davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
Gilfllan's BODY was taken from
bsneath the engine and conveyed to
an llndertaker'S establishment

G1lfillan's BODY was taken from
beneath the engine and conveyed to
an 'lndertaker's establishment.
Biakeslee was partially conscious
when picked up and he was hurried
lo samaritan hospital. where he is
penn attended by DR.. r. e. Conniff.
Mr.; Blakeslee's pack is badly hurt
n IL is feared that he sustained
lnterhal injuries, the extent of
Mhlch cannot he ascertailed at this
ilne. HIS present condition would
lhulea'e that he cannot live.
hol'i met we're among the oldest
ahn pest known employees in the local
yard, OF the Omaha road. Mr..
Gllilllan hau worked Tor the company
lof ~ Years, entering as a brakeman.
Duri' e the last 10 years he nad
server In the capacity of night ward
foreman. Mr.. 81 lkeslee has been
connected with the road for the last
10 Years.
The shock suffered by Mrs. Gilfl-
ian at her home on Ingleside avenue
when the news that her husband had
been killed had been conveyed to her
was an exceptionally severe one on
account OF her delicate condition,
and She is now under the care of a
physician. Mrs. Gilillan has been
IN poor health for some time and
her Bereavement is doubly severe
;;.Ihe Giltillan family is we'll Brown
IN Sioux City, several members
having risen to prominence as edu-
calors. Miss V. Mae Gilfllian is
principal of the high school at Car
!ner, la and Miss Edith G.. Gjltillan
has a like position in the high school
at Bel'nond, La. Miss Florence T..
G1llllan, another daughter. is now
teaching in South Sioux City. The
three younger children, John
Glltillan, Gladys Gillian and Marvin
GlIillan, are living at home:
1t was not more than six weeks
ago that Gilfillan proved himself a
hero, when he saved the life of W.
81. kersey while they were riding on
the Switchboard of the engine. Ker-
sey lost his balance and was being
dral gsed under the wheels when
Gllhllan seized him by his coal collar,
leaned far out and pulled him along
until the locomotive could be
brought to a stand Still.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
CORN PALACE SURE THING
Report of Soliciting Committee
Showed That the Money Was
Coming for Palace.

Mitchell will have it's corr palace
this year. If there was any doubt
about it, such doubt was removed
when the soliciting committee made
its report at the meeting of the COM
mittees and citizens Friday evening.
Messrs. Becker and j. 81. Davis,
who have been soliciting the funds
reported that they had hearly COM
pleted their work. but that 1t had
gone far enough to make the corn
palace ar assured thing. they bad
a few other men to see and they
would finish up the business within
a week. Geo. a. Silsby acted as
chairman of the meeting and T.. L.
Ness secretary. Mr.. Silsby was the
chairman Of a committee to select
the official board for the year 1908,
inasmuch as the old board members
had rendered their designations
recently. After 1t was unanimously
passed that the corn palace should be
held this year, Mr.. Silsby presented
the following names as coming from
the committee; VIM. M. Smith, j.
I. Morrow, L. w. Seaman, L. j.
Welch. Robert Burns, j. II. Davis,
John Michels. and the recommends
tions were unanimously adopted.
Practically all of the men had been
seen and agreed to serve. From the
list Of seven men the officers and
committees will be appointed to
have charge Of the corn palace.
The names recommended we are
quite certain will meet with the
hearty endorsm ent of all, and 1t will
be up to them to make the corn
palace a success this year.
The dates selected are Sept. %,
80, 30, Oct. 1, 2, 3. These dates
have been held by Mitchell for years
on which to hold its fall festival.
The members of the soliciting COM
mittee are entitled to the greatest
amount of praise for the excellent
work they have done To raising a
anger amount Of money than has
been the case for years, and when it
was needed more now than ever
before.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

incidents are at times startling in
their reality and serve to rouse ones
thoughts If special pleadinys avail
not. His themes are of a popular
nature and he handles them in a
thorough businesslike manner He
is a conscientious worker and with
the full assistance of the great men,
bership of the church he ought TO
be able TO accomplish splendid
results.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
The TEMPERANCE MEETING
Attorney Eide Spoke and Also DR.
Nicholson-Money Was Raised
for City Campaign.

The third of a series Of temperance
meetings for the city election was
hello i'm the city hall Sunday after
moor and a very good audience was
present to listen to the arguments
OF Attorney Edward d. Ede. OF
Huron. Rev. A. Craig Bowdish pre-
sided over the exercises of the after
noon. A quartet composed of Misses
Pixley and %Stansell, Messrs. Tanner
and Barber, Of the University fur
nished the music for tie afternoon.
MIR. Ede's address,, while not
lengthy. was filed with solid facts
for The cause that he represents, and
he presented some new phases of the
question before the people Of this
city. he attacked the constitution.
ality of licensing saloons. presenting
a good argument from his point of
view of the question. He referred
to the financial part of the license
problem, and could not see what
benefit a town received from the
lice 1stng of saloons when they paiu
but 5 5000 as license money and took
away from the men something like
Sl5O, 600 a year for drink that is
spent over the bar.
DIR. Nicholson presented some
arguments against the
licensing of the saloon that received
the hearty appreciation of the
audience, and the college president
was very earnest In what he had to
say. In closing his address he made
appeal for raising a campaign
fund for paying the expenses of the
%campaign to be directed against tie
successful vote on the license
question. Pledges We're taken up
Through the audience and sums
from 1926 uown to $40 we're
Ire ly given, until this amount
reached about $500 Cards we're tneu
passed through the audience for
the pledping of smaller sums and
when the entire amount was counted
up 1857 vas pledged to be paid in
before election.
Strong speakers will be secured TOR
each Sunday during the campaign,
With the possibility of their being
put in a little clos r during the
latter days OF the campaign.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
The DEMOCRATS TO COME
State Convention to Meet Here
April 2 to Select Delegates to
National Convention.

When the democrats meet in thi
city Tuesday, April I, i'm their state
convention there ough. to nothing
hanging around the convention hall
but harmony. They are coming to
Mitchell for the purpose of selecting
theta eight delegates to the national
convention which meets at Denver.
The only possibility of a conflict
Will be in the selection of the dele
gales, aud as the situation now
appears the e will be something doing
IN several districts where two can
dldates are up for the honor. Davi-
son county has a candidate Ia the
person of Edward Leehan. while
1t is understood that Hanson county
also has a candidate. Both coming
from the same district will likely
create something of a contest. Mr..
Leehan, 1t is understood, has a very
good chance for winning out.
There will be no fight on the
endorsement OF William Jennings
Bryan-that is pretty we'll conceded
right now. The johnson sentiment
In the state is not at all strong, and
1t is not believed that it could
precipitate a fight that would cause
the slightest disturbance in the con-
vention. Long ago the state central
committee declared in favor of BRYAN
and there has been no disposition to
listen to any other candidates. plead.
ings.
1t is very probable that some
action will be taken by the conven-
tlon looking toward candidates for
the June primaries. Andrew u. Lee
has a host of friends throughout the
state that want 10 give him some
more political preferment, and for
months past his name has been
connected with that of the nomin-
alton for governor. Mr.. Lee does not
enter into the discussion in a way as
to give any evidence that he is in
terested. While one side is talking
OF Lee for governor another is using
his name in connection with that
for United States senate. The last
proposition is meeting with the same
high favor as the former. Dawson
county democrats have taken the
initiative in expressing its prefer
ment for Mr.. Lee by instructing it's
delegates to use their best efforts to
bring out Mr.. Lee as a candidate for
senator. This action was done, in
all probability, to pave the way for
the conventions endorsement of
William I. LaFollette as a capdt.
date for governor. Mr.. LaFolIette's
name has been mentioned a number
of times in the state papers as a
good candidate for the position, and
bis democratic friends presented his
name at the recent county convention
and the delegates were instructed to
use all honorable means to bring
about his nomination.
Just what figure Frank Pettiprew
will cut in the convention is entirely
problematical. He has been u OF
the political game for so long that
whether he has anv following or not
cannot be determined until he comes
to the front for something. Ex-gov.
ernor Lee has not been particularly
active 10 the PAST few years, but the
democrats are known to have an
admiration for the ex-governor which
will find him a great amount OF
strength when it come to perfer-
ment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
MosEs-wnI1E WEDDING
Miss Una Moses and Walter w
White Were United L Merr,age
at Lisbon Townsip Home.

Lit was a very pretty wedding
which occurred at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. H. e. Moses i'm Tobin
toWnshlpTuesday morning when their
daughter, Una Irene. was united in
marriage to MIR. Walter Wright
White. The ceremony occurred at
10 O'Clock, and at that hour the
Bridal Chorus ftom Lohengrin was
played by Mrs. o. e. Cassem. At the
opening strains the bride appeared
from The stairway and was met at
Che pari0r entrance by the groom
They took their positions i'm the
southwest corner Of the parlor
beneath a canopy of carnations and
smilax which had been arranged into
a beautiful bower. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. G. M.
Knight, a brother.in-law Of the
groom. The ring service of the
Methodist Episcopal church was
used. Only the relatives aud a few
intimate friends witnessed the
CEREMONY.
The company of guests was happily
entertained by Mrs. Everett A..
White, who sang, 20, Promise Me-
at the conclusion Of the
The bride wore a very pretty i'm
ported Swiss embroidery gown and
she presented a picture of loneliness
as they assumed the VOWS that made
them husband and wife. After
hearty congratulations were offered
a wedding breakfast was served in
buffet luncheon style. The menu
consisted OF chicken sandwiches.
Waldrof salad, roast turkey, assorted
fluit, brides cake. and fruit cake.
angel food, ice cream and coffee.
The out of town guests were Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. White. Mr.. and Mrs.
&. q. White, and Rev. and Mrs. G.
NJ. Knight. OF Murdo, MIR. and Mrs.
Robert White Of Sioux Falls, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert johnson, of Red
field.
The couple we're the recipients of
some very handsome presents from
the relatives and friends, which
showed the very high este EN- in
which they are held, these including
cut glass, china, linens and pictures.
The bride has resided in the CITY
and county all her life, and has
attained a magnificent wamanbood,
| surrounded INV nm nIr,S.j-
acquaintances and warm friends.
She is a graduate of the Mitchell
high school and later attended
Dakota Wesleyan University. Among
her studies she took music and in
this ant she has become quite pro-
icient. For a number of a she
has lived with her parents on the
farm and in that community she is
especially priced for the gifts which
have brought pleasure to so many.
The groom Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j.. r. White, and is an ener-
getic young man of GOOD PRINCIPLES,
and possesses the esteem OF a large
circle Of friends
Mr.. and Mrs. White reached the
city shortly after the wedding cere-
mony and departed Oh the afternoon
passenger for Murdo, the bride wear
ing a pretty gown of gray Chiffon
Panama cloth. They will 90 on to
Rapid City for a brief STAY and at
the end Of a week they will return
to Mitchell and take up ther resi-
dence on the Moses farm, which Mr..
White has leased for the ensuing
year.
The Republican, in conjunction
with tn many friends Of the young
coup c, extends its most sincere and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
FUND GROWING LARGER
Professorship Association
Have Raised Halt of the Money
for the Chair.
for the Chair.

for the Chair.
The annual meeting Of the
Woman's Professorship Association
was held 10 the CARNEGIE library
rooms Saturday afternoon, for the
purpose Of electing officers for the
ensuing year, which resulted az
follows:
Presi ient-Mrs. L. r. Erskine.
Vice President-Mrs. A. E. Hitch.
cock
Secret.ry-Mrs. Geo. A. Warield.
Treasurer-Mrs. F. L. Meyer.
Miss Pixley and Miss Stansell. Of
the University faculty, entertained
the members in a very delightful
manner. Miss Plxley rendered q
piano solo in a most charming man
ner and impressed all with her great
ability as a pianiste. Miss Stansell
1ecited a number that was very
pleasing and received the hearty
appreciation of all.
The association was organized
several wears ago for the purpose of
creating an endowment fund with
which to establish a Homan's chair
Oh the faculty of the University, it
being the intention and hope to
raise S25, oCO. The work has been
carried on energeticblly and The
ladies have finally secured Sl3 600
a little over hal! the sum nerded,
and which is drawing interest at
the present uimr. AT the Conference
last fall there was a good addition
made to the fund, for the asSocia-
tion's work is a part of the Confer
ence. aud receives it's aid aud assist
once. In Mitchell the association
has $50 members. each of whom
contribute one dollar a year. and
these ladies have succeeded in
raising 81 600 toward the fund. The
ladies are going to get that cther
$4,000 just as soon as possible so
they can have their chair established
in the institution Oh the hill.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

no matter what It Il. II an ad in
the want column can't md 1t, it,e
really lost
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18
The BIGGEST Man Ever,

"I'll bet none of you folks know
that the largest man that ever lived
was born and raised in North Caro-.
lina," said a tar heel at the Hoffman
House the other night. His existence
and dimensions are vouched for in the
American Encyclopedia.
His name was Miles Darden. He
was seven feet six inches high, and in
1S45 weighed 81 pounds. He was born
in North Carolina in 1898 and died in
Tennessee January %, 1857. Until
1853 he was able to go about his work
in an active manner, but his weight in.
creased Sd fast that after that year
when he wanted to move about he
had to be hauled in two-hoTse wagon
In 1889, it is chronicled that his coat
was buttoned around three men, each
weighing more than 200 pounds, who
walked together in it down the streets
in Lexington, N. C. At his death he
is said to have weighed not less than
1000 pounds His coffin was eight feet
long, 35 inches deep, 80 inches across
the breast, Is inches across the head
and IA across the feet. These meas
urements were taken at the time and
are matters Of historical record.
New York Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18
THE STORY.

NINEVEH was in a turmoil Of ex-
~ element. A strange preacher had
suddenly appeared in the street Of the
great city and was proclaiming a
message from the great God of heaven
and earth, the God of gods who ruled
over all, and who was able to destroy
and to make alive. At first the null
titudes had been disposed to mock
and ridicule the oddly-garbed preach
er, and to laugh with scorn at the
warning that yet forty days, and Min
even shall be overthrown."
But as day after day this preacher
had passed up and down the city pro-
claiming his message, and the miracu-
lous story was told from mouth to
mouth how the preacher had been cast
into the sea, and how his God, who
had sent him to the city, had prepared
a great fish to receive him and bring
him safe to land, sober, thoughtful
hearing was given him. AS a result
it was not long ere word was brought
to the king concerning the man and
his message.
"Nineveh to be destroyed?" he cried.
''Nay, it cannot be-"
But fear took hold upon his heart.
The message of the prophet troubled
him day and night, and at last he laid
aside his robes of state, and put
ting OF in their place tho sack
cloth and ashes which betokened
deep mourning and grief, he pro-
claimed a fast throughout the city, de-
creeing that the people from the king
and mobiles down should neither eat
bread nor drink water until the wrath
of the God of gods had been appeased.
What a transformation that was!
When Jonah entered the citys gates
he had found the people given to all
manner of feasting, and gayety, and
wickedness, and now these things had
all been put away and the people did
pot so much as eat or drink, whereas
before they had INDUCED in all man
ner of excuses. Instead Of the rftald
dances and the licentious worship in
the groves, the people gave them
selves up to mourning. When they
were not listening to the strange
preachers message they were re.
hearsing to one another the things
which he said.
And that they believed his message
was certain, for they confessed one to
another that there were no gods of
the people Of Nineveh like unto the
great God who had spoken the words
of judgment against their city. And
believing this. all the gross and gor-
geous worship Of the many gods of
Nineveh was stopped, and instead
there was turning in thought to the
great unknown God who was able to
destroy and was able to make alive.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18

and who brought me over here-a
man with a big hearty smile on his
face, and big warm hand, and a big
warm heart. Gents, he-he supported
me-. He made me live in comfort.
But, gents, he'-old Terwilliger
smiled in spite of himself-"he was a
joker-such a joker. And didn't mind
so much. But his heart-that man
would give, give. give all he had for
the poor, the sick, the stricken. But,
gents, he was a man who would never
let his left hand know what his right
hand was doing. He gave through
me-" Old Terwilliger became terribly
in earnest. Gents" he went on, yes
terday, in the fire, I was in my Sec
ond-story Darkroom in a closet. I was
shut off by the fire. There was no
hope for me. But-he, this man with
the big heart. He found me- He res
cued me. I'm safe. But he-he's up
in his big house" Terwilliger's voice
quivered. only the doctor knows.
He's burned, that man. And he amt
a-goin' to get well. Cents he cried
aloud, that man is the man you never
knew, who wouldn't let you know him,
whose left hand didn't know his own
right hand. Gents, that man was
Cradlebaugh. He gives the thirty
thousand, as he gave all he ever gave
-unbeknown-throu me-"
The crowd was silent for a moment.
Bartlett led the cheering, then led the
way silently out of the church, and I'D
the steep hill toward the house Of
Cradlebaugh.
The town was almost too late. The
doctor shook his head as the commit
tee forced its way on tiptoe into the
room of Cradlebaugh.
He'll never speak again." the doc
ror said. But he was mistaken. Ora
dlebaugh had heard them. He strug.
gled painfully up on his elbow
Boys, boys" he cried, you've come
for me-to-get-up-a list. It's-all
-right-boys."
He stopped for an instant. Then his
voice rang loud and clear:
"Jim Cradlebadgh gives two dollars
to rebuild Donaldson" he cried.
Come, step up now. Who'll give
twenty?"
That night there was list of fatal
ties in the hand-printed Donaldson
daily. And Jim Cradlebaugh, head.
liner, was at its top. He had passed
into the loving memory of the town
whose best friend he had been.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18
SERMONETTE.

"God saw. God repented.
-. He did it not" That is a
revelation Of God dealing in
mercy and love with a wicked
people.
Who is there who can charge
God with favoritism? With
harsh and unreasoning judy
rent against sin?
Nineveh stands out a perpet-
uai challenge against the claim
that God ever Furnishes unjustly
or before he has given full op-
portunity for repentance and a
turning from the sin that would
destroy.
God saw "that the people of
Nineveh brought forth works
meet for repentance"
The prophet was so blinded
by his prejudices and the natu-
raj hatred of the Jews for every
other nation that he could not
see anything but the wickedness
of the city and believe that the
only just course was the de-
struction of the city.
But God saw. How comfort
ing and encouraging is the
thought that God sees. Human
eyes are prone to only see the
weaknesses and failures. God
sees the quickening purpose in
the heart for better life. He
sees the first slow, faItering
steps towards him, and In pa
thence and love he stays his
hand of judgment and holds out
the other In which are offered
mercy and forgiveness.
Truly, as the Lord hath said:
Al have no pleasure in the death
of the wicked"
On the contrary hear him.
plead, "that the wicked turn
from his way and live; turn ye,
turn we from your evil ways;
for why will we die?"
So much for God and his in
finite love and mercy which
reach out to the far off Nine
Vehs, bestowing pardon instead
Of Judgment.
But what of the preacher?
No credit to him for the re-
pentance Of Nineveh. His big
otry would have shut the great
city out of the pale of Gods
mercy. He spoke the message
God had given him to speak, a
message of impending Judgment,
with no thought, or wish, or
prayer that Nineveh might re-
pent and be spared.
Jonah had like many mod
ern-day preacher that DAM
hoiier-than-thou" feeling, and
went about his preaching in a
perfunctory way, delivering his
message because it was the
word, and because he knew he
must preach it, but never for a
moment feeling the heart-throb
of God, or that yearning for the
salvation of perishing soul.
Religious excIusiveness or big
otry have done more to retard
the onward progress of the
kingdom of Christ than any d.
rect forces of evil which have
been brought to bear upon
Christian work and workers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18
Jim Cradlebaugh, Head=Liner
By Vim. Hamilton Osborns
Copyright, by shortstory Pub. Coz

is thing that will make the rich
poor; but it's real-its real-it's real"
The crowd felt it. Bartlett prepared
a dozen subscription lists and sent
them through the crowd.
Wen pull through" he told him.
self, when he began to see results.
And TerWilliger. Terwilliger II give.
Good old Pro Bono But-where is
he?"
Almost as he spoke TerwiIliger,
Lean, struggling ord man, entered the
church, and struggled up the aisle.
He seated himself at the foot of the
stairs just below the pulpit. He wait
ed hours until the lists were all in.
Then Bartlett stepped to his side.
Il want something from "A
Friend" he yentured.
Terwilliger took the list and scrib-
bled something at the bottom. Bart
lett looked at it, and shouted aloud
with glee.
''Hurrah, boys" he yelled, heres
something worth seeing. Listen while
l read. The last name on the list:
From fellow townsman, $30,000.'
Now" he cried, I'm going to tell
at last-it's from Mr.. Terwilliger here.
That's who it is. The man of this
town-the man who gives every time,
all the time, who"
But Terwilliger was up beside him
in the pulpit, holding his arm.
wait, wait" cried Terwilliger, in
thin, shrill, piping voice, but a voice
quivering with earnestness-"wait."
He turned to the audience.
IF the truths to be told" he said,
"let's tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth. Gents he
went On, fifteen years ago l was in
the poorhouse over in Monroe. Listen,
There was man who found me there,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-07-18
J. vi. YATES,
y Parish Surveyor -
FOLSOM, LA.

Ali orders left with Fl. r. Warren,
clerk of court, or addressed to J. NJ
fEates, Verger Postoffice, LS., viii 10
HsiVe prompt attention