The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-01-22
Resume Of the neWS.
People Talked About.


People Talked About.
Jean Leon Gerome, the painter ano
sculptor, died at Paris.
Senior Gayten de Ayala, former
Spanish minister to Venezuela. hai
been appointed minister to Cuba.
Jack Pleansants, known as the orig
inal OF the hero In THE Quick and the
Dead" Is dead Of pneumonia at Rich
mond. Va.
Hon. Charles DENLY. formerly Unit
ed States minister to Pekin. died sud
denly at the Hotel Sherman. James
town. N. 7.
Andrew Donaldson, for fifteen years
third vice president of the Erie rail-.
road, died at his home in East Orange.
N. j., OF pneumonia. He was Atty.
eight years old.
Conrad g.. Day, a former we'll known
merchant and financier and for many
years president Of one OF the leading
national banks OF Philadelphia, 10
dead, aged sev~enty-two years.
The Rev. William e. Huntington, D.
D., dean OF the Boston university, has
been elected president OF that institu-
ton In place Of DR.. William r. War.
ren, who resigned a rear ago.
The Rev. Joseph Plat, ~ years old.
who had held many charges In Pres.
byterian churches In Illinois. Missouri
and Iowa, died at Davenport, Iowa.
He retired from the ministry In 1891.
Col. John 9. Wilson, we'll known ~
a restaurant man, died at his home in
Chicago Of q complication Of diseases.
Col. Wilson commander 4 New jersey
regiment in the Civil war. He was six.
ty-four years old.
Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, CON.
mander OF the Tennessee dep2rtme nt.
United Confederate Veterans, will ~.
sumo the Office OF commandments
Of the organization, made vacant BY
the death OF Gen. John B. Gordon.
DIR. John Kost, formerly q professor
in Adrian college and at one time
chancellor Of Heidelberg university.
died at his home in Adrian, Mich. He
was eighty-six years old. His writ
brought into prominence in interna-
tional scientific circles.
Casualties.
Two cars on the Pacific Electric rail
way coilided at Los Angeles. Mrs. C.
w. Priest was killed and eight were
injured.
Fire Of an incendiary origin destroy.
ed the Pratt county (Ala.) Jail. Jack
Kelly, white, and four unidentified col.
ored men burned to death.
James Kinney, the Standard Oh com
pany's manager at Marquette, Mich,
was instantly killed by 4 locomotive
while walking on the track.
A wreck occurred four miles north.
OF Reedsburg, Wis, On the Northwest.
ern. A broken wheel was the cause.
Six cars were thrown on the opposite
track.
A disastrous fire occurred at Mason,
Tex. destroying a total Of nineteen
houses, including two banks. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; insurance.
$4,000.
The charred bodies of Mrs. Elisa
beth Wardlee and two young daugh-
ters were found In their homo near
Terre Haute. 1t II supposed the build.
ing caught fire from an overheated
stove during the night.
A huge telegraph pole placed on the
track at Vote, Cal, wrecked the south
bound Pacific flyer, while running fly
miles an hour. The engine and four
cars were overturned. but all escaped
serious injury.
In a head-on collision between two
trains on the Rutland railroad at
Rouse's Point. N. Y, James Hodges Of
Malone and Chinese Inspector Joseph
Wright Of Rouse's Point were Instant
ly killed. Fred Mitchell of Burke will
probably die. Several of the train
crew were injured and both engines
vera Wrocked.