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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
GIVE UP
sslAN s%ATTLEsHlP
is TO RouMANiAN
(@HoR'T'Es.

umania, July S.-The
(nce again floats over
Kniaz Potemkine and
bat which have given
3 the Black sea COM
couple of weeks. The
Her of the mutinous
at l p. M. after o
lsions and negotiations
Roumanian authorities
Of the mutineers.
arrived here early In
be Roumanian authori-
Pd the battleship called
Q surrender, In which
be treated as foreign
pc leave the port forth
Oily became apparent
pm vessels returned to
the intention of giving
10 a foreign
soon announced their
the Roumanian terms,
wanted to be permit.
the treasure which was
kniaz Potemkine. but
authorities declined to
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 BaHurr 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 t%hirty-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
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
,rateful breeze from the e served In
n measure to temper the torrid tenn
erature and excessive humidity, but
Ne suffering, especially in the swarm
k tenement house quarters, was in
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
RETURNS MORE TRUE BILLS.
Milwaukee Grand Jury IndIcts Public
Officials.

Milwaukee, July 12.-sixty-seven in.
dictments 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 q total of 105 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 a few names not before re-
ported.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
DEATH LIST rs LARGE
EXPLOSION IN A WELSH MINE RE.
SUITS IN THE LOSS OF OVER
A HUNDRED LIVES.

Cardiff. Wales, July IAN 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 1876.
Altogether sixty-eight bodies have
been recovered,
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

llountain near i%Iaston, Pa, has been
DESTROYED by fire, The loss is $780, 900.
flVe men were seriously burned dur.
ins d IRE fshting performance at Co
hey Island and were taken to hospi-
sals. some Of them are believed to be
fatally injured.
orVllle G%assford. aged twenty-one
years. and his brother, Iced Gassford.
aged sixteen years, were drowned in
we ELF river at Memphis, Mich,
while swimming.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Wednesday,, July IL.

martial law has been proclaimed in
the town and district of Tiais, eau
casia.
Mrs. Helen X. 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 he Intends to retain the services
OF Second Vice President Gage r. Tar.
bell
). Hamilton Lewis, formerly a con.
gresham from the state of Washing.
ton, now a resident of Chicago, has
zen appointed corporation counsel for
the Windy City.
The Chicago city council, by a vote
OF So to 10, has granted the Metronol.
itan elevated railway the right to con-
duct a freight and express %transporta.
ton business for ten years..
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
ON GOVERNMENT SOIL.

Russo,Japanese Peace ENJOYS to Meet
i at Portsmouth,, N. Is.
Washington, July 11.-Assistant Sec
rotary 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
Mubank Merchant Dies.

G. A. Grandson, a merchant Of MIL
bank, died at Bethesda hospital, st.
Paul. MI. Grandson was f1fty.seven
years old. He anne to the United
States In 1865 and for twenty-five
years he has been a merchant at Mil
bank. He vas 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
Tuesday. July II.

Two hundred thousand dollars have
been subscribed to build an AUDITOR
ium at st. Paul.
John selby. q veteran OF the Mex
lean and Civil wars, Is dead at Taco'
ma, Wash, aged eighty-seyen years.
Or. Joseph Moore. former presiden.
o. Earlham college and an eminen'
educator, 10 dead at Richmond, ina.
Paxinosa Inn. . famous summer ~
sost. hotel On tho summit Of Weygau'
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 2Sk cents per pound,
or a total Of s6.84O. which represents
only a part of the colonies income dur
ting the year..
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
Many Rural Delivery Routes.

During the fiscal year just closed
a%fty-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-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
TwENTY.slx KNOWN DEAD.
Fifty Others Injured by the Tornado
In Texas,

In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex. July 7.-Twenty-
six persons are known to have been
killed and so injured by the tornado
which swept over a 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. 8. l.. Tumle-
o and her three children, Mrs. Mary
Lester and her four children, Caleb
White, Mrs. c. P. Williams. Frank
Eakin and two unknown persons, at
JacksbOrO.
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 a new
and modern high school building.
Should the bond proposition carry it
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 a substantial saving for the tax
payers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
ON 4lAL MISSION.
". J. calhou Illinois Sent to vens:

Oyster Bay, L., July 12.-Willlam
J. Calhoun OF (icago has been ap-
pointed by Pre- ent Roosevelt to be
q special comm oner to Venezuela.
Judge Calhoun make a thorough
investigation I'M the conditions IN
Venezuela SO far they relate to the
United States an S interests.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
loss to students on clotn1ng ana e
ding stored for the summer Is large.
Boy Lost In Whest FIeld.

George McCarthy's little boy became
lost in a 1sO-acre field Of macaroni
wheat near Miller and 1t was with
difficulty that he was located and re.
turned to the house. The wheat is
I've 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
Mans Scalp Torn OF.

John Martin, forty years old, met
with a serious accident near Pied
mont. He was lying on the railroad
track when a freight engine struck
him on the head, tearing off his entire
scalp. Martin died f%orty.eight hours
later.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
YOUNG Mems DormItory Burns.

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 a firebug.. The
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 a 500-day con-
tract, subject to renewal. Proposals
for furnishing these laborers soon will
be issued. 1t 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.
eral thousand additional workmen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14

Cape Notoro is the most southerlv
point of Sakhalin island, on Ia Do.
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
EFFORTS At RESCUE FUTILE.

Thlrty.nlne Mon Probably PerIshed in
Prusslan Mine.
Dortmund, Prussia. July 12.-Ef-
forts to rescue the thirty-nine men
who we're cut off by the fire in the
Borussia coal mine Monday have been
without success. and It Ia feared they
have persisted.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
All Wolves Not West Of River.

NH wolves MOI West Of River.
The first claim for wolf bounty for
the new year came from Clay county
for a wolf killed on July 1. This claim
from n 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
JAPs OCCUPY CAPE Noroao

MOST Southerly Point Of SakhaIIn I.I.
and Captured.
Toxic. July 1.-THE navy depart.
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 nrnoso ~
landing n occupying Cape Notoro,
-Four prisoners we're taken"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-07-14
kf,Prefect Of Mos
!, Shot Down
assassin
lender Battleshir
Point by Occu-
ussian Soil

12.-Major General
project of police
Fly attached to the
interior, was assas-
he morning while re-
One OF the petition
liver and fired three
efect, who fell dead.
arrested.
Fho was dressed as q
been Identified. He
crested as q political
hped from the police
examination.
July 1.-THE assas-
prefect Of police OF
ldered to be o purely
as the count was not
BID and was regarded
best type Of the Rus
E came from one OF
8 families in Russia.
j son of Count Peter
statesman who repre-
the Berlin conference.
onel of the guard reg
the st. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas per-
as project of Odessa,
eded General Zelenoi.
emely v e Count
led the esteem Of all
lenient course. making
lrly popular with the
Impression exists here
vas killed for preserv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Finance and rade in
Markets Of the World

loss and the actual gain was probably
caused by transfers from the banks of some
OF the cash held by foreign bankers who
were loent1fied with the Japanese syndicate
noHo negotiation, which was closed out on
the previous week and by offsetting trans
fers to other banks
The loan item was reduced 81, 762, 200, it
being affected by the operations incident to
the transfer of fifty-six millions of japanese
money. This was the amount Of the final
instalment on these bonds. which was paid
TO the syndicate on May %, and that until
last Thursday was held by such syndicate
awaiting instructions from the Japanese
government. In obedience to such instruc-
tons, the funds were transferred to some
OF the larger banks and trust companies,
thus contributing to the cancellation of the
temporary loans of this money which had
been affected by the syndicate.
1.-THE general deposits of the banks were
reduced 81. ga, 800 through the contraction
OF loans, and the required reserve was
thereby reduced s.. 161. 225. which. added to
the net gain of $4,000 cash. as above,
made 1911, 225 as the increase in surplus
reserve to 1887 500. Computed upon the
basis OF deposits. less those Of $12, 731, 700
public funds. the surplus is $13.O10425. 1t
is noteworthy that since May 20 when
loans were expanded $50. 100. 900 the weekly
contraction has amounted to sc, 905 300, and
in this interval fourteen and one-quarter
millions of public deposits have been sur
rendered and last week f1fty-six millions Of
japanese money was shifted from banking
to trust institutions.
"These transfer operations will In all
probability be reflected in the current
weeks bank return. those Of last week
being shown only in the averages. The
bank clearings for the week were likewise
affected by the above noted operations, and
the daily average was $245, GOO, 600. or only
$65. eco GOO less than in the previous week.
1.-The clearings Saturday, representing
Fridays business, were 1925, 1884 Com
parsons of loans show that ten banks re-
duced this item by twelve and one-fifth mill
lions net, one institution showing a con-
traction of twenty and one-haf and an
other an expansion of five and one-third
millions.
Eight banks indicated net loss Of four
teen and one-fifth millions net cash, and
the important gains were eight and one-half
millions by two institutions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
RISEN LONDON MARKET
NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT
FELT UPWARD IMPULSE.
But There Has Been No Increased In
vestment and Speculative Buy
ing Was Small.


Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, June 1O-A light Improvement
has taken place in the stock market this
week based on the belief that distinct
movement towards peace in the far east
is under way. Prices are up a little in
nearly every department, and If at the
close Of the Whitsun holidays 1t appears
certain that Russia and Japan are corning
to a settlement of their difficulties, it is
believed that there will be brisk dealings
on the stock exchange.
Inc Improvement that has already been
hoted mas not been accompanied by in
creased investment and speculative buying
Tor business throughout the week and has
oeen extraordinarily small and distinctly
professional. The marking up of prices
therefore. must be regarded simply as an
expression of professional opinion that bet
ter days are close at hand
Cousols undoubtedly would have gone
ABOVE ninety-one but for the fact that the
exchange was to be closed until Tuesday
Out though the gain for the week in these
ter Of one per cent, 1t has caused great sat
isIactlon TO those who regard it as an ex-
preston or confidence and hopefulness.
Inc same thing may be said with refer
ence to the most significant movements of
lne foreign department. namely the
strength or the japanese and Russian Sc
curities. Advances in those stocks are
looked upon as harbingers of peace and
better business. ~
Even home rails have shown an an.
couraglng tendency despite the dismal out
look Tor Whftsun business. Due to bad
more pronouncedly than any of the other
securities, SO that every quoted stock
showed substantial gain for the week
Mines were dull and depressed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
London Stock Market.
Y Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1O-Early in the weeL
business on the stock exchange was ex-
tremely stagnant. There was SO little dom,
that it was difficult to follow the tendencies
Paris sold steadily, especially South African
mines, the continued fall of which. with the
uncertainty respecting New York, weighed
all the departments down. Some people at
tributed the real cause of the repression to
the scare in Paris regarding Morocco. cans
Ing nervous holders to throw stocks upon
the markets
Toward the week end there was generally
marked improvement on the prospective
imminence of peace, the realization of
which 1t was recognized would give an
enormous stimulus to trade 1t was
pointed out that France can provide
Russia with the required funds to re-
habilitate herself and pay the indemnity,
and that Japan lodging the latter In London
for awhile would supply the market with
means for carrying on huge operations.
Notwithstanding the latter Improvement,
operations were limited, owing to the holi-
days and 1t being the eve of the settlement
The American section merely reflected the
New York quotations. there being an inds-
position to operate in either direction in
view of the obscurity of the financial out
look in Wall street. The movements were
mostly unfavorable, especially in the case
of United States Steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Deals on Foreign Account.

The initiation of measures by the Wash
ington government for bringing about peace
negotiations has been followed with languid
interest in the New York market. and such
effect as has been produced has been re-
Elected from foreign markets. where the
matter is of greater influence
Actual transactions here for foreign ac-
count have been insignificant. An exception
must be made OF the Japanese bonds, which
have been active and strong or the peace
prospects.
Loans placed by foreign bankers have
added to the extreme ease of the money
market, and stock commission houses have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
NEW YORK BANKS.
Official Statement Unexpectedly Favor
able-General Deposits Reduced.

NEW YORK, June 1O-The Financler
says this week:
THE official statement of the New York
associated banks last week was unexpect-
edly favorable. showing an important gain
in the surplus. largely due to the contrac-
ton in loans and consequently in deposits
and reserve requirements. Owing to the
transfers of gold hence to San Francisco
during the week, and also to sub treasury
operations, an important loss of cash was
looked for, but there was an increase in
this item as shown by the statement,
though it was comparatively insignificant.
being only $4,000.
THE discrepancy between the estimated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Furnace Shelter Outputs.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 10.-Judge
Butler. 5r.. chairman of the Bessemer Pig
Iron Association, states that the percent
age of active furnace smelters Of Lake
Superior ore was, on June l. 90 per cent.
which Is exactly the same as on May l.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company,
the Cambria Steel Company and the Penn
sylvania Steel Company each have lou per
cent of their furnaces In blast. The
United States steel corporation, % per
cent: the Bessemer Pig Iron Association,
80 per can't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Baltimore Markets.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 10.-FLOUR-Quiet un-
changed; receipts 1858 barrels; exports, 500 bar
rels.
wHEAT-Quiet; spot. contract, 97sa87%; spot,
10 red western. 97laa97H June. 1854 asked !;
July $751; asked; August, S2# bid September
84,l asked: steamer No. red. 90Aa901a: receipts,
40 bushels; southern by sample, S6a971a; south.
CoRk-steady: spot. 6sa5sA; June. 5sassK /:
July, 5sNa57; steamer mixed. 53a5sA: receipts,
yeoW
oATS-Firm; No 2 white, 35K sales; No. 2
mixed, "a sales receipts, 6.791 bushels.
RYE-DnIl: uptown, No. western, SO nominal;
receipts, 2.51l bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Dull unchanged.
BUTTER-Steady; fancy imitation, 10; fancy
creamery, %; fancy ladie, 17a1S; store packed.
15a16.
EGGS-Firm, 17M.
CHEESE Quiet; large. 1oA; medium. loss;
small, 10X.
sudAR-sseady; coarse sranul.tsd. SEQ; me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
FOREIGN MARKET TRADING.

BERLIN, June 10.-Trading was light on
the bourse today owing to the holidays.
PARIS, June 10.-Trading on the bourse
today was inactive, but at the close prices
were firm Russian imperial As were quoted
at S. 40, and Russian bonds of 1904 at 5O2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Washington Stock EXCHANGE.

Sales.-Regular call, IL O'Clock noon-Wa shington
Rwy. and Elee. pfd. SO at 90, 80 at 90, 80 at 90
Washington Loan and Trust, 3 at 2osM.
Riggs Fire Insurance. 100 at Sla. 100 at 81.
Washington Cas- at 62L. 2 at 62A
Mergenthaler Rights. at Sl1, at 81, 8 at sX,
20 at SE, so at 8N.
Lanston MonOtype, 10 at 1917.
After call-Washington Rwy. and Elec. CON-, 80
at 36h, 80 at 36Is
Washington Rwy. and Elec 49, $500 at 50
81 900 at So 81. 600 at &c.