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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
A Steamer Wrecked in Fierce
Storm on the Florida
Coast
Colorado Cloudburst browns
Many Miners in a Flooded
Canyon

Fernandina, Fla, Aug. 29.-Twenty
men, constituting all but two Of the
officers and crew Of the American
steamship Peconic, bound from Phila-
delphia to New Orleans with ccal,
were drowned by the sinking Of that
vessel of the coast Of Florida Mon
day. The disaster was the result Of
fierce gale that ragged along the coast
during the night and early morning.
Lashed by the storm, an immense
wave struck the vessel with terrific
force about 1890 q. m. The impact,
coming just as the vessel was max
ing turn, caused shift Of the car
go. and the vessel leaned over and
sank Immediately. The accident oc.
Cured 80 quickly that only two Of
those aboard her-an Italian and a
Spaniard-were able to save them.
selves. They succeeded in getting in
to lifeboat, reaching Amelia Beach
about noon, and on landing told the
story of the disaster.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
HOCH'S THIRD ESCAPE
CONDEMNED WIFE. MURDERER
SECURES REVIEW OF CASE
BY SUPREME COURT.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Johann Hoch,
the man Of many wives, convicted of
the murder of one of them and under
sentence of death, has escaped the
gallows third time. He was to have
been hung Friday, but a supersedeas
was issued on an order of Justice
Magruder of the supreme court.
The justice said that he had care.
fully examined the record presented
by Hoch's attorneys and his study of
1t satisfied him that there was enough
doubt to justify review of the entire
case by the supreme court. The case
will come up at the October term of
the court at Springfield. Hoch has
been confident that the sentence of
hanging would not be inflicted.
Hoch was smoking a cigar when
told of the issuance Of the writ. II
am not guilty of this horrible murder"
he said "and now I will have the op-
portunity of proving myself innocent
before the highest court in the state.
I never have felt that 1 would go to
the gallows. may be guilty of other
crimes, but never that Of murder"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
OVER A SCORE PERISH
MANY HOUSES WASHED AWAY BY
FLOOD IN RHODE CANYON
IN COLORADO.

Trinidad, Colo, Aug. 25.-Accordins
to latest reports more than q
score Of persons lost their lives at
Tabasco and Berwin as the result Of q
food in Rhode canyon following
cloudburst. From twelve to twenty
houses occupied by Austrian and Ital-
ian miners and their families were
swept away and many of their occu-
pants drowned.
Tabasco and Berwin, coal mining
camps, having together about 1000
population, are located in Rhode can
yon, down which torrent of water
rushed, wrecking everything in its
path. The property loss is estimated
at hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
suffered mostly by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company and the Colorado
Southern Railway company. The for
mer company had mines and coke
ovens scattered along the canyon and
although they were situated mostly
out of reach of the flood the tram.
ways connecting the different proper
ties of the company were practically
all wrecked and the loss in this par
ticular will be immense. The railroad
company had line running up the
mountain and this road. was nearly
completely washed out.
Traffic on the Colorado and South
ern, the Santa Fe and the Denver and
Rio Grande railroads Is interrupted
owing to the washouts In this vicinity.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Friday, Aug. 25.

The opening session of the military
rifle tournament began 1T seagirt, N.
J., Thursday.
Louis Sands, one Of the most prom
inent pioneer lumbermen Of Northern
Michigan, is dead at Manistee, aged
seventy-nine years.
The plant Of the Canadian Machin-
cry company at Point Edward, Ont,
was destroyed by fire Thursday. Esti.
mated loss, $125,00O.
The entire plant of the Lincoln Car
company ct Greensburg, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday night. The
loss Is estimated at 100000.
The stockholders of the Western Pa
cific railroad have formally voted to
increase the capital stock Of the COM
pany from $5o,OoO,oOo to s75,OO0OOO
The breaker, Office, boilerhouse and
enginehouse Of the Pine Hill Coal
company at Minersville, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. Six hun.
dred men and boys are thrown out Of
employment.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Saturday, Auo. 2e,

Eduardo zero, Cuban secretary of
public instruction, is dead at Havana.
The Associated Press has good rea-
son for stating that new Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance has been signed.
An imperial edict declares that
telephones and wireless telegraphs
throughout China are government mo-
nopolies.
Carl Bailey Hurst, United States
consul at La Guayra, Venezuela, has
been appointed United States consul
at Flauen, Germany.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the Office of honorary vice president of
the public schools athletic league,
the headquarters Of which is in New
York city.
The heaviest rainfall in twenty-one
years has prevailed at York, Pa, dur
ing the past twenty hours. Streams
are overfowing their banks and crops
and outbuildings have been washed
away.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
AROUND THE STATE
Shirts Per Day, 70 Dozen
Stone Being Quarried for
State Twine Plant
Bigger Conventions ~ Lowered
Assessments on Telephone,
Telegraph and Mines

A special election which was called
!br Sept. at Sioux Falls for the pur-
pose of voting upon the question Of
leasing the municipal waterworks sys-
tenn in that city to the Peoples Water
company has been called off. 1t has
been deemed advisable to postpone
action until the United States supreme
court decides the case involving the
right of the city to operate it's own
waterworks system, which is now be-
fore that court. The decision of the
court is expected to be handed down
In October. Should the decision Of
the federal supreme court be against
the city it is probable the agitation
for the leasing of the municipal water
works system to the Peoples Water
company will be renewed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
FEY En> STILL RAGING.
List Of Cases and Deaths at New Or
leans.

List of Cases and Deaths at New Or
leans.
New Orleans, Aug. 3O.-Following Is
the official yellow fever report up to
p. IN. Tuesday:
New cases, As; total cases to date,
1882; deaths, Z; total deaths 267;
new sub-foci, 8; total sub-foci, 429;
cases remaining under treatment, 174.
Owing to the fact that the total
number of sub-foci which have been
printed from day to day is misleading
and that the number of cases reported
under treatment Is inaccurate on &C.
count of a defect In the formula on
which they were figured, these figures
hereafter will be dropped.
Surgeon White has asked those who
conduct private schools ana the
priests in charge of parochial schools
to postpone the opening until October,
as has been done by the directors of
the public schools.
Reports from the country are: Lake
Providence, three new cases; Amelia,
four new cases and one death; Bayou
Boeuf, two new cases; Arodyne, two
new cases; Houma (Terra Bonne par
ishl, one case, traced to Arodyne;
sigor, two new cases; Anson City, two
new cases; Ninth ward of Jefferson
parish, one new case; st. Rose, three
new cases; Patterson, three new
cases; Waveland plantation, three new
cases; Port Barrow, one new case.
Nine cases of yellow fever have
been discovered at Natchez, Miss,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Irvine Plant at State Prison.

Deputy Warden Martin of the Sioux
Falls penitentiary reports that seventy
dozen shirts per day is the output Of
the shirt factory which was estab-
lished a few weeks ago. The deputy
warden says that the convicts and the
machines are working most satisfac-
torily and that the new industry ap-
pears to please the men employed.
Several convicts are working in the
state quarries each day, while others
are engaged in hauling stone from the
quarries to the grounds near the build
ings SO the stone may be ready If it
is needed in the construction of the
new binder twine plant which it is
proposed to construct at the peniten-
tiary.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
GOES DOWN IN SUBMARINE.
President Makes Descent on Board the
Plunger.

Oyster Bay, L. l., Aug. 26.-Presl-
dent Roosevelt during the afternoon
made a descent in Long Island sound
on board the submarine torpedo boat
Plunger. He was aboard the vessel
about three hours. At one time the
little boat was submerged for nifty
minutes and in that time was put
through all Of the submarine feats OF
which she is capable. The president
expressed his delight at the novel OK
nerience and said that he was I'M
mensely impressed with the boat and
with the manner in which she was
handled.
The presidents intention not only 10
make a personal inspection OF the tiny
vessel. likely to prove so deadly IN
naval warfare, but to make SUP
marine descent in it was reached after
! conference with Lieutenant Nelson.
The Plungers commander explained
to president Roosevelt the operations
nf the boat and assured him that q
trim on her and descent into tne
danths OF Long Island sound would oe
.s devoid of danger as would De .
trim on a New York subway express
| train. ....... l,.,.........
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Mine in Receiver's Hands.

Former State Treasurer Kirk G.
Phillip of Deadwood has been appoint
ed receiver for the Hidden Fortune
Mining company, which has its Office
headquarters in Denver and property
In the Black Hills. Miners liens ag-
gregating $4,000 are held by many
creditors. The failure of the com
pany to pay it's semi-annual interest
on its bonds last November caused
great uneasiness and resulted in appli-
cation for a receiver. The company
Is without cash and has only its prop
erty in the Hills for assets. The value
of this is unknown.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Monday, Auar 90.

There have been no developments
at Chicago in the police investigation
Of the murder of Mrs. E. F. Mize.
The national convention of the
Kriegerbund of America opened at
Joliet. ILL.,, Sunday with an elaborate
parade.
George M. Tower, one of the prom
inent business men Of Iowa Falls, la.'
committed suicide by hanging. Con-
tnued Ill health Is supposed to have
affected his mind.
Mayor Charles +. Herrick OF lnde.
pendence, Ia, aged sixty-nine. died
from cancer Of the stomach. He was
Q veteran Of the Civil war and was 9
prominent Mason.
Cnited States survey ship Hancock
which was rammed and sunk by tne
I steamer Binghamton in Lake 81
Clair, Aug. 20. was raised Sunday ano
towed to Detroit. where she Will un
dergo repairs.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
unwieIdy State Convention.

While the Republican state conven-
ton of last year was considered a
large body with 1,O14 delegates the
convention of next year will contain
1869 delegates under the provision of
the caucus law, which fixes the appor-
tionment. This means that the man
who gets a nomination will have to
get there with not less than 685 votes
in the convention. Under the law the
representation of most of the counties
is largely increased, although there is
q slight decrease in few counties.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
child Gets $1,000 . Year.

Mrs. w. D. Scott of Sioux Falls, for
merly Mrs. Roland B. Molineux OF
New York, together with her husband
and their little son, have left Sioux
Falls for New York, where they will
reside A short time prior to their
departure D. A. Scott of this city.
father of the husband, surprised the
couple by announcing that he would
on each birthday of their little son
deposit in a bank the sum of $1,000 to
the credit of the youngster.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Unlawful Fencing Charged.

George B. Mcpherson, a prominent
rancher of Meade county, has been
arrested on a warrant sworn out by
United States Special Agent Wads-
worth on the charge Of fencing 2,30O
acres of government land near Here
ford, in Meade county. He waived
examination and was released on a
bond Of $500 to appear before the
federal court in Deadwood at the next
session.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, Aug. "a.

William A. Russell, the new Amer.
lean minister to Venezuela, has pre-
sented his credentials to President
Castro, by whom he was cordially re-
ceived.
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis
returned to the department Wednes-
day and resumed his duties as acting
secretary. He will remain there sew.
eral days.
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana.
who Is recovering from a surgical op.
Grafton. sailed from New York
Wednesday on the steamer Baltic en-
route for Paris, where he expects to
remain several weeks.
The United States government
building at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, erected at a cost Of $780,.
900, has been sold to wrecking com.
pany for $10,5O0. The steel trusses
in the structure alone cost 100000.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Auto Kills Prominent IndIanan.

Rensselaer,, Ind, Aug. 2S.-Joseph
Fagot, well known business man Of
Remington, was killed in an automo.
bile accident while returning home
after visit to this city. While cross
ing a bridge he lost control of his ma
chine, which went over an eight-foot
embankment. pinioning Fagot under
meath.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Canned Beans XIII Child.

James Wyrick, the two-year-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Wyrick Of Rapid
City, is dead from poisoning caused
by eating canned beans. The family
was berrying and had taken canned
goods with them. No one else in the
party suffered any serious illness
from eating the beans.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

j. Plerpont Morgan took luncheon
with the president Monday at Saga
more Hill and discussed with him
matters pertaining to the Canton-Han
kow railroad in China.
Judge L. Bethune, the aged brother
OF Harry Bethune of Butte, Mont, a
wen known mining expert and pro-
moter, is supposed to be dead in
Death valley.
Gus Bobbs, who is alleged to have
stolen $4,000 in cash and checks
from Charles A. Stevens and Bros. of
Chicago, on Aug. II, is under arrest
In Seattle, Wash.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Row. q. s. Peake Dead.

Valley City. N. D., Aug. 29.-Rev. E.
8. Peake, for over ten years chap
lain Of the Episcopal church home at
st. Paul and well known in Episcopal
church circles throughout Minnesota,
Is dead at the home of his daughter
in this city, aged seventy-five years.
He was a member of the Minnesota
commandery, Loyal Legion, the Mime
sofa Pioneers and the G.. A. r.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Assessments Are Lowered.

After hearing the protests presented
In regard to valuations the state board
of review reduced the original assess
ment figures Is per cent on telephone
values, 10 per cent on the Western
Union Telegraph and cut off the in
crease on mineral lands, which was
IS per cent in Lawrence county, 10
per cent in Custer and Is in Pen
ningtOn.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
JAP TRANSPORT SUNK
coLLlDED WITH A BRITISH YES.
sEk AND OVER A HUNDRED
SOLDIERS PERIsHEp.

Toxic. Aug. 25.-The Japanese
transport Kinjo was sunk in COLI
sion with the British steamer Bara.
long on Aug. %, in the Inland sea.
One hundred and twenty-seven in
valided Japanese soldiers perished.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
tuesday, Aug. 20.

Iawrence Hanley, the actor, died
at Los Angeles. Cal. Monday, after q
long illness. Hanley died IN poverty
The Catholic university at Washing
ton has aled proof Of its claim LOT
$500 900 against the bankrupt estate
Of Thomas r. Waggaman.
". F. FRANKIE, . druggist at SD
nav. Mich, was hit by foul tip AZ :
ball game. His skull was fractured
I and death followed In few hours.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
FOUGHT il Blackhawk War.

Rufus Il. Pitcher, supposed to be
one Of the last surviving veterans of
the Blackhawk war, is dead at the
home of his SON at Custer. Had he
lived until Sept. Is he would have
been l01 years old. His Tooth birth
day anniversary was celebrated last
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Wednesday, Aug. 80.

~ '~S' SSs
The comptroller of the currency ha,
issued call for the condition of ma.
tional banks on Aug. rs.
The National Firemen's association
opened Its annual convention at Kan.
sas City Tuesday with delegates and
visiting flremen present from all parts
OF the country.
Theodore Wallace Todd, for more
than fifty years head of what is said
to be the oldest business establish.
ment in New York city, is dead. He
was eighty years old.
Noah NJ. Let's, manager and treas.
urer of Chicago promoting concern
committed suicide in downtown ho
tel by taking morphine. Let's was
thirty-eight years old.
Samuel A. MCLEAN, Jr., president
OF the National Packing company
died suddenly at Chicago. He was
stricken with acute Indigestion
coupled with heart disorder.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Railroads Reduce OH Rates.

Railroad Commissioner Smith has
that oil rates have been reduced from
third class to fourth class in less
than car lots, which benefits con-
sumers, as it gives Independent lines
q chance to compete.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Motor Line Proposed.

There is move on foot for the con.
struction of a motor line from Sturgis
to the site of the proposed govern.
ment town to be established in the
irrigation district.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
THREE PERSONS PERISH.
Many Others Narrowly Escape Death
in Hotel Fire,

Readfleld. Me-. Aug. 26.-Three per-
sous lost their lives early in the day
in fire which destroyed the Mariana
cook hotel at Lake Maranacook. Five
other persons were burned or other.
wise injured.
More than four score guests and
employees escaped in night attire, many
Of them leaping from the windows
That there had been loss Of life was
not known until search Of the ruins
during the forenoon revealed the
charred bodies.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
pan, that Blood
], Valves I'm.
Demands
Won Glory
hal and Last.
kantages

H., Aug. 3o.-The
war between Japan
Ided. The terms of
a by M. Witte and
the session Of the
bday morning and
on preliminary ar.
i armistice were con-
tual work of framing
Portsmouth" was by
Il turned over to M.
Isia's great interna.
ID Mr.. Dennison, who
bars has acted as the
the Japanese foreign
Expected to be com.
Id of the week.
inclusion of the con-
week ago would have
ID had it not been for
cession of President
sudden and dramatic.
peace Japan, with the
a victor, at the last
everything still in is
fused to bulge from
Emperor Nicholas had
lent Roosevelt through
Meyer. No indemnity
E, but an agreement to
and reimburse Japan
hance of the Russian
his last words. They
atedly reiterated in M.
jtions and in the form
|eply to the Japanese
koposal of last Wednes-
delivered to Baron Ko-
morning. NJ. Witte
|onference declaring he
to change the dot Of
cross Of a It" in his In
hperor Nicholas word
b, not only to him but
bevelt, the head Of q for.
ke Disputed Points.
Komura, therefore, first
wv basis of compromise
|e Associated Press dis
by night (the complete
|of indemnity coupled
ftion for the redemption
! a price to be fixed by
NAL consisting of repre-
the neutral powers, in
words the solution Of
|esident Roosevelt) NJ.
eturned a non possumus.
M. Witte termed in his
h the Associated Press
lcal moment" M. Witte
He expected q rupture
pressed 1t afterwards he
" what happened. Baron
way on all the disputed
the prescience that has
Japanese to gauge the
'ses of their adversaries
battle and upon the sea,
allied in advance that
be obtained in no other
lad warned their govern.
lent Roosevelt had also
!, advised Japan that II
} meet the Russian posi-,
AXE the responsibility ol
e war for the purpose oi
oute. The mikado at the
the cabinet and elder
'nday had sanctioned the
sion. When Baron Ko
d the rest was mere
Q and II (interned war
le limitation Of Russia's
the far East) were with
u agreed that only thai
'e Chinese Eastern rail
chantufu, the position oc
ANA, should be coded ts
sldes, once the deadlock
wanted a "just and last
lno IN that spirit 1t wa,
ractically neutralize SAX
'ountry binding itself no
~ nan OF the island. ant
= ,,ng an obligation not t,
, = ~, rerouse strait between
: nokkaido. which woult
commercial route to til,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
North Dakota state r.,r

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 30.-The
state fair opened Tuesday with ideal
weather. The formal opening address
was made by Governor sarles.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
TWENTY LABoRERs KILLED.
Number Of other Mexicans Hurt BY
an Explosion.

Mazatlan. Mex, Aug. 28.-Twenty
Mexican laborers were killed and a
number injured by the premature ex-
plosion of quantity of dynamite at
the port works at Manzanillo. While
it is said that the explosion was the
result of carelessness on the part OF
some of the laborers, the families OF
those killed have been indemnified by
Colonel Edgar K. Smoot, the con,
tractor in charge of the Manzanillo
port works.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
CAUSE OF DEED UNKNOWN.

California Rancher Killed by His Sis
ter-in-LaW.
Nevada City, Cal, Aug. 26.-Robert
L. Wimberly was shot and killed at
Downieville by his sister-in-law, Ber-
tina Bennett, aged seventeen. The
cause of the shooting is unknown.
Wimberly was killed with his own re-
volver. The shooting occurred on q
ranch one mile from Downieville. Miss
Bennett, who was Immediately placed
under arrest, refused to talk. VIM
berly leaves a wife and two children.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

year at the st. Louis exposition
grounds,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
NfAvoRAsLe ruan.

ssea ct Cholera g
Manila. !
aS.n ak. 2s.-Ths cholera cpl
s S.n q rather unfayorable
elevsn -. until 9 p. N. there
hativaa new y, cases reported
Featss slsss. The total number
brtv 81, since the outbreak
i've. "''n deaths numbsrl
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
THREE TOWNS FEEL SHOCK.
Fire Near Marquette, Mleh., Causes
Violent Explosions.

Marquette, Mich, Aug. 26.-With 4
shock that shook buildings in Mar
quette. twelve miles distant. the An
thony powder works, located between
Ishpeming and Negaunee, blew up dur
ing the night. There we're four explo-
sions and practically every building in
the plant was destroyed.
Much damage was done in both Ne
gaunee and Ishpeming. Windows were
the plate glass fronts of many busi-
ness blocks were shattered.
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