The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending nov. i.

Fol the Week Ending Nov. L.
Alaska's gold output this year il
~estimated at SIG, OO0, 900.
White house improvements will be
finished by December i.
The Morgan opera house at Sharon,
Pa, was completely ruined by fire.
The army in the Philippines is to
be reduced from 1900 to 10000 men.
A combine of the malleable iron
plants OF the country has been formed.
A new direct steamship service is
and China and Japan.
President Roosevelt and a small
party left Washington on an outing Of
a day OF two in Virginia.
Fire destroyed the, whole of the
business portion Of Primghar. la.
Loss estimated at $4,000.
Gov. Brodie of Arizona, in his am
nual report to the secretary of the in
terror. renews the plea for statehood.
unions.
Colombia still delays matters in
connection with canal negotiations,
but the United States may soon force
the issue.
Physicians admit that Gov. Yates,
of Illinois, has developed typhoid
fever, but say his condition is not
alarming.
G. w. Hooper shot and killed his
wife and then killed himself at In
dependence, Kan. Family trouble was
the cause
Engineer Conn and two unknown
men were instantly killed and many
passengers injured in a railway wreck
near Oxford, O.
John Sherer, the oldest settler, died
at Hammond, Ind, aged 100 years.
His father was, 103 and his mother 1O1
when they died.
Frederick Roberts killed Mrs.
Charles Cooper in Pueblo, Col, be-
cause she refused to marry him and
then killed himself.
Pittsburg workmen threw bricks
from a roof at the Fourteenth nations
al guard regiment, returning from
the coal strike duty.
Gen. Gillespie, chief engineer 81 the
United States army, in his annual re-
port. urges the necessity of providing
defenses for the great lakes.
Two big consultations are planned
by beef interests. Packers will COM
bine first and then effect a merger Of
all stock yards in the country.
Five New Orleans banks are said
to have been defrauded out of $780,
900 by a son of n of the oldest
commission merchants of the city.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., was cons
demned to two days imprisonment
and payment Of fine for speeding his
automobile in the streets of Paris.
w. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., has been con-
demned to two days Imprisonment
and payment OF fine for speeding an
automobile in the streets of Paris.
Old Tabby, chief of the Uintah Utes
for as far back as the memory Of the
Oldest %inhabitant runs, died near
White Rock agency, aged 1o4 years.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
says that speculation waits upon
politics, but legitimate business is
not disturbed by the approaching
election. 4
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Safe blowers robbed the post Office
and store of E. B. Willard & Co., at
steece, O., of $500 in cash, $35 in
stamps and $4,000 in government
bonds, notes and insurance policies.
The supreme court Of appeals says
that failure to use copyright notice
in publishing a copyright story does
not give the right to other persons
to publish the story for their own
use.
At Kenosha, Wis, Daniel Avery was
sentenced to. life imprisonment after
pleading guilty to the murder Of
Rachael Davis, a colored actress. He
smiled at the judge IS sentence was
pronounced.
A jury at Grand Rapids, Mich, has
awarded Mrs. Charles j.. Lewis $4,000
damages for the death of her husband.
who died from injuries received while
being initiated into a camp of the
Woodmen of America.
Railroad officials have abandonedth the
movement to abolish alFpasses, begun
one year ago. Western lines at a st.
Louis meeting reafirmed the old
agreement, which allows passes all