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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
DRAPER FROWNS ON
BOY PRESIDENTS
Criticises Example Held Up for
American Boys-Eligible,
but Improbable.

New York. July 9-Andrew S. Draper,
state commissioner of education.
started the 600 new members of the
New York university summer school
by practically advocating in an open
ing address that American school chill
dren should be taught to rise out OF
the class in which they are horn.
I'm foreign countries" h. said, boys
expect to follow their fathers. and are
expected to stay in the class where
they belong. Here all are encouraged
more Intellectual kind of work thar
their fathers did. In other words u
educational system. acting upon our ma
tional temperaments often leads chill
dren into mischief. Ut often encourages
them to undertake things for which
they are not fitted.
II think we make a mistake in telling
the child that he can be president OF
the United States. 1t is not Il mistake
to tell him that he is eligible. But we
do not explain the remoteness OF pos
sibi!ity in describing the road for reach
ing distinction"
Some of the students-they are nearly
all teachers-wcre indignant on hearing
these remarks and denounced them as
very un-American. Commissions Drap-
err made them in an address appealing
for industrial education in the public
schools.
Some radical adjustment" he said,
as apparently necessary in order to
, maintain the intellectual and Industrial
equilibrium of the nation.
Our present educational system
rains for purely cultural, professional
and managing vocations, to The eXclu-
sion of the Industrial. In the next %
years equilibrium will have to be re-
ctpraJ
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
GIVE KILLED IN
CAR COLLISION

Los Angeles. Cal, July S.-IHour
children and the father Of two of them
We're killed and six persons were in
jured as the result of a collision be-
tween a farm wager containing eight
children. two men and one M and
an electric car Oh the santa Ana line
near Watts, about 10 miles from this
city, last night.
The dead:
JOSEPH OLLER. 46 years old
JOSEPH OLLER, JR, IA years old.
H. OLLER, s years old all of Linn
wood, near Watts.
ELSIE KUEHNER. 9 a old.
THEODORE kUEHNER, Z years old.
both of 404 North Vignes ST., Los An
geles.
The injured:
Peter Kuehner. aged As; left leg
fractured.
Annie, aged 70; Mary, aged 10, and
Berthe Oller, aged 8; bruised. not Sc
riously.
Alexia Kuehner. aged IL; left leg
Mrs. Antonio Kuehner. Slightly
bruised.
The Kuehner family had beer
spending the day with the Oilers and
Kuehners to the Santa Ana line, where
they were to take the car to this city.
When nearing the tracks, Joseph Oller,
who was driving, saw the car coming
and tried to cross in front of it. The
car hit h wagon squarely and some
of the occupants went under the car,
while others were thrown clear off the
wreckage.
Mrs. Kuehner saw the car and
jumped. escaping with slight injuries.
Up to a late hour she did not know
that two of her children were dead.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
BUILDINGS so HIGH
STREETS TOO NARROW
TO HANDLE TRAFFIC

New York, July 7.--Three sidewalks,
one above the other. like layers; streets
arranged In three stories each to ac-
commodate wagons, automobiles. car
riages and street cars; three stories Of
elevated railroads; three times the pres
ent numbe of subways; the fresh air
problem made thrice as dlft1cult-these
arc some of the questions which We're
discussed today on the supposition tina.
all business districts of New York arg
to be built up some time like the pro-
posed 909-foot skyscraper Of the Equit-
able Life Assurance society, or even the
Singer and metropolitan Life struc-
lures.
1t is believed .has If many buildings
were erected to such extreme heights
the present streets would be entirely
inadequate for traffic. Benjamin G.
Marsh, executive secretary of the COM
mittee on congested population, said in
discussing the increased height of office
buildings:
I'VE have men compiling statistics,
covering traffic conditions. These fig-
ures will not be ready for report for
several weeks"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
BALLOON DIPPED"
IN LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago, July a.-More thrilling adj
ventures with the wind and wave
We're added yesterday to the stories of
the international b%alloonists in their
long distance record. The Canadian
balloon, King Edward" with John
Bennett as pilot and Gerald Gregory. 10
years old, as the other member of the
crew. dropped into Lake Michigan.
Like the French balloon, Willie de
Captain Muller and George A. Schoen-
en-, when 10 miles from the Illinois
shore, the. King Edward sank into
the water and submerged the two oc-
cupants to their shoulders. They were
nearly in the middle OF the lake when
the balloon too its first dip.
w had just lost sight of the sky
rockets and Fourth of July display IN
Chicago, when we suddenly felt our-
selves sinking into the lake With a
fearful drop" said Gregory, who re-
turned yesterday With the balloon,
which finally landed near Port Huron,
Mich.
1--WE had our heads down in the bot
tom of the basket arranging things for
the night and when we looked up again
we were not more than 100 feet from
the water. We Immediately threw
overheard nearly all our ballast, but
we could not stop the car from striking
the water. 1t caused Il great splash and
we were in the lake up to our waists.
"a few sacks of sand We're washed
off and hen we managed to go up
again after being in the water five
or ten minutes. We had our life pre-
servers on. Then we ascended TO a
height Of about 1000 feet and went
along at a fast pace. We could not see
the water below. Suddenly we felt
ourselves dropping again.
This time the descent was more
rapid and as we had thrown all but
two bags of ballast overheard VIC We're
at a loss what to do. We shot down
into the lake. The water cane into
the basket and we were forced TO climb
into the netting above. We tossed out
everything and arose again.
Before we went up we were bounc
ing along over the waves driven by the
wine and I thought we never We're go
ing into the air again. When we finally
vent up again we went last. Mr.. Ben
nett said we went up 5000 feet In six
minutes.
I'VE had no sand and when we came
in sight of Lake Huron early in the
morning we decided not to risk the
chance of crossing it as the distance
was $50 miles. So, although we We're
up Mt an altitude of 5000 feet, we came
down gently. 1 landed about 10 miles
from a farm where l am going to spend
| the summer"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
IN A CORN FIELD

Rapid City. s.. D.. July S.-Frank
Bright, assistant postmaster and mer-
chant at Inlay, S. D., was found MUIR
dered in Il corn field Sunday morning,
pierced with six bullets.
a hired man named Randall working
in a field a half mile distant over the
hill heard the shots an hour before the
discovery of the body. but did not in
vestigate until his wife came with his
dinner at IL O'Clock.
Bright was of a quarrelsome DISPOSE,
ton and had trouble With his opponent
over the application of the latter's wife
for the position of postmistress. Bright
alleging that the couple We're not mar
ried.
Winnie Barton, daughter of a Cham
berlain photographer. also declares that
the COW men We're enemies of Bright be-
cause he located homesteaders on range
lands, and it is stated that half breeds
had also warned Bright off the land.
The sheriff and %coroner's jury went to
the scene of the murder today to make
investigation and it is reported that
they will bring back with them God
frey Randall and wife and two Indians
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
HAYASH|DA WANTS
TO Be A BROTHER
Japan Wants Our Workman.
ship, Our Ideas and Our
Everlasting Good Will.

Chicago, July s.-"There is abso-
lutely nothing in Japan except the
%friendliest feeling for the United
States. War talk is silly" declared
kamietaro Hayashida, special repre-
sentative of the mikado and chief sec
rotary of the Japanese house Of par
lament. He reached Chicago yester.
day. coming at HI command Of the
mikado to confer with architects of
Chicago and other principal cities re-
garding the erection of buildings for
which the japanese parliament has APP
propriated S12.0 900. 900.
He said that the mikado wanted
American workmanship and American
ideas for the building of the palace"
w consider he said, that Amer
lea has the best of almost everything.
America is our friend, our neighbor
and our brother, n we want closer
relations with America"
The secretary will depart for WASH
iEgton tonight to visit President Roose-
Welt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

Lincoln. Neb, July 9.-Without doubt
the most disastrous flooG ever known in
this section of the state was at its righ-
est point late yesterday, causing the
loss of at least 10 people. tying up more
than go trains, and entailing losses to
property that can not ever be esti-
mated until the floods smbside. 1t will
be several days before some of the
flooded houses can be again occupied
and in the meantime there is suffering
which can only he alieviated through
public aid.
Acting Mayor Marshal has already is
sued a call for relief for the homeless
and those who have lost their property
and crops in the valleys n lowlands
near the city.
The drownings which are reported oc-
CURED early in the morning While the
food was at it's height. and besides
those reported there We're many narrow
escapes.
The Nemaha river is reported at the
highest point ever known, and five peo-
pie are known to have lost their lives
on the bottoms along that stream. The
flood of water followed a cloudburst
which swept all before it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

Max Winter. in an account of the
visit of the Brooklyn Arion society to
the White House recently. says that the
society was more highly IGNORED than
the Vienna singers who made a visit
there last year. One additional o II
was asked from the foreigners after
their program had been finished. but
three more We're asked of the Brooklyn
singers. The president said that he had
never experienced so much pleasure in
listening to German songs. and he knew
that ii the Arion did as well on their
forthcoming visit to the fatherland
their friends in the old world would be
equally well pleased.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
BON, NOT A

Paris, July "A statement given
publicity this morning that Count Bonf
de Castellane. the former husband Of
Nine. Anna Gould, kidnapped his three
children from Versailles yesterday is
inaccurate. The count simply went to
Versailles and took the youngest boy,
who is i'll. to the counts mother for
the annual visit of one month allowed
by the court decree.
Nine. Gould's lawyers in Paris laugh
at the intimation that anything will
come up to prevent the marriage be-
tween Nine. Gould and Prince de Sa-
gam. They declare the ceremony will
take place in London in a few days.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

San Francisco, July 9.-With the turn
OF the tide today. after the hour of
noon. the Atlantic fleet of 16 battleships
hoisted che and. led by Rear Adj
miral Sperry's flagship. Connecticut.
turned their prows toward the Golden
Gate and the open sea on their n
voyage to a home port in the Atlantic.
The asst calls were made this morning,
goodbys were said by officers to their
families and friends, n when the sun
peeped over the Berkeley hills h big
SIXTEEN" the backbone of the American
navy, were ready for the signal to get
under way.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

The steel piers of the new East river
bridge, which is in the course Of on
struction a short distance above the
old Brooklyn bridge, are now a promi-
nent object and excite the interest of
all who cross the river by bridge or
boat. This will be the fourth bridge
to span the East river. Two are al
ready completed. the Brooklyn and the
Williamsburg bridges. A third. the
Blackwel's island. is nearly finished.
and it is expected that it will be turned
over to the city by those Who are con-
next.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
ADMIRAL THOMAS
DIES SUDDENLY
Distinguished Naval Officer.
Recently Retired, Expires
at Delmonte, Cal.

Delmcntc, Cal, July 7.-Rear Admiral
Charles NJ. Thomas lretired). U. s. NJ.
aged So, died here last night at $50
O'Clock from "a stroke of apopleNy.
Admiral Thomas had left the lining
room Of the hotel ard was proceeding
along the main hallway III company
with -.iiss Swinburne. daughter of Rear
Admiral ~Swirburne. when he suddenly
fell to the floor. Several guests. IN
Guiding Admiral Swinburne hurried to
the side of the stricken officer.
Admiral Thomas did not reply to a
query as to whether he could help him
self. He was then lifted to his feet
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

There were none or the excltln8 ana
picturesque scenes that marked the
coming Of the feet to this port after
its voyage around the southern con-
tinent OF America: no gathering of the
people from distant cities, nor countless
craft carrying thousands eager to shout
their enthusiasm. 1t was not because
there was any less pride in the defend
months Of close contact and the almost
daily sight of the glistening ships
swinging quietly at anchor "A filled
the eye and somewhat dimmed enthu-
siasm.
Inspiring Picture.
Yet the picture of these big fighting
craft was none the less inspiring today
~ they steamed In single column be-
tween the rugged bluffs of the Golden
Gate on their world voyage Not since
they left Hampton Roads last Deem
her had the fleet looked sc trim and
businesslike. Every one of the column
OF is white and buff ships glistened in
new paint as II new from the maker's
docks and every one stepped low in the
water from the effect Of full coal bunk
ers and ammunition magazines. There
were many thousands Of San Francis
cos population gathered on the high
hills today to watch the fleets depart
ure, but there was no official %recogni-
ton OF the event.
few bay craft gave shrill blasts of
their whistles n q parting salute and
the watching crowds silently waved
adieus. Beyond this. there was nothing
to mark h sailing Of the great sea
force as anything more notable than
b arrival or departure of other fleets
Of warships at this port.
Two of the ships that made the voy-
are around South America under Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans were missing
from their old positions today. These
aTe the Alabama and the Maine. which
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

Chicago. July s.-Seventy-two dead
and 2,73G injured are the second day
totals of accidents attending the cele-
bration of the Fourth of July in the
United States.
This breaks all records for deaths
since deaths this year reported up to
noon today is 13 more thar at same
time last year. The number Of in
jured, however. is only two-thirds of
the average for the last five years.
This is regarded as an indication that
having its effect.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
As1oR GIVES sso.ooo.

London, July THE Oxford uni
versity endowment fund, which was
inaugurated by Lord Curzon on his
election to h chancellorship, has
reached 5000 600, and w. w. Aston has
which he promised on March IL last.
Mr.. Astor's total donation amounts to
800. 900.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
LAD WHO KILLED
PEPPER" ACQUITTED

Raleigh, n. c.. July 1.-The coron-
er's jury .nquiring into the death Of
3. NJ. Stultz, who was killed last
night. acquitted Turner Smith. the 10
year-old boy who admitted shooting
Stultz because he was peeping at his
young sisters while they were UNI
dressing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

Tests of reinforced concrete barges
and pontoons have been conducted by
the italian government since 1897, and
the results have been so gratifying that
several more If these strange construc-
tons have been ordered. One of the
first barges built has for several years
accommodated the house of a cello
brated rowing club. while another has
been used in q variety of harbor work,
having been towed from port to port
whenever there was occasion to make
use of it. and in both instances the ser
vice was all hat might be asked. One
Of these is of $50 tons burden. Five
other crafts of concrete are now under
construction.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
COURT ORDERS TRANSFER
OF $2,O0O,O 900 POLICIES

Kansas City, July 9-Judge John Pol
lock, in the federal court here last night
ordered h a the property of the Great
western Life assurance company be
disposed of and that the policies
amounting to $4,000, 900 be reinsured in
some reliable company. On May 16
last, upon petition of a number of stock
holders in the company. a receiver was
appointed by the federal court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
MR.. & is NAMED
FOR FEDERAL JUDGE

washington. d. c., July 9.-The pres
Judge William Lochren, judge of he
sEnited States district court for the dis
trict Of Minnesota at st. Paul, and has
appointed n. ID. Purdy. present assist
ant to the attorney general, to fill the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
SUPREME COURT
ENLARGES WOMAN'S
VOTING PRIVILEGE


Des Moines, Ia. July 9.-The SUI
preme court decided in favor of the
women regarding voting on the cree
ton of a new city hall here. The city
~ofHcials put questions on the ballot on
the erection of a city hall and on In
crossing the tax levy and claimed the
women could not vote because no ques-
ton of issuing bonds was submitted.
The court holds hat 1t is all the
same thing and hat unless the statute
is repealed women can vote on such
questions. 1t holds that an election as
used by the constitution n limited
to males means elections referred to in
the constitution, and the choice Of Of
ficials and voting on bonds is not an
election as defined by the constitution
and is subject to regulation by the
legislature. The court also held con-
s%titutional and legal the consolidation
OF the school district of Des Mcines.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

NLSG A13sIlCSA ~. lVl. 4F0yVDA1
and Admiral S%winburne and other men
started to assist him to his room in
East annex. Il distance of $50 yards.
Before the room was reached tie
body suddenly became limp and it is
thought Admiral Thomas died at that
moment, for whom DR.. Morton arrived
a few minutes later he pronounced Adj
miral Thomas beyond all aid.
The sudden death Of Admiral Thomas
came as q great shock to Mrs. Thomas,
her daughter and friends of the fam
lily. only a few days ago Admiral
Thon1as poke of what good health he
was eil5vyilg. He had been n guest at
he iote' ior two months. In addition
to 4 willow n daughter, Admiral
Thomas leaves n son. who is a lieuten-
ant Oh be battleship kearsage.
Aolnirtl Thomas had but %recentlv re-
tired. having been actively in command
of the second squadron Of the Atlantic
fleet on its trip around the Horn. He
WAS born in 1916 and was graduated
from Annapolis i'm 1865.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
ReautifuI.

German Friend-Je picture you haf
painted is most butiful; dere is only
Won word in de English lanchvidge vich
describes it-and l hat vorgotten it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
JUNGLE REMUS" IS
DEAD AT ATLANTA

Atlanta. Ga, July Joel Chandler
Harris, editor of Uncle Remus" mag
azine, died at his home here last night.
after a short illness. Mr.. Harris was
60 years of age.
The Uncle Remus' stories originated
gears ago in the fertile Imagination of
Mr.. Harris, and have become classics
OF their kind. No n probably ever
developed the negro folklore Of the
south in Il more entertaining vein. Ac-
cording to all who knew him the author
of Uncle Remus" was a most delight
full though exceptionally retiring and
modest man.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
GLORIOUS FOURTH
COSTS u LIVES
All Records Broken Since 1899
Nearly 5000 Are
Injured.


. JULY q VICTIMS.
Dead, 72, as follows: 4
= Fireworks and resulting fires, IS. 4
. cannon, 3. 4
= Firearms, 16. 4
= G~unpowdcr, 6. I
= Toy pistols, 2.
= Runaways, s..
. Heart failure due to explosion OF I
= cannon crackers 2.
Injured, 2,743. 4
Causes: 4
= Fireworks. LIS. 4
= Cannon, o2S.
= Firearms, 4N.
. G%unpowder. sos.
= Torpedoes, 60.
= Toy pistols. 223.
= Bomb canes. 5. 4
= Runaways, 30. 4
! Fire loss. S55H35. Az. 4
CHICAGO'S RECORD. 4
= Dead, Is. 4
= Injured. III.
= Fire loss, $3S, 5000. 4
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
"CLOUDBURST HITS
NEBRASKA, Ten
PERISH IN FLOOD
Worst Flood in History of
State Destroys Lives and
Property.
-+++++++++++++++++++
TEN ARE DROWNED
IN NEBRASKA FLOODS.

John Nelson. Lincoln, drowned
while rescuing stock.
Three children of Henry
Amend, Lincoln, fell from boat
while being rescued from home.
Mrs. Schuester. Lincoln, died
from exposure after being res
cued.
John Doyle. wife and three
children. Unadilla, drowned in
Nemaha river.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

n foggy day in London means that
the residents must run up a total gas
bill OF between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
President Grieved.

oent was deeply grieved to learn OF the
death at Atlanta of Joel Chandler Har-
ris, Uncle Remus." whom he had
known intimately and had entertained
at the White House. He has directed
a beautiful floral tribute to be placed
on the dead writer's bier.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10
BATTlESHIP FLEET
BEGINS GREAT TRIP
AROUND The WORLD
Battleship Fleet, Under Com
mand Of Admiral Sperry,
Sails From Frisco.
PRESIDENT SENDS
FLEET A GREETING.

! PRESIDENT SENDS - ;
FLEET A GREETING. :
oyster Bay. July president
Roosevelt today sent TO Rear
Admiral Sperry, commanding the
battleship fleet at San Francisco. !
J. a telegram expressing his good :
wishes to the officers and men on
the eve OF their departure for
the trip around the world.
Nebraska in Quarantine.
San Francisco, July 9.-The bat I
!. tleship Nebraska did not sail with 4
the Atlantic fleet this afternoon, I
because Of an outbreak of eight I
cases of scarlet fever on board:
She has been sent to the Angel Z
Island quarantine station to be !
fumigated.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-09
Actress Carries Her Years with
as Much Grace as She
Does Her Dresses.

the others. Lillian looked beautiful in
them while she stood still. When she
walked ono was forcibly reminded Of
those beautifully dressed, fl~axen-haifed
French dolls that trot stiltedly across
a room when oun up. Her mov
ments were painfully lacking in grace,
and her gestures perforce had to be
confined to tossing her head and waving
her arms. Even a shrug Of one of her
white shoulders would have resulted in
q rip.
Nevertheless. Lillian Russell was ad-
mired, and will be admired as long as
she graces the footlights. She lacks
much in grace and histrionic ability,
but her winsome face, well-poised
head and tapering arms make up for
everything. At one time she came
ahead Of everything; now she permits
herself to be collapsed by her gowns.
Next year? Why. stop specializing this
instant! She'll come to us as gaily as
ever, Haunting her youthful bloom In
h face of sour-grapish wrinkles,
and make US ask once more: H..
How does she do it?" 9N-.