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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
BLOODHOUNDS AFTER
MURDER0US BURGLAR

Springfield, April G.-With awards
aggregating $4,000 offered for the MUIR
derer's capture. the trail of the mys-
FERROUS burglar who killed Miss Martha
B. Blackstone Thursday evening in the
home of Miss Harriet P. Dow, whom he
also wounded tonight. ends at a troll
ley a post on Bliss road, Long Mead
ow, w miles from the scene OF the
murder on Round Hill. Two famous
manhunting bloodhounds today tracked
the murderer's course from the window
by which he entered the Dow home
stead down Main street nearly through
the heart of the city to the trolley post
where the slayer evidently had board
ed an electric car. Attempts to pick
up the trail again It Thompsonville,
Conn.,. n at Warehouse Point, two
places at which it was thought the fug-
tive might a " alighted, were made
without success. The police express
entire confidence in the work Of the
b~loodhounds, which showed no hesi-
fancy in following the trail in SPRING.
field.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
OKLAHOMA STRIKES
BACK AT RAILROAD
For Attack Upon Two Cent
Rates State Commission
Lowers Freight Rate.

Guthrie. Okla. April Gas part Of
. %retaiiatory program against the rail-
roads for their attack upon Oklaho-
mas 2-cent passenger and state car
load freight rates, the state corpora
ton commission today issued a pro-
posed order making reduction Of from
IS to IS per cent In present freight
rates.
The proposed rates include all classi-
ned freight except live stock. A hear
ing on the new schedule was set for
April %.
Chairman Love also announced that
an order was being prepared canceling
the commodity rates on lumber, grain,
coal, etc. enjoined by Judge Hook. The
board will issue a new scale differing
from the old one enough to avoid con-
iict with the courts order.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
FRISCO BRIDAL COUPLE
BOUND AND ROBBED

San Francisco. April 5.-Dr. Thomas
f. Gleason and his bride Of one day,
with the formers sister, Miss Anita
Gleason, were compelled to witness the
looting OF their home his afternoon,
and while tied, hand and foot, to bed
posts, they implored h two robbers
to spare their wedding presents.
The robbers. after gathering the sill
Yer wedding gifts in a sack, relented
and left the sac in the hall. When
Miss Gleason answered the doorbell she
vas confronted with two men, who held
revolvers at her head. Her screams
attracted her brother and his wife.
They Joined her in the hallway and also
We're overpowered and tied to bed posts
in an adjoining room. Gleason freed
himself and released the two women
after the robbers left.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
VAN ARSDALE ANDRUSS
DEAD At new YORK

New York, April General E VAN
Arsdale Andruss, U. S. A. (retired),
died yesterday al his home here after
q years illness.
Born in Newark, N. T.. in 1899, he
served first in the navy for four years
as a m%idshipran and later was ap-
pointed to West Point, being graduated
from there in 1864 and serving in the
final campaigns of the civil war. He
became a colonel in the artillery corps
in 1901 and vas retired as brigadier
general the following year at his W
reOueSt
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
BOOZE FROM EMPTIES
BRINGS NO REVENUE

Washington, April $50 called "re-
covery'' houses, which obtain spirits by
soaking empty barrels, have been called
on by the internal revenue bureau, to
show cause why they should not be
prohibited from continuing this prac-
tice. There are about 80 such houses
in the country and the estimate is
made that they obtain at least two
gallons of spirits from each barrel by
the soaking process; in consequence Of
which the government loses more or
less revenue. Response must be made
to the departments orders by the 18th
day Of May.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
COWNIE'S SUCCESSOR
ottumwa Man Named for Posi-.
ton, Robinson Will Become
Chairman.

Des Noines, Ia, April e.-Governor
3. F. Carroll today announced appoint
ment Of DR.. Murdoch Bannister, of
board Of control, to succeed John
Cownie. recently resigned. DIR. Ban
mister resides in Ottumwa, is a grad
uate of the University OF Iowa and
Philadelphia College Of Physicians
and Surgeons. He has practiced med
icine in Ottumwa for IL years. Judge
@. g. Robinson, already a member OF
the board. will probably be elected
chairman.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
ITALIANS THREATEN
TO LYNCH MOTORMAN

philadelphia, April 6.-When a troll
ley car struck and seriously injured g.
year-old John T%aconnelli, in the Italian
district, an enraged crowd attempted to
lynch the motorman and conductor. A
rope was secured and strung over an
iron awning pole. but the carmen drew
rcvolvers. and aided by two policemen,
held the crowd at bay until reinforce
ments arrived from a police station.
The crew Of the car and the leaders Of
the mob were arrested.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
PAPKE is BACK.

New York. April 5%.-"Biliy'' Papke,
disguised with his inability to get on
a fight with European pugilists, came
back to this countr- today on the
Lorraine. Papke said he had heard
from Promoter Coffroth that he could
get a match With Stanley Ketchel for
the niddleweight title soon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
COLLEGE

Berne, Switzerland. April 6.-Switzer-
lands largest Catholic college. the
Maria Hilf, located near Schwyz. with
the church library and valuable scien-
tifc collection vas burned last night.
The 500 students and professors had
narrow eScapes
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
MATCH FACTORIES I'M
A SPECTACULAR BLAZE

ST. Louis, Mo-. April s.-More than
2,o0o.c coo packages Of matches went up
In smoke during a spectacular fire to-
night that destroyed two adjoining fac
tories Of the Diamond Match
with a total loss estimated at SITS, 900.
The loss on the matches is estimated at
$50 llQ
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
DRINK WOOD ALCOHOL;
THREE STUDENTS DEAD

Guthrie, Okla, April 6.-Three
students Of the Armstrong academy,
a Choctaw tribal school for boys in
McCurtain county. died today as the
result of drinking wood alcohol.
The dead are:
CHARLES WALLACE. of Hugo,
Okla.
JESSE ToN1KA, of Eagletown,
Okla.
WEBSTER THOMAS, Of Valiant,
Six students drank the alcohol, but
three recovered.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
SWITCHING STATUTE
IS Unconstitutional
Does Not Affect Cases Arising
Under the Amended
Law.

Washington, April 6.-The statute o.
Nebraska enacted in 1905, requiring
railroads to grant switching facilities
to all grain elevators along their right
ofway, was declared unconstitutional
today by the supreme court OF the
United States. However. it was added
that the decision should not prejudice
cases arising under the Law as amends
ed recently.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
LOS ANGELES GIVEN
USE OF RIVER WATER

Washington. April 6.-The city Of Los
Angeles was given the paramount right
as far as the Los Angeles Farming &
Milling company is concerned, to take
and use all the waters of the Los
Angeles river, by a decision of the su-
preme court of the United States to-
daY.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
TRIAL is

Watseka, ILL.,. April 6.r-Progrcss in
the Sayler murder trial was delayed
for an hour today through the absence
Of witnesses for the defense summoned
from Crescent City. The rocking
chair from which DR.. w. r. Miller
is declared to have fired the shots
which killed his friend, J.. b. Sayler.
was BROUGHT to the court house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
TO PROVE THAT
COOK REACHED POLE
Announced $4,000 Has Been
Guaranteed to Prove
Claims.

New York. April Son the authority
of Captain b. +. Osbon, one OF the most
Cook, the explorer. 1t was announced
today that about $4,000 had been
guaranteed toward a fund to help DR..
Cook prove his claim to discovery of
the north pole.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
PEARY IS DEs MONIES
GUEST ON ANNIVERSARY

Des Moines, Ia. April 5.-Commander
Peary was the guest of the greater Des
Moines committees today at luncheon.
Governor Carroll and Mayor Mathis
were other guests. This is the first
anniversary Of the start in final dash
to the pole. Peary refuses to discuss
DR.. Cook and reiterated the statement
that he will never seek to reach the
south pole.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
DEs MONIES INDIGNANT
OVER RAISE IN PRICE
OF STREET CAR FARES

Des Moines, Ia. April 5.--Toliow,ng
lhe abolition six for a quarter fares yes
terday, the street car company today
intimated that universal transfers will
be cut out April 5. An indignation mass
meeting is being considered in view OF
the increase of fares with no improves
ment in service and equipment
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

REDFIELD. S. D.-Preliminary ar
engagements are being made for the am
nual shooting tournament of the State
Sportsmen's association. which will
take place J~une>2S, 20 and so under tha
auspices OF the Redtield Cunning club
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
KILLED WIFE FOR euReLAR.

wellington. Kan, April 6.-Mistaking
her for a burglar, James Vanderwoort,
a farmer living seven miles southwest
OF Wellington, shot and killed his wife
here early today.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

LAST MEMBER DEAD.
Portland, Ore. April 6.-Judge Geo.
HI. Williams, the last surviving mem
Der of President Grants cabinet, died
here today.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

All We'll Known.
In the second indictment against
Altemas, celia, Raymond, ct AL, Dur
yea maintained an office in Washington
with Alley as his operator. Altemas.
the Celia Brothers and Raymond, with
Raphael, are associated with the
Standard Stock and Grain Dealers. rs
Montgomery ST., Jersey City. which also
purported to do business through the
Consolidated exchange. of Philadel-
phia.
Hall is the manager or chief clerk
at Jersey City. and Stumpf is the rep
resentative of the Philadelphia Console
dated exchange. Altemas was recently
convicted in Jersey City in connection
with operations there, and the two
Celia brothers are we'll known as buck
ct shop operators.
The government agents went at the
enemy with its own fire and it is said
did not hesitate to do a little wire tap.
ping now and then to get evidence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13

That was the spirit which Influenced
him to disregard the clear mandate of
the Constitution touching the treaty
making powers Of this country In the
San DOMINICAN situation. That was his
method in creating the Republic of
Panama. That was the crime OF his
administration in doing by Executive
decree and against the counsel OF his
own legal adviser what the law did
not permit and what should have been
done only by law. 1t Is sad reflection
upon the integrity of the people
themselves and their fitness for self
government that, in spite Of his law
lessness. he has been held UP to the
admiration OF the world as the highest
type of the modern leader Well may
Mayor Ciaynor exclaim: People little
know what they are doing when they
try to encourage officials to resort to
arbitrary power"
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they have ever had. The Central News
Agency reports. "The condition Of af-
fairs promises before long to become
.intole.a3ie. 1t is incredible that a
brAnen or the post-OfIice, which is by
far the most business-like government
department. shall allow it's previous
reputation to be lost through its dtla-
torlnoss in handling the situation now
being created"
There is no doubt, however, that Mr..
McGhee found great many things at
Burnley that appealed TO his long
suffering ardor for the good OF tho
people-attractive vlne-clad cottages in
which thousands OF happy workers
lived cheaper than they could live in
the United States, and some great
power behind 1t ali to take the burden
off everybody. We imagine that Burn
ley would be exactly the sort of place
Colonel William Jennings Bryan and
Dick Britton, of Charleston, recently
appointed member of the executive
committee OF the Socialist Party, would
love to inhabit, with the Government
keeping watch over them. The lily OF
tho valley tolls not nor spins; but is
far better looking than any of US, and
does not have to work for it's living.
That is the condition to which we
would all like to attain. Somebody, OF
course, will have to pay the freight;
but it does not matter SO long as it is
the other fellow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13

The financial situation appears TO be
quidation that has been in progress
and the business failures that have
been noted We are told by Financial
that money is tighter in the
West" and that steel consumers are
holding off, expecting lower prices to
obtain" but the tinanciers agree in
the opinion that Conditions are not as.
bad as has been painted" and that the
heavy loan contraction has so inr-
proved the situation that general sat
isfaction is felt in financial circles"
An officer of atrust company in Louis
vile, Kentucky, has been arrested for
embezalement; but the silver market
is strong. The Woodworking time has
been reduced two hours in the Mount
Glare shops of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad; but the street railway lines
in Bogota Will shortly resume opera
tions. Spot copper has broken in the
London market; but the New York
Central lines show a wonderful in
crease in tonnage, and William Loeb is
spoken of as the Administration candi-
date for Governor of New York. The
National League Of Commission Mer-
chants have complained to the Inter
state Commerce Commission about the
rates on cabbage, potatoes and other
vegetables in carloads and less from
the Charleston, S. c.. district to Buffa-
10, n. Y. and Pittsburg. Pa; but the
Treasury Department has collected
s2o,21l,65193 (don't forget the 8;
cents.) from the unconstitutional cor
poration tax.
! What we lose in one place we make
up somewhere else. If the vegeta bles
are high in Buffalo, the street car sit
uation is Improving down in Bogota
This is great big world, and it was
never so good world as it is now
and it is getting better all the time
Just the same. however. 1t would be
Well for men of small means to keep
out of the market They can make
more and save more by investing ir
| neighborhood activities than by risk
ing the little that they have among
the bulls and bears who gamble in {
/ big way and for large stakes, a biz
full OF actual wheat is a far safe
thing to contemplate than a thousand
! bushels with Patten holding the bag a
the Chicago terminal
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rid ourselves Of tho pest IN the hope
that other towns will be wise enough
to follow our lead. The MOSQUITO
question Is purely local one II con-
Germs every mans own house and can
be settled, In most instances, directly
toes are brought from a distance, and
they may be carried By a strong wind
for some miles; but In ninety-nine
cases of the hundred they are bred
where they appear. Then, too, they
are never bred anywhere except in
stagnant water No other nest at
tracts them, and no other fluid Will
develop the larvae. When man
drains off all the stagnant water about
his place--empties the rain-barrel,
ovcrturns the unused flower pots, drys
UP the sink-holes in his backyard,
and persuades his neighbors to do the
same thing, his troubles are at an end.
Where he cannot drain off the water,
he can cover 1t with thin film of
Kerosene, which prevents the young
larvae from breathing. and can thus
destroy the pest.
This is the way it is done in Rich
mond and in some other towns we
might mention. 1t is very easy, very
efficient, and we commend it to those
of our neighboring cities which are
adding to the municipal litany plea
that the Lord will deliver them from
the song of the mosquito and from his
villainous bite.
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LOEB.

They say now that Loeb will be noms
mated for Governor of New York by
the Republicans but If we were in
Locbs place we should hold on to the
custom-hous until after all the totea
have been cast and the election de.
clared 1t is also said that he will
enter the race as the candidate of the
Administration that was and the Adj
ministration that is but If all the signs
do not fail that will be handicap in
stead of a help. OF course, no one
knows what the people of New York
will do, but we are mistaken In our
guess If they do not resent such in
reference with their affairs. In our
opinion, the passion for dead polit-
ical duck has spent its novel force.
1t petered out with the reception on
its return from the Dark Continent
land 1t viii never come back, at least
to stay. More people We're really inter
ested in the prize fight than in what
| 1t was saying and doing. There is one
thing that can be said about the Amer
lean people--they forget faster than
they remember.
Loeb would make a very good Gov
ernor if he could only have a chance
but he would fail utterly If he should
so into Office to carry out the plans
of any other man. For years Loci
Commanded the admiration of the
country by his playing in the title role
of Buffer Extraordinary, but he doubt
less had enough of it to last for al
time. He would find it easier to con
tinue sleuthing for smugglers than tt
act caIspaw for fakirs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13
PAGE FROM UTOPIA.

Zach McGhee went over to England
last year and has been telling about
what he saw and heard and what he
eXcogitated ever since he got back
home He writes in an entertaining
way. even if his conclusions do not al
ways seem to follow exactly his prem
tises. In the July number of THE
Worlds Work. he exalts The Eng
lishman's Biggest Dollar" IT costs less
to live in England than it does tn
live in the United States. The wages
are lower, but they will buy more
10 cents worth of American
-four in England would cost
10 cents in the United states; 25
pounds of graduated sugar costs s. in
England, in the United States 81 would
buy only IA to is pounds d pound OF
soda sells for / cent in England, in
the United States 1t would cost cents.
The fare on the street cars there is 2
cents; in the United States 1t Is S
cents In Washington gas Is worth 81
| the thousand feet; in Burnley, "set
| snugly up among the green hills OF
| lancashire" it is worth 81 cents, There
| is cooperation everywhere and NUM-
cipal ownership and Socialism, in eff.
| feet, IL not in name, whence 1t follows
| In zach's opinion that we should all
! so and do likewise.
1t is an allurng picture. 1t is not
the individual. but the Governments;
not personal enterprise, but communi.
ty effort. In England 1t is the man
who buys and not the man who sells
who is looked after by the Govern.
ment. 1t is utopia. Everybody is ia
ken care of-'ln England they are
landlady, who has to buy. and there Is
no tax" Yet, according to the Inter-
/ national Year-Boo for 1909 lS6.5S9
/ persons. representing 376.043 depend
ents. We're relieved last year by the
Local Government Board AS compared
with 54,6l3 persons, representing 1907
4 97l dependents relieved during the
| previous Year The number OF depend
ents upon the bounty OF the Govern
ment last year was 81 per 1000 OF
population. The loans for public relief
work sanctioned by this Board from
4 August /, 1905, to January .. 1909,
We're $11,64l,2S5. y tree is some times
4 Judged by its fruit.
We are told by Mr. McGhee that all
the telegraph lines in Great Britain
are owned and operated by the Gov
eminent al cost, that when the present
franchise OF the telephone company
expires in 1911, the Government Will
take over all telephone lines and tina,
there is more or less general belief
that the taking over of the railroads
VIII soon follow. Probably so; but /,
VIII be at the expense OF the service
and without compromising benefits t.
the people, The news comes that the
telephone company is doing nothing Il
, better the Significantly should 1T, see
! ing that it has nnloaded on the Gov
ernment?--and that the Post Once De
> pariment, which will shortly manag
: the system, Is wholly indifferent Be
. tween this two-fold negligence sub
!: se 81. are getting The worst seryic
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13

Norfolk is Just waking up and real
izing the tremendous value that city
receives from having conventions held
within its gates. Richmond has known
this long time, and "Richmond as a
convention city" is the favoritc mel
ody sung by Business Manager Dabney.
of the Chamber OF Commerce. Accord
ing to the Portsmouth Star. the Nor
folk Board of Trade is calling to-
gether representatives OF all the COM
mercial organizations of the city in
order to launch cooperative move-
ment for securing conventions for Nor
folk, Richmond is now "the conven.-
ton city, not only of Virginia. but OF
the whole South, and If Norfolk ex-
poets to do any business toward get
ting conventions. it has long road to
travel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13

They tell us there actually is q Chi
ropractor in Roanoke. This is, indeed,
remarkable, for at the last session Of
the General Assembly the question was
asked in vain: What is a chiroprac-
tore" a man who fought for the bill
to regulate chiropractice said at the
time that he thought there was only
one chiropractor in the state, and he
wasn't sure that he could tell just
where he might be.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-13

Kermit would have saved steamer
passage If he had sought sweetheart
in Richmond. instead of Paris: and
that mot all. The exqulsitely lovely
maidens of this town would have made
him sit up and take notice, and he
would have forgotten that there ever
was such place as Paris. But maybe
Kermit knew that If he came here court
ing would prove, indeed, the strenu-
Gus life" and SO he VIII sit and look
at the moon by the banks of the turbid
Seine, instead of alongside the grassy
slopes that border the translucent and
sparkling waters of the James.
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GOING BACK TO LocAa OPTION

Gol.N b-ASN III 1.oN-fAl
In the opinion of Judge John T.
Lakeland. of Alabama, statutory pro-
hibition has been marked failure
In that State. He voted for the pro-
tuition providing for Statewide pro-
hibition, and he confesses his delight
at the defeat of the measure, as, after
the test to which the question has
conclusion that tine only temperance
measure that has ever succeeded Is
the local option measure" Before any
law can be enforced it must have
intelligent public sentiment behind It.
From the very beginning of the pro-
hibition statutes in Alabama" Judge
Lakeland says, we have had in
Vulnerable violations of the law, and
the measures that the Legislature
enacted are so drastic that in many
cases public sentiment has been
against their Enforcement The pro-
hibition laws have been violated not
only in the towns and cities, but in
the rural districts as we'll, and these
laws will be so amended. in Judge
Lacklands opinion, that the local OPP
ton method of regulating and re-
stricting the traffic will be restored,
"and this will be done in the interest
of temperance Not only is the local
option method the Democratic method.
but il is also the common sense
method. Agitate as we may, human
nature is human nature in Alabama as
it is in Charleston and Richmond and
in all other places. Men cannot be
changed by "a simple thus saith the
Lord of any legislative body that ever
assembled.