Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-24


cotton corner was argued in the Unit
ed States supreme court.
The country's election results
caused hardly ripple at Washington.
Thirteen vessels of the imperial
Chinese navy have gone over to the
rebels.
President Taft attended the dedica-
ton of a monument to Lincoln at
Frankfort, KY.
The first woman's jury at Los An
geles were unable to agree and were
discharged.
The United States supreme court
made a ruling in the railroad grain
elevating cases.
Two-thirds of the city of Hankow,
China, has been burned, with loss OF
fifty million dollars.
The country is not committed to
any party for next year. Next years
victory is yet to be earned.
The president has returned to
Washington, and will now get busy in
writing his annual message.
1t was testified at Washington that
a man over forty need not apply for
a job with the railroads.
Ben Craven, released from the Mis-
souri, penitentiary, is charged with
two murders in Oklahoma.
Unified orders on the books OF the
United States Steel corporation on
October 81 were 31,694,32S tons.
The postoffice at Horick, Ia, was
raided by cracksmen and $500 IN
money and stamps secured.
Rumors circulated at Washington
that Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
is to resign are regarded authentic.
Tahan, an educated Kiowa Indian,
finds much to condemn in the national
administration Of Indian affairs.
Directors of the American Cotton
Oil company passed the semi-annual
dividend of 21a per cent on the COM
mon stock.
On application by counsel for Mrs.
Russell Sage her assessment for per-
sonal property was reduced from
100000 to $2510,000.
United States Senator-elect Hoke
Smith, governor of Georgia, stated
he would offer his resignation as cher
executive of the state.
The Rev. c. '. T. Richeson of Bos-
ton, will be placed on trial on the
cargo of numbering Miss Avis Linnell
on January Is, 1912.
The American chamber of COM
MERGE gave reception in honor OF
the American ambassador, w. w.
Rockhill at Constantinople.
Announcement was made that the
supreme court of the United States
would take recess after announcing
opinions next Monday, November 20,
until Monday, December 4.
Mrs. Ida Lewis, keeper of Lime Rock
light in Narragansett bay, whose res
cues of forty years ago startled the
world and gained for her the thanks
of congress, is dead.
The democratic house will attempt
to amend the Sherman antitrust law.
Attorney General Wilkinson says he
can find no evidence to support q
prosecution of cotton bears.
New York's streets have become so
Uttered with piles of garbage as the
result of the street cleaners strike,
that Street Cleaning Commissioner
Edwards will begin the use of disin-
fectants.
The Mexican cabinet decided to
send large force of fighters into
Morelos and adjoining states where
Emilano Zapata has been waging war
with more or less success for several
months.
Formal notice of the purpose of the
Japanese government to appoint
Baron Chinda ambassador to Wash
ington to succeed Viscount Uchida,
who was made minister of foreign af-
fairs, has reached Washington.
In the twenty-three legal business
days which have elapsed since the
registration of women was begun IN
preparation for the city election at
Los Angeles, Cal, December 5, 66,527
women have qualified as voters.
The method of choosing directors
and the preponderance of banking
representation in the proposed Aldrich
currency plan were criticised by Prof.
E. W. Kemmerer of Cornell university
in opening session on currency and
baking reform of the Western Eco
nomic society.
immigration through the port of
New York has shown a falling off. In
the annual report of Commissioner
of immigration William Mills, for the
year ending June 80, 1911, it is stat
ed that during the period 1852
aliens came into the country as COM
pared with 7S6094 the previous year.
For the first time since 1888 the
postoftice department, during the
fiscal year ended June. 30, 1911, was
conducted at a profit. In twenty-four
months the conduct of the service
has resulted in changing a deficit of
$17,179,770 for the fiscal year 1909 to
a surplus of $219,118 for the fiscal
year 1911. During he last fiscal year
the audited revenues of the depart
ment were $2377, 1929, aand the audi
ted expenditures 1921, 64S.26.