The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
Domestic.

Harvey Anderson, a deaI ana OumD
man of Shelby, Mich, rescued seven
persons from a burning boarding house
owned by Mrs. c. B. Mccarthy.
The remains of Elon Virgil, torn and
eaten by wolves, were found at Vivi,
Okla. Vigil, who was old and feeble,
had been missing for several days. He
was a recluse.
The thirty-two barns on the live
stock grounds at the st. Louis fair are
| Overtaxed by the 2,400 entries for the
worlds fair cattle show, which has
commenced, to continue until Sept. "a.
William Ambrose, IL; Clifford Rog-
ers, Is; Robert Rankin, IL, and Leon
ard Harrington, 10, of New Rochelle,
N. Y, are suffering from an almost
fatal debauch on four bottles of stolen
whisky.
Gov. Terrell of Georgia has received
the report of the Statesboro lynching
court of inquiry, and has ordered a
court-martial to take up the case. The
hearing has been ordered for Sept. 2?
in Savannah.
Reused to action by numerous bold
attacks upon girls on the lower East
side in New York, citizens have form
ed a vigilance committee and declare
that unless the police stop the outrage
they will take the matter into their
own hands.
Nine thousand men have been
thrown out of employment by the
closing down of three big branches of
the International Harvester company,
the Mccormick and Deering divisions
in Chicago and the plant at Plano, Ill.
America is not a fit place for a gen.
tleman to live in," declares James J..
Van Allen, son-in-law of Mrs. Astor,
some time social arbitor of Newport.
Therefore Van Allen will dispose of his
American estates and spend the rest
of his life in England.
In a box which arrived in New
York on a French steamer, the S
toms officials have found a. magnifi-
cent trousseau, estimated to be worth
$40, 900. The box was seized, but there
has been no claimant, and considera-
BILE mystery surrounds the affair.
Herbert w. Bowen, United States
minister to Venezuela, arrived in New
York from Caracas. Mr.. Bowen said
he was home on leave of absence and
needed rest. He said the climate Of
Venezuela had been particularly try.
ing to his health this summer.
The Connecticut militia, which re-
| turned from the Manassas encamp-
ment with the only negro company
there, report that the negro troops
were stoned by the Texas regiment
at the Manassas railroad station while
| the negroes we're waiting for the train.
A monument to the Polish patriot,
| Thaddeus KosciuskO, was unveiled in
| Humboldt Park, Chicago, in the pres
ence of a great gathering Of Polish
American residents of Chicago. Adj
dresses were made by United States
| Senator Hopkins and by several Polish
citizens.
From being a railroad king in the
| West with a magnificent yacht, picked
crew to sail it, mansions and other ap-
p~urtenances of wealth, James A. Law
renee has dropped to the station OF a
Broadway shoe salesman. He has filed
a petition in bankruptcy. His debts
| are $62,273 and his assets are 5000.
Redmen Of the United States have
elected officers. The great i~ncahonee
is Thomas H. Watts, Alabama. They
adopted a revision of the laws by
which saloonkeepers, bartenders and
retail liquor dealers are to be barred
from membership in the Redmen. 1t
is not incumbent upon the state coun-
ellis to adopt this new law. but 1t Is
recommended to them for adoption.
Formal announcement has been
made in New York by Mr.. and Mrs.
James B. Oliver Of Pittsburg OF the
engagement Of their daughter Edith to
the Marquis Alfred Dusmet de .Smours
of Paris. The party has just arrived
here from Europe and the wedding
will take place in this country this
fall. The marquis is said to be de-
scended from an ancient Italian fam
lily. Y