The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-27
Resume Of the neWS.
At the Capital.

At the Capital.
No. South Dakota delegation has
..,sd for a $4,000 place in the depart
-.rt Of Justice for L. g, Oceanrider OF
webster, S. d.
rhe senate committee on public
dds has ordered a favorable report
- N. Gamble bill for the creation OF
WIND Cave National Park. in South
Dakota.
rons,l General Goodnow, at Shang-
~, has cabled the state department
.h.+ cholera is on the increase in Shang-
hoi there being about thirty foreign
ssses. A large number of natives are
dying daily.
m the .eadjustment of the salaries
- nostmasters at presidential offices,
t,.t completed, 1880 postmasters on
Inlv next, will receive increased sala-
r,es aggregating 1882, 600. There will
~ PIG reductions, a~ggregating $4,000.
The strong report Of Gen. Ernst on
the feasibility Of Camp Douglas, Wis.
a a desirable point for military ma
reuvers undoubtedly insures in the flu
ture the establishment at hat place OF
: ramp for the mobilization of the
troops Of the Northwest.
secretary Root has called on Mr..
steinhardt, the representative for the
war department in Havana, for a de-
tailed statement Of expenditures made
an account Of reciprocity during the
military regime in Cuba. MI. Stein
1ardt vas chief clerk in the office OF
Gen. Wood.
Senator Mason has invented a fat
mans belt, made by cutting the vest of
an old dress suit. leaving nothing but
the band containing the buckle in the
back and the pockets and buttons in
front, When worn with a loose-fitting
black alaoaca coat, the effect is >strik-
ing.
Senator Mason introduced a bill pro-
yiding for the amendment of the civil
service law so as to make h~onorably
discharged soldiers OF the United States
eligible for appointment in such govern
ment positions as those Of messenger,
Waterman, skilled laborer and door
keeper without undergoin an educa-
tional test.
It Is pointed out at the war depart
ment as a curious fact that congress is
in, possession of the information that
Gomez has been receiving pension pay
nents for no less than W. years past.
The war department that far back
submitted to congress the full state
ment Of all expenses in Cuba, and in
Guided in the list was t statemena OF
Guided In the list was the statement
Of the payments to Gen. Gomez.
The Republicans in the senate are in
q serious controversy over the question
Of statehood for the Territories of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. These
bills have passed the house and have
been pending in the committee on ter
~ritories Of the senate. On a test vote,
the senate committee. with Senator
Quay of Pennsylvania voting with the
Democrats, decided not to report the
bills at his session.
Personal.
T. W. Harwick was nominated by
the Democrats Of the Tenth congress
sional district Of Georgia.
Robert ]. Vance, former congressman
and editor of the New Britain Comm
Herald, died at Monterat, N c.
Prof. j. B.. Johnson of the University
Of Wisconsin was elected a member OF
the board Of trustees Of Antioch college
at Springfield. Ohio.
G. Lamberton of Lincoln, Neb., as
sistant secretary of the treasury under
President Harrison, died in bed at the
Palmer house. Chicago, during the
night recently.
Randolph W. Townsend of New York,
former member Of the hoard of educa-
ton, member of several leading clubs,
and interested in a number of large
financial institutions, is dead.
Norman S. Byram, president of the
Indianapolis Chair company and of the
Bryan Foundry company. died at In
dianapolis, aged ~seventy-one. He caves
On estate valued at several hundred
thousand dollars.
Charles A. Pickett Of Waterloo, iowa,
grand exalted ruler of the Elks, ana
Miss Hilda Parmlee Ryan, formerly OF
Des Moines, Iowa, We're quietly married
at the home Of the brides parents, DR..
and Mrs. Joseph Ryan, at Louisville.
Justice Charles NJ. Waterman, for
ySoic q AflCIlcCl VI II
bench of Iowa, has rendered his resig-
nation to Gov. CummiEs to take effect
July l. He forms a law partnership
with ex-Congressnan Joe r. Lane at
davenport. He served on the district
bench at Davenport for ten years.
President John Swain, of the Indiana
university, has signi1ed his acceptance
OF the presidency of S~wathmore college.
70 take effect next September. DR..
swain made 1t a condition of his ac-
ceptance that Swarthmore raise $500 600
tor the purpose of charging the college
and increasing It's curriculum. The
s4oo,o0O has already been subscribed.
Sim and Sinners.
"A general fight among Italians in
new Orleans resulted in the death OF
four.
Mormon missionaries and their COM
pany OF converts were fired upon at
Paducah, KY.
William McGovern made the eighth
suicide In Meridian, Conn. in the last
TWO months. A suicide club is believed
TO exist here.
AttOruou Y~o>-A cnAo%& r,hf1o do.