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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
CONDITIONS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

tN oOO ~ OANOVA
Huron, S. D.. April 24.--weekly
weather bulletin for the week ending
April 20. 1908:
The mean temperature was decidedly
above the normal. the average daily
excess being: about 10 degrees.
The week opened and closed xsfth
very warm weather for the 'seAaon.
Maximum temperatures OF 80 degrees
or higher occurred over much of the,
state. the highest recorded being 81 de-
grees at Armour. Douglas county, on
Tuesday On Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday the nights were quite cool.i
Minimum temperatures below freezing
occurred in nearly all counties, the low
est recorded being 20 degrees. at High
more, Hyde county, on Wednesday,, and
at Kidder Marshall county, on Thurs
day. i
Aside from moderate to fairly gem
erous amount of rain that fell over some
of the counties in the extreme SOUTH
eastern portion of the state on Thurs
day night and Friday there was prac-,
tically no precipitation, and over most
of the state there was none whatever.
While there was some cloudy weather,
there was on the whole more than the
normal amount Of sunshine. There was
to high wind. and prairie fires occurredi
in number of counties. On Tuesday a.
maximum wind velocity of 81 miles an
hour from the northwest was recorded,
at Pierre, Hughes county, and for a.
period OF six hours the average velocity
was Al miles an hour. maximum
velocity Of 45 miles an hour from the
north occurred at Huron. Beadle coun-
ty, on the same day. Rain is needed
Missouri and James river valleys and
In parts OF the Black Hills district
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
soNEsrEEL MAsoNs WILL
ESTABLISH A CHAPTER

sons have completed arrangements for
instituttng chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons here. The Bonesteel lodge is in a
flourishing condition and the membership
is being steadily increased
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
FREE RANGE QUESTION
TO BE DECIDED MAY ~.

Presho. S. D., April 80. = The
commissioners of Lyman county
have finally accepted the petition
of the homesteaders calling for
a vote on the free range question
and have ordered special cleo
ton for May ~ to determine
whether cattle shall have free
range over the prairies of this
county.
At the same meeting the COM
missiorers also accepted a peti-
tion for Il vote on the removal Of
the county seat from Oacoma to
Presho and to divide the county.
The electors will vote on the lat
ter questions at the regular fall
election
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
HIS BODY SEVERED
BY FREIGHT CAR

Huron, S. D., April 24.-Tuesday aft
ernoon from the Baptist church oc-
CURED the funeral services of Jay Bar
key, conducted by Rev. F. E. Hudson.
Young Barkey was the 13-year-old son
of Thomas H. Barkey and wife and met
death Sunday afternoon when he
jumped from moving freight car in
the yards Of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway He fell beneath the car.
which passed over him. severing his
body at the hips. The funeral was very
largely attended and among beautifuI
floral offerings were those from his as
sociates in the city schools.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
ALGEsTER MERCHANT
SELLS HIS STOCK

Aicester, S. D.. April 24.-H. H. Nom
sen. prominent merchant OF this
place. has disposed of his large stock
OF merchandise. The stock will be
moved elsewhere. Mr.. Nomsen has not
decided just what he will do, but in
any event he will locate in some other
town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
PROTESTS AGAINST
q. N. TRAIN aERvlce

Flandreau. s. D.. April 24.-The state
board of railroad commissioners will
hold meeting tomorrow at Willow
Lakes to hear the protests against the.
discontinuance of the passenger service,
over the Great Northern railroad from
WatertoWn to Huron.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01
AFTER he FELL
kIDDER KILLED
THREE BANDITS.
Former South Dakotan 1. Killed
in Old Mexico by Band Of
Horse Rustiers.

Vermillion, S. D.. April 24.-word
reached here yesterday from Arizona
telling the death of JEFF Kidder, for
merly Vermillion boy. Kidder went
from here to Arizona Ave years ago
and became one of the governments
mounted police, commonly known as
rangers" and 1t was while ne was dis
charging his duty that ne met his
death.
A band of horse rustlers had been op-
Grating in the neighborhood of the
young officers station and had crossed
into Old Mexico. daring Kidder to fol-
low. He went and found the gang at q
country dance. but was shot down as
soon as he was seen. After he had
fallen he shot five times. killing three
of the bandits before he himself died.
He was known as the best shot In the
southwest and no outlaw ever succeeds
ed in getting the drop on him, face to
face.
JEFF Kidder's father will be remem..
bered as n pioneer of Clay county ana
South Dakota. He was appointed ter
ritorial judge of Dakota by President
Grant. For time he was Vermillions
postmaster. his son Jeff serving as as
sistant. The boy was always known to
have carried a gun ever since he was
large enough to use one. He was about
80 years old at the time OF his death,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01

All the passengers and crew Of the
st. Paul are safe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
indianapolis News.

within half a block of the flames and
the paint on the boat Chicago, which
was nearest to the scene, was scorched
in several places. The grain stored in
the elevators was attacked by fire on
every side and its destruction gave adj
ditional alarm to members of the board
of trade, who are exercised over j
threatened crop shortage.
Wall Sinks Fire Tug.
The steel fireboat Illinois, the pride
of the Chicago fire department, was
sent to the bottom of the river at 8 80
a. M. Tuesday as the spectacular cul-
mination of the disastrous blaze of the
day before. The tireboat was sunk by
the collapse of the east wall of eleva-
tor f, near 10th street and the river,
injured and narrowly escaped death by
drowning when the crash came without
anything to indicate that danger was
near.
Two engineers and four stokers, to-
gether with Capt. Lyons, were on board
the boat and were rescued with difficult
ty. A pipeman, who was standing on
the docks, was knocked senseless by q
hail of flying debris and was severely
cut on the head
The boat, valued at 100000 received
the full force of the terrific crash and
was crushed in by the falling wall. The
engine room and the fire-fighting ma
chinery were reduced to a tangled mass
of steel and the craft sank Immediate
lv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
CHICAGO HAS BIG FIRE;
WHOLE CITY MENACED
Spectacular Elevator Blaze Causes
Loss of Over One Million
Dollars.
DEPARTMENT IN HARD FIGHT.
Huge Grain Storehouses Are De-
Stroyed and Fire Boat Is
Sunk.

One Of the fercest and most spectac-
ular fires that has ragged in Chicago III
years, which left property loss of
S1,55s,0O0 in its wake and threatened a
repetition Of the confagration of 1871.
started Monday afternoon in the dock
freighthouse of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad at 10th street and
the river. Two grain elevators, hun
dreds of thousands of bIshels of grain,
freight depot. fifty freight cars and a
number of buildings and sheds were de-
stroyed.
During the height of the blaze hun
dreds of burning boards and shingles
were carried on the breast of a strong
southwest wind, and the situation be-
came so critical at one time that Fire
Marshal Koran prophesied a general
confagration throughout the city, if the
fire crossed the river. Desperate work
by the firemen kept the flames from
spreading.
So intense was the heat at one time
that the firemen could not approach
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
AUTO BRAKES SNAP AND 5 DIE.

Huge Tonneau Plunges Down En-
bankment, Killing Occupants.
The second disastrous automobile ac-
cident within forty-eight hours, involv-
ing prominent San Francisco people,
occurred Monday afternoon near Bur-
lingame, the fashionable suburb of the
city, when huge tonneau occupied by
FIVE women and two children plunged
down steep embankment as the re-
suit of the swapping of the brakes and
caused the death Of five of the occu-
pants and injury to two others.
Coming down steep grade near
Crystal Lake. Miss Ethel Mccormick,
who was at the wheel, endeavored to
check the speed of the car by applying
the foot brake. 1t failed to hold the AL
tomobile, and she hastily threw on the
emergency brakes. They snapped.
Then the young woman endeavored to
steer the car against the high bank on
the right. The front wheel, however,
struck large rock. and the next mo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
SHE COULD NOT WALK

For Notwithstanding Humor on
AnkIes-Opiates Alone Brought
sIeep-Eczema Yielded to Cuti-
cura.
Il had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for a short time and
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions | used to no purpose. My an
kles were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so intense that
I could not sleep. 1 could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said | had better try the Cuticura
Remedies After using them three times
l had the best nights rest in months
unless | took an opiate. | used one
set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills. and my ankles healed in short
time 1t is now year since | used
Cuticura. and there has been no return
of the eczema. Mrs. David Brown,
Locke. Ark. May IS and July Is, 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
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The three-mile open professional bicy-
Gle record was broken at Salt Lake City
by F. A. Mcfarland, whose time was
80
President Roosevelt has sent a. con-
gratulatory message to the American rife
team on its victory at the Olympic shoot
at Bisley.
Reports that James r. Keene will shin
his stable to England this fall unless the
turf situation improves are current in
New York.
At Latonia, Will Fizer still leads the
winning owners with a comfortable mar
gin, Pinkola being the nag that is re-
sponsible for it.
Allison Jack, well known throughout
the Southern States in recent years as an
all-around athlete, died from injuries re-
celved during the track meet at New Or
leans, when he was struck on the head
by thrown hammer
V. Powers has no trouble holding his
place at the head of the jockey list at
Latonia, and his record shows a winning
percentage of "a.
Col. Milton Young of Kentucky has
| decided to sell his famous McGratbiana
stud and to dispose of the 700 weanIings.
yearlings, mares and stations now on the
place.
President Bryce of the Columbus. Ohio.
baseball club and one of the founders of
| the American Association. dropped dead
of heart disease in front of 5000 people
at the Columbus ball park
At Peoria, H., Amy Brooks won the
10 trot in straight heats from Spanish
Queen, the candidate for the Detroit, NJ.
and NJ. stakes.
The Michigan Supreme Court has sus-
tanned the Circuit Court in refusing to
issue an order prohibiting Sunday base
| ball in Detroit.
For the first time in many years Du-
| luth will be well represented in the big
| harness races that will be pulled of at
the western fairs this fall.
James G., Lathrop, for twenty wears
| coach of the Harvard track team. has
been dismissed as the crimson's coach by
the Harvard athletic committee
| John S. Wallace, former manager of
| the City Park race track, New Orleans.
| announces shat he will probably open a
race track in Panama or Cuba this year.
The principals, seconds, managers and
club officials who participated in a prize
| fight between Jim Barry of Chicago and
Jim Flynn of Pueblo, at Wayside Athletic
| Club, Petersburg, were arrested.
In the races at Terre Haute, Ind. the
PAGER, Kruger, 2 :04. driven by Melon
aid, ran away mad dashed into the track
railing, board of which penetrated the
| horses breast. The animal died almost
Immediately. The driver was slightly
| hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Manila One DnN Behind.

Manila is one of the most important
ports in the Philippine Islands, but,
strange to say, is one day behind all
other places Of its size in the world.
This curious fact is accounted for in
this way; Although the Philippine ISL
ands lie near the Asiatic coast, they
were discovered by SpaniardS who sail
ed from America. When they crossed
the magic line where Sunday changes
into Monday these fiery dons of proud
Castiiian ancestors did not revise their
calendar. When told of this years
later and informed that their mode of
reckoning time was not up to modern
notions they merely said that was so
much the worse for modern notions.
Anyhow, the fact remains that these
Islanders keep plodding along one day
behind the rest of the world, which
reckons time by new style.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
SULTAN OF TURKEY
TARGET FOR DAGGER
Stabbed in the Breast in His Pal
ace and Saved from Death
by Armor.
CAPTURE WOULD-BE SLAYER.
He Is a Minor Official and Gold
Been Br;bed to Commit Act.

Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey was
stabbed in the breast at Constantinople
by a minor palace official. Only the
coat of mail which the Sultan always
wears saved his life. This DETECTED
the blow of the would-be assassin's
knife, and rendered it practically
harmless The Sultan's assailant was
seized at once by the guards which
came at the rulers call.
The Sultan's outcry as he grappled
with the man aroused hundreds of pal
ace attaches, and Immediately the
whole Yildiz Kiosk was in an uproar.
Soldiers came Gathering in aud form
ed a strong guard around Adults pri-
vate apartments. The commotion was
unusual, even for the palace, which has
been the scene of so many tragedies
arising from attempts and fancied at
tempts against the Sultan's life. The
would-be assassin apparently had been
bribed to commit the act, as he had a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
ALMOST A SHADOW.
Gained go lbs. ON Grape-Nuts.


There's a wonderful difference be-
tween a food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength and
good healthy flesh.
1t makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest it, 1t is not
really food tc the system until it is
absorbed. A Yorkstate woman says:
II had been a sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got SO bad that the least bit of
food such as / then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after eat
Ing.
Il lost flesh until l was almost a
shadow Of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
First l dropped coffee and used
Postum then began to use Grape-Nuts,
although L had little faith it would do
me any good.
But | continued to use the food
and have gained twenty pounds in
weight and [ feel like another person
in every way. | feel as if life had
truly begun anew for me.
II can eat anything / like now in
moderation, suffer no i'll effects, be on
my feet from morning until night
Whereas a year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while 9th
ers cleaned house for me, this spring
have been able to do it myself all
alone.
My breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and a cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and piece of toast,
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And l can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hours
work would have made me year ago."
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read, 'sThe Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE

The balloon Hamburg" of the Ham
burg Aeronautical Society. met with an
accident while trying to effect landing
at Lubbock.
The Mexican government now claims to
have caught the two chief instigators OF
| the recent revolt in the northern section
of the country.
Correspondence between the republics
of Nicaragua and Guatemala has been
made public in showing that the most
strained relations exist between the two
countries.
Business was at a standstill and a
great throng of people assembled about
the harbor of Honolulu, when the Ameri-
Francisco.
Upon the advice of the American min
lister to Hayti, Mr.. Furniss, the gunboat
Paducah has gone to Haytian waters The
government of Nord Alexis is again
threatened with a revolt.
The international miners congress.
meeting in Paris, adopted a resolution in
favor of the naturalization of miners,
but upon the condition that the miners be
secured IN their FISHL 10 preserve uneit
union organizations.
To the influence of Queen Victoria of
Spain is credited the recent order of the
King prohibiting women toreadors from
taking part in the bull-ring ceremonies
or contests.
At Saigon, Cochin China, three Anna
mite officers have been condemned to
death, having been found guilty of COM
plicity in an alleged plot to poison the
members of the local garrison.
Soon after the adjournment of the
French Parliament for the summer Presi-
dent Falheres. accompanied by Foreign
Minister Pichon. started on the warship
Verite for a state visit to Norway, Swe
len and Russia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13

ABDUL HAND H., SULTAN OF TURKEY.
large sum of gold in his pockets and
his baggage was packed ready for
flight
Abdul Hamid is said to be the most
hated monarch in Europe, not even ex-
cepting the Car of Russia, and during
his long reign he has lived in continu-
al dread Of assassination. He is cred
tied with the plotting out of many lives
because of his constant fear of his own
life. His victims have been principally
members of his household, who for
trivial offenses were made targets for
the bullets from his beautifully jewel
Ell revolver that he carries constantly
on his person. Abdul has ruled over
the people of the Turkish empire for
more than thirty-two years, having
come to the throne in 1876 after sue
cessfully deposing his brother,
MOurad V.
Former attempts have been made OH
the life of Abdul Hamid, the most SEN
sational being that of July %, 1903,
when unknown assasSinS threw a
bomb at the red ruler as he was leav-
ing the mosque where the celebration
of Salamik had taken place. He es-
capped serious injury Oh that occasion,
although thirty or forty people were
killed Again in October, 1906, when
report was spread that the Sultan
was suffering from a serious illness, it
was later learned that the real cause
of his affection was a bullet wound in
f1icted by one of his Turkish wives
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
.JoI,n Has Becomc n Sightseer,

John Chinaman, as Il race, has be-
come fired with municipal zeal" said
Il New Yorker who likes to watch the
sightseeing wagons. also John has
became financially reckless. Several
times this spring l have seen rubber
necks' go by with two or more China
men among the passengers. 1 don't re-
member ever to have seen that phe-
nomenon until this season. except. of
course. in the case Of travelling Orien-
tails. But the sightseeing Chinese that
I have noticed lately are residents of
New York out for the first time in their
lives probably to see something of the
town they live in"
Fully one-third of the land in Great
Britain is owned by members of the
House Of Lords.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
SINGERS FINGERS BITTEN OFF.
Miss Emelie Gardner Has Encounter
with Ferocious Beast in Dark.

with EerociouS Beast In DARK.
Her left arm frightfully lacerated
and two fingers Of her right hand chew
ed off, Miss Emelie Gardner, an opera
singer. is in a critical condition at the
Coney Island Hospital as a result of be-
ing attacked by huge bull terrier.
Miss Gardner has been spending the
summer in her cottage at Seagate. Co
ney Island. Her housekeeper, Mrs.
Bangman. is the owner Of q big female
dog, which she kept in the rear yard
Sunday. on account of the heat, Mrs
Bangman transferred the, dog and her
puppies to the pantry in the basement
of the cottage.
At night Miss Gardner, who was
alone in the house, entered the pantry
The room was dark, and as she closed
the door the dog sprang upon her. Hiss
Gardner threw up her arms, but the
teeth of the dog caught her left arm
between the wrist and the elbow, crush
ing flesh and bones. AS she struck at
the brute with her right hand it snap
ped at the hand and severed the two
first fingers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13

ment the car plunged down the steep
embankment. thirty-fve feet below.
Mrs. Mccormick was the wife of
Thomas Mccormick, president of the
Mccormick Iron Works of San Francis
co, and Mrs O'Briens husband is the
proprietor of the keystone Manufac-
turing Works. Saturday afternoon
Mrs. Frederick Marriott, the wife of
prominent San Francisco publisher, and
James D. Gilbert were killed in a SINH
lar accident.
At Hutchinson, Kan, Judge George
A. Nanderveer, candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Judge of the
Ninth Judicial District was killed when
a Rock Island train struck the automo-
bile in which he was finishing his cam
paign.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front Of the main building of
the Lydia E. Pmkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. Itmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
It means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended 70 anyone 70 come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements OF Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as m 1ch of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia Z. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Con and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forsheals
might just as well regain her health.
Wasn't in Politics.
MY good man, why don't you do some
thing"
"Why should ~ demanded Tired Tiff
fins. Il amt got no constituents to kick
about my inactivity. Courier
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Automatic TrafnstOp Wanted,

Secretary Boriand of the Signal and
Train Control Board of the Interstate
Commerce Commission says it will be
worth S1,0OO,OOO to the person who in
vents an automatic train stop to be re-
lied upon and which can be installed at a
reasonable cost. After going over the
plans of many inventors, the board has
found none altogether acceptable, but it
was decided to give a trial to the Rowell-
Potter system on the Burlington road
over a period of several months.