The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-11-12

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lot desirable for jurors, according to
Jury Commissioner william A. An.
,erg, who testified in Chicago before
he judges who are investigating al.
eyed irregularities in the drawing OF
venire.
Elections held on Tuesday reflected
title general political interest.
A party of five Alaskans, all fami-
lar with Mount Mckinley, has been
organized to climb the peak this win
.er and put an end to the controversy
IS t o whether DR.. Cook reached the
summit. The party will start Novem-
Der Is. The expedition is being
financed at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Ten new cases Of cholera in Ger
many are reported to the state de-
partment by the United States con-
sular agent in Berlin.
Smallpox cases numbering 24,650 In
the United States during the fiscal
year ending July l last were reported
by the public health service. This Is
q decrease of 1900 from the preced-
ing year.
The local treasurer of the Big Four
railroad at Cincinnati says his short
age is due to blackmail.
Rear Admiral Sebree brought to
Manila news of c~annibalism on the
Admiralty islands.
The prices of vehicles, buggies, sur
reys and carriages are to be moved
up by the 1000 members of the Tri-
State Vehicle and Implement Dealers
association. This Is to be done In
spite of the fact that automobiles are
getting cheaper every year.
New York is to have another hun
dred million dollar bank" to be
known as the Mechanics and Metals
National.
Secretary Wilson says the day Of
wheat famine in the United States Is
exceedingly remote.
John Steward Kennedy, who re-
Gently died in New York, made be-
quests of $25, 900, 900, largely to re-
ligious and educational institutions.
Mrs. Anna Wheeler, mining wom-
an and promoter" said to have swim.
died hundreds in fake Nevada mining
schemes, was convicted Of fraud on
three counts In Denver.
Honduras Is believr 4 to be taking
the side of President Aelaya in Mica
ragua.
A colored organization of Alabama
is contributing its mite toward build.
ing the canal.
The district court Of appeals affirm.
ed the decree of the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia adjudging
President Samuel Gompers, Secretary
Frank Morrison and Vice President
John Mitchell of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor guilty of contempt
Of court in the Buck Stove and Range
company case.
The appeal court at Washington az
firms the prison sentences of Gompers
and others.
When she learned that she was be-
ing taken to the state hospital for
the insane at Independence, Iowa
Mamie Champion, aged 20 years, OF
Cedar Falls. escaped from her mother
and, screaming. she threw herself In
front of an Illinois Central freight
train and was instantly killed.
Prosperity has arrived, according to
the figures furnished by the depart
ment OF commerce and labor.
Believing that prohibition in the
south is beneficial, Congressman Wy
att F. Aiken Of South Carolina. de-
clared he would introduce q bill for
prohibition in the District OF Colum.
bia at the next session Of congress.
Washington.
Secretary Bailinger designated az
being subject to disposition under the
enlarged homestead bill. approximate
ly 79,44O acres of land in Sun Dance
district, Wyoming. This makes a to
tai Of 1915 80 acres thus designated
in this state. Under the enlarged
homestead bill. settlers are given the
right to 800 instead of 160 acres.
Refusing to be drawn into the
Cook-Peary north pole controversy
the state department declined a re
quest that 1t cable American Min
lister Egan to Copenhagen to Request
Of the University Of Copenhagen per
mission to examine the records Of DR.
Frederick A. Cook when they are sub
mitted to that institution. The re
quest was made by a delegation from
the National Geographic society.
Republicans made substantial gaini
in cities Of Indiana.
President Taft's reception In thu
south was enthusiastic and whole
hearted.
Lieutenant Frank p. Lahm. WHIT
gained international fame by winning
the James Gordon Bennett cup IL
Europe last year for the longest fights
in . dirigible balloon. has been re
1ieved from detail in the signal corp'
and ordered to report to his cavalr,
regiment.
Break up the importers graft" Il
the slogan of the treasury department
and its customs collectors just now.
The estate left by Mrs. Gertrude M
Hubbard, who devised $50, 900 to tn,
Clarke Institute for the Deaf at North
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