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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
TWENTY TRACK LAYERS CAUGHT
IN PIT az CAvE-iN-oNLY
A FEW ESCAPE.
BURIED in AN AVALANCHE
Sobb;nq Women and Children Water
Efforts of Rescue Party-Sec-
ond Disaster at
Gilbert.

Virginia. - Death in the form OF
ore, rock, earth, ice and snow shot
down upon 20 track layers working in
the Norman open-pit mine here. Only
II escaped the avalanche and three
of these are in a hospital suffering
from injuries that are likely to prove
fatal.
Ole Johnson. foreman of L Of the
three changes of men that were caught
by the vast mass, is the only one Of
the II whose injuries are not dan
gerous. He was taken to the hospital
suffering from severe conclusions of
the head.
An army Of men with shovels set to
work desperately to GOV the bod
les. The work was pursued under ex-
treme difficulties. The men prayed
for the daylight to aid them, while
many Of the crowd on the embankment
overlooking the site of the catastrophe
dreaded to have the dawn come, for it
would show them broken and manned
bodies the sight OF which would
change their stolid grief to hysterical
lamentations.
Wives and children Of the buried
men watched the work Of the rescuers,
sobbing and %wringing their hands.
Only Four Had Chance.
Only the four men near the outer
edge had a chance to run. So far as
can be ascertained all the men caught
in the slide were Firms and Austrians.
There is much confusion and the mine
officials are maintaining SO strict a
silence that the name of but n could
be learned-Paul Paulson, a widower,
who leaves seven children. His wife
died a month ago.
The pit was 125 feet deep and 10
feet wide and the rock and ore and
earth filled this bowl to the depth of
so feet and shot out it's rim $50 feet.
The Norman employs about 1000
men when running to capacity. Just
at this time. however, several hundred
are employed working in night and day
shifts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
EP|70ME OF EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN; 20
MANY SUBJECTS.
ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention Of What 10 Transpir;no
In Various Sections OF Our Own
and Foreign Countries.
Washington.

Representative s. c. Smith has re.
signed Is a member of the monetary
commission and Representative J. p.
McLachlin of California, who was not
reelected to the house, has been ap-
pointed to succeed him.
Secretary OF the Interior Ballinger
fixed, until further notice, at 81 per
acre the charge for operating and
maintenance by the government OF
lands served by the Okanogan irriga-
ton project, Washington.
The mints will stop making gold
coins as soon as President Taft
signs the bill which congress has
passed permitting the secretary of
the treasury to issue gold certificates
against gold bullion and foreign gold
coin.
The house special committee ap.
pointed to investigate Senator Cores
charges Of attempted bribery in con-
nection with J. w. McMurray's Indian
land contracts finds that Jake l.. Ham
on did make an improper proposal to
Senator Gore concerning the con-
tracts.
Representative Campbell of Kansas
announced as he was leaving the
White House that he was going to
Canada to study the reciprocity stu
alton at first hands. He will spend
three weeks there travelling from
place to place comparing prices re-
ceived by Canadian and American
farmers for their products.
The house committee on territories
unanimously approved the constitu-
ton Of the new state OF New Mexico
and recommended it's approval by the
house. The committee declares it has
found the document ito be republican
In form but it makes no distinction
or civil or political rights on account
Of race or color and that 1t is lot re-
pugnant to the constitution Of the
United States or the declaration of
independence"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Went Swimming at Nlnety.Twc.

The Grand Old Man OF Highgate
Ponds" William Mckenzie, long
known al grandfather by his fellow
members OF the Highgate L!febuoys
club, has passed away at his North
London home. He was in his ninety
third year.
Up to six weeks ago Mr.. Mckenzie
was bathing In Highgate Ponds. where
he had bathed for many years. His
unfailing regularity at the age OF
ninety-two probably constitutes a 9 c
ord In natation. Until three years
ago he Joined in the winter lifebuoy
sports. His practice was to walk over
the two miles from Highbury and
back for his swim.-London Chronicle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Home and School,

Home and school are tive different
spheres and have of necessity differ
ent duties to perform and different
work to accomplish IN the training
and teaching Of the child. But unless
the ideals are the same and unless
there Is a systematic attitude Of mind
between parents and teachers, the
best result can4ot be achieved and
the child must suffer.-Mrs. e. l..
Franklin, Secretary Parents National
Educational Onion, England.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
EDITOR BROWNE
OF Tho Rockford Morning Star.

ABBOTT seven years age ceased
drinking coffee to give your Postum =
trial.
Il had suffered acutely from various
forms Of indigestion and my stomach
had become so disordcred as to repel
almost every sort OF substantial food.
My general health was bad. At close
intervals l would suffer severe attacks
which confined me in bed for a week
or more. Soon after changing from
coffee to Postum the indigestion
abated, and In a short time ceased
entirely. l have continued the daily
use Of your excellent Food Drink and
assure you most cordially that am
indebted to you for the relief it has
brought NE.
wishing you a continued success, ]
am Yours very truly,
]. Stanley Browne.
Managing Editor"
or course, when a mans health
shows he can stand coffee without
trouble, let him drink 1t, but most
highly organized brain-workers sim
ply cannot.
The drugs natural to the coffee Der
~ affect the stomach and other organs
and thence to the complex nervous
system, throwing It out OF balance and
producing disorders in various parts
OF the body. Keep up this daily pois-
oning and serious disease generally
s~upervenes. So when man or woman
fnds that coffee is q smooth but dead
ly enemy and health is Of any value
at all, there is but one road-quit.
1t is easy to find out If coffee be tho
cause OF the troubles, for II left OF 10
days and Postum be used in its place
and the sick and diseased conditions
begin to disappear. the proof Is un-
a~nswerable.
Postum Is not good II made by short
boiling. It must be boiled full Is min
utes after boiling begins, when the
crisp flavor and the food elements arc
brought out of the grains and the bev.
erage Is ready to fulfill its mission OF
palatable comfort and renewing tho
cells and nerve centers broken down
by coffee.
There's a Reason"
Get the little book. ''The Road 70
"Wellville." In pkgs.
Ever read the above letterS A new
one appears from time to time. TheY
are genuine, true, and full 81 huMaa
interest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Both Parties M;sled.

The interesting feature Of this al
legged scandal is that the Democrats,
as we'll as the Republicans in congress.
were misled, and they are particularly
resentful, in view OF the fact that con
gress authorized the addition OF more
than 200 officers to the army, and the
committees were led to believe that
under the Davis bill to equalize the
promotions of army officers, only 20
officers would be affected, whereas it
is now apparent that more than 100
will be promoted and appointed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
PAVES WAY FOR APPOINTMENT
OF MANY NEW OFFICERS, IT
is DECLARED.
fATHERED BY REP. DAVIS
st. Peter Mar Lieut.. Col. w. c. Brown
One Of Those to Benefit
Investigation May
Follow.

Washington, D. G.. - The an.
,ouncement of the appointment of
about 40 new officers in the army is
said to be the basis of a scandal de.
veloped as a result of legislation in
the last congress that will be investi.
gated by a committee of the next
Democratic house. This legislation re.
suited from a bill introduced in the
house by Representative Davis of
Minnesota at the instance, it is claim
ed, of Lieut.-Col. w. G. Brown, who
is a native of ST. Peter, MINI.
The legislation, as proposed was
intended to promote the equalization
OF rank among the officers of the
army. The point in the legislation
was that through inequalities, result
ing from regimental promotions, many
OF the officers Of the army had not
been justly treated. 1t was to correct
this injustice that the measure was
passed, and It is alleged that the rep
reservations made to the committees
Of congress were that not more than
20 officers would be affected by the
changes which would create vacancies
in the official list Of the army.
The members Of both parties in
congress were startled by the ar
nouncement that 4S officers have been
promoted, and that inside information
at the department indicStes that more
than 100 appointments will follow the
changes. In other words, the claim
is that congress was misled by the
army officers who advocated the leg.
i~s1afjOn
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17

any plans as to the administration Of
the department.
Assistant Secretary Pierce, who has
announced that he will tender his res
ignation when the new secretary takes
charge, will. at Mr.. Fishers request,
remain in the service for a short time.
Secretary BallinEer said that since
his resignation was accepted he had
felt that a great weight had been TAX
en- off his shoulders. Mrs. Ballinger
has left for Seattle. She will be fol.
lowed in about 10 days by the secrs
tAry.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
ExhortInC the Ducks.

There are two tiny boys IN this
town whose mother sings often TO
them at their request, and as she Is
an ardent church woman. the children
hear as many hymns as anything else.
The other day they were playing with
their wooden ducks In tho bathtub,
and strangely enough the ducks were
mor inclined to float sideways than
in the approved amer After sew
eral attempts to keep the misguided
ducks straight the older boy shouted:
stand up, duck, stand up" Then
t~wo-year-old, noting the familiar
phrase, leaned over the tub and ex-
horted: ""Tand up, duck. 'Tand up
for Jesus"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
S1wstksv
R1xHN/4A07

pied with infiammatory rheumatism
and stricken with dropsy. not able to
move even with crutches. Such was
my condition when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. Folks in Han
ford know how bad OF I was and /
must give Doan's Kidney Pills fun
credit for my wonderful recovery"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents o
box. Toster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17

The Minnesota house has passed a
bill abolishing capital punishment.
The last hours Of congress was
fight, fight, fight, in a legislative way.
The senate voted to seat Lorimer
by 46 to 40 and the struggle is ended.
Champ Clark will be speaker Of the
house when congress assemblies April
lth. -
Ex-Speaker Cannon has been OF.
fered q big sum for one hundred lee
lures.
The president has called an extra
session of congress to the
4th Of April.
Ecuador has called on the United
States for assistance in organizing a
sanitary service.
The Washington senate passed the
house bill for the erection Of a new
capitol at Olympia.
Representative Scott of Kansas de-
n0unced the initiative, referendum
and recall as revolutionary.
An act framed on the Oregon plan
Of senatorial election has been passed
~ IL ANNW A0AApoAiA AOuoSs
Women are exempted from Jury
duty by a bill that passed both houses
Of the Washington legislature.
The Chinese legation at Washing
ton emphatically denies rumors of an
en~ti-foreign uprising in Manchuria.
Mass meeting at Rockford. Ill.,.
passed resolutions calling upon both
CnnmA0~ nv{rn~~ n~l C~~o%~w C,Jl~rn
to resign.
George Baker Eddy, q nephew. has
fled notice Of petition to intervene in
the litigation over the estate Of Mrs.
Mary Baker Eddy.
Italians in America sent $26,O0O,-
600 back to the old country during
1910. according to statistics of the
postof1ce department.
President Taft appointed William
n. Howard. former Georgia congress.
man, and Prof. Thomas W.. Page of
the University of West Virginia men,
bers of the temporary tariff board.
Speaker Cannon appointed Repre-
s~entatives Hawley Of Oregon and Lee
Of Georgia members of the commits
sion to supervise the purchase of
lands to protect the watersheds OF
nAvigable rivers.
Arthur M. Travers, chief clerk to
The third assistant postmaster gen.
eral. was dismissed from the service
BY Postmaster General Hitchcock for
manipulating postage stamps for his
own financial benefit.
The supreme court of Nebraska de-
cfded that Thomas Johnson now at
the state penitentiary must hang.
The attorney general. by a house
resolution. has been asked what
steps are being taken in the coffee
rust inquiry.
The Merchants and Farmers bank
Of Culbertson. Mont, has closed its
doors and the sheriff is searching
~ Cashier v. H. Bostwick.
The Alabama house has passed the
smith BILL regulating the sale Of
liGuor, said 10 be the most drastic
measure on the subject W enacted
n any state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Her Wedding March.

A young girl who had neve heard
OF Mendelssohn's wedding March,"
but was familiar with the more popu-
lar parody on 1t, was a witness to a
wedding ceremony In an uptown
church recently. AS the betrothed
pair walked with dignified tread to-
ward the altar to be wed and the or
gan pealed forth Memberships In
spring march. the young girl was
plainly shocked. When she arrived at
her home she told her mother OF tho
ceremony and ~innocently exclaimed:
What do you think, mother. they
played Gee Whiz! I'm Glad I'm
Ernn'n
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Twin City Markets.
Minneapolis. Mar. 1S.-Wheat. May,

97Mc: July, 9SAc; No. 1 northern,
991sc: No. 2 northern. 97Ac; No. l
durum. S4hc: No. 3 corn. 43c; No.
3 white oats, 29c: barley. sac; No. 2
rye. 83hc; No. l fax, $2.66A.
Duluth. March 13.-Wheat, May,
97Mc; July, 9SAc; No. l northern.
etc.
South st. Paul, March 13.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.00W5.70; cows. $3.35@4.A0;
calves. $34o@7.75: hogs. Sc. 7006.90;
sheep. yearlings. $2.0003.5O.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
FIRE ATTACKS TROOP TRAIN.
'wo Soldiers Killed and One Car o.
Horses Destroyed.

Denison, Texas. One a OF horses
10 known to have been destroyed
and two soldiers killed as a re
suit OF a fire which originated in o
stock car Of a troop train on the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas railroad neaI
Durant, Okla. The train was the first
section of an army special en- route
from Fort Leavenworth to San An
tonic
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Townsite Promoter Convicted.

Seattle, Wash.-Clarence D. Hill
ton, the millionaire townsite promoter,
was found guilty in the federal court
of using the mails to defraud. The
Jury was out "a hours, acquitted him
on the first five indictments, charging
a misdemeanor, but convicted him on
l3 counts of the sixth Indictment,
charging a felony.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
MORE HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
Yakima Irrigation Project Ready for
Settlers.

Washington. D. C. Homestead
entries may be made on the Tieton
unit Of the Yakima irrigation project.
Washington, beginning April 6, 1911
A notice to this effect was issued by
Secretary Of the Interior Ballinger
Entries must be accompanied by water
right applications and at least one in
stallment of the building, maintenance
and operation charges, not less thar
$1,000 per acre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Bath Tub Trust Plea Overrujcd.

Detroit, Mich. - Judge Denisor
in the federal court here overruled the
special plea recently entered by the
defendants in the so-called bath tub
trust suit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17

dreaded Bright's dis
ease. II you have any
kidney symptom, be-
gin using Doan's Kid
ney Pills at once.
Mrs. Sarah A. Black,
304 s. Douty St.. Han
ford, CAL. says: "Pic-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
CHECK IT IN TIME.

Few people realize the grave dam
ger Of neglecting the kidneys. The
slightest kidney trouble may be Ma
lures warning Of dropsy, diabetes or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-17
Mr.. FISHER TAKES HIS OFFICE
New Secretary Of the Interior Will
Take Office Oath Monday.

Washington, d. c. - Walter l..
Fisher, who took the oath of Office
Monday as secretary of the interior,
succeeding Richard A. Ballinger, re-
signed. spent q part Of the day at the
scene of his new duties, learning more
of the details Of the office. He said
he had no set policies nor had he made
The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-23

TENS Of disposing Of the convicts; and
that is, that while in the case Of coun-
ty convicts, as recently in this county,
tigate and probe and criticise and re-
port, there is no officer or official body
whose duty it would be 20 turn on the
lights Of public knowledge upon the
dark places-for there would be dark
places-of the state mana cement of
what is known as the Angle bill, if the
same should pass.
I'm conclusion let us consider a few
figures: There are at present about
$50 convicts, Of which about 100 are
able bodied and are at work for the
lessees. The rest-about $50 women
and old men and invalids-are idle
These the lessees are required TO ma in
tain al their expense The state re
ceive on an average about $500, 900 an
nually for the hire Of the cOnvicts. The
cost Of the maintenance Of each con-
vict j. about 5000 per year, making a
total for $50 Of S27O,000. In substi-
.tuting the system Of working the con-
victs on the public roads for that of
would have TO appropriate the eauival-
ent Of $4,000, to become effective
January !, 1913. To this is TO be added
the cost Of road material, machinery
and implements, 50 that the annual
total will reach about 81 900, 900 per an
mum. Can Florida afford ii for the sake
Of a eentiment-and a mistaken one al
that"
The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-23
A MAIL ORDER STOVE

- farmer living a few miles north
of town ordered stove from a "cata-
log house" in Chicago
The concern boldly proclaimed that
it manufactured it's own stoves and
that they were offered at factory
prices"
The customer waited nearly two
weeks for the stove to be delivered,
and in the meantime the whole family
shivered. At last the stove came and
the bill of lading showed that it was
shipped by a stove factory in Detroit.
A careless shipping clerk ''let the cat
out Of the bag" by forgetting to use tne
mail order concerns shipping tag.
Maybe that farmer wasn't wrathy!
He sneaked up to the local hardware
store and looked around until he fou I'd
exactly the same stove. He looked a.
the price and almost fell over back
ward when he found that the mail
order" stove. counting the free Int
charges, had cost him $275 more than
the local dealer asked.
The fact is that 80 per cent of the
mail order houses are nothing more
than retailers. The customer has to
pay the high local freight rate where
as the retailer, who gets the carload
rate, can and actually does sell cheap
er than the mail order concerns. 1t is
true that some articles can be bought
cheaper from mail order houses than
from retail dealers. but nine times out
OF ten the retailers undersen the mai
order concerns.
The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-23
PROPER PLACE FOR
THE HOME PROTECTOR

A New York man, who habitually
slept with a pistol under his pillow,
was found dead the other morning with
a bullet in his head and the pistol in
his hand, and several editorial writer's
asserting that the man dreamed bur
glars were In the house. and shot him
self accordingly. proceeded to lecture
on the folly Of the pistol pillOwing
habit. In the first place the man might
have had tOOthache, and shot himself
as the less of the two evils, and in the
second IL he had blaZed away at a sup
posed burglar in a dream his head is the
last place in which he would have shot
himself. We agree, however, with our
contemporaries as to the folly of put
ting ones pistol under the pillow. 1t is
too hard for one to find when needed,
and it is always the first place where a
burglar looks for it, The proper place
for man to put a pistol a night. dur
ing the burglar season, is under the
small of his back. He always knows
right where it is, and a burglar can't
get il without waking him up.
The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-23
BIG MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, Ala, May 22.-The
fourth National Good Roads Congress,
TO be held in Birmingham this week,
promises to be one of the greatest
gatherings in the interest of better
highways ever held. There is no doubt
that the attendance will be unusually
large, and a program has been arrang-
ed that will evolve symposium of
ideas and suggestions on good roads
that will benefit all sections of the
United States. Commissioners of agri-
culture from several states are comm e
TO this meeting, while prison officials
from a least a dozen states viii dis
cuss the convict in his relation to the
building of good roads. Highway en-
gineers, brick manufacturers, motor
car men, road building machinery peo-
pie, farmers and others. besides numer-
Gus county and state, town and city Of
ticials, will be present to offer opinions
on waES and means for the betterment
| of the nations highways.