The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-30
THE NEWS IN BRlEr.
For the Week Eniains october "a

For the Week Ending October "a
Former Gov. Peter Turney died at his
nome in Winchester. Tenn.
David Mitchell died at his home near
Bnrtonville. ILL.,, aged 102 years.
AT IanesVille.sO., Mrs. William Tate,
a colored woman. % years old, gave
birth to four babies.
colombia has received an offer from
a German syndicate which is anxious
to buy the Panama canal.
howard Elliott, of st. Paul, MINI,
mas been elected president of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
Albert Jensen. aged SO years, killed
Josie Johnson, aged 10, and then killed
himself, near Roseau, MINI.
Judge Francis l.. Nichols, aged 80
years, n of the oldest pioneers OF
Lucas county, died in Toledo, o.
Lou Dillon. queen of the trotting turf,
easily defeated Major Del In the race
1or the $4,000 gold cup at Memphis.
Germany is assured by Russia that
she Will remain on the defensive il Co.
rean ports are occupied by Japan.
Rev. Merle St. C. Wright, OF New
YORK, 1avors putting to easy death per-
sons suffering from incurable diseases.
Football games have been forbidden
by the Carroll college faculty at Wau-
kesha, Wis, because of numerous acct
dents.
President Roosevelt has announced his
intention of going to Oyster Bay to cast
his vote on election day, Tuesday, Mo-
vember 3.
over a score Of deaths were reported
IN northeast Georgia due to eating
cabbage saturated with poison by a
strange worm.
1t is said that the Servian army
officers who assassinated King Alexan-
der and Queen Draga received payment
for their deeds.
young woman was squeezed to
death by a boa constructor at Voel-
kllngen, Prussia, while giving a per-
1ormance in a m%enagerie.
Gordon Mckay, inventor of the shoe
sewing machine, died in Newport, r. 1.
He is said to have left 81, 900, 900, perhaps
more, to Harvard university.
Government agents are investigating
an alleged land graft" ring on the Pa
cldc coast, which is said to have se-
cured large areas Of land illegally.
Edward H. Hartman expresses his
faith In continued prosperity OF the
country, and says that stock values are
0 seeking their proper level.
g. E. Norris reached Middletown. N.
Y. after an 8,0OO-mile walk from San
Francisco, undertaking to cure con-
sumption. He started August 8, 1901.
Fire destroyed five business blocks
and the railway station, besides damag-
ing several other buildings at Galveston,
Ind. The loss is estimated at SIS, 900.
The city hall of Cheboygan, Mich.
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $50, 600; In
surance, $25 900. 1t was one of the finest
municipal buildings in upper Michigan.
Prevalence of strikes throughout tho
country creates a demand for immi-
grant labor and gives a prosperous
year to New York employment bu-
reaus.
Brig. Gen. Funston in his annual re-
port recommends increase in pay Of
enlisted men in the army. He thinks
soldiers should receive as much as a
farm laborer.
The guardianship of Moses Fowler
Chase, millionaire incompetent, has
been awarded by the federal court of
appeals to his father, F. s. Chase, Of
Lafayette, Ind.
Senator Poirier, in the Canadian par
lament at Ottawa, urged calling a halt
on %cessions to the United States, which
ne declared may involve independence
of the Dominion.
Baltimore, Md, is threatened with
financial panic through the failure of
the Maryland Trust company, with S.
773,817 deposits and the Union Trust
company, with $4,000, 900.
China has signed q treaty giving Rus
sia a monopoly of Manchurian trade
and mining rights, thereby violating the
agreement with America to open GER
tain ports to the commerce of the world.
Alfred A. Buck, assistant cashier Of
the state bank at Mapleton. Mimi, who
has disappeared. leaving q shortage OF
$4,000, left a letter saying he had been
Systematically blackmailed for 70 years
by q Chicago family.