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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
POLICE HUNT FOR MAYOR.
Paterson Executive Accused of EN-.
bezzIinq 100000.

Paterson, n. j., Aug. 8. - Active
search is being made by the police for
Mayor William H. Belcher, and de-
scriptions of the missing man have
been sent to every city in the country
and to all foreign countries with
which the United States has extradi-
ton treaties. The description of May
or Belcher says: "He is wanted for
embezzling sums of money from pri-
vate individuals amounting to $780,
600. The specific charge on which
the complaint is made is the embezzle.
ment of 81, 300"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
General.

Bishop Robert X. Hargrove of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
died at Nashville.
Capt. James V. Million, a prominent
vesselman of the Great Lakes and
former member of the board of public
works, died at Detroit of paralysis.
The National Negro Business league,
of which Booker T. Washington is
president, will hold it's sixth annual
convention in New York city on Aug.
16, II and IS.
The United Master Butchers of
America is the name decided upon for
the amalgamated association of butch.
ers, which was organized at Grand
Rapids Tuesday.
Caleb C. Willard, owner of the Eb-
bitt house, Washington, D. c., died at
a hotel at Atlantic City. He went
there to recuperate his health. Mr..
Willard was II years of age.
A number of beer gardens and sa-
looms over the county line from st.
Louis were raided Sunday and a mum.
Der of arrests made on charges of vio-
lating the Sunday saloon closing law.
Attorney Edward Furthmann of Chi
cago, who was one Of the prosecutors
in the trial Of the Haymarket an
archists, is dead at Evanston hospital,
following an operation for ~appendi.
citis.
Duane Herbert Church, whose inven.
ton of about $50 machines has revo-
lutionized the manufacture of watches
in America during the last twenty
years, is dead from heart failure at
his home in West Newton. Mass.
Rev. H. T. Besse, a retired minister
of San Jose, CAL, donated $4,000 to
the Wesleyan Methodist church for
educating ministers and missionaries
at the Wesleyan seminary at Hough-
ton, N. Y. Ten years ago he gave
$4,000 for similar purposes. A uni
versity in Kansas and Iowa may be
founded with part of the money.
Lieut.. Lally of the Detroit detective
department received a package con-
tanning $26,0 900 worth of checks and a
note belonging to the Crystal Salt
company of st. Claire. which was rob-
bed some time ago.
On account of the troubled condi-
lions in other Southern cities, owing
to the fever scare. the government au-
.thorities have declared war on mos
quitoes at the naval training station at
Portsmouth, Va, and at the Norfolk
navy yard. Crude oil is being used
freely in the hope Of preventing the
breeding Of the pests.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Resume Of the neWS.
Grimes.


An attempt was made to dynamite
the Indian Ford dam, which furnishes
power for GAINESVILLE and Edgerton,
Wis. The charge failed to explode.
William Demow and his sweetheart,
Amelia Waller, quarreled on their
way home from the theater in Chicago.
Demow became furious at the remarks
Of the young lady and fatally shot
her and then blew his own brains out.
Through a return filed by an under
taker at the Office Of the town clerk at
Middleton, Conn, the fact became pub
lie that on July IA George w. Tweed,
a son of the late William M. Tweed
of New York, known as BOSS" Tweed,
committed suicide by jumping from an
upper veranda of the Connecticut hos
pital for the insane.
A riot in which several hundred
people took part occurred in South
Chicago, where three detectives en-
ployed by the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railway attempted to arrest
Charles B. Frame for riding on a sand
train. The detectives in trying to
make the arrests were compelled to
use their revolvers and the crowd re-
taliated with bricks and stones. A
number of people were injured in the
fight.
While engaged in a political contro-
versy in a Spring Bay, ILL.,, saloon,
Alfred Kosher, township supervisor,
hit Henry Ahrens, alderman, over the
head, telling him to the floor and kill
ing him. A dozen townsmen wit
messed the tragedy and Kosher gave
himself up. The dispute arose over
the moving of weeds on a boundary
line, and the men Don came to blows.
Ahrens, in falling, struck his head
against an iron railing, and from this
injury died almost instantly. The
men have been fast friends all their
lives.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
HOPED THAT GOVERNMENT CON.
7RoL WILL REVIVE CON.
FiOENCE.
PATROL BOATS ARE SEIZED
LOUISIANA NAVAL MILITIA CAP.
TURES TWO MISSISSIPPI
BOATS.
New Orleans, Aug. Clever report

New Orleans, Aug. O-Fe'ei iepoi%
up TO q p. M:
NCN cases >"
Total cases to date. .......,......4'S
Deaths yesterday .............. D
Total deaths to date............. 80
New sub-toci 10
Total Sub-foci 10
The record for the day is a surprise.
as many confidently looked for a
larger number of new cases in view
of Thursdays large report. There Is
a larger proportion of non-foreign
names in yesterdays list than has ap~
peared yet, and that is the only phase
of the report that causes any uneasl-
ness, for it shows that the disease is
making its way among other elements
of the community.
Ask Government to Take Hold.
With no intention of admitting the
fever situation to be beyond control,
but in the hope of reviving confidence
here and elsewhere in the South Of
fcials and business interests decided
yesterday to send a request to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to have the United
States government assume full charge
of the struggle now in progress TO
wipe out yellow fever from New Or
leans and Louisiana. The public ap-
proves the action taken. Expectation
is that within the next two days Sur
geon General Wyman, with all the re-
sources of the government, will be en-
listed actively in the campaign.
Wyman Will Take Charge.
Washington, Aug. 6. - President
Roosevelt last night forwarded to Sur
geon General Wyman, of the public
health and marine hospital service, a
telegram from Gov. Blanchard OF
Louisiana, requesting that the United
States government take control of the
yellow fever situation in New Orleans.
The president directed the surgeon
general to take every step in his pow
er to meet the situation in New Or
leans, and to notify him what further
action is advisable and possible for
the federal authorities to take.
DR.. Wyman will confer to-day with
Secretary Shaw, the surgeons in the
marine hospital service, and others as
to the best course to pursue on Gov
Blanchard's request, and on their
conclusions DR.. Wyman's report to
the president will be based.
Patrol Boats Seized.
New Orleans, Aug. 6.-The Missis-
sippi patrol boats apparently thought
the appearance of the Louisiana naval
militia yesterday was purely for effect
and not to stop their further depreda-
tons in Louisiana waters. They
found out their mistake when the flag
ship Of the patrol squadron, the Grace,
and another vessel, the Tipsey, sta
toned at Lake Borgne canal, were.
seized, their flags hauled down and the
officers and crews placed under ar
rest. The crew of the Tipsey will be
taken to st. Bernard parish, while the
crew of the Grace will be brought TO
this city, both to await the action If
the grand juries Of the respective
parishes in which their alleged Of
fences were committed. The Tipsey,
accompanied by a launch, was guard
ing the mouth Of Lake Borgne canal,
which connects Lake Borgne with the,
Mississippi river, six miles distant.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Russ,A's CROP IN DANGER.
Transportation Blockade and Famine
: Have Disastrous Effect.


London, Aug. S.-From an anthem
tic source it is reported that owing to
lack of transportation and storage IA
cilities in Russia, the grain shipping
situation is in a precarious condition.
This spring transportation at st. Pc
tersburg was blocked. At all times
tens of thousands of cars were at a
standstill. Recently a large number
Of cars were received al ST. Peters
burg in a 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
be 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 Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Two Girls Fatally Injured.

Danville, Ind, Aug. 6.-West-bound
Big Four passenger train ran down a
horse and buggy driven by the three
dauThters OF Robert Westerfeld here
Yesterday afternoon. fatally injuring
two OF the girls. one of whom died
later. The other was badly injured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Fell In Creek and Drowned,

MenomOnie. Wis, Aug. 6.--Tne cor.
oner's jury found that Mrs. Isaac
Friedman. who was found floating in
Wilson creek, died of heart failure
while preparing to take a bath, and
fell into the creek. The body foated
in less than a day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
aovcott In

Yokohama, Aug. S.--The meeting of
Chinese, which, it was announced,
would be held yesterday, resolved to
boycott American bankers, shippers
and insurance agents, but deferred
action with regard to other lines OF
business.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Baby Killed by Fly Poison.

'uosllsV SIsIH 8 'SnV 'InBd rs
two years old, was killed early yester-
day morning by drinking the fluid
from poison fly paper. The coroner
investigated the case and decided
that the child's death was the result
of an accident.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
WHISKY
Steamboat, Sunk Fifty.Three Years
Ago, Is Found.

Bellevue, Neb., Aug. S.-After lying
in the mud and sand of the Missouri
river for fi%fty-three years, the old
steamboat City of New Orleans has
been uncovered by the recent high
water and it's cargo of 160 barrels Of
whisky will probably be recovered.
The remains of the boat was found
two miles above this place. The find
ers have placed guards in charge and
are rigging a derrick above the old
hull so that the barrels may be hoist
ed out. 1t will be necessary to have
divers do the work, as a strong cur
rent is flowing over the sunken
steamer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Senator Farris Acquitted.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 8.-State
Senator Frank H. Farris was yester-
day acquitted by a jury in the circuit
court on a charge of bribery in con-
nection with a bill introduced al the
session of the state Legislature in 1901
to repeal the statute prohibiting the
use of alum IN the manufacture of
baking powder, commonly known as
the "alum bill"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Kills Wife and Self.

La Porte. Ind, Aug. 6.-David Reed
OF Hamlet, fifty years old, yesterday
snot and killed his wife and walked,
iorr miles to Kankakee river and,
crowned himself. No a is Known
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Mob Lynches Two.

Hattiesburg. Miss. Aug. 6.-Rdward
Lewis n Kid George, two negroes,
were lynched last night by a mob
The men were charged with being &C.
cessories to the murder OF Convict
Guard ]. G. Smith yesterday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
LEFT As HOSTAGE; DIES.
New York Girl Is Frightened to Death
by Footpads.

New York, Aug. 8. - Left by her
sweetheart as a hostage while he went
in search of money to satisfy the de.
mands of footpads, Loretto A Pfeiffer.
twenty, of this city, was SOC after
found in a dying condition on the
doorstep of the residence Of ex-Chief
Of Police Sullivan of North Bergen,
N. j., and expired within a few min
utes. Her sweetheart. Nicholas
Mountray, was arrested when he ap-
peared at the Hoboken police head
quarters to make inquiry about the
girl. Doctors Holstein and Lentz.
who examined the body. say death
was due to heart disease. probably
due to fright.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
MORTON IN A WRECK.
Automobile Is Disabled, but Car Con
ductor Is the Only One Hurt.

New York, Aug. g.. - Paul Morton,
president of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society, and Mrs. Morton had a
narrow escape from serious injury
when their automobile ran into an
Eighth avenue car. Mr.. and Mrs.
Morton were on their way across
town when in attempting to avoid a
south-bound car the wheel slipped and
the machine struck the car a glancing
blow. The conductor was thrown from
the platform and slightly hurt and the
automobile was temporarily disabled,
but M further damage was done.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Casualty.


Disastrous floods are ravaging the
Aosta valley in Italy and twelve per.
sons have been drowned.
The American schooner Honolulu,
now 125 days out from Shanghai for
Puget Sound, has been given up for
lost and further reinsurance refused.
A bad wreck seven miles south of
Barron on the 500 short line, caused
by a loose brake bar, severely in
jured Conductor George Weymier and
two others.
The winter quarters of the Wallace
shows were threatened with destruc.
ton at Peru, Ind. Several barns and
$50 tons of hay were burned. Farmers
saved the rest.
Miss Edna Fisher, Miss Lillian Zieg-
Ter and Miss May Zeigler, aged from
sixteen to twenty-eight,. were drowned
in the Columbia off Government ISL
and, near Vancouver, while in bathing.
The plant of the Pittsburs Pulley
company at Grafton, Pa, owned by
Golf, Horner & Co. of Pittsburg, was
totally destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of s85, 000, covered by insurance.
A ~six-year-old girl was run down
and probably fatally hurt in Brooklyn
by an automobile. A mob attacked
the chauffeur, Nils Brolin, who was
saved from serious injury by a police
Fireman Charles Kitchener of
Cleveland was instantly killed and
Engineer A. Whitman severely hurt
when the Wheeling & Lake Erie en-
CINE On which they were was wrecked
hear Cleveland.
Mrs. John B. Gagon, a wealthy
widow, and her sister, Mrs. William
Turner, were fatally injured at La
fayette, Ind, in a runaway accident
caused by the breaking of the front
axle of their surrey.
In an explosion of a gasoline launch
at Montgomery, w. Va, Robert and
Otto Huddleston were killed and two
others narrowly escaped death. The
latter were Elmer Smith and John
Morrison, who swan ashore after the
explosion.
The d. A. Moore Storage company's
four-story brick building at Kansas
City was destroyed by fire, causing a
loss estimated at $100, 900. About 700
families had furniture stored with the
company and it is difficult to estimate
the extent of the loss.
Two inmates of the house of correc-
ton at Milwaukee are dead and four
others are dangerously i'll in that in
stitution from drinking wood alcohol,
said to have been obtained at South
Side resorts some days ago before the
victims were sentenced to the work
house.
William c. Senton, forty-three years
old, drank twelve goblets of whiskey
while calling in the afternoon on a
friend in the hills at Coshocton, Ohio,
and while on his way home laid down
under an old apple tree by the road
side to sleep. He was found there
dead the next morning. He leaves a
widow and five children.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Three duels were fought in Missis.
sippi the othe- f"v. four of the six
principals beir g lil,ed Over in France
peorlc will regard {! is as a new 70.
manc by some writer with an extra.
ordinary Imagination.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

In Boston the people are stringing
live wires on their back fences for the
purpose of keeping the cats off al
night. The S. P. c. A. has not felt
called Upon to act.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

This is a tin a civilization. In the
days of Washington. there weren't any
tin cans. Now, one great concern
makes fifteen can annually for every
man, woman and child in the country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

That proposed combination to con.
troll the raisin market will create less
excitement o thar it may next Oc-
tober or November when mince pies
are ripe.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Work was suspended in SGain the
other day as a protest against the
dearness of provisions. The cable
neglects to report that the price OF
provisions came down.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Runaway ream kills China

Flaxton, N. d., Aug. 6.-Joseph, the
three-year-old son of j. J Manson. a
farmer living near this place. was in.
stantly killed yesterday afternoon by
q runaway team.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

At Rye, N. Y, the constables stop
swiftly moving automobiles by shoot.
ing holes in the tires. They must have
some expert wing shots on the Rye
force.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

The declaration of NJ. Delcasse that
sea power is the first requisite for :
notion at a moment Of peril must be
most 6iscouraging to Switzerland.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

A Pittsburg millionaire disinherited
Why Go millionaires who have chill
dren continue to run foolish risks by
living in ~Pittsburg?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Apropos of the coming siege of Via
divostok, Gen. Chreschcharitzki com,
mands the troops in the Essuri re
gion. Just give a good sEeeze and
you've got it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Chicago's new directory shows more
residents engaged in keeping saloons
than in any other business. The old
law of supply and demand.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

No. the announcement of 900 per.
sons killed and IA 1877 injured does not
relate TO some great battle in the far
east. II is simply part of the inter.
staiecr~werce commissions report
on railway casualties for the first
three .xa;hs O. lcC5.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
COPS HUNT MAD DOGS.
Number of Animals Are Killed After
One Bites Score,

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 8.-Nearly the
entire police force was detailed to
hunt down supposedly mad dogs,
which were causing terror in several
sections of the city. Three were
killed by officers and others were shot
by their owners before the police ar
rived. A canine owned by Clark &
Clark, hverymen. suffering from what
was believed to be a strange form Of
hydrOphobia. bit more than a score of
dogs, chickens and other animals, all
of which died or had to be killed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Lord Roberts says the army OF
Great Britain is altogether inadequate
and inefficient. This applies only tc
mere fighting, however. At polo and
pink teas the army shines as much as
ever.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
Two Killed In Mine:

Cumberland, Wyo., Aug. 8. Two
men were killed, wv severely and six
slightly injured in an accident at
Nine No. l of the Union Pacific Coal
company.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

1.-THE country editor is close to his
constituents" says the Chicago Chron,
icle. And if many of the constituents
were not so close the country editor
would be considerably better off.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Now that drugs have been discard.
ed from the French army, how are
they going to hold trumhead court.
martials after this?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

An automobile trip through Africa,
such as Mr.. Glidden contemrlates for
next fall, is something that never oc-
CURED to DR.. David Livingstone.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Camille Flammarion, the French as.
tronomer, wCvid probably find 1t much
easier to get the world to accept that
new calendar OF his. If he would only
insert two or II ree October days In
every week all through July and Au'
gust.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

1t was a reporter with some hunor
who stated that at the end of a local
party the guests went nome and the
neighbors went to Sleep
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

King Edward is wearing blue cog
giles. He probably can not stand Il
fierce light that beats urOn the
throne"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

What wonderful skill some people
show in having everything their OWE
way and still being such angels abou'
it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

People have plenty of money to in
vest this summer, judging by the way
the new Japanese loan has been over
subscribed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

Diplomacy, says Baron Rosen, re
sembles whist. Yes; and in the in
pending game the Japs will hold tie
trumps.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

1t appears to be a highly profitable
occupation making the smart set
smart.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

The New York mar who is charged
with having led a double life on a sal
airy of 81 a week must be a vegetarian.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

The latest slang word is "chuff."
We don't tell you what it neal for
fear that you may use it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

The wife of a ball player saw her
husband play a game, then went home
and killed herself with carbolic acid.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

New York is putting up a claim as a
summer ESQ There are some genu-
inc humorists in New York.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

cool as she looks-sometimes-but We
don't believe it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10

England, says the London Times
follows the procedure of the lobster.
j. B. is growing frank.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-10
BURNED IN

Slips into Fiery Charcoal
Kiln.
Marquette, Mich, Aug. 6. - John
Mccarthy, aged t~hirty-ive and mar
ried, met a horrible fate here while at
work at the Carp River furnace plant
Of the Pioneer Iron compeny. He was
engaged in whitewashing the exterior
OF a charcoal kiln. He slipped through
the opening onto the burning wood be-
low, where he was quickly smothered
and burned to death, 4