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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-05-14
FITZPATRICK is
Superintendent
COUNCIL ACCEPTED Mr.. CASES RE.
SIGNATION LAST FRIDAY.
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD ORGANIZED
First Meeting Of That Body was Held
Last Monday-M. J. Lindsay Pre-
sides Over II.

The councilmen got together last
Friday evening and it took them but
a very short time 10 accept the re-
signation OF Mr.. Case. The action
came as surprise TO great many for
the inside facts were not known.
Mayor Corcoran re-appointed Mr.. Case
and would liked TO have kept him but
the council, soon after convening, con-
vinced him that that body had a
score TO settle with Mr.. Case and Mr..
Corcoran withdrew any efforts In his
behalf.
1t seems that Mr. Case made some
remarks around town about members
OF the council and the council as a
whole that were not entirely com
plimentary and those remarks didn't
tend TO harmonize we'll with changing
the councilmen's determination to
shave his salary. Accordingly the re-
signation was accepted
The appointment Of a new super
intendent fell to Mr.. Fitzpatrick who
was called before the body and made
acquainted with the demands of the
council members. He was, ia the
first place, To get out OF the retail
electrical supply business at once
Furthermore, he viii be expected To
do all Of the wiring about town and
the city collector is b collect for the
work.
The board Of public works met IN
the city clerks olce last Monday and
organized by electing NJ. j. Lindsay
chairman and l.. A. Henry purchas-
ing agent The board starts out with
clear sailing and viii undoubtedly
have successful year OF it. The pre-
sent makeup Of the board is NJ. j.
Lindsay, L. A. Henry, w. w. Hen
bricks, Andrew Nelson and J. b.
Schwartz.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-05-14

Secretary OF State Fred NJ. Warner
has issued his pamphlet Of instructions
TO the enumerators who will commence
taking the state census June /.
All enumerators must take an oath
before entering on their duties, and
must maintain secrecy as 10 the results
OF their labors. A fine OF 800 may be
imposed upon them for violations.
They are TO work ten hours each day
from June i, 1908. TO July /, and will
get SO a day. The factory and other
special enumerators work from July
TO August / for 50 day.
The enumerators have right 10 be
admitted TO every dwelling within
their respective districts and to insist
upon truthful replies. The penalty for
refusal ranges from $50 10 800 fine.
Where untrue replies are given, the
enumerator is 10 investigate and make
a report.
June Is regarded as the census day,
and all information is TO be obtained as
based on that day. Persons who are
married during June, after June /, will
be returned as single persons, and all
who die during that month will be
counted as alive on that day. Babies
born after midnight June will not be
enumerated.
The various census schedules relate
TO population, male, female, families,
agriculture, soldiers, sailors and
marines, live stock not on farms and
libraries and churches The family
schedule is wide one. Lodgers are
returned as part of the family with
which they lodge and servants as
members Of the family. A hotel IS
considered as a family and an em-
ployes who sleep there are recorded as
members. A clerk who sleeps in a
store Is also q family
The individual census cards are TO
be filled out with the following particu-
lars regarding each person: Name,
residence, voting district physical con-
dition race, nativity, age, conjugal re-
lation, ability TO read, write and speak
English, school attendance, place OF
birth, nativity Of parents, occupation
and number Of months employed dur
ing the year preceding the census day.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
THE CHILD OF A WEEK.
Lake Andes the Busiest building
Town i'm south Dakota.

About q week ago 600 enthusiastic men
put their stamp of approval upon Lake
Andes as a future town by the purchase
of 1913, 900 worth of town lots at public
sale. Now there, are twenty buildings
under construction, several moving in and
many more under consideration. The
artesian well was completed Tuesday
morning at depth of 900 feet and
flow of good water secured. Wisconsin
parties are figuring with the townsite
company to put in Touring mill and
sink ten-inch artesian well for power.
1t Is quite possible that the Msin Street
will have cement walks at once instead
OF plank structures, as the feeling is gem
eral that no wooden walks should be
commenced. The accommodations are
not the best yet, but good nature and
good order prevail.
Part Of the printing plant Of the Wave
has arrived and a small sheet will be
printed this week.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
TAscoTT is FOUND.
This Time He is Reported Dead In
the KIondike.

A special to the Chicago News from
Victoria, b. c., says: II the voluntary
declaration of dying man is to be be-
lieved, fnis has been written in the his
toric Smell tragedy fifteen years ago, and
Tascott, the long sought murderer, self
identified, has paid the penalty Of his
crime with peDitence, and now fills an un-
marked grave in the heart Of an Alaskan
wilderness.
Philip Robertson, strictly reliable
man, prospector and miner, received the
dying mans confession. Robertson left
the klondike capital, he says, late last
fall in small boat, bound for new pla-
Ger grounds at Fairbanks. He reached a
point near Dahl River, in a particularly
desolate and forbidding region, when the
wailing Of dog surprised his ears. He
found the dog, half starved shepherd,
seemingly in much distress. Following
this animal, Robertson was brought TO a
seemingly deserted cabin, some 400 yards
above the river, concealed in clump Of
spruce.
Il ventured to the door Of the shack
and Knocked" says Robertson, land
there was feeble come in All was
in darkness inside, and there was no sign
Of fire. / caught sight of bit Of can
die, which l lighted, and then advanced
to where man lay"
Robertson then told how the man told
him that he was Tascott. Tell the
boys" he said, when they come back
that / am Tascott, and you can tell the
world, too, for the world hunted me long
enough
Early next morning the man died. Next
day his partners arrived. When told
what the dead man said they made 10
remarks, but buried the dead man and
almost immediately packed up their be-
longings and started away. Just as they
were leaving one advised Robertson to
say nothing of what he had seen and
heard. Robertson says he believes the
man told the truth in saying he was Tas-
colt, and expressed the opinion that his
partners knew it. too.
Amos j. Smell, wealthy holder of
much property on the west side of Chi
cago, was murdered at his home in
Washington Boulevard on the night of
Feb 8, 1888, and robbery was declared
to be the motive, although by many it
then was, and still is, believed that the
burglary was Goncocted However. after
many arrests the police hit upon the Viii
lie Tascott clew. Tascott had been an
elevator boy at the Palmer House.
Heavy rewards-one for $4,000.
which was subsequently raised TO 5000
were offered for Tascott, and for two
or three years Tascott was turning up,
dead or alive, in all parts of North and
South America.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
SOLDIER FOUND CUT IN TWO.
Mutiiated Body Discovered at Fort
Ethan Allen, VT.

What is believed to have been a muir
der was revealed Wednesday night at
Fort Ethan Allen, near Burlington, VT,
when the mutilated body of soldier
was found in the rife range near the tar
gets. The body had been cut in two at
the waist.
Officers at the fort refused to discuss
the case, and even declined TO give the
name Of the dead soldier.
Three murders have been committed
within three weeks, soldier from the
fort having been mixed up in the affair
In each instance.
Late at night the police of Winooski
reported that all unconscious soldier had
been picked up outside the town. The
man had sustained several knife wounds
and gave evidence Of having been inter
nally injured.
The officers at the fort denied that
murder had been committed there.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
ASK PACKERS FOR ADVANCE.
Demands Are Made by Meat Cutters
ard Butchers.

A Kansas City special states that the
executive board of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's
Association has formulated the following
demands, which will be presented to the
leading packers in Chicago:
First, that no girls be employed in
those departments where the knife or any
steel is used; and, second that to all
employees throughout the country an in
crease in wages be granted, ranging from
5 to % per cent higher than the scale
now in force"
About 10000 men will be affected by
the new scale in all the packing centers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
APPEAL TO A BANDIT.
Moroccan Chiefs Will Ask Him 60
Free Prisoners.

A delegation of chiefs of the Angerra
tribe has left Tangier, Morocco, to make
a personal appeal to Raisuli, the bandit
chief, to release Perdiearis and Marley,
lin order to prevent the debarkment and
permanent occupation of Morocco by for
eigners opposing the Moslem faith and
the expulsion OF the native Mohamme-
dams" The mission is considered impor-
tant.
The French government relies much
upon the appeal to Mohammedan senti-
ment.
Rear Admiral Jewell and Consul Gum
mere visited representative Of Sultan
Mohammed Ell Torres Thursday and were
saluted by the town battery. Moham-
med returned the visit to the consulate,
the flagship Olympia firing a salute in his
honor.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
BIG SHORTAGE.
New York Cotton Brokers Forced to
Suspend.


The suspension of s. Mum, Son & Co.
was announced on the cotton exchange
at New York Tuesday. The firm is one
of the oldest in the trade in that city.
The office manager disappeared about
ten days ago, and the firm believes that
as soon as its accounts are Strengthened
out it will be able to resume.
AT the office of the firm it is said Clar-
ence f. Cameron, Office manager, has
been absent about week. An examina-
ton of the books showed apparent dis
crepancies of about $125,00
A week ago last Saturday it was said
Cameron left the Office, saying he was
going to Brooklyn, where his baby was
i'll. Mrs. Cameron called at the firms
office Tuesday morning and said she had
not seen her husband since that day..
Cameron had been in the employ Of the
company fifteen years.
August HI. Skillen, legal representative
for the firm, says the Chicago board of
trade accounts of the suspended firm are
badly tangled up
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON.
DENSED FORM.
Rush for First Papers-Opening OF
Rosebud Stimulates Naturalization
Registration at Chamberlain
Arrange to Accommodate Crowds.

The clerk Of the circuit court for
Yankton County is being crowded by the
number of applications for first papers.
The rush TO become citizens or to declare
intentions is due to the fact that man
must have his first papers in order 10 ME
on land, and now that the opening or the
Rosebud Indian reservation is so near
many who had neglected taking out their
first papers and all who have recently
come to this country are declaring their
intention to become citizens OF the Unit
ed States and to renounce all allegiance
to any foreign prince or potentate.
A Chamberlain special says: Special
Agent Hunt, of the general land office at
Washington, is in the city arranging for
the details of the Rosebud lands lying
In Gregory County. He has secured the
court house as the registration place for
the general public, the Congregational
church for women, while the old soldiers
will record their names at the United
States land office. In dividing up the
work In this way it Is expected that oil
trouble may be avoided, no matter how
large the crowd may be. Interest is APP
parently growing as the time approaches
for the registration as the land officers,
as well as the business men, are daily re-
eeiving hundreds of inquiries regarding
the matter from all over the United
States, and the advance tide has already
reached the city. Five fast steamers will
ply between Chamberlain and the lands
to be opened, so that all may have con-
venient means of examining the land. BY
this means a person will be able to reach
any portion of the lands in a few hours.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
TROOPS ARE OUT.
Ohio Militia Companies Sent TO
Hanging Rock.

Four companies of militia were We'd
nesday ordered to proceed to Hanging
Rock, near Ironton, o. Companies from
Portsmouth, Ironton, Gallipolis and Man
chester left for Hanging Rock on special
trains. The trouble grows out Of the
importation Of negroes from Virginia to
take the places Of striking furnacemen.
One man was killed Tuescsiy night.
The trouble that has been brewing this
week at the Hanging Rock furnaces at
Ironton, o., assumed threatening con-
dition Wednesday. The strikers began
parading the streets, carrying Winches-
tiers and threatening non-union men who
had taken their places in the furnaces.
As the new men are armed, it was feared
a serious collision would occur, and the
sheriff appealed to the governor for
troops.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
BRING MURDERER TO JUSTICE
Said the Slayer or Miss schafer will
Not Escape.

New evidence is being presented to the
grand jury investigating the murder of
Sarah Shafer at Bedford, Ind: A num-
Der of women Of Bedford, who were not
examined heretofore, are testifying. The
local manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company has been summoned
and copies of some kilograms have been
demanded.
INFORMATION was given to the grand
jury to the effect that James Richards,
a carpenter, saw certain person near
the mouth of the alley about 6:15 O'CLOCK
on the night of the murder A summons
was issued for Richards.
Attorney Palmer testified before the
grand jury for some time.
From the mass of evidence gave to
the jury" said he, ''it will be several
weeks before the investigation ends. AS
sure as fate the guilty man viii be
brought to justice"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
BLOWS HIS HEAD OFF.
South Dakota Wife Beaten Commits
Suicide.

Details of a tragedy in Kingsbury
County have reached Sioux Falls. Rob-
ert Geske, a farmer placed shotgun
against his mouth, pressed the trigger
with his toe, and blew the left side of his
face and head off, rather than submit to
arrest on the charge of wife beating.
Several times recently he had severely
beaten his wife. Immediately preceding
the tragedy he again attacked her, black
ening her eyes, breaking her nose and
otherwise maltreating her.
A warrant for his arrest was issued
and Sheriff Peterman and Deputy John
son went to the Geske farm to serve it.
Geske saw them approach the house
and shot himself before they could reach
him. His wife tried to prevent him from
taking his life.
She grasped her child and fled for fear
he would first attempt to kill herself and
child
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
STUDENTS AND BOARD CLASH
The High School Graduates Rebel
Against a Ruling.

Yankton high school will have no COM
mencement exercises this year, although
a class Of eleven will have completed the
high school course. 1t has been GUS
tom in the school to have speaker adj
dress the graduating class, but this year
the school board decided to return to the
old-fashioned class program.
The class of 1904 objected so seriously
to this rule that the matter was brought
to the attention of tho board, with the re-
suit that all exercises were dispensed
with, and the board voted to present the
diplomas to the class at the Office Of the
superintendent.
This ruling will be carried out, but the
class will hold exercises of its own in the
new theater. They will have speaker,
Rev. B. G. Matson, of the Congregation.
al church.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
FAITHLESS GAME WARDENS.
Used Dynamite for Purpose OF Kill
ing Trout in Black Hills.

For some time past complaints have
been made at Rapid City by the fish war
den dynamiting the creek above the city
for the purpose of killing the trout. Last
week Game Warden Otto Beranek and
his deputy, Frank Faulkner, were caught
in the creek, and information was filed
against them and they were arrested and
fined. The complaints made in former
times are now believed to have been
against the work done by the fish war
den and his deputy. There is great in
dignation among the sporting element in
Rapid City against the two men.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
A FATAL COLLISION
six DEAD AND A SCORE MUIR
ED NEAR NoRWALK, o.
Accident Occurred on Laker Shoe
Electric Raiiway--Cars Were Run
ming at Very High Speed-BOth
Cars Were Smashed TO Splinters.

Six persons were killed and score
were injured Thursday on the Lake
Shore Electric Railway as the result Of
head-end collision between passenger
car and freight car at Wells Corners,
near Newark.
The dead are Charles Peck, Lorain,
o.; w. w. Sherwood, Garretson, o.;
Neil Sullivan, Binghamton, N. Y; Clar-
ence Ketcham, Lorain, o.; Ralph Will
lams, indianapolis, and an unidentified
man.
The severely injured are Steve Water
go, body crushed; Frank Libling. head
cut; Amelia Furnice, head cut; Rose
Burns, head cut; Gertrude Miller, leg in
jured; Mrs. Louise o. Miller, head cut
Chief Electrician Moore, Of the Lake
Shore Electric Railway, head cut; Mrs.
George u. Jansen, head cut; NJ. Melon
aid, internal injuries; ID. G. King, back
bruised; Mrs. w. II. Ensign, leg broken
Mrs. r. G. Sayers, head crushed; Myrtle
Nagle, arm hurt.
All the injured live at or near Clevc-
land.
The injured were taken to the ST.
Charles hotel, at Norwalk, the third floor
of which has been turned into a hospital.
All those who were killed were in the
smoking compartment of the passenger
scar, and death came instantly. The in
juries of several may result fatally.
Just how the accident occurred is not
known. The cars were the largest type
Of electric cars, and they were smashed
to pieces.
Both cars were running at high speed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
THREE INSTANTLY KILLED.
Another Fatally Injured by Light
ming at bonneville. Ind.

Three children we've killed, one man
fatally injured and woman and child
were seriously hurt at Bonneville, Ind,
Thursday by lightning, which partly de-
stroyed their home.
The dead are John Gentry, Jr., Opal
Gentry and a baby.
The injured are John Gentry, sr., fatal
"; Mrs. Gentry and daughter 0rta,
The storm swept over the greater por-
tiop OF southern Indiana, doing great
damage to telephone and telegraph lines,
fences and outbnildings.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
A JACK THE PEPPER.
Redfieid People Annoyed by an In
Quisitive Person.

The residents OF Redfeld are being
greatly annoyed by the operations of q.
genuine Jack the Pepper" who on q
number of occasions has recently fright
ened women and children by his prac-
tice Of sneaking around residences late
at night and peering into bed room win
dows. The citizens naturally are very,
indignant over the actions of the pepper
and if they succeed in catching him, as
they fully believe they will before long,
as suspected party is being secretly
watched, the villain is certain to be ac-
corded decidedly rough treatment at the
hands of the male residents Of the town.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
GEDDES WILL RESouND.
Elaborate Preparations for the Im4
mortal Fourth.

For some years there has been an un-
Outstanding between the people of Ged-
des and Platte by which the towns take
turns in celebrating the Fourth of July.
1t is Geddes' turn this year, and prelim-
mary steps are being taken for one of
the best celebrations ever held in Charles
Mix County. The sum of nearly $500
already has been raised for the purpose
and this will be materially increased dur
ing the next two or three weeks. The
principal celebration in the county will
be held at Geddes, and thousands Of the
residents of Charles Mix County will be
present to participate.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
CHICAGO MACsllNlsTs QUIT.
Tnree Thousand Skilled workmen
Have Gone on a Strike.

The 5000 machinists employed in the.
companies that compose the Metal Trades
Association at Chicago, have gone on a
strike as a protest against the ten-hour
day, and practically all of the 115 shops
represented in the association are closed.
The ten-hour day was inaugurated by
the employers for the purpose of bringing
the strike to a crisis. In a statement
sent out by the officers of the association
intention of returning to the ten-hour
day, but they were compelled to take this
step to combat the slow individual strike
campaign which was commenced by the
machinists' union some time ago.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
CHILD NEARLY KILLED.
The Little Tot Fell into Tub of Hot
Water

What might have been a serious acci-
dent occurred at Dell Rapids Tuesday.
A little child of b. o. Searles, the Mil
waukee agent, fell into a tub of hot wa
ter. Mrs. Searles was in the midst Of
clothes washing and had momentarily
left the tub, which was On the the floor,
and the little tot fell into it. The doctor
was Immediately called, and the child is
doing nicely.
1t happened that the water was not
scalding hot or else the child might have
given up its life.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
CANTON'S SALOONS OPEN.
Five Drinking Places, After an
Eighteen Year Drought.

Canton's five saloons opened June i,
but none of them was in proper condition,
owing to lack of time to place fixtures
and fix up. They have plenty of wet
goods on hand, however.
1t is quite a novelty, and boys stand
around and gaze at the town builder"
in open-mouthed wonder. 1t is the opin-
ion of the saloonmen themselves that
strict compliance with law and decent
regard for the rights of others will be
the only means of securing a license vic
tory next year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
STAY OF SENTENCE SECURED
Henry Thanley's Case Will be Heard
in Supreme Court.

On the application of Attorney Null,
the supreme court at Pierre granted
certificate of probable carse in the case
OF Henry Stanley, of Sanborn County,
which stays his sentence until his case
can be heard by the supreme court.
Stanley has just been sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary on charge
of shooting with intent to kill. He had
trouble with the marshal of Woonsocket.
and securing shotgun found the mar
shall in restaurant, when he fred into
the crowd, badly wounding several men.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

An attempt to do polite act cost Jo-
seph Deleo his life at New York. He
was 10 years old. He was returning ON
a street car from an amateur ball game.
A gust of wind blew off the hat Of lady
passenger. tDeleo leaned from his seat
and attempted to catch up the hat. A
car coming from the opposite direction
struck his head and he fell back dead.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
TRIED TO GUT OFF FOOT.
A 72-Year-OId Chicagoan Crazed
with Rheumatic Pains.

Gustav Rolburg, of Chicago, ~ years
old, tried to amputate his left foot to
relieve himself Of rheumatic pains. As
the old man sat on the floor of his home
and began the operation his wife, who
is helpless from paralysis, looked OH from
her chair within few feet of him. Her
screams attracted two policemen, who
rushed into the house and took the knife
away from Rolburg. He had severed
an artery, and by the time he arrived at
the county hospital was SO weak it is
thought he cannot recover.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Not an Anarchist piotter.

Abel Gabiniska, under arrest at Chi
cago as an anarchistic plotter with de-
signs against the lives of Mayor Harri-
son, Honore Palmer and other notables,
was declared by Police Inspector Shippy
to be merely half-crazed junk dealer
from st. Louis.