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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
hursday.

Washington. March 16.-The senate
Yesterday continued consideration OF
the railroad rate question by listening
to the reading of the report on the
house bill by Mr.. Tillman, and TO a
speech on that measure by Mr.. Mel
son.
Mr.. Tillman's report was read at the
request of Mr.. Aldrich, who said that
he was curious to hear the opinion of
the South Carolina senator.
Brief attention was given TO the
message of the president transmitting
the letter of the secretary of war rea-
tive to the recent Moro battle Mr..
Bacon spoke of the killing Of the
Moros as slaughter and Mr. Lodge
deprecated criticism until the facts
should be known.
A large number of private pension
bills and some other seml-private
bills were passed
The killing of women and children
at Mount Dajo by the American forces
under Gen Leonard Wood was severe
ly denounced in the house yesterday
by Representative Jones of Virginia
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
RUMOR CURRENT THAT COUNT
WILL RESIGN THE PRE-
MIERSHiP.
ROCKEFELLER, SR., MAY RETIRE
"EXTREMELY URGENT" MEETING
PREsAGEs CHANGES IN MAN.
AGEMENT.

st. Petersburg, March 21.-ln high
circles late last night the rumor was
current that Count Witte had definite
ly decided to resign the premiership
The Associated Press Is unable to
confirm the rumor as Count Witte
had retired and the chancellery was
closed when the correspondent called
shortly after midnight. From an alb
solutely authentic source, however, it
can be stated that Count Witte, at the
session of the council of the empire
yesterday morning, made an enigmat-
ical statement which is regarded as
a virtual declaration that his
Career as Premier
is ended, and that he will be succeed.
ed by Privy Councillor Kokovosoff,
former minister of finance.
1t is stated that the condition of
Count Whites health is quite unsatis-
factory. He is said to have expert
enced an attack of heart trouble a few
days ago His physician advised him
some time ago to give up work. 1t is
known that Count Witte, believing
that he had weathered the political
storm. formed determination to re-
linquish the premiership upon the
meeting of the national assembly.
Recently, however, the strength of the
reactionaries increased and the pre-
mier was obliged to keep up the fight
against heavy odds. 1t may be that
hic th,Ic ON In aNSt cd and
that. feeling that his health was de.
clining, he has reached the decision
to retire Immediately.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Sins and Sinners.

The coroner's jury at Boone, Iowa,
found the death of Frank D. Leland
due to laudanum administered by Jesse
l.. Hull, osteopathic physician. Leland
was sick with appendicitis.
John H. Tenant, Sr., president OF
the defunct Tenant Shoe company,
was arrested in st. Louis on bench
warrant charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Giovanni Romano was murdered at
Oak and Oliver streets, New York, and
Giuseppi Santoros was arrested on
suspicion. Romano was found stand
ing up with a knife sticking in his
back.
A festi e gathering in the foreign
section CT Winnipeg eliminated in
bloody tragedy. Thomas Korcizyuski,
a Galician, was stabbed to death, sup
posedly by Fred Huyk, fellow coun-
tryman.
At Dayton, Ohio the jury in the case
OF DR.. Oliver s. Haugh, accused of the
murder OF his father, mother and
brother and the destruction OF their
home by fire to conceal the crime,
found him guilty of murder in the first
degree.
An unidentified elderly man clipped
the hair of Ida Moore, eleven years
old. while the child was walking on
the street at st. Louis. Her screams
attracted many persons, who pursued
the clipper" but he escaped by leap
ing on street car.
The body of Michael McFadden,
woodsman employed by Crawford &
Sons at Cedar River. Mich, was found
on the railroad track, horribly man.
eled. He had considerable money on
hi, person the day previous and all
was missing when his body was found.
Foul play is suspected.
Col. william D. Mann. editor OF
Town Topics, was indicted for perjury
by the grand Jury ut New York. The
Indictment was based on his testimony
in the recent trial Of Norman Hapgood,
editor or Golfers Weekly. On charge
q criminal libel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
The News of the Week

Petro Albani. deputy sheriff on
John d. Rockefeller's estate at Pecan
tico hills, N. Y, was held up by two
members of the Black Hand society, on
Mr.. Rockefeller's place, and nearly
killed.
Louis Brown. twenty-nine years old,
awaiting trial at Norfolk, Va, for the
murder of Flossie Reese, at whom he
threw lighted lamp which exploded,
fatally burning the woman, committed
suicide in his cell in the Norfolk Jail
by cutting his throat with sharp pen
knife which he had in some unknown
manner smuggled into his cell.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
NEW ENVOY TO AUSTRIA.
Charles S. Francis of New York Will
Succeed BelIamy Storer

Washington, March 21.-The name
of Charles S. Francis of Troy, n. Y,
former American minister to Greece,
was sent to the senate yesterday as
ambassador to AustriaHungary to
succeed Bellamy Storer. Mr.. Francis
father was formerly ambassador to
Austria.
The cordial relations existing be
tween President Roosevelt and his
son-inlaw, Nicholas Longworth, will
not be disturbed by the retirement OF
Ambassador Bellamy Storer from the
diplomatic service. Ambassador
Storer married the aunt of Mr.. Long
worth There is no disposition on the
part of Mr.. Longworth to quarrel with
his father-in-law or to espouse the
cause of his uncle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Casualty List.

The Carson building, the largest in
Amarillo, Tex, was totally destroyed
by fire. Total loss, 100000, partly
covered by insurance.
S. Fl. Carter, aged eighty-nine years,
died at Hampton, Iowa, from the ef-
fects of fall on the icy walk. Mr..
Carter was one of the first settlers OF
Franklin county.
Train No Z, west-bound, on the
Canadian Pacific railway, was derailed
near Nairn station, Ont 1t is reported
that two persons were killed and sew
eral injured.
By the falling of derrick at the
new addition being erected to the Ho-
tel Raleigh in Washington, one man
was killed, one was fatally injured and
two others were hurt.
The Canada Mailing company's plant
was partially destroyed by fire at Win
nipeg An elevator which was we'll
filled with barley was saved. The loss
will be 100000, well covered by insur-
ance.
A Great Western passenger train
was derailed at Dubuque by broken
rail. The engine, baggage and club
cars and four sleepers were hurled
over an embankment Nine persons
were slightly injured.
While engaged in telling trees on a
farm near Extra, Iowa, Fred Shelby,
eighteen years old, living with his
parents near Adair, was instantly kill
ed by being struck by a limb of the
tree in it's descent.
In the destruction by fire OF the
home of Charles Grimmett at Ameri-
Gus, Kan, one of the children was
burned to death, another was fatally
burned, and Mrs. Grimmett was seri-
ously burned in rescuing the children.
While nine men were sitting about
the stove in a little grocery store at
Jamestown, Ind, remarking on the
probability of the collapse OF the ada
cent building, which was undergoing
repairs, three of them were killed and
five injured by the collapse of the Odd
Fellows hall, which crushed the gro
Gerry store like an eggshell.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Domestic.

John Jacob Anderson, aged eighty
six, the author of AndersOn's school
histories, died of old age at his home
in Brooklyn.
Thomas Mckenna, managing editor
of the Rocky Mountain News and Den
yer Times, died of heart disease, aged
forty-five years.
Robert l.. Gregory, wholesale gro
Ger, was nominated for mayor at the
city Democratic convention at Kansas
City. The platform adopted advocates
the municipal ownership of all public
utilities.
The Standard Oil company has ad-
vanced the price OF gasoline Y cent
per gallon. Deodorized stove gasolilc
is now quoted at 12la cents per gallon;
"A to 76 degree gasoline, 14A cents,
and varnishmakers and painters naph-
tha, liz cents.
The Hughes anti-pass measure pro-
hibiting railroads, street railways, tel
egraph and telephone companies from
isuing passes and franks to state and
national officials, with the exception of
railroad commissioners and newspa-
pers, passed the Iowa senate by a
unanimous vote. The measure carries
with it a provision making violation
of the law a misdemeanor, punishable
by fine or imprisonment 1t now goes
to the house.
The Terra Haute city council passed
an ordinance making it ur wful for
the mayor or the police board presi-
dent to issue orders to the police with
a wink" or other sign. President
Kanz,eiter told the council he had CIV
en- rrders to close saloons INIT a
wink"
Gen. Juan Isidro Jiminez, former
president Of Santo Domingo, who ar
rived in New York last week, from
Havana, says that he IL done with Do
minican politics for all time. Gen. Jim
inex denied that he had any ambition
to again be president Of Santo Domin'
60.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
From Other Shores.

A. G. Jones, lieutenant governor OF
Nova Scotia, is dead.
The London Standard reports that
the Russian famine exceeds that OF
1891 in intensity and area.
The bakers and slaughterers OF
Trondhjem, Norway, threaten to estab-
lish strike during the coronation
festivities in June.
Thirty-one persons were drowned
owing to equinoctial tides overfiowing
or bursting dykes on the Scheldt river
at Antwerp.
Strikers attempted to blow up two
railroad bridges at Nancy, France, by
dynamite, and succeeded in causing
great damage. Traffic is suspended.
Carolrs Duran, the famous portrait
painter. is about to paint portrait of
Pope Plus X, taking his inspiration
from Titian's portrait of Pope Paul Ill
(Alessandro Farnese).
The illness from which the emperor
of China is suffering apparently is not
serious. He attended theatrical per-
formance in the palace in company
with the dowager empress.
The original draft, in Lord Nelson's
handwriting, of the historical General
Memorandum" to his captains at the
battle of Trafalgar was sold at auction
at Christies in London for $4,000.
The leader of the rebels of Kuang 81
| ~ hn
were implicated in the attack on the
house of Rev. DR.. Andrew Beattie, the
American missionary at Fita, in Feb
ruary, were Deheaded March II.
The special commissioner has ap-
proved preliminarily the proposal of
the Rockefeller groups to construct a
lock canal system for bargeS between
Riga and Emerson. The proposal for
a ship canal is rejected as impracti-
cable.
Bashahr, on the Simla tributary hill
states of the Punjab, India. Consid-
erable damage has been caused at
Rampur, the capital of Bashahr, and
at Kakoola. Eight are known to have
been killed and twenty-six injured.
Col Primo-Rivera, nephew of the
! general of that name who formerly
commanded the Spanish troops in the
Philippines, has arranged to fight a
duel with Deputy Segiano, who was
savagely assaulted by the colonel for
criticising acts of the Spanish generals
in Cuba and the Philippines.
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen has been ap,
pointed Norwegian minister to Ian
| don; Baron A. Won Swedel-Jarsberg,
| minister to Paris; ]. c. w. Prebensen,
minister to ST. Petersburg; 7. Won Dit
ten, minister to Copenhagen; Benja-
min Vogt, minister to Stockholm, and
| O. GUIDE, minister to Berlin.
The anarchists and communists con.
tinue to make raids daily at Odessa
Four persons have been killed and
twenty-nine injured in those OF the
last five days. They have obtained
| 5000 rubles and, when receiving mon
ey, always give printed receipts with
seal bearing the image of raven
Their mysterious head center is known
among them as the Black Raven.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
To Build Creamery.

Washburn, Wis, March 21.-Work
has been commenced on the erection
of a $4,000 creamery in this city and
will be rapidly pushed SO that the
creamery can be in operation by the
middle of April The Commercial
club of this city has guaranteed to
furnish the milk from 800 cows
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
WOMAN PERiSHES IN FIRE.
Five Others Were Overcome by Smoke
and Were Rescued by Fireren.

Kansas City, March 2O-Niss Ag-
nes Inman, corsetmaker, was burned
TO death and five other women were
overcome by smoke in a fire in the
annex of the Altman building last
night. Most of the tenants OF the
building are professional women and
many of them sleep in their offices.
Miss Inman was sleeping on the
fourth floor and she was dead when
the firemen found her The other
women were taken down stairs on
ladders by the firemen
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
SUIT AGAINST HAMILTON.
Will Be Asked to Account for Moneys
Expended by Order Of Mccall.

New York, March q. : Andrew
of the New York Life Insurance com
pany, was served with a summons
shortly after his arrival in this city
from Albany yesterday afternoon in
a suit brought by the trustees of the
New York Life in the supreme court.
Announcement that the suit had been
brought was made by keener 4
Lewis, attorneys for the trustees, but
the nature of the action was not made
public. 1t is understood, however. to
be suit for an accounting from Mr..
Hamilton Of moneys expended by him
under the direction of the late Presi-
dent John A. Mccall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Duran to Paint PonA

Rome, March 16. - Carolus Duran.
the famous portrait painter, is about
to paint portrait Of Pope Plus x.
taking his inspiration from Titian's
portrait of Pope Paul III. (Alessandro
Farnesel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
CONSUMED BY FOREST FIRE.
One Village Wiped Out in Washington
Another Threatened.

Lyndon Wash, March q. - North
wood, four miles north of here, in
Whatcom county, has been destroyed
by forest fires. The Northwood lum-
ber and shingle mill was totally de-
stroyed and many families are home.
less. The fire is within mile of
Lyndon and grave fears are felt for
this town. Hundreds are fighting the
fire and the Bellingham department
was sent out by special train to aid
the threatened city of Lyndon and the
surrounding farmers to subdue the
cOnfiagratiOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
st. Louis Shoeman Arrested.

st. Louis, March 16.-John III. Ten
nant, Sr., president of the defunct
Tenant Shoe company, was arrested
yesterday on bench warrant chare.
ing him with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The courts at Dresden have award
ed Nine. Schumann-Heink the fortune
Of her late husband on the ground
that It was earned by her. There is
nothing violent about that kind OF
reasoning.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

II we had grudge at nervous
man we should inveigle him to some
spot where he had to see woman
sit in rocking chair, and rock, and
chew gum. while she did embroidery
work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

An amateur scientific sharp sug
gests that maybe the stars cause the
earthquakes. This idea is certainly
more plausible than the theory thai
the earthquakes cause the stars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Pat Grove says his conscience was
all that restrained him from stealing
s10,000.OOO, and that would probably
not have restrained him such an aw.
ful lot II he had known where there
was 410,OO0.OOO lying around loose.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
FEDERATION COUNCIL MEETS.
Gompers and Confreres Consider tn,
Printers Difficulties.

Washington, March y. In re-
sponse to the call of President Samuel
Gompers the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor began
a several days session here yester-
day. The meetings are executive. Ii
is understood that among the subjects
to be discussed will be the contro-
versy between the union printers and
the Typothetae of the several cities.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

One OF the New York papers says
that Queen Margherita of Italy ex.
poets to stop week in New York
before beginning her automobile tour
ney And yet nobody has eve,
stopped q week since Joshua stopped
the sun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
THREW A SWITCH.
Drunken Telegrapher Caused a Bad
Wreck

La Porte, Ind, March 81. - Judge
Mcmahon of Porter county yesterday
imposed an indeterminate sentence OF
two to fourteen years on Thomas
Bascom Of Springfield, ILL.,, who, as a
telegraph operator in the service Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railway, be-
came intoxicated and threw a switch
at Summan, that caused disastrous
wreck. Bascom is prominently con-
cOnfagratiOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

A Connecticut woman died at the
age of los, and there is still an older
woman in that state. They got their
start before the age of food adulter-
ants.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

However. Mansfield may be serious
about It. You remember that other
actor, Jim Jeffries, retired when he
said he would
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The Japanese appear to be of the
opinion that by taking thought, accom-
panying 1t with suitable diet, they
may be able in process of time to ado
something to their stature.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The ruling passion is strong in the
richest woman in the world, Mrs.
Walker Of Philadelphia, who is going
to live over store. No bargains will
get away from her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

r. Mansfield and Bernhardt do act
like to wager a small sum that the
best play Of the engagement will be
THE Tempest"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Many Russian liberals have no con-
fldence in the douma. They fear that
the czar will have no difficulty in
making it turn handsprings and loop
the loop.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Dowje Visits Havana.

Havana, March 21--John Alexander
DOwie, chief Overseer of Zion City,
ILL.,, arrived here yesterday from Ia
maca After few hours of sight
seeing he left for Mexico.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Richard Mansfeld's announcement
that he is going to retire in 1909 is q
reminder that comparatively few peo-
ple think more than year ahead.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Running down the populace In an
automobile appears to much more
serious offense in Italy than in some
places you might mention.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The Medical Record has an inter.
esting article on "The Modern Con
ception Of Matter" but it doesn't help
the iayman to find out what is the
matter with him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

When you can tell yourself to for
get your troubles as you tell your
neighbor to forget hers, you will have
made a great discovery.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Nov they are discussing the ques.
fion whether or not married men are
the best. Jurors in murder trial
where the defendant Is a girl. There's
one advantage IN having married men
.oerying a. the jury. Their wives
hnoW Whero they are.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Johann Hoch declared that he died
an innocent man. The more import
ant question. however, is. did he live
that way?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Dueling IL great thing. After a
mans wife is stolen. it must soothe
his feelings considerably to have. a
few inches of steel run between his
ribs by the abductor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Woman. says Fulda, the German
playwright, is first in modern art
Well, modern art is realistic and true
to nature.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

America sent 722,O0O,000 cigarettes
to China last year. At this rate the
yellow peril will soon be on the other
foot, SO to speak.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

A New York contemporary writes
several stickfuls about Gotham man.
ners. The chapter on snakes in Ire
land required but half a line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
From Washington.

The senate committee on pensions
voted to raise the pensions of Mexi-
can war veterans from $12 to $40 per
month.
Oscar ]. Ricketts,, foreman OF print
ing at the government printing Office,
has resigned to engage in private busi-
ness in Washington.
1t is feared that Robert e. Mansfield,
the American consul at Valparaiso,
Chila, has lost his life in the tidal
wave that swept the coast Of South
America in February. Mansfield has
been missing two months.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce decided to
make a favorable report on the Town
send joint resolution providing for an
appropriation of $4,000 to enable the
interstate commerce commission tc
investigate railways and monopolies
under the Gillispie Joint reso
luton. The Townsend resolution also
corrects other defects in the Tillman
Gillespie resolution pointed out by the
president.
The national guard aud naval mill
tia will receive substanstial aid from
congress during the present session
1t is practically certain that the for
mer will be granted an increase in its
appropriation from $1,00000O to 81,
| 100000 and provided with means fol
| the promotion of target practice. The
i no
militia will be placed In the same re
lation to the United States govern
ment as is the national guard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
STORM SWEEPS MANY STATES
HALF THE TERRITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES IN GRASP
OF FIERCE STORM.

Denver, March 21-By the loss OF
fourteen lives in snOwslide near
Silverton yesterday the death roll re-
sulting from the great storm Of the
past week in the San Juan mining
districts has been increased to at
least seventeen.
On Cumbres pass, the highest point
on the narrow gauge road from Du-
rango to Alamosa, a train load of pas
sengers is marooned, dependent for
warmth on meager supply of coal in
the engine tender, and for food on
what hardy mountaineers can bring
them with snowshOes.
Railroad traffic is paralyzed and tel
ephone and telegraph communication
is interrupted over half of the state.
Loss Over a Million.
The losses from destruction of
mine property in the vicinity of Ouray
may amount to $10O0,000 and further
damage is threatened at Ouray, Tellu-
ride, Rico, Silverton and other min
ing camps
Durango and the other towns in the
San Juan region in Southwestern Col
| orado have been cut off from com
munication by train for week, but
the management of the Denver 4
| Rio Grande railroad is making siren
| uous efforts to reopen it's branch line
! in that part of the state, which is
blocked by heavy snow on the Cum
| bres range.
Storm Sweeps Wide Area.
Chicago, March q. - Chicago yes
terday found herself almost snow
| bound after weeks of springlike
weather A storm wave of magnitude
unprecedented in recent years in
| March, sweeping over almost half the
( territory of the United States, ragged
through the streets of this city. Traf
! fic was seriously hampered. Citizens
remained indoors all day unless driv
en- by unavoidable contingencies into
the streets. Incoming passenger
trains on nearly all roads were late
! from one to five hours.
! The storm which swept the city al
most without interruption for eigh
! teen hours originated in the South
west about a week ago, according tt
the photographic bureau 1t has
swept about Texas and other South
ern states, gradually extending its
scope until yesterday when it reached
from the Gulf of Mexico to Northern
| Wisconsin and Michigan and from the
! Rockies to the Atlantic coast.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Frances new president began life
as q blacksmith, but he did not COM
mence to rise until he had stopped
using his hammer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The great trouble with being casn
buyer is that you have no credit wneh
your cash runs short.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

The movement for cleaner money IS
all right, but it should be accompanied
by a stern demand for more OF 1t.