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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
Because our relationship
with Chester Gillette-was priv
fleged we do not deem 1t wise
TO make a detailed statement,
but simply wish to say that no
legal mistake was made in his
electrocution,"

Gillette himself, SO far as the public
ie concerned, never admitted the crime.
His last word in the form Of a state
ment. which he prepared with pains
taking care last night, vas made public
after he had been put to death this
morning. In this statement Gillette
implored young men to lead Christian
lives.
Any fear which prison officials may
have entertained that Gillette's remark
able composure would desert him at the
last ONE vas quickly dispelled
when he stepped from his cell to the
corridor leading to the death chamber.
His step was Arm and strong and he
walked rapidly toward the instrument
OF death. ~
Not even by the CULVER OF an eyelash
did he betray the least sign of emotion
and at no stage did he require assist
ance from the keepers and his spiritual
advisers who accompanied him in his
last walk.
He seated himself in the chair. the
straps and electrodes were placed and
within two minutes Gillette had been
onicially pronounced dead.
SENSATIONAL STORY
OF THE CRIME
Auburn, N. Y. March 3O.-The crime
for which Chester q. Gillette was SEN
fenced to forfeit his life in the electric
chair in Auburn prison today. was the
murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown,
near Big Moose lake in the Adiron-
dacks On July IL, 1905. Gillette was
convicted on circumstantial evidence
after q sensational trial In which the
pathetic love letters Of Billy Brown,
a. the girl was Familiarity known among
her aasociates, to Gillette, played an
Important part Tho girl who persisted
In the waters ofs3igasMooaa lake had
trusted Gillette ~ &eksIKbnds for
the wrong he had done her ~ max
dng her his wife, and her letters which
after his arrest at Eagle Bay. have
been considered by many as classic in
their simplicity and their tender plead
ing for h right that was luz her.
Her last letter to her lover. writ
TO Big Moose lake. was particularly
pathetic. She wrote:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
PAPER BOX FACTORY
BURNS TO GROUND

Cincinnati, April 2-The plant OF
the Western Paper Goods
manufacturers of folding paper boxes,
envelopes and paper bags, was de-
stroyed by fire today. The loss is $3.50,
600 to SITE. geo. ~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

Members of the Social Economic club.
of which Mrs. Lillian Shaffner is Chief
OF police" turned to this passage in
her recent Chicago society novel, .'Su-
zanne,' when they Learned she had filed
a petition in the circuit court asking
separate maintenance from her hus-
band, Attorney Benjamin M. Shaffner,
on grounds Of extreme cruelty and in
human treatment
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
WARD M'ALLIsrER, SON
EPISCOPAL LEADER. DEAD

San Rafael, Cal. April .. Judge
Ward McAllister, son of the famous
society leade OF New York. died this |
morning in a local sanitarium from he
effects of an operation for endici
H. had been poverty stricken and liv-
Ing on the charity of friends.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
RECALL TOWER FROM
BERLIN EARLIER THAN
HE HAD EXPECTED
Another Indication That Women
May Have Had Hand in
"Dipiomatic Muddie.
NOMINATION TO SENATE.

Washington. April THE presi-
den today sen: TO the Senate The
nomination of David Jayne Eill 10
be ambassador extraordinary and
minister pIeelpotentiary 10 Ger
many lie also named Arthur Nj.
Beaupre. of Illinois. minister 10
Netherlands and Luxemherg. and
Spencer F, EDDY, of Illinois, to be
Inir3ster to Argentine Republic.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
COPYRIGHT LAW
TO BE EXTENDED

Washington. April 2.-That the
copyright law should be extended TO
include all forms of expression by
which works of authors can be con-
to the senses and that a uni
Versal rate of royalty should be fixed
by congress. and should be collected
through the issuance of Copyright
lamps by the government, We're the
recommendations contained in an
agreement reached by the various in
terests which nave recently appeared
before the joint session of the House
and Senate library committees to pre-
sent arguments on the proposed u
eight legislation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
RAILROADS WILL
HIRE 300, GOO MEN

Chicago. April 2.-In the mex, go
days the railroads of The United States
will put between 100000 and 100000
men TO mend their tracks and road
beds and another large army 10 go
into their shops and repair lheif cars
and their locomotives.
Railroads centering In Chicago alone
Will between tomorrow and june re-
Quire more than 100 900 laborers. VINO
will be employed in remedying The raw
ages of winter months.
For several weeks Chicago roads
have been making arrangements .upro-
cure the needed laborers. An of the
labor agents in the city and along The
lines of various roads have commits
sions which they are expected to fiji
periodically in the succeeding two
months.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
NovELlsT-cLUB WOMAN
is SEEKING q DIVORCE

Chicago April 2-"Feed /:
this famished soul that per
ishes hourly in the wilderness
for a little love. a little SYM
pathy, a tender thought. "a
fond res Do this and !
swear Ill worship. love you,
live for YOU, die for you"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
BUREAU OF MINES
STRONGLY EEVCREn

Washington. April 2-The pro-
posed establishment in the Department
Of the interior of q bureau Of mines
and mining has been unanimously but
unofticially concurred in by The House
on mines and mining. and it
is understood that within a week or
two the subcommittee to which has
been referred several bills to establish
such bureau will draft a bill! TO accor1-
plish that purpos AM report on 1t
.favorably to the general committee.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
RENEW FIGHT ON
MISSOURI TWO CENT FARE

St. Louis. April AT a conference
of the general solicitors of an the
Missouri railroads held here il was de-
cided TO renew the hght against The
2-cent rate law in Missouri. ii is said
that injunction proceedings TO prevent
the further operation of the 2-cent rate
law are to be renewed before Federal
Judge Mcpherson at Kansas City as
the result of the conference.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

stock. as 1t absorbs much LIQUID
manure When used this way it is
scattered thinly on the land with
the manure, but even then it Is not
In condition to supply from the ele-
ments 1t contained when it came
from the saw, food that can be used
by crops. 1t itself Is not in a condi-
ton to be acted on by plants. Plants
get their food by the roots. gather
ing what has been dissolved by soil
water or by the acid thrown out by
the roots. Sawdust before 1t is rot
ted enough to be mold fcrumbling.
soft earth) cannot serve as plant
food. therefore,: and would be in the
ground a long time before 1t would
become mold. IT is not difficult to
see. furthermore. why such sawdust
In the soil could injure a crop. II
around the edges of an old sawdust
pile there is any rotted sawdust
that has become mold. 1t will make a
fertilizer that will pay for It's haul
ing and spreading. The mold that
Is formed by the rotting OF bits OF
wood about an old woodpile Is priced
by gardeners when free from chips
and other %unrotted wood: but this
mold Is o formed till a wood pile
is several years old. a like rule
holds for sawdust.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Nessrs. Editors: The idea of
Undertaking hillsides is a new one
10 me. | have often read of # for
low. wet places and wished to try It.:
hui do not understand why 1t would
be desirable on hillsides and write
TO ask more light on the subject, as
IT may be that ! misunderstood YOU.
Do YOU really mean that you would
cut a ditch down a steep hillside.
with a fall of, say. three feet In
twenty-five or thirty and put n tile
or box drain in 1t to keep such land
from becoming too wet? Would not
such land drain on the surface all
that q necessary? thought the
more water the hill land absorbs and
holds. 10 be drawn on during dry
weather. the better. Now, IL you
drain of that supply from below.
would not the ground get too dry
above the drain for crops during sum
mer? Yet, ! imagine the ground be
tween the surface and tho drain
would become more porous and per
haps absorb moisture from the air
Is that the idea?
\. II. kII.LiNGsWoRTH.
Red Lick. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

the product, un~derdrainage will 70.
pay many times its cost. When In
doubt as to the ACCESSIBILITY of drain
age. try II on a small scale and watch
results. Stiff clay will go on mel
lowing more and mor for years after
drainage. as the air let into the soil
VIII improve the land gradually.
Hence. do not consider that the best
effects are seen on such land the first
season after underdrains are put in.
and do not judge of how much I'M
d~erdrainage should be exte nded by
the comparatively inferior results the
hrst year. as good as they may be.
on heavy clay with rather impervious
subsoil.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

seed pass. II you have no separate
stalls. then you must catch the seed
as ginned. for otherwise in a short
while the fruits of your labors would
be spoiled.
have given you the best plan for
improving cotton. Just as in breed
ing stock TO eliminate bad blood.
the s,rongcs, and healthiest are BE-
icc,ed for good breeders. so II Is
with cotton.
I. w. MITCHELL.
Sugar Loaf Cotton Farm. Frank
lin Co, y. G..
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30
How to Improve Cotton by Selection.
As via Live stock. You should Eliminate the Sorry and Select the
Good-Hcrc Is a Good Way Il DO the Work.

Messrs. Editors: ! wil say that II
Ia not an easy job. aside from the
ospcntc and trouble. when n I'M
dortakca 10 keep his seed up to one
standard variety and especially un-
l.ss he has n thorough knowledge Of
all the characteristics Of that variety.
There are many varieties. too nu-
ts"roua To mention. which can be
..sily detected by the form of the
plant. the leaves. the bloom. the
boil. the lint and tn. acod. A va
rtety of cotton 10 known by ono who
~ accustomed To IL. as an apple OF n
certain variety IL known from
another. so In the beginning get
heat variety OF seed desired. plant
aud cultivate Az any other cotton.
When cotton In in full bloom and
all through blooming season until
maturity. only n man should be IN
trusted 10 this work Of aclecting the
largest and mos; prolific stalks In
his n"id. giving preference To those
" wal taN bt'DN ts1Sktt
blanec to tho variety desired In the
bloom. the boil and tho form OF the
plant. Each of thcs. stalks must be
designated by tying n tag To the top
where IL can be readily sci In
picking. All OF tho untagged cot
ton should ho picked first. IN You
would be liable 10 pick some of the
~untaggcd cotton II you should pick
the tagged first.
II will require 5000 tags and
stalks. forty bolls 10 tho stalk. to
make n bale OF cotton. or twenty
Ave bushels OF seed. by counting n
few average stalks you can make an
estimate OF how many tags II will
take 10 get tho required amount OF
seed for planting. For making the
tnea. p~aste~board boxes OF every de-
acription can be used. which mer-
chants will be glad To furnish you
In cleaning up stock for fall trade.
Cut them into small bits one by two
and one-half inches. punch hole In
one end and tie n cotton twine
string into this about six inches
long, and leaving tho ends about
even three inches long to tie to the
stalk.
When the cotton Is open enough.
pick the u~ntagged cotton first n
then the tagged and keep separate,
and gin separate. See h n the roll
of the gin Is cleaned out. and all
he nues and stalls into which the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

M"ssrs. Editors:
] can get my amount Of hard
wood sawdnst and want TO use It on
land. Kindly let me know
through your paper how TO use It.
J. Il. CLIBURN.
Mt. Olive. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Editorial Answer: Tnrottcd saw
dust IL likely TO do more injury
than good II merely spread on land.
II IN sometimes used for bedding live
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Whether II hillside should b. drain
cd or not viii depend both oh the
land and on the crops II In TO grow.
The higher the value OF III. crop.
the better can one afford To under
drain To grow IT,, a hillside MAJ
need undertaking no little that II
would not pay In any case: but ntiH
clay hills that are somewhat aecpy
will give one good returns on under
drainage. Heavy clay In elevated po'
nltionn. more particularly when I'M
dcrlaid with ii rather imporvious sub
soil, is much improved in tilth by
undertakings. because h un"
d%crdrainage water goaks through
such soil 80 slowly that practically
the Hamo effect Ii produced ms would
come from the general level OF the
ground water being near the surface
Wherever undcrdrninage viii make
The change here indicated. IL VIII DC
advisable IL the land IL used Tor grow
ing anything of considerable value
such ug corn or cotton or fruit trees
II used for "A garden. In when the
work done Is the greatest expense o'
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Editorial Answer: As better far
ming is done. hill land. where steep.
will be abandoned as To plowcd crops
or Will be put in very much better
condition. Pasture. meadow. wood
lots. and fruit trees will be some of
the things that the stecp land will
be reserved for. Hillside terraces
aud bitches and filling the land with
vegetable matter will help 10 keep
the land from washing and will make
1t more productive. but even then.
much OF the steep hill land will be
untouched by the plow when we reach
the point where each type of land IS
used in a way IT will give The beat
returns. Onc thing Is certain, hill
land should be put in condition 10
civ. good returns In whatever ~ay
II is used. Under drainage may and
may not DC advisable.
IL IL aaid that old Horace Greeley
uBcd 10 advise that whatever land ia
worth filling IN worth tlling. OF
courac. he went Wild on the subject.
but he MAS quite right in advocating
a vide use OF undertakings. Mosi
crops will not iced any further down
in tho soil than the top of tho water
table not down to the level where
the water table may Dc Mt any u
time. but only doAn IA far as the rooia
$50 -. lot 81 LII mxfsI.aNH tta~
81 earth that has tree water In IL n
considerable part of he year. Plants
heed air Ia the soil. 80 iha, th. pro
ccsscn that make the plant food avail
able map 80 on. This requires that
there shall not be- nn cnccas OF va
ter aad that the open spaces In the
soil. may be Allcd with air. These
open PAGES constitute "A much larger
volume Of the soil than IL generally
supposed. Enough air To MI thos"
spaces Is just ma necessary n good
portion OF the year ms soil moisture.
and the air cannot occupy those
spaces II they arc filled with water
That idea must bc fixed In mind be-
fore the importance Of drainage can
DO conceived from any discussion OF
The subject. though a trial might con
vince u that drainage Was helpful
when he did not understand why.
The idea In this question. Il a
The more water the hill land absorbh
ana holds. 10 be drawn on during
ary weather. the better" is right In
every particular. But here II the
Nay that undcrdrninage will help
and 10 hold water for dry weather:
undertaking." draws The excess wa
Ter down. aud the AIR enters and
makes the soil mellow. The excess
VI water does no good. aud the mel
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

lowing OF the soil enables Il TO hold
during drouths much more water
than IL the land had been sticky n
large part of the year before. The
inexperienced almost invariably iump
at the conclusion that II land is
drained of its excess of water. It will
necessarily suffer when n drouth
comes. II is just the opposite of
what happens. rs shown by under
drains wherever land really needs
undertakings. During drouths, the
land above the drains would have as
mue water as the land of TO the
sides Of the drain, because the drains
draw on only what We may call the
surplus water.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Some hillaid.s are very arepy. 81
much = % that they arc called late
land because they do not dry out fast
enough in spring 10 warm up and
mellow sufficiently for early planting.
Such hillsidea as ,hcs. can certainly
$50 drained Ia advantage If they ar.
planted regularly In plowed cropa.
Uudcrdraina ia hllIaidoa would pre-.
y.ut much surface washing. After
being drained. the compact clay
would tiocculate. the soil particles
would stop sticking together like co.
ncni after tn. air had a chance to
work on them. and rains would soak
into the aoil readily. because they
soak II the soil. they would not
rush over the surface and carry the
beat part Of tn. soil of the hill. They
would also carry into th" soil some
atmospheric nitrogen. which would
be- brought down 10 tho earth under
somr conditions. Tho roots of The
crop plants would go deeper into the
soil for food. because the land was
mellow farther down than ever be
fore. This would get the feeding
roots farther from the aurfac. that
In dried by the aun and the winds tn
dry weather.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

When the cotton Is open enough.
pick the u%ntagged cotton first and
then the tagged and keep separate,
and gin separate. See that the roll
of the gin is cleaned out. n all
the lues and stalls into which the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

The films OF water that surround
every particle will not be carried OF
by the drain. II Is these films oI
water c%linging around the soil parti.
oles that the crop uses. That Is an.
other idea that must be nxod In mind
bctor" one understands how under.
drainage works. Dust lying out in q
roadway In the bright sunshine for
weeks contains some moisture. w.
say that things are as dry M dust
and imagine that dust contains no
water. but the idea Is wrong. Cor.
rccting this error may make Il clear.
or what is meant by nlms of watc,
clinging to the soil PARTICLES: but III,
films In the soil r%esprc8ent n much
larger volume of water In proper,
ton 10 the whole than the water IN
the dust does.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
HARRY THAW FILES
PETITION AS
BANKRUPT
TELLS COURT ACTION Is TAKEN
TO PREVENT DISSIPATION
OF ESTATE.
Detective o'Meara Is Appointed as Re-
ceiver-Among Creditors Whose
Claims Are Disputed Are Six Doctors
Who Attended Slayer of White.

PITTSBURG, Pa, August IA vol
untary petition in bankruptcy was filed
after s o'clock tonight in the federal
court by Attorney Charles Morschauser
of New York for Harry X. Thaw of this
city, now confined in the Duchess coun-
ty, New York, Jail.
In his petition, Thaw states his as
sets are $l2s,0l2.3s, and liabilities
1883, l4043. Roger O'Meara, Pitts.
burg detective, and personal friend of
the Thaw family, was appointed re-
ceiver. 81
The most interesting information
given regarding the proceedings is to
be found in the petition for the appoint.
ment of receiver, in which it is as
serted that the action taken is for
the purpose of preventing the property
from becoming dissipated in litigation
over claims, many of which are unjust.
Among the disputed claims are the fol-
lowing:
John r. Gleason, New York, $4,000.
Hartridge Peabody, New York,
100000.
j. J. Graham, Newburgh, N. Y, 3d.
954.
DR.. Hammond, New York, 800.
DIR. Wagner, Binghamton, N. Y, 81
040.
DR.. Jones, Morristown, n j., $4,000.
Martin w. Littleton, New York, S.
055.
DIR. Hamilton, New York, $4,000.
DIR. Dana, New York, $1,000.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
PERSONAL, PARAGRAPHS

u. s. Tackett of Mt. Sterling was
here on business yesterday.
X. G. Thieman is at Kelvin doing as
sessment work on his group Of claims.
p. j. McGaugh, representing the !. G..
s. has returned from New Mexico cities.
G. A. Trephager of San Francisco
was registered at the Dominion yester-
day.
w. b. Christy has returned to his
home in Phoenix after few days in
Globe on business.
p. McHugh, who has valuable min
ing property in Winkleman, is in town
on a pleasure trip.
l.. II. Wood, who was here on bust
ness trip, has returned to his home in
St. Joseph, Mo.
III. A. Robinson, a well known miner,
was in town yesterday, guest at the
Dominion hotel.
Ed Horrell came in from his ranch
on lower Pinto creek yesterday and
will remain on business for few days.
Mrs Bennett, the wife of the assist
ant manager of the local telephone ex-
change, is expected in Globe this even
ing or tomorrow night.
X. Warren of III Paso was one of the
business visitors in town yesterday,
making his headquarters mt the Do
minion.
Joseph Fault LETT yesterday morning
for the Sierra Anchas, where he is in
terested in some mining properties. He
will be gone several weeks.
c. s. North of FL Paso, representing
a mine and smelter supply company,
came in yesterday evening to remain
here several days on business.
Richard Warren, travelling freight
and passenger agent of the FL Paso &
Southwestern railroad, is in the city
for few days in the interests of his
company.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
Race at Dreamland.

We, the undersigned, agree to run a
one mile race at Dreamland rink, on
Saturday night, August sth, for the
purse offered by Manager Alexander,
and agree "a put up our entrance mon
ey by 60 clock the same night, same to
be forfeited should any one of us fail
to start in the race, all entrance money
to 20 to second man.
w. f. KEEGAN
MARTIN II. POMEROY
+. +. NUGENT
+. BAUldGARDNER
w. G. WILLIS
JAMES DUGAN
HARRY ROGERS
JOHN l.. ALEXANDER
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
Case Under Advisement-Justiee

Case Under Advisement-Justiee
Rawlings yesterday took under advise
ment the ease against A. h. Stabler
and w. ID. Miehl, charged by Joe Hamm
with shooting doves on his premises
The defendants denied the charge
against them and testified, under oath,
that the only dove shot near the place
was killed in the road by Mr.. Stabler,
and it was also brought out from mem.
beers of the Hamm family that the piece
of ground they called field is not
fenced in and has not been plowed in
some time, but is frequently crossed by
wagons,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
DisaRreeable at Home

Lots of men and women who are
agreeable with others, get "eranky"
at home. It's not disposition, it the
liver If you find in yourself that you
feel cross around the house, little things
worry you, Just buy bottle of Bal
lard's Herbine and put your liver in
shape. You and everybody around you
will feel better for it. Price so cents
per bottle. Sold by Palace Pharmacy,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08

Does your back achei Do You have
sharp pains in the side and the small of
the baeki This is due, usually, to kid
ne ytrouble. Take DEWITT Kidney
and Bladder Pills. They will promptly
relieve weak back, backaehe, rheumatic
pains and all kidney and bladder dis
orders. Sold and recommended by Han
mas Drug Store.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
A BARGAIN IN ENVELOPES

We have in stock job lot of 10000
manila envelopes, regular letter size,
which we will print and deliver at the
low price of $500 for the first thousand
and $3.50 for succeeding thousands
while they last. This is an unheard of
price for envelopes and you win have
to hurry if you want TO take advantage
of il.
SILVER BELT PUBLISHING co.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-08
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