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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
GETS A NEW TRIAL.
Or. J. w. Crofford of Lamont WI"
Have Another Hearing on the
CHARGE of Murder.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 2l.-Dr. j. W.
Crofford, the sanitarium manage. a. IN
Lamont, sentenced to twenty years ~ ~
the ~penitenliary for the murder "
Miss Maud Stone, secured a ne" t d,sa
from the supreme court today. 1rar
ground of reversal is that one JUL
had expressed such an opinion in re.
gard to the guilt Of the defendant Ina
he should have been excluded. lne1e
was also an error in admitting lel.e15S
written by Miss Stone to Ira Ha1nInonu
several months before h alleged eur
fusion between Hammond a and GsIA OF.
for the performance OF a Tlhuha can
Grafton on the young lady at the S hail
itarium. Crofford has been OUT on a. in
pending the appeal and engagsdd Of
practice, though the state poaia No.
medical examiners had refused " ns
store his certificate, revoked on az j
conviction. The case has attraesEt
much attention because the a East and
is wealthy and put up a hard hgn., o G,u
his sanitariun had become well KNOW
alI over the southern part OF the s'"'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
THEY HAVE FOLK BEATEN
The Missouri M~achinists Make a Req
uiar Bill Ceyery Talk

CiSI Sil LIVERY ak.
Washington, Oct. 20.-Members of the
official board in St. Louis, who came to
Washington this week to investigate the
manner of collecting and disposiag of gar
bage. scattered some very remarkable DO
:itical news about the national capitol.
Everybody except Joseph w. Folk had
friends on the st. Louis commission. The
machine democrats in St. Louis were the
.o0oest and most communicative of all
the garbage experts. Added to its general
political vocabulary, St. Louis has a YER
nacular all its own.
The wise ones" the blokes." the
guys" and the Indians' nave sized the
situation up to their satisfaction, and here
1t is, a composite Offering. related to audi
tors in restaurant, saloon and hotel lob
bieS here:
Harry Halves will get everything loose
In ST. Louis. guy won't leave a
smell for Folk. There's notlin' doing for
nobody else in the primaries when that
guy gets in the game. Jim Reed will turn
the trick in Kansas City. Say, that bloka
has got EN- ali skinned when 1t comes to
spellbinding, and he's a wise one, TOO.
Hes pickin' EN- up all over the state.
Then there's CAN'T. a Johnny Reb, that's
in the running. You mustn't forget that
chefub. He's got EN- all tied to him out
in the state. Where's Folk comm in? He
won't be in the running in his own town
and he's clear out of it in Kansas City.
You don't think we've a lot Of Reuba
down in Missouri to let that young guy
get away with the goods, do you? Not on
your life. Harry Halves will stop his
clock all right. all right. Halves and Reed
understand one another. Harry Is in the
game TO skin Folk and he'll do it. Which
ever Of them two ga2aboos has the best
chance to win Will get all the votes OF
both. ok clear ~outplayed his hand.
He's been running wild for three months
and amt getting anywhere. All the fell
lows ali over the state is afeerd Of i'm,
and the things they'll do to that fellow
when the convention meets is a plenty"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
INVESTIGATE DAMAGE,
Board of Supervisors Are MAKING
Tour of the Proposed Ditch

Onawa, Ia, Oct. 21.-The investigation of
the proposed decentralization county
drainage system OF the bottom lands,
which was recently reported on by Chas.
G. Elliott, expert drainage engineer of
the department of agriculture. was begun
today. The members of the Monona cour-
ty board of supervisors being accom-
panied by the Harrison county supervisors,
Srrived here early this morning. The
party Will make an extended tour Of the
entire line run by r. S. Fessenden, the
county engineer, during the past sum.
mer, in order to obtain desired informa.
ton for action, which will be taken al
the November meeting of the boards.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
FOOTBALL RESULTS.
The Score of Saturdays Games
Throughout the Country.

~HTpGSNSGk llS SCoiihJ'
AT Sioux City-Morningside, Il; Western
Union, Q.
Al yankton-Sioux City, c; Yankton, s.
- Gmaha-Creighton. 10; South Da-
tu.a, :.
At Chicag o-Chicago, o; Northwest
eIN, Q.
At West Poin,-Harvard, 5; West
Point. O.
~ Madison-Wisconsin, 81; Belo.t, 0.
= Observation-Disclosures, "a; Purdue, Q.
Al Princcton-Prlnceton, II; Carlisle, 0.
At Lincoln-Nebraska, &c: Haskell, 0.
NJ Philadelphia, Pa.-Pennsylvania, 90;
Brown, q.
~ Galss,'ug-Knox, 20: Chicago Col
.eGe OF Physicians and Surgeons, @.
y trnapo!is-Navy, 5; Dickinson, O..
At MinnG1polis-GIinnesota, Is; Iowa, O..
~ Observation-Disclosures, Il; Williams, 0.
'lrnbus-Ohio State, 80: Kenyon. 0.
-noinaat!-Cniversity of Cincinnati,
Q; Miami, Is.
At Cambridge-Harvard freshmen, o;
Ph~ill:ps-Exeter, o..
At Lexinston-kentucky State college.
is; Kentucky Military institute, 0.
At A1nes-Iowa college, SO: Coe col
!ege, 0.
At Terre Haute-Rose Polytechnic, -;
Eastern Illinois normal, Q.
N Io~rk-Columbus. -: Amherst, O.
At 1thaca-Cornell. 6; Bucknell. 0.
At Boulder-kansas, u; Colorado, II.
! IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GAMES.
: at Des Moines-East High, IS; Rock
Island, o.
j At 3tuart-Stuart, s: Panora, 0.
A. -ilta-Alta, Is: Galva, 0.
! =! Observation-Disclosures, 55: Perry, 0.
At Ida GroVe-Ida Grove, 81; Sac City, O..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Sly Horse Thief Wanted,

Council Bluffs, Ia, Oct. 21.-The
>herifTs force is making a strenuous
search for A. E. Burton. who is said
to be one of the smoothest grafters that
ever visited the city. Burton is said
TO have succeeded in securing a $500
morse, a new buggy and harness and
$10O in cash from Council Bluffs peo-
pie and to have disappeared with the
plumber. The horse and buggy, how
ever, were recovered in Omaha yester-
day, where Burton was endeavoring to
sell the outfit, but the man himself
has thus far avoided capture.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
SAVED FROM STARVING.
Seventeen People Drift on the Ocean
Four Days Without Food.

FOGf lays UNCUT fooo.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. a.-For four days
seventeen persons, the crew and passen-
gers on the schooner Ruby and Bessie,
drifIed about the Atlantic ocean in a dis
abled vessel without food. That they es-
capped deSth by starvation was due to their
being sighted by the British steamship
Haverford, from Liverpool for this port.
The story of the narrow escape from
death of the people on the schooner was
told by Captain Nielsen Of the Haverford
when it arrived here yesterday. The
schooner sailed from Georgetown, S. c.,
on September II for Patchogue, l.. l. On
board We're Captain Marshall, the master,
his wife, and four children, another pas
senger and a crew Of two mates and ten
men.
We sighted the schooner in distress
about 100 miles east of Cape Henlopen,'
said Captain Nielsen. Its sails We're gone
and distress signals We're hoisted. We
changed our course, and when We ne2red
the craft it was a most pitiful sight. The
people on board were SO weak from lack
of food that they could barely crawl about
the deck.
II sent a small boat and one of my Of
ficers on board with food. and when they
reached the schooner the men fairly
fought for the first mouthfuls. Captain
Marshall said his vessel had been struck
by furious gales and blown far from the
track of ships. Its sails were blown away
and for more than two weeks the vessel
drifted helpiessly about the ocean. The
supply of food, intended for a short voy-
age, rapidly disappeared, and for several
days the passengers and crew existed on
half ~rations. Finally everything eatable
was gone. No vessels We're sighted, and
after four days of starvation they had
made up their minds to die.
u furnished the schooner with food. oil,
and material to repair enough of the sails
to get along, and it started for the near
est port"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
SEVERAL BURNED BY
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Miss Park Of Des. Moines Is
Sadly injured and Home
Destroyed.
WAS CLEANING CLOTHES
Hung a Waist Saturated With the In
flammable Substance Behind a
Heating Stove Other Iowa
News Items.

pes Moines, Ia, Oct. 21.-Miss Mary
Park was horribly burned by the eX-
ploSion of a waist saturated with gaSo-
line and her home burned to the
ground. She kept house with her
brother George on South Ninth street.
She was cleaning a waist shortly before
noon yesterday with gasoline, In her
kitchen. Her clothing and articles in
the house became saturated with the
fumes during the operation and when
she finally took the waist into the Sit
ting room and hung it behind the heat
ing stove, It suddenly exploded n the
house instantly caught gre Il en-
veloped her in flames. Her brother
was in the room at the time of the Y
plision and says the flames leaped in
stantly to the clothing Of his sister.
He grasped her around the waist n
carried her, a mass of flames, into the
yard. AS he passed a bed he caught up
a quilt and wrapped it about her while
he eXtirguisiled the flames by pulling
her back and forth in the grass.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
HAMILTON POLITICS.
Democrats Secured a Writ of Manda.
mus for Increase of Superviscrs


Webster City, Ia, Oct. 21.-Much politi-
cal activity has been aroused in Hamilr
ton county by the granting of the writ Of
mandamus by the district court, which
will compel the county board of super
visors to hold a special session and act
upon the petition OF the democrats, in
which they ask that the membership of
the board be increased from three to five.
The petition is purported to be signed by
LAB persons. Owing, however, to the fact
that the move is entirely a democratic
scheme to get representation upon the
board, it is charged in the most open
manner that many of the signatures are
forgeries and that much of the petition is
in reality bogus. In the heat of the argu-
Oent over the affair many charges and
counter charges of a most sensational
nature nave ON out. The end of the
agitation can but result in a big vote be-
Ing polled in Hamilton county this fall.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
REFUSE
TO SIGN DECISION
Emphasized Their Attitude by
Walking Out of the Cab
met Room.
ALREADY HAS MAJORITY
Conduct of Canadian Officials Cannot
Affect Decision, as the Signatures
OF Remaining Commission
ers Insure Finality.

London, Oct. 21.-A draft of the de-
sision reached by the Alaskan boundary
commissioners, as announced by the
Associated Press, was signed by q ma
jority of the commissioners. MessrS.
Ayleswerth and Jette, the Canadian
commissioners, refused to sign.
The decision grants all the American
contentious with the exception of the
one relating to The Portland canal. The
verstone and Senator Lodge Turner and
Secretary Root, the American commits
;ioners. They constituted a majority,
and this insured finality.
Messrs. Aylesworth and Jette carried
their outspoken disapproval of the de-
cision TO the point of refusing to sign
ever h q section of the decision CIV
Ing the Portland canal to Canada, and
they emphasized their attitude by
walking out of the cabinet Don in the
foreign office before the signatures of
the others had been affixed to the his
toric document.
The only thing remaining to be lone
at this session is that the majority Of
The tribunal complete and sign the map
which accompanies the decision, and
which infinitely determines the course
If h boundary in accordance with the
American contentious contained in
question No. S.
The refusal of Messrs. Aylesworth
and Jette to coincide in Lord Alver-
stones view was only known to a few
persons here, but at the foreign office
and in the government circles it has
created a painful impression. There is
40 hope expressed that the Canadian
commissioners will reconsider their at
titude and sign the engrossed copy of
The decision, which will stand as the
International record of the tribunals
findings
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
SUIT FOR BIG DAMAGES.
Montgomery County Asked $4,000 is
Defective Bridge Accident.

Red Oak, Ia, Oct. 21.-Notice has
been served that a claim for damages
will be filed by krany E. kenworthy
Bert Sadler of Grant, against
Montgomery county, for the sum of
$50, coo. The young men went through
2 bridge with a thresher engine near
Grant two or three months ago,a and the
suit to be brought is to recover dam.
ages for the injuries received by them
in that accident, claim being made that
the county is responsible for the I'M
safe condition of the bridge through
which the engine dropped. The injur-
les received by the young men were
awful. In that accident they wert
pinned down under the engine for twE
or three hours, where their limbs came
in contact with the boiler. AS a result
each of them lost a leg, and the remain
ing limb of each is almost if not en-
tirely disabled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
BLUEBEARD ON TRIAL.
Blydenburg's Preliminary Examination
Opens at Elodra on Charge i,
of Murder,

Eldora, IA, Oct. 19.-The prelimi-
nary examination Of E. S. ~Blydenburg,
alleged Bluebeard, charged with wife
murder and suspected of two other
crimes of the same kind, after being
postponed once, is to open today. The
postponement was secured to allow de-
PENDANTS counsel to be present when
the examination should begin.
Many sensational facts bearing on
the past life of the prisoner have come
to light since his arrest last week.
Prosecutor Noble spent several days in
New York and Brooklyn, where Bly,
denburg lived for several years, and
found good reason TO believe that the
first and second wives OF the suspected
man did not die from natural causes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
LEFT r WILLS.
Woman Left Her Property in Peculiar
Shane and Result is Squabbie.

Lamont. Ia, Oct. 2l.--Mrs. Marie
Ronat, a French woman OF eccentric
habits, who died here a few days ago.
left three wills and in consequence a
lively legal squabble will result. 1t is
said the beneficiary in the first will is
the L. D. S. church, and those in the
last are two nephews and a niece. they
being her nearest living relatives. A
number of years g the old lad
Joined the Saint church while resid-
ing in California and came to Lamont
some three years ago. having about
$1,000 in cash, which she loaned to the
church, as she claimed. for one year,
and as the church claimed for five
years. A few months after the money
was due, as she claimed, she sued the
church for the recovery of the money.
but in the meantime she was declared
to be of unsoulld mind, and the court
appointed Hon. j.. II. Smith her guard
ian. 1t is said the old lady made most
of her money by market gardening in
California.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
FAIRBANKS IN wv
The Indiana Senator Addressed
Gathering at Iowa City.

Iowa City, Ia, Oct. 19.-"The coming
election will result in great republican
nlajorities all over the country" de-
clared Senator Charles w. Fairbanks
OF Indiana, who addressed a large
crowd in the Armory here last night on
political issues. Our experience abund-
antly justifies the protective policy of
the republican party" he said. Sen
ator Fairbanks paid a high tribute to
Iowa statesmen in national affairs,
mentioning in his connection the
names of Governor Cunlmins, Senators
Allison and Doliiver, Secretaries Shaw
and Wilson. George D.. Perkins and
George Z. Roberts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
PLAN DENVER BRANCH.
Independent Packing Company Plan
for the New Project.

- S'S ~ WV
Denver. Colo, Oct. 21.-The directors
Of the Independent Packing company
met here for the purpose of outlining
the future policy of the company.
Among those present We're:
H. F. Deathridge, Missouri; Paul
Russell, Kansas; F. W. Flato, jr., Mis-
souri,; Noah Newbanks, South Dakota;
L. F.. Wilson, Texas, and =. W. Atkins,
Nebraska.
The trust agreement by which 81 per
cent. of the stock is to be held in
escrow by the directors was adopted
and a trust committee appointed. 1t
was decided to postpone the election Of
president until the meeting of the Ma
tional Live Stock association at Port
land, Ore, on January u next.
The meeting will be in session tomor-
row when the policy of. the company
will be outlined and arrangements made
for the financing. The capital stock Of
the company is So, 600, 900, incorporated
under the laws of Arizona.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
COWBOYS IN DRESS SUITS
Attend Wedding of Daughter of Me-
braska Cattle King.

Attend Wedding of Daughter of Me-
braska Cattle King.
Arcadia, Neb., Oct. 20.-Miss Pearl
Wall. daughter of John Wall, chief
clerk of the Nebraska house of repre-
sentatives, and Charles Albert Scott, a
clerk in Mr.. Waits store, We're married
here Wednesday night. More than 1000
persons witnessed the ceremony, and
$50 persons sat at the large tables in
the opera Gus for the wedding feast.
Plates were laid for $40 at each table.
and the tables were filed three times
before all the guests had been served.
The walters who served the supper
were members of the Nebraska legis-
lature, including Senator Franz Currie.
Senator Fries and Representative
Bartoo. The father of the bride also
helped to wait upon the guests, who
were given q menu that included more
than twenty dishes, from chicken to
great layer cake.
Two hundred cowboys attended the
wedding. They o into town We'd
lesday, some wearing their COW"
clothes. Realizing hat they were not
dressed properly for such an event,
they went to the big general store,
owned by MI. Wall. who also owns
nearly everything else in the town, and
purchased new clothes. They were
S#.i.'-se5 tAA' .liCSb IS ny ~ 800
guests.
Craftsmen as Walters.
The cowboys sat at the tables, and
were waited upon by the senators and
representatives. many Of whom are
T%lGn owners One OF the walters is
tH@ owner of 10,o00 cattle. and another
is r}ted rs 4 millionaire ranchman.
Arcadia is on the edge OF the Ne
hras!<a cattle country and nearly ev-
c,:bcdy in this section is either rich or
J cowboy. The entire town attended
the wedding and guests came from the
ranches for miles in every direction.
Some Of the guest rode forty miles.
Until he married Mr.. Wallis daughter
th5 bridegroom was q clerk in the for
mer'5 store. AS q wedding gift the
brides father took her young husband
into partnership with him. gave him a
house and lot, stocked a closet with
HaTiland china and gave to them a
frank full of silver. The wedding gifts
were so numerous that they filled one
If Nj. Wallis store oon4s, which was
opened for the reception of the gifts
When il became apparent that the
hon3a would lot hold them.
The bride is IS years old n the
bridegroom is %. One ranchman rode
thirty miles on horseback, clad in his
cowboy clothes. On the horn of his
saddle he carried a suit case, and when
ne reached Arcadia he put on his dress
suit. After the big supper a village
orchestra tuned up Until daylight
the hundreds OF guests danced, cow
boys With bridesmaids and rich ranch
men with the daughters of the men
Who herd cattle for them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
BREAKS WORLDS RECORD
cresceus Succeeded in Trott;:g a Mile
at Wichita in 1891.

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at Wichita in 1891.
Wichita, Kan, Oct. 21.-Cresceus
broke the worlds trotting res ord for a
mile, going the distance in 1:5JA, beat
ing the previous record held by Lou
Dillon and Major Delmar by u quarter
IF a second.
The day was ideal and the track
could not have been better. Mr.. ketch-
am worked the horse out before the
final test in ais, II then sent him
FOR the record. He broke when he first
scored for the word, but on the next
attempt was sent off, going the first
quarter in 80 seconds fiat. There was
a cheer when he reached the half in
:5934, and when the three-quarters was
passed in 1870 the cheer became an
lproar. Just before he reached the
wire Cresceus broke and it is believed
lost fully three-Quarters OF a second.
He caught handily and flashed under
the wire in 1888.
No vino shield was used. Cresceus
vas paced by Mike the Tramp.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
TO HANG IN THIRTY DAYS.
Assaulted ollie Hess Near seokuk ana
Is Found Guilty,

Keokuk, Ia, Oct. 19.-In the cas- of
Frank Clark. the assaiiant of Miss
Ollie Hess near here a month ago the
jury, after being III about two huors.
a verdict of guilty and fixed
the punishment at hanging and the
date within thirty days. The hour of
the execution will be fixed by the court
next Wednesday,. The case was tried
at kahoka and was bitterly fought.
There was no doubt of Clark's guilt,
the contest merely being as to the Sc
verify of the punishment. When the
brennan of the jury read the verdict,
Clark was present and gave a sicklg
smile.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
BRITAIN is

London. Oct. 2o.-The Shipbuilding
trust disclosures have beer followed
l.ere with the keenest possible gratif-
ca tior. j. Pierpont Morgan was the
dread symbol Of American commercial
aggression on this country, and the
damage to his prestige has taken a
heavy weight off the minds of British
Incidentally the collapse of the Ship
building trust and the weakened con-
dition of others has deprived Mr.. Cham
bcr!ain OK 3. valuable argument for
his protectionist policy,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Luther College Anniversary.

DEBORAH, Ia, Oct. 19.-Luther College
anniversary was celebrated Wednesday
evening with the usual The
building was brilliantly, Illuminated for
half an hour The celebration took place
in the college gymnasium, where Profess
sor E. O. Kaasa of Lutheran Ladies SEM
mary of Red Wing, made the chief adj
dress. z. Q. Voldum. one Of the students,
also spoke. Many kilograms Of congratu-
lation were read by Professor Naeseth,
the president. Professor Pfeus bslng at
the Luther Seminary celebration at Ham
line.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 16.-The supreme
court handed down decisions as fol-
lows:
Kinder VS.. Stephens, appellant, Keo-
kuk county; affirmed.
Anderson, appellant, VS.. Schurke,
Crawford county; affirmed.
German Trust company, appellant,
VS.. board OF equalization, Scott county;
modified and affirmed.
. White & Hoskins VS.. Benton, appel
liant, Calhoun county; reversed.
United States Fidelity and Guarantee
company, appellant, VS.. Hittle, Wood
bury county; reversed.
Cummings VS.. Lynn, administrator,
appellant, Hardin county; reversed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
CUMMINS IS FIRM.
Declares lie viii Fight to Re.
duce One Duty That Is
Too High.

Dubuque, Ia, Oct. 19.-Addressing a
Dubuque audience last night, Governor
Cumnins said he believed the tariff
duties should afford the producer a
fair measure Of profit. He said then
that the duty on steel rails, for in
stance, is too high, and he. for one,
purposes doing all in his power to Sc
cure the reduction of this duty. SEN
ator Allison, who was seated on the
stage. was visibly agitated at this
declaration.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Ida Grove Wins, 81 to O.

Ida Grove, Ia. Oct. 19.-The Ida Grove
high school football team defeated Sac
City institute this afternoon by a score of
81 to 0. Time Of halves, 25 and 80 minutes.
Ida Grove has not yet been scored on this
season, and football here begins to have
a strenuous side for spectators as well as
players, the enthusiasts being compelled
TO hurry to alternate ends of the field
by the certainty that Ida Groves cham
ball and score.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Will Boom Business.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Oct. 19.-The manu-
facturers and wholesalers of this city are
planning a humble of excursions to sur
rounding towns to boom their business.
The first excursion will be next Thursday,
when they leave on the Minneapolis and
st. Louis for points north They will lie
accompanied by the military band.