The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-09-26
The United States last year pro-
duced 5 900 barrels Of salt.

The United States last year pro
duced s ,333,OOO barrels Of salt.
The polo field at Long Beach, N.
J., is now Illuminated at night with
large ~incandescent lamps.
Oakland, Cal, street railway men
now paid a maximum Of 40 cents
an hour after ten years Of service.
Jack Johnson champion heavy.
weight prizefighter, will return to
Chicago from France when his appeal
from a conviction under the Mann
white slave act is to be heard, ac.
cording to Benjamin Bachrach, John.
sons attorney.
Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson,
who was manager Of Mayor Gaynor's
campaign for reelection, has stated
that the Gaynor Fusion league had
ceased to exist and 10 further effort
would be made to nominate a man in
Gaynor's place.
A proclamation has been issued by
Governor Dunno of Illinois, designat-
ing October 8 as state fire prevention
day, and recommending that on that
date fire drills be held in the schools,
factories and public institutions Of
Ahn r+at arl thot rraas,l ttAyfi n,
be given to all means Of preventing
fires.
Thirteen-year-old George Bernier.
who was holding a guy ore to a bal.
loon which it was being inflated pre-
paratory to an ascension at a fair at
Woodstock, Conn, IA suddenly car,
ried 500 feet in the air and then
dropped to instant death in front OF
the grandstand, where 5000 people
we're assembled.
Two years in the federal peniten.
tiary on Mcneil Island, Washington,
and a fine of $4,000, is the price
Maury /. Diggs, former state archi.
tect o Calinofrnia must pay for his
flight to Reno with Marsha Warning.
ton. a Sacramento sorority girl.
Eighteen months in the state prison
and a fine OF $500 was the penalty
imposed on his friend and companion,
Drew Caminetti, son of Anthony
Caminetti, United States commits.
sioner general Of immigration. for a
like offense.
Officers Of the American meat pack
ers' association declared that the or
ganization at its annual convention
to be held next week will 60 on record
against the unnecessary slaughter OF
heifer calves as a step in a campaign
of education to prevent a further
ply. Another 0 contemplated is
the adoption of resolutions urging
farmers to raise hogs for the market
on a large scale. as the present high
prices Of pork should make the bust
ness exceptionally profitable. The
packers, it is said, realize that some
thing must be done to increase the
meat supply. Legislation may be
sought to prevent the needless
slaughter Of live stock, which is cur,
failing the production Of the future
supply.
FOREIGN.
Water sterilization by ultraviolet
rays has been adopted for European
armies when in field service.
The draft OF the new constitution
which Sir Edward Carson, leader Of
the Ulster unionists, and his col
leagues are preparing for the Ulster
provisional government provides for
votes for women.
The United States cruiser, Des
Moines, ordered to Dominican waters
by Washington to protect American
interests. has arrived at Puerto Plata.
where two Dominican gunboats were
blockading the port.
A list Of rebel and bandit chiefs
complied from reliable sources
shows a total of forty-three at the
head of bands, ranging from thirty tc
600 men each. Data gathered from
landowners, refugees, FEDERAL Off
GERS, railroad men and residents OF
the towns show an aggregate of Is,
600 men under arms against the gov.
eminent.
England is again threatened with q
great railway strike and Liverpool, as
before, will be the storm center. The
trouble began with the refusal of the
Liverpool lockers to handle freigh'
from Dublin, where the transport
workers are on strike. Men to the
number Of $500 employed in the
freight yards Of the various railways
went out and were Joined later by