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The Washington times., 1901-12-14
VOTE ON TARIFF
BILL TUESDAY.
Philippine Measure on the
Calendar Of House.
CAUSTlC REPORT OF TIE MAJORITY.
Declares Bill Confers Kingly Pow
ers Upon President Attacks
Philippine Form OF Government
and Tariff Acts

The Philippine tariff bill was reported
back to the House yesterday and placed
upon the calendar. By agreement arrived
at between the majority and minority
members OF the Ways ard Means Commit
tee ana consent OF the House the measure
Will be called up on Tuesday 'ternoon.
Chairman Payne gave notice to this ef-
feet yesterday in the House An arrange
ment viii be made for an allotment Of the
time for debate, ana the vote will be
taken at o'clock on Wednesday.
The Majority Report.
The majority report. presented by
Charila Payne yesterday. recites the ne
cessity fer the early passage Of the bill
and states the purposes for which the
revenues which it is to produce viii be
used 1t declares the commissions rates
to be the best that could be prepared in
the limited time afforded.
Representative Richardson presented
minority report embodying the views of
the Democrats. The report attacks the
system Of government for the Philippines.
the Dingley bill, and the tarin act of the
Philippine Commission and denounces
colonialism and Imperialism. Il draws
parallel between the government Of the
islands and that of the American colonies
before the revolution. IA is charged that
the power OF taxation in the Philippines
is lodged entirely in the President Of the
United States and says:
Confcrs Too Much Power.
1T follows that the rates of tax in such
a measure must be high enough to satisfy
him. This IS kingly power. Indeed. it
is greater power than ms ny, If not most.
kings possess. Ii is useless TO say that
this officer viii always exercise this
mighty and unlimited power wisely. pru-
IDENTIFY, and patriotically. II is monstrous
to clothe him with such unrestricted pow
er. and that. too, in a Republic where its
officers are supposed to be restricted and
governed by written constitution"
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secretnry LonR PreKcnt.
TEACHERS MAY WIN.
Looks ns If strikers VIII Garry
Point.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. 1S.-The
strike OF the school teachers of Pittstor
township has not yet been settled. but
the teachers have the sympathy Of the
people and the school board members are
being severely arraigned.
1t looks as If the teachers will carry
their point and return to work on Nom
day, after receiving their back salaries.
The l,20O pupils are the only ones not
objecting to the enforced holiday.
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National Cemetery superintendent.

Representative Mahon believes there
should he a general superintendent Of
National cemeteries and therefore he has
introduced bill TO create such an office.
The official residence of the general su
perin,endeni shall be in the District of
Columbia. The salary is fixed at $1,000
nor auutrn
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Po.ttnn.fer of nrookI,n.

The nomination of Mr.. ]. H. Roberts.
jr. to be postmaster OF Brooklyn will be
sent TO the Senate, on Monday. Mr., Rob
erts. whose Selection was determinedupon
some time ago. will succeed Mr. Francis
Wilson, who recently resigned.
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Charge. Husband with Cruelty.

Mrs. Louise N. Prince declares that her
husband. Frank E. Prince. after treating
her with systematic cruelty for long
time. threatened TO kill or main her She
filed suit for divorce yesterday.
They were married in Westmoreland
County Va. In August. 1893.
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Claims wife Deserted Him.

William J. Buxler yesterday filed suit
for divorce against Laura Butler on the
ground Of dssertion. The petitioner states
that he is willing that his seven -ycar-cid
child remaie with her mother.
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THANKS FOR MR. ALLEN.
Porto Rico Appreciation of Recent
Services to Island.

LOWELL. Mass, Dec. 13.-The Hon.
Charles H. Allen has received from Ra-
mon Negron Flores. secretary OF the city
OF San Juan, Porto Rico. a copy of a vote
of thanks passed By the Council in cons
sideration OF -an important part" acted
by Mr. Alleh in the placing of the 5000
loan recently made by the city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-03-29
APPOINTED GAME WARDEN.
Will Dodson Will See That the
Game Laws of the State are
Observed Here

Friday morning W. B Dodson re
ceived his commission from the gov
ernor's office appointing him game
warden for the county OF Dawson for
the ensuing year, He has filled the
position in an acceptable manner for
the pas two or three years. and in
several instances has invoked the law
to punish persons who haue persistently
violated the law with reference TO fish
ing and hunting. In each instance ne
mas obtained 8 conviction, aud this of
itself has created higher regard for
the Law and the officer Mr.. Dbdson
says he will appoint competent and
trustworthy wardens in various parts
OF the county TO assist him in the en-
forcement of the laws that protect the
birds IN the air and the fish in the
streams
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JUST IN TIME FOR SEEDING
Dry Condition of the Ground Relieved
by Fine Rain Saturday
Night and Sunday.

As the time approached for seeding
the eyes Of the fermsrs and Others as
we'll looked heavsnward for some indi-
CATIONS of moisture. The ground has
been in very dry condition since late
last fail, when the last rain came.
There nas been no snow during the win
ter to wet the earth and there mad been
some fear that spring rains would be
late. The dry weather came TO an end
Saturday night with nice rain--not
heavy but in sufficient quantity as 10
moisten the earth to a sufficient dep5h
for spring seeding. The rain kept up y
part of Sunday and the entire day was
cloudy and indica1sd more rain. Sun
day night a~d Monday considerable
snow aud sieet fell.
Farmers generally are about ready to
SOW wheat and by the latter part of the
week there Will be very few who are
not in the fields laying the foundation
for good crop this fall, if the weather
is favorable.
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A UNION MEETING.
Young Peoples Societies of the City
Met i'll Presbyterian Church
Sunday Evening.

Aninteresting session OF the various
young peoples societies OF the different
churches in the city wss held at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday evening
from $3.50 to 7:l5 O'CLOCK, No. having
met in unison for some little time it Was
thought that some good would come
from such association The attendance
was,q ite large for the disagreeabie
weather and much interest was taken in
the nesting X WAS conducted bg Miss
Meyer, of the Methodist church, ard
she was assisted by the presidents OF
the other societies, namely: Miss Edna
Daniels, OF The Baptist church, Orwin
Peck, OF the Congregational church
and George McCsslin, of the Presby ter
ian church.
The usual program of the regular
meeting was given and the session
while short, was beneficial
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ON THE CH|LDREN's HOME
a Representative of the Sioux Falls
Children Home Spoke at the
Methodist Church.

Rev T. H Ypungman gave up his
pulpit in the Methodi It church Sunday
evening in order TO give Rv. e. S.
Chappell an opportunity to present the
work of that institution to iha people of
this city. Had the. evening been more
pleasant the attendance would have
been much larger. Mr.. Chappell is
connected with the home and was able
to give good presentation of the Sit
uation OF the home. He told OF his
work in Chicago, having been connect
ed with large institution before com
ing here last fall. He stated that since
Mr. Sberrard had established the home
he had placsd' 600 children in homes
over the state, and figured that great
er per cent of the children had been
saved from travelling the wrong road ia
Ilife. 1t is the aim Of the home to pat
the right kind of children in the right
homes, that is, q knowledge of the hAb.
its Of the homes and of the children had
good deal to do with the placing Of
| the children SO that the. best results
would follow. He displayed a nuDibel
| of pictures OF children that had beer
taken in their original home surround
| Jugs and then again Of the same child
rem after finding good homes for them
The change for the better was indeed
marked.
Mr.. Sherrard conducts the home
purely ir the interest of the public ant
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TO HAVE CREAMERY
Turner & Son Have Purchased Cham
peny Plants and Will Operate
Them ia Future.
State COlIe6iat8 Y. NJ. C. 4 Will Held
Annual Meeting Here Beginning
Tonight.
viii DOdSOn Will See That th8 Gan8
in This County is Protected Out
Of Season.
viii Dodson Will See That tbs Game
IN CREAMERY MATTERS.
Nothing Was Done at the Meeting o.
the Farmers Called at Court
House Monday.

A meeting Of the farmers and bust
meas men was called to meet al the
court house Monday afternoon to dis
cuss the creamery situation. When
the call was issued it was the suppOsi-
tion that the Champeny creamery could
be purchased and turned into CO.
operative institution Since the pur.
chase of the plant by j. e. Turner &
Son the idea had to be abandoned and
there were only two or three farmers
present at the meeting. Oaly an infor-
NAL talk was bad in reference to the
situation and those present seemed
willing to patronize the creamery un-
der the change of conditions.
Mr. Turner began taking down the
machinery in the creamery Tuesday
to move it to his warehouse, where it
will be set up again and soon placed in
running ordsr Masters in the cream
cry line have not run smoothly in this
vicinity for some months and there WIS
considerable prejadice against the loca'
institution, the result of which was the
withdrawal Of much patronage.
Under the management of Mr.. Turn.
er THE REPGBLICAN is OF .the opinion
that he will give The farmers the very
beat of treatment in every possible way
to induce them to return to the cream
cry ia this city. MIR. Turner and his
able assistants thoroughly understand
the butter business and we believe he
is in a position TO make the creamery a
paying investment for The farmers.
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The School Board.

The aprual school election takes
place on the same day OF the city cleo
tion and four members of the school
board vii be elected at that time. The
of the First ward, A. Fl. Pehrson, of
the Second ward, Il L. Bras, of the
Third ward, and A. e. Dean, OF the
Fourth waro. A school treasurer will
also be e.. cyed, N. L. Dawson having
held the position as far back as memory
runneth, apd we do not know that there
is the slighr4st disposition to make any
change in the official.
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SIR KNIGHTS.
Grand Commander Coughran Made
His Annual Visitation to
Mitchell Commandery.

Friday evening was a pleasing event
in the regular meetings of the ST.
Barnard Commandery, K. T. On this
occasion the Commandery was visited
by Eugene Coug hiram, commander of
the Grand Commandery of South Da-
kota, to make his annual visitation and
inspect the work as exemplifed by the
Sir Knights. The Commandery has
performed a great deal of work this
winter and was in particularly good
form for the visit of the eminent COM
mander. The opening ceremonies were
given in full form and the commander
was greatly impressed with the excel
lent manner in which the Sir Knights
presented the work
During the evening a luncheon was
served in the adjoining banquet room
that WAS q pleasant depression from the
work Of the evening. A goodly mum.
Dsr of outside Sir Knights, who are
members of the local C0nmandery,
were present and participated in the
work of the evening
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Tile Postponed Meeting, Will be
Held the Latter Part of
Next Week.

The annual meeting of the state col
legiate Y. M O. A. will be held in this
city comm 9ncing next Friday evening
and continuing over until Monday
morning. The meeting was postponed
from several weeks ago owing to the
prevalence at that time of smallpox
over the state and it was thought un.
wise for the students to meet,
Ethan t Cotton, former student OF
Dakota University, and now at the
head of the college Y NJ G. A. work in
Illinois. will be present through the
meeting and deliver several addresses.
Mr.. Coiton's presence lends great deal
of enthusiasm to the meetings and the
students | over the state will be glad
to know that this gifted young man is
to be here.
The state secretary OF Varmillior
will be present, and the attendance
from the colleges in South Dakota will
be large.
President Williams and Secretary
Cory, of the local college Y M. G. A
are looking after the preliminary de
ais Of the coming convention
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OUR CITY ELECTION
Most Important Feature Will be The
Voting on Erection Of a New
City Hall,
A Splendid Rain Came Sunday and Put
Ground in Good Condition for
Spring Seeding.
EX-pFeSideDt Harrison EulogiZ9d at Sum
day EYaninS Service at ColsFGga-
tiOBal Church.
THE COMING CITY ELECTION,
Four Aldermen and Four Members
of the School Board viii be
Elected April Is.

d.
The annual spring election for Mitch
eli willoceur 90 Tuesday, Aprill6. At
this time there will be four aldermen to
elect, the retiring ones being l., A,
Stout, of the First ward, j. E. Wells,
Of the Second ward, D B Miller, Of the
Third ward, ard DR.. E B b acy, OF
the Fourth~ward.
Probably one of the most important
features of the election will be the vot-
ing on the, proposition as 10 whather, a
city hall shall be erected by the city
At "a recent nee ling of the council ii
WAS decided to su uomit the matter to the
people, the mount of money to be ex-
pended OF the Building being the sun
of $4,000 The question Is q popular
o0e with the people, who knowing the
absolute necessity for q public building
in which meetings of a general charc-
ter can be held win und oubyedly vote
for the construction Of the building.
TIE present condition of the city in the
lack of 4 hall, WI aere ope-fourtn OF bhe
population of the city can cohgfegate
wheI the occasion demands, is nothing
10 the credit Of Mitchell. Some doubt
less feel that an affair OF this kind
should be left to priv ate enterprise. Ii
rjFiyate.en ferpriss SHOWED any dispost-
ttioI TO provide the kind of g huildisg
need d there wdutd bs no need for an
agitation OF this character but private
enterprise has had an opportunity &c
demonst, ate it's willingness to something
t IN this line for some time and ii has noi
responded | is believed on the strong
est ground that The city hall, with the
opera house feature, would be much
more than seif-supporting and out Of its
rental IA fund could be established
which would eventually pay off its own
obligation. The city hall is matter
that Will ar'pea TO the people who have
the best in rests of the city at heart
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-03-29

Nv, e. Upton, of Armour, arrived In
the cisy Friday afternoon. Mr.. Upton
has just been appointed q member of
the board of charities and corrections,
He returned home Saturday.
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TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
What Money Was Appropriated by
the Legislature, Both General
and Special.

Pierre special: The state auditor has
footed up the appropriations for the
last legislative session, and finds that
the special appropriations which origi-
mated in the house amounted TO $3.50,
935 So, and those which originated in
the senate am punted to 1924 623 AZ, a
total of S4l5, ,557.05 The total approp-
riations OF the same class of two years
ago amounted 10 1898 6l40S, a differ
ence of S26, ,944. The general bill OF
this session Cess bond interest) amount.
ed to 1868, SIS, while that OF two wears
ago, with the same exception, amount
ed to SS32, 500 as passed, but S24 100 of
which was vetoed by Gov. Lee. The
bond interest for the past session Was
S49, 05l 60, while for two years ago it
was $59, 600. The tosal appropriations
OF all kinds for this session amounted to
ST. ,433, 1873, and those of two years ago
to ST ,260, ,4l4, difference of Sl52,7l4
| This difference is more than made up
| by the appropriations, special and gen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-03-29
DOES MITCHELL WANT ONE
An Opportunity Offered to Secure
One of the Militia Companies
in the State.

The late legislature passed an act
whereby it has become possible to re-
organize the old militia companies in
the state. Adiutaut General Conkiin is
receiving any number of applications
from towns that are ready to organize
panies under the state guard. Col.
Ad ms hada card in the paper las;
week calling attention TO fact that he
is ready and willing to assist the young
! men in this direction, and that he will
receive their nance and do what he can
to secure reorganization from the ad
jltant general.
Ii would not be bad idea to have {
militia company in this cigy and there
are plenty Of young men who undoubt
| edly would be glad TO jpin for the train
| ing they would receive, Hand youl
| meme to Col. Adams if you want to en-
courage the organization of the com
pany, and there is every probability O
Mitchell beiug named as one OF the
| eliglbles of the new militia.
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WILL WORK REFERENDUM.
Laws That do Not Satisfy Populists
Are 10 Be Submitted For
TuJo,,Samant
Endorsement.

Huron special: Consideration of the
work of the legislature by the State
Referedum league was concluded last
Saturday. 1t resulted in decision to
refer 10 the people for their approval or
rejection, the law relating to the cleo
tion of county commissioners at large;
removal OF nstitulional officers by the
governor; limiting the terms of mems
bers OF the board OF charities aad cor
rections: and permitting the selection
OF official county papers by boards of
county commissioners. Several other
bills were discussed, bus it was. not de-
cided to place them on the referendum
list. 4 comnittse composed OF Thomas
a, Ayres of Pierre, W. e. Kidd, of
Aberdeen, William Healey of Miller,
W. 7. LaFollette OF Chamberlain, and
A Sherin OF Watertown, was named to
take under advisement the question of
reference of the bill crea ing the office
OF dairy commissioner: providing for re-
publishing tax list whore certain abbre-
'i'sVio"e wei "9Su III uescl iptlone, IAe
! bill beng known as the .'scavenger
law," and also the bill known as the
salary grab law A report from the
committee will be made within the next
ten days. The mechinery for getting
the necessary signatures to petitions
asking for reference of the measures
named, is in readiness and the work
will be entered upon at once.
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EUL0GY OF HARRISON.
Three Speakers Paid d Tribute tc
His Life and Character at
Congregational Church.

The services at the Congregational
ch jrcn Sunday evening were some
thing out of the ordinary. as it was de-
voted to a memorial service in honor OF
the late Benjamin Harrison, ex presi-
dent of the United States. Tue bad
weather prevented the Church from be-
ing tilled as would haVe- been the cese
under different circumstances. The
speakers oftthe evaaing were Geo a
Sitsby, " ho referred 10 Mr.. Harrison as
"a soldier and statesman. pointing out in
his career aats that have mace him
-ft4nous; lbs the history Of this country
Prof. & QIigIeg spoke Of him rs "a
scholar and lawyer, in which there
was ample room for a fine tribute to his
ability. Rev. Mr., Tomlin eulogized
the life Of Mr.. Harrison as . citizsn and
q christian, and in both characters the
life of the ex-prssidens was treated in
a splendid manner.
During the course of the service Mrs.
H. E. Hitchcock and Mrs. S. Fl. Scallin
added interest by singing solos.
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is dependent wholly upon the generos
ity of the people for support, and while
there are times when the supplies run
short the funds CONS in very fairly
The home is doing grand good work
for the state and an effort ought to be
made TO make the contributions larger
and steadier
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eral, for the new state instit, tions,
which have been created by past legis-
lative sessions, and which must now be
provided for.
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Smallpox at Woonsocket.

Woonsocket Times; Woonsocket is
considerably stirred up this week over
couple cases of smallpox Dan Nc
Faul, manager of the Anderson lumber
yard, and Earl Dillon, hall a mile east
of town, are said to have smallpox in
mild form The homes Of both patients
are quarantined and precautions are
being taken to prevent spread of the
disease, which has row run nearly
week and no new cases. There is some
doubt rs to whether it is genuine small.
pox, but in the absence of expert testi-
mony we should accept the diagnosis of
the attending physician and prepare for
the worst. Everyone not already vaccin-
ated should vaccinate, and the strictest
quarantine should be rigidly enforced.
The Washington times., 1901-08-11

Just how it all happened 1 never knew
save in a dim and indistinct way like
dream. and Ibbotson confessed To a SINH
lar experience. I only remember brie
but fierce struggle. and then four China
men were struggling In she water below
| us. while fbbotson and / held two gun:
pointed threateningIy in their direction
The next that / recall, an excited CONVEX.
sation in Chinese was in progress between
| 1bbotson and one of the Celestials who
had managed to pull himself up on q
protruding ledge of rock on the far side
| of the pit The douche of cold water had
worked a miracle in the Chinamans lin
| gustic accomplishments.
Ibbotson and the Chinaman talked at
each other for fully ten minutes 1t
| seemed cruelty on Ibbotsons part to keep
the four of them shivering in the water
| when they might have been shot and
warm. But. it was Ibbotson's affair from
the first and l did not interfere
What transpired during the intercourse
1bbotson translated to me while We al
| lowed the Cinnamon to scramble out as
best they could. The latter. 1t appeared.
had been hired by an agent of the Rus
sion Government, who had secretly learn
ed the object of our mission in Pekin,
and, on the assumption that what was
worth any other nations while was
worth that of Russia. had determined to
secure for his own Government the con-
cession which we were seeking. In pur-
suance of this end he had had us spirit
ed away. and was now buslly prosecuting
his designs with a clear field.
Our course was quickly decided upon
We experienced little difficulty in persuad-
ing our captive Cinnamon to accompany
us to Pekin to serve as witnesses to the
plot of which he had been the victims.
There We lost no time In lodging formal
complaint with the United States Minister
against the action of the Russian agent.
What cablegrams. in the Government
cipher code, passed between Pekin and
Washington and later between Pelkin and
st. Petersburg, we never knew and never
cared to know. 1t was sufficient for us
that the concession which we had been
endeavoring to secure was duly granted,
and within a remarkably short time aft
erward. We found Yang XII wonderfully
changed in his demeanor when we called
upon him the next afternoon, and from
being evasive and cool he manifested the
most ardent interest in furthering our ne
gotiations to a successful issue.
My mission to Pekin being thus accom-
piished. L engaged passage on the first
steamer home, carrying with me the i'm
perial warrant to construct a railroad
from Yang-kok to Quong- Ching. Since
then have been engaged in many impor-
tant missions in China but none have
partaken ofdhe adventurous nature of my
first. In all these subsequent undertake
ings l have not failed to call upon my
friend, Yang XII. and from neither that
suave and potent official nor from any
Russian representative have l since ex-
perienced the slightest opposition-Wil-
liam Stewart. in the New York Times.