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MEETING OF TEACHERS.
National Association Convention O
Los Angeles, Cal.

Los Angeles. Cal.
The thirty-e:ghth annual convention of
/ the National Educational Association was
formally opened at Los Angeles Tuesday.
The address of welcome on behalf of the
State was delivered by Gov. Gage. Mayor
Eaton rendered the hospitality and free
/ dom of the municipality and superinten-
/ dent of instruction and spoke on behalf of
the educational interests. The Newman
disaster east gloom over the delegates
and much sympathy was expressed for
the injured and the families of the dead.
All during the night and early morning
hours section after section rolled into the
city until the attendance was estimated
at 10000
Inc opening session was called to order
by r. .. Storey OF the local executive
committee. The pavilion was crowded IN
every part and a large number of the Wis
itors faled to gam admittance. After
an invocation by Kew [. Clark Pierce the
w oman orcnestfa rendered the Natlonal
huucauoha! ASSOCIATION march' rather
UNIQUE piece Oh music composed LOT the
OCCASION GOV. l1ehfE cage was pre-
Sen'eu ana oaae the aeIesaleS nearly
"e.colhe N peha!l OF the STATE:
state superintendent or fuphc lnstruc-
uon MIX IN pehalI OF the educatonal IN
'cfeSis Oh the state loho"eo' ne tolo
oI Ine CROWN o! secondary ana hsher
euucauoh III oaillorh!a. including pro
lesslo'iai co.Ieses ioca'eu III San rrah
' eisI9' 'iie Htate uil''eFs'ts .o mas now
@ @totai earo'ii.leht Oh -,4'S' IN 1851 there
SeFe put S'AtS-t"o hish schoois III the
o1a'e' p"t TO-DAY thefe are 10 ana WIN
,1ivi nv se VI ."'iipeis tiie stahuatu OIL "ofh
N1S r. "e,I, ~, ''.sgu' e,
~ inner Il. brown Oh .he University
VI N"',oriiia On pehall OF the manage
'iie"' alSo "eicollied lhe visiting educa-
tors, ana theh Mayor Eaton on pehaf
pl ,he municipality, lold 'he visitors they
hao the freedom OF the city during their
slaS. on oenai1 OIL the city schools Sup
eFlntehueht forshay outlined the educa-
',oha! SYSTEM theFe ana paid lfnute 10
tne educators IN charse OF the 2S'ooo chill
u'rn'
responses TO me welcoming addresses
were mace by y. L. Dougherty, super
- ln'eii"eiit " Sci,oois OF Ieorla' H.; Dr.
l1'llerSon Il. Mhlte OF Columbus. ONO
any a. u. hAilps, superintendent OF
scnools VI birmingham, Ala. After the
oicnestfa hau piaseu Mozart overture
~ Ion Juan ireslaeht hilphaiet Cram
rS4e Oh MlileFsViile, IA, delivered his ad-
uiTss' e.:
Inc evening session was as largely at,
tenueu as nau peeh 'he one N the after
noon, IN adaltlon TO the Woman's orches-
"a, "a 'ne = r.otIah II o4"o' nhder the direction
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INDIANS DEFY THE NATION,
WaIla Tonka Is Put to Death in Spite
of Courts Order

William Goings. the Choctaw Indian.
known also by the name of "WaIla Ton
ka,' was executed At -Alikich!. l. T.. for
the murder of his uncle. Mason Gongs.
The execution took place at > o'clock, and
was s.ckening sight. y quilt was spread
on the ground near the court house, and
near It four Indians placed a coffin. y
few minutes later the prisoner, in charge
OF Sheriff Watson and a deputy, and es-
corted by twenty light horseInen, march
ed down the line of SPECTATORS. Goings
bade them good-by. and knelt on the
quit blindfolded. The sheriff barred his
breast and painted spot over the heart :;
he then stepped back four PAGES. rested
a rifle over Il bench and fired but missed
the painted spot. Goings fell back and
moaned an hour before expiring. Water
was poured down his throat number Of
times 10 hasten his death by s;rangula
ton.
y writ of habeas corpus was granted
by Federal Judge John r. Thomas. but
when it was delivered by two deputy
marShals the sheriff refused 10 receive it.
h!le the execution was proceeding Dis
trict Attorney Clay remarked: I'VE are
making history 1t remains to be seen
what action the United States Govern
ment will take for defarce of the writ.
Naila Touka was q full ll-blooded Choc-
taW. He was born in the Indian Terri
tory twcn;y-fonr wears ago. In his 18th
wear he stabbed and killed his uncle, Ja-
cob Lewis. and shortly after engaged in
a saloon fight in which he shot and killed
Bull Henderson. He was tried on both
charges and acquitted. but was convicted
of llnrItr ~ llpr l1rlnlo
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Outwittin. the wirewcr,ns

This is how on farmer got ahead Of
wireworms. Several years ago he
broke up an old meadow and planted it
to corn, but the wireworms DESTROYED
all the young plants. He replanted,
but to no avail, and could not get a
stand that year. The next year he
planted the field again, but the corn
was ruined. The third year, by the
advice of an Old farmer, he let the
ground remain unbroken until the last
of May, then plowed deeply and cross
narrowed. He then put on common
salt, sowing it broadcast, as he would
have sOwn grass seed, at the rate of
twothirds of barrel per acre He
again cross narrowed and planted the
corn, and never raised a better crop
than grew upon the salted ground the
first year and the one following.
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which they create. This warns the
soil and supplies it with some available
nitrogen. Cultivation helps TO change
the color of corn for the same reason,
warmth sets into fermentation all the
organic matter it contains. When
there has been heavy rain compacting
the surface the cultivator going
through corn field will show its eff
fects in a few hours by the darker
green color of the corn where it has
done it's work
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Poultry h eeping.

The Langshan 1OWI, as IT'S naIne
would signify, is of Chinese origin.
Lapgshan is in the northwest of China,
and has long been noted for its fine
fowls. Some years ago these fowls
We're imported into this continent and
immediately became popular. They
are large bodied, of heavy, solid build,
and wholly black in color. The legs are
short and feathered to the toes. They
lay light brownish colored eggs, rather
under sized, as compared with the
largest; are extremely hardy, with
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21

j. H. @ EALLlNGER Icnged MS accuser to
make the charge outside the room. The
challenge was accepted at once, and both
men started for the door, but were pre-
vented from leaving the room by newspa-
per men and the commissioners Several
contradictory statements followed, when
Attorney General Eastman, believing he
had been accused, rose to his feet, and,
shaking his fist at Senator Chandler,
said: You are a liar if you are a United
States Senator"
Quiet was finally restored and the in
Vestigation proceeded, bu, the episode set
the political pot of New Hampshire to
boiling.
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strength of Aguinaldos forces and that
the published reports of our officers in
Manila did not state them. He said that
no doubt these officers and officials in
Washington are well Informed, but he
had never had a conversation with any
official IN Washington on the subject and
was quite ignorant as to the extent of
their information.
Gen. Wheeler was accompanied by his
daughter. Miss Annie Wheeler. who goes
to The Philippines as a Red Cross nurse
without pay
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21
Farm Notes,

Although timothy hay is preferred
for horses and clover for COWS, vet
clover hay that has been cut just as the
heads We're beginning 10 turn brown.
and which has been we'll cured. is much
more nutritious than timothy. and the
horses will show Il preference for it.
Badly cured clover hay. however, is
distasteful TO horses more than to
COWS.
Should the melons be slow in grow
ing apply a small quantity of nitrate Of
soda around each hill and chop it in
With the hoe. For beans use a mixture
of one pint nitrate of soda and two
parts muriate of potash. One of the
best modes of forcing cabbages to grow
is TO hoe them after each rain or c,,lti-
vate so as to have the Soil loose and
the ground clear of weeds and grass.
The effect of clearing away the for
ests is damaging to crops, not that the
presence OF forests causes rainfall, but
because they regulate the flow of
water There is less evaporation near
forests, and the water does not flow
away so rapidly nor cause streams to
overflow at some periods while dry at
others. The trees serve as wind
breaks, thus preventing the drying Of
the soil by warm winds during periods
OF drought,
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Told in a Few Lines,

Eugene Norotf New York, after squan.
dering a fortune, killed himself.
Mrs. Julia Brooks of New York com.
mitt"d suicide, Srabright. \. j.
Edward MulIander, II, Carthage. Ohio.
injured by a July pistol, is dead.
Mrs. Josephine Keith Spading. wife OF
a. G. Spading, died at Scabrisht, \. J.
a warrant has been issued for the ar
rest OF President Angus NJ. Cannon of
the Mormon Church. Salt Lake CITY.
Hes charged with polygamy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21
For Dippin. Sheep.

The illustration, reproduced from the
Country Gentleman, shows contri-
vance for dipping sheep which is made
as follows: a two-inch pine plank,
held together by bolts across the ends,
outside: joints put together with white
lead. One end is inclined, so that the
sheep may be drawn upon the draining
table, B, which has Stats upon the top,
SO as to permit the fluid to run back
into the tub. This box is half filed
with dipping fluid. Two men turn a
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standing extreme cold easily; are excel
lent mothers, and are easy to control
Their flesh is very white and clear, al
most semi-tranSparent, and tender and
sweet in flavor. If this breed We're bet
ter known it would doubtless become
very popular. The hen is a very good
nurse, and is large enough to rear tif-
teen in brood with ease.
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ON HIS WAY TO MANILA.
''Fi Ghting Joe" Wheeler Is Now Bound
for the Philippines,

Gen. Joseph L. Wheeler stopped in Chi
easo Il few hours en- route from Wash
ington to the Philippines on a mission the
exact nature of which he says is unknown
even to himself. Il am ordered merely
TO report to Gen. Otis and do not know
what l shall have to do when l aat
there
in answer 10 a direct question Gen.
Wheeler stated that he did not know the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21
The Modern Milking tool.

The COW cannot kick over the milk
pail where this invention is used, says
an exchange. Besides Offering Sc
curity for the milk it also affords Il seat
for the mixer. The idea. which is
clearly shown in the cut, consists of an
ordinary oblong four-legged bench of
sufficient size to permit an opening in
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21
RICH LAND FOR A RAILROAD.
Court Awards 100000 Acres to the

Northern Pacihc Railway.
In deciding that Ashland, Wis, is tho
terminus of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, Judge Sanyorn Of the United States
Circuit Court confirmed the roads title
to 100000 acres Of valuable land along
the shore Of Lake Superior between Ash
land and Duluth. The Federal Govern
ment was plaintiff in the case. Suit was
brought to void patent issued to the
Northern Pacific Railroad by the land de.
partment of previous administration.
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came near resulting in
a fight. When several
witnesses We're called
and failed to respond,
Senator Chandler made
the statement that the
defendant had inhu-
enced witnesses to stay
away from the investl-
CATION.
Senator Gal!inger,
pale with rage, chal-
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Applica ton of Fertilizers.

Better results are obtained with fer
tiliZers when rains are plentiful, for
the reason that the amount of water re-
quired to dissolve fertilizers is large
when the applications are heavy. 1t
may at times be noticed that small
quantities of fertilizer We're rs bene-
ilcial as larger quantities on other plots
and on the same kind Of crop. This re-
suit is due to the fact that portion of
the fertilizer was not dissolved on
those plots where heavy applicatio
were made, but the proportion remain
ing in the soil will be of service the sue
ceeding season.
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Color of Growing Corn.

No farmer likes to see corn yellow
before its time, which is when the
ripened ears are gathered into the crib.
Ii corn is yellow when it comes ND it
shows that the soil is deficient in avail
able nitrogen. This often happens on
land that is naturally fertile when the
soil has been made cold by heavy rains.
Part of the effect of commercial fertil-
i2ers on corn Is due to the fermentation
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-21

AT the State Department. it was denied
ihat any official information had been re
ceiNed Of the intention of the Canadian
Government to send mounted pulive to
the Porcupine region in Alaska The
Canadians would not. OF course officially
notify this Government of their intention
IN the matter, but if the policemen could
have been sent without publicity there is
no doubt they would have gone To the dis
puted region. The intimation received
was considered az a threat. and this Gov
ernmcnt promptly said troops would ne
sent to Pyramid harbor. which undoubt-
edly will cause the Canadians to ahun-
don their intention of ordering armed
men into the disputed territory. and force
a denial from both governments. There
is considerable confusion rs to the loca-
t"n Of the porcupinc region. and The
general impression is thar ii is in the vi
cinitE of the Porcupinc river. near the
arctic circle. 800 miles from Lynn
canal This is erroneous. for the Porcu-
pine region is located south of the kla-
h"cna river, east OF the porcupine creek
ana west Of kluckwan. an Indian village
4 few miles from the Lynn canal. The
extreme western point of the rorculine
region is only twelve miles from Lynn
canal. This region is rich in gold. and
1000 American miners have located
there. The territory is claimed ly and
Is i'll the possession OF this Governments
winch does not propose to turn it over 10
the Canadians.
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sheep upon it's back, lift it by it's legs
and head and submerge its body. A
third man should stand on the opposite
end of the box to assist in keeping the
sheep under for a minute or SO while
animal is then drawn upon the drain
ing table, and the wool pressed by hand
to force out as much fluid as can read
lily be. The sheep is then lifted to the
ground. Meantime, one of the two men
first named has another sheep ready
for its turn.
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it's top to receive the bucket This
opening has slaEting walls. so as to
hold the vessel at an angle TO facilitate
the milking operation.
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LIE FREELY PASSED.
United States Senators Gallinger and
Chandler Have Hot Tilt,

AT Concord, \. H, the investigation Of
charges against United States Senator
GaI!!nger by the civil service. commission
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There will be two SONS OF former Pres
idcnts fighting for the flag in The philip
pines, for in addition to Brig. Gen Grant
there will now be Lieut. Col Haycs of
the Thirty first infantry Webb G. Hayes,
son OF Grants 5 successor, has already
Won his spurs in the Spanish-American
war. lie began as major of the First
Ohio infantry, and Went with Shafter to
Cuba, He was wounded during the fight
ing Of July !. and his horse was killed.
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All the diplomats are quietly laughing
at the State Department and !; ludicrous
blmder it made. Ambassador Tower at
st. Petersburg notified the department Of
the death of the Grand Duke George by
cable, and it dcvolvcd upon the State
Department to send i reply in the name
of the President of the United States
This was done, and Il cable. to His I'm
perial Highness Alexander fII." instead
of Nicholas H., the reigning sovereign Of
all the Russias. Alexander Ill, as every
schoolboy knows. has been dead several
years, and how the State Department
came to make such q blunder is beyond
the ken Of ordinary mortuls.
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canal. This region is rich in gold. and
1000 American miners have located
there. The territory is claimed hy and
is i'll the possession OF this Governments
which does not propose to turn it over 10
the Canadians
II has been found advisable, on account
of information received by the Washing
ton authorities. 10 arm Government
transports used in the carrying of troops
to the Philippines. These ships have not
carried any means of defense and are ut
III" mercy of the smallest craft equipped
with one rapid fire gun. The latter
would he able TO sink the largest of the
ransports, which is nothing but Il ship
load of people, whose weapons would
await nothing in An attack ut sea. The
authorities decline to confirm the lumol
that the War Department has had ad-
vices of Il plan of the I'ilpinos to cStah-
lish a small navy for depreciation pur-
poses, as a means of getting materials Of
war landed at convenient ports and as a
system of attack upon our army trans
ports. They admit the transports are to
be armed ut once. and the equipment will
be furnished with such promptncss that
the navy will he called upon To supply the
guns and ammunition. 1t is planned to
place one or two siX-pounders on each
transport, and these will serve to resist
the attack Of anything the Filpinos are
likely to bring against the ships
Go -.
Commissioner Evans has been vindi
Gated Of the charges made against him
by the investigation OF his bureau by the
pension committee of the Grand Army
Everything i'll the nature OF q complaint
has been inquired into ana the commit
tee found that the commissioner had not
only executed the laws relating to his
bureau but had been liberal in doing so.
While the committee is entirely satisfied
with the work of the commissioner il
IinkcS no concealment of the fact that
1t will cndcavor to have the Secretary of
the Interior change some Of his rulings
and amend the ru1ns nf nrurtica
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An old soldier whose patriotism has MOI
dlnllncd with age wants to help rciul
burSc Uncle Sam for the $2OOOO. 900 paid
TO Spain on account of the Philippines
ii" draws pension Of SD "A month and
desires TO contribute 20 per cent Of il
Tor that purpose. Secretary Gage rccciy-
ed q letter from the old soldier in which
was enclosed a check for % per cent OF
his last quarters pension. The chrc;
was returned to the soldier with a per
sonal letter Of thanks from the Secretary
of the Treasury.
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President Mckinley has decided tc
postpone his Western trip unit! the early
part of October, unless Mrs. Kinley's
health permits him to leave earlier. The
President has made a positive engage.
m"nt to visit Chicago to attend the ccre-
monies attending the corner stone laying
of the public building. which will take
place Oct. .. As his Western trip is
postponed until fall lie will simply extend
his journey from Chicago to St. Paul and
Minneapolis, where he will welcome til,
returning voluntcaers. II he should bc
able to leave fcr the West in August, he
might go to the coast. but there is little
likelihood he vii! start during the heat
of the summer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Ten carloads of black walnut logs
were sold recently in Kentucky for ex-
port abroad, principally to London.
Glasgow and Hamburg.
Only in New York, Buffalo. Yonkers,
Boston, Chicago, Brookline Mass I,
Providence, Philadelphja and Worces-
ter are public baths maintained.
The growing popularity Of the Tyrol
as a summer resort is shown by the
fact that the number of hotels has in
creased from 9SS in 1890 to / ,437 in 1897.
A toboggan slide in st. Moritz, Switz-
erland, extends three-quarters of a
mile, and is said TO be the longest in the
world. The descent has been made in
II seconds.
The national government will have
five buildings at the Pan-American ex-
position, and it is promised that its ex-
hibit viii be better one than that at
the Chicago fair.
Among the points dwelt on at the
recent tuberculosis congress in Berlin
were the facts that more than 40 per
cent. of the printers of Berlin who had
died were phthisical.
The best price ever paid in Berlin for
property was for q corner measuring
two yards long and two wide, for which
a cigar dealer a few years ago paid
$1,000, and which he sold the other day
for $4,000.
A Georgia convict, working with
Others in a contractors brickyard, es-
capped recently by piling bricks in a
hollow square and thus shutting him
self in until the convicts had been
locked up for the night.
Every sailor is aware of the absolute
impossibility of excluding rats from
ship. They seem, however, to have
special liking for the modern battle
ship. 1t is not long since the Colling-
wood had to be sent to Devonport in
order that the rats might be removed
from it, and now it is the Devastation,
at Gibraltar, which is infested. 1t is
said that in this case the rats have be-
come so bold that they will even bite
the sailors in their hammocks.-Lon-
don Letter,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-21
DISEASE OF CATTLE
Charbon, the Sixth Plague of Egypt
In the Time of Moses,
Now Raging.

DR.. Sidney L. Theard, sanitary office
of the New Orleans board of health
has made a study of charbon, the dis
ease which has killed so many mules
horses and cattle in Louisiana ant
southern Mississippi during the spring
just past, and which still prevails ther,
to an alarming extent. He has reached
the conclusion that inoculation with
the serum of an immunized animal il
an absolute safeguard against the dis
ease. He also states that all parts oi
the bodies of animals that have died oi
charbon are actually poisonous, and
says cremation of the bodies is impera-
tive.
Great care must be exercised in hand
ling animals suffering from the disease,
as there are a number of instances of
human beings contracting it in that
way. Only few days ago man died
of the poison in the charity hospital at
New Orleans, and several others sim
ilarly afflicted have been successfully
treated there this season.
Nor is the disease confined to the
south. 1t has made its appearance near
Chicago within short time, and re-
port says it is prevalent among the
cattle in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin,
and in central Illinois.
Charbon has been known under va
rious names from the earliest ages, and
r,r,a o,,4b or;41- laolarae +bo+ - 80. A.
sixth plague sent upon Egypt as pun
ishment for the obstinacy of Pharaoh
in holding the children of Israel in
bondage, after he had been commanded
by God to let them go. 1t is described
by Homer in the first book of the
Iliad, and Ovid gives minute descrip-
tion of it in the ninth book of the Meta
morphoses.
In the majority of cases charbon is
of miasmatic origin; that is, the
spores of charbon exist in the soil. The
transmission from soil to animal may
occur by cutaneous inoculation, and in
a few hours the germs have multiplied
so rapidly as to throw the afflicted ami
NAL into violent fever. 1t begins as
small, dark-red spot, on which soon ap-
pears a postule or vesicle. 1t sloughs
and spreads rapidly, causing violent
fever and speedy death.
The rayages of the disease in Louisi-
ana especially have been very disas-
trous. Large plantations have been
stripped of every horse and mule with
in day or two, and the profits of years
swept away, while small farmers have
been ruined.-Memphis Seimeter.