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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
RELIANCE TAKES LAST RACE
Defender Captures Third Contest
and Cup Will Remain Here.
Light Winds Force Po~stponernent OF
Race to Last inute-Wi
by Good Murgin.

New York, Sept. 4-Reliance won
the third race for the Americas cup
Thursday, finishing at 5:28, New York
time, unofticially, and capturing the con-
test by a considerable margin.
New York, Sept. 4.-With a fog heay.
ier than IN any previous morning, and
but a five or six mile wind from the
northWard, the conditions early Thurs
day morning for thefourth attempt this
week to sail the third of the series Of
international yacht races were far from
ideal. Withal, however, there was more
wind than On the previous days when
all attempts at a race were futile.
AT $50 Reliance started for the
,lightship in tow. At that time the wind,
according to- the official observer, had
dropped to three miles an hour from the
northeast. Eight minutes later Sham
rock left, also in town.
. When the yachts reached the light
ship the wind had hauled around to the
southeast and was blowing about five
miles an hour. 1t was clearing gradu-
ally, but the fog was still so heavy that
at 1895 the committee boat Navigator
%signaled a postponemcnt of the start
until later in the day.
The yachts Unanswered about the
starting line until one o'cloc2, when
the starting gun was fired. Both boats
headed for the line with Reliance
slightly in the lead. The official time
of start was: Reliance, 1:01:5 Sc; Sham
rock, 1:02:0 90.
The honors of the start were with
Capt. Wringe, the skipper of the chal-
lenger. He not only took the windward
berth, but he gagged the time to a nice
ty and crossed the line exactly at the
expiration Of the two minutes allowed
before the handicap gun.
Reliance gradually outsailed her ad-
vorsary and by three o'clock vas a
mile in the lead.
The yachts gradually neared the
siderably in the lead, turning it as
follows: Reliance. 3:41:35; Sham
rock, 3:51:45 Official time).
Figuring from official time, Reliance
covered the 15-mile beat to windward
in 2 hours 80 minutes and SO seconds;
Shamrock, 2 hours 49 minutes and is
seconds. Reliance thus beat Sham
rock to the outer mark 10 minutes and
6 seconds, or %deducting l minute and
81 seconds time allowance, 8 minutes
and 8 seconds. !
The course sailed was due south, Is
miles and return.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
POLICE FIGHT INSURGENTS
Jolo Constabulary Have Sharp En-.
gagement with Rebels.
Twenty of Lntter and One of Former
I<ilIed in Ffght-Moro Council
Is Organized.

Manila, Sept. 4.-The;, Jolo constab-
ulary have come in conflict with a
body of insurgents in the province of
CaVite near the Laguna de Bay and
killed 20 of them during a sharp n
gagement. The constabulary had M
man killed during the fight. Reen-
foTcements have already left Manila
for the scene of the disturbance to
subdue the insurgents, who have taken
up a strong position in the mountains
which flank the Laguna.'
" The Legislative council for the Moro
province has been organized in accord
ance with the bill recently enacted by
the Philippine commission providing
for the government4of- the Moros.
This council is composed of a gov
ernor, treasurer, engineer, attorney
and superintendent schools. The
province will @ be within the juris-
diction of the Philippine courts and
constabulary, Moro laws being recog-
nized when not in direct conflict with
American laws. Gen. Leonard Wood,
now resident of. Zamboanga, who has
just completed the organization of the
governing council, reports. a feeling OF
unrest among the native inhabitants
of Moro province, a%nd:upon his request
an additional battery has been dis
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
HIS ACTIONS ENDORSED.
Government Approves of Minister
Benupre's Activity Regarding
Panama Canal reaty

Washington, Sept. Additional in.
structions have been cabled Mr.. Beau.
pre-, the American minister at Bo-
gotta. r~eiterating the position of this
government regarding the canal
treaty. The state department assumes
entire responsibility for every repre-
sentation of Mr.. Beaupre to the Bo.
gotta government concerning the
treaty and his activity in this direc.
ton is heartily Endorsed by the pres.
ident and Secretary Hay Minister
Beaupre's latest instructions advise
him that President Roosevelt will not
enter into any engagement with the
Colombian government which will
hamper his scope of action under the
canal law. This government will not
indicate what it's course of action. will
be in the event the treaty is rejected.
DR.. Herran, the Colombian charge,
will be asked as to the truth of his
reported criticism of Minister Beau
pres activity at Bogota. The alleged
criticism by Mr.. Herran was not well
received at the state department..
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
PHILIPPINE VETERANS.
The at st. Paul Is Ended
Gen. Charles King Elected
President.

st. Paul, MINI, Sept. 4.-The day for
the great parade of the army of the
Philippines dawned with cloudy and
threatening skies, and shortly before
the hour set for the start a drizzle of
rain began to fall. Nevertheless the
programme was carried out and, head
ed by Gen. G. McC. Reeve as grand
marshal, a column about 1900 strong
marched through the downtown
streets.
At the business session Wednesday
afternoon officers were elected, Gen.
Charles King. of Wisconsin, being
chosen president. the reunion eame
to a close with a campfire at the Peo-
Pies church. Gov. Vanzant made an
address on behalf Of the state and
Gen. Irving Hale. retiring president of
the Army of the Philippines, re-
sponded.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

day by Richard v. L%indaury, of coun.
sci for the defendants. In instruct.
ing the jury. to find a verdctsof not
guilty: the chief justice said that in
order to hold the defendants Grimm.
ally responsible it must be shown
that they had failed to perform some
specific act. This the state had failed
to do, he said.
States Claim Not Proved. = g.,
The chief justice then went. on to
state that the claim of the state that
the derailing switch is universally in
use, was not proved. as statistics
showed that less than ten per. cent
of the trolley crossings over steam
railroad tracks were provided with
derailing switches. That. the chief
justice said. left it a question whether
other safeguards were not equally,
good.
The chief Justice then referred to
the rules of the North Jersey Railway
company as laid down to it's employees
as sufficient safeguards under or
binary circumstances if they had been
carried out. He said that from. the
evidence 1t was apparent that if sand
had been used. as called for by the
rules, had the car been stopped 80
feet from the crossing. as the rules
called for, and had the conductor gone
ahead to the crossing. to signal the
motorman, the accident would not
have happened. {
Justices Van Syckie and Dixon both
concurred in the opinion of Chief JUS
tice Gummere.
The jurymen announced a4sverdict
of not guilty without leaving their
seats.
The defendants were John D. Grim
Minis, of New York; A. J. Cassatt, Of
Philadelphia; E. F. G. Young, of Jer.
sey City, and Or. Leslie D. Ward,
Elisha B. Gaddis and y. Roosevelt
Stanley, of Newark, all members of
the executive committee of the board
of directors of the North Jersey
Street Railway company; David
Young, formerly general superintend-
ent. Chas. M. Shipman. former super
intendent; Arthur NJ. Pratt, road
master; James Smith. division super
intendent, and Richard Eick. assist
ant division superintendent of the
road.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
patched from Manila to strengthen
the forces now Under his command.
SHAW DENIES REPORT
Declares Rumor Regarding Addf-
tional National Bank Deposits of
$4O,OOO,OOO Is" Unfounded.

'- a IsaH-.r-g H.. f-F.a.rN . 49, KY
Chicago, Sept. 4.-The published re-
port that government deposits in ma
.tional banks are to be materially in
.creaseds:is declared by Secretary OF
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to be
unfounded. Secretary Shaw Thurs.
day made the following. statement,
Isl notice some newspaper accounts
to the effect that I am about to in
crease deposits of public money to the
extent of $40, 100000. 1t is true, I
have $40, 900, 900 available for deposits
if conditions should hereafter render
it %eSpedient to make SO large an In
crease. For the present | am accept,
ing only applications for small
amounts that have been on file for
several months and am combining
these to agricultural districts"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

The microbes OF iockjaw or Of other
diseases, the venom of snakes, the
virus Of smallpox or the vegetable
poisons may be successfully conveyed
upon bullets from muskets or revol.
vers. Neither the heat nor the fric.
ton in firing destroys them, whether
they are on the ball, in the powder,
in the wad. or smeared within the gun
barrel. In the powder they are car.
ried on unburnt grains, which make
up 40 per cent. in every charge of
powder exploded.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

Great difficulty has hitherto been
found in removing fossils from their
rock encasement without breaking or
defacing them. Dental engines and
electric mallets have been used in
many laboratories, but without wholly
satisfactory results. Now, however,
the pneumatic hammer is employed,
with which a chisel may be driven at
the rate of three thousand revolutions
q minute, the compressed air being
controlled by a pusn-button valve, and
the instrument being so small that it
q be held in any position and used
to cIearout deep cavities without in-
jury TO the fossil.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
Judge Orders Release of Men In
dicted for New Jersey Street.
Crossing Accident. .,. -.
Says The DEFENDANTS WERE
NOT CRIHINALLY RESPONSIBLE
Claims State Has Failed to Show That
They Had Failed to Do Some Spe-
citic Act-Instructs Jury to Return
Eerdi of Not Guilty, Which Is
Done.

Newark, N. j., Sept. 4.-Chief JUS
ticc Gummere, in the Essex county
court of oyer and terminer, Thursday
announced that he had decided to
grant the motion for the dismissal Of
the Indictment for manslaughter
against the directors and officials of
the North Jersey Street Railway: com
pany, who were accused of having, by
alleged neglect of their duties, caused
the death of Ernestine Miller. Miss
Miller, who was a high school pupil,
was killed with eight others in the
Clifton avenue crossing accident on
February 10. -.'"r-'
Orders Verdict of Not Guilty.
The motion to dismiss the indict-
ment "a made at the trial Wednes-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

The champion money finder is Isaac
Banks, of Philadelphia, and he holds
the championship because he was, UNI
til pensioned off after, IS years of con-
slant eservice, door-keeper of the
vaults of the Fidelity Trust Co. He
found and returned to the owners
about %s2,000,0O0. His largest find was
500, 900, and for its return he got not
AGENT. while from the loser of a $780,
900 roll. which he returned intact, he
has never since received anything but
t;: & ;a;;ssccio;; ;rrtteessTT
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

From Calhoun county, Michigan,
there comes to the Smithsonian Insti.
tuition a sensational story of the inva..
sion OF that county by an army Of 5000
rats In n pack. A big gray rat is
said to be leading the vast array, of
rodents. Michigan papers devoted con.
siderable space to the peculiar occur.
renee, and some Battle Creek citizens
h have become interestedr in the
migration have written to the Smith.
sonlan institution for an explanation,
II possible.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

Complaints are being made by fish
ermen OF the Chesapeake bay OF dep
redations on the part OF the big fishing
boats owned and operated by the
guanoss factories in that section. It is
declared that these boats with their
patent apparatus are driving all the
fish but Of the Lower Chesapeake.
The owners of the fisheries along the
coast complain Bitterly that the fish
Ing boats take the very best fish in
waters for the fertilizer facte
ries, where good and bad alike are
ground up for fertilizers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

A fatal parasitic disease has; been
successfully used sson a large scale to
destroy the grasshoppers, another for
iocustss, another Tor rats, and a prize
has recently been won for the discov-
cry Of aninsect which will destroy the
.cOttons#sbole weevil. These successes
make Pr STILES proposition to destroy.
mosquitoes by supplying their larvae
with the a~ga1nomerms %culicis, which
now destroy millions of them by devel-
oping in their abdomens and making
themasterile and short-iived, possible.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

Senator Foraker, of Ohio, is an en-.
thusiastic fisherman, and recently put
In some happy days seeking the coy
trout in the neighborhood of Hot
Springs, Va. A friend who was with
him declares that the senator is one
of the luckiest fishermen alive. I'm
fact" he adds, mo ora could convince
me that Grover Cleveland himself can
land a bigger string in the same time
than Joe Foraker. He had no trouble
in getting two fish to my one, and I'm
no amateur" y t, ~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

Aerial navigation is a certainty of
the immediate future, If the plans Of
an aerial navigation companySdo not
go wrong. When the big ship is. com.
pleted it is expected to start for New
York from San Francisco, where it is
now inNcourse of construction. Co.
ing as the crow flies, this vessel will
make the long journey over mountain
tops and plains in 26 hours, If all goes
well. It will be 228 feet in length
and S. feet in diameter Its weight
will be 1900 pounds.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

After striving for nine years to be
appointed a tipstaff. in the Luzerne
county tPa.) court. Harry Bullock,
aged 81 years, died from JOY at at
tanning the object of his ambition. He
was suddenly stricken. with heart dis
ease after learning that he had re-
]ceiVed the coveted job, and the physi-
clans who attended him said that death
was caused by syncope resulting from
ovaripy ...H
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
FIRST CLASS BATTLE-sHIP" CONNECTICUT"

Length of load water-line, $50 feet;
breadth, 76 1912 feet; displacement,
10000 tons; gross draft, fullsload, 26A;
total coal capacity, 2,2Oo tons; trial speed
at sea, IS knots. Armament-Main bat
terry, four 12-fnch breech-loading rifles,
eight eight-inch breach-loading rifles,
IL seven-inch breach-loading rifles.
Secondary battery: Twenty three-inch
14-pounder %rapid-fre guns, u three
FOUNDER semi-automatic gunss six one
FOUNDER automatic guns, two ~one-pound-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
three Injured in colriston.

Sedalia. Mo-. Sept. "A Missouri,
Kansas 8 Texas stock train and a
freight train met in a head-end COLI
sion at McBain. on the st, Louis divi-
sion. as the result Of which three per.
sons were injured. The injured are:
ii. A. Waller, stockman. Wichita
Falls. Tex, right leg and left ankle
badly injured. ]. A. Davis. stoekman,
Wichita Falls. Tex, left thigh broken.
Edward Turbeyyille, fireman, back
wrenched and internally injured.
Both trains were wrecked.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
Kills Himself in JAN.

New York, Sept. 4.-Preferring
death to- facing a serious charge. An
drew w. Gorsline. a Long Island City
manufacturer, has committed suicide
in his cell Id the Queens county iaii
BY inhaling illuminating gas. In a
win found in his cell Gorsline be-
dueathed all his property to his
nephew,4who made the complaint on
which Andrew was arrested
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
KNAPP Taken 10 co1umbus.

Hamilton, Sept 4s-AIfred Al.
Knapp. known IS the strangler, was
Salsen to Columbus Thursday BY Sher-
if Bisdorff to await his execution in
theSeIectric chair December IL. Knapn
was unuoyed with his change Of locs-
lion and expressed the hope that he
would oon be back in Hamilton.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
Rate os Discount Increased.

London, Sept. 4.-The rate OF dis.
count Of the Bank of England was IN
creased Thursday from three to -FOUR
per emit The rise in the bank rate
was attributed mainly to the with,
draWal Of gold for the repayment of
the Netherlands railroad loan and.
TO q lesser degree, to the demands for
gold from Berlin.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

A North Dakota farmer who went to
minneapolis carried 500 under his
maitland. In a restaurant another pat
ron changed hats with him, but, after
Two days, the loser found the other
man and snapped back and found his
money u~ndisturbed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

er se~mi-automatic guns, two three-inch
field pieces, two machine'guns, calibe1
so and six automatic guns, caliber 80;
a total of IA guns. Complementary
two officers and 761 men. The Connect"
cut is being built at the New York navy
yard. Her sister ship, the Louisiana, is
being built at Newport News. They
are considered to be two of the most pow
erful battleships in the world.-Navy
League Journal.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
Several Deaths Reported il wrec

Charlotte, N. G, Sept. IA passeIl-
Set train on the Southern railway be-
sween Rock ELL and YorkYille, S. q,
went through a trestle Thursday
morning Several deaths are report.
nd. but no particulars are available.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
SULTAN BREAKS
LONG PRECEDENT
Makes Addresses to Religious Rep
resentatives Declaring Atrocities
Are Inspired Abroad.
SAYS He HAS WELFARE OF
ENTIRE POPULATION AT HEART

Tells Greek P~atriarchs He VIII BE
Glad to Contribute TO Aid of Suffer-
ers-No New Advices Received from
Observation-Disclosures AgentHeId
for Extortion.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11
CATTLE SHIPPERS WIN.
kansas Railroads Decide Not to Adj
vance Freight Rates as
Proposed.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 4.-The Kansas
cattle shippers have won their fight
before the state board Of railroad COM
missioners. The railroads of9KansaS
had announced an advance in freight
rates for September S whichathe cat
tie men declared was equal to atraise
of Is per cent. The cattlemen imme.
diately carried their grievance to the
commissioners and a lively fight had
been in progress for several days.
Thursday morning the railroads an
nounced that the proposed rate would
not be put in force and conceded all
that the cattlemen were contending
for. This ends the case.
Convention of Disciples of Christ.
Detroit. Aaich., Sept. 4.-This city
will be the mecca for the Disciples
of Christ, when the international mis-
sionary convention of the Christian
churches of the world c%onvenes here
October 1922 inclusive. Already in
every part of the world men, women
and children are preparing to attend
this the fifty-fourth annual convention
of the followers of teachings of Alexan-
der Campbell. The reception commit
tee have already arranged for the. ac4
commodation of 10000, and it Isl ex-
pected 10000 mor will be added. Pres
ident Allan B. Phillput, Of Indianap-
oils, Ind, will preside over the con-
Yention.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-11

Constantinople, Sept. 4.-On the an
niversary of his accession Tuesday
the sultan received in audience at the
palace the heads of the religious com
munities, andthe ecumenical patriarch
made a speech Of congratulations. In
reply thereto, after thanking the
patriarch and the others present for
their good wishes, the sultan, con
trary to precedent, spoke at soma
length, as follows:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-02

rope, on the end of which was a slip moose, which he threw around her meek. Then he took a bottle of turpentine out of his pocket. At sight of this Louise screamed, and he quickly saturated a handkerchief with turpentine and thrust it into her mouth as gag.
 Then, with the moose drawn tightly about her neck, he led her from room to room. In each room he ordered her roughly to tell where any valuables were kept. She was too terrified to re- eist or comply, and, although he searched the house thoroughly, he found nothing.
 Next door to the Schneiders is the home of Mrs. Ella McCue, an invalid She heard the girls screams before she was gagged, but was bedridden and un- able to go to her aid or give the alarm. While the burglar was still in the Schneider house, however, Mrs. Nc, Cues bell rang.
 Apparently aware of Mrs. McCue's condition, the burglar had shown no alarm when Louise screamed for help When he heard the McCue bell ring, however, he hurriedly tied his almost fainting victim to the leg of table, throwing her on the floor. Then he calmly washed the turpentine from his hands, brushed his hair and left.
 Mrs. McCue's visitor was young friend, Miss Nellie Primrose, who lives in Newell street, Greenpoint. She entered the house after ringing the bell and Mrs. McCue said to her:
 "Please go next door and see what has happened to Louise. She has been screaming for help"
 Miss Primrose ran in and found Louise barely conscious, lying on the floor. Her hands were bound, the gag was still in her mouth, and the moose around her neck. The other end of the moose was tied to the table leg. Mis- Primrose released her and put her to bed and then hurried to the Humboldt street police station, where she gave the alarm.
 The police have no clew to the identi- ty of the burglar, beyond Louise's de- scription. She thinks he was bout five feet eight inches tall, of medium build and about 35 year old. When the girls parents returned home they found her almost delirious after her terrible ex- perience, and a physicians services were required.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-02

ask the polizei master"
 The deuce I do-he would have II thrashed for my impudence."
 The czar grew thoughtful, and asked the veterans name, regiment, his cuff, but though he twice repeat ed the question, the veteran sullenly held his tongue.
 "Well, I can't wait here all day." cried Nicholas; "my wife is waiting and may get impatient. You will now tell me your name without de- lay"
 Provided you promise not to tell the polizei master, little father"
 T promise"
 "Cross your heart?" queried the man on the ladder, suspiciously.
 "Cross my heart, old fellow;" then the czar's demand was compiled with.
 "How many years have you served me and my fathers?" continued Nichola
 'Thirty-seven, little father; never endured punishment, not even a reprimand, as the records show"
 "In that case Twill sign your honor able discharge to-day after raising you to the rank of sergeant. And here is my portrait in gold"-handing him a ten roubel piece-"the court jeweler will put ring through it, SO you can wear it around your neck. Mind, I forbid you to spend the money for drink"
 When the czar asked for the list of veterans awaiting pension he found that some of them had been in serv- ice for 50 years and more. Like the lamp cleaner they had been forgot ten.