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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
RUsslA's CROP IN DANGER.
Transportation Blockade and Famine
Have Disastrous Effect.

London, Aug. From an authentic
source it is reported that owing to
lack of transportation and storage IA
cilities in Russia, the grain shipping
situation is in precarious condition.
This spring transportation at st. Pc
tersburg was blocked. At all times
tens of thousands of cars were at
standstill. Recently large number
of cars were received at st. Peters
burg in fermented condition and
were condemned to be burned. This
blockade not only affects the grain
now in storage and in transportation,
whereby thousands of car loads will
- lost, but the safety of the present
crop is also jeopardized, as the outlook
at present is that the way cannot be
cleared to handle the new crop.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Hurt by Explosion.

Iowa Falls, Iowa, Aug. 2. - By the
premature explosion of dynamite at
the Ellsworth Stone company plant
Saturday, Manager Jones and work
man named Cole were badly injured
They were placing three sticks OF
dynamite for blast in drilled hole. A.
piece of stone rolled in, and, in tamp-
ing, sufficient cOncussion resulted to
set off the blast, striking both men in
the face. They were taken to the
Ellsworth hospital. 1t is thought
Jones will lose the sight of both eyes
Cole is less seriously injured
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
General.

Jerry Simpson, former congressman
and nationally familiar as "Sockless
Jerry" of Kansas, is seriously i'll at
his home at Roswell, N. Mex, having
ruptured one of the bloodvessels of
his heart.
The appraisal of the estate of Frank
Croker, who was killed in an automo-
the surrogate in New York. He died
intestate. his father thereby getting
the whole estate, valued at $635,178.
Several independent foundrymen
have signed the wage contract pre-
sented by the Ironmolders' union of
Pittsburg. 1t is probable that strikes
will be called in all the manufacture
ers' association plants on Friday morn
ing.
Through the recent death of Mrs.
Jane Martin of Nevada, Ia, Miss Pearl
Martin, an adopted daughter, has fall
en- heir to fortune of $165, 900. Miss
Martin is sixteen years of age. She
was adopted early in life, her parents
being poor.
Acting on suggestion recently
made several citizens of Philadelphia
have started a lone dollar fund to
help Mayor Weaver defray the heavy
expense he is under in fighting for
the city's rights against the contract
combination and the gang.
After years illness, William An
derson. veteran newspaper man Of
Pittsburg and Until his retirement
three years ago, for sixty years mem
ber Of the editorial force of the Pitts
burg Gazette, died at his home in Will
kinsburg, seventy-eight years old.
In the presence of his family and
many men high in public and private
life, including former President Grow
er Cleveland, simple funeral services
were conducted over the body of for.
mer Secretary of War Daniel s La
mont at Milbrook, N. Y. Immediately
after the ceremonies the body was
transferred to a special funeral train
to New York. Interment was made in
WOodlawn cemetery.
William w. Cotton, with a commits.
sion already in his. pocket, has con
cluded to decline the appointment as
United States judge for the district OF
Oregon, to succeed the late Judge
Bellinger. 1t is believed inducements
have been offered him by the Harri
man system that make it worth while
for him to decline the bench and re-
main where he is as general counsel
of the Hartman North Western lines
Tie cruiser Chicago, the flagship o1
the Pacific squadron, with Admiral
Goodrich and staff aboard. arrived al
San Diego, CAL The admiral immedi
ately appointed board to Investigate
the Bennington explosion.
At two-hours' session of the di
rectors OF the Equitable Life AS
surance society the designations o1
former President James W. Alexande,
and Nevada n. Stranahan, as direct
ors, we're accepted. Paul Morton was
elected president of the society. re
tanning, it is understood, the chair
manship as we'll.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
HORRIBLE DEATH OF WOMAN
Her Clothing Is Burned OFF and the
Flesh Fell From, Her Body.

Flesh + ell r rom Her Eody.
Harlan, Iowa, Aug 2.--The charreG
body of Mrs Peter Helm was found
ycstC rday in a grove eight miles west
of here after search of several hours
A fFe had been started in pile of
tw~s S between her feet, and the wo-
mans clothing was all burned off and
the flesh had fallen from her bones
She had been missing day. She was
left at home in the morning the hus-
band going to a neighbor's to thrash
aud an eight-year-od son going to Il
neighbor's to spend the day. When
they returned they could not find her
The authorities are investigating the
case, as crime is plainly evidenced
but they are handicapped. as no mo-
tive is apparent. Helm is wealthy
German farmer, and the. woman was
about thirty-five years old.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Criminal,

Five prisoners escaped Jail at Gosh
octon, Ohio. A posse was Immediately
formed and started in pursuit.
Charles Fundy, charged with horse
thefts in Peru, Ind, and in other towns
in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.
has been arrested at Milwaukee.
A daring burglary was brought to
light when circulars describing $4,000
worth of stolen jewelry was sent out
to all the pawnbrokers in New York
city. A wealthy man is the victim.
The coroner exonerated Carrie
Dooley. fourteen years old, stepdaugh-
ter of B. D. Gibson of Hinton, w. Va.
whom she killed after he had locked
her in room and threatened assault.
At Union Hall, Franklin county, Vir-
ginia, United States Deputy Marshal
2. T. Wade was shot and killed by
negro named Zephas Poindexter, an
alleged whisky distiller. Wade went
to arrest Poindexter and the negro
fired on him with shotgun. The me-
gro then made his escape.
John Mueller. of Chicago, charged
with killing his wife and child, makes
the novel plea of epileptic somnnam-
bulism. Mueller declares there was
no motive; that he slew his wife in
his sleep. and that his actions were
due to blow on The head received
during labor riot two years ago. He
is conducting his own defense. Muel-
Ter killed his wife and child by shoot
, ing them and then hacking them with
/ an ak.
Police officers Of Erie, Pa. rescued
John Puskus from a mob that had al
ready placed rope around his neck
and appeared ready to lynch him. The
crowd was led by John Semple, father
of nine-year-old girl whom Puskus
Is said to have attempted to assault,
but was driven away by the girls
mother and elder sister. The mob re.
fused to give him up until convinced
that he would be severely punished
by due process of law.
Ernest Starr, nephew of Congress.
man Williamson and an important gov.
ernment witness In the Williamson.
Gessner-Biggs trial at Portland, Ore
i Is missing. 1t Is stated that when
Starr found the Williamson jury was
likely to disagree he left Portland
going to Eugene, Ore, where he struck
out into the mountains. The secret
service agent, assisted by local officers
are In pursuit.
A young girl, about twenty-five. who
wore diamonds and was we'll dressed
was found in the river at Muscatine
/ Iowa, with her throat cut The coro
ner's jury brought in verdict OF muir.
der.
Judge Henry c. Fox of the Wayne
county, Ind. circuit court has instruct.
ed the grand jury to make complete
Investigation of the wrecking of the
Commercial bank at Hagerstown,
whose cashier. John Bowman, recently
killed himself. The court stated that
| II Bowman had aiders and abettors
they should be brought to justice.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Sent to Prison.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 2. - Thomas
Bramfield, who assaulted William
couple of ribs. pleaded guilty and was
given seven years in states prison.
Slater is in the hospital and may yet
die
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
SAVE LABOR; BRING WRECK.
One Of Wo-kn1en Who Get Handcar
Towed May Die of Injuries.

Ada. Mimi. Aug. 2. A drunkeE
carousa of Lockhart railroad labor
ers ended in the serious injury and
probable death of one of them Re-
turning from Ada. where they had
been drinking until late at night. they
ran their handcar against the caboose'
of a freight train and caught hold of it
to save the labor of pumping. The.
car jumped the track, running over
one man, breaking his arm and frac-
turing his skull
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Creamery Is Burned.

Sioux City, Iowa. Aug. 2. - Thirty
thousand pounds of butter and large|
stock of cream were destroyed by fire|
in the burning of the creamery at Corr
rectionville. Iowa, yesterday morning.
Loss. $4,000; insured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Lightning Kills Farmer,

Helena, Mont, Aug. 2. Austin c.
Blair was struck by lightning while
milti ing cows near Kalispell last night
and was instantly killed. Three cows
also were killed and the barn burned
The electric storm was very severe
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

It is alleged that the mutineers Of
the Kniaz Potemkine got $350,0O0 cut
of the war ships strong box. This
may account for their eagerness to go
ashore
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Mrs. Mary Huber of New York
claims that her husband. whose salary
n ~ = week. has been leading dou-
ble life and supporting two families.
There is q financial expert who seems
Is have them all beaten.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Wealthy Pioneer Dies.

Madison, Wis.,, Aug. 90. B. Shale,
a wealthy pioneer, died at his home in
Mount Horeb yesterday, aged eighty
two. He was born in Norway and
was California gold miner of 49,
crossing the plains with oxen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Automobile goggles are worn by
French jockey. We may yet see the
riders equipped with goggles and a
horn, to say nothing of having their
colOrs perfumed with benzine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

The Newark IN. J.) young man who
shot girl because she had failed to
invite him to a party must have been
even more anxious than most ladies
are to get into society.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

The Toledo Blade thinks ''the first
airship ne-from the earth to Mars
Is likely to have Toledo as termi-
nal" Seems probable The airship
will start for Mars and flop back to
Toledo.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A Philadelphia girl killed mad dog
with golf stick, one stroke being
sufIicient. Expert golfers will, how.
ever, be shocked when it is added that
her stance was poor and her address
rather awkward.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

/ Miss Booze of Pennsylvania is suing
q preacher for breach of promise. The
head of the Booze family seldom has
any trouble getting men to keep their
promises of fidelity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
FIVE HURT IN WRECK.
Rock Island Passenger Train Crashes
Into Work Train Near Joliet.

Into Work Train Near Joliet.
Joliet. ILL.,, Aug. 2. - Five persons
were injured in an accident to an east
bound passenger train on the Rock
Island railroad yesterday about mile
west OF Joliet. 1t is thought none OF
the injured will die. The train was
second section, due in Chicago at 1925
a m. The accident occurred at a
switch which had been opened for
work train at gravel pit. The pas
senger train ran on the sidetrack,
striking the work train. A section OF
the Pullman sleeper was torn out
Physicians from Joliet were sum-
moned and the injured were brought
to the city.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
OIL KINGS WIFE Ill.

Constant Criticism Clouds Lite OF Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 2--That the
many criticisms which have been
heaped ON John D. Rockefeller recent
ly have undermined the health OF his
wife was asserted by friend who Wis
tied the Rockefeller home yesterday
The visitor was astonisned, he said. to
see the change that had come over
Mrs. Rockefeller. She was looking ILL.,
he said, and it was apparent that her
health was falling
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

The Dodge Morse divorce case has
coet the city Of New York $4,000, and
tAe end Is not yet. We can hardly
blame the people Of New York for
enfertainiDg the opinion that the scan
al wae not worth the price.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A Memphis paper says that . Mil
waukee man is trying to brew foam
less beer" Well. there are spigot
experts who can draw glass of beer
less foam.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A Chicago insurance man has fail
ed, with liabilities of s357645 ard as
sets of $3.50. There is no accounting
for the. turns that genius sometimes
takes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A scientist of Washington thinks
that pet animals will go to heaven.
and that dog will accompany his
master there. But suppose the master
goes to the other H? Poor dog!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A writer in the New York Globe
rangement is the cause of thought"
Wonder what started the matter to
turn out this profound thought.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Gov. Stokes Of New Jersey partook
Of lemonade and green apple Pie in a
restaurant and then found he did not
have the money to pay for them. A
few lunches like that will bankrupt
Mr. Stokes stomach.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
MINT IN THE WOODS.
Former Convict Arrested on Charge Of
Counterfeitinu.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, Aug 2.--Ceorge
r. West was brought in from ClitheraI
yesterday to answer to the charge OF
counterfeiting. West was at one time.
sentenced to Saltwater for burglary.
and a fellow convict who was re-
leased about the same time he was
had sent him mOlds and materials, and
he had established small mint in the.
woods. He will be held to the falR
term of the federal court
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
PtvER TAKES SUDDEN RISE.
Lowlands Submerged and Corn Dam
aued to Amount Of $25O,OOO

Eldon, Mo, Aug. "A sudden rise
of twenty-five feet of water in the
Usage river through Miller county, be-
ginning Friday evening and reaching
a climax Sunday night caused much
alarm among river farmers and tie
men. The lowlands were submerged
to depth Of three to five feet and the
growing corn on these lands. roughly
estimated at value of $25o,000, will
be total loss.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Says Kate Barry There are many
American jokes at which Englishnel
do not laugh" Still they do catch on
occasionally.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Wizard Burbank expects to produce
a tomato that will taste like fruit. But
fruit is abundant, and why spoil the
tomato?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
GIVES UP TO ExTRAD,TloN.
Man Accused Of Enticing Gaines Girl
Is Taken to Missouri.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 2. - Gabe Will
ford, arrested here recently on a
charge of enticing Leota Gaines from
her home in Wayland, Mo, to Non
tana after deserving his wife, lef last
night in charge of Sheriff Cocknne Of
Clay county, having abandoned his
fight against extradition. The girl and
her father also returned to Missouri.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

We can live forever If we eat the
right things. But who wants to spend
eternity getting up in the morning anu
going to bed at night?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

The Chinese invented gunpowder
and now some people are worrying
for fear that the Japanese will show
them how to use it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A man in Bowling Green was fined
SIS for kissing another man. 1t ought
to have been $150.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Chicago is to have a 100000 school
for cooks. The pupils have not been
secured
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

DR.. Clifford Mitchell of Chicago
says that everybody needs two vaca-
tions a year Only two?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

A particularly bad man is described
as one who knew all the laws of right
living and didn't obey one of them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

If character had Paris label and If
kindness cost money how eager we
would be to possess them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Casualty.

Fire at Waverly, Mo-, destroyed the
Missouri Grain company's elevator.
containing large amount of grain.
Loss, 100000.
Daniel Long was burned to death at
Mcmillan, Mich, his wife dangerously
injured by jumping from second
story window and four-year-Old child
burned to death. Gasoline was the
cause.
Fire at Woodstock, Iowa, wiped out
three large buildings, entailing a loss
of $4,000, with insurance amounting
to about $4,000. The blaze started in
general store.
The steamer George Presley, owned
by the United States Transportation
company of Cleveland, burned to the
waters edge off Washington island.
The crew escaped.
Matte and Grace Wignel, sisters,
aged fourteen and sixteen, we're drown
ed while atteDnting to ford creek
west of Lacygge, Kan. The stream
had been swollen by heavy rain.
Gertrude Stookley, aged ten years,
|. was burned to death in box of lime
at the home of her uncle at Lone Tree,
Iowa.. She was watching the workmen
when she fell into the box. Although
conscious when taken out, she lived
but few minutes.
Miss Neva Manning, aged sixteen,
lies in critical condition as the result
of an accident at. the Devils Back
bone," pleasure resort twenty-five
miles northeast of independence, Iowa
While driving along the top of cliff
her horse plunged over a precipice
100 feet high. The horse was crushed
into a shapeless mass. Miss Manning
received serious injuries, but is still
alive.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

And now a French submarine boat
has demonstrated that the name was
well bestowed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Jim Jeffries doesn't seem likely Ito
retire with the faro championship, any
way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04

Togo's salary is $4,000, but the
magazines have their eye on him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-08-04
Resume 81 the neW$.
WashinQton.


Reports from the immigration sta
tions for the month of June show that
during the month 81 Chinese applied
for admission and that 800 were ad-
mitted.
Invitations have been sent to all the
governors of the states to appoint ter
delegates each to attend a national
congress on immigration Dec. 6 and
z, under the auspices of the national
civic federation.
First Lieut. Lanier Cravens, artil-
lery corps, who was tried by a court
martial at Fort Washington, Md, on a
charge of drunkenness on duty, was
found guilty and sentenced to dismis,
sal, but on the recommendation of the
chief Of staff, cOncurred in by the act
ing secretary of war, the president
cOmmuted the sentence to a reduction
of thirty-two files in lineal rank.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-11
ROAD COMMISSIONER
TENDERS RESIGNATION.
Board Of Supervisors VIII Return to
Old System OF Working Roads.

Hon. b. I. Sayre has resigned his po-
sition as Road Commissioner OF Lehore
county, which was accepted by the
Board Of Supervisors,
Messrs. II. G. Estes, road contractor
for Beat 4, L. B. Henderson for Beat /,
and s. Il. Higdon for Beat :, compromis-
cd their contracts with the county, re-
ceiving pay for what work they had done
and resembling the remainder of their
contracts.
Mr.. A. J. White, contractor OF Beat 5,
was not willing to compromise his con-
tract on the basis proposed by Road
Commissioner Sayre, and II is rumored
that the matter will 60 to the courts for
settlement.
The work of Contractor D. Q. Alexan-
der, of Beat A, having been SO satisfac-
tory from the very beginning the Board
could not annul his eontroct.
The Board has appointed road over
seers for Beats /, 2, 3, and 5, and the
old system OF working the public roads
will be resumed at once,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-11
THE STATES CROP.

Warden John Henry, of the peni-
tentiary board Of control, and Incl
dentally manager and general sup
erintendent Of Mississippi's great
farming interests recently, returned
from a visit to the State farm in the
delta. He reports conditions some
what improved, but bad enough to
satisfy the biggest bull in the mar
ket pen, says the Jackson Clarion
Ledger. There is only one crop in
which the State is interested that it
dares to brag on, though its crops
on all farms are better than those of
her neighbors. On the Rankin
county convict farm there are seven
hundred acres Of corn that is said
by experts as well as all visitors to
be the finest they ever saw in the
State. The 700 acres are planted in
what is know here as the Jones
Prolific corn-a corn that makes
from three to seven ears on the
stalk, and which is the greatest
corn that Mississippi ever found.
The A. and V. railroad runs through
this 70O-acre corn patch, and every
passenger expresses his admiration.
The yield is variously estimated at
from rs to 100 bushels per acre, and
there is every reason to believe that
it will make the lower figure in spite
of wind and weather, as well as ten
to twenty bushels of peas per acre.
The states cotton crop is better
than that Of any private planter, but
it is one-fourth off from an average
yield, and the State does not look to
make any money this fall unless the
price Of the staple holds up to pres
ent figures--a contingency tha t
seems very probable in view of the
weather conditions and the back
wardness Of the season. There are
many thousands of the very best
cotton land in the State that should
have been laid by the 4th of July
which has never yet been sided, or
chopped out the first time, an d
which can not possibly make any
thing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-11
IS NO LONGER
A SUB.A6ENCY.


Greenwood is now the home Of a reg
ular branch house Of the great firm Of
Armour q Co.
Tho rapid increase in the business at
this place has made II necessary for
Armour & Co. to take Greenwood out Of
tho list Of sub-agencies and establish a
branch house here.
Mr.. p. s. Burt, who has been SO cap
ably managing the sub-agency since its
establishment here, will continue to be
In charge Of the business as manager.
He Is always attentive to business and
it's great success is due to his splendid
management.
Mr.. o. r. Schneider arrived last week
to accept the position Of cashier for the
firm, and we welcome him to our little
city.
The firm of Armour & Co. is worth a
great deal to our people, enabling them
to get all kinds Of fine meats and other
products on short notice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-11
new firm OF
COTTON BUYERS.


Mr.. W. r. Bond, Of the cotton firm Of
Messrs. Bond & Kinloeh, Memphis,
arrived In Greenwood this week and
has made arrangements for tho
opening Of a branch Office here on Sep
tember LIST.
The firm Of Bond & Kinloch is a
staunch concern and we most cordially
welcome them to our growing little city.
They have rented the building former
ly occupied by Z. G. Gwin's insurance
agency, just west Of The Commonwealth
Office on Market street.
Greenwood is one Of Mississippi's
foremost cotton markets and the best
buyers are always gladly welcomed here
by the planters and the people gener-
ally,