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The Washington times., 1908-01-16
FRYE HELPS ALONG FIGHT
FOR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Institution Favored by Founders of Republic and Partly
Endowed by Washington to Be
Located in Capital

Senator Frye has recently had printed
as a Senate document a strong appeal
for the proposed University or the
United States from the executive eoun-
ell Of the National University Commit
tee OF Four Hundred. This committee
is An influential body Of educators and
public men from various sections Of the
country. The executive council is head
ed by Andrew d. White and includes
such men as Gen Nelson a. Miles, Ad-
miral George Dewey. Hilary A. Her
bert, and others equally prominent.
The position which The eoIamittee adj
vances for the establishment OF a great
institution of higher learning in Wash
ington is one Of remarkable scope. II
is supported by the emphatic decIaTa-
tons of the National Educational As
ISOLATION, many times repeated. and by
the American association - State Uni
versity Presidents. as we'll as by many
educators and thinkers not identified
with any particular organization.
For 10 years this movement for a
great university Of the United States,
which should represent the climax OF
the American educational system has
been on and while it has had pow erfuI
support Congress. for one reason and
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
HALT GAME
TO DECEIVE
NEAR-BARDS

The Postofiice Department has issued
a fraud order against the Popular Music
Company and the Colonial Music Com
pany, at Chicago. Ill, names under
which John r. Walker has been con-
Quoting a business 10 publish song
poems for amateur writers on a royalty
basis, plus an original charge OF $50.
Tbs department objected 10 Walker
using the mails for the purpose of mis-
leading the budding song writer's as 70
the merits OF their compositions. the
charge being made that no discrimina-
tion was shown In selecting the songs
for publication but that he held out
false hopes to all who applied in order
TO secure the first payment Of so.
Walker fled an afidavit with the
Postoftlee Department in June last that
lie would discontinue the royalty and
exploiting features Of his business, and
confine HE talents to revising, writing
and rewriting song poems. and com
posing and arranging music for same
The denartment claims that Walker
violated this agreement by organizing
the Colonial Music Company, and, like
q shrewd business man, raised his rates
to S25 TO cover any expense that he may
have been put to by the department 8
A fraud order also has been issued
against A. w Giffin and Clyde ID. Gift
was issued against these names at Ron
and StreateF. Okla, Ia December, which
the parties sought TO evade by changing
their address
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
NO MONUMENT TO DANTE.

Count Gllini in a lester published ia
Vita, gives an interesting account OF
a visit to Giosue Carducci which he
made when he was'a reporter OF Italian
parliamentary news. It was at fho
time when the government was consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY OF voting 150.0lo
lire toward Dante monument. the rest
or the money necessary for a suitable
memorial 10 be raised by popular sub
scription. Il went to Bologna" writes
the count, saw the great man and be-
gan TO explain my mission. when he IN
teTrupted me. saying: No. no No
monument for Dante. Monuments
should be erected only for those men
who would otherwise be forgotten in
centuries to come. Garibaldi. Mezzini
Victor Emmanuel; but Dante-nevert
Dante is too great. and he viii grow
greater as The centuries pass. There
fore no memorial for the author or
THE Divine Comedy This message
I carried TO Zenardelli and to psrIia-
ment. and no further steps toward tie
Dante Qualification we're taken.'-EN
change.
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
PIANIST, SUICIDE,
WAS 4 TERRORIST
Catherine Mill Ended Life
When Denied PerilouS
Work

PARIS, Jan. l6-The remarkable dis
coveTy has been made that Catherine
Mil, the beautiful and talented Young
Russian pianist who committed suicide
without any apparent reason for ending
her life. was a most ardent terrorist.
II also develops that her name was not
Mil, and that she killed herself in a
ut of dependency over the fact that
the terrorist committee would not give
her q mission OF peril.
Catherine Miii's real name was
Rachel Lourliz and she was a member
of well-knowu and wealthy Moscow
family from whom she received an al
lOwance OF S25e a. month. She dis
tributed most OF lhIs money among
Russian students and NihiIists in Paris.
keeping only so or so "a month for her
personal expenses.
The young woman mad written . num-
Der of letters to the terrorist committee
pleading with them to assign her 10 a
mission in which she could accomplish
something TOR the cause, but this the
committee declined to 40 and ordered
her to remain quietly in Paris. The re-
fusaI of the committee 10 accede 10
the wishes OF the girl. who was only
twenty-three years Old. SO discouraged
her that she became disconsolate and
shot herself She left letters in which
she said she was taking her life be-
cause the terroTists would not make uss
of il TO destroy others.
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
CENTER MARKET SITE
MAY Be KENTUCKIAN'

Investigation is being made by Repre-
sentative Ben Johnson Of Kentucky, a
member OF the House District Commit
tee, TO determine whether there are
squatters in the vicinity of Center Mar
ket who may be dispossessed If legal
proceedings are begun by ore Of Mr.
Johns0n's constituents
He has received a letter from b H
Young, Of Springfield, Ky, sa, ing that
one Of Mr.. Young's ancestors many
years ago donated to the District a
large tract OF land to be used as a mar
ket place with the stipulation that the
land should revert to the original estate
If it ever ceased to be used for market
purposes.
Mr.. johnson believes that Center Mar
ket Is the market place referred to by
Mr.. Young. and that the original land
donated as a market was a much more
extensive tract than that nov occupied
by Center Market
He will advise his constituent 70 en-
ploy legal counsel to conduct the in
vestigation that may result in the en-
tire tract going back to the Young
estate, and in the dispossession Of those
who may be located on a part of the
original tract.
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER
BILL PASSED BY SENATE

Senator Gallinger's bill providing for
the registration Of all persons in the
District having tuberculosis has been
passed by the Senate. The bill provides
for free examination of sputum in sUs-
pected cases. and disinfection of prem
ises where the disease Is known 10 have
existed, Senator Gallinger called Up the
bin toward the close Of the session yes
terday. explained the need for It and
the importance Of it, and IL was passed
without dissent.
A bill introduced by Senator Carter
provides for payment OF claims against
the District for property taken or in
jured in removal Of the Northern Lib
eriy Market In this city IN 1872. DlStri-
button Of about 5000 to persons who
were injured by the removal is provided
for
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
OFFICIALS
ARE NAMED IN SUIT

Suit against the District Commission
ers, Collector OF Taxes, District AZ
SCISSOR. Board Of Assistant Assessors
and Board Of Equalization has been
Instituted by the Washington Gas Light
Company and Georgetown Gas Light
Company 10 enjoin the municipal au-
thorities from advertising FOR sale Ger
tain meters. pipes and mains now
planted in the streets of the city. The
suit hinges on a controversy over the
right the District government and gas
monopoly has 10 lie fiXings-
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
New Wooden Legs,
At SIS Per Leg,
Wanted for Vets

Wooden legs worn by disabled veter-
ans Of the civil war are wearing out.
They need new ones.
Representative O'ConneH has intro
duced in the House O. bill providing
that every soldier who was disabled iu
the civil war and who vas provided by
the War Department with an artificial
limb or apparatus FOR rsssecti0n shall be
entitled to receive a new limb or ap-
psratus as soon as possible.
II the disabled soldier chooses, he may
take the MONS that the wooden OF
cork leg WOuif cOst. not 10 exceed S75
The Washington times., 1908-01-16
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
HOSTS AT LADIES NIGHT"
Justice Hagner and DR..
Woodrow Deliver Inter
eSting Addresses.

Justice A. B. Hagner, who advocated
changing the name of Sixteenth street
to Lafayette avenue, and the Rev.
Samuel II. Woodrow. who spoke of
influence of Early Settlers upon rHe
National Life and dealt with the
shortcomings OF Boston, New York. and
other places, were the principal speak
ers at the ladies' night of the Sons of
American Revolution, at the Arlington
last night
DR. Woodrow referred TO Rhode Is
land as the worst bossed State in the
country. which distinction had been
handed down through the years since
the time Roger Williams settled at
Providence and exhibited a decided
talent for organization and assuming
the leadership OF other people II has
been bossed State ever since. because
SO many Of its people have wheels"
Historical Data.
DR.. Woodrow introduced considerable
interesting historical data showing
what influence early settlers mad had
upon the national life OF our country
Manhattan, il was said. began in
commercial spirit from the beginning
and was noted for the absence Of min
listers and the presence Of saloons. To-
day. DR.. Woodrow said. il is referred
10 as the most mercenary city, about
the worst when il comes 10 pleasure
and about the lowest when it comes to
high civic ideals DR.. Woodrow as
crlbed PhiladetPhia's present sO-called
slowness TO the fact that il y as orig
inally settled by quiet and respectable
people
Proposes Lafayette AvenIe.7
Justice Hagner said that Sixteenth
street should be made to extend into
Maryland, where Lafayette became a
citizen in 1884, and should De called
Lafayette avenue. His address dealt
with the great services rendered by La
fayeUte.
w r. Andrews. auditor of the War
Department, also praised the French
patriot and exhibited a warrant for
100000 paid 10 Lafayette by this Gov
eminent for his services.
A small section OF the Marine Band
played the Lafayette March" played
by the Marine Band October u, 1924,
when Lafayette attended a perform
anCe of the Washington Dramatic So
ciety- The Philharmonic Quartet rem
de-ed several selections. President W.
J.. Marsh presided and assisted In re-
ceiviug the guests. After the speech
making refreshments were served and
dancing began, lasting until a late hour.
The Washington times., 1908-01-16

Photo by Paines Studio.
THE REV, S. H. WOODROW,
One Of the Speakers at he Meeting Of
the Sons Of the Revolution
Last Night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

the work completed in the fall of 1905.
In 1906 they advertised for bids for
the erection of the wing, and when
the time came for opening the bids,
representatives Of Sioux Falls went
into the supreme court asking for an
injunction to prevent the board from
acting, on the ground that they did
not intend to use any South Dakota
material In the work. After the ap-
plication had been made the commits
sion stopped procedure until the court
had passed upon the application, and
then rejected all bids. 1t was then
SO late In the year hat nothing more
was done until after the election, and
new officers formed the commission.
Decide to Complete Building.
This wait also brought a new legis-
lative session, and this session decid.
ed upon proceeding with the construc-
ton of the complete structure instead
of only a portion of 1t. fixing the cost
of the whole structure at 5000, 900,
and providing means for the funds,
which might be lacking after sale of
lands donated by the general govern
ment for the construction Of a capitol.
They also provided that in the letting
of bids the commission might give
South Dakota stone a s per cent pref
erence in the letting of contracts.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

Bids were advertised for, and the
contract was let to o. II. Olsen of
Saltwater, MINI.
The New Building.
The new building is 300 feet In
length, with a width OF 100 feet In the
center, and 100 feet in the wings. To
the top Of the tower 1t will be 164
feet from the foundation. The SUBJ
basement is walled with granite boul-
ders, and the basement story is con.
structed of a combination Of rain
drop sandstone and Ortonville granite,
above which the building will be OF
Bedford limestone, making it a combi-
nation of brown and light gray stone.
The dome is to be covered with pol
ished copper.
The halls of the two houses OF the
Legislature 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 a
fourth story about the legislative
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 legislative session when will
meet in the new structure viii 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 1t will be too small
for the uses OF the state before many
years go by. and that another building
for the supreme court will be required
to allow the necessary room for the
other state business in the main
building, within ten years from the
present time.
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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 Redfeld as catspaws
to help them gather chestnuts, with a
certainty that in the caucus they
would be left out, and Mitchell be
the winner. Mitchell was pushed early
in the session. and one Of the peculi-
house from the senate In time to be
passed on Friday, the 18th day of ian
Jary, 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 thirteen votes
In Hughes, in which Pierre is located
at the same election.
The fight which followed was one
Of the most spectacular campaigns
ever held in the state. The North
Western road backed Pierre. and the
Milwaukee backed Mitchell, and
passes were issued without limit, to
any point IN the state.
It's Pierre's Fight.
The same argument of c~entrality
and future development which had
been used by Pierre from the begin
ming OF its existence was again potent
in this campaign, and the final vote
was $500 for Pierre, and 10000 for
Mitchell.
The following session Of the legisla-
ture tool Up the question of the con-
~struction of a suitable capitol on the
| grounds at Pierre, and after quarrel
ing ver It in the legislature for some
time, provided for a wing OF the build
ing to be constructed at a cost Of not
to exceed $4,000. TO be so construct
ed as to form a harmonious pare OF a
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

The laying OF the cornerstone of
the new capitol of South Dakota in
Pierre marks the end of a struggle of
a quarter Of a century on the part of
the people Of Pierre to secure the 10
cation of the permanent capital of
South Dakota In the center of the
state. 1t is the fruition of hopes and
struggles, into which the earlier resi-
dents of Pierre would never have
plunged had they been able to look
ahead and see all which 1t would mean
in the way of expense and effort. But
with the task nee 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 fear that they have secured
1t in fact for all it is worth to any
town at which a state capitol is 10
Gated.
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 n
future development of the Territory
of Dakota.
With the capital OF the territory To-
Gated at Yankton, when the popula-
ton consisted of a handful of settlers
along the eastern and southern bor-
ders of the territory, it remained I'M
til the boom days of the early eight
les" when a new population poured
into the territory on an immigration
wave resting on the construction of
new lines of railroad built ahead Of
settlement and on faith in future de-
velopment. AS the population began
to spread %northward and westward
there came a demand for Il change in
the capitol site to a location more
central both as to population and ter
ritory. In the session of the territori-
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and Chamberlain went into the race
for temporary capital. 1t was a fight
of cash. While every town In the
rae plunged" In the way of expense,
Pierre and Huron led them all. and
both towns were Sin" about to their
limit at the end of the campaign OF
that year. Both had spread their lin.
its to take in as much territory a. pos
sible, and assessed il at a high rate
to give them a greater bonding capac-
ity, and bonds were issued OF any
kind of an excuse to secure funds for
the fight.
When the contest was ended in Oc-
tober. the vote stood: Pierre. 27.096;
Huron, 1894; WATERFOWL, 1870;
Sioux Falls, 11,765: Mitchell, 1906;
Chamberlain, 2,414. On that vote
Pierre secured the temporary seat of
government, and the first Of Novem
Der the first session OF the state leg
islature was held for the purpose of
selecting two United States senators,
and was in session two days for that
purpose. The senate held it's sessions
in the Congregational church, and the
house met in the Hughes county court
house. Before the regular session in
January the city had made good it's
promise and had erected a building
for the holding of the session, it now
being the main part of the present old
capitol, to which a wing was attach
ed at state expense two years later.
Pierre Again Wins.
The next year while under the pro-
visions Of the law, 1t was a free-for-
all for permanent capital location, all
the contestants dropped out except
Pierre and Huron, and another fierce
campaign was fought. Pierre increas-
ed its assessment and issued more
bands, and laid out other additions for
donation lots. Huron sold the munich
pal water plant to raise funds. The
fight was on the same line, Of central
ity and future development on the
part OF Pierre, and better present To-
cation on the part of Huron. After
both towns had practically bankrupt
ed themselves, the vote was again in
favor of Pierre by a vote of 41,S76 to
34,252 for Huron.
Huron then began a legislative fight
for resubmission, and attempted to Sc
cure the submission OF a constitution
al amendment changing the location.
They made their first trial in 1898,
and followed 1t with another in 1895.
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 ses-
sion of 1899 was allowed to go without
IN effort to make a change. In 1901,
WATERFOWL boomers went down with
a bill to change to WATERFOWL, but fell
down early in the session, and then
Mitchell took up the fight and was
defeated in the house after practically
an all-night session. Then In the ses-
sion of 1903 came the combined as
sault of Mitchell, Huron and Redfeld,
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
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

whole building. The governor. audi
tor, secretary Of state and state land
commissioner were to comprise the
commission to look after the con-
struction of the building. These on.
cials. after travelling to the capitals
of several states, decided that the
building which had been erected in
Montana was in the line Of what
would better all the needs Of this
state than any other which they had
found, and secured plans for a COM
pleted building upon the plans OF the
Montana structure, somewhat modi-
fed. and advertised for bids for the
construction of the foundation of the
east wing. This contract was let. and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

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 loca-
ton, and Pierre, Sioux Falls and Alex
andria entered the lists. While but
little attention was paid to this cleo
ton in many parts Of the territory
and a light vote was cast, Huron won
in the vote.
Matters, so far as the south half of
the territory was concerned, were al
lowed to go IN this way until the final
statehood bin was secured in 1889. At
that time Huron interests demanded
that as they had secured a majority
of the votes in 1885, that town should
be made the capital of the south half
by the provisions of the bill. Con-
gresham Springer of Illinois opposed
naming any town as the capital of the
new state, but demanded that 1t
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

al legislature of 1883 a bill was intro
duced for the removal of the territori-
al capital from Yankton to Huron.
This bill began 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 HUI
ron bill, on suggestion of Territorial
Governor Ordway, the c%ontending in
terests got together on the idea of a
commission to select a site, and their
combined strength succeeded in the
enactment of a law to that effect, the
commission TO be named by the gov
ernor.
Elect Officers on Train.
When the commission was appoint
ed 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 it; that wherever
the capital might be located it would
be in the southern half of the terri
tory. And with the interests of the
Ordway family at Pierre, hat city felt
that the governor had selected the
men with such interests in view. The
list selected consisted of George A.
Matthews Of Bookings, G. H. Meyers
of Redfield, H. H. belong of Canton,
John p. Belden Of Deadwood, M. d.
Thompson of Vermillion, Alex Hughes
of Elk Point. This was the list from
the southern half of the territory,
while those from the northern half
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

the votes cast for a capital, that at
the following election the two towns
which were In the lead in the first
fight for permanent capital should be
submitted, the town securing the ma
jority OF the votes to be the "perma-
nent capital of the state. This, he
explained, was TO prevent continued
dispute over capital location.
Rivals Plunge for Prize.
Under the provisions Of this law,
the towns Of Pierre, Huron, Sioux
Falls, Mitchell, WATERFOWL, Redfeld
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-02

should be settled by a vote of the peo-
pie. His views prevailed, and the
statehood bill carried a provision that
in the election of 1889 for the selec-
ton Of the first state officers a vote
should be taken IN temporary location
TO be free to all. That the following
year a vote should De taken on per-
manent location to be free to all, and
If no town secured a majority of all