The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
CURRENT TOPICS

Massachusetts, has 1889 prisoner,
per million population.
The southern states know but it'll.
OF labor strikes in any line.
Ricn asbestos mines have been dis.
covered near 1rkutsk. Siberia.
The ~ railway bridges on the Ugan..
ga (Africa) road are American.
Nearly 1000 tuberculosis patieut,
are now in sanitorla in Germany.
There are nearly $50, 900 women
dfessmakers in the. United Kingdom.
An elephants jaw has been .un.
sarthed In Halleck Canyon, wyom'
Some first editions of'Dickens works
were sold for s35 at Messrs. Sother.
by's recently. ~
The economic structure Of the King;
dom OF Greece rests largely upon the
currant industry. :"
Within eight months we have re
ceived enough emigrants from Europe
to re-people Ireland.
Within the last ten..years there has
been a great decrease in the number
OF divorces in Prussia; >.
The Association of Master Plumber.
will hold its 1904 convention at the
Worlds fair, st. Louis.
The most powerful automobile ever
built is the Gobron-B rille racing car,
having 120 horsepower.
Pullman cars passing through Ken.
lucky will be disinfected, by order OF
the state board Of health.
In Scotland in 1898 there were 204
insane-pefsons in each 100000 popu
lation; there are now $50.
Many makers are now building gas
engines of $500 horsepower, and are
ready to double this efficiency.
Henry Horn, one of the few sur:
vivors Of the charge of the last bri'
gade, has just died in London.
The first life insurance society was
started in London in 1898 and another
in 100. Neither was successful.
In the ten city churches admins
tered by the Glasgow corporation.
4,943 sittings out Of $3.50 are inlet.
Worlds fair clubs are organizing In
various parts Of the country to pre-
pare for next years trip to st. Louis
Permanent salvage corps to render
aid in cases Of accident are about to
be organized by the Swiss Alpine
clubs.
In the Indian territory 440. 900 acres
of coal lands are to be sold at auction
andsthe proceeds divided among the
Indians.
The amazing richness Of the Missis
sippi bottom lands is due largely to
the sediment deposited in times o.
overflow.
The income Of the British post office
from money in envelopes having nc
or insufficient address is $4,000 OF
$4,000 a day.
The postal cable manager in New
York city expects, by July l. to send
messages to himself around the world
in 40 minutes.
In n of the streets of Vienna work
men have dug up part OF the stone
flooring of a Roman house dating from
the third century.
Shark fisheries on the Nicaragua
coast are contemplated by an Ameri
can company which will trade in SHARK
oil. Jelly and skin.
More vandalism has taken place in
Lichterfelde, a suburb of Berlin. the
colossal bust Of Emperor William
being totally destroyed.
Northern Nigeria is to have a new
notice force, 1000 strong, recruited n
the territory and on the lines OF tne
rcya! Irish c0~nstabulary.
In Nuremberg, Germany, 300 work
men are employed making sol
diers and lead toys. They turn ou'
cbout 100000 lead soldiers a day.
Cen. M. W. Ransom, a former Unit
cd states senator from North Carolina
Is deyoting his time to farming, ane
tbis wear will run about $50 plows.
shipments of wheat from Argentine
from January l to June 5, 1903, nav
amounted to ~4O,434,OOO bushels. Las
year for the same period shipments
were 100000 bushels.
The British national pavilion at tn
worlds fair, st. Louis, will be 9 re
PRODUCTION of the orangery or banque
hall of the K%ensington palace. in Ken
sington gardens. London.
The statement that the British nav!
would protect British commerce u
time Of war seems absurd when takel
with the fact that there are 600
british merchantmen anoai.
The sultan of Turkey has z curiou
.ahhv n regard to carriages. He3ha
heen steadily engaged in making 2 g
lection Of such vehicles for the past :
49, and now has nearly 500 Of e.