Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-14
IMPORTANT NEWS
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Washington
Grain crops of the United States
aggregate 4,409 100000 bushels, an in
crease during August of 136.000,000
bushels, bat loss of 734 600 600 bush
els from last year, according to the
government crop report. While
weather conditions practically through
out the country We're reasonably favor
able the report did not indicate gen
orally much Improvement in the con
dition of the crops over the previous
month.
Fifty post offices of the first class
were designated by Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock as postal savings
banks. They will be open to receive
deposits on October Z. The list in
cludes Freport, Moline and Rockford,
lll.; Ellkhart. Fort Wayne and Koko-
mo, Ind; Burlington, Council Bluffs
and Sioux City, Ia, and Kalamazoo,
Lansing and Port Huron. Mich.
Instructions have been cabled by
Washington authorities to Admiral
Murdock to bring American gunboats
into play to guard American citizens
during the crisis which has arisen in
Szechuan, China, province which or
dinarily is turbulent and which lately
has become much wrought up over the
governments railroad policy.
President Taft has Cancelled an en-.
gagement to play golf with officials OF
the Denver (Colo.) Country club on
his coming Swing around the circle"
! Domestic
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., was con
victed of the murder of his young
wife. Louise Owen Beattie, on the Mid
lothian turnpike, near Richmond, Va,
on the night of July IS last, and un-
less higher court than that in which
ne was tried fntervenes he must die
'in the electric chair in the peniten-
tiary at Richmond on November "a
Another strike vote is being taken
by shop employees of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad and upon it's outcome de-
pends whether more than $4,000 me-
chanics ON that line will quit their
posts within the next week.
United States Senators Thomas S
Martin and Claude A. Swanson were
nominated at the Democratic pri
maries in Virginia for the long an6
short terms respectively in the
United States senate.
fusillade of shots followed bit
ter quarrel of laborers at Perth Am
and another was severely wounded
The police are hunting for Marin'
Rornio as the assassin.
Old Bill Miner, alias George Andel
son, train robber, highwayman en-
Jail breaker. is to turn farmer. Re
Gently convicted of train robbery i
camp, he began to fail n health an
the state prison commission has o.
dered his transfer to the state farm.
Jesse Pomeroy, Massachusetts mos
famous prisoner, who is serving lif
sentence for murder, has just entere
upon his thirty-fifth year of solitar
confinement at Boston. Pomeroy el
, tered the state prison when he wa
sixteen years of age Now he is fift,
one.
Joseph G. Cannon is a candidat
for reelection to congress from til
Danville Qll.) district. This announc
ment was made at the Kankakee fai
United States government agen
are In Chicago to serve indictme,
papers on Nathan Allen, millionail
banker and leather manufacturer
Kenosha. Wis. and John R. Collin
a coal operator Of Memphis. on ii
charge Of smuggling. Both men a
j, the erstwhile admirers of Mrs. Hele
Dwelle jenkins. They are under i
0 dictment for smuggling jewels valu.
d at $150,000 from Europe through IL
0 port at New York
D Eight men and boys have been 6
0 rested and placed under bond
0 Shady Bend, Kan. for alleged come
/; tion with the tarring and featheril
5 of Miss Mary Chamberlain, you,
school-teacher. ten days ago by
mob.
a In sawmill explosion on Madeli
n island. near Ashland, Wis, Clyde
u Jersey was instantly killed and n,