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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
FRENCH LOSE EIGHT IN BATTLE
Desperate Conflict With Mcors Lasts
Two Hours.

Paris, Feb. 5. Eight Frenchmen
were killed and fifty wounded in a
desperate conflict which the French
forces in Morocco have had with ma
ives just south of kasbah Ber Rohid
Word Of this engagement was re
ceived here last night from Gen
d'Amade, the commanding general in
Morocco, who reports that a French
column, commanded by Col. Boute~
sourd, was suddenly attacked by a
vast horde of Arabs while marching
to the south for the purpose Of pun
ishing the Chaouis tribesmen. The
combat opened at midday yesterday,
Thousands of MoOrs seemed to spring
out of the hills and sought to surround
the French column. A fierce fight fol
lowed. which lasted two hours, the
enemy finally retiring with heavy loss
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
EXPERTS EXAMINE HARRY THAW
Preliminary Observation Of Patient by
President of Lunacy Commission.

Po~ughkeepsie, n. Y, Feb. 5. - A
the mental condition of Harry x.
Thaw. now confined in MatteaWan hos
pital for the criminal insane. was held
yesterday by Dr.. Allan w. Ferris.
president of the New York state luna
cy commission. and DR.. Lagh, superin.
tendent Of the institution. The exam.
nation was of a preliminary charac-
ter, Thaw and the physicians talking
casually together for about half an
hour. After the examination DR.. Fer
rls said it was too early to give an
opinion on Thaw's mental condition.
The examination interrupted a visit
Of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Dan
lei OReilly of Thaw's counsel, who
came up from New York yesterday. 1t
was Mrs. Thaw's first visit to her hus.
band since his arrival at Matteawan,
and she appeared depressed over the
situation in which her husband found
himself among the insane.
Mrs. Thaw and counsel spent over
an hour with Thaw, after which they
visited the various departments of the
institution.
Alienists. Evans and Jeliffe, retained
by the Thaw family, held several con
with Thaw during the day.
1t is believed here that unless Thaw
Is discharged through the cooperation
of the state authorities within a few
weeks habeas corpus proceedings will
be instituted in the supreme court
here.
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NEWS OF The WEEK IN fPlTOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
WASHINGTON.

The senate has passed a bill giving
leaves of absence to homesteaders on
Irrigation lands during periods when
there is no water.
A joint resolution appointing a com.
mittee to Investigate recent mining
disasters in the United States has
been passed by the senate
Senator Hopkins has introduced a
Doint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
Dolygamy in the United States.
The navy department Is about to
undertake a set OF experiments to
demonstrate the utility Of the subma.
rine as an adjunct in naval warfare.
George p. Wetmore last week took
oath of office as United States senator
from Rhode Island for the term end
ing March 4, 1912. Mr.. Wetmore's en-.
trance increased the actual member
ship to n~inety-two for the first time.
The house committee on agriculture
has received from Clifford Pinchot the
following data as to the receipts and
disbursements of the forestry bureau
tor the year 1907: Receipts, $l,467,.
boo; expenditures, s1,530,000. Excess
sf expenditures over receipts. $4,000.
Recommendation of an average in.
crease OF one-third in h salaries OF
the commissioner of patents, his as,
%sistants, examiners and law clerks in
the patent Office, entailing an added
expenditure Of 1000 annually, has
been agreed upon by the house commit.
tee on patents.
Representative Keller Of Ohio.
chairman of the subcommittee on pen
sions of the house committee on APP;
propriations, announced informally
chat that committee had agreed tc
recommend a pension roll OF $50, 600.
900 for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1909. This will be about 5 1000, 900 In
exces Of the pension roll Of the pres.
ont fiscal year.
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BOYCOTT IS DEALT STIFF BLOW
United States Supreme Court Rules
Penalty for Restraint of Trade
Applies to Labor.

Washington, Feb. 5.-That section
Z of the antitrust law, awarding to
the complainant three times the
amount of damage sustained by a com
binatlOn in restraint of interstate trade
can be invoked to prevent a boycott
by organized labor was held yesterday
IN a decision by the supreme court of
the United States in the case Of
i."o"e & Co, hat manufacturers OF
Nry, Conn, vs.. Martin Lawier
d. 900 other members of the United
iiatIers' union of that city. The deci-
sion of the Court was announced by
Chief Justice Fuller and reversed the
holding the United States circuit court
of appeals for the Second district.
Decision Is Unanimous.
The opinion of the court was unani.
nous and no dissenting view was pre-
scented.
The suit was instituted by Loewe &
Co. in the United States circuit cour'
for the district of Connecticut. The
company. alleging damages by a boy
colt against their factory to the ex-
tent of $4,000. asked for a judgment
for S240, 900. in accordance with the
terms of the Sherman act. Not only
the members of the matters union but
the American Federation of Labor, OF
which the uniOn is a subordinate or
ganiZatiOn, was included in the suit.
Declared a Boycott.
In the complaint it was alleged that
that the labor organization had TN
dertaken to compel the manufacturers
to uniOnize their factory. and 1t was
asserted that when they failed in this
induced other employees to do so. This
act was followed by the declaration OF
a boycott against LOewe's hats wher
even they We're found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
DYNAMITE IN COAL CARGO.
Discovery Is Made While CoaIing Bat
tieship at Port Of Spain.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The command
ing officer of the battleship Ohio re-
ports that while taking coal from the
chartered collier Fortuna at Port Of
Spain, Trinidad, a stick Of dynamite
about five inches long was found. The
Fortuna had a cargo of New river coal,
supplied by the Berwind- White Coal
Mining company at Newport News.
This dynamite was evidently a stick
used in mining the coal and escaped
the observation of the miners and per
sons who subsequently handled the
coal while loading it into the collier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07

The Kansas legislature has passed
a primary election bill.
The Illinois house OF representatives
has passed the amended Oglesby pri.
mary election measure.
The Michigan constitutional conven.
ton turned down by a vote Of AZ to "a
a proposal for woman suffrage.
The International Congress of Amer.
car Students at Montevideo. Uruguay,
elected President Roosevelt an hon,
orary president of the congress.
The Bricklayers and Masons' Inter
national Union Of America has select
ed Boston for the next biennial ses,
sion.
The Mississippi legislature, by a
vote OF 102 to 5, passed a drastic anti
bucket shop bill. 1t provides peniten
tiary and fine penalties.
Notice of intention to test the Ne
braska anti-pass law has been given
the railroad commission by al attor
ney for the Union Pacific road.
Heavy winds and a great rainfall
have lone much damage to the Porte
Rican roads and to the new railroad
to Caguas. The tobacco crop was
badly damaged.
For the announced purpose of in.
creasing travelling and aiding home
seekers and awakening greater inter
est in that territory, the Pacific Coast
Travel association, which is to be ma
tional in its scope, was organized al
Pittsburg by we'll known men from
the various parts of the country.
+ The orange harvest or California
now in full season, in quality an6
quantity promises to break all rec
ords. It is estimated that the tota
output of oranges will reach the enor
NOUS sum of 5000 car loads, about
1900, 900 oranges, or 1900, 900, 00(
oranges.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
lNDicT SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
Massachusetts Legislator Accused Of
Seeking Reduced Fare.

Salem, Mass, Feb. 2.-Speaker John
N. Cole Of the Massachusetts house of
representatives, whose home is at An
dover and who has represented the
Eighth Essex district for seven years,
vas indicted yesterday by the Essex
county grand jury on a charge of vio-
lating the public statutes in request
ing reduced rate Of fare on the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad for a large num-
Der of persons. The indictment is in
1913 counts and the statute provides a
penalty in each case of a fine of not
less than 500 nor more than 81, 900.
Certain sections in the public stat
utes forbid public officers, including
members of the state legislature, from
soliciting for themselves or any one
else free passes or reduced fares on
any railroad.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
Accidental Happenings.

At Christ hospital, an institution a
Cincinnati conducted by the Protes
tant Episcopal church for poor womer
and children, a baby was scalded tt
death under peculiar circumstances
A nine-year-old child turned on the ho'
water.
Five hundred pounds OF dynamite II
Z box car at the mining town of Hook
ing, two miles from Abba, Iowa, ex
ploded during a fire which started tx
the company's store and five men were
injured and 500, 900 worth Of property
destroyed.
The Central hotel at Pontiac, III.
burned last week. The hundred o.
more guests in it had only time tt
make their escape In their nigh
clothes. One woman jumped from thu
second-story and was bruised badly
Loss. $4,000.
A sailboat with a party Of twelve
marines on a pleasure trip was cap
sized off MORO castle, San Juan, F. r
Two of the party were drowned.
Three men were killed instantly ant
hve others seriously injured by a pre-
mature explosion from an unknown
cause Of dynamite in the Bergen Hill
section OF the Pennsylvania tunnel a
homestead, N. j.
Four cars OF the fast New Orleans
z Northeastern north-bound passenge,
train NO. 4 toppled over = low trestlt
g Hattiesburg, Miss, and rolled
down an embankment without killing
. fatally injuring . person.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
People Talked About.

Count Leopold, the reigning prince
Of Lippe, is dead.
Franklin b. Lord OF the law firm OF
Lord, Day & Lord of New York, is
dead after a brief illness.
The Order of the Legion of Honor
has been conferred upon Eugene
Meyer, the New York banker.
Leopold Wallack. a lawyer and CAPT
talist of New York, died Of an illness
resulting from an attack of the grip.
John Dove Wilson, emeritus profes
sor in Aberdeen university, died al
San Reno, Italy. Prof. Wilson was
born in Scotland In 1888.
Prof. Parker OF Yale has been ap
pointed Judge of the Lord Grey must
cal competitions which will take place
at Ottawa, beginning Feb. "a, and last
4 week.
On a salary of SIS a month, Charles
D. Davol, a graduate Of Harvard ant
q son OF a Fall River (Mass.) million
ARE wool manufacturer. has begun as
night messenger at the Rock island
railway station at Topeka, Kan. Il
learn the railway business from thu
ground up.
Charles G. Beidinger, an inventor
was found dead in his in a cheal
boarding house in Troy, N. Y. He hat
been in extreme want lately, but hat
Just learned that the superior cour
Of Cincinnati had decided = paten
right claim in his favor. awarding hin
$4,000 and interest upon 1t for severa
years.
Army officers are much wrought UP
% they believe the president intends
to modify In an unexpected name
his original Workmanship test order
It provides for flfteen-mile rides
They understand 1t may be changed
to require a ride of ninety miles II
three days and to include stunts ii
tramping and leading the horse sever
81 miles daily.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07

The Diamond window glass factory
at Gas City, Ind, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, 500, 900.
The wholesale dry goods establish
ment of Milliken, Cousens & Co, a
Portland, Me, was destroyed by fire
reach $500, 900.
United States Lighthouse Inspector
Olin N. Wexel Of Chicago was killed
at Muskegon, Mich, by a switch en-
CINE while walking on the railroad
tracks with a heavy cap Draw down
tightly over his ears. He was widely
known all over the Great Lakes.
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its doing dire evil to the republic, and
in the next place to avoid the vindio
tive and dreadful radicalism which, II
left uncontrolled, it is certain in the
end TO arouse.
an my judgment, thoroughgoina
and satisfactory control can in the end
only be obtained by the action Of the
national government, for almost al
corporations Of enormous wealth-that
Is, the corporations which 1t is espe
cially desirable to control -- are en-
gagged in interstate commerce"
Must Not Prosecute Labor.
Some action in connection with the
abuse Of the power Of injunction Is
recommended. The president says that
1t is all wrong to use the injunction
to prevent the entirely proper and le-
Ultimate actions of labor organizations
in their struggle for industrial better
ment, or under the guise OF protecting
property rights u~nwarrantably to in,
wade the fundamental rights OF the in.
dividual.
1t is futile, he says, to concede. as
we do. the right and the necessity OF
organized effort on the part of wage
and yet by injunctive process
to forbid peaceable action to accom-,
plish the lawful objects for which they
are organized and upon which their
success depends.
Additional powers for the interstate
commerce commission in regulating
concerns engaged in interstate com
merce are also urged in the presi.
dents message.
Legislation to prevent gambling In
securities and commodities is strong.
~ recommended.
Outlook Bright.
In conclusion. the president points
out that the country has just passed
through two months of acute financial
stress. At such a time there is a nat,
ural tendency on the part of many
men to feel gloomy and frightened at
the outlook, but there is no justifica,
ton for this feeling. There Is no ma.
ton so absolutely sure Of ultimate
ucces Ours is a nation of master.
ful energy, with a continent for its do,
main. We are upheld by the confident
hope of ultimate triumph.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
Fire Loss Is $4,000.

Bluef1eld, w. Va, Feb. "A disas.
trous fire broke out in the Christie
building, on Pulaski street, yesterday
and spread rapidly. On account of a
delay in turning in an alarm the de-
partment did not arrive until the
building was in flames and had spread
to adjoining buildings. The total dam.
age will exceed $3.50, 900.
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TO ASSIST DRAINAGE.
Senator CIapp Introduces Bill Author
ling Loans Of Land Funds.

Washington, Feb. 5.-A bill was in
troduced by Senator Clapp yesterday
to set apart for drainage purposes all
funds arising from the sale of the gov
eminent lands in the states not in
cluded in the irrigation act and to au-
thorize the secretary of the interior to
loan these funds to states. counties
and corporations organized under
state laws for the reclamation OF
swamp lands. The money advanced
Is to be returned to the drainage fund
in ten annual installments, 80 that no
one project will have the use of any
part Of the fund longer than ten years.
This bill was also introduced by Sen
ators Flint and Latimer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
Student Shoots Himself.

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. s. -- Robert
Sedgwick Minot, Jr., Of Dover. Mass,
q freshman at Harvard university, was
taken to the Stillman infirmary late
yesterday with a bullet wound in his
head. thought to have been self-in-
f1icted. 1t was said that he had been
worrying much of late over his
studies. His recovery is doubtful.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
GIRL PROPOSES TO PAUPER.
Finds Leap Year Affinity and Is Mar
ried Twenty-Five Minutes Later.

Aurora, Mo, Feb. 5.-Perhaps the
most unique leap year marriage re-
corded is that of Miss Joanna Theme
of Howell county, who found her at
Plains, and twenty-five minutes after
she met him they were man and wife.
Young William Mitchell was tempo
rarily embarrassed financially and had
sought the refuge of the county char
ity institution.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
PLAN PIONEER MOVEMENT.
Old Settlers Have Large Part Of $40,
COO Fund Subscribed.

Winona. Mimi. Feb. !. - The Old
Settlers Association Of Winona Conn,
ty has begun a movement to have
erected in Riverside Park here a mon
ument 70 the cd settlers of this coun.
ty and vicinity. They intend to raise
$4,000, and they already have assur.
ances of a large portion Of that
amount
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NEARLY BURIED ALIVE.
Mother Sees EyeIid Twitch as Coffin
Lid Is Fastened On.

Aspen, Colo, Feb. 5. - Just as
the mother of John Classic, aged
eighteen, pressed the last kiss on his
brow she saw a faint twitch Of his
eyelids. She screamed for help
Physicians soon restored him to con
seriousness and are hopeful Of q COM
plete restoration to health.
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Outlook Bright.
VIOLENT STORM FATAL TO TEN.
Wide Strip OF Farming Country in Mis-
sissippi Is Laid Waste.

Wesson. Miss. Feb. Six persons
were killed outright by a tornado
which laid waste a strip of farming
country th~ree-Quarters of a mile wide
and several miles long Just north of
here yesterday. -Four persons We're
fatally injured and many others were
slightly hurt when their homes were
blown down. A negro who arrived
here about dark brought news OF the
storm. Three physicians started in
carriages for the stricken district.
The dead and injured are all white.
excepting one unidentified victim.
The tornado struck about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t came from the
south west and disappeared into the
norteast. At least a dozen homes of
white families were blown down. The
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox was
blown almost completely off the prem
Uses. and Mrs. Maddox's spinal column
was broken.
Wide Swath Is Cut.
The path of the tornado was un.
usually wide and was left Uttered with
hundreds Of dollars worth If dead
farm animals an strewn with many
thousands Of dollars worth of proper
ty.
Surrounding towns not in the direct
path of the storm suffered damage
during the few minutes of the lorna
dos duration.
At Georgetown buildings were
blown down and at Hazelhurst two
sawmills were destroyed and many
fences and several small buildings
were blown over.
Center Point reported much damage
but no loss of life.
Darkness settled down SO quickly
after the storm that only an incom-
plete estimate Of the destruction,
both to life and to property, was OBJ
tanned.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
Three Foreiqners Killed.

Monaco, Pa, Feb. s.. Three for.
eigners were killed and six others seri
ously injured when the boilers in the
WEIGH brick plant exploded. It is sup
posed frozen water pipes caused the &C.
cident, The damage is estimated at
$1,000.
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czARlNA is WORSE AGAIN.
May Have to Undergo Operation on
Her Eyes.

ST. Petersburg. Feb. 2.-After a Pc
Rod of slight gains. the condition of
the Empress Alexandra again has
taken a turn for the worse. The ner-
vous debility, which is battling the
Skill of the specialists. is now compli-
Gated by an afflction Of the eyes
which is of such a painful character
that an operation probably will be re-
Quired.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
Coal Gas Kills CoupIe.

Wahpeton. n. D., Feb. 5.-Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Whitman, an aged couple,
have been killed by GOA gas at their
home in this city. They were found
dead by their son-in-law, Sylvester
Dietz.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07

Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 5.-Willie
Robbins, the ~ten-year7old son of Moses
Robbins, a wealthy farmer, near Gil.
man, was instantly killed by falling
under a wagon loaded with corn.
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Evans Officers Dined.

Punta Arenas, Strait Of Magellan.
Feb. "a banquet was given yester-
day on board the Chilean cruiser Cha
tabuco to the admirals, captains and
other high officers of the American
feet.
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Fifteen Are Drowned.

Fifteen of the crew were drowned
Sunday in attempting to leave the YES,
sci. Their boat was swamped by a
heavy sea.
Sea cocks left open on St. Cuth-
bert, which will probably sink within
twelve hours. 1t is now a dangerous
nsrelict, lying in the path Of New
York and European vessels"
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ForeIon.

Gil Bias says that Nine. Anna Goult
intends to sell her property in Paris
and return to America.
The census of the republic of Chile
which has just been completed, shows
a population of 3,250,000 The popula
ton in 1903 was given as 3,2O5. 1922.
The epidemic OF cholera %prevalent
at Constantinople for some weeks is
on the increase and the authorities
are greatly concerned. There have
been many deaths.
Germany has waived all objections
and accepted Frances proposition ia
allow an international commission ia
fix the damages resulting from the
bombardment of Casablanca.
The Swedish government has official
ly accepted the invitation OF the Unit
ed States to take part in the interna
tional congress of fishing industries
in Washington next September.
The British government, which has
been kept fully informed as to the
tenor of the German proposals for the
maintenance of the territorial status
quo in the North Sea, has given its
full assent thereto.
Serious famine is prevalent in the
iron district of Northern Lapland. The
inhabitants OF the parish of Velhel
nina have gone to the extreme o.
Strengthening dogs and cats for food
to prevent starvation.
Three valuable miniatures of the
duchess of Fife, the queen of Norway
and Princess Victoria, all belonging
to Queen Alexandra, have been stoleI
by burglars from the studio of the en-
| graver in London to which they hat
been sent for reproduction.
Crimes.
John e. Godding, president Of the
defunct Bank of Rocky Ford, Colo.
was arrested on charges of receiving
deposits after he knew his bank was
insolvent.
The Bank Of Commerce Of Alva
Okla, was closed and Cashier Lo.
Westfall IS missing. He is charged
| by the directors with looting the insti
tuition of practically all of its deposits
Joseph G. Bloch, senior member o
the whisky brokerage firm Of Blocl
Bros, shot and instantly killed him
self at Louisville. His friends say he
has been Ill Of nervous prostration foI
some time.
Because he was robbed of none,
which he had saved to pay his passage
from New York to his old home II
Mimi, killed himself in a trapper':
cabin neal Somerville, N. j.
Mrs. James Hinkle, living on a farm
near Benton. Mo, was arrested on the
death by giving him strychnine. II
his dying statement Hinkle accused
his wife of having poisoned him.
Robert Vanella, convicted Of murdet
in the second degree at Billings
Mont, was sentenced to fifty years il
the ~penitentiary by Judge Fox. Vanel
la was convicted Of killing Raffae
Orisio at a house in South Billing
several weeks ago. Both were Ital
ians.
The police of Union Hill. N. j., ar
investigating IN attempt to poison al
entire family through the placing o
arsenic in their milk. Mrs. Ev;
Gaschwind, widow of Coroner Gasch
wind, her daughter and sisterin-lav
and servant were the victims. All ar,
i'll, but will recover. The police CLAIM
to have a clue and arrests will b.
made soon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07
KILLS SMOKE ORDINANCE.
Mayor Mcclellan Vetoes Measure Aim
ed at Women.

New York, Feb. 5.-The ordinance
recently passed by the board OF alder
men f%orbidding from smoking
In public places was vetoed yesterday
by Mayor Mcclellan. The mayor
states that the aldermen have no pow
err to make such a law.