The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-04-28

in Mexico is demanded in a resOlu-
ton offered by Senator Stone of Mis-
souri,.
Cholera situation is again causing
some uneasiness in Honolulu.
In a battle near Chihuahua forty or
more insurrectos were killed and
many wounded.
The insurrectos who defended Aqua
Prieta all day Monday, quietly stole
away during the night.
A Nebraska man was among those
killed with the Mexican insurrectos in
a battle near Chihuahua.
State biologists from almost every
state met in Washington with the Of
ficials of the geological survey.
George Gould was able to dictate
the selection of Benjamin F.. Bush as
president of the Missouri Pacific.
With the Mexican situation on his
hands the president has reason to be
thankful that congress is in session.
The James bill. providing for wo-
man suffrage in Wisconsin, has been
bottled by the assembly elections
committee.
President Taft has gone as far as
he cares to on his own initiative, and
if there is to be intervention congress
must declare it.
Investigation of alleged extravag-
ance in the government departments
was endorsed by the house committee
on rules.
The Michigan senate killed the bills
for a popular vote on a constitutional
amendment providing for the initia-
tive and referendum.
George S. Terry, assistant United
States treasurer at New York, died at
Aiken, S. C. He had been suffering
for a week from an attack of dia-
betes.
John r. Montgomery, 81 years old,
and for fifty years a New York tea
merchant, stepped into a summer
house at his home and ended his life
by shooting.
But % years of age and married for
the fourth time is the record of Geor-
giana Pierce of South Omaha, who was
last week united in marriage to Alfred
Il. LOWc, d5cu "a ycdIS.
Henry Brown, aged so, a roommate
Of Abraham Lincoln when the latter
was practicing law. died OF his farm
near Bloomington, III. He had many
letters written to him by Lincoln.
Delivery of parcels post matter
from many European countries will be
expedited in the middle western
states by an arrangement made by
the p~ostoffice and treasury depart
ments.
James Speyer of the banking firm
of Speyer and company, and H. /.
Miller, receiver of the Buffalo & Sus-
quehanna railway. have been elected
directors of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way.
T~elegraphic orders from Washing
ton. received at the Mare Island navy
yard, started 100 marines for San
Diego and the Mexican border under
the command of Captain Fred A.
Ramsey.
The Episcopal cathedral of st. John
structure in the country and the
fourth largest in Christendom, al
solemnly consecrated in New York
city.
A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS smine to be
run, not for profit, but to obtain scien-
tific data, will begin operations about
May l. when the new experimental
coal mining plant at Bruceton, Pa,
near Pittsburg, is opened.
Rage Adams, a wealthy planter liv-
ing near Holt, Fla. was assassinated
from ambush. 1t is believed the kill
ing is the result of an old feud.
Scullers' row on the Hudson river
was swept by fire. Four boats were
burned, with their contents, including
nearly 200 racing shells, and two other
club structures were damaged. The
loss is $4,000
gent" republican senators for recogni-
ton as a body in the reorganization
of the senate committees is causing
trouble to the regular republicans and
delaying the formation of the commit
tees.
The house, by a vote of 296 to 16,
adopted the resolution for direct cleo
ton of United States senators.
Senator Norris Brown, of Nebras-
ka, believes that before any tariff
legislation shall have passed congress
the income tax amendment will have
been adopted. IF this proves the
case" said Senator Brown, the whole
tariff situation will be completely
revolutionized. The argument that
duties cannot be reduced or wiped
out because we need the revenue, will
no longer be valid.
"A deficit in the operation of the
postofice department OF SIT. 500, 900.
inherited by the present administra-
ton of the postal service. practically
has been wiped out" said Postmaster
General Hitchcock. He had Just re-
ceived from the department auditor
a final report showing that the rev.
enues for the first six months of the