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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
SOUTH pAKoTA's BLUE LAWS.
1t Is Wicked to Play Baseball or Go
Picnickinn on the Sabbath QaY


Yankton, S. D.. Aug. 2.-Few people in
South Dakota realize that on :he statute
books of the state there remains an
cient blue law which is we'll nigh as rig
orous those which kept the early New
Englanders in the Straight and narrow
path. An action begun yesterday in this
city will bring the presence of the law
forcibly to the minds OF sixteen young men
who committed Il grave offense against
the peace and dignity of the state and in
cdentally fractured the sacred blue law
on Sunday last by playing a game of base
ball.
Nine young Americans of Yankton made
arrangements to meet a corresponding
number of husky youths from the corn
fields and hay meadows of Mission Hill
vicinity in an SO-acre tract which had
been leased for the purpose and there to
give a genuine exhibition of the rural
brand of the American game. Previously
there had been some friction between the
real sports" and some of the neighbors
who objected to the sacrilege on the day.
and notice had been served on the ad-
vance agent that there would be nothing
doing in the hay meadow even at the cost
of invoking the law. This warning the
boys saw fit to disregard and assembled
per arrangements, and after the usual
preiminaries got away from the wire in
good order. About this time a son of the
ob1ecttnS nelEhDor StfOlled onto the fleld
This was the signal for stampede in the
direction of the representative of the law
and gospel, and without more ado he was
summariiy and somewhat forcibly eject
ed from the field. The whole affair is now
being aired in court with sixteen of the
players as defendants in an action for
Sabbath breaking and one as defendant in
an action for head breaking.
The South Dakota law governing the
keeping of the Sabbath is much more
strict than the majority of people suppose
1t provides that labor of any kind. except
that which is absolutely necessary. all
public sports all public traffic, all sale or
Offering for sale of merchandise. all en-
gaging in trades, manufacturing or mer-
camille employments and several other
minor acts constitute Sabbath breaking.
No Sunday baseball. Sunday drives and
pcnics pulling of weeds in the back gar
den, slipping down to the store on Sunday
morning to sell friend a bill of goods
no Sunday morning shaves and shoe
shines, not even shall the Sunday paper
be purchased with its alluring comic sup
plcment unless at the peril of infringe
ment on the blue laws of the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
s2se,5oo FOR WOOL.
All Wool Growing Records Broken by
Black Hills County.

Belle Fourche. S. D.. Aug. s.-The
wool deliveries in this market to date
indicate that the predictions made
were remarkably correct. So far-and
the season is practically closed-the
records of Gass & Uhler's warehouse
show 1,1S5.709 pounds received, and
Adams e. Pettigrew stored about 10000
pounds, making total of 1,245.7O9
pounds that have gone through this
market this year. Compared with the
total clip OF 1905, which was but 915,-
900 pounds, these figures show an in
crease to this time of 33O,7O9 pounds
The price paid at this market will av-
erage about % cents. which makes a
total of s2S6.5l3.O7 which the wool
growers of this county have received
this summer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
FIFTH VICTIM OF
POISONED DRINKS
Angel of Death Reaping Harvest
AS Result Of Wholesale
Poisoning.
BRISTOL BURIES THREE
Death and Sickness in Many Northern
South Dakota Towns Resulting
from Excursion to
EVarts.

Bristol S. d., Aug. S.-Bristol buried
fits third victim yesterday of the hor-
rihle Wholesale poisoning at E,varts OF
the excursionists to that place the first
of July. Andover and Webster have
each paid by a death for the part in
the holiday, while all along the III. q
D. division of the Milwaukee road that
furnished the excursonists nearly one
hundred victims are still tossing on
their beds in the delirum of typhoid
fever.
The blame for it all seems hard to
fix. While the lemonade can count its
victims by the score, the chicken stews
served at the restaurants also claim
q large number of victims as does also
the ice water. 1t seems as If the whole
place was cursed and in many a home
in this part of the state the news that
Evarts is to be abandoned b. the Mill
waukee road and the site deserted is
received with grim satisfaction. The
name of ENarts will always call up
sorroWful memories.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
EDITORS WILL NOT SEE CANADA.
Satisfactory Arrangements Could Not
Be Made, and Will Go to Okoboji.

Parker S. d., Aug. S.-Charles F.
Hackett, president of the South Dakota
Editorial association, makes the an
aouncement that the association Will
go to Arnold's park, Iowa, for its sum-
ner outing. The association voted to
accept an invitation from the Canadian
government to make trip through the
northwest territory, but the officers
sould not make satisfactory arrange
nents with the transportation COM
oanies and therefore decided to aban-
ION the trip and instead take a trip
leNt winter. probably to Florida and
Cuba. The outing at Lake Okoboji will
mt month, the editors convening Au-
,cf
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
HE MUST BE AN ELK.
South Dakota Man Goes Crazy When
ever the Clock Strikes Eleven,

Howard, S. d.. Aug. s.-August
Schultz, son of prominent residents OF
che country near Howard, is the victim
Of peculiar case of insanity.
AS the clock struck IL he suddenly
and without the slightest warning be-
came a raving maniac. This was at
night. 1t was necessary to summon
The officers, who locked him up for the
night. The next morning he appeared
90 be all right once more, and was re-
,eased and permitted to return home
with his father. However. when the
clock that night again struck II he
again became q raving maniac. and it
cequired several men to control him.
The board of insanity had a meeting,
and after examining him decided it
was best that he should be placed in
The state hospital for the insane at
Yarkton, where he now has been ta-
ken.
His insanity is believed to be due tc
the excessive heat of the few days
orior to the time when he first be.
came violent
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
LARROa, IN JAIL,
CONFESSES SINS
Aberdeen Pastor Believes Repentance
of Noted Horse Thief is Sincere
Many Sheriffs Want Him.

Aberdeen. S. d.. Aug. 9.-r4as Alex
ianael. I.a,ron I'm. allo,ed bor,a ,,iof
who sucressfi,liv rosisf,.d a9,t,,dition
to canada ana Who nndar thn ,l,.,s
in severn, North naota 70 ,,l
charges Of borsn steaiins haaa,,1n ,oi
nent:,nt and ,'efo,,,1o1a ',i,,'5..il,,,
has been ,.,iead by - ia,,a,. ,,,,ii'1,
ron has written to Rav i'-1;i Tiff-,,,v
Of this CITY. i'm which he nvnrassae ,e'
ornt fn, his ,.,s+ ,,,is.a''l,
to lead n better lifa ue sa,,s. 81
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NV w,y ,os s..no,aa l,srl, ,,,,,1r, 20 i'll' -.
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the arc,1satinns tbat ,rara '' h,.o,,,,,t w.,
apairst me r, is t.,,a ~, ,,,,'i. - ? nt
just because i w Vent .1s wrong nc .'',,n once Una
should ha hold to- ans,.o. fa, ,,,o,,,rs
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to The word thn GOOD tre,.a Il. IL - 80
for / believe there is some GOOD left
Lessons of Adversitv
~ know na,f.ct,y ,,al ,h,+ o,>,.
will s.,, ~. 49,. 49, '.ie'' ,.'i'. op-e
w ''. 80 a'S ,i.a. naae Iakeh 10 rellgloh
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.aL ai.u een.a' = am Slowly seeking
lows ''uIa Iasna anu .ne If lreeaom Una. loI.
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my my Motd' % Se shall kllo" lhe lru,h ana
tig tIulh shdll make you lree.
ha.io!i IS now neld ~ ,he Mclean
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
VISITORS AT HOT SPRINGS.
Many Enjoying Pleasures of the Black
Hills Resort

Hot Springs, S. D.. Aug. 9.-Among
recent visitors in Hot Springs We're:
j. l.. Buck, state manager for the Aetna
Life Insurance company; John NJ
ONeill, special agent for the Queen
City Fire Insurance company of Sioux
Falls: f. r. Purcell, editor of the Coun-
ty Chief. of Broken Bow, Neb.: Mrs
W. p. Oldham. Nj, p Oldham, jr., Mrs
j. Stake and Miss Catherine Stake, Of
Yankton, and Alfred l.. DUPONT. Mr.
Dupont who is one of the largest own
ers of the big Dupont Powder COM
pany, is residing at Sioux Falls, S. d.
General Manager Bidwell, of the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad. is in
Hot Springs for short pleasure trip.
Mr.. Bidwell is accompanied by Mrs.
Bidwell and by Mr.. and Mrs. White.
NJ. NJ. Kirkman, second vice pres-
dent of the Northwestern road. who
spent several weeks here in his pr-
waite car, and who was accompanied
by party of young people from Chi
cago has returned home.
W. j. Smith and Emil Hargens. both
citizens of Hot Springs, shot a match
yesterday for the Black Hills cham
pionship. the medal $50 side and 100
targets being the terms of the shoot.
Mr. Hargens won the match, breaking
90 targets to S5 broke by Smith.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
TWO LAND OFFICES
MAY BE ABANDONED
Business Does Not Pay for Actual Ex'
pense, and Huron and Watertown
Offices May Be Closed.

Aberdeen, S. d., Aug. 6.-Rumor Is
current in land office circles to the ef
feet that the land offices at Huron and
Watertown are to be moved to this
city and combined with the Aberdeen
office. Though none of the Aberdeen
officials would deny or affirm that
rumor, it is learned on good authority
that there is something tc it and Aber-
deem people need not be surprised to
see the combination become effective in
the near future.
The reason for the change is said to
be due to the fact that both the Huron
their usefulness. Practically all of the
land for the original homestead entries
has been filed on and the final
entries are rapidly nearing consumma-
ton. The fees from both the offices are
not enough to pay for the expense Oh
operating them and Uncle Sam is evil
IDENTIFY looking for reduction in his
expense account.
The business done by the Huron Of
flee the past year was 1877 original
homestead entries and 152 final entries.
The fees for the year were s2,899.2O..
and the total business transacted was
$29, 9,312.14
During the year the watertown Of
flee received 122 original entries and
3O5 finals. The fees amounted to ST.
747.95 and the total amount of business
done was $11,6s6.O7.
From these figures it will he seen
that the combined fees do not aggre-
gate $4,000. The expense of operating
the offices are said to be little in ad-
vance of $4,000.
The business done by the Mitchell
land office in its home district was very
light, their being but forty original en-
tries and eighty finals. The Rosebud
business helped that Office out, how
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
ACCIDENT RESTORES HEARING.
Shock Does What Physicians Have
Eailed 20 D1, NaasrI


Sisseton. S. d., Aug. S.-The family
Of w. j. Towles, a druggist OF tins
place, is one of the happiest in the
state, the result of what at first was
thought serious accident.
While riding in their automobile last
Sunday the machine struck a stone
throwing the occupants to the ground
and running over the 12-year-old daugh-
.et, Eva, a deaf mute. Her parenta
.hoCght the child dead at first, but in
stead the shock had restored her hear
,ng, which she had lost when but few
months old, following spell of sick
ness. All week the sense has been get
ing stronger till now she can hear the
falling of raindrops. Music makes her
wild with delight and she keeps her
mother at the piano half the day long.
7ile is learning I, talk and to under
stand spoken language, having con-
sersed heretofore by the sign language.
Eva is a bright and attractive child
md her new found gift makes her ra-
liant, and the whole town rejoices with
oer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
90 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
Wonderful Yield of Oats Reported
From Minnehaha County.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 9-The ban
ner for raising the greatest field Of
oats in South Dakota this year prob
ably will belong to Minnehaha county,
Clough. who is operating threshing
machine in the county north of Sioux
Falls.
A few days ago Mr. Clough threshed
a monster crop of oats on the farm
of a man named Anderson. who resides
three miles south of Dell Rapids. A
field of forty acres was threshed and
yielded an average of ninety bushels to
the acre. machine measure. The grain
was cf first class quality. MIR. Clough,
who measured the oats himself.
vouches for the truth of the statement.
While the crop on MIR. tAnderson's s
place is a little better than the crop Of
the surrounding farmers, it is q good
indication of the yield in this part OF
the state this year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
INVOKE THE REFERENDUM.
Sioux Falls People Ask for Vote or
Question of Buying Waterworks.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. S.-Parties
who are interested in the question in.
volving the proposed sale of the mu-
acipal waterworlls system in this city
are circulating a referendum petition
asking the city council to submit to
vote at special election the PROPOSE
ton os selling the system to the South
Dakota Water company, which for
period of more than twenty years ha.
oeen supplying Sioux Falls with water
for domestic and fire protection pur-
poses.
Under the referendum amendment te
the state constitution the petition re-
auires the signatures Of 5 per cent. o,
the voters who cast their ballots at the
last election. 1t appears certain thai
the necessary number of signature:
will be secured. If the proposition is
submitted to the voters the election
will without question prove to be one
Of the hottest ever held in Sioux Falls
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Aug s.-cattle-Market steady.
Common to prime steers, $3.so@S. 60; cows,
4.5O calves So. .0o1tG.75; stockers and feed
ers 81. .6edI4 .25.
Hogs-Market steady. Choice to prime
heavy, ST. 4Om6.5O: medium to good heavy,
ST. .lO16.35; butchers weights, $6.45Q6 60:
good to choice heavy mixed Sc .1046. IS;
packing, 50. .15G6.25.
Sheep-Market steady to strong. Sheep,
81 25n560: yearings, s5.0oa6 35; lambs,
S6.00uSGO.
Close: Hoss-Market strong to a shade
higher. Bulk So. 15u6.45: mixed and butch
ers So. lG06. 621s; good heavy, s6.Ooll6. so;
rough heavy. $5.15n5.9 80: light, Sc G.30d6.T21a.
Cattle--Market strong. Beeves. So. 500
$50: cows and heifers. 81 0t0p5. %; stockers
and feeders. s.. 50f,4 30
Sheap-Market strong to 1oc higher.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
One Barn Demolished and Another
Burned Near Woonsocket

Woonsocket, S. d., Aug. Ga heavy
wind and electrical storm last night
wrecked the large barn recently erect
ed py j. W. Bills, two miles northwest
of town. o. c. Vanderpool and Louis
Fe-heesss5. who were sleeping in wagon
car 200 feet from the barn, received Sc
we're bruises. the car being thrown into
the barn bottom side up. A large tim
ber from the wrecked barn was driver.
into the side of the farm house.
George Crunnerwalt's barn, north
west Of town, was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. the loss be-
ing $500. No damage to crops by the
storm is reported.
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WILL CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
Corsica Planning a Jubilee on Its First
RirthdaY. Aunust IL

Corsica. S. d., Aug. 9.--Elaborate
preparations are being MADE tor a cele-
bration to be held at this place. which
is, one of the new towns on the Armour
extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad, on August II and
is. i'm honor of the first anniversary of
the founding of the town. Contracts
have been closed for several fine at
fractions. and no expense will be spared
to make the two-day celebration one of
the most interesting ever held in this
part of the state.
1t is expected the largest crowd which
ever assembled in Douglas county will
be present to attend the celebration,
and the neighboring towns will send
large delegations to assist the people of
Corsica in tittinSly celebrating the
first anniversary of the new town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. S.-Cash quotations We're
as follows:
Wheat-Ne. spring. 7oa741sc; No. . red.
T1A072c.
&C GornS9 ,5,o,y 5e@Ss; N No wnits Sc
8 white. 51AG5112c; No. yellow, Jo24c; No.
4, 49Gi5oc.
oats-No. 2, sossc; No.s2 white, slAas2Ac; ;
No. white 31dt32c.
RyeNo. @ SIC.
Barley-Good feeding. a5@s9c; fair to
choice mailing 42Gl46c
Flax seed--No i, slO7; No. northwest
ern, $1.l0
Ciover-Contract grade sl2.Co
Provisions-Short rib sides, S9150a. .25;
mess pork, sl7.12l4M17. %; lard, SS.s21a; short
clear sides, S9.50M96212.
Whisky-On basis of high wines. sl.29.
I3utter-Firm; creamery, l6I2lc; dairy,
Eggs-Elrm at mark. cases inc.udcd. 121.
@1512ce; fists lsc; prime irs;s, 17l4c, *
tras, 20c.
cheese-strong. 11@12ilc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
CURIOSITY WAS DISASTROUS.
rrio Riding on Tender of Locomotive

TRIO Riding on Tender of Locomotive
Receive Ducking in the River.
Pierpont, S. d.. Aug. S.-A trio Of
'isitors to the railroad bridge one mile
,orth of here, which is now undergoing
'epairs, had narrow escape from se-
'ious injury. They Went to see the
,ile driver at work. They saw it and
,early put the machine out of COM
mission.
The party was made up Of DR.. T.
~. Murphy, R. L. Folsom, editor of the
Signal, and II. G. Raffelson, manager
,f the Pierpont Lumber company. The
rip was made on the tender of a loco
motive, the engine being backed TO the
scene. A brakeman had charge but
ost control of the air brakes and the
.ender crashed into the pile driver with
such force as to crush the rear end of
he former and badly twist the latter.
The track was torn up for a distance
of about twenty feet.
All four persons on the tender and
engine We're badly shaken and escaped
With u drenching.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
NEW COURT HOUSE
Contract Is Let for Structure to Cos,
Nearly S6O,OCO,

Britton, S. D., Aug. S.-The contract
has been let for Marshall county's new
court house, S57,955 being the contract
price, including heating and plumbing.
The building will be of stone. yellow
sandstone from the quarries at Sand
stone Mimi. being used for the walls.
and the red Bedford Qndiana) stone
for trimmings. The new court house
will be one of the handsomest and most
substantial county buildings in the
state. The contract calls for the com
pletion of the building by the first OF
September of next year.
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s2.2o5 lN FINES.

Oacoma, S. d.. Aug. 4.-The treasury
Of Lyman county was enriched to the
amount of s2.205 as the result of the
payment of fines imposed by Judge
Frank B. Smith, of the state circuit
court, during a recent regular and spe-
cial term of circuit court held in this
county A number of additional cases
are pending in which the penalty is
a fine, and at the next term of court it
is expected that fully as much will be
collected in fines imposed upon resi-
dents Of the county who have violated
t!t. law,
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PRISONER SUICIDES.
Short Terner Ends His Own Life At
l.,......I.-.-.


ter Incarceration of But 4 Months.
Sioux Falls, $. D., Aug. 8.-l3enjalnin
Wenzel, about IS years of age, a pris-
oner in the Sioux Falls penitentiary,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in his cell.
He displa yed considerable ingenuity in
preparing for the taking of his own
lift and III the carrying out of his pur-
pose. In some manner he secured pos
session of a small card. One end of this
he fastened about his neck, while the
other end was attached TO u ventilator
aear the top of the cell
He slowly strangled to death. When
discovered his toes touched the floor.
III health is supposed to have been the
cause of his desperate act. WenZel was
serving q term of four years and had
been in the penitentiary only about -four
months. He was sentenced from Hand
county for criminal assault.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
REPRODUCE CUSTER MASSACRE.
One Thousand Sioux Warriors Will En-
tertain Visitors to Bonesteel Fair.

sSa sdiu ViotSOTS 20 0OnSSI0el = FdITs
Bonesteel, S. D.. Aug. 6.-The third
annual fair Of the Gregory County Ag-
ricultural society will be held at
Bonesteel on September 19, 90 and 81.
Over $4,000 will be offered in pre-
miums and sports. A number of first
class horses have already been booked
for the races, which will be special
feature, and two ball games for q
purse of $3.50 between two profess
sional teams Will be pulled off. Several
free attractions will be engaged and
the best brass band in the state will.
pe in attendance.
One thousand Sioux warriors of the
Rosebud tribe of Indians will be here
during the fair and will help entertain
the great crowd with their numerous
war dances and will also give an ex-
hibition of how General Clusters COM
mand of the Seventh cavalry was mas
sacred on the Little Big Horn in June.
1876.
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s.uNpAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. S.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the an
nual convention of the Minnehaha
County Sunday School association,
which will be held at Valley Springs on
Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Au-
gust IS and 10. Leading clergymen and
Sunday school workers from Sioux
Falls and the other cities and towns
of the county will be present to ad-
dress the gathering and assist in maxi
ing the convention the most successful
ever held by the. association.
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WOMEN sUFFRAGilsTs.

Twelve Counties Represented at Third
Annual Conference at Copenhagen.
Copenhagen. Aug. 9.-The third an
nual conference OF the International
League of Women Suffragists opened
here today under the craftsmanship of
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, of New
York, the president of the league.
The league will hold daily sessions un-
Ill August IL, inclusive. Twelve coun-
tries are represented.
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TWENTY-FIVE FEET A MINUTE.
Track Laying on M. G. st. l.. Extension
Beinq Pushed RapjdIv

Watertown, S. D.. Aug. 4.-The first
spike in the Minneapolis and ST. Louis
extension from Watertown was driven
at 3 O'Clock on the afternoon of July
81. There are $50 men in the track
laying crew and two and one-half
miles of steel are laid day. at tly rate
Of twenty feet per minute as g
working hours
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SEIZED WITH CRAMPS; browns.

Yankton S. D.. Aug. S.-John Buck
nam, aged "a years, son of Henry Buck
nam. wealthy retired farmer, was
drowned today in the James river near
the Daugherty ranch, thirteen miles
east of here. The young man had gone
in swimming With a number of COM
panions 1t is believed he was taken
with cramps. for he sank suddenly in
midstream and no one was able to help
him. Mr. Bucknam had been engaged
in business at Mission Hill. The fam
ily is we'll known in this section.