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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF
HEIR THROUGH BIBLE

Columbus, o., Jan. 2.-When q lit
tie son came into the household of Mr..
and Mrs. Leavitt Mix, IL Wisconsin
avenue, last Sunday, there was much
rejoicing. The news spread about the
n~elghborhood and interested %neighbors
cam to extend their Fluctuations. But
the greater part of the members of the
West Park Avenue NJ. E. church, of
which Mr.. Mix is a prominent member.
learned of the new arrival through
reading their bible.
1t was this way. Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Mix called up Rev. George A. Mar
shall, pastor of the church, by tele-
phone.
II won't be able to attend the serv-
ice tonight" he said. The reason you
will find in the sixth verse of the ninth
chapter of Isaiah" The minister knew
his bible. "Ah, congratulations, Broth
er Mix" he said. Boy or girl?"
Boy" said Mix proudly as he hung
up the reeeiver.
That night Rev. Mr.. Marshall stopped
gravely in the middle of his remarks.
II regret to announce thai Brother
will be unable to be with US to-
night" he laid. The reason you will
find in the sixth Verse of the ninth
chapter OF Isaiah"
Smiles fitted across scattered faces
about the church. A few began to
each other. The minister smiles.
Here is the verse in question:
Isaiah, tx. 6: "For unto us a child is
born; unto us a son is given, nj the
government shall be upon his should
ers, n his name shall be called Won
Counselor, Mighty God, Ever
lasting Father. Prince of Peace"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
POISON IN RUSSIA'S
BOMBS AND LETTERS

st. Petersburg, jan. 2.-Accustomed
as people here are TO now developments
in revolutionary methods, no little con-
%sternation las been caused by the
latest police discoveries regarding the
manufacture of bombs.
For a long time it has beer rumored
that the bombs thrown in his city
and at Moscow must be poisoned, as
fragments found nave borne traces of
some such treatment. Now there is no
doubt left-a woman's flat having just
been searched by the police with con-
vincing results.
A quantity of cylinders was found of
such unusual thickness thai experts at
once said they were to contain a strong
poison. Further inquiries proved that
bombs of this cylindrical form are filled
with compressed air, carbonic acid, or
any other gas guaranteed to make the
cylinder explode with tremendous force.
This is the reason why one bomb will
blow several persons into fragments.
Experts affirm that horses which have
died without an incised wound on them.
but with h skin cracked all over their
bodies, have been the victims of the
same %diabolical Instruments. 1t is fur
Their affirmed that a man hit with even
Il small piece of such a bomb can
not live, however slight the wound may
be, as acute blood poisoning immedi-
ately sets in.
But it is not only bombs thai are poi
soned. Letters are treated in the same
way.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
SCORES
BRANDS POLICY

St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 2.-Referring
to the report spread through France
by lie Matin. of Paris, to the effect that
in his discourse of Il week ago vestcr-
day he had condemned the present *
titude of the pope and the French hicr-
archy IN reference to the law of Separ-
alton and associations of Worship.
Archbishop Ireland says:
L Matin is an ~anti-Catholic paper
and is willing to defend the action OF
the government, even by the perversiou
or facts. 1t is somewhat a vindication
OF that action to quote an American
pfelate as faVoring it. LIE Matin has
unW1ttlngly served the cause of. truth.
My discourse last Sunday condemns
unreserNedly the associations of wor-
snip as proposed by the French govern
ment and shows hat the pope and The
plshops We're compelled by principle TO
reject such associations. No other re-
course, said, was open to the church
IN Franc than the rejection of ttle
project of those associations at what
ever sacrifice and an appeal to the
people of France.
If a word of blame for the clergy
and Catholics of France seemed to be
spoken it was that heretofore. through
a degree OF passivity and supineness.
and a lack of earnest combination ard
union. they had allowed the electoral
urns to send to the chamber a majority
OF radical and irreligious members. but
Cathollcs IN France have received a les
son, and we confidently expect thai
they Will heed it n rally round their
affairs and hearthStones with sufficient
courage n united effort to insure Tie
triumph of justice and religion"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
INSTRUCTED IN
S~KULL-CRACKING ART

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Essays on how
to crack the skull of the inoffensive
citizen With n blow of a policeman's
club. thereby doing away with the fiji
teen minutes clubbing and waste of
energy which is now in vogue in the
police department. and instructions on
how TO staye in the ribs of the "inno-
cent bystander" so that he will immedi-
ately become unconscious, and not
wake up until the hospital is reached,
are to be given by learned instructors
to Chlcago's guardians of the peace.
Arrangements were completed today
by Chief Collins for the starting of this
poltcemen's school shortly after the
first of the year. 1t is intended that
h policemen all over the city shall
listen to Police Attorney Comerford and
others ak on a policeman's duty, his
moral obligations to the public, and on
how many times a week he should
change his collar. Mr.. Comerford will
visit all the police stations and talk to
the men. After they have listened to
one of his lectures they are expected to
be as meek as lambs and cease to be-
come brutal policemen.
According to numerous criticisms
which are said to be backed up by the
records of the police trial board. Chica-
COS policemen have been swinging
their clubs in as lusty a fashion as
lSriar Tuck, and their percentage of
shulls is lnucn SIeatef This is ac-
counted for by the theory that the
heads of the present generation are not
as thick as they We're in the early ages.
Whether Mr.. Comerford will remarll
upon this particular phase of the mat
ter could not be learned yesterday, as
it was said that he had gone into soli-
tary confinement in order to write his
and lectures.
Instead of knocking a prisoner down
n l~oosening his eye teeth to make him
confess, he will be placed in a vapor
bath cabinet, where he can be cooked
until his skin is a delicate shade of
pink. When he goes to bed in his cell
he viii lay upon springs which keep
him constantly in motion, so that sleep
VIII be impossible. There are numerous
ether joys to be dealt out to the man
who will be asked to confess to muir
der, but these are being kept as sur
DrjScS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
BARTHOLDT ASKS
BIG RIVER BUDGET

st. Louis. Mo. Jan. 2.-Forty bank
ers, manufacturers and jobbers repre-
senting the financial interests of st.
Louis, rendered a dinner at the ST.
Louis club to Congressman Richard
Bartholdt. chairman OF the committee
of public buildings and grounds of the
house of representatives. and an adj
dress was delivered by MIN in which
he said:
THE government, l insist, should be
controlled by business principles. An
issue of 2 or 3 per cent. bonds to the
amount of $500, 100000 to be distributed
over a period of. say ten years will suf-e
flee to complete all great river projects
n will forever solve the problem of,
the continuous and permanent improve
ment Of our great waterways. 1t is
my deliberate judgment that it cam
not be done in any other way. and if
the gentlemen here present think Well
of it | shall draft and introduce a bin
to that effect without further delay.
Il am we'll aware of the existing
prejudice against al issue of bonds in
time of peace. The prejudice would be
justified if the government proposed
to borrow money in order to defray it's
running expenses, but here we contem-
plate an extraordinary expenditure with
ample return for every dollar and
with all the guarantees of a permanent
for the lasting benefit of
the present as we'll as of future gener-
atiOnS."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
GETS PASSAGE BY
POSING As CROOK

Vienna. Jar. "A cruel trick has
been played on a New York baker
named Myrok by a Hungarian, who
wished to return home from America.
Myrok told the police at Budapest that
the man came to him in New York and
informed him that he was Kecskemety.
a Hungarian swindler. who recently
disappeared, and for whom a reward of
$4,000 was offered. He suggested that
Myrok should so back With him. obtain
the reward, and that they should share
the money.
Myrok thereupon took tickets for
Doth to Europe. and they have arrived
at Budapest. On their way to the po-
lice office, however, the supposed
kecske1nety disappeared. Myrok has
since received a letter from him. en-
planning that he was anxious to get
home. and that he adopted this method
II getting there.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
GIRL MADE WIFE; SHE
DID NOT KNOW IT
Man Makes rer Believe Actual
Ceremony OF Marriage IS Part
OF the Preliminartes.
Her PARENTS AROUSED
Husband. Hoping 10 Effect ReconoiI.
iation. Has Two photographs Corn
bined. Showing Them To-
sether-Sues Ter Divorce.

Nilkesharre, Pa. Jan. 2-Hoptng to
secure . reconciliation with the wife
whom he had married without her
knowledge, Benjamin Nico. of this city,
originated d move scheme, which re-
suited in his arrest at the instance of
her indignant parents. The scheme was
the manufacture of a photograph show
ing them apparently taken together.
These he was distributing among his
friends.
Nicc was engaged to marry Miss
Minnie Baldes. of this city. She went
with him to secure a marriage license.
nnd then. telling her it was a portion
of the formality. he took her before an
alderman, who married them while she
thought he IA adding ON necessary
legal detail 10 the license.
Drove Him Out.
That night. when Nico claimed his
bride, she and her parents We're so in
.aignant at the trick that they drove
MIN from the house, and she begun suit
for divorce.
Before Christmas he secured a group
photo of several girls, his wife being
one. He then induced a cleve photog-
rapher to reproduce it upon a plate
with his own photo. 1t showed them
n apparently contented.
He distributed these among his
and the brides parents, as soon
as they learned What he had done, had
him arrested. Alderman Donohue COM
PEELED him to destroy the pictures and
the photographer to break the plate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
FIRE IN TENEMENT
CAUSES A PANIC
New York Firemen Have a Hard
Fight to subdue the
Blaze.

New York, Jan. 3.-Fire originating,
an a business block in West Fifty-third
street destroyed hat building, and
spreading to adjoining tenement houses
on both sides of the street gave the
fire department a hard fight before it
was subdued.
Five alarms were ounde in quick
succession, summoning an immense.
amount of apparatus to the scene,
While hundreds of police reserves We're
called TO restore order among the fam
lilies who fled in panic from the burn.
ing tenement.
The fremen We're handicapped by5
low water pressure and We're repeated
~ driven back by the flames, which.
spreaalng IN every direction, soon.
threatened the whole thickly populated
tenement section. Tenements on either
side of the block were in flames he
Tore the occupants were out of their
homes. The widest confusion ensued
among the hundreds of tenants, whos
the police a the greatest difficulty
IN preventing a reckless sacrifice Of
lie among those who wished to return
70 their homes for their belongings.
len buildings We're destroyed by che
flames. They We're a stable block. a..
SILK mandatory and eight tenements.
In imminent danger of his life. Po-
iiceman Patrick Sully made his way to
the top floor of the burning tenement,
where he found a mother and six chill.
dren huddied together and helpless
from fear. Unaided and in repeated
Trips he carried the whole family to
Added to the confusion thieves be-
gan looting the burning tenements
They were fired upon by the police, hut
with what effect could not be known.
Failing walls wrecked a water tower
and mace f1fty-third street in the vi
Several persons are missing from t,,e
families who occupied the tenements,
put IN the confusion it was Impossible
TO determine whether loss of life had
occurred. One woman had been taken
70 the hospital dangerously burned.
1000. S-oo'-
1t is believed that at least three peo.
pie Will die on account of injuries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
Gun Up LIVE MEN 70
FIND SIXTH SENSE
Chicago Man Who Removed
EyebaIls of Rats Proposes
More Extensive Research.

Chicago. Jan. a.-Professor John R,
Watson, the Chicago university in
tstructor. a announced that he Will
pursue his experiments TO determine the
sixth sense IN animals and men 10 the
larger animals. among them monkeys
and even huusasi beings. The latter,
however, he does not propose TO make
blind as he has rats.
His experiments up TO the present
have been made by removing the eye.
balls of rats, their sense of smell, hear
ing and taste, II to some extent their
experiments will be with carrier
pigeons.
After they ave become familiar with
the way, he has removed their eyeballs.
but they ave had no difficulty in To-
eating the food. Rats, deprived of their
ieyesight, who have never before been
over h route. AVE located the food
with as much ease as those possessing
ieyesight. Then the animals have been,
deprived of their hearing and of smell
and they have located the food.
Changes in temperature and air pres
sure have made Mt difference. II has
been impossible to deprive the rodents,
Of the sense of touch in their,
feet without paralyzing them.
BY changing the position of the box
right angles, it has been found that
the rats became confused, although
hey ultimately found the correct route.
From these facts DIR. Watson has con-
luded that the animals must have q
sixth sense.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
WANTS $4,000 FOR A
TRUNK LOST I'M FIRE

Norfolk, Neb, Jan. 2.-As one result
or the fire in Norfolk last winter which
destroyed the city depot of the North
western Railroad company, Rev. A. M.
+. Abbott, formerly of Elgin, but now
pastor of a church at O'Neill, has en-
tered a claim for Sill 900 damages. He
alleges that he lost a runl in the fire
ana that the trunk contained property
to he value of s11, 900. This valuable,
property included lectures and sermons,
that the preacher had been delivering
during his ministerial career and which
he hoped to preserve if not to deliver
again. There was also in the trunk a,
FAMILY bible containing the pedigree of.
a long family tree and the loss of an
Old book added several notches to the
damage figure. 1t is not at all sure
that the Northwestern railroad viii
allow the claim.
The trunk owned by the Rev. Mr..
Abbott CHANGED to be stored in the
depot at Norfolk on the night of the
i1re and among other valuable articles.
me sermons and lectures and the fam
lily bible lifted themselves ~heavenward
through the medium of smoke.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
WOMAN'S HOTEL
.H0WLING FAILURE


New York. Jan. 1.-Stockholders OF
the Martha Washington hotel in East
,Iwenty-ninth street have voted to
lease the hotel, subject to the approyal
of the board of directors. 1t was a
merry meeting, according to one of the
stockholders. 1T should go down in
history as a battle of tongues he said.
There were few men present. Mere
man was at a discount. and the execu-
Ilon or polite and cutting phrases was
frightful. The dictionary was ont to
pieces and retired in short order.
AS far as might be gathered by an
the war was civil and WIS
Waged by two factions, one of which
declared the management was ~"stingy,"
ana another that declared there was a
Aeploranle lack of public spirit on the
part of the regular boarders. VIII oh.
lected to the prices and bought their
teas outside. $500
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
FIREMEN THREATEN
TO EXTEND STRIKE
Notify Hartman That it Will Spread
to All of His Lines Unless He Ad-

Peoria, Ill.,, Jan. 3.-Grand Master
John j. Hanrahan, of the brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and E%nginenen
has issued a second ultimatum to E.
H. Hartman, of the Southern Pacific
railroad warning him of the impend-
ing drastic measure that will be placed
INTO eIect unless he exercises his pow
ers to terminate the now
pending. The telegram follows:
Peoria, Ill, Jan. 2.-E. H. Hartman,
freslaent and Chairman Executive Com
mlttee, Southern Pacific Company. New
York City: The dispute on the Atlantic
system of the Southern Pacific company.
Notwithstanding statements to the con-
itfarS, IS between your company and our
members. On other of your lines the feel
Ing Is growing that they may expect the
sane inJustlce In the near future. If your
representative really desire arbitration
we are anxious to adjust in that way and
we insist that a third party should not be
permitted to influence your company in
this matter. "
the public who will be affected BY an ex.i
tension or the strike to other paris of your
system L ask you to exercise your author
1ly ana restore the conditions which the
~progatlon of the agreement took away
~ y me Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
i.e o! May 1. Your officials entered will,
lingiy INTO an agreement with the Broth
HI!ood OF Engineers that null
lllleu the same. l await an immediate am
sMer. Not hearing from you 1 shall feel
laae L nave exercised due patience and,
"No served a ma notice to the public.
j. j. Hanrahan,
Grand Master Brotherhood of Locomotive
f1remen and Enginemen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
REBATES END ON ALL
ROADS IN ENGLAND
Agreement Becomes Operative
by Which Heavy fines
VIII Follow Violation.
PENN ROAD HAS A PLAN
viii Ask Interstate Commerce
Commission to FIN a Basis
Proporsionate to the
Tariff

London, Jan, 2.-Under an agree
ment which hecomes operative tomor-
row, all private rebates 10 shippers are
abolished by all the railroads in the
United Kingdom.
Any company giving rebates to Sc
cure traffic is liable to a heavy fine.
PAYABLE to the railway clearing house.
Philadelphia, Dec. S1.-Pennsylvania
railroad officers are considering the adj
Nlsaohlty or calling upon the Interstate
Commerce commission to prescribe
some regulations which will solve the
car shortage problem in a way equit-
able to all the railroads.
Self protection is what now impels
the railroad management TO contem-
plate an appeal to the commission.
The idea is that his government
body might fix a basis for car equip-
lnent proportionate TO the traffic de-
veloped by the various roads. and order
share.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Louisville, Ky, Jan. S.-Judge Waite.
!clared the employers liability act un-
constitutional. The decision was given
IN the case of the Administrative of N.
G. Brooks VS.. the Southern Pacific rail.
road.
Inc alleged cause of action occurred
IN kansas. The husband of the plain
,tlff was killed in a railroad accident
and suit was brought for sos, 900 dam
ages and an amount sufficient to- cover
,nne cost or expenses incident to death.
lIne court holds that the act in effect
would regulate within the
state as well as interstate
and therefore is unconstitutional. nh
demurrer of the Southern Pacific COM
Ipany to the action for damages is s11s-
Etained. - 'u'-
Judge Evans said that careful ;nvas-
litigation had convinced him that che
act OF June III, 1906, only creates and
imposes a liability upon certain COM
mon carriers to their employees and in
mo way prescribes rules for carrying
ION traffic or among the
states, and consequently in no way
regulates such m If the oneT-
alton OF the act could in any way ef-
,lect IN among the states. If
tWould 90 so IN a manner so remote i'm
lcldental and contingent as in no proper
sense to afford a factor OF any value in
INNING lHe question now in con-
flent1on. 1t is obvious that congress In
the act referred to, had in contemnla.
ton no more than the creation of he
liability mentioned and it would be =
most strained construction to hold that
ill included anything broader than that.
new Liabilities growing out of
1.-THE relations of master and ery,nt ar
the hand and regulating
lon.the other are two things so entirely
idiiferent that confusion of the judicial
mind upon them is hardly to be es.
ipected under normal conditions. In tina
sop1nion of the court the act does noN
regulate commerce among tie states.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. Federal
Judge Mccall today declared the Ia
fellow-seryants' act unconsti-j
Itutional. The action was that Of
Damselle Howard against the Illinois
central. q special representative of the
for the government "sS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
N FOR BABIES.

Chicago, Jan. "A bonus of 500 for
,ne baby, 5000 for twins and $500 for
triplets is the fastest inducement of the
wives of union men to put to rout the
cry, Quality not quantity to keep
women in the home and to prevent the
crowding of men out of employment
and bringing into the world large num-
berg of young %unionists.
The idea is contemplated by the
bakers and co~nfectioners' union of Chit
cago, which proposes to create q
fund.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
TIES UP 0AD
IN FIVE COUNTRIES

l'ar.s: Fan. 1.-The continent is COW
cred with the heaviest fall of snow il,
years. Railroad traffic in France.
spain. Switzerland and Belgium is Sc,
Iiousiy hampered. The situation In
England is growing worse.
London, Dec. ga thaw has set in
mere and weather conditions in the
provinces are ameliorating.
Cadiz, Dec. ga terrific snowstorm
IS prevailing i'm the Straits of Gibraltar.
Many ships have sought shelter i'm va
lious ports. The Belgian steamer Held
elberg, bound for Havana, is lost. ana
several of the crew drowned.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
NETTLETQN CHOSEN
FOR NEBRASKA SPEAKER
slay coan,y mso h. selected At a
coin Atter . arsat Osal "
IDF.taA

1-iaauiu Neb. Jtn >tJef a. tfsl
NwfAtnFi 4al shteystl pAttttett aa,Heaeere
fns lAArtct Nettleton ~ clay tsunlN
was @eieUtei speaker or t1v tet4se st tAe
stucus pt thv rel ubiieaE members ol
he third ballot lt1a nett combined
against MeMullvi. ot Gage county. Ausi
defeated HIM.
senator Saunders. Of Omaha. was
chosen president pro tenn OF the sem
ale. This combination WAS Supported
ny Norris Brown. candidate Tor Unit
I'd States senator
clyde Barnard va made chlct
clerk OF the house, Bcssius. OF ord.
was made first assistant. IL II. Could
Ing. OF kearney, Was elected secretary
or the senate. and Reeder. OF York. was
made first assistant
Or, G. w, Martin, OF Lincoln. Will
De chaplain OF the senate, While Rev,
Mr.. C~roswaite. OF University Place.
will be chaplain of the house.
The W houses meet for organization
tdoay.
No opposition has developed 30 the
election of Norris Brown for United
States senator. Republican members
We're pledged to him by the state con-
Nention.
Lobbyists are hocking to Lincoln
from all directions. The railroads are,
represented by n strong force. Tele-
phone men have active agents. The
bridge trust has a man on the scene,
Grain, lumber and coal interests are,
represented.
Legislation may become extremely1
radical. Many members are loud in,
their denunciation of railroads and
corporations. They also assert that the'
societies and the life INSURE
ance companies should be investigated,
1T will take strategy and foresight,
said a railway lobbyist, Ito tame this
bunch.'
1t is expected that a rate bin. an
anti-pass bin u am amendment to.
the revenue law will be passed early
the session. Revenue agitators want.
all mortgages taxed and the taxes to
act as a lien, delinquent taxes invali-
the mortgage.