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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
AROUND The STATE
.EvENTs OF "A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Wentworth Man Suicides After Futile
Attempt at Double Murdor-Row
at Sioux Falls May Result
in one Fatality.

Information has reached Madison Of
the suicide Of George Weissenburger
at Wentworth after he had ATTEMPTED
to murder Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Eckland,
neither Of whom was injured. After
firing at the couple Weissenburger
wandered about town all night, defy.
ing citizens who sought to arrest him,
and finally entered a hardware store
where he was employed Here he re-
moved his shoes, rolled up his coat to
serve as a pillow and after lying down
on the floor blew out his brains with a
revolver The attempted murder OF
the Ecklands occurred just after the
couple had returned home from bug
gy ride. Weissenburger had secreted
himself In their house and fired on
them with revolver as they entered
the door. The bullets went wide and
neither was harmed. The would-be
murderer then left the house. Weis-
senburger was a suitor of Mrs. Eek
lands before her marriage and jeal-
ousy is the supposed cause Of the
tragedy.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
REPLY OF OPERATORS
PRESIDENT OF MINERS UNION
TOLD THERE is NOTHING
TO ARBlTRATE.

New York, April ia sub-commit-
tee of presidents Of the anthracite coal
carrying railroads and mine operators
met here during the day and drew up
a letter to President John Mitchell Of
the United Mine Workers of America,
in which the operators again declare
that there is nothing to arbitrate ex-
cept the question whether there shall
be any arbitration. This reply Is
made in response to President Mitch.
ellis recent amended proposition Of ar
bitration. The operators do not, how
ever, refuse point blank to accept Mr..
Mitchell's latest plan. They assert
that all the differences between the
miners and their employers have been
decided by the strike commission and
that there is no reason why another
attempt should be made to arbitrate
them. The operators aver that the
miners have rejected all the proposi
tions and that they have nothing fur
ther to offer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Monday, April 1e.

Arthur Turnure, editor and pub
fisher Of Vogue, is dead In New York
city. He was fifty years Of age.
France Is the only foreign power
which has been invited to participate
In the Paul Jones ceremonies at Ann
apolis on April "a.
Charles H. Watson, aged sixty-two
years, secretary Of the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company, is
dead at Milwaukee.
It is reported on good authority that
b. II. Hartman is to build a road
from Kansas City through Indian Ter
sritory to Denison, Tex.
Lieutenant General John G.. Bates
has been placed on the retired list Of
the United States army, having
reached the statutory age.
General e. S. Bragg, who has been
consul general Of the United States
ct Hongkong for the past three years,
has arrived at San Francisco.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
EARTHouAkE VICTIMS.
Mere Than = Hundred Dead % Rssult
81 Formosa Disaster.

Mefe Than Hundred Dead % Result
q Formosa Disaster.
Toxic. April 16.one hundred and.
nine persons are said to have been
killed and nineteen injured IN the
earthquake In the southern part OF the.
island Of Formosa. Further details.
II Il expected. will swell the death roll,
- the shock was more severe than
that OF March II.
Later reports received from Tor
;mosa confirm the earlier rumors Of the
complete destruction Of Kagi. whore
seven persons were killed and thirty
6ve injured.
At Dalgo 400 buildings were de-
stroyed and at Ajensui 1851 nildingsS
collapsed and 749 were damaged.
Three persons were killed and dfteen5
injured there.
These later advicss say that this
shock was more powerful than that Is
March "a, but as the people had been
warmed they were able e escaaps q
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Monday, April 16.

House-It being suspension day. q
number Of important measures were
passed, notable among them being the
bill permitting the withdrawal from
bond, tax free, Of domestic alcohol
when rendered unfit for beverage or
liquid med dicinal uses by mixtures with
suitable denaturing materials.
senate-Railroad rate bill discussed
by Mr.. Hepburn (Ida.) and the Indian
appropriation bill taken up for consid-
Grafton.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
sAhks GET usE oF GOLD.
Shaw Advances Amount Now Oh Way
From london.

Shaw Advances Amount Now on Way
3 From London.
New York. April n. Announcement
that Secretary OF the Treasury shaw
has permitted the National city bank
TO draw gold from the United states
treasury department pending the ar
rival Of gold engaged BY this bank Tor
import from London was made during
the day The bank wan allowed the
use Of the government gold upon de-
posting bonds sufiicient to cover the
amount OF the import. Gold engaged
by the National City bank for impor.
tation from London amounts to- over
$40, 600, ,00O. 5Ss
The gold advanced ~ the treasury
department y to be returned by the
bank mediately upon receipt 81 the
European gold. \
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Coed Price for state Land.

State Land Commissioner Bach and
his assistants, who went to the north
ern part of the state to make offerings
of state lands, have returned to Pierre,
having made sales in the counties Of
Day and Marshall. In Day county l.
300 acres Of common school land was
sold at an average price Of little over
$16 per acre. the lowest selling price
being stt2 per acre and tbs highest $50
an acre. In Marshall county most of
the land disposed of was agricultural
college land and the commissioner sold
$500 acres. The average was about
SIG per acre, with $40 for the lowest
tracts and $40 for the highest.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Tuesday, April II.

Samuel T. Rathel, one Of the best
known real estate dealers and auction
GERS In st. Louis. killed himself by
shooting.
The Standard on company has an-
nounced an additional advance in the
price Of refined oil and gasoline Of
half cent per gallon.
David g. st. Charles, an engineer 81
San Francisco, has invented q repeater
which will make it possible to tete-
phone from that city to New York.
Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, chairman 81
the Louisiana Democratic state central
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Thursday, April Il.

senats-Mr. Foraker CO., spoke at
length on railroad rate regulation, urg-
Ing the unconstitutionality OF the pend
Ing bill from various points Of view.
House-Mr. Cochran IN. W occu-
pied an hour In discussing the subject
of general debate" as recognized In
the house when appropriation bills
Rre under consideration.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
eia Tract Of Land for settIerel.

Dig ITdCI OF IdHu TOT SettIeT4s
Alloting on the Cheyenne River In
dian reservation has been completed.
the last work being done on Cherry
creek, where the older Indians have
made their last stand for the old ways
and where they held out against allot-
ments to the last. The total amount
which was taken by the Indians was
100000 acres. leaving practically q
100000 acres of unassigned lands on
that reservation. This land at some
date in the future will be opened to
settlement and is as good as any land
In South Dakota. It will mean homes
for thousands Of new population in the
western half of the state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
the life out OF Davis and dangerously
injured Hollenbeck,
Two Years for Postoffice Robber.

Two Years for Postoffcs Robber,
Judge Garland, In the United States
court at Sioux Falls, sentenced Ed
Snyder to q term Of two years at hard
labor in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
and imposed fine Of 500. Snyder a
few days ago pleaded guilty to an in
dictment charging him with breaking
into the postof1ce at Mansfield, Brown
county, and carrying OF registered
package containing $11.78.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20

street and Albany avenue this evening,
when boy rushed into the crowded
sanctuary and in high pitched voice
shouted fire."
When the wild rush for the doors
and windows was over 1t was found
that five persons had been killed and
that others had been crushed or
bruised in the frenzied efforts of the
400 persons to escape.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, April II Wheat To arrive
and on track No. Northern, 8O1ac;
NO. Northern, 787sc; May, 8011c;
July, 81c; Sept, 79lac. FlaxTo ar.
rive and on track, 81 1874; May, $119;
July, $1.2OA; Sept, 81 1.19z
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

y Chicago, April Il. Cattle -Beeves,
$4.OO@6.40;s cows and heifers. s2.76@
4.25; stockers and feeders, $2.45@
54.25;; Texans, $3.90@4.5O. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $6.50@6.80; good
heavy, $6.70@6.8211ss Is rough heavy,
s6.45m6.6O; light. $3.50 0@6.77118; pigs,
s6.10@s.55. Sheep, $3.75 06. .s5; lambs.
k4.5OG6.75. ss 3s y
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Tuesday, April ~.

House-Eleven bills Of general In
terest passed, including the national
..s arart!as BIZ. also 57J private pen.
sion bills.
senate--Mr. Tillman discussed his
resolution calling for an investigation
OF campaign contributions. Mr.. Fos-
ter spoke for three hours in support Of
the pending rate regulation bill.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Friday, April IL.

House Postoff1ce appropriation bill
completed after q roll call on the
Southern fast mail subsidy provision.
which was retained.
senate-Rate regulation bill tenn
porarily laid aside and the entire day
devoted to bills on the calendar. OF
these more than 800 were passed.
most OF them being private pension
bills.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20

committee ana one OF the most prom
inent lawyers in the South, is dead at;
New Orleans, aged fifty-four.
Two hundred agents Of the Cana
dian Express company along the lines
of the Intercolonial railway are on
strike to enforce demand made some
time ago for higher rate Of compen-
sation.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, April II. Wheat
May. 7S@78hc;; July, sO1c; Sept.
1880. On track No. hard, 8Ozsc;
No. l Northern, so ssc: No. 2 Northern,
1875 @79szc; No.3 Northern, TO 7Sc.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, April II Wheat May,
sossc: July. 7s1s@ @7sAc; Sept. 7S0
781hc. Corn May, 46N 047c; July,
461y4 QD461 ~ q; Sept, 46 " {. Oats May.
Blk @3l7sc; July, 30A 030Mc; Sept.
329Nc. Pork May, 1920; July, $16.-
IS. Flax Cash, Northwestern. 81
i51;; Southwestern, $1.0Sh1s May, 81
I7Nk. Butter Creameries. no 20 11Sc;
aairies, 140 01sc. Eggs1
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
ST. paul Union stock Yards. {

st. Paul, April Il Cattle Good to
choice steers. $4.25@5.5O; common to
fair, $a.50Q400; good to choice COWS.
and heifers, $3.00@4.50; yeals. $1.5O@1
Ats. Hogs $6.45@6.60 sheep-Ye
ling wethers. s5.25@6.oO; good to
choice lambs, $6.O0@6.5O.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
saturdsyAn-.. "a

.
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
indicate that satisfactory conditions
prevail in almost every section of the
country.
Richard Garnett, the English au-
thor, is dead in London Of internal
hemorrhage. He was seventy-one
years old.
The American steel foundry plant
at Granite City, Ill, closed down Fri
day because of strike Of 300 Of the
$500 men employed.
The government Of New Zealand
has started to deal in coal, having es.
tablished agencies for the retail dis
tribution Of state mined coal.
Among the storage passengers on
the steamer Pennsylvania, which ar
rived at New York Friday from Ham
burg. were 1900 n1er, all registered as
unmarried and nearly all Of them Rus
SLAMS, who said they had served as
soldiers in the war against Japan.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
saturdax, April 14.

House Entire session devoted to
eulogies Of the life and career Of the
late Senator Platt Of Connecticut.
Senate Brief session held and ad.
journment taken to attend laying Of
cornerstone Of Office building orhouse
OF representatives.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Chinese Towns Open to Trade.

Toxic, April 17.-It was semi-offi-
cially announced during the day that
Antung and Tatungkau. both near the
mouth of the Yalu river, will be opened
to trade and travel May /. Mukden
will be opened June and other places
soon after that date.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
District Attorney Elliott Resigns.

! A decided sensation has been caused
ct Sioux Falls by the resignation Of
James D. Elliott, United States attor.3
ney for South Dakota. For several
months the South Dakota delegation
In congress has been in deadlock over
the appointment Of Mr.. Elliott's sue
cessor, Senator Gamble supporting
him for reappointment, while Senator
Kittredge had an opposition candidate
in the person OF A g. Biernatski of
McCook county. It Is presumed this
will break the deadlock.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Miner County Plans Annual Fairs.

The committee appointed at the re-
cent farmers Institute at Howard with
authority to raise money for the pur-
chase of land to be used for county
fair purposes is meeting with good
success and it now is practically GER
tain that Miner county hereafter will
have annual county fairs The resi-
dents Of the various towns, as well as
the leading farmers, are purchasing
the County Fair association stock,
which has been limited to $40 a share,
and only two shares can be sold to any;
one person.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Fortune for MISSING Man.

A fortune awaits w. ii. Albright, a
pioneer resident of Sioux Falls, whose
present whereabouts are unknown,
and will be turned over to him Il he
can be found.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
BOY STA RTS a PANIC
FIVE KILLED AND MANY lNJUREp1
FOLLOWING CRY OF FIRE in
CHICAGO CHURCH.

Chicago, April IA. Panic and death
brought to q tragic end the Easter
eve services at ST. Ladimillas Roman
Catholic church 1t West twenty fourth
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
MOB At SPRINGFIELD, MO-, Exc.
cUTEs THREE NEGROES IN
PUBLIC SQUARE.
TIVE Of the Men Accused Of AssauItlng
white Girl and the Other Charged
With Murder-six Companies Of
State Troops Sent to the Scene to
Prevent Recurrence Of the Race

Troubles.
Springfield, Mo-, April 16.-Three
negroes were hanged and burned here
Saturday night and Sunday morning,
two of them for criminal assault upon
a woman and one for murder.
A mob of 5000 men Saturday night
took two negroes, Horace Duncan and
Jim Copeland, from the county Jail,
hanged them to the Goddess of Lib
srty in the courthouse square, built a
fire under them and roasted them to
death.
The men were charged with assault
ing Mabel Edmondson, but protested
they were innocent.
Instead of attacking the jail the
mob first stormed the residence of the
sheriff, breaking down the doors,
smashing windows, destroying prac-
tically all the furniture in the lower
part Of the house and rendering the
sheriff's wife unconscious from fright.
Overcoming the resistance Of the
sheriff and posse of deputies the mob
secured the key to the jail and gained
an entrance. It had no difficulty in
locating the cells of Duncan and Cope
land.
The mob took third negro, Will
Allen, from the Jail early Sunday
morning and consigned him to sim
ilar fate.
Prosecuting Attorney Patterson and
Sheriff Horner are said to have Sc
cured the names of more than 100 men
who took part in the lynching. The
leaders Of the mob were not disguised,
but worked in the full glare of the
electric lights on the square.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
Company Modifies Order When Men
Go Out on Strike.

GO Out on Strike.
Irwin, Pa, April 17.The foreign
miners at Edna No. 2 struck again dur
ing the day, their grievance being
peculiar one. Recently the company
issued an order cutting off the supply
of beer by refusing to allow agents to
sell or deliver in the town. The arrest
Of two agents caused the miners to
hold an indignation meeting and they
decided to strike.
The company then agreed to modify
the ruling by allowing beer in limited
quantities to be brought In and the.
men returned to work.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
YOUTH SHOOTS A NEGRO.
Tragedy Adds TO- the Excitement at
Sprinufieid, Mo.

Springfield, Mo-, April 17.Leslie
Peters, sixteen years old, shot and
killed one Of two negroes who attacked
him In this city during the evening
while he was escorting young lady
home from party The negroes ac-
costed him at the gate of the young
lady's home and one of the negroes
fred two shots from a revolver at him.
but neither shot took effect. Peters
Immediately fired four shots at the me-
.groes, killing one OF them, and the
other escaped. The dead negro is
Ralph Burns. Peters went to the pos
Ace station and gave himself up. but
was released without bond.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, April IL.


Fifty-eight new cases of typhoid fe-
yer were reported to the Pittsburg
bureau of health Wednesday.
Contracts have been awarded by
the Carnegie Steel company for the
construction of two large blast fur
naces at Rankin, Pa, at cost of
$2,000,000. 81
American eagles were bought heav-
lly at the Bank Of England Wednes-
day for American account. The bro
kers estimated that the purchases to-
tailed $5,o0O,O0O.
A. o. Welch of Antigo, Wis, was
found dead in a room at the Sherlock
hotel at Madison. The cause of his
death is mystery. He was about
thirty-six years old.
Brigadier General Milton Wells is
dead at Footville, Wis. He was colo
mel of the Fifteenth West Virginia
regiment during the Civil war. Gen
eral Wells was prominent Mason and
was a pastor of the Methodist church.
Friday, April 13.
George B. Hibbard, the we'll known
marine lawyer, is dead at Buffalo, N.
T., aged eighty-two years.
Preparations are being made for the
early beginning of work on the rail-
roads to be built on the islands of
Panay, Negros and Cebu in the Philip
pines, concessions for the construc-
tion Of which were recently granted.
The civil tribunal of the Seine at
Paris has annulled the opposition of
the mother of Count Roger de Mar
timprey, who tried to prevent ner son
from marrying Miss Florence Drouil-
lard of Nashville, Tenn, the divorced
wife OF Count Bernard de Pourtales.
According to a bulletin issued by the
department Of commerce and labor
the total value of agricultural products
exported from the United States for
the eight months of the fiscal year
1905 ending with February was $780,
100000, as against $57O, 100000 in the
same period of 1900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-20
TROOPS ON THE SCENE.
Ok Companies Of State Militia on Duty
at Springfield.

az ~ FA1bSbSsNs 3
Springfield, Mo-, April 16.-Quiet
prevails here and the indications are
that the race trouble is over. The
presence of the troops has had the
effect of bringing the people to full
realization Of the situation. The last
Of the state militia ordered here by
Governor Folk arrived early in the day
and six companies now patrol tho
streets.
With the first appearance of the sol
diers there came a revulsion of senti-
ment. A decided reaction set in and
people began to condemn the action Of
the mob that lynched the three ne.
Groes and burned their bodies. This
feeling continues to gain strength, es-
pecially as 1t has become thoroughly
appreciated that Mabel Edmondson,
the white domestic, has declared posi-
lively that Duncan and Copeland, two
OF the negroes lynched, were not her
assailants. This also was heightened
by the arrival from Jefferson City Of
an assistant attorney general, sent by.
Governor Folk to aid the county Off
cials in ferreting out and prosecuting
the members of the mob, the names of
many Of whom are known.
Warrants for twenty-five persons,
charging them with being leaders in
the mob, were issued during the after
noon and force of deputies was sent
out to make arrests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
INCREASED POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Advance of 21.1S Per Cent in Local
Office Over Last Year.

This city shows an unusual increase in
postal receipts in the month of April, as
compared with the same month of last year.
The gross receipts for the month were
$i02. 725-17: last year they were $S4, 76S. So.
the increase being Sl7y5124. or 2l.ls per
cent
In the percentage of Its increase for April
Washington ranks fourth among the cities
of the country. Los Angeles. Cal, comes
first, with Al. Is and a total OF S77,57I-58 in
money. That city has held the record for
rate of increase for a number of months.
Ahead Of washington in this respect are
Portland, Ore, and Seattle. Wash, ranking
in the order named.
Only four or five cities show decrease
for the month. One OF these 10 San Fran
cisco. this condition, OF course, being the
result of the great disaster 10 the city
which occurred about the middle of the
month San Francisco's total receipts for
April of this year were $104, 3231. last
year for the same month they were $1S9,-
112.26 the decrease being $50 ,U78v7. or za.10-
per cent. Many persons expected the de-
crease In the postal receipts from San Fran
cisco to fall much below this. The figures
for the present month and for the rest OF
the year Will be watched with considerable
interest for the light they will throw on the
rats o. spoed 1T which the San yranciscana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
PERPETUITY OF HUMAN LIFE.
A Chicago Professor Predicts Million.
Of Years.

CHICAGO. May 12.-That the earth will
be habitable for a hundred million years to
come Is the belief OF DIR. Thomas C. Cham
berlin. head Of the department of geology
in the University OF Chicago. This view he
expressed In lecture before the members
Of the Geographic Society in the municipal
museum last night.
Prof Chamberiin declared that climatic
phenomena and temperature conditions OF
the last hundred million years warranted
him in Offering the foregoing optimistic
prophecy His basis for the theory of the
perpetuity for human lie was his own
"planetismal hypothesis that the world is
not gradually cooling from ball Of fire,
hut that 1t has gradually grown In size by
absorbing other smaller masses of matter
1.-THE earthquake Is really only a trivial
phenomenon OF the earth The great uues-
ton for US Is not what disasters impend
but what agencies are likely to perpetuate
life"
Prof. Chamberlin told how the land and
sea cooperate to preserve life and the pos
sibflity OF life.
We cannot look with indifference on the
future" said the speaker. The human race
really has just come into possession of the
earth The fact that the rocks and the AMI
mails have had their eras Of prosperity is
the basis for my belief that We sfaii have
millions OF years to work out our ideals
OF intellectually. believe the world viii
b inhabited foe millions Of ysaSuL~