The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-05-02
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islatures or by a direct vote.
GENERAL.
The hunger strike bill passed It's
third reading in the House OF Lords
recently.
Plans for establishing an endow-
ment fund of 500, 900 occupied a re-
cent session Of the mid-biennial coun-
Gil Of the General Federation OF
Women's clubs in Washington.
1.-THE navigation of the Panama ca
nal should be free and open to all and
ought to be exercised on equal terms
for ALL" This was the declaration Of
George w. Gram, minister of state Of
Norway.
Elmer Rice followed his wife who
had left their home near Melia, Neb.,
recently and shot her, then killed
himself. Mrs. Rice will probably re-
cover, being merely wounded in the
shoulder.
Two new bills dealing with the
question of land ownership by aliens
in California each representing the
view Vi ~ COilSiQtId UlS ldCllDu Ill luC
legislature, will be offered and voted
on by the senate.
The Presbyterian parsonage at To-
ledo, ILL.,, was dynamited recently. The
Rev. w. III. Wilson and his wife, who
were in the house at the time, escap-
ed with slight bruises. Wilson has
been a vigorous foe of saloons.
William r. Scott, tie only negro
ever nominated for president OF the
United States by a regularly consti-
tuted delegation, representing thirty
seven states, has been placed upon
the White house pay roll as a ianitor.
Joseph w. Martin, the Memphis cot
tor broker who disappeared from Lon
don April 3 and has been reported at
Vevey, cannot be located. kilograms
for Martin are piling up in the post
office. There is a rumcr that Martin
has gone to Geneva.
Medical skill and strong vitality
have combined ito bring about a
change for the better in the condition
OF Pope Plus OF Rome. The official
bulletins recently issued relieved
present anxiety, but there are some
who are skeptical and fear a third
lapse.
William r. Lochner, once a wealthy
cattle dealer Of Kincaid, Kas., ar
rested at Kansas City on the charge
of stealing 101 cattle valued at $1,000
In Washington county, Colorado, is on
the way to Akron, Colo, in the Gus
tody of a sheriff. Lochner agreed to
60 without extradition papers.
T%hirty-four Of the thirty-six states
which have ratified the constitutional
amendment for direct election of
United States senators had given for
NAL notice OF their action. When Sec
rotary Bryan receives similar notices
from his home state, Nebraska, and
Oklahoma, he will be ready to pro-
claim that the seventeenth amendment
to the constitution is operative.
Three United States senator's, a
former vice president Of the United
States, the governor of Illinois, three
former governors, nearly the entire
membership OF the Illinois legisla-
tur6 and many prominent citizens of
the state joined in Springfield in pay
Ing! tribute to the memory Of Stephen
Al Douglas on the one hundredth an
niversary OF his birthday.
Jack johnson, the negro pugilist,
was fined $1,000 by Judge Carpenter
in the United States district court in
Chicago after charges Of smuggling
= $4,000 necklace had been dropped
and the heavyweight champion had
pteaded nolle contender to chrages of
concealing from federal officials the
fact that he had the jewelry in his
~pOesession. The necklace was de-
cjared forfeited to the government
md probably will be sold at auction.
immigration officials at philadel-
mia were startled when Rudolph
Geftxep, ~ German farmer, In reply to
ehNe question as to whether Or not he
S325. which is necessary before i'm
migrants can land, carelessly pulled GU
q his pocket $4,000.
y = strict party vote the senate
nance committee, decided finally that
Bearings would be given upon the
tnnaa Sill when 1t reaches the senate.
Hueo Krause, superintendent Of
~ Sntlcruelty society OF Chicago,
\ crusade against the pro-
MI 1sSSx @3sis - ~ incubator chicks Ii
lcwnfpSIn dspastment stores.