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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
OES MONIES MAN IN
BIG LAND FRAUD

Des Moines. Ia, Dec. 81. b. Ham
sen. of Lisbon. N. D.. j.. A. Fike, Of
Omaha, and NJ. j. Schermerhorn. Of
Des Moines, we'll known reai estate
men, were arrested this morning on an
Indictment charging conspiracy in
tina they ~defrauded Cecil NJ. Stewart
of Des Moines. out of property worth
$50, 900. by trading him worthless Da-
kota LANDS liz exchange for an incu-
bator factory.
The arrest was made under dra-
.matic circumstances as the three men
a just entered the court room to de-
fend themselves against a civil suit
brought by Stewart to recover the
nrOnertN.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
RUSSIAN DOUMA ~
ADjOURNS m RIOT

ST. Petersburg. Dec. 3.-The session
f the dou1na today broke up in q
riot. The ~reactionaries assaulted The
odore L.. Roditsheff, orator Of the con-
to drag him from the tribune to put
an end to his vitriolic attacks on the
government.
Premier Stolypin and other members
of h cabinet witnessed the demon
stration for several minutes, but de-
parted when 1t became evident the
bowling mob had nc intention of all,
lowing the session to proceed. =
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
RETAILERS CHIEF SAYS
NO PACKERS REDUCTION

Chicago. Dec. 5.-Sol Wester1eld.
president of the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION. issued a statement today OK
planning the standpoint of the retail
dealers. In general he denied the pack
ers have made any reduction i'm meat
prices to dealers during the last few
weeks.
NO material reduction has come to
US as vet" he said. We have visited
the packers time and tim again and
asked. even demanded q reduction, for
we felt the a u right to
benefit from the low prices of cattle
and hogs OH hoof. The packers have
put us off, saying that next week, per-
week has never come
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
o RAPIDS O p
THE COMMISSION PLAN

Cedar Rapids, Ia. Dec. 1.-The COM
mission plan of city government vas
Idopted here yesterday by a small ma
.ortty. The vote was light. only 1890
votes oil a total registration of $500 be-
ing cast. The most accurate figures OBJ
.ainable show a majority Of 4E in favor
of the plan. Five precincts gave the
ipian IL majority of 1923. and -four pre-,
.cincts went against it by a total of
~. The Bohemian citizen. we're all
n.os; scl.a!y AGAINST il.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
SUPREME court HITS
THE TICKET SCAlPERS
Highest Tribunal Decides in Fa
vor Of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The supreme
court of the United States today de-
cided the case of the Louisville and
Nashville vs.. Marcus K. Bitterman and
others. involving the rights of defend
ants to engage in scalping ickets in
favor of the company. ,
. The court also decided the cases of
the Webster Coal company and Penn
~sylvania Coal and Cok company VS..
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
involving the right to examine the rail-
road company's books. in favor of b
coal companies.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
FIRE THREATENED
BUSINESS SECTION
Of SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Dec. 3.-The en-
lire northern business district Of h
city was threatened for a time by fire
which broke out during a high wind
shortly before 9 o'clock this morning
in a building belonging to Chief Arndt,
of he local fire department. Seven
valuable horses were burned.
A heavy gale carried the flames to n
work on the part of the fire depart
ment were prevented from doing Sc
rious damage except to the building
where 1t started n small frame build.
ings in the immediate vicinity.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
MADE 100000;
LOOKING FOR M0Rl

New York. Dec. 3.-Jesse L.. Liyef-sy
more. IS. the plunger who recently
made 100000 on Wall street and VINO
said he had retired, is back on Il hi !
Street looking for more.
1t is stated he has acquired zoo 600. i,
bales of cotton. f~f'
Keep you, mouth shu and 20. home
to your wife on time" ia Liz. mor.:s..,
advice to men seeking for a system:
on Wall street at tt,t. fine he. made niss
fortune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
FROM sTENoGRAPHER
TO DISTRICT JUDGE.

Logan. Ia. Dec. 5.-From a ste
%nosrapher in the legal department
of the government Of Panama. E..
$; Garrison. formerly. clerk OF the
Harrison county district court, has
been promoted until he is now one
of the Judges Of Panama at a salary
; of $2,4U a ear.
MIR. Garrison went to Panama
; about two years ago. After acting
; as stenographer for some time he
) was placed In the Office OF the
; prosecuting attorney ut Ancon. His
appointment as Judge was made
the latter part Of last week. He Is
; In charge Of the judiciary OF a
; quite large district and will have his
headquarters at Empire, Panama.
Mir. Garrison was graduated from
: the law department of the Iowa
) state university and after gradua-
ton practiced for a few years with
J. s. Deweli. IN Missouri Valley.
la.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
DAVIS, 81, WHO Ran
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
IS TO Be MARRIED
The Bride.to.Be 10 an Ex-So.
ciety Reporter on a Paper
in Washington.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Henry Glass;
away Davis, of West Virginia. the S4
wear old multi1nillionaire and ex-demo-
cratic candidat.s for vice president, is
to be married.
His bride to be is Miss Maude Ash
ford, who was earning her living a few
months ago as society reporter for a
Washington paper.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
WINS AT FOOTBALL.
FATHER FORGlNES HIS
MARRYING SERVANT

P~it,sburg, >.oec. 4.-John Aston
Moorehoad. 50 of John X. Moore
head. j wealthy Pittsburg m,rn. and
member OF. one of the oldes. families
here. has been forgiven for running
French maid. ..!.
his work on his school, football
teman caused Is fathers IL ion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
A REAL HONEST MAN
LIVES IN IOWA TOWN.

Evanston. Ill.,. Dec. "a
check for sl25 was received by
Dean U. S. Grant. OF Northwest
ern university. today from Ed
ward j. Asthaller. of Muscatine, =
VIII" accompanied the check with
a letter explaining that he had
gone through college on what is
know; rs the prospective min
lister" rate ~ tuition and. as he
had entered business he desired
to make UP the difference be-
tween chat and the
regula! fees Cor four years at
tendance.
-As!halier returned TO his home
!E Muscntine after the 1906 COM
H%nennennelil anG became inter-
cslsi IL the sheet music BUSH
ness. IN his letter I've said he
thought his action the only
Square ih!ix To- do
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
TWENTY-FIVE P
OF MINERS FOUND

Pittsburg. Dec. s.-rwenty-hve of the
bodies Of the miners caught by the ex-
3plosion fsof' fire damp Sunday night in
the. Eoami mine ear Fayette City
were reached. early today. All the
bodies were burned almost beyond rec
.ognition. The rescuers are nearing the
end Oe Abe workings and have found
~. signs OF life anywhere.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
MRS. BRYAN n
DAUGHTER TO SPEND
WINTER IN EGYPT

Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 5.-Mrs. w. j.
Bryan left his afternoon for New York
accompanied, by her daughter. Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Leavitt. She will sail
saturday for Cairo. Egypt, n they
will be absent until spring.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
MRS. BRADLEY NOT
GUILTY, SAYS JURY
"'Thank God" Murmer Women
in Courtroom, az Verdict
Is Announced.

Washington, Dec. 5.-A jury COM
posed of southerners, who cling to the
southern idea of galiantry and the I'M
written law, today returned a verdict OF
not guilty in the case Of Mrs. Anna
NJ. Bradley. who killed ex-LJnited
I;tates Senate Brown. of Utah, father
iof her two tllegitimate children. Mrs.
Bradley was Immediately discharged
from custody and left the court house
in an automobile, following an ovation.
She will leave in a few days to Join
her sister in Goldf1eld, New.
When the u asked the jury II It
had reached q verdict the foreman IL
ewered:
w have"
What is your verdict gentlemen"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
ROBBERS DYNAMITE.
AWAY WITH $4,00l

sedalia, Mo-. Dec. a.-Mesnees
from New Franklin. Howard county.
'forty miles from Sedalia, say robbers
last night dynamited the safe of the
Ne~ Franklin bank. r~ansacked the
vaults and escaped Nth $4,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06

III most healthful municinaii,ics.
Madrid is at the other end Of The list.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-06
OMAHA MAN in JAIL;
FORGERY SUSPECTED

Marsh.'iiuw., Ia. Dee. ON sus-
ricio,, of forgery +. IL. Christian, repre-
.pn,ine tine Merchants Chemical COM
pany. manufacturers Of a hog cholera
'ruredy az Omaha. ts in Jail here. He
secured cash on two worthless cnecks
irn wh OF the Merchants National bank.
of Cedar E,nids.
!. NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
: .Thicaso. Dec S-Aew York exchange
oyereJ Nj ., ;.snliuni.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
ladies' Hats Worth
Up TO $40, S4.95

The seasons latest V0gues in
a wealth of styIes-an almost
limitless variety. You are sure
TO be suited; the hat is sure to
become you they are made
that way.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
SURPRISE IN STORE
FOR TWO TRAVELLERS

The clerical force of the basement Of
fee OF the Health Department OF the
District has a surprise IN store for DR.
r. F. TObin and John P. Wilson, agents
of the department. who are expected
to reach here today from the Pacific
coast. Their offices have been profuseIv
decorated. placarded, and adorned. MAX
ing the room look as though a bunch
Of carnival practical jokers had been
around. One big card announces "Cal-
ifornia or Bust another. Busted
be Gosht" A large bottle, half Allied
with mountain dew. is labeled ..por-
terage.' a form of incidental expense
permissible on travelling accounts OF
agents of the department. A sneeisfIv
written song is entitled Back to wash
ington"
Dr. Tobin and Agent Watson left here
three weeks ago for Sacramento. cal.
Portland. Ore; and Tacoma. Wash
with three alleged insane prisoners who
had come to this city with a mania 10
do personal harm to the President. Rob
ert D. Lewis was taken to Sacramento
Henry Sullivan to Portland. and Charles
Fields to Tacoma. En- route from the
coast the party was delayed nearly a
week by foods near Sacramento. Both
officers were forced to- wire for more
funds
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
DON'T Be SCARED
WHEN POLICE CALL
They Will Ring the Bell
and Ask Your hge
This Week.

When a blue-coated, brass-buttoned
policeman calls at your house the latter
part of this week do not be alarmed.
It is not a sign that the place is pinehed
CT that some one is wanted on a Grim
inal charge. The policeman will rap
gently On the door. raise his hat when It
Is opened, and say in a well-modulated
voice:
Your name, age. and occupation,
please. How many children have you?
Does any one else live in the houseT'
Then, vixen he has obtained The de-
sired information. he Will turn on his
heel. and walk Down the steps There
viii be no reason for an undue palplta-
lion. and high strung persons who get
excited at the sight of a policeman
should calm themselves on this occasion.
To obtain accurately the number 81
inhabitants of the District. and the
number Of children not attending school
IN April 10, 1907, Major Sylvester today
issued special instructions for taking
the annual police census.
Captains will divide their respective
precincts into two or more enumeration
districts, and an officer will call at every
house in the District. There will be M
exceptions. and elderly maiden ladies
who feel delicate about even mentioning
heir age viii be obliged TO tell the
truth just as they did a year ago.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
BANQUET
PLANS COMPLETE
Business High School AS
sembles in Reunion Tues
day Evening.

The annual banquet and reunion OF
fhe business High School Alumni Asso-
citation viii be held on Tuesday night at
o'clock and owing to the low price OF
a ner Mate and tbs unique and inter
esting program arranged. large attend
ance of Business High School graduates
and their friends Is expected
In January last the committee on ar
rangements was appointed and gentI "a
plans formulated looking to provide
something novel in place Of the usual
formal banquet. It was decided to divide
the evening into three parts-supper' re-
union. and dancing. and informality was
to be the keynote Of the occasion.
At O'Clock sharp, the banquet proper
VIII begin. the guests proceeding to the
spacious gymnasium hall or the sehooi
building. where supper VIII be 1erved.
Retween each course an entertainment
viii be provided which is 10 be unique
in everv particular. At 10 O'Clock, the
various classes viii proceed 10 rooms as
signed to them and elect MEMBER 70 70
serve next season on the advisory poaro
of the association, which is composed OF
A duly elected member OF each grad
Mating class OF the school
While these reunions are going en- the
floor Of the gymnasium viii be cleared
for dancing which win continue the re-
mainder of the evening.
The committee in charge Of this years
BANQUET and reunion, is as follows: J.
Henry Oehmann. chairman; Isabel NJ.
Peacock. secretary and treasurer; James
n west w. w. Connor, MaEde Wagner,
Nav Atehinson, ]. w. McKericher, a.
L. Newmyer, B. H. Gibbs, Charles A.
ZONES. and w. g Sullivan
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
WORK AMONG FARMERS
OF SYCAMORE SOCIETY

The Sycamore Literary Society Of
topeka. Ind. has arrived to fame. Out
side of Topeka, possibly few know that
such an organization Is on earth, but
J N. Babcock. the founder. told the
president yesterday that Andrew Car
pegfe had given the society 5000 with
which 10 carry on its work, and he is
now on his way TO New York, where
he expects TO see John D. Rockefeller,
and hopes to secure more financial as
sistance from him. The President was
so much impressed with Mr.. Babcock
and his enterprise that he promised to
write him an autograph letter IN the
near future, praising the aims and pur-
poses Of the organization.
I'VE are doing great deal to edu-
cate the farmers and the farmers boys
in our section of the country" said Mr..
Babcock. Lectures are given every
Friday evening and We get out. in ad-
dition. a good deal Of literature"
The Washington times., 1907-04-07

the world viii follow him beyond the
doors of prison.
And Of the girl who made the SUI
preme sacrifice2 What will her future beE
The second anniversary OF her Ill
starred wedding she spent in a manner
far different from her choice Had the
anniversary been celebrated in the
stately old family home, Lyndhurst,
there would have been commemorative
gifts, probably of jewels. There would
nave been flowers filing the great
rooms with their sweetness. Doubtless
there would have been a dinner in
honor OF the event, perhaps much too
stately a dinner for the tastes or the
childish bride; but IT would have been
In her honor. and, duh as she might
have found the revel, she would have
been its queen.
Had II been celebrated in New York.
there would have been a banquet. prob
ably al RectOr's. which. in her school,
girl diary, she declared looked good
TO her.
Might Have Been Worse.
Yet even there. there might have
arisen at the feast a more terrible spec
ire than the respectable duliness of
Lyndhurst. There might have passed
big man with heavy, sensual face. and
a smile that suggested the satyr, even
while his lips dropped brilliant, enter
tanning. seductive sentences. And at
sight OF him Harry Thaw might have
been seized by one OF hts paroxysms OF
rage and her own heart gripped by the
old terrors she described
Evelyn Thaw's second wedding anal
versary passed for her in a long, drag
ging. exhausting wait for the curtain
to rise on the next act of the judicial
drama. Throughout the courtroom and
through the halls beyond and even into
the streets had gone the rumor that the
three examiners into ThaW's mental
condition had voted that he was sane
More Wretched Than Ever.
But II the rumor reached the prison
er's wife It fell upon dull ears or an IN
camprehending brain. She looked more
H.cetched than at any time during the
dragging chain of weeks that have
measured the interminable trait. more
wretched than when from the witness
stand she told q story of wrong at
which every woman's head bowed in
shame of sex,
Her prettiness seemed to have fed
past recall IN some vigil more crucial
than all the rest. She looked small,
plain and addressed. Her face was
CHASTITY Ia its pallor. Her features we're
so pinched that their pleasing regular
ity had also mysterlously vanished.
Leaning forward to hear the words OF
court and counsel she thrust forward
her chin and one sew the knife-like
thiuness OF her jaw and the hoiloWne5S
Of the white Cheeks above them. Her
dark eyes looked forth as from a marble
mask Starving children fainting in the
streets have looked no sadder or moro
famished than Harry Thaw's wife whila
she waited for the report Of the lunacy
commissions action. on which the State
held back another four days.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
Thaw'S Future Course
In Case of AcQuittaL
viii He Stick to Glare of the Great White
Way or Seek SecIusion in Some Distant
Cline and Live Down His Past?
By ADA PATTERSON.

NEW YORK, April s.-Since the eyi-
deRee is all in. Harry Thaw declared
technically sane. the district attorney
fight for more delay won and his cry
for time. more time, stilied, the minds
Of those who have followed the elOn-
gated case look past the oratory of the
summing up TO the future OF the young
couple who have been the toys IN tie
maelstrom of events.
If Harry Thaw is freed, viii his domi-
nant ambition reassert itseif2 That am
bition took the form. il win be remem-
bered. of politics.
Join me, and we win rule Pittsburg. -
he wrote in effect TO Evelyn Nesbit in
one of his strange love letters. I'VE viii
rule It not socially, but through poll
tics. can have anything want there -
What he wanted or might later want.
1t developed in that same love letter,
was n seat in Congress. possibly in the
United States Senate.
one can scarcely imagine the most
spectacular young man that ever came
out of Pittsburg occupying a chair in
the Senate Chamber. which a member
OF that body declared "a sedate body
OF old men"
Which Path Will He Choose7
There have been worse men than
Harry Thaw in the United States Senate.
but none tc my knowledge who have
confessed to murder. and about whom
grave doubts of his sanity have always
been entertained.
VIII he resume the old night life OF
the Rialto2 WIN the new shows" the
cafes and cabs be still his haunts? IN
less his be Of buOyant natures, the most
buoyant the lights of the Great White
Way" viii be beacons OF torment 70 him.
fearful sign posts pointing to a past
that has bred the present OF court OF
law and OF a lunacy commission.
VIII ne seek forgetfuiness IN tfaVel ,
Paris and London and the highway OF
the Rhine viii have their reminders OF
that which a normal man would SsVe
half his life TO forget.
Work His Only Alternative.
What corrective of torturing memo
ries could Thaw safely seek2 There is
but one-worlx There Is no evidence
that the prisoner has ever had an &C
quaintance with the greatest curative.
clarifying, satisfying agent on earth.
Is your heart broken2 Go TO work.
II he is acquitted and resumes his
dalliance on Broadway, or the Boule-
ward, or the Strand, Harry Thaw will
earn the contempt of the world that
has been looking with sympathetic eyes
upon the central figure OF a story alb
sorbing; not because OF his unimpoSing
personality. but because the themes are
the universal ones of love and hatred.
of wrong and the nursing OF thoughts OF
revenge. a possibly clouded mind. and
of a cataclysm Of the passions ending
Ia the terrible climax Of Staying. II he
IS acquitted and gives earnest evidence
Of his wish TO be a man IN world OF
men by going 70 work, the sympathy or
The Washington times., 1907-04-07

The latest shades OF tans
and grays and the new dressy
black. The desirable length
and the new shape effects. All
gees to make an exceptional
Oifer-and a seasOnabIe enc.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07

Mems Clothing and Furnishings for
Spring On Liftle-ai-a-Time Payments
This business was originally founded as a mans
sore-the ladies' department is recent feature. The
mans business is our stronghold" We've eclipsed
all our previous displays this season-there's not
pattern style, color fashionable idea that is not
represented. We quote below some specials for this
week but bear in mind that your promise is sufficient
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
cry Bargains
so Pattern Hats
Worth Up to $40, $500

The most fetching, stunning
ereatiOns-hats absolutely cor
rect and MISUNDERSTANDING
in every detail. Only 80 Of
them, and they are sure TO go
with the rapidity such values
deserve.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07

We can safely say that such
a value was never offered in
Washington before. These are
splendid suits, up TO date in
style and finish. There is
thorough workmanship in every
garment-spIeBdid quality and
perfect fit.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07
Mems $500 Suits, $1,000

Right at the beginning startling
announcement. and they SIS Suits They're samples 4
maker sent them to for quick selling; they the
models OF fashionable for Spring
coOrs, single double breasted. Nothing that isn't
quality all the through Special Mondar only
few left-S000
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-08-03
A Good Show at the Iris

The change of program which should have been given at the Iris Thursday night was put on last night.
 The house was dark Thursday night On account of breakdown at the cleo. tric light company s plant they were unable to supply the house with power for the picture machine.
 The comedy pictures, "Orange Peel and "The Wrong Flat, !" kept the audi enee in roar of laughter.
 The picture of snake hunting is a wonderful production.
 The illustrated songs were sung by MT. Keith. He has two very good songs this week. Both of them were heartily encored His voice shows a big improvement after few weeks rest.
 The same bill continues tonight and Sunday night.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-08-03
GLOBE SIGHTS AND
 SILVER BELTLETS
Current News of Busy Globe Told in
 Brevities

Theodore Swift is registered at the Dominion from Stafford.
 R. l.. Jones, wife and two children, came in from Tombstone last night
 Nat Leary came in from Los Angeles last night and is at the Dominion.
 Mir. and Mrs N Duga of Beaumont, Texas, are registered at the Kinney hotel.
 Lee Middleton returned last night from the coast, where he passed his vacation.
 l.. N. Brown and wife of Pima ar rived last night and are stopping at the Dominion.
 John Owens came up last night from the San Carlos strip. He reports mining active in that district.
 Cornelia A. White and Carrie Pohl are at the Kinney hotel from Talklai, having arrived last night.
 R. V. Shell, manager of the Arizona Commercial Copper Mining company, last night returned from Michigan.
 Mrs. Forman Hanna last night re- turned from Texas, where she spent the past two months visiting her parents.
 Alfred A. Cohn of the Silver Belt will return from the coast tomorrow night much to the relief of the sub editor and the readers of the Silver Belt
 R. c. Baker leaves this morning for Tonto Basin, where he will take five men to begin work on some mining claims owned by Charles T. Martin and others.