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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

THY annual meeting of the stockholde
l Of the LAS OVAS COMPANY, incorpo-
rated, will be held at the Office Of said COM
pany, No. 12S south Fairfax street, Alexan-
dris, Va. on TUESDAY. Jsuuary D., 10 8.
at 8 O'Clock p. m. for the election Of direc-
tors for the ensuing year. and for the trans
action Of such other business IS may come
before the meeting. GEO. G. REID,
ian6 I'd Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

MOTTO Under the first by-l v the an
~ pual meeting Of the stock no deg Of the
EUREKA MANIiANE-E COMPANY will be
hello at No. 5O4 Duke street, Alsxandris, Va,
on THURSDAY, the 25rd day Of January,
1903. at Il o'clock N.
fans v3v-w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

Dewitt's carbolizsd Witch Hazel Salve
IL especially recommended for pils. Bold ~
W. r. Creighton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE WASH.
j INGTON NATIONAL BUILDS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WASH
INGTON, d C., sre hereby notified that the
annual meeting OF the stockholcers Of said
association will be held at the principal Office
of the association in the city Of Alexandra,
Va. at IL o'clock 8 m. on WEDNESDAY,,
Jsnu ,ry %. 1908. By order Of the Board Of
directors. J. q. 51pDDARO
de-N w5t-s Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at 10a.
m and as a. M. and 135, 30, 45, and
8 is d. m, 10 30 D. N. Open at 8 W a.. m,
u no m, and 90 D. m. On SundaysNo rthern
mails close at As 6. M, 4SOi ~ and y ~
D. m. -,
Southern mails via Charlottesville close at
7f0 a. M and 10 80 q. M, and ~ p. N.
80 and 10 80 p. N. Open at 800 8. IN and
90 p. ID.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close a.
& az and 10 as A, M, and 80, 45 and 10 81
d. m. Open at 8 a. m, IL m and p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 2 10 q. m
and 8 80 D. m. Open at IL 80 and 30 p. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close 81
80 a. M, and % p. m. Open at SOoa. m
and 80 p. m.
u. Ossd 1890 p. m. Open st 800 a. M ano
Washington mails close at 7 10, a. al. 8 45
ano II 80 q. M, and 1 81, 4 80, 7 As, p. m.
80 and 10 30 D. m. Open ct 500 q. M,
1900 N. and Oh o. N. and 4 80 p. m.
Office Hours-Open at 8 20 q. M. Close al
= s Sunday HOurs-open at 800 a. m. oOSs
at 1000 q. 10.
side routes--6 30 and 1000 q. IN. aud 8 W anc
( 20 D. m. Fl u route-6 30 a. IN. and 80 p.
W.
window open Sunday 900 a. m. and clos
1000 a. m.
Deliveries made SOOs. III. 20 p. m. AND
All mail should be in the Office ten minutes
hsfo- our indicated time for closing.
NIRGlNIA-In the Clerks Office Of the
Corporation Court Of the City Of Alex
andria on the 18th day Of December 1907.
Bertha NJ. Clauss
VS.. In Chancery.
John w CLAUS
Memo. The object Of this suit is to obtain
for the complainant divorce from the bonds
Of matrimony from the defendant, and for
general relief
1t appearing by an affidavit fled in this
cause that the defendant, John w. CLAUS,
is a nonresident Of this State 1t is
Ordered that said defendant appear here with.
in fifteen days after due publication Of this
order, and do what is necessary to protect
this interest in this suit, and that copy OF
this order be forth with inserted in the Alex
andris Gazette, a Newspaper published in the
city of Alexandria, once week for four sue.
sessive weeks, and posted at the front door Of
the Court House Of this city.
A Copy-TRsTE
NEWELL s. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Mschen & Moncure, D. q. decl7 w4w-tu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18
GROCERIES.
w. A. JOHNSON 4 40.

WHOLESALE 0hOCEhS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHAN
And Dealers In
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have on hand GiDson's Xxx, xxx, XXA1
aud Pure Old Bye, Old Cabinet and hon'
gram Whiskies also Bakers and Thompson
Pure Bye Whistles, to which they invite TIC
attention OF the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandir
shall receive prompt attention.
Conngnments of Flour, Grain and Countr
Produce solicited, for which they guarants
he highest market prices and prompt returr
N = corner Cameron and ROYAL Streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18
MEETINGS.

THE annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the DTLIN 4 MARTIN co. will be
held at the Office OF said company, No. l20
south Fairfax street Alexandria, Va: on
TUESDAY, January 81, 1858, at 2.3O o'clock
D. NJ, for the elef ton OF directors ana ior
such other business as NAV legally come De-
fore said meeting. L. Z. DUL'N,
ians I'd secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

KIN HEE QUICK DRIP COFFEE POTS
snitable fer use with my hne eofees pulyer'
sxl By electricity, for ale BY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

XyIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office of the
Corporation Court Of the City Of Alex
andria on the 18th day Of December 1907.
Rorfba n CLAIMS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-18

STEAMEno
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03
LAYING CORNERSTONE OF NEW CAPITOL
TERMINATES TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR CONFLICT
Spectacular Events Are Portrayed in History of Long Battle Over
the Permanent Location of State House.

In that year the move for division
and provisional statehood was placed
before the people Of the south half Of
the territory, and a vote was secured.
With the question Of possible division,
came also a question of capital loca-
ton, and Pierre, Sioux Falls and Alex
andria entered the lists. While but
little attention was paid to this cleo
ton in many parts of the territory
and a light VOTE was cast, Huron won
in the vote.
Matters, SO far as the south half of
the territory was concerned, we're al
lowed to go In this way until the final
statehood bill vas secured in 1889. AT
that time Huron interests demanded
that as they had secured a majority
of the votes in 1885, that town should
be made the capital OF the south half
by the provisions of the bill. Con-
gresham Springer of Illinois opposed
naming any town as the capital Of the
new state, but demanded that it
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

the work completed in the fall of 1905.
In 1906 they advertised for bids for
the erection of the wing, and when
the time came for opening the bids,
representatives of Sioux Falls went
into the supreme court asking for an
injunction to prevent the board from
acting, on the ground that they did
not intend to use any South Dakota
material in the work. After the ap-
plication had been made the commits
sion stopped procedure until the cour
had passed upon the application. and
then rejected all bids. 1t was then
SO late in the year that nothing more
was done until after the election, and
new officers formed the commission
Decide to Complete Building.
This wait also brought a new legis-
lative session, and this session decid-
ed upon proceeding with the construc-
ton of the complete structure instead
OF only q portion of it, fixing the cost
of the whole structure at $500, 900,
and providing means for the funds,
which might be lacking after sale of
lands donated by the general govern
ment for the construction of a capitol.
They also provided that in the letting
of bids the commission might give
South Dakota stone a 5 per cent pref
erence in the letting of contracts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

and Chamberlain went into the race
for temporary capital. 1t was a fight
Of cash. While every town in the
race plunged" in the way of expense,
Pierre and Huron led them all, and
both towns were Gin" about to their
limit at the end Of the campaign Of
that year. Both had spread their linn
its to take in as much territory as pos
sible, and assessed it at a high rate
to give them a greater bonding capac-
ity, and bonds were issued On any
kind of an excuse to secure funds for
the fight.
When the contest was ended in Oc-
tober, the vote stood: Pierre, 27,O96;
Huron, 1874; WATERFOWL, 1870;
Sioux Falls, 11,765: Mitchell, 1906;
Chamberlain, 2,414. On that vote
Pierre secured the temporary seat of
government, and the first Of Novem
Der the first session of the state leg
islature was held for the purpose of
selecting two United States senators,
and was in session two days for that
purpose. The senate held it's sessions
in the Congregational church, and the
house met in the Hughes county court
house. Before the regular session in
January the city had made good its
promise and had erected a building
for the holding of the session, it now
being the main part of the present old
capitol, to which a wing was attach
ed at state expense two years later.
Pierre Again Wins.
The lex year while under the pro-
visions of the law. it was a free-for-
all for permanent capital location, all
the contestants dropped out except
Pierre and Huron, and another fierce
campaign was fought. Pierre increas-
ed its assessment and issued more
bonds. and laid out other additions for
donation lots. Huron sold the munich
pal water plant to raise funds. The
fight vas on the same line, of central
ity and future development on the
part Of Pierre, and better present To-
cation on the part of Huron. After
both towns had practically bankrupt
ed themselves, the vote was again in
lasol VI Ilcllt ny Il NOlt u 4l,oiO 10
34,252 for Huron.
Huron then began a legislative fight
for resubmission, and attempted to Sc
cure the submission of a constitution
al amendment changing the location.
They made their first trial in 1898,
and followed it with another in 1885.
Again. in 1897. two efforts were made,
In which bills passed both houses at
different times, but the same bill did
not get through both houses. The ses-
sion of 1899 was allowed to 60 without
an effort to make a change. In 1901,
WATERFOWL boomers ven down with
a bill to change to WATERFOWL, but fell
down early in the session, and then
Mitchell took up the fight and was
defeated in the house after practically
an all-night session. Then in the ses-
sion of 1903 came the combined as
sault of Mitchell, Huron and Redfield,
which went into a combine to secure
relocation votes, with an agreement
that the town which was to be named
in the new bill was to be selected by
caucus. The scheme was worked up
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

Bids were advertised for, and the
contract was let to O. H. Olsen of
saltwater, Mimi.
The New Building.
The new building is 300 feet in
length, with a width Of 16O feet in the
center, and 100 feet in the wings. To
the top Of the tower it will be 1854
feet from the foundation. The sub
basement is walled with granite boul-
ders, and the basement story is con-
structed of a combination Of rain.
drop sandstone and Ortonville granite.
above which the building will be OF
Bedford limestone, making it a combi-
nation OF brown and light gray stone.
The dome is to be covered with mol.
ished copper.
The halls of the two houses OF the
legislature will be in the wings on the
second floor above the basement, and
Will extend to the roofs, making that
portion of the building three stories,
but office rooms will be fitted in a
fourth story about the legislative
halls. The principal offices will be On
the first floor above the basement.
The contract calls for a completed
building by the first OF July, 1910, and
the first legislative session which will
meet in the new structure will be
the session of 1911.
While the new building is immense
when compared with the old wooden
structure which has served the state
for twenty years, the indications at
| present are that it will be too small
| for the uses Of the state before many
years go by, and that another building
| for the supreme court will be required
to allow the necessary room for the
/! other state business in the main
building, within ten years from the
| present time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

The laying OF the cornerstone or
the new capitol of South Dakota in
Pierre marks the end of a struggle or
a quarter Of a century on the part or
the people Of Pierre to secure Inc 10
cation of the permanent capital OF
South Dakota in the center or the
state. 1t is the fruition or hopes ana
struggles, into which the earlier resi-
dents of Pierre would lever have
plunged had they been able to Look
ahead and see all which 1t would mean
in the way of expense and effort. But
with the task once taken up, there has
been no idea of stopping on the part
of any Of those engaged in the work,
and while it has been a costly
whistle" which the city has paid for,
they now fear that they have secured
1t in fact for all it is worth to any
town at which a state capitol is To-
Gated.
From the very founding Of Pierre,
the capital aspiration was one of the
tenets of its builders. The earliest
papers teemed with the possibilities
in that direction based on location and
future development Of the Territory
of Dakota.
With the capital of the territory To-
Gated at Yankton, when the populax
ton consisted Of a handful of settlers
along the eastern and southern Dor
ders of the territory, it remained I'M
TIL the boom days of the early eight
SnC whnD a rnr por,1otinr rn,rnl
into the territory on an immigration
wave resting on the construction of
new lines Of railroad built ahead of
settlement and on faith in future de-
velopment. As the population began
to spread northward and westward
there came a demand for a ~change>in
the capitol site to a location more
central both as to population and ter
Titory. In the session of the territori-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

by Mitchell after they had secured
pledges from what they considered a
majority Of the possible members who
would favor capital change, and then
used Huron and Redfeld as catspaws
to help them gather chestnuts, with a
certainty that in the caucus they
would be left out, and Mitchell be
the winner. Mitchell was pushed early
in the session. and n of the pecull-
ar1ties Of it was that 1t came to the
house from the senate in time to be
passed on Friday, the 18th day OF Jan
jary, in a year which had thirteen for
its numerals. The thirteen followed
by Pierre receiving thirteen votes IN
Mitchell at the time of the election,
and Mitchell receiving thirteen votes
in Hughes, in which Pierre is located
at the same election.
The fight which followed was one
Of the most spectacular campaigns
ever held in the state. The North
Western road backed Pierre. and the
Milwaukee backed Mitchell, and
passes were issued without limit, to
any point in the state.
It's Pierre's Fight.
Tho same argument of centrallty
and future development which had
been used by Pierre from the begin
ming Of it's existence was again potent
in this campaign, and the final vote
was $500 for Pierre. and 10000 for
Mitchell.
The following session of the legisla.
ture took up the question Of the con
struction of a suitable capitol on the
grounds at Pierre, and after quarrel.
ing over It in the legislature for some
time, provided for a wing of the build.
ing to be constructed at a cost Of not
to exceed $4,000 to be so construct.
ed ~ to form a harmonious part Of a
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

whole building. The governor. audi
tor, secretary Of state and state land
commissioner were to comprise the
commission to look after the con-
struction of the building. These off,
Gals, after travelling to the capitals
of several states, decided that the
building which had been erected in
Montana was in the line OF what
would better fill the needs of this
state than any other which they had
found, and secured plans for a COM
pleted building upon the plans OF the
Montana structure, somewhat modt-
fed, and advertised for bids for the
construction Of the foundation of the
wing. This contract was let. and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

the votes cast for a capital. hat at
the following election the two towns
which were in the lead in the first
fight for permanent capital should be
submitted, the town securing the ma
jority of the votes to be the "perma-
nent capital of the state. This, he
explained, was to prevent continued
dispute over capital location.
Rivals Plunge for Prize.
Under the provisions Of this law,
the towns Of Pierre, Huron, Sioux
Falls, Mitchell, WATERFOWL, Redtield
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

should be settled by a vote of the peo-
pie. His views prevailed, and the
statehood bill carried a provision that
in the election of 1889 for the selec-
ton of the first state officers a vote
should be taken on temporary location
to be free to all. That the following
year a vote should be taken on per-
manent location to be free to all, and
IL no town secured a majority Of all
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-03

al legislature of 1888 a bill was intro
duced for the remova of the territori-
al capital from Yankton to Huron.
This bill began to make Roadway.
when the other ambitious towns of the
territory got into the game and
stopped progress on hat measure.
After the practical death of the HUI
ron bill, on suggestion of Territorial
Governor Ordway, the ~contending in
terests got together on the idea of a
commission to select a site, and their
combined strength succeeded in the
enactment of a law to that effect, the
commission to be named by the gov
ernor
Elect Officers on Train.
When the commission was appoint
ed it consisted Of nine members, six
from the southern half of the territory
and three from the northern half, and
the southern people all believed that
they had the best of it; that wherever
the capital might be located it would
be in the southern half Of the terri
tory. And with the interests of the
Ordway family at Pierre, that city felt
that the governor had selected the
men with such interests in view. The
list selected consisted Of George A..
Matthews OF Brookings, C. H. Meyers
of Redfield, H. H. belong of Canton,
John P. Belden OF Deadwood, NJ. ID.
Thompson of Vermillion, Alex Hughes
OF Elk Point. This was the list from
the southern half of the territory,
While those from the northern half
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21
NATIVES PLAY BEST
FOR HOME CITIES.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-"Maybe I'm
dead wrong" said Clarke Griffith. but
I'm becoming firmly convinced that
climate and local conditions have a
great deal more To do with the sue
cess OF ball team than has ever been
imagined. IL this idea is correct the
iii success OF the Cincinnati. ST. Louis
and Washington clubs can be more
easily understood, and method OF
overcoming climatic handicaps might
be figured nicely.
Il am beginning TO think that cities
located ON rivers. especially toward
the south. have climate that Is too
much for the average ball player, espe-
cially IL that ball player Is from re-
gions where the atmospheric condi-
tons are radically different. Take
those Reds, for instance. The Cincin-
natl team, in recent seasons, has had
some splendid ball players, and the
make up OF the Red club. each spring.
is more than promising. The manage
ment does not spare the money. and
the men secured have been OF high
grade. both as ball players and well
behaved gentlemen. In the early part
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21
CORNELL LIKED
BY THE EXPERTS

PRINCETON, Nov. 2O.-Cornell is
again the favorite In the college hill
and.dale championship. Already the
Ithacans have proven their superiority
over Yale and the team title looks
to be theirs ror individual honors
the struggle will be beauty. WHITE
ley OF Princeton. Young OF Cornell
Jacques OF Harvard, Dull of Michigan
and Tewanima OF Carlisle. will put NJ
a ripping race.
II Is said that Jack Moakley, the
Cornell trainer. has an unknown under
cover for this race who will go out
and astonisb the athletic world. lie
ran in the Cornell.Yale race last week
under orders not 10 win, and several
times during the run stopped dead
still and waited for Capt. Young OF
the Cornell team. TO catch up.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21
GUHSE A HERO
At WESTERN NOW

When Quarterback Guhse. OF the
Western High school team, booted a
goal from touchdown between the
posts in the gathering gloom at Clark
park last night he won for his team,
to 5, the first game which it has
been able TO take from Eastern in the
last eight years of play, tie scores
having featured both prior contests Of
recent date, while before that Eastern
had ever been supreme. Each side
scored once. Eastern in the first half
and Western in the second.
The game was very fiercely played,
though neither side knew much foot
ball. Had Baud kicked his goal from
touchdown In the first half, Eastern
would have secured a tie.
Quinn, Westerns right tackle, play
ed the game through with a broken
arm
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21
RUNNERS SELECT
RACE OFFICIALS

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Johnny
Hayes, winner OF the great Marathon
race In London. and Dorando, the Ital-
ian, met this afternoon at the Hoffman
house and selected officials for their
25-mile race at Madison Square garden
Thanksgiving Eve.
For referee the names OF Tim Hurst,
the baseball umpire, and Mayor Nc.
Clellan were suggested, but neither
was decided upon. The other officers
selected were: Starters. Al Copeland,
chief; Jim Donnelly. for Hayes, and
r. Anigon for Dorando. Judge. Mike
Murphy, OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vania. Trainers Ito be allowed on the
track. Ernie Hjerlberg and George
Cameron for Hayes, and F. Bagni and
Ulpiano Pieth (Dorando's brother)
for the foreigner Attendants. Mai
Cherry and F. F. Kell for Hayes. and
Dr. Rostelli and Dr. Right for Do
rando.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21
ROCHESTER AWAITS
! CANCELS REPLY

II Is now up TO John Camel to say
whether or not he will be manager
OF the Rochester club. of the East
ern league, next season. Owners
Chaplin and Little. OF that club, and
President Hermann. Of the Reds.
have agreed that John shall be
transferred to that city IL he Is will
ing.
CAMEL would have an opportunity
similar TO the one he had at Grand
Rapids, II he took up the reins IN
Rochester. The club representing
that city finished In last place last
season. IL CAMEL takes hold he
has everything TO gain and nothing
to lose
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-21

OF the campaign the team holds It's
own. and shows signs OF grand quality
Then comes a steady and agoniring
slump and the Reds slide down. down,
and down some more.
Il don't think bad management has
much to do with the annual downfall.
Most OF the men who have been al
the head OF the Cincinnati team have
been able managers, fellows who had
always delivered the goods and have
often done so after leaving Cincinnati.
The players are all there with the nat
ural ability and intrinsic skill. What,
then, is the answer?
1T looks to me as though the cli'
mate had a great deal TO do with IL.
and was still more destructive TO
Washington and st. Louis men. Co
miskey's old Browns, winning as they
did. must have been extraordinary
men. OF a callber way above the best
in other cities, while the Washington
team. no matter how II may be
strengthened. Is always on the down
grade after the season gets little
old. River cities, located TO the south
OF the lake belt, seem to give the play
ers lassitude and depressed energies
and there you are.
1t seems TO me that players accus-
toned TO such climates, trained for
years in the river ATTITUDES, would put
up the best kind OF fight In other
words, IL Cincinnati could produce a
team OF really capable, clever ball
players, born and trained In Cincin-
natl. such a team would stand bet
ter chance than bunch OF stars from
other sections OF the country. South
ern league men. too, might stand the
strain at Cincinnati much better than
players from northern clubs. | hon
estly think that a man who had been
playing two or three years at New Or
leans. for example. would be more sue
cessful in Redville than a player from
the New England league. even though
the New Englander might seem much
the better on the face OF the returns.
On the other hand, the New England
er ought to do much better In Boston
than would be possible for the south
ern Lacquer"