The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-10
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Foreign.
BY . majority of Els, after a brief
but exciting sitting. the house OF
commons recorded it's claim to ex'
elusive control of the nations purse
"a claim never before challenged In
modern times.
The protocol with the United States
for the reference Of the Alsop claim to
King Edward for mediation was
signed by the government of Chile.
The cabinet Of Premier Giolitte Of
italy resigned.
The ministerial commission which
has been discussing with business
men various matters Of trade, has ap-
proved the suggestion of placing q tax
Of seven-tenths of one cent on each
pound of cotton grown In European
Russia, Bokhara and Khiva.
Admiral Togo, chief of the general
star OF the Japanese navy, retires
from the naval command and becomes
. member Of the military council. He
II succeeded in his earlier ONCE by
Vice Admiral Sir Zero Ijuin.
An individual believed to be insane
and having an imaginary grievance
against the war department, shot and
seriously wounded General Verand In
Paris on the steps Of the Hotel Con.
tinental. It was later discovered that
he had made q mistake in his man.
It IL nineteen days since the Her.
era line steamer Maria Herrera left
Santiago, Cuba, with q cargo of cattle,
bound for Ponce, Porto Rico, where
she was expected to arrive November
been heard from and it is believed
that she was foundered.
i General.
Five more men were added last
week to the bankers colony at Fl.
1eavenworth penitentiary.
]. p. Morgan has secured control
Of the Equitable Life society.
The British house of commons
adopted a resolution of censure of
lords.
Mexico will maintain a neutral atti-
tude In the Nicaraguan rumpus.
The Richard-G Gleason bid for the
JeRries-Johnson fight, to be in Cali.
lornia, was accepted.
President Taft has taken steps to
put the Red Cross society on a perma-
nent business footing.
CONGRESSMAN Hinshaw says Cannon
cannot be elected speaker at the ses-
sion Of the next congress.
Following q charge of murder at st.
Louis against Mrs. Doxey of Column
bus, Neb., a requisition was issued.
The president will exert all his in
nuence looking to changes in the In
terstate commerce act.
Duke Karl Theodore Of Bavaria died
from kidney trouble.
d. L. Winchell. president Of the
Rock Island, has been elected Presi.
dent of the st. Louis & San Francisco
road.
The Kansas state treasury will re-
ceive $4,000 cash, as an Inheritance
tar, from the estate of James Clarke,
. farmer in Marshall county. This
II the largest tax yet assessed against
q Kansas estate under the new law.
The Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege 2-year-old Angus steer, King
Ellsworth. won the grand champion
ship as the best steer In America at
the International Stock show in Chi
cage.
"More men are killed as the result
Of playing football in n year than
are killed in labor troubles" says
John Mitchell.
President Taft soon is to receive a
call from the legislative committee OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic. for a
conference upon matters pertaining to
pension legislation this winter.
John Harvard, . negro preacher. who
had committed murder. was burned
Ct the stake rear Cochran, Georgia.
According to IN oficial dispatch
from Bitlis. Asiatic Turkey, several
small villages In that vicinity have
been destroyed by an earthquake.
Secretary Of War Dickinson advo-
Gates changes in army affairs In an.
nual report.
a strike Of switchmen involving
over two thousand men was inauguar'
ated ct st. Paul. Mimi.
Senator Brown says the insurgents
will ~ II evidence ut the coming ses'
sion of c0ngress.
a Greenville (Ohio) man killed hia
mother and . deputy sheriff. wounded
two others and committed suicide.
Senator Aldrich says the panic Of
1897 cost the country $1,000 .vvU.0 600.
Sec. Meyer has proposed sweeping
changes n the navy.
Attorney General Wicksrsham. Sen.
ators Elkins and Cummins c~onferred
On changes IN the intsrstate commerce
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