The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-03-20
THE NEWS in BRIEF.
For the Week Endlng March IL.


For the Week Ending March ia.
Nathaniel Surdam died at his home
in Almena, Mich, aged 100 years.
The Missouri Legislature has passed
a bill making chicken stealing d fell
1ony.
Metal workers employed III "a Of the
largest shops in Chicago nave zone on
strike.
Secretary Shaw has decided to em-
ploy no more women immigration in
spectors.
The Delaware house of REPRESENTS
tives defeated4a local option bill for
the state.
Gen. James A. Dumont has re-
signed as chief of the steamboat in
spection service.
Two men cracked the safe in the
State bank, Of Kasota, Mimi. secured
$500 and escaped.
Weekly trade reviews report q
promising outlook for spring and
summer business.
Joseph FL. Gibbs killed his wife and
himself at ST. Paris, o. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
The death list of students at Corr
nell college at Ithaca, N. y, from
typhoid now numbers %.
President Roosevelt hopes to leave
Washington about the end Of the
month for a western tour.
The Kansas legislature adjourned
after having been in session ten days
over the constitutional limit.
Gottlieb N~iegenfried, who muir
dered his divorced wife and her
father, was hanged ut Lincoln, Ncb.
Three men were killed and IA
severely injured by an explosion of
fire damp in a mine at Pontiac, III.
The launching Of the battleship
Colorado, building it the Cramps
yard, has been postponed until April
IS. !,
The Cuban senate has ratified the
reciprocity treaty with the United
Estates, two-thirds voting in the afiirm-
alive.
Robert G. Hedrick, commissioner
Of indian
Lincoln. diedsin poverty in indians
apolis.
Andrew C. Wheeler, better known
as "Nym Crinkle,' a well-known news
paper writer, died at his home at Nom
sey, N. x. j
In the SO leading post offices in the
country the gross postal receipts for
February show a net increase of oyer
~ per cent. ~
Eight men were killed and a large
number wounded, in q fight between
thaAhandsenfAri rival tnrnentine ANN
near Orange Springs. Va
Seven million dollars, worth OF art
objects, bought, by j. p. Morgan in
Europe, must pay So ,eao.Faoa duty il
brought to United States. -
Eugene Marshall, a negro student,
won in the debate atiAnn Arbor to se-
lect an orator TO represent Michigan
university in the Northern league.
The interior department. authorizes
the acquisition Of property IN Wyom-
ing; fomttana Colorado, Nevada aud
Arizona for extensive irrigation
works.
j. p. Morgan is said to have bought
for the American Tobacco company
the entire Vue1ta Abajo region OF
Cuba, the finest tobacco lands in this
world. I
Thomas Hardenburg died in Attain
tic, Ia, aged 80 years. He has drawn
a war pension regularly since 1895,
and claims to be the Oldest pensioner5
on the roll.
Frank G. Pingree, who was presi-
dent of the wrecked City savings
bank IN Detroit, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy. His liabilities are
$s25,oo0; assets, $i24, 600.
A government report shows that
the mount of wheat remaining in
farmers hands March i was 1914, ooo,-
600 bushels, corn, !, o5o, 0oo, 900 bushels,
and oats 365,O0o, 900 bushels.
An alleged Philadelphia murder
mill where undesirable relatives OF
friends can be disposed OF at ncm-
inal cost was unearthed by detec-
tives. [
Judge John J. Phillips, Of the Unit
ed States district court, granted an
Injunction against striking
sters in Kansas City on the grounds
that they were violating Interstate
commerce laws.
THE MApKETc