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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
HURRICANES WORK.
Damage ON Island of Jamaica VIII
Reach $4,000, OOO-Probably
Fifty Lives Lost.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug 13.-The
effects of the hurricane upon the island
of Jamaica were greater than at first
believed. Port Antonio, on the north
coast, was completely overwhelmed.
Only six houses were left standing there.
The United Fruit company's wharves,
offices, hotel and plantations were utter
ly demolished. The coast is strewn with
wreckage of local sailing vessels.
1t Is feared that the loss of life has
been heavy, 80 fatalities having already
been reported, principally among sea-
men. The entire eastern end Of the is
land has been devastated. Villages have
been wiped out and public buildings and
churches demolished. Thousands Of the
peasantry, rendered homeless ana des-
titute, are wandering about seeking food
and shelter. The destruction of the ba-
mana plantations has been complete and
the fruit trade is paralyzed for the next
I 2menths. Hundreds Of prosperous fruit
growers have been brought to bankrupt
cy and ruin.
The western end of the island, which
at first was supposed to have escaped,
also suffered considerably, though not to
the extent which the eastern did. New
banana plantations planted there were
partly destroyed and the orange and cof-
fee crops were also injured.
The southeastern portion of the island
has been completely denuded of its crops,
the rivers are flooded and many were
carried cut to sea and drowned. Consid-
ering the damage to property during the
hurricane the loss of life was compare
lively small, though the present estimate
now is that the death list will reach so.
Hundreds of persons were injured and
there were numerous hairbredth es-
capes. The property loss is estimated
at $40, O0O, 900.
Kingston, Aug. 1.-THE restitution
in thehurricane stricken districts is APP
palling. Thousands of persons, home
less, starving and ill clad, are hurry
ing to the towns to obtain shelter, but
as all the churches and public build
ings have been demolished the mis-
cry is intense. A meeting iield at
Turt Antouio appsafeG, |"irh The -SSGys-
ernor's approval, to the generosity of
the American people. Foodstuffs and
lumber are urgently needed and as
sistance was implored.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
DEED OF CRAZY MAN.
Fires Into n Crowd at Winfield, Kan,
killing Two and Is HIMSELF
Killed.

Winfield, Kan, Aug. 15.-Gilbert
Twigg, aged 80 years, supposed to be
insane, appeared on the principal street
at nine o'clock Thursday night with a
double-barreled shotgun, and fired both
charges deliberately into a crowd of
5000 people who were listening to a
band concert. He killed three persons,
fatally injured three, and shot 20 others,
of whom six may die. Twigg was him
self killed by a policeman.
The dead are Sterling Rice, a car
penter; Dawson Tillottson, a barber,
brains blown out; d. Bowman, a car
pehter, of Oxford. Kan; Gilbert
Twigg.
Gilbert Twigg was a miller by trade,
having learned his trade IL years ago
at a little town Is miles north of this
city. He came to Winfield shortly aft
erward and became an employee of the
Baden mills, where. he worked for a
number OF years. The boys around
town commonly referred to him as
Crazy Twigg," but no one thought
him dangerous. Later he went to
New Mexico, -etsra;aS Il tins to en-
list as a soldier for the Philippines.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
NEW W%CER0YALTY.
Established by Ukase of Gar of Rus
sia-Combines Amur and Kwan-
TunS Districts.

st. Petersburg, Aug. IA new vice
royalty, comprising the Amur district
and the Kwan-Tung province (created
August, 1899, has been established.
Heretofore the Amur district has been
controlled ny a governor general.
A ukase signed by the czar anu pros
mulgated August IL appoints Vice Adj
miral Alexieff, aide-de-camp general to
the car, as viceroy of this far eastern
territory. He will be vested with SUI
preme authority in all the branches of
the civil administration the direction of
which will no longer be in the hands
of the ministries. 1t will be the viceroy's
duty to maintain order and insure
safety in the district traversed by the
eastern Chinese railway, as well as to
watch yer the needs of the Russian in
habitants, both within and without the
Russian possessions bordering on the
territory under his jurisdiction.
London, Aug. IA press correspond
ent learns on high Russian authority
that the establishment Of v~iceroyalty
for the Amur district and Kwan-Tung
province will not affect the evacuation
of Manchuria in October.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

49,
Forthcoming that was needed for john
sons Impeachment
Wade has been regarded as one of
the most fortunate officers in the army.
His promotion for many years was ex-
ceedingly rapid and there was more
or less jealousy among other officers
for that reason, as it was Inevitable
there should be. But about the time
of the war with Spain Wade's luck
seemed to go back on him. He re-
manned a brigadier general while 9th
sers were promoted above him, until it
really began to be talked of in the
army that Wade was being shabbily
treated.
He has the reputation of being a
good, thorough officer, and he had a
fine record in Cuba, but he Is quite the
antithesis OF his distinguished father.
Ben Wade was a stalwart, aggressive
fellow who always seemed to be eager
to get into a7fight. The son is a Quiet
and modest gentleman, a good soldier,
but not a born scrapper.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
NEW POPE is CROWNED.
Vssst Multitude Witnesses the Mag
niHcent Ceremony mt
ST. Peters.
Destroyed.

Rome, Aug. 10.-The ceremony of the
coronation of Pope Plus x. took place
Sunday in the basilica of st. Peters in
the presence of the princes and high
dignitaries of the church, diplomats and
Roman mobiles, and with all the solem-
nifty and splendor associated with this,
the most magnificent rite in the Roman
Catholic church.
AS Cardinal Macchi, the dean Of the
cardinal-deacons, placed the triple
crown on the head of the venerable pom
tiff the throng Of 10000 persons gath
cred within the cathedral burst into
unrestrained acclamations, the choir
intoned a hymn Of triumph and the
bells Of Rome rang out a joyful peal.
Pope Pins was quite erereome and had
scarcely strength left to iupart the apos-
tolic benediction. Cardinals Macchi and
Segna granted a plenary indulgence to
all present.
Rome, Aug. 12.-Just a week has
elapsed since the election of Plus X, and
he has been already overcome by the
uraccustomsd strain OF his poatifea!
duties. Tuesday morning he tainted
while at mass. His collapse is consid-
cred to be due to heart weakness. aggra-
waited by fatigue. 1t constitutes the first
victory of his encourage, which has in
sisted that he should take the change
from his previous life less strenuously.
Even though he disappoint some peo-
pie, they urge him not to concede audi
ences to all conner and to render him
SELF less accessible. Dr.. Lapponi sup
ported this view and recommended the
pope to take a complete rest. The doc
tor has ordered all audiences postponed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

was an humble employe of the coasx
and geodetic survey in Washington be.
fore he went abroad to live,
While Whistler was doing draughts-
mans work in the coast and geodetic
survey he had a little room in the
house at Twelfth and E, two flights up
and scantily furnished. He lived there
as best he could on his pay of $3.50
a day. Finally he got into trouble with
the landlord because he insisted on
stopping on the way down stairs in the
morning to scribble pictures on the I'M
papered walls. When the landlord re-
monstrated Whistler replied: NOW,
now, never mind! I'll not charge you
anything for the decoration" But in
the end the artist had TO seek other
lodgings.
When Whistler was in Washington he
had a friend in the Russian Charge
d'Affaires de Stoeckl, who had been
a friend also Of the young mans ia
Their. Whistler invited De Stoeckl to
dinner one night. He called for the
diplomat in a cab, and they stopped at
the grocer's, the confectioner's and the
t~obacconist's on the way in order to
pick up the ingredients of the dinner.
Then they climbed the rickety stairway
to Whistler's den, and the Russian
waitedin amused surprise while Whist
Ter fitted about the room preparing
the repast. De Stoeckl used to say it
was the most delightful dinner he ever
attended in Washington.
Whistler was here only a little mor
thar a year. Then he quit the govern
ment service without regret on either
side and a little later sailed for the
other side, where he remained until he
died.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
MANY KILLED.
lists Reported Slain as a Result of
Uprising In Macedonia.

Constantinople, Aug. 13.-One hum
bred and fifty reyolutionists were killed
in the fighting at Soroyitch August 9,
according to official Turkish reports.
The same dispatches, which have been
communicated to the Russian and Aus
trian embassies, state that the insur-
rectionary movement is increasing
daily. Hilmi Pasha. inspector general
Of the sultan's Macedonian reforms. re-
ports that the young me In eli the Bull
garian villages are fleeing to the noun
tains to join the i~nsurgent bands. Many
among the Bulgarian ~peasantry wished
to remain neutral, but were compelled
by threats to help the revolutionary
committees.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Brief Notes.

Not to be outdone by other towns
cement sidewalks will soon supplant
the wooden walks at Orient.
Judge Smith of Yankton, granted
the petition enjoining the board of
education and contractors from pro-
ceeding with the construction of the
proposed new school building at Cen
terville.
A negro attempted an assault on the
~12-year-old daughter of a Kingsbury
countysfarmer named Waldron. The
girl defended herself with q hat pin
until the fed.
There has just been completed or
the Carpenter-Sanborn 14,0oo-acre
stock farm, neal Puckwana, what
msay properly be termed a sscattle
dip that for capacity, durability,
completeness and convenience likely
s-nri,asses anything OF the kind IL the
west.
Petitions have been circulascl and
literally signed asking that a star
mail route be established between
Bonesteel and Iona.
Nern Wilkins Of Miller was over
come by heat and it required five men
to control him during me night, II il
thought he will recover
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Three Men Killed.

Cleveland, O., Aug. 13.-The Cleveland
Furnace company's plant, just complet-
ed at a cost of nearly a million dollars,
was late Wednesday the scene of an
accident in which three mems lives were
instantly crushed out. The dead are:
Frank Virone, George Peters and
Michael Krecji. The first blowing in
OF the new blast furnace was to occur
Wednesday night and the three men
we're inside the stack laying the last
course of material, when without an in
stant's warning the huge bell at the
top of the stack, used for regulating the
draught of the stack, Is feet above where
the men were at work, crashed down
upon them.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
CHASED BY A CUTTER.
Canadian Revenue Graft FIXES ON
American Fishing Vessel on
Lake Erie.

Erie, Pa, Aug. 14.-With it's cabins
and hull riddled with shot received in
an encounter with the Canadian rev.
enue cutter Petrol, the fishing steamer
Silver Spray steamed into port Wednes-
day afternoon, having beaten the Can
adam in a long race, which would have
meant the. coniscation of the craft had
1t been captured. The Silver Spray was
attacked by the Canadian cutter while
In the fishing grounds which have for
years been disputed waters between Can
ada and the United States. While there
have been many conflicts between the
Petrol and the American craft in the
past this is the first time, it is said, that
the Petrol ever fired on an American
crew, and Capt. Chris Chau, the owner
of the Silver Spray, is preparing a pro-
test to the state department at Wash
ington, which will make Wednesdays
battle an international affair, and per-
haps result in settling the mooted
boundary line for all time to come.
Washington, Aug. 14.-No dispatches
have been received by the state depart
ment concerning the firing upon the fish
ing vessel by a Canadian revenue cutter
in Lake Erie. Several officers of the de-
partment, upon reading the press dis
patches of the occurrence, searched for
pr%ecedents in such cases, and found
none. The fact that no Geographic ad-
vices have been received leads to the be-
lief in the department that the case is
not of such serious consequences as to
make it an international complication.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
TERRIBLE DISASTER IN PARIS
Underground Railway Cars Burned
in a Tunnel.
Passengers Are suTocated by Smoke
Ninety-Four Bodies Have
Been

Paris, Aug. 12.-Ninety-four bodies
have been recovered n the death list
probably will exceed 100 in the under
ground railway disaster which occurred
here Monday night.
The accident, which occurred on the
Metropolitan electric railway, assumed
the proportions of an awful catastrophe
during the early hours Tuesday when
more than four score bodies of the
burned and suffocated victims were re-
moved from the subterranean passage.
The work continues and indications are
that the death list will, perhaps, exceed
five score.
The causes Of the accident are engag-
ing the attention Of the officials. Sew
eral versions of the disaster are given,
but the main facts which have been es-
tablished are the following:
Train No. 43, which caused the acct
dent, came from Porte Dauphine at the
entrances to the Bots de Boulogne, in the
western part of Paris, and passing UNI
der the Place de L'Etoile circled the
%northerly quarter of the city. In this
northern quarter-a manufacturing sec
tion-the train picked up numbers of
workmen, who, after their days work,
were returning to their homes in the
populous eastern ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
the city. In reaching the neighborhood
of the cemetery of Pere La Chaise the
electrical motor failed to act properly
and the train waited at the station of
Les C%ouronnes until the arrival ofn sec
ond train which pushed the crippled
train forward, making Q tota! Of 1s
coaches.
After proceeding about 200 yards to-
wards Menilmontant station, the dam
aged dynamo set fire to the engine of
the first train. The fire burned fiercely,
raising quantities of smoke. Stimuli
%taneously the electric lights on the
trains went cut, leaving the passengers
in total darkness, except for the light Of
the burning engine far ahead. This i'm
peded the progress of the trains toward
Menilmontant. The terror-stricken pas
sengers got out and tried to grope their
way back. The powerful electrical cur
rent, which continued in the rails, is be-
lieved to have stunned or killed many.
A number Of the passengers managed to
reach Les Couronnes station, but the
main body Of the passengers was over
come by the heat and smoke.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

record as a soldier
in two wars and as
commander of the
department Of the
Philippines, b u t
probably he will
b e remembered
%longestin the serv-
ice on account of
his feat in eonnee-
lion with the COM
| o n o the
Washington mont
ment.
In 1884, when
oI1 r
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

But Miller was fortunate enOugh-Or
unfortunate enOugh-as others may pre-
fer to regard ito have incurred the
enmity of the Bookbinder's union, of
which he was a member, and to have had
1t entered on the records that his dis
missal from the government printing
office was due to his expulsion from the
union. Then he became a national fig
'ure. President Roosevelt, to whose at
'tention the matter was called, looked
into the cas and came to the conclusion
that no organization had a right to die
tate to the United States government
what sort os mea should be employed,
and that the only expression on that
subject must come through a duly en-
acted law Of congress.
The law as it stands now expressly
prohibits any such discrimination as
that which worked to Millers detriment,
and the president ordered that Miller
should be c~einstated. Whether he will
remain in the government service re-
mains to be seen.
The government printing Office here
after is to be an open shop, with all
that the term implies. 1t will not help
the members of the union to strike, be-
a if they do they cannot get back
under the law, without the special per-
mission of the civil service commission,
which they in striking would defy. More
over, if they were to strike, the govern
ment would undoubtedly meet them by
introducing machines in the printing Of
flee, which labor influence has hitherto
succeeded in keeping congress from per-
uniting.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

HAoSoA
Doric architecture in this country.
There are 80 Of them, each Of them
about 40 feet high, and taken together
they create an imposing facade, which
has won the admiration of architects
the world over
But, imposing as they are in appear
ance. there is a note of insincerity about
them. They are built in pieces, each
pillar containing seven separate sections,
and they are built of sandstone. The
columns on the north front of the treas
rury, on the contrary, are solid mono
liths of Quincy granite, and while they
are not so many in number, they are
more impressive for that very reason.
Last summer Secretary Shaw be-
thought himself to clean the sandstone
pillars on the east front, and he put
to work on them a sand blast machine
that in a few weeks had peeled from the
surface the accumulated dust and CRIME
of 80 years. The cleansing process has
had two results. 1t has revealed to the
most needless eye the lines of division
between the sections of the columns, and
1t has disclosed hundreds of cracks and
assures which hitherto had not been
suspected. Some of the columns are
tracked in Of places Hike sun
baked mud. waiting only for water TO
settle and freeze there in order to wreck
the entire column. In other places frag-
ments of stone can be pulled out which
crumble between the fingers like dry.
bread. It is proposed 10 to coat the
columns with ~nicolite, a preparation
which it is said will seal up the pores in.
the stone, rendering it impervious to
water and acids. 1t is reckoned that
this process may preserve the columns
for 80 or 40 years longer; but sooner
or later they will all have to be replaced
by granite.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

den. A few days
ago he was simply
a former assistant
foreman of t b e
bindery Of the gov
ernmenl print n G
office - discharged
at that. Nothing
heroic or attractive
about a figure like
that and no partic-
ular reas o n a p
parently why he
should be forced
s~to th1 -,,H1sa ava
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

general who is in
teresting if for no
other reason be-
u he is the
son of old Ben
Wade, the militant
senator from Ohio,
who was president
pro tenn. Of the
senate when An
drew Johnson was
president and who
would have sue
ceeded to the pres
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
American boat capture. Cvn.

Toronto, Aug. 1.-THE I%rondequoit,
the American challenger for the Cana
dian cup, on Thursday won the decid-
ing race of the series, thus wrestling
the trophy from across the water. 1t
will now rest in the Rochester Yacht
club until some Canadian boat is able
to bring it back.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Not Money Enough.

The state equalization board finds
that the. valuations returned to the
state by the counties are about $780,
100000 and with corporate property
added, provided, it is taken at practi-
cally the same figures as last year,
the total will be about 100000 900.
The money required by the state
for the present fiscal yea. to ,aestzthe
appropriations of the last legislature.
the running expenses of the state and
emergency warrants which will be-
come due will be approximately ST.
275,OO0. With the regular two mill
levy and The deficiency levy of the
same amount provided for by the leg
islature and the receipts from all 9TH
er sources the total which will be re-
ceived by the state for the year on
that valuation will be 9 little ever ST.
. 10000, leaving q deficiency of $25O,0O0
at the end of the year.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

floor of which is
now occupied by a
beer saloon, which
SO years 6 had
the distinction of
h%arboring that &c
centric g 6 s,
] a m e S w e h e /
Whistler.
whistler II al
lived so long in
England when he
died recently that
few people eve
thought OF him as
SanAIuefieanan d
Lowell, Mass, was
at West Point and
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

ling a statement as
1t seems on first
reading; because
the pillars have
nothing whatovor
ito do with the
/, financial stability
of the con C g n.
They are the sand
Estone columns on
he eastfront which
flor a generation
and more have pre-
scented to the view
o fvisitors to Wash
k-- --%
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Fatal Train Wreek.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 14.-The sec
ond section of No. Is. a w~est-bound
Vandalia freight, ran into the section
ahead, is miles east of Efingham, at n
o'clock this morning. The engineer and
fireman of the second section and an
other man are reported killed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

Mr.. Bensonhnrst- Willie, did you
have a good time the week you spent
at your grandfather's?
Little Willie-Rather!! He let me go
out to play without calling me back
every tiMezan saying: willie, have
you got a clean handkerchief?"-
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
FiIled.

Council Bluffs, la, Aug. 12.-At the
brigade meeting Tuesday of the Iowa
Brigade Uniform Rank Knights Of
Pythias, Col. j. F. Kingsbury, of Des
Moines, was chosen by unanimous
vote to succeed Brigadier Manchester,
ef nttamWa. who died about a month
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Roer Gnreral niea.

Munich, Aug. 1e.-Col. Schielat, who
was commandant In the Boer army
during the TransVaal war, died in a
hospital at Reichenhall Saturday. His
health was shattered by the privations
If the wal and bis confinement as a
PTisonef=on The Island 0 { ST. 81 e Helena 81.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Chief Engineer Elected.

Cleveland, o.. Aug. NV. S. Stone.
Of Eldon, Ia, division No. 181, has been
elected to fill the unexpired term as
grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood
by the death of 2. M. Arthur and a. B.
Yos.ngson.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
May Abdicate.

Vienna, Aug. Is. - Unconfirmed ru-
NOR says that King Peter, of Seryia,
has threatened to abdicate. claiming
he is virtually a prisoner in the hands
of the military party. 1t is also ru-
mored that the entire Servian minis
try has resigned, owing to discord be-
tween those who aided in numbering
the king and queen and those who did
participate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Ends his Tern.

Washington. Aug. 10.-Rear Admi-
raj George w. Melville, who was SUI
p~erannuated last January, has relin-
pushed his duties as chief of the
been succeeded by Rear Admiral
Charles w. Rea.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
shortage Is Rutnons.

Guthrie. Okla, Aug. lO.-The pres
ent shortage of cars in the southwest
makes the situation critical and places
the enormous crops Of 1903 at the
mercy Of the railroads, the managers
of which attribute the difficulty to the
late spring
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Massacre by insurgents.

Salonica, Aug. 14.-It is reported that
Bulgarian insurgents have massacred
the inhabitants Of the large Turkish vii
lage of Kenati, near Monastir. Only 20
escaped.