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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
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without which cur redemption does not exist. I
u cannot do less than condemn this
'avage insurrection, which Sdishonors us before
he Ftlipinos and discredits US with those who
otherwise would argue In our behalf. ] abom-
nate Its cruelties and disavow connection with
t. s
This message embodied the policy upon which
he American government has acted. What
7izal said OF the insurrection before we came
applies with tenfold force to those who op-i
posed the beneflcent government we were in:
itituting. The judgment OF the martyred R:zal,l
whose birthday the Philippine people celebrate
rs their hero and ideal. sets forth the duty Of.
American sovereignty. 4l3ss isss rs 34tS9S
While we have been doing these beneficent3
works in the islands, we have been reducing
The cost at which they are done. The last
congress repealed the law for war taxes. and
the war department has reduced the army
from 100, 600 to very near the maximum. 800oo,
Moreover. the last congress enacted admir-
able legislation affecting the army, the militia
bill and the bill toscreate general stan The
militia bill represents the realization OF res.
FORM championed inensctively by Washington
and fruitlessly agitated ever since AZ Z last We
ete militia law of the revolution and provided
efficient aid to the national guard. believe
no other great country has such fine material
for volunteer soldiers as we have, and 1t Is
the duty of nation and states to enable this
volunteer sodiery to be organized with all RAJ;
pdity In time of war, and to help the national
guard in peace. The law marks the first long!
step. The general-staff law is of immense benz
eft to the regular army Individually, would.
not admit that the American regular is in-i
ferior to any in the world should be Tempt
| ed to- say he was the best. But there must be-
proper training, organization and administra-s
ton to get the best service. particularly with
| such small army as ours. We need to have,
our small army the very best Under worn
put and ineffective organization sudden
strain was absolutely certain to produce cons;
FUSION, as at the outbreak of the war with
| Spain; and when such confusion occurs 1t Isl
easy to blame men who happen to be In Of
| hce, instead of the system which lis really re-.
| sponsible Under the law just enacted this;
system will be changed for the better. and
every American ought to rejoice; for when we
come to the army and the navy we deal with
| when such is the case party lines are as moth,
l ing, and we all stand Americans. moved
| only by pride in and love for our common
4 Gf,,n ntry .-E tss
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
WIFE GETS DIVORCE.
Mrs. Pouitney 7igelow Secures separa-
tion on Statutory Grounds.

Mrs. Poultney aigelow Secures Separa-
tion on Statutory Grounds.
/ New York, April 9.--Mrs. Edith e.
Bigelow has obtained an absolute di-
yorce from Poultney Bigelow on statu-
tory grounds. Under the new law, at
the end Of three months under the de-
cree Mrs. Bigelow will be at liberty to
remarry as though Bigelow. were
dead, !. while he is prohibited from res
marriage until she Is actually dead"
This provision would prevent him from
having the marriage ceremony per-
formed in this state. but not elsewhere.
} Po0ftney :Bigelow, globe trotter, war corr
respondent, cosmopolite; American by
has manifested disposition to adopt and
raise; historian, biographer and conf
dental friend of Kaiser Wilhelm; and his
Eith p Bigelow auther sSap Of Mhsn
have not been suspected of infelicity here
tofore. Bigelow is one of the most popu-
lar writers on all kinds Of affairs. He Is
49, born In New York and educated first at
Yale and afterward at a German univer-
sfty where he was a contemporary Of the
kaiser, and established friendship which
has continued ever since. When Bigelow
has written Of the kaiser Sthe world has
read as words of inspiration He Is one
of the first discoverers of the celebrated
war cloud in the Balkans, the decadence
of England, the strenuous kaiser, and the
strenuous President Roosevelt. He has
written biography of the president. An
American at Henley The Boer War:
n1ssh 1say aaa NEW a9 deasnas
cadence Of England which didn't; The
German Emperor, 2 # ..Politics Down the
Danube Borderland Of Gear and Kais-
for Liberty" give a suggestion OF
his repertoire. 55 { I $ss al
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
TO WE'D CLARA NORRIS.
Swedish Gentleman in North Dakota
Proposes to the Actress.

New York April 9.--At the Clara
Morris benefit, which takes place at
the Broadway theater on April IA, Mrs.
Agnes Booth Schoeffel has promised
to appear. Minna Gale Haines will
also appear and Edward Harrigan and
Annie Yeamans are once more to be
seen together s,
Miss Morris has received hundreds
Of letters. Among the missives of re-
gret, of promises, Of suggestions, of
prayer ard affection is one from North
Dakota which, after a formal opening.
proceeds:
And SO I am sorry for lady to be
so sick-and you have been too quick
to give to other people, the papers say,
and most women won't give anybody
anything, and as my farm is paid for
and you amt got no cumbrances, il
you feel like matrimony-why so do I.
I'm Swedish descent, steel gray eyes,
and gold color hair. 1 weigh 18O pounds
and / guess you could stand the CHI
mate: please write soon, for when
seedin time gets around 1 can't leave;
the farm. hope this meets your views,
because you're kind hearted, which
most women amt. Respectfully, good
lady, A. r. c. e
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
OIL AND COAL ARE
FOUND NEAR Nj FAIRFAX
Indications That Much Mineral
Wealth Exists in Greg
orY County.
NO RETURNS FROM ORE
Samples Sent to Washington Have Not
Been Heard From, but Work at
Shaft Uncovers More
Quartz.
NO RETURNS FROM ORE

Fairfax. S. D., April 9.-No returns
lave as yet been received from the
samples of gold ore sent to Washington
for assay by August Kiphn, who found
an eight-inch vein of quartz while dig
ring a well on his farm.
However, since that time, as a result
of prospecting, other discoveries have
been made which seem to show that a
rich mineral bed underlies Gregory
county.
Kiphn has continued work on his
prospecting and has uncovered some
more really fine specimens of ore. Hun
drcds of people are visiting the farm
daily and these are convinced that there
is something ahead for this locality
The rock that comes from the hole or
shaft is covered with oil, and this leads
people to believe that there is petroleum
below.
other parties prospecting along the
Missouri north of here Saturday en-
countered vein of first quality coal
among the bluffs.
Gregory county people have inyesti-
gated fully, and are convinced that
.hcse strikes are more than mere stray
1utcrCppings of mineral wealth.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
VETERAN OF FOUR WARS.
John keifer of Watertown is 1t3 Years
Old.

Watertown, S. D., April 9.-Water-
town boasts of one of the Oldest citi-
2ens in the state, John Keifer, a vet
aran Of four wars. The advanced age Of
Mr.. keifer was brought to the notice
Of his neighbors by the death of his
wife. Mrs. Keifer was only IS years
Old, but her husband is over twice her
age being now 113 years old. He was
born in 1880, and remembers of hearing
lhe first news Of the death of Washing
ton. He was a drummer boy in the
var Of 1912, served in the Blackhawk
war, was veteran in the Mexican war,
carried musket throughout the civil
war; and has "scrapped'' with the IN
dians on the plains several times since
then He has seen frontier life in near
y every state in the union, has travel
ed from the gulf to Alaska and from
one ocean to the other. He was in
Buffalo, n. Y, before a city was ever
thought OF, and served his time on the
tlatboats on the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers.
Keifer is part Indian, which may pos
SlDiy account for his ruggedness. He
IS over six feet tall and can shoulder a
two-bushel sack of potatoes with ease.
lie has not gray hair in his head and
ms complexion is as swarthy as an In
dian. He wears his army uniform con-
stantly and is a regular attendant at
the meetings OF the G. A. r. post to
which he belongs. Some doubt the great
age of the man, but he has papers to
prove his war record, and those who
nave heard him talk agree that he
knows what he is talking about. The
Ola man lives very quietly and does odd
Jobs around town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
GREAT SEAcoAsT TOWN.
Atlantic seaboard Will One Day Be
Practically Continuous City.

New York, April 9.--"In fifty or sew
senty-fiye years. at the rate this part
of the country is being settled, 1t seems
highly probable that we. will have al
continuous city from Lynn, Mass, to-
Washingt said DR.. Franklin II. Cid;
dings Of Columbia university today.
obviously, it will be the largest city
that has ever existed or is likely to-
exist, for in no other part of the world
are the conditions which are producing
it duplicated
The twelfth census shows success
sion OF large Cities each with an elab-8
orate system Of suburban villages or
offshoots, stretching along the belt L
have indicated. Between Lynn and
Boston are several large towns and vii.
lagos and between Boston and Fall
River and Providence are a series of
large towns, the suburbs of one rum
ming into those of the other.
The same is true of the country be-
tween Providence, New London, Ston-i
ington. New Haven. Hartford, Bridge
port, New York, Jersey City, Newark,
Elizabeth Trenton, Jersey City, Ches-
ter, Wilmington, Baltimore and Wash
ington.
! The distances between these cities
are SO small that practically all the vii
lagos that lie between them are sub
| urban points Of one city or the other,
and now the trolley companies are con-
Meeting these points in such fashion
that we shall soon be able to ride by
trolley from Lynn to Washington.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
LUCAS TO RETIRE.
commandant of Soldiers Home Would
Be Re elected if He De-
sired H.

Deadwood, S. D., April S.-Captain "
v. Lucas, commandant Of the soldiers
home, has asked to be relieved at the ex-
piration of his term, July l, 1903, owing
to i'll health. The South Dakota soldiers
home commission will meet at Hot
Springs this week to elect his successor.
DR.. T. NJ. ShRafelt, Of Huron, presi-
dent Of the commission, is in sDeadwood
He says it is entirely at the desire Of
Captain Lucas that he is to be retired;
that had he expressed desire to be re-
turned he would undoubtedly have been
reelected by unanimous vote.
Prominent among the candidates are z.
NJ Goddard of Sully county, q M.
Blanchard of Mitchell, Colonel Geddes OF
Huron and B. D. L.. Dudley Of Canistota.
Only one application has been presented
from the Black Hille, A. l.. Thompson of
Belle Fourche. The board expects the
new commandant to qualify and be ready
to assume charge July i.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
MORMON CONVENTION.
Iowa latter Day Saints in Session at
Independence, Mo.Story of the
Lawful Mormon Church.

independence, Mo-, April 9.-The gen
eral conference Of the Reorganized
Church ofsLatter Day Saints is in ses-
sion in the Tabernacle here. Rev. Jos.
Smith, president, presiding. Delegates
are present from almost every state in
the union, Iowa leading.
The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, whose head is the
son Of that old Joseph Smith who found
was translated the Book of Mormon,
claims to be the only genuine Mormon
church, and the United States supreme
struction of Nauvoo. ILL.,, the old Mormon
capital factions arose and Brigham
Young usurped the position Of prophet,
murdered in jail The younger. Smith and
his faction, claiming the son should have
become prophet, remained in Illinois while
Young led his faction to Utah. and it
ty-flye years ago the Smith faction went
to Decatur county, Iowa, and Lamont,
four miles from Missouri-Iowa line, is to
this hierarchy what Salt Lake is to the
Utah organization. Polygamy is not prac-
ticed, but is condemned more vigorously
by the Book of Mormon, as here pub
lished, than by any other sacred writing.
1t is claimed Young inserted in the book
the authorization Of polygamy. i
Lamont and Independence, Mo-, are the
1.-THE sthes % have 'e good college, pefe Rospisals' &
homes for. their aged, a great publishing
house, and many 2ce.ient institutions.
They are nearly all farmers. and the best
kind of people.
Some years ago a legal controversy
arose between the Salt Lake and Utah
hierarchy about title to the abandoned
old first temple on the shores of Lake
Erie, at Kirkland, o. The case was set
tied by the supreme court of the United
States giving the property to the Lamont
church on the ground it was the legal
successor of the original Smith church.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
MAY REACH a MlLLloN
esvy immigration to This Count.
axes the Ra;lro,I,

axes the Railroads.
oe April 9.-With the cornipo
- spring the railroads are havtne -
ueai with the greatest movaman4 =, ~
immigrants the United States has 49,. =.
seen. Yesterday there came to cbica - -
.ie east over the Michigan Cen.
ai A'ooo homeseekers bound west. Iris
ia,se oody came through Boston an6
Mhlie they were landing and patt,no
west between 1000 and 5000 more WOW
passing through other ports or on the
sea pound for the new world.
Inc announcement two weeks aee
ehat there We're more than 10 0oo i'm.
migrants then on board ships or booked
10 sail within few days set the rail,
loaas gathering cars The Baltimore
anu ONO, which usually has q larr;
pare OF this business, especially ths,
Wiiich enters throug Baltimore. collect.
ed hundreds of coaches. =
betWeen the lines there is stron.
competition for this traffic. The mag.
nltude OF the business makes if vel
worth While TO look out for it The
immigrants are carried in day coaches
ana the number makes it possible te
count on full loads for every car from
the beginning of the journey.
Business Easy to Handle,
grants makes it easy to arrange the
me known destination of the immi.
sections or cars that If a part of the
load is dropped off they all 60 from The
same cars.
BY this means the roads escape haul.
ing half-f1lled cars and the trains are
profitable. While the amount, in sec.
ond class fare, Is much less than tha,
required for transportation of the fast
trains, the profit is largely in favor ot
the Immigrant train as compared with
the flyers :
The fact that the business is profit
able and the assurance which Euro.
pean agents give that the present sea
son is sure to break all records has
qu1ckened the railroads to extra efforts
While the number of immigrants last
year was above 100000, the best judges
are confident this will be exceeded II
1903 by from 100000 to 100000. If the
million mark is passed there will be nc
surprise.
While this enormous number of new
settlers is coming there is almost as
great a rush to the undeyeloped British
possessions north. More than 2,0O(
passed through Montreal in one weel
for the Canadian northwest and there
is behind this army a large army o.
others. immigration to the Dominion
will not be less than 10000 the presen
year, say traffic men, and when this i!
added to the hundreds of thousands
DOW on their way to the United State:
the sum total of new citizens which the
American continent is to receive will
amount to more than a third of thu
white population of the colonies at the
revolution.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
MARSHAL GOES WRONG.
BonesteeI Official Leaves Town on SAM
Train With TWO Young Girls.

st Train w Witn Wo Young 1irlS.
Bonesteel, S. d., April S.-City Mar
shall Pierce visited all the saloons and
gambling houses and stated to the pro-
prietors that the city council had au-
thorized him to collect the fines, which
are paid by the different Joints each
month, amounting to over $3.50. He sue,
ceeded in collecting something like $100
and gave his personal receipt for the
same He also sold his stock, which
was mortgaged, to different parties
here, to the amount of more than 500,
and departed on the eastbound passen-
ger for parts unknown. 1t was later
discovered that two young girls of re-
spectacle families, about II years Of
age with whom Pierce had been quite
intimate for the past three months, had
also left on the same train. Pierce is
about 40 years of age and has family.
who are left here In Strengthened cir
cumstances. Telegrams have been sent
to different points along the line, and
he will likely be arrested in short
time. Pierce left debts behind him to
the extent of several hundred dollars
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
SHOOTS HIS WIFE.
Chicago Man Now Claims He Wasn't
Present When 1t Happ pened.

Chicago Man Now Claims He Wasn't
Present When It Happened.
( Chicago, April 7.--Wilford N. Stamm,
horseshoer, is locked in cell at the West
North avenue police station. accused of
firing a revolver shot chat instantly killed
his pretty wife in the kitchen Of their,
home at ATS Crystal avenue "a If Stamm
committed the crime he planned it care
fully, but the testimony of a woman with
whom he failed to reckon may hang him.
Stamn1, an ignorant fellow, but shrewd
enough to realize the wisdom Of saying
as little as possible, stubbornly reiterates
under searching cross examination, that
at the time the shot was fired. which
killed his wife, he was absent from the
house, he having stepped through the
door Of the kitchen where the body was
found into the back yard a moment pre-
|.vious.
Mrs. Harder, another occupant of the
building, declares she heard some one
leave by the back door after the shot was
cred and not before.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
PRESIDENTS PARTY
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Great Enthusiasm Marks
Roosevelt's Journey
Across State.
WAS A DAY OF SPEECHES
Made Twelve Speeches During the Day.
the Longest at Mitchell and Aber-
deen-At Fargo This
Morning. s.

Aberdeen, S. D., April S.-One Of the
busiest and most pleasant days enjoyed
by the president so far on his western
trip was that spent in South Dakota
Monday. The snow squall that pre-
vailed when the party left Sioux Falls
soon cleared, and throughout the re-
mainder of the day fine weather, big
crowds and royal enthusiasm was the
order of the day.
The presidential party spent the en-
tire day in the state yesterday. The
start was made at Sioux Falls at $3.50,
thence to Yankton. then to Mitchell,
Woonsocket, Scotland. Tripp, Parks
ton, Alpena, Redf1eld and Tulare.
AT Yankton the president spoke on
the tariff and the qualities Of good citi-
zenship. He spoke to a crowd Of 5000
or more and great appreciation and
much manifestation Of enthusiasm was
apparent
At Mitchell the president made the
longest address Of the day, talking for
nearly twenty minutes to a great crowd
Which showed its welcome by bursting
into applause whenever they agreed
with the president. The work Of the
people in the upbuilding of the nation
was his topic. e.
In all the president made twelve
speeches yesterday, the greatest num-
ber he has yet made. At many points
where the train did not stop crowds
had gathered and cheered him Justify
as he sped through.
At Tulare he departed from his
agreed custom, and got down ana
shook hands with his audience.
There is possibility that the presi-
dent may pay a days visit to Deadwood
and Lead Seth Bullock has almost
prevailed on the president to AXE the
trip despite the schedule. The presi-
dent said that in the event he found
the snow too deep in Yellowstone he
would cut his stay there short and go
| to DeadWood.
| When the train arrived here he was
| greeted with the same enthusiasm that
| has marked his journey everywhere.
| He responded with a twenty minutes
speech, which was much appreciated
and enjoyed by the great crowd that
| had flocked to Aberdeen5t to hear him.
The South Dakota delegation, compris.
| ing Senators Kittredge and Gamble and
! Representatives Burke and Martini paid
| their final respects to the president here
and left the party before he went in North
! Dakota.
The train left here at o'clock and ar.
rived at Fargo at 80 this morning. How.
ever, the president will not leave his train
| until $3.50, when he will deliver an address
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
BABIES IMPROVE VOICE.
Grau Opera Singer, the Mother of Nine,
Says Every One Increases Her
RANGE One Note "

stars of the Grau troupe have been
struggling in from the east for several
days, preferring to come in small par
ties rather than in the special train at
their disposal.
Madame Schumann Heink who came
this morning, started considerable gos-5
sip In the Auditorium with her theory
about babies. The famous contralto is
the proud mother Of nine youngsters.
She holds that every child she brings
into the world improves her voice and
enlarges her range one note
"Yes, yes, It's true she declared
Every time have baby I can sing
one note higher than could before,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
NO ROOM FOR CLARK.
Carroll D. Wright Will Not Give Way
to the Iowa Man.

Washington, April 9.-Gossip has
been. the last few days, that E. E.
Clark. grand chief of the Railway Con-
luctors, and member of the anthracite
commission, is likely to become COM
missioner of labor within few
months" has suddenly struck snag.
Commissioner Wright has no inten-
ton of resigning, having only accepted
the presidency of Clark university,
worcester, with the understanding that
1is duties should not interfere with his
work in the department of labor, which
would take two years.
According to political authority, the
agitation of Mr.. Clark's name for the
labor commissionership is for dlVert-
ng attention from his consideration
por assistant secretary Of commerce
and labor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
POLICE ARE SCARCE.
Pittsburs Politics Has Played Havoc
With the Citv's Force. se{5

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Pittsburs Politics Has Played Havoc
With the city's Force.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 9.-The city of
Pittsburg is short 1853 policemen, and the
remainder of the force, numbering 25O
men in all, is being sadly oyerworked un-
til Superintendent McEighe can make
some new appointments.
Recorder Hayes ordered the dismissal
of the 153 men because, It is said, they
voted against him and his ticket.
It is said scores of the discharged po-
licemen began drinking heavily and helped
to make trouble for the rest of the force.
An unusually large number of thieves
and pickpockets have come to the city
to take advantage of the disorganized
condition of the city.
The parks were crowded with people
yesterday and they did as they pleased.
as all the park policemen had been dis.
charged with the others. 3
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
Masons Will Celebrate.

- Deadwood, S. D., April 9.--Masons in
Deadwood are preparing for the most
elaborate convention ever held in the
Western part Of the state, for the week
oi the Masonic grand lodge at Dead
wood, beginning June and lasting un-
eli ta June 13. Every branch Of the order
rom the blue lodge to the consistory
Mlll participate, with work in the diff
ierent degrees, and the week will close
Win banquet by the shrine, Saturday
eEeilng, just previous to which large
elass OF candidates will be initiated.