The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-06

n not subjecting them to too hard
drilling during the first period of their
military training.
AS many deaths from heart failure
nave taken place during recent years.
orders have been given that the men
be subjected to thorough examinations
with the stethoscopc at stated intervals
and that recruits found to nave de-
Neloped signs of cardiac diseases be
placed under Immediate treatment and
II necessary discharged from the serv-
Ice before an acute stage of the dis
ease is reached.
Warn l~nstigators to Cease.
Because of the revolutionary ten
denotes shown among Russian students
at various German universities, the
government has issued a warming to
these That unless they abstain from all
political manifestations they Will be
excluded from all German institutes
of learning.
In most cases the female students
nave been ound to be the instigators
OF demonstrations against the car, and
part of the empire have for this rea-
son closed their doors to Russian Co
eds"
Increase of Consumption.
Statistics in Austria have shown an
alarming increase of consumption in
that country.
An order has been given forbidding
expectoration on the streets and in all
public places. and notices have been
posted in all theaters in lower Austria,
including Vienna, forbidding ladies' to
allow their trains to drag on the floor
while passing to their, seats.
1t was first Intended 10 forIi6 fba
Wearing of dresses With trains, but in
the last ome the strong a-ntagonisu
of the women caused the author tiles TO
be satisfied with the less severe ordi-
nance.
Money in Rag Business.
That there is quite y little money in
the rag business is shown by the will
of Miss Sarah Davis, who has just died
leaving her whole fortune of half a mill
lion dollars to the city of Trieste.
She had made this by exporting rags
from Austria to paper manufacturers
in the United States.
Stealing corpses.
A number of physicians connecteu
with a hospital in the ne~ighborhood OF
Dresden have been arrested for steal
ing and selling the corpses of deceased
patients.
The crime was d~iscovered'by an acct
dent, A patient died in the hospital,
and when his son arrived on the day on
which his funeral vas to take place.
he asked that the coffin be opened that
he might have IL last look at his faith
er's face, but this was refused by the
physician, who claimed that it was i'm
possible. as decomposition had already
set in.
The son, however, insisted, and at
last removed the cover of the coffin
with his own hands,.
To his establishment, he found the
coffin filled with bricks.
The police We're called in and a
search was made for the body, which
wao found, with two others, lying on
ice in the cellars of the hospitals.
Relatives of a umbe of patients
who have died recently have now de-
manded that their graves be opened,
n there is reason to suspect that no
bodies Will be found. in any of these,
as 1t has been discovered that a num-
Der of suspicious boxes have been
shipped from the hospital during tina
last two Years.
A Secret Theater.
The Russian police have discovered a
secret theater in Warsaw, where revo-
lutionary plays We're performed before
audiences of s~ympathizers.
The theater was an transformations
building, and admission was only by
lllNllallOI. koSIlllilelS were DOSIGu. DILL
side for safety.
The police succeeded in raiding the
building last night and found zoo peo-
pie there. AS the audience refused to
move, the officers contented themselves
by arresting the players.
Reckless Speculation.
j. DAME Sully's recent corner IN cot
ton has caused a great deal of suffer-
ing in German textile centers, and it is
intended to ask the government to sub
sidize farmers in the parts of Ger
many's colonies in southwestern Africa
adapted to the cultivation of cotton for
the purpose of raising enough of the
staple to supply the home market and
make German manufacturers indie
pendent of reckless American specula-
tors. Il
The kaiser is said to be very much
interested in the plan and efforts will
be made to establish and develop new
cotton growing districts in the col
onies.
Ant;.Russian Demonstration.
The *recent disasters to Russia in
the far east rave created a strong i'm
preston in the Balkan states, ever
where pro-Russian sentiment has for
merly been very strong.
AT a recent performance which took
place in a Belgrade theater in aid Of
the Russian Red Cross societies, at
which King Peter and the Russian
charge daffaires We're present, an anti
Russian demonstration occurred.
The cars picture was hooted, and
the singing of the Russian national
hymn was drowned by groans.
1t is reported hat this will cause the
recall of the new Russian minister, APP
pointed only three weeks ago.
A Story About Mommsen.
London Chronicle: One anecdote OF
Mommsen has been almost forgotten. lie
was elected to the reichstag. and the day
he took his seat there was an extraordi-
nary scene. Bismarck was speakinr and