Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-06

Government fraud cases have been
advanced for early hearing in the SUI
| preme court
Walsh are thought to be favorable.
Champ Clark says democracy is In
sight of the promised land.
There was bad slump In steel
stocks on rumors of a coming suit for
dissolution of the company.
Colonel Roosevelt sent breezy let
ter to the conservation congress, ex-
planning why he>was not there.
The French warship Liberte was
torn to pieces by an explosion at Tou-
Ion and more than 800 lost.
Henry Watterson says the day OF
free passes and free tickets in the
newspaper business is passing.
A bank robbery, followed by the
pursuit of the robber through the
streets and eliminating in the rob-
ber's suicide, occurred at Salt Lake.
A plan to make 100 acres year
of public park land out of Lake Mich
gan without cost to the city, was SUBJ
mitted to the city council of Chicago.
Mayor J. H. Graham and Commits
sioner E. M. Leach were recalled by
the voters of Wichita, Kansas, at q
special recall election.
Seattle was chosen as the next
meeting place of the American Asso-
citation of General Passenger and
Ticket Agents in 1912.
Lieutenants Atwood and Sheppard,
the English army officers who were
arrested at Emden, Prussia. charged
with espionage, were released.
Sonora Julia Munrox Creel, sister
in-law of Enrique Creel, former for
eign minister of Mexico and one of
Mexicos richest women, dropped
dead in Santa Barbara.
Reports from Urga, in north Mon
golia, state that the Russian guard
there has been increased to 200 men
because of the possibility of conflicts
between the Chinese and native Mon
golians.
The porte has addressed circular
to the Turkish representatives abroad
instructing them to invoke the good
offices of the powers with view to
restraining Italy from hostile action
in Tripoli.
The audit of the books of the Ma
tional Jewish Hospital association OF
Denver, which is almost complete, has
disclosed that the shortage of the
late Alfred Muller, former secretary,
will approximate $4,000.
Orders were sent from the general
Offices Of the Rock Island railroad in
Chicago to the general managers at
the three division points ordering a
cut of 10 per cent in operating ex-
penses during the next three months.
A number of Kansas democrats
who are in favor of Champ Clark for
president will meet the Missourian
and will seek to learn from him
whether he will enter the race for the
democratic nomination.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Re.
formed Episcopal church, speaking be-
fore the National Good Roads assocla-
ton at Chicago, asserted that good
roads would. increase the attendance
at churches.
The Streator Motor company Of
Streator, ILL.,, filed notice that it is
bankrupt and asks, permission to sub
NIT it's assets to the court for distri-
button among its creditors. The COM
pany is capitalized at 100000.
Considerable progress has been
made by the army toward the compile
ton of the Notifications of the Haw-
allan islands, a comprehensive scheme
which has been worked out by the
war department.
President w. A. Post of the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, announced that be-
cause of the eight-hour restriction of
the recent naval act his company
will not bid for either of the great
battleships authorized by congress in
March.
Whether Atlanta shall adopt the
commission form of municipal govern
ment or continue to be governed un-
der the existing plan will be decided
by the voters at a special election,
following the most spirited campaign
in the history of the city.
Liberties Dead Now 235.
Toulan, France.-The latest offic-
ial estimate places the number of
victims of the Liberte disaster as
235 dead and 100 wounded, forty
dangerously.
Burlington, Iowa. was visited by
cloudburst. Nearly two inches of
rain fell in less than two hours. Land
slides tied up traffic on the Burling-
ton line south of burlington. Bridges
were swept away in many localities
and immense damage done to LOVELY
ing property.
Jared Flagg, former United States
Treasurer Daniel Morgan, the Rev.
James T. Schock and five others of
Flagg's alleged associates, who were
arrested on the charge Of using the
mails to defraud investors. spent Sun
day in the Tombs on default of bail
agsregating $4,000.