The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-26
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Marcus A. hanna, UnlleQ states sen
ator from Ohio, and one of the fore
most figures in American public life,
died in his apartments at the Airing
ton hotel in Washington at $40 p. N.
on the 18th of typhoid fever, after an
illness of two weeks. He was 67 years
of age and leaves a widow and three
children. After memorial services in
the senate chamber the remains will be
taken to Cleveland, where the burial
will take place on the 10th.
Col. Henry r. Cranberry, sc years
old, who in 1891 put down an insurrec7
ton at South Hamden, which became
known in Virginia history as Knapps'
war, died in New York.
Robert Collins, aged 105, said to be
the oldest resident of Illinois, died at
Ta%ylorville.
Mrs. Julia Gavin, the second oldest
woman in Wisconsin, died at La Crosse,
aged 1902 years.
Dr.. e. A. Schweinitz, chief Of division
in the agricultural department and one
of the foremost chemists in the country,
died in Washington.
George A. Castor (rep.) has been elect
ed to congress from the Third district of
Pennsylvania to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of Henry Bark.
DR.. Carl Aaron Swensson, president
and founder Of Bethany college at Linds-
borg, Kan, and one of the most promi-
nent Swedish-Americans in the United
States, died suddenly of pneumonia, aged
AZ years.
Joe Buffalo, official head of the Lake
Superior tribe Of Chippewa Indians
died at Ashland, Wis.
The republican state convention,
composed of what is known as the lily
white element, met in New Orleans and
nominated w. j. Behan, of New Or
leans, for governor.
The Iowa republican convention has
been called 10 meet i'll Des Moines OF
May IS.
The Michigan republican state COM
mittee has called the state convention to
meet at Grand Rapids May 1S.
The republicans of the Fourth Kansas
district have renominated James M. Mil
Ter for congress.
FOREIGN.
Nineteen thousand Chinese troops
were enroute to Manchuria to prevent
fighting in Chinese territory.
The Japanese torpedo fleet made an
other attack ON the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur, and one of the cars wal ships
was damaged. Fifteen hundred Rus
sian troops captured Newchwang. Sew
eral thousand Russians reached Antung,
The Russian cruiser Boyarin was blown
up by one of her own mines and the 1877
men on board were lost.
Six hundred Russian soldiers were
frozen to death while marching % miles
across the ice covering Lake Baikal.
Russia has abandoned its proposed st.
Louis fair exhibit.
Eight Russian war ships have been
sunk and ten captured in another en-
gagement off Port Arthur, according TO
a report published in London. Twenty
thousand Japanese troops are reported
landed in Chemulpo.
During the Japanese attack on Port
Arthur the officials of the Russo Chinese
bank burned all its paper money in the
street and had the specie carried away,
DR.. Manuel Amador has been unani-
mously elected first president of the re-
public OF Panama.
The port of Win has been opened
by the Corean government to the
worlds commerce, the request being
made by the United States.
San Domingo will be annexed to the
United States, according to declara-
ttons made in Washington.
Japan has agreed to Secretary Hays
note regarding the naturalization of
China, excepting Manehurias and re-
serving the right TO counterbalance
any action taken by Russia.
An American warship bombarded
the insurgents at PPajarito, near Santo
Domingo, and then landed marines,
nj they, however, subsequently reem-
barked,
Twenty thousand AIbanians were
routed BY 800 Turkish troops whom
they were besieginga at Babajhosi and BOG
besiegers were killed.