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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
WRECK AT
Several Freight Cars and Engine De-
molished,

Several freight cars were demOlisE-
ed in a collision that might have re-
suited fatally. Through mistake a
switch of a sidetrack at Lechter was
left open and a freight train ran into
it at full speed, crashing into a string
Of cars. Four of the cars were wreck
ed and the engine of the through
freight was smashed in the fore part.
Fortunately no one was injured,
though Harry Wall was severely shak-
en- up. He is employed by the Craw-
ford Grain and Lumber company and
was in n of the ars loading grain
when the engine struck. The track
was also torn up considerably.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

Frank Mullen, who for a number OF
years has been chief clerk in the Office
OF the United States Indian agent at
Rosebud agency, and who for years
has been one OF the best known OF
those connected with the Indian
service in South Dakota, has rendered
his resignation and will in future de.
vote his entire attention to the man.
agement OF his ranch and mammoth
farm in Gregory county. He Is at
present engaged in constructing a S..
900 dwelling house on his ranch,
which himself and family will occupy
% soon as 1t is completed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
TO BUILD NEW RAILROAD.
Wisconsin & Illinois Line to Run tc
East Dubuque,

Madison, Wis, Oct. 10. - The Wis.
consin & Illinois Railway company
yesterday filed articles of incorpora.
ton in the office of the the secretary
of state. The papers had previously
been approved by the attorney gen
eral. The company proposes to build
a road ninety-eight miles long, run.
ming from Warren or Apple River, H.,
to Sast Dubuque, by way of Platte.
vile, Lancaster, Bloomington, Ip
switch, Sinsinawa Mound, Cuba City
and Hazel Green. The capital stock
is $25 900 and the incorporators are
Morton Eastman, M. S. Sickle, F.
Krog, A. w. Kopp and James Dolan
all of P~latteville. Each of the incor.
p%orators holds one share OF stock.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
HERRIcK STICKS.
Postoffice Name Changed to Honor
Ohio Governor.

An order has been issued at the
pOstotfice department changing the
name of the p%ostoffice at Willette, on
the Rosebud reservation in Gregory
county, South Dakota, to Herrick, in
accordance with the recommendation
of Representatives Burke and Martin.
This is the Office over the name Of
which considerable fuss was made by
Gov. Herrick of Ohio, who got mixed
up in it by accepting the honor of hav.
ing the postoffice named after him
when the department had sanctioned
the name of Willette for the new Of
fee. Under the regulations the change
of name will take effect at the begin
min gof the next quarter, Jan. l, 1905.
The old postmaster has been reap
pointed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

Under arrest on the charge of kid
mapping is the latest episode in the I'M
usually interesting and romantic Ca.
e of a woman now giving her name
as Miss Garry, but who is the divorced
wife of J. H. Rucastle, a well-known
resident of the little town Of Roubaix.
Lawrence county.
The woman, who commands great
wealth, claims that the decree of di-
vOrce granted her the custody of their
child, now a lad of about eight years,
and that she placed him with an aunt
residing in Iowa. According to her
story the father went to Iowa, secured
possession of the boy and took him to
Roubaix.
The former Mrs. Ruc,stle appeared
At Roubaix recently, being driven to
that place. in a livery rig. She drove
to a house which evidently had been
described to her as the place where
the boy would be found, and much to
her delight saw the boy approaching
the building with a pail OF water. She
Induced him to get into the carriage
with her, when the driver was given a
hurried order. Soon the carriage was
being driven at topmOst speed for the
town of Lead, where the mother and
child took refuge in one of the lod ging
houses, the mother intending to leave
the state with the boy the following
morning..
But the disappearance of the boy
was reported to the father, who soon
discovered what had happened, AMI
the arrest of the mother on the charge
Of kidnapping followed.
The woman started out on what has
been a peculiarly adventurous career
teen years ago she was a bare-footed,
ragged little girl running about the
streets Of Sturgis, where she lived
with her parents, her father being
Roger Young, her a blacksmith in
that city.
In 1891 Roger Young moved to Hot
Springs. The family had been there
scarcely a year when Minnie Young,
the daughter, now grown to woman
hood, became hayward and eloped
with Rucastle. They were followed
n arrested at a point near Newcas-
tie, WyO, and, after being brought
back to the Black Hills, were mar
ried.
After residing at Hot Springs for a
time they removed to the mining town
of Terry, where a year or two later the
child, now the object of controversy
between the parents, was born to
them.
Minnie Rucastle was of dark COM
plexion, handsome figure and winning
ways; she loved money and the power
1t gives, was of a romantic tempera-
ment and enjoyed excitement too
much to follow a modest, conservative
husband through life's long journey.
While she was handsome and had win
ding ways, she had had but little
schooling and was very ignorant and
crude in her manner.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

Seventeen Candidates for Reglstra.
ton Examined at Watertown.

The South Dakota state board of
pharmacy closed it's first quarterly
meeting for the veal 1904-1905 in Wa
tertown recently. Officers for the
coming year are: President, /. A.
Keith Of Lake Preston; secretary, E.
c. Bent Uf Dell Rapids. The other
members of the board are d. F. Jones
of WATERFOWL, recently reappointed,
and o. A. Griffiths of Aberdeen, APP
pointed in the place of L.. c. Rams
dell of Beresford, resigned. Seventeen
candidates for registration were ex-
amined. The next meeting will be
held at Canton on the second Wednes-
day in January.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
NINE CARS GO INTO RIVER.
Plunge From Bridge After Breaking
From Train.

Winona, Mimi, Oct. ia serious
wreck occurred On the Milwaukee
road at Wabasha. nine freight cars
going off the p%ontoon bridge into the
river. A freight on the main line had
backed to the Chippewa Valley line
and there nine cars parted from the
rest of the train. AS there was a
down grade to the river, which is
crossed by a pontoon bridge hat is
kept open only when a train is cross.
ing, the cars dashed into the river.
The brakeman jumped to the ground.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

ing named in honor of Mrs. Voorhees,.
1t cost about $4,000 and is located in
the southwest part of the city on the
college campus.
The address was delivered by DR..
James Moffat, president of Washing
ton and Jefferson college, Washington,
Pa, who also delivered an address at
a union meeting of the churches of the
city Sunday evening. Visiting clergy
men occupied city pulpits Sunday
morning, all being greeted with large
audiences
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
UNIVERSITY IN GOOD SHAPE.
South Dakota Methodists Hear Report
on College.


At the session of the Methodist col
lege at Mitchell, the members listened
to the report of President I. Nichol-
son on Dakota. University, which show
ed the best year in the history of the
institution. The enrolment at the
present time is 1868. The conference
readily agreed to the concession asked
by the president that each member OF
the conference contribute so cents for
the expenses of the institution, which
will aggregate the sun of $4,000.
The Woman's Professorship asso-
citation, which is pledged to raise an
endowment fund of $4,000 in ten
years, reported that good progress had
been made, every charge having rails
ed double the amount asked Of them a
year ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Income From State Land.

The state land department has made
another distribution Of accumulated
income to the different state institu-
tons which received funds from state
lands. 1t is the policy of the depart
ment to send out these funds at fire.
quent intervals, and as the present is
the dull season in the matter Of col.
lections the amounts r smaller than
usual. The distributions to the differ
ent Institutions are:
Aberdeen normal, $3.50; state uni.
versity, s149.76; agricultural college.
$262.49; deaf and dumb school, $500;
reform school, $223.70; Madison nor
nal, $67.39; Spearfsh normal, 5000;
Springfield normal, $76.95; Northern
hospital, 5000; blind asylum, 1920;
school of mines, $3.50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
AMES TELLS HIS OWN STORY.
Denies Statements Made by Witnesses
for the State.

LOT inc 0IdISs
Minneapolis, Oct. 19.-Dr. Albert A.
Ames, on trial on a charge of bribery
in connection with his administration
as mayor of Minneapolis, took the
witness stand in his own behalf yes.
terday. His testimony was the inter
esting feature of the days proceed
ings. His direct examination was
not long and was confined principally
to denial Of statements made by wit
nesses for the state, including the doc.
tors own brother, Fred w. Ames,
who was his chief of police. With the
exception of the doctors own testi
mony the evidence thus far put in by
the defense has considered almost en-.
tirely of statements of numerous per.
sonal friends of DR.. Ames as to the
Doctors character.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Wealthy Man Dies.

Sandusky, Ohio, Oct. 18.-Lawrence
Gable, one of ~Sandusky's prominent
and wealthiest citizens, died yester-
day after a lingering illness. He was
eighty-one years old. For many years
he had been president of the Third
National bank.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
STRICKEN BY SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. w. A. Lyon of Huron Left Eight
Sons and Two Dauuhters.

Mrs. w. A. Lyon died suddenly at
the family residence at Huron, aged
81. She sat down to read a newspa-
per, later dropping over upon a bed,
where she died in a few minutes. She
leaves a husband and ten children
eight sons and two daughters. Five
Of the sons live in Chicago. The other
three, with the two daughters, Mrs.
Fred Johnson and Mrs. G. L. Thomas,
reside in Huron.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Gun Hammer Hits Log and Boys
Head Gets Charge.

Hastings, Mimi, Oct. 10. - Fred L..
Johnson, aged seventeen years, the
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. John.
son of WEIGH, formerly of this city,
vas killed last evening near North
lake while duck hunting with a party
of companions. He saw a flock of
mallards approaching, and in STOPPING
down, the hammer Of his gun struck
against a log. The weapon was dis.
charged and the back of his head was
blown off.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
ENGINE RUNS OVER CHILD.

Boy Opens Valve on T~hreshing Ma.
chine Engine and Is Killed.
Belle PLANE, Mimi, Oct. 10. - A
seven-year-old son of John l.. Sullivan,
a thresher living eight miles south of
here, was killed yesterday. He opened
a valve on a thresher engine, start.
ing the engine, which ran over him
and killed him instantly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
BURIED ALIVE IN A SAND PIT.
Wal Iof Sand II Feet High Caved in
Upon Workman Near Memo.

An accident that came near proving
fatal occurred five miles west Of Men
no. Three men were after sand, and
two of them were in the pit. Sudden
ly the wall of sand, ten or twelve feet
high, caved in, burying n of the
workmen in an erect pasition with
about three feet of sand over his head.
The other two quickly dug the sand
away from his head, but it took some
time to extricate his body. DR.. Cla-
gett was Immediately summoned, but
found no serious injuries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Killed in = Collision.

New York, Oct. 19.-One man was
killed and numerous persons narrowly
escaped serious injury in a collision
on the Third Avenue elevated line
last night. The dead man ia the mo
torman Of one Of the trains.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Gen. Worth Is Dead.

New York, Oct. 18.-Wilham Scott
Worth. b~rigadier general, u. S. A.. re-
tired, is dead at the home of his
nephew, DR.. John l.. Sprague of Clin-
ton. Staten Island. His death fol.
lowed a long illness.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Fifteen Hurt In Crash

Pueblo, Colo, Oct. 18.-Fifteen per
sons were injured, two Of them per-
haps fatally, in a collision between
the %east-bound California Limited mas
senger train No. 6 and a west bound
freight train on the D. & r. G.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

At Balfour instead of the lamb that
followed Mary to school a billy goat
walked upstairs into the school room
and caused some excitement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
STATE SYNOD ADJoURNs.
South Dakota Presbyterians in SEES.
sion at Huron.

The twenty-frst annual session OF
the South Dakota Presbyterian synod
closed at Huron, and delegates n
visitors have returned to their homes
greatly pleased with what they learn
ed. saw and heard during their five
days stay in the city. The sessions
were deeply interesting throughout,
and all were well attended. A feature
for special rejoicing was the dedica-
ton Of Voorhees, dormitory for Huron
college, the joint gift of the ladies OF
the state and Ralph Voorhees, and
wife Of Clinton, N. j., the building be-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
OLD SNAKE BITE KILLS.

Bite Suffered Several Years Ago Poi.
SON Blood.
Sparta, Wis, Oct. 19.-Guy Brown.
ell, aged thirty-seven years, died last
night after suffering from the effects
of a ra~ttlesnake bite sustained several
years ago. He was bitten in the foot
by the reptile, and although his life
"a saved he suffered continually
from blood poisoning.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
Work Of Russian Anarchist.

Milan, Oct. 18.-The e~scutcheon Of
the Russian consulate here has been
defaced and half-burned. An exiled
ERussian anarchist is suspected Of hav-
AZ committed the outrage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
GAS DEADLY TO AGED PAIR.
Jet in Milwaukee Pioneers Home IL
Found Turned On.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 19.-William
F. Fette, aged eighty years, one of the
pioneers of Milwaukee, and founder of
the Fette-Meyer Coal company, was
found dead from asphyxiation and his
wife in an unconscious condition at
their home here yesterday. Mrs.
Fette is not expected to The
gas vas found turned on, but whether
by accident or with suicidal intent is
not known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
Russian Pronunciation.
Trom the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
Numerous correspondents have asked for
information to the pronouHcia ton of
the names which figure in the war news.
1t would be impossible in any brief COM
pass TO give satisfactory rules for the pro-
nunciation of Russian names. Generally
speaking the vowels are sounded as fol-
lows: "a as in far ''e'' as in met"
"i'' as in machine 20" as in tone"
u" as in rude. Initial 90 often has
the sound of "a thus "Orioff is sounded
as though spelled "Arloff." An ''e'' in a
final syllable often has the sound of '-yo"
in yoke" SO that ''pravezh" is spoken as
though spelled ''pravyozh." The conso-
nants have much the same force in Eng
lish-"'ch" as in church." "sh'' as in
wish" "kh'' as "ch' in the German Itch"
"ff'' as W. final "z' as SIS" So far as
Japanese. Chinese and Korean names are
concerned. simpler rules prevail. In the
original the names are not spelled at all,
but are expressed with word signs. In
English, therefore, they have been ex-
pressed phoneticaIly. They are thus to be
pronounced as they are spelled. Many of
them have alternative spellings. but these
need cause no uncertainty to the pro-
nunciation. since the various spelings all
express the same sounds. Thus Che-Foo
is also spelled Chi-Fu. But we need only to
remember that the ''f' in the latter form
has the continental sound of long ''e' to
perceive that both forms are sounded the
same. as though spelled Chee-Foo. So Kim
Chow is also spelled Kin-Chau. But tho
latter Is German form and in German
"au'' is sounded Ike low in English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
Electricity Direct From Coal.
From the Omaha Bee.


In a recent issue of Electricity there ap-
peared an article taken from one of the
daily papers describing an invention for
generating electricity direct from fuel. The
inventor. resident of Newark, N. j.. is
elated, as he deems his invention perfected.
This problem Of obtaining power direct
from coal and doing away with expensive
and cumbrous machinery, is one that in
ventors and scientists the world over have
been for years endeavoring to solve. Who
ever accomplishes 1t successfully and de-
signs an apparatus that Is practical will be
the means of revolutionizing the existing
methods Of generating motive power But
unless this Newark genius has finally hit
upon the proper combination of elements
the problem is far from solved Thermo-
piles have been brought out in the past
for which great things were hoped and
which to all appearances accomplished
striking results In a small way. When
however. more was required Of them than
the operation of an electric fan or q door
bell fatal defects made their appearance
The internal resistance was too great and
the alloys made use Of became oxid4xed
The Newark inventor claims that the eff
cheney of his apparatus, which he calls a.
dynelectron, ID IS per cent as compared to
3D. per cent when electric current Is gener-
ated by meanso the steam engine 1t il
to be hoped that the dynelectron viii be
able to accomplish what the steam engine
and dynamo now does not, but until such is
actually proven to be the case we are In
clined to be rather skeptical of the ability
of this new device.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
The Russian Peasant.
From Harper's Weekly.

udTUeT weekly.
The truth is that the Russian peasant.
1O0OO0,OOO Of him, Is under present condi-
lions slowly starving to death His average
earnings In the central provinces are II
and IS kopecks Is to 8 cents) a day through
out the year: during the busiest harvest
time they rise to an average Of q to SO
kopecks 13 to 16 cents) day; during the
whole winter he and his family earn moth
ing. His diet consists of meal flour and
grits. cabbage and potatoes; no meat, ex-
cepting three times year. His diet is in
sufficient, and less than in any civilized
country. The howell he lives in is two and
half yards long and one and one-half
yards high, harboring the whole family and
whatever cattle he possesses. These data
are taken from official sources
Is 1t wonder that the Russian peasa MT
has morally and physically degenerated =?
That the women are immoral dreading ma
ternity. and given to frightful extent to
infanticide? That the men are nomads.
leaving wives and children for months.
often years, trying to earn something in
town or In far away districts? That the
recruiting In these central provinces shows
progressively physical unfitness for the
army? That the health of the women is
bad. and that the rate of increase in the
population in this "black-earth belt'' has
dropped to 20, against ~ in the whole
empire?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
Firms for Alaska.
From the Pacific States Investor.

An organization known as the Alaska
Colony Company has been pursuing extern
sive Investigations to the soil and pro-
ducts of Alaska with view to locating a
colony of Firms in the territory. 1t has
been found that the soil and agricultural
possibilities are greatly superior to those
of F. inland, while the Firms would bear the
change well, being a hardy race coming
from the extreme north of Europe with a
latitude and winter conditions very similar
to the southeast of Alaska. The Firms are
a liberty-loving people. and opposed to the
imperial rule under which they now live.
An immense immigration of Firms has been
steadily flowing into the states of Michigan
and Washington, and tens of thousands
more are ready to follow when transporta-
ton has been arranged for them. The Fin
land Steam Navigation Company is CO.
operating with the Alaska Colony Company
in this work. The Firms make excellent
citizens. being industrious and honest,
while the women are ideal mothers. The
consequences Of a large immigration OF
such people. already acclimated, into
Alaska, must result in making this terri
tory worthy of statehood in a surprisingly
short space of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
The Lucky Golfer.


A remarkable accident. with a touch of
that humor which is showing itself ever in
this wonderful game, took place In this
country. Two well-known players were
engaged in close contest. One of these.
at an advanced hole of the match, was a
little down. Both had made equally good
drives, but poor second shot had put the
player who was behind with a high board
fence between him and the hole. The other
man played and placed his ball neatly on
the green He walked onward with ali the
confidence which comes from lying almost
dead, while ones opponent is playing one
more In less advantageous position. Sud
denly he saw the other ball roll across the
grass and come to rest within a foot of the
flag. To play over the fence was almost
impossible to do with any accuracy. but
his opponent had played and made a poor
shot. His ball. however. instead of strik-
ing the fence had passed neatly through
a knot hole and come to rest in a position
which enabled him to put out, winning
the hole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19

''Figures up just a pat hundred a month";
II I'm as good an arithmeticker as had to
be when I took the civil service examina-
ton, and that leaves me just half a hum
dred per month out of which to purchase
enough food to sustain life. stake my wife
and myself to purple and fine linen, and
have a riotous time OF it going to theaters
and chartering automobiles during the win
ter and running down to the beaches dur
ing the heated term.
"When l first came to Washington $3.50 a
month looked as big to me as four dollars
worth of lettuce. But l didn't know any
thing about the maladies known as rento-
mania and buyomania at that time, and
I'm only finding out now, when I'm in over
my head.
Twill l go out and take lunch with you?
Well. should say 1 would. My wife was
in while ago to nail my half-months pay,
and the whole bundles going for dead
horse this time. VIII l take lunch with
you-such foolish question:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
Dogs Beauty Doctors.
the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
And now the dogs have their beauty
doctors-that is Paris dogs have them IL
their owners feel moved to pay the neces-
sary fees for the attentions OF the profess
sion. Sooner or later everything that hu-
man beings fnd good Is adopted by or is
thrust upon the dogs. especially pet dogs,
and absurd as 1t may seem at first thought
that a masseur for SOgs should be able to
earn his salt, 1t IL easy to see. after a mo-
ment's reflection. that an unselfsh mis-
tress, knowing the comforting power of
massage. should want "doggie" to expe-
rience it. too. It's far cry from the posi-
ton In life that dog who Sleeps out in
the shed" holds to that Of one who IL mas
saged into trimness and daintiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
They All Say It.
he Philadelphia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
Towne-''My wife saw the new minister
for the first time yesterday"
Browne-"O. the Rev. Mr.. Hoamley. What
did she have to say about him?''
Towne-"What every good woman says
about a minister no matter how ugly he
may be: He has good face"