The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week End,nv oo....,.

roT the Week Ending October IT.
Inc United States supreme court has
for the October term.
John Alexander Dcwie and b;s ;,,,,oa-
York. N 9
me British bark Loeb Long was
wlecked Off Chatham island and "a ,ives
were lost. : N1'iiseS
Dr. Francis Landley Patton has heen
inaugurated president of Princeton
IN: - college.
sFftzsimmons failed IN knoc,, off
zoe Grim in the scheduled six rounds
at Philadelphia.
crusade against gambling by clerks
n o~ookkeepers has been begun by Chi
cago business houses.
Henry l. Mitchell, governor Of
Fiorlda from 1893 to 1897, died in
tampa, aged 70 years.
a new record for 5l furlongs was
set at the Worth track in Chicago nv
Golden Rule, in 1905 Is.
:. w. Butman, a retired capitalist.
? dead in Decatur, Ill, from heart
disease. He was 80 years old.
zen: Granville NJ. Dodge, Of New
YORK, has been eeleetedp resident of the
society Of the Army OFT the Tennessee.
Complete unofficial returns give
Hoffman, democratic candidate for
mayor Of Indianapolis. a plurality Of
93S.
The convention Of Indiana Baptist
churches at Bloomington passed resolu-
ions denouncing Senator Smoot. of
Utah.
Dalrymen and bakers Of st. Louis are
forming a combine with a capital stock
Of s., 900, 900 to purchase the smaller cor
Germs.
Inc Panama canal route has not been
abandoned by President Roosevelt, who
believes Colombia will agree to new pro-
posafs.
The fourth worlds Sunday school
convention will be held in the city Of
Jerusalem, Palestine, April Is. 10 and
20, 1904.
Heads of unions have been notified by
railroads that 100000 employees must be
laid on if demands for, higher wages are
enforced.
During a storm in Lafayette. Ind.
lightning killedsMrs. James Van Meter
and five other persons were seriously
injured. &
D%espondent because Of continued i'll.
health, Bernard Schultz and, his wife
committed suicide in Milwaukee by in
haling gas.
The transport Sheridan arrived in San
Francisco from Manila with 600 men of
the First, Fifth and Sixth cavalry and
200 mariners.
The cost Of living has increased Is
per cent. since 1898, according to a sup
Elemental report of the United States
labor bureau.
Heads of unions have been notified
by railroads that 100000 employees
must be laid off if demands for higher
wages are enforced.
Word has been received at the white
house from Gov. Taft that he will be
ready to assume his new duties as secre-
tary of war in January.
Miss Annie Ball has the distinction Of
being the first woman in Chicago to
pass the examination for stationary en-
gineers and to get a license.
Marshall Field, the Chicago mer-
chant, says Chamberlain's tariff policy
will be adopted by England, thereby
inflicting a serious blow on America.
Johnson Chase Hull, the Oldest letter
carrier in the country, fell dead while
standing beside the cofincontainingthe
body of his brother in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Hetzlor summer resort hotel at
Cedar Lake, Ind, was burned and Will
liam Potter and wife persisted in the
flames. The couple had just been mar
ried.
The receipts at SO of the largest post
Offices in the country during September
were $500, 422. a gain Of nearly nine
per cent. over the same month last
year.
Gen. Ian Hamilton, Of the British
army, was presented to President
Roosevelt. and he accompanied the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt on a
Horseback ride.
The arbitration treaty between
EGreat Britain and France has been
signed in London by Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne and the French ambassa-
dor, M. Cambon.
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