The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-06
The News Of the Week
Notes From Washington.

NoIe8 from WatnbU0SONs
The largest number Of violations at
tributed to any railroad II hfty-two
|against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road company.
The senate and house conferees
have reached an agreement on the
Lake Erie and Ohio ship canal bill.
With few changes the bill remains as
1t passed the senate.
The navy department has fixed the
date Of the trial trip of the battleship
Nebraska over the Puget sound course
for July 16, and of the cruiser Milwau-
kee over the Golette course for July
25.
Through the Japanese embassy the
Red Cross has received another con-
tribution of $4,000 for the relief OF
the San Francisco earthquake suffer
ers, making the total subscription by
the Japanese people $146,000.
Attorney General Moody has direct
ed that suits be brought against
large number OF railroad companies
to recover penalties for violation of
the safety appliance law. through fail
ure to keep their equipment in proper
| condition.
The state department, at the re-
quest Of the mother of the young wo-
man, has sent instructions to some OF
the American consular officers in Mex-
leo to endeavor to learn and report
the whereabouts of Josephine Hood of
Asheville, N. c., who is reported to
| have been married to Lord Percy
Douglas, the alleged bigamist."
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations authorized Senator Bacon to
report favorably the protocol provid-
ing for the establishment Of an inter-
national institute of agriculture In
| Rome. There are about forty govern
ments party to the arrangement.
Studies will be made of all kinds OF
plant life and means Of determination
Of insects and other pests.
Crimes and Criminals.
Bert Shaffer, former city marshal
Of Williams. small town near Web
ster City, Iowa, has been found guilty
of stealing corn from an elevator. He
was caught by an amateur detective.
He paid a fine.
James Locke and John Wallace,
farmers, were held up and murdered
on the road between Foss and Arapa-
hoe, Okla. The man who Is alleged
to have committed the crime is under
arrest. He is thought to be insane.
| The coroner's inquest into the death
Of eight miners who perished in the
Rocky Fork coal mine at Red Lodge,
Mont, June Z, resulted in verdict
placing the blame on the company. al
leging that 1t knew Of the existence
of white damp"
John Fipps, farmer living one
mile west of Redbird, I. r., was beat
en- to death with a club by John
Moore, negro who had been farming
q crop for Fipps. At the same time
Moore's wife assaulted Mrs. Fipps. in
juring her seriously. Both negroes es-
capped and are hiding in the verdigras
bottoms
Harold A. Tyler, who was arrested
.0eVeTal weeks ago IN butI0, CndTSeu
with embezzling $500 from an insur-
ance company In Tacoma, taken to
Tacoma and released on bail pending
trial. has been arrested again In Butte
The insurance company charges him
with theft Of q $50 desk. and he has
been taken back to Tacoma.
| The mysterious disappearance OF
Alec Keppler. q seventeen-year-old
boy Of Peoria, ILL.,, some time ago un.
der circumstances which led to sus.
picion of murder. was explained Sat.
urday by the Identification of body
at Lincoln, Ill.,. which was found in
the country week ago, half-eaten by
hogs and bearing i've shot wounds In
the head and chest, as that of the
J missing boy. An uncle, who 10 miss.
! ing, is suspected Of the crime.
Casualty List.
| While attempting to ford the Red
Deer river near Innisfall, Sask.. In a