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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
SHEETS OF FLAME SHOOT -,
ALL DIRECTIONS CATCHING
SPECTATORS.
BODIES ARE ftARFUliY BlRMn
TRUNKS AND SKULLS ALL rAAr
REMAIN OF SOME or THE
VICTIMS.

Olean, N. Y, March 11.-A score or
more people were Killed and a largo
number were injured by an explosio,
Of oil near here last night. A freight
train on the Erie made up prinsipallv
Of oil tank cars filled with oil broke IN
two near this city at about 8 O'CLOCK
The two sections of the train came r..
gether with a crash and one OF tho
oil tanks was demolished. Fire start.
ed almost instantly and the sky was
lighted up for miles. A large crowd
Of people left this city for the scene
of the fire.
While they were lined up along Inc
tracks a terrific explosion occurred
The flames communicated quickly
with the other tank AIRS and a second
and third explosion followed each
other in rapid succession. Sheets Of
flame shot out in all directions
Scores Of persons were caught within
the zone Of the fire and enveloped in
flames. Men and boys ran screaming
down the tracks with their clothing a
mass of flames. Others fell where
they stood, overcome by the heat.
Just how many were killed is not
known as many OF the bodies were
incinerated. Twenty-Five bodies have
been taken from the w~reckage. Some
of them are burned beyond recogni-
ton, only the
Trunks and Skulls Remaining.
Sydney Fish, a prominent business
man, returned from the scene of the
fire at midnight. He said:
Il was attracted to the scene of the
fire between $50 and 10 O'Clock.
When | was within a quarter Of a mile
of the wrecked train there was a ter
rife explosion. Flames shot outward
and upward for a great distance. /
saw several persons who started to
run away drop on the railway tracks
and they eve moved again. Others
who had been standing close to the
wreckage were hurled through the
air for hundreds of feet. The scene
was awful. Half a dozen young boys
ran down the tracks with their cloth
Ing on fire. They resembled human
torches. / could hear their agonized
screams distinctly from where |
stood. They ran some distance down
the track and then threw themselves
to the ground, %sroveling III the
bitches in their frantic efforts to e1-
tinguish the flames. Then they lay
still, some Of them unconscious, 9th
ers dead. I do not know how many
were killed, but l counted twenty
bodies before l came away"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
CRIME RUNS 0
Now Killings Take Place in the Hib-
binQ District.

. Killings Take Place in the Hib.
bing District.
Duluth, March 1.-Two men have
been murdered in the Hibbing district
in the past two days. John Tanko, an
Austrian miner, is under arrest at
Chisholm, charged with the murder of
George Bollich, another miner, and
two men are under arrest at Hibbing,
suspected of the murder of an intoxi.
Gated miner named Eric Matson, near
the Penobscot mine.
The first killing happened Friday
night, and the second Saturday night.
John Tanko and two other men went
to call on George Bollich Friday night,
and when they arrived Bollich refused
to let TankO in for some reason.
Tanko Is reported as saying that he
would return and visit vengeance on
the home. 1t is claimed he returned
at II O'Clock the same night and fired
three shots into the Bollich dwelling.
Bollich came out and was shot
through the lungs, dying in a few
minutes. Tanko was arrested by the
marshal of Chisholm. The murder
occurred near the Glen mine.
Eric Matson, while drunk. was
walking on the railroad track neal the
Penobscot mine and became involved
in a quarrel with some men he met.
Matson was shot and killed. He
leaves a wife and four children. The
w murders coming on the heels of
the hanging of Henderson has greatly
surprised st. Louis county officials.
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From Other hor

The Brussels Etoile Beige says that
King Leopold will go to America for
the Easter holidays.
Bolivia has appealed to the United
States to protect her against Brazil's
demands in the Acre dispute.
The taking of the census Of the Phil
ippine archipelago has commenced.
There are 5000 enumerators.
According to cablegrams received
from Salvador, President Sierra of
Honduras has suffered a serious de.
feat.
THE British steamer Otter Caps
mex the rocks near Andierne and
Tt Is believed thirty persons
perished.
aA Pokotilen, the manager of the
Russo-C Chinese bank at Pekin, has
been appointed to a post in the min.
istry of the interior at st. Petersburg.
The Chinese government is contem-
plating the establishment of a great
lottery as a ear of increasing the
revenues.
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Resume Of the News.
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The members Of the City temple OF
London have decided to offer the pas.
torship to Rev. J. r. Campbell. in suc
cession to Rev. Joseph Parker, who
died Nov. 90 last.
At the suggestion of Lord Strath.
coma and Lord Aberdeen, q party of
members Of both houses of parliament
is being organized to pay a visit to
Canada in the autumn recess.
La Soufriere, the only volcano on
the Island Of Guadelope, which is not
extinct, has again become active. Blue
mud and ashes are being thrown up,
and all trees in the vicinity have been
destroyed.
Gov. Daniel of Rial province, Luz
zan, captured Col. Santos and a lieu
tenant who were found sleeping in a
shack. Both the prisoners were sub
ordinates of the notorious Gen. San
Miguel.
The Cantonese are agitated over the
arrival there of two American war
ships, which gave rise to the report
that the United States desired to Sc
cure the small island of Ho-Nan. occu-
pying a strategic position in front of
Canton.
A force OF scouts had an engage
ment near Novaliches with followers
OF Gen. San Miguel. Nineteen of the
ladrones were killed. Skirmishes
have occurred with the ladrones in the
heap districts, in which 100 of the
ladroneS were killed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
LADY AB6ESS GUILTY.
Sentences to Six Years Detention In a
Penitentiary.

Sentenced to Six Years Detention In a
Pe%nitentiary.
Berlin, March 10.-A published dis
patch from Munich announces that the
lady abbess, Elizabeth Won Haeussler,
of the old women's asylum, who was
on trial for attempting to poison a
servant girl, has been sentenced to
six years detention in a ~penitentiary.
The servant girl, Emma Wagner, was
for eight years the intimate friend and
confdant Of the abbess, who told her
many alleged ISLANDERS against mem
bers Of the Bavarian royal family. A
few weeks ago the abbess and the
servant quarreled, and then, it was
charged, the abbess, fearing the girl
would divulge the stories and injure
her in court circles, poured muriatic
acid into the girls coffee and made her
violently Ill.
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DANGER Is GREAT.
Flood Situation Along the Lower Mis-.
eisainni lie AIarrino-

Flood Situation Along the Lower Mis-.
sissippi Is Alarming.
New Orleans, March 1.-THE flood
situation along the Lower Mississippi
river is becoming more serious every
hour, and news OF a break in some
levee is momentarily expected.
The official river gauge yesterday
marked 1871, a rise Of half q foot in
the past twenty-four hours. This is
still nearly a foot under the record of
1897. The levee forces are at work
strengthening the front in anticipa-
ton Of the flood promised by the
weather bureau.
Heretofore the river has never
reached its present stage without a
break somewhere in Louisiana and
Mississippi, and the absence of crew
asses is taken as evidence of the
marked Improvement in the levee sys-
tenn. River men say the current pass
ing here Is unusually strong, and that
breaks in some of the levees are
Certain to Occur.
The river at Memphis shows 34.6
feet and IL rising. The levee On both
the east and west sides Of the Missis-
sippi are being strengthened at all
weak points and at such places as
will be subjected to the greatest
pressure and most danger when the
food Is at its height. Considerable
damage is being caused by the flood.
The river at Vicksburg registers 1.S
feet above the danger line. The pres
ent high water renders the situation
there serious. People living outside
the levees are abandoning their
homes and bringing stock and other
movable property 10 the NILS. Inc
levees are holding well.
One Man Drowned.
Columbus, Neb., March 1~1.-Three
hundred families living in Columbus
homes and seek higher ground. The
Lewis river at this point is more than
a mile and a half wide. At Stanton
Mike Dolche was drowned in Union
creek, which is beyond it's banks.
Danger of a Terrible Flood.
Louisville, KY, March II. AL
though the Ohio river is falling here,
the danger of a food Of considerable
proportions is not yet averted. 1t is
probable that by Wednesday night or
Thursday morning another rise will
reach here which will bring the river
up to the highest point of the season.
River Is Ten Miles Wide.
Columbia, Tex, March IL. - The
crest of the flood in the Brazos river
has reached this point and the town
is under water. Rail communication
with Houston has been cut off. The
river is about ten miles wide and
farms are under water.
Situation Is Alarming.
Jackson, Miss, March II. News
from the Mississippi river front is
that the situation is alarming. The
levees are in better shape, higher and
stronger than ever, except in one or
two places and are there being care
fully guarded.
Bridges Are Destroyed.
Louisville, Neb., March 1.-THE ice
in the Platte river broke up last night
and one p of the Missouri Pacific
bridge and four spans of the wagon
bridge were almost totally destroyed.
The river is still rising.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

"A good example of marrying in haste
IL that of the young couple who took
the matrimonial vows on a railroad
train travelling at the rate of a mile q
minute. Did they repent at leisure
after the train stopped?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

The two presidents advocate earlier
and more prolific marriages, and the
same week the De Beers mining com.
pany puts up the price of diamonds s
per cent regardless Of the financial
condition Of the young man seeking q
engagement ring.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

President Eliot of Harvard com.
plains that the graduates of that In
stitution are not becoming the fathers
OF enough children. This seems to
indicate that they are marrying into
the very best circles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

The men behind the guns have re-
ceived due credit, and now Admiral
Schley amends the famous phrase by
adding ":the men before the furnace"
The amendment will be unanimously
accepted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

The Montana legislature is being
urged to give Mrs. Steven Murphy a
reward Of $4,000 for being the mother
OF triplets. This is a good move. The
mother OF triplets ought to have con.
ISOLATION of ONE sort, and money Is
what she generally needs most.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
The Farmer Needed the Mon.v

Lincoln, Neb., March II. - Fred
Renter, a farmer, drew a butcher
knife on DR.. j. l.. Candy and COM
PEELED him to draw a check for 500.
Then both went to a bank and Renter
got the money.
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REWARD FOR MURDERERs.
Citizens Of Waterbury Would Avense
Murder Of Policeman.


Waterbury, Conn, March lie
wards to the amount of several thou
sand dollars will be offered for the
apprehension of the murderers OF 70
liceman Mendelsohn. Yesterday the
board of aldermen and the board OF
public safety adopted resolutions rec
ommending that the states attorney
be petitioned to offer a reward OF w.
BOO for that purpose, to be paid by the
State of Connecticut. The board itsell
will add to that amount. Magnolia
lodge, X. of p, offers a reward Of S5oV
and a like amount has been offered by
Nosahogan lodge, 1. O. O. F. Of1cer
M~endelsohn was a member Of both o.
these fr~aternities. 4
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Otherwise.

Stuart Robson Is Ill in New York
and his engagements have been car.
celed.
An incubator IL being used to keep
alive the girl baby born to Mrs. Lock-
wood Honore of Chicago. It is doing
finely.
George G. Holt, a well-known New
York city lawyer, will be appointed
Judge OF the district recently created
by congress in Southern New York.
War has been declared on the Peo-
pies Gaslight company by the Chicago
Federation OF Labor, and every union
employee Of the company will be called
out.
James Reidy, secretary Of the Clan
na-Gael In New York, has made pub
lie a declaration of principles, stating
that Ireland will accept nothing short
Of freedom.
Gov. Yates is said to have threat.
ened to kill Percival l.. Harden. the
editor Of the Club Fellow of Chicago.
If Mrs. Yates name appeared in the
paper again.
W. II. H. Miller Of Indianapolis, at.
torney for the widow Of ex-President
Harrison, has made a demand upon
the Union Trust company that it file a
report of the condition of the Harri.
son estate, and out of this have come
rumors that there are serious dissen.
sions among the heirs.
Ewing S. Glasscock of Harrisburg.
ILL.,. who prevented the wreck of the
Big Four passenger train two weeks
ago, received a pass on that road for
himself and family for a period of
n~inety-nine years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
NEGLECTING THE CHURCH..

Material Decrease In Number Of Theo.
logical Students In Germany.
Berlin, March 10. - A sign of the
times in Germany is the conspicuous
decrease in the number of theological
students at the great universities.
Even before the name Of Delitsch be-
came a household word, young Ger
mans were crowding in on law and
medicine and ~neglecting the church.
During the last decade the number of
students in law and medicine has al
most doubled, while the number taking
holy orders, which in 1890 was 1895.
dwindled to 2,286 in 1903.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

We can't all be captains Of industry,
and we don't expect to be. There are
quite a number of us who would be
very glad to be first lieutenants retired
on half-pay.-Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

millionaire Ziegler has decided to
back another polar expedition. Such
persistency and nerve ought to put the
crew under obligations to accumulate
ct least q few chilblains.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

A patient suffering from smallpox
has escaped from New Jersey hos
pital, and the authorities are indus
~triously searching for somebody to
search for him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Singer, La, March 11.-Three chill
dren, aged 5, 6 and s years, fell from
a footbridge across a little stream
which had been swollen by recent
rains, and were drowned here yester-
day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Dodge City, Kan, is preparing to
bore a hole in the ground for explor-
ing purposes, but it seems to have nc
fears as to what the opening may dis
close.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Hetty Green would probably fore
close on In orphan asylum il there
happened to be any delay in the pay
ment of the interest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

A Philadelphia man went wrong be-
cause of his love for fine books. Let
the young poets take heart. 1t may be
catching.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
STILL AFTER'A WOMAN.
Buffalo Police Pursuing Burdick In
vestigation With Viuor,

Buffalo, N. Y, March 1.-The DO.
lice cling to the theory that a woman,
and n from outside the house that
night, killed Burdick. Search for a
woman in a desperate condition, apt
to make her revengeful, is being
pushed thoroughly. So is the search
for a weapon. The examination of
sewers and sluice boxes in the vicin-
ity OF the Burdick home failed to re-
a any weapon apt to have been
used by the murderer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Now comes news that the Chinese
Dowager Empress has started a paper
in Picking. It's hard to keep q dow
ager like that In her coffin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

A painting by Troyon, Landscape
and Cattle" sold in New York for
$3.50, which vas deemed q very rea-
sonable figure, considering the high
price of beef.
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!. It would, no doubt, be shown, II fig
ures could be obtained, that dyspepsia
has spoiled more good fellows than
marriage has.-Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

One trouble with molasses as a food
for horses is that It would certainly
make them slow up in cold weather.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

It appears that Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell was born in America. She needn't
expect much when she comes here
after this.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

It is again announced that Mr..
Schwab has resigned, but the Ameri-
a people absolutely refuse to get
excited over it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

In connection with the situation in
Morocco, the Spanish fleet Is to be
modified. Where did Spain get q
1leet?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Honduras. Nicaragua and Salvador
are threatening to fight Guatemala.
They must be running short of revo-
lutiOns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Astronomer Young says a race Of
some sort inhabits the SUE Old Sol
ought to be able to put up . hot
race"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Cen. Uribe-Uribe, having lost his
Ayphen, is reported to have blown
away the rest Of himself.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Mascagni says Chicago women are
warmer than those of Boston. Well,
that only puts them a degree or two
above zero.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
Grimes and Criminals,

1t is said that the pope believes his
n is not far distant, although he
seems in good health.
Aid. Frederick A. Hart of the Twen-
ty-ninth ward, Chicago, was indicted
on charges of soliciting q bribe and of
malfeasance in Office.
AL Wade, convicted at Toledo, Ohio.
OF the murder of Miss Kate Sullivan,
in the first degree, without clemency,
will be electrocuted.
Indictments have been returned at
San Francisco against the Federal Salt
company for alleged violations OF the
Sherman antitrust act.
Three inmates of the national mill
tary home at Marion, Ind, were
drugged and robbed of their quarterly
pension money. Two are dead.
The supreme court en- banc at JEFF
ferson City, Mo-, sentenced Henry Will
o and Sampson, alias Bud Gray, ne
groes, to hang in St. Louis April 8,
1903.
Attorney Richard Wade, Thomas
McNelly and others are implicated in
the theft of $4,000 from the p~ostoffce
in Chicago in October, 1901, by the
confession of Mrs. Lulu Moll.
William Rudolph, known as the
Missouri Kid" and George Collins
were arrested at Hartford, Conn. The
men are wanted for a bank robbery at
Union, Mo-, committed Dec. n.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Harvey
Lille, charged With the murder of her
husband at David City, Neb., last o.
tober, returned a verdict of murder in
the first degree and recommended life
Imprisonment.
A woman who gave her name as
Mrs. Charlotte G.. Wellington commit
ted suicide by chloroform in a board
ing house at Haddonfield, Pa. She
left a note saying she was lonesome
and tired of life.
Train wreckers in an attempt to
ditch an express train on the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern near Leb.
anon, ILL.,, wrecked a fast freight, re-
sulting In the death of Fireman Joseph
Hughey of Washington, Ind, and Har-
vey Friend of Odin, ILL.,, and the fatal
injury of Brakeman w. L. Lucas.
The steamer Breakwater, from Puer-
to Cortez, Honduras, brought news Of
a desperate battle between govern
ment troops and a force of insurgents
under command of Lee Christmas, an
| American, which resulted in the de-
feat of Christmas and the almost COM
plete humiliation of his little army.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

It is to be remembered that when
Turkey engages in a holy war; it is a
holy terror.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Rebellion In kwank-Si Province
Spreading Rapid

Spreading Rapid
London, March 11.--Tt f3aif
correspondent at Shanai pms
that the rebellion in T. ~
province is spreading ser. fs. sew.
eral villages have been captured and
authority of the government in that
province is practically at an end. The
popular hatred for the Christians,
adds the correspondent, is displayed
In the Shang-tung province by the de-
struction of the churches. :
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

When the tide GIBBS these days Ven
ice goes dry. The Adriatic may have
begun to weary of its ancient bride.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

The powers are very powerful, OF
course, but the sick man of Europe is
. curiously uncertain patient.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
NOT TO BLAME.
Naval Officer Acquitted after Court.
Martial.

Martial.
Washington, March 1O.-The court.
martial which tried Lieut.. Chester
Wells for casting away from his vessel
the naval tug Leyden on the south
coast Of Block island Jan. 21 last, has
acquitted that officer. A court of in.
quiry had previously recommended
that there be no further proceedings,
but Secretary Moody thought that the
court-martial should be held.
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II you wish to put the germs out Of
Business, don't boil them; jar them.

II seems ambassadors are just as
liable to lose their Jobs as other folks
are.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Nj. Carnegie would like to be a
father to any deserving nation hat is
In trouble.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

Wanted-A new popular song. All
he old ones are worn out.