Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-07-19

Progressive congressman declare
| opposition to . third party.
! Senator Cummins is uncertain which
way he will jump politically.
BY action of the referee Ad VOL
CAST, although plainly outfought, was
awarded the decision over Rivers.
Jack johnson got $4,000 out Of the
Las Vegas fight.
The heat wave In Chicago killed
Deven in one day.
Gov. Osborne of Michigan now says
he will stay with the old party.
Omaha has taken over the city
water plant at a cost of $6.500,000.
The Roosevelt National convention
will meet in Chicago August S.
The heaviest earthquake in history
was experienced at Fairbanks, Alaska.
The senate passed the navel bill
with provision for two new battle
ships.
Flynn says he would have bested
Johnson il the police had not inter
.ered.
The Roosevelt party issued call
for national convention at Chicago
August 5.
A youthful Iowa bandit held up and
shot a bank cashier, escaped with
money, but was shot and killed.
At Bowling Green, Mo-, Champ
Clark's home folks received with re-
rro< rox.e <bo< Novorcor Vulcan was
the democratic nominee.
President and Mrs. Taft left Wash
ington for Boston to spend the re-
mainder of the week at the summer
home near Beverly.
Captain E. B. Lorraine and Sergeant
Major Wilson of the English army
flying corps were killed while flying
over the great military encampment.
The national convention of the pro-
gressive party will be held at Chicago
on or about August l. it was an
nounced by Senator Dixon.
Bryan Callaghan, fourteen times
elected mayor Of San Antonio and
serving in that office, died after an
illness of two weeks.
Governor Wilson will apparently
have more newspaper support in the
eastern states than any democratic
candidate since Cleveland.
Governor Wilson said he probably
would not go to Chicago, as he had in
tended to do, to attend the meeting OF
the new democratic national commit
tee on July Is.
Governor William o. Dawson OF
South Carolina announced that he
has signed the call for the national
convention of the Roosevelt party to
be held in Chicago August 10.
President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination OF William Marshall
Bullet of Louisville, KY, to be solicit
tor general of the United States, to
succeed Frederick H. Lehman of st.
Louis, resigned.
Pursuit of the money trust" prob
ably will be virtually abandoned until
after the elections in November, as
the result of the conference of the
subcommittee Of the house banking
and currency committee.
The names Of twelve navy officers
by the plucking board for involuntary
retirement we're made public at the
navy department. There are three
captains, four commanders and five
lieutenant-commande in the list.
A coroner's jury in Chicago recon-
mended that Mrs. Louise Lindoff be
held to the grand jury without bail for
the alleged murder Of her son, Arthur
Lindloff, Is years old. She is suspect
ed of causing the deaths of four other
members of her family.
A row In the United States treasury
of more than . years standing be-
tween Secretary MacVeagh and As
sistant Secretary A. Piatt Andrew cul-
minated in Andrews resignation and
proposal for a congressional investiga-
ton of Secretary MacVeagh's admin
istration.
At Bethel, VT, at conference Of
Vermont progressive republicans 1t
was agreed that for governor the
party would support Rowland B. How.
the democratic nominee. With this
exception, they will have their own
state ticket and progressive presiden-
tial electors in the field.
AL Palzer. heavyweight pugilist, is
anxious to meet Jack Johnson in 10
round battle Labor day. He talked
with Johnson for an hour in regard
to the match. The champion said he
would meet Palzer for a $4,000 purse
or a side bet of equal size either for
a finish fight or for any number Of
rounds.
The Pekia correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph says that
China absolutely rejects the demands
Of the six-power group, which were
that the loan must be $300.O00,000;
that three European financial super
visors must be appointed, and that the
group must have its financial agents
in China for five months.
A team will represent the army at
the polo tournament at Narragansett
Pier. R. L., July 20 to August "a. The
team will be made up Of men who
make the best showing at the all
army polo tournament in Washington
beginning Wednesday. 1t will be the
first time the army team has partici-
pated in competition outside the
service.