The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

TOT the Week Ending September 10.
rus X. has begun important reforms
at the vatican for the purpose of reduc-
ing expenses.
a dispatch from Dawson says the
hlondike's output of gold will be s1O,-
100000 this year.
The bank of Willoughby, O., failed
Win estimated liabilities of 5000, 900 and
assets of $25O,OOo.
FIRE IN Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, de-
stroyed nine business houses, entailing
a loss Of $500, 900.
Robbers took about $1o, 900 in cash
rom the Minnehaha county bank at
Valley Springs, s. d.
Massachusetts, prohibitionists have
nominated D. Oliver Cobb. Of East
hampton. for governor.
The republicans of the Eighth district
Oh Texa have nominated DR.. Max Ur.
WIZ, OF Houston. for congress.
Emperor Francis Joseph has issued
q positive order against the use Of the
hungarian language in the army.
0 Yates, N. D.. has been abandoned
az 9 military post and the troops have
Deen transferable Fort Lincoln. N. D.
James Kerr Kelly, aged "a years, for
merry; United States senator from Ore
gon, died at his residence in Washing
ton.
A twentieth century crusade against
their ancient enemy. the Turk, is being
planned by knights templars in Chi
cago.
Forty-five countries will be repre-
scented at the st. Louis exposition. ac-
cording to John Barrett, commissioner
general.
The directors Of the Lewis and Clarke
exposition to be held In Portland, Ore,
In 1905, have appropriated s38O,00O for
buildings.
Steamship companies in New Or
leans have locked out all union men
because longshoremen broke the
agreement.
The national irrigation congress met
at Ogden, Utah, to discuss plans for re-
deeming millions Of acres Of western
arid lands.
At San Antonio, Tex, schulz's palm
garden. for more thanS25 years a noted
resort for tourists, was burned. the loss
being ;25o.0oO.
For the second time in the history
Of the lumber mills. Of Minneapolis
some Of them had shut down because
IF high water.
Ed. Christy, who vas convicted Of
murder, committed suicide In the
county Jail at Wellington, Kan, by
hanging himself.
New storm warning towers for Lake
Michigan are to be built by the weather
bureau at Chicago, Frankfort, Mich,
and on Manitou Island.
An electric car ran at the rate Of
LOG Is miles per hour on the Zossen
military road in Germany, said to be
The highest speed ever attained.
The schedule of the failed broker.
ige firm Of Talbot J. Taylor & Co., filed
IN New York. shows liabilities of S.,
l13,476, and assets of $7,410.065.
Congressman Vincent Boreing, of the
Eleventh Kentucky district, the only
republican in the Kentucky delegation
lied at his home in London, aged GA.
G. Sam Nichols, aged go years, who
had founded numerous papers in Kan.
las, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming
ince the close of the civil war, died il
Salt Lake City.
Gov. Durbin of Indiana, in an address
At Atlantic City, N. j., gives a warning
Of danger ''in pessimistic and unpatrioti.
talk of demagogues," which. he said
created the mob spirit.
Cuba's first year Of self-reign was {
prosperous one, the revenues amount
:ng to $9,729,4 40, and the expenditures
80, 102, 1857, leaving a surplus in thu
treasury Of $~1,626,873.
The interior department announce!
hat 763.8OO acres of land in Mime
sofa, formerly a part Of the Chippew'
reservation, will be opened for settle
nent.
The Pennsylvania Fourth district re
sublicans have nominated Reuben O
Noon, a prominent Philadelphia Law
rer, to succeed the late Congressman
Foerderer.
Organized labor threatens to OF
pose President Rooseyelt's political fl
:ure II; he does not recede from hi
determination to reinstate Foreman
W. A. Miller in the government
printing ofhce.