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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
RED RUST
But No Material Damage is Reported
in South Dakota,

III SOAlu CGkOIds
Huron, S. d. Aug. 10.-The weekly
stations says:
The weather during the week aver
aged warmer than usual for the time
in the season. There were well dis
tributed ain early in the week, gem
erous In amount in a number of coun-
ties, followed by good harvest weather.
There was some local hail damage in
Pennington county.
Red rust is prevalent n shows
some increase. Scattered fields of
wheat show effects of black rust, and
in several northeastern counties it is
increasing somewhat and affecting late
wheat, but no material damage from
either red or black rust is reported yet.
There is, however, considerable COM
plant of smut, and some of blight, the
blight being mostly in the macaroni
variety. Except in the Sioux river vail
ley early wheat harvest is fairly gem
eral in the southern and middle coun-
late is ripening fast. Aside from the
smut, blight and Slight local effect Of
rust, wheat is mostly filling favorably.
Early oats harvest is far advanced
except In the upper Sioux river valley,
and the crop is generally good, though
there Is some slight, scattered injury
from red rust and a little blight and
smut.
Barley harvest is nearly finished.
Some barley has been d~iscolored in
shock by rain, but the crop on the
whole is good.
The spelt crop is good and harvest
ing is in progress.
Corn made very good progress GEN
orally and is mostly silking or caring.
Potatoes, millet, grass and flax did
very we'll. Flax is in especially good
condition and much of the early is boil.
ing and filling
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
LINCOLN COUNTY PEOPLE.
Interesting Facts Shown in the Census
RepoEt-Edmunds County.

Plerre, S. D.. Aug. 4.-The total fig
tres for LincolnScounty show a popula-
ton of 12,723. q gain OF 562 In five
years The population is 6,7S9 male
and 5,ss4 fernale. of which 1913 are
foreign born. The figures for the city
of Canton show a population of 2,279,
of which 4 ,129 are. male and l,15O fe-
male. This Is h first report from a
municipal organization in the state
Wheresthe females predominant in num-
beers. The returns to the census de-
partment show $50 school children,
while the sworn report filed with the
state and department, on which public
moneys are drawn, shows only 62S
school children. That pare of Beres-
ford | Lincoln9county has a population
Of 231, giving the town a total of 1,192;
Fairview has 81, Harrisburg las, Hrd-
son 43S, Lennox IA andSWorthing 220.
h figures for Edmunds county
show .attotals of b,,2s3, a gain Of 367. OF
these 2,797 are male and 2.4S6 female,
and 1.69l are foreign born. Bowdle
has H. ipswich SS6, Roscoe 1874 n
gEIoSrneIs 163.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
OUTLOOK is EXCELLENT
20 Much Rain in Some Places and Too
Little in Others. Says Govern
Z neut Crop Experts.

WASHINGTON Aug. 1O.--Thc weekly
,,,,a+;n M tho ,yenthe, h,,,eau s,m-
ul. s,t,assa es,aS,s.
nlarlzes crop eolai.ioils as ioiio"s.
Texas and oklahoma experienced
very warm weather, while 1t is too cool
over the northern norton of the lake
region and california coast; Otherwise
the n,on.ratmra cnnditions during the
we,,s anding Auenst = were penerauv
f,vnr,rl Nj
1,oa n,,,ob r.i, ,,ro,,ea dat ,,,nent,l il,
anpoan ~ NIohnas,so Eansas Mis-
so',.i i,,on;d, ana rnrt,ons 90 M,ssis-
sinni M is nnr r AIoha,,a the
S.ppi, Dae al Nc , at
. .ua NV w. "a GU W. Pei.
y .me in rua -Aelau.iG s.a.es, = ~
,rS alaa eliaessee, lali - t,iuei .ieeue =
me eliecls OIL no ram III Tue soulii are
necoillals serious eve, u sreaeeI Poi-
Won Oh IGOTSla. INall IS also Aeeoeu oA
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
GOVERNMENT ASYLUM
IN CROWDED STATE
Insane indians from All Parts
OF the United States
Fill the Cells.
ARE FoRTY-slx A
When the Institution Was Founded 1t
Was Believed There Were Not
Ten Insane Red Men in
the Country.

Canton, S. D., Aug. 1.-THE govern
ment asylum for insane Indians. located
at this place, is one of the most inter-
esting Institutions in the United States.
1t is the only one of it's kind in the
world, and the number of sightseers
who visit il each season is becoming
larger.
The asylum at present a fOrty-one
inmates. OF these t~wenty-four are men
and seventeen are girls and women.
New additions will swell he total num-
Der to forty-siN- This will leave accom-
modations for but nine more. when the
institution will be filled to it's capacity.
At the tim the asylum was con-
structed it was not believed there We're
Owe a dozen insane Indians in the
| United States, but Notwithstanding this
the asylum is now nearly filled to its
capacity, and it has been in existence
only a few years. The unfortunate red
men who become insane are Stunned
by their brethren, and often wander
| about the reservations as outcasts from
the society of their fellows.
Many of them become dangerous. but
the asylum provides a place for them
before they have an opportunity to do
injury to themselves or others. 1t is
stated by the government physician
who looks after he physical ailments Of
the inmates that several of the unfor-
tunate red men who are now in the
asylum will eventually be cured. as
the sanitary arrangements and ways
of living. the regular hours and the eX-
cellent care they receive are a great
aid to them and make a steady i'm
provement in the condition of all but
the most serious cases.
A number of the patients, on fine
| days, are permitted to enjoy the fresh
air on the grounds surrounding the
asylum. The red people, naturally liv-
| seasons of the yea when on their res
ervations. require all the fresh air and
out-of-door exercise they can get, and
so they are permitted to be out as much
as possible. Tie III are all neatly
dressed and neat appearing and cleanly.
While some of them have the stolid
Indian look. others are quite cheerful
and greet the visitor with a pleasant
How" the Indian word of greeting, as
though they were welcoming a long-lost
brother. Among the inmates of the
| mems ward is AN Indian known as Bob
Tom, VII, is quite a celebrated charac-
ter.
In the woner's ward OF the asylum
are two old quaw Who are ach over
80 years OF age. The mania of one of
them is to never sleep in the comfort
able bed which mas been provided for
ing it She invariably curls herself up on
the floor in front of the bed, where she
sleeps as soundly as a child.
Among h inmates are Il number OF
young Momc md girls, one being hard
ly more han a babe. The inrlates rep.
resent Indian tribes IN all parts of TIM
United States.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
sTocKMEN in A WRECK
Ten Are Injured, One Probably Fatally,
in Train Accident at EN-
poria Kan

Emporia, Kan, Aug. 1O-A switch en-
CINE crashed into a car attached to an
%eastbound Santa Fe stock train, stand
ing on the tracks here, early today.
The waycar, which contained a num-
Der of stocklnen, was demolished and
ten persons injured. n probably fa-
tally.
The injured:
a. n. Sanders, Blodgett. Mo, prob
ably fatally.
Chas. Young, Emporia. .
Michael Falaeen. John Bachus, Hills.
boro, Kan.
Philip Treger, Lehigh, Kan.
William Schleluber, Lehigh, Kan.
Burt Brodie, Ashland, Kan.
Frank Abel, Ashland.
y. P. Singleton, Colorado City, Tex
The stock train was too heavily laden
and a stop had been made to take out
SIX cars. The switch engine, whose
crew " making up the train, crashed
into the waycar. wrecking it badly.
Stockmen in the care were asleep at the
time. The injured were taken to To-
Delxa.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
SECTION II is NO GOOD.
Judge Jones Grants Injunction Against
State Dairy and Food Commissioner.

State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. fudge
Jones in chambers granted an injunc-
ton against the state dairy and food
commissioner restraining that official
from putting in force what is known
as section II of the pure food law. 1t
will be remembered that a bill was
passed at the last meeting of the state
legislature which contained a little
joker which compels all goods to bear
h names of the parties who put up
the goods. This it was claimed was in
the interest of the catalogue houses
and against the wholesaler and iobber.
Jewett Bros. & Jewett of this city on
doing business in this state brought
an action before Judge Jones seeking
to have an injunction issued against
the state dairy and foo commissioner
restraining the enforcement of section
II of the pure food law. ~
The case came UP before Judge Jones
Wednesday afternoon and continued
until after 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon When Judge Jones granted the in
junction, holding that section IL Of the
pure food law is unconstitutional. c..
O. Bailey, of the firm of Bailey &
VOORHEES,, appeared for Jewett Bros. &
Jewett aud Attorney General Philo Hall
appeared for the state. Both gentle
men made lengthy and exhaustive ar
guments backing up their positions
with many references.
Attorney Genera Hall gave notice
of appeal to the state supreme court.
In the meantime the state food COM
missioner is restrained from enforcing
the clause objected to by the whole-
SalerS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
o JONES AFFIRMED.
Supreme Court Affirms Opinion in the
Iaubman Case.

Taubman Case.
Sioux Falls. S. D., Aug. 7.-Among a
oatch of decisions handed down by the
state supreme court is one in which
there is more han passing interest. 1t
will be remembered as an outgrowth
of the Stevens-Taubman controversy at
Plankinton, Fred T.. Stevens came to
Sioux Falls and commenced a criminal
action against Taubman, setting up
and brought an action before Judge j.
w. Jones OF this circuit, setting up that
an action for libel against an editor
should be brought in the county in
which the paper was printed. Judge
Jones held that an action would lie in
any county In which said paper was
circulated. The ase was appealed to
the state supreme court. Justice Fuller
handed down the opinion in this case
in which Judge Jones is affirmed, hold
ing h a a suit for libel will lie in any
county in which the paper maxim, the
libel is circulated.
The decision Of the supreme court,
however, will have no bearing on this
Identical case, as since the case was ap-
pealed the facts In the case were laid
and that body refused to return an in
1ictment, and nothing further has been
lone in the case.
There is an understanding that at the
next session of the state legislature an
effort will be made to have a bill passed
to on1pe the bringing of libel suits in
the county in which the paper is print
ed. AS 1t is now a person can force
an editor to endless expense in bring
ting action IN some remote county where
Q single paper may be circulated
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
AN a
Rapid Growth of Gregory on the Rose.
bud Reservation.

Gregory, S. d.. Aug. Although
this place will not be a year old until
August s, it is n of the most prosper
oil of the new towns in the coded por-
ton of h Rosebud indian reservation.
The town has made rapid growth dur
ing the time it has been in existence,
and now compares with many of the
towns in the older portion of the state
which have been in existence for TWEEN
ty OF twenty-five years. Steps are now
being takengto have Gregory organized
under the laws of the state, and when
this is completed among the first i'm
proyements to be made will be the con-
ktruction off, w~aterwarks system. Cap
italists now stand ready to construct
such a system, and work will COM
asusoon as the9town is organized
and can legally grant franchise. 1t
is expected that when the system is
completed insurance rates will be re.
duced about one-half.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
o N OPPOSE BITCHES.
MANY Farmers ia Clay and yankton
Counties Attack Plan,

Vermillion, s.. D., Aug. 4.-Members
of the county boards of Yankton and
Clay counties put In a strenuous Cay
hearing arguments for n against the
construction of drainage bitches on the
Missouri bottom to carry OFF surplus
waterSthat may come from overflow or
heavy rains Many farmers from both
sides of h county line were present,
and q majority registered a kick
against the proposed bitches as OUT
lined by the three petitions signed by
n. III. Whitaker and others.
Some of those against the PROPOSE
ton We're OF the opinion the cost of
construction would greatly exceed the
benefit to be derived, while Others
Thought the plan not feasible for the
reason that the bitches could not be
built SO as to drain the bottom prop
erly.
Some even went SO Tar as to say that
they did not want their land drained at
all, as the slOughs when full Of water
were y great benefit to them In dry
years. One YanktOn county farmer
claimed that IN 1891, when most farm-
ers were hard hi(on account of lack
of moisture. he raised so bushels OF
corn per acre and II bushels of wheat.
simply because, the cereals took moist
ure from the slouRha.
The commissioners accepted the peti-,
tons n ordered q permanent survey
made OF the routes Of the proposed
bitches. Surveyor vins0n, OF Union
county. will do the work. After he has
finished and an estimate Is at hand OF
the cost of construction, the Two boards
VIII then meet to take some action In
regard to ordering the dltches. Moth
ing is certain as yet, and they may
never be started. Residents of the bot
tom estimate that half a million dol
lars will be necessary to do the thing
mp right. n this they consfder too biz
an undertaking, financfally. especially
since the money will have to be raised
from taxation of their land.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
KILLED ON HER D
Contractor Seen Carrying Ice from
Store Is Mistaken for Thief.

Store Is Mistaken for Thief.
Sterling. ILL.,. Aug. 10.-Harvey Coma
way, a building contractor and poll
tician Of Whiteside county, was shot to
death at midnight at the home of Mrs.
w. H. Herrick of Coleta by the woman's
14-year-old son, Charles.
Mrs. Herrick saw a man leaving
Hugh Shannon's store, over which h
resided. and h secured a double bar
rel. shotgun, which she gave to her
son with orders to shoot but not to kill.
The boy discharged both barrels, the
charge taking effect in Mr.. Conaway's
back. Mrs. Herrick did not know at
the time the identity Of the man.
Since the shooting it was learned that
Conway had permission to get ice
from Shannon's ice house and was
carrying a cake from the building when
he was seen by Mrs. Herrick, who be-
lieved he vas a thief.
Mr.. Conway was a veteran of the
civil war. Mr.. Herrick has been prom-
inent in church work Her husband is
now visiting in Seattle, Wash.
No arrests have been made. e..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
INDICTED,
a.ibssy Charges D~evelopyar unexneet-
adly@Hiy Scandal in Milwaukee.

SeSS "
adty@Hiy Scandal in Milwaukee.
MiIsaukee. Wis, Aug. "a ems
! ton second onlylto Ihat caused by the
indsctmenrruI s..s..sss:!sss f. Pfeister de-
veloped In the casey Saturday when
the commencement OLA suit against
the Wisconsin Rendering company by
Mr.. Pfeister for5the recovery of $6.54S
balance due on ~promissory notes held
by him was followed almost imme-
diately by a voluntary statement from
Fred c. Crcss. president of the Wis
cousin Rendering company. denying
that Mr.. Pfeister owes the company
any money, and also denying having
ever made n such charges against
Mr.. Pfeister before the grand jury or
having any knowledge or information
on which such an indictment could be
based.
Charles F. Pfeister was indicted by
the grand jury of Milwaukee county,
charged with stealing $4,000 belonging
to the WISCONSIN Rendering company,
OF this city. At h same time indict-
ments were returned against four oth-'
ers, the charge of bribery being al
one of perjury. The list of persons for
whom capiases were issued is as fol-
lows:
Charles F.. Pfeister, capitalist, one
Indictment; larceny.
John f. Dittmar, formerly supervisor,
one Indictment; bribery.
George n. Reichert. supervisor, M
indictment embracing fourteen counts;
bribery.
Barney A. Eaton. state senator, one
Indictment; bribery.
Frank f.. Schultz formerly newspa-
per reporter, one Indictment; perjury.
The indictment against Mr.. Pfeister
alleged that ON March 80, 1901. the ac-
cused was bailee of $4,000, said amount
being deposited with him for the Wis
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
NOVELTIES OF The NEWS.

indianapolis, Ind.-"Mr. Dooley," the
c~himpanzee. in the interest Of which Gov
ernor Hanly was asked to suspend the an
ti-ctgarette law, that it might smoke and
be immune from arrest while IN Indiana,
died last night. An autopsy showed that
, the c~himpanzee had died from shock and
| general prostration as a result of being
deprived of cigarettes, which he had used
constantly for two years.
Duluth. Mime. o'Flynn and Marshal
Alworth of Duluth have returned from
Isle Royale with a young black bear,
which they say was captured in a novel
| mi The men were fishing near the
/! mouth OF Big EiskiWit river, and Alworth
sent q leader down stream, to which was
attached a hook haited with a good sized
| sinner. The line was carried around a
| sharp benz by the current and the baby
bear, which seems to AVE been fishing
also, caught the sinner and was himself
! caught, the hook fastening firmly In the
lips.
Council Bluffs. a--While .unhitching his
team after the ~forenoon's work, Peter
Keegnn, foreman OF the Wickham Bros
brisk yard was hurled against a tree by a
sudden start of one OF the horses and re-
ceived a fractured skull, from which his
death esulted in twenty minutes. He was
taking the bride from the horse, which
A1AA W Ai1 fOe4L4S ~ cat KTdSS.
With his han ~entangled In the bride rein.
Keegan struck the horse a smart blow
causing 1t to jump quickly down a short
decline dragging the man against the tree.
Winona. Minn.-H. Littau, a veteran
drayman Of Winona. was burned to death
in q fire in his barn. He had released four
horses when he was kicked down and into
the path of the flames by the fifth horse.
All the skin WAS burned of his body. He
lived two hours In great agony. This is
the fifth time his barn has burned. Mrs.
Littau was burned on the arms In drag
ging her husband from the barn. Four
horses were cremated.
Gettysburg, Pa.-While Miss Margaret
Dearborn, who lives near his place, was
making VI her brothers bed a large black
snake sprang from under the pillow and
coiied Itself around her right arm. The
girl attempted to tear the snake away
with her left hand. but in an instant the
coils had encjrcled her left wrist, and her
arms were squeezed together. as ii in a
wise. Screaming for help. she ran to her
brother. He couldNnot kill the snake with.
q club. for fear Of iljuring his sister. but
succeeded in cuttings of the reptiles head
With . %pentnife.
FatA RI NE
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
ASK FOR
Severe Quarantine Regulations Become
Obnoxious and Many Protest to
Governor Blanchard,

New Orleans. Aug. l0.-If the present
chaotic condition of quarantine in
Louisiana is not speedily terminated.
i'll obedience TO a proclamation issued
by the state board of health in which
it its intention of immedi
ately invoking the civil powers, and
that failing, of asking Governor Blanch-
ard to call out the militia and restore
and maintain order. The proclamation
resulted from the letters sent yesterday
by the governor to President Souchon.
The proclamation prohibits any town,
parish or village from refusing admis-
sion to a person from a non-infected
locality holding a health certificate not
over twenty-four hours old or to a per-
son from an infected locality who has
spent six days in a detention camp n
been discharged with a marine hospital
certificate. interference with the pas
sage Of steamboats, or trains is forbid
den unless they violate legal quaran-
tine regulations. No mail, freight or
express matter shall, under the procla-
nation, be refused from Infected terri
tory, provided it is carried in cars
which have been fumigated by the ma
rine hospital service. All persons who
disregarded these regulations, under
the semblance Of boards of health or
mass meetings, are warned that they
make themselves liable to answer in
the courts. 1t is announced that no
more lllegal restraints on ira eel or
will be tolerated. 1t is under
stood hat the action taken by the
board of health has the full sympathy
of Governor Blanchard and that as q.
result, at least in Louisiana, there will
be modification of the present onerous
~quarantines.
Conditions Not So Good.
Because of the large number of cases
reported, the fever situation did not
have so favorable an aspect yesterday,
but 1T is expected the increase is the re-
suit of the Investigation Of a number
of suspicious cases of sickness, some Of
which the health authorities were I'M
able to inquire into yesterday. The in
spectors of the marine hospital service
spent much of the day in inspection
and these showed an increase in the
number of cases from noon to 3 o'clock.
The federal authorities have determined
to treat every cas- presenting any
symptoms of yellow fever as actually
yellow fever, preferripg to take no risk
of failing through want of vigilance.
DR.. White said Thai if he knew of
every case Of fever at present in the
city as we'll as every case that had ex-
listed hat he would feel that the disease
would be stamped out in thirty days.
His policy, therefore, is to locate every
possible focus of infection, so that pre-
caution may be taken to prevent addi-
tional infection.
New cases Tuesday, 60; total cases to
date, 625; deaths Tuesday, A; total
deaths to date, III; new sub-foci, II: to-
tai sub-foci to date, Ill.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
LITTLE GIRLS OUTRAGED
Lynehins May Follow Horrible Atrocity
in Observation-Disclosures ia laiI.

NJ III JAIL.
Mt. Sterling, KY, Aug. ga horrible
erty, Morgan county. and a lynching
may result. On Caney creek lives Levi
Phipps, a respected mountaineer, with
two daughters, who. it is alleged, We're
taken from their home by five men
and kept captive in the woods all night.
The girls were terribly m~altreatedT by
at daybreak. The girls, who were
nearly dead, managed to reach home,
and gave the alarm. A posse was
formed and the men captured and
placed in Jail. Lynching is openly adj
vocated, and q strong guard watches
the all. The girls are aged leland II,
and IL is feared the youngest will die.
The name of the men could not be
learned
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
BIG DENVER BANK FAILS
Several Hundred Depositors to Whom
the Bank Owes 100000 Are
Stood OFF

Denver, Aug. "a run started TODAY on
the Denver Savings bank, which owes de-
posters 100000. At noon the doors were
closed and thereafter depositors were al
lowed to draw 10 per cent. Of their depos-
It's. h run followed persistent rumors
regarding the banks stability. The trouble
is reported to have been due to bad loans.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
RATE QUESTION
Royal Arcanum Council Will Consider
New Rates.

Boston. Aug. 9.-W. o. Robson, supreme
secretary of the Royal Arcanum, an
nounced last night that hes supreme coun-
Gil will meet at Put-in-Bay, o.. August 30
to consider the development of new rates.
Forty-two representatives from the grand
councils have signed a request made to
Supreme Regent Virgins that a special
session be held.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
HIM FROM BRIDGE
Mounted Texans Break Into Jail at
City of Waco and Lynch Man
Guilty Of Assault.

Waco, Tex. Aug. 9-Early today mounts
ID citizens numbering GOO, surrounded the
Jail and after making prisoners Of sherir
Tnley. the 5ailer and all deputy sherifrs.
broke open the Jail. took out Sank Majors,
convicted Of assault. and. after hear.nx
Die confession. hung HIM from the bridge