davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26

Thepresidenthas appointed Henry F.
Greene, of Duluth. as civil service com
missioner, to succeed James r. Gar
field.
Chauncey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and
w. j. Mcbride were held without bail
at st. Francis, Kan, for the murder Of
the Berry family.
James L. Metcalf, chief of the money
order division of the post office de
partment, has been summarily dis
missed for Neutrality-suspicious..
Senator .Hoar, of Massachusetts, in
an address at the University of Iowa,
Iowa City, declared thata nation'sfate
it's citizens. ~.
Seven thousand flood victims in Al
exander county, Ill, are homeless and
short of food. Supplies have been or
dered by Acting GovsMcKinzie.
Reports from Heppner, Ore. indicate
that the number of lives lost in the
food will not exceed 200.
The flag has been raised on the build
ing of the new department of com
merce and labor in Washington.
The Chicago restaurant and hotel
strike has come to an end.
Bishop j. c. Hartzell, of the Metho.
dist Episcopal church, sailed from New
York on his seventh tour of inspection
of the African mission field.
Charles j. Glidden and wife left Bos.
ton on an automobile trip to Christi.
ana. Norway.
The Kansas legislature will meet in
special session June "a to provide for
damages done by the recent flood.
Ten thousand employees of the
George A. Fuller Construction com.
pany were thrown out Of work in New
York city by order of the company,
thus making the lockout in the build.
ing trades complete.
An injunction has been issued re-
straining the launching of the cruiser
Galveston at Richmond, but the navy
department officials say they will ig-
more the action.
The Chicago hotel and restaurant
strike settlement has been abandoned
and the struggle will be resumed.
Modern theological schools are de-
clared by Prof. Gerald B. Smith, Uni
versity of Chicago, to foster unfriend-
illness to good work.
Fire in Aurora, ILL.,, DESTROYED prop.
erty worth $4,000 and killed CLYDE
Allen.
United States Senator Quarles
(Wis.), in an address to the University
of Michigan graduates at Ann Arbor,
declared the trust question: was old
as trade.
President Roosevelt, replying to crit
icisms of his interference in the an.
%thracite coal strike, says the best an.
sNer is the peace now prevailing in the
region.
The post Office investigation is to be
extended to Chicago, Kansas City and
other large western and southern
cities.
The board of Cancellation which will
adjust the differences between the
mine workers and the coal operators
will meet in Wilkesbarre June rs.
The post Office department has re.
sumed the establishment of rural free
delivery routes.
Lieut.. Gov. N%orthcott, of Illinois
was robbed at Indianapolis by a hote
thief of his gold watch valued at 500
and $35 in money.
The Adams & Sarber Oil compan,
failed at Cleveland. o., with liabilitie.
of $331,Ooo.
The Logan county Oily grand, jur,
returned 60 indictments against citi
lens for buying and selling votes al
elections.
Authentic cases of slavery have beer
found in three counties of Alabama
Tallapoosa. Coosa and Lowndes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis, June 2O

Wheat-No. ! northern. SIC; No. 2
northern, SIC; July s1Ac. oats-No.
white. 34c Coyn-No, 3 sac Rye
No. 2, 46c. Barley-No. 2. 45c.
FlAx-Sl.0o. Butter-Creamery, ex-
tras, 24@25c; creamery, frsts, 2l@22c;
dairy, fancy, 2o@s1c Poultry-Tur-
keys, 5000; fchickens, 1860 Hay
Upland, fancy, So. so. q
v sass st. Paul, June 20.
Cattle-Steers, 81. o@4. IS; cows, So. go
|@4.oo. Hogs ~ s5.4o@5.7o. Sheep
muttons. $500; lambs. $500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
German Electtons.

Berlin, June HERMAN reichstag
elections were marked by socialist
gain of fifteen seats and 100000 votes
over 1898. One seat and $4,000 votes
were gained in Berlin. Women aided
i'll bringing out voters.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
IS WEPT AWAY
Cloudburst Sends Great Wave OF
Water Over Heppner, Ore.
Torrent Carries Everything Before
Il Hundred Lives Reported
Lost-On Hundred and Thirty
Bodies Buried.

Hcppner, Ore, June 17.-Estimates
of the loss of life by Sunday nights
cloudburst differ widely, but the num-
Der of dead is certain to reach 200 and
it may be swelled to 800 when all are
accounted for. One hundred and thirty
bodies have been buried and 1T is
known that so are missing. Still 9TH
ers who were strangersin the town are
supposed to be among the lost. Peo-
pie are coming here from all directions
in wagons and on horseback and the
work of recovering bodies and burylng
the dead is proceeding as fast as posi-
lila ~ ~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN. Yt
Social democrats gained Is seats in
the German reichstag, showing a re-
markable increasein strength through
out the empire.
Prince Peter Karagenrgevitch has
been elected king of Servia by the
parliament at Belgrade at the die
tation of King Alexander's murder
ers.
A railway line owned by an Amer
lean syndicate headed by Senator De-
pew is reported to have been confs-
Gated by the government Of Hon
duras.
Peter Suay and his wife and two
! children ere drowned at Montreal
by the upsetting of q boat.
Cholera has again appeared among
the United States troops in the Philip
pines.
John Redmond's amendment to the
Irish land bill abolishing the mini
mum price at which landlords may
sell was defeated in the British
house of commons.
The newly elected King Peter, of
Servia, is likely to rule in name only,
with military leaders as real ~dictators.
The Mexican government broke all
records in a~rbitrations by depositing
$1,420,6s2 on account of the Plus fund
award with Ambassador Clayton.
Reichstag elections in Germany re-
suited in great gains by socialists, who
are expected to have 80 seats in the
new body.
A procession of Jewish workingmen
was attacked by police and cossasks
at LODI, Russian Poland, and ten Jews
We're killed and hundreds wounded.
The whaling ship Gjoa, with Capt.
Ammundsen's magnetic north pole ex-
petition on board, sailed from Christi
ana, Norway,
Miss Jean Ankrom, formerly of
Waynesboro, Pa, the only woman
school supervisor in Porto Rico, was
thrown from a carriage in a runaway
accident at Ponce and killed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
Property Loss S1.OOO,0OO.

The Dalles, Ore, June ia tele-
phone message from lone states that
the latest find in the ruins Of Heppner
indicates that the loss of life will be
much less than at first supposed.
The casualty list will foot up 200, and
many of the bodies will never be recov-
cred. The property loss by destruction
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-26
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton, u. S. A.,
retired. died at Washington, aged 70
years.
John Paul Bocock, well known as a
writer of fiction and travel, died at
Wayne, Pa.
A San Francisco paper says that
Gen. U. S. Grant is candidate for the
republican nomination for vice presi-
dent next year.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-10-20
Eaaes . Weatgfetten.
Snla b

giner Werfagune Der Staats>
@eiunoheitsbebbroe non Snbiann sls
folge birfen 2ebrer. melfe an Tus
berfulple leioen, in feiner Sdule
unterrihten. Cine unteriuhung bat
er3eben, BOB BON 10000 2ebrerrl
200 init oieier Granfbeit bebaftet
linb.
Mus Der Bunoesbauptftaot
@aibineton nirb pDna 10. SttDber
berihtet: Ole 2eiden pDn SO atnez
ritaniiden Soloaten, Die auf ben
Bbitippinen eeitorben tuaren. muir.
ben beute i'm arlington National>
6riebbofe beeroigt. Cine Nbteilune
Soloaten eeleitete lie su benz @rabe
uno es fano cine a~ngemeiiene geres
monte baielbit itatt.
- NuS Malbington mirb eenel=
bet: Der nit Der Senoung nod
NbeHpnien betraute ameritaniihe
General > &onlul Skinner in Warz
ieiae, Der nit 8Dnia Menelif einen
ameritaniiben Waren ben abeiipniz
lGlen Marft erDffnenoen Sanoelsuers
traa ablhlieBen ioa, nimmt oiele fiji
bic abeiipniihe Waieitat beItimmte
@eihenfe nit. Dnrurter befnoet
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-10-20
sReftet Hfuet pptt xppe,

.uniere fleine 3obter bate einen
gerabe5u lebenagefdbrliGen InfalI
pDn &eudbuiten uno Bronchitis"
ldjreibt Trau W. 6. Saoilano BON
NrmDnf, 81. g., naber al8 ale anoe=
rem Mittel ueriagten, ba retteten mir
ibr 9eben ourb .Dr. Sings Weue
gntbedune". unlere Nidte, tuelde
an Der 5hminoiuht in pDrgeidritte=
mem Staoium lit, eebraubte ebens
falls bieie tuunoernDqe Weoicin uno
iebt beute 1T iie ooqitdnoig aeiuno".
Sang nersmeifelte 0alss unb Guns
aenleiben tpeihen Or. Sings Weuer
@ntoedung uie feiner .anberen
Meoicin auf groen unfeblbar fiir
6uiten uEb grfdltungen. so Gents
uno $1.00 Slaimen aarantirt burb
Die Npotbefen BON s.. Galteger &
SON uno BON NeDlpb DreiB. Bros
be1aihen frei.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1903-10-20

npr0pnet S0Dte, Der nit Ielrer
3ionlitens Grmee SEEM gort beimae-
lnht bat, tattete aub Dem Ma1or
Seth Som einen geiuh ab. ST
laate ibn allerlei Shmeideleien iiher
feline B~erpaltung uno oonfte linn
fir ben 8oliseisS dpb. Der i6m uno
ben Seinen gu geil purbe. gr lfieo
nit benz sioniitilhen @ruBe:: nErieoe
lei init Dir, 8ruoer!'.. tDorauf Der
Wlagor einfoh eruioerte: ,9anfe,
mein Serrl'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Capture Town Of Surgia Killing
Inspector Clarke
U. S. TROOPS ARE HURRIED
For the First Time Since Peace With
the Moros Was Declared American
Soldiers Are Used for Gen.
uine Fighting Purposes.

Manila, March 23.-The town of Surgia,
Mindanao, was captured yesterday by
Ladrones, who killed Constabulary In
spector Clarke and several others.
A detachment of thirty men of the
Tenth infantry, under the command Of
Lieutenants Patterson and Brown, is
hurrying from Ilagon to Surgia on the
transport Riley with orders to capture
that place.
Brigadier General Sumner, commanding
the department of Mindanao. has been
ordered to send two additional companies
to Surgia. 1t is reported that the La
drones are holding the town but details
of the fight have not been received The
fate of the white officials and other for
eigners is not known.
If they have been captured, vigorous
measures will be taken to rescue them.
This is the first time American troops
have been used since peace with the
Moros was declared.
Governor Taft and General Davis are
going to Jolo for a conference with the
sultan and leading Moros of Jolo in the
hope of averting trouble They will leave
here Wednesday. No adyices have been
received from Jolo since Saturday. The
situation there is regarded as being criti-
cal, although Governor Taft and General
Davis hope to quell the unrest and to
succeed in making the Moros understand
the intention of the Americans.
The burial ship Proteus has arrived
here from the Jolo archipelago, bringing
the bodies of 500 soldiers and a few
civilians. The bodies will be sent home
on a transport.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
After Setting All on Fire She
Then Cuts Her Throat
and Dies
CRUSHED OUT LIFE OF HER
OFFSPRING WITH AN AXE
The Children, Four In Number, Were
Drained According to Their Age
and Then Piled In a Heap-Hus-
band FaInts from the Shock.

sturbridge, Mass, March 2S.-Mrs. Peter
Burke OF Fiskdale, after cutting off every
means OF escape by fastening windows
and doors, crushed in the heads of her
four children today, threw their bodies
into a closet scattered oil over them and
herself, and then, after setting all on
fire, ended her own life by cutting her
throat The children were Lillian, years
old; william 5 years; Louise, one and
a half years old, and May Rose, five
months old.
The woman had previously showed signs
of insanity. Burke is a machinist.
He had not suspected his wife of be-
coming violent.
Two boys, while passing the Burke
house, saw smoke coming from window.
They burst in the doors, and thinking
that no one was In the house, tried to
put out the fire with buckets of water.
The flames gained on them and they were
Obliged to run for help. The neighborS
prevented the flames from reaching above
the first floor
When the fire had been extinguished
some one noticed that a closet door,
which was more charred than the rest
OF the WOODWORK, was open. n Dlacheneu
mass was seen in the closet. The charred
mass was the bodies of Mrs. Burke and
her children. AS the bodies were taken
out 1t was seen that every one of the
children's heads was split open, while
the mothers throat was cut.
The weapon with which Mrs. Burke
crushed out the life of her offspring was
a large axe. The order Of the bodies
showed that the children were Drained
r., H. 81 1,ofr aCa hac fpo rryffh
Lillian. the eldest.
The fire had so completely charred the
woodwork and the flooring that no blood
stains could be found. The bodies of three
of the children were burned almost be-
yond recognition. but that of Louise was
only scorched. The body of Mrs. Burke
also was charred. AS soon as the fire
was discovered Burke was called, and he
arrived just as the bodies were found
He tainted from the shock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
soUFRIERE VIOLENT.
Eruption of old Volcano Continues and
Inhabitants Are Excited.

Kingston, March 22.-(sunday $3.50 p. m)
The eruption of the Soufriere continues.
The volcano has been cannonading all
Gay and the quantity of ejecta is appar-
emily greater than at the time of either of
the previous eruptions, but stormy winds
are driving the clouds northward.
There has been heavy fall of stone
and black sand in the northern districts
which caused a few casualties. The In
habitants are merging southwark In great
excitement. Barbados reports that dark
ness spread over that island at II o'clock
In the morning The obscurity was ac-
companied by fall of red dust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Takes official Action on the Charges Against General Wood by
Saying the Allegations Made by the Former Cuban Postal
Official Are Without Foundation in Every Respect

ercised only such control as was neces-
sary as military governor. He refers TO
the game of "Jai A1ai' and declares that
the gift accepted by General Wood had
no real relation whatever to any official
action of his, but was part of the express
sion of gratitude of the Cuban people to-
ward the representative of the United
States To have refused the gift would
have been discourteous and unjusdhabie
The action of the customs officials In
reference to the gift, the secretary says,
was strictly in accordance with the law
and official propriety. The endorsement
closes as follows:
"There Is no foundation for the
charges
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

fears that break there would mean a
new channel for the river, leaving this
city high and dry and half mile from
the river. besides flooding Vidalia.
Water from the Bougere crevasse is
backing up Black river. which is about
the danger line. DR.. Hornsby of Frog
more and A. T. Calvin of Sycamore,
fearing the overflow from the river, today
shipped 200 head of stock to Natchez
B. b. Barham of the Fifth Louisiana
levee board, notified Judge Thomas Re-
Der, superintendent of the Natchez and
Vicksburg Packet company not to permit
his boats to land at Hole-in-the-Wall, as
the levee is new, and 1t Is feared some
damage would ensue.
The Natchez gauge at D. M stood
1915 or 5.5 above the danger line and a
below the maximum in 1897
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Levee al EUetton is Said to be
Giving Way
WINDS ADD TO THE TROUBLE
Scores of Flood Refugees Are Arriving
In Natchez and 1t Is a Serious
Problem What to Do
With Them.

Vicksburg. Miss, March 23.-A new
danger point has appeared on the Miss
issippi river, rather serious reports com
ing today from Everetton, three miles
south of Rosedale, in Bolivar county the
main levee at that point is SAID TO De
sIoughing and leaking badly. A special
train with several hundred laborers was
rushed to the danger point from Green
vile. High northwesterly winds have pre-
vailed today adding another element Oh
danger to the situation.
The break of private levee near
Duvas yesterday afternoon, has not at
fected seriously the main embankment.
Scores of refugees, many of them desti-
tute, came yesterday and today, and the
problem of what to do with them is be-
coming severe II is estimated that fully
six hundred head of live stock were
brought from the flooded section of Is
saquena county yesterday.
President McClelland of the Fifth LOU
isiana district board reports today that
his entire line is intact, and with a con-
tinuance of fair weather, he sees no rea-
son why the Louisiana levees cannot be
held. The snagboat Florence left hur-
riedly this afternoon for Henderson's
Point. taking sacks, lumber and 1000
wards of cotton bagging to strengthen the
Ieyee there Forty or fifty negro families
living in the lowlands at Kleinston, this
county. had to flee from their homes this
afternoon. a small protecting levee having
given away This levee was sixty feet
long. having been thrown across a road
wav where 1t cut through the Alabama
and yicksburg railroad embankment.
Through this the water Is running with
great force.
furniture factory is the only indus
srv nut out of business by this break, the
Valley shops being protected by levee
just completed.
The gauge here tonight registers 511,
n two-tenths rise since morning.
Guards at Natchez.
Natchez. Miss, March 23--President ].
p. Pagan did not have a quorum at the
epecial meeting of the Concordia parish
police Jury at Vidalia, La, today, but
with five members present 1t was or
dered that each Juror should have full
mower to employ guards and execute any
measures that might be deemed necessary
for the full and adequate protection of
the levees in his ward
SYCAMORE levee ten miles above VI
dalia. over which there has been 50
much uneasiness. is now foot higher
than in 1897 An immense amount of
work was done on the levee. as many as
800 men being engaged at one time. APP
prehension over this levee was not con-
fined to the Louisiana parish. as Natchez
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
No Strike Contemplated.

Kansas City, March 23.-It was de.
cided at the offices of the president
and the superintendent of the Kansas
City Southern company today that no
strike among the telegraphers or train
men was contemplated At least the
officers of the company had not been
informed of any disaffection among the
telegraphers. At labor headquarters
the striking machinists had no knowl-
edge of any sympathetic strike on the
part Of the telegraphers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather,

Washington, March 23.-Forecast for
Alabama: Fair and not so warm Tues
day. and Wednesday fair; light to fresh
northwest winds.
P-9e One.
Mrs. Burdick gives sensational testi-
mony.
Woman kills her children and burns
their bodies.
Mrs. Maybrick will be released In 1904.
Root throws aside the charges made by
Rathbone.
New point of danger in flood situation.
Ladrones capture town, killing inspec-
tor.
Page Two.
Sanitary commission discuss contract
question.
Page Three.
General state news.
Mr.. Riddle discusses the Goodwater ar
rests.
Gossip from Montgomery.
Page Four.
Editorial comment.
Gossip heard in the lobbies
Page Five.
est case of placing bets by WIRE
Seaboard Air Line and Woodlawn
council agree.
Turner says charges of conspiracy re-
suit from spite.
Page Six.
Social notes and personals.
Page Seven.
Spring openings at the various stores.
Page Eight.
Supreme court opinions.
Page Nine.
Local and foreign market reports.
Page Ten.
General sporting news
Baseball team goes to Selma.
Racing season begins at Bennings and
Little Rock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
STRIKE IN CHICAGO.
carriagemakers, 1900 Strong, Demand
an Increase In Wages.

Chicago, March pa strike Of carriage
makers involving nearly 300 carriage and
wagon factories began In Chicago today.
When 1000 men, employed In various shops
throughout the city, reported for work
at the usual hour, they presented the
written demands embodying a 121k per
cent increase for their employers to
sign before they would go to their posts
In nearly every instance the members
of the frms who recently organized the
Carriage and Wagon Manufacturing club
refused to accede to the demands Of the
workingmen, and these later walked out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
coahlan Saws All Is Quiet.

Washington March 23-The follow
ing cablegram was received today at
the navy department from Rear Ad-
miral Coghlan, commanding the Carib-
bean sea squadron. dated at Guate-
mala. yesterday: "All quiet here as
yet The report with reference to
Ceiba states it Is in the hands of revo-
lutionists. shall proceed with Olym-
pia and Panther to Ceiba ON the 22nd
Only cable communications are via
Barrios, through minister Guatemala
City. VIII communicate at Puerto
Barrios as often as possible"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Bennett Knocked Out.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 23.-Joe Cans,
the champion lightweight pugilist,
knocked out Jack Bennett of McKees-
port in the fifth round tonight. Cans,
up to the start of the fifth, let Ben
nett do the fighting, then the negro
started in and knocked his man down
three times. the last time for the
limit of time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
TWO HUNDRED SHOTS
FIRED IN LABOR FIGHT

!, Oxnard. Cal. March %. Two hun
, dred shots were exchanged today
, I'm a labor fight between japanese
, and Mexicans.
, The trouble arose over an at
, tempt Of union laborers to put a
, union sign on a wagon occupied by
, non-union men. Perfecto Ogy and
!, l.. Vesasquez will die Of pistol
, wounds. Two Japanese and an
J, other Mexican were shot. SIX hun
}, dred japanese and 400 Mexieans to-
, night are on the verge of bloody
, fight The men are connected with
, the beet sugar industry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
i, AsH1NGToN, March 2a-se'

rxx ASHINGTON, March 2S-Secre-
NAI tary Root today took official ac-
w ton on the charges made by r.
G. Rathbone against Brig. Gen. Leonard
Wood. He made an endorsement on the
papers saying that no answer to the
charges was required from General Wood
and no action will be taken thereon, that
1t was known to the secretary of war,
without justification. The secretary refers
to the part taken by the military gov
ernment In the postoffice cases in which
Rathbone was a defendant, saying that
General Wood at every step had the APP
rroval of the secretary of war and .ex-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
aoWN PRINCESS TRIES
TO COMMIT SUICIDE

London. March "a. = The corre-
spondent of the Daily Chronicle
at Geneva learns on good author
ity that the former Crown Prin-
cess of Saxony is lying dangerous
ly Ill at her mothers chateau at
Lyndau, on an island in Lake Con-
stance. from the effects of an at
tempt to commit suicide by taking
poison.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
TeIeoraphers Won't Strike.

Texarkana, Tex, March 23.-Inform-
alton obtained today is to the effect
that there will be no strike among
the telegraphers on the Kansas City
Southern railroad. -