The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-08-26

There Is fear of loss Of life In the
forest fires of Idaho.
The standpatters were badly defeat
ed by the insurgents in Kansas.
Uncle Joe Cannon says he Will
again be a candidate for the speaker
ship.
Exposition buildings at Brussels
burned, entailing a loss Of $6,O00,O0O
to $4,000, 900
Ex-President Roosevelt is now on
his 5000 mile journey. He will be IN
Omaha September 2.
Great Britain's new battleship, the
Lion, is to be the biggest and fastest
naval fighter in the world.
If Mayor Gaynor RECEIVERS he will
probably be the democratic nominee
for governor of New York.
Fire in the warehouse district of
Jersey City, New York, caused DAM
age estimated at $1,O0O,0OO.
Fire in the warehouse district OF
Jersey City, New York, caused dam
age estimated at $1.00O,OOO.
The speech of Speaker Cannon at
Cissta Park, Ill.,, contained little OF
his oldtime vigorous statements
Eight Americans, names unknown,
were arrested on the Isla Of Pines on
the charge of homicide and arson.
President Taft is determined that
Speaker Cannon be relegated, and
Vice President Sherman comedies.
Moissant, the American aviator,
made daring flight across the Eng
lish channel, carrying a passenger.
David Rankin, jr., who recently
gave away his fortune estimated at
more than 100000 died at Atlantic
City.
Colonel Joseph B. Hughes, former
head of the Continental Tobacco Co,
was declared insane by a sheriff's
jury.
The population of Canada on March
81, last, was 74S9,7S1. according to
the estimate Of the census depart
ment.
The interior department is prepar-
ing data for President Taft in regard
to the five civilized tribes of Okla
homa.
President Taft has not congratulate
ed Congressman Norris of Nebraska
on his nomination for the lower
house.
The democratic primary vote for
governor in Nebraska is SO close that
the official count will be required to
determine.
The Independent democratic state
committee of Tennessee has called a
convention of the party to be held in
Nashville on September a.
The governmental naval bill to be
will ask for an appropriation to build
three battleships and one battleship
cruiser.
Four hundred Punjabis and Hindus
have sailed from Calcutta for San
Francisco. according to advices which
reached the department of commerce
and labor.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Heiseke of
Granite City, Ill.,, shot and killed
Samuel Morgan, a man whom he had
arrested by mistake in an attempt to
quell disturbance.
The population of Pittsburg, Pa, is
533,9O5, an increase of 82,393, or 1872
per cent, as compared with the COM
bined population of Pittsburg and AL
legheny OF 451,512 in 1900
The coal lands in North and South
Dakota, amounting to about million
acres, which were recently with
drawn from the public domain by
President Taft, have been opened to
homestead settlement.
One of the principal reasons for the
slump in the sale of automobiles in
the rural districts Is that the farm
ers begin to realize that the upkeep
of machines is many times more than
what was represented by statesmen
and dealers, and only recently rubber
tires have advanced 20 per cent and
the promise of still another advance,
in fact, there is no limit scarcely ex-
cept a prohibitive one to what tires
can be advanced under the Rubber
Trust. One agent says, II venture to
say we will not again sell to the farm
ers to any extent until prices of ma
chimes and supplies, in the manner
of upkeep, tires, ETC., are greatly re-
duced."
All the indictments returned last
year against Jafet Lindberg, the
Alaska and California mining mil
lionaire in connection with an alleged
false afi1davit made by one of his
miners, have been dismissed.
For nearly three hours President
Taft and Vice President Sherman
talked over the defeat Of Col. .Theo-
dore Roosevelt by the New York
state republican committee and the
selection of Mr.. Sherman as tenn
porary chairman Of the Saratoga con-
vention.