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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
NEWSY BREVITIEs.

Irene Max, a little girl, was run
down and killed by an automobile ~
st. Paul.
1t is officially announced that fresr
dent Loubet will proceed to Lonoon
between July IS and July 20.
Near st. C%lairsyille, O., two negroes
attacked an aged woman and. lea'i,5
her unconscious in the road, escapeo.
The establishment of Eli, Lilly y
Co., wholesale druggists in kansas
City, Mo, was damaged $4,000 by nv
Five men were mortally burned ~
an explosion of gas at Hope well Nv Nv
! in the Fish Creeln CIV. Va.) OIL o's'
trict.
a meeting of the cabinet has teen
called for Saturday, June 6, the aas
after the presidents return to NV
white house.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

had attempted to make mischief be.
tween the colonial secretary and him
self, but any such attempt would fail
lie commended that after the resolution
OF the colonial conference Mr.. Cham
berlaln was bound to raise the subject
OF preferential trade for public dis
cussion.
Mr.. Balfonr deprecated "wavine
the ragged, moth-eaten flags of either
the Protectionist or the free trade side
III the controversy now as far removed
as the poles from the controversy of
nall a century ago" The premier then
proceeded to argue that the tendency
was to raise a tariff wall against Brit
ish goods.
Dependent on Others.
Great Britain, he said. must become
more II more dependent on foreign
countries for food, and, owing to ex-
terror tariffs, would find herself com
peeled to dispose of her exports on n
erous terms, resulting in enormous
loss to the community, He, therefore,
" NHoS AiN 1LlC 1luu come when
1T should be publicly discussed whether
the doctrine that venue was revert
De raised except for the purpose of X
pendlture must not be abandoned.
Fnvors Freedom Of Speech.
The premier declared that there
was no contradiction between the
Jews OF Mr.. Chamberlain and his own.
but, he defended the right of any min:
lister to freedom of speech. This fiscal
question required the most careful ex-
ANIMATION. he was not certain that
the scheme was practicable, but un-
less some scheme was devised, the en-
pire could not progress.
Replying to a question Lord Gran
pofne said that SO far as the British
foreign office was aware GERMANY
atone had threatened reprisals on
canada IN consequence of the latter
granting preferential treatment to
British goods.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Tells story of Bondage.

Montgomery, Ala, May 3o.-One OF
the negroes who was recently in
bondage to a white citizen of Good.
water, Ala. told the grand jury Fri
day what he knew Of involuntary
servitude of negores which has al
ready caused the arrest of two promi-
nent planters. The negro said he
had been in bondage more than a
year on a chain gang near Goodwater
for a debt of six dollars. He told of
a negro man and negro woman hav-
ing been brutally whipped to death.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

and the president rose in his car
riage and bowed in response to their
wild cheering.
The procession proceeded through
the business section to the CITY and
county buildings. Excursion trains
had been run from every point of the
state, and it is probable that more
than $4,000 people saw and cheered
the president here. Among the spec
tators We're many old Mormons,
many Of whom had come across the
plains with Brigham Young.
Nine thousand school children
every one of them waving a flag,
greeted President Roosevelt as he
stepped from his carriage and mount
ca a platform. The reception given
him by the youngsters evidently
pleased the president very much and
he smiled and bowed repeatedly.
After speaking a moment to the
children. the president reviewed the
long parade, and then, reenterinp his
carriage, was driven to the Taber-
nacle. When President Roosevelt
stepped forward after an introdnc-
ton by Gov. Wells, 1000 people rose
TO their feet and cheered wildly for
tully a minute. The president spoke
IN eulogy Of the Utah pioneers. who.
ne sad. came here not to exploit the
land and then go somewhere else
but to built homes. Secrct ,,vs
Moody and Wilson also spoke brief
~: Secretary Moody aroused CON
siderable enthusiasm by PROMISING
TO name a battleship Utah if con.
gress would grant him five battle
ships at the next session. Ta.r;na
the tabernacle the president was driy
en- to Senator Kearns' residence fo,
uncheon and rest. This was entire
y an informal affair. pr.sidan+
Joseph. E. Smith. of the Mormnn
church, Senator smoot, Gov. Wa,1s
congressman Howell and a few nor
sonal friends of the presidents. ~
senator Kearns made np the marty
odgen, Utah. May 3o.-pres;dan+
roosevelt was greeted here bv tho,s
sands OF people gathered from 81,
me of northern Utah. At =
pavilion on the public sonaro 49,
president was welcomed by M,rnr
nlasmann in a few words. Senate
heeo slnoot then introduced tha
president, who spoke briefly.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

While a number of workmen were
sitting in a wine shop in the Rue de
Charenton in Paris recently one of
them, a man of 40, named Negocier.
made a wager that he could drink 4
dozen glasses of absinthe while IL
O'Clock was striking. On the first
stroke Negocier swallowed his first
glass, and the clock just finished strik.
ing when he drank the twelfth and last.
While his companions were applaud
ing the feat Negrocier staggered and
fell heavily to the floor. He was picked
up dead, as is usual in such foolhardy
l1eats.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

Song birds will hereafter be as safe
in the west as they have been in the
east. A treaty of peace was arranged
recently between the Millinery job
bers' association and the Audubon so.
clety. A similar treaty was negoti-
ated in the east between the Millinery
Merchants Protective association and
the New York Audubon society, and
was the basis for the present agree
ment. Under it the millinery men
agree to discontinue the use of all
song birds on hats, also gulls, terms.
humming birds and grebes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Signed Iron Wage Scale.

Detroit, May Cove have signed
the iron wage scale for next year and
industrial peace in the iron world is
assured for another 10 months" said
President I. J.. Shaffer, of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers, Friday evening, after the
closing session of the wage conference
here with the iron manufacturers com
mittee, headed by Col. G. Watson
French, vice president of the Republic
Iron and Steel company.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

Before leaving Dallas for his home
in Gainesville, United States Senator
J. w. Bailey authorized the statement
that all of his Grapevine Prairie ranch
has been sold. This closes Mr.. Bailey's
farming operations in Dallas county,
Senator Bailey said he had sold the
place because it was impossible for
him to pay attention to it. He had, he
said, spent n day on the farm in 1s
months and such inattention as this
would never bring in any profits.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

The PA wells completed in the
Baku (Russia) oil field show an aver.
age depth of 1902 feet and an average
initial production of 292 barrels per
well per day, against an average depth
OF l,OS6 feet and an average produc.
tion per we'll per day of 800 barrels
for the 1858 wells completed in 1901, in.
dicating a very material increase in
the depth of drilling and a not incon-
siderable falling off in the average pro.
ductiveness Of the wells. Oil is worth
at the wells two-thirds of a cent a
gallon.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

1t is seldom that anything but null.
berry leaves are employed to feed silk
works IN France. Very rarely the
worms hatch before the mulberry
leaves are out, and on such occasions
they are fed young rose leaves for q
few days. About 10000 acres of land
IN France are planted in mulberry;
4O,Sl0 pounds of leaves are necessary
to produce 90 pounds of cocoons The
production of fresh ocoon from one
ounc OF eggs in France varies from
As to 147 pounds.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

D. M. Walker, of Kirksville, Mo-,
holds a record that really should bring
him an appointment of some kind from
the president. He is a great-grand-
father at the age Of SO years. At 10
he was a father and at SO a grand
father. He is the father Of IA children.
the oldest being SO and the youngest
four years. He has rs grandchildren.
His orc great-grandchild is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Watts, Of
Pana. III,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Academy Changes Hands.

Laporte, Ind, May 3o.-Gen. Harris
A. Wheeler, of Chicago, and Lawrence
Cameron Hull, principal of the Short
ridge high school, Indianaolis, and
son in law Of DR.. N. S. Darling, of La
porte, have purchased for a reported
sum of $4oo, 900 the Michigan Military
academy at Orchard Lake, Mich. Gen.
Wheeler will become president of the
stock company which will conduct the
school and will have its office in Chi
cago, while Mr.. Hull will be head mas
ter of the institution.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

For the first time in the history OF
Iowa a negro has occupied the bench
as a circuit judge in the trial of one
Of his fellow-citizens. This honor be.
longs to George H.. Woodson, of Oska-
loosa. During the progress of the
trial Of Delishman VS.. the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railway, JUDGE
B. w. Preston was called from the
room, and then came the call for some
one to fill his place as Judge. Attorney
Woodson was chosen Woodson was
born in Virginia and is a personal
friend of Booker T. Washington.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

The intention of j. Pierpont Morgan
is now said to be to present the whole
of his art collection to the United
States government, provided congress
will remove the tariff restrictions upon
It's Importation to this country and
furnish a suitable building and custo-
dams for its proper care. Mr.. Morgan
has purchased many paintings, sculp-
lures and curios of great artistic value
which he now has stored in London
and at various places on the continent
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Caused by Crossed w;rc.

st. Louis, May 3o.-The building at
Eleventh and Olive streets. occunied
ny the hartmann Furniture company
and some smaller concerns, wa dam.
aged by fire Friday, the Hartmann
stock being damaged 10000. Losses
on other stocks amounted to $4,000.
Crossed electric wires caused the
fire. @
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
State Senator Indicted.

st. Louis, May 3o.-An Indictment
charging State Senator Frank H.
Farris with bribery was returned by
the st. Louis grand jury Friday aft
ernOon
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

The town of White Pigeon, Mich,
claims to be run as cheaply as any
town In this country. Last year it cost
the 800 inhabitants s1,325 for expenses.
The health department spent 1925 in
addition to the health officers salary
of $50. The police department appro-
priation was so cents, the fire depart.
ment $50.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

Experiments show that a large e
steamer going at 10 knots an hour will
move a distance of two miles after
its engines are stopped and reversed,
n no authority gives less than a mile
or a mile and a half as the required
space to stop it's progress.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
sixty House. Burned.

Montreal, May so.-Fire DESTROYED
60 houses and a number of other
buildings in the town of Mariesville,
20 miles from here. The loss is $780,
900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
An Old Mans Crime.

kenosha, Wis, May 3o.-John Nut
ton a farmer about so years of are.
living in Bristol. shot and fatally
his wife at his home in that
township. The trouble grew u Of
property affairs.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Ex-Congrexslnan Deaa.

Waukesha, Wis, May so.-Daniel
n. sumner a prominent attorney
ana former congressman, died Fri
day afternoon, aged 66 years. Death
was due to paralysis.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Laborers Killed.

Newark. y: J, May ao.-rwo labor
ers were -Silled and six injured in >
nleight wreck on the Pennsylvania
road at Waverly. A west.bomnd
freight had been derailed and ~
east-bound freight took an onan
switch about 100 yards west Of b
oeraileo freight and crashed into =
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

It is said that the profitable hen eats
10 times Ter W weight in a year.
Her eggs are six times her own weight
and worth six times the cost of her
food. Feed plenty of wheat, oats,
grits, clover and bone and less corn.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Reelected.

Denyer. Col, May ao.-Grand Mas.
eer Morrlssey and all. other grand Of
mce OF the brotherhood of Railway
lra'nmen were reelected Friday.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

and Tuesday, were returned to this
city early Friday, after repeated fail
ures to get through. Later. they
were sent east by way of Omaha.
Ellsworth, Kan. was the EASTERN
most point reached.
Abandoned Their ZONES
Lincoln. Neb. May so. = Thirty-siN
hours of heavy and almost continuous
rainfall has aggravated the flood stu
alton at Lincoln. Salt creek and Ante
lope creek are out of their banks, and
the lowlying district in the western
part of the city vas on Friday night
Il great lake, many houses being sur
rounded and partly submerged. The
water has been rising steadily since
noon, and a great many have been
forced to abandon theirhomes. Whole
families among the poorer classes are
sheltered in the courthouse and ward
sc~hoolroomS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Abandoned Their Homes.
Loss of Life Reported.

Guthrie, Okla, May 3o.-Reports of
destructive storms throughoutthe ter
rltory continue to arrive. AT Harrison
the flood killed five people, Mrs. Bryles
and child, a child of John Alexander.
and two persons whose bodies have
not yet been recovered. The drowning
OF several Indians is reported
from Anadarko. In Gay county
Il tornado killed Mrs. Isaac Jones.
wrecked four post offices and,
near Little Robe completely demol-
1shed a farm residence. At Wellston
the storm is reported to have fatally
inquired one woman and destroyed sew
eral buildings. Near Hobart all but
three OF a hero Of SO cattle belonging
to Charles Smith, a dairyman, we're
drowned in the flood.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
River Bank Full.

In Kansas City, Mo-, the Missouri
river is bank-full, and still rising, and
already has caused great damage to
business houses and other property in
the bottoms and along the Kaw river.
West from its mouth at Kansas City,
Kan, the lowlands for miles are under
water, hundreds of families have been
rendered homeless, and thousands of
acres of grain are under water.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05
Traffic Mt a standstill.

Denver, Col, May 3o.-All traffic be-
tween Denver and western Kansas is
at a standstill on all roads, and in
many instances no attempt was made
to get trains out. Three Union Pa
cific trains loaded with passengers,
which were sent out Sunday, Monday
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-05

The water has surrounded the whole
of North Topeka. Over 1000 people
are homeless. The river is rising fast
and it is estimated hat by noon to-
day fully 10000 people will be home
less. The Union Pacific station is
flooded.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21
DEED OF A G FlEND
Mad With Rage Because His Melons
Wore Destroyed He Kills Four
Men and Wounds Nine.

Helm. Ala, Aug. 19.-News just
reached here that o men have been
killed and air wounded in Randolph
county by a desperate negro named
Sledge. The sheriff and posse are in
pursuit, but have not yet been able to
capture the murderer.
The trouble started over a difficulty
in a watermelon patch Isl Saturday. A
party of white men were working on
the public road at Beaver creek, near
Lemar. Sledge has a watermelon
patch near the road, and when the men
finished working they asked permission
to eat a few melons. Sledge told them
to help themselves, but requested that
they take care not to destroy the vines.
AS soon as the men got into the patch
they began to slash melons in every
direction. The negro warned them to
stop, and then went after a gun. Re
turning, he emptied the weapon into
the crowd, wounding nine out Of eleven.
Immediately after the shooting
Sledge fed.
A posse headed by the sheriff over
took the negro near the steel bridge
over the T~allapoosa river, five miles
from Wedowee. He was ordered to
surrender, but replied by firing his
shotgun, instantly killing Thomas Eb-
bett and Robert Ford.
h afternoon Sledge was accosted
on the road by James Moore and Bud
Wilson. Without warning the negro
raised his gun and fired, instantly kill
ing Moore and mortally wounding Will
SOn- ...s.H a5aE. #-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21
DUTCH MAY HAVE BOUGHT
Report Today Is That Bank Of Amster.
dam Secured Control of the
Great Western,

Chicago, Aug. ia report cached
here last night that the sale Of the Chi
Gag Great Western railroad has been
effected abroad. If this is so it is be-
lieved that the road has been taken
over by the Gould-Rockefeller combine
for an extension of the Gould system
into the northwest. "
President A. j. Earling Of the St,
Pau has refused to confirm or deny
theg gossip that the ST. Paul would take
over a part of the Great Western.
president Stickney of the Great West
ern said:
The control Of the Great Western
Is held in London. There have been
negotiations for the transfer, but I
cannot say whether 1t has or has not
been sold. I do not care to name the
men who are after it."
The negotiation is said to have been
conducted through the bank of Am
n the road is said to have
passed into he hands of Amsterdam
capitalists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21
BROKE THE RECORD.
Damages Granted in London Court in
C~onstandinidi Case Is Limit.

Damages Granted in London Court in
c~onstandinidi Case Is Limit.
London, Aug. 19.-The record award
OF $4,000 damages in the Constand-
midi divorce action, which involved a
decree and remarrtage in South Da-
kota. brings to mind some interesting
tacts concerning assessments in mat
rtmontal cases.
Actions have been brought in which
he husband has not sought a divorce,
but q obtained damages against the
correspondent for breaking up his
home.
The amount claimed in a damage ac-
Ton ls never stated in p court, and
1t has frequently happened that iuries
have awarded injured husbands mora
than the sum claimed in the pIeadings
In such instances an application is
made to amend the petition.
The damages assessed have to be
paid into court within a fortnight. and
then the registrar deals with the share
to be received by the children of he
marriage, but where there are no chill
dren the money Is to be paid to the pc
titioner direct.
Juries frequently ask what position
In life the correspondent occupies, but
the Judge tells them that has nothing
to do with the claim. the damage be-
Ing the same whether the correspond
ent be rich or poor.
In regard to exceptionally heavy d.
vorce damages the 10000 awarded
"a sum agreed upon) In the Beau
champ divorce suit vas a record" until
1t was eclipsed by the s25, 900 verdict
In the ~ConStandfnidi case.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21
DANCER Not WIDESPREAD.

London, Aug. 19.-According to in.
~or1nation in the possession of diplo.
mats in London there is no reason a:
this moment to fear danger of differ
fences between the powers in reSpec
ito Macedonia, or that trouble will
spread beyond the confines OF Turkey
One of these, who is participating IL
the exchange of notes regarding the sit.
Iuation, said to a representative Of thu
Associated Press today: The powers
,are acting tremendously. Nothing ha:
developed in indicate any suspicion O..
cause for suspicion of the motives un,
lderlying the demands made by Russia
upon the porte. A full exchange O:
views has occurred between the power,
interested. Mr.. Balfour's statement il
the house OF commons outlining Grea:
iBritain'S attitude, and the warnings O:
Austria and Russia to Bulgaria, prove
that these three nations are in accord
Advices received at my embassy show
that France and Germany approve tn.
policy of Russia and Austria.
War between Turkey and Bulgaria
might 'ead to a general confiagration
1t is to prevent complications of such {
iSrave character that every effort is be.
ing made by the W to maintain
lpeace between those countries. Up tt
this time Bulgaria has been holding
herself in hand and 1 nope this will con.
itinue, although the state Of public feel.
ing could conceivably, if not soor
icalmed. cause one or the other to per.
icipitate hostilities.
II have no information regarding tn,
lexact destination of the Russian squad.
ron which has been ordered to Turkish
waters, but within forty-eight hours Il
will reach whatever point has beer
selected. There is NJ doubt the sole
.object Of the dispatch Of the squadron
is to make Turkey understand thai
Russia is IN earnest and that her de.
mands must be complied with without
delay.
the general character of the revolution
Turkey has a free hand so far as mill.
tary operations within her own terri.
tory are concerned. but suppression OF
the revolt is not a matter of a week
and the longer it drags on the greater
the fear of International complications
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21
HIS WIFE R%ECAPTURED.
Homer Manspile Forced Her to RIA
Away With Him Without ClothI

StSC0 TlST 70 hk
Away With Him Without cIothY /
Urbana, ILL.,, Aug. 1S.-Homer Nam
pile, who, at the point of a gun, forced
his wife, who had separated from hin
to leave her fathers home and Hi
away with him, was captured, and 5
wife taken from him, after a forty!
eight-hour chase. The woman had sL4I
fered a fearful tramp over a rough
wooded country, with no clothes III
cept a nightgown.
A mob Of farmers ran the fugitive v
cover on the edge of an oats field. Til.
sheriff of Champaign county was sA
for and came with his deputy. The t1
men approached within a few feet d
their captive and called upon him u
surrender.
eff I am taken there will be a mon
serious charge against me than abdus
tion," he replied, and placed his arm
around the body of his naked wife
With his free hand he cooked his II
volver and pointed it at her heart,
IF you make a move, I'll kill her,
he threatened. But If you will get
father to promise to release me IRON
the warrant he has sworn out again!
me for selling mortgaged goods, II
give her up without injury"
Lehman, the woman's father. was
member Of the posse and he readl
promised that If his daughter was g,
en- into his arms, unframed, he WoM
not prosecute the case. Upon 10
promise Manspile released the WOMB
and put up his revolver. q.
Sheriff Clark and Deputy RougaN
threw him to the ground and shach Y
him arms. He was then brought 10 u
iail in this city,