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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
RUSSIANS ARE SHOCKED.
Stories of Jap Brutality to Wounded
Are Implicitly Accepted,

81. Petersburg, June Gothic Novoe
|remya today, calling attention TO the
statement that Hon. Jaime de Bourbon
was an eyewitness TO the killing of
russian wounded at Eafangow, de-
clares something must be done quick
~ to prevent the war de~generating into
the senseless brutality which the jap
ailese practices indicate. The paper
urges Russian newspaper correspond
ents in the field to show up the au-
thors OF this brutality. secure the evil
dsnce of eyewitnesses. and photo
graphs, in order tina The Hague con-
Nent1on may be invoked.
The sudden cessation of newspaper
dispatches from the theater of war
tends to confirm the belief that the
armies are about TO engage. Most
military critics take the view that a
big battle is imminent. although the
Novoe Nremya's expert thinks a
pitched battle now is more attractive
to the japanese generals than to Kuro-
patkin, saying the latter does no need
pfeclpitancy as Russian reinforce
ineilts continue to arrive; but if the
japanese Want q battle thev must
hasten, as only a fortnight remains be-
lofe the rains set in.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Rural Displays at St. Louis.

Inc agricultural and horticultural ex-
hibits at the worlds fair in Chicago and
at the Pan-American at Buffalo Indicated
that farmers were not grasping the oppor-
tunities offered them. The opinion seems
20 be that the exhibits are for the benetit
of individuals. While this may be the
case with manufactured articles it is not
SO with the products of the soil. II your
state produces better apples than
any other state. in your opinion. send
some Of your finest to tho managers OF
state exhibit. So with swine sheen
vegetables, grains or anything else your
farm produces and which is better than
the average. Uphold the name Of Your
state by helping her show the other states
and the world at large what she can pro-
duce. In this manner you will benefit
your state. your country, your town ana
yourself. although the benefit TO yourself
be indirect. On the other hand. yo,,
may be able to get direct returns sooner
than you expect. AT the Pan-American
a fruit grower OF the writer's acouafnt-
nnce who was famous az a grower Of
pears sent some OF his specimens there
and today is selling ever pear he can grow
a select trade. the direct res, ut of hts
EXHIBIT at Buffalo. II you are Inclined to
this suggestion write to th.> man
ofsyour state exhibit at ST, Lou's ana
~ G!ll tell you what to do
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
TORNADO STRIKES
NEBRASKA town
-
Two Persons Are Killed Near
HolmesviIle While Fleeing
From Storm.
SEVERAL BADLY HuRT
Much Damage Was ponc BY the Wind,
Buildings Blown Down and otl1ers
Unroofed-Feared Crops Are
Injured.
SEVERAL BADLY HuRT

HolmesNile, Ncb.. June 3o.-A tor-
nado near this place yesterday Killed
two persons, fatally injured II third nhl
caused severe injury 10 five Others
The dead:
TWO CHILDREN cT IL. j. EARttlS,
6 and 9 years old.
The fatally injured:
Mrs. II. j. Harris.
The injured:
r. j. Harris, badly bruised about the
head and body.
Mrs, Harris mother. aged wonan. leg
broken, body mangled, confusion Oil
head; may not Recover.
Three children of Mr.. II Mrs. ll4r-
ris. severe but not serious.
The tornado followed n sultry after
noon and came I'm the shape of II funn",-
shaped cloud. 1t struck and demolished
several buildings before reaching tUe
Harris home. AT the latter place part
of the family reached a cellar in safety,
but Mrs. Harris and her son Lewis aud
Il G-yeal-old daughter We're Unable 10
escape.
Great damage was done TO crops aul
several farm houses were destroyed.
but the sought safety in cel-
lars.
AT Holmesville several buildings were
blown 10 pieces and others unroofea,
but no casualties are reported.
Beatrice. Neb., June 29.-The worst
hail and wind storm in the history OF
the town occurred late yesterday. 1l,ou-
sands of windows We're broken, and u
number of roofs shattered. Crops suf-
fered greatly. No one was killed.
York, Neb.. June GA small tornado
struck the farming district fourteen
miles northeast of here last evening.
Crops We're destroyed in p limited area
and some small buildings blown down.
but no one was injured
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

our no.i,io, il, i
tim, tha ntt.,er nt ~ so.lle
fantrv btiu:d. was ,o,e1ia1 ,r, ~
ba1tsIions ene,oaI ~ ,re.,n; three
but being n,ana,ad IN. 49, .,'aa'N'
gagged in n ankh =, ri"'ps tn-
horses and ,.i,eatad y our
~erinm narttos
one portion of the sonths,, To- .n"e
army is nnoyinr nor, baas 'a''iieHe
the Intention of ioi,,inr E,,."nia' WITH
All noon to,l,, nnr ,oloe.
engaged near s~envnchsn M ,o.,s
th,. llsi few davs st,ta ~. ~ -
of the Jal,anese arrovad a,a o'ess
Manchurian ARMY eo9sjs, oui
nine infantry ajt.isinns tlsi't or
bligades reserves lybic, ~ aeNelai
positions in tha t,.h,ina ~, occupy
Molten mass and JIs,Ih,;
about, due Yves, or Ijno.yana ~ ~, "ae
is midway bctyvsnn ,ha PISS
ana I-ansb,,i ,,,ssas 80 - Nao'ieIl
ljuo-y,nm ana Nil oeS"eei
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Militia Ordered Out.
Excitement at Land Offices

Omaha. Neb, June 30.-Nine n~f,liian.
al government land IN Nebraska was
opened Tor homestead entry today I'M
der the provisions of the kinkaid law
winch permits homesteaders TO file ON
90 acres, The six land offices in Me-
or'ska were scenes of great excitement.
Al ONeill nearly LOCO persons a .rnat
percentage of whom We're womet. were
IN the line at sunrise. The greatest ey-
element was at Broken Bow. Custer
county, where over 1000. 600 acres of TIM.
best land are 10 be thrown open. Al
sunrise over 1000 persons were I'm Tin.
line and Sheriff Richardson, who had
already aiken extraordinary precaltion
to forestall trouble. enlisted 49,
forces of deputies to keep order lra,.,
ing serious trouble, the sheriff toaa =
requested Governor Mickey to order taa
lniiitia out to assist in keeping order IN
III The excitement Quiets down.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Tho Draining of tho EVERGLADES.

j. r. lngraham. in Success: There
are great agriculture! possibilities in
1he Florida Everglades. Though thew
are yet merely an expansive waste of
swamp and lake and jungle. 1 venture
10 predict that they will be the location
or hundreds of fertile farms. within
ten years. and win by degrees develop
mo n of the most productive tracts
or land in the world. The barrier to
.ne utliization Of the Everglades has
Dee.a. OF course, the water which covers
me greater part of them to a depth of
from one to six feet. But it has been
FOUND entirely practicable to drain off
me water. Work to this end has al
ready beer begun. and Is being pushed
rapidly. When 1t is completed a tract
OF tand l6O miles long and 60 wide will
nave been opened to cultivation. The
SIZE OF this region is not as important
as the remarkable productivity of the
SOIL. The latter is not only absolutely
virgin, but has been fortified by ami.
mai and vegetable life through many
centuries l am confident that its crops
viii life Florida to a place among the
leading agricultural states.
Inc project of draining the Ever
glades attracted the attention of Henry
=. Plant in the early COS. but he was
by no means sure that the scheme was
feasible. SO l.. acting under his direc-
VI AUcutllOI through
the region. Despite its proximity to
%eenters OF population. 1T was then for
Tire first time thoroughly explored by
mite men. Ours al Virtually a voy-
:.se of discovery. We padded our light
hoats on lakes and camped on islands
lhat, l have good reaso to believe, had
never before been visited by any hu-
man being but Seminole Indians, and
by these but rarely. We underwent so
many hardshfps that some of our mar
ty We're compelled to turn back, but our
efforts We're not in vain, for we ascer-
tanned the important fact that the Ey-
erglades. along the whole 100 miles of
ihe eastern side. are trimmed by q rock
edge. We furthermore learned that
all OF the lakes are several feet above
sea level and we decided that there
MAS nothing whatever to prevent the
water of the lakes from flowing into
the ocean and leaving the land drained
vents could be made in this long
ledge Of rock. The chief question be.
fore us %pertained to the practicabtlity
cutting through the ledge in various
and dredging our outlets into
the Atlantic. which is not more than
two or three miles away at numerous
points.
Experiment proved that this work
Mould present no great difficulties. 1t
Was merely a matter of a great deal
Of digging. Henry NJ. Fiagler took up
project. and 1t Is being carried ont
by his iieutenants. We are not only
making artificial outlets through the
rock, but are also. by ditching and
aredging, turning large bodies of water
INTO rivers and creeks which f,ow to
the ocean. The work has progressed
far enough to enable me to predict con-
hdently the opening in Florida. within
4 very few years. OF a great tract Of
ana OF almost unprecedented fertility.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Jsps Got Most of Them

Chefoo. June 2S,-Chinese who left
Port Arthur the 2itl say only four bat
%ta'ions and five cruisers and torpedo
boats left the harbor on tn, I'D. OF
these three returned. badly damaged.
put none was sunk. Several of the large
guns. -
On the 2t'h the Japanese main army
was Within fourteen miles of Port Ar
thur aud their scouts were still nearer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Japs Get Another Ship.

London. June 2S.--A central news
agency Toxic ~dispatch gays;
u IS reported that another Russian
hattleship has been discovered stranded
OH Tiger Rock. Ii is presumed she was
wrecked while returning TO Port Arthur.
after the recent aaya! engagement.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Russia Gets Submarine.

'redrINstad Norway, june 2S.-.A lot
Yer received here from Il saiirr on board
the Norwegian steamer Fortuna. which
left New York June .. says the sub
marin" bout on board die Fortuna was
purchased bM Russia and will be for
Malde'i from Cronstatlt by train to
.NladiNostok.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
VIae;vostok Boats Ao.;,o

Seoul. June Sit was rufaore1 here
that the Russian Nl~adivostok ~uadro
has again left that port.
Toxic. June 2S.-An unconiillneI 20
port has been received from Holklide
that ships resembling tae Russian
~Nladirostok squadron mad aupeai.l on
there on the 9Th.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
SETTLERS BUNCDED.
Such is the Evidence Of the Opening
of the GAO Acre Nebraska

Lincoln, Neb., une 30.-Rcpofts te-
ceived here from the office towns in
Nebraska where entries are being re-
ceiNed for the 640-acre homesteada un-
der the kinkaid act, indicate that a big
rush is on. AT O'Neiil. Alliance and
Sidney lines We're formed last evening,
and all night men and women sat wait
ing for the offices To open, at 8 o'cloci1
this morning.
The work of entering was so slow
that 1t will take a week to handle the
business. Signed tickets emitting per
sons TO their turns We're issued. Most
of the applicants are reported to be
women, and this is taken tic mean that
they are there for the purpose of later.
passing title on to the cattlemen Who
now occupy the and Considerable
discomfort, owing TO the cold. was alf-
fered by the waiting ones. Blankets
We're rented 10 them by enterprising
citizens at 20 cents for the night. Nor-
tune tellers relieved the monotony BY
plying their trade.
Development Is No Surprise.
The Ninkaid act passed the last con-
gress, and applies to about 1,4D0. O0n
acres of lands i'm the Fifth and Sixth
congressional districts of Nebraska.
These lands have never been taken by
homesteaders because they are ROT
worth enough in 160-acre tracts To
warrant farmers in trying TO use
"'' 90 SANA tIial ~ ~ Al ~
ing lands they would be worth enough
70 warrant people in taking 64O-anrc
tracts and using them for cattle. For
some time it has been suspected that
the cattle kings who for years have
used the lands. and fenced imElcns..
tracts with no right whatever, had
turned a trick i'm the kinkaid bill. by
which they expected to secure the
lands. 1t now appears that they have
accomplished this. A meeting of small
cattlemen a fortnight ago at Crawford
denounced the measure and expressed
the belief that the bill was merely n
plan TO help the big cattlemen get title
to the lands.
Militia Ordered Out.
Governor Mickey has ordered Tho
of militia ut Broken Bow t.,
be held i'm readiness under arms ard if
there is an outbreak among the faou-
sands who have gathered for the Open
ing for homesteads under the new KIN
kaid land law the National Guard viii
put into action at once. The trouble
arises from the fact that the cattle
pirons nave sent cowboys to file on
government land chat is now fenced.
ana TO Interfere with homesteAders
seeking claims Under the law.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

In the Philippines we have suppressed
insurrection, established order and
given to life ana property a security
never known there before. We have
organized civil government and made
1T an effective and strong aaministra-
tion. and have conferred upon the peo-
pie OF those islands the Largest lNicl
pie OF those islands the largest civil lib
erty they have ever enjoyed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

TIL. possession of a route for an 18TH
milan canal. so long the dream OF Ameri-
can craftsmanship. is now an accom-
pnshed fact. and the great work of con
meeting the Pacific n Atlantic by canal
'ts at last begun. and 1t Is due to the re-
publican party,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

We refuse to palter longer with the
misery Of Cuba. We fought a quick and
victorious war with Spain. We Sc. Cub.
free, governed the island three years,
and then gave 1T to the Cuban people
with order restored, with ample rev
enues and public health established and
free from debt. and connected with
the United States by a wise provision
Tor our mutual interests. We have re-
organized the. government of Porto Rico
and Its people now enjoy peace and
freedom, order and prosperity.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Michigan Alumni ME-.

81. Louis, June IS, Several ti,o,t;an1
students and alumni of Michigan M
seis,ty participated in the ceiebrafinn
% Michigan university day at .he fliY.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

The remainder of the platform is de-
voted to Endorsement OF Roosevelt's ad-
ministration. which is pronounced thor
ough. vigorous. honorable, highminded
and patriotic. and is commended without
reservation to the considerate judgment
of the American people.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

BY our possession of the Philippines we
were enabled to take prompt and effective
action In release of the legations at Pc
king. and a decisive part in preventing
the partition and preserving the Integrity
of China
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
ODE PLATFORM
Text of the Decln ration on Which tn.
Republicans Will Stand in the COMING
Campaisn. > > > > :

democratic party declares the protective
tariff. unconstitutional. or whether II de-
mands tariff reform or tariff revision, its
real object is alway destructive of the pro-
tective system. However specious the
name. the purpose is ever the same. A
democratic tartn has always been fol-
lowed by business adversely. a republican
tariff by business prosperity. To a repub-
lican congress and a republican president
this great question can be safely 'entrust-
ed. When the only free trade country
among the great nations agitates a re.
turn to protection the chief protective
country should not falter in maintain
ing it.
We have extended widely our foreign
markets and we believe in the adoption Of
all practical methods for their further ex-
tension. Including commercial reciprocity,
wherever reciprocal arrangements can be
effected consistent with the principles Of
protection, and without injury to Ameri-
can agriculture. American labor or any
American industry.
The platform pledges the maintenance
OF the gold standard, favors the encour-
agement and unbuildIng OF an American
merchant marine. maintenance of q navy
powerful enough to defend against any
attack, approves the attitude Of Roosevelt
and congress regarding exclusion of Chi
nese labor. renews the former declaration
that the civil service law shal be thor
oughly and honestly enforced. believes in
ample provision for soldiers and sailors
and liberal administration Of the pension
laws. faVors settlement OF Internal Diff
ferences by arbitration. commends the Wig
orous efforts OF the administration to pro-
tect American citizens in foreign lands.
the policy pursued by McKin-
ley and Roosevelt In regard to our inter-
ests and growing In the orient.
favors such congressional action as shall
determine whether. by discrimination, the
elective franchise in the United States
mas been unconstitutionally limited, and
" so demands that representation In con-
gress and the electoral college be pronor-
tionately reduced.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

Combinations of capital and labor when
formed for lawful purposes are alike en-
titled TO protection of the laws, but nell
Their can be permitted to break them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

We have passed laws which will bring
the arid landso of the United States within
the area Of cultivation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

We nave r~eorganized the army and pu.
At in the highest shape of efficiency. we
have passed laws for the Improvement and
support OF the militia. We have pushed
forward the building of the navy fo7 de-
tense n protection Of our honor and In
tecests.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

The untirnely death of Mckinley /,
mourued.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

Our administration of the great depart
ments Of the government has Teen honest
and efficient. and whenever %wrong6oinG
mas been discovered the republican admin
istration has not hesitated to probe the
evil n bring the offenders to Justice.
without regard to party or political ties.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

Protection which guards and deve,op,
our Industries is the cardinal policy Of
the republican party. The measu,., of
protection should always at least equal.
the difference In cost of production at
nome n abroad. We insist upon main;e-
nance OF the principles of protector ana
therefore the rates OF duty hould he re-
adjusted only when conditions have 80
Changed that the public interest demands
their alteration. But this work cannot
safely DO committed to any other hands
than those OF the republican party. 10
'ehtrust II to the democratic party is 10
.'"SlIe disaster. Whether, az IN 1897, tic
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

We propose to continue these policies
and We declare oGr constant adherence to
the following principles:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

Laws enacted by the republican party,
which the democratic party failed to en-
koree. n which were intended for the
protection Of the public against the ,,n-
just discrimination or illegal encroach-
snent OF vast aggregatons OF capital have
been fearlessly enforced by n republican
president. and new laws %ensuring reason
Able publicity as to the operations of great
corporations and providing additional
remedies for the prevention Of discr.mi-
nation In freight rates. have been passed
ny q republican congress-. In this record
of achievements. during the past eieh,
years may be read the pledges which the
republican party has fulfilled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

THIS long tenure of power by the re-
publican party is not due to chance 1t
is a demonstration that the republican
party has commanded the confidence OF
h American people for nearly two
generations to - degree never equaled
in ourShistory. and has displayed a high
capacity for rule and government.
which has been made even more con-
spicuous. by the incapacity and infr.n-
fly OF purpose shown by its opponents.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-22
30 You Want the Aarth?

The Earth is a new monthly Illus.
trated journal. published By The San.
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southwest and California the truth
is good enough, Frequent articles
describing your part Of the country.
Contains letters written by farmers,
stockmen and fruit-raisers; men who
have succeeded and who give the rea-
sons why. Strong editorials and in
teresting miscellany. a very per.
suasive immigration helper.
why not have it send 70 friends
back east" to do missionary work for
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price is rs cents a year: worth double.
Send us 50 cents (coin or stamps)
with names and addresses Of five east
ern friends; We will mail The Earth
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Write today for The Earth, 1920 Rail
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of
Irrigation

MODESTO, Calf, April 22.-This
place was in gala attire today and
crowded with visitors on the occasion
Of the opening Of q two days cele-
bration Of the completion Of the great
irrigation works of the Modesto and
Turlock districts. The new system IS
the most extensive in the entire coun-
try. Through the medium of twenty
large canals i quarter Of a million
acres Of land are supplied with water
brought from the high sierras and d.
yerted by the great La Grande dam.
The work has been completed at an
expenditure excding two and a half
million dollars.
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6 r. g. System
Santa fe Branch
Time TAbIs:No.l7i.
lEnectivs wednesday April i. 1905


Trains run daily except Sunday.
Connections with then main: line and
branches AZ follows:
Az Antonito for Durango. Silyerton ana all
roints In the San Juan country.
At Alsmosa with standard gsuEc) for La
veta. Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver
also with marrow gauge for Monte Vista, Del
Norte Creede and al point inthc San Luis
valley.
A. salida with main line. tstandard gauge)
for MI points east and west including Lead
Vile and narrow gauge points between Sal.
ida and Grand junction.
A. Florence and Canon City for the gold
camps VI Cripple Greek and Victor.
Al Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver
with I'll Missouri river lines FOR all points
east.
For further information address the uader.
signed
Through passengers from sants Fe IN
standard gauge sleepers from Alamoss can
have bcrths reserved on application.
J.. u DAVIS. Agent,
SsntA We, n n.
x &. Ho0Psa. q. r. A.
Denver. Colo
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idea of the magnitude of the plant
can be gained from the fact that the
plant will be a third larger than the
lola Portland cement plant-the larg-
est in the west up to this time.
The plant will be located on the
Benedict branch Of the Santa Fe, west
Of Chanute on the C. w. Cory $50 acre
tract which brought $4,000. That
tract is all limestone and cement
shale and is pronounced the finest Of
the kind in the state. The Offices of
the company will be located in Cha
mute and the Santa Fe will run inter-
urban trains morning and evening for
the benefit of employees.
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ARBoR AND BIRD DAY
OBSERVED IN ILLINOIS.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April 2.--This
was arbor and bird day in Illinois,
and advices received 1t the capitol
indicate a wider observance Of the
day than in former years. Pursuant
to the proclamation of Governor Yates
the day was observed with special *.
ercises in public schools and colleges
and by the planting OF trees and
shrubs by the students and by the
Audubon societies.