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COMPLETED.
iowa Farmers in Places Have Been
Plantinu Corn.

Des Moines. la. May ll.-The report
OF the bureau of crops and weather for
the past week says:
The temperature of the first week
in May was above normal in an parts
OF the state. the warInest portion be-
ing the Mississippi slope. The rain
TALL Was light, except in a few localities
In the central and northern sections.
There Was considerable excess of
cloudiness, With high winds thai re-
tarted growth 10 some extent.
Reports indicate good progress in
for operations. Plowlns is generally
Well completed. and a good beginning
has been made in planting corn in all
districts. With favorable weather ii is
anticipated that the larger part of the
corn area Will be planted by the 18TH.
with the soil generally in fine filth.
In a few localities early planted corn
is coming up nicely.
THE growth of grass and small grain
has been fairly good, though in con-
siderable portions of the state these
crops would be improved by warm
rains. The promise of the staple
fruits is Yet Very good in all sections.
Garden truck is coming on early, de-
spite occasional light frOSts.
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WEATHER roo COLD.
Weekly Crop aseee. Ia No. A. d wb4,s
Of sssetly = aettsh ctae

WssapIslaes Nay tht weeie4
Wst,htg Nu9ttltt toY summary foilsN-
Ne-{erallS throughout the es4ltsl and
spGtNogu Eeeky mountain Aiatrtets the
pUketts 0Jl Minnesota The week esd
ins MGS ) MIS- ahunrtuAliS cuul h4et
moist tartc1lun temperature eNs
tended southwark IN tAe evutrtl rur
tioaS OF Altzota aGld New M.Nice With
frost .tud slloW in The central aUd.
iiorthern lios ~ moNnt.un regious and
TN" ui'pet Missouri and Red i&iSer OF the
North valleys. Excessive rains tim
dered work ia tl0 central MISSISSIPPI
valley, Munn.sota, the Dakota and m.
middle Rocky mountain reeiou.
Drought continues in portions of
Kansas. Heavy rains prevented RAPID
progress of corn in II large portion of
Missouri. Indiana and Illinois: but else
where work advance | satisfactorily.
Planting has begun as far north as the
southern portions OF South Dukota.
Minnesota. WISCONSIN and Michigan.
Winter wheat is now heading as far
north as southern Kansas and Mis-
souri, The general condition of this
crop continues hight, favorable in the
states east of the Rocky mountains.
Weather conditions the past week were
so favorable for completion of
wncat seeding over she northern por-
tions of North dakota and Minnesota.
trail portion of the spring wheat region
and in Iowa is making only fair prog
resS. In Nebraska and Colorado the
crop is promising,
Reports from Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa indicate that the oats -op of
these states is in fair condition only.
Seeding continues in North Dakota.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
STATE STATE / GATHERING
70 Be At YANkTON
Congregational Churches Hole.
Their Annual Convention
This Week.
is A NOTABLE EVENT
At This Meeting a Number of Prcni
nent Representatives OF Denom,.
nation Throughout Country
Viii Be Present.

Huron, S. D., May s,-Eegirniug OF
May ID, n continuing I'VE days. the
thlrty-ffth annual meeting of the Gen
eTal Association of Congregational
churches in South Dakota Will be held
in Yankton. 1t will be an occasion of
more than state wide interest. and Will
be attended by prominent divines and
laymen or that denomination from all
parts of the country. The opening
feature will be the dedication of Il new
congregational church in 1ankton on
Sunday, May IA. The building is one
O fst handsomest in this part of the
ns'rthN est, n cost upwards of 100000.
DIR. Washington GLADDEN.. of the ma
tiona council, will be present, as will
also a number of the national leaders
in religious works, including Rev. T.. G.
Woodbecry. ID. d., of New York, secre-
tary of the American Missionary asso-
clatlon; Or. T.. ID. Eaton. president of
Belot college, Beloit. Wis; DR.. William
A. Rice, of New York, and Rev. f. w.
Jenney, of Winona, MINI.
In connection with the association
women's missionary societies will
Die their annual gatherings. The
South Dakota branch of the Women's
5oard of Missions of the interior win
be in charge of Mrs. j. y. Derorne,
president, of Valley Springs, and dur
ing the sessions Miss Minnie D.. Mills,
of Smyrna, Turkey, will deliver an ad-
dress. AT the Meeting of the South
Dakota Home Missionary union Mrs.
I'll d. Woodcoc!, of Elk Point. will pre-
SIDE, and addresses will be delivered by
Miss Beecroft, of Talladese, Ala; Mrs.
L. l.. Riggs, of Oahe Indian school,
and Miss Leonard. of Santee, Neb.
Among reports to the association will
be that OF DIR. w. FL. Thrall, of this
city, superintendent of Congregational
missions in this state, and of Rev. c. NJ. /
Daley, state Sunday school missionary,
both of which will contain much inter-
esting and valuable information.
Rev. George d. Wilder, formerly Of
Huron, n for ten years past a mis-
sionary in China, will be present and
give addresses concerning the work in
that field, and also recite some of his
personal experiences during the Boxer
upriSiug.
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NEsRAskA CROP REPORT.
Very Little Corn Planted During the
Past Meek.

Lincoln. Neb,, May 1.-THE Nebras-
ka weather bureaus bulletin says:
The past Week has been about nor
NAL in most parts of the state. The
mean daily temperature averaged al
most exactly normal in southern and
eastern counties. but Was : degrees
below normal in the northwestern
counties.
: The rainfall was below normal in
southeastern counties, amounting gem
orally to less than a quartz of an
inch. 1t Was about normal in central
and northeastern counties, where it
was slightly less than one inch. 1t
WAS above normal in northwestern
counties, where it considerably eN-
ceeded an inch.
The cool n generally wet weather
of the past Week has been favorable
for wheat and rye. and they continue
in excellent condition. Oats have
grown fairly Well, but the stand is
somewhat thin, in places. Rain would
be beneficial To an grain and grass in
southeastern counties. Grass contin-
ues to grow slowly.
Some progress was made with corn
planting in southern and southeastern
counties. In most of the state very
little corn was planted during the
week. Apple trees are in fun bloom
and promise Il good crop. Cherry trees
are blooming less fun, and We're prob
ably damaged some by the frosts early
in the season. Frost and low temper-
allure this week damaged fruit in
northwestern counties. Strawberries
are in bloom in southeastern counties
and promise a full crop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
WANT WESTERN LAND oFFIc.
Energetic Movement by Citizens of
BonesteeI.

Sioux Falls. S. D., May 9.-An inn
portant meeting is to be held by the
business men and other residents of
Bonesteel this evening. Some weeks
ago steps We're taken by the people of
Homestead to have a United States land
office established "a that place. The
matter was placed in the hands of a
committee consisting of S. f. Lucas,
George A. letters and Fred Reich
mann, all leading residents of the town.
The members of the committee have
Waged an aggressive campaign in be-
half OF the project. which means so
fnuch TO the hundreds of settlers on the
coded portion of the Rosebud Indian
reservation. At the mass meeting to be
held TINS evening he committee will
make a report as to what has peer ac-
compiished in the direction of securing
a United States land office for the
town. My recently, in accordance
WIN an order of the secretary of the
interior, Gregory county, of which
Eonesteel is n of the principal towns.
was formally transferred from the
chamberlain to the Mitchell land dis
trict. The intention was to have the
federal land business of the county
transacted by the Mitchell Office, but
now Bonesteel desires to have the pub
nc lands l. CIR CORY county handled by
a United States land office to be estab-
lished at Bonesteel.
AS the public lands in the Mitchell
district outside of those in Gregory
county have Virtually all been acquired
by settlers, the people of Mitchell will
naturally use all means to prevent
Gregory county being declared a sep
arate lane district, with a land office
at Eonesteel. Notwithstanding this.
many OF the people of Bonesteel pro-
Tess confidence in the change being
Lnaoe, ana declare that the prospects
for inducing the Ian Office at Wash.
,ngton to make the ',ange. instead of
nelng d-1scouraging, are quite promis-
ing. Under the circumstances. with so
much at stake, the meeting this even
ing is being looked forward to with
great interest by the residents of Bone
iteel N Gregory county.
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QUESTION OF TIME.
Or. koch's Father Tells of the Time
His Boy Arrived Home the
Fatal Nioht.

Mankato. Mimi, May 11.-White-
haired, earnest and ho~nest-looking, E.
G. Koch, the father of the young man
accused of the murder of DR.. l.. A.
Gebhardt, took the witness stand this
morning in his sons behalf. The faith
er said George came in at Gas o'clock
the evening of the murder. He noticed
the time. as he TOLD his boy to come
home earlier nights. The Koch clock
was compared with the town clock the
next day and found to be seven min
utes fast. making the actual time o:
DIR. Koch's arrival at home 9:3S.
Miss Ida Koch also testities as to
the time her brother came home.
Handwriting experts We're on the
stand who testified that Koch did and
that he did not write the word sam
pie" on the personal package received
by DR.. Gebhardt a few days before he
was murdered.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
DISHONEST.
Have Been F%aIsifyins Invoices of I'm
ported Goods.

Los Angeles, Cal, May lift came
to light tina; for a period of many
months the United States custom Off
Gals have been Selling large shipments
of japanese goods brought into this
country at the port of Los Angeles be-
cause of an attempt on the part of the
importers to avoid the customs laws.
and during this tune goods valued AT
many thousands of dollars have been
confiscated and stored in the custom
house and warehouses of this city. 1t
has long been the practice of the local
custom officials to accept the foreign
invoices on the goods shipped from
Yokohama II other points to dealers
here without requiring an appraisers
atiidavits at the local port, but it was
finally discovered that the japanese
Wholesalers on the other side We're tax
ing advantage of this laXity and We're
consigning shipments with invoices rep
|resenting about 80 per cent. of the real
value of the goods. Recently. however,
the force of custom house officers at
this port has been largely increased.
permitting a thorough examination to
be made of each Individual shipment.
1t was then the invoice manipulations
Of the dealers We're discovered, and the
aholesale conf0ations began.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
BILL RUDOLPH HANGED.
Missouri Bandit Pays the Penalty o
the Crime of Numbering a
Detective.

Union. Mo-. May lO.-William Hu-
dolph was hanged in the jail today for
participating with George Collins. who
was hanged last year, in the killing of.
detective Charles j, Schumacher OF ST.
Louis at Rudolph's home neal Stanton
in January, 1903.
Rudolph's neck was not broken and
death came only after thirteen min
utes of strangling. He walked to the
scaffold with a firm step and said moth
ing after leaving his cell. About 200
persons witnessed the execution.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
BIG VICTORY FOR dunno
Aayor of Chicago Wins First Rouno
for the Proposition of City Own
ersnips of Traction Lines.

Chicago. May 10.-The city scored a
victory i'm the traction litigation today.
bringing municipal operation a step
nearer. Judge Grosscup denied a mo-
ton ON behalf OF the Union Traction
company to enloin the city from in
terferins With the use of the so-called
Adams street line of the old Chicago
Passenger Railway company, holding
the franchise of the company had ex-
pired. 1t is the intention OF the city
to use the Adams street line MS the be-
street railway
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
REVIVED A CORPSE
Atlanta Man Declared Dead by Physi
clan Resains Animation Before
He Exnires

Atlanta. Ga. May 9.-Aftcr icing de-
clared dead by a physician. Il. NJ.
Blacker. aged GS. revived under the touch
of the embalmer and lived ten hours.
Blacker was declared dead and Embalm-
err Hilburn was summoned. The latter he
gan work, when the supposed dead man
drew a breath and a flush passed over his
face. A physician was summoned and
soon Blacker was apparently as well as
he had been for two weeks. The reanima-
ton was temporary. for he died last night.
Blacker came from Ohio, and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dyer, lives in Chicago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
TeIeqraphcrs NAV Consolidate

Buffalo. n. Y. May S.-Tae fifteenth
regular session of the grand division Of
the Order Of Railroad Photographers
opened here today with about 800 dele
gates in attendance. The question OF
amalgamating with the Commercial
Telee- .phers' union will be considered
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
BOARD OF TRADE WINS,
United States Supreme Court Affirm:
the Chicago Organizations Riqhs
to Control Ouots+io,e

Washington, May lo.-The supreme
cided the case of the Board of Trade OF
Chicago against the G. G. Christie
Commission company of Kansas CITY
and the kinsey company of Chicago.
involving the question OF the right OF
private concerns TO use the continuous
quoIatlons CT the board in favor of the
contentious of the buDrd of tr,da ~
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Horgkong. May 1.-THE German
steamer Neumuhlen arrived here to-
day and is reported to have sighted
forty-tive vessels, Il which twenty are
warships. in the vicinity of kamranh
bay. May 8. The coasting teamer
Haimun observed Japanese cruisers off
Annoy, Straits OF Forrnosa.
st. Petersburg. May li.-Iapanese
threats against France are not AXE
very seriously here. Russian authors
ties continue TO maintain Rojestvensky
has not overstepped limits of neu-
traiity. In view of the excited state of
the Japanese over possibility of the
fruits of their previous land and sea
Victories being swept away. Japan's
protests are considered quite natural;
but her attitude TOWARD a chivalrous.
country like France is regarded as a
blunder.
Britain Will Be Calm.
While Great Britain is expected to
support her ally n secure fair play
should Japan press France too far,
Great Britain, it is said. can be
counted upon to use all her influence
to calm the statesmen at TOXIC. The
interests of Japan could not he served,
according TO opinion here, by the en-
tension of hostilities unless Togo is
beaten. in which case it is not doubted
that Japan will use the pretext of
French violation OF neutrality to de-
mand the fultllment of Great l~5ritain's
obligations as her ally.
The opinion is held in some quarters
tat it is exactly this contingency
which Japan has in View.
Paris Sends ORDERS.
Paris. May 9.-Many orders have been
sent to civil authorities in French Indo-
China not TO permit junction within
French waters of Russian naval forces
under Rojestvensky aud Nebogatoff.
Instructions have been sent to Admiral
de Jonquieres, the French naval com
manler, to see that Roiestvenskv fully
observes the promise he has already
given to leave French waters.
These orders resulted from the re-
ceipt of a detailed dispatch. giving
account of De Jonquieres meeting with
Ro~Jestvehsky. The dispatch says the
cruise on the high sea outside the
three-mile limit n then returned last
Saturday. a%nchoring at kong-Hai bay,
coast of AMMAN. to tax on provisions
and fresh water. When De Jonquieres
was informed Of the Russians return
he proceeded to kong-Hai and re
gu tsted Ro~iestvensky Immediately to
withdraw outside territorial waters.
Promised, but Forgot.
Tn Russian admiral gave De jon
quieres his word that he intended 10
leave his anchorage and take to the
open sea. He also Informed De jon
quieres that in his communications
of the neutrality regulations. and that
the stops of the Russian squadron
along the lndo-China coast We're FOR
the purpose of resting the crews. The
Russian admiral said he would DEPART
the following day.
I'l,a Sra,,o', ,,l,,;,ol ..--
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
LUMBER PRICES GO UP.
Price List Commission Meets in Mil.
waukee and a Agrees on a Cen
eral Boost of so cents

Milwaukee. May 9.-The price list COM
mittee of the Mississippi Valley Lumber
association, the Wisconsin Valley Lumber
mems association and the Northwestern
Hemlock association has agreed to ad-
vance the prices on all classes of lumber
80 cents per LOCO feet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions.

0re'" ~ FT0Vl6tonS.
Chicago. May lo.-Cash quotations were
were as follows:
Flour-Market steady.
Wheat-No. = spring, 94d9Sc: No. !
spring, Ssu97c; No. 2 red, 92@95c.
Corn-No. 2, 4SNc; No. 9 yellow. 49a a50c.
0ats-No. 2, 29S4c; No. 8 white, 30ls d32lac.
RSe-No. 2. 72@73c.
B~arley-Good feeding, a7a4oc; air 10
choice mailing. 4504Siac.
rlaS s. seed-No. /, SIS; No. / northwest
Timothy Seed-Prime, $500.
Slover-Contract grade, sl2.co@12.50.
Proy'sions-Mess pork, ST.. G0u12. 10: lard,
St.lo@f.l1i2, short rib sides, $7.OOM7 .l2i.;
short clear sides. s7Goa7. 12l2.
Whisky-On bass of high wines, $1.22S.
Butter-Market was steady; creamery, 20
@24c: dairy. 1Sa22c.
Eggs-steady at mark; cases included,
l51l5i2c: tirsts, 1ti4dl613c; prime firsts, lie;
extras, 1Sl2c.
c~heese-Market quiet at ls5s@l4c.
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II MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stool

Sioux City. May s.-sioux City Stock
.ards-Hogs-Good light and butchers.
50. 2on5 %: mixed and heavy, S.. 05d5.1o.
Cattle-Butcher steers, $4.OOu6.U; fat
cows and heifers. s3.O0@5 90; stock COWS
and heifers, $2.Gm3.oJ; s;ocaers and feed
4.45.
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Chicago.

steady. Poor to medium, s.. 40a5.50: stock
ers and feeders, 81. 10000; COWS and heif-
ers. 81. 15@5 80; Gamers. 81 SOAP. 40; bulls,
81. 5004. rs: calves, 81. 75n6 90.
~Hogs-Mixed and butcher, So. 3O15 .52lla;
good to choice heavy, ST.. 3oa5. 30; rough
heavy, s.; 0oa5. 80; light, s5.25Gfo.o 50; bulk Of
sales, IS. 3545. so.
Sheep-Market for sheep strong. Good ia
choice wethers., 81. 6Nn5. 10: fair to choice
mixed, 81 a native lambs, So. 75m6. %;
western lambs. s.. 50a5. 10.
Close: Rogs-Market slow and weak.
Good heavy, $4,000. 52il2: light. $5.25M5. 30:
mixed and butcher. s. .25W5. 52l.; rough
heavy. s.. O045. %.
Cattle-Market slow n steady with
beeNes quoted at 81 .50n6 6. 10: COWS and heif-
ers, sl.5ou5.eo; stockers and feeders, 81. 609
Sheep-Market slow and steady.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
MAY EXTEND A
Russia Believes That If Togo Is De-
feated Japan Will Draw Great
britain Into the Conflict.

Trans AMMAN. May li.-Rojestven-
sNy's squadron, which has been cruis-
ing for several days off Van Fong bay,
sailed this morning.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
Minneapolis

Minneapolis. May lo.-Closing cash prices
on track We're as follows:
Wheat-No. ] hard. s1.OSss: No. / north
ern. $l.o6lsal.o 6ss: No. . northern. s1.O2hs@
macaroni, SEC.
corn-No. 3 yellow, 45&c. No. s. 44a.c.
Oats-No. ) white, 29u29t.c; No. 8, $50
2Slac.
Bariey-SSG44c.
Rye-1la@72Ac.
Flax-sl.3914.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
Quiet in Manchuria.

Feng Huah Sien eighty miles north
of Tie pass), May l1.-All was quiet
yesterday at the front. The weather is
warm. Yiao river is in flood.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12
VOLCANO is ACTIVE.
tsSsnd st HAWAII Is in Momsnsaey
Danger Of Another Pelse Ca

Honolulu. May 1.-THE three n,ife lan.
crater OF kilauee. a constantly agi,AteI
lake OF liquid lava. is showing great
activity, ana fears are felt that tn,
enormous mass may be thrown into III,
air by an explosion and overWhelm +.
part ~ the island OF Hawaii ana its -.
GOO Inhabitants.
The burning lava in the great crater,
the largest in the world, is steadily ris-
ing. Should the pressure increase there
is great danger OF a terrific { ption.
kilaueau is the child OF Mauna I.oa.
but has far outgrown its parent in size.
although not in the consistency of flow.
1t is sixteen miles from Mauna I.oa
and fifteen miles nearer the town of
Hilo. whose Inhabitants have several
times been thrown into a state of ter
ror by the ava flow from Mauna Loa.
Fishermen on the east coast of Ha-
wall say kilauea has never presented
as grand a sight as in the last few
days.
Whole Island in Danger.
On account of the relative smaller
height of Kilauea. al eruption from 1t
might not reach the north coast. but ii
is feared Mauna Loa. which is 1000
feet higher n in the center of the is
land, woul be exploded by thine erup-
ton of the other and cover the whole
island.
Hilo is considered safe from a mere
of kilauea. and it is only an
explosive eruption that is feared. The
from I<ilauea usually goes
down the south and west slopes and
away % lilo.
May Change Coast Line.
In any event it is likely that the ac-
tivity now begun will leave its mark
ON the topography of the island. In one
of its oVertlows 100 years ago Kilauea
forth 10, 200. 900. 900 cubic feet of
rock and lava. changing the formation
of the coast Tor miles.
In one OF its later eruptions. that of
1865, kilauea sent a stream of burning
ava sixty miles to the southwest.
where it poured a flaming cataract over
the cliffs into the sea. In the sea the
nass formed Il pyramid of lava, which
by later accessions, gradually became
attached to the mainland and is now
as kalae point.