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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
ESCAPE scANTILY CLAD
Sioux Falls Masonic Temple Building
Is the Scene of a Serious
Early Fire.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Jan. 2.-Fire
threatened to destroy the large Masonic
Temple building this morning. The fire
was discovered in the room occupied by
the Queen City Tailoring establishment,
conducted by Charles Bennett Firenen
prevented the fire from spreading to
the remainder OF the building, but the
eighty tenants; of the block We're driven
from the building. some of them thinly
clad. A portion OF the room in which
the fire started WAS occupied by the
National Cash Register company,
3.ninh is the heaNiesg lossr.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
South Oman,

South Omaha, Jan. 2.-Cattle-Marke>
higher Native steers, s3. .75a5. IS: cows and
;heifers. s225@4. .25: Gamers. $1.5O@2. 40:
stockers and feeders $2.5Oll4. 10: calves,
! Hogs-Market steady to stronger. Heavy,
i5 .l21adl5. 30; mixed. $5.1CQ5. Is; light, 35.06
ta5.15; pigs. "a .40@I4 .75; bulk of sales, $5.l
aJ5. .15
Sheep-Markct higher. Yearlings, $500
1850: wethers, $5.5O@5. 50; ewes, "a. .I5QJ5 so;
lambs, $7.OO0l7.75
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
LARGE RARN BURNS.

Meckling. S. D., Jan. PA large barn
on +. H. Whittaker's farm burned to
the ground Saturday morning, causing
u loss of about $1,5OO. Five work horses
perished in the flames, besides twenty
tons of hay and some farm machinery.
The origin of the blaze, which started
in the hay loft, is unknown. Mr.. Whit
taker carried some insurance on the
barn, but cannot tell how much until
Valley
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Liv. Stock.

Sioux City live Stock,
Sioux City, Jan. 3-sioux City Stock
Yards-Hogs-Good heavy. s5.1O@5.25;
mixed and butcher. s5.Oo@5.0 .07k.
Cattle-Butchers steers. sS.40@5.75; fat
cows and heifers, $25OGl4.O0; stock cows
and heifers, $2.o0@3O0: stockers and feed
ers, s2.75M3S5; yearlings and choice calves.
Y. .5O0I35O
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
FoyNG DEAD IN a CELLAR.
Mystery SGrrounds The Death OF Clear
,ales GalooYakeener

Clear Lake s. D. Jan. 4.-James
Nlcox pr9Biietor Of the Clone saloon
a 13lls place, which is owned by the
Hann iSie@ins company. was found
dead in tle csllar of the saloon yester-
day morning. l9rayncn were taking
beer Ggvt in the cellar when they heard
some one grcan, ard looking around
saw Mr.. Wilco% iust Breathing his last,
blood oozinS from his ears and nose.
\ lSnife WAS lying some distance from
him but there was no blood on it. The
coronet's inquest has not been held.
The deceased has 40 relatives in this
Immediate vicinity, and has always run
q NciS. good nlnre
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
LITTLE GIRL KILLED.
Caught in Tumblina Rod Of Machine
and Terribly ManaIed.

tard, 7-year-old girl. was so badly
injured by being caught in the tum-
bling rod of a horse power attached to
a corn shelter that she died within
an hour after the accident The little
one was terribly nangled, nearly every
bone in her body being broken. The,
accident occurred seven miles east of,
here in Garfield township, Sioux coun-
ty, Ia, OH Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Mustard is a renter on one of Louis
Millers farms.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
GRAN, MARKETS.
'era;c and Provisions.

0r1'U uUu TVoVI6ton1.
Chicago, Jan. s.-cash quotations were
as follows: !
Flour-Dull and easy.
Wheat-No. 2 spring. S41S7c: No. 8 spring,
s2lauS3c: No. 3 red. ssalS9c
Corn-No. 2. 42c; No. yellow, 42c
Oats-No. 2, 314c: No. 9 white, S2h,4 @33c;
No. 3 white, 30iaM32c.
Rye-No. 2. &c.
Barley-Good fecdisg. s7Ad3sc: fair TO
choice mailing, 41di49c.
Flax seed-No. i, sL1o; No. northwest
Clover seed-Contract grade, s1315a13.25.
J: Provisions-Mess pork, sl3.45013.50: lard,
~. .S21a; short rib sides. $7.10ll7.25; short
Clear sides. s7.4t6D7.45.
, Whisky-On basis of high vines. S1.3O.
!. Butter-Market was firm; creamery, II.
125iac; dairy, 17M22c.
Eggs-steady at mark: cases included. 1s
ffG23c; firsts. 22c; prime firsts. 25c; extras.
'.7c.
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Cheese-slow at 1lkalsc.
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Minneapolis Jan. s.-Closing cash prices
on track were as follows:
]; Wheat-No. northern S33sc; to arrive
S3Mc; No. northern. s1Mc; to arrive, 81lic:
No. 3, n@79c; No. / macaroni, 72c.
Corn-No. yellow. 36A AG37Ac; No. 3, 35A
oats-No; 9 xhite. ss1c; No. : 27A0s7sc.
Barley-A@46c. q
Rye-5S@61c.
F1ax-31.15h.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
COAL IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Rich Vein at a Depth OF 1900 Feet Near
k;iliel.

Miller
Miller, S D., Jan PA vein of coal
eight feet thick and equal in quality to
the best Hooking Valley soft coal was
discovered about twenty-five miles
northwest of here by William Deuel.
While boring an artesian Well on the
Martin Moore ranch. 1t is 1900 feet
below the surface of the. ground in
: Gladstone and below the first flow ct
artesian water. The seeming iInpos-
sibility of working a coal mine thus
situated caused contempt and disgust
rather than a celebration of joy over
the discovery, but it is believed by
many that the time will come when
by some method the coal will be raised
to the top of the ground and used.
The extent of the Vein is not known,
but it is believed to underlie large
area.
In the early sos vein of coal was
discovered about twenty miles farther
northwest that furnished fuel for the
pioneers of that neighborhood for some
tine. That vein was near the surface
and was a poorer quality Of coal than
the vein discovered by Deuel. so deep
states that of the scores of artesian
wells he has sunk there has been no
coal found in any of them to speak of
except this one, although more or less
gas escapes from all of Them. The
Hyde county we'll that is reported to
be quite heavily charged with gas
is only a few miles west of the Moore
we'll where the thick vein of coal is,
and the theory is advanced that the
coal underlies that whole section,
though under the artesian floW
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
MORE VANDALISM

When public attention was called to
the carelessness and vandalism of en-
ployes of some of the public service
corporations in Topeka, it was hoped
more care would be exercised to pre-
serve from injury the property of pri-
vate individuals. But it seems that the
gas company, at least, is paying little
attention to these protests against the
wanton destruction of property.
The latest Instance of this kind IS
that reported by Mr.. R. S. Brigham.
Mr.. Brigham is one of the most pub
lic-spirited men in Topeka. and he has
done much towards making this city
2 good place to live in. It was there
fore somewhat discouraging to him to
go home a few days ago and find that
employees of the gas company had Sc
verely injured. and probably ruined. a
fine old elm on his property. The in
jury was irreparable for three large
roots of the tree had been severed, one
of them a ten-inch root within a foot
of the tree. And the damage was
purely wanton. It was unnecessary.
for it was done merely to lay a two
inch service pipe. which might have
been placed elsewhere, although it
would have been a trifie more work.
The people of Topeka have been
very patient with the gas company.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

They. have seen their parkirgs torn up
and left with a vide strip Of barren
clay running through them, when the
sod ought to have been preserved and
restored. and they have made no COM
plant. The gas company has dug and
ditched as it pleased, but the wanton
destruction of fine trees cannot be
borne without a protest
If the public service corporations
for the gas company is by no means
the only offender-persist in this sort
of thing it is to be hoped that they
may be taught a severe lesson. Ae-
cording to the statute quoted by Mr.
A. A Hurd in the State Journal some
time ago. these corporations may be
held financially liable for this sort of
damage; but that does not restore
trees that require years and years to
grow.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

things he observed was this: II you
want to see a living picture OF the
'gid" being on. go to Kansas City on
Sunday. Every saloon is closed and
Theoretically sealed on that day. There
are 612 saloons in Kansas city, but
there is nothing doing there for the
thirsty denlzen. But they take a street
car and go over into prohibition kan
sas and get all they want. There are
20 joints in Kansas City, Kas. There
is an assistant attorney general there
all the time to keep the joints closed
and that is how near he comes to
doing it. The joints pay $50 a month
revenue, and the burning question
now is. "Who gets the money!" The
Star says it does not go into the city
treasury. This IS a beautiful picture
the citizens OF. whisky Missouri go
ing into prohibition Kansas to get
drunk on Sunday. because they can't
get a drink IN their own town
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
poINTEp PAIsAGRApns.
rFrom the Chicaeo News. ]

From the chicago news
The love letter of an egotist-'I''
Many mean man is well thought OF
by himself.
Some lies can be stretched farther
than the truth.
man may be good sculptor and
still not cut any ice.
He who honestly criticises his own
actions has a steady job.
Some things can not be explained:
they simply are, and that settles it.
When a farmer loses a needle he
never thinks of looking for it in a hay
stack.
If you would Discovers a mans weak
ness all you have to do is to keep your
mouth shut and listen.
The harder it is for woman to To-
cate her waist line the more trouble
she stirs up for her dressmaker.
In after years man fmagines he
can trace the beginning of his wrongs
back to the ending Of his wedding
rites.
It is better to think that you could
have been elected If nominated than
to receive the nomination only to find
yourself later among those who "aiso
ran"
A very cross man carrying a crying ba-
BY, attracted attention on Commercial
street today. He was so cross looking that
many expected him to throw the baby
away. Why did you get maTried27 pe0-
PIE said behind his back.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
JAYHA WKER JOTS

What do the gossips talk about in
or wedding in the town last year.
The Epworth League Chautauqua at
Beloit will try to attract rains to that
part Of the state from July 20 to
July %.
The Council Grove Guard gives this
definition: Home-The place where
we grumble the most and are treated
the best.
Walter Johnson says that even the
installation of Senator Benson does not
convince Ohio that Mr.. Coburn de-
clined to be senator.
mo president ever had to criticise
our packing house. It is as clean as
kitchen-cleaner than some kitchens,
is the way a northern Kansas butcher
advertises his business.
An old woman at Chanute smoked
her pipe with evident enjoyment IN
she was very gentlenanly about it, re-
.fusing to go into the ladies' waiting
rooms.
Speaking Of prosperity in Kansas
John Morris a Jewell county farmer,
has placed a ten-do1faF weather vane
on his barn, just to show which way
the wind blows, and he VIII light the
barn with forty electric lights.
Homemade philosophy in the Jew
ell Republican: Some girls who care
fully abstain from onions use cheap
perfumery and lots Of it. .
This is the time of the year when the
spring chicken finds it difficult to get
any life insurance. The
way to train a boy to rise up early in
the morning is to have a circus or a
picnic in town every day. :
This is the time of the year when the
bugs get all the vines raised by the
average gardener.
Tom Morgan is guilty of this in the
Ottawa Republic:
Mary had a little lamb
And when she saw it sicken,
She shipped it off to Packingtown.
And now it's labeled chicken.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There IS not only a shortage in the
wheat crop in some localities, but the
usual shortage in the school-ma am
crop is also reported.
Senator Benson is chairman of the
committee on the Examination and Dis
position of Useless Public Documents.
So far as this department is concerned
he can begin by looping off the Con-
gressiona1 Record.
Personal note in the Kingman Leader:
William Allen White has gone to Colo
rado to adjust his blanket and complete
preliminaries preparatory to. getting
back on the reservation.
We note that the last survivor OF the
charge Of the Light Brigade has died
again in England.
It is suspected that the FARRELL chill
dren of Holton are sick again and that
Mrs. farrell didn't have as much time to
write this week as usual. At any rate
the last issue of the Holton Signal hasn't
as much bright stuff that other papers
can steal as it usually has.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Globe.l

IFrOm the Atch4son Globe.l
How many roads lead to unpopular
ity!
In polite society "scrapping' is called
repartee.
A loafng woman does rot attract
much attention, but how a loafing man
catches iti
When two big takers are alone to-
gether they don't say much: Neither
one is looking for a talker but a lis
tener.
The man who commits an assassina-
ton. shooting some one he dislikes from
ambush, probably began by writing
anonymous letters.
Were you ever a. guest at a dinner
party or an evening affair in which an
undertaken was a guest? Doctors are
often present and why is it that So
cia1 life is denied the undertaken. while
the doctor is really the guilty one?
There was a time when a man who
did not get along with his wife was
considered disgraced for life Now there
is a good deal Of charity for such a
man, and some people go so far as to
say: He IS not altogether to blame"
When a girl has to wash dishes and
hates it. she finds a melancholy joy in
going up to her room at intervals be-
tween the spoons and plates, and look
ing out of the window with what she
thinks is a sad, wistful expression i'll
her ewes
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
Remedx Of one VINO Know.

Julian F. Trask. now city clerk Of
Laeonia, N H. but formerly labor
commissioner of New Hampshire and
private secretary to the late Gov
ernor Busiel. is perhaps one of the
most famous stammerers in the
Granite state. and naturally his pecu-
liarity of speech attracts attention
wherever he goes.
While in charge of the labor bureau
at Concord he was approached one day
by a we'll dressed stranger, who in
formed him that he was a business
man from the Queen City, and after
some beating about the bush confessed
that he had son about eight or ten
years of age who was commencing to
stammer badly. and having talked the
matter over with his wife, and knowing
Of Mr.. Trask's infirmity, decided to
come to him and solicit his advice as
to what they had better do with the
boy to remedy his defect in speech.
Mr. Trask reflected very briefly and
as soon as he could screw his mouth
into position to utter the words re-
sponded: ''S-s-s-shoot him. Boston
Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record. ]

IF'rOIn the Philadelphia Record
All the noodles are not in the soup.
A tailor often sues to collect the
money for his suit
It is almost as hard to live up to
a good reputation as 10 live down bad
one.
The pitcher that goes to the well isn't
the one that is Knocked out Of the box
A man likes his club because there is
no one there to tell him to wipe his feet
before he comes in.
Some people are so mean that they
won't even laugh at a joke when it's at
their own expense.
De Tanque-'' What's the matter, old
MANI" O'Soaque-' Headache De
Tanque@ Natural or acquired2''
Overheard on the Beach, That's
a stunning bathing suit Of yours. Aren't
you going in today?" She-'T think not.
It looks too much like rain"
Magistrate (discharging prisoner)-
Now, then, would advise you to keep
away from bad company Prisoner
(feelingly) THANK you, sir. You won't
see me here again
WigS-'I see they now have women
bill collectors" Wagg-"Isn't that rath-
er reversing the order of things?
thought it was wornan's privilege to run
up bills. and not run them down.
Mrs MugginsZ.'My husband Is so
would spoil the curtains Mrs. Bug
gins-sAnd so he stopped sunokfng?''
Mrs. Muggins-'fNo; he took the cur
tains down..
The silvery moon makes lovers spoon,
A cleaning Ger the waters.
We know she is silvery moon;
She's made of halves and quarters.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
SHOULD BURTON BE PARDoNED =?

A correspondent writes to the State
Journal as follows:
Last evenings editorial in the Jour
nal is cOmmendable for its magnanfm-
ity, in that it displays a feeling of
sympathy for an antagonist. But as
stated, there are two sides to the pro-
position and It may now be asked,
could the release of Burton from the
penal demands Of the law be con-
strued fairly to mean q tempering of
Justice with mercy? Would not his
pardon be a palpable overthrow of
justice? And would it not be to place
the governmental seal of disa pproba-
ton upon the law which Furnishes
crime in high places? Would not his
release imply that penal infections are
consistent only with mercy when ap-
piled to the lower classes.
When you strike down justice, as
would appear to the average mind to
be done in the exemption of Burton
from the prison sentence. you thereby
reduce mercy to a meaningless name.
no mission. And where sympathy
with criminals. on account of their
rank in social and political life is made
the plea for a suspension Of justice
what further use can be had for legis-
latures and courts?
$50 far. whatever Mr.. Burton's suf-
fering may be. consequent to his eX-
pOsure as a criminal. it cannot be said
tnaL ne has Deen legally punished. And
to release him from the punishment
which the law prescribes, or any part
of It, would be to place the criminal
above the law, and put civil govern
ment under censure."
There is much good argument in
what this correspondent says. The
law should assuredly be upheld The
question is. would justice be defeated
Il Burton were pardoned?
It is also most assuredly true that
no special favor should be shown Mr.
Burton because of his prominence and
the high position he has held. But con-
versely the fact that he has held a
high position should not work against
his receiving such leniency as would be
shown a wrong-doer of less promi-
nence. If Burton were common citi-
zen, would the fact that he had done
that which he knew was a moral
wrong but did not know was a legal
crime, and further that he was the
first against whom the statute was en-
forced,-would these facts entitle him
to a certain degree of leniency
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23


am a. plain blunt man. To be
When making love absurdly antic
Is quite impossible for me,
Who am so very unromantic.
And oft the thought would come to tease
And keep me dumb with pretty Dolly,
That I must fall upon my knees
Or dc some other act of folly.
But when called on her today
While talking of indifferent matters
I caught a glance that, may say
Tore all my doubts and fears TO tatters.
Her dimpIing smile, just touched with fun,
Ny few words whispered in a hurry
And presto. lol the deed was done
With no unpleasant fuss or furry
'Tis done and none the worse am T.
Who would have thought the thing so
simple.
o, fate whatever you deny,
thank you for that telltale dimplei
Brooklyn Life
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

think7 NY dinner partner said sud.
denly: Don't you like corn roasted
In a bonfire best Of any way? I
thought maybe it was only a chance
shot, and I tried to look Indifferent,
but my face betrayed me, and then we
both laughed, and told him all about
our game OF tramp. and he wants to
go with Us next time
''But how did he know2 demanded
Bob
"Oh. Bob, he heard me laugh when
7 read the the note. you know, and he
said as soon as he heard me laugh in
the drawing-room, the identity OF the
thief was revealed. Forgive me. Bob.
but I laid all the blame on you.
think I am going to like him, and I
had a lovely time. and-altogether
Bob, I'd like to keep the pin II you'd
Just as soon have the terrier. .f'@( Copy
right. 1905. by ". r. CaldwelI.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23

Co1dtoes was about to lock his desk
and go home when a man entered the
office with a big bundle under his arm.
"A picture I want to show you. the
visitor said, and began to unwrap the
bundle.
Busy said Coldtoes.
"fTwon't take second, said the man,
and finally peeling off the last paper
revealed q landscape. Trees on the side,
good perspective, blue sky, far OF seem
cry.
Don't want any pictures Coldtoes
said, getting down his hat and UNI
brella.
Fifteen dollars" said the man.
Don't really need it, declared Cold
toes. Haven't got a place on the wall
to put it if 1 got it"
'sI had two of them" said the man.
sold one. If you like it you can have
it for ten. I painted it myself. I paint
ed them both. Sold the other for fif-
teen, but you can have this for ten
CoIdtoes shook his head and locked
his desk.
Look here" said the man, "I am
tired of carrying this heavy thing
around. It's late in the day. I want to
go home. You can have it for ten"
Don't want any pictures" Coldtoes
said. Don't want it at any price.
Haven't any use for it,
Now look here" said the man. IT'S
awfulIy heavy. I'm tired of carrying
it around. Been carrying it around all
day. Arms nearly broken. Give me
five and it's yours
Coldtoes put on his hat and held his
umbrella in his hand.
See here" said the man, taking out
a pencil and a pad. Il will give you
this picture for exactly what it cost
me. The frame was 81 The canvas
was so cents" putting it down. It put
about 25 cents worth of paint on it
You can have the whole thing for two
seventy-five."
well, then, leave it," said Coldtoes.
Six months later an artist called at
the home of Coldtoes. He was man
who knew.
The first thing he saw was the pic
ture on the wall, where Coldtoes had
succeeded in making a place for it. He
rose and stood enraptured before it.
.Exquisite!" he exclaimed. Splendid
perspective. Beautiful coloring. Where
did you come across it? What did you
pay for it? A hundred dollars? That,
at 1east.''-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-23
A sATuRDAY SERMON.

The foolishness OF man perverteth his
way.-Proverbs 1913.
Yesterday in the federal court at Kan
sas City four of the big packing COM
panies of the country and one big rail-
road company were branded as law
breakers and large fines were assessed
against them. Two individuals who
had acted as agents in securing re-
bates for Kansas City merchants were
not only fined but were also sentenced
to terms of Imprisonment.
In addition to these penalties, the pre-
siding judge named a number of the
leading business houses in Kansas City
that have been receiving rebates il
legally from the railroads, and he gave
virtual instructions that they shall be
prosecuted. Among them are men who
are high in the commercial life of KAN
sas City. The proof of their wrong
doing had already been secured, so
they are facing legal conviction for vio-
lating the law-and they may be given
terms in prison also
A few years ago what these men did
would have been regarded only as
'.shrewd business OF course it was
Illegal, but the plea would have been
made that it was common practice"
and one business man had to do it in
order to compete with his rival.
But that does not shield those men
today. Five big corporations and two
individuals are already branded as
law-breakers. and other prominent
Kansas City business men probably
will be. If these men are sent to Jail
will they not bitterly repent of the
foolishness that made them so greedy
and regardless of law?
The big packers. and railroads. and
big merchants are not the only ones
who are foolish. however. There are
people in all walks of life who are fool
ish in this same way-people who re-
sort to sharp practices or deceit to
make dollar. Are you one Of them?
If so, you may wake up some day and
find that public sentiment no longer
defends you in it. Better be careful