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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
A TOWN is SEIZED.
Ladrones Capture SURFACE, in the
Island of Mindanao.

Island of Mindanao.
Manila, March Is. - The town of
Suriago, in the Northeastern part OF
the Island of Mindanao, was captured
Sunday by ladrones. who killed Con-
stabulary Inspector Clarke and several
others. A detachment Of thirty men
belonging to the Tenth infantry, under
the command Of L~ieutenants Patter-
son and Brown is hurrying from Ilo-
gan, on the northwest coast of Min
danao, to SURFACE, on the transport
Reilly. with orders to recapture that
place.
Brig. Gen. Sumner, commanding the
department of Mindanao, has been or
dered to send two additional compa-
MES OF troops to Suriago. 1t is re-
ported that the ladrones are holding
the town, but details of the fight have
not been received. The fate Of the
white officials and other foreigners is
not known. II 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.
Gov. Taft and Gen. Davis are going
to Jolo for a conference with the sui
tan and leading Moros of Jolo in the
hope OF averting trouble. They will
leave here tomorrow.
No advices have been received from
Jolo since Saturday. The situation
there Is regarded as being critical, al
though Gov. Taft and Gen. Davis
hope to quell the unrest and to sue
coed in making the Moros understand
the intentions OF the Americans.
The burial ship Proteous has ar
rived 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 herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
TOLD OF GUILTY LOVE.
Mrs. Burdick Testifies Regarding Her
Relations With PenneIl.


Buffalo, N. Y, March 25.-Mrs. Alice
Hull Burdick. widow of Edwin l.. Bur
dick. underwent a merciless examine.
ton by District Attorney Coatswortt
yesterday afternoon at the resumption
Of the inquest into the death Of her
husband, who was murdered on FEB.
26. Mrs. Burdick was on the stand
when court adjourned until TO-DAY.
She then will be recalled to complete
her testimony. With a package OF LEI
ters in his hands, some of which were
written to Mrs. Burdick by Arthur r.
Pennell, correspondent in the divorce
proceedings instituted by Mr.. Burdtk,
and other communications between
Mr.. Burdick and his wife, Mr.. Goats
worth forced Mrs. Burdick to tell the
story of her relations with Pennell
from the time he first made love to her
in New Haven in 1898 until 1901, when
these relations were renewed after
Burdick had forgiven his wife and haa
taken her back to his home for ue
sake of their children. Mrs. BnrdieA
was deathly pale while on the witness
stand. She answered questions IN
low, faltering tone, evading a dirc'
answer whenever possible, and reuc
family admitting facts when the us
trict attorney p~itilessly read EXTRACTS
of the love letters written to her ny
Arthur r. Pennell. Not since the i'
quest began has there been such III
tense interest in the proceedings
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Resume 81 the neW$.
Washinuton Notes.


The war department will compile
and publish q complete roster of
Union and Confederate soldiers.
Rudolph Forster Of Virginia has
been appointed assistant secretary to
the president. Since 1900 he has been
executive clerk to the president.
The government fishery expert, after
a visit to Alaskan waters, states that
the supply shows no hint Of ceasing.
Salmon fisheries are as good as ever
after years Of use
A sort of dime,in-the-slot special de-
livery box to facilitate the delivery Of
letters has been invented. The drop
ping in of a letter and a dime displays
q signal for a carrier.
w. r. Merriam is in New York,
house hunting. The family will re-
move from Washington to New York
about the time Gov. Merriam takes
hold Of hi. New York position, May /.
The postofices at Bowbells and
Souris. in North Dakota, have been ad-
vanced to the presidential class, to
take effect April l. Also the postof-
fees at Black Duck and Sparta, in Min
nesota.
Frank Fl. Campbell, assistant secre-
tary Of the interior, has assumed his
new duties as assistant attorney gen
eral of the interior department. Mel
vile w. Miller OF Lafayette, Ind, also
qualified as assistant secretary Of the
interior.
Candidates for appointment to the
naval academy will be examined on
the third Tuesday in April at the fol-
lowing cities: St. Paul, Mankato, Du-
luth, Fargo, Grand Forks, Pembina,
Deadwood, Mitchell, Watertown and
Aberdeen.
Gen. Frederick Funston, u. S. A., is
to become a trust-buster. His opera
tons in this line will be directed to-
ward a commercial combination at ST.
Michaels, Alaska, which is within the
jurisdiction of the department of Co.
lumbia, to the command of which he
has just been assigned.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
SCATTERED OIL ON THE nom.
AND THEN SET FIRE tn
THE HOUSE.
FOUND A BlACKENtD M,ss
ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY ne ~.
FIRE REVEALS WOMAN,s
AWFUL WORK.

Sturbridge, Mass. March %
1renzled mother in the little hamlet -
Flskdale, after cutting off every ma.,,
of escape by fastening windows o.,
doors, crushed in the heads of h..
four little children with an AK thro-
their bodies into a closet, scattered
oil over them and herself, and tbo,
after setting all on fire, cut her ov,
throat.
1t was Mrs. Peter Burke, the wife =,
a machinist, who committed the decd
and her victims were Lila, 6 wears,
William, 5 years; Louise. l IL wear,
and May Rose, 5 months old, respett.
lively.
The woman had previously shove,
signs of mental arrangement. Bnt
for the accidental discovery of the fl,
the deed of the mother
Might Have Been Hidden
by the destruction of the house. Tv.
boys happened to be passing the house
when they saw smoke coming from A
window. They burst in the doors and
tried first to put out the fire with
buckets of water, but ii gained o,
them SO fast that they were Obliged Ia
u for help. The neighbors prevent.
ed the flames from reaching above the
first floor. A closet door, which
seemed to be more charred than the
rest of the woodwork. was open, and
inside a a blackened mass, In this
heap were the bodies of Mrs Burke
and her four children. Every one Of
the little ones had it's head split open
while the mother had a gaping wound
In her throat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
From Other Shores

A revolution has broken out IN the
departments of Rivera, Flores and
Maldonado, in Uruguay.
Andre Giron says that as soon as he
and the Princess Louise are married
they will come to America.
The duke of Cumberland has re-
fused to accede to the kaiser's request
to meet him in neutral ground on the
latter's visit to Denmark.
The house committee on public ex-
penditures Of the Hawaiian legislature
has reported another embezzlement in
the board of public works, the amount
being $4,000.
DR.. Alfred Peldram, the new German
minister to Venezuela, arrived at Cara
a 1t was feared that the populace
would make a hostile demonstration,
but there was none.
The governor OF Natal has pro-
claimed the kings pardon for all per-
sons awaiting trial for treason or other
offenses committed during or arising
out Of the recent war.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from
Australia bringing additional new Of
the typhoo nand tidal wave in the
January. It is said that between 500
and eco islanders persisted.
The government Of Santo Domingo
has issued a decree imposing a duty
on the production of sugar of 10 cents
per hundred pounds. The decree will
mama into fCrro i'm madiofQ1v
Korea is becoming ambitious in the
naval line, and has already placed an
order with the Mitsu company OF japan
for a man-of-war to cost $4,000 The
Russian representative at Seoul is
said to have opposed the measure.
United States Minister Combs at
Guatemala City cables the state de-
partment that the president Of Guate-
mala wal withdrawing his troops from
the frontier. 1t is believed that this
action removes the danger of war be-
tween Guatemala and Honduras.
Paris medical authorities are divided
as to whether alcohol is n%ourishing or
not, and their dispute has reached the
point where each faction has placard-
ed the dead walls" with posters ap-
pealing to "the good sense" Of the pub
lie.
The Gloria D'Italia declares that the
excavations that are being made in
the forum are endangering the build
ings on Palatine hill. The edifices of
Severus, the Domes and the stadium
are threatened with ruin, and Caesars
palace shows signs of collapse.
Rev. William Burt, head Of the
American Methodist work among the
Italians, was received in private audi,
enc by King Victor Emmanuel and
received the decoration of the Order
OF St. Maurice and st. Lazarus In ap-
probation Of his labors, extending over
seventeen years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Casualties.

Joseph Leonard is dead at his home
in Brooklyn as the result OF a dose Of
chloride Of potash, administered to
him in beer by his wife in mistake for
salts.
DR.. George Converse and wife of
New Haven, Conn, were badly burned
and their house nearly destroyed by a
fire which started from benzine with
which they were trying to drive out
moths.
An electric car was struck by the
fast passenger train on the Big Four
at Indianapolis and thrown from the
tracks. Six persons were seriously in
jured, as follows: F. D. Mcdaniel,
Mrs. F. D. Mcdaniel, w. A. Eek, Kath-
crime Kane, Miss Mary Corrigan and
Clara Corrigan.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

New Lines Will Run From Chicago to
Wisconsin Cities.


Chicago, March 25.-A new railroad
using electric motive power between
Chicago and Milwaukee, passing
through Waukegan, Kenosha and Ra-
cine, will be in operation inside of
two years, providing present plans of
the Standard Oil people carry. The
Chicago, Milwaukee & Inland Lakes
Traction company is the name of the
new company, which, since it's incor-
poratiOn some months ago., has con-
Quoted it's plans in a very quiet man.
ner. The man who is representing e,e
Eastern capitalists and who admits
that the moneyed men are the Sta>sd-
ard Oh people is MI. Whitman, who
managed most Of the Yerkes projects.
The company is now planning to build
a line from Chicago to Lake Geneva
and GAINESVILLE and then to Milwaukee,
but the line through Waukegon and
Kenosha will be the main one.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Snow in Yellowstone.

Fort Yellowstone, March 25.-Over
the length and breadth of the National
Park there swept a terrific snow
story yesterday and last night. it
deepened the snow that already lay on
the ground, filled up the gulches and
made travel from snow station to
snow station on patrol duty well nigh
impossible. Altogether the prospect
of passable trails and pleasant wealth
er when the president comes to visit
the Park two weeks hence is not at
all good.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
RIVER Is o FALLING.
Flood Conditions at Memphis Are
BRIGHTER,

Memphis, Tenn, March "a. - Tho
river continues to slowly fall at this
point, the gauge registering 1915 feet.
The food conditions are becoming
brighter, and it is generally expected
that the worst is over. Reports from
the levees both north and south of
Memphis are that they are holding
splendidly. Officers of the steamer
City of st. Joseph yesterday reported
q critical state of affairs along the
1ssaquena county front in Mississippi.
All along the line the water is almost
level with the crown of the levees, and
at several points it is washing over. At
Duval's and from Brunswick to Cho-
tard there is imminent danger at sew
eral points where large forces of
labOrers are working day and night.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Otherwise.

William N. Cromwell, the attorney
for the Panama Canal company, will
receive a fee of S $4,000, 900.
Aurelio Herrera knocked out JACK
Clifford in the ninth round of what
was scheduled t o be a twenty-round
bout at Butte, Mont.
Eddie Santry and Adam Ryan fought
ten rounds to a draw before 1000 peo-
pie at indianapolis. Each man was
credited with two knock-downs.
A conservative estimate of the steel
trusts earnings gives the total net
for January as 9 1900, 900, February
50, 100, 900, and March $40, $50 900.
The Tennessee State senate has
passed the house bill to prevent com
binations in restraint Of trade. The
measure now goes to the governor.
Charles Dauer of San Francisco,
aged seven, had two stitches taken in
his heart, which was pierced by q fall
on a broken bottle. He may recover
A new Independent tobacco factory
with a capital of S., 900, 900 furnished
by Eastern capitalists is to be built in
Detroit and John A. Grow is to be it's
manager.
Mrs. Margaret L. Shepperd. who
died recently at Detroit, Mich, a
more widely known as the Escaped
Num-" and a. such attacked the Cath
Ollie church bitterly.
William Morrison OF Chicago pro-
posed to Agnes Oleson. a telephone
girl, over the phone, and they we're
married and Mrs. Morrison was back
at work inside Of half an hour.
DR.. William P. Mum is dead at his
home in Denver az the result OF lung
trouble. He was ono president of the
Colorado State Medical society and at
the head Of the board Of health OF
Denver.
Robert G.. Herdick, commissioner Of
Indian affairs under President Lincoln,
was buried at Indianapolis recently
from an ~undertaker's establishment.
He died in poverty. He was born in
Baltimore in 1921.
The people of Heromnec, N. T., de-
cided at their village election that
they did not want the $4,000 library
offered by Andrew Carnegie because 1t
would bind them to raise $4,000 an
nually for maintenance.
Farmer" Burns of Iowa had no
trouble in disposing of Adolph Millen
(Russian Giant) of New York in a
wrestling bout at Baltimore. Burns
gained the first fall In eight and the
second in nine minutes.
Charles M. Schwab, who returned on
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, said that he
had never felt so well in his life, nor
had been so glad to get back to work.
He declared that he had no intention
of resigning the presidency Of the steel
corporation.
The Jewish Daily News OF New York
announces that in answer to questions
sent to prominent Jews in Russia two
replies had been received, indicating
that the recent ukase of the car pro-
claiming religious freedom meant very
little to the Hebrews.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
UNCLE SAM AFTER FAKES.
Some Protection for the GuIiible
People.

Washington, March "a. - Another
crusade against fraudulent ground"
concerns will be instituted immediate
ly by the p%ostoflce department. The
companies involved are the oil, copper
and gold mine corporations and sim
liar concerns which publish alluring
advertisements and make representa-
tons which manifestly are fraudulent.
This crusade by the department UNI
doubtedly will sound the death knell
of these companies, which have fat
tened on the gullible people who give
up their money in the hope Of securing
from 80 to 100 per lent on their in
vestments.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

9 kubelik married and accompan-
led by his wife is quite another box
ONCE proposition from Jan the posi-
bic hero OF every matinee girls ro-
nance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

English yachtsmen say that the
half-measure in keel which the Sham
rock III is to use will enable her to
spin like a top every time she goes
about" Still, for all her spinning she
may not come out atop.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
BIG COLONY FOR CANADA.
Two Thousand Britons Sail From
Liverpool.

London, March "a. - A party of
British colonists consisting Of nearly
1000 persons, sailed from Liverpool
yesterday for st. Johns, N. B. Rev.
j. M. Barr has the authority of the
dominion government to take out
these emigrants, and foreigners will
not be permitted to settle on the ter,
ritory reserved for them at Sauka-
toon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Whole nations sometimes 20 to
sleep. Mr.. Balfour said that if the
ministry did not suit, parliament
could get another M easily. And it
missed the chance!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Gen. Michailowski of the Macedo-
MAN committee is armed only with his
name and a just cause, but the Turks
have modern guns, even though they
were bought on credit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
WILL BE RELEASED.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick Has But
Year More to Serve in Prison

Year More to Serve IN PFTsoH'
London, March rs. - Mrs. tlorenO0
Maybrick, the American woman WEI
was convicted in Liverpool in 1857 On
the charge of poisoning her huspanu'
James Maybrick, by arsenic anu
whose sentence of death was com
muted to penal servitude for life, VIII
be released in 1904. The announ''
ment comes from the home oh''
which authorizes her Washington law
yers to use the fact of her reiea'.
next year as a reason for securing Wv
postponement of the trial OF the i"'
suits bearing on the prisoners law
suit about land in Kentucky, VTglr"
and West Virginia.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Count Robert de M~ontesquiou says
the Empress Josephine was so lavish
with musk In her boudoirs at Nal
maison that the stones Of these amor
u retreats are still redolent of it.
Whew!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

It is estimated that a polar ex.
plorer q fit out an expedition for
$2OO, 900, but as this estimate does
not include the cost of the rescuing
expedition the figures are obviously
misleading.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

There is a mar in a Russian hospi.
tai who has papers to show that he Is
200 years old. His age isn't as re-
markable, however, as the fact that
he doesn't claim to have smoked to-
bacco and guzzled whisky all his life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

A new burglar alarm photographs
the burglar. arouses the family and
calls the police. A. it. needs in ad-
dttton is an attachment that will
handcuff the burglar and hitch him
to mi Of the legs Of the grand piano
In the parlor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

We are told that real grandeur
is to distinguish the marriage of Miss
Thaw and the Earl Of Yarmouth. But
We are old-fashioned enough to re-
member that all is not gold that gilt
tiers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Who'll respond to Brother Park
hurs.'s call for three or four million
dollars to start the ideal newspaper?
That money ought to start it all right.
All that would then be needed would
be a few million more to keep it 60
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

London literary men have organic
Cd q club to suppress superluous
books. 1t might have been foreseen
that ten years OF Hall Game and
Marie Corelli would lead to some
such reaction.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

An American has been arrested at
Milan, Italy, for throwing away money.
Are the rich to be deprived of all
their pleasures?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Cartoonist, isn't it about time to put
away h David and Goliath idea? It's
been in use for several years and real
~ needs a rest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

For those Chicago old maids to
admit married life is the happiest is
like a ~teetotaler describing the taste
of rum.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

It may be wise to keep a diary, but
as the evidence in a recent divorce
case shows, it is also wise to keep it
securely locked up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

The King of Spain is to name the
umpire between Mexico and Venezue.
Ia. Well, well, little Alfonso is get
ting to be quite a man.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Another "get-rich-quick" concern has
gone up in st. Louis, and the "get-
over-it-slowly" process begins for it's
investors"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

The late DR.. Calling invented both
q d~eath-dealing gun and an automatic
plough. But he never beat one into
the other.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Beef is now just as cheap as pork.
That seems to be the most cheerful
way to state the fact that pork has
risen to beef prices.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Brazil and Bolivia are getting
ready to go to war. Evidently they
are tired of fooling around with mere
revolutions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

At the Marquand sale a peach blow
vase fetched $4,000. A vase that will
bring that much must be a peach.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Lady Gordon is properly shut out
from court. The king of England
must not be contaminated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
CAUSED A N
Kentucky's Auditor Demands
2,ooo,O 600 Back Taxes.

Maysville, KY, March 25.-lhe
ditor of state, through his ass ~
Stanley Watson, has filed suit asa'l
the Monon County Building asso :
ton, claiming taxes on chooses ~
ton" stocks, bonds and other p'.ha
erty from 1884 to 1903 inclusive -. :"
total being $3.50, 900. This SUI. ~
created great anxiety among oui'u
associations.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Red hair, it is said, denotes purity
OF thought and intensity Of feeling.
What does the white horse indicate?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Mr.. Corbett is evidently extremely
anxious to be the first one to profit
by Mr.. Jeffries' failing health.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Really the Irish question has be-
come SO tame that Mr.. Balfour is not
afraid to pet it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
BAVARIA SHAKEN.
Several Earthquakes at Lindau INV
People Into a Panic.

Munich, March 25.-The region 81
rounding Lindau, Bavaria, in the !"
Constance district, was vislteu
heavy earthquake yesterday. Inc ~
pie of that region became panlc-s"'N y.
en- and rushed from their homes :
casualties are reported.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Balfour has a majority back of him
that seems to authorize him to do
things.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

To avoid the grave robbers drink
boiled water and get vaccinated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
CAPITAL is TAKEN.
Rebels Are Now in Full Possession of
City Of San Domingo.

San Domingo, March 25.-The revo-
%lutionists are in full possession Of
the city of San Domingo. They have
taken charge of the cable office and
of the government land lines. For
eign Minister San Chez has sought ref
uge in the United States consulate.
The fighting continues. Assistant
Gov. Echenique and the commander of
the government forces, Gen. Pena,
have been killed. 1t is expected that
the government troops outside the
city will
Attack the RevoIutionists
who are in San Domingo. Gen. Wosgil
has assumed command of the revolu-
tionary forces. The number of men
killed or wounded are not known, but
it is reported many have been killed
on both sides.
Gen. Peppin, at the head of a force
Of rev~olutionists, attacked the fort at
l o'clock yesterday afternoon and re-
leased the political prisoners.
Many persons have been killed or
wounded in the streets. The stores
are all closed and business is ~ a
s%tandstill. Serious consequences are
expected to result from the fighting
between the government forces and
the re~vOlutionists.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

In Mississippi anything progressive
Is q crime, even progressive euchre.