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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, March is.

Mrs. Mary Mahoney, aged 100, a
pioneer of Wisconsin and a resident OF
La Crosse since territorial days, is
dead.
Rear Admiral Whiting, U. S. N, r1-
ceived severe injury by a fall while
alighting from a moving electric ca1
at Honolulu.
The supreme court of South Carroll
ma Wednesday declared that it is
libelous in South Carolina to publish a
white man as negro.
The Wisconsin assembly has killed
the senate bill appropriating $25,OOC
for an exhibit at the Lewis and CLARK
exposition at Portland, Ore
Practically penniless, with only his
devoted wife to watch and mourn
Mons Niblow, famous circus clown anc
pantomlmist is dead at Denver Nib
low was fifty-fve years of age and fo
thirty-five years had performed before
the public.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
OVER A SCORE KILLED
rWENTY.FOUR MEN MEET DEATH
IN COLAERiES AT THUR
MOND, w. VA.

Charleston, W. Va, March 20.-As
the result of the horrible explosion in
the Rush Run and Red Ash mines near
Thurmond Saturday night twenty-four
men now lie dead in the two mines.
Ten of these were killed in the explo-
sion Saturday night and the other
fourteen were rescuing party who
entered the mine Sunday morning to
take from the mines the charred and
blackened remains of their fellow
workmen. These latter were killed by
q second explosion and the afterdamp.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
factory WRECKED
Boiler Explosion Kills Sixty
People at Br0ckton,
Massachusetts
Fire Follows and Adds More
Horror to the Situa.
tiOn

Brockton, Mass, March 21-This
city Is In mourning for at least three
score of her citizens whose lives were
blotted out during the day by the ex-
p]osion of boiler in large shoe
manufacturing establishment, conduct
Cd by the r. +. Grover company.
The explosion was Immediately fol-
lowed by flash of flame, which spread
and consumed the factory, a long four
story structure, as if it were house
Of cards, and incinerated an unknown
number of men and women who were
unable to eXtricate themselves from a
mass of tangled wreckage formed by
the terrible unheaval in the boiler
room. More than fifty of the employees
In the building were MANNED, burned
or bruised by the time they reached
safe ground. Some had jumped from
the roof, some from windows and 9TH
ers had been injured in the mad rush
to escape from the doomed factory,
which from all parts emitted the in
tense, awful heat of an inferno, driv-
ing back the band of heroic rescuers
WAO LII d lS" Ullcl 1uOWeulS QaO per-
formed gallant service
The fire extended from the factory
to seven other buildings in the vicinity
and destroyed them. Two wooden
dwellings near the engine room were
practically demolished by the flying
boiler. The total financial loss is esti-
mated at s25o,0Oo 100000 of which
falls on the R. B. Grover company.
The monetary loss is nearly offset by
insurance.
Total Number Of Dead Unknown.
It may never be known how many
no one knows how many persons were
In the factory. The number has been
estimated at 400, but Treasurer
Charles O. Emerson said he doubted
whether there were so many at work
Two hundred and fifty survivors have
been accounted for and at midnight
the remains of fifty bodies had been
recovered from the ruins, the search
being continued all night Fragments
OF human frames which possibly might
belong to bodies other than those
CAuAuSld dLcu, nave also D6eu
Few Of the remains have been identi-
fed. The head in nearly every case
is missing.
At midnight, list of missing, num-
bering twenty-nine, was given out at
the police station. 1t is feared that all
were killed, as every effort to locate
them has proved futile.
At 2 a. m. the remains of fifty-three
persons had been recovered
Chief OF Police Boyden expressed
the opinion that some of the employees
had not reached the factory at the time
Of the explosion and that undoubtedly
number of those living in nearby
places were injured and had gone
home without reporting their injuries.
He thought that many Of those not &C
counted for, upward Of 100 in number.
were among these.
The disaster was attended by many
narrowing scenes and thrilling res
cues. For hours hundreds of the rela-
tives of the factory operatives be-
sieged the ruins and the fire and police
stations in quest of missing ones.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
DISMISSED IN DISGRACE.
kuropatkin's Depreciation Publicly Ga
zetted at St. Petersburg.

t\OI StaINIIi . 1CSICudIi0Ii TQDICIy 0d'
zetted at St. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg, March 17.-With
the Japanese hanging on the heels and
aanks of the remnants OF the broken,
defeated Russian army, General Kuro-
patkin, the old idol of the private sol
der, has been dismissed and disgraced
and General Iinevitch, commander OF
the First army, is appointed to sue
ceed him in command of all the Rus
sian land and sea forces operating
against Japan. The word disgrace is
written in large letters in the laconic
imperial order gazetted, which con-
tains not single word of praise, and
also disposes Of the rumor that Kuro-
patkin had asked to be relieved. The
Russian military annals contain no
more bitter imperial rebuke.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
TEN THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
score of Industrial Plants Closed BY
High Water

Pittsburg, March 21-More than a
score of industrial plants are crippled
and at least 10000 men are tempo
rarily forced into idleness; costly
washouts along the railways border
ing the Allegheny have resulted anu
hundreds of stores are flooded as the
result OF one of the fiercest flood ram
pages the Allegheny has been on tor
wears. The rampage, however, has
ended.
The monetary damage cannot 1ow
be definitely estimated Fortunately
only one life has been reported lost as
an incident of the flood. This was the
result of a daring attempt OF Stanley
Hilser to cross the Ohio in skltf.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24

Walter S. Lennox, veteran actor
Is dead at Philadelphia at the age OF
seventy-two years.
Emperor Francis Joseph has arrived
At Budapest in connection with the
Hungarian ministerial crisis.
Frank Bacon, at one time nominee
Tor president on the Prohibition ticket
Is dead at Los Angeles, Cal. He was
former resident of Muscatine, la.
Delivery of milk to nonunion EN-
ployes of twenty-four Chicago whole
sale clothing firms has been stopped
by sympathetic strike of milk wagon
drivers.
Colonel j. S. Tam, once nominee
Tor governor of Iowa on the Demo
cratic ticket, distinguished for his
services in the Civil war, is dead at
Des Moines, aged sixty.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
GENERAL HAWLEY DEAD.
Former Senator From Connecticut Ex
pires at Washington.

Washington. March 1S.-General
Joseph r. Hawley, for nearly twenty
four years United States senator from
Connecticut, died early in the morning
at his residence in this city, seventy
eight years of age. Death came peace
fully after stupor lasting with but
slight Interruptions since Wednesday
afternoon. At his bedside when the
end came were Mrs. Hawley, her three
daughters and Major Hooks, for long
time messenger to the committee on
military affairs of the senate.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Letter Results in Arrest.

etter sent to Rosebud Indian
asking the whereabouts Of a
belonging to them resulted in
fest of Harvey Eads and w. w.
Oh the charge of having stolen
p OF horses from S. NJ. Hauge,
Pr OF deeds of Miner county. The
q crime was committed last fall.
eam and men were traced to
teel. where all trace was lost.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
ROBBERS MAKE A BIG HAUL.
Hold Up Bank Messenger and GOT
Ten Thousand Dollars.

Berkeley, Cal, March 2l.-4. T.
DAILY, an Oakland liveryman, VINO was
acting as messenger for the central
pank of Oakland, was held up by TWO
mon and robbed of $4,000 in golu,
while an his way to The Standard oli
refinery at Point Richmond. The Iop'
ners escaped.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Dog Poisoner at Work.

(dog poisoner is abroad again at
twentyseven dogs, including
pgs, grayhounds, cattle dogs and
pets already having died. A
lame trick wolf that had made
deous for quiet people by his
Pnt bowling the last few months
te OF the poison and died. The
Ter visited every part Of town,
Ping bits of poisoned meat from
as he went.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Fifty.five Bodies Recovered.

Brockton, Mass. March 22-Fifty-
five bodies have been recovered from
the Grover shoe factory and the
search abandoned. Only fourteen Of
the dead have been identified and
forty-tive persons are still missing.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
YORK on New Prison Plants.

ofce OF convicts at the Sioux
pehltentlary has been placed at
.utllng stone at the state quar-.
IN Which to construct the build.
|iequired for the state binding
manufacturing plant and shirt
f. which are to be established
pehltentiary in accordance with
Faufe passed by the legislature.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Tuesday, March Fl.

Baron Won Hammerstein. Prusslah
minister of the interior, is dead
Ground has been broken TOR an auu.'
lion to President Rooseyelt's saga
more Hill home.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Wednesday, March 22.

M. Loupokine, chief of secret police,
has been gazetted governor Of Estho-
MIA, Baltic province of Russia.
1t is announced from Amiens,
France, that Jules Verne, the novelist
Is dying. He is seventy-seyen years
of age.
The remains of Mrs. Jams L. Stan.
lord arrived at San Francisco Tuesday
on the steamer Alameda from Homo
lulu and were taken to Palo Alto on a
special train.
The Ohio supreme court has held
that the criminal section of the Valcn
tine antitrust law is constitutional
The civil section has already been
passed upon.
The Ohio supreme court has hand
ell down a decision holding that a
newspaper guessing contest on votes
cast at an election is lottery and
therefore prohibited by law.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
|UND The STATE
bs Discovered-Pierre
Invents Voting
| Machine
PLANT Stone being Quar-
Draft Horses for
| Eastern Market

Urine and II. d. Jennings, who
lets of land in the river bluffs
pw Fort Pierre, have been for
me investigating the deposits
land in regard to their possl-
for the manufacture OF cement
5e found that more or less OF a
tof asbestos exists in the bluffs.
side of the bluffs are often
|hite spots, which have been
red alkali spots, but samples
[e white spots which have been
fay for testing show from $50
a ton OF asbestos. or course
her estimate is from selected
Eof the earth and the lower
from the samples taken as
! n the surface. Further inves-
Is will be continued and in case
living is sufficient a tunnel will
Into the hillside to find whether
3 a permanent bed OF the min
which to work.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Williams Gets Five Years.

Ed Williams, who tried to rob Frank
Rertraw, a wealthy hermit near Jeffer-
son, was sentenced at Elk Point to five
years in the penitentiary.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Cold Kills Prairie Dous

Prairie dogs have greatly decreased
In number on account of the cold this
winter. Many are said to have frozen
and since the late cold spell few have
been seen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
JAPANESE OCCUPY KAIYUAN.
Russians Later Attempt Counter At.
tack but Are RepuIsed.

tack but Are Repu1sed.
Washington, March 20.-The Japa-
nese legation has received the follow
ing cablegram from Toxic:
cat i a. 10. on March 10 our detach-
ment occupied Kaiyuan, twenty miles
north of Tie pass. The enemy after
ward attempted counter attack but
were repulsed. The enemy burned
bridges on the main road south of
kajyuan and also destroyed part of a
railway bridge. A number of Russian
guns were found buried near Mukden."
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Water for Fort Pierre.

city of Fort Pierre has fioated
Dnds which were voted for the
pc Of putting in a water plant for
lace, the amount considered nee
| beng $4,000. They will put
an artesian well and use the gas
pmplng Missouri river water to
lhe town. The surplus gas
e distributed over the town and
Fhue derived from that source.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Line to the Black Hills,

The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul, 1T is reported, will extend its
line westward 800 miles from Cham
berlain into the Black Hills country
during the coming year
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
Farmers Ship Horses East.

farmers around Woonsocket are
rs a great success of raising
notses for Eastern markets. The
uay lorty-five head were shipped
"oohsocket to Scranton, Pa.
,nafch l a total of ninety head
neen sent East. They were
ufa1t animals and represented a
VI more than $4,000.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
kents New Voting Machine.

7. S. Thornley,, young dentist
ire, has just patented a voting
lie which is provided with the
self-locking devices and which
Ears to be impossible to beat in
BY. The device is smaller than
erage voting machine which is
on the market and the inventor
IS that 1t can be manufactured
&gure which will allow it to be
on the market at price where
he smallest voting precinct can
ito own one.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
|ians Will Divide 100000.

recommendation of the secre-
| the interior the president has
led the payment to the Sisseton
(ahpeton Indians of South Da-
100000, to be distributed per
The money is to be taken
lie principal of their trust funds
| the treasury and the distribu-
Ito be made on account Of the
Eof their crops for the last two
1t has been represented that
Is great necessity of funds to
BE seed and the condition Of
and helpless Indians is said to
y pitiable.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
April q to Be Arbor Dav.

Governor Elrod has set Friday, April
21. as Arbor day and will issue his
proclamation to that effect,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24

Run Of Luck.
"He asked three different girls 70
marry him."
"And they all refused?"
Eyes"
"some men are born lucky"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
strIbution Of lnsuranc. r,x

:, state insurance department
snort time will distribute the
sulahce tax, which goes to the
oniDanies OF the towns in which
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24

there are organized companies. The
total amount distributed this year wi.l
be s6,39U.37.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07

The bills carry appropriations OF near
ly $500, 900, to be paid in period of. six
years, and provide for the erection OF
additional cells and other improve
ments at the penitentiaries.
The Assembly also passed Olmsteads
bill fixing salaries of prison guards at
$50 for the first six months. $50 for the
next six months and finally reaching a
maximum OF $65 The measure Is a
compromise for the Lynch bill. which
sought to fix the salaries of the prison
guards at SIS and which the Governor
refused to sign.
McCartney's bill providing that all
the county offices In all the smaller
counties must be kept open all day was
defeated. Weyand gave notice OF re-
consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
BILLS SIGNED
By GOVERNOR
One Measure Provides That
School Teachers Shall Be
Paid at Least $3.50 a Year
LAWS ON LITIGATION
Provision for Cases Which
May Grow Out of the
Reclamation Assessments

SACRAMENTO, March 6.-Seven
Senate bills received the approval of
Governor Pardee to-day. Three of the
measures. Nos. 1913, 1876 and 100, intro
duced by Sanford of Mendocino. sim
plify the process and lessen the possi-
bilities of litigation in the assessment
of reclamation districts.
Anderson's bill, No. 246. which was
signed by the Governor, provides that
all school teachers must be paid sal
ary of at least $3.50 year.
Other bills approved were:
BY Hahn, No. SO, permitting either
side in a law case to require the court
to instruct the jury to bring in a spe-
cial verdict.
By Rowell No. 266, providing that
pupils residing in a district where there
are no high schools may attend high
schools in other districts by paying a
reasonable tuition fee.
BY Savage, No. 529, authorizing city
governments to order the construction
Of curbs and cutters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
BOYCOTT BILL
MEETS DEFEAT
Senator Ralston's Measure
Lost by the Decisive Vote
of TWenty-Seven to Four
FIGHT GROWS BRISK
Argument Prevails That the
Main Points It Contains
Are Covered Elsewhere
FIGHT GROWS BRIsk
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, March 6-The clos
ing week of the Legislature opened In
the Senate this morning with q hot
debate on Ralston's bill declaring that
those guilty of boycotting. blacklisting
or similar offenses shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor. The bill was
defeated by vote of 27 to 4.
Kane, Markey and Shortridge led the
fight against the bill. They advanced
the contention that the bill could serve
no purpose, as it's principles are al
ready sustained by decisions Of all of
the courts of the land. Wolfe, Welch
and Ward also attacked the bill on
similar grounds.
Lukens, Irish and Ralston spoke in
favor of the measure. They said that
If the principles in the bill were al
ready affirmed by the higher courts Of
the land they could not see what OBJ
lection the representatives of union Ia
Dor could have to the measure. 1t
would be a guide, they said in con-
clusion, that would save the courts the
trouble of interpreting the various de-
cisions and would also provide for the
punishment of those that violated the
principles known to exist.
The bill was defeated however, and
as no motion for reconsideration was
made 1t Is dead, at least so far as the
present session is concerned.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
YOUTH PROUD
OF HIS CRIMES
Lorenzo Steffanini Arrives
From Sunny Italy to Ply
Vocation of Highwayman
IDENTIFIED AS ROBBER
Daniel Sullivan and George
Earl Are Arrested as Ac-
completes of Daring Lad
IDENTIFIED AS ROBBER

Lorenzo Steffanini. 19 years Of age,
turned hfghwayman> two months ago
and the police claim he Is responsible
for several desperate crimes commit
ted within that space Of time. He Is
now In the City Prison charged with
robbery and two other men, Daniel
Sullivan and George Earl, have been
arrested and will be charged with hav-
ing been implicated with him in the
holdups. Steffanini maintains an air
of bravado and seems to glory In his
deeds The police think he will make
complete confession to-day and that
he and his companions will be landed
behind prison bars with little difficulty.
Steffanini came to this city from Italy
short time ago with relatives and has
done but little work since he arrived
here. Sullivan is a prize fighter and
Earl is a well-known crook from Kan
sas City. The trio occupied a room at
521 Pacific street.
Steffanini and his companions have
been positively Identified by Giovanni
Tischorina, an Italian fisherman at
30 Prospect place., rs being the men
who held him up and robbed him of
SIT about one week ago. The crime
was committed at the, corner of Vallejo
ried revolyers. Steffanini was un-
masked, but the other TWO men had
their features concealed on this occa-
sion. In the other robberies attributed
to the men all three wore masks. 1t
was due to the fact that Steffanini
wore nothing on his face when the
fisherman was robbed that Detectives
Bunner and Matherson secured a clew
that led to his identity
Many other crimes are attributed to
the men and number of people will
be called to identify them to-day.
George Carlyle, 1921 Dupont street was
held up and robbed in Jasper place on
February 13 and his gold watch and
diamond stud taken from him. The
detectives assert Sullivan pawned the
pin and Earl disposed of the watch in
a pawnshop. Both articles have been
recovered. Joseph Spousi, 61S Front
street, was held up in the railroad
yards of the Belt line last Friday
and robbed of s31 by three men
answering the description of
the accused. Bido Rivoi was robbed
at the corner of Franklin and Lombard
streets on March 1 and lost 81 The
police will probably charge Sullivan
and Earl to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
PROTEST From THE SOUTH.

LOS ANGELES. March 6.-The
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
to-day adopted a resolution, which
was mailed to Governor Pardee. pro-
testing against the enactment into law
of the Assembly bill raising the wages
of unskilled laborers employed on
public works from 50 to SO a
day. The objections to the bill are
chiefly that the proposed pay is above
the average wage rate, and further
that a large amount of skilled labor
does not receive as much as it is
proposed to pay unskilled labor, thus
creating a condition which ii is stated,
is sure 10 be productive OF much dis
satisfaction and disagreen en-. Gov
ernor Pardee was asked TO veto the
bill.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
TO REGULATE WIRING.
Atkinson,s Bill Given the Right OF
Way.

SACRAMENTO, March 6.-During
the early part of the session three bills
affecting electrical interests were in
troduced by members of the San Fran
cisco delegation-one by Stroll pro-
viding for an electrical Inspector, one
by Cullen regulating the erection of
poles and the stringing of electric
wires. and the third by ! Mindham,
regulating the installation of electrical
apparatus in buildings. They were all
referred to the Committee on Corpor-
ations. To-day Atkinson moved that
they all be reported back from the
committee and their authors be al
lowed to withdraw them. This re-
quest was complied with.
Atkinson then asked that his own
bill, designated AN act to regulate the
placing, installing and maintaining of
electric light and power work, wirings
and appliances in buildings and other
structures" be withdrawn from the
Committee on Corporations and placed
on the specials file without recommen-
dation. He said he had the permis-
sion of the committee to have this
done and the request was accordingly
compiled with. His bill is union
labor measure.