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DEATH IN A STORM
SOMETHING VERY LIKE A TOR'
NaDO CAUSES HAVOC IN
CHICAGO.
f0IR KILLED AND MANY INJURED
LIGHTNING RESPONSIBLE FOX
MANY INJURIES AND MUCH
DAMAGE.
BLINDED BY WIND AND RAIN
MUSICIANS PREVENT A PANIC
AT TIE RACE TRACK AT
HARLEM.

Chicago, Aug. looming out Of the
a tornado, a storm. preceded by 4
mass Of cop~per-cOlored clouds, swept
across Chicago yesterday afternoon,
spending its greatest force in Harlem
and the southern section of the city.
On the South side so severe was the
thunder that it's rumble seemed al
most continuous. Lightning was lie.
sponsible for many injuries and much
damage.
Four persons were killed by light
ming and thirteen others received seri.
Gus injuries from various causes re-
sulting from the storm.
The electrical display took place in
the midst of a pelting rain. The heavy
fall tore the flowers in the parks into
tatters and cut off leaves, which, swept
before the wind, were as binding as
sand. In the face of the rain and
wind it was impossible to make prog
ress of any kind. Motormen, unable
to see than a few yards in front
of them. ran their cars at a snail's
pace, and on the elevated lines trains
were stopped for a time because Of the
fear of collision.
At Harlem race track, which opened
its midsummer meeting yesterday,
panic was averted by the band. While
the downpOur was heaviest the light
ming seemed to envelope the grand
stand at times, the bolts apparently
breaking overhead. There was a rush
for cover that alarmed the faint
hearted, and only the action of the
musicians, who began a two-step,
stopped what had every indication of
a headlong rush from the stand.
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TORN TO RIBBONS.
AWFUL PUNISHMENT ,nr
ON A'cH'NEsE JOURNAL.
iST.
BEATEN WITH BAMBOO Rops
HORRIBLE EXECUTION oRDspr,
BY THE DoWAGER EN-.
PRESS.
BEATEN Win BAMBOO pons
1tRRIfItS THE RtfORMfps
IN FEAR OF ARREST AND u,
WILLING TO DISCUSS POL.
ITlCS.

Pekin, Aug. 4-Shen Chen, a Jour.
nalist Of Pekin, has been executea
According to the official reports Of ,bo
execution, Chen was beheaded, bnt =,
has become known that this repor,
was false and that the condemned man
was beaten to death in accordance
with special instructions issued by the
dowager empress, who desired to mako
an example of the Journalist with
which to terrify other reformers,
The incident is declared to be the
most horrible that has occurred in
China since the massacre of 1900, The
killing occurred in the court yard Of
the yamun of the board Of punish
ment. The victim was beaten with
bamboo rods for two hours, the flesh
or his back, arms and legs
Being Torn to Ribbons.
After life had apparently become ex.
tinct, the executioners, fearing that
Chen had merely tainted and might
revive, twisted a rope tightly around
his neck and left the body in Tho con.
dition over night No one except off.
GERS was permitted to see the prisoner
after his arrest, all information regard.
Ing his condition being withheld.
The evidence at the trial was so
weak that Chen woul probably have
been acquitted had he not boldly pro.
claimed his principles throughout and
his willingness to die for them.
He frankly admitted the charge that
he had attempted to organize a rebel.
lion at Han Kow in 1900 and boosted
that he had always advocated the as
sassination Of the Manchus in orter
to rid the country Of the dynasty.
Terrifies the Reformers.
China is witnessing a return to the
conditions which followed the coup,
d'etat of 1898. Political discussions
among the Chinese, which increased
during the imperial courts recent pol.
Icy of friendliness toward foreigners,
has suddenly stopped. The plan Of the
doWager empress to terrify the re-
formers by the execution Of Shen
Chen, has been successful. All tue
liberal Chinese, particularly those who
have been associated with the reform
ers, are in the greatest fear Of arrest
and 1t is difficult to find a Chinaman
who is willing to mention politics or
the Chen tragedy, although the latter
is almost the only topic of converse
ton among trusted friends.
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CHASTITY DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Farm Hand Kills. EmpIoyer and Burns
to Death Beside His Victim.

Rensselaer,, Ind, Aug. 5.-"John." a
farm hand, yesterday shot and killed
MS employer, Charles Medworth.
dragged the body into the farm house,
set fire to the building and lay down
a his victim until the building
burned to ashes. John" had been EN-.
ployed by Medworth for three years
and had always refused to give his
last name. Another hired man, who
ran away when Medworth was shot.
says thai Medworth ordered John" to
leave, under penalty of death. John"
then hred several shots at Medworth
and, dragging his dying victim into
the house, started the fire, which com.
pleted the murder and suicide.
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From the Capital.

1t Is understood that Gov. Hunt of
Porto Rico will resign the island gov.
ernorship.
The war department has allotted
$25 q for the construction and test
OF Prof. Langley's flying machine.
Acting Adjutant Hall has been noti-
fed that Maj. Gen. James F. Wade Will
relieve Gen. George w. Davis of the
command of the division of the Phil
ippines.
The proposals recently opened in the
office OF the supervising architect for
the work of improvement on the old
public building in ST. Paul we're re-
jected. The bids were too low.
President Roosevelt has ~pardoned
Emilio Villamor, who was sentenced
to De hanged because he was on the
court martial that tried and disposed
OF Marcelo Gadung, a native, VINO
acted as a spy for the American army.
In compliance with a telegraphed
request from Senator Beveridge, his
fa~ther-in-law, j. H. Langston, will not
be dismissed from his position as
clerk in the Indianapolis postofice,
ecaus of incompetency, until the
senator is heard from.
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BIG STRIKE ON.
Spain Is Confronted by Another seri.
Gus Uprising Among Laborers.

GUS uprising Among laborers.
Madrid, Aug. 5-The threatened ZEN
eral strike commenced yesterday in
several centers, including Barcelona.
Murcia, Cadiz, Rond and Alcoy.. The
general unrest is largely attributed to
bad harvest, but the immediate motive
is to reinforce the demands for the re.
lease or numerous workmen thrown
into prison for offenses in %onnectio
with the recent strikes. The leaders
OF the movement are exhortine the
members Of the trades Unions not RI
return to work until all the imprisoned
men nave been released. The gov.
has taken stringent measures
TO cope with disturbances, the military
forces and the civil guards having been
reinforced. The residence of the NAV.
or and a number of private houses at
Aicoia, province of Cadiz. have bean
attacked by strikers, who EXCHANGED
shots with the gendarmes.
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PRESIDENT SENDS A CHECK.
Hundred Dollars for Theodore Roose.
welt Siqnet.

Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-A check for 500
has been received from President
Roosevelt for Theodore Roosevelt Sig.
net, the boy born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
lam H. Signet of McKeesport some
weeks ago, and which is the twentieth
child born to the Signets. The money
has been placed in bank to the credit
OF the baby, the interest to accumulate
until he is twenty-one years old.
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THIRTY PEOPLE KILLED.
Collision Between Railroad Trains
Near Breslau,

Berlin, Aug. 5. A dispatch to the
Voikszeitung from Breslau renorte a
serious disaster on the railway be.
tween Sucha and Kalvari, Austrian
sllesia' A train consisting of eleven
cars heavily loaded with stone broke
tneir crossings and ran at terrific
speed down a sharp grade for twenty
nliles Ihtil they collided with a pas
senser rain. Thirty persons are said
10 nave been killed and ffty-two 9th.
ers severely injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

st. Louis policemen who are bigger
around their waists than they are
around their chests are to be dropped
from the force. 1t will be in the ma
ture Of an outrage to make such men
60 to work for q living.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A Missouri inventor is working on a
burglar alarm that will take the, pho
tograph, arouse the family and call the
police. He says that If he has time
he may also make it grab the burglar
and hold him.
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Killed by Train.

WEBSTER City, Iowa, Aug. 5.-rsaac
raii'nsei, coiored, who was run over
oy an Illinois Central freight in this
Guy Yesterday. died at Mercy hospita,
iast night. He leaves a wife and 49,
children in Cairo, Ill. W.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A Connecticut Judge has DEM
onstrated that it is possible for q
Judge to sit on the bench In his shirt
sleeves on q hot day without consid-
ering himself In contempt OF court.
This shows whether or not courts al.
low themselves to be swayed by their
personal feelings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

BY the way, considering the presi-
dents frequent illusions to race sui
eide" has that war department order
forbidding the marriage of young Off
GERS been rescinded yet?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Al the society people Of Newport
are forever striving to do something
queer and original. 1t is not surprising
to learn that they have taken to riding
the bicycle.
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Kerosene on the Fire

milwaukee,, Aug. 5. Mrs 1obp
hnebel and her girl baby were burned
10 death Yesterday at Granville ne.r
mere The fire was caused by the wa.
mar pouring kerosene into the kitchen
stove. The house was burnad
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Eastern college students are doing
harvest work in Kansas, thus unex-
pectedly devoting to a useful purpose
the muscle they went to college to Sc
cure.
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General.


The fleet OF torpedo boats ordered
by Mexico are now on the way from
Austria.
A petition will be circulated asking
the American congress to grant Ha-
wall independence.
United States District Judge Beatty
OF San Francisco, rendered two deci.
sions against ~boycotting in labor suits.
The executive committee of he
Peoples party has Endorsed the pro-
ceedings OF the conference Of reform
parties held at Denver.
Two large producing furnaces in the
Pittsburg district have advanced the
price Of iron Is cents a ton and are
now selling above quoted figures.
DR.. Lorenz will operate upon Carl
Busch, son of the millionaire brewer of
st. Louis, for hip disease. If he sue.
ceeds it is said he will be paid $40, 900.
John Poetsch, a Hungarian, narrow
ly escaped %lynching at Wheeling, w.
Va, because he kissed a prominent
woman OF the street. He was drunk.
Wireless telegraph service between
Chicago and st. Joseph and the steam.
ers plying between those ports, will
be an accomplished fact within a
week.
AT a mass meeting under the auspi-
ces OF the wrapper makers, 1000 girls
employed in that trade in New York
have been ordered to strike for a nine
hour day.
Articles of Incorporation Of the
Western Pacific Railway company
with a capitalization of $500 O 900
have been filed with the secretary Of
state at Salt Lake City.
A hundred carloads of fruit a day.
or 2,400,0 900 pounds, are now going
east from Sacramento. This seasons
the best California orchardists have
had in twelve or thirteen years.
William Henry Harrison Thornton.
grandson of President William Henry
Harrison and cousin of BENJAMIN Har.
risOn, Is dead at Indianapolis. He
lived as a recluse for thirty years.
A dividend of 5 per cent, amounting
to about $250,0o0. has been declared
on the outstanding stock of the STRAIT.
ton independence company of Colorado
Springs, leaving over $500, 900 in the
treasury.
In an injunction proceeding at Chi.
cago Judge Tuley held that the con.
spicuous display Of numbers by all au.
tomobiles, for the purpose of identi.
ication, was & reasonable require
ment.
Persons living near the federal camp
al Honolulu have been greatly annoyed
recently by raids on gardens and orch
after dark by the mischievous
element among the soldiers. The civ.
IL and military authorities have dou-
bled the guard about the camp and
ne%ighborhood because Of the com.
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Sift All the Evidence.

The grand jury at once began it's
session by taking up the case of James
Wilson and indicted him in a few
minutes. Sheriff Whitlock, who de.
tended Wilson against the attack of
the mol by shooting along a rail.
which was used as a battering ram.
0 Wilson into court as soon as the
indictment was returned. The sheriff
hustled the negro into court in a rough
manner, threatening to help him by
force ii he continued to lag.
Wilson's guilt being established by
confession, sentence was soon passed
and the criminal was dragged back 10
Jail. Sheriff Whitlock will remove
Wilson to prison as soon as possible.
The grand jury will at once take up
the cases of men who have been ar.
rested for taking part in the mob out.
break.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07
LAWS QUICK WORK,
Justice Moves Very Quickly Once it
Gets a Good Start.

Danville, H., Aug. 5. - James Will
son, a negro whom a mob attempted to
lynch on July %, causing a race war
that was quelled by state troops, yes
terday was indicted by a grand jury
on a charge of attempting to assault
Mrs. Burgess of Alvin, ILL.,, was taken
into court, allowed to enter a plea of
guilty and was sentenced to a long
term in state prison.
The whole proceeding occupied
about two hours. The grand jury was
convened yesterday to look into
crimes committed during the mob out
break in which Metcalf, a negro, was
hanged and burned for numbering
Henry Gatleman. Judge Thompson in
structed the grand jury to begin at the
bottom and to
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Sir Thomas has discovered that
there 10 nothing about Reliance to
prevent her from sailing fast. Per-
haps WI might accommodate him by
trailing a few graphing hooks along
her keel. Anything for q good c
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

An Italian scientist comes forward
with . consumption cure, but he is
rather late In the day. We have about
. thousand consumption cures in
America already.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Capt. Wringe of the Shamrock III
has had his first look at the Reliance,
and he says he sees nothing to be
scared at. That Is the thing that
makes races interesting.
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Sin and Sinners.

Sbs o1So
The New York police reserves
fought a mob of the striking drivers
Of the New York Transfer company.
One hundred and fifty indictments
were voted at Chicago against twenty
three book-makers by the grand Jury
Frank Bradshaw, a workhouse pris-
oner at St. Louis, jumped in a pond
and held his head under water until
dead.
Chief of Police King Of Stone, Va,
and one m%oonshiner were killed in a
fight between officials and Illicit dis
tillers.
There Is a mutiny suiong the con-
victs at the Coal City mines in Dade
county, Ga Two negroes we're shot
dead.
DR.. Lewis Shaw, a dentist in Brook
lyn committed suicide. Unfortunate
speculation in Wall street is uppose
to be the cause.
The safe in the postofice at May.
vile. N. Y. and 1900 2-cent stamps.
10000 1-cent stamps and 5000 Scent
stamps were stolen.
In a quarrel at a picnic on the III.
inois side of the river near Vincennes.
Ind, Louis Scheers killed one man and
seriously wounded another.
Another get-rich-quick> scheme has
just been run to cover in Detroit. The
victims are working women Thou
sands Of dollars were collected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Unconscious ard unconcerned we sit
idly by while the price of coal creeps
silently up 10 cents a ton each thirty
days.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

I. It il to be regretted hat those for
eign potentates can't see a sample of
our army as well as q bit OF our navy.
Our Tommy Atkinses are az lively
and gallant as our jackies.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A San Francisco lrm tried to cor
ner the bean market and Is In the
hands Of q receiver. Until Boston
sinks into the e 1t is folly for any
other city to fool with the bean indus
try.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Recently the smallest woman in the
world died from the effects of the heat
In New Jersey. The heat should have
taken some one of It's size.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A man is not necessarily a lawyer
because he Is admitted to the bar.
He may be q personal friend Of the
barkeeper.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

OF course, civilization has its advan-
tages. but the prehistoric jewellers In
caves had far cooler sleeping places
than ours are.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

The story Of a lot Of brook trout
getting drunk In the tank Of an Oyster
Bay saloon sounds especially fishy in
this "R"-less month.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07
STABBED ON THE STREET.
Prominent Citizen Killed and No 1raee
Of His Murderers.

Canton, Mass, Aug. 4. Hiram =.
Poole, a baker and n of the pee.
known citizens of Canton, was stappou
10 death last night on Sherman stfees
not far from his residence by one Oh
Larty of three Italians. His assalian's
he after the murder and have not y0s
been arrested. There were no olio.
persons on the street at the time :"
the murder and there were no W."
nesses OF what transpired.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Going hatless may be q new fad at
Newport. but no place else where the
American girl and boy can get u in
the sun and wind.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Incidentally it might be we'll to turn
q few specimens of the agamo mermis
culicis loose on the kissing bug.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

The mosquito-proof coat Of mail may
ere long appear on the market in re-
spouse to a widespread and pressing
demand.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Although he works in the vineyard,
the perfect pastor must not look like
. farmer, says Rev. Mr.. Crandall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

When Joy enters a house she is
sometimes followed by a smell Of
paregOric.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07
Turks Fall Into Ambush.

Constantinople, Aug. 4. - Isolated
conflicts continue to occur in Mace.
donna. Last Friday a Turkish patroi
which was pursuing the authors OF a
dynamite outrage fell into al ambush
laid by the B%ulgarians near Drama,
which is close to the famous plain u
Ph1lippi, where Brutus and Casslus
were defeated, and seven Turks anu
three bulgarians were killed. Inc
porte, however, announces that before
long the 10000 troops now in Mace.
donla will be disbanded. 1t is staleu
that as a result of inquiry by Austrian
and Russian consuls into the recep'
events at Salonica, Austria and Nus
sla will demand the dismissal OF Wo
chlef OF police at Salonica.
Reports from Armenia tell OF rather
serious disturbances, similar to thoso
which preceded the trouble OF 1874
Several conflicts have occurred Dc
tween the Turks and armed kurds on
one side and Armenians on the othei'
resulting in losses on both sides.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Some people appreciate their friends
exactly In proportion to what they can
get out Of them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

The happiest person is one who is
regardless Of the future and oblivious
Of the past.-Atchison Globe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A gold tooth, we'll up in front, sell
dom fails to cause a smile-to the
owner Of the tooth.
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r ON
Russian Soldiers Kill a Score or More
Of OisorderIy Strikers.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 4. - There are
reports that there were fresh COILS
ions between the troops and strikers
on the transcaucasian railway near
Tlflis last Thursday. The troops were
ordered to fire upon the rioters, VINO
We're using revolvers, with the result
that twenty-one workmen were killed.
The removal of a rail by the strikers
wrecked a transcaucasian train.
Twelve carriages were smashed anu
two persons killed. 1t is asserted mere
that the Armenians are melting ths
strikers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Ky were burnt up in the Glasgow fire
last week. Will horrors never cease?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

A popularity OF the Chinese open
door is that 1t Is not open far enough
to get anything out or in.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07
Resume Of the neWS.
From Other Shores.

President Castro has refused to
grant the exchequer of the Spanish
consul.
The house of commons passed the
sugar convention bill to it's second
reading.
Leopold Woefing, brother Of the
crown princess of Saxony, has married
Mile. Adamovich. a dancer.
The eruption of Vesuvius is increas-
ing. The lava stream is within twenty
meters of the ruins of Pompeii.
Several Korean ministers and dig
nltaries are suspected of being impli-
Gated in a plot against the empress of
Korea.
Senator Lodge is in London making
preliminary arrangements for the
meeting of the Alaskan boundary tri.
bunal on Sept. 3.
In a duel at Paris between Viscount
Antoine de Comrades and Tuoni Bey,
second secretary of the Turkish en-
bassy, Tuoni Bey was wounded in the
arm.
The frsa locomotive has arrived at
Junln, Peru, over the new railroad
from Oraya to Cerro Pasco. The rail-
way was constructed by American
capitalists.
The Philippine commission has
forced a general policy of retrench-
ment on the heads of the various de-
partments and substituted Filipinos
for Americans in subordinate posi-
tions.
Advices from Herzegovina say that
during a maneuver march of an in
fantry regiment from Trebinye to BIZ
lex recently, 400 men were victims Of
heat; 10 died and 40 are expected to
die.
The car, the czarina and their suite
have joined the pilgrims to Saroff,
where the Orthodox church will cele-
bfate the canonization of the Hermit
Prokher Moshnin, under the name of
Saint Seraphin.'
The Great Central railways dock
and sheds at Grinsby, England, have
been Quilted by fire. The sheds were
filled with machinery and an immense
quantity OF barley. The damage done
amounts to $500, 900.
The committee on privileges of the
house OF lords decided against the
claim OF William Turneur. Thomas
Poulett, Viscount Hinton, the forrser
organ grinder in the streets Of London.
to the earldom of Poulett, and in favor
OF the late earl's son by a later mar.
riage
Hiram Powers, John Lillis and Otto
Benz, striking molders from the
Stearns shop at Syracuse, N. Y, who
d~isobeyed orders of the court, were
found guilty of contempt Of court.
Powers was fined SIS and sentenced to
serve thirty days; Lillis $50 and thir-
ty days, and Benz was fined $50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

John Hay is a grandpa, but there
no use for the little breeches. It's
Q girl.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

The toy pistol ought to be adopted
by the army. 1t beats the gatling gun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07

Some people who Jump at conclu-
slons lose sight of the hurdles.