The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-07

: NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS


: NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS
Milwaukee, wis.-Thls city has n cow
that caused one strike and may cause ant
other. Sixteen young women who scwed in
the tailor shop of crank Heft said a few
days ago If animals in an adjoining build.
ms We're not moved away they would quit.
work, and when the time limit expired ana
the COWS remained they struck. AS n re-,
suit the health department compelled thu
owner to remove the animals. He KEEP!
one, however, and the girls declare this 10
still a nuisance, and IL proper quarters ara
not provided in three days they will strike
again.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Mary Rata heard .
noise in a front room and. going to inves.
| tigate, discovered a man in the act Of
r.fing the bureau drawers. What are
you doing thcre?" she inquired. None Of
your business exclaimed the intruder,
making for the woman and grasping her
about the waist Don't you scream or /
will kiss you" This proved effective, and
the man escaped by climbing out at tho
second-story window. Miss Rata d.scov-
cred that he had taken $40 in cash.
Washington. d. C.-Shall naval officers
be taught Esperanto. the universe, lana
guage? The naval academy board is cons
sidering a letter of William Baff. of Wor-
c%ester, Mass, who says that with q daily
lesson Of our hour for a period of five
months, the midshtpmen at Annapolis
would readily acquire a complete knowl-
edge of Esperanto and would he able to
read, write and speak it iuently. Mr..
Baff SUCCESS this to the board Only as a
supplements language.
Y~DJor- Tha ,,o1nt oF tha late. Col1,ol
Hosier has come into the income from a
fortune by the death of his master. who
commanded the famous cavalry regiment
of the Scots Crews" English Wallets are
rarely remembered in their masters wills.
but Colonel Hosier caves his servant s20.-
600 and an annuity, all his property In New
Zealand. all his clothes. his gold watch
and chain, many silver articles and all his
furniture and household effects. Colonel
Hosier had many relatives.
New York.-A man in ST. Marys. w. Va.
who wanted to contribute to the republi-
can congressional campaign committees
dollar fund, stuck n postage stamp on the
face of a standard silver dollar, and adj
dressed it with red ink to Congressman
James S. Sherman, p. o. Box 2063, New
York. The silver dollar went through the
mail easily and has been received at the
headquarters at the ST. James building.
C~leveland.-The carbolic atomize7 OF the
twentieth century girl was pictured today
by DIR. Rurick n. Roark. Granting the
alarming prevalence of kissing and the
growing public knowledge as to DEATH
dealing microbes DIR. Roark predicted that
the cautious damsel will make a frantic
dive for the tomizer and then after the
antiseptic performance the osculatory pro-
cess will proceed as in former days.
Detroit. Mich.-An operation which has
aroused the interest of medical men has
been performed in Harper hospital. "A por-
ton of the tibula, or lower side calf bone
of a boy of u was removed and replaced
by the corresponding portion of the skele-
ton of a young dog. The inserted portion
has joined the healthy section of the boys
fibula and ii is all now growing as one
piece.
Paris.-An unprecedented number OF
Americans are stranded in Paris. The
American Relief society and Americans
generally are overwhelmed with requests
for help. Many Americans are even beg
ging in the streets. None of them speak
anything but English, which makes mat
ters worse. The relief society is sending
as many as possible to London.
Springfield, Ill.-The feet of Long Law,
n Decatur Chinaman injured in a collision
on the interurban railway at Riverton
Sunday, have been sent to a local under
taking firm, which has prepared them for
permanent preservation. AS soon as the
Chinaman is able to leave the hospital he
will send the feet to China to relatives.
Lewisburg, P~a.-Campers returning to
this place from Nittany mountains, tell of
seeing the operations of a resident of that
region, who has a passion for killing rat
llesnakes with his bare hands. So expert
is he that he has never been bitten. A
snake captured, he sits down and cuts off
its head with a jacknife.
San Francisco. Cal.-E. a. Mack, an in
surance man of Alameda, and Antoine An
drews, of San Rafael dropped dead from
heart failure caused by the fatigue of the
long, arduous tramp from the foot of Mar
ket street To the business heart OF the
city. Tho long walk was made necessary
by the street car strike.
Trenton, N. J.-Sleeping as peacefully as
a babe on the seat of his farm wagon. as
his old horse ambled slowly along, William
johnson had a surprising awakening.
From the midst of dreamland he found
himself clinging to the pilot of a freight
trains locomotive with the wreck of his
wagon about him.
Albany, Y. Y.-Miss Ella Donohue is
dead, the fourteenth victim OF the collapse
more than a year ago OF the store building
of the John G. Myers company. Her case
is regarded by physicians as extraordin-
| ary. the young Woman's spine having been
broken at the waist by a heavy steam
pipe.
Dodge City, Ian.-When Governor Hoch
visited the old soldiers reunion he was in
reduced to a Nj. Murdoch who arose and
looking at the chief executive said; II
don't shake hands with you." The gov
ernor passed on. making no comment.
Bismarck, N. D.-Fred w. scwanke a
ST. Paul boy, jumped from the Northern
Pacific railroad bridge, siNty-four feet
high, into the Missouri river and rescued
Miss Mabel Alleson, who had been thrown
IL tho nater Mhen her haat L.sa4