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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
AMERICAN BOAT WINS.
Henley Regatta Preliminary Contests
Develops a Sharp Contest for
~ the Vespers.

Henley, England, July 6.-Brilliant
weather, great attendance and fair
rowing conditions marked the opening
Of Great Britain's annual water fes-
tival. Outside the grand challenge cup
race, in which Vespers of Philadelphia
competed, there was little interest in
the regatta. First heats Of this race
resulted:
Leander beat Jesus college; Belgian
crew beat Thames Rowing club; Yes
pers beat Christ college by a length.
Christ college gave Vespers a harder
row than was expected. A slight wind
towards Bucks shore gave the Amer
leans, who had the breaks side, a
slight advantage. Vespers got well
away and led almost Immediately and
at the quarter distance were more than
4 length in front, while at the half way
post the Americans were leading by
two lengths. At that point the Cam
bridge men made a splendid squirt,
steadied and overhauled the Philadel-
phians until there was only a length
between their bows. Vespers' stroke
uuickened. the crew gamely responded
and the Americans completed a pun
lshing finish with an advantage of a
full boats length in the best time of
three heats. Both crews showed the
effects of the struggle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
couarHoUsE sUlLDERs DEposED
Hall Completed Building at YankteHs
Will es Finished BY the County.

Hall Completed Building at YanktoIs
Will % Finished BY che County.
Yankton. g. o.. July THE Yank-
ton county court house. which has been
standing half completed for several
months and which has been the sub.
1ect OF much discussion and criticism.
owing to the defects In the plans and
ehe Workmauship. bids fair to be SO
carried to completion that every tax
payer will feed that the county has re.
ceiyed full value for the money
pended.
The work was brought to q standstill
blythe death OF the general contractor,
Sam Engelbreth. The commissioners.
knowing that defects existed In the
building. set about to determine the
caus and to AK the responsibility. They
S0ettled with their superintendent OF
p0nntrlctton, 3. u. Palmer, n severed
relations also with their architects. w.
#R. Parsons q Sons company of Des
Noines. hi estate Of the contractor
proved unable to carry out the contract
andsat the meeting Of the board today
the county took the contract from the
yeBtate III will finish the building at
Hts expense.
architect now In charge OF the
building is Webster Tomlinson of Chi
scago. and the new foreman OF con-
gstruction for the county will be Fore
tmaI Reed. who has Just completed the
United States postof1ce In this city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
DIE ON SCENIC RAILWAY
Man Dead and Woman Likely to Die
as Result of Crash,

Chicago, July Gone man was
killed, a woman was fatally injured,
and two persons were severely injured
yesterday afternoon in the second fatal
accident that has taken place on the
scenic railway at White City. The ac-
cident occurred at 4:30 p. m., when
hundreds of persons were standing in
line in front Of the entrance to the
railway awaiting an opportunity to
cur places in the trains, which were
being filled to their capacity at each
trip.
The train which was derailed was
loaded to it's capacity, sixteen passen-
gers. 1t had been drawn up the first
fifty feet incline, the cable had been
released by the gripman, and it was
swiftly gathering speed on the first
eighty foot plunge, when it was dis
covered h a something was wrong. A
crunching sound was heard and the
cars shook as if they had left the rails,
stick to you seats-something is
wrong" cried Robert Spencer, the grip
man, applying the brakes in an effort
to stop the train which was then go.
ing at a terrific speed.
A moment later the train had left
the rails, bumped down the steep in
cline for fifteen feet, tore away one OF
the supports OF the structure, and
stopped, half overturned, in the middle
Of the track.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
TAKE DIVORCE N S
Bureau Follows Presidents sueses.
ton and Institutes Inquiry Into
Statistics.

Washington, July 6.-Tlle census bu-
reau will soon complete the field work
connected with the taking of the census
of the manufacturing business of the
United States. and when the returns
are all in will utilize the same force
in gathering information relating to
marriage and divorce in the several
states and territories.
These statistics are to be gathered at
the request of the president, expressed
in a special message to congress at the
ylst session.
The preliminary arrangement for get
Ting the information which the presi-
dent wants congress to nave is already
complete; the bureau expects to submit
the results of the investigation to con-
gress early in December.
The general scope of the inquiry en-
braces these points: Provisions of the
marriage laws of each state and terri
tory, provisions Of the divorce laws,
statistics showing the number Of mar
riages and divorces in each state and
territory. and the prevailing grounds on
which applications for divorce are
based.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
LOANED DEvLIN MUCH.
This Accounts. for the Collapse Of tn.
Big Financial Institution
AZ Toneks

Topeka. Kan, July 6.-No definite
statement has been issued regarding
the condition of the First National
bank, controlled by Charles j.. Devlin,
the big coal mine owner which closed
Its doors yesterday.
Col. w. H. Rossington. vice president
Of the bank, locked the institution's
books in h vault to await the arrival
of j. T. Bradley. the national bank x
aminer, whom the comptroller had APP
pointed receiver of the failed bank, and
he would only say: The banks trou-
BILE has not been caused by dishonesty
on the part OF any one, but by lending
too largely to n borrower. There has
been no stealing"
This borrower is, of course. MI. Dew
lin, and the bank is said to hold the
capitalists paper to the amount OF
81, 900, 900.
Aside from the temporary furry
that the failure of the First National
bank caused upon the other banks Of
the city, probably the most interesting
phase of the situation was the state-
ment of State Treasurer T. T. Kelly
that the bank held $4,000 of the
states funds and the knowledge that
Mr.. Devlin was n of Treasurer Kel-
Tvs bondSmen,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
SUES no BREAK WILL.
Family Of f. A. la Roche Contest In
strunent Leaving . Fortune.

Philadelphia, Pa, July 6.-Before a
surrogate in New York nex Thursday
an attempt will be made by the family
of Frederick A. La Roche, automobiles
and yacht owner, to break a will writ
ten by him in a letter to his wife three
days previous to his entering the auto
race in July two years ago, in which
he feared he would be killed.
BY the terms of the letter, or will,
La Roche, who died last March, be-
queaths to his wife $685. 900 in cash,
stock certificates and securities valued
as much more. and all his racing ma
chimes and yachts. No provision was
made in the document for La Roche's
father, brothers or sisters. The race
came off without y mishap.
No other document OF an earlier or a
later q a been presented. The
contestants argue hat the letter was
valid only in case Of La Roche being
killed in the races.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
MANY DIE IN FLOODS
Additional Details From Mexico Add e
the Extent eff the Disaster .
Crushes Bio BUILDINGS.

G~uanajuato, Mex, July Gloss OF
life %variously estimated at more than
200 and less than 1000 persons and prop
erty damage TO h extent OF over,
$1,000, 900 have been caused by the flood.
which has swept over the town as the
result of a %cloudburst. Federal tele-
graph service has been restored and the
authorities are rapidly bringing order
out of chaos. ,
Great suffering is prevalent. but aid
is being received from surrounding
towns and a semblance of normal con-
ditions 1t is believed will soon ber
reached. Burial of the lead is progress
ing rapidly, although many bodies are
houses n are difficult to locate
The disaster that has come upon his,
city Is unparalleled in its long history,
during which many floods have been,
recorded in times past. Gu%anajuato,.
owing to its situation in a ravine or
sweeping down from the mountains and
much loss OF life has been recorded. but.
the present storm, which began Friday
night and continued through Saturday..
was unprecedented. By 4 O'Clock Sat-
urday afternoon clouds banked up
threateningly n black in the north
east, and in less than twenty minutes
rain came down in torrents and the
water surged down the streets with
great violence. Part of the river which
was built over with masonry burst
through and augmented the flood. and
the scene became one OF terror and
CONSERVATION.
Scene of Wild Disorder.
From the center of the city the. flood
rolled to both sides Of the town and
the people madly rushed out to flee to.
the mountains, many being caught and
swept away.
At the time when the storm seemed
likely to abate and before it's great in
tensity was felt there was n crowd of
merrymakers in the plaza. Gaming OPP
orators had scarcely time to set up,
their tables and place their money
thereon when the flood rushed down
from the hills. sweeping away booths,
money and tables. Many people were
then and there drowned. Each man
fought his way out of the food, tramp
ling down whomever came in his way,
and thus a women and children
persisted.
A large number of people had sought,
refuge in the Church of San Diego, but
were rushe to death under it's falling
walls. The priest, who was addressing
words of hope and consolation to the
people, was killed.
Four hotels and some large shops
were demolished or badly injured, and
some of the mansions in the city were
wrecked with their rich furnishings.
The large. building occupied by Dwight
Furness as the American consulate was
flooded to the second story window.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
AUTO RACING is FATAL
While Going Faster Than a
Mile a Minute,

New York, July GA series of seri-
Gus accidents attended the first ses-
sion of auto racing at Morris park.
While driving a 60-horse power car in
the heavyweight championship race at
a speed of less than a mile a minute
Paul Sartori dashed into q fence, IA
tally injuring a boy named Joseph Hol-
Than, wko was looking on. Sartori
himself escaped. There were four
starters in the race.
In the meantime the other cars went
on. On the last lap Roberts car threw
a tire and was overturned. Roberts
fell clear OF his car, but lac three ribs
fractured. Weekday won the race in
fast time, beating Chevrolet out by
nearly q quarter Of a lap. Jays last
mile was covered in 40 3-5 seconds,
which is a worlds record for that dts
lance.
The Thomas cup race, four laps, 5.56
miles, was won by Webb jay; time,
5.55 4-5. Webb Jay also won the dia-
mono cup race at the same distance in
,5:18 LIS.
Paul Bruyer made a worlds record
in the mile motorcycle trial, doing the
distance in one minute.
Some Great Entries.
With a record entry list of fast cars
including the 90-horse power F. /. A.
T., to be driven by Louis Chevrolet,
who took the championship honors from
Oldfield, the two days meeting of the
American Automobile association at.
Norris park yesterday and today should
be a banner affair and supply worlds
records galore.
At no other meet have there ever,
been SO many fast cars, whose horse
power averages among the nineties and
the battles between the motor car
speed kings OH the big course at Nor:
ris park should be the best of the year.
OF course, the event of the meeting
will be the contest for the DR.. Thomas
$1,000 trophy, offered for competition
between the Automobile Club of Amer,
ica and the Chicago Automobile club.
Chevrolet and Christie went to Chi,
cago On Decoration day and won the
trophy for the first time, and they will
defend 1t in the race at Morris park
against the Chicago clubs team, which
will include Webb Jay, whose wonder
full white steam machine is considered,
by nan to be the fastest car on the
track.
The other contestant will probably be,
Dan" Wurgis, with the REQ Bird,
which is fresh from the factory after.
being tuned up for a supreme effort.
There will be a heat Of the DR.. Thomas
race each day Of the meet.
The big cars entered for the national.
circuit Championship Include Webb Jay
white steamer); Walter Christie, with
his new 120-horse power front and rear
Gwynne Vanderbilt's 9o-horse power
Fiat: Louis Chevrolet. with Major C. ].
S. Miller's 90-horse power Fiat; Dan"
Wurgis, with the REQ Bird; w. Gould
Brokaw's 6O-horse power R,nault, and
Guy Vaughan, with his Decauville,
which holds the 1000 mile record.
There will be championship events,
each day and the prize inSthe middle
weight championship will be a special
silver shield offered by Major Miller.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
TO & a LoWLANDs.
Bitches May % Dug in Clay and Yank-
i'm Counties.

~ 80 M a
Vermillion. s. D. July LAT the
Z meeting OF the Clay county board
III commissioners q petition will bs
@D& drainage bitches on h bottoms to
i've farmers RELIEF from the volume Of
9Ewater that covers portions OF their
oai{a All summer long. A like petition
10 being circulated In Yankton county,
md itsis thought the work car be cal.
6ie4 on Jointly.
Surveyor Townsley has filed with the
leounty board q plat OF the proposed
drainage bitches. which 10 practically Q
Recommendation OF b government
survey made last fail. II includes three
bitches, n q deepening and widening
D& Clay creek, another starts near Cay
Mile, ruNnlng In an eAsterly direction.
and the third utarts west Of Gayyille
nndruMs south OF the railroad track.
Into the Vermillion river.
tits deehred that work on these bitches
begin "a p
The Undertaking. while no a small
s0Ne. Ii hot ~ big as n would imagine.
Thu lalnd on the Missouri river 10
pretty level. and there will be no deep
n 70 make. The cost Of the bitches
comparatively small to the
2benelt resulting. One Of the
s1tretches@of farm land in South
. lies along the Missouri river
rum back to the BLUFFS anywhere
six to ten miles. The only draw
In the past has been too much
rand once Il can be removed by
hare all the land will increase in
ducttveness where now large tracts
covered with water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
HIT IN ARITHMETIC.
Book Adopted by a Mississippi Board
Has Queer Problems.

New Orleans, July GA large sized
sensation has developed at Jackson.
Miss, over the arithmetic which has
just been selected by the state board,
and a row will probably result with the
publishing house.
Nine sample copies of the book were
submitted to the commission, and in all
the books submitted there We're pastors
through them. After h commission
adjourned some M got hold Of one
of the sample copies and out of %curios-
ity wet the pastors. The first one re-
vealed was something like this:
There were 200 white children in a
school. Every tenth child was colored.
How many children were there in all 2"
All through the books there are digs
at the south which are unpalatable.
Juss what will be done about the mat
ter Is not known.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
THRICE TRIED 70 DIE.
Youns Man Would Sacrifice Life on
Cupidss Altar.

Yankton, S. D.. July IA report
comes from st. Helena, Neb., Of the at
tempted suicide OF q young man named
Joseph Cooper. on account OF unre-
quilted love. Miss Nelson limited thai
AgCOoper's attentions were no longer wel-
come and Cooper procured some car
sgbOlic acid. which he started to drink In
the presence OF the young lady. She
prevented him. Cooper then went to
the river to drown himself. in which
he was again frustrated. A third at
tempt was made at death by means of
rope and hanging. but this plan was
also frustrated.
ssevere electrical storms visit this lo-
%cality daily. In a recent one the ru-
I'll home OF Dan Brooks was struck by
Slightni1lg. but fortunately no damage
resulted.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
RUSSIA WOULD
READILY QUIT
Gives Out Plain Hint That She
Is Anxious For an Armis-
tice If Japan Is.
JAPs WIN SHARP G
Fi.re. Engagement i. Fought in Man.
churia in Which the Russian
Losses are Said TO Have
Run Into Hundreds.

st. Petersburg, July 6.-with compile
ton OF arrangements for the Washing
ton peace meeting, President Roosevelt
has resumed his efforts to bring about
an armistice. No light is thrown on the
exact status of negotiations and the
character, Of communications passing
between the Russian and japanese gov
ernments and Washington.
The matter is an exceedingly delicate
one. but the outlook for success, never
theless, from all information obtain
able. is not unpromising. If Japan is
ready to sheath the sword until the
Washington meeting develops whether
a basis for peace is possible, Russia's
consent seems assured,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
PARKER HEARD FROM.
Defeated Democratic Candidate TO,
President Helps Tammany cele-
brate Fourth.

New York, July 6.-Tammany So
ciety's annual Fourth of July celebra-
ton in front of the Wigwam consti-
tuted about the only public exercises in
observance of the Fourth in Manhat-
tan. Chief speakers We're Governor
Glenn of North Carolina, Lieutenant
Governor Sanders of Louisiana, and
there were short talks by a number OF
prominent members Of the society. A
letter from Alton 3. Parker. former
democratic candidate for president, in,
which he advocated divorce of business.
from politics, was read.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
GREEKS ARE FULL.
Hand County Streams Are Flooding
Foothills.

Miller. s. D., July 1-Fourteen inch
ss,essof water has fallen here during May
aaar1d June---in many localities consider
MablegsInore Along the foothills OF the
sections the ravines are roar
4tng@torrents. nat land being spotted,
with rsols and little lakes. In some
entrances draining and, bitches is be-
sslnG sresorted to. Artesian well digger0
Gre unable 10 move their outfits over
ss;sGhe#SoSt reads. and the work - 1t Q,
t4ndS1ll.sAl crops, except corn. which
q + cp2faxRtad, -
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
HAS FAITH in ROOSEVELT
Louisiana Governor Pays High Com.
pIiment to the President.

pIiment to the President.
New Orleans, July Ex-Governor New.
ton G. Blanchard of Louisiana, in an
address before the business interests of
the city at the driving of the first spike
In the publicly owned belt railroad,
paid high tribute to President Roose-
velt. Speaking of the completion Of the
Panama canal, Governor Blanchard
said:
I'VE know hat the canal will be
built. for Theodore Roosevelt is at the
mead OF 1t. He is q man we all admire.
He is a strenuous character, but the
people of the country have come to
know that he is a man who does things
and does not talk about them. He has
U confidence and our admiration, and
with him at the head of the canal we
pre- certain that nothing shall be al
lowed to delay its completion"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
ACQUl1 GIRL OF n
ON MURDER CHARGE
She Killed Her Lover and Then
Attempted Suicide at
Wheaton, Mimi.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
His Ardor for Her had waned and She
Couldn't Bear tho Thought Of
Living Apart So Received
to Die Together.

Wheaton, Mimi, July 6.--Antoinette
seidensticker, aged IA. has been &C
quilted of the murder of Herman Shipp,
her sweetheart, last May. The girl dis
covered Shipp paying attention to other
girls and shot and killed him. At the
same time she made two desperate at
tempts to commit suicide.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
Loyal Members Of Crew Win.
Bound to Sink the war.hlp.

Odessa, July Cit is reported per-
sistently in army and navy circles that
h Kniaz Potemkine is being stalked
and pursued by several torpedo boats,
which intend TO sink her. Crews OF
these boats consist of officers who vol
unteered as stokers SO there is no dan-
ger Of their refusal to obey orders and
destroy the renegade ship.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
NOT FAVORABLE FOR CORN.
Rain Has Hurt Crop Ia Many Ways
Hot Weather Needed.

VeTlnillion. July 1.-The past week
hAaA been favorable for the farmer
lyWhO#expects to harvest q bumper crop
slyevery day. and when the storms.
Sceased the weather would grow chilly.
s}4oSfar this week conditions have not
improved and things begin to look seri-
gUla.8sF4elds are badly In need OF cul-
stiyetion. but the farmers cannot get
Into them. Predictions are already be-
g9ngNmade that only q half crop is in
Stuight and unless the hot weather
soon many fields Will be caught by
early frosts. The stand on the upland
3SS5better than on the bottom.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
historY of the case.

Washington, July 4.-NO surprise was
created in Washington last December
by the announcement that Senator John
II. Mitchell n Representative Binger
Hermann of Oregon a been indicted
in connection with alleged Oregon land
frauds. 1t was well known in official
circles and among the colleagues of
both the senator n representative at
The time they were summoned to APP
Dear before the Portland grand jury
that an effort would be naade to indict
them. The theory Of the governments
prosecution had been that Binger Her
mann, while land commissioner, had q
& :lty knowledge Of the transactions
which were passed on in his depart
ment and facilitated the disposition Of
the cases. The Oregon ring. which was
accused of perpetrating the frauds, was
Senator Mitchell was the head and
Hermann an important cog. Perhaps
h most remarkable feature of the
case is the fact that after Mr.. Hermann
had been forced from the Office of land
commissioners he was nominated for
congress in the First Oregon district
and overwhelmingly elected. The OPP
ponents of h machine in the state
charged before the nomination that he
had been guilty Of Irregularities, and
h essential facts as now known were
discussed in the campaign. The ma
chine contended hat Hermann's cleo
ton was necessary as a VindicatiOn for
the machine.
The story of the Oregon land frauds
has been told from time to time in the
dispatches from Oregon. The exposures
have attracted unusual attention here
because it vas known that the admin
~istration was behind the exposure and
that the president had insisted that the,
department Of justice cooperate with
Secretary Hitchcock and the agents Of
his department in probing the frauds to
the bottom. 1t was known that men
whom 1t was expected to reach were
members of the Mitchell machine, and
that the senior senator from that state
was standing loyalty by them. Those
who shared the confidence of the sec
rotary of the interior knew that he sx-
pected the exposure to include men
high up and these men in h common
opinion were the former land commits
sioner and the senior senator.
For more than a year A. r. Greene
Of Lawrence, Kan, special agent Of the
department., has been 1t work investi-
eating the oregon land frauds. The al
legged Irregularities a long period,
antedating the Roosevelt administra-
ton. 1t is said hat President McKin-
ley would have compelled the resigna-
ton of Hermann in November. 1901.
The assassination of the president in
September of that year CAV Hermann
longer official life and he retained the
office until the conditions existing in
the land commissioners Office were
finally presented to President Roose-
welt. Hermann resigned by request
from the land Office in February, 1903.
He had been four times elected to o n
gress before President Mckinley APP
pointed him commissioner Of the gem
eral land Office. and he was out of the
land office only six months when the
death Of Representative Tongue, Of the
First district, caused a vacancy, which
he was elected to f1ll,