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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
HoAR DEAD.
Passing OF Massachusetts, Graad
Old Man.

George Frisbie Hoar, senior United
States senator from Massachusetts,, died
at his home in Worcester, Mass, at Ills
o'clock Friday morning.
The end followed a period OF uncon-
seriousness that had continued since earl.
Tuesday, and came SO gently that only
the attending physicians were aware Of
the exact moment of dissolution.
The attending physicians despaired of
the senator's life six weeks ago, but such
was the vitality exhibited by the distin-
gpished patient that even they were sur
prised and the public was at times led TO
cherish a faith in an ultimate recovery.
On Sunday last, however, all hope was
abandoned after a last unsuccessful at
tempt to administer medicine and nour-
ishment. Brief lucid intervals were fol-
lowed by longer durations of unconscious
ness until Tuesday morning, when the
venerable senator sank into a state of CO.
ma from which all efforts to rouse him
proved futile.
George Frisbie Hoar, senior senator
from Massachusetts,, had long occupied
n peculiar place in public estimation for
his unique personality, his mental
strength, ripe culture, wit and incisive-
ness of speech; for his subtlety and wis
lon and at times childish disingenuous-
ness; for his sighting estimation Of the
methods of politicians; and for his SUI
preme courage in attacking wrongs and
his stalwart pertinacity in his defense OF
what to him appeared to be the right.
Few members of the United States SEN
ate have sat SO firmly in the seat of per-
sonal convictions Of the right, even when
overwhelmed by the majority, for it new
err troubled him to stand against the en-
tire body, in himself a minority of one,
in following out the line of set principle.
For nearly thirty years he played con-
spicuous parts in great events, chiefly as
a mastery debater, an erudite scholar
and a learned jurist, and through them
all he kept himself unsoiled by partisan
politics, and rounded out his activeness
as innocent of certain debasing influ-
ences which too often govern party lead
ers as though his entire years had been
spent clnsated with his beloved books. to
which he has devoted much of his time.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
uICID BY
Awful Mode Of Death Adopted d.
Sc. Louis Young Man.

A Shawneetown, H., dispatch says:
While hunting in the woods near here
George Porter, a farmer, has found a
part of a human skeleton and the char
red remains of clothing lying in a pile of
ashes. Hanging on a nearby tree was a
coat in the pocket of which was a note
signed by w. w. Martin, of st. Louis,
who disappeared from his home III st
Louis about a month ago, stating that
the writer contemplated committing sui
eide by cremation and that on that spot
would be found the result of the attempt.
VIM. w. Martin was q years old and
a civil engineer of promise at st. Louis.
In October a year ago he suffered a men.
tai breakdown. Members of his family
stated that all that medical skill could
do for the young man had been done, but
that he had a hallucination that he was
suffering from an incurable malady and
that he could not die except by fire or
water.
On the afternoon of Sept. 5, Young
Martin slipped away from his home after
leaving a peculiar note stating that he
would kill himself, and his parents have
yainly tried to secure some trace of his
whereabouts since his disappearae.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
STRIKE AT SCHOOL.
Pickets Prevent Children Catering
Chicago Building.

Fifty boy pickets stationed without
the McAllister public school at Chica-
20 prevented pupils from entering We'd
nesday. None of the pickets was more
than Is years old. Outside the picket
Gordon 700 boys and girls booted and
yelled at the teachers looking from the
school windows.
Every infant striker wore a badge to
show he or she belonged to the union.
Some of the badges were merely scraps
of paper with the word Union" scrawl-
ed across them. Others wore union but
tons, which their fathers had worn.
Many Of the strikers carried clubs.
They threatened violence against n
child daring TO enter the school yard.
The picketing was the result of a
strike" which was caused by the mis-
taken belief Of the children that the as
sistant kindergarten teacher was colored.
After a detail of six policemen had
been sent to the school to preserve order
the ''strike" was settled" The commit
tee appointed by the youthful strikers
learned that the rumor of a colored
teacher having been employed in the school
was false. About 80 per cent of the
strikers went back to their classes.
Truant officers began a search for the
absentees.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
A Magnificent Success-Ausp'ciouS
Opening of Corn Palace at Mitcheii
-Sousa's Band Heartily Cheered-
Hund reds of Electric Lights.

A Mitchell special says: The first day
of the corn palace festival (Alonday) was
n magnificent success. The weather was
ideal and if it remains so throughout the
week there will be immense crowds every
day. Over 1000 people arrived IN the
CITY on the various trains Monday, II pc
ing Aurora, Brule and Dawson Couhty
day. one-half coming from chamberlain
and intermediate points. The street at
fractions were given in the afternoon,
and they proved of a high character.
Sousa's concert band arrived by speciai
train over the Chicago, Milwaukee ana
st. Paul road at 4:25 o'clock, coming
direct from Chicago, and the famous
hand leader was greeted by an immense
crowd.
The corn palace opened Monday even
ing with the building filed to its utmost
capacity and hundreds stood up through
the program. The Invocation was uei'-
cred by President Nicholson, OF Dakota
University, and a short address or wei
come was delivered by Mayor Sllsby.
Sousa's band received the heartiest greet
ing of any band that has ever played at
the palace in past years. When the
1000 electric lights were turned on IN
the evening it was the most brilliant pal
ance in Mitchell's history.
The Northwestern road will run ex-
cursion trains during the week.
The county exhibits are all i'll place
and they are one of the big features OF
the palace.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
A BAD ~CoMBlNATiOn.
and Matches Cause Loss
of $1,000 TO Farmer.

Children and matches caused a loss OF
about $1,000 to George Cramer, a farm
er living neal the town of Lennon. Cra-
mer and his wife were attending special
services at the Presbyterian church III
Lennox at the time they suffered the
loss.
Two of their children were left at
home. and together with the young son or
a neighbor were playing about the barn
yard in which there were eighteen stacks
of unthreshed grain. One of the children
lighted a match and set fire to a bundle
of grain lying near the stacks, and Ill a
very brief time the entire eighteen stacks
of grain had been consumed.
A large barn stood only about thirty
feet from the nearest stack, and would
also nave been burned, with its contents,
had the wind not been in a favorable di.
rpctioD.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
MANsLAUaHTER CHARGED.
Three Men Held Responsible TO,
Train Wreck.

Responsibility for the wreck of the Sun
day school train on the Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad at Glenwood, ILL.,,
July 13, when eighteen persons were
killed and more than 100 others injured,
was fixed by the grand jury, when it yot-
ed to indict Frank e. Hoxie, engineer;
Frank Casper, conductor, and Chas. II.
Wright, brakeman, of the freight train
which caused the accident.
Frederick White, a train dispatcher,
and Patrick Costello, a fireman of the
freight train, were exonerated by the
grand jury, although they had been held
responsible by the coroner's jury.
Manslaughter is the charge on which
the men will have to stand trial. The
principal indictment of the three men
was the disobedience of orders.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
NEW SUIT FILED.
Petition "a Restrain sioux Falls from
Levying Water Works Tax.

A suit has been instituted in the Unit
ed States court in Sioux Falls in behalf
of the private water works company
which furnishes the city with water, ask
ing that the city authorities be restrain
ed from levying or attempting to levy
any tax upon the property owners of
Sioux Falls for the purpose of raising
money for the completion of a municipal
water works system.
1t is also asked that the city be re-
strained from certifying to the county
auditor any such taxes. This is "A new
phase of the legal battle between the
city and the private water company,
with the completion and operation of a
municipal system of water works as the
Done of contention.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
RAILROAD IS BLAMED.
Verdict Of Coroner.s Jury on Death
of Brakeman G~ustafson.

A jury summoned by Coroner Fulford,
of Sioux Falls, to investigate the death
of Emil Gustafson, a fireman on the
Great Northern Railroad who died in a
Sioux Falls hospital Il day or W ago
from injuries received by the coupling
breaking between the engine and tender
Of a train while near Garretson, has re-
turned a verdict to the effect that the
unfortunate man came to his death by
reason Of the gross negligence of the
Great Northern Railroad Company.
1t is alleged that the coupling pin
which fastened the engine and tender
together was rusty and half broken off
prior to the accident.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
FIRE CHIEF NEAR DEATH.
Falls Through Floor which Had
Been Weakened by Flames.

Nearly a quarter Of a million dollars
loss was caused by a fire in meat pack
ing houses and refrigerating plants in
Tenth Avenue, New York, which burned
steadily throughout the night before it
was brought under control.
The heaviest losers are the Cudahy
Packing Company, the Il. A. Wheeler
Company, Cenren Bros, and the ham
mond Company.
Fire Chief Croker same near meeting
death by falling through a floor weak
ened by flames into a cellar under the
building. His hand was badly cut.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
WOMAN'S HEROIC ACT,
Saves a Boy, but is Badly Injured
i'm Elevator Shaft.

Mrs. Cronin, a resident Of Waverly,
Grant County, proved herself a heroine
and was seriously injured while attempt
ing to save a boy from the elevator shaft
in the McCaul-Webster elevator ut that
place. She saved the boy, but after hav-
ing done SO her dress in some manner
caught on the shaft and the unfortunate
woman was whirled around on the shaft
for some little time before the engine
could be stopped and her rescue effected.
A physician was summoned, who dis
covered that two of her ribs were brok-
ZEN, and that, in addition, her leg and an
kle were dislocated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
KILLED TWO WILDCATS.
Feat of Archibald Horton at Ranch
on WarerhoIe Creek.

Archibald Horton, a resident of eastern
South Dakota, while visiting at his
brothers ranch on Waterhole Greek, near
the Missouri River, in the central part
of the state, was fortunate enough to
kill a couple of wildcats, which are yet
occasionally found in that part of the
state. He first shot and killed the older
of the two animals, which weighed near
ly twenty pounds. A short time after the
killing of the old animal a half grown
wildcat put i'll an appearance and
promptly met the fate of the other one.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
ELEVATOR ovERcRoWDED.
Obliged to Refuse Grain for Lack
of Capacity.

Grain is coming to market at Sioux
Falls very rapidly. In one day the man
ager of a local elevator was compelled to
refuse 5000 bushels of oats because his
warehouse was full and the grain could
not be loaded into cars fast enough to
make room for more.
Reports of a similar nature are re-
ceived from other points in the state,
leaving little doubt that during the next
few months the railroads which have
lines entering the state will enjoy a larg-
err volume of business than for many
years.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
GIVES OVER A MILLION.
Generous Public Request in Will
of Mrs. Sarah Potter.

VI AAAe- oAHah Ha.#t.
Public requests aggregating over ST.
100000, the largest being a gift of $780,
600 to the city of New Bedford, Mass,
are contained in the will of the late Mrs.
Sarah Potter, of Boston, Mass, which
has been filed for probate.
Mrs. Potter died last Friday at her
summer home at Beverly. To the Bos-
ton Medical library is bequeathed $780,
900; to the kindergarten for the blind at
Jamaica Plains, 100000, ana $500 0 to
each of the following; Harvard UNIVERSE
ty, Boston Home for Incurables, hos
pital cottages for children at Baldwin
vile, Mass; free hospital for women
at BrookIine, and the Massachusetts Col
legt of Pharmacy.
There are numerous other public be-
quests in the document.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
KILLED BY THE A r
Fireman Thrown ON a C by
Breaking of q Coupling.

While a train on the Great Northern
was in the Garretson yards Wednesday
morning the breaking of the coupling
between the engine and tender precipi-
tated Emil Gustafson, a fireman, to the
tracks, the wheels passing over him and
injuring him to such an extent that he
died shortly before noon in a Sioux
Falls hospital, to which he was taken
Immediately after the accident.
The unfortunate man was q years of
age and unmarried. His home was at
Clay Center, Kan, and his remains were
shipped to that place for burial.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
FOUND THE FARMER EASY.
Thief Makes Two Successful Visits
TO One House.

Horace Munson, a well known farmer
living near Oldham, had an unusual and
interesting experience. A sneak thief
entered his home and carried away $25
in cash. Upon discovering his loss Mum
son went to town and purchased a re-
yolver in order to be fully prepared to
defend his property. That very night
the thief again raided Munson's home,
this time securing $40 in cash. 1t is
feared that on the next raid he may steal
Munson's revolver, which has proved to
be no protection whatever against the
thief.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Curfew nc Eairyiew.

The latest South Dakota town to have
a curfew ordinance is Fairview. The
new ordinance provides that all children
under IL years of & must keep off the
streets after 8 o'clock at night unless ac-
companied by a parent or guardian, or
upon an errand for parent or guardian.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
aHouLs DESPERATE GRAVE.
Body of Girl Stripped and Then Re.
turned TO Casket.

Hill cemetery at Boice, Idaho, and desc
Grated the grave of May Pierce, the II
year-old daughter of Rev. r.. Pierce, pas
tor of the Church of Nazarene, who died
from typhoid fever.
The body was not stolen nor mutilated,
although all the clothing was stripped
from the body and carried away. There
was no jewelry on the corpse.
After being denuded the remains were
thrust back into the casket, the cover
placed ON hastily and a few inches of
dirt thrown on the box. The motive is a
mystery.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Bow FrIghtrully Burned.

Roger Campbell, the 9-year-old son Of
former Circuit Judge A. w. Campbell, of
Aberdeen, was frightfully burned Sunday
morning. A can Of gasoline in the
kitchen became ignited in some unac-
countable manner and the boy tried
bravely to ~extinguish the flames, receiv-
ing serious burns on his hands, arms and
body.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05

After a number OF consultations with
the president, Acting Secretary Of the
Treasury Taylor. ~ Washington, d. c.,
has reached a conclusion In the. matter
Of the customs stamp IN boxes contain-
ing imported cigars. No definite infor-
nation Is o~btainable.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
FATALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Orrin Folger, Aged IS, Meets With
Accident Near Waverly, s. ID.

Orrin Folger, 1S-year-old son of A.
Folger, was accidentally shot Sunday
afternoon near Waverly, a postoffice east
Of WATERFOWL. The boy was hunting
chickens afield, and while descending n
steep bank stumbled and fell. In the
fall the gun was accidentally discharged,
the shot entering his left shoulder and
taking a downward course. With a ter
rible wound, he was able to crawl eighty
rods to a nearby farm house, where as
sistance was secured. Physicians state
that his recovery is almost an impossi.
bility.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
MASSACRE IN
Governor or Arzila and Many Towns
people Are Murdered.

Tangier, Morocco, adyices state: The
governor Of Arzila, who was the father
in-law OF former War Minister Elmen-
bhi, has been murdered at Arzila by the
people Of the surrounding tribes.
The murder was committed out Of re-
venge for the action of the governor in
imprisoning members of the tribes. The
murderers released the prisoners at Ar
lila and killed many townspeople.
Great alarm prevails at Arzila. The
authorities have appealed to the repre-
sentative Of the sultan at Tangier to
send assistance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05

Charles M. Schwab and the members
of his party have departed from San
Francisco for the north and east in a
special train, Before leaving town
Schwab caused a futter OF excitement
on the stock market by buying nearly
$1,500.o00 worth OF preferred stock of
the United States Steel corporation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Young Man Disappears.

George Kruse, a young man whose
father is one of the most prominent resi-
dents in the vicinity of Humboldt, has
disappeared and not the slightest trace
Of him can be found. He is believed to
have been temporarily ~deranged and his
unaccountable absence has Frustrated his
mother.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
DROVE HIM A

Man Who Accidentally Shot His
Friend Loses His Reason.
Driven insane through grief at the
death of his friend, Edward Hartman,
whom he had accidentally shot, George
Brown, of Chicago, was picked up in the
street at Peoria, H., Wednesday a raw
ing maniac. So furious We're his strug-
giles it required six officers to overpower
him.
Brown and Haytman were examining a
loaded revolver Sunday, when it was ac-
cidentally discharged.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05

The ninth biennial convention of the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen,
which has been in session at Buffalo. ".
T., for about two weeks, has adjourned.
The iremen chose Milwaukee as their
meeting place for 1906.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
BOODLERS IN E

Indictments are Returned by Buffa-
10 Grand Jury.
As the result of District Attorney
C~oatsworth's investigation of the charges
Of alleged grating" on the part of Buff
falo, n. Y, city officials, Alderman J..
Thomas Harp, Henry Moost and Orrin
4. Pierce and former Alderman Edward
G. Beizer. Louis G. Roedel, Henry G.
Schneider and John G. Buson have been
indicted by the grand jury. All pleaded
not guilty Thursday and were released
on bail.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
william ZiegIcr Injured.

William Ziegler, the well known New
York capitalist, was quite seriously in
jured in a runaway accident Tuesday
night at Coilenders Point, Conn. He
was driving home behind a spirited team
when the horses bolted. Ziegler fell I'M
der the team and was badly trampsed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05

Chairman J.. w. Martin, Of the Deno-
cratic state central committee, as an
nounced the appointment Of Il. w. llske,
of Red6eld, as candidate for attorney
general Oh the Democratic state ticket,
to ill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of Olof Eidem. of Brookings.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05

A southbound passenger car on the Sci
OTTO Valley traction road struck a work
car Wednesday morning at Buckeye
Park, Fairfield County, Ohio. Fifteen
people were more or less seriously i'm
jured. two fatally.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
FREE FIGHT AT CANiSTOTA.
Fistic Encounter rel Sunday OBJ
servance Question.

The village of Canistota had a free-for-
all fight on her streets Friday evening,
resulting from an attempt of the church
people to prohibit ball playing and to
close mp the stores of that place on Sun
day. The marshal arrested some of the
offenders and CHEERS of the citizens took
his prisoners away, and finally several
fistic encounters were in progress.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Long Chase After Horsethief.

A ranchman named Kench, who lives
in Lyman County, and who recently had
a horse stolen from him by Nick Sven
SON, a prisoner who escaped from the
Lyman County jail, followed the fugitive
a distance of lac miles to the Bad Lands
region of western South Dakota, but
was unable to overtake and capture him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Lyman County Court HOUSE,.

The county commissioners of Lyman
County have decided to erect a building
at Oacoma to serve as a court house and
for the county officers and are now adj
vertising for bids for the erection Of the
structure.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
Fine store for Elk Point.

The Ringsrud Mercantile Company will
erect at Elk Point in the spring what will
be, when completed, one of the finest
store buildings in South Dakota. The
dimensions will be 50x150 feet. The
building will cost upwards of $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
buried at EIk Point.

The remains of Bert Smith, who was
killed near Harrington, Neb., by a trac-
ton engine going through a bridge. arriy-
ed at Elk Point Friday night and were
buried beside his father. John Smith.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-10-05
HANGING in CHICAGO.
Frank Lewandowski, Who Murdered
His Wife. is Executed.

HIS WIIts 10
Frank Lewandowski was hanged in the
Jail yard at Chicago Friday. Lewandow-
ski in a drunken rage cut his wife's
throat and then his own because she
would not compel her son (his stepson)
to work. The slayer lowered between
life and death for weeks. Too poor to
hire a lawyer, he had one appointed by
the court. Gov. Yates twice reprieved
him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-13

ctr l,grt 10 ssseure, thru faG'ce of arms,
Tire purposes stated in tile mote. In
orher wcu,as the United States as not
10 be dragged into hssfl!.aee In the
cas.
LONDON, Feb. ls.--Rerorts regarding
tie BN,dah delay III answering Sec
r'etary Hays note en- ilie subject China
li,ave created surprise here. X Is point
cd out the mote was olEiy presented q
fw days ago and that th British gov
ernnpenn already has communicated
what is regarded as ,artanvoam,s 10 an
nisn,ar. This. II is unlers TODD here. ex-
presses complete agreement on bro1H
Nnes with Sesretary Hays proposition.
Benfin. Feb ls-Trhe German euv :
ernnnent has been informed ',ihat nel'tf1 :.
or Russia nor Japan opposes in pTan :
ci,ile Secretary Hays proposal in re-
gard to China. The foreign Office. In
exchanging views with the other cab
lnete. finds also that all powers ara
inc9snsd TO the same views. each. l1tow-
ever being concerred "a to THE form
in wti,icth tr1ese Should be expressed and
precise precautions u.rat ought to be
Uaken