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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
AROUND THE STATE
Lyman County Tragedy at Horse
Race Foreign Popu-
Iation
Little, Girl Burned in Barn
Day County Farmer
Missing


A tragedy with unusual features &C.
cured recently on the ranch of John
Dillon, Lyman county cattleman.
sfhe Indians and whites of that local.
ny gathered at Dillon's for the purpose
q having celebration, which consist
ed largely of horse racing. Among
those who were present was a Sioux
indian named Frank King. One of
Kings horses won one of the races and
THIS made him feel SO good that he
Grew his six-shooter and wildly waved
U about. He was cautioned to be
more careful with the gun lest some
one be injured by its premature dis
charge, but replied that the weapon
was not loaded. To prove this he
stated that he would point the weapon
at himself and pull the trigger. Be-
fore those near him could interfere he
cooked the six-shooter, placed the mug
ze nearly against his forehead and
pulled the trigger. There was heavy
report and a bullet plowed it's way
through the Indians brain. The ball
entered between the eyes and tore a
big hole in the forehead. Notwith-
standing that the brain was pierced
King fingered until the following
morning, when death ended his suf.
5fering.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
CAUSES A SENSATION.
CHAIRMAN OF PEORIA SCHOOL
BOARD INDICTED FOR GRIM. a
INAL NEGLIGENCE.

Peoria, Ill.,, Oct. 13.-The grand Jury
returned a final report during the day
with true bill against Oliver ].
Bailey, chairman of the finance com.
mittee of the Peoria school board,
holding him on the charge Of "mal-
feasance of Office, failing and neglect
Ing to perform his duties as such pub.
lie officer and suffering and permitting
one Newton G. Dougherty to misap-
propriate and unlawfully convert ia
his own use the school moneys to q
large amount and neglecting and fail.
Ing to perform his duties as such pub.
lie officer by permitting the payment of
school moneys and funds for school
purposes to Newton C. Dougherty, the
said Dougherty being a person not le-
gally authorized to receive the same. y
This is the way the indictment reads
and the returning of the document has
caused a sensation in Peoria. Mr..
Bailey is one of the wealthiest men in
this city, president of the Dime Saw
ings bank, a director in the Central
National bank and an officer in many
other financial institutions. AS chair
man of the finance committee of the
school board it is claimed that he was
negligent and allowed Dougherty to
misappropriate thousands of dollars Of
the public funds.
In addition to the Bailey Indictment
the jury censured the entire board for
criminal negligence in administering
the affairs of the city schools"
Forty-three additional indictments
were also returned against Dougherty
for embezzlement and forgery.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Friday, Oct, 13.

The state of siege at vladivostok has
been abolished and the schools have
reopened.
The first snow of the season was re.
ported Thursday from various parts OF
Western Pennsylvania.
The Kentucky state board of health
has removed all restrictions against
travellers coming from yellow fever in.
fected points.
A most remarkable surgical opera
ton has been performed at a Columbus
# (oD hospital by which a man waa
given a new set of lower eyelids.
Former Chief Justice Edward M
Paxson Of the Pennsylvania supreme
court is dead at Bycot, Pa, of com.
plication of diseases. He was eighty.
one years of age.
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, who
Is i'll at Wichita (Kan.) hospital
passed restless night and his condi
tion shows no improvement. A chok
Ing spell has weakened him and he
takes nourishment with difficulty.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Kills Sons wife and Himself.

While driving in hack from ho.
tel to a railroad station at Sioux City.
Ia, r. II. Darrow Of Lead, this state,
aged sixty, shot and killed his sons
Wife, Lillian Darrow. Of Sioux Falls,
aged twenty-five, and then shot him.
self. The dead woman formerly was
Miss Lillian Morrison, a school teacher
of Sioux Falls. Five years ago she
was married to w. e. Darrow and
they removed to Belle Fourche. Let
ters were found on the dead woman's
person unsigned but apparently from
her husband, indicating that they had
had trouble, but protesting undying
love for her and saying that the writer
was dying of a broken heart. The
dead man had wife who resided with
a married daughter at Sioux Falls.
Members of the family, it is alleged,
had long suspected the relations be-
tween E. H. Darrow and his sons wife
were improper.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
HENRY IRVING DEAD.
NOTED ENGLISH ACTOR EXPIRES
SUDDENLY OF sYNcoPE AT
BRADFORD, ENG.

London, Oct. 1.-THE English
speaking world has suffered an ire.
parable loss by the sudden death Fri
day night of Sir Henry Irving, who was
universally regarded as the most rep
resentative English actor of contem-
porary times.
Sir Henry died literally in harness.
He was giving series of farewell per-
formances in the English provinces
and this week was playing an engage
ment at Bradford, appearing in several
favorite roles. Thursday he presented
"King Rene's Daughter" and The
Bells,'' and seemed to be in excellent
health, taking the exhausting part Of
Matthias in the latter play, with all
the v1gor of youth. Friday night be-,
fore an enthusiastic audience he por-
trayed one of his most character
istically intellectual parts, the title
role in his own stage adoption of Lord
Tennyson's Beckett" with marked
success.
After the performance Sir Henry
returned to his hotel, reaching his
rooms at 1880 o'clock, when it was
observed that he was in great pain.
Physicians were Immediately sum-
moned, but before they could arrive
Sir Henry was seized with an attack
of syncope and expired within few
minutes, without having uttered q
word. in the presence of Bran Stoker,
who had been his immediate manager
for many years, and a few other inti-
mate friends. The event. caused the
greatest pain and CONSERVATION among
the members of the company.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
SWEPT BY HUGE WAVE
cuNARD LINE STEAMER cAMPA-
MA MEETS WITH DISASTER
IN MlDocEAN.

New York, Oct. 14.-Five lives are
known to have been lost and more
than thirty persons injured, some Of
them seriously. on the Cunard line
steamer Campania last Wednesday
when a gigantic wave rolled over the
steamship and swept across a deck
thick with steerage passengers. So.
sudden was the coming Of the disaster
and so great the confusion which at
tended and followed it that even the
officers of the steamer themselves
were unable on the vessels arrival
here to estimate the full extent Of the
tragedy. It is possible that the five
persons known to be missing from the
steerage may not constitute the full
number Of dead.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Campaign Talk Taken Back.

The suit instituted in the state cir
cult court of Douglas county some
months ago by K. G. Foster of Armour,
a member of the state legislature, by
which he sought to secure damages in
the sum OF $4,000 from the firm of
Johnson Bros, leading Democratic
politicians Of the state, has been set
tied. The suit was withdrawn as the
result of the Johnsons signing state
ment in which they withdraw some of
the charges made in circular letter
to the voters of Douglas county last
fall during the campaign in which they
assailed the personal and public integ-
rity of Mr.. Foster and upon which the
suit for damages was based.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
cATTLE ON THE TRACK.
Five TraInmen Killed In Wreck q
seaton. III.

Oskaloosa. Ia. Oct. 16.-Fivs train.
men were killed at Seaton, Ill, when .
heavy double-header freight train. east
bound on the Iowa Central railroad.
ran into cattle on the track at q speed
Of twenty miles an hour. Both loco
motives and eleven freight cars loaded
with grain and lumber were piled In
q heap beside the track. The dead
are: George A. Caffal, engineer;
Harry Summers. engineer: Harry Barr.
fireman; Z. a. Briley. fireman; P. T.
Morgan, brakeman.
All the men killed lived In Oskaloosa
except Briley, whose home was in
Monmouth, III.
The engineers lived several hours
after the wreck occurred. but the other
three men were killed instantly.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Fewer Foreigners Shown.

The state census shows that the
population of South Dakota is becom-
ing more and more Americanized with
each recurring enumeration. In 1870
the foreign born population of the ter
ritory was 31.7 per cent of the whole.
In 1880 it was "a per cent and this
percentage has shown steady decline
ever since that date, being 27.6 in 1890,
26 per cent in 1895, % per cent in 1900
and 1877 per cent this year. While the
state has gained 10 per cent in popu-
lation in the last five years but per
cent of this gain was from the foreign
horn pQpulation.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
II WILL RESIGN.
/ GENERAL OF PHILIP.
fo RELINoulsH Po-
FlTIoM DEC. I.

Pn, Oct. 13.-By reason Of
Is to be dissatisfaction with
p in the Philippines Luke
governor general of the
and president of the Phil
mission, will retire from
Pn about Dec. i. General
expected to arrive In the
Fes during that month and
to six months leave Of abb
10 the formal relinQuish-
laDois as governor general.
Estood that he expects to
ashYille, Tenn, to resume
f OF law.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, Oct. y.

Captain Gibbs, one of the best known
vesselmen in Milwaukee, died in Chi.
cago Wednesday.
Robert Bacon of New York has
taken the oath of office and qualified
as assistant secretary of state.
Yankee Consul, noted thorough.
bred, is dead at Lexington, KY. He
was valued at 100000 and belonged
to 'Bub" May.
Upon orders from Chicago headquar.
ters the entire interurban service of
the Rock Island road in Iowa will be
discontinued next Saturday.
George w. Murray, colored, a former
member of congress from South Caro-.
lima, has been sentenced to serve three
years In the penitentiary for forgery.
Amanda Herkimer, great grand.
daughter Of General Herkimer Of Rev.
olutionary fame, is dead at Janesville,
Wis. She was seventy-two years old.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Wednesday, Oct 1e.


stephen Francis Gale, one Of the
Oldest settlers in Chicago, is dead al
the age of ninety-three.
A terrific wind storm swept South.
ern Indiana and Western Kentucky
late Tuesday, followed by the heaviest
rains Of the season.
James A. Simmons, well known
New York promoter and contractor
mas filed petition in bankruptcy. with
Liabilities placed at $495,474 and nom.
lnal assets of $4,000.
A spot alongside Garrick's grave II
poets corner, Westminster abbey. has
Deen selected for the burial Of Sir
Henry Irving, whose body will. there.
lore, lie directly beneath the statue o1
Shakespeare.
The report of the Northern Pac1f,c
railway company for the year ended
June 80 shows gross earnings of $50.
122,SS6, an increase of $4,19S,311. and
net earnings of $22,313,127. an IN.
crease of $l,4S5,S71.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20

cuss tae chances Of American parttci.
patton in the new Russian loans
hev III. d, NJ. Giltert, pastor of the
nion Lutheran church of Harrisburg,
fa.' and one of the foremost Lutheran
clersEmen in the country, is dead.
Inc argument in the timber cutting
case OF Senator Clark of Montana has
peen set for Jan. 2 next by the gu.
preme court OF the United States.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Tbree.Year-oId Girl cremated.

The three-year-old daughter of Mr..
and mis-. Dell Newell, who reside on a
farm in Aurora county, was playing in
the barn with her little brothers and
sisters when the structure in some
way caught fire. All succeeded In es-
Gaping but the little girl, who met
death in the flames. Before the fire
could be extinguished the barn and Its
contents, including thirteen head Of
horses and cattle. were burned.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
AFFECTS $4,000 EMPLOYEES.
Fall River Manufacturers Announce
Profit Sharing Plan.

Profit Sharing Plan.
Fall River. Mass, Oct. 1.-THE
Manufacturers association has an.
nounced per cent increase in wages
Of cotton mill operatives and a profit
sharing plan to take effect Oct. Is.
Under the present market conditions
the profit sharing plan should net an
additional 8 per cent. In July, 1904, a
reduction of 121z per cent in wages
was made and nine months strike
followed. The present proposal OF
manufacturers not only restores the
old scale of wages as requested, but it
makes slight advance.
The new plan affects directly some
$4,000 employees, but it is believed that,
II adopted, it ultimately will be taken
up in every cotton mill center in New
England, as Fall Rivers influence In
this section Is paramount.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
q to Give Added
! to Cabinet
inisters
| Some Civil Service
|nts on Good


Oct. 17.-An amend
xii service rules, sweep
Eehensive in its charac-
Srized during the day by
kevelt. Hereafter a cab
Il have the power to re-
kly and without hearing
kice employe in his de-
| to the personal knowl-
of the department.
h of misconduct or who
4 the performance of his
he terms Of the amend-
binet officer must have
hedge of the misconduct
|of the employee whom he
|scharge. With this per-
|ge the power of the head
ment is absolute.
hent authorized Is one Of
portant and farreaching
civil service rules in
1t confers upon cabinet
.cally unlimited power as
mel of their departments.
ent is made to rule XII,
ich provides that the ap-
er in the executive civil
report in detail to the
commission all changes
as soon as made
sons for making them.
n every case of the re-
civil service employe.
to be filed against the
it was proposed to re-
employe was given time
meet the charges with
as he might have to
r the authorized amend
proceeding will not be
\ head of a department
e an employe for miscon-
iciency with the simple
the civil service commits
misconduct or inefficiency
of his personal observa.
discharged empfoye will
lrse.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Reward Offered for Firebuo.

Aroused by the activity of firebug,
who recently set fire to five different
buildings at Geddes, some of which
were destroyed, the city council and
business men of that place have raised
q purse of S400, which is offered as
standing reward for information which
will lead to the arrest and conviction
Of the party responsible for setting the
hres.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Marriage and Divorce Statistics.

Among the statistical figures worked
up by the state census bureau it is
shown that there are in South Dakota
Sc, 100 unmarried men and 24,831 un-
married women over the age of eight
cen years. The married men number
1921, exceeding the married women
by nearly 5000. that class numbering
73,625. There are 5,304 widowers and
1880 widows. The divorced men in
the state number 694 and the women
672
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
CHARGED With Wife Murder.

sioux city, Ia., Oct. 17.-Matthew
paldes a Sioux county farmer. is IN
tail at orange City, Ia, charged WIN
smoking and beating his wife TO dealn.
paldes strongly protests his innocence
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Eo BY THE PRESIDENT.

OF Arms and Ammunition
Dominican Republic.
Ion, Oct, Expectation
pMunltlon and munitions Of
KIND from any port Of the
'es and Porto Rico to any
dominican republic Is pro.
presidential proclamation
'ae state department dur
Accompanying the proc
a. sA explanatory memoran-
eaeet that this action has
alleF consultation with the
.so'eiiAment, with their con.
aIl Is Intended to assist
ellofeement of their req.
H. sisned TO prevent the per.
.ul'oAlsts r,il of the island from
4llHe supplies.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Rubonic plaque Again Appears.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-Bubonic
nlague has again appeared on the line
of the transsiberian railroad, Wnlcn
from now on will be crowded with re-
turning troops.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
SITUATION IMPROVING.

Rush of New Orleans People to Their
Homes Continues.
New Orleans, Oct. 1.-THE rush of
New Orleans people to their homes
continues, partly induced by the fact
that the danger from fever is prac.
tically over and partly by anxiety to
be here during the visit Of President
Roosevelt. Many representative busi-
ness men and financiers are cutting
their vacations short in order to assist
In showing to the president how much
his services during the fever are ap-
preciated,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Day County Farmer MISSING.

Friends and relatives are greatly
concerned as to the fate of ]. K. An
derson, a Day county farmer, who mys-
teriously disappeared from his home
on Oct. 5. No trace of him can be
found and it is feared he may have
met with foul play.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
NO TRACE OF cuNLlFFE.

'''''s osSSk'vSS = dItS 70 C0Cat0
Missing Messenger.
Pittsburg, Oct. 17.-Over a week
has elapsed since the discovery of the
sl0l, 900 Adams Express company rob.
berry and the disappearance of Edward
G. Cunliffe, the money clerk, charged
with the theft. Notwithstanding the
large force of detectives working on
the case. it is apparent that not a
tangible clue has been brought to light
concerning Cunliffe's whereabouts.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
TEN MONTHS IN PRISON.

Sentence Pronounced on Congressman
Williamson.
Portland, Ore, Oct. 14.-Congress'
man John Newton Williamson, convict
ed of conspiracy to defraud the United
states government of its pubic 40
main has been sentenced to ten
months imprisonment.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
r.eEEs THOUSAND OUT.

Strike at coIIieries of MarkIe G. Co.
Extends.
Hazelton, Pa, Oct. 17.-The strike
of the driver boys at the Jeddo col
lieries of G. B. Markle & Co., which
occurred a few days ago, has resulted
in the strike of 5000 employees OF the
Markle company.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Lads Leg Torn or at Knee.

| Nine-year-old Quain Kunz Of Belle
Fourche fell from a mail coach upon
which he had climbed and caught his
leg in the moving wheels. The leg
was torn completely off at the knee.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
HALF A DOZEN DEAD.

UT01TteT anu tive Cn11uTeH r9T1sn IL
Burning Home.
st. Louis. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Alice Hart
man and her five children were burned
to death and their home was destroyed
by fire at Port Royal, village In
Franklin county.
The husband, William Hartman, es-
capped from the burning dwelling but
was unable to save any members Of his
family.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
Monday, Oct. 10.

Herr Moller, Prussian minister Of
commerce and industry, has resigned.
Colonel H. c. Loomis. past depart.
ment commander Of the Kansas G. A.
r., Is dead.
"A cable message from William J.
Bryan says he and his family have
arrived at Yokohama, Japan.
More than $25,ooo,ooo is asked by
the board Of education of New York
city for next years expenses.
The New York National league team
won four out OF five games with the
Philadelphia American league team
and captured the baseball champion
shin for 1905.
isaac Taylor, indian fighter, scout
stage coach driver and one OF the firs'
men to make the trip overland from
Kansas to the Pacific coast, is dead al
Kansas City, aged eighty-four years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20

hundred men were w1tnln range OF thu
liquid metal. The shrieks of the in.
iured men We're heard all over the
grounds of the company.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
v MOLTEN METAL.

|, M0Fkmen Dead or Fatallv
Injured at Joliet.
eta'o oeS e., Five tons Of
Ia ,lal ySploded during the day
|t.,,i. - plant Of the Illinois stasI
| Of us.,,l "a a shower Of death
bne MOT. moIkmen about the con.
|bad]y 4aa a half dozen in.
|ferea sley may die. Many
!. IN severe burns on ~
bit, san = explosion shook the
The lalag ann panic into svsTy
great works. Han :
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-10-20
TUESDAY. oct. II.

Snow Is falling at Bayreuth and
Wuerzburg, in Northern Bavaria. un-
seasonable cold prevails throughout
Germany.
The Chicago Federation OF Lapor
has voted down proposition In favor
sof establishing and supporting union
labor bunk.
William N. Armstrong, who was az
storney genera Of the Sandwich ISL
sands under the reign Of King kaiaRua'
~ dead ct Washington. :,
George w Perkins Of New YORK WIN
arrive at st. Petersburg Friday to dls'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-29

While the strike has spread in Rus
STA there have been no disturbances
of a serious character and interest to-
day has returned to Manchuria, where
the armies of Kuropatkin and Oyama
are again engaged
Following a long period of quiet &C
tivity seems to have begun to spread
along the extended lines, until the
fighting has assumed proportions APP
preaching a general engagement. Ad-
vices from Japanese and Russian sour
ces conflict as TO the trend of the fight
ing, but it appears that Kuropatkin at
tempted a movement and advanced
with his full corps.
Field Marshal Oyama met the move
ment by assuming the aggressive and
repulsed and defeated the Russians at
Chenchippao.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-29
Move OF Kuropatkin.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 2S.-Opinions
differ here as to the significance and
importance of the movement undertak-
en- by Kuropatkinr and it is difficult
to ascertain the truth. Many are in
clined to believe it a genuine offensive
movement against the Japanese, with
the object of forcing them out of winter
quarters, while others look at it as
being only a more or less serious
operation. under orders from st.
Petersburg, TO divert attention from
internal trouble to that of war
The general staff is reticent regard.
ing the plans of the commander-in-
chief. All dispatches from the front
foTeshadow big and bloody battle of
decisive character. tell of arrange
ments for the receipt of large numbers
Of wounded in the hospitals at Mukden
and Hardin and speak, under yester-
days date, of a general engagement in
which 5000 men and four hundred guns
were involved Advices say that the
importance of the engagement will over
shadow the battles of Shakhe river and
Lao Yang. Success, all admit. would
be of immeasureable value 10 the gov
ernment just now, while disaster would
only complicate the situation and make
the position of the government more
critical.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-29

Wsshin gtOn, San. 28.-f1afogIes upon
the life and character of the late Sena-
tor Geo p. HUar practically engrossed
the time of the senate to-
day. Sixteen speeches were made
by as many senator's. inciUd-
ing Hears colleague, Senator Lodge,
and HIS successor, Senator Crane.
Senator German said thai George r.
Hoar throughout all was a man OF in
finite compassion, comprehensive SYM.
pathy and noble usefulness; a man
Without rancOr; an antagonist without
bitterness; a friend without reserva-
tiOns and conditions and a cOnqueror
without vengeance.
The other addresses were equally
eloquent and bore testimony of the
esteem in which Senator HOar was
held.