The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-11

applied to Switzerland. In official
quarters the statement is made that
the matter will be brought to the at
ment by Switzerland, with the demand
that the German modus vivendi be ap-
piled to Swiss exports to the United
States.
Casualty.
Three trainmen and an unknown
white man, supposed to be a tramp,
were killed when a freight train on the
Seaboard Air line ran into q washout
near Alamo, Ga, and was wrecked.
SIENNA Walsanen. a yong girl Of
Houghton, Mich, died in terrible az.
ony as the result Of burns suffered by
her dress becoming ignited from a
bonfire In the yard where she was
playing.
Passenger Train No. 236 from the
west was derailed by q collision with
cattle on the track q Mid Canyon,
Mont. No one was injured. and the
only car which left the track was the
smoker.
Frank Pressly. . Rock Island ire-
man, was crushed to death In . col
lision between the main line freight
and two engines coupled .tagekher at
Avoca. Iowa. Ed Hoppe. brakeman.
was severely injured.
A special passenger train carrying
the members Of THE Orchid" theatre
cal company ran into the ear end of
. freight train at Cincinnati and "a .
result several members Of tho com
pany we're injured, but none seriously.
Two children were cremated. Mrs.
James Goatley val probably fatally
burned and her mother, Mrs. Charles
Hungan was severely burned in q ire
which destroyed the Goatley home ut
Blandinville, III.
Albert Robash was caught by the
skip at the forty-third level Of No. s
shaft At the old Osceola mine at Calu-
met and fell q distance Of fifty feet,
being killed instantly. He leaves a
wife and nine children.
Capt. James w. Nicholson, aged
sixty-two, Of Buffalo, fell through an
open hatch into the hold of his boat,
the Caledonia Of the Corrigan-McKin-
ney fleet, and was instantly killed at
Escanaba;; Mich His neck vas broken.
Domestic.
Mrs. william Thaw, mother of Har-
~ Thaw, arrived at New York last
! week from Europe on the steamer
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
Former United States Senator Ed.
ward w. Carmack has announced him.
self a candidate for governor Of Ten
nessee against Malcolm R. Patterson.
The new German second-class tur.
bine cruiser Stettin attained q speed
/, Of 25.S knots an hour during her trials.
which IL considerably above the con
tract requirements.
H. J. McCrachen 3 Co., the Oldest
! Wholesale product commission arm in
Pittsburg, has filed a voluntary peti.
ton in bankruptcy. The liabilities arc
placed at $245,3S7 and assets at 1885,
200.
TEDDY, much tooth, much smile.
strong grip" That Is the way Presi-
dent Roosevelt impressed Hitachi
Yama, . champion wrestler Of Japan.
Who was introduced to the president
recently.
WI Ting Fang, reappointed Chinese
minister. 10 expected to reach Wash
ington Jan. I, in time for the presi-
dents New Years reception. The Chr
nese legation has received oflcial ad-
vices confirming the appointment.
There il much excitement In Grant
City, Iowa, and vicinity 2 the ind
ing Of many valuable pearls In the
Coon river lear that place. One pearl
was sold for $3.50 and smother has been
found which 10 estimated to be worth
1000.
Ten OF District Attorney Jerome's
alienists In the trial Of Harry X.
| Thaw have rendered bills for their
services. The total Of these bills is
slightly In excess Of $4,000. The to-
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Of New York cannot be told yet, as
the bills are not all in.
Henry Clay Frick has purchased the
boz at the Metropolitan opera house
In New York owned by Henry L. Bar
hey, who died last winter, and for the
first time in i've years there will be a
change in the p~arterre. The purchase
price wal 500 ,oeo, which Is $1,000
ahead Of the purchase price Of the
last box.
A buck and wing dancing contest
for the championship Of Bayonne, N.
J., and go In gold wal won BY Henry
Blairo, . ieg1ess painter, who carves
his own legs and wears shoes. He in
trodnael eteps his competitors never