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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Sister lgnatius, Sister Gunacunda or
Sister Stanislaus.
Compulsory Educa ton Law.

Just how many children do not take
advantage of the schools is not known
but the legislature has passed very
stringent compulsory education and
child labor law, with which all par
ents and guardians should be familiar.
1t will be observed that it is compul.
sorry with the board of education to en-
force this law, from which a few ex-
tracts are taken:
Every person having under his con-
troll child between the age of eight
and fourteen years, shall annually cause
such child to attend for at least twelve
weeks, at least six weeks OF which at
tendance shall be consecutive in some
public day school of the city, town or
independent district in which he re-
sides, which time shall commence With
the beginning of the first term of the
school year, or as soon thereafter as
due notice shall be served upon the
person having such control of his duty
under that act
sit shall the duty OF the president
of the board of education in every city,
or other Independent district, and the
rhsirman of every district school board
carefully to enquire concerning all sup
posed violations of this act and to en-
ter complaint against all persons who
shall appear to be guilty of such vio-
lation. 1t shall be also the duty of
said officers to arrest children of a
school-going age who habitually haunt
public places, and have no lawful occu-
patton, and also truant children, who
absent themselves from school without
leave, and to place them in charge of
the teacher having charge of the pub
lie schools, which said children are by
law entitled to attend. Any school
officer failing or neglecting to perform
the duty required of him by this chap
ter shall be liable to a fine of not less
than ten (SlO) dollars nor more than
twenty (s20) dollars for every such
offence"
"No child between eight and fourteen
years of age shall be employed in any
mine, factory or workshop or mercan-
tile establishment, or, except by his
| parent or guardian. in any other man
ner during the hours when the public
schools of the city, town, village or
district are in session: unless the per-
son. firm or. corporation employing him
shall first secure certificate from the
superintendent of the schools Of the
city, town or village
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Reservation stock Shipments,

]. B. Coll, assistant general freight
agent, and r. F. Calkins, division
freight agent, OF the Milwaukee road,
passed through the city Tuesday AFTER
noon in their special car on their way.
to Chamberlain, and were accompaied
on the trip by A. G. Pollard of this
city. The gentlemen went out to look
after big shipment Of stock from that
point which Is to be made Saturday
by special train. The stock ia owned
and controlled by scotty Phillips, who
has between 10000 and $1,000 head of
cattle in his charge or the reservation.
There will be about $50 head brought
in on the special Saturday.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
Want Better Price For Wheat.

Complaints have already been lodged
against the low market price Of wheat
in this city in comparison to markets
in Artesian, whore, it is claimed, that
the ruling price for the past few days
has been to cents above the price
paid in this city. In conversation with
one OF the grain buyers in town he
said that it was the aim and intention
of the Mitchell buyers to pay the legi-
innate price for wheat, a price that
was in accordance with the Minneapolis
market. At the same time, however,
the buyers at Mt. Vernon and Artes-
ian are paying a pigher price and as q
consequence the wheat and trade which
naturally belongs to Mitchell is being
carried to these towns. While this is
unfortunate yet the buyers declare
they are going to pay the very best
price they can for wheat and will meet
any legitimate demand that is made on
them, but they claim that ofttimes local
conditions force the prices UP and
buyers take the wheat at an absolute
loss to themselves or their company,
One of the buyers believes he will be
able to pay as much for wheat as any
of the surrounding towns and some
encouragement along this line to the
buyers might result to the benefit o.
the farmers and the merchants alike.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
The State Convention Of the Womsn's
Suffrage Association Will Convene
in Mitchell Sept. 28.
The Position Of the Railroads, the Com
missionerS and the New Railroad
Law Concisely Explained.
WANT HIGHER PRICES
No Reason Why Mitchell Shouldn't Pay
the Same Price for Wheat as
the Surrounding Towns.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
The State Campaign to be Opened Hero
the Latter Part of tho Month.

The State Campaign to be Opened Hero
the Latter Part of tho Month.
The State Equal Suffrage Associa-
tion will convene in Mitchell Tuesday
afternoon, Sept % and remain in ses-
sion until the 3Oth. The sessions will
be held in the court house and the
meetings will oe addressed by two
national speakers-Mrs. Carrie Clap
ham Cott, of New York city, and Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Yates, the Frances
Willard of Maine. Among the state
laborers who will be present are the
following: Mrs. Anna Summons, state
president the Suffrage Association, and
Mrs. Emma A. Cranmer state lecturer
and organizer, both of whom are ex-
cellent speakers and have devoted con.
siderable time to the work. 4Miss
Grace Goodykoontz has kindly con
sented to sing several solos at the ses.
sions and other music will be furnished.
All the meetings are open to the public
and the people generally are cordially
invited to be present.
On the evening previous to the con
vention, Monday, a gold medal contes
will be given and conducted by Mrs
Jeffries, of Ft. Pierre, superintendent
of contest work, is sure to be interest
ing and entertaining. Further parti
culars of the suffrage convention ant
of the contest will be given later.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
STATUS OF THE RAILROAD LAW
An Explanation of the Present Position
of the New Ratlr oad Law.

An Explanation of the Present Position
of the New Ratlr Dad Law.
It is not generally known what the
exact position is in reference to the sit
uation of the new railroad law, which
has been argued before the United States
court for the past two or three weeks
and wading through the legal verbiage
one finds it difficult to get at the exact
facts. The Argus-Leader boils down
the entire proceedings and presents
the following intelligent outline of the
case:
First: The legislature enacted law
prescribing certain rules to govern the
railroad commissioners in prescribing
a maximum tariff schedule for the rail
roads. The first step was the publica-
tion of this schedule, as notice to
railroads.
The action brought by the railroads
was to restrain the commissioners from
advertising this schedule, on the
ground that should the proposed rates
become operative it would be ruinous to
to the roads.
Second; 1t was cohtended by the at
/ t5rney general and by the attorneys for
the railroad commission that no sched-
ule of rates could be- declared illegal
which yield sufficient revenue to pay
operating expenses, taxes and any part
Of the interest on the bonded indebted
ness and dividends on capital stock.
This view the court repudiated, and
followed the decision of Justice Brewer
in the case of Ames versus the Union
Pacific railroad, (the Nebraska rate
case) and the decision of the supreme
cour6 of the United States in the Re-
gan case, which was appealed from
Texas.
Third: The order of the court en-
joins the railroad commissioners, W.
H. Tompkins, Alexander kirkpatrick
and W. 7. LaFollette, from publish
ing or continuing or permitting the
publication Of any notice of the adopt
ion and the time of taking effect of the
schedule OF rates adopted by them or
J August 9th, and from taking any pro
ceeding to put into effect said schedule
of rates, or any schedule OF rates re
ducing the average rates or revenue o
the railways in South Dakota, OR from
! enforcing or attempting to enforce sait
schedule until the further order of thi
court
Upon this order clerk of the court
, o. S. Pendar, issued writ of injunc
t tion in the name Of the president G
t the United States, commanding tn
commissioners to obey the order of tn
;, court.
! Fourth: There are eight bills c
l complaint filed, one each from tn
9 Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul, tn
chicago and Northwestern, the Grea
: Northern, the Fremont, Elkhorn an
Missouri Valley, the Chicago, 81
y Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, tn
9 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North
e Pacific, minneapolis and ST. Louis). =
u The only roads operating in thi
state not included in the order of th
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
THE GRIND BEGINS.
School Teachers and Pupils to Solve
KnOtty Problems and Polish up
the intellectual Powers.
South Dakota Educational Law Re-
quireS Children to be Sent to School
Certain Periods in the Year.
STOCK MOVEMENTS
Milwaukee Road Will Make Some Heavy
Shipments Of Cattle From the
Reservation this Fall.
OPENING OF THE CITY SCHOOLS
Attendance Compares Favorabiy With the
Same Period of a Year Ago.


Same Period of n Year Ago.
When the school bell rang out on the
aic Monday morning it was the signal
for the gathering together of the
school supplies and the pupils wended
their way to their respective depart
ments. The teachers were in their
various rooms on time and welcomed
the new pupils coming up from lower
grades. There was not much done the
first day other than to place the pupils
in their proper departments and notify
them with what books they were to
equip themselves. The attendance of
foreign scholars is not quite 80 large as
last year, only fifteen having applied
for admission so far, but this number,
Prof. Quigley thinks, will be increased
as time passes. The board of educa-
tion has adopted rule requiring the
tuition of all foreign scholars to be
paid Immediately on their entrance to
the schools.
The names of the instructors and
their departments together with the
enrolment is given below:
Prof. Geo. H. Grace, principal Mrs.
Mary D. Taylor, assistant principal,
high school, 100.
Miss Jessie Grotewohl, A grammar,
west side, 40.
| Miss June Connor, B and G grammar,
west side, 40.
Miss Sadie Ball, D grammar and A
primary, west side, 45.
I Miss Julia Rogers, B and G primary
west side, 56.
Miss Cora Miner, D primary, west
side, 30.
Miss Bessie Thompson, primary
south side, 20.
Miss Mary Windle, B and G gram
mar, east side, 30.
Miss Jessie Warne, grammar ant
A primary, east side, 40.
Miss Hannah Foley, B and g prim
ary, east side, 45.
Miss Clare Wedehase, - primary
east side, 80.
Following are the studies in the higl
school department for the fall term:
A Grade-Physics, Civil Government
Bookkeeping, Caesar or Latin.
B Grade-Geometry, General Hi:
tory Algebra or Latin, English Litel
ature.
CGrade-Algebra, Arithmetic, Gran
mar, American Literature.
There are about 20 scholars promote
to the graduating class for '98, and
4 case they all pass the final examin'
ton there will be that many in th
class. Prof. Quigley has equipped th
high school with fine set of referent
books, having purchased the America
edition of the Britain lea Encycloped
the arrival of which he expects ever
day. Efforts will also be made to pr
vide the high school with new piar
before the winter term begins.
The schools start off very nicely i
deed. The scholars are alert and a
tive and eager to commence wor
The prospects seem to be encouragir
for successful school year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-09-17
WHY IT, DIDN'T COME.

The Railroads Refused to Transport the
Circus Unless the Charges Were Paid.
7 There were many causes assigned as
to the reason for the non.appearance OF
Washburn's circus here Thursday
The following taken from tee Fargo
Forum of last Tuesday makes the
matter plain:
The Washburn circus is still in
Fargo. In fact from the trouble today
it looks if they would remain here some
time. The city may take the outfit as
the nucleus for Zoo, The show has
been playing in tough luck recently
just about making running expenses.
AS a result they are reported to have
fallen behind in salaries and have been
about on the porcine conveyance. Yes
terday Fargo tradesmen were forced to
| wait for their bills until tickets were
sold. Some of the employees are after
their wages and the Milwaukee is not
very eager 70 take them to Aberdeen
without assurances that the fares will
be paid The management is making
i every effort to raise money to get out
tonight.
Last night it was reported that Grocer
Lewis was after the little elephant to
pull delivery wagon, while Ruch was
trying to cop out the big one-to make
choice steaks for some of his customers
who are inclined to kick. The
elephant is the oldest one in captivity
and the steaks would be tender.
i Washburn's circus of 16 cars passed
through here Friday morning about
o'clock and went on to Yankton. The
advance agent had incurred a number
of expenses in advertising the show
and the holders of accounts put then
in the hands of one man who went t,
Yankton to endeavor to collect them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21

Marshal Wilkln. OF Cambridge, Ohio,
was in the city yesterday, and called
upon the Wheeling police to cooperate
with him In the arrest of a me. wanted
In the oho town for larceny, The arrest
was made at the Pan Handle passenger
station at noon, the man being about to
take train out OF town.
Recently, WIN Hickman, ror'ar in a
Cambridge hotel decamped after h.Ning
ritiled the money drawer of the estab-
llshment and gotten at least SIS, possibly
moro. Marshal Wilkln learned that
Hickman had come toward Wheeling, SO
he lost no time in following, lie located
his man at one of the cheap hotels and
called upon the police to make the arrest,
The case was placed In Lieutenant In
grams hands, who called on Officer Wal
kerforasslstlnce While Ingram and VIII
kins went up Water street after their
man, officer Walker swooped down upon
him from Eleventh, nabbing Hickman
in front OF the Pan Handle passenger sta
ton. During the afternoon Hickman
confessed his guilt TO the officers and
consented to return to Cambridge with
out the form of u requlsitioa upon the
governor of West Virginia, He was taken
to Benwood at $3.50 o'clock, where he de-
sired to see a friend, and later accompan-
led Marshal Wilkin to Cambridge ON the
Baltimore & Ohio road.
Marshal WilSin Is the officer VINO fig
ured recently in notable arrest in the
Baltimore & Ohio freight yards at Cam
bridge. A gang of tramps was wanted
for having assaulted young man near
Bellalre Wilkin fearlessly followed the
gang through the railroad yards and held
them up, the entire bunch, six, meelily
preceding him through the town to the
lookup. one of the men in this gang
proved to be the person -"anted at Pitts
burgh for the Cover murder. A Pitts
burgh detective agency endeavorcd to
obtain the credit for the mans arrest,
and wired a Pittsburgh paper tasi eight
OF their men had captured the fellow az
ter desperate resistance. This was n
fabrication out of the whole cloth, the ar
rest having been made slnslc-landed by
Wilkln, as related above.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21
LEGAL BREvITIEs,
Matters OF Minor Momcnt In aud About
the CITY.

VI NhN hbWNh
the City.
Grand o-nlght-."KIllarney and the
Rhine"
The council committee on petitions
and circumstances holds an important
meeting ut the city building this even
ing
Notwithstanding .the dirty weather,
holiday shoppers We're out In force last
night All Of the retails stores are OBJ
serving holiday week hours-open early
and late.
Very handsome holiday souvenirs
have been issued by Emil Schmitt, pro-
prletor of the New Exchange, hotel, in
the shape of card case, which Is sent
enclosed In a bon-bon box
Wheeling presbytcry of the United
Presbyterian church will meet at Up, m.
CTusSday) to-day, at Roneys Point.
Rev. j. II. Llttell and Prof. A, NJ,
Stevenson are delegates from the con-
gregation of this city,
A new firm has entered the music
trade In this city, Fleming & johnson,
who have opened up at room In the
Hub building. and will handle the Mer-
rlfeld pianos and Cottage organs, The
firm is composed of Messrs. W. Elem
ing ana p. IL. Johnson, well known
young men.
An object OF admiration in Police
CAPTAIN BENEFITS office, city building,
is the handsome landscape picture that
hangs back OF the enclosure 1t is a fin
ished piece Of plactuI work, and West
Virginia mountain scene is faithfully
portrayed. 1t is the work of Mrs Sam
moi sloan
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21
A RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN
Goes Down Mountain Grade "tthe Rate
ofn Mile ~ Minute


ALTOONA, Pa, Doc. Ca freight
train consisting OF thlrty-one loaded
cars, hauled by engine No. 6Oi' Ensl-
neer Fred Burket, fireman Michael
Gauley, and In charge Of Conductor
Port orncr, passed Galllt1ln about 5'53
this evening, on the way down the
mountain 20 this city, A slight rain
which was rreezing on the rails rs IT
fell. made the track very slippery ana
before the engineer or train crew had
time TO apprehend the danger the
heavy train had attained a momentum
which could not be checked by the
brakes. In Twelve minutes the twelve
miles between Gallita.n and Altoona
were covered. and at the trichtful speed
of n mile minute, the runaway train
crashed into n freight ;rain standing III
inc Altoona ward, directly IN front of
the messenger station, The wrecks pied
I'm higher than the top Of the passenger
station and covered all the tracks.
About fifty ears were completely DIOR
en- M and the Hollidaysburg passenger
train, which was standing on inc tracks
outside the passenger shed, was thrown
over on its side.
The engineer and fireman of the run
away train were helped from the cab OF
the wrecked locomotive and both were
able to walk away, Their escape was all
most miraculous Three other trainmen
were taken to the hospital. one of them
Is said to be fatally injured. One of the
crew, Brakeman Corbln, is still unac-
counted for and is thought to be UNI
der the wrcckaGe.
Fireman William Leavtt, Bert Hall,
OF GIN Union. Pa; John McFadden,
Madisonvillc Pa; and James Pressell'
OF Monongahcla, Pa, coal miners on
their way to Puxsutawney, We're taken
ken from the wreck. None of them was
seriously injured,
s. Kuster, OF Hagcrstown, Ind, who
was accompanying a carload of poultry
was fatally injured, Brakeman Corbin
and Brakeman Yurner are stlll missing
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21
ABOUT PEOPLE
Stranger. In the City and Wheeling Folk'
Abroad.

Strangers In the City and Wheeling Folks
Abroad.
n. T.. Mallory and wife, OF Woodsheld,
are at the Mcclure,
II. II. Gallaher, of St Mary's, stopped
at the Howell yesterday.
Judge NJ. II. Dent, of Grafton, was
an arrival at the Windsor last night.
Mrs. j. j. Hillenbrand, OF the Island,
is recovering from her recent illness.
Mrs. Louis Loehler of South Jacob
street, is very III of typhoid pneumonia.
Miss Nora Hearen has accepted po-
sitlon in Cleveland, and went there yes
terday.
Charles Altmcyer. Stewards prescrip-
tion clerk, made u flying trip to Wells
burg yesterday.
Mrs. II. NJ. Archer, of the Island, Is In
Dayton, Ohio visiting her parents dur
ing the holidays.
r. j. Deegan, the lithisrapher, leaves
Friday to spend the holidays at his
home In Columbus.
Basil Il. Bowers, of New MnrtInsville,
and j. f. Frame, OF Slstersvillc regis
tered at the Stamm yesterday.
Harry C. Stewart, the South Jacob
street druggist. Is seriously III at his
home. of u cold and complications.
george otto is mere rom school to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Capt and Mrs. otto, of the North End.
Conductor Morris LantS, of tho
Wheeling street railway, Is Ill at his
home on the Island, and Is not expect
ed TO recover.
G. NJ. Fleming, Of Buckhannon,
Henry Warden, OF Alexander, and j.
q. W. Busch, of Parkersburg, are
Windsor registers.
W. W. Pipes, of Pittsburgh, general
manager of the Bankers & Megchants
Life Insurance Company, is visiting DR..
pipes, OF the South Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. c, NJ Coon, OF the ISL
and, left yesterday for Florida, where
they viii be the guests Of their son, j.
n. Cocn formerly of Wheeling, duting
part of the winter
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21

Men, women and children OF all sizes
and descriptions for one day In their
lives agreed. That day was yesterday.
and their unanimlty of opinion was con-
corning the weather, 1t was the vllest
: brand, they said, the weather bureau
has ever shelved on a good naured pub
lie. This they said, and other things not
said "for publication"
There were several varieties Of bad
weather yesterday, and all combined to
form grand inharmonous whole, There
was snow, sleet, rain, wind, cold air, and
general debility, one at a time and then
Aal hands round The most unklndest
cut Of all" was the veneer of ice that
covered the pavements from carly morn
until late at eve, and many an anatomy
perrorce struck IN acquaintance with the
aforesaid pavements, while, simultane-
oualy, lurid streaks of profanity jolted
the blue and chilly atmosphere was
day 70 make the psaimiSt forget his lines.
When the trouble begin ouly the early
bird can say. At O'Clock yesterday
morning all was we'll On the Ohio aud
adjacent Lands, nut about an houl or two
la:er something dropped. II WAS the
gentle rain, With ~ fistie snow on the
side. and behind It c'me Klondlke
wave, converting every square inch or
pavement and side walk INTO a skating
rink. But the skating Nnk wasn't suili-
Client. the rain played IN; yet the pedes-
trian. wO. not of the rail- but of the
skating rink ever wlirh they were COM
peIled 70 perambulats ct sreaI risks to
life and limb. Falls were too numer-
Gus & MENTION" but the only rous ac-
cldent was that which befell Mss. Bar
low, an Eighth " I'D aged lady, which u
noted below,
The streets, sDTerer., attracted large
number Of hoiiIGv shoppers, but mer-
charts suffered greatly from the loss OF
trade which world havS come to them
under more favorable circumstances.
The pavemsnts we forsaken for the
inldle OF the sire =, and p small army
of frightened people could he seen for a
large part % thc day, carefully picking
out the safe places and keeping one eye
open Gor sra5s, Gum shoes were In
great demand. and blacksmiths were
kept busy putting sharp shoes on horses.
The veneer OF Ice forsook the pave
ments late In tht AFTERNOON, but the dis
agreeable drlzzle OF rain continued to
fall. and there were many wishes eI-
pressed last night that the weather
wouldn't grow colder and rreat the
skating rink feature. With thu excep-
ticn OF slight intervals the sky kept leak
ing until after midnight, and the rrohd-
hilitIes are for rain this forenoon, with
fair weather this afternoon,
Rad weather has retarded much of the
holiday business. and good weather for
the rest OF the week viii put everybody
In the humcr to give Santa Claus a
super-rUyal welcome.
Mrs. Jane Barlow, who makes her
home with her daughter Mrs. Jesse
Wheat. of South Water street, slipped
on the sleety ground yesterday morn
ing Mt the rear Of the house aud re-
seived n severe fall Her hip was dis
located, and It Is feared the accident
will result In her death, considering her
advanced years Mrs. Barlow Is eighty
four years Old. and tow years ago re-
ccived broken arm from fall.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-21

MILWAUKEE, Wis Dec, GOA
Journal special from Appleton, Wis,
Gays; II is reported that the makers Of
book paper of Wisconsin, Michigan, In
G:ana ana Ohio have formed an assocla-
ton to stop the cutting OF prices In this
product and to fix q mimi ~u-n price. II
is also said that eastern manufacturers
may cooperate inthc movement. Nearly
every mill IN the four states 10 represents
ed and The action taken is one OF the
greatest Importance.