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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
T. E. Blanchard, Formerly of Mitch
ell. Has Located in the Sunny
Chimes of The Coast.
Chimes of the Coast

The Republican, received a copy of
the Santa Cruz. Cal, Surf, of March
l6. which contained the annoanc, :
ment that Hon. and Mrs. L. h.
Blanchard had decided to locate in
that city to make their future home.
They were former residents OF Mitch
ell, but for d number of years their
headquarters were at Pierre, where
Mr.. Blanchard held a state positi ON.
The following is what the Surf had
to say about Mr.. Blanchard:
Hon. T. e. Blanchard, from Pierre.
South Dakota, who has been investi-
eating the merits of the various sec
tions of California, has decided to To-
cate permanently in Santa Cruz.
Mr.. Blanchard lis Fan .attorney at
law. having practiced in Iowa and
South Dakota. He is also an expert
accountant, and has held the offices
OF public examiner and su%perinten-
dent OF banks for South Dakota ar d
other positions OF honor and trust.
He IN to us recommended i'm
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY
The Winter Meeting Was Held in
This City Thursday Evening
Banquet at the Close.

The physicians OF the Mitchell Dis
trlct Medical Society held their win
ter meeting in this eity Thursday
evening at the Offices of Drs. Crane
and Ball, and the attendance by
outside physicians was very good.
The society was presided over by
its president. DR.. w. r. Ball. and
a very interesting program was lis
tened to. Or. w. S. Duncan. OF
Chamberlain, read a paper on "Diph-
tnerla,' DIR. j.. A. Howard, of
Ethan, presented a paper on "Diffi-
culties, DIR. II. b. Scotield, OF Park
ston. gave a good treatise on "Pneu-
monia." DR.. c. s. Bobb gave the
report OF a case, DIR. e. C. eager,
OF Chamberlain, presented a paper
on a subject OF interest to the pro-
fession. DR.. VanBuren Knott, of
Sioux City, was present by invita-
ton OF the local physicians, and he
read a paper on '.The Report Of Over
a Thousand Operations for Appendix
All the papers that were
presented held the close attention Of
the physicians as they listened to
the ideas OF the members of the pro-
fessions as exchanged on subjects Of
Importance.
Those present from out of town
are as follows: Drs. j. A. Howard,
OF Ethan, Ii. B. Scofield, Of Park
ston, S w. Duncan, Of Chamberlain,
r. l.. Langly, of Oacoma, A. j.
Clifford. Of Alexandria. e. c. eager,
OF Chamberlain, r. c. Faust, of
Salem, o. I'll. Pheren, of Emery, j.
L Atkinson. Of Spencer, j. f. Dus-
tin. OF Pukwana, DR.. VanBuren
Knott, Of Sioux City. The following
local members participated in the
meeting: Drs. f. w. F1eyterp,B. A.
Bobb, E. F. Reamer, w. e. Crane,
w. r. Ball, A. j. Buffaloe, a. Fl.
Daniels, G. s. Bobb. R. f. Dundas.
R. Q. Warne, E. f. King. c. A.
Bowers. Miss Minnie Bingham. a
professional nurse, was also present
at the meeting.
At the conclusion of the program
the visitors and local physicians re-
to the cafe OF the Mitchell
Catering Co., where a banquet was
at midnight. The meeting
was one of the most successful that
has been held in the past year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
AN ALL AROUND FIGHT
Four or Five Engaged in It but No.
body Seemed to Get Hurt
in the Scrap.
in the Scrap.

Monday evening about 6 O'Clock a
couple of colored men we're in the Star
restaurant aud got into a fight for
some reason or other, just what for no
one seems to know, and they were at
it good and strong when Will Clark.
a painter, passed along that way.
Will thought he would become a
peacemaker and stepped into the
room and told the men to cut it out.
One OF the colored men turned on
Clark and said: "If you don't clear
out, you will get a dose of the same
thing" and at once proceeded to at
tack Clark. The two finally got out
on the sidewalk and at the edge
CLARK Slipped and fell in the gutter,
with the colored man on top using
his fists with alacrity. In the e
time quite a large crowd had gath
cred and everyone was trying to ex-
plain to the other the nature of the
scrap
Phil Tobin, standing in his saloon,
saw that Clark vas getting the
worst OF the fight and rushed out to
help the white man against the COL
ored, and in a short time that part
OF the scrap ended, the colored man
taking to his heels and getting away
from where the odds were decidedly
against him. The second colored
man was left i'm the restaurant and
George Holleran stepped in to help
Clark out at the start OF the scrap.
These two exchanged a few blows
that ended without damage to either
party.
This morning Chief Keith arrested
Clarence Thompson, the main Offend
er OF the two colored men, and he
was taken before Justice Mckinley
on the charge of disturbing the
peace. Thompson pleaded guilty to
the charge and was fined $40, which
he paid. TnnWpeon admitted that
he was the ~aggle-sor aud was respOn-
sible for starting HE Trouble.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
AN INSTRUMENTAL CONTEST
Five Misses Contest for a Gold Med.
al at an Entertainment satur-
day Evening.

An interesting contest was arrang-
co SATURDAY evening under the aus
pieces OF the w. g. II. u 1t was de.
signed to have several contests. but
The Instrumental one was the only
conLeSt that was filled. and live
misses participated in this. They
were Helen Powers. Elizabeth Kelley.
Edith Smith, Pearl Slade and Helen
Reeves, and a handsome COLA medal
was the incentive for the little
misses to do their best i'm their piano
selections. Each OF them did re.
markably we'll, and it was a little
difficult for the judges to make the
award. They decided, however, upon
Helen Powers, q pupil of Maude
Silsby- Nichols, and she was present.
ed with the gold medal. The judges
were Miss Goodykoontz, Miss Butler
and Mrs w. a. H~eimberger.
The program was made further en-
joyable by readings, which we're
given 10y Mrs. G. e. Vermilyea, who
gave an original selection, Mrs. +.
FL. Hotf, Miss Branch. Mrs. Posey.
all OF which were thoroughly enjoyed.
At the close of the program the
w. G. L. U. presented, Mrs. j. S.
Wilson, the retiring president with
a gold ring. the presentation speech
being made by Mrs. O. e. Cassem,
the new president. Mrs. Wilson has
always taken an earnest interest in
the union and has accomplished
much in making 1T stronger i'm the
city and county.
1t was the intention to have a ma
irons contest, but the ladies were
not prepared at this time and it will
be given the latter part Of next
week. There are five of the matrons
b o have Won silver medals and
they are to contest for a gold
medal. and they promise TO have a
fine program for the public to listen
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
PLANT TO RUN ALL NIGHT
Mitchell Gas Co. Will Run the Elec
trio Light Plant All Night
Beginning April l..

For a number Of years it has been
the wish and desire of the citizens of
the city to have an all-night lighting
service. and it was partially granted
when the Mitchell Gas Co. installed
the gas system. But this did rot
help out the users OF eletric lights.
The latter, however, are to be sup
piled in the future. Manager White,
of the company. informed TIE Re-
publican this morning that they had
decided to rnn the electric light
plant all night hereafter. commence
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
Well founded Fear,

: Baltimore American: a trust
agent testified in Kansas that what
the trusts considered unjust treat
ment in freight rates established by
the legislature was suffered in 81
lence. because protest was feared in
the excited state OF public senti-
ment. That is the weak spot in the
otherwise i%nvulnerable N Of the
trust aefenses-the fear of popular
opinion. 1t is also the irresistible
weapon OF the public when the latter
chooses to use it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
Dainty Foods
Demand It

IN EVERY Receipt that calls for cream
: of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use
the Royal Baking Powder. Better results
will be obtained because of the absolute
purity and great leavening strength of the
Royal. 1t will make the food lighter,
sweeter, Of finer flavor, more digestible and
wholesome. 1t is always reliable and uni
form in its work.
Alum and phosphate baking powders
some of them sold at the same price and
some Of them cheaper-will make neither
dainty nor wholesome food.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
Candidate for Register of Deeds.

| hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of Register of
Deeds OF Dawson County. South.
Dakota, subject to the approval of
the next republican county conven-
ton. Fred L. Tiffany,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
Onenina of the Schools.

Today fully 15,000 pupils and teach CTS will resume work in our schools, and this army will be kept busy here after until summer comes again. No more useful and telling work is pos sible than that which will be carried on in our public schools. The output is to be citizens, rather than pig iron, and citizens outrank even pig iro7.
 The seating facilities and equipment of our schools for white children have been greatly improved, but next to nothing has been done for the black children of the city. This is poor policy. This will not give us the labog we sorely need. This Is not carrying out the spirit or even the letter of the constitution of 1901, which looks to a common school education for all, re- gardless of race.
 Another school for negro children is screly needed to take the place of the one burned down. No school for negroes has been built here in many years, and every thoughtful citizen will say that the time to build one has come The present school facili- ties shut hundreds of negro children out altogether. This is the reverse of good policy. It is not the policy of Montgomery or Mobile. and it should not be the policy of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
Street Car Service.

''The people of Birmingham would never stand for street car service such as the people of Atlanta have" said a Birming- ham man who spent last week in Atlanta. Tn coming from the baseball park in At lanta one afternoon 1t tocA us eleven minutes to go a little more than four blocks through the cenner of the city, the congestion was so great. If such q thing were to happen in Birmingham there would be a howl such as was never heard before.
 Many people In Atlanta have to stand up on the street cars all the time, and one never hears complaint while in Bir- mingham they complain if they have to stand up during the rush hours at night In Birmingham the streets are wide and traffic Is never blocked, while in Atlanta the main streets are very narrow and the cars have to crawl through the business portion of the city They are changing bells all the time until the din Is almost deafenlng. The bells oS the Atlanta cars are rung ten times to the one time in Bir- mingham. on account of the crowded con- dition there
 Taking it all in all think that Bir- mingham has all the best of the argu- ment when 1t comes to street car systems, and I have never seen any city that was better supplied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17

stringency had been long forseen, and many borrowers protected themselves ae- cordingly.
 Crop uncertainties are about over. and we are harvesting the largest wheat and corn crops in our history. We are also promised the second largest cotton crop on record. For all our products we are insured big demand at good prices. What more in the form of material pros perty could we ask for? There is no room for pessimisn anywhere; and our chief dangers are those which follow an excess of prosperity. This market seems destined to be kept well in hand for the present. it having the unanimous backing of the most powerful and resoureeful group of leaders ever seen in Wall street. At the same time the market is exposed to three dangers which sooner or later will bring reaction. These are O) concealed re- alizing by big holders, @ spasms in the money market, and (9) ultimate collapse from speculative excesses. Nor has Wall street yet forgotten the trick of discount ing in advance the happenings in business and political circles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
DIocLETIANs PALACE.
,eribner's Magazine.

From Seribner's Magazine.
 Almost half of spalato's 2O,oOO souls live within the walls of Diocleian's palace. The latter is rectangle, built upon the plan of the fortified Roman camp, inclos- ing within its cyclopeon walls, eighty feet ern city. At each angle of the walls stands a massive tower. In the center of each facade a gate opens, except in that turned toward the sea, where a narrow postern admitted the royal barge One cross street divides the inclosure into a northern and southern half, connecting the silver gate with the iron gate; an- other leads from the northern or golden gate to the entrance of the imperial apart ments.
 It was through the golden gate-the Porta Aurea, still in excellent preservation that Diocletan entered his palace when coming from Salone.
 Under it's soaring arches the cruel em- peror, once a simple soldier of the legion, now covered with the royal purple-a man of the people now appropriating to him self the name of Jovius, the equal of God-rumbled in his gilded chariot and thundered down the passageway between his slaves quarters and those of his aged mother, until, racked with disease, vic- tim of all the luxury of later Roman times, he painfully alighted before the noble portico, the entrance to his pri- vate apartments, where later he was to end his sufferings by his own hand.
 This portico is left to us today-a court 100 feet long and 40 wide, inclosed on three sides by magnificent colonnades. A stately facade occupies the south end and gives access to a circular structure whose lower travertine walls alone re- main. The spaces between the western colonnade have been filled in with medle- val houses, but on the east side the col umns stand free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
A Change for the Better.

'I am certainly glad of the change which has been made by the street car company" said Highland avenue resi- dent. fin seating the negroes in the back part of the car.
 During the summer months 1t Is not always pleasant to be seated behind crowd of unwashed, persplrng negroes and to have malodorous African scent poured like a stream right down your throat
 Visitors from other cities frequently commented on this peculiar arrangement of passengers, and although often asked. I have never been able to explain why it was so
 However. 1t Is evident the company has realized the fact that the people had put up with the situation long enough and the change is a welcomed one by the white passengers
 Speaking of street cars reminds me to mention that a big reward awaits the man who will invent a window that can be raised or lowered without endangering a persons shoulder or salvation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
BRAVE WOMAN GAMBLERS

had It's innings, and baccarat, and poker. and whist
 The ladies of the regency stayed indoors all day, with the blinds drawn, playing faro. The ladies of King Edwards reign are not behind them in their devotion to bridge, but who shall say they are ahead of them. When you hear any one com- plaining that he Is social outcast be- cause he cannot play bridge; that house parties are arranged simply with a view to bridge; that 1t is spelling dinners and weekend shooting parties, ruining hunts: that the young married women refuse tp dance any longer, they leave 1t to the girls who in their turn try and hand it over to the children-and all because of bridge; when you hear such complaints as these, be sure you are listening to a lamentation as old as the hills.
 No one cares very much to what extent men gamble. It Is the women gamblers who provide the moralist with his text. Women rarely play we'll and they are almost invariably bad losers. woman who reached the masculine average could easily dress herself on her winnings SO long as she had tho sense to play only with other women. Few of them have, and the consequences, when a woman owes man money, are often calamitous. A good many men, perhaps not the last wise in their generation, refuse to play with women at all. If that rule became universal 1t would probably be to the ad- vantage of both sexes As it is, the only people who benefit by the irruption of women into the cardroom are the pawn brokers and jewelers-just as 1t was 100 hence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Ahout Hazinu.


 T noticed in a recent issue of The Age Herald" said an alumnus of the Uni- versity of Alabama yesterday afternoon, where President Abereromble Is keeping an ever watehful eye upon those who indulge in the practice of hazing new students I have learned that several young men have been dismissed for this offense and that the president is pre- pairing to serve others from the same spoon.
 Since the abolition of the military sys- tenn at the university hazlng has been on marked decline. At present, the form indulged in is of the mlldest nature, so mild, indeed. that those rates of my day are prone to laugh If President Aber- crombie, who has shown a disposition to stamp out every vestige of hazing, had been the official head of the institution during the reign of Doc Thedford. Dick Alston and others who in the nineties made life miserable for the freshmen his entire time would have been spent in in- vestgating this pernicious invention for the embarras assment of the new men. and that method of humorous punishment em- ployed.
 There are two sides to every question. undoubtedly. I am still young enough to realize that two sides exist to the mat ter of hazing. am positive that in some instances 1t has done good and can point out today young men who matrlculated with an abnormal degree of sef-pride and left college with a full appreciation of the existence of his fellow man. Hazing in southern colleges has never reached that stage where inhuman practices or de- grading methods are tolerated. It is more in the way of teazlng. All the world has an erroneous impression concerning the college man. It Is generally believed that he is wholly bad. and that nothing too rough or uncouth has been invented for taking him down.
 '"The newspapers exaggerate the hor- TOTS of fraternity limitations, paint luridly various and impossible forms of haz- ing indulged in, and decry the horrors of football. It Is strange to me that after so many years these ideas will not lose their hold The most sxuberant age of a mans life is when he Is a college man. You cannot find a man who spent four years at the University of Alabama. in- dulged in the boyish pranks that charac terize the ideal college man, was hazed and had his own turn at the handle of the paddle, who does not look back to that day with fondness. and retains in mem- ory ever green the incidents of those four years, probably the happlest Of his life."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
PresIdent RoOseveIt an Issue.

The republican party. and even the administration, is full of differences. The President Is a silent standpatter, and Secretary Shaw Is a noisy one. But Governor Herriek, in Ohio, Is a revisionist, and SO Is Secretary Taft. The latter said last week in Bath, Maine
 Speaking my individual opinion and for no one else, believe that since the pas sage of the Dingley bill, there has been a change in the business conditions Of the country making 1t wise and Just to revise the schedules of the existing tariff. The sentiment in favor of a revision of the tariff is growing in tho republican party, and in the near future the members of the party will doubtless be able to agree on a reasonable plan"
 Speaker Cannon, on the other hand. is a standpatter, but outside of the ranks of the tariff barons themselves, 1t is fair to say that the republican party is split eyenly-so evenly 1t is difficult to say which way the balance turns in numbers. But the tariff barons have the money. and the President has the patronage, and the standpatism Is for those reasons the stronger in influential places, for example, Con- gross.
 But both factions are striving to avoid friction by making President Roosevelt the issue Instead of cry ing out, Stand by the tariff," they shout, Stand by the President" It Is no time for principles, say the repub- licans, when we have man full of red blood to tie to, even if he does utilize democratic policies. He has not pre-. scented a single aggressive, affirmative proposition that was not taken bodily from the democratic platforms.
 But be this as it may, the repub- licans are dropping all issues to cry out, Stand by the President" Don't embarrass or thwart him, they say. Don't investigate the departments. Leave him free to apply democratic doctrines and put them in operation. It is, of course, embarrassing to ask what the President expects to do in the next two years All, in fact, we have to do, according to the repub- licans, is simply to stand by the Pres ident." This is all the platform they really have. On account of their diff ferences it is all that is possible to therl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
WOMEN AS FINANCIERS

From Mrs. Kings front door she has Ia travel thirteen miles to the nearest bounds ary of her estate; she Is mistress of 2oo.ok cattle; employs an army of 300 cowboys. for whose use 12O0 ponies are kept. and her yearly profits run far into six figures.
 But Mrs. King must look to her laurels. for she has in her own field dangerous competitor in Mrs. Nat Collins, the .cat- tie Queen of Montana" Mrs. Collins ia A woman of middle age, known and respect ed for hundreds of miles around her ranch as "Aunty" or Mother" and a thrilling volume might be written on the adven- turous career which has led to her press ent state of opulence for she has fought Indians, been wounded by their toma- hawks, has been their prisoner for months, has acted as scout for freight trains and, in short has experienced al-
 most every possible adventure and faced every danger of the wild west. Twenty odd years ago she started in the cattle business in northern Montana, in tho very midst of hostile Indians and today she personally accompanies trainioads of her own cattle-32 carloads-all the way te Chicago. Not content with this crowded life, she finds time to prospect for cop- per, is owner of several rich mines, and not long ago founded a town on the banks of lake in the copper district of Mon- tana
 Mrs. Annie K. Rikert is still another woman of astonishing enterprise and busz iness capacity. Years ago, when quite a girl she discovered the Calico silver mines In San Bernardino county, and the Oromas dre and several other gold mines in Tuo- lumme county; and her latest enterprise is to construct railway through out of the toughest districts in California, to add to the value of her mining proper-' ties Mrs. Rikert acted as her own sur veyor, taking a compass and a revolver and starting on horseback over what sha thought would be the best route.
 Of hardships and work that would daunu brave man she makes light "No," she said to an interviewer there were no hardships in anything that I did. I have always been used to exploring the moun- tains. have been engaged in mining for the last sixteen years and can ride and shoot as well as many men. I suppose [ am stronger physically and have more en- durance than most men who have not lived outdoor lives I have been accuss toned for the last twenty years to con- ducting business enterprises; therefore you will understand that projecting and building a railroad did not look to me as 1t would to a woman who had always lived indoors and busied herself with the sO-called feminine occupations"