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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-02
First, August 26 Last, September2
Notice to Construct Side
walks
To c.. H. Prior, Matt Rourk and Mary Var
Duspn.

To c. II. Prior, Matt Rourk and Mary Van
Dusen.
You are hereby notified that at a meeting of the
City council of the city of Milbank, held on the
9TH day OF August, 1904, it was proposed to con-
strnct sidewaIks along the east side of lot six co.,
of block nineteen (lg; on the west side Of lots
one ~ and four (4), of block nine 49,, in Bart
lett S first addition to the city of Milbank, and on
the south side of lot nineteen (l9), of block
thirty (N), and, whereas, on the 18th day of
August, 1904 a resolution wac passed ordering
the construction of said sidewalks along the lots
herelnbetore described, of the following proper
tons and specifications, namely: or concrete,
one ID part of cement to six go parts OF sand, to
be at least three (3) inches thick, placed on d
gravel nil we'll tamped, with the top coat made
OF one u part of cement to two (2) parts of sand,
to be at least one inch thick, to be built at the
expense of the lot owner; that said sidewalk shall
be constructed within thirty 1891 days from the
date OF said resolution, 80 passed on the 18th day
of August, 1904.
You are further notified that in pursuance to
said resolution you are hereby notified to con-
struct said sidewalks within thirty I30 days
from the 18th day OF August, 1904, in the manner
and according to the specifications above named,
at your own expense, and that unless the same
are 80 constructed within the time named, the
same will he built by the city of Milbank. and
the costs thereof assessed against the lots &C
cording to law.
CHARLES SUTCLIFFE,
Street Commissioner
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-02

his tthe iudge's) initials, in ink or
indelible pencil, and the ballot shall
be SO folded as to show the initials
placed thereon by the Judge of cleo
ton. After the ballot is prepared by
the elector he shall hand it to one of
the Judges of election, who shall an
nOunce the name of the person voting
it and deposit the ballot in the bal
lot box, and the clerks shall enter the
name of the person voting upon the
poll list.
In preparing the tickets and ar
ranging the names of the candidates
thereon. the names of each candidate
for each off e shall be placed in a
box and shaken up, and some person
shall be blindfolded, who shall draw
out of the box the names therein, one
at a time, and the names as drawn
from said box shall be placed on the
ticket in the order in which they are
taken from the box.
At the time of closing the polls the
election board shall Immediately pro-
coed to anvas the vote for each can-
didate, and they shall string each
ballot upon a string and tie the same
and enclose the rejected ballots and
poll books in an envelope and
ly seal the anne. and each judge shall
write his name across the sealed part
of the envelope, and the ballots shall
also be placed in an envelope and
sealed, and the returns thus prepared
shall be delivered to the chairman of
the county central committee by the
precinct committeeman of each pre-
cinct, or by some other responsible
person designated for that purpose, by
the hour of 2 O'Clock p. m. on Mon
dav following. after such primary
election is held, and such ballots and
poll books shall be preserved for a
period of six months after such cleo
ton.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
returns by the chairman of the county
central committee the said committee
shall assemble to canvass the vote,
and after said w is completed
they shall decide ~therefrom who are
the nominees for the several offices,
and shall cause their names to be
published in one or more newspapers.
Nj
The central committeeman of each
election precinct shall be and is here
by constituted a delegate from said
precinct and through the chairman
and secretary of said central commit
tee shall certify said nominations
made at said primary election to the
county auditor of the county of Grant,
state of South Dakota, and the nom
nations so certified shall have the
same force and effect as nominations
made at a regular delegate county
convention and certified by the chair
man and secretary of said county con
ventiOn.
THOMAS FITCH, Chairman,
j. ID. SMULL, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
King Cotton AQaln.

The department of commerce pre- sents figures which show that in the last calendar year cotton to the value of $SS7,000,000 was exported, or over a million day, Sundays and holidays included. This exceeds the exports of 1900, heretofore the record year, by S64,000,000 More bales were exported in 1898, but the value of exports in that year of low prices was but s232,- 100000. The year 1903 stands out therefore as record-maker.
 More pounds were, however, ex- ported in 1903 than in any previous year except 1898, and if large crop be made this year the record of 1903 may be eclipsed. We are constantly exporting vast quantities of cotton and 1t would be impossible to main, tain favorable balance of trade with out. 1t. Tn 1903 it contributed 3S per cent or our exports of agricultural products. Our best customer was Great Britain, followed in order by Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Bel gium, British North America, Japan and Mexico.
 Our exports of raw cotton have not fallen below $500, ,000,O0O in four years, and yet we consume at home fully 4,000,000 bales. The outside world needs 100000 bales of American cot ton, and it will pay ten cents pound for that amount. An eleven-million. bale crop has, in other words, become worlds necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Reminiscent of the Eiqhties.

While the Powell school was being built many years ago the old exposition building erected in the eighties in Capitol used as a school house. said a high school graduate.
 "The old exposition building, which was a large frame structure, was built by some commercial organization in Bir- mingham I think and only one exposition was ever held there. Many of the young women of Birmingham recall the days spent In the old building after it was converted into temporary school build ing.
 s'The building was located in the center of the park which had not been improved at all by the city authorities at that time, and we boys and girls would have great times using the large space around the building for play grounds We had baseball diamond and most everything else there In those days the school hours were from g o'clock in the morning un- til 8 in the afternoon with a thirty min utes recess for dinner. After we had finished eating our lunches we would have great baseball, shinny, leap frog. and other games in the park
 1T would like very much to see the new high school erected in Capitol park. The graduates of the high school would take great pride in seeing magnificent build ing erected that would be adequate to meet all of the demands for some time to como"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Radlum Light.

"It would seem that we already have enough different kinds of lights to settle the question of illumination for some time to come but the discovery of radium opens a new field of practically boundess pos sibiities," said a gentleman who is inter- ested in scientific subjects.
 Although radium sl so scarce and cost ly that it is practically removed from the class of utilities at present scientists con fidently believe that this will not be the case always and that the time will come when radium will supplant all known methods of illumination. When this comes to pass we will have no further use for wires or pipes but there may be serious drawbacks which have not yet been dis covered. For instance the intense rays of radlum may have an injurious effect on the eyes
 But all such speculation belongs to the realm of the future. Radium may be as hard to get 200 years from now as at the present time and in that case our de- scendants will have to depend on the lights now in use or find something bet ter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Japan's Monroe Doctrine

It is becoming every day more and more evident that Russia does not pro- pose to so to war 5000 miles away fuDm it's base against people born to the sea- She intends to bluff and ne gotiate to the extreme end of both and then she will back down, and Japan will come out of the ruction with increased prestige.
 Then will be begun long struggle without resort to gunpowder in which Japan will assert that Asia should be kept for the Asiatics, and in the course of the struggle China will be spurrei on py Japan to bring herself up to Japanese standards. When her rail. roads are built and her army is re- organized, and her backward methods eliminated, then the yellow race, still led by Japan. will say 10 Russia that she must get out of the Orient. It is and all along has been fight for con troI. Shall the whites of Russia dom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20

mate the Orient, or shall the best of Asia be kept for Asiatics7
 As surely as fate itself Japan will set up Monroe doctrine in the Orient. She may not strictly enforce it at first, but as soon as Chinas fighting quali- ties can be developed she will not only proclaim her Monroe doctrine, but she will enforce it. Asia for Asiatics" is the watchword in Japan, and at this writing the plutky little island king dom, full of the smartest sort of peo- pie, will yet drive not only Russia, but all other intruders out of the Orient. And why shoulu not Japan lead the Orient? What greater rights have we in South America than Japan has in the Far Beast?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20

From the New York Tribune.
 @HE fourth annual automobile show (0 was opened Saturday evening at
 Madison Square garden. The ex- hibition is the best that has ever been held in the big amphitheatre. All day the garden was one of the busiest places
 in the city, as exhibitors put the final touches to their booths. The demand for space this year was so great that 40 per cent of the applications had to be denied
 Every part of the spacious building that could be used for exhibiting was occupied and the inclosure presented striking ap- pearance. The entire main floor, all the available room in the basement. the res taurant the balcony and the gallery were filled with exhibits. Even the second tier of boxes had been used for small exhib- it's. The electrical signs added a glitter and glare to the surroundings
 The wonderful improvement and growth in horseless vehicles of American manu- facture seems almost incredible when it is considered that the show that opened last evening was only the fourth that has taken place in the garden, and that four years ago America was an infant in the
 automobile world. Today it is a rival of Europe, and many of the cars that are shown here were considered by experts to be as good as the best European products.
 The scene outside the garden gave evil dence of what was going on within. Spec tators came by hundreds in automobiles of all sizes and motive powers. Every one who visited the show was anxious to see the latest design, and 1t must have been crank indeed who failed to see
 the particular kind of car in which ne
 was interested. There are plenty of inno- vations to be seen. but buyers will find that the years movement has been more toward the perfection of existing mechan- ism rather than in the invention of new devices.
 The show Is more of technical exhibf- tion than ever. Each concern has arrang- ed its goods so that the casual visitor can see at glance the modern mechani- cal devices. Most elaborate and highly rol- ished chassis and motors have been made specially for the show. On account of the fire regulations at the garden the gasolene
 motors cannot be operated there. Of the 1s0 concerns represented. ninety have complete vehicles, which in itself gives a fair indication of the great strides that have been made in the building of power
 driven machines. The finest cars that Flu ropean and American manufacturers can
 produce are on exhibition, at prices from s425 to s12.O00.
 Among the racing cars that attracted crowds of interested spectators was Bar ney' Oldfeld's Bullet No. 2 The racer of Henry Ford. in which he covered mile in o:ss 2-5 on the ice at Detroit this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
CARRIAGES IN
 MOST GLITTERING ARRAY

rivalled Oldfield's car in the size of the admiring crowd that stood before 1t.
 At the Haynes-Apperson company's booth are tonneau touring car and two-passenger light touring car Both of these cars are especially built for Ameri- can roads and conditions, as is shown by the fact that in the recent endurance run, when going around washed out bridges. they were able even to ride the railroad tracks As the originators of the double opposed balance type of engine, they have brought this engine to a high degree of perfection. In the tonneau car the engine is placed in front for accessibility and proper distribution of weight, and for the very same reason the engine is placed in the rear of the two-passenger light tour ing car, as 1t has been found impossible to produce a combination two and four passenger car which will meet their ex- acting requirements in accuracy of pro- portion. The most notable feature of these cars is the fact that all moving shafts are parallel and there is absolutely no end thrust In any portion of the me- chanism and no bevel gears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Senator HaIe's Proposition.

Even Senator Hale of Maine thinks some way should be found in which the grievances of Colombia, so truth fully and eloquently presented by Gen eral Reyes can be adjusted. Senator Hale's proposition is not very prom sing, but it shows that his conscience has been stirred until he has ceased to be blind follower of MT. Foraker and MT. Lodge.
 He says the quarrel is between Co., lombia and Panama, and he proposes that the President of the United States tender his best offices towards a peace full adjustment of all controversies that have arisen or that may arise between Colombia and Panama. The Hale proposition Is, it is true, superficial and impracticable. but it at least shows that the Maine senator thinks some thing should be done.
 The United States cannot intervene with effect because it's hands are not clean. It directly aided, if it did not connive at, the secession of Panama. It's ships and its marines made the act of secession possible. It is the United States that has wronged Co., lombia, and we are in no position to tender "our best offices" We are the cat that has taken the canary, and Mir. Hale will have to look elsewhere for an intervener and peacemaker. Let us, however, be glad that republican conscience has been discovered in Maine, and that Messrs. Foraker and Lodge cannot count on a solid republ- can vote in favor ol their robber scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
LITERARY NOTES.

Preliminary announcement comes from James Fott & Co. of the early publica- ton of Charles lfenstreet's new roman Flower of the Fort" Reaaers of ad- vance p,ges have heer astonished t, :inI on absolutely new lines and in style that is classed as unique. It tells of happen inss when William III. was kins The author Is widely krown as the writer of "Nooks and Corners of Old New York Literary New York and kindred stories.
 Edwin Harkham's romance of achieve nent, On the Trail to the Golden Gate, '' will appear m the March Success
 Miss Ellen Glasgow, whose new novel, The Deliyerance," Is the hrst important book of 1904, is Nirginlan wno stll lives In Richmond though she has spent the rast summer in Switzerland and Will stay in New York part of the winter.
 1t is reported that th- dramatization of Mir. Kipings novel, The Light that Failed, is to be put upon the stage in al- most every European language, and also l that Madame Sarah Bernhardt is to ap- pear in the French version.
 l American books seem to be having an increasing sale in England. "A Child s LetteIS lO IteT huSDuHui Dy MiS. I1tlen 1 Waterson Moody. has just been issued
 In a large edition by Heineman in Lon don. Seven editions of Helen Keller s autobiography have been sold in England during the year 1903.
 Do publishers read unsolicited manu- scrpts?' asks a writer in the Philadel- phia Inquirer. Doubleday Page & Go. own up to reading 569 novels alone in eight months. The 57oth was published. It Is Acquia Kempster's love story of India "The Mark" but "The 570th MS" would be quite as enticing a title.
 A. c. McClurg & Co. the largest book jobbers outside of New York city name The Pitt first on their list of the best selling books of 1903. Now that the dra- matization has become one of the success full plays of the season in Chicago. and it Is soon to appear in New York, we may expect "The Pitt to be one of the most popular novels for a long time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
hbo,1t= persons


 John D. Strong of LaGrange. Ga, Is at the Metropolitan. J. B. Scott of Paint Rock is stopping at the Hillman.
 J. Pepperman of Montgomery, editor of the Odd Fellow. Is at the Florence. K. E. Stone of Louisville is registered at the Hillman. ". H. Blake of Montgomery was an arrival O. the Metropolitan last night M. Cary of Montgomery is at the St. Nicholas.
 W. K. McNeil of Louisville is stopping at the Morris.
 G. P. Aldridge of clanton is at the Met ropolitan.
 F. ". Miller of Atlanta is registered at the Hillman.
 W. N. Moore of Jasper is at the Flor enoe.
 A. R. Smith of Atlanta is at the Hill man.
 J. H. Samuel of Talladega Is stopping at the Metropolitan. Dr. W. W. Woods of Jasper Is at the Florence.
 T. II Brown of Troy is at the Morris.  w. D. Parrish of courtland is registered at the St. Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
TvpeWrlter Chairs,

Tt Is remarkable what useful con- trivance typewriter chairs have become, . said stenographer yesterday. An ordi- nary chair is awkward before a regular typewrite desk, while on the other hand the chair now manufactured for the pur- pose is everything that could be desired. There are several styles but the general types are similar. They are portable and light in the first place, and fit the back snugly. Those with springs are particu- larly soothing to a person of nervous tenn perament.
 "A typewrite chair Is really of no great importance in the worlds affairs In fact we could use an ordinary chair if no other were available but there is nothing Ike having the proper thing in the proper place and the typewrite chair Is an in- stance In point''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Blind Tom,

"I notice that Blind Tom. the famous negro musician, is announced to appear again before the public" said a gentleman in the lobby of the Morris. So many reports have been circulated regarding the death of Blind Tom that great many people refuse to believe that he is still alive and insist that the man now playing is fraud This veteran of the keys was performing when our grandmothers were belles and still retains his powers appar- ently unimpaired. Of course he is more clumsy and more feeble than ever but he is still able to play In a remarkable man ner.
 "rhe first report of Blind Toms e,ats. was printed in 1879. I remember particu- larly one pathetic story which told of the old man ending his days, neglected and mistreated by the people to whom he had brought wealth by his playing. Tom is now deligh;ing large audiences in the Circle theatre in New York and If noth- Ing happens there is no reason to suppose that he will not again appear in the south where he has always been a favorite."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
compsratIveIx Nsw Profession.


 "Dermatologists are rather scarce in the south and good ones are not too numerous anywhere. but some of the feats they perform with mans countenance are remarkable" said a surgeon. Per haps John H. Woodbury Is the best known dermatologist In the United States. This man has won fame and fortune by his ability to make ugly people good look ing, and the skill with which he can make new face while you wait
 "Dermatology is a comparatively new profession, but there is undoubtedly money in it for a competent practitioner. The ease and dispatch with which faces can now be altered is rather surprising to most people. Projecting ears are made shapely, large noses are made small, flat noses are raised, and in fact any kind of nose fixed up that a person could pos- sibly want. Such smau matters as wrinkles, unsightly eyebrows and facial blemishes are mere bagatelles.
 Electricity plays an important part In the science of producing good looks. and within the past five years a great num- Der Of appliances have been put on the market which are guaranteed to work wonders for homely people. The old saying Of face being fortune must be true to a certain extent for philosophers have come to the conclusion that pleasing countenance is an augury of success. Therefore it is incumbent upon those of us not particularly endowed with beauty to visit cermatologist at once. or else have our barbering done by a physiognom- ical tonsorial artist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
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The ducks a bird.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS IT ALL

TIE WAN WHO KNOWS IT ALL. From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
 graph
 The man who pretends to have a thor ough speaking acquaintance with every known subject under the sun, and is im- prudent enough to endeavor to make peo- pie believe everything he says. is de- scribed in different ways. Some of his friends have formed these opinions of him:
 The ice man-He's nippedl
 The gambler--He's blufflng.
 The contortionlst-He twistedl
 The plumber-He's not on the level. The sprtualist-Hes in trance! The engineer-He's full of hot air The conductor-He's off his trolleyl The miser-Hes got rats in his garret! The trapezist-Hes way up in the air! The lexicographer-He thinks he knows it all
 The theatrical manager-TIe's only play ing to the gallery!
 The aronaut-He'll come back to earth one of these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-20
Applying the Fourteenth Amendment.

In the absence of the full opinion in the Rogers case of the United States supreme court, rendered by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is difficult to say what reading it bears between the lines Daniel Rogers, a negro, was indicted for murder, and he plead that he did not have the impartial hearing before the grand jury guaranteed in the bill of rights of the constitution of 1901 because all negroes were excluded from the grand jury that found an in- dictment against him. The Giles case, involving the suffrage clause of the new constitution, was submitted at the same time, but the latter was decided and the former was not. This seems to indicate that they rested on differ ent foundations.
 The decision of Justice Holmes seems to ignore the qualifications of electors. In fact, expressly says, speaking for the great court: We also assume that the qualifications of the grand jurors are not in law dependent upon the qualifications of electors. :" The case seems to have been decided on the ground that Rogers did not have the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the fourteenth amend ment because the race or color line was regarded in the drawing of the grand jury that found. an indictment against him. Negroes were excluded from that grand jury because they were negroes and not because they lacked this or that political qualifica- ton.
 The decision, in other words, seems to go no further than to declare that the color line must not be drawn in petit or grand juries. The decision is equally applicable to the trial of civil cases, for the first section of the fourteenth amendment relates alike to life, liberty and property.
 This decision may foreshadow de- eision in the Giles case adverse to the temporary suffrage plan of the consti- tuition of 1901 and the present registra- ton of voters, but it does not neces- sarly involve an adverse decision in the Giles case. It's spirit is its most threatening part. The decision in the Giles case is especially important at this time on account of the near ap- preach of general state primary. Be- yond all reasonable doubt the Giles case will be decided before the April primary is held.