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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-06-19

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
.FROHMAN's PUTS o. K.
ON WIFE'S LOVER

New York. Feb. 1s.-Daniel Frohman
said today hat II his wife, Margaret
Ellington. married Edward J.. Bowes,
Of San Francisco, after she obtained q
divorce from him. he would approve
OF her choice of husband.
Mrs. Frohman and myself have
known Mr.. Bowes for several years."
said Mr.. Frohman today. He Is a
young man Of great ability, excellent
character and a fine all around chap.
I think he would make a good husband
for any woman Mr.. Bowes has visited
in New York frequently and has been
- guest in my home.
III Mrs. Frohman desires to marry
again after she has secured her divorce
a IL Mr.. Bowes is to be the man. I
will be perfectly satisfied with her
cours My fondest hope is that Mrs.
Frohman will be happy in whatever she
undertakes. If she obtains a divorce
] hope she marries Mr.. Bowes.
General nervousness and dissatis-
faction led to incompatability, which
made US decide upon a separation. The
decision was made in all friendliness
and I shal assist my wife in any way
that 10 possible.
sit should be understood that neither
Mr.. Bowes o any other man enters
int the case, or has to do with the
separation of my wife and myself"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
BOMB IN CHICAGO
FOR POWDER TRUST
Federal "Dynamiters" Summon
Combine Heads to Explain
Contract During War.

Chicago. Feb. 17.-An important ade
vance in the investigation OF antitrust
and interstate cases by the
government is presaged by the presence
in Chicago of Assistant Attorney Gem
eral Wade Ellis, in charge of the anti
trust and interstate commerce cases in
the attorney generals office. With him
came John H. Marble, special counsel
for the Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
A conference between these men and
United States District Attorney Edwin
w. Sims and his special assistant.
James III. Wilkerson. admittedly was
upon the combination subject of beef,
oil and powder" with powder" the
predomlnating factor.
Following the conference, 1t was Civ
en- out that beginning on Tuesday
testimony in the powder trust case
will be taken for the government in
Chicago before Special Examiner VIII
liam G. Mahaffy. who has heard the
previous testimony taken at New York,
Philadelphia, Cleveland and Whining
ton. James Scarlet and j. Harwood
Graves. special attorneys for the gov
ornment, already are in Chicago. stop
ping at the Auditorium Annex, in read
mess for the hearing.
1t is apparent the prosecution in
the powder trust cases is making sen
sational Roadway. 1t developed that in
the course OF the hearings before the
special examiner. the government has
found a contract between the Ameri-
can powder manufacturers Common
~ spoken OF collectively az the Du-
Pont-Nemours Powder company)' and
the European manufacturers, under
which all such ethical matters as in
dustrtal patriotism appear to have been
cast to the four winds.
This contract Is SO drafted that in
the event OF war with a foreign power
the American powder manufacturers
in pursuance of their alleged agree
ment with the European manufacturers
would be obliged to refuse to sell pow
der to Uncle Sam at a price below that
which European manufacturers might
quote. The contract works both ways,
1t is said, SO European governments
which buy powder of private manufac-
turers would be in a similar fix.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
COMMISSION SHOULD
MAKE FREIGHT RATES
Representative Madden Pro.
poses to Tighten Control on
the Railroads.

Washington, d. c., Feb 16.-That the
interstate commission should
nave power to pass upon the freight
rates made by the various railroads OF
the country before those rates become
effective was the declaration made to-
day on the f1oor OF the o by Rep
resentative Madden, of Illinois. He
Immediately added that 1t would be
better still to give the commission
power Ito make a valuation Of the
properties OF the carriers OF the coun-
try and to base the rate upon such q
basis as will yield them q reasonable
return upon such valuations"
Mr.. Madden declared that the report
which has been made by the commits
sion in response to the resolution of
the House asking for information about
increased freight rates in various sec
tons of the country has satlsf1ed
everyone that excessive increases In
the time has come for the people of
the country, through their representa-
tives, to enact such legislation as Will
prevent the continuance Of excessive
charges for the movement Of comEnodi-
ties"
MIR. Madden accused the interstate
commission of being com
lnitted to the economic fallacy that
public service corporations are entitled
as OF right to remunerattve returns
upon thelr STOCKS IN addltlon 10 loter-
est on Issues of bonds.'
He further accused the commission
of having in it's reports inadvertently
fallen into the groove well-worn by
railway officials in making annual re-
ports. They indulge" he continued.
IN the same misleading assumptions
and deceptive Technology employed by
the railrods. They have never segre-
gated the net earnings so as to show
the entire sum OF actual profits. item
izing the vast amounts devoted to i'm
proNementS under that head"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
PENNSYLVANIA FLYER
WRECKED BY ROCK

Philadelphia, Feb. 17.-The Pennsyl-
vania special, the 1S-hour flyer from
Chicago to New York, struck a rock
at Newton Hamilton, SO miles west OF
Harrisburg, shortly after 6 a. M. to-
day, wrecking the train. Official re-
ports to the company in this city Jay
that beyond a severe shaking up no
one was seriously injured.
A heavy fog obscured the track at
the time Of the accident and the en-
gineer had no time to slacken the
speed Of the train before striking the
rock, which had fallen from the hill
side. The Pullman combination smok-
er. baggage car and three sleepers We're
derailed, the engine and first two cars
turning over on their sides. The last
car remained on the track. All the pas
sengers were still in their berths and
were thrown about and badly shaken
up. The number Of passengers on the
train was very mail.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
BUSY HEN LAYS 100
EGGS IN SO DAYS
Mrs. Applegate's Modest Pro.
Queer Doesn't Even Cackle
Over Her Industry.
New York, Feb. IT,
New York, Feb. IT,
If a hen and a half
Lay an egg III q half
In Il day and a half
How many will a dozen lay?

- . . = : . =
With this arithmetical problem Mrs.
George w. A~pplegate's hen concerns
herself not at all. This industrious and
remunerative hen simply goes on laying
eggs. Since December 3 last this cornu-
copia hen has laid 100 eggs Although
she has beaten all records at laying
g she is modest and retiring, and so
far from boasting, emitted not even a
cackle.
The hen got on the nerves Of Mrs.
Apologize, who lives on Beech street,
Redbank. N. j. Mrs. Apologize was
astounded to find 12 eggs in the hens
nest las Thursday shutdown. Mrs. APP
plegate. gasping. stared at the hen; the
hen with a suspicion of a smile on her
face. looked at Mrs. Applegate as il
saying, I'm rather fruitful. chg" Mrs.
Apologize began to laugh and she
laughed until she cried. Then, laugh
ing and crying alternately, she got hys-
terical and her family called in DIR.
Sayre, who quoted her with the bro
mides OF sodium and potassium.
The hen has no pride Of ancestry.
MI. Appleton lays brick-that is. he is
a mason. He sent Miss Christine to
buy thu hen from a negihbor when the
hen was only a few months old. She is
the only hen h A~ppiegates own, o n
sequently she oes not CAD about with
q lot Of hens hat would interfere with
her domestic duties and distract her
from her intimate industry.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
BRIGHTEN MEXICO

Mexico City. Feb. 16.-Rumblings and
earth quiverings continue to be felt in
the vicinity of Mount Colma. The
eruption has not ceased, though the
cinders are not spreading over such a
wide area.
During the eruptions. ashes and Gin
ders fell on the towns Of Colma, Tux
pan. Cupotalan and other towns In the
Vicinity n forests We're set afice by
the discharge from the smoking noun
tain.
Wild animals rushed into settlements
Utmost tame from fright. and people
abandoned their homes and fed In ter
ror.
News from Coal Conan, Patzauro.
Arto and Tacamabrio is that the earth
has been trembling there almost con-
stantly since the eruption commenced.
People are terrorized.
From Yucatan it is reported that
beautiful Lake Chichankanat. in the
southern part of that state, which for
merly was ~ leagues in length. has
half disappeared, and people in the vi
entity are suffering for water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Welded TO TWO WIVES;
ONE HIS STEPDAUGHTER

st. Joseph. Mo-, Feb. 17.-In the
shooting, which 1t Is expected to re-
suit fatally of William Smith, a car
penter. there came to light one of the
strangest entanglements three persons
ever lived under. A girl 20 years old.
who shot Smith, AYERS to the police
that h married him knowing that her
mother was already his legal wife. The
three have lived for a together, the
man as the husband OF both.
The shooting occurred over the send
ing of a comic valentine. The girl. who
styles herself Mrs. Cora Smith. while
her mother is known by the name of
Mrs. William Smith. sent the carpenter
a comic valentine. Smith grew angry
when he received 1t and. after packing
up his clothes. started to leave the
house. Thinking he was going to de-
sert her, the girl shot him.
The girls mother says h married
Smith in 1902. Her daughter was by a
former husband. A year after their
marriage. she says. she found that her
husband held improper relations with
her daughter, and h made him marry
the girl without first securing a d.
vorce. The girl and her husband both
bear Out the story.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
nENEY LAYS DOWN
LAW TO WITNESS
Prosecutor Will Not Stand Any
More Threats From the
Grafters.
IF I am going to be shot again
: I'll be shot In front, not from be-.
5 hind nor from the side"
Francis ]. Heney.



San Francisco. Feb. 1s.-At the trial,
Of Patrick Calhoun on an Indictment
charging bribery Assistant District At.
tOrney Francis j. Heney. resenting the
demeanor Of q witness on the stand.
declared that he had fixed q line over
which no living man could in future
step.
Samuel Leake, who was summoned
to the stand because OF an allegation
that he had endeavored to purchase an
interest in the haberdashery conducted
by q brother Of n OF the Jurors. had
warned Mr.. Heney that he could make
certain revelations concerning the
prosecutors past.
Mr.. Leake, who had been questioned
AZ to his visit to a saloon. said:
Il think i very improper for you to
could tell OF places I saw yOu-'
II wan you to stop that right now"
interrupted Mr.. Heney. II don't pro-
pose that you shall make any more
threats. You are there to answer Ques-
tons"
There is one conversation you don't
dare to refer to-" retorted the witness.
There was one when you went up the
back way into the Call Office and tried
to go back or Phelan n Spreck-
els-''
That's all there will be of that" said
Mr.. Heney. II took this sort OF thing
from Henry Ach for months until II
led to an attempt at assassination. and
won't take it from any man living. II
I am going to De h o again I'll be shot
in front, not from behind. nor from the
side"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
OVER 200 mENCANS
PERISH IN FIRE IN
ACAPULCO ThEATER
People Literally Roasted Alive
Started by Moving Pic
ture Film Igniting.

Mexico City, Feb. 18.-Between ESQ
and 800 people were burned to death
ana many injured in a IRE which de-
stroyed the Flores theater in the city
of Acapulco.
The theater was a wooden structure.
e 1000 people crowded into it to
witness a special performance given in
nonor OF Governor Damanian Flores
OF the state Of Guerrero, who was the
visiting host at the time. ~
one or the number on the program
consisted of a series Of moving pic
lures. While the operator was exhib-.
ting these a Aim caught fire and q
was quickly communicated to.
some bunting which had peer used for
decorative purposes.
Flames Spread Fast.
In an Incredibly short time the flames
spread to all parts of the structure.
There We're but three narrow exits,
the panic stricken audience.
rusned TO them, many persons falling,
to be crushed, to death, their bodies
The screams of those imprisoned
We're terrifying. Owing to the rapidityi
with which the fire spread and its In
tense heat 1t was impossible to attempt,
literally roasted alive. as the fire
burned with little smoke and few were
suffocated.
Property Loss Small.
The efforts Of the department were.
confined to attempting to save the ad-
Joining buildings, n the firemen sue,
ceeded 80 we'll that the property loss
was small. The telegraph Office, post
once and custom houses were dam
aged, but all OF the government rec
lOrds and registered mail were saved.
Pitiful scenes OF grief were Wit
messed on the streets Of the city. Men,
women and children wandered about
hunting for relatives or friends. Many
OF h lead are from the first families
OF h state. the affair Mt the theater
portance n calling out the wealthiest
and Oldest families for miles around.
In some instances whole families were
wiped out. I,
The municipal authorities caused
the bodies were laid. Identification
hal been impossible, most OF the bodies
having been burned to a crisp.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
OIL TRUST WOULD PAY
BIG FINE IN SILVER

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 16.--The Wa
ters-Pierce Oil company, which has
81. 600, 900 for violation of the antitrust
laws, announced it will pay the big fine
in silver dollars and asks if the state
of Texas will not pay express charges
on the shipment.
The attorney general replied tina the
convicted company must deliver into the
Texas state treasury every cent of the
penalty without cost to the state. Man.
ager Hancock. OF the oil company, who
is here, says the company would like to
pay the fine i'll pennies if it is possible.
1t will cost the Waters-Pierce COM
pany $500 to deliver the big fine. 1t
will require three express cars to ear
ry the silver from st. Louis to Austin.
TeN., and a small army of guards and
laborers to deposit the money in tho
state treasury.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
WAGER COSTS HIM
A HAT AND A WIFE

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 17.-John Rich
ards made a wager with a friend that
his wife would not make an engagement
with his friend. The stalk was a new
hat. He has lost the hat and now
he II afraid he will lose his wife. A
divorce suit has been brought against
him by his wife in which she accuses
him OF having q man call her up and
represent himself to be a friend Of her
brother and ask her to meet him in
East st. Louis in regard to the rail-
road transportation. Mrs. Richards
q y she kept The appointment and
husband appeared and accused her of
..makng dates with other men. MI.
Richards admits 1t was q put up job
and says he Is sorry now because he
lost the hat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
WILL PROSECUTE
BOOTH OFFICERS

Cricago, Feb. 16.-Criminal prosecu-
ton Of the author or authors of the
falsified financial statement Of A,
Booth & Co., which dropped" the
matter of $780, 900 Of the company's
debts, is promised today by one Of
the attorneys representing the con-
GERMS creditors.
Although the lawyer is unable or IN
willing to name the men against whom
such prosecutions probably will b
aimed. he did declare that " it would
be no dummy or beggar. Men higher
up" said he, would be the ones held
responsible for the affairs OF the com.
pany.
Attorney Olevinson. who is acting
for the bankers, pointed out that such
a prosecution might be brought under
section SO or 81 of the criminal code
which is relative to the obtaining OF
none or credit by false representa-
TONS. The maximum penalty under
h second OF these statutes is IL years
in the ~penttentiary and a fine of ST..
0n0
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
JUDGE FINED FOR
KEEPING WHISKY

Newman. Ga. Feb. 16.-Judge w. b.
w. Dent, United states commissioner,
was found guilty in the city court here
on a charge of keeping whisky for sale
and was fined 500.
Five barrels of whisky consigned to
Henry Smith, Newman Ga, We're seized
by the chief Of police. who discovered
smith was none other than Judge Dent.
A warrant was Immediately issued for
the commissioner.
for him. and explained to the court
that. being an old man, accustomed to
his toddy, he feared the prohibition
movement now sweeping the country
whereupon he decided to lay in a store
for the future.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
HOW LONG WILL
SALTON SEA LAST7

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 17.-Professor F.
b. Bigelow, q mathematician Of the
United States weather bureau, has been
assigned to find out how long 1t will BE-
before salton sea disappears. The pc
culiar desert atmosphere makes evapora-
ton an important factor in n body Of
water in the Southwest. and It Is to de-
termine just low long II will take for
9alton sea to evaporate that Professor
Bigelow, backed by 81. 900 Of government
funds as . starter. has established . corps
of weather bureau scientists at tho edge
Of the '.seA" to gather information.
For two years delicate instruments will
record the necessary features day and
night, and from this mass of information
Professor Bigelow will ascertain the
length Of life Of the sea"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
MUSIC MASTER
ELOPES WITH A WIFE

San Francisco, Feb. 16.-Daniel Ma
quarre, professor of music in the Bos-
ton Conservatory of Music. and for
inerly a member of the Boston SPIN
phony orchestra. is under arrest at the
city prison upon telesraphic advices
from h Boston police saying he is
wanted Upon AN indictment charging
him with Il serious otfense for clipping
with Mrs. Matilda Lemon. who occupies
a cell near that of Maquarre. Accord
ing to q telegram received by Chief of
Police Cook, detectives are on their
way to San Francisco to take the
couple back to Boston.
Maquarre is 2S ear old Mrs. Len
ON was a member of the Boston SYM
phonN orchestra and is 10 years his
senior. Since coming to San Francisco
Mrs. Lemon has opened a millinery
store and Maquarre was giving music
LESSONS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
GREEN TO
MARRY CANADIAN

Calf, Ont. Feb. 16.-Miss x. T.. Wilks
today announced to her friends in this
city for Mrs. Kettle Green, of New
York, the engagement of Mrs. Greene's
only daughter. Sylvia, and her nephew.
Astor Wilks. eldest son OF the late
Matthew Wilks, of Cruickson Park,
Gait. Ont.
Rumors of the engagement last Feb
a fortune of many millions. The son
passes most of his time in New York
and Newport.
Crulckson, the Wilks estate here, is
one of the most beautiful homes in
Canada. Forty-fve years ago Matthew
Wilks, ST., who married an Aston, came
here to settle after finding the New
York climate ruinous to his health.
There was a second son, LangdoE
Wilks, who is now travelling With his
wife in the South.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
LOSES FIGHT WITH
TIMBER WOLVES
Unknown Man Battles With
Wild Animals and Body
Is Devoured.

Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 17.-Mute evil
dence of a terrific battle between
pack of wolves and an unknown man
was found by a party of woodsn1en in
the employ of the st. Croix River Lum-
Der company between Stony river and
Ely yesterday.
This is the widest district in Mime
sofa. The men came across the body
of a man with his back up to a huge
pine tree, and about him We're numer-
Gus tracks of wolves. The mans bones
were picked clean except his feet on
which he wore a pair of heavy rubber
boots, ne had evidently made a fight
for his life against the ferocious ami
mails.
The remain We're brought out. but
there seems to be little possibility Of
identifying them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
PENGUIN WERCK COSTS
MORE THAN so LIVES

Wellington, N. e., Feb. 17.~-Fftty-two
bodies have been recovered from the
wrecked steamer Penguin. OF the Union
Steamship company. of wellington, which
went off the rocks Friday night off Terra
whit. Six of those aboard the Penguin
are accounted for. All the passengers and
crew numbered about 100.
The ship struck bou 10 o'clock at
night, but the captain remained on the
bridge, and after his vessel slid into deer
water was able to steer her closer into
shore. The waves were running high and
the small boats were hastily launched, but
could not stand the waves
Many acts Of heroism were performed,
some OF the stronger Of those struggling
in the water helping the weaker to regain
the trail craft.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
GRAVE DIsGER BURIED
WHEN EARTH CAVES IN

Chester. Pa. Feb. 16.-Shrieks and
cries for. help coming from the Upland
Baptist cemetery started the sexton,
Samuel I. Pretty, who was at work
in the church adjoining the burial
grounds. Following the direction OF
the sounds Pretty found his assistant,
Theodore Mullin, buried up to his neck
in q newly made grave.
Pretty, aided by two other men, dug
Mullin out OF the soft earth. He was
not seriously hurt, but his experience
worked upon his nerves to such an ex-
tent that he was compelled to go to
bed.
Mullin was digging q grave when
the one beside it caNed in upon him.
catching him under the load of clay
before he could reach the ground above.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
STABBED AND
KILLED WHILE
ON A DRUNK"
Drunken Rioter Seeks Trouble
Among His Fellows and For
feits His Life.

Bloomfield. Neb.. Feb. 1S.-Mieha1l
Eafley was stabbed and almost instant
ly killed at MaxwelIs pool hall by
Harmon Sorey Thursday.
They had been drinking and playing
poker during the night. and Eafley be-
gan to pick a quarrel with every ons
he came in contact With in h morning
making the rounds OF all the saloons
n finally stopping in the pool hall
where the stabbing took place.
At the c%oroner's inquest, it was prov
en- by eighteen witnesses hat Eatley
was in fighting mood II that prac-
tically Sorey was acting in self de-
Tense. AT the preliminary hearing So
rey was bound over to the district
court in the sum of $1,000, which was
Furnished.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
THROWN BY QUAKE,
PROF. ALFANI SAYS:
CHILDREN, BE 0ALMv'

Reggie, Feb. l7.-Earth shocks. more or
less strong. were experienced here
throughout the day. Professor Alfani.
director OF the Florence observatory,
while about to step into a train for Ma
pies. was violently thrown to the ground
by what seemed to be an unusually severe
shock. Peasants rushed to assist him
to his feet and anxiously inquired con-
corning the dangers Of further earth
quakes. He replied: BE calm. my chill
dren, thai was a quake OF the fifth degree:
you must not be frightened by these
shocks. for we will have them for two
more ears"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
For sale cheap drug store;
owner desires to retire from bust
ness"

The secret Of the sudden determine
ton Of so many druggists to retire is
that h legislature is about to pass a
law cutting them out Of their chief
source Of revenue-the liquor trade.
The senate bill already passed stops
the sale of liquor by drug stores for
any purpose whatever. 1t is the most
drastic law enacted in any state on the
vides for absolute prohibition but also
restores to inquisition and gives I'm
munity to people who testify in Joint
cases.
Legislators say the bill is bound to
become q Law. Kansas druggists seem
to think 30.