The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending Feb. II.

For the Week Ending Feb. II.
Mrs. Julia Duplice died at Chippe-
wa Falls, Wis, aged 103 years.
A fire at Marion, Ill, resulted in .
loss estimated at 100000 to $500, 900.
Cole Younger confirms the report
that he intends to run a wild west"
show.
Albert w. Wishard, of Indiana, so
licitor of internal revenue, has re-
signed.
The opera house block and public
library at Ashland, o., were destroyed
by fire.
The president has signed the de-
partment of commerce bill and the
general staff bill.
Venezuela has placed an additional
duty of 30 per cent. upon all-imports
as a war measure.
Horace White has retired from his
position as chief editor of the New
York Evening Post.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
election of the pope was celebrated in
AsOAAc WAlu ulSu mass. ~ @
A total Of 81 municipal ownership
corporations are reported in England,
with $65, 100000 yearly income.
A bill to prohibit football in the Iili-
nois State university and schools has
been introduced in the legislature.
Both houses of the Wyoming legis-
lature adopted a joint resolution
strongly indorsing woman suffrage.
Booker I. Washington, in an address
at Tuskegee, Ala, before the twelfth
annual negro conference, urged race
friendliness.
John Mitchell, president of United
Mine Workers union, refused $4,000
offer from Chautauqua alliance for q
lecture series.
The Montreal express on the Grand
Trunk left the track near Whitby
Junction, Ont, and a score Of passen-
gers, we~re.injured.
A decision rendered by the Illinois
supreme court gives the city of Chi
cago power to order railroads to ele-
vate or remove tracks.
The names of Brig. Gems. Breckin-
Fridge, Ludington and Wade have been
sent to the senate for promotion to the
grade of major general.
Smallpox is said to be more widely
spread over the United States now
than ever before, and the disease il
of the deadliest type ever known.
The bankrupt earl of Yarmouth's
engagement to wed Miss Mary Thaw,
daughter of William Thaw, a former
Pittsburg millionaire,i is announced.
Drainage trustees think that the
state Of Illinois will be made chief de.
PENDANT in q suit started by st. Louis
because of pollution Of its water sup
ply.
Delegates from more than 80 states
attended a convention at the Audito.
rum, Chicago, and demanded that con.
gress appropriate $e0,oOo,O0O for good
roads.
The National Railroad Protective as.
sociation has been organized in Chi.
cago to prevent frauds by scalpers
Detectives will watch for misuse Of
tickets.
Church and state officials of Ger
many express themselves as Satisfied
Of the orthodoxy of Emperor William
as shown in his recent declaration Of
faith in God.
President Roosevelt has written hi
autograph with a diamond on a pan,
OF plass that will be placed in univer
sity hall at Northwestern university
Evanston, ILL.,, as a souvenir.
Former Secretary of State John W
Foster has been selected to TAX
charge Of the case Of the United State.
in presentation of the Alaskan boun
dairy question to the commission.
The Illinois supreme court sustain
the antitrust law Of 1891 and amend
ments>of 1ss3. Corporations are he'll
liable for fines in case Of failure t,
make yearly report on afiliationswitl
combines.
Wholesale forgery of ~naturalizatio,
papers has been discovered in Ney
York. The paper and the seal Of TIL
United States were both c%ounterfeitel
and sold to unsuspecting foreigner
for $3.50 each.
The United States reciprocity treat