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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05

Chicago, Jan. 26.-On charges of
criminal negligence and gross lncom-
potency Mayor Carter II. Harrison was
held to the grand jury at 11:30 o'clock
Monday night as responsible for the
%Iroquois theater fire by the cOroner's
jury which investigated the horror.
With the mayor were held TO the grand
jury Fire Chief William H. Musham,
City Building Inspector George Will
!iams, Building Inspector Edward
Laughlin, Fireman William Saller and
Will j. Davis, part owner; William Nc
Mullen, electric light operator, and
James E. Cummings, stage carpenter
Of the lroquois theater.
Held Responsible.
The jurors censured all the above
named men and held them responsible
for the loss of life. The verdict binds
them over to the grand jury until dis
charged by due process of law. Mitti-
muses. were issued during the early
hours of this morning.
The verdict of the %coroner's jury, in
addition to holding the eight men
named responsible for the loss of life
at the fire, makes recommendations
hat changes be made in the manner in
| which the laws are enforced. 1t asks
notifications in the city building ordi-
nances. Most Of these changes, how
ever, have been made by the city coun-
ell in the new theater ordinance.
Men Are Arrested.
Mayor Harrison was the first of the
eight whom the %coroner's jury held to
the grand jury for examination in con-
nection with the I%roquois theater disas-
ter. to be placed under technical arrest.
His bail. as well as that of the other
men held, was placed at $4,000, which
was furnished by his brother, Preston
Harrison, and Heaton Owsley.
Many Departments. Scored.
Every department in the city hall with
which the jury came in contact is found
to be grossly mismanaged. LaXity and
carelessnesS in ~transacting business
reaches the point, according to the
jurors, where revision is Immediately
demanded. The verdict deals a sweep
ing blow at the present administration,
striking at the head and reaching to two
principal departments of city business.
Conditions that surprised the business
men on the jury were revealed as soon
as the inquiry into the city hall affairs
began. Incompetence and ineficiency
were found on every side.
Makes City Liable.
a second blow to the city will come
when the report of the jury is fully
known. Millions of dollars in damage
suits are said to be likely because the
city administration is found to be ac-
~countable for permitting the possibility
of a huge calamity. The findings of the
coroner's jury are said to make the city
a party to any legal action that may be
taken by the relatives of victims.
The Mayor Released.
Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Protesting that the
jury which held him partly responsible
tor the Iroquois fire horror had been
misdirected by those in charge of ii,
Mayor Harrison succeeded Yesterday
afternoon in gaining his release from
custody through habeas corpus proceed
1ngs before Judge Richard S. Tuthill.
While the mayor is no longer under the
restraint of the law and the court has
declared him absolved of all responsible
ity for the theater horror, he is still
Within reach of the special grand jury.
5E
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05
The KNOWN Dead.

The official number of known dead
therefore is IT'S, but the list may still be
incomplete, as it is possible that some
boys may have gone into the pit to work
under their fathers direction whose
anne have not yet been ascertained.
Hutchinson, the custodian of the lamps,
says that between $50 and 100 lamps
were given out on the fatal Monday
morning, and no man was given more
than me-.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05
In Horrible Condition.

Headless, naked, charred beyond rec
%Ognition, d~isemboweled and horribly
mangled, is descriptive of the condition
of the bodies found by searchers. There
are six mine inspectors and % men at
work, the inspectors penetrating into
unexplored regions locating bodies
While the main body Of searchers came
afterward to extricate and carry out the
blaCkened bodies
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05
Japan READY to Fight.

TOXIC, Jan. 29.-It is anticipated that
the answer of Russia to Japan's latest
note will reach Toxic not later than
next Monday. The response is eagerly
awaited. If it should prove unsatis-
factory to Japan, an immediate decla-
ration of war seems unavoidable. The
Japanese feel that the entire response
bility for the outcome rests with Rus
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05
Terrible result
Of IN explosion
Dead in Pennsylvania Coliiery Will
Probably Number 1874 When
Results Are Known.
Over One Hundred Bodies Have Been
Recovered and Brought to Surface
The List of nov Dead Is Still
Incomplete - Victims Are Found
Horribly Mangled.

Pittsburg, Jan. 2S.-Three days have
elapsed since the terrible catastrophe at
the Harwick mine of the Allegheny Coal
company and at midnight Il bodies have
beer recovered and brought to the sur
face. Only IS of these have been identi-
fled. The Allegheny Coal company in
a official statement positively admitted
that all of the men who were in the mine
when the explosion occurred are dead.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05

sented Japan will notify Baron de Ro-
sen, the Russian minister at Toxic, that
she has no alternative but to take up
arms in defense of her interests, and
that M. Kurino will be instructed to de-
mand his passports.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-05
responsible FOR
IROQUOIS HORROR
Coroner's Jury Renders Verdict Hold
ing Mayor Harrison and Seven
Others to Grand Jury.

officials Under Him Charged with
Neglect in Enforcing O~rdinnnccs--
Accused Men Taken Into Custody
and Give Standardization Secures
Release by unbens Corpus.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

he oneSlded discussion
on the imperative
In small chances Occasionally pro
fellow with
speech br ling WIN
occupations
condition rapidly becoming hopeless
in all the she may EaNe
knowledge would make future
of
hoe but has spread 10 h
the crisis is apparent
be
tercfy erte Wit"
almost dangerous
there IS
OF etc
arise te
o discomfort
be
for with put nm
at MS
really hopeless is highly pooo
right hSh
be anything
scientific Wnlch ART Ualc
philosophy taught her.
hoping that bssful time 10 come
ignorant really are-Ae
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

AfAer the sop:c sun mas set the gov

AHer the rOp:c sun has set the gov
ernment agent, oyerlord OF tie fishery
and everything Herewith connected,
puts up the government share at pub
lie auction in lots OF 900. The buyers,
mostly native merchants from India,
plunge heavily, after buying as many
of 100000. The largest number ever
offered for sale in one night was l ,SG7,-
GOO and the smallest 100000. OF
course, this is largely a gamble. No
one knows until he opens his purchase
whether he has bought fortune or a
few worthless shells and insignificant
oysters.
Curious is fishing town in the time
of the pearl market. A month before
the fishery commenced it was open
ground covered with a miserable
brownish grass, but the fishery brought
its thousands and tens of thousands
of ephemeral population-trade mer-
chants, divers, boatmen, cunning arti'
ficers in wood and stone, jewellers,
peddlers, hawkers, baZaar-keepers,
and men Of every occupation, trade,
class, religion, race, and creed, from
the diversified population OF the great
Indian continent With their advent
sprang up bazaars, liquor shops. eat
ing houses and resorts for business
or pleasure. Side by side with the
brass rings and trinkets of cheap
Brummagem from the West are dis
played all the marvels OF oriental
handiwork, all the fruits OF Eastern
ingenuity and cunning, Eastern trick
cry and fraud. Pearltown boasts
1000 bazaars in all directions, and
in and among them have arisen net
work OF streets, undesignated, un-
mapped, but created out of the eX-
igencies of the situation-squalid, dir
ty, dusty, unswept, sinking streets
stTcwn about with offal, and lined on
both sides by shanties and novels, in
which half-clad men sit stclid, imper-
turbable; gloating over handfuls OF
pearls. Turn where you will, it is
the unfathomable, the changeless, the
gorgeous East. filth and sGUslCr, dust
and Crime, and dirt, vile smells and
viler flies, and in it all-part and par.
eel Of it, life and soul Of it-these
gems, priceless gems.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
A TINY COUNTRY.
Liechtenstein is in the "After-Oinner
Coffee Size" Class.

Liechtenstein is in the "After-Oinner.
Coffee Size" Class.
What one might call an "after-din-
ner-coffee size" country is the princi-
pality of Liechtenstein, tiny land be
tween the Austrian province of Tyrol
and the Rhine, recently described by
a writer in Harpcr's Magazine. Its
area is about sixty-oIc square miles
Of territory, and it's population less
than ten thousand. Although prac-
tically a part of Austria, it has been
more or less independent for nearly
three centuries, and was. according to
local pleasantly, forgotten by Bis
marck when he reorganiZed Europe
after the Prussian wars with France
and Austria.
Once Liechtenstein had a standing
army In full force, armed and equip
ped, it marched away to join the Aus
trian forces in the war With Prussia,
and had it arrived in time might have
turned the scale, for although it con-
sisted of but eighty men, with cap
tain and trumpeter, it was whole
army in itself, and very brave. For
tunately, the country was mountain
GUS and the roads bad, and when the
army arrived at the camp OF the Aus
trians the war was over.
That was it's last appearance in
public. The Liechtensteiners had
grown weary of supporting the oner-
GUS military burden imposed upon the
principality by these eighty idle men,
and sent weighty and respectful pro-
test to the Prince, who discontinued
the army. So there is now no mill
tary service, no national debt, no di-
rect taxes. The Prince is very rich,
and pays much of the expense of his
little country instead of taxing it to
support him. He issues coins with
his head on them, and stamps OF the
same design. That is a pleasure in
itself worth supporting small coun-
try for, and he is the only member OF
the Austrian nobility who enjoys such
distinction.
His little capital. Vaduz, is but a
modest city, and the Prince visits it
but seldom He wears an Austrian
title as we'll as that of Liechtenstein,
and sits in the Austrian House OF
Lords. But from Vienna he can call
up his own country by long-distance
telephone, and its serves him all the
purposes Of suburban village to
which to retire for rest from his
duties as an Austrian nobeman.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
The Doc as a Friend.

"Hev a dog, miss?" says Bob Jakin,
wisely. They're better friends nor
any Christian. Lors! It's fine thing
to have a dumb brute fond on you;
it'll stick to you, and make no jaw"
George Eliot, wise as she was, never
wrote anything wiser, and her wisdom
is still in fashion. even in these I'm
de steele days. What does jerome
say? And the chronicler OF Mont
morency may be supposed to know
of what he was talking. "They are
much superior to human being as COM
panions. They do not quarrel or
argue with you. They never talk
about themselves, but listen to you
while you talk about yourself, and
keep up an appearance Of being inter-
ested in the conversation. They never
make stupid remarkS. They never
observe to Miss Brown across the
dinner table that they always under.
stool she was very sweet op MI,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

Jones (who has just married Miss
Robinson). They never mistake Your
wife's cousin for her husband and
fancy that you are the father in-law.
And they never ask a young author
with IA tragedies, 16 comedies, 7
farces and a couple of burlesques in
his desk, why he doesn't write play.
They never say unkind things. They
never tell us of our faults, merely for
our own good '"-Gentlemans Maya
zine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
German Red Tape.

Red tape as made in Germany
seems to be very choice article. A
German woman sends London Truth
the following anecdote: A female
teacher in a school in Westphalia had
to make an official communication to
the Minister of Education. She used
for the purpose what is called "eagle
PAPER" having the royal eagle upon
it as a water mark, and duly dis
Matched It to Berlin through the School
Board of Essen. After a few days
the letter came back, with an intima-
ton that it must be rewritten, as the
eagle appeared upon it head down
ward. Evidently Berlin smelt Males
tatsbeleidigung."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
Jean de Reszke's Fee.

Jean de Reszke, the operate tenor,
Is now a resident of London. He has
become, like Falstaff, somewhat fat
and scant of breath. Yet his voice is
as melodious as ever, but he finds 1t
ditflcult to use it to advantage. He
makes a large income. however, by
giving vocal lessons at $40 an hour.
and Nuds the days too short to tsvof
all wac desire bis tuition. ~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

Unquestionably the best route to principal points in
Texas, New and Old Mexico, Arizona. California
and Pacific Coast Pullman Standard Sleepera
Tourist E1cursion sleepers, Superior Dining Car
Service Through to California without change,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

Of victory even IN contests M i
culars young perfectly well aware & n a ] pnd the
he
that the stincton man
the amount OF
He longs to
be a golf a
of Of
france tnat
progressed
denying that but you oh
Engandthe main object OF lie OF at
amusing form Vi
For OF leisure tne M
them ana not
Finally for large NUMBER Oh
fact that we no longer nave
(and even
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
The Advancement Of
Learning in Women
Bv Tom Mason.

filling rapidly with ladies of learning that o
becoming cvCrncrCa3lng matter
of difficulty.
thread through of authoresses;
lady politicians
needs be extremely careful IN selechs
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31


H. Traffic Manager, Now Orleans
BATTURs Agt New Oleans, La, G. W. OWEN pyt
Pars.As New Iberia, La.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

obscuaon though ho
nrrt might well affect he
10 and especially The degree to wncn
all parts OF ne
vegetation and from ndca
OF hsues
otroo:nhere a the output Va
of detected as
earlier observations hat yea cont
Apri deficiency fully ten per
variations
late
apparently as iise "S
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
Why the French
Have No National Sport
BY Marcel Provost,

ENTHUSIASM sports hardly possible In France mo a
how hard we try ycees and colleges
take at best only a place, and they are opsuh'c
oced down upon bv many those not the
debate prevails boarding schools and ahe
csm is never tonic in colleges Neea we
connnan of this? Is athletes better worth "l
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31

Nearly 90 per cent. OF the popula'
tien ot Siberia are Russian ex!lss.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-12-31
Is the Sun Sinking =?
Our Watch Its Perforn nance OF D,''S'
Bv Professor Langley.

light and heat peHeITate 1C '
aerial envelope diminished perceptiby at some time
November 49, 1902 February 10, 1903 1t then
lower that of the preceding year los aco
The record with February H. .o ,;r
Jnasmuch as the credited with absorbing from
The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31

A. H. Burse David M. Parks. Grin S.
Haskell; clerk, L. L LIBBY; treasurer
L L. Libby; corporation agent, q: H..
Drake. E,q. auditor. o. H. Drake, Esq +;
collector. n. c. Corey. The sum OF
81 900 was raised for street lighting for
the ensuing year; $3.50 was raised for the
FIRE department. This sum together with
what has been unexpeuded 10 this depart
ment for the past two years leaves some
Thing over 81, 600 in available funds for
the needs during the coming year. $500
was raised to meet the necessary cor
poration expenses for the ensuing year.
The sum OF 5000 was raised to defray the
expense Of procuring pictures OF the pub
lie institutions, streets etc , to be used IN
advertising the towns advantages in a
booklet to be published this fall by L. o..
Haskell who is to furnish 400 copies OF
the books to the Pittsield board OF trade
for distribution through that Organization
for the best advantage OF the town. The
collection of taxes was bid in by n. L.
Corey at 5 per cent.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31

W. F Kenrck, of the Hartford (Ct
High school, will be at home this week
for the Easter vacation.
c. T. Burns, contractor, has bought
the house of Miss Dunbar in Newhall
street recently damaged by fire.
Misc Mary Nqe has given up her re2t
la the smith house and will make her
home in the family of ). A. Nye.
Miss Maude McFadden has been APP
pointed deputy town clerk by the mu-
nicipal officers.
Eben Davis has gone TO Eagle Lake,
near Fort Kent, where he has secured
employment
The remains of Mrs Mary Kendall,
former resident Of this town, were
brought here from Augusta for inter-
ment Friday.
Miss Sadie Woodman, who has been
employed for a number of years at the
office of the Sawyer Publishing Co. at
WatervIlle, has severed her connection
with that company.
Miss Ethel Bunker, Tufts Dental col
legs, 1904, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. NJ.
d. ~tratton. Miss Bunker is the daugh-
ter of Capt. Dumont Bunker, and grand
daughter of the late Daniel Bunker.
She will remain about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Llewelyn p. Totman of
Duluth, Mimi, arrived in town Saturday
for visit of several weeks with Mr..
Totman's mother, Mrs Susan Totman,
and other relatives Mr.. and Mrs. Tot
man have many friends who are glad to
welcome them to their old home.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns,
fIartland.

Mrs Clara Bartlett has been spending
several DAYS with relatives 10 Boston
Lewis Fish and f H. Thompson were
in Comma, Thursday OF last week Oh
business.
Mrs. Spencer Fuller OF Lewiston Is the
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. Guy y. Ut
Ter.
MRS [. S. Harding was 10 Ploshsld
recently called TO that place by the Illness
~ her neice.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Holt have moved
from Pittsfield to the upper tenement OF
I. S. Pages house on Main St.
Iotn /. Fish has returned from the
Eastern Maine General hospid ia Ban
gor much benefited by the treatment re-
ceived there.
Mrs. George Ballard Of Garland has
been visiting at the home OF her dangh 'ef'
Mrs. Thomas Thompson, for several days
Mrs. Sabra McGray Bennett died
Monday, after several months oil poor
health. Funeral services were hel wed
nerday. She leaves an aged mother TWO
Young daughters, TWO sisters and
DfOkhtI 10 HlOufu nCi ioo'.
Miss Alice Lamb of Portland has re-
turned to her home in that CITY, di'ef
visit with friends 10 town accompanied oy
Miss Lena NJ. Smith, who will spend TWO
weeks 10 that city.
The two year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Steelbrook Of Fairfield was brought
10 Hartland for burial, last week "A
younger child OF Mr.. and MIS- o'eei-
bEoc ks is at present critically Ill.
The Epworth League will give an en-
teTtainment aud box social at the opera
house next Friday evening. Benth's 10
90 10 the Methodist church.
Rev. c. H Iohouuett was called to
officiate at the funeral OF Deacon James
Labree, at Beans Conner, Saturday
Mr.. Labree was one of Hartlands most
aged residents and died very suddenly,
while working in his wood-house. March
"a. His age was "a years; "ldo" sur
wives him.
The Outlook Club met, Saturday alter
noon. with Mrs. Annie L. Lancey on
Commercial St Roll call, Notes from
Booklaud Club" after the business was
completed, Mrs. Jennie Schwar read !; a
highly interesting paper on "What shal'
we read,n discussion by members; piano
duet Mrs. Bertha Fuller and Mrs. Edith
Fuller, followed by an encore; reading,
Thanstopsis" by Mrs. Carrie L. Blanchard.
This was one OF the clubs most interest
ing programs.
Wilson Bigelow of St Adams, who had
been very i'll for several week. at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. (. Z. Latty on
Main S., died early Frid'y morning, M Al.
as. The remains were taken TO his late
home in ST. Adams. SATURDAY, and tuner
al services were held from the Union
church in that town, Sunday forenoon,
conducted by Rev c. H. Johonne't OF
HaI,land and being buried under the
auspices Of the q. A. R. post OF which he
was a member. He is survived by Mrs
Bigelow, who Is an invalid, six sons and
two daughters.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31
Facts About Korea.

(United States Beaureau of Statistics. }
Korea has population of about
$1,000 900.
Has foreign commerce of about
S12 900, 900, of which 81 500, 900 is im-
por s, aud $40O. 900 exports.
Began lts commercial development in
1876, when twp ports, Gensan and Flu al
were opened to trade with japan.
Was vassal OF China until 1891, when
the victory of Japan In her ssvar with
China secured Korean independence.
Gave commercial treaty to the
United States in 1882, followed by sim
liar treaties with Germany, Great
Britain, Russia, Italy France, Austria
and China.
Began keeping record of imports
and exports in 1884. In that yer
81 ,275 600 was its total foreign CON-
Nerce. Now it is about nine times g
much.
Now has nine treaty ports, namely,
Chemuipo, Fusan, Wonsan, Chinamoph,
Mokpho, Kunsan, Masampho, Song Chin
and Win. Chemulpo is the most i'm
portant Of these, and is only % miles
distant by rail and communication, from
Seoule, the capital Of Korea.
Exports in order Of importance are
Rice, beans, ginseng and hides.
Imports, In the same order, cotton
goods, silk piece goods (from JAPAN.
kerosene, railway materials, mining
supplies and bags and ropes for packing
clothing haberdasherv, provisions,
maehes, sake samshu, sugar, machinery
and cotton wadding.
Had made great progress in the arts
three centuries ago.
Has a limited literature, consisting
chi fly of descriptions OF scenery and
folklore.
Has a robust, amiable, industrious, and
pleasure-loving population, agricultural
rather than commercial.
Is about the same &c as the state of
Kansas, and nearly twice the re of the
state of New York.
Has productive and well cultivated
soil, producing rice, barley, wheat, sorg-
hum, millet.
Has about %, 900 foreigners resident
within its borders, consisting OF 10000
japanese, 5000 Chinese, 275 American,
l40 Englishmen, 100 Frenchmen and 40
Germans. Next to Japan and China.
the neighbors of Kores. America leads IN
the foreign contingent.
Has system OF government as thor
oughly rotten and corrupt as Is to be
found on earth.
Has plentiful mineral resources, con-
sisting of copper, iron, coal, gold, silver.
Has mountains covered with vast vir-
gin forests.
Has one OF the finest and heathlest
climates in the world. Irrigation not
necessary.
Has electric railway, electric light,
spring water. and banking companies,
all started by Americans.
Has commercial prospects, which the
Japanese will cultivate and foster.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31

The following are the officers appointed
by selectmen of the town of Madison !:
Constables. F. L. Harding, F. Withee,
c. F. Dunbar, NJ. H. McSwain, George
Dolber, E. L. Perkins, Arthur Hobart,
William Prescott, Uriah Grover, w. F.
Greene; FIRE wardens, A c. Walton. D..
L. Churchill, H. H. Perkins, field drivers,
Frank Lincoln. B. K. Edwards; pound
keeper Josiah Clark; fence viewers. J. F.
Chanler, c. w. Clement; truant officers,
H. L. Sawyer, J. F Chanbourne; 'ything
men, c. F. Dunbar Levi Martin; sealer
OF weights and measures, John Renter;
scaler of leather, o L Williams; survey
ors of lumber. E. C. Weston. J. w. Jones,
f. c. Towne. Horace Spear, Mark
Hobart. d. B. Hobart, Delbert Parker,
John w. flanagan; surveyor OF wood
aud bark, w. w. Johnson, F. E. Dag
geti, Mark Hobart, George H. Paul, John
w. flanagan, w. (. Cough, George F.
Charles; inspector OF buildings, limits 10
include Madison Village Corporation, {.
F. Dunbar