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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
RAPID CRY NAN pEAo
Went to Omaha to Take HI Daaga,
ters Home for Christmas and
Died in His Hotel.

Omaha, Dec. 22.-Thomas Dowd.
a wealthy ranchman and liquor deal
er of Rapid City, S. D., came to Oma-
ha to escort his two daughters home
for an old fashioned Christmas fam
lily reunion but instead the girls will
escort his body home for burial.
Mr.. Dowd vas stricken at the Her
Grand hotel Sunday evening. a
couple Of hours after his arrival in
the city and at 1926 Monday morning
he died of a hemorrhage of the brain.
His daughters, who r pupils at ST.
Berchman's Catholic academy are
heartbroken.
The girls, Pauline, 10 years of age,
and Nellie, Is years Of age. received
a letter from their father Saturday
which filled them with Joy. Mr.. Dowd
in his message told them he would
be in Omaha Sunday evening and that
Monday should be the commencement
Of a joyous Christmas for them. He
planned to shower them with gifts
and the girls were happy.
Upon the arrival at the Her Grand
at $3.50 o'clock Sunday afternoon Mr..
Dowd took dinner and afterward
stood at the desk chatting with Steve
Miller, night clerk at the hostelry,
whom he had known for twenty-five
years. Suddenly Mr.. Dowd complain
ed of not being we'll and started for
his oom AS he entered the elevator
he became quite i'll and was rushed
to the Turkish bath rooms in the
basement.
DR.. Bert McDermott was summoned
but could, do nothing for the stricken.
man. At 1880 MI. Miller was request
ed to notify William Faux at Hast
ings. a brother-in-law Of Mr. Dowd.
and at 1926 Mr.. Dowd was dead. Mr..
Faux arrived during the early morn
ing and the daughters were told OF
their fathers death. They refused
to be consoled and were too II, from
the effects of their sorrow to be
brought to the Heafey undertaking
rooms to see him.
Mr.. Dowd was n OF the hest
known ranchmen and cattlemen In
the western country. He was about
a. years of age and made frequent
trips to Omaha. where he was we'll
known. The body will be prepared
for burial in Rapid City, but !ust
when it will be taken there has not
been decided. Coroner Heafey will
conduct an inquest to determine the
real cause of death.
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III TO CREDITORS.

Estate of e. j. Quigley, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the IN
dersigned %executrix of the will OF -.
]. Quigley deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, with
in six months, after the first publ
cation of this notice, to the said ex-
ecutrix at Mitchell National bank city
of Mitchell, in the county OF DAWSON,
South Dakota.
Dated December 4, 1909.
Maria l.. Quigley,
AS Exeoutrix of will e. j. Quigley
deceased. IL
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
MADRlz IS PRESIDENT
DIR. Madriz Assumes the Presidency
of Nicaragua Under Scenes That
are Enthusiastic.

Special to the Republican:
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. FL
The tense situation with reference to
the presidency of this country was
relieved somewhat today when, DR..
Jose Madriz assumed the presidency.
Long before he reached the capitol
Madriz was the object of cheering
crowds. He was met by delegations
from various departments and ac-
claimed all along the way from Cor
into to Managua.
At this place the crowds awaiting
the appearance of the candidate were
extraordinary. Troops and police
were out in force for the protection
of Madriz, who proceeded on foot
to a hotel through an almost ineXtri-
cable mass of people, the soldiers
and detectives breaking a way
through the solid ranks, pushing and
throwing aside the frantic people.
In front of the park there. were
hostile cries against the attempt of
the soldiers to clear the streets and
civilians, all of them residents of
Leon, which is the home Of Madriz
and the stronghold Of the liberals
who favor his candidacy, whipped
out revolvers, brandishing them in
the air. They formed a compact mass
around Madriz, acting as his body
guard and escorted him to his quar-.
tiers. -
EsrRADA's ARMY ADVANCING.
Blue Fields, Nicaragua. Dec. 21.-
Reports received from Rama at noon
say that Estrada's army is advancing
against vasquez outside of Rama. I
is declared that a battle is imminen'
as a protest against the election Q
DR.. Jose Madriz.; Estrada predicts
Il complete overthrow Of. the enemy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE IN
BANKRUPTCY
of America

United States Of America.
DISTRICT Court Of South D Daiskotc G 70
In And For Said District. Southern
In the matter Of zipporah K; Batel y;
the firm of 2. X. Bately & Co.. bank
70 the Honorable. job e. Garland,
United states for the Southern Division
District of South Dakota:
Zipporah e. Bately. Of the City Of d
State Haeene Of South 30 II Dakota, in said district,
respectfully represents that on the ls5h
day of May, last past, she was duly
-adjudged bankrupt under the acts no OF :
she has duly surrendered all her prop
erty and rights Of property, and has
fully complied with all the REQUIRE
the court touching her bankruptcy.
Wherefore she prays that she may
be decreed by the court to have a full
discharge from all debts %proyablss
as a ]co-partner of the firm of u. *.
Bately & Co., under said bankrupt acts.
except such debts as are excepted oS
Dated this 3rd day Of December a
D., 1909. ~ LII
Bankrupt.
order of Notice Thereon
District of South Dakota.
On this 4th day of December, a. u
1903, on reading the foregoing petit
''V oRfDEREu BY THE COURT. that q
hearing be had upon the same on the
.3rd day Of January. =; n:' 1917 e:,3 6et diEe
trict, at ten o'clock in the forenoon;
and that notice thereof be publlsheo
twice in the Mitchell Capital, a news
paper printed at Mitchell oi in saia ans
other persons in interest may appeal
al the said time and place and show
cause. ii any they have. why the praye1
Of said petitioner should not be grant.
ed. Upon payment by the bankrupt, OF
his attorney, of the actual expense
thereof. mn
BY THE COURT, tina the clerk shall
send. by mail to all known credlt1rs
copies of said petition and this order
addressed to them at their places OF
residence as stated.
Witness The Honorable John r. Car
land, Judge of the said court 7sa It ana IN s ahd
district, or the 4th day of December
4 I nsi OF oliver S. PENDAR, Clerk.
BY oDIN r. DAVIS, Deputy Clerk.
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COOK is o%IscREOlTEo
Copenhagen do Not Find Enough Evil
dence Favoring Cooks Discov-
cry of Pole.
cry OF FOIe.
Special to Republican.

Special to Republican.
Copenhagen, Dec. 21.-After go
ing thoroughly through the records
submitted by DR.. Frederick Cook
concerning his alleged discovery of
the north pole, the artic committee
made it's report today to the Univer-
sity Cons;story, which stands against
the claims made by the first explorer.
The committee reported that Or.
Cooks records were insufficient to
warrant a verdict being rendered that
Cook discovered the pole.
DR.. Cooks secretary, Walter Ions
dale, presented a request to the Con-
sistory asking that final judgment be
withheld until missing data, which
is now en- route, arrives. Lonsdale
maintains that the missing data con
tains the information which will
clear upthe doubt which has been
thrown around the records of DR..
Cook. The Consistory did not init
mate to Lonsdale what would be
Edone withsreferencesto his request.
BRADLEY Admits Cook Fooled Hin.
Minneapolis, MINI, Dec. 21.-A
dispatchsfrom Copenhagen this after
noon states that the University
strongly denies Cooks claims in their
! entirety. It is declared that the polar
faker's records are worthless.
John R. Bradley, the hacker snt
Gook on his expedition to the poe
is quoted as saying: "Hesfooled us al
from the king Of Denmark down.
noon the University Consistory adopt.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

! Estate of D. H. Brown, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned administrators OF til es-
tate of D. H. Brown, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
Vouchers within four months after
the first publication of this notice, to
the said administrators at the office
Of the county Judge in the city OF
Mitchell, in the county of Dawson.
Dated November goth, 1909.
Catherine E.. Brown.
i Administrative of the estate OF D.
H. Brown, DECEASED.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
SHE APPRECIATED MITCHELL
Trixie Friganza Talked Nicely of Her
Mitchell Trip, When She Played
Midnight ENLARGEMENT.

AA60SOAAANAVs
When Trixie Friganza went over
to Sioux Falls from Mitchell, after
playing her midnight engagement,
she gave out quite al interesting in
terview concerning her visit to Mitch
ell, and it was published in the Argus
Leader Saturday evening. 1t is not
likely that the same thing was ever
before duplicated in a theatrical en-
gagement-that of a company play
ing to a crowded house from mid
night until $3.50 o'clock in the morn
ing:
81 have been in the show business
for several years." remarked Miss
Trixie FriganZa, the bright star of
"The American Idea", company. II
won't say just how many, but my
trip into South Dakota has furnished
one of the peculiar and at the same
time most gratifying experiences of
my career. We played at Omaha
Wednesday night and we're booked
for Mitchell, S. D., Thursday night.
We left Omaha on a special, but met
with obstacles all along the route on
account of snow. At Salem we were
so late that we thought it impossible
to fill the Mitchell date and my man
ager wired Manager Jencks at Mitch
ell we would come into Sioux Falls,
Mr.. Jencks got my manager over the
long distance telephone and announc-
ed that the house was sold out and
that we must come to Mitchell. We
went and did not reach that city un.
til nearly 10 o'clock. We thought
of course, that the people had become
tired out and had gone to their
homes. Judge of our surprise wher
we reached the station at Mitchell t.
be told that the audience was patient
ly waiting and expected a perform
ance. Notwithstanding the members
of the company were all tired out
! from the long and tiresome journey
we u0Clu0U LudC 6uCu uC1O1Sm DIS uAS
played on the part of the Mitchell
people was entitled to its reward, ant
we went on and played. It was clos
to - O'Clock when the curtain ran,
up. Every member of the compan.
worked as they never did before ant
we gave Mitchell people the full SHOW
not a single line was cut nor a som
omitted.
"The audience was responsive
which encouraged the members Of tn
company to do their best.
"while my travelling experience ha
not been a pleasant one, we have in
great Measure been repaid for tn
hardship by the excellent audiences a
Mitchell and Sioux Falls. It is
pleasure to play to such RESPONSIVE
audiences"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
CONDUCTOR LOST m STORM
A Milwaukee Conductor Spent Thir
teen Hours in a snowstorm and
Nearly Persisted.

Conductor Bixler, in charge of a
freight train on the Milwaukee road
running between Chamberlain and
MuFdo, had a narrowing experience
Friday night while attempting to COW
er tie distance of four miles into
Murdo and while sort of a blizzard
was raging, and in which he nearly
lost his life. The regular freight had
been plodding along through the
heavy snow trying to get to Murdo.
After leaving Draper, and when with
In four miles of Murdo, the train en-
countered insurmountable drifts of
snow on the track. Efforts were made
to try and dig the train out but they
were fruitless, and this was at the
hour of midnight. Conductor Bixler
finally determined to walk to Murdo
to get the help Of the snow pillow to
eXtricate the train from its position.
There is about a foot of snow all
over the country and the drifts are
ten feet high in many places. The
wind was blowing very hard and
amounted to nearly a blizzard. The
other trainmen sought to dissuade
the conductor from taking the
chances of being lost in the storm,
but lie listened not to their alarming
talk, and with two lanterns he start
ed to walk to Murdo while the storm
vas in it's fury. That was the last
seen Of the conductor for thirteen
hours. In the morning when the
storm abated a snowp1ow was sent
out from Murdo, and about 9 O'Clock
the track was cleared to the stalled
train. The trainmen made inquiry
| for the conductor and the rescuing
crew said that he had not appeared
at Murdo, consequently he must have
been lost in the storm was the con-
| clusion arrived at.
The crews of both trains started
on a search for the conductor. They
found his tracks where he had walk
| ed to a haystack and burrowed into II
! and then his tracks were zen where
he had walked to an unoccupied
| shanty. and from there back to the
haystack again. The search kept W
for four hours, following his tracks
in many directions. 1t was evident
the conductor had lost his bearings
and had wandered off far from the
railroad track. At 1 o'clock one OF
| the Italian laborers of the snow crew
came upon the body of Conductor
Bixler lying in the snow, and it wa!
. thought at once that he was froze1
Ito death. In falling from his ex
hausted condition, the conductor
! face was buried in the snow. He wa
picked up and taken to Murdo. Tht
first indications were that his fee
were frozen so badly that they would
have to be amputated, and that hi
hands were in much the same con
'it;on. The indications are now tina
My his toes will have to be removed
nd that his hands can be saved. TIL
conductor had wandered about TO
| thirteen hours and had been withou
! food for "a hours. He was uncon
| scious for five hours.
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--s 5000 -"-S7 I.TtllpssrR TACK llttI
r n N.olSa malma

Consistory Rejects Cooks Claims.
Copenhagen. Dec. M.-This after
ed a report rejecting DR.. Cooks
claims Of discovering the pole on the
findings submitted by the arctic COM
mittee. It is announced that Cooks
records and observations are uncon-
vincing from a scientific standpoint
as we'll as his newspaper account.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
FR0zE her HANDS AND FEET
Mis-. Fluter walked Over . Mile
Through Snow and Corn Folds
in Dead Hour Of Night.

i At|9. w..
Terrorized and in possible fear of
some bodily harm, Miss Hannah Flut-
er walked from the residence Of VIM.
Kruse, six miles south of town, to
the home of f. G.. Hoffman. a mile
and a half distant, Monday night. re-
sulting in her hands and feet being
frozen.
Monday night VIM. Kruse returned
to his home in Prosper township in
rather an intoxicated condition reach
ing home about 10 o'clock, having
been in town during the afternoon.
It is stated that he went upstairs and
commenced to use some pretty vio-
lent language and making threats.
Mrs. Kruse and her sister, Miss Han
nah Fluter. who we're down stairs,
! were at a loss to know what to do
to quiet Mr.. Kruse. The sister final
ly suggested to Mrs. Kruse that she
go upstairs and try to calm him by
talking to him. Mrs. Kruse acted
upon the suggestion, but it did not
have the desired effect. Kruse kept
up his violent talk and threatened to
clean out the house and to hurt some
body. Miss Fluter heard the talk
going on upstairs and a great fear
possessed her that she might be in
jured. Without saying a word to her
sister she left, the house. Miss Fluter
was just on the point of retiring and
had removed her shoes and stockings.
She hurriedly donned a kimona and
thrust her feet into the shoes unlac-
ed and started for a neighbours resi-
dence to secure assistance or re-
main there for protection.
She was very thinly clad and the
snow fell into her shoes. The snow
on the ground was a foot deep, and
she made her way through the corn
field. The corn stubble lacerated her
limbs and cut the flesh on them. Half
way across the field she fell twice
in the snow, and thought that she
could never reach the neighbours resi-
dence. She said she knew that II she
fell and could not get up that she
would doubtless lie there and freeze
to death. With almost superhuman
effort she trudged through the snow
to the residence of r. G.. Hoffman.
when she reached the door and
knocked for admittance she fell ex-
hausted in the doorway.
Both of her feet ana hands were
frozen as a result of the terrible
journey.
Mr.. and Mrs, Hoffman took the
young lady in and Immediately tele-
phoned for a physician, who gave in
structions what to do until he arriv-
ed, the physician reaching the resi-
dence about IL o'clock.
Miss Fluter's feet we're frozen
seemingly solid and until they were
white above her ankles and
her hands were frozen above her
wrist. There is a possibility that am
putation will not be necessary.
Miss Fluter. who is a sister of Mrs.
Kruse, has been visiting at their
home for a couple of months, and it
was her intention to return to her
home in Iowa this week. She had
rather an unfortunate experience
three weeks ago, when she fell. down
the stairs into the cellar and dislocat-
ed her arm, and she had about re-
covered from that accident to en-
counter n that is far more serious.
She is a young lady about rs years &
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
Navaf- stcres .esss .osssi
Building materials. .o3o4 .os27
Chemicals and drugs $3.50 $685.
Miscellaneous 900. .2744 .3712
Totals .........$s.21ss $s.1262

The report shows that prices con-
tinue to move upward. If the pres
ent rate of increase in the cost Of
living continues it can be a matter
of only a short time before the high
est price ever known will be record
ed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
GREAT MASONIC TEMPLE
Supreme Council Announces Most I'm
posing in World at Washington,
to Cost 100000.


Washington Dec. 2O-Scottish Rite
Masons of the southern jurisdiction
of the United States will all be in
terested in the recently announced
plans of the supreme council, which
has it's headquarters in this city, to
build here a temple more spacious,
more magnificent and more imposing
in every way than any yet built in
the world. The land on which it will
be built has been purchased on Six
teenth street in the heart of the
fashionable residence district of
Washington, at a cost of 1000 and
the building itself is to cost $780,
900.
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and
Montana are in the southern juris-
diction and Captain Samuel B. Adj
ans of Minneapolis is the lieutenant
grand commander o. the supreme
council. The sovereign grand COM
mander is former Representative
James D. Richardson of Tennessee,
a past grand master of Masons of
that state, who left public life to de-
vote himself to his present task.
The new building is to be complet-
ed in the summer of 1911, or in time
for the meeting here in the fall of
that year of the International con-
ference Of supreme councils of the
world, some twenty-six in number.
The southern jurisdiction of the
United States is the mother jurisdic-
tion of the world. The land purchas-
ed for the new building fronts LOG
feet on Sixteenth street, and is 115
feet deep.
Sovereign Grand Commander
Richardson, who has been given full
authority to proceed in the matter,
says that the new building will be the
finest of it's kind in the world. He
has seen the buildings of similar
character in all other countries and
is planning to, make the one to be
put up in this city the best of them
all. No plans have yet been drawn
nor has the style of architecture been
selected, but these details are to be
taken up oon and it is hoped that
by next summer the work of con
struction may be taken up.
This new building will be the
home of the mother council of the
world" says Mr.. Richardson, "and in
architecture and everything that en-
ters into it's construction it will be
the very best that the human mind
can contrive."
The new building will furnish Of
fees for the supreme council and the
sovereign grand commander, the sec
rotary general, his official staff, and
all the records and files of the SUI
preme council. 1t will contain a large
and commodious library room. ten
to fifteen committee rooms, a large
council chamber for the biennial SEES
sions of the supreme council, and per
haps a smaller council chamber.
For a good many years the SUI
. preme council has made it's home in
what is known among Scottish Rite
Masons as the House of the Temple
at Third and e streets northwest. g
property hat is easily worth today
100000. But this property is o
too small, and it is no longer wei
located for the purposes of the coun'
Gil. This property may be disposed
of. The biennial session of the SUI
preme council was held in the House
: of the Temple this year, when two
5 Minneapolitans were made honorar!
( thirty-third degree Masons.
;, HOGS TOOK A DROP
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
HOGS TOOK A DROP
Hogs on the Sioux City Market Show
a Decline Of Ten Cents-Rangc
So to 1925.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago-Cattle receipts, .21,0o1:
market weak, beeves $500 a $3.50.
Hog receipts, $4,000; market fair;
mixed $500 q $S.40. Sheep market
five cents lower; western, 1915 q
$3.50.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Observation-Disclosures, s1.15H;
corn, 61M; oats, 1875.
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK.
Sioux City-Cattle receipts, $500;
lower; hog receipts 1000, ten cents
lower; range $500 @. ss:25.
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.
Minneapolis,-Wheat 9s1.1o%
MITCHELL GRAIN MARKET.
Dec. 22.-Wheat, No. 2,.$1.02; No
3. 99c; velvet chaf. $1.OO; No. 2
97c; oats, 36c; corn. SIC; barley, SOC
Want Advertising Pay.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
COST NEAR RECORD
Bradstreet's Shows Prices to Be With
i'll Small Fraction of Highest
Figure Ever Reached.

New York, Dec. 17.-That the cost
OF living will soon be greater than
ever before known is indicated by the
December report of the Bradstreet
Company. The report shows that the
prices of commodities today are with
in 4 small fraction of the record. Up
to d$te the highest prices ever known
n this country for commodities was
Mar@h 1, 1907.
According to Bradstreet's table of
index numbers, December 1 of this
ysr the level stood at $9.1262. On
March, 1907, the level was $9.1293.
That is, the price of commodities to-
day is within a small fraction of l
per cent of the highest record ever
registered.
Bradstreet's report shows that,
theoretically, a man going to the
wholesale market to purchase a
pound each of ninety-six articles
would have had to pay for them De
cember 1 of this year about $9.1262.
Like goods might have been purchas-
ed. March ] for nearly ninety-one
cents less, while December l, 1905,
they we're cheaper by 91.35 cents.
Bradstreet's index numbers are the
totals of the prices per pound OF
~ninety-six articles quarterly or
monthly, which is used as a standard
decomposition.
The groups that make UP the in
dex numbers are set out in the fol
lowing table, which shows the strik-
ing increase in the cost Of living this
year as. compared to last:
Breadstuffs .so.0s7s so.1014
Live stock ....... 1926 .4O1O
Provisions ....... O6O 2.3lS7
Fruits ......... 1907 s.1575
Hides and leather. 1.1S25 1.2S75
Textiles ......... 2.3653 2.735C
Metals .......... 1881 1880
Coal and coke ~. .o063 .0o7l
lois ......!. .3631 .375:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
SUPREME COURT DENtEss THAW

), Special to The Republican:
Washington, Dec. 2o:-The SUI
breme court today denied the petit
tion to review the case of Harry Thaw
following his appeal from the 3 d lS y
ION Of New York courts committing
him te -. M,aettsawan;