The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-21
OtherWise.

A seat in the New York Stock Elk
change was sold recently for SIC, 900.
This represents a drop Of $4,000.
Twelve students of the Blooming
ton high school we're expelled by the
faculty for being the leading spirits
in a fierce class rush. +
Net earnings of $751,450 are shown
by the annual report Of the American
Mating company. A surplus is shown
of 1928, $50, bringing the previous de-
felt down to $6S8, 900.
Daniel w. Healy, unsuccessful Re.
publican candidate for sheriff of Chi
cago, claims that the vote for that
Office was 10000 in excess Of the total
number Of ballots cast.
Prof. Nicholas Rood, Of Columbia
university, died in New York of pneu-
monia. He was head of the depart
ment Of physics for thirty-eight years.
He was seventy-one years old.
Charles l.. Fair, who, with his wife,
was killed in al automobile accident
recently in France, left personal prop
erth in the State of New York valued
at nearly $500, 600. according to the
Official report just made to the court.
The pupils Of the Garfield school,
Chicago. struck for a longer recess.
The police of the Maxwell street sta
ton, who were called to quell the
childrens' disturbance, used their
clubs freely, and the strike was soon
over
A consolidation of leading manufac.
turers in this country of axes and GER
tain lines of edge tools is in prospect.
The new company will be known as
the International AK and Tool compa-
ny, and will have an authorized capital
of $4,000, 900.
b H. Howell, Son & Co.,, selling
agents for the National Sugar Refining
company, have reduced the price of
hard sugars 10 cents per 100 pounds,
bringing their price list for fine gran
ulated to 4.45 cents per pound. A su-
gar war, is expected. g
Engineers are being sent from Bos-
ton to Tacom6 and Seattle to begin
work on q project which has for it's
chief aim the Harvesting Of the waters
of the Puyallup glacier on Mount Ta-
coma, State Of Washington. for COM
mercial purposes.
A letter written to . Hiawatha
l(Kan.) paper states that an old man
who recently died In Seattle, Wash.
left an estate worth 81 1000, 900 to q
Lizzie Boyce OF Brown county, because
she had had shown him kindness
when he was in sore need years ago.
Receivers were appointed by Judge
Colt, In the United States court at
Boston, for the variously-named con.
Germs which centered around Freder-
lex e. Belts and John M. Fisher, and
which, 1t is claimed, were used to car
~ on a stock brokerage business to de-.
fraud.
Uncle. Lige Bledsoe, believed to
have been the oldest man In the
world, died at Harrodsburg, Ky. He
was q c0lored man, and claimed to be
1873 years old. He acted as servant
for Lafayette when he visited Har-
rodsburg in 1924, and also served
Aaron Burr.
Interesting side lights on high life
in q nat were brought out In the case
in Chicago against William "A. Pike
for separate maintenance, brought by
Mrs. Josephine Mofit, who claims to
be his commonlaw wife. Neighbors
testified that the couple were "dis-
gustingly loving"
Mayor Harrison Of Chicago has re-
ceived his crayon portrait OF Prince
Henry Of Prussia. The picture was
due in Chicago Sept. /, but, owing to q
mistake, the portrait intended for Har.
ward university came to Chicago and
the mayors picture went 70 Harvard.
The block fronting on the east side
Of Fifth avenue New York, between
Twenty sixth and Twenty7seventh,
has been bought by q group Of New
York and Boston capitalists, who will
improve It with q twentystory hotel.
The property includes the site Of the
old Hotel Brunswick, after which the
hosiery will be named.