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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
GREGORY, S. D. PASSES
THE THOUSAND MARK:
TOWN TO Celebrate

Gregory, s. D., Aug. 31.-Gregory is
to hold a big three days carnival next
week, September 4. s and 6. More than
$1,000 will be offered in purses and pre-
west sports, free street attractions. etc.
The town board at it's regular meet
ing Monday night removed Ed Blakey,
town marshal. and appointed James
Randall In his stead.
Gregory is enjoying a big building
boom. More than twenty large new
buildings are under way. Ziebach G.
Russell are erecting large office
building which will be steam heated
and contain ten offices on the lower
floor and about twenty rooms on the
second floor. This is the first and only
Office building in the county. The new
Hotel Luellyn has been completed and
is open for business.
A contract for the construction of a
complete system Of waterworks will be
let in a short time.
Gregory has about LOO inha bitants
now, and under the state laws is en-
titled to be chartered and Incorporated
al city of the third class. The change
will be made soon. It will entail a spe-
cial election at which mayor and six
councilnen will be elected and a f1ll
quota of city officers chosen. Gregory
is the only town in Gregory county or
the Rosebud country which has over
4'oOo population, ana is growing rapidly.
Work on the new school building is
progressing. The structure will be two
stories in height and contain six recf-
tation rooms. 1t will cost $4,000.
The foundation for the Gregory Roller
mills has been completed and the work
Of grading for the sidetrack TO the mill
property Is being done. When COM
pleted the mills here will be the largest
in this portion of the state. They will
be Of 100 barrels capacity per day and
will represent more than $4,000 VIII
liam Nolikamper. Of Turner, Neb., is
putting in the mill. He will run an
electric light plant in connection.
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THREE.YEAR.OlD
DRUNkARD DIES

London, Sept. 5.-All the evidences Of
ci2: 7nic alcoholism were found a the In
qucs, on child only years months old
According to the parents. the little girl
accidentally obtained a bottle containing
81. ounces OF gin and drank it's entire con-
tents and this caused her DEATH They
said the child never before had tasted
alcohol. The autopsy, however, showed
that the victim had an adult brain, liver
extremely large and cirrhotic, and a heart
ss;.c5. as is generally met with as the re-
suit of chronic alcoholism.
III view of the difficulty of making any
clli!d take even a teaspoonful of strong
liquor, the condition disclosed by the
autopsy seems mysterious. The parents
are under surveillance pending an investi-
CATION.
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ROADS ASK PosTPoNEMENT
OF THE RATE HEARING

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 3.-upon re-
quest of the representatives of the rail-
road companies. who announced that
new freight rate sheet was being for
nulated for the country west of Cham
Serlain, the rate hearing before the
railroad commission Which was to have
been held today, has been postponed
until September L.
The railroads asked that the commits
sion take no steps until the rate sheet
Is published and the request was
granted. When the commission again
meets the railroads promise to submit
any data desired relative to the passen-
ger and freight rates now in force in
the state.
The hearing was called for the pur-
pose of determining the feasibility of
reducing the passenger rate from g to
2ia cents a mile.
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SHES AT TIN ELEPHANT;
BOYS THROWN INTO CREEK

keystone, S. D., Sept. A harm
less white elephant. used as an adj
vertisenent by business house to di-
rect the traveller that way was the
unintentonal cause OF four Rapid City
boys meeting with a painful accident
on the road near town The horse the
boys We're driving SHE'D at the sign
standing in the roadway, in spite of the
fact that it was OF tin. and ran away,
dumping the boys, Algernon Holcolnn,
Warren and Jack McElroy and Willie
Lewis, into creek The Lewis boy
was taken out with u broken leg and
each of the others was more or less
hurt by the accident. The white ele-
phant sign probably Will be displaced
as landmark in the southern hills.
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'FREisHTs SLOWER THAN
EVER UNDER NEW LAW

Il1aGwood. S. D., Sept. Dust how
they are going TO meet the requirements
of thv federal law which keeps railroad
men from working more than sixteen
hours at stretch, is problem bother
ins he officials of the Northwestern
and burlington roads.
F,F years, even when trainmen's
hot,s. We're not limited local shippers
con-; 3ained because of slow freights.
Cncer the new conditions it takes still
ioLeer TO get anything from Omaha,
Sioux City, Denver or other points east
and south. This. according to railroad
officials. is largely due to the length OF
the IiTisions.
!, has frequently happened of late
thai when a freight crew completed its
sxtccN hours it would tie up for eight
hoL.a at some small station along the
r,-,tc in order to be within the law.
Til. the railroads, by using double
hee .eTs, endeayofed TO gain time ana
gc, ae trains to their destination With
in ss,tieen hours, but a lack of engines
m9Ee this course impracticable.
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DROPS DEAD after
Quarrel. WITH Wife
IN. D. Flint, of Watertown, S.
O., Prominent Hotel Keeper,
Has Fatal Argument.

Matertown, S. D., Sept On. d.
llTliilt, proprietor of the Flint European
,hotel, in this city, dropped dead at
- O'Clock last night in the hotel Of
flee while in the midst of quarrel
with his wife. Death was the result of
hear, failure.
Mr. Flint owned the South Dakota
.NinC and Liquor Wholesale house and
three retail saloons. He was also gen.
el;l Hdrent for Louisville distillery for
,hc territory west of the Mississippi
IiVoI He is known over the middle
wes having travelled through the ter
rite! : for many years. He affiliated
Wit me Elks some time ago. A wife
INC lHarried daughters and a son sur
NiV, him.
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FARM LOANS PREFERRED
IN PLACING STATE CASH

Pierre, S. d., Sept. 2.-State Land
Commissioner Dokl<en is continuing
he policy of the state land depart
nent of several years in giving prefer
,nce to farm loans as far as possible
q placing the state school fund. Sew
ral years ago there was nearly $780,
90 of this fund lying idle i'm the state
reasury. bringing no income, to the
'chools of the state. About this time {,
constitutional amendment was secured
o reduce the annual interest rate FROM
I, to 5 per cent.
About the same time systematic ef-
crt was begun to place this fund
where it would be of benefit to tho
'chools, and with the lower interest
ate to work upon, the fund on hand
vas soon put out, and ever since that
imc, with people educated to the state
Oan idea, there has been no surplus,
tll that comes in being applied for
ong before it can be furnished and
he farm loans take the most Of it.
For the first six months of 1907 the
cans have amounted to s362,300, and
sf this all but about $4,000 has been
,laced on farm lands, the rest going
nto $4,000 school bond loans and So
100 into municipal loans. that class Of
tecurities being placed in Charles Mix
and Gregory counties. The school
oans were in small sums In num-
ser OF different counties of the state,
Fhile nearly every county of the state
,as taken a part of the fund on farm
Oar.S
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TOLSTOY, FAMOUS
RUSSIAN, SPEAKS
TO SOUTH DAKOTA
Thrifty New Town is Named 70.
Him; Cummins and Crawford
Are Recognized.

Tolstoy S. d.. Sept s,-Count Leo
Tolstoy, tine Russian John the Bap-
tist," has at last recognized the fact
that this thrifty town has been named
for him. Yesterday citizens of Toll
stoy through the Dakota Town Lot
company, received a letter from the IL
lustrious Russian in which he trans
mits his appreciation of the compli-
iment, and wishes the inhabitants of
this town may acquire what is due tc
them i'm the worlds riches, which
may be construed as a compromise
voluntary poverty. He urges the peo-
pie to be receptive to the new ideas
and tell what they think and make
other people think. He recites how he
left Il life of ease and luxury to veal
the rough garb of the peasantry, TIC
cObble shoes, to repair stoves and tG
walk behind the plow. but makes nc
reference to reports of siken garments
beneath his homespun and llid-gloved
servants carving porterhouse steak al
his table.
Many of the Inhabitants of the
country surrounding the new Mime
apolis and st. Louis town are Ger
man, and Roosevelt families predomin-
ate The town is in the best portion
of the famous Blue Blanket valley
The surrounding country is about two
thirds settled and is filling up rapid
ly. The building of the new road this
year makes Potter county and the
country about Tolstoy the central por-
ton of activity for land seekers, set
tiers and farmers looking for new
homes.
'Tolstoy is in the artesian basin and
heretofore was twenty three miles
from Il railroad. The streets are named
for prominent men, among whom are
Governors Crawford and Cummins.
Rev. G. G. Walker AN evangelist, has
taken up his residence here and pub
ishes the Tolstoy Leader, thoroughly
alive weekly newspaper. The town has
sour elevators. one -four mill, cream
ary, bank, stores, hotels and restau-
rantS
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WATERFOWL A CENTER
FOR TRAVELLING MEN

Watertown, s. D., Aug. 3O-One
hundred travelling men were entertain
ed at a Smoker" by the Business
Mems union as a mark of their appre-
citation for what they have done in
boosting for "Greater WatertoWn"
Watertown is becoming center for
travelling men and the union finds
them the most tireless boosters that
the city has. A standing committee Of
the union, known as the travelling
mems committee makes it its business
to locate and settle as many knights
of the grip in this city as possible
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SENATOR GAMBLE SPEAKS
AT LABOR CELEBRATION

vankton, S D., Sept. 5.-This city
celebrated Labor day. Cigarnakers,
carr caters, brewery and other labor
ory& ,izations had charge of the event.
Athletic events and horse racing oc-
cup:ol the afternoon and in the even
ing u parade and mock fire parade
amused the crowds. Senator r. j.
Gamble made the address of the day.
speaking on the live questions of the
day before a large audience in front OF
,he 'zlks club. The attendance was the
largest in the city for years.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
soUTH DAKOTA HUNTING
SEASON OPENS SUNDAY

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 30.-The le-
gal hunting season in South Dakota
will open up next Sunday. There has
been considerable illegal shooting at
different points throughout the state
and as a result the hunter for prairie
chicken will have to go several miles
from the eastern border to find any
game. Several parties have already
been framed up in this city for the
hunting fields
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ELECTRICAL STORM DOES
DAMAGE ON THE ROSEBUD

Fairfax. S. d.. Aug. @0.-This section
vas visited by heavy electrical storm
and a good rain. Lightning struck a
house owned by Pete Thebolt, a farmer
living a mile west of here. The family
was shockel, but not hurt badly. Two
dogs We're killed under the front porch
Four stacks of grain north Of town
We're struck and burned down.
The rain came in time to save the
large corn crop which will now be
good
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
cRAckSMEN OPEN
AN EMPTY SAFE

Marion S. D., Aug. 30.-Cracksmen
blew open the iron safe in John
Schatz' market here at am early hour
Monday morning. The safe contained
no money or valuables. A small amount
of money under the counter was over
looked by the thieves. Two revolvers
which We're in tho shop We're taken.
There is no clue as to the identity of
the guilty ones, but the job has the
appearance of having been done by
professional hands.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
GLOVER Tells TKE:
REASON why EDDY
SUIT WAS DROPPED
Science Leaders Son Salts
fled Since He Knows She's
Worth S 100000.

Lead S. D.. Sept. 4.-In the first IN
ierview he has given since the sudden
termination of his suit for an account
ing of the estate of his mother. Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy, George w.
Glover. Of this city, who has just re-
turned from the east, gives the reasons
for the dismissal.
Glover declares that the hearing was
not unproductive of results, since it
disclosed the fact that his mother was
V orth over S1,000,000 instead of $780,
ooO, as claimed, While the suit forced
those surrounding her to place all her
property in the hands of their trus-
tees. This. he says. is satisfactory to
him. as il effectually displaces Calvin
A. Frye and the others against whom
he says he was really striving.
Says Masters Were Unfair.
The protection of his mothers prop
erty was all ne sought. says Glover.
He complains that the masters in the
hearing We're unfair. They made him
prepare for trial in two weeks, refused
him the right to take depositions or to
see the necessary papers in the case,
and excluded him and his daughter,
Mary, from the hearing that was to
have taken place in the Eddy home, as
we'll as all his counsel except one of
mis- alieniSts, who, he says, were pre-
pared with some interesting questions,
but We're told they would be greatly re-
strcted.
Glover admits that he would have
been permitted to talk personally with
his mother under certain conditions,
but these would have involved his
honor, he declared so he declined.
Mother Still Prisoner.
For the present l am satisfied with
having forced tho execution of the
trust deed which has taken the con-
troll of her property out of the hands
Of the men i'll whom | had no conf
deEce. and who, l believe, would have
used ii for their own personal bene-
fit" he said. My only regret is that
my mother is left under their banefGl
influence. to be kept by them virtual
prisoner i'm her own home during the
remainder of her life"
REGULAR MINT AT
DEApWooD is PLAN
Deadwood. S. D., Sept An in
spection of the new equipment OF the
United States assay office in This city
has just been completed by +. p.
Dewey, mint inspector from WASH
ington, ID. G. This is the first official
inspection that the local office has un-
dergone, although former Director of
the Mint Roberts and other officials
have at numerous times visited it and
are always in touch with its business
One of the plans for the future is to
put all the branches of this office on
uniform scale as to routine Work
Like similar offices in other parts OF
the country, this will probably be ac-
complished within the next year.
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sJPREME COURT GIVES
MRS, MELLETTE OLD HOME

Pierre, S. D., Sept BIN the SUI
preme court YESTERDAY, opinions We're
handed down in the following cases:
BY Fuller, Presiding Judge-E. d. Smith
Is. Mutual Guaranty Fire Insurance COM
2anN. Faulk county. affirmed; First Ma
ional bank of Sibey, Iowa, VS. George H..
9oeden. Sphinx county. affirmed; the Gable
company vs. Jacob Rathgeber. sheriff of
lanllton county atfairmed: state of South
Kinney, plaintiff In error, Brule county,
affirmed; Norbecl e Nicholson VS.. Charles
q. Pease. Brule county reversed
BY Corson-In the matter of the estate
'f John H. Skelly, deceased, Lawrence
county, affirmed; james spolell ct al w.
,'rane & Ordway company vs. II. r. and
y. Jones, Grant county, reversed; Burt
Rogers VS. Gladiator Gold Mining com
faily ct al. Lawrence county. modified
and affirmed; state of South Dakota, de-
:eadant in error VS.. Fred Bennett plain
sam H. Mcyay, administrator, VS.. James
Jordan Rridgman ct al, Bon Homme coun-
y, reversed; Frank Jones VS. James Jor-
Ian, trustee kingsbury county. reversed.
BY Haney-R. j. Huston VS.. Stillman j..
SenJamln ct al, appeal from taxation of
costs, affirmed
In state of South Dakota VS.. Mar
saret w. N1ellette, Codington county,
he lower court was affirmed. This gives
Mrs. Mellette, wife of the first governor
Of the state. the home In Watertown,
which was claimed by the state under
transfer of a mortgage to the state
oy w. w. Taylor at the time of his
1efalcation as state treasurer. The title
mas been in contest for a long time but
It is HOW given Mrs. Mellette by the
rupreme court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
ACCUSE Police OF
ACCEPTING BR|BES
FROM THE SALOONS
Aayor PiIIsbury Orders Sweep
ing Investigation of Sioux
Falls Police Force.

Sioux Falls. S. d.. Sept. 2.-May,
'illsbury will soon begin Il searchin
Investigation of the entire police fore
,s the result of evidence brought OF.
his morning at a preliminary investi-
cation of charges made by the Argus
leader Wednesday evening, that MEM
'ers of the police force We're accepting
protection money, and for this reason
was impossible to make the saloon
keepers obey the law.
c. II. Craig, city editor of the Argus
leader, j. II. Donohue, agent for the
Anheuser Busch Beer company, and
Ohm Gilman, a saloonkeeper. We're
ummoned. Mr. Craig said that Dono-
!ue had told him that money was be-
ng paid policemen for protection, nam
ag Officer Hills as one who had been
'aid 50 at various times. When Dono-
,ue was called he admitted the state
nent, and John Gilman, one of the
aloonkeepers charged with giving the
money verified the statement.
Gilman however, said the money he
ave Officer Hills was not for protec-
ion, simply cigar money.
Mayor Pillsbury has not as yet taken
my action in Officer Hills case, but it
8 understood that he will be dis
'harged from the force. The mayor is
mphatic in stating that there will be
genera! shal<eup in the police force
md that every member will be subject
o the general investigation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
6lOUX FALLS SHIPPER
SAYS RATE is UNFAIR

Washington ID. c., Aug. 30.-George
w. Clarke, of Sioux Falls, S. d., has
filed With the Interstate Commerce
commission complaint against the
Illinois Central railroad. 1t sets forth
that the defendant in it's tariff charges
and collects a combination rate of 63
cents per 100 pounds on potatoes in car
load lots from Sioux Falls to Brook
haven, Miss. 1t further states that on
Il shipment of car of potatoes last
December he was charged by the Cen
trail 63 cents despite the fact that the
rate from Sioux Falls to New Orleans,
1870 miles farther on the same route. is
only SO cents. He asks the commission
to reduce the rates from Sioux Falls
to Brookhaven and seeks reparation in
the sum OF S1lS2O.
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WENT TO SIOUX FALLS
ON FIRST RAILWAY TRAIN

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. 30.--Twenty-
mine years ago yesterday the first pas
isenger train was run into Sioux Fails.
1T came into the city over the Omaha
road and there are in the city today
two residents who came here on that
run. One of these is w. II. Doolittle,
who was the first engineer to run an
engine over the Omaha road into this
city. and the other is Mrs. Jennie
NAPLES, who With her husband arrived
in Sioux Falls as a passenger OH that
train. MIR. NAPLES died Il number of
years ago. Mrs. NAPLES has not been
outside the state of South Dakota since
her arrival in this city on the 10Th of
, August, 1878
In speaking of her arrival in Sioux
Falls. Mrs. NAPLES remarked:
Mr.. NAPLES and | came from Le-
! Mars. Ia, to this city. We had made
our home i'm LeMars for a time, but
had gone to the state of Washington,
expecting to make our home there. We
did not like it, and having heard so
much about Sioux Falls. Mr. NAPLES
land l decided to cast our lot in this
city. We spent a week at the old
home in LeMars and took the first
! train over the Omaha that landed in
Sioux Falls. ] have visited at differ
ent points in the state, hut never since
the first day that | came to Sioux Falls
have | been outside the state of South
Dakota"
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WEALTH OF SOUTH
DAKOTA is INCREASING

Wer last year of 3s.213,C COS the final foot
ng.; Of all classes of property in the state
lfter the work Of the board of equaliza-
ion has been footed up shows the total
assessed valuation of the state is 500 64G,-
G7. The valuation and increase in I'LL
:asses of property follows:
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DRINKS POISON WHILE
HUSBAND LOOKS ON
FROM CELL WINDOW.

Belle Fourche, S. D.. Sept. a.
Standing on the outside of the
cell in which her husband was
prisoner, Mrs. George Dougherty
drained a bottle of laudanum
= 1t is believed She cannot re-
= cover.
= The woman gave as her reason
for the act that life had become
unencurable With a brutal hus-
band whom she loved. They
only recently came here from
, Sheridan, Wyo., and Dougherty
was working as a teamster for
= the government. Neighbors com
= planned that he frequently beat
= the woman, and she finally
caused his arrest. When she
went to see him at the cell he
= threatened her again as soon as
= he got out and before anyone
could stop her she attempted sui
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BALLASTlNG THE TRACK
WEST OF CHAMBERLAIN

Pukwana, S. D., Sept. 4-The Mil
waukee road bed, west of the river,
which has been in bad shape since the
extension was opened up, is now being
put in first class shape. Two surfacing
gangs are at work putting a thick
gravel ballast on the entire trackuge
from C'hamberlain west
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
KILLING JUSTIFIED,
SAYS CORONER'S JURY

sturgis. S. D., Aug. 3o-rhe body of
Mike Henry recently killed by Sylves-
ter Carney near White Owl. was
brought to Sturgis Friday afternoon
and burial took place Saturday fore
noon. Carney also came in and sur
rendered himself to the authorities,
Carney claimed self-defense and had
several witnesses. The coroners jury,
consisting of Clarence Nj. Smith, John
;Simons and Clarence A. Dooittle, eX-
!onerated him.
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FATAL END TO FIGHT
OVER GRAIN DIVISION.

) Pukwana, S. D., Sept 4.-Harry
) Brisbane is dead at the sanitarium
: in Chamberlain. the result of a
7 shooting affray which occurred sew
: eral days ago in Lyman county.
: west of the river. Brisbane was a
: farmer living on a farm owned by
Juel Jensen and the two men be
came engaged in controversy over
the division OF the grain. Jensen
flew into a rage and secured shot
: gun, sent a charge of shot into
Brishane's body. The wounded man
) was brought to Chamberlain for
: medical attendance, and was at first
= thought he would recover Blood
poison, however, set in. Jensen
= has been arrested.
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Hot Springs. S. d., Sept. 3D.. s..
Dudley. of Canistota. s. D., has been
elected commandant of the state SOL
dari. Three members Of the board ia
vored the change, while two opposed
it. The change takes effect October -
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WOMEN TO HOLD
RAPID CITY MEETING

Rapid City, S. D.. Sept 4.-The an
nual meeting OF the Black Hills Fed
Grafton OF Women's clubs will meet
here early in October, when several
speakers of note are expected to be
present. Among the speakers is 10 be
EnoS A. Miles
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HOT SPRINGS WANTS
a CARNEGIE LIBRARY

II Springs, 5. D.. Sept 5.-It is be-
,ieN q that this town will soon have
Earn sic library. as a petition has been
signed by nearly every voter and tax
pay in town asking the city council
TO levy a tax of 1 ~ mills at its meet
ing Monday night for a library fund.
This will produce so.,e 800, which
MI carnegie will duplicate. A site will
be aecured, when work will begin in
ear..ast.