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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15
ASLEEP ON THE A
One Man Killed and His Brother Prob
ably Fatally Injured.

Henning, Mimi, May II. - Two
brothers, Erick and Andrew Erickson,
living two miles east of here, were
struck by the IL o'clock Northern Pa
cifc passenger train. Erick was killed
and Andrew was seriously if not fatal
ly injured. They were intoxicated
and fell asleep on the track. Erick
leaves a wife and six children.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15
H. c.. ALN
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

I~nsUranCe DeDalthEenI
!. II. c.. Shober, Commissioner of In
suranCe of the State of South dakota,
do hereby certify that the above is a true
copy of the original Statement now on
file at this office.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of this
office at Pierre, this 18th day of April,
1903.
H. G. SHOBER,
commissions of Insurance
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15
GEO. O.. RUGER,
Notary Public.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

80 " pooiii bAho1A,
Insurance Department.
!, II. c. ShQber. Commissioner of In
surance of the State of South Dakota,
do hereby certify that the above is a
true copy of the original Statement row
on file at this office.
In witness whereof, I nave hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of this
office at Pierre, this 18th day of Febru-
airy. 1903.
(Seal.) H. c.. SHOBER.
Commissioner OF Insurance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15

Net amount of risks in
force .S3OS, 773. 100
STATEMENT OF Bust
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR
Premiums on risks written. Sc. O9S. 10
Amount of risks written..... 349, 351 90
Losses incurred during the
year 3.204. "a
Losses paid during the year. 3,454. o4
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF
Naw Vnrly-Sc

A. d. Irving. Manager of the U. 8.
Branch of the Phoenix Assurance Co.,
Limited, London, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says that the foregoing is a
full. true and correct statement of the
affairs of said Company; that the said
insurance Company is the bona-fide own
er of at least one hundred thousand dol
lars of actual cash capital, invested in
the State and United States Stocks and
Bonds, or in Bonds and Mortgages of
Real Estate unincumbered, and worth
double the amount for which the same is
mortgaged; and he is the above de-
pany.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15

4IdIIdbEI.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
this 18th day of January, 1903.
iNntaria1 Seal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-15
1O,746.OO

S41,6OS,0 OO.0O
OF BUSI-
The STATE
RING THE
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
SALISBURY DYING
DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH STATES
MAN FIGHTING FOR EVERY
BREATH.
DEATH M0MENIARIlY EXPECTED
BUT THE PATIENT Is MAKING
A WONDERFUL STRUGGLE
FOR LIFE.
DEATH MoMfNIARIlY fxPfCIfD
RELATIVES READY FOR THE END
SUFFERS LITTLE PAIN AND HAS
ONLY BRIEF PERIODS OF
CONSCIOUSNESS.

London, Aug. pa bulletin issued
at 9;45 p. m. says:
There is a slight improvement In
Lord salisburys condition, which,
however, is still very serious"
All the members of Lord Salisbury's
family are gathered in or within call
of his bedroom at Hatfield house. The
end is expected any moment.
1t is realized that death is inevita-
Bile, though the patient is making a
wonderful struggle. For the last TWEEN
ty-four hours he has been fighting for
every breath, helped by a continual
supply of oxygen. The heart weak
ness, which has been the most critical
feature in the patients last seizure,
is hourly becoming accentuated and
the marquis gradually is sinking away.
He does not suffer much pain and he
has only brief periods of conscious
ness.
kilograms poured in all day from
notable men throughout the world.
Late in the afternoon King Edward
Telegraphed for additional informa-
ton, though his majesty has been
kept informed by bulletins. There
was yesterday continual stream Of
callers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
Casualties.

Travelling Engineer Ed Mcclure Of
Rat Portage was killed at Murillo Sta.
ton, Manitoba, by locomotive.
The fire in the United Verde Cop
per mines at Austin, Tex, has broken
out again with redoubled ferceness.
Owing to a rise in the Kansas river
making the bridges unsafe, traffic has
been suspended between the two Kan
sas Cities.
Fine at Cleveland destroyed the
three upper floors of the Masonic tenn
pie and Quilted the lower floors. Tho
loss is $4,000.
The steam tug Mersey foundered
near 0utarde shoal, about 140 miles
from Quebec. OF the eight men aboard,
five were drowned.
Engineer Eaton and Fireman Boggs
were killed and fourteen others injured
by a collision in the yards of the
Pennsylvania road at Van Vert, Ohio
Heavy rains caused floods that have
almost inundated Silver City, N NJ.
+ Il Ic new hclu ID pdllAdlly NItCiNCu.
Dozens of families are homeless and
destitute.
Barney Berry was instantly killed at
Waukegan, H., by a Chicago & North
western locomotive, and his body car
ried three miles before the accident
was discovered.
A gasoline explosion In William By
er's factory at Boston resulted in the
injury of several of the $50 girls en-
ployed there. The loss is estimated
at $500
Though no deaths have resulted,
more than fifty people at Colorado
Springs have suffered from eating ice
cream made from cream treated with
formaldehyde to prevent souring.
Mrs. Edwin H. Roberts, well-known
young society woman. died at Denver
from a fractured skull. and her hus-
band Is suffering from a dislocated
shoulder, the result OF runaway ac-
cident.
Two straw stacks were set on fire
near Danville, H., by an unknown man.
After the fire was extinguished the
body of an unknown old soldier was
found partially burned. 1t is thought
that he was murdered.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
From Other Shores.

President Castro imprisoned foreign
merchants for refusing to be mulcted.
Advices from Bogota indicate that
the treaty is delayed but not rejected.
Britain's Mediterranean squadron is
believed TO have been ordered to Sa-
lonica.
war of secession in Panama is pre-
dicted as the result of the defeat of the
canal treaty by the Colombian con-
gress.
China gives promise that two ports
of Manchuria shall be open to Ameri-
cans
The population OF Constantinople
was thrown into panic by the arrival
of the Russian feet in Turkish waters.
The Bulgarian government has pre-.
scented memorandum to the powers.
giving details of massacres. individual
murders and incendiarism on the part
of Turks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
Sin and Sinners.

Coney Island, New York, has been
flooded with counterfeit half-dollars
and quarters, bearing the date of 1902.
The latest murder resulting from the
Mccoy Hancock feud was the killing
of John Hancock by James Mccoy,
near Springfield. Mo.
Policeman John Murphy and two cit
liens rescued Patrick O'Brien, a would
be suicide and David Simons from the
Chicago river, at Chicago.
Enoch L. Cowart, cashier of the de-
funct Navesink National bank of Red
Bank, N. j., was arrested on the
charge of embezzling $4,000.
James II. Farrell and Fred LeClair,
self-confessed assailants of Isaac B.
Seeley, the New York manufacturer,
were captured at Providence, r. /.
The New York police had some diff
fculty in subduing gang of fighting
negroes and white men. The fight
started as result of a cutting ARRAY.
George B. Evans, manager Of the
American Transfer company, of Kan
sas City, shot and killed his wife, then
walked to St Mary's cemetery and
killed himself.
w. l.. Petit, for many years assis-
tant cashier of the First National bank,
OF Fort Wayne, shot himself in the
head dying instantly Continued i'll
health is believed to have been the
cause.
Jefferson Saunders, the negro bounc-
er of the Hotel Lenox at New York,
who shot and killed two policemen
and wounded third on May 2, was
acquitted of murder on the ground of
self-defense.
Frank Sinoni, a barber twenty-five
years old, is under arrest in New York,
TO await the action of the Chicago po-
lice He alleged to have killed Oscar
Quarnstrom with razor Aug. 2, 1899.
Because OF picture of baby in a
pocketbook, which he had stolen of
Mrs. c.. Sebastian, Of Chicago, James
Baker returned the purse. Mrs. Sc
bastian refused to prosecute.
More of a score of men have been ar
rested for inflicting severe injuries on
at least half dozen men in fierce
fight at Whiting, Ind, the trouble oe.
ing an outgrowth of factional fight
between members of the Slavic races,
laborers for the Standard Oil company,
Warrants for fourteen others will be
served to-day.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
1T is WAR TO THE KNIFE.
Chicago Restaurants Scene of the
Strife

SHiNdSO nGShdhIdnbS oCGnC OF tnG
Strife.
Chicago Aug. PA general strike
order affecting most of the restaurants
outside the loop down town was put in
force at s o'clock this morning. TWEEN
ty committees representing the Joint
board of the cooks and walters
unions, called the strike. The officials
Of the unions say that at least $50 res
taurants will be affected and that be-
tween 5000 and 5000 men and women
will walk out. The renewal of the
walters strike of two months ago
promises to be fiercely fought con-
test, as both sides are determined to
fight for the very existence of their or.
CARNATIONS. 1t is the Restaurant
Owners association on the one hand
against the unionists on the other.
The strike order is result of the
joint board of the unions refusing TO
accept the arbitration presented by
the board of arbitrators representing
both sides, which has been in session
for the last four weeks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
Otherwise.

Some big concerns will leave Chi
cago on account of labor unions.
DIR. Matthews Of Chicago has discov.
cred method of curing lockjaw.
Latest estimates place the spring
wheat crop at 100000, 600 bushels.
Booker T. Washington says whites
do not fear the negroes who are bust
ness men.
English golfers defeated the All.
Western team on the links OF the Chi
cago Golf club.
A general strike of railway express
men is likely unless the companies will
grant a better wage scale.
The Citizens National and Savings
bank of Beaumont, Tex, was closed
by Bank Examiner Logan.
Reports show that the general bust
ness and industrial conditions could
not well be improved upon.
1t is proposed to form national or.
ganization of all producers OF natural
food products to control prices and dis
tribution.
The federal court at ST. Louis re-
jected the application of union tel
egraphers for an Injunction against the
Western Union.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
WANTS EPISCOPAL POPE.

The churchman Suggests That Amerl.
can Church Needs Chief Executive.
New York, Aug. 23.-In the current
issue of the Churchman, leading
Episcopal church paper, chief execu.
tive for the Episcopal church is de-
manded in a leading article which do
clares that a chief executive is as
necessary for church as for a ma
ton. The Episcopal church in this
country now has not real executive
head. The oldest bishop is known as
the presiding bishop and is chairman
OF the house of bishops, but he really
has no specific executive or admins
trative functions.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
Personal Mention.

A. G. Dinkey has been elected presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Steel company,
vice e. w. Corey, resigned.
John d. Slayback, member of the
New York stock exchange since 1866,
has announced his retirement.
Noah Brook. sixty-seven years old,
a writer and journalist, is dead at Pas
adena, Cal From 1885 to 1896 he was
editor of the New York Times.
Rev. A. A. Cairnes. rector of the
Episcopal church at Carlyle, Ill,
caused a sensation by insisting that
the women must wear their hats in
church.
Moses Pollock, said to be the oldest
publisher and bookseller in the United
States, is dead at his home in Phila-
delphia. He was born in 1917 and
spent seventy-two years in the book
business.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
POSSIBLY TWO LIVES WERE lOsl
MEN ATTEMPT TO THROW wonry
End CHILDREN INTO The
WATER.
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT NOT KNOW,
DEFECTIVE MACHINERY, oysa
LOADING ON ONE SIDE AND
LEAKS BLAMED.

Indianapolis, Aug. 25.-Amid scene,
Of panic in which terrorstricken me,
lost their heads and sought to throv
women and children overheard m
pleasure steamer Indiana went to ~
bottom Of the indianapolis Water com.
pany's canal at Fairyiew Park lss
evening.
The park officials think nobody wa,
drowned, but ]. n. Oliphant Of Indian.
apolis and p. Il. Belts of Anderson
Ind, who were passengers, say tia
they Ilw a woman with a baby sink
to the bottom. They did not see them
, come to the surface again and feel
sure they were drowned.
About fifty people were on board
when the vessel sank, about three
quarters of a mile above its starting
point in the canal, which is about
eight miles long and runs from Indian
apolis to Broad Ripple Park. The
canal is narrow and from ten to fifteen
feet deep in the middle.
II Is Not Yet Certain
what sent the steamer to the bottom
Defective machinery, overlooking On
one side, and leaks are blamed
Skiffs on the canal aided the work d
rescue of fainting women and childFez
Mr.. Belts, who says he saw the ve
man and baby drown, saved his wife
as she sank the third time. Sc
weighs over 200 pounds.
Thirty persons were thrown into The
water when the boat sank. Several d
the male passengers did heroic work
in getting them to shore. They were
aided by the boats crew. Much add
tional excitement was caused by sew.
eral men on the boat who became
panic-stricken and tried to throw
women and children into the water
Search is being made to see If an!
bodies are at the bottom of the canal
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

%
Resume OF the News.
~ n '


The rioting which recently occurred
at Fat Shan, six miles from Canton,
Nine cases of typhus have occurred
at Gorze, Germany, from where Metz
obtains its water supply.
The base of the equestrian statue Of
Damatian was discovered in Rome IN
the excavations in the Roman forum.
A passenger train was derailed in
Saxon, between Rothenkirchen and
| Ober-Krinitz. Three persons were
killed and forty were injured.
/ Viscount Hayaski, Japanese minis
ter in Yokohama, declares that neither
Japan nor Russia are seeking war, but
both are trying to be conciliatory.
China has spread to towns along the
railroad. The American engineers
along the road have fired at the riot
ers. Several casualties are reported
The car and czarina have left ST.
Petersburg to attend the army maneu-
vers in the vicinity of the town of
Pskoff, 162 miles from st. Petersburg.
The international monetary ex.
change commission left ST. Petersburg
for Stockholm. The commissioners ex-
pressed themselves as being pleased
with the reception the proposals met
with.
A Brussels dispatch says it is stated
there that a secret agreement was re-
Gently concluded by which France will
not permit any aggression against the
Congo Free State or any violation of
its territory.
When gas / ma sulphur mine near
Caltanisetta, Sicily, became ignited
and obstructed the exit of 100 miners,
the mine boss directed all the miners
to save themselves if they could, while
he, with five others, tried to extinguish
the fire. Three have died and many
others are badly burned. The mine
boss and his five companions escaped,
but their condition is serious.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
FLEET CALLED OFF.
Russian Squadron Is Ordered to Leave
Turkish Waters.

Russian Squadron Is Ordered to Leave
/ Turkish Waters.
! st. Petersburg, Aug. 25.-The Ras
sian Black Sea squadron, which was
ordered to Turkish waters and whica
arrived at Iniada, Eastern European
! Turkey Aug. 10 to support Russias
demands on the sultan growing out Of
the assassination of M. RostkoWsA
Russian consul at Monastir, has been
recalled to Sebastopol, the squadrons
point of departure. The squadron
sailed yesterday.
> The recall followed a notification
from the porte that the sultan hsa
ordered all the Russian demands to Dc
complied with.
! Porte Moves Quickly.
Constantinople, Aug. %. - Inc
porte's reply accepting the Russian oe
mands was delivered twelve hours az
ter the presentation of the Russian
nore-a promptitude most unusual ID
the history of Turkish diplomacy
Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister
and Naum Pasha thereon called on NJ
Zinovieff. the Russian ambassador
and requested the withdrawal OF tu'
Russian squadron from TURKISH
waters on the ground that It's pres
ence tended to
Encourage the lnsurrection'
On the receipt of a favorable rep9
from st. Petersburg NJ. Zinoyien telV
graphed the order Of withdrawal %
Admiral Krieger, commanding ~.
Russian squadron at Iniadai. A runV'
has been current that the sultan ~
pealed to the German emperor 10 w
his good Offices at st. Petersburg IL
favor of the recall of the huSsiaN
squadron.
An extraordinary council OF MINIS
tiers assembled at Yildiz Kiosk 10 0ou
slider the situation in the interior anu
discuss the military measures ~
dered necessary by 1t. the sui.a.
had on Friday sought the advice o. -
French ambassador. -,
News from Adrianople represent
the situation in that vilayet as We
ing on a panic. The insurgents na,s
destroyed telegraphic communlca'.e.a
at several points between Adrianop -
and Kirk-Killse, thirty-five miles a
the northwest, and have burned al ~,
pillaged several Greek and Muss~ "a
man villages, including kayaKn -, az
Kizilji. southwest OF hlrh'h ~. ~
Troops have been dispatched "
environs of AdrianopIe.
Rebels Get Best Of u.
Sofia, Aug. 25. - From EassD ..,
Adrianople comes reports OF iiO,s
fighting which so far appears 10 ue !
sulting chiefly in favor Of the reso, or
tionists. Many villages have Ue -
burned and their inhabitants p Zen
taken refuge across the Bulsa -,
frontier. After long fight at Seoiio ,a,
the insurgents defeated detacnius s,v
of Turkish troops. which lost va "a
killed and wounded. At Chanasa'@a :
near Surovicovo, the insurgents 80
reported to have annihilated an cum
Turkish regiment
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
From the Capital.


A special commission will probably
go to Indian Territory to investigate
alleged land frauds.
Land Office reports show that re-
ceipts haze reached high water mark
on sales of public land.
The review by the president of the
North Atlantic squadron was marred
by collision between two torpedo de-
stroyers.
The postmaster general has signed
the protocol to the postal treaty be-
tween the United States and Cuoa
made necessary by the amendments
made by the Cuban senate.
Acting Secretary Darling has adj
v.sad Rear Admiral Barker, com
handing the North Atlantic feet, that
he has full authority to investigate the
recent accident to the Massachusetts.
Ii IS expected that Admiral Barker
will order court of inquiry shortly
Professor Langley declares that his
effort 10 make practical flying ma
chine may not result successfully. and
he is simply carrying out experiments
which if successful will be made
known to the public and te govern
ment alone will reap the benefit
AS a result of charges preferred
against James Mooney of the bureau
of ethnology, and Professor Dorsey, a
Chicago scientific man, of paying the
Cheyenne and Arapahos Indians to
hold a sun dance. counter charges
have been filed by Mr.. Mooney against
Supt, Seger of the Seger colony school.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
PROTECTS THE TELEGRAPH.
Judge Bradford Issues Order Restrain.
ing Several Railroads.

Wilmington, Del, Aug. 23.-In the
United States circuit court Judge
Bradford issued an order temporarily
restraining the Philadelphia. Balti-
more G Washington Railroad com
pany, the Delaware Railroad company,
and the Delaware, Maryland & Vir.
ginia Railroad company from interior.
ing with the property of the Western
Union Telegraph company on the
right of way of these railroad compa-
mics. The order OF Judge Bradford
will remain in force until the question
has been finally decided by the United
States supreme court. or until the To-
cal court makes the further order.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
STATE
state Treasure
81
cate treasurer {

state Treasurer Z
anal report for the p'
20, 1908, says in the
raj. The splendid
finances of the state
report of my prede
During the year just
Indebtedness has be
500, and none Of thes
we're matured. My
Hon. John Schambe
ofce expired at the
months covered Dy
| able to induce the
aggregating $4,000
| same upon a paymel
|N,625. These bonds
/ payable until April J
| amount saved to Il
1 state on this tran
4 Quoting the premium
remaining bonds, a
4 have been paid duri
4 Of this office Thes'
\ we're not due and pi
1 1912, but | was abb
4 fort to secure the
4 bonds without the
premium whatever
that | was thus al
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
G. A. r. CONCLUDES.
Officers Are Installed and Business Is
Completed.

Objects Are Installed and Business To-
Completed.
San Francisco, Aug. 23.-The thirty
seventh national encampment of the
G. A r. closed yesterday afternoon
after a protracted morning session.
The newly elected officers, with the
exception of Junior Vice Commander
Kessler, who is now on the way from
the Philippines, w"re installed. Com.
mander-in-Chi Black announced the
following appointments: Adjutant
general. G. w. Partridge of Illinois;
quartermaster, Mai. Charles Burrows
oof New Jersey; judge advocate gem
eral, James Tanner of New York; In.
spector general. E. B. Wessen of Iowa.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
REFoRMERs ARE SAFE.
TIE Consular Body at Shanghai Re-
fuses to Give Them Up to China.

TIC OVHsuTdT HuuF at Shanghai He-
fuses to Give Them Up to China.
Shanghai, Aug. 20. The consular
body has unanimously decided to ad.
here to the original agreement arrived
at with the taotai in regard to the ac-
cused Chinese reform journalists,
namely, that in such cases residents
In a foreign settlement must be tried
and punished within the settlement
limits, whereas the Chinese authori.
ties demand that the journalists be
surrendered to them. The taotai Is
expected to go TO Marking to explain
the deadlock to the yiceroy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Two Automobiles have finished the
first automobile trip across the con-
tinent. BY keeping sharp eye out for
familiar tombstones 1t might be pos
sible for them to find their way back
again by the same path.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27
cramns. Not Cholera

Manils, Aug. %. Upon investiga-
ton it turns out that the supposed
case of cholera upon the transport
Sherman was merely an attack of
severe cramps. The transport sailed
with clean bill of health.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Nine thousand street signs have
paen put in place in Manhattan within
a year. at an expense OF $4,000, aud
5000 more are needed. When they
are supplied, the unbeliever seeking
for sign viii have only to 60 to the
nearest corner
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Hereafter when Chinese reformers
write for the celestial newspapers
they will conine their remarks to
comments on the weather and verses
in praise Of the empress dowager's
beauty
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Perhaps the rich woman who gave
a quarter as reward to the little girl
who found and brought back her purse
containing $500 worth of valuables
didn't have a dime.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Just by falling downstairs In her
home a California woman was cured
OF trouble that had deprived her of
the use of her limbs and her voice.
This is a remedy that 1t would be
well to take IN homeopathic doses,
however.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-08-27

Is not Bob Fitzsimmons, the former
ring champion, who has just beenNmar-
ried third time, entitled to hold the
wedding-ring championship in his
class?