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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-13
Death OF James Sandidge.

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James Sandidge died at the home
of "A. g.. Pringle Saturday afternoon.
at4 o'clock, aged So years. Thursday
night he fell from a hay loft and
broke his hip, and it was later eyi-
dent that he suffered some internal
injuries. Commissioner Moore had
him removed to the home Of a. CT.
Pringle and a man was secured to
attend him in his injuries. The
watcher stated that Saturday Mr..
Sandidge went to sleep about half
past three O'Clock and never awak-
ened. Mrs. Sandidge, who is max
ing her home now with her father,
northeast OF the city, and the two
daughters, were notified OF his death
and they arrived in the city Saturday
evening. Funeral services were held
over the remains Sunday afternoon
at 8 o'clock at the Methodist church
and there was quite a large attend.
ance. The services were conducted
by Rev. A. g. Stevens, of Water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-13
Read it in His Newspaper.

49, J NO. &4tga4 ~ SNcSsaA gSSHeH- 49,
George Schanb, a well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio
is a constant reader of the Dayton
Volkszeitung. He knows that this
paper aims to advertise only the best
in it's columns, and when he saw
Chamberlain's Pain Balm ADVERTISED
therein for lame bask, he did not hes
itate in buying a bottle of ii for his
wife, who for eight weeks had
suffered with the most terrible pains
in her back and could get no relief.
He says: "After using the Pain
Balm for a few days my wife said to
me, 4 feel as though born anew. J and
before using the entire contents Of
the bottle the unbearab1e pains had
entirely vanished and she could take
up her household duties" He is
very thankful and hopes that all
suffering likewise will hear of her
wonderful recovery. This valuable
liniment is for sale by Z. O.. Gale
Druggist.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-13

Miss Fannie Foster came up from
Sioux City Friday afternoon to make
a visit with relatives.
Rev. G. B. Clark, Of Deadwood,
came over from Sioux Falls, where
he attended the republican conven-
tion. and will be in the city a few
days.
Spring work harness, ofgood quail
ty, is sold by VIM. Koch They are
the best made and will give good SER
vice. Whips robes, blankets. etc.
Best work done inrepair department.
Mrs. Geo. w. Lumley, Of Pierre,
visiting With Mrs. J. B. Wolge-
muth, while en- route home from
Sioux Falls, where she attended the
meeting Of the State Federation of
Womens' Clubs.
Mrs. O. H. Taylor arrived Saturday
afternoon from Erie, Pa, to make
a visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. B. Rogers. Ct is expected
that all the children will be here in
a few weeks for a reunion Of the
Rogers family.
J. o. andC w. Walrath have re-
turned from their trip to Wisconsin,
having been called to the home of
their mother last week by her serious
illness. They report that when they
left Wednesday their mother was
much better.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-13
Didn't Marry For Money.

The Boston man, who lately mar
ried a sickly rich young woman, is
happy now, for he got DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, which restored her
to perfect health. Infallible for
laundice, biliousness, malaria, fever
and ague and all liver and stomach
troubles. Gentle but effective. Only
25c at s. H. Scallin's drug store.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-13

1t strikes the root and annihilates
disease, a subtle potent remedy, that
fills the mind with sweet and charm.
ing fancies, Rocky Mountain Tea 35.c
s.. FL. Scallin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
O.. Y, E. s,

Lapel buttons much in evidence now
in towns and cities throughout the
state, have perhaps excited the curl
osity of some good people who are not
yet apprised of their meaning.
The button bears the inscription,
20. Y. E. S. Modern Woodmen of
America. Membership 5000. We
lead, others follow" The four letters,
o. Y. 3. S. stands for numbers and
the candidate who successfully
guesses what numbers o. Y. e. S. in
dictate will be awarded one hundred
dollars at the 'log rolling" a celebra-
ton and camp meeting to be held in
Helena beginning on the Fourth of
July, 1902. This meeting will be a
gathering of Woodmen and Woodmen
friends from all owe the state. There
will also be present eminent members
of this society from other states.
Crack forest teams from many camps
in this and sister states will be in
attendance to assist in the numerous
events of celebration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
A N RLAlN ENGLISH.

Brooklyn Eagle: The Anglo-Saxak
has been a vigorous tongue. but some
of those who teach it in our public
schools are trying to take the life out
Of it. A new and cockney drawl is
substituted for the true sound Of some
letters, notably those which contain
the short sound of O. For instance,
pupils in this city r told to call a
dog a dang; they must pronounce
coffee as cahfy; a log as a lahg and
to drop is to drahp. Where is the
Turk that has such twisted ear drums
that he cant hear any slaughter than
this? They don't talk that way in
Limerick, and they don't talg English
like that in Berlin, when they try to
talk it. 1t is peculiar to somebody
in the schools here, and it is not PEE
culiar to the language nor the people.
Some one who is used to understand
ing English ought to call the attention
of Mr.. Maxwell to this extraordinary
and lackadaisical mode Of utterance
and secure an order from him to 60
back to the teaching of English.
Meantime, parents and others who
speak English are urged to correct
their children when they talk in the
parental presence as if they had hot
mush in their mouths or as if they
were too feeble or too affected to give
the straight, plain sound Of a. straight,
plain tongue. Children used to have
their faults of locution corrected in
schools, but now they r provided
with faults. Of course-beg pardon
ahf cawse, there are people who can
not discriminate between sounds, just
as there, are people who are color
blind, and people with blind noses,
but nobody has a right to teach de-
fects. The majority of folks hear
straight enough to recognize in the
talk now declared official in ou! Eng
fish clawsses the languor Of a feeble
intellect. Cease it. Be American and
talk United States so that United
States people will know what you are
talking about. We mean you, every
teacher and superintendent in this
town.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
SEES F A

Minneapolis journal: The only OBJ
lection to Cecil Rhodes provision for
$50 American scholarships at Oxford
is that it can that we shall soon
have $50 collegiate Anglo-maniacs let
loose among us yearly. The genuine
Englishman is a good fellow and is
appreciated better in America than
in any other part of the world, but the
any time. The man just out of col
lege is not always the most lovable
creature in the world. What a COM
bination, then, will we have in $50
Oxonian Anglo-maniacs descending
upon us annually. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
4 STEP.

The decision Of the interior depart
ment to expend Montana's allotment
Of the money devoted to the use of the
geological survey in the manner an
nounced by Senator Gibson is a matter
of great Importance to the people of
the sections of the state placing de-
pendence upon irrigation for their fu-
ture growth and prosperity. It is
fortunate for the Yellowstone valley
that the stream which waters it is
among those that are to be surveyed.
The survey will be for the purpose of
ascertaining the most feasible man
ner in which the waters of the stream
may be utilized in the reclamation of
the many acres of fertile land that
border it's shores and which are as
good as can be found anywhere in the
west. The project is an immense one
and one that can be prosecuted only
by the government, as individual en-
terprise would hesitate long before
attempting it.
la-F=GI.L H-.
Although a survey, of the river does
not mean that the government will
Immediately undertake to- put into
operation such a scheme Of irrigation
as will be necessary to reclaim all the
land that can be made productive by
the introduction of water, still it is a
start and one all have been hoping
for. With the feasibility of a sys-
tematic system of irrigation establish
ed, the time cannot be so very far dis
tant when, under the provisions of the
pending irrigation law, passage of
which now seems reasonably certain,
inauguration of government work
will be at hand.
Much has been gained by the is
suance of the order and in the dis
tribution of that gain Billings will
certainly come in for a goodly share.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
TIDE OF

The tide of beneyolence and good
will has risen to a greater height than
ever before. Men and women OF
a are giving more bountifully
and their benefactions are more wide
ly diffused than in any spring of earl.
er years. Libraries and hospitals and
churches, universities and colleges,
and charities and good causes and un.
dertakings Of almost every kind are
fairly flooded with showers of gold.
The world goes very well now SO far
as the open hand can make it co.
New York Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
SENSIBLE CONCLUSION.

Boston Herald: Mrs. Jefferson
Davis protest against the erection of
a triumphal arch in memory Of. her
husband denotes a sounder apprecia-
ton of the fitness of things than is
shown by those who have proposed
it. Nor is this the first time she has
deemed it necessary to interpose her
objections to misftting tributes to
him. She seems to comprehend the
fact that posterity is a good Judge of
monuments and of their appropriate
ness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
ANOTHER CHANGE WANTED.

1t having been practically decided
that General Miles must "go,'' and the
president having inaugurated a gen.
eral cleansing of the immigration bu-
reau. the administration is now ask
ed by a number of eastern newspa-
pers not to lay down the broom until
the Office Of the supervising architect
has been swept out. The demand is
mare particularly from papers publish
ed in cities where government build
ings are in course of erection or have
been erected during recent years.
They claim that the methods of doing
things pursued by that Office are such
as to warrant a general overhauling,
alleging as causes of complaint the
general dilatoriness and even worse
things of which they accuse the of
flee under fire. They claim that many
of the buildings have cost the govern
ment far in excess of their actual val
ne and that, too, because of the partial
ity shown to favored contractors.
As Billings is moi likely to be con-
sidered. for sometime to come at least,
as among the cities entitled to build
mgs erected at national expense, the
tight does not particularly interest
anybody in these parts, and the new
demand making on the president is
merely mentioned rs showing how the
penchant for 20 change" grows when
once 1t Is encouraged, NJ matter how
little.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
THE MEAT QUESTION:.

Omaha Bee: The law authorities of
the federal government having taken
up the subject of special railroad rates
| given the meat packers, the Phila-
\ delphia Press suggests that Attorney
General Knox and his associates might
| profitably address themselves to the
machinery by which the farmer is
| robbed at one end and the butcher at
the other. "The facts have been es-
tablished by repeated investigation"
| says that paper. "The course and cur
rent of prices is itself an eloquent
proof Of the harm done both TO the in.
dividual and to the gen.
eral progress of the land by the con-
ditions which nov exist. Nor is it
possible to attribute the present rise
in meat to a t~hree-fourth corn crop
last fall, though this undoubtedly
plays it's SHARE" The Press earnestly
calls for the execution of the law
against the meat trust.
Interest in this matter is being ey-
eryWhere strongly manifested ana
rather more strongly in the east than
elsewhere. AS we have already not
ed, the wholesale and retail dealers
in meat in New York and Philadelphia
are organizing to fight the alleged
trust and the subject is being serious
ly discussed in the newspapers. In
deed it has even invaded congress-.
not easily be %foreseen, but as we have
heretofore suggested the most practi-
cal way to deal with the matter is for
people generally to curtail their con
sumption Of meat. This seems to be
the most certain way Of bringing
about a reduction in price.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
Another Barn Burns.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.

The barn of O. r.. Jackson, at the
corner of Twenty-ffth street and
Third avenue, north, vas badly dam
agedsby fire last night, shortly after
8 O'Clock. The origin of the fire, which
started in the hayloft, is not known,
but Mr.. Jackson was heard to remark
that he could form a tolerably correct
opinion in this regard and intimated
that it was a case of incendiarism and
that arrests were likely to follow be-
fore the matter was over.
With the exception of the destruc-
ton of a quantity of hay and the dam
age to the building no other loss was
entailed, as about the only thing of
value, a trap, which the barn contain
ed vas removed in time to proven" it's
being scorched.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
sM,THsoN-RHoDEs.

St. Paul Dispatch: A curious
parallel presents itself, suggested by
the scholarships arranged for in the
Rhodes will. The arrangements for
American scholarships are most lib.
eral, quite overshadowing those for
the colonials or the Germans. Amer
lea and American ideals were a firm
belief with Cecil Rhodes. Much of his
political theory depended on u dem
ocratic example.
There was another Englishman al
most a century ago who also had firm
faith in America, at what time Eng
lishmen were not wont to pin their
faith in our rebellious land. This
Englishman was a recluse, a bachelor,
as was Rhodes. He was interested in
the new physical science OF the day,
as was Rhodes in governmental sci
ence. He possessed a fortune of $780,
900, which amounted to as much at
that time as doesa Rhodes fortunte of
today. All this money al willed to
young America to found a scientific
school under the auspices Of the gov
eminent. If the Rhodes scholarships
ever accomplish as much as has the
Smithsonian Institute, they will have
justified the far-reaching vision of
the twentieth century seer as did the
institute the subtle vision Of the nine
teenth century philosopher.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
A Growing Industry.

The Yellowstone Nurseries located
near Rockvale, Carbon county, are
doing an immense business this
spring.
A new industry, established in the
spring of 1898. they now supply their
trade with home grown, acclimated
trees, equal to, If not better than any
imported stock. Their delivery in
this city last spring consisted of a
wagon load, this cas- their orders
for spring planting delivered at Bill
ings will make a full car load.
Among other orders Yegen Bros.
will plant 1000 apple trees, and Will
liam Rogers LOO fruit trees, while
Messrs. Sawyer and Marsh Bros, have
orders for trees, each to plant young
orchards.
This nursery makes a specially of
employing experienced men to set the
trees and attend to their culture if
desired, thus insuring a healthy and
successful fruit orchard. Seven men
are employed this spring planting
trees in Yellowstone and Carbon
counties; as all trees grown to this
time have been in demand in these
two counties.
Owing to the increased demand for
stock from the Yellowstone Nurseries
their planting at the nurseries this
spring will be much greater than any
year previous.
II you want good fruit trees. of the
best varieties and acclimated stock,
your order will always receive prompt
and careful attention at the Yellow
stone Nurseries, Rockville; Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
ROOSEVELT ALL RIGHT.

Denver Post lind. DEM: Weeks
have passed and the government at
Washington still lives. It is nearly
a month now since Colonel, Henry
Watterson of the Louisville Courier
Journal INDUCED in his alarming yet
brilliant declaration anent the presi-
dent Of the United States.
The s~tar-eyed goddess of reform
which keeps careful watch over the
destinies of our land, and which, like
"the three tailors Of Tooley street.
sits up nights guarding the constitu.
ton, sees in Mr.. Roosevelt, .sthe man
on horseback" the dangerous person,
who, affecting the simplicity of the
cowboy, conceals beneath the self.
confidence and queer manner of the
broncho buster the sentiments and
ambitions, if not the talents, of a
Diaz."
These expressions have thrilled
Kentucky, vivi1ed the east and aston
ished the west. A Mexicanized mil
itary despotism was the fate of the
United States under Teddy the Ter
rible." But the expected, according
to Colonel Watterson, has thus far
failed to happen. We are no nearer
ruin today than we were when this
philippe was written.
Mr.. Roosevelt sits placidly in the
chair in the white house and doesn't
try very much to assume the attitude
Of a Russian, a Mexican or n other
kind of a 2 He is becoming a mild
hammered man, in fact. He has an
extremely good opinion of himself,
and he has a very shabby way of in
sulting pretty big men, the admiral
of the navy and the general Of the
army, for example.
But after all, this is temperamental;
it is an almost harmless egotism, and
it doesn't hurt anybody particularly
except the individuals Immediately
concerned.
Mr.. Roosevelt is not az all danger
Gus. He is a very good sort of a chap,
taking him all in all. He doesn't want
to Mexicanize this country. Deep
down in his heart he wants it to thrive
and prosper and blossom like the
green bay tree. He lacks a little in
conservatism and in good, common,
quiet sense, but he is an honest, up
right, God-fearing man.
After all is said and done, Mr.. Wat
terson, we might be worse off under
the presidency of a man less demo-
cratic than this executive, whose only
offense is an overweaning odesire to
succeed the present president and
get the nomination from the republi-
can party in the year of u Lord
1904.
And why should he not make an eff
fort for so exalted and splendid a
prize?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
AcQuITTAL OF WALLER.

Minneapolis Journal: A court-mar-
tial, by a vote of II to 2, has acquit-
ted Major Littleton w. T.. Waller Of
the United States marine corps of
the charge of killing natives of the
Island of Samar without trial. AS
court-martials are always more in
clined to severity than lenience, we
may conclude that the verdict is a just
one. It is to be regretted, however,
that so little Of the evidence offered
the court has been cabled to this
country. We have only the vaguest
limitations as to exactly what Major
Waller did. We know little more than
that he ordered some natives, alleged
treacherous scouts. to be shot, and
that they we're shot. There have been
stories to the effect that some Of them
were put to death in a slow and cruel
manner These stories were probably
not supported by the evidence. We
gather from the meager dispatches
that Major Waller frankly admitted
the responsibility for the killing Of
the natives. The question was
whether he was acting within his au-
thority. In his plea to the court Major
Waller said that he was either right
or wrong, that. he had committed a
criminal act or had not. That he did
not esteem himself a murderer and
that his people would never so con-
denim him. The verdict Of the court
indicates that the evidence showed
Major Waller was acting within his
authority.
1t is a horrible thing to put men to
death summarily, and the natural inn
pulse is to condemn Major Waller
because he did that thing. But the
circumstances must be considered.
Balangiga must be remembered, the
native tendency to treachery must not
be forgotten. Major Walters com
mand suffered horrible things In its
march across Samar. If treachery
was a contributing cause to these
sufferings and Major Waller had been
delegated the power of life and death
in such cases the only question for
the court and the people to determine
is whether he used his authority just
".
On the other hand the evidence
shows a lowering Of the moral tone
of the American army in the Philip
pines, or at least a part of it, that
should be sharply checked. A num-
Der of officers testified that General
Smith, commanding in Samar, had
instructed Waller to kill and burn in
discriminatory, sparing only woman
and children under ten years of age,
and that Waller had said that he
could not carry out such instructions.
II General Smith ever gave Waller
such instructions he should be shot,
matter how cruel, heartless and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
LIVE I r

Baltimore American: It is to be
hoped that the day of refined human
ity will arrive when such a piece of
brutal sport as a live-bird shoot will
be unknown in any state Of the union
It has begun to receive the brand 1t
deserves, and public opinion is being
reused to see the sport as it is-the
exhibition Of skill by torture Of the
most helpless creatures.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
THRIFT IN LOUISIANA.

Hartford Times: The cutlery about
the British army supply camp in
Louisiana comes when the raj in
South Africa is nearly ended, and it
makes little difference to the British
government whether the arrangement
is continued or not. It was very
thoughtful on the part of the Louis
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18
HAVE STRUCK OIL.
Prospects on Butcher Creek Becom-
ing More Encouraging.

ing More Encouraging.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Samuel Taggert, one of the old resi-
dents Of Carbon county and one Of
those who have been carrying on ex-
plorations on Butcher creek, that coun
ty, for the purpose of ascertaining
the existence Of oil there in paying
quantities, was in the city last night.
Nothing has been done by his COM
pany since last fall, when their we'll
had reached a depth OF 300 feet and
considerable oil was pumped out.
When work ceased for the winter the
drill had penetrated an oil formation
and every indication pointed to the
near presence of a stratum Of the
oleagenous stuff they were looking
for.
While confident that only a little
more depth would be required to- pro-
duce a flowing well, the stormy weather
made it impossible to proceed any
farther and the drill was pulled up.
Recently Mr.. Taggart visited the we'll
and found that during the months
which had interviewed since work had
ceased the we'll had filled and was
ov%erf1owing. The casing extends
above the surface a height of three
feet and a mixture of oil and water
was issuing from it. It is more than
likely that work will be resumed in a
short time and judging from present
indications it is believed that only a
little more drilling will have to be
done to produce a "gusher." Should
expectations be realized, Carbon
ty may prepare itself for an oil x
element, such as are prevailing in
other parts of the country at present.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18

Attorney General Knox continues
to show the same disregard of the
feelings of democratic editors that
marked his first official acts. He
is now preparing to prosecute the
beef trust, having for the time a lit
tie leisure while waiting for the
courts to take action against the rail
road merger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-18

Iowa still continues to be what
Ohio formerly was and ably performs
the function of supplying men capable
OF holding down almost any sort of a
job the president has to offer. I'm
less it has a large supply Of other
available men on hand some of the less
favored states would be much Obliged
to it for a copy of the recipe.