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New-York tribune., 1901-06-04
The regular ticket was as follows


President-ELLIOTT T BARROws
-President--F. II. ANDREWS.
Treasurer-E. c. RICE
Mr.. Rice was nominated on both tickets as were
managership were Vincent Loeser Edward Walk.
Andrew J. Toomey and r. F.. Amin.
The newly elected president is the head of the
firm of r. P. Buck & Co., shippers, at No so
Broadst. He is widely known in business circles
having been president of the Maritime Exchange
for several years
The Independents by small majorities. For
president, Mr.. Barnes received 54 of the 1852 votes
cast, Mr. Barrows getting sol. Mr.. Burgess the
defeated presidential nominee. behind his
ticket sixteen votes
For the first time in several years oposition
ticket was put In the field, causing of the live
liest elections ever held. precedent was estab-
lished in that former President Barrows was nomi-
been for a two-term management, at the expiration
Of which the vicepresident received the presidential
nomination.
The Independent faction of the exchange. COM
posed mainly of the younger element, has been OPP
posed to the amendments to the gratuity fund that
have been adopted. many of which are In litigation
now. They urged that the gratuity system, whlch
has been championed by MIR. Barrows, bore TOO
heavily upon them. The alleged extravagant ex-
penSes incurred by the BarrOws management was
not the only ground for opposition.
The opposition ticket had for Of their planks
the promise that the OF the admitted decline
in the commerce of this port would he investgated
and that study would be made looking To better
ment OF existing conditions. The independents de-
clared that President Barrows had not shown suff1-
cient interest in that important subject.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-04
INDEPENDENTS WIN ALL.
THE REGULAR TICKET BEATEN IN A
LIVELY PRODUCE EXCHANGE
ELECTION

At the annual election of officers of the New-York
Produce Exchange yesterday the supporters of the
independent ticket scored a complete victory elect
ing all their officers and board managers. The re-
suit of the election is as follows:
President-JOHN V. BARNES.
Vice President-E. @. BURGESS.
Treasurer-EDWARD c. RICE
Managers for two years-HERRERT BARBER YALE
KNEELAND. SAMUEL L. FINLAY BENJAMIN
PARR c. q. LITTLE and WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS.
Inspectors of Electon-C. ". BIGLOW G. B. FERRIS
ALEXANDER EDISON. f F. PRUDEN. w c.
WEST and FRANK P. LOCKETT.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
ORIGINAL HAN MA TRIP MAN.
Joe Greene Claims Responsibility for
Bringing Mark Into South
Dakota.

Sioux City Journal, Feb 3: Joe M.
Greene, OF ChAmberlai4, the South Da
kota member of the national republican
committee, who conceived the idea of
idea of Senator Hanna making trip
through that state during the lact pres
idential campaign, and was responsible
for the triumphal tour of Senator Han
ma and Senator Fry, arrived at the Mon
DAMN last evening. That Mr.. Greene
occupied very high place in the esti-
nation OF Senator Hanua ls we'll known,
but Mr.. Green is not saying anything
about their relations, as to whether
be is looking for an appointment March
4, or anything like that.
mo, am just on my way down into
Poweshiek county on business trip, :"
he srid, "but since you have mentioned
that trip of Senator Hanna it may not
be out of place to ask if you didn't think
it was a corker. confess that at first
was slightly apprehensive. [ was
afraid he would no take wen But af-
ter that first Stnp al Artesian I.was con-
vlnced THAI we we're making votes very
minule. Mr.. Hanna's pleasing person
aiity swept away the barriers of pre-
judice like a tide.''
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
ABANDoNs THE AGENCY.
Old Sisseton Will Soon be Thing
of the Past as an Indian
Agency.

A party of Indians from the Sisseton
agency were in the city today on
their way to the Yankton agency, and
ia conversation with the reporter they
expressed as much sorrow AS an Indian
could over the abandonment of the old
Sisseton reservation, the Indian Affairs
committee of congress having recently
adopted an amendment in the Indian
appropriation bill recommending the
abandonment Of the Sisseson agency.
This action will wipe out one OF the best
known and most famous Indian agen-
cies in the northwest. The Sissetons
are branch of the Teton Sioux and
great many gene rations ago located on
the ground now occupied by them in
the northeastern, section of the state.
They displaced the Poncas, which were
an offshoot OF the Omahas, who,
previous to the enroachments of the
Sissetons, had their homes on the Big
Stone lake and adjacent territory.
There are not a great many of the
Slssetons left, the number now being
placed at 1882. La 1892 the members
of the tribe took their allotments in
severalty and the surplus lands origin
ally embraced in the wedge-shaped
reservation were opened TO settlement.
The lands, which were desirable for
agricultural and grszing purposes, were
taken al once by the settlers and many
entries were made under the homestead
laws.
Since the opening of the territory of
land q numbsr of good towns have
sprung up there, notably among which
is the town of Sisse.on, the now county
seat OF Roberts county. Il was but
few years ago that Sisseton made the
fight to capture the county seat and
finally at the recent election the town
WIS victorious, taking it from Wilmot,
one of the Old towns in the southern
portion of the county.
The Slsseton lndians are not particu.
larly Impressed with the idea Of works
ing, as was demonstrated after they had
taken tnelf l2nds. Alter reservlng q
small spot on their farms which they
could utilize in raising little crop of
corn and potatoes they rented the bal
ance to the white settlers for a cash
rental, With this and what they could
get from the government as interest on
funds held in trust for them by the
United States, gives them enough to
live On.
A bill was recently passed by con-
gress to pay the Sissetons this money
that has been held in trust for them 80
long and in anticipation of the payment
of at least $3.50, 600 at an early date the
bankers and real estate men feel that
there will be al era of prosperity in
that region as soon as the money is
forthcoming It is understood that
Senator Kyle has just purchased an
interest in one OF the oanks at Sisseton.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
ELECTED BY ENTIRE COUNTY.
Bill Intodslced to Have Commission
ers Elected by the Entire
County.

Ii the bill passes the house there will
be quite a change made in the method
of electing the county commissioners
in the future. The bill was introduced
in the senate providing for the election
of county commissioners by the people
of the whole county. Heretofore it has
been the law for each district to elect
its own member on the board The
candidates are to be nominated by the
several districts, acting separately,
that their terms of Office shall be for
four years aud are not eligible for two
successive terms. In order to abolish
the annual election of the commission
ers the bill provides for the extension
of he terms of the present incumbents,
or rather for extending the terms of
those who would otherwise go out of
office prior to the next general election.
The bill has passed the senate and is
now up to the house for passage. If it
passes the lower branch the county
commissioners will be elected the same
as the other county officers and in the
same manner, only the commissioners
will be elected every four years instead
of three as in the case of the county Off
cials
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
AT TER MANY YEARS:
An Old Couple Formerly Residing in
South Dakota are United in Mar
riage Near Chicago.
The Blizzard Of 1883 Caused the Dsath
Of the Husband Of the Now
Happy Bride.
Indians on the Sisseton Agency
Will Soon Have to Move to
Other Quarters.
THE END OF OLD ROMANCE.
Lovers of Sixty Years We're Finally
United in Marriage and are
Happy

The great blizzard which swept over
South Dakota thirteen years ago laid
the foundation for the renewal of q
romance which had its inception nearly
sixty years ago The parties interested
in this romance are John 81. Smith, OF
South Minneapolis, Mimi, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Wood Gosslee, OF Ravenswood
Ill, a suburb OF Chicago. Nearly sixty
years ago John Fl. Smith and Elizabeth
Wood were boy and girl lovers of Chen
'ango county, New York. When they
arrived at a mature age ten years later
young Smith thought ne could support
his sweetheart in the proper style but
when he asked for her hand in marriage
the girls father fatty refused the offer.
Years passed on. other ties and
friendships we're formed and the two
old companions did not see each other
for forty years. By one of the peculiar
incidents they met after forty years of
separation. The girl married man
named Gosslee and they moved to the
southern part Of South Dakota some
fifteen years ago aud located on stock
rauch. The next family to move into
that neig ghborhood was John Fl. Smith
and his family, and thus the two old
lovers were, unconsciously, brought &c
gether. AS natural consequence the
two families became very intimate and
visited back and forth, but none suspect
ed That they were old lovers. In the
great blizzard of thirteen years ago
Mr. Gosslee lost his life. He went to
the barn to feed his horses and though
it was only a hundred feet he never got
back there. He became bewildared in
the storm and wandered three miles
from his home and his body was not
found until three weeks afterwards,
deeply imbeded in q snowbank. Mrs.
Gosslee disposed OF her ranch and moved
back to Chicago, and ten years after
Mr.. Smith sold his farm and moved to
Minneapolis. No word O: com mmunication
passed between the two people uutil
last fall when Mrs Gosslee received a
letter from MIR. Smith telling of The
death OF his wife a year before, which
occurred in South Dakota. A brief
correspondence ensued between the old
people and Mr.. SlLith renew ed the suit
he commenced sixty years before. The
stern old parent had been in his grave
almost half century, their children
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
BY DIRECT VOTE OF PEOPLE.
Legislature Adopted Resolution
Endorsing Election of Sena-
tors by Direct Vote.

A Pierre correspondent says that the
people of South Dakota, through their
representatives in the legislature. have
formally declared their desire for an
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for the election of United States
senators by direct vote Of the electors.
The joint resolution to that effect has
passed both houses aud will be trans.
mitted to congress in a few days by the
secretary of state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15

were all happily married and there
seemed no good reason why these old
lovers could not unite their lives even
at this late day. Mrs. Gosslee was not
averse and a few weeks ago the cere-
mony was performed, and the old couple
have moved to South Minneapolis to
end their lives together IN happiness
long denied. Mrs. Smith is 9 grand
daughter Of "HalIejuah" Bowen, the
celebrated Methodist preacher.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
TRIPPING LIGHT FANTASTIC.
Football Team and the Workmen
Prepare Pleasant Dancing
Parties for Friends.

There were two very pleasant dane.
ing parties given in the city Friday
evening. One was under the auspices
Of the high school foot bal team ana the
other wac given by the A. o. U.
w. lodge.
The football team held forth at the
Mitchell CLUB rooms. The crowd wa.
not 30 large as on the former nccae ions,
which even exceeded the capacity OF
the room. The party WAS a very pleas
ant one ard Ram buns full orche.trA
furnished the music for the dancers 1t
was after midnig bit before the asst num-
bar was played and there seemed to be
some hestitaDcy on the part Of many TO
give up even though there we're evidep-
ces of weariuess.
4 The workmen he'd their party in
their hall and report a large crowd.
The me % bership of the lodge is sutfi-
cient to fill the hail to overtiowing but
there were many present outside of the
lodge. During the evening supper was
served by the Degree of Honor ladies
ard was very happy diversion from
the ontinued dancing. All in attend
ance report q pleasant evening, for
which the Workmen are noted in pro-
viding their friends.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-02-15
absolutely Pure :

For the third of century the
standard for strength and purity. It T
makes the hot bread, hot biscuit,
cake and other pastry light, sweet
and excellent in every quality.
No other baking powder is
''just as good as Royal, either in
strength, purity or wholesomeness.
ire
upont ma hesea e made with alum,
o a thcnas alan:
a o / the
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., ST.
The Florida star., 1901-05-31

1ional and state. have named the dates
for holding their annual meetings or
reunions here. and still others will
doubtless arrange to meet here before
the season Is over. They represent about
every phase or human activity-philan-
thropic. religious. ethical. social. polit-
ical, economic. commercial. industrial.
sporting, educational. literary and ar
tlstlc. Buffalo will be par excellence
the convention city OF the whole cOun
try this year. and from this time for
from one TO a dozen conventions at va.
rious auditoriums and halls In the city.
BY making Buffalo the convention city
these associations Will AFFORD their del
egates an opportunity TO visit the
Rainbow City and. besides. will be-
assured OF q larger attendance by rea-
son or the attractions or the expOsi-
tiOn.
Among the first or these associations
10 meet here is the National Civic fed
Grafton, whose conference was held
last week aud was attended by large
gathering OF eminent men from all sec
tlons Of the country. among those pres
ent being Franklin II. Head OF Chi
cago. president OF the federation:
George f. Seward. chairman or the
committee on taxation OF the New
York chamber or commerce; Edwin X.
A. SelIgmRn, Columbia university, New
York; James Il. Garfield. chairman OF
the Ohio senate committee on taxation;
Julien Il. Davies, president OF the New
York Tax Reform association: Charles
y FaIrchlld. president OF the New
York Security and Trust company; NJ
l.. Ingalls,. president or the Cleveland
cincinnati. Chicago and st. Louis RAN
way company. Cincinnat; Henry L
adams. University OF Michigan: Rich-
nrd T.. Ely. University or WISCONSIN
lawson Purdy. secretary or the New
Work Tnx league; Richard Oren, attor
n,y general OF Michigan, ana Wlillahl
Nirt Howe. ex-president or the Ma
,Ionnl liar association. New orleans,
The National Civic federation wnicn
a.. .n outpruwth aud expansion OF tue
,,n,,nvo civic federation. was orgahlZ'
:, a. ,.nIIst the best brains or the ma
U-.ala
g., In Ihr solution or the great prop
,.rn. h,rorr the country. such. Tor III
.,"nrr. aa forclEn relations, insular al
saIr. industrial combinations conei'i"
,,nn .nd arbitration Or labor disputes
~, n,gro question. the consular serN'
~ ~" Indian affairs, municipal govern
~" 49,, aud taxation. the latter being tue
,n.mr dlacuuscd at the session JGs' Jus,
w. '," .,ne of the brightest ana Draln
~, 49,, men IN the country expressing 'a, ansn
"I,' "'"u" ~ upon this important "l.11'Ha and %US'
.,Ss, UT ling question, the preVallins ls
r"'p, '','',n r,,Ing that there should Oe ar el
.,,.I en Interstate agr'e'ne"' "PO'
Iey,su ,sar,, r,lr,lrIcs of taxation. -
"I y. - pc, expected Ia TWO OF I'M srreS
~. 70 settle any Of the many ~. vel,ns onn
dan, s,s,,Sns. nu, the result OF the IN . 'Oa Oa
aues,'S"y ,,"s wss the appclntmen1, oI ,I . ia -,
tefeh'e ' ,,nm,,tee. which viii take " y
tlo"a' .,',S,,"n ,S, scientifically and 'rS "
the a"S' w., s"'up practical results, ,a.., NV
"Sss ,,,,'. membership Of the NA,'Sn. ion .snrs
Ihs I,",,sr m ls drawn from the rsF'1
" feoe'"' :. .i..,,.I ,,, naaf Y"
The Florida star., 1901-05-31
yOFCONvENTIONS
e RovyiLL BUFFALO sE DURING
ial pAN-AMeRlcAN EXPOSITION.

sSfsrenee Of the National Civic
Eedsration Among the First of
lfseFss OF Asseeiations te Meet
hsre-Taxation the Theme.
sitm IspseaAi oozsspoadsaes.l
AFFALo. May 2S.-A feature Of the
sever Ameriean exposition, or, rather. a
werss OF events more or less directly
vea aiected with II. about which com
y Htively little has yet been written.
pill be the conventions to be held In
Buffalo during the months the great
ralr Is In progress. Something like 200
associations. societies or orders, ma
The sun., 1901-01-01
THE NEWS FROM MANILA.
AIejandrino's Men Trying Hard TO
Escape From Mount Arayat.

Washington Dee. 31.A dispatch from
Manila says:
General Frederick ID. Grant wires
that General Alejandrino's men are try
ing to escape from Mount Arayat Two
Of them were killed Sunday. There is
no water on the mountain, and food is
scarce.
An official report says the Fourth in
tantry and the Fourth cavalry, in Gavite
province. have captured 100 armed in
Sufgcnts and taken possession Of their
camps at Anabo and Alalagran.
Captain Riddle, chief of engineers,
has returned on the transport Meade
from til" island of Guam. lie says the
conditions there have been greatly inn
proved by the planting of trees. The
.Atctlnisil, a United States water carry
ing ship, laden with supplies, arrived
there Dec. II after Il tempeStuous voy-
age from Cavite, during which her boats
| We're swept overheard"
| The secretary Of war has communicat-
I'd 70 congress n cablegram from the
Philippine commission indicating grave
crisis in the monetary affairs of the
archipelago. The message was commun
4 Gated 10 9pngress III connection with n
mass Of memoranda hearing on the prob
lem wlchIis now to be solved as to the
coinage of some kind of silver to take
the place pf the Mexican dollar in the
Philippines.
The commission has cabled that the
stock of silver in the islands is rapidly
diminishing, and they urgently requeyt
IN answer to the message sent by them
Of date Of Sept. >, setting out the neces-
sity for prompt action and asking what
remedy shall be applied. 1t has been
found impossible, apparently, to continue
the ratio Of to ! established and main
tanned arbitrarily, and the Mexican mon
ey is being drained away very rapidly
toward China and India, making it diff
cult for The army disbursing officers tc
transact their business.
Tic philippine commission has com
pleted tire preparation of-a general mu-
nicipal government bill. The provisions
in many respects, are similar to General
MacArtlur's order establishing municipal
governments and authorizing elections
but hey are much more elaborate, cover
ing all details. The most important new
feature is the establishment of land tax
alton and doing away with the sedula
or head tax, and taxation on peoples oc
cupations. A feature new to the Philip
pines is that the revenue from land taxes
is to be expended where it is collected
The manner of holding elections and thu
|, duties of officers are prescribed
The sun., 1901-01-01

to the yeomanry for help, he abandoned
them to their fate.
II never heard of this telegram" says
General Colvile, until now, but it ex-
plains the mystery of my alleged message
to Colonel Spragge. 1t was known at
the time that some one was tampering
with the wires near Lindley."
Snubbed by Wood.
General Colvile reported at the war
Office. General Sir Evelyn Wood, the
adjutant general, merely sent subordi.
nate to meet the general.
General Kitchener. telegraphing from
Pretoria Dec. 30, says:
"The post at Helvetia was surprised at
$50 a. M, the enemy first rushing a Al
gun. At dawn the officer commanding
the post at Swartz Kopjes sent ont d
patrol and shelled the enemy out of Hell
vetia, making them abandon the gun tenn
porarily. The Beers, however, formed
our prisoners around the gun and got il
away eventually No ammunition be
longing to the gun was captured. The
casualties were 4 officers wounded, II
men killed and % wounded. A column
was sent ont from Machadodorp, bu
owing to bad roads it failed to arrive il
titnn y
The sun., 1901-01-01
CITY RAILWAY TO EXTEND LINE
New Power Plant to be Built Before
June Is.

The Wilmington City Railway Com
pany is to have a new power plant. The
company has signed contract with the
General Electric Company Of Schemes
tady, N. II, fer 1000 kilowatts machine
which is to be ready for US by June To-
10 the present buildings an extension
will be buit and the new plant will be
used instead OF the old, except in emer.
gencies or when extra power should be
needed to handle especially heavy
traffic.
At the meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Directors yesterday morning the com.
pauy asked for permission to build a
line from Delaware avenue and Union
street westerly on Delaware avenue to
Red Oak Lane, the Rockford Park
boundary, and also branch on Church
Lone beginning east of the Mt. Salem
Church property and running westerly
to Rising SIM Road, the western bound
airy of the city.
The proposed extension will accom-
modate people desiring to visit Rockford
Park and Rockford, and Rockford people
having business in the city. The Board
will probably lake the matter up at ite
meeting next Tuesday.
The sun., 1901-01-01
A Pair of Acrobatic Stars.

The bill which Manager Dockstader
offers this week introduces many new
features and number of faces that are
familiar from having been seen here be-
fore. The feature OF the program is
Wolf and Milton, a pair of acrobatic
stars, which come from across the At.
Iantic. AS comedians in the acrnbatic
line Wolf and Milton take first rank and
their ict is one of the most entertaining
and thoroughly original sketches Of the
kind that Dockstader's theatre has ever
ffered.
Their billiard table act is probably un-
equalled by any acrobats OF the present
time. 1t is hardly necessary to state
that their contribution to the weeks bill
was appreciated by both matinee and
evening audiences yesterday. Miss Louie
Dacre, RADIO and Bertram, James and
Fannie Donovan, the Major Sisters and
number of others make up a very at
tractive and extremely entertaining
vaudeville collection, and there is every
evidence Of good weeks business
ahead.
The sun., 1901-01-01
DIRECTORS WANT MONEY.
Proposition to Ask Legislature for
Permission to Borrow.

Because today is a holiday the Street
ana Sewer Department held its weekly
meeting yesterday morning. Attention
was called to the proposition to ask the
Legislature for permission TO borrow
money for improvements.
President Simmons said the depart
ment had not decided upon any amount,
but had shown the citizens the needs of
the city and it would be for the Legisla-
ture to say how much should be bor-
rowed.
Mr.. Simmons eaid the department
now pays SAG, 600 year for Lighting, OF
early half Of its annual appropriation
which is $l00, 900, and nearly all OF the
remainder is consumed in meeting reg
ular expenses, leaving little for improve.
ments. Some sewers should be built,
there should be abolt 200 more lights
and some grading and paving should bt
done, but without additional money the
hands OF the department are tied.