The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-17
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Anr;, 4.

10. f NuIa III
The transport Thomas arrivedin San
francisco from Manila with $50 enlist
ed men.
In a political riot at Monterey,
Mexico, i've men were killed and 60
wounded.
Joseph Telles was Hanged at Santa
Fe. n. NJ. for the murder of JailerEpi-
tacio Gallegor.
The Lake Shore twentieth century
limited train made a run OF 3S1 miles
in 36S minutes.
Fire destroyed a business block at
Sibley, ILL.,. including the post office
and all the mail.
Five masked men blew open the safe
of McPhiliips' store at Judson, Ind,
and secured $4,000.
The Canadian house of commons
has adopted resolutions in favor of
home rule for Ireland.
Victor Murdoch has been nominat-
ed for congress by the republicans of
the Seventh Kansas district.
The bank at Leger, Okla, was
robbed by three men of $4,000 in cash
int nded for Indian payments.
Benedict & Co., "get-rich-quick" con-
Germ, abandoned its South Bend (Ind.)
offices, leaving many creditors.
Robbers %dynamited the safe in the
post office at Wellington. o.. and Sc
cured $1,000 in cash and stam.s,
Mrs. McKinley's team ran away as
L che xryoC Irsys, ~ AZ na.,o4on., -
Canton, but she was not injured.
Count Eliot Zborowski, of New York,
and Baron de Pallange, his chauffeur.
We're killed in an automobile race at
Nice.
A bill increasing the liquor license
fees throughout the state by so per
cent. has passed the New York legis-
laturc.
The amateur championship of tie
Western Golf association has been
awarded to the Euclid club of Cleve-
land, o.
During March the total coinage was
$S,777,G27, consisting of: Gold, $685.
900; silver, $l,595,ss minor coins,
S301,72O.
The Texas. legislature has adopted a
sweeping antitrust law, applying to.
labor organizations as well as to COR
porations.
United States Senator J. P. Clark
and Congressman S.. Brundigc en-
gagged in a street fight at Little
Rock, Ark.
MN. Castleton, a labor organizer,
was fatally shot during a fight be-
tween rival sheet metal workers.
unions in Chicago.
Premier Combes, of France, says the
religious orders have .assumed'a threat
ening attitude and are openly talking
of violent measures.
The president has selected Wayne
MacVeagh to represent the United
States in the Venezuelan case before
The Hague tribunal.
Revenues under the new oleomar-
garine law show a great decrease,
bearing out the claims of opponents
of the increased tax.
A health report from Gen. Davis at
Manila shows steady Improvement in
the health of the troops and: cholera
has almost disappeared.
For the month of March the total
government receipts We're 45,435,43
and the disbursements $44 ,9S7, 5S7, leav-
ing a surplus Of $447,s47.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
has resumed his duties as ruler OF
the kingdom after a rest since Jam
uary ~ because of illness.
One thousand men are reported to
have been killed or wounded in a bat
tie between Bulgarians and Turkish
troops in the Okhreida district.
AT the close of business March 81,
1908, the total circulation of national
bank notes was $~3s2,519,25s, an in.
crease for the year of So. o42,s51.
Indictments on a charge of conduct
ing bucket-shops have been voted by
the grand jury against leading mem
bers of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Frank Dudash, who killed his
cousin, Joseph Fedelen, as the out.
come of a feud that started years
ago in Germany, was hanged at Kit.
tanning, Pa.
A new worlds record in firing 13-inch
guns was set by the battleship Indi'
ana's crew off Pensacola, Fla. Four
teen out Of 46 shots scored at a five