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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-11
Lease of Common School Lands.

Lease of Common School Lands.
Notice is hereby given that on
March 10, 1904. all Unbiased common
school lands in Dawson county will
be offered for lease at public auction
between the hours of 10 O'Clock a III.
and 5 O'Clock p. M. at the front
door Of the court house in said coun-
ty.
Dated at Pierre, S. D., January 9,
1904.
c. j. Bach.
Commissioner of School and Public
Lands.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
BOYS FIND DYNAMITE.

NEW YORK, May 10.-The police of
West New York. New Jersey. made a
raid ON the small boys of that town in
a frantic search for dynamite ana in
the course Of several hours took from
various juvenile pockets 1870 sticks Of
the dangerous stuff. Then. in a search
for four sticks not accounted for, they
started on house to- house hunt.
Workmen on the new sewer had
stored two boxes of the explosive. each
containing 100 sticks, in a vacant lot
on Friday. \ small boy found and di-
vided the spous with his friends.
The stuff was distributed with re
markable rapidity and as the boys dis
covered that the dynamite could be eff
fectively used Tor writing on the side
walks. fences and walls, it was not
long before even h who ran might
read such messages as johnny Bi@gs
is stuck on Susie Jones'" and other
messag es and comments.
The nature of the substance with
which the walls had been defaced and
the peculiar smell attracted the atten-
ton of a workman familiar with dyna-
mite. Investigation led to the discovery
OF the loss of the two boxes, and pray
ing that the town might not be blown
up before the search was over, the
work of recovering the dynamite
began.
The four unaccounted-for sticks have
caused the greatest trepidation on the
part Of the townspeopIe, and all small
boys are looked upon with suspicion.
If necessary large rewards of ice
cream and candy will be offered for the
missing explosives.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
CHECKS BOOM FOR PARKER.
Tammany's Fight Against Judge May
Result in Compromise at St.
Louis Convention

WASHINGTON, D. c., May IA
big question mark must be put after
Judge Parkers name in connection
With the democratic presidential nomi-
nation. Within ten days the situation
has changed materially and While he
is still the leading candidate, his sue
cess is not nearly as certain as it
seemed to be at the time of the Al
bany convention.
The reason is quite plain. New
York must be carried or the demo-
Gratis cannot win the presidency. In
order to carry New York, they must
have the hearty support of Tammany.
Should that great organization sulk, or
give the ticket only a nominal support,
the democratic campaign Will be for
naught. Why, then, start the cam
paign with a ticket against which
Tammany has arrayed all it's strength,
and which it declares it viii never sup
port?
In order to ACCOMPLISH Parllers de-
feat, Tammany is sending its agents
into all the states, asking party lead
ers not to instruct delegates, They may
be for him if they want to be, but
there must be no Instructions This re-
quest is being very generally acqui-
esced in. The result viii be that the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
Drowning Theory Rejected.

The only alternative to the kidnap-
ing theory is the possibility Of drown
ing, which is almost universally re-
jected as extremely improbable. The
boy was left at point where a cross
road runs down to the Hall shipyard.
He might have wandered down to the
dock and fallen into the water, but
dozens of men were at work close by,
and although busily engaged, it seems
that the chance of the boys passing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
Northwest News

scattering them as wildly as a handful
Of bullets shot from catapult; or how
to bring that long, deep growl to the
monster as it cuts deep into the base
of a thousand tons topples and falls
with a crash from the mountain side. =
Mrs. Moore has been her husband
'pardner' in the mining business for
the past nineteen years, and during
those nineteen years she has lived out
of doors nearly all of the time. She has
mined in Colorado, Montana, CalifOr
mia and Oregon She has travelled sew
eraI thousand miles by pack pony and
burro, following the mountain trails
and the long line of prospectors into
the new camps
"Healthy?" She smiles at the ques-
ton Il do not know what it is to be
sick 1t is true my face and hands are
tanned as brown as nut by the Winds
heat and rains, and are not like the
pretty pink-white that women like so
well, but [ know there are but few Wo-
men of my age as rugged and healthy
as l. Yes, mining is the life for me.
My blood is tinctured with the gold
fever and | am doomed: but, after all,
there is no life like it. The genuine
freedom of the mountains, the ozone of
the pines is mine, all mine"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11

ud yesterday the jewels were handed
10 Sheriff Canning of this place Fay
anne to Clinton and recovered the dia-
nonds from the sheriff.
Through Bunting, Fay learned that
Harry Bernstein. an Omaha pawn
broker, had received the diamonds
stolen from his brother and sold them.
FAY and Bernstein held a meeting on
he Omaha Council Bluffs bridge last
Tuesday and the latter was told that
lie would have to produce the stones.
He asked for time, and going back to
Omaha and consulting Dennison. hunt
ing up the purchasers, bought the dia-
nonds back, paying $500 more than he
had sold them for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
Brinqs Revised Account.

Mr.. Hughes brings over revised
account of the childs disappearance,
which throws a little more light upon
the matter. AS nearly as can be cal
culated it was fifteen minutes after
Mrs. Baker left the child in the road
until she went back to the Williams
house and discovered that he was
missing. She says that she waited for
him in the road a few minutes after
she noticed that he had not followed
her over the brow of the hill, and then
butcher, however, says that Mrs. Ba
ker went to his shop and ordered meat
and then started for home, accOmpan-
led by the older boy. The butcher says
he cut the meat which she ordered and
carried it to the house, where he found
everybody in excitement over the dis
appearance of little Prewitt
Mrs. Baker denies that she went to
the butcher shop, but it seems plan
that her memory is at fault, all recOl-
lection of events between the time
when she lost sight of the boy and her
discovery that he was missing having
been wiped out under the terrible
strain to which she has since been sub
jected. The butcher could not be mis-
taken. From his story and from state
ments of persons in the Williams house
it is estimated that fifteen minutes
elapsed from the time Mrs. Baker last
saw the child until her return to the
house. 1t was at least a quarter of an
hour after that before the search COM
menCed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11

weary and hollow-eyed, many of them
cratched and bleeding. and rendered
their services for as much longer as it
seemed possible that any good might
result. The universal sentiment was
expressed by one sturdy ship carpenter,
Who said:
Most of us have got babies of our
own and those that haven't have lit
lie brothers or sisters. 1t would be
worth more than a weeks work to any
of US to find that little one"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11

,ver the dock without being seen Iv

over the dock without being seen by
any of them is almost infnitesimal. II
he did. the disappearance is easily ac-
counted for.,The tide was running out
and the child could have been carried
away quickly. His loose cap would
have been soon saturated and sunk
But the shipyard men cannot conceive
that he could have crossed the dock
and fallen into the water unnoticed.
Everybody falls back on the kidnapping
theory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
DIAMONDS RETURNED.
Long Search for Missing Iowa Gems Is
at Last Rewarded.

COUNCIL. BLUFFS. Ia. Nav IL
The search of L. e. Fav. editor of the
Clinton Advertiser. for 81 200 worth of
diamonds stolen from the residence of
his brother c. 4. Fav. At clinton on
the night of November >. 1902 was
bronant n IN, a,d +o7,,, Nv 49,, ,.o+,,,,,
of the Jewels. In con5ucrina his olest
for the diamonds. Mr.. Fav has NOT
only succeeded I'M his i,iti,1 ,,,,~nosa
but has incidentally contributed ro the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF
PREWITT BAKER Is STILL
WRAPT IN MYSTERY.
There Is No Longer Any Doubt About
the Young Child Having
Been Kidnapped.

SEATTLE Wash. May 11.-AnOther
day has lapsed without revealing a
trace of little Prewitt Baker, and be
lief that it is q case of kidnapping has
there is little dissent. The Pinkerton
detectives engaged upon the case are
working upon that theory, and suspic
ion that the child may have been
brought to Seattle has induced Chief Of
Police Delaney to detail two members
of the detective force to devote their
time to looking for clues in this city.
A new discovery was made yester-
day. \ large log lies near the intersec-
ton of the roads and foot path where
the boy was last seen, and behind it
were found several beer bottles and
indications that a man had lain there
Several bottles of beer and a number
of burlaps were stolen from the Eagle
Harbor hotel day or two before. 1t
is thought that the kidnaper, if there
was one, might have planned the
abduction the day before and had been
lying in wait for an opportunity. He
might have had the beer to wash down
his lunch and the burIaps to wrap the
child in and smother his cries.
Strange Sioop in Harbor
Several persons say that a strange
sIoop was in the harbor Friday, and a
similar sloop is reported to have been
at Port Madison Saturday.
A dozen friends Of Mr.. Becker in this
city went over to Eagle Harbor yes
terday and looked over the ground sur
rounding the scene of the child's dis
appearance, No extensive search has
been made since Saturday evening,
though beacon fires We're kept going
all Saturday night over a wide area
and about twenty-five men yesterday
pursued the examination of the tim
Der
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Baker are bearing
up braveIy under the strain. In their
deep tribuIation the hope that their
baby is kidnapped and held in safety af-
lords them and their friends some grim
comfort. p. D. Hughes, who was one
of the Seattle men who spent yester-
day with Mr.. Baker at Eagle Harbor,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-11

Husband Wating-I must take
you to see the woman lightning change
artist at the halls Wife-Is she good 4?
Husband-Great! She puts on her hat
IN less than fifteen minutes-Punch.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29

in bis soul dwelt the love of exquisite.
harDOnies and music; that her voice
was the key that unlocked the gate Of
that soul. and for the first time in his
short life, that had been crowded so
iuil of the harsh, the coarse, the I'M
lovely experiences OF poverty and dis
tress; just as his soul was towering
on the border of that land whose light
even now was clarifying his face, he
experienced JOY.
When her voice died away he drew
a long, deep, quivering sigh. Gee!
Amt that corker, | hain't never
heard anything like dat before
neyir.' Oh. the pathos of it! The
rough, coarse slang of the streets, the
only language he knew, to express the
emotion OF that beautiful soul. The
tears spraag to Barbara's eyes and
she pressed the little, cold hand that
lay outside the coverlid. to her lips.
Presently he said in voice so low
she had to lean down to catch the
words, "Wonct | heard song at de
barricks, bout Il Teller what lived up
in de sky and loved kids; does yer
! know dat one?"
Perhaps do, dear; was it anything
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
CONDUCTOR WAS AT FAULT.
Failed 70 Include Mind Reading II
His mplishrents.

There were two young and pretty
girls. and they paused long enough,
in what was evidently an engrossing
conversation. to hail car. 1t was on
Broadway, Manhattan, and the girls
continued their talk while they board
ed the car, and paid the conductor
their fares. In fact. there was no let
up from the time they entered the
car at Fourteenth street until they
were passing through Madison square.
Then one of the girls happened to look
up. She stared out of the window in
bewilderment for half minute and
then said tragically: "Oh, Sadie, this
is an uptown car" Her companion,
after a rapid glance, called the con-
ductor. Is this car going up town."
she asked.
"Yes'm," answered the man in blue.
But we wanted to 90 down town.
We didn't want an uptown car. Why
didn't you tell us this wasn't a down
town carr" she asked before the con-
ductor had time 70 draw a breath.
Il amt no mind reader" said the
conductor. a triAe srumpily. How
should | know you wanted down.
town car when you didn't say so?"
The girls looked daggers as they
walked through to the platform, and
IS they got off one of them was say
ng: The idea. Saucy thing. He
ought to be reported, letting us get on
an uptown car and taking our fares
and all, when we wanted to go down
own" And the rest of the passen-
gers smiled and said nothing Brook
yn Eagle.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
"EnoIish" as She Is Writ.

A returned traveller writes the
New York Sun that he saw the fol-
lowing "ad." in an art store in Mum
ich few days ago: The exhibit
Of the paintings, which no every
exception whose alone property and
in the possession OF about 10000
No. Of stitch OF hooper, cut OF
wood, art Of shave liefs, color print
ings, erasures and ca. 6ooo por-
traits, also 1000 sketches in hand,
aquaralles, Of german, english,
dutch, belgium, italian and french
masters OF the latest four centur-
les. Also an collection Of NINA
lures, and many old books, Witches
complet collection are saleable. Mrs.
Patrons, YOU want information
about, sent YOU please a letter TO
the possessor, J. Gernert, Bavar-
ian SOL and Karisplatz pol, Mum
ich. Catalogue is to preparation,
and sen the catalogues every patron
10 give his strict address"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29

IL sn--ender Of the Weak.

Ttt ar idea of suicide IN,
5aueel bat ii most commonly
res.,s lr5,u excess OF emotion OF
s5c kind Tie men whom most
Of US think Of as likely to kill them
elves are those whose passions are
strone-men who love and hate
hercely are violently impatient OF
physical ills. drink hard, or hold
some idea so tenaciously that it pos
sesses their whole being and they
become insane.
These are the suicides OF romance
almost invariably. But Professor
Bailey of Yale in his recent Stats
cal study OF suicide in the United
States shows that they are far IRON
being the majority OF actual sui
cides. He has collected details OF
10000 cases of suicide from 1897
to 1901 and analyzed them with re-
spect to the age. sex, social rela-
tons and other common factors OF
their victims, and the known or
apparent cause OF their self-dcstruc-
ton.
Bad health, insanity, d:sappoint-
mcnt in love and strong drink do
lead to suicide, but they are causes
much less potent than business
losses. while the mot frequent cause
is that known as "despondency =
the feeling that the victim has made
a failure in accomplishing his pur-
posses and that further struggle
against the obstacles that confront
him is hopeless.
That more than three men klI
themselves TO che woman has long
,n known. Remembering what
- &c chief causes OF suicide, it Is
Easy to understand Why this IS so
gl. rcen TIE ages Of 20 and 50
IS III two-thrds OF the suicides oc'
-... nearly every man Is working
;ru5clf ard a woman, ALREADY
.olnd CT sought. Hence, Wheil
man feels that he has failed. TIT
weight that falls upon him is dcu
bic. He has failed not only to'
himself, bit a.so for tn woman.
And the further conclusion seem
;ust:hable that suicide is not a will
break, ng through the barriers o
life. as often imagined, but is rattle
an admission that these barriers ar
ia,rassablc. Suicide was long ag
called tie last refuge OF the coward
rsh rs the description has SCENE
it IS practically true. It's rlost ire
quent causes prove that sclf-murde
Is not The revolt OF the strong, BIZ
the surrender OF the weak.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
Loves Scleoisms.

Look not with rcproachful eyes
As | vow by heaven above,
BY the sun that lights tie skies
II is you. dear, who I love.
Cry not in complaining tone
Please say whom love. not who""
Never mind the case, my own.
When in any case its YOU.
Frown not when VOW again
That for years and years to be.
If there be one faithful swain,
You shall know. love, that it's me.
Don't say II, not me. | pray
If I'm true, why should YOU sigh?
What IS grammar, love. I say
Clear that frowh,-to you and /?
Smile upon me. love, once more.
AS | bless my happy lot,
Vowing none may match my store.
Since tits you, yes, you I've got.
Don't say COTS" supertluous there,
II IS shame to tlout me thus:
NauEht concerning you, l swear,
Ever is Supertluous.
Don't he down on me so much
All! again | give offense--
ASH not If I'm speaking Dutch.
Else you know it is not sense.
For the uses, love. go search,
Uses Of Blended knee,
One II seize you--is Il perch
Try it-now you're down on nc!
Pail Mall Gaze tie
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
Should "WeakIines" Be Saved :?

A new and rather startling idea
is being promulgated By certain EN-
inent physicians. 1t is that modern
medical science and its allied SCI
cnce OF sanitation is injuring the
human race by preserving too many
Ives. 1t is the better dead" theory
reduced to purely physiological
basis and viewed N the cold, white
light OF medical science. \ short
time ago DR.. Chaplin, superintend-
emf of health OF Providence, r. L.,
read a paper before a medical COIL
vention in Boston, in which he call
Sd attention to the effect likely to
5e produced upon future genera
tinns by the saving by medical skill
OF the lives OF wcaklings who III
stead OF dying, as they would have
done in the natural course Of events
a few years ago, now have their
lives prolonged Until they have mar
red and perpctuated their own in
hrnlitics and weak vitality in their
children. He seriously questioned
whether medical skill was not doing
altogether too much for tic general
good Of the human race.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29

DO you tink He'd care fer a little
fclIcr like re?"
like this?" and Barbara hummed the
refrain of that sweet hymn children
sing, Suffer Little Children to Come
Unto Me, Jesus Said.
a joyous light broke over his face
and g,cam Of radiant brightness
came into his eyes. Yes, dat's it,
dats it. Sing it again."
The nurse came quietly in at the door
and framed the words with her lips.
Go quickly" Her trained eyes told
her what waa coming. But Barbara
shook her head and walked over to
the window.
The nurse mo!stonod his lips with
some stimulaat and tried to help him.
But the pain was cruel. twisting and
tcrturlng the poor. mcaglcd body.
Barbara stood holding on to the case
ment of the window. drawing her
breath in great gasps as if that could
help him.
When the paroXysm had passed he
lay back on the pillows exhausted.
Barbara crept back to the bed. Slow
~ the deep violet eyes opened and the
same exquisite smile he had greeted
her with crept over his face again,
His lips We're moving Barbara
caught the words: Jesus, what loved
de little kids, Do yer tink He'd care
fer a little Teller like me-"
"Oh, little boy. little boy. am sure
he would am sure he would" said
Barbara, Again that marvellous smile
just touching the corners CT his mouth.
Just then the light went out of the
dark eyes, and the quiet peace OF the
Easter morning streaming in at the
open window wrapped them close.
Another little white soul mad joined
the angels. and in EarbaTa's heart IN
til she died she could hear the child
ish voice, DO yer tinl: He'd care for
q little 'eller like me?'
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
English Nobility in Trade.

From duchess down, the naughty
danes Of England are going into
trade. The duchess or Abercorn
owns flourishing creamery at Ba-
ronscourt, Ireland Lady Warwick
has many irons in the FIRE; another
countess bought motors and lie,
them out for hire, and Lady Essex
is, or was. part proprietor OF a
Furnishing laundry business. Lon
don laundresses leave much to be
desired and a Jew society women
including Lazy Essex and Mrs
Hwfa " Hams. have started well
managed Frarch laundry in one OF
tic nearer .usart,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29
liz Little F2.loI.
Copyrighted, 1876, by The Authors Pub. Co.


If ever the light that never was on
land or sea" g,orincd human face
it glorfed the one that lay before
her on the pillow. Great dark eyes of
that rare color so seldom seen, violet,
deepest violet. wonderful eyes. like
two deep wells; one could look and
look and yet not fathCm their depths;
brown hair pushed back from a broad
white brow. Every vestige OF sin and
earthly dross washed free from the
small perfect features by physical
pain. Circumstances and environment
made him street gamin. God made
Kim beautiful.
She had entered the room reluctant
~. dreading to look at the bed where
he lay Unused TO such scenes, she
shrank from the sight of Pain and
suffering. An hour before she had
come to the hospital to sing for the
children. Just as she was leaving
nurse had followed her and told her
of this boy dying upstairs He had
heard her through the closed doors
singing to the others. and begged 10
| see her.
Her glance began al thc foot Of the
| bed. and moved up gradually over the
Inot!onleSs limbs 70 his face. When
she met the glance OF those wonderful
eyes every feeling but tenderness and
pity vanished. She was beside him
in an instant kaeeling there. You
wanted to see me. little boy?" she said.
Did YOU want 10 hear me sing"
A slow wavc-i2g smile swept over
his face. Yer bet" he whispered.
Il heard you down stairs, singin'
ter de odder kids, and nurse said she'd
bring yer" He SPOKE in the vernacu-
lar Of the streets, in the slow drawl,
and the INITIATED English, but the
voice was clear and sweet.
Barbara thought n moment. What
shall l sing you, dear? What Kind OF
songs do you like" %.
"Oh. don't care: anything dats
u song. h2Int pcrticlar / amt
never heard s;ch an orful lot Wonst
l went to Rosters and heard some
rals sing, and woEct Jim and ne went
ter der SLOW at Miners. But I likes
de songs what de Salvation army
sings bc7t-Eakca yer feel kinder
quiet and good. YOU know"
Barbara began in : low voice. sing
ing under her breath, hymns she had
learned when a child. lie lay with his
eyes closed, drinking in the music.
When she had finished he did not stir,
and she thought lie had fallen asleep.
She bent over and quietly touched his
forehead with the tips Of her gloved
fingers. Instantly his eyes opened and
smiled into hers. Il was just list
min" he said; I'd like ter hear yer
sing agin something right out loud"
And Barbara, there on her knees in
that small, barren room, with Deaths
messenger so close that the very
shadow Of his wings seemed to en-
fold them both, sang as she had never
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-01-29

sung before. Never had the glorious
voice God had given her sounded more
beautiful, more wonderfully sweet,
than when it rang out in that narrow
room. 81 know that my Reedemer
liveth liquid, clear, like pearls Of
dew from heaven, the notes fell
Never had Barbara Randolph, who had
sung TO every great and fashionable
audience in that great city. received
such homage such rapt, adoring HON
age as that silent. motiOnlass little
figure on the bed paid her. Size nLew
by the unerring instinct of genius
that she struck a responsive rotc of
harmony in the bny's s1ul; that ~
couth uneducated. Homeless. ranc
less ~aif from tho streets bat 'a -1s