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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
DRAGGED PRISONERS
AT end OF LARIA7S
arate Crowd of Settlers, Masked,
Relieve Sheriff of His
Charge.
cAPTIvEs CONFESS ALL
1t is Said Some Very Prominent Peo.
pie on the Rosebud Reservation
Are Implicated in Series
of Thievins Excursions.
CAPTlvEs CONFESS ALL

Bonesteel, S. d., Dec. 21-Last
hight Deputy Sheriff Wood, of Dixon
arrested Sam Crazey Bull and Will
Jones, two half-breed Indians at Dixon,
about fifty miles northwest of Bone
steel, in the Bull creek country, charged
with horse stealing.
While in custody of his prisoners
taking them to Fairfax, the county seat
of this county, he was overtaken by
Rn armed and masked gang of men who
demanded possession of the prisoners
and under force of arms the deputy
surrendered them.
An improvised gallows was erected
and Il moose placed around the necks
of the prisoners and they were dragged
10 the place as if about to be hanged
by the irate mob when they were asked
TO disclose their accomplices or suffer
,leath.
Both Indians are said to have made
ronfessions which will involve some
very prominent people in that part of
the country.
They are now safely lodged in Jail at
Fairfax awaiting preliminary hearing.
The settlers are now in hopes that
they will soon break up desperate
gang of horse thieves which have ter
irorized the settlers for so long.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
POISON PROVED FATAL.
Mrs. Stewart, of GayvilIe, Victim Of
Her Own Despondent Mind.

Yankton. S. D.. Dec. 15.-Mrs. r. r.
Stewart of Gayville, who took carbolic
acid Monday night, passed away Tues
day night after lingering between life
and death for a day. The remains will
be shipped to Harris, Ia, for inter-
ment. Mrs. Stewart had been i'll fo1
some time and is supposed, in fit OF
dependency. to have secured bottle
of carbolic acid which was in the house.
This she secreted in bed with her and
sending her husband out of the room
to get ready for supper, she quickly
drank the poison before his return. She
had been Watched closely and was new
er left alone. She outwitted her nurses,
however, and having fought against
antedotes she soon passed beyond med
ical aid.
James Collins, crook determined
not to reach the pen if he could help it,
was gotten the best of by Sheriff
Wright and was landed safely Tuesday
night in the state penitentiary, where
he will serve one year for issuing a
false check. Collins has been in Jail
thirteen times, including his Yankton
county experience, and in all but two
cases he managed to escape. He is con-
sidered as smooth a crook as was ever
convicted from this place He sue
ceeded in convincing his jailers that he
had serious heart trouble and was al.
lowed extra privileges on this account,
only, as was discovered, to continue to
work all kinds of clever and desperate
plans at escape, which included shoot
ing his iailers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
Lyman COUNTY IS
RAPIDLY FILLING
Nearly 1900 Persons Have
Filed on Claims in That
Part OF the State.
WINTER is NO BARRIER
As Many Land Seekers Are Invading
Western Part of South Dakota Now
as in the Early Summer and
Through Autumn.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 2O.--Not even
freezing weather can diminish the rush
of eager landseekers into Lyman coun-
ty, according to Sheriff Pickett, of that
county, who was in Sioux Falls for the
purpose of escorting back to that coun-
ty Andrew Night Pope, a Sioux Indian,
who is serving term in the Sioux Falls
penitentiary and who is wanted as a
witness in perjury case now pending
in the state circuit court for Lyman
county.
Sheriff Pickett spoke enthusiastically
of the great development of Lyman
county as the result of the extension of
the Milwaukee railroad from Chamber
lain to the Black Hills. He states that
since last July more than 1000 actual
settlers have made homestead entry on
land in Lyman county, and that the
great majority of the entrymen and
entrywomen already have established
heir residence on their homesteads.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
sALooNmEN uNpER ARREST.
The Complains Was Lodged by the
Civic League at Sioux Falls.

The Complaint Was Lodged by the
Civic League at Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 15.-Recently
half a dozen or more of the local saloon
men were arrested on complaint of
members of the Civic league which was
organized some weeks ago by citizens
for the better enforcement of the state
liquor license laws in this city, on the
charge of violation of the law in keep
irg their saloons open on Sunday or
after hours.
The Civic league has just failed to
secure injunctions in the first two
cases which We're tried in the state cir
cult court. The cases tried We're those
against Peter Tintinger and John Mum
son. A jury in the case of Tintinger,
after being out all night returned
verdict of acquittal.
The jury in the Munson case did not
take as much time as in the Tintinger
case. The jury was out but few min
utes when it returned a verdict of ac.
quittal. Whether or not the other three
or four cases instituted by the Civic
league will be pushed could not be as
certained.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
A vEIN OF COAL.
Excitement Follows the Discovery Near
Sioux Falls,

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 20.-Infor-
nation has been received here of the
striking of a vein of Ignite coal 6 feet
thick and 20 feet below the surface of
the ground on farm in Lyons town
ship, near Sioux Falls. The vein was
struck while the farmer who owns the
land was engaged in sinking well.
After exploring the depth of the vein
work was abandoned until machinery
can be secured for the purpose of open
ing up the vein and discovering if the
coal is in sufficient quantities to pay
for mining operations.
A great deal of excitement prevails
over the discovery among the farmers
Of the locality. If the coal proves to be
ample in quantity it will save thou
sands of dollars each year to the farm
ers who reside in the vicinity. Samples
Of the coal which We're brought ~
Sioux Falls show it to be of good qualS4
ity. It is the intention to sink shafts
at other points in the immediate vicin-
ity for the purpose of ascertaining the
extent of the vein.
If the vein extends in the proper di-
rection it is possible the coal can be
mined from a tunnel rather than from
a shaft. The discovery of this vein,
1t is believed, will result in the discov-
cry of others in that locality, and as
a result farm land in the vicinity OF the
find" already has materially advanced
in price.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
DEER CHASED MAN.
Fat Man Had Marrow Escape After al.
Excitino Race


Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 19:-Doubt-
less tiring of being pursued by en-
thusiastic hunters, a Black Hills deer
turned pursuer, and as a result l.. X.
Haines, residing near the little town
of linton, in the northern foothills of
the Black Hills, had thrilling ad-
venture.
He had not been hunting deer, but
was quietly walking up the road to get
his mail when he sighted the animal
in the highway before him. The deer
was coming toward him. 1t was some
distance down the hill and Haines sup
posed it would soon sight him and take
to fight, as is usually the case.
Instead of turning, the big buck,
when it sighted him, made straight
for Haines, and it became a race for
life. Haines was unarmed and as he
is heavy man the prospects We're
that he could not outrun the deer. He
speedily came to this conclusion AND
reaching pile of rocks he took refuge
behind them.
But the deer was not to be baffied
and after lodging the apparently mad
dened animal for few minutes, during
which it showed no signs of relenting;
Haines watched his chance and again
took to his heels. Heading for a near
by tree, which seemd to be in exactly
the right place for the emergency,
Haines. who was nearly exhausted
from his strenuous efforts to escape the
animal, managed by sheer force of will
to scramble up the tree out of reach
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
NEW RAILROAD COMES.

Fort Pierre, S. d.. Dec. 15.-The long
looked for railroad has at last reached
Stanley county, the first rails being
laid on this side of the Missouri, on
Marion's island, Tuesday, and it is
expected that the Pierre, Rapid City
and Northwestern will enter Fort
Pierre at the north city limits before
the close of the week. Nearly all
houses and other buildings, including
the Davis livery barn, which was the
largest structure of it's kind in town
have been removed from the right OF
way and the Rosser outfit has started
grading on the big cut Just north OF
Second avenue, which will take ali
winter to complete. On the west side
of Marion's island the track will cross
the slough on fill to the main land
I'D work is now being puskas' 81 stsssssa
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
A SOUTH DAKOTAN
TELLS OF PANAMA
Former Howard Physician Now
Stationed on the Isthmus
Writes Letter.
PRICES RANGE sKywARn
But the Fact That Fifty Cents united
States Money Is Equal to a Dollar
There Makes Newcomers
Feel Less Despondent.

Howard, S. D., Dec. 1S.-A great dea.
of interesting information concerning
the Isthmus of Panama and conditions
with reference to the construction OF,
the Panama canal is contained In .
letter received by Howard friend;
from DR.. j. Y. Batterton, a South Da-s
kota physician who accepted q posi-i
ton in the hospital service of the
United States, with headquarters on
the tsthmus. DR.. Batterton is COM
canal zone. His letter is in part az
follows.
There are. certainly. many erro-
neous ideas among the people of the
United States concerning Panama. Il
Is not, by any means, the terrible.
seem to think. We do not suffer hero
from the heat any more, IL as much. a.,
In South Dakota. Occasionally there
comes day when it is very hot, un-,
comfortably so. but there is. most all
the time, cool, delightful breeze,
blowing directly off from the Pacifio
coast which renders the atmosphere
pleasant and comfortable.
You would. l am sure, be much sur
prised to know how cool the nights are
In this country. You will be aston-
ished, no doubt, when tell you that
quite frequently am compelled to get
up out of bed during the night to OBJ
tain more covering. We are Just now
in the latter part of the wet season:
the dry season begins here about De-
cember to 15. During the wet sea-
son 1t rains almost every day.
I'VE can obtain about everything In
the way of provisions here That one
can in the United States. The United
States government has established
commissaries all along the line Of the
canal for the use of the employees. and
from these commissaries we can pro-
cure all kinds Of supplies at New York
prices-some things we can get even
less We can buy eggs at go cents
per dozen, 60 cents silver being equiva-
lent to 80 cents American currency.
Our money, you know, has Just twice
the value of Panaman currency. Un-s
Gle Sam is making great improvements
all over the republic Of Panama. N
the city of Panama there has. baed- -fn-l
stalled, at the expense Uf tie UnitediI
States government, complete water
and sewerage system, and the work
Of grading and paving the streets OF
Panama is now in progress. Before
the coming of the Americans the ma
jority of the natives had never seen
n piece of ice; now they all have it
in their homes every day, due to the
generosity of the American govern.
ment"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
SMALL TOWNS SUFFER.
Advent of New Railroad Lines Leava
Some OFF the Man

Advent OF New Railroad Lines IeaEG
Some OFF the Map.
Sioux Fails, S. d.. Dec. 2i.-The ex-
tension OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad westward from Cham
berlain to the Elack Hills has played
havoc with some of the little towns
which were established before there
ever was any hope of railroad build
ing through Lyman county. a con-
spicious example of what has happened
to these towns which We're left Off the
route of the new railroad extension
is the little town of Lyman, which at
one time promised to bscone quite an
important hamlet. The town now has
only one male inhabitant, in the per-
son of L. l.. Armstrong, a pioneer resi-
dent of Lyman county and of the town
of Lyman. He states that he is now
the entire town of Lyman, from post
master to chief of police, and that when
he leaves town the entire male popula-
ton of the town goes with him. Mr..
Armstrong constitutes the mayor, board
of education, town council and other
officials Of the town, and thinks he is
entitled to congratulations, for no mat
ter what official action he takes with
reference to municipal or educational
lmatters there is no one to criticise or
Iapply for injunctiOns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
LARGE QUANTITIES OF
RARE MINERALS FOUND
Black Hills Rocks Produce Ma.
terials for World IS Work
Shops.
RICH MINE OF COBALT
spodumene, TripoIi, Wolframite, Mica
stucco and Other Useful Ma
terial Are Being Mined
ProfitabIy.
RICH MINE OF COBALT

Deadwood, S. D., Dec 19.-A great
deal of attention has been shown this
past year to the development and min
ing of materials not belonging to the
there is a spodumene mine which has
produced several thousand dollars
worth of rock that has been sent to
Germany for treatment. 1t produces
lithia to the amount of to 5 per cent.
end is considered a valuable product.
i u found in large white crystals.
Sixteen miles southwest of Custer is
tripoli mine which has been worked
constantly during the year by F. G. N.
Graydon, formerly of Chicago. This is
a gritless material used for fine polish
ing and it has found a ready market.
Not far from this tropoli mine is a
lithograph stone quarry. There are
several ledges of this stone which are
free from grit and will stand the finest
kind of etching work.
More or less wolframite has been
mined in the Black Hills during the
past half dozen years. Wolframite ore
is worth 5000 to $500 per ton. Tungsten
acid is extracted from this ore and is
used for the hardening of steel
Considerable mica has also been
shipped from the southern Hills to the
eastern points. Custer county mica is
free from iron and does excellent work
for electrical purposes. There are a
number of excellent mica mines in Gus
ter county.
The finest grade of stucco manufac-
tured in the west comes from large
bed at Hot Springs. This bed is sew
eral hundred feet in thickness and is
inexhaustible. The Black Hills also
gets it's supply of plastering lime from
the different lime kilns which burn up
the lime rock found in most every min
ing camp.
Near Custer several weeks ago a
body of nickel ore was opened up and
test was made in Omaha, showing the
values to be high enough to pay for
working. Nickel ore has also been
found near Englewood.
Another rare mineral found in consid-
rrahle quantities near Englewood and
also near Sturgis is cobalt. An assayer
discovered while making a test on some
ore for gold that the ore carried a con-
siderable amount of cobalt, it being
much richer in that material than in
gold
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
HRlpeEwATER ELECTIONS.

o. U. w. lodge. No. 72 of this city, has
elected the following named officers for
the ensuing year: Master workman
James French: foreman, ]. j. Terca;
overseer. F. F. Arnold; recorder, c. w.
OFT; guide, F. r. Lubker; financier, A.
Lindgren: receiver c. e. Johnson; in
side watchman, S. p. Lanson; outside
watchman, e. Whitman; trustee. w. L..
Felmly.
The NJ. w. A. camp, No 300, elected
the following officers: Y. c., G.. E.
Powell; w. A.. G. L. Marsh; banker, T..
j. Shanard; clerk. c. e. Johnson; .es-
cort, T. F. Jennings; watchman, James
French; sentry, Robert Ootie; physi-
clan. G. A. Clauser; manager, ]. II.
Jones; auditor. j. 3. Bard.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
RAILROAD WINS eight.
for Receiver for Dakota,
Wyoming and Missouri River
Is Denied.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 49, The de-
murrer filed in the United States court
here by attorneys for the defendant in
the ease of Murdoch VS.. Dakota, Wyom-
pany, was sustained by Judge Garland.
Murdock applied for appointment of a
receiver for the company which is now
defunct, but will be reorganized for the;
purpose of constructing little line Of
railroad from Rapid City westward to-
the hes 1T of the Black Hills.
The action of Judge Garland In sus-
tanning the demurrer denies the appli-1
cation for receiver and dismisses the
case instituted by Murdock. q
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
MYSTERY IN SHOOTING.
Young Man Near Sioux Falls Victim
of Three Bullets.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. 20.-Complete
mystery yet surrounds the shooting of
Oscar Nelson, a young man, who sew
eral weeks ago had three bullets fired
into his anatomy in this city or in this
immediate vicinity. After being shot
he walked from Sioux Falls to q farm
in this locality, where his brother was
employed, and was afterwards placed
in u Sioux Falls. hospital. For some
time after being placed in the hospital
Nelson was unconscious. but when he
regained his senses he persistently re-
fused to inform the police as to the
identity of the person or persons who
had shot him. Nelson has now recov-
cred TO such an extent that he has
been discharged from the hospital. He
continues to withhold the name or
names of the person or persons who at
tempted to murder him, and it is likely
the shooting always will remain nl5fs
terS'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
STATE LANDS SOLD.
Commissioner Bach Conducted Sales
in McPherson County.

III uCtSOu SOuIIys
Pierre, S. D., Dec. 21.--State Land
Commissioner Bach has returned from
Mcpherson county, where he held
second offering of state building lands
Saturday. He disposed of 700 acres,
all to residents of the county, who took
the land at the minimum price of $40
an acre, bringing to the fund another
$1,000 This sale. with the former one
held in that county, has brought the
fund from Mcpherson county alone
over $4,000 Besides these sales the
department is disposjng of tracts at
private sale on the same terms as they
are offered at auction. The past week
240 acres have been disposed of in
Ed.nunds county, where there We're no
sales at the time of the auction offer
ings. Commissioner Bach is Well
pleased with the outlook and thinks
there will be no trouble in disposing of
the required amount of land to proceed
with the work on the building early
in the sprlng. AS soon as the spring
land business opens there will probably
be another Offering at auction of all
the public building lands east of the
river.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
FIERCE RUNNING FIGHT.
Ed Snyder, Hiahwayman, Was Finally
Caudht at HthoI

SaOSHe at fSIToi.
Redfeld, S. D.. Dec. 20.-Ed Snyder, who
halls from Michigan, committed two bold
robbcries at the village of Mansfield, north
of here. His first victim was a country
school teacher, whom he met on her way
tS. school and who was compelled to de-
liver her watch and valuable iewelry. He
ticn walked INTO Mansfield, where he held
UP one of the village stores. ordering the
storekeeper to hand over all the cash on
hand. The demand was promptly complied
with. though few dollars only were Sc
cured. The storekeeper gave the alarm
but not in time to apprehend the GRIM
inal. who next appeared at the village of
Athol. The authorities here had been no.
titled and attempted to capture him. "A
running fight ensued between townspeople
and Snyder In which the town marshal
was wounded severely in the arm Sny-
der was wounded in the right hand, but
continued the fight until shot through the
cheek. when he surrendered. He has been
lodged in Jail here to await preliminary
hearing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
NATusAl GAS ABUNDANT
On scotty Philips Ranch in South Da.
kota 1t Is Piped for Use.

Fort Pierre, S. D., Dec. 15.-"Scotty"
Philip, South Dakota's prominent
stockman and owner of the largest
herd of buffalo in the world, has just
completed installing his natural gas
fixtures at the big buffalo ranch on
the west side of the Missouri river six
miles above town.
At the artesian we'll there flows from
a 212 inch pipe which extends 1,340 feet
into the earth a strong stream of min
eral water, estimated at $50 gallons a
minute, the temperature of which is
10S degrees as it comes rushing out
of the pipe.
This water runs into huge, round,
wooden tank which is open at the top,
into which is suspended smaller in
Verted zinc tank to act as a receiver
for the gas which flows from the we'll
/ with the water. So great is the pres
sure of the ascending gas that the zinc
tank was forced up against cross braces
made to hold it in place almost imme-
diately after it was placed in position
and there it may now be seen pushing.
upward with terrific force while the gas
anxious to escape, Kisses out through
numerous small crevices in the tank
and bubbles forth from the water
around the edges.
/ Mr.. Philip is of the opinion that he
has gas enough to supply the town of
Fort Pierre with heat and light, and is
also firmly convinced that the gas belt
is situated few hundred feet above
a vast subterranean lake of oil which
will some day make rich men of our
land owners. With large herd of
American bison, hot mineral baths, nat
ural gas to heat an unlimited number
of buildings, plenty of power for irri
cation, the finest climate in the world
and in the center of the oil fields Of
the northwest, the present buffalo ranch
can in a very few years be converted
into one of the greatest resorts in
America.
Pennsylvania oil experts who spent
some time here last summer said they
had never beheld this strange phe.
inomena before, of water and gas
emerging in large quantities from the
same well at the same time, and they
expressed their belief that by going
deeper oil or coal, and probably both
would be found in enormous quantities,
which would account for the manufac-
ture of the gas, existing in such quanti-
ties as to literally force itself into the
artesian basin above. A move is now
on foot to drill two or more deep wells
in an endeavor to turn this theory into
profit for the real estate owners Of this
Vicinity.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
Semi Annual Apportionment Of stats
Fund Made at Pierre

Pierre s. D., Dec. 18.-The state land
department sent out the December appor-
tionment of the interest and income fund
to the schools of the state. This appor tion-s
ment amounts to s1o4 4,1To.50. and is Is cents
per capita on all the school children Of the
state. The apportionment made last June:
was 81. % per capita, making the total for.
this year So for each school child in the.
state. This is the largest apportionment
ever made in any one year, regardless Of
the fact that the Increase in pupils for the
year was 3.265. making the present school
census 13s,S94. The total amount appor-s
toned for the year is s409,26S.25. The
amount OF the present apportionment by
cnllla ties is ssl..a
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
ARRESTED FOR RusTLlNe.
lsrcal CaIkins Found Guilty in Ho,
Srrinus Court.

Hot Springs. S. D., Dec. 19.-Prcbabiy
the most interesting case on trial during
the term of court being held in lot
Springs now is the state Of South Dakota
VS.. Israel Calk.ns of Hot Springs and in
which the jury brought in verdict of
guilty. Calkins was arrested some months
ago on the charge of cattle stealing.
Judge MCGEE aeforc whom the case was.
tried IN nos pronounce sentence until
the close Of the term, when it is thought
a motion will be made for a new trial.
Israel Calkins is man with court his
tory, this being not his first offense. He,
was tried some years ago for similar
crime and would have been sent to the
penitentiary, but fer the plea Of insanity.
AS result he was sent to the insane asy-
lum