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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
CROPS IN GOOD SHAPE.

FarorinG Weather Conditions and
Everything Growing Rapidly.
The following bulletin, based on the
reports of the directors of the several
climate and crop sections, is furnished
for the information of the public:
The weather conditions of the week have
been generally favorable to agricultural in
terests se,t over er the greater portion of the
country. There has been too much rain.
however, in New England and the northern
portions Of the Middle Atlantic States,
where it has also been rather cool. while
over portions Of the lower Ohio valley. west
rain is much needed. Except over limited
areas rains would also prove generally bene-
hcial to growing crops in the central valleys
of the week was particularly favorable in
the States of the upper Mississippi and Mis-
s6nri sou val Valleys In Nebraska ska the week was
while generally backward. has made good
progress in the principal corn States under
the favorable weather conditions of the past
dition OF the crop is reported from Mis-
isouri, Kansas and Nebraska. and generally
throughout the central valleys Improvement
is reported. Cold weather and frosts of pre-
yious weeks have caused serious injury in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota,
and the unseasonable cool weather OF the
portions. of the middle Atlantic States and
upper Ohio valley has retarded the progress
of corn IN these last named districts the
crop is backward and the plant looks yellow,
while considerable rotting in the hill is re-
ported from New England. There has been
a general improvement in the condition of
cotton throughout the cotton belt the i'm
.provement being most marked in South Car
ioIina and Georgia. The crop is generally
clean and insects less numerous In Texas
the crop needs warm. dry weather over the
northern portions Of the State where growth
has been slow and some reDanting contin-
ues while showers would prove beneficial in
other sections of the State. Winter wheat
has, except on the Pacific coast, continued
to improve. Harvest is now in progress In
the southern portion of Kansas, Missouri
some of the more souther!y States.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chi .ago-Cattle, common to prime.
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $3.75; sheep. fair to choice, SOD
to $500; wheat, No. . red, Csc to Toe:
coru, No. 2, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2, tic
to 19c; rye, No. ., 33c to 34c; butter,
choice creamery, lac to 16c; eggs, fresh,
Sc to &c; potatoes, per bushel, 25c to 35c;
broom corn, common growth to choice
green hurl, $25 to $40 per ton.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
S5.25; hogs. choice light, $500 to $3.75,
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $4.2 %:
wheat. No. 2, 75c to TIC; corn, No. 2
white, 26c to 2Sc; oats, No 2 white, zoe
to PC.
ST. Louis-Cattle, $500 to s5.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $500 to $4.25:
wheat, No. 2, SEC to S5c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, tic
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 31c to 33c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.OO;
wheat, No. 2, Sic to S3c; corn, No. 2
mixed, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 36c to 3Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep. $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, sec to Sac; corn, No. 2
yellow, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c
to 23c; rye, 34c to 36c.
Toledo-Wheat, No 2 red, Sac to S5c;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; oats, No.
2 white, 1Sc to Zoe; rye, No. 3, 34c to 36c;
clover seed, $4.2O to $4.25.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 spring, III
to 73c; corn, No. 3, 24c to 26c; oats, No.
2 white, pc to 24c; barley, No. ?, 2Sc to
34c; rye, No. l, 34c to Bee; pork, mess,
$7.25 to $7.15.
Buhalo-Cattle, $3.50 to s5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.O0; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, 40. ? red, SEC to SIC; corn, No. 2
yellow, 2Sc 20 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c
to 25c
New Yorl-Cattle, So 90 to S5SS5; hogs,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. red, 75c TO 76c; corn, No. .,
29c to soc; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c;
butter, creamery, liz to 1Gc; eggs, West
ern, 10n to 12c.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Flight OF Ho;s,irc Pigeons.

The Hudson District Federation Club,
(which is composed OF the leading fanciers
OF Ioniing pigeons i'll New York, held its
fifth ally Of the season on Saturday. The
birds were liberated at Statesyille, n. G.,
lat 5a. m. II. Schmi<lt's Lightning was
the first bird to reach its loft and won the
prize band, covering slightly over 500
miles. The distance travelled by the
pigeons ranged from 497 to 502 miles.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
,PecT HEAR FROM ANDREE
,sorer Likely to Launch His Bal
loon Next Week.

kAccor(ling to the program mapped out
Prof Andree, the Arctic balloonist, at
be time he left Gothenburg for Spitzber-
Hen in the latter part Of May, he will some
lime during the coming week launch his
irship upon the perilous voyage to the
North pole. \ number of carrier pigeons
Yer taken by the party from Gothcnburg,
End the return OF one of the birds with q
fnessage is looked for daily.
According to the opinions of many who
bayc participated in previous polar cXn".
hiuons, the present venture is the miv
fecllless and perllous ever undertaken,
hnd il is generally considered that noth-
Ing but the mercst accident can bear the
party to the pole and back in safety.
Circulars have been issued by the Rus
eian government to the inhabitants of
northern Siberia, and have also been dis
.ributed among the people of Alaska and
other northern regions, directing them to
extend all possible assistance to the eX-,
plorers in case they should land among
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
10 MAKE WAR ON BUTTERlNE
.Asitation Begun in Kansas to Sc.
cure Antaronistic LegiSlation.

EASitalOn Begun III lAanSaS TO SO
cure Antagonistic Legislation.
Agitation has been begun in Kansas
|Tooking to the passage by the next legisla-
ture Of a strong anti-butterine bill. This
|comes as the result of the recent announce
Iment By local Kansas City, Kan, packers
that they will Immediately begin the man.
ufacture, on large scale, of butterine for
lhipment to all states where the laws do
not conflict with the sale Of that article.
Already Kansas City, Ean., produces a
great amount of hllttarine, and by June l
nj ieaat three firms having charters will
take theirTorces there from Chicago to
manufacture the stuff. Blanks soliciting
aid from farmers III the anti -butterine
movement, and which have been sent out
Wy the National Dairy Union, have already
been signed by many Kansas farmers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
BARNEY BARNATo's BODY.
Remains Of the Money Hing Arrive
at Southa;slDton. England,

On the arrival Of the British steamship
Scott at SOwtilamOton Saturday With the
body of The late Barney Darnato the coro-
ner's officers went aboard to ascertain as
to the necessity OF holding All inquest. An
inquest was held and the jury returned a
verdict of death from drowning while tem-
porariy insane.
The arrival of the remains confirms the
details already sent out to the press as to
the circumstances under which Barney
Barnato met his death. He was feeling
very poorly when the vessel left Cape
Town and often talked quite irrationally.
The passengers subscribed ei00 as re-
ward for Mr.. Clifford, the officer who tried
to rescue him.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Shooting Caused by Whisky

A dispatch from Gadsden, Ala, says:
Late Monday afternoon Henry Thomas,
negro excursionist from Birmingham,
fired into party Of Gadsden negroes just
as the train was leaving and wounded Will
Garner, local cabman. A general riot
ensued. Thomas was shot in the back
and neck and was stabbed twice in the
shoulder and will die. Two other Bir-
mingham negroes were shot and another
was stabbed. Mean whisky was the cause
iof the trouble
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Civil Service Hearings.

The senate civil service committee re-
sumed its hearings Saturday. A letter
from w. E. Prescott, president of the In
ternational Typographical Union, stated
that that body did not favor the applica-
lion of civil service rules to the govern
ment printing office, as the best results
were not attained under it..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
COWBOY MILLIONAIRE browns
Sacrifices His Life in Vain in Try
ing to Save Two Girls.


ing to Save Two Girls.
T. II. King, cashier of the First National
Bank of Gfeenville, Texas, was drowned
in pool six miles west of that city under
circumstances of most sensational char
acter. Kilt and Fred Noteworthy, book
keeper in the bank; Kate Austin of Kan
sas City, Mo-. and Miss Ida Schenl1 of
Sherman, Texas, formerly of Greenville,
drove out to the pool on Kings ranch after
nightfall. At 1 o'clock in the morning
Noteworthy came into the city with the
information that King and the two girls
We're drowned. 1t is believed that the girls
ventured beyond their depth, and King, in
attempting to save them, went down With
them. King was perhaps the wealthiest
man in north Texas, being estimated to
have been worth more than S1,O00,00O. He
started out as a cowboy, with no backing,
and amassed his great fortune in a few
vaorS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Fears America.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Times reports conversation affecting to
represent the views of Emperor William,
in the course of which, speaking of his
anxiety as TO the future of Europe, he said
that he does not fear Chinese ambition or
the anarchists, but he does fear the eX-
pansion of one of the great powers and the
intervention of the United States in the
affairs of the old world.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
License is Not Forfeited.

The insurance department was called
upon to investigate the Merchants lnsur-
ance Company of Newark on complaint
of writing a risk in this state through an
agency outside of the state. Through the
Investigation the department became con-
vinced that the act was done through inad-
vertence and the company's license was
allowed to stand, upon the payment of a
Zine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
To Pray for Victoria.

Bishop Huntington has authorized the
clergymen and laymen readers of the
Episcopal diocese of central New York to
include in their services on the first Sun
day after Trinity prayer, a copy of which
he has issued, for Queen Victoria and the
welfare of England. The prayer is to fol-
low that for the president of the United
States
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Window Glass Factory Burns.

The window glass factory at Orestec,
eighteen miles west of Muncie, Ind,
burned Sunday. The factory is owned by
the United Glass Company, together with
like plants at Ottawa and Streator, Ill.
The factory employed 400 people and the
total loss will be 100000. The town has
no fire protection
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Welded Together.

A consolidation of the interests engaged
in manufacturing weldless steel tubing for
bicycles has been formed in London with
II. A. Losier OF Cleveland, Ohio, as the
head. A number of wealthy Englishmen
with Arthur Pitkington at their head have
invested So, 100000 in the new corporation.
Three large factories-at Toledo, O., ELI
wood City, Pa, and Greenville, Pa.-are
embraced
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Transvaal Not Bumptious.

The reply of the Boer Government to
the dispatch of Mt. Chamberlain, the
British secretary Of state for the colonies,
which dealt with the recent alien ilnmi-
grafton act and and other measures which
have raised issues affecting the foreign
population of the Transvaal, was read in
the volksraad Saturday. 1t is concilatory
in tone and shows that the republic de-
sires peace. The government will ask for
arbitration on certain points in the contro.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
MAY EMBARRAss KENTUCKY
Judge Cantriil Declares $5oo,ooo

Judge Cantriil Declares $5OO,OOO
Bonds for State Purposes Void.
Judge Cantrill at Frankfort has decided
illegal and void the kentucky state statute
for the issue Of S5000 900 Of bonds for state
purposes. The decision was rendered in
case brought for the purpose of testing the
validity of the issue. The decision will be
appealed at once to the court of appeals,
which will pass upon the matter. Should
Judge Cartrill be sustained, the entire
revenue legislation of the late general as
sembly for 1898 will be defective.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Policeman Badly Beaten.

Four drunken Italian laborers partici-
pated in a savage fight in South Farming
ton. Mass, Monday morning. Officers
Robert Trace and David Bastion tried to
arrest one Of the ringeaders, but all the
italians set upon them and Officer Bas-
fion was dubbed with a beer bottle, his
skull being fractured. He will die.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
M'KlNLEY's SUMMER HOME.
he Has Found an Ideal Retreat a
Few Miles from Washington.

he Has Found an Ideal Retreat
Few Miles from Washington.
Seven miles southwest of Washington
and back of Fort Myer President McINin-
ley has acquired a summer home known
as CHERRY Valley" though not perhaps
named after the historic incident in the
life of George Washington. 1t is the
property of ex-senator John B. Hender-
son of Missouri. Here President and
Mrs. Mckinley, With Secretary and Mrs.
Porter, will spend the heated summer
months.
The house is far back from the public
road. Situated along veritable forest Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
AI'KINLEY's SUMNER HOME.

fruit and shade trees. the small summer
cottage is as completely isolated as thought
it were thousand miles from the ma,
tional capital. One must have a mosti
intimate acquaintance with the geography,
of the adjacent country in order to findl
the house at all. 1t is reached by mar
row lane which turns in from the main.
road about half q mile below the small
village of BallSton
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Wcylcr Getting Good.

Capt. Gen. Weyler of Cuba informed
Consul Gen. Lee that on the 10th he gave
orders to the military commander at Car
denas revoling the previous instructions
under which Jos. Duenas, an American
planter near Quintina, had been ordered
to abandon his estate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Sent to the yankton Asylum.

In the sensational case of the state
against DR.. L. A. Hammill, at Chamber
lain, charged with shooting at Rev. E. w
Jenny with intent to kill, Judge Smith has
ordered that Hammill be confined in the
Yanllton Asylum for the Insane until such
time as it is safe for him to be turned at
large. Hammill was few days ago ac-
quilted of the charge of attempting the
life OF Mr.. Jenny because of his being in
sane, but the jury deemed it not safe to
turn him at large at present.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
BIC Fire in Texas.

At2 o'clock Sunday morning fire de-
stroyed five brick buildings at White
Wright, Texas; loss $4,000; insurance,
$54 900. Seven persous were injured more
or less.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
millionaire Must Go to Jail.

W. B. Bradbury, the millionaire, will
nave to serve the sentence of twenty-four
hours Imprisonment in the county Jail at
can francisco, convicted for the second
cine Saturday for splitting in street cars.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
PAY TRAIN is CAPTURED.
Dynamite Is Used with Good Efec.
bI the CnbaNs.

Uy CElC CNUNf1S.
A. train carrying S25O,O00 was blown up
by dynamite by Cuban insurgents near
Jaruco, in Havana province. The money
was intended to pay the Spanish soldiers
i'll Matanzas province, but the insurgents
captured the train and took all the money
away with them. The loss is felt severely
by the Spaniards, as the government is
hard pressed for funds. 1t is said that
when Gen. Weyler was informed of the
affair he declared that if 200 soldiers had
been killed it would have been better than
to lose that amount of money.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Terrible Loss of Life.

lost in the earthquake disturbances which
recently visited the province Of Assam. A
message CT coincidence has been received
from Queen Victoria.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Death Of a Beadle Pioneer.

G. w. Wilmer, an early resident of the
north part of Beadle County, was buried
Saturday with military honors. The SER
mon was by DR.. Clark, and the exercises
were under the direction of the Grand
Army Post of Huron, to which the de-
'eased belonged.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
CALIFORNIA BADLY SHAKEN.
The Worst Ear 5hquake Shock Since
13GS-Great Damage Done.

V.S0
136S-Great Damage Done.
Shortly after noon Saturday the most
severe earthquake shock since 1868 did
many thousand dollars damage to build
ings and their contents at Hollister, Cal.
No casualties occurred, though several
narrow escapes are reported. Every brick
building in town has suffered. and in the
court house the walls and ceiling have lost
most of their plasterng. Immediately
after the earthquake a fire wall of the Nc
Mahon House fell upon the adjoining
buildings. Hundreds of window panes
were cracked or broken, and in some in
stances the entire window sashes were
thrown into the street from the second
story of the building
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
ToAsTs The QUEEN.
Prince of Wales Proposes tho
Health OF Her Majesty.

The Prince of Wales, as president of tine
imperial institute, presided at a banquet
given in London by the institute Friday
evening to the colonial premicrs. After
dinner the Prince of Wales proposed ''The
Health of the Queen" In felicitous
speech he referred to the approaching
jubilee celebration, adding that he had no
doubt they would receive the familiar
toast with more acclamation than was
usually the case. This was followed by
prolonged cheering waving of handker-
chiefs and cries of ''God bless you'll" the
entire company standing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Delegates to Chicago.

Gov. Lee has appointed as delegates for
South Dakota to the homeseeker's conven-
tion to be held in Chicago in September:
d. A. Meisner, Mitchell; G. l.. Hyde,
Pierre; II. w. johnson, Armour; r. O..
Richards Huron; c. o. Bailey, Sioux Fails;
Thomas II. Wells, Hot Springs; B. II.
Lien, Sioux Falls; b. II. Neumayes, Parks
ton; John Reidy, Beresford; G. S. Uline,
doll PaD6c
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25

Albert Benson and Thomas Olsen got
,nto u friendly wrestling match at Brook
lyn. Olsen lifted Benson off his feet and
threw him backward. He did not rise,
however, and Olsen walked over and tried
to raise him. Benson's neck was broken
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Texas Legislature Adjourns.

! The Texas legislature, after being in ses-
Sion nearly six months, has adjourned. 1t
passed law to prevent mob violence, pro-
viding the same penalty as for murder in
the first degree. The legislature also
passed q fellow servant bill.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
The official nrogram of the nueen,s iul

The official program of the queens juh-
lee procession as published, has given
umbrage to the Liberals, owing to the
utter absence of recognition of the civil
and Industrial side of the queens reign.
The Daily Chronicle is very outspollen on
the subject especially at the emitting of
Mr. Gladstone
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
A BALCONY FALLS.
Many People Injured at River Falls
WISCONSIN.

Wisconsin.
During the street parade by the Lemen
Bros circus, at River Falls, Wis, Friday,
balcony over a sidewalk occupied by
about twenty people gave way and the
party was hurled about eighteen feet to
the walk below. Many people were in
jured. Several children who occupied the
walk were also injured. Carrie Anson is
believed to be badly hurt. Several In
dians received dangerous injuries by fall
ing timberS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
South Dakota school OF alines.

The school year Of the State School OF
Mines has closed and the instructors and
students are making preparations to spend
Che vacation in ways suitable to all. The
School of Mines, at present, is practical"
institution. Students are permitted to
choose their own studies irrespective of
courses. A majority of them come from a
three or six months course, such as will
give them fair idea of assaying and gen
eral mining.
: The present faculty will in all probable
jty be retained for another year. The
school has a good name in the east and in
the Hills. 1t is now autority on all mining
questions and all assayers certificate from
the School of Mines is considered the very
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
-Four Suicides.

Four more bodies, supposed to be sui
eides, have been found in the river Thames
in London, making twenty-one bodies
found in the river during the last three
weeks
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
SIcKinley,s Birthplace Sold.

The story and half building in Niles,
Ohio, where President Mckinley was born,
has been sold to W. c. Allison Of Warren,
Ohio, for $500. Mr.. Allison is relative OF
She president.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25

Cer.naDy's Cott3n and WOOL Imports.
Germany imported cotton last year to
the value of PIT 100000 marks. The
total value of the wool imports reached
DSf Goo COCO marks
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25

Gone to tho Carl6oo' District.
SiXty-four teams, with $50 horses, have
gone this spring fran Clinton, 3. c., to
-he Carihoo district.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25

J. B. Fralicll of Castalia, who has re-
Gently been appointed to the position of
,oss farmer at the Blackfoot Indian
Agency in Montana, has taken up his du-
les at that place.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25

According to lne most delicate ex-
heriments of the most famous scien-
fists. the heat of the lunar rays which
reach the earth is scarcely the twelve
millionth part of a degree.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Two Thousand Ouarrymen Ouij

w AHOuSaHU eCuUFry1IeH VaIC'
Nearly 1000 men employed in the Joliet
}Hl.) quarry fields have gone out OIL a
Slfike for an increase of pay from sl.25 to
24'9o day. The majority of the operators
declare they will not concede the demands
"i me men, as the state of business does
-l0t Justify any increaSe in pay.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
Postoflce Robber Carroll Is Guilty

The jury in the case Of Carroll, charged
with having been implicated. in the High
more postoffice robberies found verdict
of guilty. He is the last of a gang of four
which committed the several robberies of
postoftices in this state last year. The
other three are in the pen at Sioux Falls.