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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Conditions in State Worse Than
at any Time Since To-
bacc0 War Began.
NIGHT RIDER SCARE GROWS
Farmers in White Burley District re
Busy Destroying Their To.
bacCO Beds.

Lexington, Ky, March 24.-Because
OF warning letters and visits from
night riders. farmers in nearly all of
the forty-two counties in the white
hurley tobacco district are busily en-
gagged in destroying their tobacco beds.
and at the present time less than one
third OF the number usually planted
have been started. In many counties
huge signs have been erected on build
ings and in high places nearby ,declar-
ing the Intention OF the farmers not to
raise a crop this season. Realizing the
difficulty of making a living for their
families in CASE the decision to raise
no tobacco is adhered to, many farm
ers are preparing to move to other
states, while many farm have
placed their property on the market
with the vowed purpose Of leaving
Kentucky.
Alarm Is Increased.
The murder OF Farmer Hedges in
Nicholas county yesterday and the
raids in Woodford and other counties
last week have increased the alarm.
In announcing their determination to
go elsewhere the tenants declare that
II will be impossible to subsist from
the proceeds Of crops Of hemp, wheat
and corn.
In the neighborhood of Mount Ster-
ling many farmers have received
threatening letters, with which were
matches. powder and poison. and in
both farm districts and tobacco towns
armed guards have been placed at
threatened points. Conditions through
on the state are declared to be now
worse than at any time since the to-
baccO war began.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
FOrelon.

The final reply from Washington re-
garding the immigration question has
greatly pleased Japan.
The Spanish steamer Villa Real has
been wrecked, according to word re-
ceived at Valencia. and her crew OF
nine men drowned.
The dominion government ratified
the agreement between Fort William,
Ont, and the Fort William Car COM
pany, allowing this city to make con-
cessions that will open a factory en-
ploying 1900 men and costing $780,
900.
M. Chchegievotoff, the minister Of
Justice. has asked the duma for ST.
600, 900 for the enlargement Of Rus
sian prisons. which are overcrowded.
number of prisoners of III per cent
since 1905.
1t is reported at Honolulu that the
crown prince Of Japan will make his
long contemplated tour OF America
and Europe this summer. German
Professor Beltzolong of the Toxic of
fee has been recalled from Germany
to accompany the crown prince.
Lieut.. Gen. Smirnoff vas probably
fatally wounded in a duel fought in st.
Petersburg with Lieut.. Gen. Fock.
The duel was caused by the memoran-
dunn written by Gen. Smirnoff or the
siege OF Port Arthur, in which he
questioned the courage of Gen. Fock.
The emperor has confirmed the
death sentence passed upon Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel and the courts recon-
mendation for Communication Of the
sentence to ten years Imprisonment
in a fortress. The former command
or Of Port Arthur Intellectually petit
toned for a full pardon.
Discovered in the nick Of time, q
plot which had for its ultimate pur,
pose the establishment OF a military
dictatorship has been nipped in the
bud at Lisbon. According to the re.
port the instigators Of the plot were
to have the assistance Of several
crack regiments and many army Off
GERS were to lend their aid. All the
officers concerned have been cash
iered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
BIG FLOOD CHECKED By FROST
Except for Cleaning Up, Pittsburg Is
Through With Second Flood.


Pittsburg, Pa, March %. - Except
for the cleaning UP process, Pittsburg
is through with its second flood this
spring.
A sudden change to colder weather
at the headwaters of the rivers and
in the Pittsburg district Thursday
night froze up the small streams and
stopped the torrents that were pour
ing into the lower Allegheny and low
er Monongahela rivers.
The crest of the flood reached the
city shortly before daylight, at 27.3
feet. At 10 o'clock yesterday the wa
tiers began to recede and by night the
stage vas below twenty-five feet. the
danger line.
Many manufacturing plants YER
| shut down yesterday, but the flood did
not infict great damage upon indus
trial interests. Most of the resi-
dences surrounded by water Thursday
night are again upon terra firma.
Steam and electric railroads have
returned to practically normal sched-
ules.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
CAPTURE BRILLIANT WOMAN
Masclerading Countess Is Loaded
Down With Choice Assortment
of Burglars Tools.

Paris. March PA series of mNS-
FERROUS hotel rObberies on the Riyeria.
extending owe many years, has been
explained in tn" arrest OF the beauti-
fui, dashing br masquerading coun-
tess of MonteiT. For years she coun-
tess of Monteil had entertained lavish
~ both at Paris and the Rivera. Her
wealth and jewels have drawn com
ment and admiration from far and
near. Now she is declared one OF the
most ingenious. successful and auda
clous hotel thieves that has ever trou-
b'ed the hotel proprietors of France.
Her arrest at Nice reveals her not as
the captivating brilliant countess, but
as a thoroughly up-to-date burglar.
Robberies Battle Police.
Wherever the countess stopped
there always did mysterious and mex
plicable robberies battle the police.
Gradually but vaguely the suspicion
began to be directed toward the cOun
tess Of Monteil. The police investi-
gated quietly the history OF the cour-
tess. They found that she had been
born of a respectable family and that
her maiden name was Amelia Condo
mine. She married a man named Por
tai and anne to live in Paris. After
wards they separated and Mrs. Portal
went to the United States. Two years
later she returned to France as the
countess of Monteil. For several
years she held brilliant sway in So
ciety.
Is Caught in the Act.
1t was several years ago that the
first thoughts of police suspicion
drifted towards the countess, and her
sensational arrest at Nice at one OF
the famous hotels is the elimination
of long and patient watchfulness by
the French detective service. Her
undoing came in a moment of over
eagerness to rob. Waiting detectives
found her enveloped in a long and
beautiful, cloak bending over the door
of the DON OF a wealthy American
tourist. When the M was search
ed the police found hidden in special
pockets of her clothes pinchers, files,
skeleton keys. screw drivers and no
fewer than twenty-seven pairs OF
small. delicately made nippers used by
burglars to unlock and lock a door
with its own key when the key is on
the inside Of the door.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
TO JOIN WATERWAYS TALK.

Burlington, Iowa, March 22.-Thom-
as Wilkinson of Burlington, president
Of the Upper Mississippi River I'm
provement association. yesterday re-
ceived a personal invitation from
President Roosevelt to come to Wash
ington and meet with him and others
in a conference on the waterways OF
the country and their improvement.
The corf will be held in May
and will supplement that in which the
governors of various states partici.
pated some time ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
MINERS KILLED..
Caught Under Tons Of Earth, Tw,
Lives Are Crushed Out,

Caught Under Tons Of Earth, Two
Lives Are Crushed Out.
Norway, Mich, March 25. John
Beard. an Englishman, and John Or
lie. an Austrian, both miners. we're
killed instantly at the Central Vulcan
mine.
John Orlie hesitated or entering the
drift and said that he thought it was
not safe to work, but John Beard
said it was all right, and they began
to timber the drift. Just as they
started their work the ground gave
way above them, falling on them. kill
ing them instantly. John Beard is
single and is survived by three broth
ers and an aged mother in England.
John Orlie is married and leaves a
wife and four children.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Accidental Happenings.

The larger part Of the business dis.
trict of S%hoshone, Wyo., was destroy
ed by fire. Damage about SEQ, 900.
The pickers' building. warp and ma
chine room Of the Coolleemee cotton
mills in Davis county, South Carolina,
were destroyed by fire. entailing a
loss OF $125.0OO.
De Witt Fuller, who 1t is said was
private telegraph operator for Presi-
dent Lincoln during the Civil war.
was killed on the Erie tracks at Mar
rowsburg, N. Y. Mr.. Fuller was sew
enty years old and was employed by
the Erie as a telegraph repair man.
Mrs. William Mills was killed and
her mother. Mrs. Newcomb, was fatal
~ burned at Eldorado. ILL.,. by an ex-
plosion OF coal oil which Mrs. Mills
vas pouring on the Are. Mrs. New
comb was burned while trying to x
fing uish the danes from her daugh-
ter,s clothes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
sLEUTHs FIGHT FATAL DUEL
Customs Inspectors Kill One Another

Customs Inspectors Kill One Another
In Dry Bed Of the Rio Grande.
Ell Paso, Tex, March 22.-Mounted
Customs Inspectors Charles Logan
and Charles Jones fought a duel in the
dry bed OF the Rio Grande river in
this city Thursday night and both
were killed. Their bodies were found
yesterday morning. 1t Is supposed
that each mistook the other for a
smuggler.
A. first it was believed that the
two officers had been killed by SNUG
glers. but this theory is discredited,
as tracks around where the bodies lay
all fit the shoes of the dead men.
Three shots were heard by the people
living in the neighborhood. The pis-
toll of one of the officers held two
empty shells and that Of the other
one empty she'll.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
People Talked About.

The Right Rev. Gustav A. Rouxel.
auxiliary bishop Of the archdiocese OF
New Orleans, is dead after an illness
Of several weeks.
The Duke de Chaulnes. who recent
" married Miss Theodore Shonts,
sailed with the duchess for Europe on
the steamer Teutonic.
s. Decatur Smith. a member OF a
prominent Philadelphia family and a
talented musician and composer. died
from shock received by being run
down by a carriage.
Judge Charles D. Clark Of the Unit
Cd States district court for Tennessee,
% dead at Chattanooga. His death
was due to Bright's disease. compli-
Gated with consumption.
Maj. William w. Rowley, quarter
master at the national soldiers home
ct Milwaukee for the last eighteen
years, died suddenly from an attack
Of pneumonia after a brief illness.
F. w. Foster, machinist and gunner
on the Confederate cruiser Alabama
during the Civil war, and m Of the
forty men who escaped when that YES
sci was sunk by the United States
cruiser K~earsarge, is dead at Atchi.
son, Kan. Foster kept his connection
with the Alabama . secret until less
than q year ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
CHINA BIDS FOR FLEET.

Invitation Is Extended by Minister
WI for BattIeships to Visit China.
Washington, Mrcha Is. - China,
through Minister WI, its diplomatic
representative in Washington, has ex-
tended a cordial invitation for the
American battleship feet to stop in
China on it's way around the world.
On receipt Of a dispatch from the min,
lister Of foreign affairs for China Mon
day, indicating that instructions have
been given to welcome the vessels,
Mr.. WI promptly sent a letter to Sec
rotary Root. The latter was absent
from the department yesterday and
the communication will be laid before
him to-day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPN0ME
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
washinotcn.

The navy department received word
that the old warship Monongahela
hat burned to the waters edge at her
ste lion at Guantanamo bay.
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
John p. Edwards has accepted the re
ce.vership Of the New Amsterdam Ma.
tional bank OF New York. which re-
Gently suspended.
"A secret Investigation by a com
mittee from Washington has been in
progress for several days In the Office
OF tho surveyor of customs at st.
Louis, and 1t Ia said that q shortage
Of between IS. 900 and Sc, 200 has been
found.
The state department has been in.
formed that the Mexican government
has granted the extradition Of vii
liam +. Walker, the Connecticut
banker. who absconded several
months ago and was located in South.
srn California.
A bill to create q national univer.
sity At Washington has been offered
:, the house by Representative Nc.
X nl4y. The 8 Is the one ad.
voca.ed by the National Association
Of State University Presidents, and
was introduced at their request.
Congressman Beal OF Texas has in.
truduced q Joint resolution authoriz.
ing the secretary Of war to loan $500
tents to the Benevolent and Protect
I've Order of Elks for . at the ma
tional convention of the order to be
held at Dallas. Tex. In July, 1908.
After undergoing a lot Of criticism
pro and con as to It's artistic merits,
the heroic Greenough statue OF Wash
ington. which for sixty-seven years
has stood in the plaza of the east
front of the capitol at Washington,
has been ordered by the house OF rep
~resentatives to be removed to the
Smithsonian institution.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Outlaw Killed by Posse,

Muskogee, Okla, March %. = Sam
Johnson of the four Johnson brothers.
outlaws and alleged cattle thieves.
was shot and killed yesterday by
members of a sheriff's posse near
Talihius, La Flora county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Three Ticketed for Refornatorv,

Tracy, Mimi. March %. = Three
boys were arrested here on the charge
Of committing minor burglaries and
carrying concealed weapons. One was
found with a 3S-caliber revolver on his
person. They will undoubtedly be
sentenced to the reformatory.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
LID ON OPIUM.
China Decides on Experimental De
crease in Importation.

China Decides on Experimental De
crease in Importation.
Pekin, March "a. - The throne has
given it's sanction to an experimental
decrease in the importation of opium
which has been agreed to by Great
Britain.
The experiment will extend over
three years, and its purpose is to de
ter.nine the effect this will have or
domestic cultivation and the use Of
opium. If it proves successful meas
ures will be taken to continue the reg
ulation.
The throne orders further regulation
Of the opium evil and appeals to the
nation at large to abandon it's use en
tirely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
BURGLARS Also VandaIs.

Crookston, Mimi, March 25.-Burg-
lars and vandals looted five stores in
Fisher, about ten miles northeast OF
here, last evening and secured about
$500 in cash, $500 in goods and did
about $1,000 in damage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Pepper Used as Weapon.

Springfield, Ohio, March "a. - Be.
cause Of a quarrel, George Weigel was
almost blinded yesterday by Ross
Moses. a fellow student at a local bust
ness college, who threw pepper in his
eyes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Ten Drown Off Ferry.

Ludeck, Germany. March 25.-Ten
members of a pleasure party were
drowned by the upsetting Of a motor
ferryboat on Lake Ratzezurger. Four
other passengers were saved.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Gems Stolen on Train.

Cincinnati. Ohio, March 24.-David
Weber Of Chicago was robbed of five
diamond rings, valued at $500, while
returning from Jacksonville, Fla, with
his wife on the Queen & Crescent rail.
road.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
"SET" GUN KILLS WIFE,.

Weapon Placed to Shoot Chicken
Thieves Discharged by Woman.
Kenton, Ohio, March "a. - When
Mrs. S. O. Burdette went to gather
eggs in the hen coop yesterday she
was killed by the discharge of a gun
which her husband had set to kill
thieves who had been bothering the
chickens.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27

The Illinois Central Railroad com,
pany entered q plea Of guilty at Lo-
gan, Iowa. to the charge Of illegally
selling liquor on a buffet a r A fine
Of $500 was imposed.
Robbers who recently secured $685.
900 from the Banco Minero at Chicuar
hua, Mex, have been arrested and the
stolen money has been located, but
not ye recovered.
Alfred J.. Thornby, sub-foreman in
N OF the departments Of the Fore
River Shipbuilding company. blew out
his brains at Quincy. Mass. No cause
for his act Is known.
Despondent because OF his transfer
from one %substation to another In
Washington, William A. Ridgely, for
twenty years assistant superintendent
Of carriers, jumped to his death from
the fourth story Of his homo.
Frank C. Marin, alias Franklin
Stone, who was convicted Of using
the mails to defraud in connection
with the Storey Cotton company Of
Philadelphia, has been sentenced to
four years Imprisonment and to pay
. fine Of $1,000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
JOBS FOR PRESIDENTS.

Bill to Make Them Honorary Members
Of the Senate.
Washington, March "a. MI. Cou-
drey of Missouri has introduced a bill
providing that all ex-presidents of the
United States shall become honorary
members of the United States senate
for life and as such shall receive a
compensation Of $4,000 per annum.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
INJUNCTION MADE PERMANENT.
Federation Of Labor Restrained From
Interfering With Buck Stove.

Interfering With Buck Stove.
Washington, March 25.-The tempo
rary injunction recently issued
against the American Federation of
Labor by Justice Gould of the District
supreme court in favor of the Buck
Stove and Range company, vas yes
terday made perpetual by Chief JUS
tice Clabaugh. The injunction eff
f~ectually restraints the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor from in any manner
interfering with the business of the
Buck Stove and Range company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
DOCTOR WINS $500 SUIT.

Winona Physician Gets Money for
Caring for Pauper.
Winona, Mimi, March 22.-Dr. C. P.
Robbins yesterday received from the
town Of Homer a claim of over $40O
as fees for taking care of a pauper
nine years ago. The cas- has been
in the courts ever since and has gone
to the supreme court twice.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-08-28
State Farmers Institute and In
dustrial Convention,

To be held al the Mississippi Agricultural ana
Mechanical College Agricultural College, Mis-
sissippi september s. 9, To and li-
Tuesday September 5. Afternoon Session
Welcome Address. by prof ) {. Hardy President
Agriculture in the Rural Schools-Mr- W H.
smith, Duraut. Miss.
County Agricultural High schools-G- H. Al
ford Magnolia. Miss
Evening Session, Sl5 .. m.-Iliustrated Lee
ture on Forestry-Prot Geo, L. Clothier
wednesday september g. Morning Session
$50 a m Mule Raising in Mississippi-M RB
Hardy. Columbus Miss. Discussion, Professor
Archibald smith
The Functions OF Live stock ON the Farm
Prof J w Fox. Delta Experiment station,
Afternoon Session, ? p,m--The New sanitary
Live stock Law and What it Mas Accomplish
Prot. Archibald smith. Discussion. Dr. Johh
Oliver. Columbus. Miss
Building Up Dairy Hefd.-Air j. NJ Iaylo
Port Gibson Miss.
Cheap Feeds for Dairy Coyys.-Mr-A- X Riser.
Markets and Marketing Dairy Products-Prof.
j :. Moore
Evening Session. s.i5-rhe Farmers Union
and its work-Hon. 6. r. Hightower. oxford.
GOOD Roads in Mississippi Hon. II. E. Blakes-
lee. Jackson. Miss
Thursday. September 10. Morning Session 80
Improved Methods ct Cotton Culture-Prot. J.
r. DugEer. Alabama Experiment station lis
cussion. Hon Walter Clark Clarksdale Miss.
The Mexican Cotton Boil weevil-Prof Glenn
W Herrick.
soil Bacteria-Dr. r. p Hibbard-
Afternoon Session-Crops that We Grow-Prof
" L. Hutchinson.
Soil Fertility-Prof. W R. Perkins
Farm Drainage-Prof. }. w Fox. Delta Ex-
pertinent Station.
Evening Session-Pecau Culture in Mississippi
-Chas r. Pabst, Ocean Springs Miss
The Place OF Poultry ON the Farm-Prof. j. P
Kerr.
Friday September H. Morning 9.8o-The New
Food stuff Law-Dr ". F. Hand
The Home Garten.-Mrs. {. = Everts. Ridg-
land. Miss.
Afternoon Session. General Discussion
Pastures viii be furnished free for the stock Of
those who may come through the country to at
tend, and meals may be had the Mess Hail
for IS cents each.
The College and Experiment station viii MAKE
a hne exhibit Of pure bred cattle.
Tickets on sale from everywhere in the State
for the Round Up Institute at a rate OF one
and one-third fare plus DC. for the round trip.
In order 10 get reduced rates 10 the Meeting
be sure to secure standard form certificate re-
ceipt when purchasing your ticket TO place of
meeting.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-08-28
The Deep Water Congress.


The Deep Water Congress which
( is to be held in Chicago in October
/ is already occupying no small part
of public attention in the MISSISSIPPI
pi Valley
This convention or congress is to
be held in Chicago. the city which
has planned and partly executed a
deep water nayigabIe channel from
Lake Michigan to the sea, having
completed some thirty miles, more
or less, connecting the lake through
the Illinois River, to the MISSISSIPPI
pi, and through that to the Gulf of
Mexico, Chicago is filled with zeal
for this enterprise, and Is pushing
for it with great energy. The enor-
nous activity and persistence with
which Chicago works for the reali-
ration Of its great undertakings 60 a
long way to insure success, and in
this proposed grand work the peo-
pie of the entire Mississippi Valley
are enlisted.
In the Popular Science Monthly
for July. Prof. Walter Tower, of
the University of Pennsylvania,
speaking of the need Of a deep wat
erway for commerce through the
heart of the valley, states that the
drainage basin of the Mississippi
system covers an area Of approx
mately a million and a quarter
square miles, or rather more than
two-fifths Of the United States prop
er. This two fifths of the country
is the real heart and soul of the ma
tons prosperity. With its devel-
opment the United States has not
only become independent of the
rest Of the world, but also has ris
en- with tremendous strides to stand
as the greatest producer of food
stuffs that the world ever has seen
or ever will see.
More than half the total popula-
ton Of the country to-day is found
in the score of States bordering di-
rectly on the navigable portions Of
the Mississippi system. As the pop
ulation increases the most rapid
growth must be in these same
States, until a century hence with
hundreds of millions Of people liv-
ing between the slopes of the Ale I
ghenies and the Rockies, there will I
exist in the Mississippi Valley the
highest and most permanent type
OF civilization in the history of man. I
Three-fourths of the worlds cot
ton crop is raised in the United /
States. and the hears of the Cotton