The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-06-21

oral Judge Hanford OF Seattle.
Robert H. Moore, aged s~ixty-seven
years . pioneer newspaper man died
1t Ottumwa, Ia, following an opera
ton.
Gov. Harmon will not accept Sec
ond place on the democratic ticket.
The democratic national committee
has only a few contests to settle.
Baltimore is decked out in prepara-
ton for the democratic national con-
vention.
The president is expected to veto
the bill abolishing the court OF COM
merce.
Extensive damage is thought to
have been done by volcanoes IN
Alaska.
Roosevelt denounced with vigor the
action of the national committee at
Chicago.
A witness in the money trust in
curry says j. P. Morgan saved the day
during panic times.
The charge was made in the house
that General Wood was being made
the victim OF intrigue.
Californians are much wrought up
over the action of the republican ma
tional committee.
Ugly accusations against the presi-
dent were made in the house debate
by Chairman Fitzgerald.
The Cuban government is wrought
up lest after all the United States
may see fit to intervene.
The headquarters of Colonel Mach
ado, commanding the marines at
Guantanamo, Cuba, have been fired
upon.
Fire at Lapear, Mich, caused a
property loss of approximately $780,
900 in the business district of that
city.
Cedar Rapids was chosen for the
1913 convention of the Iowa liquor
dealers association at the closing
session.
Ohio's fourth constitutional conven.
ton completed it's work and recessed
until August 6, the date set for sine
die adjournment.
The senate judiciary committee ia
vorably reported the Simmons bill
prohibiting interstate transportation
of prize fight films.
The Mare island navy yard viii
build the river gunboat Monocacy, 19(
tons, as it's bid of $141 900, was fal
below any private concern.
Kansas will have an insane
Fourth of July this year, but th1
State Board of Health is prepared fol
any accidents that may result.
The senate agreed to a program Of
three days recesses from June II te
July /, covering the period Of the re
publican and democratic national con
ventions.
Lou Rider of Rock Island, ILL.,, muir
dered his wife with a razor at an up
river amusement resort and then at
tempted to commit suicide. A twelve
year old daughter witnessed h muir
der.
President Taft, in a special mes
sage to congress asked for an apprO
priation Of 100000 to be expended
by the revenue cutter service In car
ing for volcano victims, near Kodiak
Alaska.
At the suggestion Of Senator Hitch
cock, the senate committee on terri
tories has adopted for Alaska a mode
of legislative machinery now in Amer
lean government.
United States Senator James Reet
of Missouri, according to some O
Speaker Clark's friends, has been de
initely chosen to nominate the speak
er for president at the Baltimore con
ventiOn.
c.. v. Stewart, chairman of the stat
democratic committee of Montana, i
being doomed for the nomination TO
governor to succeed Edwin L. Norris
who has announced his intention t
retire at the end of his term.
S%emi-offcial figures from Tuesday
primaries from thirty-siX out OF six
, ty-one counties in South Dakota Civ
in round numbers the following re
suits: For Roosevelt, $4,000; for La
Toilette, $4,000; for Taft, 1000.
, In a fierce battle between a CON
bined force of Turkish soldiers an
Arab forces and the Italian troops a
> Lebda, near Tripoli city, the Turkish
forces were defeated and %retreated
leaving 421 dead soldiers on the bat
tie field. The Italians lost thirty-on
men killed and fifty-one wounded.