and Grand
ma Lorton spent Sunday at Tom
Dodson's south of town.
Chas. Winn and wife of Love
Valley spent Sunday with Mr..
Winn's father, U. u. Winn, at
this place. Cfas. reports good
crops in his locality.
Mrs. James Huffman and daugh-
ter, Miss Mamie, spent Sunday in
kirksville the guest of Mrs.
Petree.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-07-12
CROP BULLETIN.

The Missouri Weather Service
in its weather-crop bulletin for tn,
week ending July 9th says:
Except in some of the northern
and eastern counties, the pas
week has been cool, cloudy ant
very wet. The mean temperatur,
was about normal in the northeas
section, but elsewhere it ranged
from 3 to 6 degrees below. Owe
the extreme northern portion o
the state the rainfall was generally
light and, except in a few locali
ties, thrashing, corn plowing anG
oat harvest have progressed fairly
well, but over most of the central
and southern counties the rainfall
for the week exceeded 9 inches
and in many localities over 4 inch,
es is reported. Farm work has
been at a standstill or has pro-
gressed very slowly, and much
damages has been done to wheat,
flax, oats, corn and hay. Vers
heavy downpours occurred in por-
tions of Moniteau, Cole, Morgan,
Laclede, Pulaski, Wayne, Shan
non, Cedar and Camden counties,
causing floods which did great
damage to crops on bottom lands
A large part of the wheat crop is
still in the shock and much of it
has been seriously injured. Oats
are generally ready for cutting but
the fields are too wet for machines.
In number of counties they are
down badly and some that are in
shock are considerably damaged.
Flax has also been damaged by
wind and rain.
Corn, as a rule, is getting too
large for further cultivation and in
some districts is very weedy.
Chinch bugsare still working on it
in places and in some counties
have done great damage, but in the
central and southern sections their
ravages have been checked by the
heavy rains. In a few localities
it has been badly blown down. On
the whole however, the prospect
for the crop is excellent.
Grasses continue to grow rapidly
pastures are good and water plen-
ty.
Gardens and tobacco plants are
doing well.