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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
HE SOLD BOOZE.
Grand Jury Indicts CenterviIIe Hotel
keener

Parker, S. D., Oct. 1s.-Circuit court
for this county, Judge e. G. Smith, pre-
siding, is still in session. and will SOY
continue for several days yet. The
grand jury adjourned on Saturday aft,
lernoon, after finding half dozen in
,dictments. Among those indicted vas
Landlord Nude of Hotel Crane at Gem
iterville, for maintaining a club where,
liquor was sold Centerville voted dry
last spring. Two other indictments,
We're found against Centerville parties
for like offenses but it is reported that
caught before they can be arraigned.
An Indictment was found against
Charlie Whitmer of Centerville for
rape
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
s1s4,ooo FOR NEW CAPITOL.
Appropriation Of $4,000 Will All B..
in the Treasury by January 4.

Pierre, S. D., Oct. 1.-THE sum of
S134, ,O00 including money expended and
on hand, either in the treasury or due
within few months, comprises the
capitol building fund at the present
date.
The amount secured from the sale Of
lands to the present date is &109,197.9 90,
which with approximately $500 in the
way of lease and interest money brings
this total to 1.174.7G. There has
been expended to date on the building
S17,614.11. This means that the sale
of dozen or more quarter sections be-
tween now and the 1st of January will
bring the fund to the total sum OF
s15OG00, provided by the last legisla-
ture. and at the rate at which the lands
are being taken the balance will be
disposed of long before the 1st OF jan
nary
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
EMPLOYING CHILDREN IN MINE.


Custer, S. D., Oct. 1S-Joseph Guertin,
accompanied by his wife. returned on
Sunday from the east with five famil-
les who have children of suitable age
to work in the mica factory. There
are twenty seven in this arrival and
out of this number there will be eleven
factory hands to operate splitting mica.
The men are all able bodied and are
good men in timber and they found
work Immediately making ties, for
which kind of labor there is good de-
mand The children are good and
sprightly looking youngsters, and some
of them are familiar With the work,
having had experience in the mica fac
tories in Canada. Other families are
to arrive in the near future. There is
also an agent canvassing certain towns
ir Missouri, and it is expected that
there will be n number of families to
arrive soon from that quarter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
al BUSHELS TO ACRE
is DAKOTA OAT YIELD
Over 100000 Bushels of Cereal
Grown on States Prairies

Pierre. S. d., Oct. 16.-The figures
secured by Doane Robinson on the oat
production of the state for the pres
ent year, places the average yield at!
Al bushels per acre for the entire state.t
There We're 1,249,391 acres devoted to
this crop, and the total yield was
placed at 51,310o17 bushels. Minne-i
haha county leads in both acreage
and total yield, with 92,259 acres, and
q total of 3,7S2,619 bushels, an aver
age of Al bushels to the acre. These
ering all the counties of the state, and
are subject to revision in the Decem-i
ber bulletin which will be issued.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
KILLED BY SWITCH sNeINE.
Section Man Meets Horrible Death a
Huron on SATURDAY..

Huron, S. D., Oct. 17-Chris Peter
son, single man aged 25. living at
Arlington but working on the section
here, was instantly killed Saturday af-
ternoon by switch engine on the
Northwestern tracks at the crossing of
Dakota avenue, the principal thor
oughfare.
The man was hard of hearing and
did not notice the switch engine bear
ing down on him, and the engineer did
not see the man on the track, and de-
spite frantic efforts of a large num-
Der Of people in the vicinity to give the
man warning, the engine caught him,
his body being horribly mangled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
Love And DEBT ARE
TOO MUCH FOR HIM
Waldo S. Hartsough of Aber-
deem, S. D., Shoots Him
self MortalIy.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Would Have Shot Himself Last Satur.
day, but Was Disarmed-His Par
ents Said to Live in Min
neapois.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFo

Aberdeen. s. d.. Oct 17.-worry
over debts and a desperate love affair
caused Waldo S. Hartsough, aged 81,
to commit suicide this morning by
shooting himself through the heart.
He made an attempt Saturday, but
the gun was taken away from him.
This morning Hartsough went to
work as usual at the automobile shops,
but returned home at $3.50 and went to
bed. A few minutes later a report of a
pistol was heard and he was found dead
In bed. His parents live in Minneapolis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
STRANGER MEETS DEATH IN FIRE
charred Remains of Man Found in
Ruins of Brown County Barn.

Ruins Of Brown County Barn.
Aberdeen. S. D., Oct. 13.-sherin An
derson has gone to James, few miles
east of here. to investigate a mysteri-
Gus fire in which an unidentified man
lost his life
A stable on the spratt farm burned
Tuesday night and yesterday morning
the charred remains Of man were
found in the ruins. The features and
body are so badly disfigured that iden-
iieved the man was a stranger who
arrived at James during the night. A
man visited several farms trying to
secure lodging, and, failing. 1t is
thought he sought shelter in the stable.
How the fire started is not known,
unless the man dropped a lighted match
among the loose stray and was over
come hv the smoke
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
DEEPEST WELL IN THE STATE.

Madison. S. D., Oct 16-The drillers
who are at work on the experimental
county-city artesian we'll at this place.
for which the voters of the county au-
thorized the expenditure of $1,000 and
the city contributed an additional sum,
nave for some time been working in
granite, which may defeat the attempt
TO secure a spouter such as are ee-
cured In the central portion OF the
state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
POsT0FFlCE ROBBED
I'M SOUTH DAKOTA.
Westport Suffers from Visit of Yegs-
men-overlool< $500

Office at Westport, a few miles north OF
here, was robbed this morning.
The vault was wrecked with dyna-
mite and Sl00 in cash, a package of
stamps and Il bundle of blank money
orders We're stolen.
The burglars overlooked a package
containing $500 in bills. The inspector
in this city has been notified and has
gone to investigate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
HORSES AND GRAIN BURN.

Turner County Farmer Suffers $4,000
Loss by Fire.
Beresford. S. D.. Oct. 1S.-A large
Darn belonging to A. W. Nichols. eight
miles north. was destroyed by fire last
night. Besides the building. Mr. Mich
oils lost three head of horses and 500
bushels of grain. The loss is about
$4,000: fully insured
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
CONGRESSMAN MARTIN ILL.
undereoes Operation for Appendicitis
at Rochester. Mimi. HosnitaI.

Deadwood, S. D.. Oct. 1S.-A message
received from Rochester, Mimi, states
that Congressman Eben w. Martin, of
this city, was operated upon at the
Mayo hospital in that city Yesterday
for appendicitis and that the congress-
man is doing we'll. Mr.. Martin has
been suffering from recurrent attacks
of appendicitis for several months.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
CRAZY OVER pAkoTA LANp.

Pierre, S. D., Oct. ia. Pierre land
agency last spring advertised in sew
eral papers, bringing one. reply from
Clarinda, Ia, signed by C. w. TAFT
man, i'm which he said he was one of
the attendants at the insane hospital
there, and asking for maps and litera-
ture. These We're sent.
Then Tattnlan wanted a special train
chartered that he might bring out all
the inmates of the asylum to file on
lands.
Now he wants the state to assist in
establishing a road from Fort Pierre,
to Elm Springs to open up the land
which he says he and his friends have
filed on through the agency, but all
his communications have to pass,
through the hands of the superintend-i
ent and bring with them an explana-l
ton. 1t developed that Tattman is an
inmate rather than an officer of the,
asylum.
FARMERS BUSY: ADJOURN COURT
Cast.ewood, S. D., Oct. 15.-Judge
Marquis. recognizing the rush of farm.
work at this time owing to the rains
early in the season, has adjourned the
fall term of court set for this week
This is greatly appreciated by the
farmers. as 1t would have been great
hardship for thern to have stopped work
now, many of them not having even
their thres.ling done
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
ENToMseD MINERS SAVED
Victims CT Explosion in England COL
liery Rescued.

Durham. Eng, Oct 1s.-All the min
ers entonSed as the result of the ex-
plosion yesterday in the W:ngnte col.
li.,ry have haa'. rAe.",a-l
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
THREE CHILDREN
ARE INClNERATED
Asleep in Barn When Fire Destroyed
the Structure and

Sioux Falls. S. d., Oct. lS.-Three
children of Anthony Hughes, at Flan-
dreau, were burned to death today in a
fire which destroyed a barn where they
We're sleeping.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
REWARD FOR MURDERER.

Pierre, S. D., Oct. 1S.-The commits
sioners Of Stanley county offer re-
ward Of 5000 for the apprehension OF
Harry Brooks, who, it is alleged, killed
Frank Linder at Midland last Friday
night.
THREsHlNG BUT A THIRD DONE.
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Oct. 13.-That not
more than one-third Of South Dakota'a
big crop of this year has been threshed
is Indicated by reports which have just
been received By the Commercial News,
of this city, from reliable merchants
residing in every part of the agricul-
tural portion of the state. In some To-
calities thresning has been completed.
but in the state at large th> reports
show that not more than one-third of
the threshing has been done. Acoord1
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
EDITOR. p. M. AND JUSTICE.

Tabor, S. D., Oct. l3.-J. A. Dvorak,
editor of the Bon Homme County Inde-
pendent, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at this place, is becoming quite
an important parsonage and is filling
several different positions with marked
success. He has just assumed the du-
ties of postmaster. position to which
he recently was appointed, and in ad-
dition to being an editor and the village
paace
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
NINTH DAY OF MEET.
Second Round of the Mississippi VAL
ley Euturity Was Run.

Hot Springs, S. D., Oct. 13.-Yester-
day was the ninth day of the national
coursing meet. The weather was fine
and the hares and rabbits ran well.
Following is the score of the second
round of the Mississippi Valley Futur-
ity stake which was run yesterday:
Lord Buff, l.. Il. Bartles, Denvers
beat Fine Empress, Frank Esshom,
l1-4.
Wrong Idea, Connelley & Keenan,,
beat After Me, II. A. Hassenplug, 23-11.
Wild Wood, j. e. Freeman, beat Col-
legian, Blake, Tonkin & Smith, 1872.
Buttles' Binlett, Williams &. Cham
2ion, beat Fine Elf. Frank Esshom.
1913.
Squirrels oddsides, F. B. Jones, beat
Golden Tralie, F. Esshom. 80.
Consignor, j. e. Freeman. beat!
Friends Effort, Frank Esshom, 6-5.
Consignee, r. w. Bartles, beat Tennis
Ball, Blake. Tonkin & Smith, 17-O.
Rear Admiral, j. H. Rosseter, beat
Snap Jas. Robertson, SO.
Fair Empress, Frank Esshom, beat
Lady Makay, Abbot & Baker, 81.
Fine Edge Frank Esshom, beat Miss
Grain Belt, Williams & Champion, 3-2.
Eheert Reese, Lillian e. Smith, beat
Ring Lady, Connelley & keenan,, ga.
Miss Fair, Rowe & Noall, beat Mo-
jolica, D. K. CARTIER 6-5.
Lord Bedford, l.. F.. Bartles, beat Me-
First, f. A. Hassenplug, 5-3.
Lady Russell, Williams & Champion.
beat Continuance, Blake, Tonkin 81
Smith, 6-2.
Sir Patched. D. K. Cartier. beat Ca-
madam Express. Blake, Tonkin G.
Smith, So.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19
STEEL FROM BLACK SAND.

Rapid City, S. D., Oct. 13.-Howard
Clevenger, Rapid City boy, who made
quite a name for himself with a small
out-of- door cyanide plant, which he
built and operated successfully when
scarcely more than a boy, is winning
some notoriety at Portland, Ore, where
he is experimenting with the black
from them. 1t is believed that new
era in the iron industry has found it's
birth in Portland Mr.. Clevenger is
most modest in his claims, but is op-
timistis for the future of the new pro-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-19

The county authorities are now try
ing to get into communication with the
relatives of the young man, who are
supposed to live in Missouri, near Kan
sas City, and every effort is being
made at this late day to clear up the
mystery surrounding his disappear.
ance.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Saturday, April 7.

Alexander Lange Kielland, the pop.
ular Norwegian poet and author, is
dead at Bergen Of paralysis of the
heart. He was born in 1884.
Sir Wylle Bayliss, president of the
Royal Society of British Artists since
1888, died suddenly in London Of heart
disease. He was born in 1885.
Eastman Johnson, the painter, died
suddenly at his home in New York
city in his eighty-second year. Mr..
Johnson had been ailing for year.
Football will be played at Wisconsin
university next fall, but big intercol-
legiate games with Michigan, Chicago
and Minnesota will be cut out Of the
schedule.
A womans suffrage bill, providing
that women as we'll as men may par
ticipate in the election of presidential
electors, has passed the Rhode Island
state senate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Monday, April 9,

American consular officers In Asia
report broadening commercial activity
in the Orient.
Cambridge won the annual univer-
sity boat race from Oxford at London
Saturday. Time, 18 minutes.
Robert Henderson, at one time Pro
hibition candidate for governor OF
Wisconsin and one of Green Bays old
est residents, is dead.
From 10000 to 10000 members OF
the Salvation Army celebrated Gen
eral Booths seventy-seventh birthday
at the Crystal palace, London.
Weston Flint, seventy-one years old,
lawyer, journalist, educator and former
librarian of the Washington public
library, is dead in Washington, d. Z.
A. w. Merrifield, an old time ranch
friend of President Roosevelt, is to be
appointed United States marshal OF
Montana to succeed Charles LLOYD,
when the latter's term expires next
December.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
AROUND THE STATE
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH,
OUT THE STATE.
s'oux Falls People Block Progress on
New State Capitol-Chldren
Save Passenger Train
From Disaster.

Inc date for opening bids for con.
structlon of the east wing of the new
capitol has come and gone and no &C.
lion mas been taken because of the
EFFORTS of Sioux Falls to prevent ac-
tlon OF any kind. A number of bid
oers were present with their bids pre-
pared for work of different classes,
"nen the Sioux Falls people appeared
IN the supreme court and asked for a
temporary writ Of prohibition to pre.
vent the commission from opening the
Dlds presented and permanent writ
TO dissolve the commission on the
grounds of unconstitutionality. The
application was made by U. S. G..
Cherry and after consideration the
court denied the temporary writ asked
Tor, but granted an order to show
cause why the permanent writ should
not be granted, setting April 1S for
nearing argument on the application.
Inc commission, after considering
the bids and taking into consideration
the suit brought in the court to wine
them out of existence, decided that it
was not advisable for them to attempt
to forestall court action and rejected
all the bids, returning the papers to
the bidders without giving out any
figures.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Wednesday, April II

James A. Bailey, the amusement
promoter, is seriously i'll at his home
IN Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Senator Alger has so far recoverod
from his illness as to be able to 70
sumo his seat in the senate
1t is semi.ofHcially announced that
emperor Williams visit to Spain has
been postponed until autumn
The reports that valuable goods
were smuggled ashore from the hat.
,leshlp Oregon at San Francisco have
oeen found to be untrue.
Professor Nathaniel s. shaler the
eminent geologist and dean Of the
Lawrence Scientific school, is dead at
cambridge, Mass, from pneumonia
Throughout Illinois the price Of coal
at the mines has jumped from 81 to
Sl:oo a ton. The reason given by the
mine owners for the advance was the
growing apprehension that shortage
Is in sight.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS,
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia lnstI.
tutes Suits.

tutes Suits.
Philadelphia, April Civil proceed
lngs were instituted during the day by
the city against the contractors and
tormer city officials interested in the
construction of the municipal filtration
plant to recover $5,O0O,OOO, which sum
Is alleged to have been wrongfully re-
ta1ned by the defendants. A bill in
EQUITY was filed by City Solicitor Kin
ley and Former Judge James G. Cor
don, Mayor Weaver's private counsel.
Those named in the bill are Israel w.
Durham, former Republican leader of
this city; State Senator James P. Nc
Nichol, Anastasia McNichol, his wife;
James J. McNichol, John j. Mack,
members of the contracting firm of
Daniel ]. McNichol & Co.; William G.
Haddock and Peter E. Costello, former
directors of public works, and John
W. Hill, former chief of the filtration
bureau. The prayer is sworn to by
Mayor Weaver.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Children Save PASSENGER Train.

Hurrying down the tracks of the
Northwestern railroad near Lead little
Victoria LIE Vogue and Cordelia John
son, aged ten and eleven years re-
spectively, succeeded in warning the
engineer of the passenger train in
time to prevent him from running into
large mass of rock which had fallen
In one Of the open cuts. The children
were taking stroll on the tracks just
outside of Lead when they saw this
rock, which had become loosened by
the wet weather, fall upon the track.
Unconscious of its weight they tried
to roll it off, but finding that that was
useless they hurried down the track to
warn the engineer. Several men were
kept busy for some time to remove
the obstruction. The train was the
Northwestern passenger running be-
tween Lead and Deadwood.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13

possible to keep the crowd from oror
whelming those who were enpaeed -
the work of rescue. "
Whlle early in the day the activity
OF Mount Vesuvius appeared to have
diminished, as night approached tho
prospect OF immediate relief faded
and the fate of the villages and towns
grouped around the volcano seemed
more hopeless. Instead of decreasing
the fall of sand and ashes emitted
from the crater increased. Even with
tne sun shining. the light was a dim
yeilo"' IN the midst of which the few
people who remained in the stricken
towns, their clothing, hair and boards
covered with a.hes, moved about in
the dissolution like gray ghosts
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
ALL OPERATORS SIGN
MINERS STRIKE IN SOFT COAL
DISTRICT OF WESTERN PENN
sYLvANIA ENDED.

Pittsburg, April Twin only one
mine controlled by the Pittsburg Coal
company idle in the Pittsburg district,
the disruption of the "standpat" or
ganization of the Independents and a
break in the ranks of the strikers in
the Irwin field the miners strike so
far as the bituminous coal fields of
Western Pennsylvania are concerned
Is practically over Following the ac.
tion of the Independents in dissolving
the mutual compact not to sign the
scale of 1903 announcement was made
by the officials of the Mine Workers
union that nine firms had placed their
names to the agreement. These COM
panies represent total tonnage of
nearly 100000 tons and employ 5000
men.
During the week they have had their
will be resumed at once.
Reports from the Irwin field are
that many of the miners who are strik-
ing for recognition of the union are
discouraged and are anxious to return
to work.
The killing of John Weisel, a striker,
who had determined to go back to the
mines, has caused intense excitement,
especially among the foreigners.
WILL OFFER NO CONCESSIONS.
Ohio Operators Decide to Stand Pat
on Miners Strike.
Cleveland, April THE Ohio coal
operators, in session here, decided to
"stand pat" on the miners strike and
to offer no concession whatever.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
BOMB HITS CARRIAGE
REAcTIoNIsT GOVERNOR OF THE
PROVINCE OF TvER, RUSSIA,
ASSASSlNATED.

Tver, Province of Tver, Russia, April
7.-While the governor of Tver, M.
Sleptzoff, was passing through the
principal street of the town at 8
o'clock in the afternoon he was killed
by the explosion of bomb.
Governor Sleptzoff was regarded as
a very reactionary official and was
held responsible for the beatings ad-
ministered to the intelligencia by the
"Black Hundreds" last fall.
The body of the governor, who was
In his carriage when he was assas-
sinated, was terribly mutilated and his
coachman was seriously injured. The
governors body was removed to the
palace.
The bomb exploded with terrific
force. All the windows in the neigh
borhood were broken.
The assassin, who Is q very young
man, was arrested.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
PREPARING FOR FIGHT.
Dowie Reaches Chicago but Delays
Proceeding to Zion.

OOWiC nSaSiiSo S''SeSS 49,
Proceeding to Zion.
Chicago, April 10.-Dr. John Alex
ander Dowie finished the first stage OF
his long journey from Mexico to Zion
City at $50 a. m. He will not pro-
ceed to Zion City Immediately, but
will remain in the city of Chicago un-
til he is armed with the legal docu-
ments which he believes will once
more put him in power in Zion City.
When the train rolled into the sta
ton an immense throng was there TO
catch a glimpse of the first apostle"
He was given a most spectacular vel
come. Cries ranging from the Zion
ties motto, "God be with thee" down
to the irreverent Good boy, Dowle,"
were showered upon the old man IN
bewildering confusion.
Dowie entered his carriage and with
q number of his followers drove to the
Auditorium Annex, where apartments
had been secured.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Friday, April s.

Two hundred gas and electric fix.
ture hangers are on strike at Chicago
for an increase in wages of Is cents a
day.
1t Is announced that the Western
Pacific Railroad company has con.
cluded arrangements for transpacific
steamship service.
Fire at Denver completely DESTROYED
the plant Of the Hallack Lumber and
Supply company, entailing an esti-
mated loss of 100000.
Seattle, Wash, has been selected as
the place for holding the next conven.
ton of the National Association Of
Railway Commissioners, which will be
between July l and Aug. 81, 1907.
According to a bulletin issued by
the department Of commerce and labor
the exports from the United States for
the first eight months of the fiscal
year 1906 are s19O,OOO,OOO in value in
excess Of those of the corresponding
months of 1905.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13
Barely Escaped With Lives.

The two-story frame house Of Dora
Duran, house of i'll repute, burned
at Belle Fourche Monday. A dozen
inmates barely escaped with their
lives. It was found that a shed in
which coal oil is kept had been set
afire. The house was practically new
and well furnished, but the loss is
covered by insurance. A man by the
name of Redding, who was once en-
ployed in the house but recently dis
charged, was arrested on the charge
Of arson. 1t is said that he had threat
ened revenge for his discharge.