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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
BIG STEAMERS
CRASH TOGETHER
LIVES OF $500 PASSENGERS I'M.
PERlLEp IN NEW YORK HAIR.
Dor.
COLLIDE IN A Dense FOG
PASSENGERS ARE FRANTIC WITH
FEARING ONE SERIOUSLY
INJURED.

New York, July 21.-Two crowded
excursion steamers were In collision
last night in New York harbor, off
Staten Island, imper.ling the lives OF
1900 persons, but neither in the crash
itself nor in the wild panic which fol.
lowed was any n seriously injured.
The vessels were the Perseus OF the
Iron Steamboat company, bound for
Coney Island, with 500 passengers on
board, and the Thomas Patten of the
Patten line, bound from Long Branch
to New York. carrying 1000 passen-
gers.
Stuck Fast Together.
The whistles of the colliding steam
ers soon brought assistance from boats
in the bay, and the frightened passen-
gers were transferred as quickly as
possible and brought to this city. The
Perseus and the Patten interlOcked
and neither sank.
The lower harbor was covered with
a dense fog at the time of the COLI
sion, and the two vessels were running
at reduced speed. When directly off
st. George, Staten Island. the Thomas
Patten crashed with terrific force into
the port side of the Perseus, smash.
ing the paddle wheel and box and tear
ing away much OF the joiner work.
The Patterns bow II upper foro
decks were badly damaged. The i'm
pact was so great that the vessels re-
NAMED fast together
Frantic With Fear.
When the Patten doomed suddenly
out of the fog bank and it was seen
that a collision was unavoidable, the
passengers on the two vessels became
frantic with fear. Just before the
crash one man on the PerseuS jumped
overheard. He was quickly rescued.
however. The captains and officers
went among the passengers in an ef-
fort to restore quiet. A hasty eXami-
nation indicated that neither boat was
in immediate danger Of going down.
and the e~XcurSioniSts were assured of
this fact. Meantime the whistles
were calling assistance. and while the
passengers were rushing about the
decks, seeking relatives and friends,
the excursion boat Commodore and a
Staten Island municipal ferryboat
ranged alongside. The transfer OF
passengers was quickly made. and alb
were brought to the city.
Many Women Tainted.
During the panic many women faint
ed and some were bruised, but not Sc
riously.
One of the passengers who landed
seen two men jump overheard, and he
thought both were drowned. There
was no confirmation of this, however.
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FOREIGN Notes.

Armstrong, Whitmore & Co., limited,
OF Newcastle-on-Tyne, hay contracted
to build for Brazil three sister battle
ships, each to cost more than s $1,000
600.
The London Daily Express says it
understands the cabinet has decided to
rescind its action cutting down the
naval estimate and to build two bat
tleships Of the Dreadnaught class.
King Edward will not visit Canada.
His dispatch expresses gratitude for
the invitation of the Canadian parlia-
ment, but says 1t would be physically
impossible for the king to visit the va
rious portions of the empire, which
reasonably would be expected should
he visit Canada.
The Madrid correspondent Of the
London Daily Telegraph claims the
authority Of a high parsonage for the
statement that Queen Victoria is en-.
ciente. King Alfonso is highly de-
lighted. The new Is not yet known
In Spain, where it will cause general
rejoicing. King Alfonso and Princess
Ena Of Battenberg. now Queen Vic
toria, were married on May 81.
The Colombian national commercial
congress assembled in Bogota, repre-
senting all parts Of the republic. has
unanimously adopted resolutions In
dorsing ~favorably the negotiations be
GIN nv President Reyes and Minister
Barrett for new treaties with the Uni
ted States and Panama. This action
Is most important, assuring the sup
port of the business interests.
Sir Douglas Fox. past president Of
the institute Of Civil Engineers OF
England. has been invited to prepare
plans for a channel tunnel. Parlia
mentary sanction for the scheme viii
be bought at the next session.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Domestic.

Bishop Fallows of Chicago celebra-
ted the thirtieth anniversary of his ell
ovation to the bishopric Sunday, with
out ostentation.
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Annie d. Ide, daughter of
Gov. Gen. Ide Of the Philippines, and
Congressman Bourke Cochran has
been made. The wedding will occur in
Washington next fall.
Philadelphia was chosen by the
grand lodge Of the Elks as the con
vention city for next year. Philadel-
phia received 495 votes. Baltimore 265,
and st. Joseph was withdrawn from
the contest.
Miss Grace Howe Mckinley. niece
OF the late president Mckinley, and
at one time prominent in the White
House social life, was married at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, to Capt. Grayson
Willard Heidi Of the Eleventh cavalry.
The adherents of the open market
on the Chicago board Of trade won out
at the election. The new rule is de-
signed to encourage the shipment of
commission grain, and the amend
ment contains a clause to protect the
commission rule.
Benjamin T. Redman, said to have
been the first directory publisher in
the United States. died at Cincinnati,
aged ninety-three years. "The Old
Colonial Directory" Of Philadelphia,
reputed to be the first n In America
was issued by Redman.
William ]. Bryan will be entertained
by the Democrats Of Missouri early In
September. when a meeting in his
honor will be held in st. Louis. Will
lam Rothwell, Democratic nationa
committeeman from Missouri, an
nounces that Bryan has accepted the
invitation.
X. j. Mccoy, secretary of the Sal
Francisco Young Mems Christian assC
citation, announced in New York tina
he had received an offer by John L
Rockefeller to give $2h0.00s toward re
building the San Francisco Y. NJ. c. 4
buildings, provided an equal amour
was secured from others. Mr.. McCo
said he had already obtained $105.00
in addition to the Rockefeller offer.
While opening a letter from his si'
ter which contained the informatio
that he had fallen beir to $50, 900, "
r. Johnson, a switchman forty year
old, died at Kansas City from the rul
ture Of an artery near his heart.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
e THEIR II
Duluth Catholics Welcome Prelate
Back From Europe. .

Duluth, July 20.-Rev. Bishop McGol-
rick. bishop OF the Catholis diocese OF
Duluth, was rendered a magnificent re-
ception at the cathedral auditorium
last evening. The reception was In
the hands OF the Knignts Of Columbus,
and the auditorium was filled 10 its
capacity.
The reception wao a formal welcome
home TO the bishop after his absence
of four months in Europe with Arch
bishop Ireland, during which time they
visited Pope Plus X. The reception
was OF additional interest in that there
was a surprise in store for the bishop.
1t was that the mortgage of S20,0J1
on the property owned by the parish
was paid during his absence, and that
this property, worth 100000, is free
from debt
The bishop believed a short address
in which fhe described some OF the
features of his trip through Europe.
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TWO SWEPT TO DEATH.
Ranchman and Wife Lose Their Lives
by Sudden Flood.

Meeteese, Wyo., July 21.-While
driving from Bridger, Mont, to their
sheep ranch near this place, T. A.
Renner and wife were drowned by a
sudden rush of water which filled a
dry canyon through which they were
travelling. Renner and his wife were
proceeding up the canyon, which was
absolutely dry. except for a small
stream that trickled through the CEN
ter. A short distance behind them
Mrs. Renner's brother was following
in a single rig.
Suddenly there was a roaring sound
and looking up tie canyon they saw a
wall of water twelve feet high rushing
upon them. They turned their horses
and attempted to get out of the dam
ger, but before they could do so the
water was upon them and they were
submerged. The man following them
saw the danger In time to reach a
place o fsafety.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
SWEPT BY CRIME WAVE.
Western Wisconsin Court Records
Show Bad Condition.

La Crosse. Wis, July 2o.-County
Judge Brindley says a crime wave is
sweeping over the western part Of the
state. and asserts that from records
kept by the court II is shown there is
twice the number Of criminal cases
during the present summer that were
tried last year. During the month of
June and the first week OF July in
1905 the county collected in fines
sl5s.O4. During the same period for
the present year s5Gs.ss in fines was
imposed upon petty prisoners. The
percentage of prison convictions for
the period is proportionately large.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
LOSS L 100000.
Early Reports Of Explosion at Wash
burn Fall Short OF Damage.

Washburn. Wis, July 2O.-Property
loss resulting from the explosion OF
nitroglycerin at the plant OF the East.
ern Dynamite company. neal this city.
which was previously reported u have
been l.200. probably will reach $780,
600, as nearly every building al the
plant. and they were fifty In number.
were badly damaged. and the house
where the explosion occurred, includ-
ing the leaden tanks inside, was blown
TO spliuters and was not damaged by
fire at all.
The small loss OF life is due 10 the
fact that only a few men are employed
about the powder lie, and the build
ings are quite a distance apart, with
log barricades and with sand filling
all about them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
FINDS NEEDLE IN BOYS LEG.
Physician Locates Cause Of Pain by
Usinu x-Ray.

Bottineau, N. Da., July 21.-Wilfred
Mcintosh, nine-year-old son of w. r.
Mcintosh, has complained on numer-
Gus occasions of his leg hurting him.
There did not appear to he any injury
to the limb, but as the boy continued
to complain he was taken to a physi-
clan and subjected to an X-ray exam
nation. This disclosed a needle en-
bedded in the flesh. The doctor re-
moved the needle and the boy is now
doing nicely.
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Casualty List.

The Lancaster Inn at Lancaster,
Mass, was burned. Loss, $4,000.
The business section Of Kalona,
Iowa, was destroyed by fire. Loss es-
timated at 500, 600.
While driving to Burlington, Iowa
to attend a circus, Mrs. K. Il. Van Al
ten died suddenly of heart disease.
Three persons were killed in q
grade crossing accident on the Long
Islands Manhattan Beach line in East
New York.
The Chicago factories OF the Carlis,
Decmeyer Box company and the Heath
& Milligan Paint company were Dc.
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at 5000. 600.
In an explosion Of an automobile
lamp at ST. Louis the right leg of Chas.
Borghon. a chauffeur. was torn com
plctely of. \ piece of the lamp was
thrown two blocks.
Charles A. Justus, a-ad thirty-nine,
and three children of his sister, Mrs.
Samuel Moudy, were burned 10 death
at the family homestead, four miles
east of Middleton, Idaho.
Frank J. Buckley Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, was instantly killed when a ca
boose on which he was stealing a ride
broke from the train on the West
Shore road and ran backward into an
other freight train which was follow
ing.
Considerable property damage was
done at SoCornO, San Marcial and OH
er settlements in New Mexico by
earthquake, which was the sever.
Of the two hundred shocks that haF,
occurred in that part Of New Mexico
during the past two years.
Gen. W. II. Warfeld, a former com
mander of the California State militia,
al one time proprietor of the Califor-
MIA hotel, and who was appointed on
the new board of police commissioners
al San Francisco, was killed in an au-
tomobile accident at Mill Valley.
Shell Rock. Iowa, and vicinity was
drenched with the heaviest rain Of the
season. The rain came in sheets, fiat
tening the corn in the fields and lodg-
ing the oats and hay. On the farm OF
James McGregOr. six miles west OF
Shell Rock, lightning struck a large
barn and burned it to the ground.
A z in which were Mr.. and Mrs.
j. d. Loffer and their fourteen-month-
old child struck a big boulder in the
road near Red Lodge, Mont, and all
Of the Occupa1:s were precipitated in
to the ditch. The child was instantly
killed. Both Mr.. and Mrs. LOffer were
painfully injured, but will recover.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed
the topple. washery, oil house, fan
house and blacksmith shop at the
Crabtree mine Of the Jamison Coal
and Coke company, near Greensburg,
Pa. The plant was one OF the largest
in the field, and the officials estimate
the loss at $4,000. About $50 men
were thrown out Of employment by the
blaze.
After a Baltimore & Ohio railroad
train had hurled its father and one
sister to death from a trestle near
Clarksburg, w. Va, and fearfully in
jured the mothe. and three other chill
dren, a nine-months-old baby of Elijah
Norris was found between the ties I'M
hurt. Norris, his wife and five chill
dren were on their way home, walk
ing on the trestle when they were run
down.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
HAS SEEN NO BLACK RUST.
Winona Crop Expert Says Crops Are
All Riuht,

Winona, Mimi, July 21.-A. c. John
son, general agent of the Northwestern
road and crop expert, returned yester.
day from a trip through the territory
ly no signs Of black rust, as sent out
this week, and says the grain is In
splendid condition, with the harvest
beginning most auspiciouslv.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
REFuTE MURDER CHARGE.
Foley Officials Find Man Died by His
On Hand.

Foley, Mimi. July 20.-For some
days rumors of foul play In connection
with the death of Sumner Steel, who
committed suicide last week, have
been coming in to Foley. In order TO
ascertain the truth Deputy Attorney
Sem and Doctors Holdridge and Du-
mas went out &c haywood last even
ing and held a post-mortem. After a
thorough examination they came to
the conclusion that Mr.. Steel had come
to his death by strangulation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Feudists Shot From Ambush.

Lexington, KY, July 21.-A dispatch
received here yesterday from Ser.
geant. KY, states that John Thornber.
ry and Richard Hall, leaders OF the
Hall faction of mountain feudists,
were shot from ambush in Floyd coun.
ty and killed. Their murderers escap.
ed into the mountains.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
DAM GRANDFATHER FALLS.
Merrill (Wis.) Men Push Water Power
Project.

Merrill, Wis, July 21.-Work was
commenced yesterday to harness
Grandfather falls, the largest water
power on the Wisconsin river.
Some weeks ago the Grandfather
Falls Power and Logging company was
organized in this city, with a capital
stock of 5000, 600, to develop the water
W at the place mentioned.
Recently the contract to build the
dam and power house was let to John
O'Dav, logger and lumberman, and he
began the preparatory work yesterday.
The dam will be about 600 feet long
and about 40 feet high, and will be
built of stone and concrete.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
LAY FRAUD TO SETTLERS.
North Dakota Authorities Cause One
Mans Arrest.

Crosby, N. D.. July 20.-Loring w.
Jordan. who has a homestead near
Long Creek, northeast OF here. upon
which he offered final proof two years
ago, Is under arrest by the federal au-
thorities, charged with perjury in con-
nection with his final proof, II has
been announced that there are a num-
Der of similar cases in which prosecu-
lions will follow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
FACE is TORN OFF BY TRAIN.
Railroad Employe Is Killed at Fargo
While Crossing Track.

Fargo, N. d., July 20.--Christ Olson,
a member OF the ice crew Of the
Northern Pacific at this point. was
suddenly killed by a string OF cars that
were backed down on the track next
to the ice house. His face was torn
from his head and parts Of his arm
were ground to a pulp. 1t Is supposed
that he was hurrying across the track
when struck by the cars.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
LIGHTNING STARTS BIG FIRE.
Millinery Concern Loses $2oo, 900
Girls Saved by Fire Escapes.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 21.-The six
story brick building owned and occu-
pied by the Frankel-Frank Wholesale
millinery company was partially de-
stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
Loss, 5000, 900.
The fire started In the sixth story,
which was struck by lightning. Sew
enty-five girls at work on the fifth
floor left the building by way Of the
nre escapes. None was injured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Excursion Boat Grounds.

Neenah, Wis, July 21.-The excur.
sion steamer Evelyn, with 400 passen.
gers aboard, ran on a sandbar at Nee.
nah at an early hour yesterday. Off.
GERS of the steamer prevented a panic,
and all the passengers were taken off
safely.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
ALLISON SICK AT DUBUQUE.
Iowa Politicians Discuss the Chances
of His Return to Washinuton,

Des Moines, Iowa, July 21.-The
question whether Senator Allison will
be able to return to Washington to re-
sumo his congressional duties is be-
Ing discussed by Iowa politicians In
view of the report that he is suffering
from an attack Of Bright's disease.
The senator has not left his home in
Dubuque since his return from Wash
ington and has been compelled to de-
cline invitations to speak in public.
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DEATH FOR GEN. sToEssEL.
Military Commission Recommends
Port Arthur Commander Be Shot.

ETT6 &c 0TT0T.
London, July 21.-A dispatch to a
news agency from st. Petersburg says
the report of the commission appoint.
ed to inquire into the circumstances
attending the surrender of Port Ar.
hui recommends hat Lieut.. Gen.
Stoessel, the former commander of the
fortress, be sentenced to death, and
that Lieut.. Gen. Fock, who command
ed the Fourth East Siberian division
at Port Arthur, be condemned to TWEEN
ty years in the galleys.
1t is added that the commission con-
siders that Gen. Reuss should be ex-
PEELED from the army, and that AID
miral Alexief. former ~viceroy in the
Far East. should be reprimanded.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
Five Killed In Mine.

Bluefeld, w. Va, July 2l.-Asa re.
suit of an explosion in the Dixon mine
at Huger, Wallace Mitchell and four
miners are dead and two others will
die from burns and shock.
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Miss Mckinley Marries.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 20.--Miss
Grace Howe Mckinley. niece OF the
late President Mckinley and at one
time prominent in the White House So
cial life. was married at Fort Des
Moines last evening to Capt. Grayson
Willard Heidi of the Eleventh cavalry.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-26
10000 Fire al Weston.

Menomonie. Wis, July 20.-A s1o.-
900 FIRE last night destroyed Bates
Bros, store and William Patraw's bill
Hard hall. with all their contents. at
Weston.
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INDIAN KILLED.
Bottle Of Rum and Pieces OF Flesh Tell
the Story.

Osceola, Wis, July 20.-James Wig
wab, an Indian. aged thirty-five years,
was killed by a 500 train on the Fred
erick branch, two miles south of Mill
town. He had been working on the
dam at st. Croix Falls. His head, both
hands and one leg were CT off. A bot
tie of whisky was found and II Is sup
posed he was intoxicated and fell
asleep on the track.
The Columbus journal., 1906-10-03
PASSING OF THE LION.

Oaee Mighty Brute IoslnG GF00n0
Defor> CivlliaatSon.
The lion, like The other great cats, 10
Q relic Of . diminishing race and do.
minion. In the early stone age the
'cave" lion roamed throughout the
southern half Of Europe. and it is be-
lieved that along the Mediterranean. at
least, its extinction was due to prehis.
toric man.
Tho battle has gone ON ever since.
Long ago Hons were exterminated
from Afghanistan, Baluchistan and
northern Persia. A century ago they
were more or less prevalent on north.
western India, but now none remain
save q few In the Cheer. q wooded
billy tract Of Kattiawar; where they
are ITO some extent preserved by the
nawabs Of Joonaghoor::" Farsistan.
where the marshes about Nlris lake af.
ford shelter and the hosts Of pigs
feeding on the aeorns Of the oak forests
furnish subsistence.
Similar conditions enable q few lions
TO maintain themselves along the lower
Euphrates and Tgris, but they were
long ago exterminated from all Asia
Minor. Syria, Arabia, Egypt and Alge.
ria. From Abyssinia and the southern
Sahara southwark to the Orange river
lions still exist except in the most pop.
ulous districts, and In some places are
very numerous.
T7,nro aoovna ,,aauor IN tovo I,oov, ,v,ora
than one species, nor. In spite Of the
former belief In the "maneless lions Of
Guzerat" and the ''black named" ones
Of other places, is any variety well 10
can1ed. Lions with full names have
been shot In India as well as those
with hardly any, and "'out Of fifty male
lion skins scarcely two will be found
alike In color and length Of mane.".
Ernest Ingersolrs Life Of Mammals"
The Columbus journal., 1906-10-03
CURIOUS DESIGNS.

odd Results May he Produced BY
Dropping OIL On Water.
A curious experiment may be made,
the result of which will produce a
strange natural design. and the attempt
may be carried on with almost endless
variety in the result. The only things
needed are a deep dish of water and
some oil. Any kind Of oil will do, but
better results are obtained with vari-
ETY..
Fill a deep dish with pure water and
let 1t stand until the water is perfectly
still, then let fall into it a drop of pure
sperm oil. The drop will spread out,
forming a film circular in shape. but
very ragged ut the edges. If you watch
the film you will soon perceive that the
center begins to break up, forming
ovals and circles, and the combinations
Of these form endless designs which
keep on forming and breaking up from
one to another for fully half an hour.
making veritable kaleidoscope.
You will see some designs that you
may wish to preserve, and IL that he
so take a piece of glazed paper and
place 1t gently over the surface of the
water when the film is in the desired
design. The oil will stick to the paper,
and when you remove it from the wa
ter, as gently as you placed It there,
run an inked roller over it or place the
design on an linked plate. The ink will
cover the paper except where the oil
has touched 1t. and when your process
Is finished your design of oil will stand
out white against black background.
This same experiment made with
castor oil will give similar result ex-
cept that the designs will be smaller,
and every kind of oil will give a differ
ent design. Indeed, no two drops of
the same oil win produce the same de-
sign. SO that you may preserve an end
less variety In your collection.