The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-23
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Intelligence interesting to the
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intelligence Interesting TO the
General Readers.
WASHINGTON.
The house has passed the bill per-
uniting the leasing by the government
OF Alaskan coal lands under competi-
tive bidding.
Uncle Sam paid out q total Of $172,-
l17,546 In pensions in the fiscal year
ended June 80 last, according to Com
missioner Of Pensions Saltzgaber.
Protests against Mexican govern
ment seizure of the 100000 0 Mexi-
can ,tramway system in Mexico City
have been made to the state depart
ment BY the company.
More than 5000 lives were lost In
the earthquake In the province OF
Konia- Turkey, October 5, according
70 q cablegram from Ambassador
~&O1&CAludu W l1C 0t0IO ASA
German victories against Russia
near Schirwindt and Warsaw, In
which II, 1000 prisoners, ffty-one guns
and twelve machine guns were cap
tured, has been reported to the Ger
man ambassador.
President Wilson has signed the
Clayton antitrust bill, thus complet-
ing the administrations trust pro-
gram. There was no ceremony con-
nected with the signing Of the bill.
The independence Of the Philip
pines will be recognized by the
United States as soon as q stable
government can be established there,
according to the Jones Philippine
bill, which has passed the house by
. vote Of I'll to 50.
Ratifcations Of the peace commits
sion treaty between the United States
and Guatemala have been exchanged
1t the state department and the f1rst
Of the conventions designed by Secre-
tary Bryan to guard this nation from
sudden war went into effect.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion held to be lawful proposed in
creases in the proportional freight
rates on grain and grain products
from Kansas City, Mo-, to Port Arthur,
Tex, for export, applicable to traffic
originating at various points In Kan
~ and Nebraska.
The federal reserve board took de-
eisive action to hasten the opening OF
the twelve federal reserve banks by
announcing its determination to call
the frst installment Of subscriptions
% the capital OF those banks. The
ell will be issued at once and the
payments are due November 2.
DOMESTIC.
Boston Braves won the worlAs
Baseball championship by taking the
Fourth game from Philadelphia
All the old directors and officers Of
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Co. were reelected at a meeting Of
stockholders held ut Chicago.
Negotiations for the purchase Of
several thousand army wagons. 1,00O.-
90 blankets. 100000 saddles and
oridles, and IN immense supply Of
rifle cartridges for the use Of the Eng
1ish and French armies has been
ppened In Chicago.
The Southern Railway company do
clared at New York = semi-annual
dividend Of 2 per cent. payable in
scrip. on It's preferred stock. The
scrip il payable in five years and
bears interest ct the rate Of I per
cent. . year for this period.
Governor Hiram w. johnson Of Cal
ffornia and his son, Archie, rel bad
Il shaken when their automobile.
striking an obstruction at the ap-
proach TO = small bridge near Dixon,
Cal, leaped the guards of the bridge
and plunged to the gulley below.
Michael Angelo McGinnfs, matlie-
vatican, whose ability gained him in
tornational fame, died at q Kansas
City hospital. McGinnis was ad-
nitted BY the highest authorities to
~ = genius at solving numerical and
1lteFa1 equations.
Roger Bresnahan. catcher Of the
chicago National league baseball
team, has signed to succeed Henry
oDay - manager OF the club for
1ols.
three persons were killed and four
80 were injured. several seriously.
IIAen ! twenty-ton boulder, falling
- eDeoolfpteos crashed into the day
~A~-A $50 a~nahne - ~ n>u~~~