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PARTIES GUILTY OF WRonc,.
ING WILL BE SllMmA,,. :
DEALT WITH.
INVOLVES WHO'LL DtPAR1v,v,
ADMINS RATION OF pnsrn
FAIRS WILL BE CAREFUL,
LY PROHED.

Washington, April 15.-posln,.,..
General Payne last evening gsye ~,
statement in which he alnonnced =.
the investigation of the pos,os "a 4.
partment Will be continued AND ~.
the parties found guilty Of wropg6a,.
will be summarily dealt with m.
statement is as follows.
During the months Of Ianu,rv -,
February reports reached me whi.,
l deemed it for the public ints,o,,
necessary to investigate, and to M,
sonally gather such information M
facts as would enable the uo,toHu
department to undertake a thon0a
investigation as to the truth or fsls,,
OF these reports. | directed Fonr,,
Assistant Postmaster General Brjsto,
to take the preparatory steps to IN
vestigate, If necessary using for that
purpose p~ostoifice inspectors and sucs
other methods as would thoroughly
Ascertain the Truth
vi ISioINs vi liC Vial EEN Vi ilSln0a
tons made, and he was INSTRUCTED 10
proceed promptly ana with Vigor iar.
ing my absence. Since my return
this morning | have not seen Gen
Bristow. so that | am not advised 81
the progress made. The inveStlgatiou
will continue, and If any wrOngdoins
is disclosed the parties guilty Of such
wrongdoing viii be summGrily dealt
with. If the system or mpthn@ # do
ing business in the department \
faulty, the proper remedies will be
applied without fear or favor IN
augurated the investigation with ta
determination that il should be *
hausti %. 1t Is proper for me to add
that | laid before the president tbs
information which had in my posses
sion and that he fuIlV approved Of tho
action proposed by me"
Thorough investigator,
The whole administration # The
postoffice department is made subject
to the investigation under the posi-!
master generals direction, and e,ar
inquiry viii be made as thorough a
the departments most expert Inspect
ors a make it. AT the same tine
Mr.. Payne's purpose is 70 give fair
and just treatment to II concerned,
and not TO act arbitrarily and with IN
due haste. For this reason il can 10
stat"d that no immediate changes Of
Importance in the personnel OF the
service are now contemplated, and
changes will depend largely on the re
port to be made by Fourth s~sistan!
Postmaster General BristoW on The IN
v~estisat IN. although developments
meantime may neCessitate sone deVf
alton from this policy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
CRITICS JAW BROKEN.
CoIored Man Does a Little Strenuous
Work to Indorse Roosevelt.

Milwaukee, April Is. - Douglas
Grant, a negro, was before the police
court yesterday for having defended
President Roosevelt from derogatory
rem rks. The %slanderer was a white
man named John Coughlan, and Grant
hit him so hard or the jaw hat the
bone was broken and COughlau was
taken to the hospital. The argument
began in a Third street saloon. Cough
Ian said uncomplimentary things
about the presidents view OF the me-
gro question and Grant promptly
knocked him down.
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casualties

The cottage which John Brown used
as the headquarters Of his under,
ground railway burned at Tabor, Iowa.
A fire entailing a loss of $4,000 and
destroying fully half of the town oc-
CURED at Single House, Potter coun-
ty, Pa
Fire in the engineers barracks at
Fort Leavenworth for a time threat
ened the entire barracks. The fire
was extinguished with $1,000 loss.
Mrs. Henry L. Page, a daughter of
ex-Gov. John p st. John of Kansas,
is dead at Fort Scott of Inflammation
of the stomach, caused by poison eaten
in some canned fruit recently at St.
Louis.
Two negroes were killed, two seri-
ously hurt and nine slightly injured by
falling walls in a brick tenement
house at Louis vile, KY.
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A HOT BLAZE.

Wilmington, Mass. Having a Ser'0u'
Fire.
Wilmington, Mass, April 15.-~fa''
which broke out in a blacksmith sH'p
in the center of town. spread TO otI"
buildings. All telegraphic ana 'es
phonic communication was cni On.
The fire is still burning bristly Dn' a.
sistance from Woburn has arrived a1
1t is thought the fire will soon y
checked. Two business buildings aa
two dwellings are burning and a nis'
wind is blowing.
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CONDEMNED MAN ESCAPES.

William Hardee, Sentenced to Hang,
Breaks Jail but Is Recaptured.
Helena, Mont, April 15.-There was
a jail delivery at Glasgow Saturday
night. William Hardee, the convicted
murdered, led the gang. Hardee and
John Brown were r%ecaptured, but AL.
bert Jackson is still at large. The
men dug their way through a brick
wall. The supreme court recently de-
MED Hardee a new trial, and he will
o be hanged.
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Otherwise.

Daniel Butler, aged 104 years, is
dead at Enfield Falls, N. Y.
The tower OF Philadelphia's s20,-
000, 900 city hall is crumbling.
Work in laying the cable from Hon
olulu to Manila will begin soon, and
completion is expected by July 4.
Rt. Rev. George Montgomery, CO.
adjutor archbishop of San Francisco,
has been appointed archbishop of Ma
Mia.
The Kokomo Cooperative associa-
ton Of Indianapolis, formed by the
Socialists, has gone into the hands of
a receiver.
Most of the striking miners in the
bituminous coal district of Indiana
have returned to work under the new
wage scale.
Attorney General Webb of Califor.
mia has rendered an opinion declaring
the use of the Bible in the public
schools unconstitutional.
By vote of 70 to 10, the Michigan
house passed the primary election bill.
providing TO ra direct vote on all nom.
nations, including state officers.
Gov. Bates Of Massachusetts has
signed a bill providing for an appro-
priation Of 500, 900 for a state repre-
sentation at the st. Louis exposition.
Bandmaster F. N. Innes and Miss
Frances Boyden, who accompanied he
Innes band on its tour last winter, ap-
pearing as the principal soloist, were
welded at the brides home at Gin
cinnati.
Charles A. Parker, chairman of the
Colorado Railroad association, has
been selected as traffic manager of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company. to
succeed A. G. Cass, who goes abroad
for his health.
AS the result of q long crusade, the
board of commissioners of the District
of Columbia has adopted a resolution
f%orbidding expectoration on the side
walks, making violation thereof SUBJ
ject to a fine of 81.
An old oil well in the vicinity of
Cadiz, Ohio, has been spouting salt
water and eyeless fish. The fish are
dead when they come to the surface
and are being belched forth at the rate
of two tons a day.
Mrs. McKinley's team started on a
runaway as she was driving to the
cemetery at Canton recently. The
horses were stopped in time to prevent
injury to Mrs. Mckinley and the other
occupants of the carriage.
E. E. Hartman is to get a valuable
land and cash concession from Presi-
dent Diaz Of Mexico on condition that
he build a railroad in Lower Califor-
MIA that shall have a connection with
the Southern Pacific ain California.
A telegram from Lewis Nixon, pres.
ident of the United States Shipbuild-
Ing company, received by w. G. Dodd,
president of the United Iron works at
San Francisco, indicates that the men
will be granted the nine-hour day on
May l, with a 10 per cent increase in
pay.
The Essex county (Mass.) court has
been asked to pass upon the question
OF the influence of S%piritualism on a
sick person, and whether or not
through a medium George A. Caldwell.
eighty year sof age, late of Lynn, was
unduly influenced to give away his
property.
Allegations made by the grower OF
citrus fruit In Southern California that
lower freight rates and queer time TO,
shipments between the coast and the
Middle West and Atlantic points are
imperative. were considered at a SEQ
ond hearing before C. A. Prorty OF
the interstate commerce commission.
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To Search for Eaoan's BODY

Columbia Falls, Mont, April Is. -
A. H Eagan, superintendent of the
Illinois Central, has arrived here and
is organizing a party to go into the
mountains and search for the remains
OF his BROTHER, Benjamin Eagan, form
er superintendent of the Great North
ern, who Is believed to have persisted
in the region about Bolton, while
hunting deer last December.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
FACES TREASON CHARGE

Former Filipino Exile Captured w"
Revolutionists in luzon'
Manila, April 15.-Marino Lldh''J,
formerly an exile on the ls'an" !
Guam, has been arrested in Pan'p'ns,
province, Luzon. He Joined Inc ~.
lutionary organization and accep'es.
commission from that body. Inc W.
stabulary captured his NUNS
and other discriminating Cocum.n
He will be charged with brlsahu'
and possibly with treason.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
FIND EIGHTY SKELETONS,
Spanish Warship Is Raised From the
Bottom of Manila Bay,

Manila, April Is. The warship
Reina Christina, flagship Of Admiral
Bontojo, which was sunk by Admiral
Dewey in Manila bay, was foated and
beached yesterday. The skeletons of
abou eighty of her crew were fcnnd
IN the hull. One skeleton evidently
was that of an officer for it had a
sword by its side. There are fifteen
shell holes in the hull, one made by
an eight-inch and the others are small.
The main injection valve Is missing,
showing the ship was scuttled when
Admiral Montejo abandoned her. The
hull Is in fair condition.
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All the PASSENGERS Injured.

Plttsburg, April Is. = A trolley car
OF the P%ittsburg Railway
was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio
freight train at the Fleet street grade
crossing In Rankin borough and the
slxteen passengers aboard the a
were all more or less injured.
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Drowned While EishIno.

Little Falls, Mimi, April 15.-While
fishing in the Mississippi in company
with several other boys near this
place Saturday afternoon Henry
Meyers, seventeen years old, fell from
a log and was drowned.
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Called Accomplices.

Wakefield. Mimi, April 15.-Joseph
Taro, a saloonkeeper at Fink, where
the fight took place in which Giuseppe
Coloseo lost his life. and John Gerino,
were landed in Jail as accompices.
This makes three in custody.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The man who predicts what is to
happen in the next century is always
safe. Nobody win feel like disputing
with him while he lives, and nobody
will take the trouble to dispute his
predictions after he is dead.
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CHILD'S CLOSE ESCAPE.
Careful Err 1eer Slows His Machine
at Rinht Moment.

La Crosse, Wis, April 15.-The en-
CINE men on the regular passenger
train on the Southern Minnesota d.
vision of the Milwaukee road relate a
startling experience. While the train
was running at a high rate of speed
between Whalen and Preston the en-
gineer saw a little child playing on the
track a short distance ahead. The
brakes were instantly applied, and
when the engine came to a stop it
was but a few feet from the child.
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KILLED ON THE TRACK.
Entire Passenger train Passes Over q
Laborer.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, April Is. - T. l..
Gray, a one-armed laborer. was run
down and instantly killed by an Hill
nois Central passenger train early yes
terday morning. Gray was walking
down the track to his home two miles
from town. He was facing a violent
storm and did not hear the train ap-
preaching behind him. The entire
train passed over him, cutting his
body entirely in twain. Gray was
married and leaves a large family,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The cars plan of reforms is far
reaching, they say, but it does not
stop the smudging out from our news
papers of articles which comment on
1t before they can be delivered to peo-
pie in Russia.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

: It's great to be a king after all. The
boy King of Spain, it appears. can
marry a grown-up woman if he wants
to. What boy could ask for greater
happiness than that?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Lady Granville Gordon is an Ameri-
q woman and has lived in Chicago.
America and Chicago are waiting,
however. to receive further particu-
lars before doing any Boosting.
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Suspects Arrested.

Delavan, Mimi, April 1.-two men,
suspected of robbing the Bank of Mic
ollet at st. Peter, were arrested here
yesterday! They were we'll armed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The Buffalo inquest has developed
the TACT that one of the society lead
ers" kept a boarding house. 1t looks
IS II Buffalo society might be some
what indicated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Charles Buttell Loomis, the humor-
list, has been elected a justice of the
peace in New Jersey on an indie
pendent ticket. The punishment
seems deserved.
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Enuineer and Fireman kIlIeo' :,

Charlotte, N. c., April ID. "a
Southern Railways south-bonhu :,
mail was ditched near LeAih7 In
N. c., yesterday afternoon by 3sac
ing a rock on the track. The ehs'"
and fireman were killed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

II there is anything In names Senior
Bustamento, Cuba's distinguished SEN
ator, ought to be a powerful addition
to the American trust regulators if
he could only be imported AID ma
turalized.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Army and navy officers in Washing
ton now frequently wear their uni
forms at the theaters and at private
entertainments. A few years ago uni
forms were never wor on such occa-
sions. After all, why should women
have a monopoly of all the brilliant
cOlors?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The girl with the bird on her hat
may not be able to get into heaven,
but does she want to if there are to be
nc feathers there?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
COL. CODY INJURED.

Horse Reared and Fell on Him At =
Performance in Manchester, Eng.
Manchester, Eng, April 15.-W. F.
Cody ("Buffalo Bilr') met with an &c.
cident at the first performance of his
here yesterday. His horse
reared n fell on him. He was re-.
moved to a hotel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

| When a girl pleads in extenuation
OF theft that 1T is wrong to have Civ
en- her an education and no money!
there seems to be something wrong
VIA the education.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Kansas has q new claim on the
meanest man championship. At Well.
ington the local Scrooge hired a col
pred boy to carry a ton OF coal upstairs
for which Is cents was paid. The
thrifty Kansan then inveigled the boy
into q game of craps and won back the
Is cents.
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Moors CAPTURE a Fortress.

Madrid, April 15.-Dispatches !,
Melilla, Morocco, announce ina, !,
insurgent Moors have captures !,
Fortress OF Frajana. A part
garrison escaped and took reiae'
Melilla.
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Cut to kieces hY Train.

Lisbon, n. d., April 15.-Falling, it
is supposed from a 500 line train
near Venlo, a nan named hamburg
was terribly mangled and the body
scottered along the line. His home
was in Canada.
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TOO WET FOR EGGS.

Children of the Capital Are Cheated
of Their Easter Play.
Washington, April l5.-The Easier
~eggrOlling on the White HOUSE
grounds was a dismal failure because
OF rainy weather. The grounds WsIs
w~ater-soaked and dripping rain from
the trees made the grounds cheeFless
About a hundred children with men
parents came down during the aher
noon, but soon departed, The pro
posed Marine band concert on las
grounds was abandoned.
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Killed by a Storm.

Evergreen, Ala, April ia wind
storm visited the northern section of
this county yesterday, destroying
consider; Die property and killing
Henry Solden.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Editor Stead never tires of holding
this mad world in check, but he often
wonders what would happen if he were
to let CO..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

A st. Paul man nearly killed him
self chewing toothpicks. What right
have people who chew toothpicks TO
try to live on?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Those English writer's who compare
Joseph Chamberlain to Daniel Web
ster may be good critics of political
history but their specially obviously
lies in humorous work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The Macedonians have postponed
the Balkan uprising and the war cloud
has been temporarily consigned to the
property room.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Sir Thomas Upton is again of the
opinion that the Americas cup is as
good as won, but it may be just as
well to go on with the preparation
for the races.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

With deaf-mutes listening to opera
by the aid of an acousticon, the do
main OF the seemingly impossible is
still further diminished.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

II every mans mind was geared to
work a little faster than his tongue
many rash things would be left I'M
said.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

A Michigan man came to life the
other day in his coffin. He should
keep the coffin. He may need it
again.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Mr.. Schwab says that he is anxious
to get back to work. And this is the
season, too, when everybody has that
tired feeling.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

King Edward is accused of parsi-
mony. With such an income as he has
now he can afford to be parsimonious.
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WANTS HIS
viii Sue Mrs. Tanke for DISCOVERING
That She Killed Her Husband.

New Ulm, Mimi, April 15.-Detec-
tive Coleman. who has worked hard
for the conviction of the Tankes. saws
that he will sue for the reward that
was offered by Mrs. Tanke before she
married Tanke. There was a reward
offered by her of $500 for the convic-
ton of the guilty parties, and the re-
ward has never been withdrawn. The
detective has informed the attorney
for the Tankes that he will sue.
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CONFESSES THE KILLING.
Arrested Man Claims That 1t Was
Done in SeIf-Defense.

Milwaukee, April Is. - Martin
J~ochowicZ was arrested charged with
killing John Potrykus in front of a
saloon on Ninth ven last night.
J~ochowicZ was arrested at his home
and when taken to the police station,
made a full confession, claiming the
deed was committed in self-defense.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Buffalo Hawkshaws claim that any
way they are doing the best they
can" Precisely. That's the worst
of it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

The longer Adelina Patti lives the
older grows the joke about ner notes
being good for the cash.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

A man who writes a good thing can
try 1t in dialect and slang later on and
make two extra strikes with it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

II the scarcity Of food keeps on in
Venezuela, they will soon have to
eat Caracas.
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Body Of Drowned Man Recovered.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, April Is. - The
body of Roger Clay, n of the young
men drowned on Monday, was found
Saturday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

TIC appreciate a good woman, know
. few bad ones
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17

Nothing short of a revolution will
Jar Castro loose now.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
Tolls AN ATTACK
QUICK ACTION ON THE PART OF
AN AMERICAN OFFICER IN
CHINA.
FORE IGNfRS IN GREAT DANGER
NARROWLY ESCAPED A PLOT
CONTEMPLATING GENERAL
MASSACRE.
DRAKE CONC0CTs A DEFENSE
OTHER FOREIGN COMMANDERS
PROMPTLY COOPERATE
WITH HIM.

Washington, April 15.-Quick action
and common sense treatment OF a crit
ical situation by an American naval
officer in China recently saved the for
eign residents in the province OF
Kwon Tung, along the east bank Of
the Canton river, from falling victims
to a plot which,, while directed pri-
marily against the Manchu ian dyras-
ty, inevitably would have cu;Tlinated
in an attack on the foreign population.
This attack was averted by the pre-
stationary measures taken by Com
mander F. j. Drake, commanding the
United States steamer Monterey,
with the assistance of the English
%gunboats Sand Piper and Britomac,
the French gunboat Avalanche and
the German tug Shameen. The coali-
ton thai seems to have fomented the
trouble extends to several provinces,
and official advices received at both
the state and navy departments show
that
Reactionary Measures
on a scale far larger than Is admitted
either by foreign representatives or
the Chinese government have been
planned by the rebels.
Hearing that a force of rebels with
Hung Chun Fuk, q native OF Wa
Grow, had planned an attack on the
viceroy and Chinese officials of Can
ton during the celebration of the
Chinese new yea durina the uigi OF
Jan. 28-9, Commander Drake prepared
to defend foreign residents. An armed
force of 5000 men had entered Canton
surrsptitiously several days before he
learned the news and were hiding
with sympathizers. As most of the
foreigners and official representatives
of the various nations resided in
Shameen, Commander Drake first
completed his plan of defense for this
section, and then to allay the excite
ment which prevailed, he officially in
formed the consulates and Chinese Of
icials' Of his preparations, and advised
the commanders of the English, Ger
man and French gunboats of the
line Of
Action to Be Pursued
in case Shameen island was attacked.
The foreign commanders off ed
their cooperation. and plans were
perfected to meet any trouble that de-
veloped, whether on the island or on
water.
Instead of visiting the holy temple
In the inner city at midnight to offer
incense, the viceroy and officials re-
manned in their respective yamens.
securely guarded. Around the vice
roy's yamen alone were assembled
1000 armed troops. Bv 7 o'clock the
gates to the inner city were closed
and the streets cleared.
Many arrests were made that night.
In which some compradores were i'm.
plicated, and large amounts of stores
were seized in houses and shops In
Fong Chun and Fates. opposite Sha-
meen. Many indications of the attack
were found, and the officials agreed
that rebels abandoned their plot only
because of Commander brakes dis.
covery and his prompt action with
other foreign commanders in taking
prompt DrecautiOuar moocuroe
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They ought to pass an anti-smoke
ordinance on st. Vincent Island.