The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-17

exclusive OF payments by one depart
ment OF the city to another, were
$554,440,215, of which those OF New
York constituted $167, ,060,171, or three.
tenths, according to statement by
the census bureau. The total expend-
itures showed an increase Of $27,108,-
712.
Casualty.
Louis TOrsdahl OF Radcliffe was
drowned at Iowa Falls. Iowa. while
bathing.
Three trainmen were killed In a
wreck Of the Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg railroad train at Harmony,
Pa.
While fishing. Timothy Sullivan Of
Detroit and Herbert Walker, aged
twelve, Of Sand Creek, drowned near
Saginaw, Mich.
Five children OF Thomas O'Dariels
o. Seymour Park. suburb Of Omaha,
perished In fire which destroyed the
family residence.
a heavy freight car, the sixth from
: caboose. on the North-W Western. near
Scarville, Iowa, was blown from the
rails BY high wind.
IN ! runaway accident near Lehigh.
Iowa, two children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Axel johnson were killed and two 9TH
err were badly injured.
One trainman was killed and two
were hurt In the derailment Of pas
senger train at Joplin. Mo. None Of
the passengers was injured.
jeremiah Wilson was killed and
Charles Parrish fatally injured by an
explosion in the North End Coal COM
pany's colliery at Scranton, Pa.
Conductor Myron L. Bradley of
Michigan City, Ind. was killed and
four Of the train crew injured at
Hartdale In wreck on the Michigan
Central railway.
Miss Galbraith, school teacher.
and the Misses Hilda and Margaret
/ Sawyer were drowned In the South
Coos river near Allegheny. Or. The
young women were bathing.
Reports from the foods in the terri
tories indicate that the damage will
30 great. Conservative estimates
place the loss up to this time at 81
100000. suffered mostly by the rail-
roads.
A heavily loaded car on the DAN
VILE Urbana interurban line was over
turned while rounding sharp curve
. Danville. III. Kelly Smoot, ! con-
stable, was killed and twenty passen-
gers seriously injured.
Several members Of the Grand
Trunk survey camp, flfty miles south
cf vermillion. Alberta, were taken vio-
lently III after partaking Of canned
salmon. MAI. H. ]. Smith - dead;
others are seriously Ill.
Hartman Wenxel. sixty-hve years
old, overcome BY heat and excitement,
fell iainting from ! stoop IN New York
and VS. killed. Wenxel was retired
cabinetmAker, and had obtained stay
q execution tor his only son, who
killed George Spats. hotelkeeper.
Oliver NJ. Coleman. brakeman ON
The Northern Pacific. wished to SEQ
his sweetheart every day, and to this
Ii ascribed his death. Coleman had
been employed on run out Of 6po-
kane to Pasco. when. at his request. he
was transferred to local run between
] Sand Point and Trout Cr6ek, Mont.
He was killed on the first trip q his
nev run.
Criminal.
Ludwig Meirs, eighty years old. COM
mitted suicide Tuesday In Cincinnati
at the home Of his daughter. Grief
over the death Of his wife was re-
opOnsible.
After writing note stating that he
took his life rather than again earn
bis living by selling liquor, Ernest
4 6teinhardt, nifty seven years Of age.
committed suicide a& st. Louis BY
drinking morphine.
Charles Wheaton, employed Nv
u Michael Troxel, wealthy farmer 6
Il Lima Ohio, shot and probably fatally
rounded Troxel In dispute over
Waees
gdWard G. Bolwer, an employe Of
U m American Tobacco company. tried
o cEenSte himself by jumping into the
1naco under the boiler 1t one 81 the
Il 4 npanyss factories at Richmond. VI.
III II n wn1 A81ed out before W was "a
(ly bsl ReliSfous mania = -.
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