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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
REPORTS OF ASSESSORS
Interesting Figures of Lawrence, Buff
falo and Turner Counties.

Pierre, s. D.. July 29.-Complete re-
turns from Lawrence county give 1t a
population of 20,964. a gain of 3,095 in
five years. OF this gain 2,77S is In the
cities of Lead and Deadwood. The
population is 1858 male and 1891 fe-
male GALS being foreign born. The
population of Lead is S,052, a gain of
1892, and of this population 4,S27 is
male and 3,225 female, 1851 being for
eign born. The population of Dead
wood is 4,4s4. a gain Of sSs. OF these
$3.50 are males and 1.454 females, 742
being foreign born. While all the re-
turns have shown preponderance Of
male population, none has shown the
percentage of Deadwood. which is more
than two to one. The other towns of
the county are Central, with 6S4;
Robau. 457; Spearfish, 1,l5S; Terra
Vile, 633; Terry 424, and Whitewood.
352.
The Buffalo county figures show a
population Of 63S, of which 349 is male
and 2S9 female, with 1873 foreign born.
Cam Valley the county seat. and only
town, has a population of 66.
county for last year show 2,S69,641
bushels Of corn. 37s,S41 bushels of
wheat. 2,436,453 bushels of oats, 354.-
s52 bushels of barley, 166 bushels of
buckwheat. 6,103 bushels of speltz, 1856
bushels of durum wheat. 1891 bushels
of faxseed, 346 bushels OF clover seed.
The county shows a large production
of vegetables. with 91.465 bushels Of
potatoes, 1,150 bushels of onions, 2,295
bushels of tomatoes. and S,122 bushels
of other vegetables. The apple pro-
duction was 26,266 bushels; plums.
2.537 bushels; cherries, 367 bushels
They produced 9,021,145 pounds of milk.
64s,2s5 pounds Of butter, 11,20o pounds
of cream. and 1851 pounds of cheese.
The county had 35.473 head of cattle,
1899 head of horses and mules. 1867
head of sheep. 53,52s head of swine,
and 1918 chickens. The egg produce
ton for the year was 1929 dozen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
SUICIDE AFTER ROBBERY
Burlington Man Buncoed Out Of $1,000
Ends His Life

Racine, Wis, July 29.-The body Of
Henry Miller was found in Lake Mich
igan yesterday. A coroner's jury
brought in verdict Of drowning. There
was nothing to indicate foul play.
1t is learned that Mr.. Miller brrowed
$4,000 from the Meihardt bank, at Bur-
linston, on his personal note. It is
said that Miller paid the money to a
stranger who visited him last week
and who represented himself as G..
N. Fratt. cashier Of the First National
bank, of Racine.
In return therefor the man gave him
a tin box purporting 70 contain be-
tween $4,000 and s12,OJO in mortgages
on Burlington property. The deal was
to be completed at Racine Friday, but
when Mr.. Miller reached this city the
stranger had disappeared, Mr.. Mfller's
mind had been deranged at times, and
1t Is believed that the loss of the money
affected him.
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NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. \

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Knox, Ind.-Miss Elsie Cramer OF this
city committed suicide at South Bend last.
night where she had been visiting with her
aunt for two weeks. Yesterday afternoon
she was found in her bedroom with bot-9
tie of carbolic acid to her lips. Good bye.
aunt, she said. II am going on a long vis-
It. Tell mother she will never see mo
again, and that she will be better of with
out me- Life is foolish struggle and
the sooner we get out of 1t the better it
is for u.s. She then became unconscious
and died in about an hour. She was II
years old.
Duluth Minn.-'Mac," a, water spaniel.
saved the lives of Frank Bridgeman, aged
I years, and Oliver Pugh, aged II, this
morning. The children got over their
depth in Chester creek. Mrs. Frank Spur
beck heard their screams and ran to their
assistance. She could not swim and mar
rowly escaped death. Mrs. spurbeck'
dog, Mae" leaped in and swan near the
swan toward shore. The boy clung to-
Macs tail and the girl to one of the dogs
hind legs.
Chicago, In.-Evanston policemen re-
sorted to heroic measures in stopping
scorching auotists yesterday. Patrolman;
Arthur johnson fired two shots at hee-@
front tires with the first shot and shat
tering the side Of the tonneau with the
second. Afterward one of the new mil
itary'' policemen, John Laish brought q
machine to a halt by fourishing a res
volver and aiming it at the head of tho
driver.
GAINESVILLE. wis.-w D. McGregor, for-
merly teacher at the state normal
school at Milwaukee was arrested loday
charged with having beaten his wife SER
iously because she would not work enough
to suit him. Mrs. McGregor Is lying III as
q result Of the treatment she has sCs-
rained. Her brothers accuse McGregor oc
starving his wife since last Monday. and
this morning with throwing her to the
floor and kicking her. sss
Minneapolis. Mimi &c. Henry Foss. who
enlisted in the Thirteenth Minnesota vol
untecr regiment, fought through the fiit-
pino campaign, was wounded, recovered,
secured a position with the government.S
and marriedSa Filipino wife, Is spending
= short vacation in Minneapolis. His wifs
ia with him and the visitors are With M
Eoss parents at 800 Blooming ton. aVensless
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
WOULD HANG PRES. FISH
Governor LaFolIette. in Address al
GaIesburg, ILL.,, Scores Head of
illinois Central Railway.

Galesbu'g. ILL.,, July 2s-'I would like
to have a hand in hanging Stuyvesant
Fish. president of the Illinois Central
road" said Governor LaFollette OF
Wisconsin in his address before the
ChautauGua here today.
He explained his sanguinary desire
by telling of the frightful conditions he
had observed on the Illinois Central
train on his journey to Galesburg He
said the filthy cars We're crowded and
women and babies were compelled to
stand in the smoker, where the air was
thick With smoke and vile language
and where bottles We're being passed.
He advocated laws to compel all rail-
roads to furnish patrons with COM
Portable seat and protection from am
noyance by men smoking and drinking
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FIRE AT HURON.
JeweIry Store Damaged to Small Ex-
tent by Blaze.


Huron, S. D., July 29.-Clff V. Bates
jewelry establishment was damaged
$500 by fire early Thursday morning.
The building, which is owned by ]. II.
Miller, was damaged to the amount of
$500. Stock and building fully insured.
A large crowd of landseekers arrived
here Wednesday evening. They came
from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana
and west. Indications point to large
delegations of homeseekers and invest
ors the coming fall, and even at this
early date real estate dealers are u
busy class of people.
Miss Ada Fuller of this city and Prof
Rnlin B. Holden, singer with Rev. G. C.
Smith. evangelist. will be married at
the home of the brides mother on Au-
gust 3. in this city.
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TO PROTECT RIVER. BANK.

Elk Polnt, >. d., july 31.--GOyern-s
ment engineers are here making prep
aration to begin the work on the Ye-
vetment along the Missouri and Sioux
rivers for the protection of the banks.
The appropriation made for the work
at this place was $4,000. and 1t Is be-
lieved this amount will be far from
enough to finish the work properly.
Some repair work will have to be made
on the old riprap to prevent any fur
ther damage from the river. Some
fifteen Of these spur dikes will be built
out into the river about $50 feet and
250 to 800 feet apart. The first thing
to be done is to sink willow mat up E
on the river bed, to prevent the water
undermining the dikes. The material
will largely be shipped to sioux City
and RATED up the river from there
1t is expected that the work will be-
we'll under way by the middle Of Au-S
gust, unless the stage of water in the
river interferes. The cutting due to-
the late phenomenal rise uncovered a
log imbedded fourteen feet below the
surface hear the Elk Point bank and
which is believed by good judges to-
be so wears old
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
VERY MUCH in EARNEST
New York Legislative Committee Will
ORGANIZE Next Monday,

Rochester, N. Y, July 29.-State SEN
ator William w. Armstrong has sent
out announcements to his senatorial
and assembly associates who are to
serve on the Joint legislative committee
Which is to investigate the life insur-
ance business in this state that the
committee will meet at Albany for or
ganization next Tuesday.
Senator Armstrong has written let
ters to Governor Higgins. State Super
intendent of Insurance Hendricks. At
torney General Mayer and District At
torney Jerome asking that they meet
with the committee at an early date.
Speaking of the investigation, the
ser.--or said:
Al our proceedings will be public.
and the investigation will be pursued
without any other constellation than the
discovery of such facts as are necessary
to the framing of new laws or amend
ments to the existing ones"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
DISCOVER HUMAN HAND
Workmen Investigate and Find Four
Live Men Buried in the Sand,

New York, Aug. -Four men, bu-
ried by the caving in of a trench at
Long Island City, were saved yester-
day by laborers who saw. directly in
front Of them, on what appeared to be
level ground, a mans hand and part
Of the forearm. Frightened and speech
less, they saw the fingers of the hand
move. The laborers dug into the loose
soil as rapidly as possible, and took
out the owner. of the hand unconscious.
The diggers came across the leg of
another workman. Later they uncoy-
cred two more men after several hours'
work. Physicians restored the four
men to CONSCIOUSNESS. :.
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REplsTRlcr TaE COUNTY.
Lawrence Now Has Five Commissioner
Districts,

Deadwood. S. D., Aug. 1.-The coun-
ty commissioners of Lawrence county
have just completed the work of re-
districting the county. and there are
now five commissioner districts in
Lawrence county insteaa of three as
heretofore. The old board OF commits
sioners, With the county auditor and
county judge, made the necessary
changes and appointed two additional
commissioners, Charles Harwood, of
Lead. and r. O. Robinson of Memo.
Until this time the three districts have
been known as Deadwood, Lead and
spearhs'a. There has been for some
time a movement on foot to have the
county divided into five districts, as
this would give fairer representation
to the large number of people living
outside of Deadwood About two weeks
ago a petition was presented to the
county board, signed by over 1000 peo-
pie. In accordance with the law which
fequires the board to make this change
pn the presentation Of a petition signed
by sufficient people, the necessary steps
were taken
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|. SOUTH DAKOTA NOTES. !

A careful inspection of the wheat fields
of Faulk county failed to reveal black
rust in the slightest degree. Faulk county
will have bumper wheat crop this sea-
son.
About a month ago the Milwaukee sec
ton men at Bowdle struck for higher
wages. The company has now imported
Italian laborers from Chicago who are
1olnS the rougher sort of work.
The little town of Ashton In Sphinx coun-
" is arranging to celebrate labor day by
two days of sports on September and S.
The celebration will consist of horse races,
bail games and other amusements.
Business men of Ashton and nearby
farmers have organized the Ashton E,le-
vator company and will engage in the
grain business at that place. The COM
pany has purchased the old Latimer ele-
vator
j.. A. Schlueter of Aberdeen has received
notice of his appointment as steward of
ton to succeed Frank Wyman, resigned.
The appointment takes effect October 1.
Mr.: Schlueter is the present auditor of the
Dakota Central Telephone company and a
leading citizen and republican.
The Milwaukee road will put on daily
passenger and mail service between Aber-
deem and Linton, N. ID. This move is IN
service on the part OF the business men
of the two towns. AT present the company
runs a train only every other day between
Eureka s and an, Linton and U the = mail for Lin,
across the country by stage to Linton.
John w. Davis of Creston, ILL.,, has pur-
chased 800 ACES of land is Aurora county
Tor $4,000, an average of $3l25 per acre.
Within the past month four land deals
have been recorded IN South Dakota in
which the aggregate price paid has ex-
ceded S20OOOO. In most instances the pur-
chasers intend dividing the land bought
into medium sized farms and sell 1T to col
Onies from the older states from which the
purchasers come.
The circuit court at Aberdeen has de-
MED the application of the Dakota Cen
trail Telephone company for permanent
Mutual Telephone company from running
plaintiff company While the injunction
asked for was denied representatives of
the Dakota Central state that they gained
all that was desired as their action was
company to run its lines above the Da-
kota Central lines. where the crossings
We're made, instead of beneath as 1t had
started to do, and this the Grant county
company has agreed to do.
Sam F. Handy, of Paris, ILL.,. is in Aber-
deem interviewing the sportsmen relative
to securing the coursing meet for the
hung up at this meet, which will be held
in October, aggregate $4,000, and number
OF western towns are trying to secure the.
event. The Aberdeen Coursng club and
the Commercial club have taken the mat
ter in hand and hope to secure the meet.
ing center of the northwest, but the de-
pletion oT the jack rabbits made the open
meets impossible and interest in the sport
died out to some extent. This year, how
ever. the jack rabbits are plentiful, and
interest in coursng has received u new
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a COSTLY lMPRovEMENr.
Drainage Ditch Near vermillion Will
Cost $780, 900.

yermillion, S. D., July 31.-It is now
estimated that it will require about
100000 to dig a drainage ditch on the
Missouri bottom west from this
city to Gayville and on to-
the Missouri river. The county
boards from Clay and Yankton
counties are putting in good deal Of
time this month going over the pro-
posed route. Three petitions have been
presented to the two boards. known as
the Clay Greek, Meckling and GayvilleS
ditch petitions. If the project is UNDER
have to bear the expense Of construc-,
tiOn
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
NEW OPERA HOUSE.

yiborg, S. o., Aug. 1.-The new opera
house building at this place is rapidly
nearing completion, and In the near flu
trre Viborg will have one of the finest
opera houses In the southern part Of
the state.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-22

The attorney general has come out with an official statement, of which it issyery hard for the anxious layman to make anything at all, regarding the pending cases of the beef trust before the Chicago district court. It seems that the beef defendants in entering their, pleas in bar have, accused the commissioner of corporations of enter- ing into partnership with the depart ment of justice and making improper use of the information that he obtained as commissioner of corporations in order to secure indictments from the grand jury. This improper action the attorney general emphatically denies, and says that he will urge the cases for a speedy hearing. That is the best and most understandable news con tained in the whole statement The farmers of the cattle country who found their beef selling for AZ ceuts on the hoof while porterhouse steaks were bringing 30 cents a pound in the stores will not care particularly about the technical details of the case. But they would like to see some one sent te jail by the same token. If the attor ney-general will just press the cases and get a few convictions, the farmers who suffered will probably excuse hin from elucidating his official statement They will also have the entire sympa thy of the consumers, who had to pay famine prices for beef while the farm CTS were being assured by the buyers in Chicago that it was drug on the market.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-22

What happy time it would be if an era could be ushered in when every citizen could be assured that he would have "square deal" This term has, been populariZed by the head of the nation. It is comfortable term, pointed and expressive. It has been liberally employed by politicians and employers. Yet there probably never was time when the, idea was so firmly rooted in the public mind that square deal' was as hard to get as now. Tn politics the word graft is used ten times where honor is used once. Honesty as word still re- mains in the political vocabulary, but it is used in its Pickwickian sense more often than otherwise. Merit counts, no doubt, but pull scores more often. In business, as in- politics, the impression holds that young men must have somebody of influence behind them if they are to make progress. This is especially true in big iHstitu- tions, where the good places are large ly held by sons, brothers and cousins of officials high up or stockholders who control. If this line of thought were followed long enough it would lead to very pessimistic outlook. but, giving | full measure to these unsatisfactory and unhealthy tendencies, which do exist beyond doubt, things might be a great deal worse. James J. Hill says boys have greater opportunities now than when he started out. John D. Rockefeller agrees with him. They both say that boys nowadays are not satisfied to take sufficient preliminary l training; that they desire to reap be- fore they have sown. It is quite true that reward waits on persistent indus try now as it ever did. The, young man who attends to business, who is prompt, studious and energetic, can succeed now as he could years ago, and his opportunities of winning great success are even greater than they ever were. But, admitting all this, it is still true that it is not an era of square deals" The public service, which has been overhauled and pro- tected by stringent laws for the very purpose of affording "a square deal' | all around, is not satisfactory. The provisions of the law are cleverly nullifed, and "pull'' often prevails over high standing. But we are progress ing. That is the hopeful sign. There is constantly growing public senti, ment in favor of "a square deal" for everybody. When this has grown to sufficient proportions the square deal' will be afforded. The seeming duty of newspapers and all educators is to en- l courage the growth of this healthful sentiment until it shall finally take root everywhere. rIt,.will bear great fruit and do more for this country than great armies and great navies can ever do.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-22

Aged Political Boss yTom -Rlatt was the best witness that has yet appeared before the insliranee investigating committee. Boss Platt was brutally frank in some of his statements, par ticularly in the one in which he said he received $1O,000 each election from certain insurance companies. This money was to be used to prevent legis- lation that might be injurious to the aforesaid companies. The senator's acknowledgment is Illuminating, says the Hartford Times, Tt throws a searchlight on the purposes of the un- derwriting contributions to the cam paign fund. It indicates the cash-eoy- cred alliance between these two com panies and the New York political ma chine, by which the corporations drop thousands into the slot and pull out protection at Albany. Reduced to its lowest terms, the practice means that tHeSe IHSuTduCe tohpdhleS ha'C pSCH buying up the New York legislature in advance. The custom subverts every elementary dictate ef..-sound public policy. It Is fundamentally wrong in theory and absolutely vicious in prac, tice. It establishes an alliance be tween politics and insurance for the purpose of carrying elections on the one hand and of buying legislative i'm munity on the other hand. Every pub. lie interest is made to play second i'd dle to private and political interests We hope that this desreputable merger will vanish under the whitening rays of publicity. reinforced by popular in dignation.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-22
HEARD IN PASSING

"Bill' Taft now looms up as the big gest man in Ohio.-New York World.
 Does a man own his knowledge?" asks New York paper. The life in- rsurance officials have probably reached sthe conclusion by this time that he neither owns nor admits it.
 We observe that the Hon Charles W. Fairbanks has just taken his thirty second degree in Masonry.N Thank the Lord he has at last gotten above the freezing point.-Charleston News and Courier.
 The learned Dr Osler has been giv- ing in his lectures to his classes some scientific and practical suggestions as to the best methods of preserving the teeth, if man is, as pr osler says, not fit for preserving after 40 years ot i age. -.. --l.-.s. ..as ....s l's1 If the American eonsuIs and dfplo- mats shall be compelled, according to i the presidents late order, to speak for eign languages, they will not be able to maintain that unique and splendid ! isolation that has so long characterized | them. .#
 So far the only winners of bets on and against Mcclellan are the stalk > holders, who can put the money in tile ihank and draw interest on ft, or put | it at work in Wall street, where it was worth 9 on Monday.-New York 1 Press.
 Mir Jerome now cOnfesses that he really expected to get about 3O.OW votes, and that his election stunned him. One of his remarks is so wise that it is worth quoting: "When vic. tories are won We are apt to ask for reforms so sweeping that we can't gel them '-Springfield Republican.
 Now will the Austrian nation ostra. eize its ambassador to the United States. Baron Hengelmuller. because he wore the coat of Booker T. Wash | ington until fishing in the pockets fol his duty-free made-in-France gloves he found charm in the shape of a rabbit foot and thus discovered his fays tpaw. rs-.
 The prolonged visit of the Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg is over and 4 if he carries from our shores as pleas ant an impression as he and his off cers and crew have left behind them the most cordial entente of the tws great English speaking peoples has no, been weakened. The American and English soldiers meet in a hundred ports and a commtn language produces X closer taternization than is fOune with sailors of other countries.
 Divine Right William vOn HOhen zoIlern is dangerously near the regioE of political earthquakes and revOlu lions. It will be remarkable if Ger many is not affected by the ,pOlitica uubeaval in the neighb0ring autOcraeT These movement are contagious ans 4 Germany is riper and more susceptibl' than is generally suppo@ed- IhTe' | millions of sOefaIists in Germany ar ready prepared fnfzmmable material
 The Russian workingmen are re
 ioieing that they have a eonstitutioi
 and at the same time asking what constitution really Is.
 A WInSted eoachmsn is said to havl
 s15ddenlv fallen heir te S11-5oooe0 l reports ere frue. hfs is a meteorlc ris
 to rIehel coming from the Lone sls
 state. anA if it is true that a wealth