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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

Senator Ben Wade Was idency. had the
Aggressive. single vote been
forthcoming that was needed for john
sons impeachment. !.
wade has been regarded as one OF
tho most fortunate officers in the army.
His promotion for many years was ex-
caedingly rapid and there was more
~ less jealousy among other officers
far that reason. as It was ineyitable
there should be. But about the time
az the war with Spain Wade's luck
seemed Is go back on him. He re-
mained i brigad.erS general while 9th
era were promoted above him. until It
rea,,y began to be talked Of in the
army that Wade was being shabby
treated. ,n /.
good. thorough officer, n ne had 9
ane record in Cuba. but hesis quite the
ant,+hesis Of his distinguished father.
pen wade was a stalwart. aggressive
fellow who always seemed to be eager
to getsinto a fight. The son is 9 quiet
and modest gentleman, g good soldier'
hut not a born scrapper.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
NEW POPE is CROWNED,
Vast Multitude Witnesses the Mar.
nihcent Ceremony at
st. Peters,.
Destroyed.

Rome, Aug. 10.-The ceremony of the
coronation Of Pope Plus x. took place
Sunday in the basilica of St. Peters in
the presence of the princes and high
dignitaries of the church, diplomats and
Roman mobiles, and with all the solem-
nifty and splendor associated with this,
the most magnificent rite in the Roman.
Catholic church.
AS Cardinal Macchi, the dean Of the
cardinal-deacons, placed the triple
crown On the head Of the venerable pom
TIL the throng Of 10000 persons gath
cred within the cathedral burst into
unrestrained ~acclamations. the choir
intoned a hymn Of triumph and the
bells Of Rome rang out a joyful peal.
Pope Plus was quite overcome and had
scarcely strength left to inpart the apos-
tolic benediction. Cardinals Macchi and
Segna granted a plenary: indulgence to
all present.
Rome, Aug. 12.-Just a week has
elapsed since the election Of Plus K, and
he has been already overcome by the
unaccustomed strain Of his pontilca1
duties. Tuesday morning he tainted
while at las His collapse is consid-
cred to be due to heart weakness. aggra-
waited by fatigue. It constitutes the first
victory of his encourage, which has in
sisted that he should take the change
from his previous life less strenuously.
Even though he disappoint some peo-
pie, they urge him not to concede audi
ences to all corners and to render him
self less accessible. DR.. Lapponi sup
ported this view and recommended the
pope to take a complete rest. The doc
tor has ordered all audiences postponed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
TERRIBLE DISASTER IN PARIS
Underground Railway Cars Burned
in a Tunnel.
Passengers Are S~ut7oco+.d .
Ninety-Four Bodies Have
Been Recovered.

Paris, Aug. 12.-Ninety-four bodies
nave been recovered and the death list
PROBABLY Will exceed 100 in the under
ground railway disaster which occurred
mere Monday night.
Inc accident, which occurred on the
metropolitan electric railway, assumed
Inc proportions of an awful catastrophe
curing the early hours Tuesday when
more than four score bodies of the
burned and suffocated victims were re-
moved from the subterranean passage.
Inc work continues and indications are
that the death list will, perhaps, exceed
five score.
The causes Of the accident are engag-
Ing the attention of the officials. Sew
eral versions of the disaster are given,
u the main facts which have been es-
tablished are the following:
Train No. 43, which caused the acct
dent, came from Porte Dauphine at the
entrance to the Bots de Boulogne, in the
western part of Paris, and passing n
der the Place de L'Etoile circled the
northerly quarter of the city. In this
northern quarter-a manufacturing Sec
tion-the train picked up numbers of
workmen, who, after their days work,
were returning to their homes in the
populous eastern ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
the city. In reaching the neighborhood
OF the cemetery of Pere La Chaise the
electrical motor failed to act properly
and the train waited at the station Of
Les>Couronnes until the arrival ofasec-
ond train which pushed the crippled
train forward, making a total of Is
coaches.
After proceeding about 200 yards to-
wards Menilmontant station, the dam
aged dynamo set fire to the engine of
the first train. The fire burned fercely,
raising quantities Of smoke. Stimuli
taneously the electric lights on the
trains went out, leaving the passengers
In total darkness, except for the light Of
the burning engine far ahead. This i'm
peded the progress of the trains toward
Menilmontant. The terror-stricken pas
sengers got out and tried to grope their
way back. The powerful electrical cur
rent, which continued in the rails, is be-
lieved to have stunned or killed many.
A number of the passengers managed to
reach Les Couronnes station, but the
main body Of the passengers was over
come by the heat and smoke.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Brief Notes.

Not to be %outdone by other towns
cement sidewalks will soon supplant
the wooden walks at Orient.
Judge Smith of Yankton, granted
the petition enjoining the board of
education and contractors from pro-
.ceeding with the construction Of the
proposed new school building at Cen.
~tervilDe.
"A negro attempted an assault ON the
~ts-year-old daughter Of a Kingsbnry
county farmer named Waldron. The
girl defended herself with a hat pin
until the negro fled.
There has just been completed ON
the Carpenter-sanborn E,ooo-acre
stock farm, near Puckwana, what
may properly be termed o s'cattle
dip" that for capacity, durability,
completeness and convenience likely
snrpasses anything Of the kind u the
west.
Petitions have been ~circulascl and
literally signed asking that q star
mail route be established between
Bonasteel and Iona.
Nern Wilkins of Miller was oyer-
some BY heat and II required FIVE men
Aito control him during the night. 1t is
thought he will recover
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Three Men Killed.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 13.-The Cleveland
Furnace company's plant, just complet-
ed at a cost of nearly a million. dollars,
was late Wednesday the. scene of an
accidentin which three mems lives were
instantly crushed out. The dead are:
Frank Virone, George Peters and
Michael Krecji. The first blowing in
of the new blast furnace was to occur
Wednesday night and the three men
were inside the stack laying the last
course of material, when without an in
stant's warning the huge bell at the
top of the stack, used for regulating the
draught of the stack, IS feet above where
the men were at work, crashed down
mon them.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
HURRICANES WORK.
Damage ON Island Of Jamaica Will
Reach MISUNDERSTANDING
Fifty Lives Lost.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 13.-The
effects of the hurricane upon the island
OF Jamaica were greater than at first
believed. Port Antonio, on the north
coast, was completely overwhelmed.
Only six houses were left standing there.
The United Fruit company's wharves,
offices, hotel and plantations were utter
ly demolished. The coast is strewn with
wreckage of local sailing vessels.
It is feared that the loss of life has
been heavy, 30 fatalities having already
been reported, principally among sea
men. The entire eastern end Of the is
land has been devastated Villages have
been wiped out and public buildings and
churches demolished. Thousands Of the
peasantry. rendered homeless and des-
titute, are wandering, about seeking food
and shelter. The destruction of the ba-
mana plantations has been complete and
the fruit trade is paralyzed for the next
IL menths. Hundreds ofprosperous fruit
growers have been brought to bankrupt
cy and ruin:
The western end of the island, which
at first was supposed to have escaped.
also suffered considerably, though not to
the extent which the eastern did. New
banana plantations planted there were
partly destroyed and the orange and cof-
fee crops were also injured.
The southeastern portion Of the island
has been completely denuded Of its crops,
the rivers are flooded and many were
carried out to sea and drowned. Consid-
ering the damage to property during the
hurricane the loss of life was compare
lively small, though thepresent estimate
now is that the death list will reach so.
Hundreds of persons were injured and
there were hairbredth es-
capes. The property loss is estimated
at $4,000, 900.
Kingston, Aug. 14-The restitution
In thehurricane strickendistricts is APP
palling. Thousands of persons, home
less, starving and ill clad. are hurry
ing to the towns to obtain shelter, but
as all the churches and public build
ings have been demolished the mis-
cry is intense. A meeting held at
Port Antonio appealed, with the gov
errors approval, to the generosity of
the American people. Foodstuffs and
lumber are urgently needed and as
sistance was implored.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
MANY KILLED..
one Hundred and Fifty Revolutions
Uprising in Macedonia.

Constantinople, Aug. 13.-One hum
dred and fifty revolutionists were killed
in the fighting at Sorov1tch August 9.
according to official Turkish reports.
The same dispatches. which have been
communicated to the Russian and Aus
trian embassies, state that the insur-
rectionary movement is increasing
daily. Hilmi Pasha. inspector general
Of the sultan's Macedonian reforms, re-
ports that the young men in all the Bull
garian villages are fleeing to the noun
tains to join the insurgent bands. Many
among the Bulgarian p~easantry wished
to remain neutral, but were compelled
by threats to help the revolutionary
committees.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Not Money >9aoush.

The state equalization board finds
that the valuations returned to the
state by the counties are about $780,
100000 and with corporate property
added, provided, it is taken at practi-
cally the same figures as last year,
the total will be about 5000, 1000, 1000.
The money required by the state
for the present fiscal year to meet the
appropriations of the last legislature,
the running expenses of the state and
emergency warrants which will be-
come due will be approximately ST.
275,00o. With the regular two mill
levy and the deficiency levy of the
same amount provided for by the leg
islature and the receipts from all 9TH
er sources the total which will be re-
ceived by the state for the year on
that valuation will be a little over ST.
100000, leaving a deficiency of $250,O00
at the end of the year. q
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
CHASED BY A CUTTER.
American Fishing Vessel on
Lake Erie. -.

Erie, Pa, Aug. 14.-With it's cabins
and hull riddled with shot received in
an encounter with the Canadian. rev-
enue cutter Petrol, the fishing steamer
Silver Spray steamed into port Wednes-
day afternoon, having beaten the Can
adam in a long race, which would have
meant the confiscation of the craft had
it been captured. The Silver Spray was
attacked by the Canadian cutter while
In the fishing grounds which have for
years been disputed waters between Can
ada and the United States. While there
lave been many conflicts between the
Petrol and the American craft in the
past this is the first time, it is said, that
the Petrol ever fired on an American
crew, and Capt. Chris Chau, the owner
of the Silver Spray, is preparing a pro-
test to the state department at Wash
ington, which will make Wednesdays
battle an international affair, and per-
haps result in settling the mooted
boundary line for all time to come.
Washington, Aug. 14.-No dispatches
have been received by the state depart
ment concerning the firing upon the fish
ing vessel by a Canadian revenue cutter
in Lake Erie. Several officers of the de-
partment, upon reading the press dis
patches of the occurrence, searched for
precedents in such cases, and found
none. The fact that no telegraphic adj
vices have been received leads to the be-
lief in the department that the case Is
not of such serious consequences as to
make it an international complication.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
important Decision.

Judge Jones of the state circuit
court in Sioux Falls, has decided an
important case, involving the right of
towns to refuse to grant licenses for
the sale Of intoxicating liquors. One
Larson asked that a writ of smandam>
us compelling the town board of Fair
view, Lincoln county, to issue him a
license be granted. The town voted in
favor of license, and Larson made APP
plication in regular form for a permit
to sell intoxicating liquors, but the:
town board denied his application.
The board produced testimony to the
effect that it had refused Larson a
license on the ground that he was not
a fit person to conduct a saloon. Judge
Jones, after listening to the argu-
ments, sustained the board in the
stand taken.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

pn, Miller was fortunate enough-or
.rfortunate enough-as others may pre-
tar to regard ito have incurred the
enmity of the Bookbinder's union, of
which he was a membeF, and to have had
h entered on the records that his dis
missal from the government printing
Office was due to his expulsion from the
|uniou, Then he became a national fig
IRE. President Roosevelt. to whose at
tention the matter was called, looked
into the case and came to the conclusion
that no organization had q right to die
tate to the United States government
what sort of men should be employed,
and that the only expression on that
.subject must come through a duly en-
acted law Of congress.
The law as it stands now expressly
prohibits any such discrimination as
that which worked to Millers detriment,
and the president ordered that Miller
eshould be reinstated. Whether he will
s.emain in the government service re-
mains to be seen.
The government printing ONCE here
after is to be an open shop, with all
that the term implies. It will not help
the members Of the union to strike, be-
Ecause if they do they cannot get back
under the law. without the special per-
omission of the civil service commission,
which they in striking would defy. More
lover, if they were to strike, the govern
ment would undoubtedly meet them by
Introducing machines in the printing Of
Ffce. which labor influence has hitherto
succeeded in keeping congress from per-
Emitting.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
MarrIaae Lleense On credIt.

Out of four Sioux Indians who were
recently granted divorces at a term
of state circuit court held~in Buffalo
county, one has since married and
another has died. The one who has
been married is named Day, and his
latest bride is Mrs. Red Belle. An
amusing feature of the wedding a
the fact that the bridegroom pre-
vailed upon the clerk of courts to is
sue him q marriage license on credit,
the applicant for matrimonial honors
promising to pay the dollar when the
government made another per capita
interest payment to himself and 9TH
Ser members of his tribe.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

appropriation Of 800, 900 toward the
completion of the monument, the chief
of engineers examined that part OF
the shaft which had been standing for
half a century and discovered that 1t
was out Of plumb. But just how much
out of plumb nobody could say. The
shaft was 1877 feet high and looked like
a factory chimney, and it didn't stand
straight. That was sufficient to cast
doubt on the possibility Of raising 1t
over 300 feet higher in the air, but no.
body in the engineers department
could get at the problem.
Davis happened to be stationed in
Washington and he said he could fix
it. He was not an engineer, but an
infantry officer, but they gave him a
chance to try. The difficulty was in
causing the plumb bobs or weights at
the end of a string 1877 feet long to re-
main perfectly steady while the OBJ
servations we're being made. Davis
very simply got a barrel OF New Or
leans molasses and poured it into a
glass vessel Of the same size. The con-
sistency of the mollasses kept the
weight at the enc of the string from
swaying in the air; while the glass
and the fluid were transparent enough
to enable the variations to be accu-
rately observed. 1t was found that the
shaft was FIVE feet out of plumb. Then
came the question of Strengthening 1t
and again the engineers were at fault.
Again the infantry officer came to the
rescue. and the president asked him
to undertake the job. He Strengthened
the shaft. 4
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

record as a soldier
in two wars and as
commander Of the
department Of the
Philippines. b u t
probably he will.
b e remembered
l%ongestin the serv-
ice on account of
his feat in connec-
ton with the COM
pie n Of the
Washington monu-
ment.
In 1884,, when
congress made an
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Fl[D IN Washington
,ni.Newsy Gossip from the Seat Of
+be National Government.
,ov7RovERsy OVER MILLER.
.s.ent pillars Of the Treasur,
painting Are Crumbling-How
&C., paws Won Fame-The
SON of Ben wade.
=, l,ington.-William "A. Miller has
.,ane a national character all OF a sud

den. A lew days
ago he was simply
a former assistant
foreman Of t b e
bindery OF the gov
eminent print n g
ONCE ~ discharged
at that. Nothing
heroic or attractive
about a figure like
that and no partic-
ular e a 0 n a p
parently why he
should be forced
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Saved HI. LIfe.

By possessing a sharp pocletknife
and an unlimited amount of nerve,
Albert Gauck, who carries the United
States mail between Fort Randall and
Fairfax, saved his life.
He was bitten by a huge rattle-
snake, and, being many miles from
the nearest doctor, without hesitation,
drew out his knife and deliberately
cut out a chunk of flesh at the point
where the deadly fangs Of the rattler
had entered.
This prompt action saved his life
and enabled him to perform his du-
ties without interruption.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
MAY Ahdicate.

Vienna, Aug. is. Unconfirmed ru-
NOR says that King Peter, Of Servia,
has threatened to abdicate, claiming
he is virtually a prisoner in the hands
Of the military party. It is also ru-
mored that the entire Seryian minis
try has resigned, owing to discord be-
tween those who aided in numbering
the king and queen and those who did
not participate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

Esngton the finest assures
Doric architecture In this country.
There are 80 Of them, each of them
about 40 feet high. and taken together
they create an imposing facade, which
khas o the admiration of architects
the world over.
But, imposing as they are in appear
ance, there is a note OF insincerity about
them. They are built in pieces, each
pillar containing seven separate sections,
Fand they are built Of sandstone. The
columns on the north front Of the treas
ury, on the contrary, r solid mono
liths of Quincy granite, and while they
are not SO many in number, they are
more impressive for that very
Last summer Secretary Shaw be-
thought himself to clean the sandstone
pillars on the east front, and he put
to work on them a sand blast machine
that in a few weeks had peeled from the
surface the accumulated dust and CRIME
OF 80 years. The cleansing process has
mad two results. 1t has revealed to the
most needless eye the lines OF division
between the sections of the columns, and
IT has disclosed hundreds Of cracks and
assures which hitherto had not been
suspected. Some of the columns are
cracked in scores Of places like sun
baked mud. waiting only for water to
settle and freeze there in order to wreck
the entire. column. In other places frag-
ments Of stone can be pulled out which
Grumble hafwpan fha fingers like dry
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Good Time.

M Rensonhurst- Willie, did you
have a good time the week you spent
81 = ,tt1a Willie-Rather! He let me &c
ossry time and saying: Willie, have
vnu got q clean handkerchief?'-
brooklyn Citizen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

general VINO IS IN
teresting If for no
other reason be-
u he is the
son of old Ben
Wade. the militant
senator from Ohio,
who was president
pro tenn. of the
senate when An
drew Johnson was
president and who
would have sue
1caoded tn fine DreS-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Fatal TraAn Wreck.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 14.-The Sec
ond section of No; q. a w%est-bound
vandalia freight, ran intosthe section
ahead, 10 miles east of Ehingham, at one
o'clock this morning. The engineer and
fireman of the second section and an
other man are reported killed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
Price 81 Flour Advanced.

Chicago, Aug. A.-F1our has been
advanced 20 cents a barrel by north
westernsand ten cents by Chicago mill
srs because of a pretended scarcity.
The raise is declared by wholesalers to
be unjustiied.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
BOer Genera1 Dies.

Munich, Aug. 10.-Col. Schielat, who
was commandant in the Boer army
during the Transvaal war, died in a
hospital at Reichenhall Saturday. His
health was shattered by the priyations
Il the war and his confinement as a
prisoner on the Island Of st. Helena.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
END. HIS Term.

washington, Aug. 10.---Rear Admi-
raj George w. Melville. who was SUI
perannuated last January, has relin-
ouished his duties as chief Of the
bureau Of. steam engineering and has
been succeeded by Rear Admiral
Charles w. Rea.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
~shortage Il Ruinous.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 1O.-The pres
ent shortage Of cars in the southwest
makes the situation critical and places
the enormous crops Of 1903 at the
mercy of the railroads, the managers
Of which attribute the difficulty 70 the
late spring floods.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
'ChIef EnRlneer Elected.

Cleveland, o., Aug. Nv. s.. Stone,
of Eldon, Ia, division No. 1Sl, has been
elected to fill the ~unexpired term as
grand chief engineer Of the Brotherhood
|of Locomotive Engineers made vacant
by the death Of 2. M. Arthu- and A 3,
YoGngson.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
American Boat Captures Cup.

Toronto, Aug. 14.-The Irondequoit,
the American challenger for the Cana
dian cup, on Thursday won the decid-
ing race of the series, thus Wrestling
the trophy from across the water. It
will now rest in the Rochester Yacht
club until some Canadian boat is able
to bring it back.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Whsat Estimates.

H.. v. Jones, of Minneapolis, who is
an acknowledged authority upon crop
reports, makes the following esti-
mates:
Ihe wheat production of Minnesota
and the two Dakotas for 1908 is 49,
100000 bushels less than in 1902. This
reduction is in part due to a decrease
OF acreage and in part to a decrease
OF average yield. The acreage decrease
is about SO0,OOO, which, on the basis
of the computed average yield this
year, is equal to 1O,OOO,OO0 bushels;
the decrease in average of yield is
| equivalent to 1876 bushels an acre, or
about 100000 bushels, a total of
2 $1,000, 900 bushels.
The amount of old wheat carried
over to the new crop is estimated at
100000 less than for the previous
year, or 100000, thus reducing the
available northwest supply to 3o,oOO,-
900 less than last year.
The feature of interest in the north
west crop this year is the loss Of
wheat acreage. The total is comput-
ed here at 800, 1000 acres less than last
year. The difficulty of arriving at a
satisfactory conclusion on this point
is admitted, but these figures are be-
lieved to be conservative and safe. The
reduction Of 1000, 900 acres last year
is fully sustained by the distribution.
The area, condition, average yield
and total yields promised r as fol-
lows: