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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
WASPS PUNISH HOBO
WHO INSULTS GIRLS

New York, Oct. "a tramp who in
suited and frightened Miss Esther Bur-
ridge and Miss Carlotta SNYDER was
triply stung.
Miss Burridge of Brooklyn, is visit
ing Miss Snyder at Lincoln Park, N. j.
Ihe young women walked to a peach
orchard on the Snyder farm about
half mile from the house. There. a
tattered, dusty hobo was filling a bag
With peaches.
What do You mean by stealing my
fathers fruit?" Miss Snyder called TO
him. Get out of here
No one else was in sight. For an
sWer the fellow swore at the girls and
started toward them. They fed, Shrek
ing. Willie.m jackson, a young farmer,
and Tige. the Snyder family dog, heard
Marched to the Barn.
Better for the pursuing tramp had
he known that help was coming to
them. AS he ran by maple trees low
bouGh, he shook a wasps' nest on it,
The insects swarmed out and stung
the hobo unmercifully. Yelling with
pain he turned and ran, but not fast
enough to escape Tige, who attacked
him savagely. The dog would have
killed the tramp probably, for half
blinded, he could not defend himself,
but jackson, arriving, dragged Tige off.
The farmer marched the hobo to the
barn, got horsewhip and then led
him to a siding on the Lackawanna
railroad, where stood coal train about
to pull out. Jackson told the brakeman
OF his prisoners insults and threats,
thrashed him well With the whip and
made him get on car.
We'll kick him off a few miles down
the road" said the brakemen cheer
fully,
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scheme which viii make commercial use
or these great natural highways.
fhophetlc of the future that awaits the
vast Upper Missouri section and its con-
stantly increasing products. is the output
OF south l Dakota one of The new states
els of wheat. s1.0o0,001 bushels of corn. 51,-
uoooo bushels of oats. 2A,oO0,OC0 bushels of
,pariey. ,'y. 2.WO0N bushels of flax. 5oo,No
S3,VO,NO in potatoes, vegetables and fruits.
1870 900 in dairy products. 100000 In eggs
an and poultry. S'6ctO.ooo in live stock, $1,000.
OO IN minerals and stone $500 600 in wool
and hides, and $4,000 In honey-a total of
Sl46, 100000.
Tariff Revision Necessary.
The annual output is increasing each
year with rapidly advancing ratio pour
ing a constantly swelling stream into the
arteries, of commerce. AT present there
are only six Inhabitants to the square
mile. so that we have room and resources
for vast increase in population.
The story Of South Dakota is the story
OF its neighbors in the Upper Missouri re-
gion; We tell it to you as elder members
IN the household of states. and with it.
give assurance that we are ready to help
IN ll,,e every way possible an enterprise that
WI VIII cheaper the way from our farms to
the markets of the world.
We want good markets and free and fatr
competition at home. In the old days when
the protective system was building up
home manufactures. there was free COM
petition in the home market. which kept
prices at reasonable level. In the pres
ent Gay of trust and combination. however,
1t frequently happens that competition is
destroyed and sometimes the principle of
protection is invoked to promote unjust
exclusion and monopoly speak for the
producers Of an agricultural state. when
say that we want our tariff laws revised
TO remedy cases of this kind. When a
trust has destroyed competition in tho
let the foreigner clip its wings by reduc-
ing the tariff upon that commodity, so as
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
SOUTH DAKOTA WANTS
500 MORE TEACHERS

Pierre, S. d., Oct. 5.-The state edu-
cational department estimates the
shortage of teachers in the state at be-
tween 700 and 500, and finds it no easy
matter to help the county superin-
tendents who desire teachers to fill
the schools. The reasons for this short
age are ascribed to different causes by
different people, but it is found that in
the counties where the lowest wages
are paid for country teachers, the
shortage is most severely felt, while
in the counties With better wages there
is not SO much complaint, although this
rule is not q set one, as the shortage
is reported from the counties with
better wages as We'll as from those
With low wages, but not to such am
extent.
The state is badly in need of teach
cfs. and IN many cases 1t has been
found necessary to consolidate tenlpor-
arily several districts into one. to get
schooling for the children i'm the coun-
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HID FROM HIS FAMILY
FOR SCORE OF YEARS

Reading, Pa. Oct. 6.-Twenty-one
years aGo John Merkel disappeared
from New Berlinville, near Boyertown.
where he was prosperous miller, and
one of the democratic leaders of Berks.
He was never heard from and was
long ago given up for dead.
Now wor is received that he died
recently in the residence of Dr. Almon
Gleason, Cleveland. With whose family
he had lived for six years. He never
spoke in his new home of his former
resldence ana MS identity was only es-
tablished by the finding on his body
of receipt from Reading newspaper,
for which he had subscribed, slightly
changing his name.
When he left Berks county he had a.
wife and six children. All the children
are living but his Wife died some years
ego. Why he left and hid himself from
mis- family mas never been explained
.He was 81 when he went away.
His dying request was that he he
buried in Cleveland
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FREE METHODIST
PASTORS ARE ASSIGNED

Washington Springs, S. D., Oct 1.-The
following is the list of appointments made
at the annual state Free Methodist con-
ference which has just closed it's session
here:
Sioux Falls District-Dstrict elder, T.
Donoghue; Sioux Falls and Brandon, b.
Geddis, D. Geddis. supply: Beresford, Cy-
rus Cook; Wall Lake, ;,:,, Mount Pleasant and
Lake Lake., county, d; =; Wall Walker; r Boyden, Rock
Piled; Spencer b. Shaw left without APP
pointment at his request
der; Vienna. Merton and Woodland, II. L.
Ilorsey; Ortley circuit, w. A. Harden:
l;erton and Farnsworth, to be supplied.
Washington Springs District-Jno. Whites
side, district elder; Washington Springs. to
be suppl:td; Alpena and Forestburg, c. A.
Evans; Mitchell and Parkston, Martha d.
Wheeler, Wheeler supply; Bates circuit. Ezra
Whitton. supply: olivet circuit. r. o'con-
nor; Lyman county, to be supplied
Northwest District-John Whiteside. dis
trict elder; Faulkton circuit, w. d. Nc
Mullen: Hyde county. James Jensen, Au-
SESta Jensen, supplies
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MRS. C'GRADY HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE

Sioux Falls, s. D.. Oct. s-Mrs. Julia
Ann % Grady. as result of prelimin-
airy hearing which commenced yester
day afternoon and concluded this aft
e'noon before Judge +. Il. skinner. is
held without bail for her appearance in
the state circuit court to answer to the
serious charge OF having fired the shot
winch ended the life OF her husband,
John OGrady. at their home a few
miles north of Sioux Falls last Sunday
night.
In the information Mrs. O'Grady is
charged with causing the death of her
husband with preme2itated design
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DESERTS WIFE AND CHILD,
ELOPES WITH YOUNG GIRL,

i'ankton. S. D.. oct. 9.-w. L. Will
Jams who e!"ped from here With Clara
Beals, n 15-Sear-old girl, is in custody
at Omaha, where the girl is i'm charge
OF the police authorities. The parents
OF the girl will attend the trial OF Will
lanns. which Will be held in Omaha
The prisoner has a wife and child at
Sidne!', Neb.. and the parents of Mrs.
Mll!ians will also take a lively interest
IN the case as they have been searching
for Williams for some time.
Mrs Williams father is A. IS. Regan,
merchant of Sidney
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LAND sPEcULAToRs ARE
WARMED TO KEEP AwAY

Pierre, 5. D., Oct S.-A warning
against possible attempts to speculate
IN the Lower Brule lands was issued
yesterday by Superintendent Witten.
lie says that applicants must file an
affidavlt i'm which they make oath to
she effect that they desire the land
or their own use. The speculator. he
adds. is only standing in the way OF
the actual settler, and will be close
iy watched.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
NOTORIOUS DEADWooD
GAMBLER "cASHES me

Deadwood, S. D., Oct. 7.-Word from
Goldfield. New. conveys the news Of
the death of John Steinmetz, known
here since the early days as Colorado
Johnnie" a gambler and one of the
best known OF the many odd charac-
ters who have helped to make Dead
wood famous. Colorado Johnnie.
who was 62 years old. came here in
February. 1876. being one Of the first
pioneers. He went to GoiGfield with tho
rush two years ago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11

Milbanll, S. D., Oct 9.-ht the busi-
ness session yesterday OF the State w.
G. t. U. the following officers were
elected: President. Mrs. l.. A. Romley,
Woonsocket: Vice president. Mrs. Coch-
raile. Aberdeen: corresponding secre-
tarT, Mrs. Ruby j. Smart, Washington
Springs; recording secretary Mrs.
Martha S. Cutts. Yankton; treasurer,
Mrs. z. A. Biawell. Mitchell. The presi-
dent and treasurer We're Reelected
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
SOUTH DAKOTA May
take lie BEAu'S OLD
CABIN ON MISSOURI
early Home of Scout and Path
finder Still in Existence as
Chicken House.

lie Beau, S. D.. Oct 9.-Many citt-
tens feel that Antoine lie Beau's old
cabin. now owned by f. J. Roehmer
and used as a chicken house, should
come under the law that gives the gov
eminent supervision and control OF MS
toric places of interest.
lie Beau's cabin is now only a feW
rods from the romantic spot. on the
bank of the Missouri, where 1T former
ly stood Near it is a celebrated bat
tleground where lie Beau d some
trappers and squaws stood off q large
attacking party of Indians. A Mime
sofa settlement had been destroyed ny
a band of Sioux, save eleven women
and children who We're taken to an IN
dian village then existing at point
a short distance north of the present
town of lie Beau. The whereabouts
of the captives became known, and
"Tony" lie Beau was urged TO attempl
q recapture.
Fought the Indians.
Forming a small party, LIE Beau sue
tion for the women and children. But
soon after he started away the Indians
became dissatisfied With the bargain
and gave chase for the purpose OF re-
taking the women and children. lie
Beau refused and he and his little
Dand fOuSnl unlll lue SlouA were VI
EN- off Both parties lost heavily in
dead and wounded, and skulls of the
victims have been dug up b. the LIE
Beau citizens i'm the past few days.
Old Tony" LIE Beau himself would
never have dreamed of the rush for
this valley which the building OF the
Minneapolis and ST. Louis extension
presages. He moved into the LIE Beau
country in the '40s. In 1898 he joined
a company of recruits al ST. Louis, in
the service of the American Fur COM
pany, and made the long journey up
the Missouri and into this country over
twenty years before it Was known as
~ territory. I'm all of the year of his
frontier experience lie Beau declared
he was never nearer death than ON his
fist trip, which ended at the mouth of
Moreau river.
The wilderness held no terrors for
lie Beau, and he was able to match his
cunning against that of the Indians.
Like other old trappers of his day, he
married a squaw Over 300 of his de-
scendants now live on the Cheyenne
Indian reservation.
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SPARK FROM ENGINE
STARTS pRAIRIF FIRE

Huron S. d.. Oct. 9.-Driven by
gale blowing at the rate of twenty-siX
miles an hour, a prairie fire burned
over nearly 5000 acres of land in this
county yesterday afternoon. The fire
was started by freight train on the
Milwaukee tracks four miles south OF
Bonilla and devoured practically every
thing in its path until finally checked
by the east and west line of the
Northwestern track. Hundreds of tons
of hay and considerable grain was lost
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
STATE FAIR PAYS
$1,000 I'M PREMIUMS

Huron, S. d.. Oct 5.-All premiums
awarded at the last state fair have
been paid and all claims against the as
sociation settled. Secretary G. n. Nc
U-t@:,e and Assistant Secretary j. l..
Sankey finished sending out checks yes
terday to more than 100 exhibitors. The
total sum paid in premiums exceeds
$1,000
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
HAZEL GUARDS AGAINST
RAIDS BY ROBBERS

Hazel. S. d., Oct 5-Owing to the nu-
merous robberies recently committed in
the northern part of the state the bus-
ness men of this place have added a
night Waterman TO the police force.
Brad Barkley, the present city mar
shal has been secured to act as night
Wttchnlan
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
SOUTH DAKOTA BAPTIsTs
ELECT STATE OFFICER!

Dakota Baptist convention yesterday
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent. j. F. Schrader, Rapid City: vice
president, j. ]. Allen, Sioux Falls: re-
cording and corresponding secretary,
Rev. w. c. King, Sioux Falls; treas.
urer, o. w. Thompson. Vermillion.
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Belle Fourche. S. d. Oct. o
If you drive into Belle Fourche
on Saturday and put up your
horse at a local stable. you must
keep him there until Monday
morning, according to the now
proclamation of the mayor. Ac-
cording to the chief executive of
Belle Fourche. the saloons are
not the only places that must
be closed all day Sunday. He
says he will see that livery
barns. all stores except those
necessary for supplies for the
home, which may be open a
short time in the morning, and
all places of amusement will be
closed during the Sabbath.
Heretofore it has been possi-
ble to get nearly anything in
this town on Sunday.
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DRAGGED UNDER MACHINE
AND INSTANTLY KILLED

Garretson, S. D.. Oct. 9-Martin
Buckmeyer. a thresher, was instantly
killed near here Wednesday. He was
walking by the side of a moving sep-
arator when his foot was caught by
one of the wheels and he was dragged
under the machine. He died instantly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
BOX CAR ROBBERS
CAPTURED NEAR YANkTON

Yankton, S. D., Oct. 7.-Jesse II.
White and Morris Harmon. two car
robbers, were arrested east of here by
a special Milwaukee agent, John Wern-
ick. and have been bound over to the
circuit court. The crime was COM
mitted at Gayville. Both men are now
in the county Jail.
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YANkToN MAN is
DETERMINED TO DIE.

Yankton, s. D.. Oct, Frank
Smith, a shoemaker, took number
of grains of morphine and then
went to bed at the Commercial, an
nouncing that he had taken the
drug to end his life. A physician
was called and after fight with
Smith succeeded in getting down his
throat the proper medicine.
Smith tried to commit suicide two
weeks ago but was prevented He
says next time he will be more sue
cessful. He is a widowe- and has
two grown daughters living east.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
DEFALcATIoN REVIVED
BY THE SALE OF LAND

Pierre, S. D., Oct. THE state land
department has just disposed of
tract of twenty acres Of Taylor land"
near the city of Madison receiving
$1,5OO for the tract. This land was part
of the estate turned over to the state
to cover the Taylor defalcation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
PERoRIA GIRL USES AN
EGG TO FIND HUSBAND.

Irene, S. d., Oct. 7.-An interest
Ing matrimonial romance may Gull
inmate from the finding of the fol-
lowing inscription on one Of the
filters of an egg case received at the
Farmers Cooperative store at this
place:
Miss Josie Gardner, SIG N. Wash
ington street, Peoria, ILL., Not mar
; ried but willing to be; looking for
; some one to love"
. 1t is understood that several of
7 the local bachelors have opened a.
: correspondence with the writer OF
; the unique missive, and the poor
; girl may have a hard time to decide
; which of the offers she had better
; accept.
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MRS. LEW WALLACE n,es

Crawforasyille, Ind, OFT. 5.-Mrs.
Susan y. Wallace widow Of General
Lew Wallace is dead.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11

he bulEdlnS OF the Panama canal alone
VIII undoubtedly accentuate the commerce
on the Mississippi river The construction
or great trunk canal from Lake Mchi-
gan to the Gulf of Mexico would en- arge
that commerce tremendously while the
efficient improvement of the Missouri ril'-
er so as to make it q practical route for
commerce from South Dakota to ST. Louis
would bring to the trunk canal rbu
tary which could deliver to it millions o.
tons annually: and the saving to the peo-
pie both directly and indirectly would be
tncalculable. II is claimed hat The aver
age rate for carrying frei.ht on the Grea
Lakes and upon the rivers in the ,assis-
sipp! valley IS only about ore-seventh o.
the averase rate charged by the railroad
OF the nlted STA es The peop,e of he
PIPER Missouri co try. in common wtf
t." neople Of h. .ral reS.ol Of h
united State valGe OF a ..fel. "
ter route of III as levefer and u
check uron RI n es They s1,> 10
only wiling. 'ft GUS to .,sDpe =
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
LID GOES ON TIGHT
IN BELLE FOURCHE

!, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11

New York, Oct. "a tramp who in
suited and frightened Miss Esther Bur-
ridge and Miss Carlotta Snyder was
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SOUTH DAKOTA w. C. r. U.
ELECT YEARS OFFICERS

Observation-Disclosures
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

of inflexlb1e flrmness; paticnce and in
tegrity, and he makes the protection
and consolation OF his sister the bust
ness of his life. He gives his brother
in-law no prextext for openly quarrel
ing with him. He is neither to be de-
ceived, irritated nor tired out, and he is
Danville's superior every way-ln con-
duct, temper and capacity. Under these
circumstances, it is unnecessary to say
that his brother-in-law's enmity
towards him is of the most implacable
kind, and equally unnecessary to hint
at the perfectly plain motive of the de-
nunciation.
GAS to the suspicious circumstances
affecting not Trudaine only, but his sis
ter as we'll, the undersigned regrets his
inability, thus far, to offer either ex-
PLANTATION or suggestion. At this pre-
iminary STAGE. the affair seems in
volved in impenetrable mystery"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

fruits are wholesome, palatable, ano
attractive additions to our diet, and
may be readily made to furnish con.
siderable part of the nutrients and
energy required in the daily fare.
Fresh fruits are dilute foods and close.
ly resemble green vegetables in total
nutrftive value, but dried fruits and
many preserves, etc., are much more
concentrated, comparing favorably
with some of the cereals and other
dry vegetable foods in the amount OF
total nutrients and energy which they
supply per pound. The characteristic
chemical constituents of fruits are
carbohydrates, and so they are natur.
ally and properly used in well-bal
anced diet to supplement foods richer
in protein, as cereal grains, legumes.
nuts, eggs, dairy products, meats, and
fish. Fruits contain considerable min.
eral matter, and as they are dilute
foods they may be added to the diet
to supply iron and other mineral con.
stituents without unduly increasing
the supply of protein and energy
Since they are bulky and often con.
tain fairly large proportions of indi'
gestible material, fruits stimulate
what might otherwise be sluggish
intestine. Intelligent1y used, fruits
are valuable part of balanced
diet and may well be eaten in larger
quantities than at present.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

Mrs. Aline DePasse, ZIG E. 165th st.,
New York, N. Y, writes:
"lt gives me pleasure to testify to the
curative qualities of Peruna and Mana
lin.
81 was afflicted for over seven years with
cafarrh Of the head, throat and digest
I've organs. Iconsulted many physicians,
but they did memo good.
zone day I happened to read some tes-
Gmonials in your Peruna almanac. L
decided to try Peruna aud Manalin. I
bought a bottle of each, and after taking
them for week I noticed change for
the better. So / kept it up, and after
using twelve bottles I was perfectly
cured.
II also gave the medicine to nv chill
dren and they had the same beneficial
result. would never be without these
remedies in the house.
'I highly rec ommend Peruna and
Manalin to all my friends, and in fact
to everybody"
Miss Mildred Grey, LILO Weimar ST.,
Appleton, Wis, writes:
! lit gives ME pleasure to recommend
Peruna for catarrh Of the stomach.
had this disease for q number of years,
and could not enjoy a mouthful Of food
that I ate. It was indeed great relief
when I hit upon Peruna, and obtained
decided results from the first. I took siz
bottles before I felt entirely cured of my
trouble, but had an aggravated case"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

fornia and New York were the great
est fruit producers, the large acreage
Of orchard fruits and grapes in these
states being prominent factors in the
problem.
The progress of fruit production
during the decade between the last
two censuses is indicated by the gain
in the number of orchard fruit trees;
the number of these trees in 1900 was
80 per cent. more than the number
in 1890.
Of the orchard fruits the apple has
decidedly the first place, IS per cent.
of the total number of fruit trees in
the United States in 1900 being apple
trees, and this fruit making up SO
per cent of the total number of bush
els of orchard fruit produced. Judged
by the number of trees under cultiva-
ton the greatest increase has been
found in the case of plums, apricots,
and pears, though peaches and cher
ries also have shown large gains. OF
small fruits strawberries, as might be
expected, were the most important
crop, and raspberries next, 257,438,-
900 quarts of strawberries and $685.
900 quarts of raspberries having been
grown in 1899.
In the case of canned and preserv-
ed fruits and similar goods the CEN
sus returns give later figures than
those quoted for fresh fruits. The to-
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Want to Convert q Town.


The good people of Wapella county,
Iowa, have engaged Dwight L. Moody
and two other evangelists to convert
the inhabitants of Eddyville to Chris
tianity. It is said that they, do not be-
lieve in the existence of God or hell,
decline to take an oath or attend a
church service. Evangelists have in
vaded the town and labored for weeks
without gaining single convert, but
when Robert G. Ingersoll lectures the
entire male population turns out, lay
ing aside everything else to hear the
famous speaker. City officers elect
have been known to refuse to take the
ordinary oath of Office because it con-
tanned the sentence, $50 help me God
At present fully two-thirds of the
business men of the town are unbeliev-
ers. Eddyville has population OF
1900. Last summer Billy Sunday, the
evangelist held a series of meetings
there, lasting an entire week, and he
failed to get single convert. He re-
marked that he had never before
preached in a town with so little sue
cess.
Maj. Broderick, foreman Of the Wa
pella county grand jury, adjourned the
body recently in order that he might
hear Ingersoll lecture.-New York
World.