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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
FIFTY killed Or
HURT IN WRECK
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION SPECIAL
IN AWFUL SMASHUP NEAR
KIMMsWICK, NC.
PARTIAL LIST OF
DEAD AND INJURED
All But One Car Derailed by Accident
The Disaster Occurs While the
Train Is Running at Excessive
Speed.

Kimmswick, Mo-, May 2. The fast
morning train on the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railroad, known
as No. IS, running as a worlds fair spe-
cial, was wrecked one mile and a half
from here Saturday..
The engine struck an open switch,
and. with the exception Of the last
sleeper, all the coaches were derailed.
1t is reported that the list of dead and
injured will reach nearly SO.
Partial List of Victims.
Dead-Engineer Bailey, Master Me-
chanic Tabor, De Soto, Mo.
Fatally injured: Fireman Gumpert,
Express Messenger De Groat.
Some of the others injured are: B. G..
Grant, De Soto, Mo-; j. Casey, De Soto,
Mo-; Rev. W. F. North, De Soto, Mo-;
Edward Besibarth, De Soto, Mo-; Harry
Hamel, De Soto, Mo-; A. J. Wick, De Soto,
Mo.
The wreck occurred while the train
was going at an excessive rate of speed.
Friday night there was trouble with
a freight car on one of the fest trains,
and it was necessary to abandon it On
the main line, neal Wickes Siding.
Orders were issued for all north
bound and southbound trains to use the
switch at that point instead of the main
line. Five trains passed the siding dur
ing the interval between the break down
of the freight car and the arrival of No.
1S.
1t is stated by Conductor Austin that
he read the order to the engineer and
handed a copy to him. The officials of
the road cannot account for the fact
that the train approached the siding
at the high rate of speed it must have
done to cause the damage it did.
The engine turned completely over,
pinioning Engineer Bailey beneath
tons of steel. Master Mechanic Tabor,
who was riding in the engine, was also
instantly killed. Fireman Gumpert was
thrown a great distance from the
wreck and escaped falling beneath the
engine. He is seriously injured, how
ever, and not expected to live.
The baggage car was thrown nearly
100 feet from the wreck and is entirely
demolished. The two coaches direct
ly in the rear of the baggage a were
also overturned and badly wrecked.
The sleeping "a in the rear of the
coaches was thrown on its side and
damaged.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The nomination of William D. Crum
ton, S. c., was considered in an execu-
tive session Of the senate. A failure
to confirm the appointment resulted.
President Roosevelt nominated JUS
tice Peter G. Pritchard, of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, to
be United States circuit court judge of
the Fourth circuit, in succession to the
late Judge Charles H. Simonton.
The twelfth annual celebration of
Gen. U. S. Grants birthday was held
at Galena, III. Bishop Samuel Fallows,
Of Chicago, made the principal ad-
dress.
The republican convention for the
Twenty-fourth Illinois district nomi-
mated Pleasant T. Chapman for con-
gress.
]. Frank Hanly, of Lafayette, was
nominated for governor by Indiana re-
publican convention on the first ballot.
The National Municipal league
opened its tenth annual meeting in
Chicago.
Gen. U. S. Grants former residence
in Galena was presented to that city
by Gen. Frederick d. Grant at the COM
memoration of the val hero's birth
day.
The total appropriations made by
congress aggregate $751;, 574,629. How
ever, the total appropriations for ex-
penses of government were $69S, 272,-
786. The total estimated for
the year are $704,472,O60
Indiana populists in state conven-
ton at indianapolis instructed dele
gates to the national convention to
work to secure the nomination for the
presidency of Samuel w. Williams, Of
Yincennes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
Cnrzon Sails for Home

Bombay, May 2-Lord Curson Of
Kedleston, viceroy of India, sailed for
home Saturday on board the steamer
Arabia. He was given a great send-oh.
The city was decorated e.sd large crowds
gathered on the sea front to bid him
farewell. The viceroy appeared to be
in excellent Lealth-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
Thirteen

Falmouth, England. May 2. ~ The
Spanish steamer zazopirak-Bat was
sunk off the Scilly islands Friday even
ing in a collision with the British
steamer CresyL bound from Cardiff for
Buenos Ayres. Thirteen members OF
the crew OF the Zazopirak-Bat were
drowned. The Cresyl landed ten Others
at this port.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
Sam Parks Dying.

Ossining, N. Y, May q. Samuel
Parks, the former walking delegate Of
the structural iron workers in New
York, is dying in the hospital at Sing
Sing prison. Ever since he was received
at the prison the last time he has been
suffering from tuberculosis and has been
able to do little work. In the opinion Of
the prison physician Parks cannot live
more thanstwo days at the most and may
die at any moment.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
DOMESTIC.

Mining schools and other scientif,
institutions were praised by a witnes!
in the Smoot case, who said that Nor.
mon schools easily rank with the bes,
institutions of learning in the country
The Lyceum vaudeville theater a
syracuse, N. Y, was destroyed by fire
The house was dark and the origin OF
the fire was unknown. The wholesale
business district was threatened. Loss
s2nn enc
The burial vault of Gen. Harry Liv-
ingston and his wife, Lady Mary" near
Hudson, N. Y, was entered by ghouls,
who stole woman's body and broke other
caskets.
An explosion in the getlatine house of
the Producers Powder company's plant
at Lamotte, Mo-, killed two men and de-
molished the building.
William Francis was fatally injured,
his baby was killed and Mrs. Francis
and two other children badly hurt by an
explosion OF dynamite that destroyed the
Francis home near corunna, Mich.
Charles S. Shumaker, candy salesman
of Lancaster, O., was killed and FIVE 9TH
er passengers injured in a wreck on the
Norfolk & Western near Hayesville, O.
Henry Morrison killed mis- wife and
daughter Tuesday at Woodstock, Wis,
an inland village 13 miles north of Rich
land. Domestic trouble was the cause.
The collapse of a cage in the Robinson
mine, near Johannesburg, precipitated
43 natives 1000 feet to the bottom. All
were killed.
Thirty day coaches, several dining
cars and one private cal were destroyed
by fire in the coachshop of the West Al
bany shops of the New York Central
railroad, entailing a loss Of s200, 900.
The third person in this country to
after having a wound in his
heart sewed up by surgeons is Thomas
Emerson, a negro, who has been dis
charged from a Philadelphia hospital.
ID. w Winkle and Edward Mitchell,
Chicago sign painters, we've fatally hurt
by falling from a building at Wheeling,
w. Va.
W. g. Morrison shot and killed I. o.
Gonkey near Reno, Ind. Morrison
Claims there was a quarrel and Conkey
struck him with ac1ub, compelling him
fo shoot IN self-defense. Both men were
over SO years OF age.
At Dedham, Mass, Harris 3. Dexter,
the l4-year-old Randolph boy who has
been on trial IN a charge Of CAUSING
the death OF his brother Parker. was
found not guilty.
safe crackers secured q 900 In jewel
ry = money at Clemens store al
sreenwcod,sInd BY blowing the safe
aE pockery. Of Missouri, mar
issued aproclamation making April a
yscfsfkanksgiving Throughout ths
sandd DECLARING It q general holida,
B nollor 81 the opening Of The world,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
Many Irish Emigrants.

London, May 2. A parliamentary
return issued Saturday shows that since
1851 and to 1909 nearly Z, 600, 900 of Irish
have emigrated, the exact total
being 8 ,961, OIL. equivalent to III percent,
IF the average population of ireland.
During the year 1903, 40,659 Irishmen
emigrated, of which number the United
States received 81, 1901.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
TWIN CITY
4 Anr;I

t~HIHHeapoIS April 30.
Wheat-No. northern, csc; No. .
northern, 9sc; May. 92Ac. Oats-No.
3 white. doc Corn-No. 5, 49, rye
No. 66c- Barley-No. 4sc.
Flax-sI.15. Butter-Creamery, cx-
tras, 23@a4c; creamery, frsts, clone:
dairy, fancy, 1s@i9c poultry-Tsr-
keys, 9@1oe;~ chickens, 7@se Hay
fUplands, fancy, SIS. 50.
ST. Paul, April 80.
Cattle-Steers, $4,000. 75.cows,
@a.oo. Hogs * 81. al IS. Sheep
mnttons. So. 90: lambs. $500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
wealthy New EngIander Dead.

Brockton, Mass, May 2.-Daniel
s Howard. a retired shoe manufac-
turer and considered cae of the
wealthiest men In New England, died
Saturday He was IS years OF are.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
FAIRS POR1|
OPENED
LOUISIANA PURd
TON FORMAL
RATED AT |
GREAT CROWD
OFFICIAL
Roosevelt Touches
ington That Sc
Motion Excha1
tons with Presi

LIQLS Will IIeS1
st. Louis, May 2.
day afternoon, to tn
amid the crash of ba
chorus of the "Star
sung by a thousand
cheers of the creates
,sembled in the city of
isiana Purchase expos
declared open.
Notwithstanding Il
.diction of the cover
who %prophesied rain
of the day and lower
morning, st. Louis pu
bravest effort in ho1
of her great exposition
least, was bright, and
of it.
Crowds Atten
The official hour +
ment of the exercises
at which time the Off
ton, members Of the
sion and of the boar
were scheduled to me
tsation building. Lol
the grounds were fill
the population Of tn
and the remainder,
thronging to the ex
TO the many thousan
ulation were added
came in on eXcursio
night and Saturday m
no special effort was
sagment of the expos]
large attendance for
the crowd was fully
which filled the groI
when the exposition
Gated with so much pC
Promptly at the hc
and directors of the
members of the nat
and of the board of Ia
gathered at the Admit
where. as rapidly as
formed into a process
to the plaza of St. LOT
the grounds, where tt
of the opening were 4
AS the column fro1
ton building entered
line, formed of reprf
eign governments, VIII
in the Hall of Congre
into the plaza from
A third column came
formed of representa-
and territorial gov
union.
Ceremonies
The participants
quickly took their l
of the Louisiana m
small stand had been
speakers and seats p1
teners. The assembl|
order without delay |
Francis, of the exposi
ed the audience to ris@
M. Gunsaulus, of Chill
vocation
DR.. Gunsaulus como
invocation with the
which the audience
Francis, as the chief q
position, then deliver
Keys Presented
AT the conclusion OF
dent Francis recogni
Thompson, of the com
and buildings, who p
dent Francis Isaac S.
tor of the works. M
to President Francis
position and presented
it to the chiefs Of his
After the rendition
Louisiana" by Sou
dent Francis transfer
buildings to Frederick
rector Of exhibits, tn.
ing emblematic of tt
buildings had been e
in charge of that po
and were now ready 9
installation of the ex
Skiff's department.
short address.
Sing "Hymn o
The grand chorus,
West" was then suns
Alfred Ernst. The 4
was by John Knowle,
words were written by
Stedman. The word
as follows:
o, Thou. whose glorio'
Engird the Earth wi
From out Thy secret I
Inc courts ana temp
Eternal Light,
Fill with Thy m
These domes that in ]
And lift a nations hes
Iiiumine Thou each ps
Te show the marvels
Since first Thy people
Looked up with that
Babe Time unrt
The fateful scr
Ard empire unto IRE
From cloudland height
Poured through the ga
Thy mighty rivers joi
And on the wings of m
Their mtsts the faro
BY Thee unseal
The mountains
Ores that the wealth. Q
And gems enwrought
10, through what year
AT Thine own time
The greater and the
The ripening boil. =
Thy creatures
Appointed WAYS
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06
issues Cali On Banks.

Washington, May Secretary
Shaw Saturday afternoon made an addi-
tional call on depository banks for ten
per cent. Of their holdings on account of
the Panama canal purchase. The call
was made on banks having deposits Of
$4,000 or over at the time of the last
call. The payment Is 10 be made on OF
hafr,rn Nav 16
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-06

-Four lives were lost in the burning
of the Bryan house at Lansing, Mich.
Dom Paul is dying at Mentone,
France, from heart disease.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

When the pig was 1T" she would
tag the boy BY using her suout TN
trip him, and tag the dog by giving it,
toss into the air Then with
"guOgh.' away the hog would scam
per. with the others in hot pursuit.
Not the lamb which Mary loved,
but big horn lamb from the Rocky
Mountains, owned BY a Western gen
teman, was wont to climb to the top
OF the tallest pieces Of furniture It'll
the house, from which it would play
FULLY leap to the floor. where it landed
stiff legged and with feet close to-
gether
"A Rocky Mountain goat kid I once
met would climb to my shoulders and
jump to the ground. and for variety,
sake would butt me with its little.
white, wOOlly head. I could detect n5
difference tn its play from that Of the
kid Of domestic goat
All work and no play" makes
Jack rabbit as dull as it does a Jack
boy; but it is interesting to note that
all animals seem to use their play as
kindergarten schooling for the more
serious pursuits Of their maturer wears.
The puppy engages in mimic chase.
the kitten stalks imaginary mice. and
50 the idea Of play developing the
faculties runs through all the animal
world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

T IMAGINE country where the peO-
pie are said never to wash them
selves, and are only washed
twice-when they are born and
after they are dead-and who yet
spend ali their spare cash on laundry
bills for their clothes; where frightful
threats are written upon the walls in
Chinese characters to scare the rats
away. and yet snakes are allowed the
liberty of the house; where the pO-
1iceman holds one Of the highest So
ciaI ranks. and yet has no attention
Da;d to his authority; imagine all this,
and 4 thousand other things equally
quaint and contradictory, and you viii
nave Korea, the most topsy-turvy
kingdom on earth.
Until shortly before the Chinese
Taoanese war. the King Of Korea, all
though theoretically despot, never
had any money. In that respect he
was like the rest Of the rich men in
the country They had never handled
large coin and knew absolutely moth
ing of money in general outside Of
tbe long strings Of Cash which are
universal in the Far East The Ko-
rean cash" is little circle of brass,
bronze, or copper with very large
hole in the center, by which it is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

tempts at pictures. but / learned much
ot the ways OF the Chimpanzec.
The sense of the properties Of lie
is undevolOped i'll these animals. and
this will prevent a full report ever
being made of their outrageous com
lcalltles; but can never prevent the
witness OF their boisterous fun from
enjoying a hearty laugh In fact, a
lack OF appreciation on the part of the
audience will often cause the primi-
tive comedian to fly into a wild and
ungOvernable fit Of anger
Tile domestic pig is a much mis-
understood and maHgned animal.
True, a pig-sty is not a New Eng
land housewives idea Of cleanliness
but it is the best the pig can do under
the circumstances, and is never 50 Of
fensive as some Of the human sites
which answer for jails in some parts
OF the country. Like any other pris-
oner, the pig is dirty when he is
forced to live in filth.
A pig ] once owned in Kentucky
was so clean that its white bristles
ShOne like spun glass, and the pigs
skin showed as pink as a baby's foot.
There was nothing this pig enjoyed
more than bath from the garden
hose, unless it was the game Of tag
on the lawn, which followed with its
young master and the house dog.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

play, for youth and play seem to 20
hand in hand. However. it must not
be understood from this broad state
ment that the writer looks upon the
oyster. Tor instance, as a frOlicsomc.
iun-lOving creature.
But even this lOWly bivaIve is a
more highly organized animal than
might be supposed by any one whose
only knowledge OF the oyster il its
appearance on the half-shell, or its
flavor a. it goes sliding down his
gullet. The oyster has a heart,
liver, an intestine and a documentary
brain. The baby oyster swims free,
and, for aught we know to the con
trary, may be playful creature before
it attaches itself to some stationary
object and settles down to the stupid
vegetable life Of a true gentleman Of
leisure.
BY experiment I have found that
even insects enjoy recreation and have
an appreciation of fun A pet katy
did, which I kept in my library one
winter, would pretend to fight my
finger and assume the most laughable
poses while so doing. At the same
time it kept tip a queer scolding noise.
made with its wings, that l have never
heard among the trees.
Last summer, from an ambush i'll
the forests, | watched the little four
footed brownies and wood fairies as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

we'll Like the coolies, they wear
trousers and stand knee-deep in the
slush Of the rice paddles, guide the
water bufaloes at the plough, or bind
UP the straw to dry on the trees. This
is the Japanese idea Of a hay stack.
and makes the trees look as if they
were wearing skirts.
One Of the novel sights is the old
women mowers, clipping the lawns
with scissors as neatly as a lawn
mower, and stopping now and then to
gossip over their tea Both ii China
and Japan the tending Of silk worms
is not only done BY women, but Is
regarded as an elegant duty. In
China each year the Empress inaugu-
rates it ceremonially, as the Emperor
does the spring ploughing. In each
country the other important industry
the tea grOwing-is largely in the
hands Of women.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
The Butcher Bird S Free Lunch

When the barbed wire fence first
came into use in California, cattle
owners cursed the inventor, Not so
the butcher bird The butcher bird
is a creature about the size Of a small
crow, and he lives on insects and
smaller birds
When the butcher bird saw the first
barbed wire fence he lighted upon it.,
tapped his wings three times and
had wanted for long while
At first the farmers who instituted
the barbed wire wondered how so
many grasshoppers, beetles, field
mice and small birds became impaled
upon the barbs Of their fence wires.
They soon learned, for the butcher
bird is not afSeCretive creature. When
grasshoppers and other bugs were
plentiful. he gathered great stores and
stuck them on jhc barbs Of the fences.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

HIS Korean men arc the greatest
smokers in the world and the most
lndolcnt ot all mankind except i'm one
respect-their fOndnesS for walking
hey are marvellous walkers. MANY
OF them would not walk across the
street to get work, but would 90
twenty miles tn see a favOrite view
They can do their thirty odd miles
day after day, and moreover carry
great burdens Indeed. the carriaqo
OF goods is the only kind of work iii,
average Korean is resigned to. Men
nave been known to carry $50 pounds
ot copper lngOts for considerable dis
itancess, day after day The ordinary
load tor coohe is $50 pounds on the
Tat, or 100 pounds over bad country
ne VIII go ten miles a day with such
load I
The women Of the poorer classes do
All the work. They rise early on TN
ned late, keep the house I'LL order rul
uNate the fields, reap and sell thc
crops. wait hand and foot unon tbeir
lord, and, last but by no means least
wash ms immaculate white cotton
gowns. This is the hardest task of
an: tor clean gown is usually re
CURED every day, and it hal til be
SpotIeSSly clean, although the Korean
peasantry have no soap. Every dav
Is a washing day for the toiling wo-
men They manage to accomplish the
herculcan task Of cleansing tile gar
mentS without soap by washing them
Jour or live times, and then pound
ing them with mallet specially made
for the purpose.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

10000 dried fish, 100 ponies, $500
stones OF cheap rice for the use Of
servants, GOO yards Of cotton cloth.
several hundred yards Of grass cloth,
and slave girls to the value of 6,ooo-
900 cash. The King, Of course.
paid his servants in kind-he could
not do otherwise 1t was discOncert-
ing to- his early American advisers.
when they applied for their first quar-
ter S salary, to have a gang Of a hun
bred coolies come staggering into the
oihce, each one carrying d bag Of
rice and laying their burdens inds-
crimlnately around the place
Korea has a currency now and has
been opened up by American, Euro
pean and Japanese commerce; but the
people arc still very backward and
primitive, densely ignorant and super
stitious. They are proud Of all their
old customs and methods, however
tQoIiSh those may appear IN lie ewes
OF enlightened foreigners. They can
not be persuaded to change their SLOW
envy white cotton garments for any
thing more modern, or to use steel
traps instead Of Chinese ideographs III
their unending campaign against the
rats who gnaw through the paper
walls of their houses.
They insist on squattiug on their
heeis when they work in your garden. :"
SAID an American who has lived in
Korea and knows the people we'll
hey use the short-handled. awk-
ward Korean hoe of the past ages. in
to-day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
To Cleanse Piano KEYS.

1t is simple matter to Written
piano keys BY washing them with a
strong solution of nitric acid To an
ounce Of soft water. Use a piece Of
soft checsccloth to wash the keys.
being careful that the solution does
not come in contact with the wood
nv hitting or prepared chalk mixed
with lemon lulce Is an excellent polish
TO apply while the keys are moist
Badly discolored keys can only Be
remedied by calling in a careful work
MN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
.TapQnese UOmen at WOrk

T8 HE sewing in the kimona con
sists Of one small and one
long stitch, a species Of
artistic basting. There is
reason in this. for whenever the XII
mona is washed. II is ripped to pieces.
This is, perhaps, why the japanese,
who battle daily, wear such dirty
clothes, while the Chinese. who battle
sometimes, wear such clean clothes.
The kimona strips are dabbed tip and
down without soap, scrubbed with a
brush and are ironed by drying them
carefully on boards. One Of the sights
Of a town are these boards, with their
strips Of silk, leaning against the sides
Of the houses.
The peasant women not only do the
homework, but 0ut-of-dO0r work as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Where White Ants Are useful

A white ants nest IS about the last
thing in the world one would expect to
be Of practical service to mankind, yet
in western Australia white ants and
their nests are put to Z variety Of
economic uses.
In the first place, the aborigines
sometimes eat the ants, and there are
even 4 few white residents who have
tasted them, for the sake Of expert
ence, and say they are not bad. But
it is not habit with the aborigines to
eat the insects; they prefer to devour
the mould out Of which the ants built
their nest.
Capital ovens are frequently i'm
provised BY the Australian pr0spector
out Of these white ant mounds. They
make a solid floor, almost like ce-
ment, for the settlers nuts; and in
the township Of Derby. in western
Australia, they have been turned to
profitable use by being rolled in as a
ton LAYER IN the 0th1iC roads