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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Pierre Gets I'm Game.

But with the selection of Bismarck by
the commission their troubles did not end.
Pierre wanted the capital and wanted it
bad and did not let matters rest with the
selection. At the first session OF the ter
ritortal legislature at the new location In
1886 v. f. Prentice Of this city went TO
the session as q representative Of Pierre
interests and attempted to get a removal
bill through to relocate at Pierre. His
move came too soon in the game and the
removal proposition did not make any
great amount of Roadway.
Before the next session, in 1887, a new
governor was appointed for the territory in
Gilbert A. Pierce, a Chicago newspaper
man. When he came into the territory to
take up his duties some of the interested
ones wanted 10 know what his position
would be on the question OF capital loca-
ton. and in a speech he made at Huron
before going to the capital he stated that
the capital removal question was one for
the people OF the territory TO settle for
themselves and that he would not interfere
in whatever they might want in that dlrec-
ton. In the session OF 1887 w. s. Wells OF
Pierre took up the work on a removal bill
and succeeded in getting a bill for removal
to Pierre through both houses, only to
have It blocked by a veto ca the part Of
the governor, who had promised to keep
hands off. II was called up for action re-
gardless OF the veto and mustered enough
strength IN the assembly. or lower house,
to carry It over the veto. II then went %
the senate with the removalists hopeful
and jubilant, but when It came to the test
vote It failed Of the required two-thirds by
one vote. the member OF the council from
clay county changing his vote to sustain
the veto. after having voted for the orig
inal removal bill. After the vote had been
taken and discussion was no longer In
. order, Frank Pettigrew Of Sioux Falls, a
member OF the council for the session,
arose and delivered a scoring to the South
Dakota member who would take such an
action, which left the member red with
anger and placed him In different company
for the rest Of the session than that OF the
men whom he had associated with up TO
that date. Wells was arrested on a
trumped up charge OF bribery and locked
up in Bismarck until he could secure bonds,
and as soon as he got out OF custody he
left for the south half OF the territory
and never could be induced TO again re-
turn to that part OF the Dakota country.
That move ended the efforts to get the
capital away from Bismarck. as the divi-
sion and statehood bills were well along in
congress. and It was considered a waste OF
effort 70 SttsmDt anything m the session
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
When ntsmarsls Won.

When the commission was appointed It
consisted of nine members. six from the
southern half OF the territory. and three
from the northern half, and the southern
people all believed that they had the best
OF 1t. and wherever the capital might be
located II would be In the southern half
Of the territory. And with the interests Of
the Ordway family at this city. Pierre felt
that the governor had selected the men
with such interests in view. The list
selected being George 4. Matthews. OF
Brooklyni C. IL. Meyers. OF Rsdfield; II. II.
belong. OF Canton; John p. Belden. Of
Deadwood; NJ. ID. Thompson, Of Vermilion;
Alex Hughes. Of Elk Point. This was the
list from the southern half OF the territory,
while those from the northern half were
Alex Mckenzie. OF Bismarck; b. F. spauld-
inf, OF Fargo and DR.. Scott Of Grand Forks.
Under the law the commission was to or
ganlze at Yankton. but for som reason
best know TO the commission. they did not
care to visit the ancient capital. They met
at Sioux City, and agreed upon the organ
~ization. and boarded a train which would
take them through Yankton. and as soon
as the city limits were reached organized
as the train was being pulled rapidly
through. selecting Hughes as chairman and
Ralph Wheelock, a Mitchell newspaper
man-now a resident of Minneapolis, as
secretary. The train proceeded on north
from Yankton. making ats first stop at
Canton, which was the nearest asplrant for
. the honors under the provisions OF the law.
The list Of candidates and the offers they
presented to tho state were as follows:
Aberdeen, qOO, OO0 and IO acres OF land;
Bismarck. $4,000 and 80 acres OF land,
Canton, SiOO, 900 and 100 acres of land;
Frankfort. 10000 and lO acres OF land,
Huron, $4,000 and leo acres OF land;
Mitchell. $4,000 and leo acres OF land;
Pierre. 500 900 and leo acres OF land; Ord
way. $1,000 ana $50 acres OF landi Odessa.
$4,000 and 100 acres OF land; Rsdfield.
$4,000 and lo acres OF land; Steele. 10000
and 100 acres OF land.
These bids were opened and the commits
sion started out 10 view the different 10
cations offered TO them. Its trip was one
grand round OF pleasure" zach town vie
ing with the others in its attempt to Inn
press the members most fAvorably. After
putting in several weeks OF travel and
stopping TO pay q visit at each town. the
commission finally rounded up at Grand
Forks and begun to ballot Canton Pierre
Redfield and Bismarck were the towns
which received votes on the first ballots,
with tho three Dakota members standing
by Bismarck on evosy ballot Finally Bel
den. who had besn voting for PisrrA
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asked II 1t were true that he was 100 years
old. He replied that he was. l then made
him an offer to exhibit himself as the old
est man alive.
~ guess you've mcde a mistake, amt
ye? he said. You must be thlnkln' of my
father
Your father! l gasped. is your
father alive?'
'surcst thing you know" said Amos.
Where Is hep l asked.
Hes upstairs putin grandpa 10 bed.
replied Amos, r%eflling his pipe. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Falls quarrymen, the Sioux Falls granite
was cut out of the contract, and Mar
quette r~aindrop sandstone substituted in
it's stead, and all the South Dakota mater
ial which goes into the structure, is the
granite boulders used for the foundation,
and the Yankton cement used in the con-
struction.
The new building is 300 feet in length,
with a width of 16O feet in the center, and
100 feet in the wings. To the top OF the
tower 1t will be 1874 feet from the founda-
ton. The sub-basement is walled with
granite boulders, and the basement story
is constructed OF a combination OF rain
drop sandstone and OrtonVillo granite,
above which the building win be OF Bedford
limestone, making it a combination Of
brown and light gray stone. The dome IL
to be covered with polished copper.
The halls OF the two houses of the legis-
lature will be in the wings on the second
floor above the basement, and will extend
to the roofs, making that portion Of the
building three stories, but office rooms will
be fitted in q fourth story above the legis-
latlve halls. The principal offices will be
on the first floor above the basement. The
contract calls for a completed building by
the first of July. 1910. and the first legis-
lative session which will meet in the new
structure will be the session Of 1911.
While the new building is immense when
compared with the old wooden structure
which has served the state for twenty
years, the indications at present are that
It will be too small for the use OF the
state before many years go by, and that
another building for the supreme court viii
be required to allow the necessary room
FOR tha otbar gfata hugipasg In the main
building, within ten years from the present
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Completing the speech.

When Ambassador Whi;elaW Reid was
running for the vice presidency, say the
New York Press, he made the sIe en- Of Is
career az a banquet In New YORK. The
prorfs had been on tie hooks 4 the TT. Ju le
office for days, corrected and iec1r &C Ell.
with a big must" on II for the mosnin :
after. A. midnight there was a vi1'clt
ring at the phone. Mr.. Reid. having de
liveTcd his speech. summoned the night
editor and said he wanted 10 make a few
interpolaGons. He then read The spaeol
IN full over the wire, and his interpretations
were-at almost every period; Applause"
much applause, Loud applause" Loud
and continued applause" "~Frequent Gp-
plaus@' 'VOeiferOus applause" sto
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Dtvision md Statehood.

In that year the move for division and
provisional statehood was placed before the
people of the south half of the territory
and a vote was secured. With the question
of possible division came also a question Of
capital location. and Pierre, Huron, Sioux
Falls and Alexandria entered the lists.
While but little attention was paid to this
election in many parts Of the territory and
vote.
Matters so far as the south half Of the
territory were allowed to go in this way
until the ina statehood bill was secured
in 1889. At that time Huron interests de-
manded that as they had secured a major
ity of the votes in 1885 that town should be
made the capital of the south half by the
provisions Of the bin. Congressman
Springer Of Illinois opposed naming any
tow as the capital of the new state, but
demanded that It should be settled by a
vote OF the people. His views prevailed and
the statehood bill carried a provision that
in the election OF 1889 for the selection of
the first state officers a vote should be
taken on temporary location to be free to
all. the following year a vote would
be taken on permanent location to be free to
all. and If no town secured a majority of
all the votes cast for capital. that at the
following election the two towns which
were in the lead in the first light for per-
manent capital should be submitted, the
town securing the majority Of the votes to
be the permanent capital'' of the state.
This he explained was to prevent continued
dispute over capital location.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

rzz-tERRE, s. D.. July Especial
Correspondence 1.-The laying of
the cornerstone of the new
~rY-94 capitol In this city last week
M$Tia@kaA marks an end to a struggle of
NA&aS4S a quarter of a century on the
part Il the people of Pierre to secure the
locati n Of the permanent capital
Of South Dakota in the center
Of the state. II is the fruition
of hopes ard struggles, into which the
earlier residents Of the city would never
have plunged had they been able to look
ahead and see all which II would mean
In the way Of expense and effort. But with
the task once taken UP. there has been no
idea of stopping on the part Of any of those
engaged in the work, and while It has been
a costly whistle which the city has paid
for, they now feel that they have secured
It. in fact. for all 1t is worth to any town
at which a state capitol Is located. From
the very founding OF Pierre. the capital
aspiration was one of the tenets OF it's
builders. The earliest papers teemed with
the possibilities in that direction based on
location and future development OF the
territory of Dakota
with the capital Of the territory located
at Yankton. when the population of a hand
fui Of settlers along the eastern and south
ern borders OF the territory, It remained
until the boom days OF thu early Eighties"
when a new population poured into the
territory on an immigration wave built on
the construction of new lines of railroad
built ahead Of settlement and on faith In
future Development As the population be-
gun to spread northward and westward,
there came a demand for a change to a
location more central both as to population
and territory. and in the session of the
territorial legislature OF 1883 q bill was in
troduced for the removal of the territorial
capital from Yankton to Huron.
This bill begun to make Roadway, when
the other ambitious towns of the territory
got into the game and stopped progress
on that measure. After the practical death
of the Huron bill. on suggestion Of Terri
torial Governor Ordway. the oontending in
terests got together on the idea OF a COM
mission to select q site. and their COM
bined strength succeeded In the enactment
Of a law to that effect, the commission to
be named by the governor. In this move
the Pierre people thought they saw an ele-
ment OF strength for themselves from the
fact that George Ordway. son Of the gov
srnor was heavily interested in the town,
and with him the governor himself held In
terests.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

of an excuse to secure the funds for
the fight.
All kinds of schemes were worked out, lots
were plated in outlying territory and the
campaign workers for the two towns were
loaded with blank deeds ready to fill in the
name of the party who would accept one
as an inducement to work for the town.
One of the unique features of this campaign
was the organization of the Capital Invest
ment company by a number of business
men In the southern part Of the state.
They sold stock all over the state and then
went to the different towns asking for
bonuses to select that place as the one
where they would invest their money. each
stockholder being interestd to the extent
of his stock in giving what he thought would
be an increase in the investment made by
having the capital location. After canvass-
Ing the propositions made to them by the
different towns. they selected Pierre as
their place Of investment and purchased a
large tract Of land near the city. This di-
rected the stockholders interests this way.
and no doubt controlled many votes. When
the contest was ended in October, the vote
being: Pierre, 27,O96; Huron, 1914; Water
town, 1870; Sioux Falls, II, 765; Mitchell.
1906; Chamberlain, 2.4l4. On that vote
Pierre secured the temporary seat Of gov
eminent and on November ! the first ses-
sion of the state legislature was held for
the purpose of selecting two United States
senators and was in session two DAYS for
that purpose, the senate holding its sessions
IN the Congregational church and the house
Its sessions in the Hughes county court
house, Before the regular session in jan
uary the city had made good its promise
and had erected a building for the holding
OF the session, 1t now being the main part
OF the present old capitol, to which a wing
was attached at state expense two years
later.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Pierre Agalnst Huron.

The next year while under the provisions
OF the law it was a free for all for perma-
nent capital location, all the contestants
dropped out except Pierre and Huron, and
another fierce campaign was fought.
Pierre increased it's assessment and issued
more bonds, and laid out other additions
for donation lots, and Huron sold the
municipal water plant to raise funds. The
fight was on the same line, of centrally
and future development on the part Of
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

grasped his hand. 70 m me war bon
on the same day, Mistah Roosevelt" the
darby enthusiastically said, his shining
face almost cleft from ear to ear by a
grin.
Delighted, indeed, to hear it," warmly
responded the president. taking a fresh
grip on the black hand and laughing
heartily. so you and / were born on the
same day? Wen, weIl.'
"Yo' am fo'ty-seven yeahs old, sah?"
81 am" was the quick answer.
An yo' war bon on Octobah II, lS5s!'
Yes"
"ia'as, sub" then exclaimed the darby,
haking all over with rapture: "ya'as. sub.
Mr.. Roosevelt, yo' an me is bofe twins
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

tempted then to talk against time so as
to prevent the nomination OF candidates
until the platform had been reported. 1t
was a hot July day, and the hall was
crowded. Hour after hour the speaker
kept up his flow OF words, exhausting his
hearers II not himself He talked SO long
that his voice grew husky and ~elapping his
hands for a page he ordered a pitcher Of
water, and when II came he paused long
enough TO pour the entire contents down
his throat Then in the pause, before the
speaker could resume, there came a voice
from the section where the Wise county
delegation was seated, that cried; That's
the first time that ever l see a windmill
run by water" The storm OF laughter
that ensued was too much for the fnlbus-
terer. Mr.. Lacy sank to hts seat and the
convention went on with its business.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Race for New Honor.

Under the provisions of this law the
towns Of Pierre, Huron. Sioux Falls, Mitch
ell, Watertown, Redfield and Chamberlain
went into the race for temporary capital.
II was a fight Of cash. While every town
in the race plunged in the way of expense,
Pierre and Huron led them all, and both
towns were in about to their limit at the
end OF the campaign OF that year. Both
had spread their limits to take in as much
territory as possible and assessed 1t at a
high rate to give them a greater bonding
capacity. and bonds were issued on any
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
Claimed TvvinshID with Teday

While President Roosevelt was holding
an open-air reception at Syracuse ZONE
years ago a tall negro pushed his way for
ward through the crowd ana eagerly
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
The Wrong Man.

B. F. Keith before his rise to fame in
the vaudeville field was the imrrosario 4,
a dime museum in Boston. This was a
good many years ago, but he stil tells Of
an experience that befell him in his search
for novelties in the way Of freaks.
Il read in the paper one day Of a man
up in Maine who had just celebrated his
hundredth birthday and was stil hale and
hearty" said Mr.. Keith. II remember his
name well. 1t was Amos Whifnetree. I
journeyed to his farm and found him in
tho early evening sitting on his stoop
smoking q pipe I introduced myself and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
siour FnII. sfone cut out.

Bids were advertised for, and the contract
was let to o. II. Olsen Of Saltwater, MINI.
an a basis Of construction Of a combination
Of Sioux Falls granite. Ortonvlile granite
and Bedford limestone. Later the c%ontrac-
tor came 10 the commission with a report
that be could not get airy Sioux Fails
quarrymen TO bid on furnishing the stone
without a time limit which would delay
work on the structure for a least a year.
and even would not furnish a bond that
they would have the stone at the time they
asked for getting II out. On this showing.
and after correspondence with the Sioux
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
A Beaten FiIIibuster.

PROPOS OF the recent attempted
hlibuster in the senate II 10 re-
called how similar tactics were
attempted and defeated in the
Virginia democratic convention
OF 1877. MI. Horace Lacy at
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Railroads in the War.

The fight which followed was one OF the
most spectacular campaigns ever held in
the state. The Northwestern road backed
Pierre, and the milwaukee" backed Nit
chell, and passes were issued without
limit, to any point IN the state, and n
the would-be traveller did not want 10
take the time and trouble to ask for a
pass, he simply boarded tho train and
rode as far as Nc cared 10 without being
disturbed. Passes We're issued for John
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

Pierre, and better present location on the
part Of Huron, and after both towns had
practically bankrupted themselves, tho
vote was again in favor of Pierre by a
vote of 1856 to "a, 1852 for Huron.
Huron then begun a legislative fight for
resubmission, and attempted to secure the
submission of a constitutional amendment
changing the location. They made their
first trial in 1898, and followed It with
another in 1895; and again in 1897, two
efforts were made, in which bills passed
both houses at different times, but the
same bill did not get through both houses.
The session of 1899 was allowed to go with
out an affort to make a change, but in
1901, Watertown boomers came down with
a bill to change to WATERFOWL, but fell
down early in the session, and then
Mitchell took up the fight. and was de-
feated in the house after practically an
all night session. Then In the session OF
1903 came the combined assault of Mitchell,
Huron and Redfield. which went into a
combine to secure relocation votes with an
agreement that the town, which was to
be named in the new bill was TO be
selected by caucus. The scheme was
worked up by Mitchell after they had
secured pledges from what they considered
a majority of the possible members, who
would favor capital change. and then
used Huron and Redfield as cats-paws to
help them gather chestnuts, with a GER
tainty that in the caucus they would be
left out, and Mitchell be the winner. The
bill was pushed early in the session, and
one of the peculiarities of it was that It
came to the house from the senate in time
to be passed on Friday, January 13, IN a
year which had thirteen for its numerals.
The thirteen followed by Pierre receiving
thirteen votes in Mitchell at the time Of
the election, and Mitchell receiving thir-
teen votes in Hughes county, in which
Pierre is located at the same election.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

changed to Bismarck and Hughes swung
over with him, giving the North Dakota
town the location.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

ERIE, s. D.. July Especial
correspondence. )-The laying Of
the cornerstone Of the new
capitol in this city last week
marks an end to a struggle Of
.,a - ..-t- - a.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

of 1889, the last territorial session; the rest
of the record has to do with South Dakota
alone, and goes back to 1885.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
AMERICANS UNPROTECTED
Withdrawal of United States tunboats
 from China Criticised

Pekin, Dec. 6.-Rcports have been received here that tho Americans in tho Yang Tsc Kisng territory are in- dignant on account of the withdrawal of the American gunhoats, which went to Manila with the Pacific ncct for tar get practice, leaving no protection for Americans during the recent insurrcc- tion at Ranking Because of this, the American consul general at Hankow. William Martin, was compelled to ask the British representative to look af- tor American interests at Ranking.
 An edict Just issued comments that the sons of the Manchu and Chinese nobility be sent abroad for naval training.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
PURSUE NIGHT-R RIDERS
Tennessee State Attorneys in Confer
 ence Over Prosecution.

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 6-Tn prep aration for the second special term Of court, called in connection with night rider attacks in the Reelfoot lake re- zion a conference of the state attorneys was held to-day and plans to be fol- lowed by the prosecution perfected The result of the conference was not disclosed.
 Another grand jury will he cmpan- ellcd and probably more indictments win be returned. Ii is not Improbable that the men indicted by the outglne grand jury will he re-inditcd because the legality of the former indictments being questioned by the defense on the ground that the court failed to properly publish the facts in advance of It's con venlng
 It fig probable that the work of secur- ing a jury will begin on Tuesday or Wednesday,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
MRS. CHESEBROUGH SUICIDE
Daughter of Former Governor and
 Wife of Yacht Designer.

Bristol, R. l. Dec 6,-Mrs. Emma Russell Cheschrough, aged 39 years, wife of Alfred s. Chesebrough, a well known yacht designer of this city,, who is now in Scotland on q business trip, committed suicide to-day by shooting herself twice in the head with ,22 Callber revolver, She had been troubled with melancholia and insomnia for some time.
 Mrs. Chesebrough was the daughter of former Lieutcnant-Governor Jona- thaA Russell Bullock. Her husband, two children, a sister Mrs. Samuel r, Colt, wife of tho president of tho Unit cd States Rubber Co.,, and her mother, Mrs. Emma Wcstcott- Bullock, former ly of Boston, survive her.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-07
PATRICK GRACE 0USTED
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmcn
 Turns on Presidents Goat.

Blughamton, N r., Dee. Because he wrote a letter to President Roose- welt Patrick II Grace was today turn ed down ny parlor City lodge, Brother hood of Railroad Trainmon, who elect ed T F Walker to succeed, Mr. Grace as nnanclcr of the lodge. Mir Grace had |, ,en elected to that office annually without opposition for l2 years.
 Mir. Grace wrote his letter asking about Mir Tafts stand on labor on pa per of the Brotherhood of Railway Tralnmcn, and in 1t he used the ex- pression What we are anxious to know"
 The lodge members say that he had no right to use the word I've" in such a connection. over that started fight that resulted in the turning down of Mir. Grace today.