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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Two Mysteries on One Bike.

There is a New York family which
has a country place in Westchester coun-s
ty. In the family are two young
women who Gin town. at any rate). are
extremely dignifed and extremely con
ventional. says the N. Y. Tribune.
There is also a brother, who became in
fatuated with the idea that it would be
good exercise for him to ride a bicycle.
On a recent moolight evening, when the
brother was not at home, the two sisters
stole quietly out to the barn and brought
forth the bicycle. They were arrayed.
in strange and weird costumes which
they i%mprovised for the occasion. They
wheeled the machine" over to the ten
mis- court and then, for the benefit Of the
sleepless stars and the wide-awake moon,
gave an exhibition of attempted bicycle
riding which would make the fortune Of
roof-garden manager. The result of
that little performance, not counting in
the bicycle, may be summarized as fol-
lows: Ono wrecked tennis net, two
broken poles, twenty-five square yards
OF ruined turf, crushed and broken
shrubbery in large quantities, one
twisted ankle, one knee-cap strained,
one knce-cap bruised, two arms stifen-l
ed, aud seventeen separate and distinct
black-and-blus spots.
Its funny" says the girls, confiden-
italy. @shat a bicycle goes backward
when you want it to 60 ahead, and can
run into two dozen things at che time"
"What I can't understand, :" says the
brother to the whole family, sis how a
load of brick fell on my bicycle when it
was locked up in the barn.
The girls have nothing to say to this,
and when their brother is in their pres
ence they heroically walk without limp
ing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
MILLS FOR GERMANY.
Americans May Build Them as a Re.
cult of Tariff Barriers.

Berlin, May 5.-Because of the high
German tariff many American manu-
facturers are considering the advisa.
biHty of erecting factories in Germany.
Today the ~Carborundum company of
Niagara Falls announced it's intention
to build works in Prussia. The West
tnghouse Electric company are DELHI
Grating similar steps.
The establishment of factories in Eu-
rope is becoming necessary, because
European manufacturers are adopting
American methods so extensively that
the main advantage which the Amer
leans are enjoying is gradually disap-
pearing.
Walter Damrosch, who is now in this
city, says he will give concerts in vari-
GUS German cities, as we'll as in st.
Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw and Pa
r1s. He will lead the Cologne che
by the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
In February.
Canadian Tariff Question.
Negotiations are going on between
Germany and Great Britain regarding
the Canadian tariff. Germany has in
formed England that she considers the
action of Canada an unfriendly one.
1t Is believed here that the Canadian
question will have an important bear
AALe vi ~ liSdC IGlallCIS w
Germany and Great Britain.
Your correspondent is informed that
a bill for the expulsion Of anarchists
will be presented to the Reichstag by
he Bundesrath. The bill was suggested
to the kaiser.
According to a private dispatch from
Vienna, there are persistent reports Of
the approaching resignation Of M. do
Szaal, the Hungarian premier. The lib
eral party is said to be hopelessly split.
Count Apponyi is at loggerheads with
his premier. Count Banfy is said to be
looming up as a candidate for the office
Of premier.
DR.. Hartmann, the chief physician Of
he mines at Koenigshutte, Silesia, re-
ports that an epidemic OF termination
has broken OF among the miners there
and that 40, 900 Of them are i'll.
Manager Lauterburg of the Residenz
Theatre, intends to sail soon for the
United States to study American stage
management. His theatre is devoted
solely to the production Of French
farces. n 4us sE. .
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Excuse me" said Meandering Mike.

Excuse me, said Meandering Mike.
as he paused at the kitchen door, shut.
hev We got any work We want done I'M
exchange for cold vittles:?" "Yes," was,
the prompt reply. SAIL right" was the
reply, as he turned away. "Good-day." y
"What made you ask the question:.
aWhy, sometimes I meets men that
warts ter work fur cold vittles. an I'm
so kind-hearted that I like ter be able to
tell Fem wher they kin be accommodate.
ed. - Washington Star.
The P~uissant Powhatan gazed upon
the PROSTATE Smith with II frown.
Papa" exclaimed the fair Pocahontas,
what on earth are you going to do:aa
The chief n,oistened his palms and
grasped his club more firmly. but was
silent. NO" observed the %girL,qDekly
diyining his purpose. Il don't believe
l want his hair banged" Which, eun-
sidering the times and the state nf senti-
ment, was neither a mean jest NOR IN.
apEopos.-Dftrvx 1fS1sns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
MANY ARE INJURED.
Two Were Perhaps Fatally Hurt on
Great Northern.

Wo Were Perhaps Fatally Hurt on
Great Northern.
Kaltspell. Mont. May "a complete
list OF those injured In the wreck Of the
east-bound Great Northern express,
near Troy Sunday morning. shows that
fully a dozen were hurt. while two nag
die. Conductor Hurley, In charge Of
the train. was badly cut about the head.
The list Of the remaining injured 10 as
follows:
Mrs. Helen A. Chorchowsh, Duluth,
internally injured.
H. W. johnson. Spokane, shoulder
dislocated.
H. Kilroe. Grand Forks, N. D., head
badly bruised.
George S. Kogiund. Roseland. B. c.
head badly out.
Mrs. Thomas Kahn, Wines City,
Mich. ribs fractured.
Mrs. Wray. Toronto. Ont, hip badly
cut.
DR.. w. G. Valentine. Spokane, hip cut
and head bruised.
Gus Cochrane, Corvallis, Mont,
shoulder dislocated; may die.
Mrs. Wilson, Sioux Falls, S. D., hip
dislocated; may die.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
NO new THING IN
THE DEPARTMENT
Fraud in Washington City Post
office Uncovered Three
Years Ago.
WAS HusHED UP
Expert Who Investigated the Office Wa
Transferred and His Salary Re-
duced- Interview Starts
Another Sensation.

Washington, May A. PostmaSter
General Payne q addressed q letter
to former Postmaster General Char1es
Emory Smith. Bourth Assistant POST
master General Bristow, Postmaster
Narrttt,. Of this city, INC Comptroller
TraceWeu OF the treasury, calling att
tentten to the published interview with
9. ". Tulooh. for many q up to
three years ago cashier OF tho Wash
tnEton p0st0face. Thu interview quotes
MI. Tulloch as saying that the whole
tendency OF the p~ostofflce department
IA to convert the Washington city post
once Into a mere bureau Of the depart
naant, disburso its funds and appro-
PIRATE its employees; that an investiga-
ton OF the accounts OF the Washington
1~osteffca was begun by an expert OF
tho co1nptrolleS's once. but was stopped
and h expert removed, presumably"
az q warning to others.
FoStotf1oe inspectors who were aware
e tho existing conditions, the inter-
vser says. were threatened with re-
n0xa1 IL they presumed too much, but
AI. Bristow stood by his man and de-
handed an Investigation OF the first as
astant.s Office. which was refused.
Ma. Payne has asked for q complete
rSp0rt from Postmaster Merritt, In
eJMding a list CT all charsas made In
tina Washington ofacs during his incum-
-haxaoy, ard upea whose esdar they we're
made. Tho lettac to Comptroller Trace
wall saxs that tbs publication Is a d.
rect reelection On his Once, and asks IL
any truth exaaka IN tina ohargas. Mr..
RTtstow Is direotod especially to report
On mi ~connootaon OF himself and OF
the postotfloe inspectors with the
charges. Mr.. Smith Il asked for In
formation on tho subject ~ q matter
Of courtesy"
.#-l. TT#1E-.H, ..-..aHr--"H #sIrI
Fraud Was Uncovered.
Calaptroller Traceuoll aaid last nigh,
that it waS.tn the spring OF 1900 that he
decided to look into the affairs Of the
Wa<aAagton CITY p~ostofaca. An expert
fDosA hin ofaoa was pat to work. and the
papers in ttaa casa were brought to his
ofMce. They wero thare perhaps two
msaaths. Tha investigation led to the
conviction oa h3a part, Mr.. Tracewell
said. that there had been many trregu-
lariuos-he would not say frauds-in
the expenses Of the local p~ostof1ce.
He called tho attention Of the post
masters to them and disalloWed many
itAms. Matters eventually were
strs2Ehtened OUT and on q promise
fram the postal officials that the Inn
pDopoc disbursements would not DO coaN
ttnaed he infocmed them, he said. that
hA should refrain from falling back on
thu Disturbing ofaoasa-
~Waa tha expert who investigated
the postoftoe accounts made an exaPi-
pa off~ MIR. Traoowsll was asked.
@Ha was Transferred from my Office
to tha sixth auditors ofdoa, which
amounted to q reduction was the re-
ply. That wa0 brought about for other
roAsonSN Al well an his manner OF in
vesttEatinE the p~oStoflca accounts. He
Yves very edtetonk and performed his
work in q satisfactory name except
hA ~AS not s11fH SANITY IA ctf,,1 An or
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Two Are Killed and Half a Dozen Hurt
in Disastrous Wreck in
N ichigan.

Mlchl9an.
Saginaw, Mich, May 6.-As q result
Of a head-on collision between Pere
Marquette passenger trains at Mary
vile. thirty-one miles east Of this city,
two people are dead and seven severely
injured. n Of these probably fatally.
The dead:
FIREMAN ALBERT J. H. osMoND,
Saginaw. s
BAGGAGEMAN GUS PLACER. Port
Huron.
The injured:
Engineer Robert Campbell, Port HUI.
ron.
Engineer Terrence Kelly, Saginaw;
'probAhly fatal.
Hkpress Agent A. o. Smith, Saginaw
Mall Clark Frank P. Peck, Saginaw.
Mail WeiGher Harold James, Jack
.soq. N
Conductor A. Hazeltine. Saginaw.
The railroad people refuse to discuss
the cause OF the wreck, but 1t Is said to
have been caused by a mistake in tele-
graphic orders.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
SAILORS RESCUED.
Crew Of French Brig, Sadly Decimated
Saved From Helpless Wreck
of the Vessel.

enty-two men who sailed from St
Malo, France, March 28, on the French
fishing brig. Sans Souci. sixty-fve
reached here today on the steamer st.
Andrew from Antwerp. OF the others
six were washed overheard and
drowned during a gale April %. One
died. When rescued by the ST. An
drew the members of the crew had just
about departed Of keeping tx. brig
afoat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Fireman Pinioned Under Engine in a
Wreck Meets an Awful

Des Moinas. Ia, NAy en- a wrecA
Of the fast mail west bound on the
Burlington at Creston this m0Tnin
Fireman Walter Noble was caught IN
der his engine and slowly roasted to
death before the Mortified gaze Of the
remainder Of the train crew. No other
injuries Of q serious nature occurred.
The fast mail was behind time and
crashed into a freight at high speed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
CHARTER IS REFUSED.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Find.
Christian Science Association Is
an Improper ORGANIZATION.

Philadelphia. May s.-The Pennsyl-
vania supreme court today affirmed the
ruling Of the late Judge Arnold in
which the latter refused to charter the
Christian Science association. The pro-
posed association was to establish a
place for and support OF public wor-
ship and to preach the doctrines OF
Jesus Christ as found in the bible and
the Christian Science text book,
Science and Health, With Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker G.. Eddy.
Judge Arnold refused the charter on
the ground hat the purpose OF the as
ISOLATION Is disclosed is improper.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
PLANTER is MURDERED.
Probably Be Followed by a Bunch
of Iynchinqs. @

Vicksburg, Miss, May 5-Will!sm
Long, a prominent planter, living 81,
miles west 81 Redwood, was lag nigh
set upon by negroes and killed. r. $50
hre securing the country for th,se
groes suspected of the me-
wholesale lynching Is probate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08

- AohSo PHA cSV IA
iEgly, if not very tunefully. Horace
Gray's fine tenor attracted the notice
Of the professor, who praised it highly,
aad took special pains with its cultiva-
ton.
Horace ana Berta were thrown much
together by NEAR Of their voices,
which blended finely. Often he would
remain after school and sing while
Berta sat at the little organ and ac-
companied him.
The winter term drew toward a close,
and regretful words were heard on
every side. Every one was sorry to
lose the little schoolma'am. She her
self strangely dreaded to go. The
thought was hateful to her. Well, per-
haps the trustees would hire her again,
and she would come back-strange, she
thought, that she should have grown. so
attached to such alonely country place.
The placer All, Berta!
One day a dreadful thing happened.
Horace Gray, the tallest and Oldest
young man, whom all the other boys
looked up to and venerated, because of
his seniority and m%ustache, behaved SO
badly all the afternoon that the teacher
wrote his name on the blackboard as a
mark of disgrace, and commanded him
to remain after school for punishment.
The other pupils looked at her in
amazement, eve doubling that the
great fellow would promptly throw her
ont Of the window if she attempted to
punish him, but loving and admiring
her all the more for the pretty, indig-
nant fash in har blue eyes.
Children, she sa1d. Il have never
used this fsERAe "a 4aeeas Of punish,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
A PECULIAR SPECIALLY
Sells onion Sets but Eats No Onions
Under Any Circumstances.


The establishment o. a wholesale
house brings tradesmen OF all sorts
Tbis week Geo Reeve, Of Chicago,
sold the Ratclitf- -Halsell Grocery 90.
a car load OF onion sets for next years
delivery. This gentleman visits some
thIrty-seyen states and sells nothing
but onion sets; ard his firm, D. A.
Budlong Company, raises all OF the
product he sells on 700 acres OF gar
dens within the limits OF "GreateF
Chicago at Winnemac station, on
the Northwestern. The larger onions
some OF which they raise against
thelI wish, are made into pickles and
the Grm employs fourteen travelling
salesmen to dispose Of them. La the
course OF a dissertation on the sub
iect OF his business, and good many
other things, for Mr.. Reeve was
many-sided mao, the gentleman was
frank enough to say that he did not
think an onion fit TO eat, no matter
how served.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
Manufactures Can't Supply Demand.
American Field Fence Famine.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"And what is your opinion Of Mrs
Humphry Ward2D an enthusiastic
American hostess once asked Of an
English literary lady Of worldwide
distinction. The visitor politely made
an effort to recall the name, and then
answered with half-closed eyes ana
weary intonations; I'm told she is
very industrious woman"
When the friends Of the rival claims
ants of the discovery Of anaesthesla
we're proposing monuments for each
other, Oliver Wendell Holmes sug-
rested that all should unite on erect
ing a single memorial, with central
group symbolizing painless surgery
statue Of Jackson on one side,
statue of Morton on the other, and the
inscription beneath: "To EOther."
The last literary work upon which
the late Richard Henry Stoddard was
engaged was in connection with his
.Recollections, Personal and Literary"
a volume of memoirs covering period
of more than so years and affording
glimpse Of many Of the foremost
writer's of the last half century, IN
cluding Hawthorne and Thackeray.
Mr.. stoddard was author Of the much
quoted advice, write if you want to,
but earn your bread some other way
When Dumas, broken in health, for
tune and spirit, left Paris for the
last time he took with him his total
fortune-a single gold louis. a few
days before his death he pointed to
the single coin as it lay on the corner
Of the mantelpiece. "See there" he
said, calling 10 his son. Fifty years
ago, when ! came to Paris, had one
louis in my possession. Why have peo-
Die accused me Of being a prodigal?
l have preserved it and have it still
look, there it is"
Conan Doyle was once asked why he
didn't establish detective agency and
employ Sherlock Holmes tactics in
conducting the business. For the
very good reason" he replied, that
all the knots Sherlock Holmes united
we're Of my own tying. | should fail
liz I undertook to unrayel other peo-
pies entanglements. / believe that
y on one occasion / could have done SO,
though. / was in a tailor shop wher
a rather anattractive man was select
inc a pair Of trousers. He fatty OBJ
jected to striped goods and 1 got tht
idea that he was an ex-convict. To
satisfy myself / visited one or two
prisons, and, snre enough. found the
mans picture IN the rogues' gallery
Doubtlesshe had had enough Of striped
wearing apparel"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
BOGUS PoTEETATE's STAMPS.
Partisan PhiIateIists Cunningly De-
ceiyed by MnlSe-Believe
Eastern Monarch.

In an article on some notable in
stances Of stamp forgeries writer in
the London Magazine says: Some
few years ago both the Matin and the
Petit Journal announced that the Gay
City would soon be visited by an east
ern potentate, his majesty, Marie l.,
Of Sedang. an island a few hundred
miles off the coast of China, who would
be sure to find welcome from all true
Frenchmen, owing 10 the fact that his
majesty had assured his independence
IN the teeth Of perfdious Albion. In
due time, his majesty, wearing plenty
Of Jewels, with his ministers and
retinue Of gorgeously attired black
servants, arrived at famous hotel,
where he lived in regal magnifcence,
and Paris found new sensation in
watching his daily drive along the
Bois de Boulogne. A few days later
some letters arrived bearing a curious
lly shaped and pretty designed stamp,
on which appeared the words "Sedang
1.-Two moons, as well as some French
colonial stamps. Partisan philatelists
gave huge bribes to the hotel servants
for any Sedang stamps that came their
way, and so rapidly did these rise in
value that they soon changed hands at
1000 francs.
This fact, too, was recorded in the
newspapers, but when orders were
coming from all parts of France and
everything appeared propitious,
very prominent stamp dealer received
command to wait on his majesty.
but after being received with great
ceremony, the king directed one Of his
ministers to complete the contemplat-
ed business. The dealer was told that
in consideration Of the payment OF
large sum down he would be appointed
sole agent for the stamps, and to this
he readily agreed. The minister then
whispered that for a few thousand
louis he could buy up ane collection
the minister had brought with him un-
beknown to the king, but the utmost
.ecrecv would have to be observed, be-
cause if his majesty heard Of 1t he (the
minister) would lose lis head.
A large sum Of money found its way
into the Golfers Of the bogus Marie j.
and his minister, and then Europe was
flooded with the stamp. 1t was
not, however. until a schoolboy wrote
to a newspaper asking where Sedang
was situated that the imposition was
discovered. which set all Paris laugh
Ing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
stock In the Pound.

One white COW ten years old, brand
bottle on right side, crop and split ID
righ, ear.
One red roam heifer yearing not
branded or marked.
One red. " bite faced CIV and calf.
circle on left jaw, horse shoe on lett
hip.
one brown Jersey COW, crop 10 left
ear, crop and over bit 10 right ear,
figure four on right hip.
one two-year-old yellow cow and
calf, 90 brand or mark.
One white faced bull yearlins, ne
brand or ark. GU
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
The claremore Way.

One night last week some few OIL
the toughs Of this town and it's
vicinity took it 10 hands, to hold
cvlored men uprand proceeded TO
rock and otherwise damage some
Of the decent colored peoples
houses. We may be classsd with
ebreaching the Equality" doctrine,
but even at the risk Of that we
want to say that such conduct IS
past excuse. The officers OF this
town, and for that matter the peo.
pie, too, have 90 use for the lazy,
worthless, crap-shooting class oil
niggers, but at the same time will
not stand for the abuse OF those
colored men Tho are trying to earn
an honest living and support their
families and provide them homs'
Such men are entitled to and will
!. receive the protection due them,
and those peruna, lemon extract
and bay rum boozers who think
otherwise had better look out, foI
they are pretty well known, and
any repetition Of such doings will
find them landed 10 the govern.
ment boarding house at Vinita =
Messenger.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20

Senator James X Jones, who
has been here all this week, left
last night on the hyer for ST. Louis
The Senator had great faith in
the Territory aud great contempt
for the methods that are being
used to retard progress here de
expects a great deal from Indian
Territory in the next few years
grinding out democracy; II
will win, was the parting injunc-
ton OF the Senator to The Times
reporter ~ the train was pnlllns
out a Muskogee Times.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-06-20
Hot weather Weakness

If you feel tagged out, iistless and
lacking in energy, you are perhaps suffer-
ing from the debilisating effects Of sum-
mer weather. These symptoms iud icate
that a tonic is needed that will create a
healthy appetite, make digestion perfect
regulate the bowels and impart natursl
activity to the liver This Herbiue will
do; It is a tonic, laxative and restorative.
H ] Freegared, propr Grand View Hotel
canev. kan. writes:'I have used Herbiue
for the last u years, and nothing on
earth can beat it. It was rseomended to
me pv DIR. Newton, Newton, Kan. SOC al
Peoples Drug Store. dw