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"The Man of the Hour.v

The much talked of Broadhurst play, The Man of the Hour" under the direc- tion of William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer, is to be presented for the first time in this city at the Jefferson theatre Wednesday night. Thursday afternoon and Thursday night. October 23 and 24.
 According to all reports received from New York and Chicago, in which the play has been presented, the concensus of opinions appear to be that it is a play of exceptional strength, telling forcibly powerful dramatic story. While MT. Broadhurst has taken for his central theme the political situation as 1t exists in nearly every city in the country where there are machine" politics and graft" he has also interwoven what is said to be a delightful love story.
 The particular graft that MT. Broad hurst has utilized Is scheme on the part of the machine boss" and d shrewd financier to put bill through the coun- cl of the city in which the action takes place, giving to a certain street railway a perpetual franchise. The passage of this bill will be Il great pecuniary gain to both parties. Election is near at hand and in casting about for a possible can- didate for mayor who can be "handled,' young Alwyn Bennett, a young man whose father has left him a large for tune is selected as the most likely, The young man is in love with the niece of the tinaneier and she has told him that
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Mot Vet But Soon."

show manager that Jacksonville is 'the best amusement city in the entire south.'
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before she can promise to become his wife he must prove himself worthy and do something" The mayoralty is his opportunity. He accepts the nomination and after a strong fight, wins the cleo ton. The franchise btll in the course of time passes the council and comes to the mayor for his signature, but Bennett, realizing that 1t is steal" steadfastly refuses to sign it. All kinds of pressure Is brought to bear and for time it would appear that his course will not only cost his sweetheart her entire for tune, but take her from him. In the end strict honesty proves the best policy and
 despite obstacles which at the time seem
 almost insuromuntable Bennett wins
 his sweetheart, saves her fortune and his
 own honor.
 The story of the play is, it is said, told
 in straightforward manner, with plenty
 of comedy interspersed to relieve any
 teneity in the dramatic action. Thero
 are four acts in the play. each being an
 interior, and the cast Is reported to be- of
 uniform excellence, which includes Lionel
 Adams, Louis Hendricks. Alan Allen. Fo-
 lx Haney, R. D. Cain. Thomas L. Davis,
 Everett ButterAeld. William Lloyd, Ruby
 Bridges, Cecil Kern and Ethel Brandon. "Human Hearts"
 Itufial VIII Dc 'hS "ttfthSN''i'
 at tho Jefferson theatre Friday afternoon and night. It is beautiful poetic play and the story deals with the happenings to honest Tom Logan, the village black smith in one of the rural towns of Arkan-
 sas. Tom dwells with his parents In q
 picturesque spot of the Arkansas hills, There he has been pursuing his vocation,
 living a plain. simple life. the mainstay of hia ased parents, beloved by all who
 knew him, and respected above his fell lows. On certain unlucky day. there comes to the village a beautiful woman temptress. unprincipled and black at heart but with a fascination that proves to be undoing of poor Tom Logan He immediately proceeds to fall In
 love with her asks her to marry him. and she becomes his wife, Happy
 in his fancied security. Tom lavshes all the affection on the woman that Is pos sible Ia an honest heart like his. but 1t was not returned.
 One day there appears on the scene a villain the former lover of the woman who commits cowardly murder and with the assistance of the woman. fast ems the crime on Tom, who Is tried and convicted for the crime of another Tom is sentenced to states prison for life.
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show manager that Jacksonville IS tne best amusement city in the entire south.'
 Mot Vet But Soon."
 Not Yet But Soon," in which Hap Ward and his musical comedy company were so successful last season, will be seen at the Bijou all this week, beginning tomorrow night.
 It is a fun show that is billed on the programmes as 'Komedy Tackle in Two Lays The action occurs at Prof. Nuts sanitarium Playhouse on the Hudson." Bill Nerve, the character play ed by Hap Ward is an eccentric gentle man who had rather loaf than work. He is brought to the sanitarium by his family in the hope that he can be cured of his laziness. The curious people py which he fintis himself surrounded give Bill a new interest in life. He passes himself off as celebrated nerve spec ialist from Europe, and manages 10 turn Playhouse on the Hudson upside down.
 The musical numbers in Not Yet But Soon will prove one of the most pleas ing features of the performance. Great care has been taken in selecting the soloists and chorus, and the list of song Iand.'' Hello Malinda.' "I Could Take a Chance With You "As Long As the World Goes Round, Think of the Girl Down Home My Cal Texas" 'Innocent Amelia., T Got Next" and Dolly From Dublin Town" Among the large con- pany supporting Ar. Ward will be found Lucy Daily Fred Wyckoff. Robert Evans Abe F'riedland. Richard Barry, Lew Kel- ly. Harry Parent, Ed Gilmore. Caroline Hooker. Mae Kilcoyne and Leslie Lyls M. Wyckoff, who played the "Rube'
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with George Sidney in 'Busy Izzy," is the right bower with Hap Ward in Mot Yet But Soon. He is a capital come dian and is admirably placed in Wards show.
 Mir. Wycoff. who played the "Rube, best work of her career in this piece. She has ever shown herself to be one of the c1everest of the many members of her stage family and in the eccentric comedy roles she now essays is said to be reminiscent of her late brother, Dan Daily In Not Yet But Soon" she has an all new budget of Dalyesque dances.
 Mrs. Fiske at the Majestic.
 or prime importance is the engagement of Mrs Fiske at the Majestic theatre on Thursday and Friday in "Tess of the DUrbervflles" and Leah Kleschna.'' It will be the first view of the nature act Ing Of this distinguished player here, who IS considered to have done more than any one else for the advancement of dramatic art in America. Conditions in the thea tres have barred her from the south for eleven years, for she is outside the syn dicate. In other sections she has man. aged by a plucky fight to coatinue her brilliant career. but in the south the dominance of the trust has been absolute until now. The south has long been eager to see her, the more so because she is southern woman. The most dramatic phases of her art will be shown in the plays she is to act here. It was as T ess In the adaptation of Thomas Hardy great novel that she came as great reNelation to the world of the theatre. In the great >~~~~-----~------~------
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and the villainous pair congratulate themselves that they have not only got ten rid of him, but have secured immu- nlty from the lc.N ~. lemseyes But Providence has Deen VI cning oyer the blacksmith, ard ul -e-u II fuences are at work to thgsapt their pm. Humble friends of Tom do not fors,t him and their endeavops to brins th case to the
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AT THE MAJESTIC.

All the week, with the exception of Thursday and Tcriday-Polite vaudeville.
 Thursday nisht-Mrs. Fiske in 'Tess of the D'Urbervills." Friday afternoon and night-Mrs. Fiske in Leah Kleschna."
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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AT THE JEFFERSON.

Wednesday night. Thursday aft
 ernoon and Thursday night-''The
 Man of the Hour. Friday afternoon and night Human Hearts" Saturday afternoon and night "The Red Feather"
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notice of the governor of Arkansas are finally successful The villains are un- masked and Tom Is proved innocent. The play is pathetic one wit hmany thrilling scenes, but there is~a very strong com- edy vein running through it which gives the necessary contrast.
 Manager Vaudeville has provided
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most adequate stage investiture for the play, and has engaged an admirable company for it's portrayal.
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ATTHE BIJoU.

All the week, with matinees Tuesday Thursday and Saturday Hap Ward in Not Yet But Soon.''
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AT THE GAYETY.
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All the week, with daily matinees -Trocadero Burlesquers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

The Paris municipal council has con
tributed $500 francs toward a monu-
ment to the late Professor Curie, the
d~iscoverer of radium.
NJ. Rouvier. the French ex-premier,
has secured 100000 of the $780, 600
necessary to start a new daily newspa-
per in Paris. 1t will be the organ of
the Banque de Paris ct des Pays-Bas.
The bishop of. Digne stated recently
in a Paris paper that, while some of the
priests r now living on their savings,
others are supporting themselves by
mending watches, making beehives and
knitting Jerseys.
The six hundredth anniversary Of the
invention Of the fork Is soon to be cele-
brated in Paris. and sundry other parts
Of the world will likewise commence
rate the event. The fork was first used
by King John ", duke of B%retagne, tc
eat fruit with in 1907.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03


The James town exposition opened
at Norfolk, Va. Friday to an i'm
mense throng of people, at which
was present many notables, with
President Roosevelt at the head.
Foreign potentates were represented
to witness the greatest naval review
that has been witnessed in this
country within a lifetime. and if
was characterized as magnificent
spectacle, as the warships passed in
review OF the distinguished crowd.
President Roosevelt delivered tie
opening address at the noon hour. i'm
which he reviewed the progressive.
ness OF the nation through the three
hundred years, which this exposition
commentaries. Notwithstanding the
gates Of the exposition were thrown
open Friday the work on tine struc.
lures andsgrounds will not be finished
In all the essential details until the
middle Of Mass e was ever thus
With these expeditions. Time gets
away from the management and the
case is rare where any of them have
been anywhere near ready on the
opening day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03
CARD GAMES.
The Earliest Played In England Were
Imported From Spain.

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Spain is generally believed to have
Sent us u first card games. Eel hon.
bre," or 1.-The man." corrupted by US
into "ombre,' vas probably our earli-
est card game in England, and that
must have come from Spain. Also the
Oldest packs of cards found in England
show Spanish symbols, such as cupus
maces II swords Another popular
English card game in the sixteenth
century was trump, clearly a form of
the Spanish game triumfo.
Cards could be bought in 1915 for
twopence a pack. These were very
wretched specimens and most inferior
to those produced by the Cardmakers'
company Of London. in which Charles
I. created a monopoly, with the fnan-
cial genius Of his race, by buying them
up cheap and selling them at a high
price. In this he vas a more open
rogue perhaps than his father, who
forbade card playing in Scotland and
INDUCED in 1t himself at every oppor.
tunity.
Cards have always been a ROYAL
game. Queen Elizabeth played cards
and lost her temper over them FIRE.
quently. She was no Anne of Austria
to play like a queen without passion
OF greed or gain" In her reign was
commanded to be played "at Wynd.
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A Presidents Daughter,

When President Grants only daugh-
ter. Nellie, afterward Mrs. Sartoris.
was a miss of twelve years, she at
tended q private school in WASHINGTON.
One afternoon, says the author of THE
Olivia Letters" Nellie's lessons were
not learned. The carriage came for
her, but the teacher dismissed 1t with
The request that it should return at
the end Of a half hour. The half hour
came and glided away with the lesson
still %unlearned. The carriage came
again and was dismissed. At the end
Of the second half hour the lesson was
committed, and Miss Nellie was per-
mitted to go. The next day at the
usual hour the young lady arrived, &C
companied by her mother. The teach.
er began to fear she had lost her most
cherished pupil, but Mrs. Grant came
to thank her for performing her duty.
Teach her" said Mrs. Grant. that
she is ONLY plain. simple Nellie Grant.
sNsi'e@t - 9 10: Which GOVERN
III u 50 u.se will hive
~ en- - f,' ,.t
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

President Roosevelt has written a
pretty frank letter to the labor
organizers who have criticised him
With reference to his recent utter
ances concerning the Moyes HAYWOOD
Dehs incidenG, comparing them with
Hartman as undesirable citizens.
Moves and Haywood are being tried
for the murder Of Governor Steunen-
berg and the labor %agitators construed
the presidents remarks as being
inimical to the interests OF the men
charged with the crime. The agi-
tatOrs demanded the president to
modify bis statement and to make
a r%etraction, claiming that he was
not giving the men a square deal.
The presidents letter is quite
lengthy and he vel the ground in
"a manner that indicates he is not the
least alarmed about what action the
labor. agitators may take in the
situation. The president holds that
men at the head Of the labor organic.
arion are OF more injury to the labor
cause by their actions. and efforts to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

A real international conference of
accredited delegates can actually do
no more than express the degree to
which the sentiment Of peace prevails
among the nations they present, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. The
resolutions of this congress 20 a little
beyond the point reached by the last
conference at The Hague, but they
only develop the same general ideas
In the direction to which that con
ference pointed and suggest no more
than the further STRENGTHENING Of
the conclusions already reached.
Comparatively few persons are so
s%anpuine as to dream that the time
has yet quite come to declare was
abolished and arm les and fleets
abandoned. Every one knows that
il nations are determined to fight,
treaties will not keep them apart.
But even those who glory most in
arms must admit that the world has
made wonderful progress, within our
own time. toward the substitution
Of reason for force.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

The town Of Elk Point has set a
very good example on the good roads
question in expanding its money for
improving the roads leading into
town. Last year, it is reported,
that the town spent about So. 600 in
this way and the benefits we're
i%ncalculable. This year the town
has set aside 81, 900 for a similar
purpose. There is no getting around
the proposition that good roads into
any town is a good trade getter. and
from reports there is something to
be done in that line around Mitchell.
The natural condition of the roads
In this country for years has been
good. but now it will take some
working over to put them where
they ought to be.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

The reactionary leaders OF the
republican party and the special
interests they represent have already
awakened to the fact that public
feeling throughout the country.
more especially 10 the entire west,
is strongly against tuem in their
conspiracy to undo the work of
President Roosevelt and to re-estab-
lish the old order of things in
Washington, says The Kansas City
Star. The people have done precisely
what Was to have been expected Of
them-just what President Roosevelt
doubtless foresaw they would do
following the publication of the facts
concerning the reactionary move
ment. They have expressed them
selves in various way, but to
the common effect that the poll
cies Of the president, which are
their policies, mast be continued.
The resolutions OF state legislatures
and various conventions, interviews
with men Of influence, newspaper
exp. essions, and than all. the
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THE LAW FOR ALL ALIKE

The Chicago News refers Will
sound sense to the fact that the
courts + finding it easy to apply
the same law to the rich as to the
poor. and in the course of an editoria
referring to the conviction and fines
Imposed on the Stapoard OH Co.
has the following to say:
A federal jury in Chicago has found
the Standard Oil company guilty OF
receiving rebates in defiance OF law.
As a result Of this verdict it nav be
required to pay millions OF dollars in
lines. OF course it will continue to
fight. This is the way rich defeno.
ants lnyaribly respond to convictions.
But somewhere in the history OF this
notable prosecution even the greatest
OF trusts very likely will have to Quit
fighting and make amends for its
%nIisdeeds.
The masses OF the people are pro-
foundly impressed by the courage and
persistence of federal officials under
the present administration in follow
ing up great offenders and demanding
that justice be meted out to them.
The people long have heen familiar
with tie cynical saying that there is
one kind OF law for the rich and
another for the Door. Claws grind
the poor, the rich men rule the
law" says Goldsmith. Such sayings
Jump with common experience.
The present struggle against this
ancient wrong is of deep Significance.
One successful prosecution will not
change the methods Of INSCRIPTIONS
men who WELD the power of great
wealth. But it will go far to DESTROY
the tradition OF their omnipotence.
1t will overcome the superstition
that the forces of justice applied in
an orderly way by the machinery OF
the law are too feeble to cope With
organized greed. 1t will demonstrate
that the peoples government is
stronger than the peoples oppressors.
There Is a growing hope OF deliver
ance from long standing abuses on
n side and threats of wild expert
ments in government on the other in
the successes won by the Roosevelt
method Of applying lawful punish
ments where they are most needed.
In view Of this most fortunate situa-
tton the rage of the Presidents
~reactlonary critics is unln p%ortaant.
though amusing.
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senesal feeling encountered in rHe
d4ily Walks OF lie az sl.oN glAt q
least ia the states west 81 Tie Nile.
sheuN mountains there IS An a)uost
unanimous demand Tor the eouttneea
enforcement Of lne square deal psie-
eipals advocated by the presiaent.
The same sentiment has beeu n.aui-
tested in several OF the hrseSt
Southern states.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

The school situation at Watertown
has reached a more subdued condi-
ton. now that the investigations are
over with. The charge against the
secretary OF the board that he was
getting a graft from d school teach
ers' agency for the employment OF
teachers in the Watertown schools
was not sustained and the board
of education passed a resolution
disolsiming any graft in connection
with his Office.
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the inquest and heard no more of TIE
matter Until II day the lasscngfr
superintendent llaaGed me 10 sovey.
eigns and a letter appointing me sta
ton master at Little Mudford. 1t was
evident the directors condoned my con-
duct. and | hope that my readers will
agree with them and. in consideration
Of my having saved a trainful of peo-
pie, will acquit me of murder and
bring in a verdict of justifable homi-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

Frankness and publicity seems to
be the watchWord of some of the rail-
road officials for the future. Melville
E Ingalls,, chairman of the board
Of directors of the Big Four Railway
system in a public address rather
astonished his fellow-yailroad associ-
ates when he declared that the rail-
roads must placate the public ny Civ
ing the people a square Ccal all the
time; publicity m lst he observed con-
sistently, and for the benefit of the
road and public; the Interstate
commerce commission must be in
creased in power, number and salary
and reinforced by the best talent
and ability the nation affords.
Judging from the remarks of Mr..
ingalls, he is very sincere in the
railroads Of the country entering
into closer relations with the public
and win the friendship OF the people
and show them that the roads are
really b%enefactors.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

Chas. S. Reed has disposed of the
Woonsocket Herald to t. f. Dillon
Mr.. Reed started the Herald nine
years ago. and at that time it was
sort of a Juvenile publication when
Charlie was more or less of a boy but
the paper continued to grow as
Charlie grew and after its first year
it took rank as a full hedge news
paper. Mr.. Reed has disposed Of his
paper to 20 farther west and will
locate in Butte county where he ex-
poets to get into the newspaper
business again in connection with d
real estate office.
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sore a Coincide or Moral devised ON .
game of the cardes.'' which resulted in
the performance by the children of her
maJestys chapel of alexander and
campaspe,' in which the pretty lines
occur:
Cupid and Campaspe played
al cards for kisses. Cupid paid.
London Chronicle
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

With the announcement Of Wilbur
S. Glass, of Watertown as a candidate
for congress next year the political
field in South Dakota will be a scene
of excitement. The home of Mr..
Glass is in the territory of Philo Hall
and it means rather a bitter war up
that way for the support OF the north
end. 1t would stand to reason that
Congressman Hall would be entitled
to at least two terms in the house
without OPPOSITION. but it is evident
that Mr.. Glass proposes to have
things distributed at once. Mr..
Glass belongs to the insurgent wing
of the republican party of the state.
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position.