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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
F ILLS ' AC A|N'C Y
Root to Return to the Cabinet
as the Premier Member
Thereof
II Men Drown at Chippewa Falls
Seven Deaths in Flood
at Pierre

Oyster Bay. l.. L.. July 8.-Offlcial
announcement was made here during
the day that Elihu Root has been ap-
pointed secretary of state. The an
nouncement was made on the author
ity of President Roosevelt in the fol-
lowing statement:
"Elihu Root has accepted the Office
Of secretary of state. He will take
the oath of office in couple of weeks,
but it will necessarily be some little
time before he closes up his business
affairs. He will not go to Washington
permanently until some time In Sep
tember."
President Roosevelt Is much graft
fed at Mr.. Roots acceptance and is
deeply sensible Of the personal sacri-
fees made by Mr.. Root in again talk
Ing up the burdens and duties Of
member of the cabinet.
It is the intention of Mr.. Root to
assume the duties of secretary of
state practically at once. although it
will be perhaps two weeks before he
formally will take the oath of Office
His professional interests are 80 large
that he will have to devote consider
able time to satisfactory arrange
ment Of them before he goes to Wash
1ngtOn to take permanent change of
the state department.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Monday, July 10.

During . severe storm nine persons
were struck by lightning In Prospect
park, Brooklyn.
DR.. w. C. Jacobs, dean of the med
ical profession at Akron, O., Is dead OF
blood poisoning.
Two brothers.. Fred and Justin Finn,
aged fifteen and twelve years. respec-
lively, were drowned In the Winnipe-
saukee river at Laconia. N. H.
Thousands Of delegates to the nine
teenth annual reunion Of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order OF Elks ar
rived In Buffalo. N. Y, Sunday.
Major Frank G. Culley. formerly
mayor Of Kenosha. Wis. and man
well known to the literary world Is
dead. Major Culley was 81 years OF
age.
Walter Kittredge, poet and autnol
OF "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,
| is dead at his home at Reeds Ferry. y
II. Death was the result OF infirmities
due to old age.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
WORK OF A REFORMER
THREE SALOONS At lola, KAN,
DEMOLISHED BY USE OF
DYNAMITE.
h.

lola, Kan, July 10.-Three saloons
IN West street, in the heart of the
business section of lola. were COM
pletely wrecked by dynamite early in
the day. Much damage was done to
other property in the vicinity and the
loss is conservatively estimated at
100000. ]. e. Thorpe, the owner Of
one of the saloons. was injured. but
not seriously.
The dynamite was exploded appar-
emily by some temperance reformer.
No arrests have been made.
The wrecked saloons were known as
the "Red Light" the "Blue Front" and
the Eagle" There were two distinct
explosions. each Of terrific force. Be-
sides demolishing the three saloons
the explosions damaged the Palace
shoe store. the drug stores Of Campbell
& BurreN and Cowan & Ausherman,
across the alley In the rear, and shat
tered dozens Of plate glass windows
In the business section. The explo.
sions were heard at Humboldt, nine
miles distant.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Saturday, July 8.

Ex-United States Senator V T. Sal.
ders Of Montana is dead.
Henry c. Frick has donatedS10O, ,OOC
to the American Academy Quarts OF
Rome.
Professor Nothnagel, the we known
clinical authority, Is dead atv Jenna
Of apoplexy.
Since June 25 there has b b no
case Of yellow fever in the of
Panama and only one at Colon.
George c. Pierre. chief of tn pu.
reau Of city property of Philadel ia,
has resigned at the request Of NJ br
Weaver.
Fire at Panama. N. Y, destrd)
the business section Of the place.
loss is roughly estimated at S1OO,0(
with not more than 25 per cent inst
ance.
Baron Rosen, the new ambassad
of Russia to the United States,
rived In Washington Friday and pa
an official visit to Count Cassini, who
he Is succeeding.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
RUSSIAN SOIL
FNEMy's TROOPS ON
sAkHALlN Off.
n REPORTED.

g, July s.-A landing
oops on the island az
peen officially reported
iltary circles in st. Pc
a 1t has been realized
OF Admiral Rojestven-
Japanese were able to
OF the island as soon
Mt. The strength Of
ce cannot be ascertain
rison Of the island Il
er an effective defense.
Japanese seem unvill.
eneral battle with Gen.
lending the peace meet.
s.on the landing 81
aailn Is considered "a
~ aeclsion regarding the
oa OF a general armis.
-, : !. IN the interval be.
) : ;, u, IS necessary to oc,
cass whose Possession d
a,u W.. IN Japan's diplo
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Friday, July

Nellie Koobs. a nurse at he Barton.
Vile iIll.) asylum. is lyin: In a pro-
found slumber from which Ie cannot
be aroused.
The late Baron Alphonse & Roths-
child left 100000 to be exlnded in
charities Of various kinds witout dis
tinction Of religion.
Baron Speck Won sternb.e. the
German ambassador at Washington,
and his wife sailed for GermanThurs.
day on the steamship Bremen. He is
on q three months vacation.
The Philippine commission has
passed an act granting to John Sa-
bin and Louis Glass of San Fransco
q franchise to construct telephoneand
telegraph systems throughout he
Philippine islands.
American interests have obtaine a
contract for the electrification Of "a
Italian railroad and have also closd
contracts for electrical equipment 8
be installed in Japan. Thu value (
these contracts is about S2,el0,OOO.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
I'm CHARGE OF RECEIVER.
Action Taken Against United States
Bank of st. Louis.


st. Louis, July 1O.-On the request
of Secretary of State Swanger of Mis-
souri, Judge McElhinney Of the St.
Louis circuit court has appointed for.
mer Judge Selden P. Spencer receiver
for the Peoples United States bank,
against which a fraud order has been
issued by the federal postal authori-
ties.
Judge Spencer Immediately quail
fed, furnishing s250,000 bond and at
once took charge Of the concern.
Secretary Of State Swanger made
Athe following statement in regard to
the banks assets:
THE Peoples United States bank
has various sums on deposit with
banks In different cities Of the United
States, the total amount of cash being
about $1,500,000. 1t has also $4,000
10 government bonds. There are also
securities of the University Heights
property and OF the Lewis Publishing
company amounting to 100000.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Wednesday, july 1o.

Martlai law has been proclaimed In
the town and district of Tinis, eau.
casia.
Mrs. Helen K. Johnson, mother of
mayor Johnson of Cleveland, O., is
dead at her home in Brooklyn.
Chairman Morton of the Equitable
Lie Assurance society has announced
that ne intends to retain the services
OF Second Vice President Gage e. Tar
he'll
}. Hamilton Lewis, formerly a con-
'grcssman from the state of Washing.
Ton, now resident of Chicago, has
Deen appointed corporation counsel for
the Windy City.
The Chicago city council, by a vote
OF 53 to 13, has granted the Metronol-
itan elevated railway the right to con-
duct freight and express transporta-
ton business for ten years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
ELEVEN MEN PERISH
THEIR BOAT OVERTURNED IN
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER IN
WISCONSIN.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, July ga ter.
rible accident occurred Friday at Lit
tie Falls dam, in which eleven men
lost their lives by drowning. They
are:
Louis Gokey, Flambeau: Saul Brack-
EFT. Eau Claire; Max Billiard, Dry
wood: Ole Horn, Chippewa Falls; Joe
PeloQuin, Drywood; Andrew Cagnon,
Jim Falls; Oscar Bocquest. Anson;
Bert Larry. Anson; Byron Ferguson,
Chippewa City; Adolph Toutant. Ca
dott: Patrick Leiden, Stanley.
A crew of seventy-four men had
been sent out by the Chippewa Lum-
ber and Boom company under Ken
meth Mcleod to break log jam be-
low the falls.
A crew of fifteen men started In a
boat for the center Of the stream.
Louis Gokey and Andrew Cagnon
were running the boat, which was
overloaded, and as 1t touched the
lower end of the jam, three men
jumped and landed safely on the logs.
The other twelve, however, were
carried swiftly away into the wild
rapids, where the boat capsized,
throwing all into the water. They
were all good swimmers, but the water
was too swift and only one succeeded
In saving himself He was seven
teen-year-old boy. Eddie Martin Of
Chippewa Falls.
A boat which Immediately set out
to rescue the drowning men arrived
too late and was carried through the
rapids. It also capsized. but no one
was drowned.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
[Rs GIVE UP
|sslAN eATTLEsHlP
IS TO RouMANiAN
(HoRITlEs.

umania, July S.-The
nee again floats over
kKniaz Potemkine and
bat which have given
B the Black sea COM
couple Of weeks. The
Her of the mutinous
at / p. M, after o
sions and negotiations
Roumanian authorities
of the mutineers.
ARRIVED here early In
lie Roumanian authori-
I'd the battleship called
p surrender. In which
. be treated as foreign
be leave the port forth
oily became apparent
IN vessels returned to
the intention of giving
10 a foreign government
soon announced their
the Roumanian terms.
wanted to be permit
The treasure which was
Kniaz Potemkine. but
authorities declined Ia
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
TwENTY.s,x KNOWN DEAD.
Fifty Others Injured by the Tornado
In Texas.

Fort Worth, Tex. July Twenty.
six persons are known to have been
killed and so injured by the tornado
which swept over portion Of Mon
tague county in the northern part Of
this state Wednesday afternoon. The
property loss will probably total $780,
900. Following is a revised list Of the
dead: A. P. Earle. Sadie Earle, Buck
Earle, infant of Lawrence Pillow, Mr..
Tomlinson and his wife and four
children. Mrs. G. G. Chaokelford, Lin
ME Schackelford. Mrs. s. L. Tumle-
son and her three children, Mrs. Mary
Lester and her four children, Caleb
White, Mrs. G. P. Williams. Frank
Eakin and two unknown persons. at
Jacksboro.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Receiver for Railroad.

On petition of William T. Coad Of
Rapid City, an attorney for Forest O.
Murdoch, Judge Garland of the United
States court at Sioux Falls has ap-
Fpointea George b. Hurr Of Chicago
receiver for the Dakota, Wyoming and
Missouri River Railroad company.
The property involved connects Rapid
City and Mystic, in the Black Hills,
and consists Of about thirty-one miles
OF railroad. 1t was recently rumored
that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway company would pur-
chase this road and utilize 1t In its
extension from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
MiIbank Merchant Dies.

G. A. Grandson, merchant of MIL
bank, died at Bethesda hospital. St.
Paul. Mr.. Grandson was fifty-seven
years old. He came to the United
States In 1865 and for twenty-five
years he has been a merchant at MIL
bank. He was an active member Of
the Lutheran church and always inter-
ested In the affairs of his city. At the
time of his death he was q member of
the school board.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Crack Bottles, but Not Safe.

Robbers entered the drug store Of
G. L. Price. at Central City, blew off
the outer door of the safe with nitro.
glycerin. but were unable to penetrate
to the inner vault and consequently
did not succeed in taking any valua-
bles. The force Of the explosion shat
tered bottles on the shelves, scatter
ing and running their contents. Two
men are being held on suspicion. 1t
Is believed that the robbery was COM
mitted by the same gang Of men who
have been making recent attempts at
Lead City.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
FTY.oNE MILES AN HOUR.
krkabIe Trip Of Santa Fe Special
rom Los Angeles to Chicago.

rkable Trip OF santa re SpeCia'
rom Los Angeles to Chicago.
rago, July 12.-With every car
blad ped by a delirious record break
ing from Los Angeles to Chicago
the tier Scott special on the Santa
Fe rvoad arrived here at 1854 a.
M. hS g beaten all previous records
by ho\ as we'll as bettering the spe'
cial tr( Is own exacting schedule.
Cons Ing Of a baggage car, diner
and prt e living car. the train came
into thdplk street station almost at
top spe having made the run OF
2,244h rs In A hours and So min
utes. II is twenty hours fast
er than thine of the regular Santa
Fe limited is three hours and four
minutes I r than the original con-
tract called Sr (Which was forty-eight
hcurs) and It's even the later sched-
| ule Of forty hours by six minutes.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Iue,sday, Jusy II.

TWO hundred thousand dollars have
been subscribed to build an auditor-
3ium at st. Paul.
John selby. veteran Of the Mex
ican and Civil wars, is dead at Taco-
ma. wash. aged eighty-seyen years.
Dr.. Joseph Moore. former presiden.
a Earlham college and an eminehe
educators. Is dead at Richmond. IND.
paxinosa Inn, ! famous summer re-
soet. hntel On the summit Of Weygad'
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Sheep Industry Profitable.

The Mennonite (Russian) colonies
in Hanson county are having great
success in sheep raising. The four
colonies have marketed their wool
crop for this year. which aggregated
$4,000 pounds. For the wool the col
onists received 2S1a cents per pound.
or total OF $6.S40. which represents
only part of the colonies income dur
ing the year.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
VERY HOT IN NEW YORK.
Ten Deaths and More Than Two Score
Prostratlons.

New York, July 11.-Ten deaths and
more than two score cases Of pros
tration resulted from the continuance
Monday of the wave of intense heat
(which reached the city Saturday. A
grateful breeze from the sea served In
measure to temper the torrid tenn
verature and excessive humidity, but
9 suffering, especially in the swarm
tenement house quarters, was In
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
DEATH LIST is LARGE
EXPLOSION IN A WELSH MINE. RE
SUITS IN THE LOSS OF OVER
A HUNDRED LIVES.

cardiff. Wales, July 12.-An explo-
sion OF fire damp in No. 2 pit of the
United National Colliery company, at
Wattstown. in the Rhondda valley, the
center OF the great Welsh coal fields,
Tuesday morning, is believed to have
resulted In the loss of at least 12O
lives and probably 126.
Altogether sixty-eight bodies have
been recovered,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, July 6.

A new Australian cabinet was
formed "Wednesday by the prime min
lister, Hon. Alfred Dcakin.
One man was Killed and two mar.
rowly escaped death by the wrecking
of an ore train at Escanaba, Mich.
The population oa Chicago is 2.272-
760. according to lie city directory
for 1905. which ha4 just been COM
pleted.
Nearly $4,000 ersons passed
through the gates d the Lewis and
Clark exposition Til (sday, breaking
the record for attend ice.
German exports to u United States
were about $11S,3OsSt7 during the
year ending June 81 Or $4,000 900
more than during the oreceding fiscal
year.
Mrs. Lucie 3. Tying, ne Of the best
known temperance wckers in the
United States, is dead n. Peoria, III.
She was born in Elmil. N. Y. in
1887.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
ON aclAL MISSION.
". J. ca'hou llllno's Sen. to vene.
zuela khe President.

Oyster Bay l., July 12.-William
]. Calhoun of (tcago has been ap-
pointed by Pre- ent Roosevelt to be
q special comm oner to Venezuela.
Judge Calhoun make a thorough
investigation in the conditions in
Venezuela so far they relate to the
United States an IS interests.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
FOR WORK ON THE CANAL.
Commission Decides to Import Foreign
Laborers.

Washington. July Ito test the
capacity for work Of Italians. Chinese
and Japanese and also the contract
method Of securing and handling la
borers the Panama canal commission
has decided to import 1000 men of
each nationality for 500-day con-
tract, subject to renewal. Proposals
for furnishing these laborers soon will
be issued. It is the object of the COM
mission to reduce the amount Of this
sort Of labor as much as possible by
the introduction Of modern machinery,
but it will be necessary to secure sew
eral thousand additional workmen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14

mountain near Easton, Pa, has been
ueseroyed by fire. The loss is $3.50, 900.
rive men We're seriously burned dur.
ihs a IRE lighting performance at Co
hey Island and were taken to hospi-
tals Some of them are believed to he
fatally injured
orvllle Gassford, aged twenty-one
years. and his brother, Iced Gassford.
aged sixteen years, were drowned in
NE Belle river at Memphis, Mich,
while swimming.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
ON GOVERNMENT SOIL.

Russo-Japanese Peace ENJOYS to Meet
at Portsmouth, N. H.
Washington, July 11.-Assistant Sec
retary Of State Peirce has announced
that the plenipotentiaries Of Russia
and Japan have agreed on Portsmouth,
N. H.. as the meeting place for the
sessions of the peace conference to
be held outside Of Washington. The
sessions will be held in the govern
ment naval yard at Portsmouth, in the
new building just completed there.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Many Rural Delivery Routes.

During the fiscal year just closed
ffty-four rural routes have been es-
tablished in South Dakota, giving the
state 249 routes. Sixty-six petitions
for routes are pending and under the
new appropriation. now available. they
can be responded to without much de-
lay
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
One School for Whole Town.

The people of the little town of Full
ton are the latest to take steps look
ing toward the construction of new
and modern high school building.
Should the bond proposition carry 1t
is the intention to centralize all the
schools of the township In which Full
ton is situated. This will do away
with several schoolhouses and will
make substantial saving for the tax
PAYERS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
loss to students on clotnlhg ana pea.
ding stored for the summer Is large.
Boy Lost In Wheat Field.

George McCarthy's little boy became
lost in 19O-acre field of macaroni
wheat near Miller and it was with
difficulty that he was located and re.
turned to the house. The wheat Is
five feet tall, In blossom, and will be
ready for the sickle in two weeks.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
SEVEN DEATHS IN FLOOD.
Dozen Others Still Unaccounted For
and Search Is Made.

Pierre. 8. D.. July 12.-Up to the
present the list Of known dead in the
floods in the western part of the state
comprises seven persons. They were
Arthur Austin at Midland. Joe Bra
neke at Bovine, the Wheeler boy near
Fort Pierre. Verne Terrence at Pedro,
Perry Rifeberg, Ed Cook and Fred
Trumbo at Nowlin. About q dozen
people whose places were swept away
by the floods have not been located,
and searching parties are ont 70 and
" they are yet alive.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
RETURNS MORE TRUE BILLS.
Milwaukee Grand Jury lndIcts Public
Officials.


Officials.
Milwaukee. July 12.-Sixty-seven in
dtctments against twenty-five individ-
uals. most of whom are former county
officials, were handed down by the
Milwaukee county grand jury late
Tuesday in the municipal court. And
the probing Of the Jury still goes on,
its term not expiring until Sept. IL.
Tuesdays batch Of true bills, added to
the thirty-eight returned ten days ago.
makes total Of los thus far. with the
expectation that further probing will
result In many more indictments being
brought in later on. Tuesdays list
contains twenty out of twenty-one
names returned in the last batch.
there being few names not before re-
ported.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Young Mems DormItory Rurns.

West hall, the young mems dormi-
tory ON the university grounds at Yer.
million, has been destroyed by fire.
the loss being $4,000. fully insured.
1t was the work Of flrebug. The
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Mans Scalp Torn or,

John Martin, forty years old, met
with serious accident near Pied.
mont He was lying on the railroad
track when freight engine struck
him on the head, tearing off his entire
scalp. Martin died forty eight hours
later
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
All Wolves Not West Of River.

" VS'soo 'Sot Weot OF 0Ivor.
The first claim for wolf bounty for
the new year came from Clay county
for wolf killed on July l. This claim
from one of the oldest counties OF the
state shows that all the wolves are
not west of the river.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
EFFORTS At RESCUE FUTILE.
Thlrty-nine Mon Probably PerIshed in
Prusslan Mine.

Dortmund. Prussia, July 12.-Ef-
forts to rescue the thirty-nine men
who were cut of by the fire in the
Borussia coal mine Monday have been
without success. and It 10 feared they
have perished.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14

Cape Notoro is the most aonthor,v
point OF sakhalin island, on La Pc.
rouse straits, directly facing Cane
soya. on the Japanese coast. It com.
mands the straits.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14

/ July 1.-THE assas-
] prefect of police Of
|dered to be q purely
hs the count was not
Bid and was regarded
best type Of the Rus
|e came from one OF
Is families In Russia.
= son of Count Peter
statesman who repre-
|the Berlin conference,
lionel of the guard reg
B the st. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas per.
AS prefect Of Odessa,
eded General Zelenoi,
emely severe. Count
led the esteem Of al
lenient course. making
hrly popular with the
Impression exists here
vas killed for preserv'
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
JAPs OCCUPY CAPE No1oRo.

o'''S OI SdKHdITn I0I.
and Captured.
Toxic. July 1.-THE navy denart.
nent has received the following from
Admiral kataoka:
Two cruisers and four torpedo
boats left karsakorsk on July 10 with
soldiers on board for the purpose of
landing and occupying Cape Notoro
-Four prisoners were taken"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
I, Prefect OF Mos.
!, Shot Down
assassin
lender Battleship
Point by Occu-
bssian Soil

| 12.-Major General
prefect of police
Fly attached to the
was assas-
ke morning while re-
One of the petition
liver and fired three
Eject, who fell dead.
i arrested.
Who was dressed as q
| been identified. He
rrested as q political
kped from the police
s examination.