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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
BEATEN TO DEATH.

Missourian Who Shot Woman Killed
by Her brothers.
Thomas Spurs, who Tuesday shot and
fatally wounded jamie Burks In a quar-
rel over loaded dice at Mexico, Mo-,
was killed by her brothers, who beat the
murderer's head into an unacceptable
mass.
After the shooting, which occurred in
town, Spurs escaped to the woods, pur-
sued by Edward and Josh Rnrks. broth
ers or the wounded woman, and "A num-
Der Of friends. They captured Spurs ar
ter a short run. and with stones beat him
to death.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Winter will be Mild.

Joel Haskins, of Miller, says that the
melt" in a hog is a weather prophet of
great accuracy. If it is thick the winter
will be very cold, but if il is thin the
winter will be mild. A hog just butcher
ed by Nj. Haskins contained a ''melt" as
thin as a wafer. He has never known
this sign to fail for thirty years. The
melt" is found close to the hogs liver,
and looks like the liver.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
KILLED BY THE GIRL.
Murder OF Bookmaker Young was
Cold Biooied.

NIuruer Oh maker AOunS was
Cold Biooied.
When the trial of Nan" Patterson,
the pretty ''Florodora" girl, who is alleg-
ed to have murdered Caesar Young, a
wealthy woung bookmaker, was resumed
at New York Monday, Justice Davis de-
clined to excuse Foreman Hendricks on
account Of the severe illness of a member
of his family, and Assistant District At
torney Rand at once began to outline the
case of the prosecution.
Rand said the prosecution was pre-
pared to show not only that Miss Pat
terson fired the fatal shot, but that the
act was one of d~eliberation and premedi-
tation. They would show the crime was
planned for at least thirteen hours; that
it was conceived the day before the trag-
edy, when the pistol was bought.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
PIERRE'S MAJORITY 1900.

Result OF Unofficial Returns on
Capital Remova! Amendment. ,
The capital committee of Pierre has
received unofficial returns from some and
official returns from other counties,
showing that Pierre received $500
votes, and Mitchell 10000 in round
numbers, or a majority of 1920 for
Pierre in the totals. The returns ill full
as sent in are given on all counties ex-
cept Campbell, Potter and Walworth, in
which only the Pierre ma iority is given,
the total vote OK that conIty not having
been secured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
STRANGE CRIME
Murder OF Chicago Chauffeur Pug
zles the eut

zies the Sleuths.
The search for the murderer OF j. w.
Bate, Jr., the young chauffeur who was
found dead in an automobile near Lee
mont, ILL.,, continued Monday.
Detectives at work on the case have
abandoned the theory that a double muir
der was committed and are proceeding
on the assumption that Bates only pass
enger on the fatal trip was the missing
"Mr. Dove"
Among letters found in the dead
chauffeur's pocket is said to be one in a
woman's handwriting, which contains the
words: when l love, l love, and when
| hate, / hate"
One letter, signed Leila j. Halle, was
mailed in Auburn, N. Y, Miss Halle
is believed to be a Chicago girl who is Wis
ing in the east.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
PANAMA Q OFF.
The Army Has Been Disbanded and
Quiet Prevails.

A Washington dispatch says: Ameri-
can Minister Barrett cabled Tuesday
that quiet prevails throughout the 18TH
mus; that Gen. Huertas has left Panu-
ma for his country home and that the
army had successfully disbanded with
the exception of twenty-five men who
were retained to meet the statutory re-
quirements for a standing army; that or
der had been restored without the inter-
vention of American marines and that
the Parama government was grateful
for the advisory assistance rendered by
the American officials in quieting the
trouble.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
ROBBERY AT lROQuOiS.
Sheriff Kerr Has the Guilty Persons
Under Arrest.

James Shumway's hardware store at
~Iroquois was robbed early Monday night.
Sheriff Kerr, of Huron, was advised Of
the fact, and in less than an hour after
receiving the message had the men in
custody. They are a tough-looking pair,
and had in their possession a numb eff
knives, revOlvers, etc., together with saws
and burglar tools. Neither of the men
will volunteer any statement as to his
identity, or name or place of residence
Sheriff Peterson, of Kingsbury County,
arrived and took them to De Smet.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Turkey Ord ers Gnns.

A dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung
at Berlin from Constantinople says Tur-
key is ordering a hundred new batteries
of artillery from German, French and
English factories, at a cost of $4,000
600. The Krupp Company gets the larg-
est contracts.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Aberdeen-Pierre Lime.

Considerable of a stir has been created
at Aberdeen by the visit of Louis Hill,
vice president; r. E. Ward, general man
ager, and W. w. Houghton, general
freight agent, Of the Great Northern
road. These officials intimated strongly
that they had an idea of extending their
line to Pierre, utilizing the old grade
built several years ago between Aber-
deem and Pierre.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
WOLF HUNTS SUCCESSFUL.
Farmers Near Arlington Had to
Protect Their EIocks.

Wolves have recently become rather
numerous and very troublesome in the
vicinity Of Arlington, where many Of
the farmers have large fiocks of sheep.
A great many sheep have been killed
by the wolves, causing heavy losses to
the sheep owners For the purpose of
Kidding this region of tho pests, grand
wolf hunts have been organized under
the direction of Sheep Inspector Weddell,
and in addition to the sport afforded the
scores of farmers and others who take
part in the hunts, many Of the wolves are
being sent to wolf heaven. 1t is believed
that as the result of a few more round
ups the pests will be exterminated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Rad Forest Fire.

Near M~onongahela, Pa, a forest fire
which was started by a railroad engine
spark last Sunday on a hillside opposite
the town. now menaces not only the tip
pie Of the Monongah mine and the farm
houses which lie in its path, but the
whole village of Axleton, containing fifty
houses, and the plant OF the Liggett
Spring and Axle Works.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Essie Darling Shot ut Pierce
vile, Ind.

With the words Cliff Darling has kill
ed me-" Mrs. Essie Darling, 20 years
been in conversation with her husband,
Clifford Darling, and fell dead in the
hands of n Thanksgiving dinner guest
at the home of her father, Scott Knox,
near Pierceville, Ind.
Three shots were fred, only one Of
which took effect. The bullet entered
the right shoulder and picrcel her heart.
Darling, after attempting suicide by
swallowing morphine, ran from the house
and across country to Milan, where he
was arrested by officers, who had been
instructed to take him into custody.
Physicians believe that Darling will
live.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Makes Thousands Destitute.

Amsterdam advices state that the Ta-
lautse islands, Malay archipelago, have
been visited by a disastrous hurricane.
which left $4,000 persons destitute, their
homes, boats and plantations being de-
stroyed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
Saloons Robbed at Canton.

At Canton, Tuesday morning, two sa-
oons on Main Street were broken into.
In the Peter Heagney saloon the robber
found $40 in the cash register, but took
nothing else. The rear window Of the
Warner saloon was pried open and the
cash register, with So, was carried out in
to a back yard, where it was found un-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-30
For Permanent Mineral Exhibit.

Secretary Robinson, of the State His
torical Society, has been for some time
attempting to secure the mineral ex-
hibit from this state, at the st. Louis
exposition, as a part of the Historical
Society exhibit, and has been notified
by Chairman Russell, of the commission,
that the exhibit will be shipped to Pierre
for that purpose as soon as the exposi-
ton closes.