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Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

The Town Council held a meet ing Monday and transacted a large volume of business. As the town government has here tOfOre derived sufficient revenue from licenses there has been no tax levy for over two years. Since gambling has been abolish ed there has been falling off of the towns revenue, and in view of that fact, the Council levied a tax of mills. Other matters were discussed and laid aside for the time being, among which were the matters of tree planting and installing city scales.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

A. P. Maginnis, tax commits sioner of the Santa Fe coast lines, was a Winslow visitor this week. Mir. Maginnis is inter ested in the Navajo Ice and Cold Storage Company, and visits Winslow quite frequently Tues day evening Mir. Maginnis left on No. ? for a visit to Chicago and other eastern points.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa, for the instruc tiOn of their students i'll the rail road branches.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Pay-day-Thursday-the bank paid out over $2S, ,OOO in cash to those who handed the1r checks to the bank, which is the largest amount it has ever paid out on a payday. This doesn't resem- ble hard times very much.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

Tuesday night Judge Finn at his residence performed the cere- mony which united in marriage Miss Etta Bryant and Mir. Louis E. Garvin. The contracting par ties are well known here.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

The service of Wells, Fargo & Go. has been extended to cover the Gulf and Interstate Railroad, a branch of the Santa Fe, oper- ating between Beaumont and Port Bolivar, Texas, the Pacific Express Company retiring.
Holbrook argus., 1908-01-21

A small fire broke out early yesterday morning iii the coal shed of the J. J. Hayward res idence. The fire was soon put out by the fire departments and citi- zens and the damage was small.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
VICTIMS Of MINE
EXPLOSION CANNOT
BE IDENTIFIED

Hanna. Wyo., April 2.-Not until
Thursday. at least. will The full extent
Of The disaster resulting from The two
explosions Saturday in mine No. l of
The Mo- Pacific Coal be
ncwn, for an official order has gone
forth that nc attempt be made TO re-
open the mine until that day. Daring
The continuance of this order the esti-
mate of the dead must stand at fifty-
nine. In the meantime the east slope
of the mine. through which entrance
will be attempted when ready. is being
cleared of w~reckase and practically re
constructed by a force of men working
in half hour shifts. They are protected
by q powerful fan, which not only
guarantees them against the effects of
insidiouS gases. but will drive Cut the
gas in the portion of the mine where
the victims of Saturdays explosion are
lying dead. 1t is expected than The
mine can be cleared of the dead by
Thursday and the important work of
rescue can be begun.
An arm of one of the victims OF the
disaster Vas found about twenty feet
trance way. and it is feared that the
dismembered and mangled condition OF
the bodies, when located. will be such
as to make Identification and The prep
aratton of a complete list Impossible.
D. O.. Clark. general superintendent Of
of the Union Pacific Coal company
arrived here from Omaha and assumed
charge of affairs in the camp.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
BROTHERHOOD MEN
URGE LEGISLATION

Washington, April One thousand
delegates representing the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Ftremen and Enginemen from
80 states concluded their union meeting
and decided to hold the next meeting at
Altoona, Pa, on the fifth Sunday in Nav.
Resolutions favoring the passage by con-
gross OF the Hemenway-Grafr bill, requir-
ing the equipment of locomotives with self
dumping ashpans: the LaFolette en-
ployes' liability bill. and such legisla ton
as will prevent the abuse OF the power of
Injunction in labor disputes, were adopted
A resolution also was adopted voicing the
opposition of the organization to the
Townsend bill. providing for the investi-
cation of controversies affecting inter
state commerce. which is declared to be
a measure aimed at governmental regu-
lation and control OF labor disputes and
a step in the direction of compulsory arbi-
tratiun.
The resolutions will be presented 10
Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fair
banks by q committee of the orsaniza-
ton.
This afternoon the delegates were re-
oeived by President Roosevelt at the
White House, the reception being quite
informal. No speeches were made.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
'SH0NTS WILL BACK
HIS DAUGHTERS DUKE
Titled SoninI.w is Going to
MAKE Good in icwan's
l. Opinion.

Chicago, April "a title does no.
make a man; neither do debts"
This is the first public statement that
Theodore p. Shonts. formerly Panama
canal commissioner, has made concern
Ing his titled %soninlaw, duke de Chaulnes
ct de Picquiny. 1t was given at the Audi
tortum Annex, where Mr.. Shonts was
lunching after a conference with fnan-
ciers.
cit is not wise to generalize about a
matter of title said Mr.. Shonts. when
he was asked about the marriage of his
beautiful daughter. Theodore, to the
French nobleman.
1.-The possession or lack of a title has
nothing whatever to do with the worth
Of a man. And the mans debts may
prove his worth. 1t takes a good mar
TO get into debt and live comfortably.
IL tell you. the duke is a square shout
dered young man who looks the world
right in the face and wants only a chance.
And he is going to get 1t. I know that he
is going to plunge into useful life and
make good at 1t. If he does make good
he will have me behind him."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
CHESTER GILLETTE
PAYS THE PENALTY
Dies In Electric Chair for Brutal
Murder Of Sweetheart.
Grace Brown.

Auburn, N. ", March Chichester
u, Gillette today paid the full penalty
OF the brutal murder of Grace Brown.
Having admitted his guilt to his con-
fessors in the quiet sanctity of the con-
fessional, he went to his death in the
electric chair at Auburn prison without
a sign OF weakness and with the same
lack OF emotion which characterized
MIN from the day he was arrested.
charged with the crime.
Gillette appeared to have been fully
%1econciled to his fate.
The Confession.
In a statement given out by his splr-
advisers Immediately after the ex-
ecution 1t is indicated that he had made
confession OF his guilt.
The statement was signed by Rev.
Henry Mc1lravy. OF Little Falls. and
Rev. Cordello Herrick. prison chaplain.
who had attended Gillette since he had
been In the death cell at the prison. 1t
follows:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
SENATOR JEFF DAVIS
IN A STREET FIGHT
Campaign Is Just Beginning to
Warm UP Down in
Arkansas.

Little Rock. Ark, April 2. = United
States Senator Jefferson Davis n
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thoma
Helm became involved in an alteration
on the street here today. Helm. it is
went into his office. Davis soon re-ap
peared. Bystanders claims he was
looking for Helm.
Later Senator Davis was arrested on
a warrant charging him with carrying
a revolver on the streets, with murder
Gus intent.
Helm says he met Davis on the stree1
and accosted him, the latter having
nde him during the recent state
campaign by repeating false charges
concerning the celebrated Hartley case.
Helm says he struck Davis twice in the
face and subsequently chased him into
his office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
WOMEN TO HAVE
CONTROL OF MONEY


Paris. April because his exper-
fence on the bench has taught him.
he says, that husbands abuse the priv
ileges given them under the present
law. by which they practically control
their wives wealth. President Mag
maud, deputy OF Paris, has introduced
in the chamber a bill to make mar
ried women masters of their own for
tunes. He says he regards the present
law as the cause of increase in free
unions by which a woman remains
Independent of her husband financially.
President Magnaud am into promi-
hence a few years ago because Of I'M
usual decisions in cases of girl mothers
accused of infanticide. In two in
stances he gave light sentences and
preached sermons to the girls il, co11rt
telling them that if they had the cour-
age TO become mothers they must also
have the courage to rear their Offspring.
even IN the defiance of public opinion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
SHAW'S DAUGHTER TO
WE'D CONGRESSMAN

Washington, April 2.--lt is report
ed in Washington hat Miss Erma
Shaw, daughter of the former Secre-
tary Of the treasury. is to marry Con-
gressman Bascom Slemp of the Ninth
Virginia district.
Mr.. Slemp Is chairman Of the repub-
lican state central committee of Vir-
Einta, and recently became congress-
man. succeeding to the place on the
death of his father, Campbell Slemp,
who, in his time was the republican
boss of the state.
While the elder Slemp was in con-
gress his son vas state chairman, and
there was a pretty definite understand
ing that their influence was pledged to
Shaw for the presidency SO long as he
was in the field
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
NAVAL JAiLS FULL;
GET OFF
WITH SHORT STAYS

Washington. April 2.-Because OF
lack of prison accommodations the
navy department has been reduced 10
the extremity of discharging all pris-
oners who have served at least one
third of their sentences.
For some time the expedien1 OF pro-
Vldlng accommodations for new prison
ers required the department to remit
about half of the period of
ment. but increased demand upon the
accommodations of naval prisons and
prison ships has required further exten-
sion Of the communication. This mas had
a bad effect upon discipline. but j, is
deemed necessary to protect prisoners
from ~unsanitary conditions incident 10
O~NerCrOMdinp y
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
COL. LOCKWOOD,
WHO CAPTURED co.,
M0SEBY, IS E A

New York. April 2.-Colonel Elihu
RI lockwood, for 40 years Il well
known New York photographer.
dropped dead of heart disease.
Mr.. lockwood had the distinction Of
having three times captured the ia
nous confederate guerilla, Colonel John
S. MosehN.
Both We're Masons. Three times
Moseby was set free after playing pck-
er all night With his captor. Rock
wood WAS a good story teller and he
lived TO tell how once after he had cay
tured MosebN he won sl.500 from MIA
at poker. The next morning Moseby
got a wink and slipped away.
once MosebN captured lockwood
also and there was another poker game
by daylight With Rockwood back ins5ce
the federal lines
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
WOMEN "FEEDo MEN
TO GET RIGHTS

Berlin. April Ply following the
advice of a woman who urged that
they feed man in order to captiVate
him, German suffra gettes are planning
10 win THEN political fights peace1ully.
Recently the club of which Frau Gel
bernstein is leader decided to offer a
prize for the best suggestion ia the form
of an essay on the subject of the most
efficient means of winning The men 10
their cause.
Several hundred essays were SUB
united. the advice ranging from dress
well, never tease" and TRY rot to
LOOK old, to make him Jealous" Ei:t
the prize was given to a woman whose
essay was one sentence: Feed the
brute" 'G"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

a. 1Allla|A. h.a
..s,.." .au Deen more or iess OF q
war W to8.ne time ne became Tore
~ rorti.ns ~ Nnc y = sn,rt manuractory
whet 40, NJ ~ I: ne nad led q some
stana s 49, ms; w. W. glven 70 under.
Ia must nnnd,, atiivsa .h Cortlaho tnas
r,s.ith,, .sI o.u. niILlselI 20 ma Ms
na~a N.Y., tI Is NUN. y !east recog-
ch,,rah hni ,.a aLe soon DecaIne interested IN
snnasanM moiA, n,sue many 1rlends and
nronr,at. cohuucteo hifnselt win
a. ~ 80. $3.50
,.r 80 p0"n w. 1aInnera 6augn-
~. .ena. sv..n o.'e..s. VINO worked IN
fhn,.h hs a. oat VIII ss.!.e.te. AZ
tentton rs ~ u.u .."s pay ner unusuai ~
~ ~. con,pa lions were 10y ions
- = - ,,n.s.n INA sne ~ meW
q. WIN tne u foreman:
hsr $1,000 Ell oi ner az tne nome OF
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

Washington. April The career OF
Charlennagne Tower as an ambassador
of the United States will terminate
earlier than he had anticipated. He
viii be withdrawn from Berlin by the
president Immediately after the present
fore the month of August. which he had
fixed as the time of his retirement. His
successor will be David Jayne Hill. nov
minister of the United States to the
Netherlands, whose nomination to The
Berlin post nov goes to the senate.
This became known after Baron Won
Sternburg, German ambassador, left a
conference at the White House called
by the president to discuss the "diplc-
matte middle"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
SENDS PRETTY COLLEGE
GIRL TO JAIL DESPITE
~COMPLAlNANTS, PLEA

Chicago. April 2.-EsJelle rraylor.
Who formerly attended the Universi,v
of Minnesota and was arrested mere
ing forged checks. today pleade6 .,,iItv
to obtaining money by false p~Tetenses
and was sentenced to 10 days in the
count Jail.
The sentence was imposed by Judge
hersle' IN spite of the requests of the
sever complaining witnesses gro sy-
pressed the wish that she might, he re
Miss TAYLOR is a resident o.. Gales
burg. III. and a graduate OF the law de-
par.fheht OF the University OF Mime
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
MOURNERS ARM
TO THE TEETH

Muskogee. Okla. April 2. = The fu-
neral of Charles Wyckliffe, the notori-
Gus Indian outlaw. who was shot and
killed by his brother Thomas in a fam
lily quarrel, vas held at the Wyckliffe
home late yesterday. Thomas and
John Wycliffe, brothers, ATTENDED the
funeral, as dc many friends of the
family.
These outlaws have been sought for
three years by Oklahoma officers for
whereabouts were learned only when
h murder Of Charles became known.
The mourners were all heavily armed.
The officers made no attempt to inter-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
YELLOW FEVER SURGEONS
ARE GRANTED PENS;0Ns

Washington. April The WIDOWS
of Surgeon James Carroll. United
States army. n DIR. Jesse w. Lazear.
late acting assistant surgeon in the
United States army We're given "a pen
SION of SAFE a month each by a bill
which passed the Senate These sur
geons together with Surgeon Walter
Reed. of the army. were on a commits
epidemjcs in Cuba in 1900 and 1901
and placed their lives in jeopardy by
demonstrating upon their own persons
the truth of the theory of the trans
mission and propagation of yellow fe-
yer infection by mosquitoes.
The widow of DR.. Reed had preyi-
ously been given a pension of SIPS per
month
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
PRINCESS HUSBAND
WILL SUE CITY

Paris, April 2.-Signor 'Toseli. nus
band Of the former Princess Louise of
Saxony. is, according to dispatches re-
ceived here. planning to sue the carni-
val committee at Nice for $50, 600 dam
ages on the ground that it authorized
an allusion to his marriage with the
princess in the recent carnival process
sion.
trombone player sitting astride a big
u playing to a whom he is
seeking to charm. Local papers jocose-
Jy explained that this was an allusior.
TO the musician and the princess and
Signor Toselli has refused to accept any
other explanation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
OLD MAN ARRANGES
FOR CREMATION, THEN
SHOOTS HIMSELF

Buffalo, N. Y, Apr, 2.-Meivin T.
Root, aged 69. arrived here on the 20th
instant from Bay City, Mich, and made
arrangements with a local to
remat his tody when dead, adding
that if he should be found dead in
trent of the cren1atory his body should
be taken in and crenated.
This morning Root went out to the
crenlatory n shot himself three times.
He cannot live.
Roots Wits died recently. Her body
was cren1ated and brought to Lockport
this state where her ashes were buried.
Root also arranged TO have his ashes
buried there beside his wjfe;s.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
$40 AND
ESCAPED INJURY

Lake City, Ia, April . Stewart
Dunbar. an insurance broker, of Des
Moines, last night fell on the cattle
guard of the railroad tracks and caught
his foot in such a manner that he would
nave been crushed TO death by an ap-
preaching handcar had it not been for
his presence OF mind in igniting a $50
Dill and holding it over his head as a
signal OF danger. which attracted the
attention OF the occupants of the hand
car.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
THREE DIVORCES
IN ONE FAMILY

Ottun1wa, Ia, April 1.-Three appli-
cations for divorce in n family is the
peculiar condition existing in the local
courts where William Carnes asks for
Ia divorce from his second wife. and a
son, Samuel Carnes wants relief from
ghis frst. In the other case the tables
krereversed mi the aggrieved wife
wants nothing more to do with Charles
tCarnes. The frst named plaintiff Is
the father OF Samuel and Charles
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
A D STAMPS
INDUCEMENT FOR
SUNDAY SCHOOL

Denver, Colo. April q Salvation
with green trading stamps, redeemable
IN purchase of worldly things. thrown
in, a succeeded 50 we'll in the Pres
byterian church at Golden that mem
bers of other congregations are cry
ing out in anger. The pastor of the
little church has offered a stamp to
every child who attended Sunday
school. By continuous appearance for
a month, the faithful ones can COL
lect enough stamps to cash in on q
nickel's worth of candy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
BLOW OFF MuzzLE
Of SIx-INCH GUN

Washington, April 1.-Durinc tar
get practice Saturday at Mngdalena
bay, lao inches OF the muzzle Of one
OF the six-inch broadside guns of the
Missouri. blew off. The fracture was
q cream one and did not Indicate any
flaw In the metal.
Practice was continued. TIL gun will
De replaced by a, new one from the
washington navy yard. No one was
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
PATTI AND DE RESzkE
SING DUET AT HOME

Paris, April 2. Still maryelous,y
young at IS. Patti has arrived in paris
for a short visit with Jean De Reszke
and his wife. Though Patti no longer
sings in public, she occasionally con-
sents to sing in private and she has
agreed to sing a duet from Faust"
with the famous tenor at an entertain
:ment he is to give in his residence All
fashionable Paris is striving to hear
her. but invitations to this affair are
harder to get han 10 the exclusive re-
.ce2tfons.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
HUSBAND WANTED
TO MAKE HUMAN
-. TORCH OF WIFE

Manson, Ia. April 2-This neigh
borhood Is ago over the startling story
of Mrs. George Carstens, a bride Of
one month, who claims that her hus-
band saturated her clothing with karo-
sene and sought to make her a human
tourch by setting fire to her, She es-
capped to the neighbors and has since
left for her former home in ST. Louis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
SHAH, AFTER soMe
ATTACK, CANES PRINCE

Paris, April 2. = A Teheran dispatch
states that after the bomb attack or
the shah's motorcar the shah was SO
Indignant at the laxity of the police
measures taken for his protection that
he administered 81 thrashing with a
stick to Prince Zafer Sultaneh. the gov
n of Teheran. He also threatened
to have h chief Of police blown from
the mout of n cannon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
FORCE VENEZUELA
TO ARB|TRATE
Strong Language Is Employed
by Solicitor OF the State
Department..

Washington. April 2.-'The president
today sent to the SenaSe the Nenczue-
IAN correspondence called for by the
Lodge resolution. This correspondence
covers the history OF FIVE American
claims which this government has so
far IN vain sought to nave President
Castro agree to arbitrate.
Strong language is used by the So
ilcltor of the state department in urg-
ing vigorous prosecution of these
claims. He holds the time has come
for language stronger than that en-
pioNed IN the request. and if the de-
mand be met with procrastination or
refusal, the dignity of this government
ton
He also quotes Secretary Fish as say
ing:
1T is useless to attempt 10 exhaust
Justice in a country where there is no
Justice to exhaust"
The solicitors presentations abound
In other vigorous expressions of his
sort.
No suggestion or recommendation is
made by either President Roosevel, or
Secretary Root in transmitting the cor,
r~espondence to the Senate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03

Y have been bidding good
by to some places today. There
r go many hooks. dear. and all
OF them SO dear to me 1 have
lived here nearly all my life.
First. 1 said goodby to the
spring house with Its great
masse Of green moss; then the
apple tree where we had our
playhouse; then the Beehive q
cute little house in the orchard,
and OF course all the neighbors
that have mended my dresses
from a little tot up. to save me
q thrashtng I really deserved"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
By Associated Press.
SHOT AND KILLED BY
GIRL HE WON AT ALL
NIGHT POKER SESSION

Columbia. Miss, April with the
affections of a beautiful brunette as the
stake in a poker game, two married
men played five hands before daylight
this morning, and n of them, Charles
Wesley, was shot and killed by the girl
after ne had won.
Miss Eunice Spencer. 70 years ole. had
for months mad been friendly with
Charles Wesley and T. F. Coo;nbs.
both we'll to dc planters and both heads
OF families with daughters as old as
Miss Spencer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
CHARGE
AGAINST INSANE MAN
HAS BEEN DISMISSED

Kansas City. Mo. April 2-Genera,
Richard c. Horne, who was acquitted last
week of the charge of numbering H \
Groves. managing editor of the k.nsss
city Post, an evening newspaper. was
sahen 70 81: Joseph to enter the state
asylum for the insane. "
Another charge pending against Horne
that of assault with intent to kill O %
a theatrical manager, former
~ OF Omaha, was dismissed.