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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
WILL RAISE THE MAINE
John E. O'Rourke, Noted Structural
Engineer to Undertake II

Havana, Oct. 1.-The bottom of
the harbor, nea the wreck of the bat
tleship Maine, has beer tested by bor-
ing near the stern of the vessel. Coral
rock was struck at a depth of about
n hundred feet.
Captain Ferguson, of the Maine
Commission, who expects to be ready
for the actual raising of the vessel
about November, said that the pres
ent work is merely of an experimental
nature
Work on the raising of the Maine is
being carried on under the direction
of Mr.. John F. O'Rourke of the
O'Rourke Construction Company, OF
No. 345 Fifth avenu If Mr..
O'Rourke's hopes are realized, the his
toric vessel will Don be able to leave
Havana under her w steam.
Soundings are being taken as a pre-
liminary to the sinking of huge pneu-
matte caissions. These caissions are
to surround the sunken hull, and on
the top of them will be built wharves
to the level of which the wreck will
be lifted by means of steel cables.
The greatest care will be taken to
leave the hull intact. THE Maine as
she lies contains a verdict as to the
cause of her own destruction" said
Mr.. O'Rourke in explaining his plan
to the War Department recently. Con-
sequently the scheme for patching up
the holes and floating the vessel by
means of compressed air, as was en-
ployed by Mr.. John Arbuckle in the
case of the United States steamship
Yankee, has been discarded.
The Maine was blown up in Havana
Harbor at ten o'clock on the evening
of February Is, 1898. At the time
nearly all of the 32S officers and men
on board were asleep, and 260 of them
were killed. The bodies Of many of
these victims could not be recovered
and still lie in the tangled debris
which is all that is left of the Maine.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commander
of the Maine at the time of the ex-
plosion, says that on the fateful night
the vessel, riding at anchor in Havana
Harbor, had swung into the exact
pos ton she would have occupied. II
about to open fire on the shore bat
teries. Ii an enemy, wishing to. de-
stroy the battleship, had but one
submarine mine at his disposal, he
could hardly have placed it in bet
ter position, he says. The court of
inquiry appointed to look into the
cause of the disaster decided that the
explosion came from the outside, and
this decision figured largely in the
declaration of war upon Spain in
April, 1898.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
PINCHOT IDEALS ARE OPPOSED.
American Mining Congress Against
Entry Restrictions.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Members of
the American mining congress are for
conservation of natural resources
that is, conservation that will elm
mate waste-but they are opposed
to the Pinchot ideals. This summar-
ICES the sentiment of an apparent
majority of the delegates on the COM
mittee on resolutions.
The committee is to report a COM
posite substitute embodying the anti
waste idea of conservation and with
it the essentials of the resolutions
which denounce the land withdrawal
act as socialistio, the attitude of the
conservationists as mere sham and
~pretense" and demand free and un-
restricted entry of American citizens
upon mineral-bearing lands as opposed
to the proposition of establishing the
leasing OF royalty system.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

London's bad season, with dull
gray skies and chill winds, is partly
compensated for by the promise of
good grouse shooting. Parliament has
risen In time for the sport, and that
part of society which is not already
Ton the continent" is bound northwayd
for the moors Summarizes England
is exchanged for Scotland, which,
when the grouse are plentiful and In
good condition, is a good place to be.
even II the weather is wet. Bright
skies over the moors transform the
sportsman's part Of Scotland into a
semblance Of paradise. To be sure,
the serpent Is there. The guns crack
and the birds are slaughtered by the
thousands. But they have fulfilled
their destiny. Who car do more?
And mighty good eating Is a well
cooked grouse from the Grampian
hills.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
BRlBED WITH LORlMER MONEY.
So Declares Illinois SoIon-TelIs How
Browne Did 1t.

Browne Did 1t.
Chicago, lllinois.-State Represent
alive H. ]. C. Beckemeyer, one of
those who testified in the trial of Lee
O'Neil Browne to having received
$1,000 for his vote for William Lori
mer for United States senator, took
the witness stand before the senate
rial investigation committee. He testi-
fed that he voted for Senator Lorimer
on May 26, 1909, and that on the even
ing of May "a he had been called to
the room of Minority Leader Lee
O'Neil Browne.
browne said to me-" declared the
witness, "'What is all this talk about
you not voting for Lorimer'?"
81 replied that | thought for a Dem
ocrat to vote for Lorimer would kill
him (the Democracy politically at
home. Browne then told me that
many other Democrats were going to
vote for Lorimer and that it would
not hurt me. He talked to other Dem
ocrats, and found that some were 60
ing to vote for Lorimer, and l decided
to do so myself"
Witness then told of going to st.
Louis at the request, of Browne and
receiving $1,000 for his Lorimer vote.
Il met Browne at st. Louis, June 21,
1909, and Browne handed me a roll of
money, which he said was 1000. l
counted it and found the sum correct.
AS he handed it to me Browne said:
This is Lorimer money"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
WAonEn, SOUTH DAKOTA.


The wireless message pulsing over
the 9 has put the voyaging financier
ln daily communication with the
bourses OF New York. London and
Paris. Even In midocean the capital
fst may buy or sell, with a view to
the protection or the profit Of bis
purse. But 1t were vain for mere man
to imagine that he could reserve this
fundamentally to his exclusive use.
II the wireless can be utilized to
snake or to conserve money. it fol-
lows as the night tho day that It is
available for spending money The
enterprising merchant could not fail
TO be alert to this opportunity to in
crease the debit side Of a fair clients
account. says Washington Post. Faith
ers. husbands, brothers have cherished
the thought that when their dear ones
were safely at sea In swift and luxur-
rous palaces, the item OF shopping was
I'm q state OF at least temporary de-
lsuetude. But not SO; the ribbon coun-
tier and the showcases have been ex-
tended, figurately speaking, across the
sea. The lady fair may now indulge
her penchant for shopping even In
midocean. Every department store in
great cities near the Atlantic coast
will be topped with its tall electric
lmaat and maintain an onaratOr at its
foot. Bulletins OF bargains may be
published on ~shipboard. Moreover
the lady is on her way home with a
depleted purse, she can make an aerial
draft to meet every tip Of every stew
ard on board and make sure that some
OF her men-folk meet her with more
supplies promptly on arrival at the
pier.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Heir Refuses to Quit Navy.

Norfolk, Virginia. = Despite the
fact that he is reputed to have fallen
heir to more than $500, 900 Horace
Keller, a young hospital steward on
the receiving ship Franklin, does not
want to leave the navy. Keller en-
listed in the navy in Chicago, Sept. Z.
His home is in Richmond, Ind, and
his father is a manufacturer of cas-
kets. Young Keller is learning the I'M
dertaking and em0alming business
and says he is getting valuable expe-
rience in the navy.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

plant at College and San Fernando
streets a few minutes before the ex-
plosion occurred, which DESTROYED the
main building.
The ~populace OF Los Angeles is bor-
dering on a panic. Hundreds of po-
lice in every direction are running
down clues and the alleged perpstra-
tors of the crimes. Two arrests have
been made on suspicion.
This afternoon the Times gave out
the following telegram from OF s, who
is en- route home from Mexico City:
Your wire, with it's terrible news
reached me this morning. am
amazed at the desperation of the
CT minal conspirators in destroying
the Times building and the Staying of
its loyal defenders, whose loss l
deeply deplore, but the Times will
live on, bravely defending the vital
and the essential principle of indus
trial freedom, under a law which
must yet triumph in the entire ma
ton" .
The state Building Trades Council
has offered a reward of $500.
The president of the local Typo
graphical union has issued orders to-
day that union printers may work in
conjunction with the non-union p int
ers of the Times in any local newspa-
per office in getting out the ed ton
of the Times. This was announced
after a consultation with the union
men and the managers of other news
papers.
The city council met in a special
coCSinn ond onnrnrrio+oJ Qo- 0na &c.
the purpose of determining the cause
OF the Times explos on and provided
for a reward of $500 for the capture
OF those responsible. Mayor Alexan-
der and the city council, meeting with
the labor union leaders, during the
day mutually agreed to call eff the
union labor parade, planned for next
Monday, as a demonstration aga nst
the local conditions, alleged to be
hostile to the interests of union la
Dor.
The death list of this mornings dis
aster will probably total at least
twenty.
There are four known dead and fif-
teen missing, whose bodies almost to
a certainty, lie in the still smoking
ruins of the Times building.
The original suspicion of the police
that the disaster was due to a heavy
charge of high explosive was PA t.
caly confirmed by the finding OF the
other bombs and the statements Of
persons in buildings nearby at the
time of the explosion. 1t is also prac-
tically certain that the seat of the
explosion was in a narrow alley way,
that separated the two buildings of
the Times.
Indianapolis, Oct. /. President
Lynch of the Typographical union
said tonight:
Our pos ton is best illustrated by
the fact that after the Times plant
was wrecked. a paper was published
from the Office of the Los Angeles
Herald, a union office, and our men,
bers employed at the Herald Office I'M
doubtedly assisted the Times and did
so willingly and gladly. We have
never failed to assist a non-union pa
per in a time of calamity. Our mem
bers will be as a unit in regrettng
the calamity"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Civil Service For Postmasters

Washington, d. C. The first def
mite result of the present cabinet ses-
sions in Washington was the
ment that President Taft will issue an
executive order extending the civil
service to include all assistant post
masters. The president also will rec
ommend to congress that second and
third class postmasters be placed un-
der civil service. This action is in
line with Postmaster Hitchcock's rec
concentrations. By tomorrow's order
some 5000 assistant postmasters will
be affected.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

kept company with him until he
reached his destination.
At night Wells would climb a tree
and lash himsnlf to the trunk in order
to sleep while the wolves waited be-
low. At n point on his journey he
heard a man shrieking for help. Max
Ing his way to the place where the
sounds had come he found a miners
pack, shreds of clothing, gnawed bones
and other evidence that the hungry
wolves had made a meal of the miner.
There was nothing In the pack to
tell the mans identity. Wolves have
been very numerous and bold in the
upper Susitna country lately.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
American Wealth in Canada

Washington, d. C. While this
country's investments in Canada in the
last five years have reached the large
total of nearly $780, 600. 900. the United
States ia oustripped by the mother
country, which has more than $780,
000, 900 invested. American invest
ments in Canada during that period,
however, aggregate nearly four times
much as those Of all other foreign
countries combined, according to a re-
port by Consul General Ragsdale at
Halifax. Next to this country is
France with over 100000 0
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

Seward, Alaska. Oct. 1.-Alonzo
Wells, a p%r0spector, who was pursued
for fourteen days by a pack of gray
wolves in the Susitna river country,
north Of Cook inlet, tells a horrible
story Of the fate that overlook a
brother miner who was run down by
the beasts.
Wells departed from Knik on Knik
Arm, Aug. 1 to join his brother Frank
Wells, who has mining claims on Iron
creek In the Talkeetna range. When
out four days Wells fell In with tim
wolves, who dared not attack him be-
cause he was armed, yet constantly
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. l. Cattle-Market
steady; beeves, $4.60@S.OO; western
steers, $4.i0@6.75; stockers and feed
ers, S3.5O@5.60; COWS and heifers.
$2.2096.30; calves, $7.5O01O.OO.
Hogs-Market 5000 higher; light.
$S.S0@9.2O; mixed, SS.3009.20; heavy.
$S.2509.15; rough, s8.25@S.45; good
to choice heavy, $s.45@9.15; pigs.
5 S.20@9.O5.
Sheep-Market steady; native. s2.5 0
'Q4.2o; western, $2.90@4.15; yearlings.
;S4.4O@5.5O; lambs, native, $4.7507.10.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
China on Verge of Trouble.

Washington, d. C. Advices have
been received here from American Of
ficials in the Orient to the effect that
a critical situation exists in China and
that an outbreak similar to the boxer
rebellion of several years g would
not surprise the close observers of the
recent trend of events.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

n East Haddam. about sixteen
miles north from the mouth of the
Connecticut river. hanging in the bel
fry OF st. Stephens church and In use
today. is q bell that was cast in Spain
bver 1000 years age. The Spanish in
bcription stating that the bell was
cast IN Spain in 815 and the name Of
the priest who blessed it are all very
distinct. Those who have interested
themselves In this valuable old relic
claim the church In Spain where It
originally hung was destroyed by Ma
jpoleon, this bell and many others be-
Ing sent to America. where there was
p good market. 1t Is 2S inches high
hnd "a inches In diameter at the base.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Oct. Wheat, Dec.
$1.O7k; May, $1.11%; No. / northern.
$1.09A; No. 2 northern, $1.07; No. 1
Durum, 8Sc; No. 3 corn, Sic; No. 3
white oats, 3O%c; barley, CSC; No. 2
rye, 70Rc; No. / fax, 1924.
Duluth, Oct. 1. Wheat, Dec,
$1.OS%; May, $1.12h; No. / northern.
South st. Paul, Oct. Cattle
Sill.
Steers, $5.50@6.09; cows, fair. 81. 600
$50; calves, s5.O0@6.O0; hogs, $500
@S.45; sheep, yearlings, $4.2 @4.75.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

There is one boat On the Hudson
river that refuses to be Oslerized. AL
though the word fast is not usually
relished when applied to the feminine
gender. the Mary Powell glories in
the epithet and has made friends by
It. This boat will complete this sea-
son nifty years Of service, and the
;semtcentennial anniversary win be
appropriately celebrated. Captain
has served on the boat forty
years IN various capacities. The Mary
Powell - still in daily use by the Hud-
son River Day Line. and cuts the wa
ter between New York and Kingston
not only like . thing Of life but like
= thing Of very lively life.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

Nearly one million new farms have
been created In the United States du-
ring the last ten years. In the last
ten years the total number Of farms
has increased is per cent. says Ameri-
can Agricultural. In the older states,
from Ohio eastward, there has been
going on for twenty years q tendency
howard the amalgamation Of farms dis
tant from market into larger holdings.
On the other hand. this section has
witnessed the cutting up into smaller
sizes Of many farms nearer to mar
ket. There are now almost three
times as many farms as In 1870, and
~ unprecedented increase in the
value OF farm lands and live stock.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
SCARS FROM CHICAGO TO SPRING.
FIELD, 1872 MILES, WITH
ONLY TWO STOPS.
WITH WRIGHT MACHINE
Wins Newspaper Prize Of $4,000
Special Train Outdistanced in
Making New Ameri-
can Mark.

Springfield, Oct. aviator Walt
er Brookins alighted in the fair
grounds here at 4:27 p. m, Z hours
and IL minutes out from Chicago, after
having sailed his Wright aerophane
the 1872 miles with two stops. They
were at Gilman, ILL.,, 80 miles from
Chicago at 1880 a. m. and at Mt.
Pulaski, ILL.,, 1856 miles from Chicago,
at 1920 p. m. The first stop was for
water, oil and gasoline; the second for
the same and because his pump had
broken and the engine became hot.
Brookins in his long sail broke the
American long distance continued fight
record, and thereby won the $4,000
prize offered by the Chicago Record
Herald, which conducted the attempt.
In both places where Brookins
alighted crowds gathered to stare at
the man hat few through the air.
Farmers, tradesmen and residents
rushed from their fields, shops and
homes and fed headlong to see what
range.
Brookings reached the fair GROUNDS
eight minutes before the station was
reached by the Illinois Central fast
special train. He made the dip to
alight at 4:27 p. m, making Z hours
and IL minutes elapsed time from
the start in Chicago. The actual fly
ing time was 5 hours n A minutes
for the 1872 miles, an average rate of
33 miles per hour.
"Why, it was nothing, only staying
up, that's all. 1t merely took time
more than usual-and that's about the
only difference from a practice flight.
l knew | could make it.
Flies Like Homing Pigeon.
Fully 100000 persons clustered
about the starting place and cheered
the air mariner on his way. His desti-
nation vas the state fair grounds at
Springfield, and his object the winning
of the Chicago Record-Herald prize of
$40, 900. Brookins said he intended to
sail high to avoid treacherous air cur
rents.
1T was n of the prettiest flights
L cNGi IlduC. ne COuutTy between
Chicago and here is delightful. Every
where l was flying low, and l could
see the people staring up at me from
every acre, almost. There must have
been three quarters of a million look
ing up at me.
my arms are tired, of course, and
it was quite a strain because / had to
watch all the while, but | am good for
the same thing right now, if neces-
sary."
Was Always confiden
After the aeroplane had been stored
away in a tent Wilbur Wright said:
There was never a time l felt he
would not make it. OF course there
vas a strong wind in his face for most
of the way, so that he had to use so
much more gasoline and oil that he
had to stop.
"The machine will go for any dis
lance. He few better the farther he
went, because he had used up more
gasoline and was lighter.
II think this has shown very con
clusively that the aeroplane is a sue
cessful navigator of the air, and you
who followed the machine from Chi.
cago on the train with me probably
feel as confident and sure of it now
as I do"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
English spinners Stand Pat.

Manchester, England.-The Fedora
ton of Master Cotton Spinners decided
that they could make no further con-
cessions to their operatives and that
the lockout of 100000 men on Oct. 1
must become effective unless the EN-.
ployes yielded.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
The Deadly Auto,

Chicago, Illinois. = Quincy Shepard,
81 years old, and Sherman Shepard,
10 years old, sons of DR.. Shepard of
La Rose, ILL.,, were instantly killed
when the automobile they were driv-
ing raced head on into a train on the
Aurora, Elgin and Chicago electric
railroad at haywood.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Dynamite Used by Rioters.

Buena Vista, Colorado. One
man was killed and much property
destroyed by dynamite and fire as a
result of a riot among miners at Mon
arch, a mining camp thirty-lve miles
from here.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
$45o,o0o Fire Loss.

Los Angeles, Calif.-The plant of
the American Olive company, said to
be the largest of its kind in the world.
was destroyed by fire. The loss will
be $780, 00.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07

4 passenger has been carried on 9
monoplane across the English channel.
A%EH#T%#E%& &%@
y majority of the people who have to
croes the channel will continue for
while, however. to risk the danger Of
ibelng shaken up u the old-fashionsd
- S
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-07
Newspaper Plant Burns,

New Orleans, Louisiana. = Damage
caused by fire which swept the Times
Democrat building here will not exl
coed $4,000. /
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-19
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STOCK MARKET
! IS LETHERGIC
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 1s.--The opening Of the
stock market lethergic. Prices showed
no profound tendency either way. Changes
were small and mixed and the dealings
Insignificant in volume. A decline in Ca
madam Pacific of "A was the most con-
spicuous fiuctuation.
Light selling failed to disturb prices
much and various leading stocks advance.
Operations, however, were too restricted
to cause any wide fluctuations Reading
sold point above yesterdays closing and
the important railroad stocks q good frac-
ton. Missouri Pacific declined point.
The market was narrow and little re-
sponsive to news events. judicial de-
c;sion in favor of the Standard Oil Com
pany was given as a reason for some buy
Ing. The easing of the money market was
a favoring influence. Gains were slight.
but were we'll held. American Snuff, pre-
ferred, rose l 1-2. Bonds were easy.
Compare lively few stocks were dealt in
during the noon hour and prices We're viz
tually unchanged Readings advance
reached l SIS. American Ice and North
Amberican fell a point.
When small buying orders were dis
tributed stocks seemed rather scarce and
prices were bid up briskly. while the ord
ers were being executed. Reading. Cleve-
land c. g. and st. Louis and Chicago
Great Western advanced points. Ameri
Hide and Leather. preferred, Union
Pacific 3-S. Rock Island, preferred, Wa
bash, preferred. and American Loco.
2 IA and Southern Pacific. Northern Pa
cifc, ST. Paul, Great Northern, preferred.
Rock Island, and Amalgamated Copper
and Smelling l. New York, Chicago and
st. Louis receGed 8 points.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-19
SPIRIT MARKET
DROPS A LITTLE

Savannah. Ga, Nov. 1s-The spirits OF
turpentine market opened At 70 on the call
this morning with no sales recorded. The
close was steady at a fraction lower. with
sales Of l73 casks. Transactions were as