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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-11
FOUR FATALITIES
IN HUNTING FIELD
DURING THE SEASON
Light Mortality in South Dakota
from Careless Hunters and
Unloaded Gun.
Sioux Falls. =. d.. Dec. s.-An

Sioux Falls. =. d.. Dec. S.--.An UNI
usually light mortality has been re-
corded in South Dakota during the
hunting season and notwithstanding
thousands Went out in quest of prairie
chickens. ducks and quail, only four
have met death through the careless
ness OF themselves or associates.
"a LOBBY of Mankato. Mint. re-
gun handled by Il chum. while hunting
a, Wiilnlut. :. d.. an he died from the
effects of the wound, on September
.<:n. while visiting a friend in the
thiNersi1y OF South Dakota at Yer
million. was accidentally shot while
hunting ducks and died October IL.
John Winters near Watertown. on
Noverlber &c, accidentally shot himself
in the head. dying instantly.
William M,sCamley. of Sully county,
MS shot While crawling through a
Vine fence ON Il hunting trip Novem-.
ber Ia. Though taken to the Aber
died of lockiaw TWO weeks later. the
tetanus germs having been imbedded
i'll his flesh by the discharge OF the
gun.
Ralph Edinger. of White Lake. s..
D., narrowly escaped death when a;
shotgun i'm the hands of f. +. Madden
was discharged. The gun tore away
large part OF the flesh of the leg;
and the boy Will be II cripple for life.
OUTLAW SENTENCED
FOR ATTACKING OFFICER
Hghmore. S. d.. Dec. Sin circuit
court here JUDGE Boucher sentenced
Milton McIver To two and one-half
years in the penitentiary for ASSAULT
with intent TO kill Deputy Sheriff o..
q. kippenhrock.
The latter Went 10 the residence of
the young mans father in his official
capacity To levy on some oats to sat.
isfy a Judgment. The young man OBJ,
jected to the grain being taken from.
the premises and drew a revolver and
snapped it in the deputy's face. who
threw up his hand and caught the
hammer of the gun i'm such a way as
to prevent the weapon being dis
charged. thereby saving his life.
McINer was ably defended by Judge
Pusey. of Miller and Noel and Nor
ris, of Highmore. while States Attor-
ney r. G. Johnson was assisted by
Attorney Fairbanks. of Huron. The
jErg was ont about two hours s,En1
returned a verdict of guilty.
OFFICIAL ELECTORAL
VOTE rs ANNOUNCED
Sioux Falls. S. d.. Dec. 5.--The Off
cial count just completed for South.
Dakota shows the following total vote
for president:
Taft 67.a34 Bryan. 40.o66; chaplin,
4O39. HiSpr N SS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-11
OFFICIAL ELECTORAL
VOTE is ANNOUNCED

cial count just completed for South
Dakota shows the following total vote
for president:
Taft. 67a34: Bryan. +o.e6s: chaplin.
4.039: Hsgrn. IS.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
diate consideration.

uldte COUSlUeTdllOu
The same days evening paper Will
contain an interview with the minister
concerned. who viii express regret that
"Disgusted Taxpayer" did not write di-
rect to the department under his own
name The minister Will add that he
is completely reorganizing the depart.
ment. and. although only nine months
IN Office, he has already had two telc.
graph poles repainted and n piece OF
orange peel picked of the steps of the
G.. r. o. The interview win conclude
with statement that the minister has;
"called for report This is a most
arduous and dangerous undertaking.
which cannot be safely attempted by
any one drawing less than $4,000 a
year, with prospects of 5000 increase.
AS the result Of the publicity given
10 your case by the press. telephone
instrument will be sent out to your"
house. and you must then act with the
almost circumspection If you would
avoid disaster Foolish people with no
knowledge of departmental methods are
apt TO directly address the instrument
filter. saying. II want the telephone
placed here In the hall" This, how
ever, is fatal mistake. The best way
Is to suggest, with due dittidence. that
the telephone should be placed under
the Kitchen sink. The filter will say
that is impossible and express his iu-
tention Of putting ii over the drawing
room mantelpiece. At this stage, with
a little tact and n violently expressed
preference for the sink, you will sue
ceed In having the instrument set up
IL the hall, where you wanted it.
Your troubles are now over, and at
the modest charge Of f5 per annum In
advance you have piece OF furniture
which is an ornament to any house. In
TIE event of your ever desiring to use
your new telephone you should first
read the instructions most carefully.
and If you are connected to a suburban
exchange it Is always as well to drop a
/ post card to the manager the day be-
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
NO CLASS LEGISLA
TON

rL,..-.,,, C,l,-,,.,,,,,,,'., ,,,-,.,,,l,| -
ltr"''' o''"''''a'' speech "' &C
coP'a''c''J
L e'''p''S'A' Us my parry
creed ana my 'alIh' '''a' ~ 'eS
iS'at'"'' an" administration law
or Sh"u'" tie eN''''"eo 10 no
class II" Sec'' IL" race no Sec1
ION as Opposed I" announcer +"
l'''o' I''H' v"' w. '''''' '''
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28

armed and bloody resistance to
the authority of the state.
Tue Springfield outbreak
shows how thin is the veneer of
loyalty to the law and orden
on the part of "A large portion of
of the average community.
Iu ali probability few OF those
who took part in the satulnaIla
of violence were NOV Il by amy
motive of avenging Il fouI wrong
against wOmanhoOd. The brute
instinct to slay and destroy was
uneashed by the fat that tie
originaI criminal was u negro,
and THAT was all the provocati' Il
or excuse needed by the unrea.
somiug mob for wreakihg u
SenseIess vengeance upon the
whole negro population.
The probability is that little
will come OF the official inv
tigatlom of the affair. The
truth Is that the mob was Scd
itiOus in spirit and acts-a spirit
which SubverSive OF the very
E,nnI1t ION bT nIlI' inst IL lltItrIS
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
4 REBUKE FROM
TEXAS

,rl,, y;wo,,re nrotaet or vori.
,,, ox.C,nrada,.,ta nroauiza
,,ns of Texas AGAINST the
lu,cherv Of Innocent Negroes in
S,r;,vf.,d H. reflects credit
,,,u thne. hodi4s and also M.
,n ,h.;r state which is not sup.
,.,.. f., ina very uortiul to the
N,.ro os q ,uIr Passing over
49,. f,.t th,t Tav,s has beeu
~. scene Of many lvnchings
v.ithout protest from the sol.
,,i.r. who wore ,he gray a sit
,t;,, ,,uhirhis,ro"irolly uuioue
!, presented.
In the shadnw of the tomb
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28

The city police are after the
toughs and disreputale persons
who infest South Second street
and they are right. II sporting
houses must run they should be
driven from the business section
Either the drCcut places must
80 or the tough ones must quit
aud we are not in favor of turn.
ing South Second Street over as
Red light District.
Clean them out. The best
people of the town white and
black are in favor of law and
order,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
By JAMES +. MORTON. Jr.

The adherepts Of universal govern
nent ownership are never weary OF
pointing to the postofice as the crown
ing illustration of the blessings of fed
eralism The splendid uniformity and
regularity OF its operations are held up
to our admiration in contrast to the
imagined evils of private management
of the mails. So loudly are the claims
uttered that not one individual in
thousand so much as suspects that
there Is the least dispute concerning
the alleged facts on which they are
founded. Yet little investigation will
disclose that even in this branch OF
service, far more adapted to govern
ment handling than almost any other
that can be named, there exist, side by
side with whatever benefits are found
to accrue, the most serious evils and
dangers. from which private manage
ment Is free.
The question of economy would re-
auire extended handling. and ii Is
/ enough for the present purpose TO re-
mark that Il close investigation in this
direction will give the advocates of fed
eral ownership more than one bad half
hour. A much more serious phase Of
the subject is that which concerns the
gradual transformation Of an admins
trative function into an autocratic cen
sorship. That such Il process should
! have actually taken place under the
fostering care of democratic institu-
lions would be Incredible If not proved
keyond cavn.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
POSTAL BUREAUCRACY
Russian Repressive Methods In
VOGUE In the u. S. P0stOffice.

A Member Of the New York Bar Shows,
How the Rights of American Citi-
zens Are Construed as Privileges
Which May Be Taken Away at the
Whim OF Some Man Who Has Not
Even Been Elected to His Office.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28
THE 0INCTER.
" II. TWlNE Editor.

Published Every Week in the Interest
nf the Negro by Cimetcr Publishing Co.
Entered at the Post ONCE at Muskogee.
Okla, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23

How long do dreams last? A Ger
man savant is investigating the mat
ter. But there is scarcely a dolt WHIP
could not give him points and has not
dreamed centuries in seconds. The
dream, it may be stated. comes in the
few seconds before the awakening
and has no relation to time or space.
This is clear enough to the man who
has ever been placed under an anaes-
thetic for a short while and found
time and space eliminated.
AS an experiment this writer was
placed under a Whit of chloroform by
doctor. Absolute Inconsistencies
supervened, then return of con-
seriousness, the questions of the uni
verse, up through layers of conscious
ness, with always the feeling. Now
have solved it," and the "No" and the
Eyes" alternating through centuries of
thought, and then the quizzical face
of the doctor, remembered after mil
lion years. How long have you been
under?" The experimenter struggled
up and saw the doctor with his watch
in hand. Ten seconds" the doctor
said, and the dreamer had been out
side time for time that has no meas
ure.-London Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
A Great Artist Enraaed.

Alma-Tadema has told story of the
fate of two unsuccessful pictures of
his student days. One of them was re-
turned unsold by the committee of the
Brussels exhibition in 1859. The sub
ject was a house on fire, with people
rescuing the victims. The artists fell
low students were asked into Alma
Tadema's studio and were invited to
jump through the canvas, the owner
of it leading the way by leaping head
first through the oily flames.
The other unsuccessful effort was a
large sized square picture that came
back again and again to its creators
easel until at last it was cut out Of
its frame and given to an old woman
to use as a table cover
The picture was praised by at least
one person who appreciated its excel
lence, so Alma-Tadema used to de-
clare, for the old woman was wont to
remark that it was much better than
those common oilcloth things that al
ways let the water through, as the pic
ture of Alma-Tadema's making was a
good thick one, with plenty of paint
on it.-Minneapolis Journal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
journalistic Revenues.

The curious boycott of the press In
the Berlin parliament had precedent
In the mother of parliaments. the Brit
ish house of commons. A writer In
Harper's Weekly recalls that the per-
son involved was no less celebrity
than the late Daniel O'Connell. He
condemned the inaccuracy of the par
liamentary reports. but he forgot to
make allowance for acoustic difficulties
and the buzz OF intervening converse
ton. He charged the reporters with
the malicious suppression of his speech
es, and the gallery then refused to re-
port him at all. Dan stormed and
Numbered In vain. even moving that
the ringleaders be brought TO the bar
Of the house. Finally he apologized.
and all was well. Lord Lyttleton in
1871 fell foul OF the press In the same
way. and the late Lord Monteagle had
his name omitted from London news
paper reports for two years because he
said something the reporters did not
Ike.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
The Supposed Life on Mars.

Not only do the observations we have
scanned lead us to the conclusion that
Mars at this moment is inhabited, but
they land us at the further one that
these denizens are of an order whose
acquaintance was worth the making.
Whether we ever shall come to con-
verse with them lie any more instant
way is a question upon which science
at present has no data to decide. More
important TO us is the fact that they
exist, made all the more interesting
by their precedence of US in the path
of evolution. Their presence certainly
GUSTS us from any unique or self CEN
tered position in the solar system, but
so with the world did the Copernican
system the Ptolemaic, and the world
survived this deposing change. So
may man. To all who have cosmo-
planetary breadth of view it cannot
but be pregnant to contemplate extra
mundane life and to realize that we
have warrant for believing that such
life now inhabits the planet Mars
Professor Lowell In Century.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
First SILVER Waddinn.

The first silver wedding dates back
to the time OF Hughes Capet. The serv-
ants, says Home Chat, belonging to
him had grown gray In his service, a
man and woman, and what could he
do as a reward? Calling the woman,
he said: "Your service is great, greater
than the mans, whose servicqsis great
enough, for the woman always finds
work harder than man, and therefore
I Will give you a reward At your
age know Of none better than dow
ry and a husband. The dowry Is here
this farm from this time forth be-
longs to you. If this man, who has
worked with you five and twenty
years, Is willing to marry you, then the
husband is ready"
"Your majesty" said the old peas
ant, 'how is 1t possible that we should
marry, having already silver hairsT'
Then ii shall be a silver wedding"
And the king gave the couple silver
enough to keep them in plenty.
This soon became known all over
France and raised such enthusiasm that
II became a fashion after twenty-five
years OF married life to celebrate sill
yer wedding.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
DOWSER AS NOVELIST
Takes Up Book Writing and Out.
lines Plot of First Volume.
SEES FORTUNE IN VENTURE.

Story as Planned Is Full of Thrills
and Something New In the Literary
Line--Mrs. 3. Looks on Venture as
a Joke.
copyright 1908, by T. c. McClure.l
Mrs. Bowser was watching from the
front steps when Mr.. Bowser got off
the car the other evening, and she OBJ
served an unusual exhllaration in his
step and carriage He came swinging
along with a smile on his face. and as
she looked at him for an explanation
he said:
'It Will keep until after dinner. and
then you shall know all about it,"
"Tt isn't an auto, is itT' she asked.
"Oh. no."
'Nor new milk cowT
"No."
Mormon a balloonY
mo, nothing Of the kind You shall
receive full explanations after dinner,
and think you Will be as much
pleased as | am"
During the dinner Mr.. Bowser threw
out his chest.
He also grinned.
He also chuckled.
He also looked at Mrs. Bowser In a
patroniZing and plying way.
She was full of curiosity and very
much puzzled and finally made up her
mind that he had invented a process
to make sweet cider out Of turnips and
was going to make million dollars
within year. That didn't turn out to
be the idea, however. After they had
returned to the sitting room he threw
out his chest to the limit and said;
Mrs. Bowser, you have known for
years that l was of literary turn OF
mindT
Yes"
II take It from my mother. who was
poet My father also wrote several
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
The Treasury Vaults.

The FIRST question the average Wis
itor TO the United States treasury
building asks is, Couldn't burglars
tunnel under the vaults and rob the
government" Well, that is not likely.
An armed guard sits beside the vaults.
Every twenty minutes he Is required
to ring an alarm just to show that he
Is awake. An armed patrol makes the
rounds hourly. Secret service men in
plain clothes, with concealed weapons
keep watch and ward outside and In
side the building. As to tunneling, the
officials hold that If man by any pos
sibility should manage to bore under
meath vault the heavy metal would
crush him to jelly, thus administer
ing lasting gold cure. Even IL the
tunnel burglar should get away with
his life he could not get away with
much gold. Ten thousand dollars In
double eagles weighs thirty eight
pounds. Forty million dollars In gold
certificates of the $4,000 denomination
weighs eleven and half pounds.
Even burglars prefer the gold certifi-
Gates TO the real thing. Buffalo Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
A Bio Snowfall.

The heaviest fall Of snow that ever
took place in England occurred in 1915.
Tha snow commenced falling on the
10th OF January, 1915, ald continued
every day until the 18th of March fol-
lowing. 1t covered the earth to such
a depth that passengers, both horse
and foot, passed over gates. hedges and
walls, which had been obliterated by
the white sheet. On the 10Th of March
1t began to decrease and so by little
and little consumed and wasted away
till the 2Sth of May.
A heavy fall occurred in Scotland in
1920, the snow falling thirteen days
and nights with little or no intermis-
sion.
One of the heaviest falls on single
day occurred on the 21st OF February,
1762, the snow in some places being
from ten to twelve feet deep.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
,ARs CRASH AT HIGH SPEED
Forty Persons Hurt, Some Probably
Fatally.

Chicago, July Z1.-Nearly forty per-
,ons were injured, some of them prob
!bly fatally and eleven so severely
hat they had 10 he taken TO hospitals,
n a headon collision between two Au-
ora, Elgin and Chicago cars at Love
Iale station, four miles north OF Au-
ora. The disaster occurred when the
coaches were each running at speed
,stimated at forty miles an hour and
he crash when they came together
vas terrific. The two cars were tel
iscoped more than half their length.
Passengers, among whom were nearly
fifty women, were thrown through
windows and tossed to the side of the
racks several feet away. Just after
he wreck occurred the cars caught
ire from the trolley wire and began
20 shoulder, but the uninjured pas
sengers soon put out the blaze with
water from a nearby rivulet and
dragged the wounded TO places OF
,afety. From there the injured were
aiken to Aurora and nearby farm
houses in automobiles and farmers
wagons. The line at the scene OF the
wreck is a single track one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
A Misplaced pin.

II was In an uptown tea room where
the scenery Is all out Of proportion to
the amount served you." said New
York clubman. Il was dallying with
some Ice cream when my spoon struck
a common, everyday pin In the bottom
OF the frozen stuff l gave a little
wave. and waiter slipped to my side.
See. pin IN this ice cream I said.
Why. ] might have swallowed that
He took the glass and disappeared.
When he returned he reminded me OF
an undertaken, be was that solemn.
That pin has lost man his Job, sir
he said Well replied. Il am sorry
FOR that. but 1t might have cost me my
life. when you come to think Of IT.
TIES, SIR said the waiter meekly. Then,
You see. sir, most Of the folks that
eats here just sips their Ice cream and
don't chew It. New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
PRINCE OF WALES
REACHES QUEBEC
Greeted by Royal Salute From
Guns Of Warships.

Quebec, July 22.-The British bat
Ileship Indomitable, having on board
he Prince of Wales, has arrived here.
Her appearance was the signal for
British battleship Exmouth and the
Ihore batteries, followed by the COM
oined salutes of the international lleet
If French, American and British war
ships and the answering guns of the
Indomitable. The latter came to an
Choir alongside the United States bat
tleship New Hampshire, thus COM
oleting the double chain formation of
warships and bringing side by eide
he two latest types of British and
American fighting machines.
At the Kings Landing was gathered
distinguished party of officials to well
rome the prince, i2clud.lg Earl Grey,
governor general of Canada; Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, representing
the British army; Premier Laurier
and his cabinet, Admiral Jaureguibery
and the official French ENJOYS and
Vice President Fairbanks, represent
ing the United States government,
and Admiral Cowles representing the
United States navy department.
The landing stage was decorated
for the occasion with truly royal
splendor. Here the first greetings
were exchanged and welcomes extend
ID in behalf of the imperial govern
msnt of Canada and the army. These
ceremonies concluded, the prince
frove in an open carriage up the
steep streets leading from the harbor
level to the heights of the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
AMERICAN WINS WITH EASE
Melvin w. Sheppard Makes a New
Olympic Record.

-
Olympic Record.
London. July 23-Melvin w. Shep-
pard of the Irish-American Athletic
club, who took the measure of Eng
lands best distance men In the 1900
meter run at the Olympic games just
q week ago, scored another victory
when he finished far in the lead in
the S00-meter event, establishing
new Olympic record of 1:52M for the
distance and continuing on to the
half mile. which he ran In 1854, with
In " Of second of c. H. Kilpat-
rick's worlds record. made In New
York in 1896.
Another gold medal went to Ameri.
CO when Harry F. Porter of the Irish
American Athletic club captured the
high jump by clearing the bar at 8
feet inches and beating the Olympic
record made by j. X. Baxter in Paris
in 1900 Of feet 2M inches. After as.
suring himself that he was the winner
he went after the worlds record. The
bar was placed at 6 feet 5x inches
Just one-eighth Of an inch higher than
the record. which was made By M.
+. Sweeney in New York in 1895. but
Il was just shade too much for him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-23
He Kept Count.

A famous animal trainer was talking
to reporter in New York. He said:
1.-THE secret of animal training is gen.
tleness. Nothing sudden or brusque
must be done. An unexpected caress
may anger an animal more than kick
In the ribs. Sudden, brusque, unex-
pected things never go. no matter how
well they are meant Once I was
showing in Scotland. We trainers sup
ped one night with Scotch admirer.
The old man was the soul Of hospital
ity, but admit I was rather startled
when he leaned toward me and said:
"'Stick In, man Conklin. stick in.
Yer frien' Coot's twa mullins aheid O.
ye.'"