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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19

r HOSE who read the college pub
LEGATIONS are not slow to realize
that their editors are unfriend-
~ 10 the co-educauon, in the
Institutions where that system exists.
Even in some cases in which the girls
have a representation on the editorial
board things are written and publish
ell that are lot kind.
The heads OF the institutions go 10
some length TO declare a. times that
co-educauon is a success and that tile
male students really like it,. but they
are not Borne out 10y the facts, APP
parenuy The girls in some OF the
middle Western universities which
are co-eGUeationa1 realize this feeling
against them rather keenly
They take their part iu college az
titIfes ard on occasion help out the
athletic associations. They are made
To feel sometimes. as one Michigan
girl expressed IL, that the men want
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statements about trusts are general
ties. The subject is so big that he
delights only in hurting a. the offend
ers he anathemas of an ali-embrac-
ing ind unrestricted rage and abuse.
AS for the cotton exchange" he
continued. becoming more cvclonie,
they are robbers also 1t fixes the
price Of cotton The women and chill
dren OF the South WHO work in the
cotton fields in the early morning
and i'm the late evening have nothing
10 say about the price. I ask YOU, is
that fair? Is it just? NV dear sir.
il is not The cotton exchange is a
robber. terrific roblier.
Ana thus 1t goes. senator Davis has
mission IL Is a hobby that nc always
has in the finish stretch. ridden nearly
to death, with pursuing foes close in
the rear.
How did he get to the Senate?
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abbs one He had hewn out his path
All BY his lonesome. By his peculiar
gifts and hts adaptabillty 70 the peo-
ple among whom ne lived and worked
His cycionic work had produced re-
suits. He had held two OF the highest
Offices within the power OF the people
TO Festow.
II was, therefOre, a surprise that he
lid not take in the Senate
He IS not like Tfuman. Tfllman
boasts that he Is a cornnsld lawyer,
"A rough man. and an honest man.
lie uses language on the hoor OF the
Senate that no man before him had
dared TO drag into the diguifed de-
bates OF that high assemblage. He f.
as blunt as possible. frank In ex-
pressing his likes and dislikes. But
with that he couples a keenness in
debate. wealth Of deep thought.
that make his rough language only p
by-product OF his great mind
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of the Year

When ne spoke Of the dear people OF
arkansas the tears made a mist be
fore his ewes and the sobs did funny
things to his voice.
His message was a eall from Ar
kansas that the trusts be destroyed.
wiped out root and branch. and scat
tered 10 the four winds o. disap-
proving heaven. Upon them he laid
much blame for the poverty of the
people OF Arkansas. His optimism
became superb. 4 thing triumphant
thst defined his powers OF expression,
and strained his voice until it rose 70
a melancholy Shrek.
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Republicans All Left.

Then, i'm little while, one by one
or in twos and threcs the Republican
Senators closed their desks noisily
and went away quietly. The Demo
Gratis looked sad and solemn. The
galleries laughed and had a fine time
Senator Davis, however. was work
lnC himself TO death His rampant
foot dealt cruelty with the carpet as
he paced back and forth. His hand
smote his ample thigh as he empha-
sized his eNcoriation Of the trusts.
Ever and anon he threw back his
head in leonine gesture. shaking his
dampened locks from his fevered
brow He shouted, he whispered. h,
denounced. he pleaded. and he advised
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AIWays a Cyclone.

lie began breezine around when he
WAS at the age on nineteen years. IT
was then that ne " $ admitted TO the
bar OF Polk county. That was in ISL
Eleven years later his cyclonic way of
trying cases and getting results-he
got tire results all right-secured his
election as prosecuting attorney OF the
Firth judicial district of his State.
an 1885 he blew up 10 the prouc emil
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Just abused the Trusts.

His broad face wrinkled, folded and
unfolded with The fervor of his feel
ing lie moved about restIessly Lie
an imprisoned cyclone. lie is cyclonie
in all he does.
lie did NOT deal IN details. AH his
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commended, fully adyer-
tised and labeled Danger
Beware" is enough TO
please any lawmakcr who likes
the glare OF the limclight and the
clamor Of publicity.
But to be set down as overad-
vertised unwisely recommended,
and not dangerous. is distinctly
disagreeable.
In spite of all this, jefferson
Davis-he writes it in his biog-
raphy JEFF Davis"-is not a whit
cast down, nor is he discouraged.
nor does he consider himself other
than a menace to the interests he
fights, and a bulwark for those he
loves
He is from Arkansas. He is a
Democrat. He is all sorts of an
orator. Above everything else, he
is absolutely unprecedented in the
Senate, the highest deIiberative
body in the world"
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neuce of attorney general or Arkansas.
BY this time Arkansas was taking
Davis seriously lie had a way thar
took with the people Of the state
They liked to stand Oft and watch the
things the cyclone hit. They also liked
- hear the rear ard howl of the
devastating phenomenon
Therefore. IL was no great surprise
that he was governor OF the State
from 1901 TO 1907. serving three success
sive two-year terms. In this time, he
made himself solid with the Arkan-
sans When il came 10 the subject of
STATE rights. he was always there
with the cyclonic insistence that the
State had TO be respected, no matter
what the Federal Government or any
body else said. Also. he never lost
an opportunity To make friends.
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Introduce. Bills.

IT is not a rash assumption 10 be
torial ears
Also he has introduced bills and
resolutions affecting MS State.
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Terribly in Earnest.

He was terribly in earnest-this
wen-fed, hre-eating man from Ar
kansas. His eyes blazed Ike head
lights on a locomotive. His breath
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Broke Into the Senate.

re broke in. He got back, sook a
running start in Arkansas, and the
impact Of his gait was so great that
ha lcped right into the magic doors.
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Tie IS 2 great campaigner-in Arkaa-
sss Eowu there he D. as cyclouIl
as he was in his first speech i'm the
Senate. He told his constituents thar.
If they sent him to 4he Senate, he
would get up on the a0or right away
AID tel the Republican Marty what De-
bought or it and what ne thought OF
the robher trusts He raced up and
down the State tehing tins 20 all who
would listen TO him. II some showed
a disposition not 10 listen. ne grab
bed them by the arm and made them
listen.
His campaign eloqueuce is Of the
grand. glorious. superb. God-giveI
country of ours kind. lie paints un-
seen ylories on the rainbow. He
adoTns the lily 9Th an adept tongue,
and he puts new glories on the sun
rise He serves up patriotism on a
salver OF gold and makes II look good
enough 10 cat. He tells the people
thev are an angel choir and that they
can sing him to sleep any time they
wish.
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His Ontimlsm Grnat.

lis optimism is Ereat-exospt on
Ists When he strides about the
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His Career Remarkable.

2 From the gUbernatorial chair he cy-
cloned it into the United States Sen
ate. His career had been a remark
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o arrive in the United
States Senate highly rec
commended. fully adyer-
tised and labeled Danger
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
FORMER U. S. SENATOR
is CORRESPONDENT

Elton. England, June 11.--Young Mil
lington of Cumberland. Md, former
United States senator. today was
named as correspondent in a bill for
absolute divorce filed by DIR. Pierce
Wilson against his wife. u daughter OF
Theodore Rohrback of Frederick coun-
ty.
The Wilson's were married in 1898
and lived together until August, 10,
when Mrs. Wilson claimed in a bill
filed some time ago. that her husband
deserted her.
In his cross bill. DIR. Wilson says that
in 1899 he obtained information con-
Meeting the name of his wife with Well
lington. This information. he says.
vas given to him by Mrs. Wilson'S
father. DIR. Wilson further alleges
that he charged his wife with intimacy
with Wellington. n that she adj
mitted it, at Inc same time begging
aim not to desert her.
Wellington was elected United States
senator In 1896. the year after the re-
publicans and the Independent DEM
pcrats overthrow the German demo-
cratic ring. He was a leader in that
movement and was made chairman Of
The republican state committee.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE
ASKS A DIVORCE

Sioux Falls. S. d, June 1O.-From
wife of the president of the s~hip-build-
ing trust and of the Trust Company of
the Republic in New York City and a
life of luxury in the most exclusive So
ciety set of the metropolis. Mrs. Daniel
LeRoy Dresser has come to Sioux Falls
to obtain a divorce and fit herself for
a position as stenographer.
From her mansion in New York
City, Mrs. Dresser has come to live in
the famous divorce house of Sioux
Falls, a comfortable but not elegant
home on Grange avenue.
Shortly after her arrival in Sioux
Falls. May 1. Mrs. Dresser applied for
admission to the Sioux Falls Business
college and has been in constant at
tendance there ever since.
She is one OF my most apt pupils"
said Prof. G.. c. Christopherson. II
have been surprised by the %quickness
with which she picks up her work.. I
did not know who she was when she
applied. She has never told me wheth-
er she wanted to be a stenographer.
but by the earnestness with which she
Is learning shorthand and typew riting.
I judge that is her Intention"
Mrs. Dresser's presence in Sioux
Falls was discovered accidentally.
Her name, has been kept out of the
telephone book, she gets her mail in a
box at the postofice and she has not
made acquaintances. all in the hope Of
keeping her presence from becoming
known.
"A reporter mad called at the home Of
Mrs. w. Barley Henry of Philadel-
phia, another very prominent divorce
here: He saw talking with her on the
porch a handsome m attired in
an elegant blue ace coat. When she
left she carried Mrs. Henry's two-year-
old baby girl a block, hugging and
Kissing the younsster all the while.
That is my only friend in Sioux
Fails" said Mrs. Henry. She is Mrs.
Dresser of New York. Why don't you
go to see her"
And a later she recalled that
Mrs. Dresser was avoiding publicity
and would say no more about her.
Mrs. Dresser attempted to obtain a
decree of separation from her husband
at New York in 1907, but did not press
the case. Her husband failed rying
to float the securities of the American
Shipbuilding company. He is a broth
er of the wife of George w. Wander
bllt, of Mrs. Nicholas Brown, mother
Of Newport's s10,o00,o0O baby. of
countess D.Osmay of Paris. and OF
Rev. c. @. Merrill of Tuyedn
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
KILLED
IN A SHAM BATTLE
Falls on Bayonet While Scaling
Wall and Receives Wound
Which Proves Fatal.

Bookings. S. D., June 1O.-Captain
Robert Watson. of Company b at the
state college. died yesterday at 8
o'clock as the result of a bayonet
wound received during a sham battle
at lhe college.
Captain Watson led the advancing
company over an 1S-foot wall in the at
tack On a party of skirmishers. In
scaling the wall the young man dropped
onto a fixed bayonet held in the hands
of one of his own men. The sharp
weapo went into his body Just above
the crotch. and although at the time
the wound was believed to be only a
flesh wound, it proved to be fatal. Only
his splendid courage and physique kept
him alive until yesterday.
Relieving the wound to be slight the
sham battle was continued. and only
upon operating was the seriousness Of
the injury found.
Hundreds OF spectators who were
present on account of it being visitors
day at the college. witnessed the acci-
dent. Which Is the first of this nature
ever occurring in the military depart
ment.
The body will. be shipped to his home
at Mitchell. and a number of his junior
schoolmates will accompany his par
ents, who arrived last night.
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MILLIONS"
COULDN'T HOLD HER

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1o.-Mrs.
Brewster, whose husband is
a millionaire of Rochester. N. Y. has
been granted a divorce here and left
two days for the home of her som
lnlaw. Senator Fr%elinghausen of New
Jersey. Senator kittredge wa her at
torney. Mrs. Brewster has told here
that she might marry an attache of
the king of Greece. Her daughters,
Mrs. Ashton Knight of Paris and Mrs.
Frelinghausen, We're presented at the
6reclan court and at that time Mrs.
Brewster met the court official. If she
marries him she will become a lady
in-waiting on the queen.
Mrs. Brewster's son, Franklin Brew
ster, jr., was a principal in a sensa-
t1oral marriage with Mrs. Julia Baker
last January. Mrs. Brewster said the
match was the direct result of her in
tercession with departed spirits in a
seance here.
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BURGLAR DROPPED
BY RulIET WOUND

Pierre, S. D.. June 10.-Early Satur-
day morning a clerk named Guy Moul-
tin was awakened by noises in the
store of Hatch & Fisher. which is next
door to the building In which he sleeps.
Feeling that such noises were a little
unusual for that period OF the morn
ing, Moulton crept out of his own
room and peering through one of the
lndow In the rear wall. saw a figure
moving rapidly to and fro In the store.
The night police was called and the
robber surrounded. The fellow be-
lieving that the early morning dark
ness would give him sufficient cover
in which to make his escape, made a
bold dash for his liberty. The night
policeman was not to be cheated Of his
lets singing around his ears. A last
and well-aimed shot from the %evolver
of the policeman caught the flying OBJ
Der in the back of the neck. He
dropped and was taken to the city Jail
for medical attention. Later reports
have 1t that he will live to pay for his
crime of larceny.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
HUNTING CACHE
OF GOLDEN COIN
ON CHOTEAu CREEK
Search for Buried Treasure
Recalls Nebraska Bank Rob-
berry of 20 Years Ago.

Geddes, S. D.. June s.-A resident OF
Charles Mix county h does not wish
his name made public is engaged in an
interesting search for buried treasure
and is quite hopeful that he will sue
coed in finding q cache of $4,000 in
gold coin which is alleged to have been
deposited in the ground ago.
The hunter of the buried ~treasure
for fear he will fail to discover the
hidden gold and be subjected to banter
ing on the part of those who know
him. The present search being made
by him and two assistants for the treas
ure is due to the revival of an old
story concerning how the treasure hap
pened to be buried and abandoned in
Charles Mix county.
The story, which has been in circula-
ton among pioneer residents along the
effect hat in the spring of 1855 a dar-
ing bank robbery took place at Nor
folk, Neb. The robbers are alleged to
ave secured the $4,000 in gold coin. A
bers, who headed northward toward the
Missouri river and what is now SOUTH
Dakota.
The robbers are alleged to have crossed
the Missouri rive to South Dakota,
entering the state at the mouth of
Choteau creek. which marks the bound-
airy of the lower portion of Charles Mix
county. Being hard pressed by their
pursuers after crossing the Missouri
river hey decided it would be best
to cache" their loot, and accordingly
they appropriated a spade az the ranch
of Case Conger, a we'll known pioneer
resident of the Missouri river section
of Charles Mix county. and buried the
gold neal the roots of a lone tree, which
vas supposed to stand at a point about
three miles north of the Conger ranch.
Hearing the old story the resident
Of Charles Mix county referred to de-
clded to make a search for the treasure.
The land upon which the gold is sup
posed to be hidden now belongs to a
Yankton Sioux indian. but he gave his
consent to the search being made after
being given a liberal sum by the man
who hopes to find the gold. The search
now is being prosecuted with vigor and
will not be abandoned until several
acres of ground have been carefully
dug up.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
LOOK UP on STARS;
DOWN ON THE RAIN
Novel Impressions of Balloonist
in Flight From Illinois
to South Dakota.

Chicago, June "Details of his jour-
ney by balloon from Quincy, Ill.,, to
Clear Lake. S. D., were related today
by Charles A. Corey:
LAS we assembled slowly the earth APP
peared to drop gradually below u.s."
he said. 1T WAS the prettiest picture 1
ever saw. We rose at once to a height
of about 1000 feet and began sailing
at the rate of almost 20 miles an hour.
'In the evening we foated up above a
rain storm. 1t was raining below us,
while the stars were shining above us.
We seemed to pass owe oceans of
clouas.
about i O'Clock in the morning we
struck a current of cold air, which
chilled the gas bag and caused US to
descend at a rate of 1900 feet a minute.
At times l thought my ear was in my
mouth. We unloaded 1900 pounds OF
ballast, but still kept descending and
nearly touched the ground"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
RECORD BREAKING RAINS
PREVAIL OVER STATE

Huron. s. D.. June 6.----Eee.ly wealth
er bulletin for the week e2u:.s Monday.
June /, 1908:
Unsettled weather with f, equent rains
prevailed until Saturday. some places
having precipitation every day during
that time. The amount OF sunshine was
considerably below the normal. On
Tuesday night very heavy rain oc-
CURED over some southeastern
ties. and in places was accompanied by
severe winds which aused local dam
age to buildings and trees. Hailstorms.
In some cases severe. occurred in several
counties in connection with the same
storm. Heavy rains also occurred in
parts OF the Sioux river vail: j un FRI
day. The soil moisture is sui. gen.
orally, and in a number nties
much low land is too wet.
The mean temperature was below the
normal, the average daily deficiency be-
ing between 4 and 5 degrees. The maxi
mum temperatures were below so de-
grees, except at Yankton, Yankton
county, and Marion. Turner county,
where 81 n SO degrees. respectively,
We're recorded on Tuesday. The mini
part above 40 degrees. the lowest re-
corded being SO degrees, at Academy,
Charles Mix county, and Clark, Clark
county.
The rainfall averaged considerably
above the normal. While it was slight
ly below the normal over parts Of the
upper James river valley, it was above
the normal elsewhere over the state.
The greatest excess was over an area
of country extending from Charles Mix
county northeastward to Bookings,
Moody and Minnehaha counties At
several places within this area the pre-
cipitation exceeded S inches.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
AMERICAN Be-. ~
LEADER AT ETON
Young Drake Notable as Actor,
Orator and Captain of
Boat Team.

Baltimore. une l1.-Geo. l.. Well
lington Drake, an American boy, whose
mother is a close friend OF Mime. Gould.
is at the head Of Elton college this
year. He gained h a position, which
is coveted by the highest aristocracy
of England, by the remarkable combi-i
nation of brain and Drawn.
AS captain of the boats he led the
way in the historic water carnival on
the Thames last Thursday and as the
most gifted amateur actor the school
has produced in the m OF the old
est masters. He carried Off all the
honors OF speech day.
He is tall. handsome and we'll built.
He Is taking his exalted position
something much more important than
the premiership or the ar~chbishopric
of Canterbury with commendable
modesty.
The boy who tool rank next to
young Drake In reciting is the son of
Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for
Ireland. He, too. displayed
talent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
PEOPLE GET DRUNK
ON WATER, SCIENTIST
TELLS THE DOCTORS

Chicago, June s. Water intoxica-
ton, induced by too copious use of
pointed out last night by DIR. l.. D.
Mason, vice-president OF the Amer
lean Society FOR the Study Of InebrI-
city, Alcohol and Drug Neurosis," as
being as dangerous as over-indulgence
in cohol
DR.. Mason, a leading physician and
philanthropist Of Brooklyn, N. Y, del
egate to the American Medical asso-
citation convention, addressed the in
mates of the Washingtonian Home on
why Men Drink"
II have a friend who Is a victim of
aquamania," he said. He spends
hours in a bathtub and drinks so much
water that he has reduced the solids
of his body n worked serious injury
to himself.
Many men and women drink too
much water and are victims Of that
form of in~toxication.
I'VE are all creatures of habit and
our best men and women are suscep-
tible to habit"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
TWO BOYS DROWNED
IN SWOLLEN STREAM
Raft Capsized in the Floods
One Boy Escapes and Two
Find Watery Graves.

Sioux Falls. s. D.. June 5.-The pres
ent flood in the Big Sioux river and
tributary streams last evening claimed
two victims. in the persons of Leonard
and Otto Anderson, aged Z and ~ years
respectively, SOL of George Anderson.
a pioneer resident of East Sioux Falls.
A boy companion m Leo Barr
saved his life by grasping the limb Of
a submerged tree, to which he man
aged to cling until assistance arrived
and he was rescued from his perilous
position. The two Anderson boys met
their death in the waters of Split Rock
creek, which flows into the Big Sioux
river just below East Sioux Falls. To-
gether with young Barr. they We're pro-
polling themselves about the greatly
swollen waters OF the creek on a raft
OF their own construction. The raft
icapsiZed and all three were thrown n
the water. The Anderson boys were
carried out into the deepest and swift
est part of the stream and soon became
exhausted and sunk from sight beneath
the waters of the creek.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
BOX CAR FULL OF
CHINAMEN STRUGGLED
IN FROM MEXICO

San Francisco, Cal. June S.-When
a sealed box car which had apparently
was opened in the yards, is half
starved Chinese were found in add
ton to half a load Of heavy steel.
The car was ten days on the road
and had been in the yards for 4S
hours. The Chinese had a little water
and q few crackers left. but were weak
and hollow eyed. One of them showed
a certificate emitting him to admission
to the country. but h others We're
turned over to the immigration author
tiles. 1t is supposed by the officials
that the men were struggled across
the Mexican border and placed in
the car at Ell Paso, Tex, the seals
Of the car being replaced with others.
There evidently was an arrangement
for their release here, but in some
way it miscarried.