The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending October i,

or the week Ending october 10.
Ten horses were burned to death in tho
destruction of a barn in Ithaca, Mich.
Chief Justice Fuller arrived in New
York from a thrce-months' tour in Eu-
rope.
A speed of 1851 miles an hour was at
:alned by a trolley car near Berlin, Ger
many.
William B. Wright, of bingham, has
been elected grand master of Illinois
masons.
A moi lynched Walter Davis (col-
ored) at Marshall, Tex, for the murder
OF Constable Hayes.
William A. CASTOR, of Boston, has
been nominated for governor by Massa-
chusetts democrats.
Seventy-five white men in Alabama
have been d~isfranchised because they
did not pay the 50 tax.
Jerry Bosarth, aged 101 years. and
Juiia Ann jenkins. aged 80, were mar
ried at Parkersburg. w. Va.
Gustave Becker. an 1S-year-old t u
dent, died in Chicago from injuries re-
celyed In a game of football.
During September there were 1923 de-
sertlons from the battleship Maine, or
one man in every four of the crew.
Bishop Doherty, the first American
clerical dignitary appointed for the Phil
ippine Islands, has arrived at Manila.
Peter A. Schneider, widely known as
a composer OF church music, was found
dead in bed at his home in New York
city.
Ed. McCollum (colored) was shot to
death by a mob at Sheridan. Ark, for
W%ounding an officer who tried to arrest
him.
Ihe arguments in London of the Alas
kan boundary commission have ended.
and a final decision is expected by Octo-
Der 20.
DR.. Francis E. Clark, president of the
Worlds Christian Endeavor union, will
visit New Zealand, Australia and Tas-
mania.
N. w. Spaulding. s~ubtreasurer of the
United States mint under President
Hayes, died in New Britain, Conn. aged
"a years.
A $1,000 steer roping prize at. South
McAlester, l. T., was O by Miss Lucille
Mulhall, IS years old, over we'll known
cowboys.
Mrs. John Beam, aged IS, her daugh-
ter and granddaughter all gave birth 10
twins on the same evening at Mitchell
vile, N. Y.
John D. Rockefeller defeated ]. Pier
pont Morgan in the battle for supremacy
in shaping the policy of the United States
Steel corporation.
Manufacturers who are members of
trade associations of the country have
started a campaign to crush the weaker
labor organizations.
For refusing to play in the centennial
parade in Chicago three bands which are
connected with the state militia will be
dismissed from the service.
Sir Albert P. r. Coape, an English bar
onet, who became a saloon keeper at
Lumberton, N. M, fatally shot his wife,
his sister-in-law and himself.
The grand jury of Moore county, Ten
nessee, has returned % indictments for
murder against the members of a mob
who lynched a negro in Nashville.
William T. Baker, five times president
Of the Chicago board of trade. president
of the worlds fair and capitalist, died
at his summer home In Highland Park
William o Hodge. Of Galveston,
Tex, is thought to be the long-lost Char
lie Ross, Of Philadelphia, a friend Of the
family recognizing marks Of Identified
ton.
Sir Thomas Upton sailed from New
York for England on the steamer Cedric.
An arbitration treaty between France
and great Britain has been arranged at
Paris.
The government report shows a gener-
ally favorable week for crops and says
another week of warm, dry weather will
place most Of the corn beyond danger
from frost.
The Northern Pacific railroads failure
to pay $50, 900 blackmail was: met by dy-
Mantle explosions neal Helena, Mont.
and at Mfssoula, a freight train and
roadbed being wrecked.
No information hereafter will be given
out by anybody connected with the white
house concerning the doings Of cranks
who visit the mansion with malicious
intent Toward the president.
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