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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
MANY PERISH.
Four Killed by Heat and Three by
Storm In New York-Fatal
ClOudburst in Texas,

New York, July "a terrific storm
here Thursday followed a period Utmost
intense heat. There we're four deaths
from the heat and a score or more of
prostrations. Already three deaths,
traceable to the storm, have been re-
ported, and many persons caught in the
fury of the wind were injured.
Fannie Kinsler, a six-year-old child,
frightened by the storm and blinded by
the rain, ran directly under a swiftly
moving wagon, and was killed instantly.
John Dominick, a dock laborer, was
knocked into the East river by a plank
which had been picked up by the wind,
and was drowned.
The wind swept the embers of a bon
fire, kindled by a number of boys, over
the p%inafore of three-year-old Clarence
Hadden. and he was burned to death.
San Antonio, Tex, July ga cloud
burst Thursday visited the southwest
ern section of Texas, causing the death
of several persons and entailing a
heavy property loss. No accurate re-
ports Of the loss of life can be OBJ
tanned as the telegraph wires are down
in the storm-swept section, but enough
is known to warrant the belief that
more than 20 people, mostly Mexican
laborers and farm hands, persisted in
the flood. At Beeville one Mexican was
swept away. Near Normana ten Mex
lean farm hands are reported drowned
and 10 o r said to have been
drowned at Pettus. The heaviest dam
age was sustained by the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railroad. Several
thousand feet Of its tracks and one
large bridge were swept away.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

A series Of experiments have recent
~ been conducted by ]. Parker Whit
ney, of the Washington state fish com
mission, on which he reports that fish,
cold blooded as they are, can be frozen
solid and thawed back to life if not ex-
posed to the sun or allowed to get
more than IL to IA degrees below the
freezing point. If exposed to a tenn
perature of ger or below they will not
survive, as the faint inner pulsation
of life then ceases.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
Candidates for State Offices
and Adopt n Platform.

Des Moines, Ia, July 2.-The repub-
lican state convention on Wednesday
nominated a ticket and adopted the
platform of principles. All the candi-
dates were renominated by acclama-
ton with the exception of the state
superintendent, for which Office Mr..
Riggs was nominated on the third bal
%intendent R. G. Barrett, of Usage, and
H. L. Adams, of West Union. The ticket
is as follows:
Governor-A. B. Cummins, of Des
MOines.
Lieutenant Governor-John Herriott,
of Stuart.
Supreme Judge-Charles A. Bishop,
of Des Moines.
Railroad Commissioner - David J.
Palmer, of Washington.
State Superintendent. j. Riggs, of
Sigourney.
The convention adopted the Allison
tariff plank, and a declaration more
conservative than the original "Iowa
idea"
The platform reiterates faith in the
historical principle of protection; says
tariff rates enacted to carry this policy
into effect should be just, fair and i'm
partial; Endorses the policy of reci-
procity; approves the treaty with Cuba;
favors the regulation and supervision of
trusts; congratulates the nation on the
present era of prosperity; commends
the administration of Gov. Cummins;
%rejoices in Iowa's leadership in national
affairs; favors good roads legislation;
indorses the Louisiana Purchase COM
mission, and declares for nomination of
President Roosevelt as his own sue
cessor. 1t renews allegiance to the
principle of the gold standard. 1t op-
poses all legislation designed to accom-
plish the disfranchisement of citizens
upon lines of race, color or station in
life, and condemns the measures adopt
ed by the democratic party in certain
states Of the union to accomplish that
end.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
CHEAP LABOR imported.
The Bureau of immigration Secures
Important Details Of Oper-
atoms in Europe.
AGENTS DEFY CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Steamship Companies Keep village
nm,,,l, in Austria Paid - Hum
dreds Of Persons Physically Unht
or Under Contract Come By the
Way of Canada.

Washington, June 30.-lmmigrant In
spector Marcus Braun, who is now IN
Russia, has forwarded to the bureau
of immigration detailed reports con-
corning the unlawful operations OF
agents who are engaged in importing
degraded European laborers in defiance
of the contract labor laws.
The most fragrant o%ffense, which has
probably been nipped in the bud, was
attempted by an agent of a Chicago
railroad company, whose name has been
withheld by the bureau of immigration
in the hope that further overt acts will
be committed by the parties that will
lead to their arrest and conviction.
Authorities Oppose.
Braun had a conference with Baron
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

The big. brown segmental tube wire
wound cannon which was constructed
at Reading, Pa, has been shipped to
Sandy Hook, where it will be tested
by military experts. The gun is 81
feet 81 inches in length and weighs
Ib8, $50 pounds. It Is designed to fire a
charge Of 176 pounds Of smokeless
powder and hurl a solid shot weighing
$50 pounds q distance of 20 miles. II
||Asgclaimed y the gdnyeatorSt hat itsMlui
sSSnd q solid shot at the rate Of $500
.Geet per second, with maximum
pressure Of $1,000 pounds to the square,
inch.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
TEN THOUSAND SLAIN.
"na hu'lah's Forces Surprised by
ADsssinians I'm somaliland ana
Are Slaughtered.

Lonaon July 1.-The war office
Yesterday received a dispatch from Col
fochfort, one of the British ofBcers
serving with the Abyssinian force ~
somailland, which says the A~byssinians
wa o. after a series of forced marches
s.luch the Mad Mullah's forces near
.eyu, surprising them at dawn and kill
ing 10000 spearmen and capturing al
1000 camels. p ana
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
VICTIMS OF
Eight Persons Lose Their Lives in
Minnesota and Great Damage
Is Done to Property.

Heron Lake, Mimi, July Eight
persons are known to have been killed
in a tornado which swept Jackson
ty yesterday. The dead are Mrs. Joseph
.Fritzher and two children; Daniel Gal
lagher and two children, and two uni
Identified men. The storm first struck
four miles northwest of Wilder, then
turned eastward, laying bare a strip
40 rods wide and IL miles long. Dam
age to farm buildings is heavy
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

The rhythmic traction of the tongue,
which is used in treating the appar-
emily drowned, has been successfully
applied to a man suffering from
asphyxia due to an electric shock.
The patient was an operator at the
electric station in Limoges. France.
He fell on a cable and 10000 volts
passed through his body. The ma
chinery was stopped and the man
given up for dead. when the chief en-
gineer ordered rhythmic traction of
the tongue to be tried. After 20 min
utes the man recovered consciousness,
and at last accounts the physicians be.
lieved they would be able to save his
life.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary Of
the interior, recently visited the Hot
Springs ostrich farm, and had the ex-
perience of riding behind one of the
largest ostriches in this country. The
ostrich is known as BLACK Diamond"
who is big and fleet and docile as a
well-trained horse. Black Diamond
was hitched to a runabout, and Secre-
tary Hitchcock had the novel sensa
tion Of riding behind this bird that
trotted as fast as a horse can run.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

The speed to be developed by the
airships affrights the Imagination.
Sixty miles an hour is predicted with
confidence. That is to be made, Of
course, with the help of a brisk gale.
Imagine for a moment the spectacle
that one of these fastest flying ma
chimes will present when performing
this ~stupendous feat! All standards by
which we measure phenomenal speed
will be reduced to mere commonplace.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Six shaffer brothers, sons Of John
Shaffer, of Highland County, O., were
photographed in a group at Hillsboro,
O., a few days ago. The oldest is Sc
years Of age and the youngest "A.
Their united ages amount to 480 years.
Their fathers children numbered 10,
and the children of these six brothers
number, respectively, eleven, eight,
nine, thirteen, twelve and five, giving
the list in the order of the fathers
e Q
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Victor Won Helm, governor of Krain,
and other officials at Fiume, Granica,
klshineff. Odessa and the seaports.
Baron Won Helm Informed Inspector
Braun that the authorities werea anxious
to suppress the soliciting of emigration
to America and had already made 100
arrests for such work. About / 800
Croatians go from Fiume monthly
across Switzerland and embark at Havre
for America, most of them under con-
tract.
Ofhcials Paid.
NEARLY every priest, school-teacher,
village notary and postmaster in Aus
tria," reports Braun, "is a subagent for
steamship companies at Hamburg. Not
only do they act as agents, but they
instruct each immigrant how to answer
the questions that will be put to him
when he tries to land on this side." At
Lipto Scent Miklos Inspector Braun
found 400 H%ungarians who had been
refused admission into Germany and
who were preparing to emigrate to the
United States. All were afflicted with
trachoma, a contagious eye disease.
Some of these persons are sent to Hall
fax, N. S., and make their way thence
into Michigan and Minnesota over the
Canadian border.
Over Canadian Border.
One ship arriving at Halifax had 400
immigrants. Inspector Watchorn, at
Montreal, was notified and he looked
them over. Only 40 were ostensibly
bound for the United States, but
after leaving Halifax their move
ments were such as to convince
the United States officials that
every n of them was trying to
get into the United States. All were un-
fit for admission, reported Watchorn,
either by reason of affection with loath-
some or contagious diseases or because
they were under contract. There was
no way to stop them and the immigra-
ton bureau is convinced that all found
their way acros the border.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

The monthly report of DR.. Carlos j.
Finlay, chief sanitary officer of the
Island of Cuba, say the showing for
1902 and the beginning OF 1903 is very
satisfactory, not only in regard to the
complete exemption from yellow fever
and smallpox, but also in the num-
Der of deaths from malaria and in the
total mortality. There has been no
smallpox in the island since July, 1900,
nor yellow fever since September,
1901.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Sent to Prison.

Montgomery, Ala, July George D.
and Barancus Cosby, the two white men
who pleaded guilty to peonage for hold
ing negroes in involuntary servitude,
have been taken to the federal prison
at Atlanta. These are the first cases of
their kind in the United States where
the parties go to the p%enitentiary. The
Cosbys' sentence will forever lose them
their rights of citizenship unless par
doned by President Roosevelt.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Tragedy in re...

Austin, Tex, July 1.-Frepzied hv
opposed wrongs, w. G. Hill, an attacha
ol 1ne state c%omptroller's Office, entered
the private Office of State Comntnaa,au
w. ro,n ~ Love and killed him with a re-
solver. AS Hill turned to flee he WAS IN.
tercepted by Chief Clerk Stevens. Of the
department, who engaged him in !
s.ulne' curing. which Hills revolver
killed. auu ne was
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Alpine flowers and plants are so
quickly becoming extinct that strong
measures are to be taken in future for
their preservation. The project of the
Alps (Savoy) has now issued a decree
f%orbidding the uprooting of the edel-
weiss, the bee orchis, the blue thistle,
the Alpine clematis, silver geranium,
mountain rh%ododendron, gentian, ar
MICA and many other plants. The sale
or transport of these plants are also
forbidden.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Many Patents Grantea.

Washington, July ga summary of
the business transacted by the patent
Office for the fiscal year ended June 40
shows that 1929 patents were granted
and 54,256 applications filed. The re-
ceipts of the Office were 81, 5s1, PSI. The
year has been n of the most prosper-
GUS in the history of the bureau.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Indicted.

Chicago, July 2.-True bills were,
voted by the grand jury against Alder.
man John ]. Brennan and IL Others he-
caHse OF the part they are alleged to.
have taken in election frauds in the
Eighteenth ward.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

A notable parrot, the property of a
resident of Bakersville, Mass, died
the other day at the age of As years.
This birds claim to distinction lay in
the fact that, though educated on ship.
board, 1t was never known to utter a
vulgar or profane word.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Banished.

Washington, July S.-AccoralnIp ort
United States Minister PoWell AZ If
au Prince, by q decision OF the cou 1--we
the North, more than so Haytlens u M.
been doomed to perpetual banls slniSant
among them being the late pf ns,neve
Frmin and family and Gen. oa'DN
and brother.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

The establishment of a department
of humor, such as might train young
men for after-dinner speaking, story
telling and cartooning, was suggested
the other day by D. w. Smith, of Mil.
waukee, responding to a toast at the
annual dinner of the University of
Wisconsin. Such a university depart
ment is not nov in existence and Mr..
Smith believes it would prove itself
practicable and valuable.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
German wilma Auto Race

Bally Shannon, Ireland, July 3.-The
international automobile race for the
James Gordon Bennett cup was run
Thursday and won by Jenatzy, a mem
Der of the German team, who covered
the distance of 37OA miles in six hours.
36 minutes and nine seconds, including
the stops imposed by the regulations.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Carrie. Cotn to Phtlinpine.

San Francisco, July a. The army
transport Sherman sailed Wednesday
for Manila, via Guam, with one squad
ron of the Twelfth cavalry and the Sew
enteenth infantry. Newly-coined Fill
pino pesos. worth $1.500,OO0, and $780,
900 in gold were taken on the transport.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Ernest Legouve, who recently cele-
brated his 9th birthday, was asked
to what he attributed his long life and
good health. mo cares, no ennui, 10
sorrows-that's one reason of my good
health" re piled. But that is not
enough. The body must be kept elias.
tic and for this reason we must walk.
play billiards and, above all, fence.
For me fencing is the ideal exercise"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Broke world,. Recora-

Washington Park, Chicago, July q
Alan-a-Dale broke the worlds record
for one mile v e a circular track at
Washington park Wednesday after
noon, running the distance in 1877 3-5.
The former record OF 1874 As was
made by Brigadier at Coney Island in
1901. Salvador holds the record for a
straight course. He made it in 1890 in
1861.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

II would not counsel n one to eat
a SNAIL" says Lieut.-Col. Newman Da-
Wis, the well-known authority on the
art of dining. "The two attempts, in
the u of gastronomy, that l have
made to swallow the long brown things
that one pulls out o fthe steaming
shells have been failures. They tasted
to me like gravel cooked in mock tur-
tie sOun"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
AGED J-ournaltst Dead.

Toledo, o.. July 3.-Clark Waggoner.
for sc years an editor of Ohio newspa-
died at the Toledo hospital Thurs
day, aged so years. He was editor Of
the Blade from 1856 to 1865. and editor
Of. the Toledo ComemIcial from 1865 to
1876.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
severe wind.torln in wisconsin

Severe Windst0rn in Wfscohi'
La Crosse. Wis, July Ia SEW ;n
windstorm, followed by a fooo oila
did considerable damage in "e maas.
Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota lusa
day morning. Hundreds OF acres no
corn in this vicinity was laid low ~ s .at
wind and the rain was SO neaN! loot
many crops on side hills were alp''S'
entire washed out.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

for reference to and registration of
property and other public business. 1t
is pointed out that the American land
holders are better off in respect to taxa
ton than they would be under United
States sovereignty.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Disaster I'm a Mine.

Brazil, Ind, July 3.-The premature
explosion of a shot" at Superior mine.
No. i, Thursday afternoon instantly
killed Jesse Perkins. and fatally injured
George Perkins. The men had lighted
the fuse when 1t flashed up and the shot
exploded before they could get away.
Jesse Perkins was terribly mangled.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10

Norway, S. c.. July 2.-charles
d Evans colored, suspected Of the mur-
yer q John Z. Phillips, was taken
IRON the jail here Tuesday night and.
iyncned by a mob. -Four negroes Who
were confined in the jail, were also
sensibility. 4uoo -
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Another NEGRO Lynched.

Scottsboro. Ala, July l.-Andrew
Diggs, a negro, was taken from the Jail
last night and hanged by a mob. The
negro was arrested Sunday for an at
tempt to criminally assault Miss Alma.
the 19-year-old daughter Of Dr.. B. B.
Smith.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
snow IN Montana

Butte, Mont. July 2.-snow asday
to fall here at four o'clock WeoneI hat
afternoon, and the indications az had
the fall will be heavy. Butte n a.,r
snow on almost every Fourth OF 'u''
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
The Public Debt.

Washington, July 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business June 30.
1908. the total debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $685., oil, 637,
which is a decrease for the month Of
$1O,S76296.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Disastrous r

Bloomington, Ill, July Fire at
Ocoya, q village 80 miles north on the
Chicago & Alton, caused aloss Of s10O
600 Wednesday. The origin was in the
immense elevatorofK Kirkpatrick Lack
lopd ~ -
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Work Of the Pension Bureau.

Washington, July 3.-During the is-
sal year which closed yesterday 1872, S29l
claims were allowed by the pension
bureau and 49, 2 rejected. The num-
Der of allowances exceeded those of last
year to the extent of 13, 005. The num-
Der of reflections in 1902 was llS.A64.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
q. Annofnted Minister

washington, July John ba oris
commissioners general Of the d. 10 has
exposition to Asia and ustraia sinister
been appointed United States -
to Argentina. vice w. F. Loro.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-10
Bonds Refunded.

Under the offer of the secretary u
the treasury, made on March 20 las'
to refund $780, 900, 900 of short lelu
three and four per cent. bonds IN "a
change for new two per cents, ~,
7s3, 800 Of four per cents OF lsu. , ane
$14.4O8, 600 Of three per cents OF i.,'
had been exchanged up to yesteiu'''
when the offer was withdrawn.
Graham guardian., 1903-09-18
ROAD FLOODING.

Road flooding in this valley has
become a sort of epidemic and ap
parently requires very stringen'
and powerful remedies to cure,
But n cure must be found and
quickly too. There is probably
no other country under the su
where people can food the road'
with as much impunity as they
can here. 1t is almost useless tc
prosecute road flooder, for to
convict one is almost impossible,
Yet to flood the road is just as
much crime as to steal a horse,
A horse thief would get but very
little sympathy here, but the road
fooder goes about his business
without thought of the offense
he has committed.
A week ago last Sunday night
there were about Is bad mud holes
between here and Pima, most of
them caused by pure carelessness,
and not prosecution followed.
How long is this thing to continue?
Every time a road is flooded il re.
quires just that much tax money
to repair II and the tax payers suf-
fer in proportion. The superyis
ors are doing their level best to
make good roads tbrougbout the
county and keep them in repair,
but what Is The use Of the effort
where people will persistently des-
troy the work by hooding.
A few arrests and convictions
would soon put Il stop 10 road
flooding and we would advise road
overscers, if they cannot convict
road hooders in the community
where they reside, to make the
complaint before a Justice in some
other precinct, even fit bas 20 be
taken TO Clifton or Bonita. Road
flooding mus cease no matter what
means have 70 be employed to
bring about the result.
Graham guardian., 1903-09-18
An EDITOR LICKED,

The Benson Press has recently
been waging war on the "dives"
and "tin horns" OF Benson and as
result was attacked and severely
beaten with a six shooter by one
of the aforesaid "tin horns" a few
days ago. Editor Schardin is do
ing good work for Benson and
should prepare himself and the
next time one of those "gentlamen"
attacks him give him u dose that
will unsettle his stomach for the
balance Of time. The following
from the Press shows the reason Of
the attack:
"Deputy Sheriff Baldwin's scalp
is wanted again by those who want
to make wide open town out of
Benson.
"Last Saturday afternoon he
pulled an opium joint, located in
the new Chinese wash house, and
thereby exploded a bomb in the
camp of the P rs, gamblers, and
their sympathizers, and now that
element is demanding that Sheriff
Lewis take the badge of Office
away from his deputy here. A
petition to that effect is being cir
culated, and by business pressure
and other means, some of our
prominent business men have sign
ed it.
"The question arises again as to
which element is going to run,this
town, the taxpaying, law-abiding
citizen or the here-to-day, gone-to-
morrow gambler and pimp? Our
good citizens say that few shall
not come here and make a wide
open town Of Benson. and they
will stay with Mr.. Baldwin to the
end for trying to maintain law and
order.
"In the raid on the opium joint
last Saturday afternoon, Baldwin
caught a woman Of the half world
hitting the pipe, whom hearrested
along with the Cbink who was
running the joint, The two were
brought before Judge Ohnesorgen
and they have given bail for their
appearance in court.
"Opium smoking is more extern
sive in the town of Benson than is
generally known by the public
The fends will number about a
dozen, and any officer who tries to
break up the joints should receive
the support Of all good citizens.
"A remonstrance petition will be
prepared ,,signed, and sent to Sher-
III Lewis asking that Baldwin be
retained in Office
"There is not enough room in
Benson tor opium joints and their
habitues."