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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
Many ENTOMBED
BY AN EXPLOSION
thirteen Are Probably Dead in
Southern Oklahoma
Coal Mine.
NO BODIES RECOVERED
The Shaft Was Demolished and Work
of Rescue Will Be Delayed Days
Air is Being Pumped Into
the Mine.

Wulburton Okla May 2.-Tnirteen
miners We're entombed and probably
killed by an explosion in the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas coal mine. No. 10.
four miles west of here. There is little
prospect of their bodies being recovered
for several days.
They are:
Is. F. STEINER, foreman.
MIKE WYNN.
RALPH FISHER.
BEN SMITH.
WILLIAM ATKINSON
o. GOLDEN.
JOSE MORlNO.
All white
]. GUS PHILLIPS.
KNOX LYNCH.
]. u. BYRD
MIKE DUVALL.
r. f. GALES
WILLIAM EDWARDS.
All colored
1he men went to the shaft at mid
night. Foreman William Ray, of tha
shift that left the mine at that hour.
states that the mine was in good con-
dition and q gas explosion was hardly
probable. His shift left n shot hang
ing which the new Shift may have fired.
1t is suggested from the force of the
explosion, which could be heard for
miles around and which tore heavy
timbers aside and piled tons of dirt
into the shaft. that a bad shot had
set off some dynamite which had been
stored conveniently for work III push
ng the entries.
The shaft is $50 feet deep. and it
was 500 feet to the plane where the
men We're working. The men We're
supplied with air famed from the
shaft by means of compressed air
tubes. 1t is the general opinion that
the air pipe was burst by the ex-
plosion, but air has been steadily
pumped all day with the remote hope
that some of the entombed men may
have escaped the force of the explosion
and the afterdamp.
The rescuers began work in a few
1ninntes after the explosion. An at
,etapt =. tanning air in with canvaa
was abandoned when the condition
of the shaft became apparent. Four
shifts have since worked taking out
the debris and timber. Later the work.
ers were thirty feet from the bottom
a! .ne shaft. The timbers indicate
that Il will be necessary to recase the
mine. y which event the bodies may
not be reached before Wednesday or
Thursday. 1t is the universal opinion
of experienced miners that all of the
'nen are dead.
The entombed men We're all married.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
JOHNSON A CHARACTER.
Supposed Murdered Man Gives Hur,ot
Gus Tinge to Recent DEVELOPMENTS,

Miller :. D., May 4.--.Jacob johnson
is turning OFT to be a was. a humorist
aad Il financier, instead of being de-
Etentcd rs some of the papers have
stated. He drew $3.50 from Il bank here
tina, he deposited before he left last
.Jtie. He Went to North Dakota before
harvest. and. learning that the rust
had taken his crops here, decided to
stay there as he had no family Visit
ing his farm the other day he said he
would put in a crop, as the neighbors
had dug the land up SO thoroughly
searching for his remains chat it would
produce Well.
The reason he gave Deputy Sheriff
Waterbury the slip at SiouN Fails was
that he dreaded hotel pie crust, and
that instead of intending to elude the
ot'iVcr he WAS only going to II farm
hoHSc ior his dinner He has his pc
cuiarities, that of secluson and mind
ing his own affairs being the most
noticeable. He has never been before
an insanity board.
John Young charged with the murder
prisoner confined in the Miller Jail He
astonshcd the other prisoners when he
went in by refusing to swear. smoke,
chew or drink. and when at retiring he
lMeeled 10 pray they We're dumbfound-
Ell. He reads his bible regularity The
Noun; man is following habits of many
years, u is said.
Steven Pauly has traded his electric
light plant here to j. n. schmitt. of
La Crosse, for Minnesota land The
plant will hc offered to the city. but il
Mir. Schnitt holds it it will be greatly
improved.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
SUIT is DISMISSED.
Action of the Standard Oil Comp any
to Test Legality of State Oil
Law Called Or.


Sioux Falls $ ID. May 1.-The dis
missal by Judge Garland, of the United
States court in this city, of the suit in
stituted in the summer OF 1903 by the
Standard oil company for the purpose
of testing the legality cf an oil inspec-
tion law enacted ny the legislature Two
years ago. fully bcors out predictions
made during the session of the state
legislature IL January and February
of the present Year, when a bill to
lower the test from a gravity test of
46 to A. was introduced
The Standard Oil company main
tanned that ii WAS anxious To secure
am outlet for its Kansas oil and as an
inducement tor the legislature to re-
ducc the test offered to sell the Kansas
oil in South Dakota for 3 cents a gal
Ion less than the customary price.
Professor James H. Shepard state
chemist, who is connected with the
South Dakota Agricultural college.
timated that by accepting the offer of
the Standard Oil company the people
of South Dakota would be ahead at
least 100000 each year
Is Just as Good as Eastern.
The Standard Oil representatives de
clared that the Kansas oil was just as
good as the eastern product. and that
owing to the field being closer to South
Dakota The oil could be sold here at "A
reduction of cents per gallon provided
the state test WAS lowered.
State Oil Inspector Emil Brauch
steadily maintained that the Kansas oil
did not come up to the required test,
and therefore refused to sanculon its ad-
mission untl the legislature had low
cred the test. State Chemist shepard
was sent 10 Kansas To make tests of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
finnish Girl Confesses to Having KILLED
Infant Child.

Lead. S. D., May Mary Hedan a
Finnish girl. but lately arrived in the
country. was arrested. charged with the
murder OF her newborn babe, the body of
which was found by couple of boys while
playing in the west part of the city
Samuel kasari. the owner of milk
ranch on Yellow Creek. has been arrested
an accessory. it being claimed that he
is the father of the dead baby The Hedan
girl made confession stating that she
had committed the crime on the nigh, o.:
.a:i; Z.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
LOST IN GAMBLING.
Downfall of Chamberlain Man c.
County $4,000

+ Chamberlain, S D.. May 2.--Thc commit
tee employed 10 investigate the books of
the JefaultinG county auditor, James Yo-
ivo,h. has found that his shortage runs to
something over $500, not including what
he lost of his own money during the last
two years of his term. With the excep-
tioa of about slo0 this money was all lost
in different gambling games that We're run
in the saloons of Chamberlain.
Mr.. Yovosh was always regarded a S a
model Young man until he was capped"
Into i he naizcs of the roulette wheel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
FIRE AT WHITE HOUSE.
In Executive Office 1t Started from ;
Crate, bat No Damage
Results

Washington. May 2-one of rne
cfimneys in the executive office OF the
White House caught fire today from
a crate, but practically no damage re-
suited.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
School Report.

Dist, No: q, for the month ending
March "a, 1905:
Males enrolled 10, females 10,
average attendance 1885, cases of
hardness Z, percentage of attendance,
s94.
Pupils neither tardy nor absent,
Laura Bauer, Carrie Schmidt, Carrie
Hartshorn, Effie Unruh. Frank
Unruh, David Unruh, Guy Marin,
Edna Marin, and Noah Wedel-
Visitors, Supt. Aldrich, ]. j.
Schmidt and Mrs. Fred Holland.
The attendance for March was
better than any other month of school.
F. L. MARSH, Teacher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
Surprise Party.

a few young people gathered at the.
home of Rudolph Steuri, Monday
night the 9th, to remind his son
John OF his birthday. Owing to the
dlsagreeable weather just few were
there but the surprise was a success.
as ne had retired for the night. The
evening was spent In playing games,
and about midnight supper was
served, consisting of sandwiches.
pickles, pie and cake, to which all
did ample justice. Then the guests
departed wishing John many more
such happy birthdays. =
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
PROTECT YOURSELF
AGAINST GERMS
People With Weak Stomachs Most Liable
to Catch Disease.

When the stomach and digestive
organs are weak, the food does not
digest, and there is sour, Shiny,
fermenting mass, making it an ideal
spot for the disease germs to multi
ply. The only way to protect yourself
against disease germs is to strengthen
the stomach and digestive organs, and
Mi-o-na is the only agent, so far as is
known, that will accomplish this.
The ordinary medicine that is taken
for indigestion and stomach troubles
is advertised to act upon the food
alone, and hence can give no more
than temporary relief. Mona is a
certain cure in all cases of stomach
troubles, excepting cancer, becauseit
enables the stomach and digestive
organs to act in the way Nature in
tended they should. Drugs cannot
digest the food; they simply decom-'
pose it.
If you suffer with distress after eat
ing, pains in the head. chest, sides
and back, belching Of gases and un-
digested fooa, bad taste in the mouth,
dizziness, or vertigo, heartburn vari-
able appetite, sick headaches, spots
before the eyes, and have general
feeling of dependency, weakness,
and debility you should at once
strengthen the stomach and digestive
system by the use of Mi-o-na. There
is no liquid, no alcohol. no spoonful
doses with Mona. Just one simple
tablet out of a fifty cent box before
eating, and your stomach will soon
become so strong and healthy that
you will be germ proof. Ask Hooper
Drug Co. to show you the guarantee
under which they sell Mona; costs
nothing unless it cures.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
: Bicycle Accident.

Karl Morrison, messenger boy for
the Western Union, met with quite a
painful accident. He was speeding
down Main street with message,
riding his wheel, when the front
wheel came out and he took header.
He bruised one side of his face up
considerably and cut cash in his
chin which it took two stitches to sew
up, and quite badly hurt himself. Dr..
Morrison attended him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
SOUTH SIDE.

Geo.. Elliot is some better, able to
sit up some.
Ed Morris and wife were in the
Bend Monday.
Usher Boyd and family, Geo. Tay-
Tor and family and Ira Hoag and
wife visited at Clarence Robinson's
Sunday.
W. Maybaugh and family visited at
Mr.. Deals, Sunday.
Alma Ayers visited Minnie Elliott
Saturday night and Sunday.
A jolly crowd gathered at the
home 81 Louis Plankenhorn Saturday
night, consisting of Will Rogers AID
wife, Bob Bidleman and wife and
nephew Mr.. Miller, Elmer Purcell
and family, Harry Shriner ndfamily,
N. P. Nelson and family, Jim Norris
wife and daughter, Roy Unger and
family and Mr.. Shriner. The evening
was spent in games and at a late hour
oysters were served 1t is useless to
say anything about the good time ac-
cording to the hour they departed for
home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
DISTRICT IL.

Henry Underwood left Monday
morning for Nebraska.
Thomas Boyle has returned from
Oklahoma and resumed his school.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Hall and
grandma Hime visited with E. P.
Gage and family Sunday.
Carries Worrel was very badly hurt
Saturday evening by the horse he was
riding falling on him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

Mrs. Rubican and mother spent
Saturday and Sunday at Great Bend,
visiting friends.
E. P. Gage moved their old kitchen
Monday and began digging the eel
lar preparatory to building the new
one.
H. w. Ford has just flushed build
ing new granary for Mrs. Putnam.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. c. Lowery and Mr..
and Mrs. keltner spent Sunday with
E. P. Gage and family.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
NEiGHB0RH0OD NEWS
Heller ITEMS.

Wheat is looking fine in this vicin-
sly.
The Hotel will soon be finished;
there are eight carpenters working on
It.
The new barber is doing fine
The dance at John E. Crosses hall
was largely attended.
Charley Meyer was to Albert on
business Tuesday.
The Heller ball players glass
arms are dangling.
Henry Meyer took his sick daugh-
ter to the Great Bend Hospital for
treatment, Tuesday.
Miss Carrie Weltmer is sick with
the mumps.
George Apologize and Roy Everett
are breaking colt for C.. c. Nicklos.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

There is considerable complaint be-
ing made about the manner in which
the hacks come up from ssthe Santa
Fe depot, especially on az evening.
They seem to try themselves as to
which can drive the faster. One of
these days some one will get hutr
and then perhaps it will stop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

NJ. weirauch left Tuesday morning
for Lewiston, Illinois, where he will
visit for few days before going to-
Europe. Henry Weirauch and Earl
Moses who are going over with him,
viii join him at Lewiston in a few
days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
PIONEER. STAFFORD COUNTY.


Gorda Estes had a dance in his
barn Saturday. Everybody had a
good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Garry ofStafford
city, came up to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Gorda Estes and other friends Satur-
day.
Mrs. Arch Fullerton and Mrs.
Frank Broadbooks have gone to
Greensburg to spend week or ten
days with James Fullerton and family
and Ben Fullerton and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Estes returned
Saturday from their visit to Missouri
Mrs. Estes health is some better.
James McGinty son of John Nc
Ginty passed away Saturday at his
home after long illness his funeral
was conducted Monday in the Catho-
lie church of Seward and he was
buried in the Catholic cemetery. He
leaves father, mother, one brother
and two sisters.
This community was painfully
shocked Sunday to hear of the death
of Mrs. Rice's daughter Mrs. Sim
mons, of Great Bend.
About thirty-fve friends and neigh
bors surprised Ord Estes Wednesday
March 22nd, it being his twenty-forth
birthday. A lap supper was served
at the usual hour. 1t was also Mrs.
Lorah Converse's birthday, Ord and
Lorah are twins. Every body, stayed
until late hour and all had a good
time, all wishing them many more re-
turns of the day
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

Mrs. C.. E. Castle has purchased a
lot fronting on Broadway, from H. ]
Smith, upon which she intends erect.
ing a residence for herself.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

Fathers Reinschmidt of Clafin,
and Drath of Odin came over Wed
nesday evening to attend the lecture.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

The Varsity" the Hart Schaffner
& Marx great hit in clothing at
Lundblade & Bolinger's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

John McGinty was a caller, Thurs
day, to shove his weekly subscription
up a couple more notches.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

Miss Ella Converse closed her
school Friday, with a dinner, after
which quite lengthy prograa vas
rendered. A fine time was enjoyed
by all Miss Converse expects to
attend college at Sterling for while.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
SEWARD.

Frank Ricketts, little girl is still
very sick with lung fever.
Miss Lenora Keller is slowly
improving from her long siege OF
pneumonia.
J. William, Miller is going to move
out on his fine place, miles east OF
here, in few days.
A brother of M. J. Mullen is Gut
here on a visit, and he may remain
until after harvest, and another has
just been elected Mayor of Sheridan,
Wyoming.
Henry Bordewick has sold his !
section southwest of town to Mr..
Droller, for $4,000, and went out in
Gray county and got full section for
$4,000.
j. DAIMLER has fine pond full of
all kinds of fish, and it is quite inter
esting to see them come up to be fed.
Fred Bunsetmeyer is slowly re-
covering from his spellof typhoid fever,
and we hope he will be able to be out
in few days again.
Will Grow was Smelling corn for
John Ruble last Friday.
The masons are at work laying the
wall of the cellar under the new two
story house that Geo. Eanshier is
having built in the north part of this
township.
Mrs. L. J. Simpson, on Route Ne
2, is now living in her new house.
Chas. Schaffer is setting out some
fine trees around his house, and will
have fine wind break in few years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

7. William Miller will move to tn,
farm in Stafford county next week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
Observations, by the Old Man.

i / notice that in the talks about
peace the Russians are holding their
own as the champion jabberwockers.
They have as much to say about what
they will NOT do, as at the beginning
of the war they had to say about
what they were GOING to do.
It's about time for the caneTack
spieIer and the Salvation Army las
sizes to hit this part of this mundane
sphere.
How can the poor beef. trust
survie Lent?
One trouble about going fishing on
Sunday is. it's hard to get your bait
jug filed on that day.
Talking of fishing, what kind of
suckers is Ira after, anyway.
A ST. Louis millionaire says ''get-
ting rich is bad habit" But that
does not. deter a whole lot of us from
trying to acquire the babit.
Governor w. L. Douglas LID, of
Massachusetts,. A pretty big title for
a man who got his education on a
shoemaker's bench. There is a
chance for Epp. and Geo. Colt yet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

Green Wilson, city marshal Of
Hoisington, was in the city Tuesday
evening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
SUNNY SLOPE.

Mrs. Jindrak, from Great Bend, was
visiting friends and her son Joe
Ross, Sunday.
Mr.. Rubican took dinner with P.
Roul's Sunday.
]. Fits and family spent Sunday
afternoon with A. S. Doty's.
Ed. and Jim Susank, wife and son,
spent Sunday with J. Anthony
Susank's.
Mr.. WyIie returned from Bazine,
Ness Co., Sunday, intending to get
the rest of his goods.
Mrs. Post and son, John, from
Hoisington, SundaYed with H. Posts.
There was base ball nine organ
lied Sunday. Suppose in the near
future we will hear of and from them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31

]. J Chaplin, of Crete Neb., and
John Peach, of Creston, Iowa. have
replenished our till by renewing their
DEMOCRAT subscription.
You get splendid returns from
"Sorosis" shoes-the shoe that don't
stretch. At Lundblade & Boiinger's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-31
WHITE
GOODS

Bear in mind this is to be white season,
and white costumes are correct. Our White
Goods department is now complete with all
the new things in white goods. New
Persian Lawns, French Organdies, in the
extreme widths, Silk Mulls, Plain and EN-
broideried Voiles, Silk Warp Crepes, plain
Linens, sShrunk Duck and Indian Head Linen.
If it is new you can depend on finding it in
'n'7 uspf Prices from lOc a yard up.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-28
6be Drama and
the Church
From the noston Transcript.

From the BOSTON Transcript.
Sir Henry Ifying's death furnished ansp-
portunlty TO note just how confirmed or
altered the Christian church II In It's
attitude OF hostility 20 the dramatic art
when played by professionals and made q
life calling. not a fcw churchmon and
churches making a distinction between
amateur and professional participation IN
plays on the stage. "a distinction not al
ways obvious 10 the disraHsionate critic.
Comment on SIR Henry's death so far as
IL has come from pulpit, or the ecclesiastical
organs. In the main has bccnuapprcciativc
OF his attachments, OF his character as a
man. and more tolerant than formerly In
discussion Of the function which the drama
plays In soclcty's educational and rccrca-
tive NE. The act OF the authorities OF
Westminster Abbey In giving his ashes n
place there also has been approved. Here
and there. however. the old not" OF hes
tility TO the thcater as such has been
struck: and ia moro journals there has
been lack of hope for the future Of the
stage even where there has been approval
% It's aims.
incidentally u has been made known by
m Episcopal rector how profoundly seeing
Irving play Beckett affected the lifc and
career OF n Japanese student OF Christian
theology. whom the rector once Invited to
go with him TO see Irving. and persuaded
10 stay 10 the end. To the japanese Beck
cts death. he said. was the solemn pledge
and sign OF his own conservation to his
native lard. svcn ~ Il involved death and
martyrdom. whereas before the play he
had questioned whether u tho hour OF
choice between self and country should
come he would he found faithful. after he
had come under the spell OF Tennyson's and
lrving's combined art he no longer had
my fear OF which would be dominant. love
of life or low OF country. love OF ease or
love OF honor.
II In such tales as these. by no means
rare. but too often never recorded. Of a
sort that the dramatic gossip seldom hears.
or " he hears. does not publish. which give
pause to the moraiist who secs no worth In
the drama, and no honor due TO tho artist
who produces ethical effects night after
night. Had the stage the mechanism for
following up the good impressions Il
makes, resolves Il lncitcs. comparable TO
the machinery which the church has for
registering the effect Of the pulpits elo-
qucnce. dramatic power and ethical Inn
pulse. Il would have A better reputc. IL
has been content 10 let the curtain fall and
rise again. night after night. without FOL
lowing up It's lessons taught: whereas the
preacher or the teacher devises ways and
means OF testing the didaciic power OF the
words which they let fall In sermon or In
lecture.
II In the next considerable gathering Of
men you are n member OF, YOU have the
chance 20 poll the group as To- the effect
upon them n, crises In their lives OF certain
plays and actors they have seen. you might
be surprised 10 Ind how many had n tale
similar in tenor 10 that Of the japanese
who gaw lrvilg play Beckett.