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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
BIG GRAIN SHIPMENTS.
County West of Missouri River Show.
New Record.

Reliance, S. D., Dec. 3O.-A year ago
the wide extent of country between the
Missouri river and the Black Hills, in.
the heart of which this place is sit.
uated, did not have single grain buy
er, the country being occupied almost
wholly by the sheep flocks and cattle
herds of sheepmen and cattlemen. The.
extension of the Milwaukee railroad
westward from Chamberlain through
reliance and on toward the Black Hills,
with the Pacific coast as its ultimate
destination, has changed all this and
farmers are now occupying all of this
vast domain. That the farmers who
settled in the region surrounding Reli-
anee did not waste their time during
the last summer is indicated by the
grain shipments which have been made
from this and other points on the new
railroad extension. During this fall a
single grain buyer at this place has
purchased over 14.C00 bushels of grain
from the farmers of this vicinity, for
which he paid sum aggregating more
than $1,000. Many of the farmers kept
their entire seasons cror for seed next
year. The acreage devoted to crops in
this region next year will be the great
est in the history of the country since
the 11,000, 200 acres lyiE" between the
Missouri river and the Black Hills was
ceded by .he Sioux Indians and opened
to white settlement on February 10
1880.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
AN OPERATOR DISAPPEARS.
YanIton Railroad Employc ls MISSING,
Taking Some Cash. ,S

Yankton, S. D., Dec. 30.--Joseph.
Cromwell, operator and general assist
ant to Agent r. w. Warning in the Of
flee Of the Northwestern Railroad COM
pany in this city, disappeared Sunday
afternoon, taking with him, 1t Ii al
legged, $S4 of the company,s money. No,
trace of his method of escaping has
been discovered. He left letter aS-
dressed to his mother In Alabama. In
which he bade them goodby as he had
gone wrong and was determined to end
his life. The railroad authorities re-
gard this as a bluff and have Instituted
a vigorous search which should lead %
his arrest. ssfs ssSs5 u
Cromwell is about 25 years 81 are
dark complexion, over 6 feet tall ana:
very S'aader. He speaks With a Distinct
Irish accent. Az
1t Is alleged by Agent Warning an6
Auditor F.sW. Higbee. Of Chicago, who
isss here checking UP the once. that
Cromwell lost the money In q Yankton;
gambling house. Both exDress the -.
lief that Cromwell did not deliberately
steal the money. as he had had po9-
session OF much more money on 4eVeral
occasions and could have collects n lnorG
on outstanding accounts which Ners 6
his keeplnEI s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
AN IMPORTANT RULING.
State Supreme Court Rules That Taxes
Must Be Paid on Credits.

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
A BIG sANlTARluM.
Is Being Built on Rosebud Land Z
Farm of Notorious Jack Sullv,

Yankton, s. D.. Jan. 2.-Returning
Yankton people report novel celebra-
ton on the Rosebud Christmas. In
the little valley where for years the
noted outlaw. Jack Sully, lived, and
bid defiance to law and it's officers,
now rises a twenty-five room sanitar-
ium that cost it's builder, Dr. James
Buchanan, the sum of $4,000. Modern
in every respect the structure would
be an acquisition to any city. On the
Rosebud it's seems strangely out Of
place. Especially is this true in its To-
cation. which for years has been known.
as the "Sully Flats" Christmas the,
doctor entertained the Rosebud people
at Christmas feast, fine tree and all
night dance. BY stepping to the win
dow the merrymakers could look down
on small picket fence inclosure, which
marks the grave of Jack Sully. who
was killed near his home while fleeing
from the United States marshals, who
had caught him i'm a trap in his own
stronghold. Less than year has wit
messed the change from outlaw den to
modern sanitarium and Rosebud dwell
lers are very proud of their big estab-
iShment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
NOT READY FOR WINTER.
The New Settlers on Rosebud Said t.
BE Unpreparcd,

Salem. S. D., Jan. 4.-Should the Win
ter the next three months prove Sc.
we're railroad men state that the Suf-'
fering of the settlers on the Rosebud
reservation land would be intense and
no doubt prove fatal to many of Them
The reports about them having COM
Portable houses and barns is not true,
but, on the contrary, they are very
poorly equipped to endure the hard
ships of Dakota winter.
AS long as the weather is warm and
the winter open they will live well and
be comfortable, but should one of the
prevalent billiards. which last three to
ten days appear then the poor men and
succumb to the inevitable.
The large majority OF the settlers
have erected huts of boards. generally
two thick, and have banked them about
half way with earth and hay. They ap-
pear very comfortable on the inside.
but look like stables from the outside
The cracks are stopped by the ap-
piicatfon of heavy roofing paper be-
tween the two layers of boards. but the
drifting snow of a genuine South Da-
kota blizzard sweeping across the
plains will penetrate the best of houses
Most of the settlers have thus far
prepared no stables for their stock and
their horses, mules and other draft
stock roam the prairie. shifting for
themselves
Older residents have fully warned
the new arrivals. but few have paid
heed to the advice of the wiser ones,
preferring to trust to the weather
prophets for the changes in the wealth.
er regardless of the experience OF 9TH
erS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
NOTORIOUS Bad MAN
HAS Been CAPTURED
Joe DeMarche, Wanted for
Rustling. Bound Over TO
Circuit Court.
WAS A CLEVER ARREST
Officers Found 1t Impossible to Locate
Him Unit! Statutory Limit Had
Expired, When DeMarehe
Became Too Bold.

Oacoma, S. D., Dec. 3O.-The motor
Ious Joe DeMarche, for years one of
fhe most noted cattle rustlers living
west OF Westover in Lyman county,,
was bound over to appear at the Jam
nary term of court to be held at this
place. A warrant has been out for him
Tor years for rustling, but the officers
found 1T impossible to locate him until
lhe three years statutory limit had
Expired, When he became more bold
Formerly.
J While in this unsuspecting mood he
was arrested by Sheriff Pickett on q
charge of subornation of perjury.
After some difficulty, the state suc-s
Geeded in getting Andrew Night Pipe
but of the state penitentiary at Sioux
tralls to testify as the star witness In
the case.
The case against DeMarche grew OUT
Of the arrest and conviction of Andrew
Night Pipe two years ago last June on}
:, charge of larceny. L
Night Pipe has at various times since
his conviction been telling things out Of
court and declared he was willing tot
come back to Lyman county and testify
against the parties who were respon-f
sible for getting him into trouble.
In order to protect Night Pipe, Mr.i
aoeMarche is accused Of fixing up al
statement for the benefit of witnessesl
snd to which they should all swear.I
The witnesses testified as told by Del
Marclae, as is now alleged, and as al
result DeMarche finds himself up
against a charge of subornation of per-
jury. The case created sensation as
Everybody had about concluded that
HDeMarche had succeeded in eludingi
punishment for his alleged lllisdeedss
and few believed that States Attorney
Williamson would be able to bind him
over.
The state, however, had carefully
prepared it's side of the case and put upi
r vigorous fight. against a most stub +
born opposition by former States At
torney Bartine 1t promises to be Al;
fight royal in the circuit court as It Isl
learned that MIR. DeMarclle will be de-
Tended by three of the ablest lawyers
IN the state s;s9s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
BAD mem SHOOT UP
BAD nIvER VILLAGE:
Cowboys in old-Tinae Recrea,
tion Severely !njure
f-tailroad Man.
GATfEEf2ED I'M BY SHERIFF F
Cattle Men Filled Up G Hard Liquor
and Attempted TO Ra,d a Railroad
Camp, Using Shooting Irons
EraelY.

l'ors loillre. S. u, IAN. IA little
old time cowboy recreation was i'm
dulged in - tie Ilalley railroad camp
up Bad river. with the result that one
of the graders lies at the Pierre hospi-
tai with a brolten leg and two young
men who are old enough to know bet
ter are under $1,000 bonds each await
ing the next term of circuit court. Aft
CT loading no OH Solo the best on the
bars" and other brands of famous Fort
Pierre snake antidote, Billy McLafferty
and Jim Sinan started on horseback up
Bad rive. Upon arriving at the rail-
road camp they dismounted, entered
the cooks shack, and issued peremp-
tory orders for supper. ON being in-
formed that they were not in a public
eating house they left the place swear
ing and, on reaching the outside fired
several shots into the shack, one of
which took effect on the leg of one of
The railroad men, Mike Mirig, who was
sitting on a table talking with the cook
when the fun began. Mirig was imme-
diat ly taken to the hospital and Sheriff
I'ceney started after the would-be bad
men. rounding them up and bringing
them in next day. They We're taken
before Justice johnson. where they
waiveG examination and We're bound
over to the circuit court in the sum of
$1,000 each, to be Increased if the con-
dition Of The injured man grows worse.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
PRINTERS CASE HELD OVER.
Much Dissatisfaction with Judge Jones
at Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Jan. Judge
Jones, of the state circuit court to the
disappointment of the striking printers
in this city, has continued to the spring
term of court the trial of the injunction
eases instituted against the members
of the local Typographical union as the
outgrowth OF the strike. AT the sug-
gestion of Judge Jones, the employing
printers, who some weeks ago secured
the injunction, consented TO the dis
solving OF the injunction against the
women members of the local typo
graphical union and other members of
the union who have not been partic-
ularlY conspicuous in the strike The
striking printers wished the injunction
cases. tried at the present term, but the
attorneys for the employing printers
declared they wished to bring to Sioux
Falls the officers of the international
Typographical union and all the corre-
lspondence that has taken place be-
tween the officers of the local union and
the international union, and that there
fore they could not get their cases
ready for trial at the present term.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
SHERIFF REFUSES 70 ARREST.
Fugitive Failed in Attempt to Civ.
Himself up to Officers,

Pierre, S. d.. Jan. 3.-Several weeks
ago Sheriff Logan, of this county, was
approached by an individual who said
he had escaped from custody in Kan
sas City and desired to return to face
the charge against him and wanted the
sheriff to take him in charge and re-
turn him to the Missouri authorities for
the reward The Missouri authorities
were wired and said the man was
wanted all right, and that reward of
$50 would be paid for his return. After
figuring out the cost of two tickets to
Kansas City and one return trip on top
of that Sheriff Logan decided that he
was not looking for any such snap.
and told the Missouri people to come on
and he would show them their man.
They evidently figured the same way
he did, and after the man had loafed
around here for several days in his
vain attempt to break into jail he van
ished as he had come, no one knowing
from where or to where. He probably
made his way to a point where an Of
ficer could figure within his expenses
on a $50 deal before he found anyone
willing to pay his fare back to Mis-
SOlri.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
FRI: At bE:R|lEI:S$,FI
CAUSES BIG LOSS
The Towns Electric Plant ard
New Steam MlIl Com
plete!y Destroyed.
LOSS is ABOUT s25, 600
AS the Fire Was Not Seen by Anyone
Until Buildings Were Covered by
FLAMES the Origin Is
Mystery.
LOSS is ABOUT &25, 600

I5cresfora, S. D., Jan. Fire at an
early hour this morning completely
destroyed the electric plant here and
the new steam flour mill.
The two buildings We're i'm u mass of
flames before amy ona knew OF the fire.
An alarm was quickly spread through
the town, but although every effort was
made to check the destructibility of the
fire, both buildings and contents burned
to the ground.
The city will now be in total dark
ness the rest of the winter, or until a
new light plant can be erected.
The property was Owned by "A. O..
Mason, who came here last spring from
Missouri He states that he will re-
build at once.
The loss in its entirety is estimated
at $4,000, with insurance to cover
100000 worth of the destroyed prop
ertS,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Jan. s-cattle-Market stead.
ITO higher. Common to prime steers, So. .25
l@6.25: cows. $2.75@4 IS: heifers, $2.OOll4 90:
calves. s2.5O@7.50; stockers and feeders.
!$2. .4OlI4. .25.
Hogs-Market steady. Choice to prime
heavy, $5.271a@5. 321a: medium to good
heavy. $5.90a5.271k; butcher weights $50
@5.35: good to choice heavy mixed, $5.25
M5.271k; packers, $5.9015.25.
. Sheep-Market steady to strong Sheep.
q. coat. 90: yearlings. s6.O0@6.s5; lambs.
$7.O00D7. 80. Is
Close: .Hogs-Market steady Bulk, S. 20
heavy, 5.2Oa5 .35; rough heavy, @5.15;
light, $5.O0dD5. .271..
Cattle Market higher. Beeves, $500
G.10; cows andheifers 1854 80; stOckers
and feeders, $2.25dl4 IS.
Sheep-Market steady to higher.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
CAN'T STOP GAMBLING.
Stake Money on the Weight of :
Dressed Mutton.

Ogden, Jam 4.--Gambling has not
quite stopped i'm OgGen. There are
some things that cannot be regulated.
W'he sporting element of Ogden will bet
on anything, and now that their places
of business are closed they will bet on
where a fiy will light. Yesterday two
of them bet on the guessing of the
weight of a mutton in Il butcher shop.
The stakes We're $5, and one who
.knows something OF sheep, lost. He
guessed the weight at sixty-five,
pounds. While the other fellow called
forty-seven pounds. The carcass
wei2fed forty-seven and q half pounds
The winner then went after bigger
game. Adolph Kaiser. {, hotel proprie-
tor at Brigham City, was in Ogden
Kaiser is a good fellow and Il foot rae
er. He and J.. w. Parry made a match
TO run one city block and they bet on
themselves. Parry lost, and though
the race was rum in the principal street
i'm the early part of the evening the
principals in the race We're not prevent
.d from gambling.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
E.eHTY-EleHT ENTRIES FILED
Aberdeen Land Office Kept Busy by
E4omesteadcrs.

Aberdeen, S. d., Jan Am the last
quarter eighty-eight homestead entries
were filed at the Aberdeen land office,
comprising 2,4S5 acres. While the land
in the Aberdeen district has been set.
tied to large extent, the few remain
ing quarter sections of government land
are being eagerly sought.
The new town of Forbes on the Great
Northern extension from Ellendale, N.
D.. is situated on the state line between
North and South Dakota. but in the
former state. An enterprising resident
of Mcpherson county, taking advantage
of the North Dakota prohibition Law,
has leased quarter section farm on
the South Dakota side of the line and
has started n saloon. having obtained
county license. He is said to be do
ing tlourishing business, but the pros
hibition element IN the new town is OBJ
jecting to his enterprise.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKINGS
Great Northern Buying UP Town Prop
crty at Aberdeen for. 9takior


= Aberdeen, IS. d., Dec. 80. For some
time it has been known that the Great
Northern road has been looking with 4
longing eyes upon the site of the Park
Place hotel as a suitable location for its5
new station in Aberdeen. The Park
Place hotel is directly across the street
from the Brown county court house and !
but two blocks from Main street. the
principe! h,,riness street Of Aberdeen.
The proprietor Of the hotel ard the rep
.re.e-..' r.. +i,.es cf the roau, however, could
....et eone to agreement the hotel man
demanding $4,000 for the site alone,
exclusive of the building upon 1t. while.
the highest offer made by the railroad
was but $4,000. For time the Great
tion ON the block directly east OF the
hotel, but on Wednesday q final deter-g
fnination was reached In the matter
and condemnation proceedings were
commenced against the property. The
proceedings, it is thought, will not be
reached by this term OF circuit court.
The body of Darius Hocum, the Mil
:waukee freight conductor who dropped
lead of heart disease on Wednesday
morning, is in charge of Il local UNDER
taker until arrangements for the fl-s
.leral can be made. The dead man for:
1nerly resided at Montevideo. Minn.,
but moved to Milbank. s. D.. with his
wife and children when he was given g
run on the Hastings and Dakota divi-
sion out OF Aberdeen. 4,
Henry Oberg of Bristol, who was re-
centlv severely injured by a Milwaukee
engine, which struck his team as he
was driving across the track, Jumped
from the second story Of ST. Luke's
hospital on Wednesday morning. His.
right hip and right arm were broken In
the fall. and he viii! be kept insthe hos
pital several months longer. Oberg has
been delirious most of the time since ne
was injured in the encounter with the
train. and was in that condition when
he attempted to escape from the hos
Pital by jumping from the window.
Frank Gtlshannon, aged "a, a former
accident in the Milwaukee yards at Chi
cago. The body will be brought to-
Aberdeen for burial. Gilshannon was
unmarried
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
LEAKED OUT AT YANKToN.
Roosevelt Club Organized with Great
Secrecy

Yankton s. D.. Jan. At has just
leaked out here that twenty rural re-.
publicans met in this city very quietly
Friday afternoon at the invitation of
the states attorney, Lee Wymann, and
Il branch of the state Roosevelt league
was organized. Every republican in
the city questioned and some prominent
Roosevelt men We're asked, expressed
great surprise at the news and We're
evidently in entire ignorance of the
move. In an effort apparently to keep
The so-called machine men out of the
fold, a plumber of sympathizers We're
left out too. just why there was SO
much secrecy has not been fathomed at
This date.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
CHASED eY WOLVES.
Man Near Holmquist, Unarmed, At.
tackled by Fierce Prairie Denizens.

Holmquist, S. d., Jan. 1.-The resi-.
dents of this part of Day county were
drove hurriedly into town and reported
that while on the road some distance
out he had been chased by a pack of
wolves. Arming himself with rifle
and plentiful supply of ammunition
he left town for the purpose of ami
hilating the alleged pack of wolves.
found. They evidently thought pru-.
dence the better part of valor and de-
parted for a new field of operations.
Notwithstanding that the wolves have
disappeared, timid residents of the
country for miles around hardly dare
venture out of doors after dark for fear
of being attacked sby the animals,
unusually fierce character.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
DECORATING OWN COFFIN
Retired Kansas City Capitalist Carries

Retired Kansas City Capitalist Carries
Fad to Extreme Limit.
Kansas City, Jan. 4.--James a. Cal
fis, 66 years old, a retired capitalist,
mas adopted q novel fad to pass the re-
anainder of his days. Calls recently
learned the art of burning designs on
wood. He filled his home With speci-
mens of his skill, bestowed burnt wood
offerings ON all his neighbors, and then,
for lack of anything else to decorate,
he had Il blank" coffin made and has
begun to decorate it for his own use.i
tHe has decorated the sides with scrolls,
leaving just enough room for the han;
been burnt in the center of the lid, and
lis surrounded with artistic designs.
THE head and foot of the lid have been
Snlaid with figures representing lilies
pf the valley. 1t is probably the only,
coffin of it's kind in the world.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
DOGS PECULIAR STATUS.

Bloomington, H., Jan. "A decision,
ina dog ceSe in Tazwell county last,
week will attract wide attention. 1t
settled the unique point that dog is
not property, except as to .ownership:;
lit is not subject to levy and it cannot
he classed as an asset in an estate. 1t
lis neither wild nor domestic animal.
and yet partakes of the quality of both.
1T is not an animal making it's owner.
liable for trespass, as in the case Of.
swine. horses or cows, and, In fact, has.
mo standing of consequence in court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
A DEADLY ASSAULT.

Verminion, S. D., Jan Upon com
plaint of his brother, Hans j. johnson
Andrew Johnson was arrested by Sher-
III Gunderson and arraigned before
Judge j. A. Copeland on charge OF
assault with intent to do bodily harr,
The two brothers got into an argumen.
over wages, and Hans ordered tn
brother, from his home. One, wor
brought on another, which finally endf
in the brothers each taking shot s
,the other.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
SAuDBAGGED, ROBBED
And hit BY TRAIN
L. G. Beaver Left on Railroad
Right-of-Way by Murder
Gus Thugs.
PROMINENT ARMOUR MAN
He Was Partially Aroused by Incoming
Freight Train, strussled to Get
Out of Danger, but Had
His Fingers Cut OF.

Armour, s. D.. Jan. Ii. G. Beaver
a respected resident of this city, was
held up last night at 1890 near the
mill at the edge of the city by two
masked men, sandbagged, robbed of
his watch money and other valuables
and left on the railroad right of way
i'll a semi-conscious condition. He
heard the roar of the incoming freight
and struggled to get safe distance
from the train. He then relapsed into
unconsciousness and later when he
came to he found that in falling he had
thrown his left hand across the rails
and that the fingers had been severed
by the passing train. There is no clue
to the robbers
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
IMPROVEMENTS At ALEXANDRIA

zk1e&H11StFId, -. D., JsI1l @ ne stBBTt-
gate cost of building Improvements for
Alexandria for the year just closed is
upwards of 100000, of which the new
Touring mill built by the Clark Land
and Loan company, at a cost of $10,-
900: the new Farmers Bank building,
costing $4,000, and the residences of At
torney r. A. Zollman and Peter Jard-
ing, costing $1,000 each, are the princi-
nal factors
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
is TERRIBLY BURNED.
South Dakota Woman Is Expected to
Die as Result of Severe
Injuries.

Armour, S. d., Jan. 1.--While clean
ling a stove with blacking mixed with
gasoline, gas exploded and Mrs. e. L.
Lewis of this city was terribly burned
about the head, face and hands. She
Iinhaled the flames. DR.. Ward. the
says that it is very doubt
ful whether she RECEIVERS.