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The Coat and Suit Room

Always interesting with new things. Not morning in the week, or month, but sees al arrival of new goods.
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is q nephew Of the deceased.

The Rev. John A. Timm will of- ficiate at funeral services which will be held at 129 Broadway, Sunday af- ternoon, at o'clock, Cox & Heinze are the undertakers in chargs.
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The expense incident to funeral scr- vice is many times n heovy burden, 0c- curing as it often does unexpectedly and nfter long periods of illness. It ir our desire to be known nc consIderRte in our charges, nnd especially thought ful of the many eareS and responsIbili- ties which we must necessarily assume on such occnsions.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
GERMANS WANT
AMERICAN MEAT

BerltI.. Jan. 9.-The a%grarians. who have
70 SUCCESSFULLY fought the Importation Of
american cattle into Germany for many
years. Will have another chance to test
their strength on the same question in the
coming session of the reichstag.
The eaders OF the labor organizations
and socialisttc factions of the various par
ties are clamorinE for q change Of the
present regulations governing stock i'm
portation on account OF the high prices Of
foodstufs due to the wet summer. Meat
mas steadily advanced from month to
month. In consequence. It appears less
f~reqcuntly and in smaller quantities on the
table Of the laborer.
Restaurant keepers also demand q
change not only on account of the hirh
prices OF German meat, but because the
United States furnishes a better article.
a prominent restaurateur remarked that
ne had heard many American tourists Wis
ating Berlin during the last summer COM
plain Of tho meat served to them here,
thought the German cook was at
fault. This was . mistake: German beef
not as nutritious az that furnished in
America because the feeding of cattle is
different here. more economy being OBJ
sefved on account OF the high price OF
FODDER.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
HARD A FOR
TAKERS OF CENSUS

Washington, Jan. SIN a message IL
che House of Representatives today
President Roosevelt urged that in prep
aration for the work Of taking the next
census 1000 or more additional en-
ployes are needed to be appointed only
after q competitive examination under
the rules Of the civil service commits
sion. He strongly denounced 1.-The pat
ronage system" of making appoint
ments, saying the civil service CON-
mission was fully capable Of securing
a most efficient force.
Noncompetitive examinations used in
selecting the force at Washington in
the last two censuses, the president
said, served only "as a cloak to hide
h nakedness Of the spoils sys-
tenn" Such examinations. he declared,
were useless as checks upon patronage
appointments. They prevent" he
said, the most incompetent from be-
ing appointed, but they dc not secure
h appointment of the most compet-
ent ard they afford no check upon DO
litical appointments" The president
said it is idle to say that such exam
nations are fair.
A message from the president was
e in the House today urging particle
patton by the government in the frs,
Pan-American scientific ngr to h.
held in Santiago, Chile, in the first 10
days of December, 1908.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
GOVERNMENT ARRESTS
SUGAR TRUST MEN

New York. Jan. Son indictments
charging them with CONSUMING to de-
yraud the government of $4,000 by
slnrt weighing. part Of o cargo of
from Java, on ~hich duty was to be
paid. six employees OF the American Su-
gar Refining company We're arraigaed
i'll the United States district court in
RrooklSn.
Against Oliver Splitter. dock super
fntendent OF the who has al
ready been arrested twice on counts
charging him with attempting 20 brihe
Special custom inspectors, three in
dictments We're returned. Thonnas Ike
noe. head weigher. who was jointly in
dictcd with Splitter on one "f the
bribery counts. was included in those
arrested. The other four We're Patrick
j. i1cnnessy. james +. Hall;san. il,
John r. Coylc and Jean NJ. Eoelker, all
sugar weight checkers.
One of these checkers was always
in the weighing shed with the govern
ment wcigher. BY sitting near the up
right post of the scales a refinery
checker could press his Nee agains,
a wire and prevent the scales from re-
cording The total weight of the sugar.
+, While no additional indictments were
:a=nnohnsea 1t t5s R,5sn e Tsrm;,,, h nnm,e
'pans,. it is known that the new grand
jury will continue the investigation
there, and more arrests are expected.
Operated in Europe.
1t has been discovered that the sys-
tenn by which the government has been
swindled has leen operated in Europe.
Weighers have been receiving from $500
to $1,000 a ship for underweighing the
cargo. Frequently the a1nount lost to
the government On one cargo alone
amounted to $4,000.
There is evidence to show that the
system. with its agents in Europe. was
perfected about four years ago. No fig
ures have beer compiled yet to show
how much the government has lest,
hut 1t is believed TO be millions. Before
the grand jury ends it's investigation
every custom house weigher in Brook
lyn will testify. 1t is also understood
that the collector and OF the
port will make q thorough inquiry and
that civil suits will be brought fo~ the
purpose of recovering duty and penal
ties from the American Sugar REIN
ing
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HIS OLD PARTNERS
SkuB Mr.. COREY

Pittsburg. Jan. Six of the Old part
ners Of VIM. E. Corey in the days be-
fore the Carnegie Steel company was
absorbed by the United States Steel
corporation snubbed Mr.. Corey by re-
fusing to attend the annual dinner of
the officers of the Carnegie
at the Duquesne club. at which Mr..
Corey was the principal figure. Corey
cast aside The wife of his youth and
poverty and married Mabelle Gilman.
an actress.
All the absentees had formerly been
prominent at the annual dinners. They
reached an understanding some TIM
g to remain away from the gather
ing. Mr.. Corey's first annual dinner
since his marriage.
The mep who thus refused to meet
Mr.. Corey socially since his marriage
are: c. NJ. Schwab. whose wife has new
err forgiven Corey for his marriage; Jas.
Gayley, now first vice president, ana
VIM. r. Dickson, second vice president
of the United States Steel corporation:
Thos. Morrison. D. NJ. Clemson and Col
onel l.. 7. Brown. all Of whom We're fell
low directors with Mr.. Corey. and A. r.
Peacock, who are in the city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
OVERDUE SHIP
REACHES IRISH PORT

Queenstown. Jan. 9.--The long over
due steamer. Mount Royal. steamed
slowly into Queenstown today and
news of her safety was received with
gladness In shipping circles.
The Mount Royal belongs to the Cam
adian Pacific railways Atlantic serv-
Ice. She left Antwerp December z for
st. John. N. B., having on board 30o
Hungarian immigrants and a crew Of
about 100 men.
Trouble with her boilers was the rea-
Shortly after leaving the British coast
she encountered q series Of violent
gales. She battled with heavy weather
for 3 fortnight. until Christmas eve.
when serious trouble with her boilers
developed. The engine room stan ulti-
mately succeeded in obtaining O mod.
q supply of steam, but the weather
was such that the captain reluctantly
decided 1t was best to make for he
Irish coast. The passengers and crew.
are all well.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
10 FIGHT GOVERNOR
ON GAMBLING LAW

A-1any, n. T., Jan. 9.-That the recon-
mendatlon Of Governor Hughes dealing
with the abolition of racetrack gambling
will meet fierce opposition is manifest to
all who understand the present legislature
and its attitude on the subject.
For two years in succession efforts have
been made to pass an amendment to the
penal code such as is now recommended
by the governor. each time it received
little encouragement. What the result will
be now with the influence OF the governor
behind 1t Is a problem. The nearest an
a~nti-gambling bill ever came to passing
either house was in 1906. when Senator
Cassidy, of Watkins, introduced the meas
ure. 1t encountered, as expected, opposi-
ton from the racing associations of New
York and Buffalo, and also from the men,
bers of the New York State association of
agricultural societies. composed Of the Of
ficers Of the county fairs throughout the
state.
The latter profit under the present law
by receiving from the race tracks q per-
centage of the gate receipts which
amounts to about S2Oo, 900 a year. It was
proposed to Offset this loss to the fairs by
making an annual appropriation of the
sum named. hut this wa unsatisfactory
to the county fair men, who are still
counted among the opposition to abolish
Ing gambling on racetracks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
SPRECkELS MAKES
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Says American Sugar Company
Has No Surp.u. as II
Reported.

New York, Jan. 9.--Claus A. Spreck-
els. son of the sugar refiner. who for
many years Waged a trade war against
the American Sugar Refining company.
has taken IN arms against the present
management OF the sugar combine in
an EFFORT to lift the veil OF corporate
secrecy which The late president of the
company. II. o. Havemeyer. stoutly
maintained against the demand of all
stockholders.
Mr.. Spreckels is a stockholder Of
record of the American Sugar Rein
ing company, holding $500 shares OF
preferred stock. He asserted today
record,
Mr.. Spreckels' charges against the
American Sugar Refining company as
related are sensational. Aside from in
ferences drawn that the directors own
only q little of the company's stock,
MT. Spreckels says that the company
has no surplus, such as stated In it's
last report to the secretary OF state Of
massachusetts,, and that the
mas included in it's assets a dozen or
80 dismantled plants, valued at ab-
surdly high figures.
II was ais ascertaiEed by MIN that
the sugar combine did not own a dol
!efa worth Of stock in the American
bee Refining company. He was
unable to ascertain whether the com
pany owned stock in the National
sugar Refining company. of which
James II. Post Is the acting head. It
mas been supposed that the control Of
these companies rested with the Have
meyer company.
In q recent report in MASSACHUSETTS,.
the only state In which the American
sugar Refining company makes a re-
port the aurplus or reserve Of the com.
p1ny was given at $14,425 600.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
TO NAVAL HEROES

San Diego, Cal, Jan. 9.-Adnliral c..
F. Goodrich, U. S. N. paid eloquent
tribute to the heroes OF the navy this
afternoon at the exercises of dedication
Of the Bennington monument. which
commentaries the death OF sailors and
marines in the accident on the Ben
nington a year II a half ago. Admiral!
Goodrich said:
The finished obelisk stands here TO-
day. IT makes no pretense to elaboration
of design or of ornamenta,ion, for it com
nnemorates the heroism of simple men
whose ~ gni III, + motive vas devotion to
who enters the service OF his country does
SO nnreservedly, in fact as well as i'm
word. AT any moment and i'm any manner
he may be called upon to fulfill that OH
legation to the letter. His life is one OF
perils and privations. Long years are de-
voted by him to preparation for one brief
hour, upon whose issue may hang the very
existence of the nation.
THE end of those who repose here was
no. less exaiied In It's patriotism than is
some respects it seems to be on a still
more exalted plane-for to them were de-
MED the laurels of the victor and the
ing We can do will add to their fame.
Yet, knowing this full well, we. their com
rades. here declare that, so far as our
poor ,na efforts can accomplish 1t, the lesson
their native land. In this spirit we dedi-
cate this to their memory in
token of our own affection and of the
reverence in which the navy holds its
illustrious dead.
Brothers. you have but gone before us
into eternal rest. through the wide portal
OF suffering and pain, but you nave left
us, who linger. the lamp of your example
to shine, SO long as the navy of the United
revering those who fell at their post.
From this sacred spot the youth of our
broad country who enter Its service will
be loved and helped along their way; and
when the last shall come, finer
tribute they cannot receive, than that they
met their faie as brayely, as Loyalty and
United States ship Bennington"
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CRIPPLED RESCuER
WINS HERO MEDAL

washington. Jan. s.-The president
has awarded a railroad Mfe-saving
medal to Edward A. McGrath. of Mil
wauece. Wis. McGrath Is station agent
for the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad at Stowell station, Mil
waukee. He is q cripple, making it
necessary for him to wear a piece OF
wood attached to the bottom of one
shoe.
In August of last year while Nc
sGrath was on the station platform, the
crossing gates being closed, Emma
Hummich. 6 years old, attempted to
cross the track in front Of an approach
Ing train.
McGrath shouted to her, but she
failed to heed the warning and was in
Imminent danger Of being run down.
sMcGrath an to her aid and at great
risk to himself succeeded in lifting her
from in front of h train as it rushed
by.
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Of SITTING
BULL "mAkE O O

Rapid City. S. d. Jan. s.--Eour years
of close relationship with the Sioux In
dams as agent OF the Pine Ridge res
ervation has %disproved a popular fal-
lacy, according to Major John Il. Bren-
nan. Major Brennan is one of the old
guard Of Indian fighters of the West
and has ample opportunity to observe
the dominant characteristics of the
redskin o in war and at peace.
The belief is prevalent hat Indiana
will not work and that the Sioux is i'll
clined to be unruly on the slightest pre-
text. This, says the major, is false.
The Indian will work if offered 1t at
fair remuneration. and experience has
shown in South Dakota that he usually
accomplfshes 1t in a satisfactory fash
ion.
Worth as Workers.
When Major Brennan took charge ot
the n Ridge reservation four years
ago, he abrogated the ration system
FOR every Indian between the years OF
l8 and As. At first there were indfca-
found he was in earnest. they accepted
the new order without a murmur. All
repairing of roads, dams. irrigating
bitches and the like was given the in
experienced aborigines n some light
building work at $1.25 a day. or $3.50
a day when the Indian had a team.
There they made their start.
To-day between 400 and 500 Indians
are employed. They are divided into
gangs, the most competent being soon
promoted to gang foremen. Then they
branched out into railroad construction
and later Major Brennan secured for
them employment on ranches and stock
farms, where their work seemed to de-
velop all their latent %capability and a
spirit of independence and system never
before noted in the redskin.
When the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad asked for laborers to build ito
Casper. Wyo, division. a large party
Of young Sioux was sent. At their
head rode American Horse. Two sons
Of old Chief Sitting Bull. killed by the
government as an unregenerate hostile,
are today employed on the Northwest
ern as section foremen. While sons and
nephews Of the late Chief Red Cloud
are also doing railroad work, and the
Crouch line is employing a large force
of the rebellious UteS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
MAKE ARMY LIFE
MORE DESIRABLE
Secretary OF War TAFT in Repor,
Recognizes tho Need Of
Soldiers.

Washington, Jan. 8.-Secretary Taft
Is a strong advocate OF increased pay
for the army. His annual report. Just
sent to congress, completely dispels
any doubt that nay exist as to the sec
retary's position.
The report begins With a formidable
presentment of figures showing the
rapid decrease in the strength of the
regular army i'll recent years. the loss
last year being 4.42S men, and the press
ing need for officers to eplac those
now detailed on recruiting duty or
as military instructors in educational
institutions.
The secretary earnestly favors the
adoption for the army OF the naval sys-
tenn, under which the president Is au-
thoriZed to fix rates of pay within de-
fined limits as a means of obtaining
better discipline and higher efficiency.
He recommends the creation OF a gen.
eral service corps to reliev the soldiers
of a vast o of unmilitary work
they are now called upon to perform.
In his opinion, military service should
be so attractive and desirable it will
not be difficult to get hold OF a class
Of men needed for enlisted personnel
and make army service q life work, as
It used to be. by offering rewards for
proficiency and greater increase in pay
for length of service.
Accompanying the report are esti-
mates for support of military es-
year. the same being s11, $50, 900 greater
than last years appropriation. Ninety
per cent of the increase is for coast
defense works, Of which about SOL, 700, 900
is required for the United States and
$14. 500, 600 for the insular possessions.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
IN CONGRESS
s75o,Uo0 GRAFT IN BUREAU
OF ENGRAVING AND

Washington, Jan. 9.-Allcgation of frauS
and graft In supplyil. the bureau of en-
craving and printing with black dry color
used In the manufacture of ink. resulted
In the Indictment by the federal grand jury
here Of Edwin NJ. Van Dyck. forn,erly 2
chemist and Ink manufacturer employed
in the department. and Victor Bloede,
president of the Victor Rloede company.
OF baltimore, manufacturers OF the black
dry color. Van Dyck and Bloede are
charged In the indictment with conspiracy
tc defraud the government, the allegation
being that they entered into an agreement
by which Bloede was to pay Van Dyck q
percentage of the money his company re-
ceived from the government for the black
dry color, furnished to the bureau of en-
craving and printing.
Van Dyck, it is alleged, in his position
as chemist and ink maker of the bureau.
had to pass upon the samples of the color
submitted by the various manufacturers.
1t is charged that he farudulently favored
the Baltimore company and that as a re-
suit OF the conspiracy he was paid by
Bloede in the course of several years be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
REAL LIVE FAGlN
AND FORTY THIEVES

Pit!sburg, jar. ga new enterprise
In the education Of crook was exposed
by the police on the North Side when
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Safety Glenn. with a squad of Police,
descended on a house at 200 Anderson
st. and arrested Jas. Young. SO years
old; Wilbur Laird. Is. of Clear1eld. Pa:
Robert Elliott. %. of Cincinnati. The
men were sent to h workhouse for 30
days as suspicious characters.
When arraigned before Magistrate
Hadfield. Laird told a tale that reads
like a messenger boys library. Laird
said while only two others had been
found in the house besides himself,
there were sometimes as many as 40
there. His description of Young rep
resents that individual as a Fagin in
actual life. He said the man would ar
range a regular classroom In the house
on one OF the upper floors n drill the
pockets. A specially Of Young,s psaaiitoo
teach his pupils how to simulate a deaf
mute. One of the drills was to have a
pupil come before the class. and. after
being warned that he must not appear
to notice any sound. suddenly a silver
dollar would be dropped behind him. II
imperative impulse. lie would be repri-
manded by Young, and another subject
was tried.
To the advanced pupils in the simula-
ton of a deaf mute salutations were
suddenly made, as though a friend were
overtaking the pupil on the street. In
addition to these courses, demonstra-
lions were made before the class in the
various intricate of picking q
pocket.
Laird said that the pupils were prom
ised employment by Young when, in the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
WELCOME
READY FOR FLEET

Rio Janeiro. Jan. 9.-.An important
newspaper of this city makes the fol-
lowing comment upon the approaching
visit to Rio Janeiro of the American
battleship fleet:
THE American warships are coming
at an %opportune moment. for the gov
eminent is now busy with the organiza-
ton of the Brazilian feet. The pres
ence of the American warships will
have for Brazil the convincing force of
an example and they will give us a
demonstration of the victory won by
the patriotism of a people that is as
young as we are young.
The encouragement we will receive
from this visit will be very useful to US.
Our government and our people will
know how to welcome the coming visit
ors. giving proof by our course of the
high sentiments which move us and the
extent of our political education
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
W MEN INVOLVED
IN "RED COAT" D

Newark, N. j., Jan. e.-Eviaence un-
earthed in the case of Helen Whitmore,
whose body was found in the Lamp
black pond near Harrison. N. j.. leads
the police to the belief that two men
were involved in the murder of the
woman and that one OF the men had a
perfect knowledge Of the lonely neigh
borhood where the body was found.
Theodore Whitmore, husband of the
swamp victim. was under a severe ex-
animation and though frequently Civ
ing way to crying spells he stoutly
maintained he knew nothing of his
wife's murder.
The Brooklyn detectives closely ques-
toned Harry Hendrickson, Who is held
as a witness in the case. He declared
that he had an engagement with Mrs.
failed to keep it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-10
NEW BILLS IN CONGRESS-.

: Washington, Jan. 9.-New meas
: ures have been introduced in the
, congress us follows:
= In the Senate:
BY Beveridge, Indiana.-A bill
: creating a commission to gather
data and aid the committees of
: congress in the work of tariff re-
: vision. The duties of the commits
; sion will be to proceed Immediately
TO investigate the cost of produce
7 ton of articles covered by the tariff
? laws. the price of American labor
7 and the cost OF raw materials en-
! tering into manufactured articles.
In the House:
BY Williams, Mississipp;.-A bill
{ reducing the regular army after the
{ ist OF December, 1905. to $1,000 men.
I artillery force for coast License.
7 The standing army as now COM
{ posed embraces 5000 odd officers
; repeating ali laws by which ma
tlonal bank examiners are compen-
} stated by fees and placing them on
/ salary Of So, 200 per annum;
by Sims, Tennessee.-A bill for
{ bidding n rural u mail carrier
70 carry. knowingly. a package of
7 Intoxicating liquor to or from any
: me on the route.
! amendment to the tinted; United states aa .
: statutes so that the United States
: shall have the authority to punish
any person" guilty Of conspiracy
: to injure or intimidate an alien.
? BY Englbright, Callfornia.-Es-
tabltshtng a bureau Of mines in de-
partment of the interior. Z.
By Clark, MISUNDERSTANDING
the printing of business cards on
stamped envelopes. :
By Wallace, Arkansas.-Repcaling :
the duty on wood pulp aud printing :
: paper. :
BY HinshaS. Nebraska. Taxing
every national bank one-twentieth
of l per cent of its annual average
? deposits for the creation of a fund
: Of $40, COCO for the protection and
T reimbursement of depositors CT ma
? tional banks which wall and pro-
h1hitinE national banks from &C
cepting deposits in excess of 10
T times their combined capital stock
anu surplus funds 4.
By Granger. Rhode Island.-Lim-
iting the term of president and vice
: president to six years and making
: them Ineligible to reelection.
By Almond, Missourt.-Taxing
national banks one-eighth of l per
cent of their average annual de-
posts for the creation OF a federal
indemnity fund for the protection
Of depositors.
\ BY Clark, Notwithstanding for
a congressional investigation of
: peonage IN the southern states.