The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-29

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viii of the late Capt. S. S. Brown, imam
cier and horsernan, have arranged to give
his Gisinherited daughter-in-law S2oO,coo OF
the estate. The Jockey clubs of the coun-
try also will hold 4 special race day for
her benefit.
Paris, Ky.-One of the most remarkable
eases in the state of Kentucky was decided
IN the Bourbon circuit court yesterday,
when the city of Paris was fined Sl,5oo ON
an Indictment for maintaining n nuisance
,n maintaining a rock quarry almost in the
haart OF the residence district.
Richmond, va.-An unknown insaneman
is dying at the city hospital. His delu-
sion was that oceans of whisky were
heav;ng and rolling before him. but though
he made every effort he could not secure
a drop to drink. In his delirium he
stabbed himself in the neck four times
with a glass instrument and is bleeding to
death.
Northampton Mass.-Mrs. Drusilla Han
Johnson, the daughter of a soldier of the
American revolution, died at her home
i'm This CITY Yesterday, aged 100 years. Her
father. Aaron Hall, was taken prisoner by
the British during the struggle for indie
nendence and carried to England. Up 70
within a few days Mrs. Johnson's health
had heen remarkably SOCC. -
Chicago, nl.-Classes to give instruction
I'm Enpljsh to the Russian Jews who are
eynecfea to come to America as refugees,
vii, he started at once by the Chicago He
,,rew institute. This was decided on yes
terday at a meeting of the institute di-l
rectors held in the Grand Pacific hotel.
The project of Starting a social settlement
i'm the Ghetto was abandoned.
Chicago. nl.-Ralph G. Stevens, 5637 Mad.
ison avenue, president of the Wahl Adding
Machine company and son of President
M ID. Stevens of the DreNel State bank
was burned seriously about the face and
hands yesterday while playing Santa Claus,
for the edificat.on of his little son. His
cotton batting beard caught fire from a
candle on the child's Christmas tree which.
mad been lit up for an advance celebration
of the lay
st. Louis. MOTOR forty minutes after
she had been pronounced dead by DR.. Will.
liam S. Lawrence, of the city dispensary
staff. Rosie Fisher, 81 years old, who took
carboiic acid, continued to breathe, spas
medically as she lay on an operating table.
Spinal reflex respiration. very rare, but
not unknown to medical science, DR.. Law;
renee, said, was responsible fer the breath
ing after life was extinct.
Topeka, Kan.-An investigation bv tho
state board of health disclosed that an cpl
delnic of diptheria at Yates Center was
caused by public ownership of lead pencils
The school board buys pencils for the
pupils and these are gathered up each
night and distributed in the morning. One,
child contracted diphtheria, and in a few
days the disease was communicated to fifty
pupils by means of the pencils.
Chicago.-'If the state would spend a
part of the money which is being spent,
in building jails in building homes for neg
iectcd boys the citizenship contributed by,
this great army of youth in our large
cities would be improved an hundred
fold,' declared Attorney j. j. McMana-
man of the Juvenile court in a talk on
The Treatment of Delinquent Eoys' be-
for the Spencer Whitman circle.
Atlantic City. n. ia fragment of a
lead pencil, fired from the barrel OF q pistol.
may cause the death of Bessie Afg. 10
years old, who is now in a critical condi-
ton at a hospital. She was playing with
john Adams, ID years old, when the latter
stuck the pencil into the barrel of the
pistol, which was loaded with blank cart
ridges, and fired it at the girl. The pencil
entered her head and passed almost
through. Physicians are not able to ascer-
tain whether it touched the brain.
chip, s years old, has been tried at Wig
gins, Miss, for the alleged murder of
George jackson, aged Z. The Judge tool,
She case unde advisement, and in reader
ing a verdict promises to take into con-
fideration the youth OF the prisoner. The,
boys We're playing together last Sunday
"heu young Jackson suddenly dropped
dead with a bullet through his brain. IN
v~estigation showed the bullet was of the
same cali5er as that of a revolver Blank
snship carried.
~chicago:-sy using all his strength and
himself from being killed by an Illinois
Central train yesterday. O'Neill, who is %
years old, was returning from work at thp
Illinois Steel compal1y's plant in South
Chicago and was crossing the railroad
tracks in front of an approaching passen-
ger train, when his right foot caught in
the frog angle of a switch. I1Nerting all
his strength, he twisted his leg breaking
it, but he fell from the tracks Just ~; The
train flashed pasl.
Lebanon, Ind.--The audience in III.
Salem church, east of this city was
thrown into a panic at a Christmas en-
tertainment Sunday night and fftv mr.
more women and children ran screaming
from the building, while four men str,1s.
sled with Albert Phillips to get a revolver
that he had drawn and threatened to shoot
into the crowd. Phillips, who was intosis
Gated, walked up to the pulpit and placed
a bottle of whisky upon IT.. Then facing
the audience he drew a revolver and
threatened to shoot into the crowd. 1t
took four men to oyerpower him. 7"
Balston, N. J.-1f all ROSTERS were like
onesof Porter Quivey's every father of a,
family carving the dinner would be a vivi-
sectionist. Farmer Quivey, who has a.
pretty pastoral wit, has named this roost-
er Chairman Odell,'' saying that, al:
though his head is cut off, he refuses to.
die, officially. Each of Quivey's hens
plumes herself as if she thought the roost-
er lost his head about her. but he did
not. On November 2G last Quivey decan-;
itated several fowls for his Thanksgiyine,
This rooster was one Of them, but
ne is SO very much alive, after twenty-five
laYS.- thai he sometimes takes n r4nolll