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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-20
TERRITORIAL CONVENTION
AT DURANT ON JUNE 16.
Democratic Executive Committee
Settles the Matter of Rep
resentatiOn.
REPTBLIC SPECIAL.

REPTILE SPECIAL.
SOnth McAlester. I. T. Jan. 19-The
Dom,C cratic Territorial Executive Com
mittee met here to-day for the first time
Stree its reorganization and settled the
much-discuSsed matter of representation
in the Territorial Convention. As ther.
has never been a general election IN the
Indian Territory. there is no way of de-
termirIng II e party strength In each com
munitv. other than by club membership.
The plan unanim ,usiy agreed upon to
day calls for a convention MAY f6 in ev-
cry. recording district. to he held at the
judicial seat. In this convention every
post office will be allowed one delegate
and one delegate to fifty members Of d
club or major fraction thereof.
Each recording district will then elect
us proportion of delegates to the Terri
t"rial Convention. There are twenty-four
recording districts in the Territory.
BY Nations the Territorial C0nver ton
viii represent the following number of
Delegates: Chickasaw. s.: Choctaw. IS.
Cherokee. a; Quapaw Agency. 5; Creek.
A.: Seminole. 3.
This IS n great reduction In anportinn-
ment allowed at previous territorial con
venuons. Durant was selected az the
place for holding the convention and the
date set for June 16.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-20

B~utter-S:eadv. Creame-y. extra at g5r. frsts
ZIG PC: seconds lSH2'c iaale-pagiei ex',a Ice.
frsts he. dairy-Uackei. fancy i4421r. poor 70
fair 1lGl5c. country roll page st1re-pagkel
II for choice and poor at 9allC. Grease Il *
sIJc-
Cheese-N Northern on orders: Twins joke. sin
giles l0s.c: daisies He; Young Americas ni.n:
IonGhorns llsC: New York twins lliac: lin
burger 1lGl2c. poor Ease: Swiss Is FOR choice:
No. > at 1Gi3C: brick 1IigTI2c-
E~gEs-ReCeiyeh. Cl pkgs. local and POS
through: shipped 1900 pkgs. Market &c bid fo-
ncar-nN. Case cunt
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>c-ro Dies OF Injuries.

James Northcr"sS, the negro who was
struck on the head with an aN in the
hands Of Frank Woods. also a negro. IN
rh,. Iatt.rs home. on -. Louis avenue. in
the rear uf CoiIinSviIle aypuus. on the
night Of January .. died Mt -. Mary'S
HOSPITAL. Est -. Louis. last night. the
result ~ his injuries.
Woo, was arrested Immediately after
the assault. He is now in the B-Ileyil!e
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Iolk-New standard mess in a i0bbing way
closed nominalIv ST.. e. ~
Lard-Choice steam on E side closed nom
Inally sec. kettle-rend.Isd 1GT-,r.
Green Harms. Etc.-Car lots held {. o. b e
sid tnus: Harns-l9-av. at SIC. LIS at siic:
lis at &c: los at Sc. ISIS at &c: 2a at Sc:
skinned hams-1es At isG29c and 22G2ls At 80;
,l9E Paw at JTkc-
Bacon-B-d. : {. meats in a iotblng way
ranged: breakfast bacon at from Zoe for
heavy to 1lisc TO choice light: hams at l02sc 10
HE: California at .i4I7%c and New York
shoulders at $50 Plain smoked lots in a Job
b-ng way ranged: Extra shorts ~ 80. CRIBS
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Coffin Fell From IirnrS-.

Excitement resulted at III, funeral Of
William johnson. a negro. - CeDt.rville
Station. ur1r East -. Louis. VrSrSrlI-
morning. through the hraakiUc Of the gate
Of the impTOyiSsd hearse. which permitted
the coffin to fan TO the ground. It broke
open ard the body rolled out Several OF
the women mourrerS in the party tainted
The palltearerS replaced the body and
fba coffin
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-20

Sgisc. AMI calls Sfizn.
Milweukee-M May w~aeat-Puts S,'sc bid and
calls 9ltNHIitg bid
MAY c~0rn-Puts isssr r5l AMI calls 5ai.c hIl
MlnneaT 1is-May wheat Sti.a biz. Pu-s
SsL.c bid and calls Sol, ua1N,c asked.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-20
ChOsen Senators by Mississippi Leg
%isIature to Succeed Themselves.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

Jackson. Miss. Jan. 19-In the two
houses of the Legislature to-day II. u.
Money Of Carroll and A. J. McLauri1 Of
Rankin were elected United States Sena-
tors from Mississippi for full six-fear
terms. a Joint ballot will be taken In the
two houses tomorrow.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-20

NJI.ES-Th- heavy r.Ceiu,s Z the last three
weeks have at last begun To tell on the mule
make; In a SLOW anu uUlItr condition and q
congestion ~ arrivals The supply during tn
first two DAYS Of this week. has been large.
bat the demand has not been ample to meet
It. ana tho offerings have not been worked Of
q readily j. has formerly been the case. \
weaker tone prevails. AMI values must g
lower n order 20 get the supplies moving
Sellers saw thar sales already C-unsumInaJei are
about SO lower than last week. which makes
tho decline in two weeks about S5d7.Jt per
head. The commission market was full or
supplies Tuesday morning. and very little stock
was being msr@l. The southern demand is nOI
as good 90 last week. but the very best classes
are not any lower than they have been. b-caua.
they are comparatively scarce in the receipts.
Mule quotations.
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Kansas City. NJ. Jan. observation-disclosures
5000. Including 4OG Southerns: market closed
steady to Zoe lower: export and dressed beef
steers si.2od5: fair to good So. 15Gi.15: Western
fed steers S-SNGiSo: stOckers and feeders $40
80: COWS S2dS.Je: native heifers s2-51d5. G5:
bulls sa.2d3-SG; calves S2.I5lS. HoSs-Re-
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REPTRLIC
Texarkana. Ark. Jan. 1a-The Sproule
House. one of the oldest hotels here, was
burned at . o'clock this morning, together
with all its contents. Loss $500: insured
for 1900.
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Observe 5o:h Wedding Anniversary.

KIP BlI' SPECIAL
Peter l.. Camp Of this city celebrated
their fftieth wedding anniversary to-day.
They are pioneer settlers.
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Fey neal
Dec -S-.--.-H IT, a-'--..--S 10 &a. - 80
- a-'-.-l-5' o. J." ls.5i @..-...-- Y-"j
H.. ~ l..' -L- 80. SOB b. ~ >t-t
HOGS Another .-.l -v-.-r, NJ b,rs arrived
there being tn th. u-IyrI-ral.,t - 10 49, hssr
ON sa. ITr.-. the -. y,s .,.- .rrI mo,
Averaged fairly u-r m .,,rIrf., .i-IErtgr ~
unisriql variety nr Irrrs and ,liy-! I.fs w.
on .rff-r
rb.. r,-,,g.. ...-,r r...ry -r.r ,,,,s. l,.,-.--
asr.r.ary tra la.L.rs t,i!fr,. ~ p, -. 80
heavy rhe supply vas going - h-. and :, bras
tho market I..ssU,i.i tif, Hr.+,r.-s mi ar
dor buyers we." ra- lrS, q, .ip any tusiG,ss
and prices paid w"-@ about steady with III
NuUGtv close Later. WI-u tn WarA"t was
Wei under way. values GA the h"-t medium
and heavy tlE- we're >tgu7E t. So lower. anI
while ~ no rfu" Vas the inGrk". very active
business o.. F'l steadily along At a good rat"
An extra line lpai sold 70 higher than the tGp
on Monday. Iut 5C would cover any other II
vance Lights. II god. were strong 20 C
higher. hut those ON III" Southwest or sc
order met with "a very poor demand and I'M IS
sellers would agree to guarantee them. had to
sol a shade lower or not ii all southern
81 and buyers VIII rHt ,aNv any chances uu
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" DOL.


WoOL-QuIet and unchanged. oTerIngs very
Light on r-Su.aT market. arI prices IN nrst
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g.. - 1850 IT, @,-.i2S 10 2lS..I2 81
- - t-l-..l-E' s.. 5-t l..Sh 2...-.-.- g.rr
H.. ~. l.rU Ll.- -~H... 500 g.. 1T eet
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
TWO new LINES MAY
Be CONSTRUCTED.
Announcement That Surveyors
Are Working at Madison
Causes Big Rumor.
S. D. CENTRAL IN THE PLAN
If Milwaukee Builds From Madison to
Sioux Falls Then Another Road
Will Not Include Madison
on Its Line.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 16.--In view
bf the announcement from Madison
that a corps of Milwaukee railroad
surveyors are in the field surveying a
line from that city to Sioux Falls, the
developments of the near future prom
Use to have considerable bearing on
railroad construction in this part of
the state If it proves true that the
Milwaukee company intends building
line through the territory in which
the South Dakota Central Railroad
company, of this city, is now con-
structing line of railroad, it may
result in the new company, which had
intended constructing its line to Madi-
it out of its future calculations. None
of the officers of the new company
who are now in the city would con-
sent to make a public statement in
reference to the latest development,
but there is no doubt that if the Mil
waukee company proposes to construct
competing line between Madison and
Sioux Falls, the line of the new rail-
road company will touch point other
than Madison on its route northward
from Sioux Falls. 1t is believed in
some quarters that the Illinois Central
Railroad company will encourage and
support the building of the new line
Wy tIle sSOulil 1OdhOtu AelllIal, WlCn Cn0
ultimate object of taking over the
property and thus extending its own
line farther into South Dakota Ever
since work commenced on the con-
struction of the South Dakota Central
railroad northward from Sioux Falls
the new line has entered Sioux Falls
over the tracks of the Milwaukee
company. This fact has given rise TO
the rumcr that the Milwaukee COM
pany Was backing the new company,
but If the surveyors of the Milwau-
kee company are running a line be-
tween Madison and Sioux Falls as a
preliminary to the construction of a
branch road between the two cities.
it would appear that the rumors of an
alliance between the two companies
We're O. a decidedly visionary char-
acter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
FREIGHT RATES
SEEM TO DIFFER
Elevator Men Protest Agains
Alleged Determinations
by Company.
Twin BROOKS WRoNGED
Company in Replying Says Twin
Brooks People Were Laborine Un-
der a Misapprehension-C
missioners Will Act.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. 17.-Corre
spondence which has been filed with
the state board of railroad commissions
eis in this city indicates that the Off
GERS of the Twin Brooks Elevator COM
pany have been laboring under mis-
apprehension as to the freight rates
on grain between Twin Brooks and
Milbank
Therefore there is a possibility that
the matter of the protest of the ele-
vator company against alleged discrim-
nations in freight rates on grain by
the Milwaukee railroad company be-
tween the towns mentioned may be ad-
justed without official action by the
state board of railroad commissioners,
with whom the protest was lodged
1t was alleged in the protest of the
Twin Brooks people that the grain
rates from Sisseton and intermediate
points to Milbank was 1917 cents per
100 pounds, and that the rate from
Twin Brooks to Milbank was 1874 cents
per 100 pounds. Twin Brooks is only
seven miles from Milbank, while Sisse-
ton is thirty-seven miles distant from
Milbank.
The Twin Brooks elevator people, it
appears. also made complaint direct to
headquarters of the Milwaukee COM
pany. for the railroad commissioners
in this city have received from the
company copy of an answer which
was sent by the freight department of
the road to the officers of the elevator
company at Twin Brooks.
The Milwaukee company, in its reply,
points out that the Twin Brooks peo-
pie evidently We're laboring under Il
misapprehenson as to exactly what the
rates We're between the points men
toned. In the reply it is stated that
the rate from Sisseton to Milloanlk on
wheat, oats. barley and corn is cents
per 100, and from Twin Brooks to Mill
bank rs cents per 100. The rate from
Corona to Milbanlz is also A rs cents per
100 pounds.
In View of this statement by the Mill
waukee company it is thought the pro-
test of the Twin Brooks Elevator COM
pa1y will be withdrawn. In the event
that it is not. the matter will be in
vcstigated and acted upon by the rail-
road commissioners at their next meet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
sHOMESTEADERS ASK sn1
ADDITIONAL T|Mt
Rosebud Pioneers Petitioning
/ to Be Allowed Eight Months
to Settle.
ARE NOW GIVEN ONLY SIX
Present Rule Would Force Them to BE-
at Home in February, Which
They Regard as Unnecessa
riIy Strenuous.

+ EoncSteel. S. D.. Aug. 1s.-The pros
pect OF encountering the Dakota biz
yards on the bleak prairies of the Rose
bud next February is not enchanting
to the average homesteader. The reg
.ulations of the land of ice require a
residence to be perfected inside of six
months. The homesteaders have fig
ired out that would require them to be
ready TO receive callers in their sod
houses by the middle of February, and
it doesn't look good to them.
So Il petition is being circulated by
them addressed to the general land Of
flee. asking an extensi,O of two months.
taking them to April before proof of
residence must be visible. The home
.steaders want to build their houses in
the spring and put in their first crops:
but they don't want to stay on the land
all winter. To be compelled to have a
residence perfected by February would
almost compel them to stay on the
land all winter, because to build a
house now and leave it till February
would be equivalent to turning it over
to marauders. To build i'm February
would be about impossible. 1t is be-
lieNed the department will permit the
Z extension if it can be done legally.
Many Do Not File.
Tho highest number called today in
The fling operations was 151. The call
is proceeding without incident. Thus
far ninety-three have failed to appear
aud file. and by their remissness have
/, forfeited their chances.
About 25 per cent. of the unfortunate
ones are buying supplies and mmedi-
ately OCCUPYING their lands with the idea
/ of making Improvements without delay.
The others generally want to wait till
spring TO do it. All over the reserva-
tion wagons can be seen all day long,
hauling lumber and other building ma
terials to the quarters that have been
filed on But the largest activity is in
the towns Every one of them has
three or -four lumber yards, all doing a
that can present n showing of bank
clearances approaching that of the
lumbermart is the saloon business. This
continues to flourish like a green bay
horse on a Ponca creek claim with the
grass as high as his back.
Rivalry of the Towns.
IT is dangerous TO express an opinion
as TO which town is doing the best
business. for rivalry between them is
Intense. However, Gregory seems at
present to be in the lead. All kinds of
buildings are being erected in the
towns, and already all necessary lines
of business and some not at all neces-
sary are represented. Efforts to get a
satisfactory road system laid out and
developed in Il systematic way are
afoot, for it is declared by the settlers
that nothing will do more to make the
Eand valuable than to secure the best
roads in the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
VESSELS ARE DlsMANTLED.
Germany Enforces Strict Neutralit,
Against Russians at Using Chou.

Berlin. Aug. 1.-THE hauling down
OF the flag of the Russian vessels ut
Using Chou took place in accordance
With instructions of the German for
eign office. which have ascertained that
the damages sustained by the warships
We're too serious for repairs to be made
Within a reasonable time. gave orders
for them to be disarmed and be de-
tanned during the rest of the war
Japan has been officially informed of
the action taken by Germany
The foreign office denies the asser-
ton from ST. Petersburg that Germany
is supporting Russia's protest at PeEif,
against Japan's infringement of Chi
hese neutrality in the Chefoo incident.
The or ws of the Russian vessels
have been ordered TO be detained by
the German authorities at Using Chou
until the close of the war.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
INTERESTING ROMANCE.
Winner of Rosebud Land Also Foun.
Iona Lost Relatives

Yankton, S. d.. Aug. l7.-An Interest,"
ing romance has developed here as the
result of William Brewer drawing No.
SO in the Rosebud drawing. Brewer.
fifteen years ago left his widowed
mother and younger brother at a
small town in Illinois and went to Chi
cago The rest of the family then
moved to Oklahoma. In this way they
lost track of each other. Brewer then
moved to Yankton, and since 1889 has
been unable to find any trace whatever
of mother or brother, although he has
repeatedly tried all sections of Okla
homa. Friday he received a letter
from California from his mother, now
seventy years of age. She had read his
name as Rosebud winner in Cali
fornia paper, and had at once written.
The brother is with his mother. Mr..
Brewer is making arrangements for Il
meeting with his long lost relatives.
He figures he is having liberal slice
of good luck in drawing good claim
and recovering folks he has lost for
fifteen years, all within a week.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
FOR STATE MUSEUM.
Some Valuable and Interesting Indi i.
Relics Received RecentIy.

Pierre, S. d.. Aug 1.-THE St;tte
Historical society has recently received
a very valuable collection of Indian
relics, which are now on exhibition in
it's museum at the state house in
Pierre.
nest solicitation of Mr. e. j. Warner,
of Cherry Creek, Il life member of the
society, the Indians of the Cherry
Creek district have donated to the mu-
scum the following mementos of their
carly life:
Seven bone saddles. three hide work.
bags. four whetstones of Indian design,
two hide ash-baskets. six porcupine
quill bags of hides tanned so hard that
the quills will not work through, two
wooden dishes of Indian manufacture,
one steel tanning instrument which re-
sembes a large chisel with saw edge,
one quirt. two polished buffalo horns,
two antelope horns four buffalo-horn
spoons one hide case for war bonnet,
one hide satchel, one big horn, one
beaded knife sheath one tobacco pouch
with pipe. and cleaner. two scrapers
used in the tanning of hides. four
cherry Founders or hammers which
are made of sinew with hide jacket
and rawhide handle. one covered war
club with buffalo horn end and eagle
foot handle.
Chiefs Hump. Iron Lightning, Yellow
Owl. His Horse Looking, Poor Elk and
Others of the Cherry Creek district,
under the leadership of Hump, have
made and decorated an old style hide
tepee which will be set up in the his
torical museum. The poles for the te-
pee were brought from the Black Hills
by the Indians. The hand worked
shields of porcupine quil.s and bead
work, which ornament the sides of the
tepee, We're contributed by Edward
Swan and wife in memory of their first
born child, Eagle Boy, who died last
summer. The tepee stands about ten
feet high and measures twenty five
feet in circumference at the base. It
is decorated with fifty-eight illustra-
tions of daring deeds by various chiefs.
J portrayed in the old Indian paints.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
COMPARISON OF FLEETS.
Careful Summary of the Strength of
the Two Forces Before the Battle.

London, Aug. l6.-Deducting from.
tn. Japanese naval strength at the be-
suse. lost by Admiral Togos fleet May
Is. and from the Russian side the Pe-
tropavlovsk. blown up April IS. and
supposing repairs to have been effected
so as to make the vessels able to put
to sea, Admiral Togo's battleship
Mikasa. Thikishima. Yashima and.
Fugi-with total tonnage of 70,250 and
222 guns, as against the Russians bat
tleship strength of six battleships
with tonnage of 73,060 and 1854 guns.
In the class of fully armored cruis-
mtral Togo had eight ships. with which
the Bayan at Port Arthur and the
Gromoboi Rossia and Rurik at vladi-
vostok could alone compare. The Jap
anese armored cruisers were the Id
zunao, 1wate, Yakumo, Azuma. Asa
ma, Tokiwa, Kasagi and Nisshin, with
total tonnage of 64,7S6 and 309 guns.
in collision May is anGsthere have
been reports of the loss of another of
the class and the withdrawal from Adj
miral Togo's fleet OF others for re-
pairs. The Bayan, the best of Russia's
armored cruisers, is 1909 tons and 81
guns. and the speediest and best pro-
tected. The four Russian cruisers to-
gether have a tonnage of 45,617 with
217 guns.
BY the loss of the Variag and Boya-
rim, Russia's unarmored protected
cruisers including the damaged Boga-
tyr, We're reduced to five. Japan had
certainly lost from its sixteen unar-
mored protected cruisers the Yoshino
(sunk May 15) and the Kasagi is now
added, by report. and though the ships
are generally of smaller tonnage by al
couple Of thousand tons on the aver,
age, 1T had a strong 'preponderance ini
the class.
The Jananese cruiser Kasagi. which
is reported sunk in the battle Of Port
Arthur, was built in Philadelphia In
1898 and is protected cruiser of 4.184
tons. 1t carries two S-inch and ten
4.7-fnch rapid fire guns. 1t carries a
crew of 400 men.
The Kasagi is the second American
built boat to be destroyed In the war.
The yariag, built by the Cramps in
Philadelphia, was sunk in Chemulpo
harbor by japanese shells. The Ka-
sagi was not christened in the usual
way by breaking a bottle of wine on
its PROV, but was simply named by
Miss Helen Long, daughter of the then
secretary of the navy.
Six pigeons We're released and q
shower Of flowers fell over its bow. The
vessel was intended as a fast COM
merce destroyer. 1t had speed of
22k knots. Its engines were of 17,OO0-
| horse power.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-19
Nebraska Corn Crop.

Lincoln, Neb. Aug. 1S.-The report of
the weather and crop bureau for the
past week says:
The past week has been warm with
deficient rainfall and excessive sun
shine in nearly ali counties. The daily
mean temperature has averaged less
than l degree above the normal, but
the last four days We're warm, with
maximum temperatures exceeding 80
degrees and in few instances reach
ing 100 degrees
The rainfall was about confined to
showers on the nights of the Sth and
9th. and ranged from one-half an inch
to slightly more than an inch in east
ern counties, but was very light in
central and western counties.
The past week was very favorable
for securing hay and grain Haying
and threshing have progressed rapidly
in practically all parts of the state.
Stacking and shock threshing are about
completed.
Fall plowing has begun but in many
localities the soil is too dry to plow
to advantage.