The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

For the Week Ending Feb. IA.
The new, yacht cup defender will
be named Republic.
Gov. Yates has designated Friday,
April "a, as Arbor day in Illinois.
Both houses of the Kansas legisla-
ture have defeated woman suffrage.
Ansgar college at Hutchinson,
Mimi, was totally destroyed by fire.
In a duel at a resort in Galena, Kan.
Charles Trotter and Earl Gent killed
each other.
Chief Joseph and q number of his
trlbesmen attended a reception at the
white house.
An exhibition of automobiles opened
at n coliseum in Chicago with exhib-
its valued at $5OO,0 DOC.
"A cablegram from Paris says that
the Olympian games have been award
ed to St. Louis for 1904.
Railroad officials plan radical meas
ures in order to compel shippers to
handle freight promptly.
Charles D. Peacock, ST., jeweler, and
a pioneer Chicago resident, died Of
pneumonia, aged IS years.
A bill authorizing Sunday baseball
n cities of over 10000 was defeated
by the Indiana legislature.
A ferryboat crossing the visloka
river at Lemberg, Austria, sank, and
50 peasants were drowned.
Lincoln's ninetyfourth birthday
was generally observed in the large
cities throughout the country.
Macedonian agitators are apparent
~ trying to involve Bulgaria, Servia
Russia in war with Turkey.
Advices received from Guatemala
announce that the entire republic has
been. declared in q state CT siege.
The worlds bowling record was
broken in Chicago by the Gunther
team of Illinois, which scored 1,141.
The Howard county, bank at NASH
vile, Ark, has suspended, and the
appointment of a receiver was asked.
Prof. Mazzoni, the pope's physician,
declares the pontiff is in excellent
health and gains in vigor each year.
All St. Louis turf cooperative COM
panies have suspended payment. fol-
lowing the collapse of E. j. Arnold &
Co.
Americans in Havana held memorial
exercises at the wreck of the Maine
on the fifth anniversary of the disas-
ter.
The earl of Dudleyain a speech at
Dublin declared that the prospects for
a bright future for Ireland were en-
couraging.
Weekly trade reviews report the
demand in excess of the supply in
many commodities, giving markets q
strong. tone.
Joseph E. Cot and Juan Gonzales,
who killed An old man and robbed
the corpse, were hanged at San
Quentin, Cal.
Gen. William Booth, commander in
chief of the Salvation Army, took
luncheon with President Roosevelt at
the white house.
Oscar Dillon, a widower, jealous OF
Mrs. Hattie Dunn, one of his tenants,
at st. Joseph, Mo-, fatally shot her and
then killed himself.
The crown prince of Saxony has
secured a decree of divorce from the
former Crown Princess Louise, who
eloped with M. Giron.
Ten life insurance companies are al
legged to have been defrauded out of a
million or more dollars by a band OF
swindlers at New York.
Bitterly cold weather prevails in
Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming,
Wells, Nevada, reported a tempera-
ture of AZ degrees below zero.
Over 81 1000, 900 was left to St. Paul
poor by the will of Mrs. Cornelia D. w.
Appleby. Trained nurses were among
the provisions made for them.
AT the national convention in Chi.
cago of educators and religious work.
ers expressions were made that the
Bible should be read in the public
schools.
Thomas Prather, a bartender, shot
and instantly killed Robert McSpar'
rem, a pugilist, in front of a saloon
in St. Joseph, Mo-, and then killed
himself.
A package containing $1,000 in com.
mercial paper was lost on January 81
by postal employees On a Pennsylvania
train between Louisville and Indian.
apolis. Search of empty pouches failed
to discover it. Carelessness is blamed
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