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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
MUST PAY CAMPAIGN DEBT.
An Echo of n Strenuous Campaign
in Dakota in 1900

A verdict of a jury in the state circuit
court in Sioux Falls awarding the plaintiff
Il Judgment for $3.50 in the case of the
Central Banking and Trust Company VS..
John Pussy ct al. is a reminder of the
strenuous campaign of 1900 in South
Dakota, when ex-senator r. +. Petit
grew made the fight Of his life, but met
his Waterloo.
After the campaign of 1900 the com
mittee which conducted the campaign
found that it had expended more money
than it really had on hand.
In fact, the committee Of which John
Puscy, of Miller. was chairman. had
Overdrawn its account to the amount Of
$500. To secure the bank a note was
given. This was signed by II. +. Pet
tigrew, b. II. Lien, John Pusey, s. V.
Ross, John \. Bowler, r. II. Ayres and
others. The Judgment just awarded
stands against all of the signers of the
note except ex-senator Pettigrew, who
secured his release from further liability
by the payment of 81, 900 of the $500
called for by the note.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
HOPE FOR POWERS.
Famous Kentuckian Is Granted a
New Trial.

The court of appeals at Frankfort,
KY, Tuesday reversed the decision of the
circuit court in the case of Caleb Powers,
sentenced to death for completely in the
murder of Gov. William Gobel in Jan.
uary, 1900. This gives Powers a new
trial.
On Aug. 20, 1908, at the third trial, the
jury in the case of the ex-secretary of
state, Caleb Powers, charged with COM
plicity in a conspiracy to murder, found
the defendant guilty and imposed the
death sentence. .f..
Arthur Goebel, the brother of the vic
tim, is a merchant at Cincinnati, and he
has spent time and money for three
years in the prosecution of those accused
of being in a conspiracy to kill his broth.
er.
Powers has been convicted three times
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
JACOB JoHNsOM's SLAYER
interchangeable Search Made for tho


Z. NJ. Dunn, chief of police at Miller.
was in Huron Wednesday on his way
to Brandon, Ia, to confer with the moths
er and other relatives of Jacob john
son, missing from his farm near Yves!
sington since the latter part of last June,
and supposed to have been murdered.
Mr.. Dunn returned from Fairmont and
Wahpeton, in North Dakota, a few days
since, where he went to view the renlains
of a man found lead in a wheat field
near the first named town some weeks
since. His visit resulted in getting pos
session of a silver watch and a portion
of the dead mans vest. The watch has
been identified as that Of Joanson's, but
the clothing, having been exposed to the
weather so long, is faded, and is not
positively identified as that worn by TIE
missing man.
A peculiar proceeding was that the re-
mains. as soon as found, were ordered
by the coroner to be buried; NJ eXamina-
ton as to wounds or cause of death was
had. and seemingly little effort was'
made to ascertain the identity of the
dead man. The body was without a hat,
but in the pockets of his clothing was
found about $14 in cash. ,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
A BANK SAFE.
Robbers Scared Away Before They
Secure Booty.

Six bank robbers blew both doors off
the safe in the Peoples Bank at Jolley,
a small town six miles southwest of
Pomeroy, Ia, at 3 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, but were frightened away before
any money was secured. There was
81 1900 in the safe.
The explosions of dynamite Weakened
the citizens and two men opened fire
on the robbers from the second story win
dow OF the hotel across the street. The
latter retreated after returning the fire.
and taking a team and buggy from the
livery barn made their escape in the
darkness.
The robbers drove southwest about
twelve miles to a point near Iettcr,
where they turned the team loose and
concealed themselves in a straw stack.
Tuesday afternoon Il small dog betrayed
their hiding place, and a posse of men
from Yetter surrounded the place and
captured six men, who were armed with
heavy reyolvers and had robes from the
Jolley livery Darn and q complete outfit
Of soap, candles, files and other articles
for safe cracking.
The prisoners were lodged in the coun,
ty Jail at Rockwell City.
The robbers had stolen a two-seated
buggy and team at the livery barn, with
which they made good their escape. The
team was turned loose about four miles
south of Lavinia, and was caught about
q O'Clock Tuesday morning.
The robbers had a hand car north OF
Jolley and a team stolen from a livery
stable south of town, so as to be pre-
pared for escape, the latter being use,
A blacksmith shop was broken into and
tools stolen for use in the work at the
bank. ,....
Nearly the entire male population OF
Jolley and many from other towns
Joined in the chase of the robbers.
The robbers are now safe in the Cal
houn County Jail at Rockwell City, hav.
ing been captured by Sheriff Riseley and
a posse Tuesday afternoon in a straw
stack near Yctter. All six Of the rob
bers were heavily armed, but no one was
hurt during the capture.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
A JURY Is SECURED
PANEL is COMPLETED FOR NAN
PATTERSON'S TRIAL.
Witnesses I'm h Case Will be a
Queer Lot, but If at the End Jurors
Have q Reasonable Doubt, De-
PENDANT should Benefit.

After John ID. Benedict had been re-
moved from the jury box by Justice Da-
Wis in the criminal branch of the supreme
court at New York, the two jurors neces-
sary to complete the panel in the trial OF
'Nan" Patterson for the murder OF Cae-
sar Young were chosen Thursday after
noon, and Assistant District Attorney
Rand at once began his opening state
ment. Mrs. Patterson was the only wo-
man in the court room when the prescott
tor opened.
Mr.. Rand practically repeated the
charges he made at the former trial,
which was brought to a sudden end by
the illness Of a juror.
In closing, Mr.. Rand said in part:
81 cannot promise you that the men |
shall call will swear to all they know. |
think you will say that two of them, the
cabman, Michaels, and the ~pawnbroker,
Stern. arc not telling all they know, or
agree with me that they are very igno-
rant men. But there is one witness /
cannot call--and he is the tall, smooth
faced man Of athletic build and having
red hair. He is j. Morgan Smith. And
! cannot call his wife, the sister of the
defendant, because they have run away"
Smith Is a most important witness be-
cause he IS a man who bought the weap-
on, and, because he is not here, | propose
to show you where he ran to, who helped
him to get away, and who are helping
him to keep away from the detectives
still hunting for him. / will not attempt
to produce an eye witness to the shoot.
ing. Such of the witnesses as ! will pro-
duce / want you to size up, because they
are a queer lot. And after | nave pre-.
scented all the facts ! hope you will reach
the truth, and if you then have any
doubt, which by even a stretch of the inn
agination might be called reasonable, i
say give it to this defendant"
After Mr.. Levy, representing Miss Pat,
terson, had objected to certain statements
made by Mr.. Rand, adjournment was
taken until noon.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Kills Two and Ends Life.

Three dead and one seriously wounded
is the result of crimes of Wilson Burns,
aged so, at Rochester, Ind, who shot
and killed his wife and Joe GRIPPE, at
whose home his wife was employed. AT
ter the killing Burns walked two miles
to the home of his sister; here he blew
off the top Of his own head. Mrs. Bra
man, who also lived at the home of
Grippe, was struck by scattering shot
from the charges that killed the other
members of the household and is in n
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
POLICY NOT DELIVERED.
Mrs. Bowen Failed to Recover from
Insurance Company.

After the offering of testimony had
commenced in the state circuit court i'll
the case of Katie L. Bowen VS.. the Mu-
tut Life Insurance Company ut Sioux
Falls. Judge Jones instructed the jury
to return a verdict in favor Of the de-
PENDANT company Oh the ground that the
plaintiff had no cause fer action. This
was lone and the case accordingly was
dismissed.
Frank Bowen, the husband of the
plaintiff, was shot and killed at Ben
Glare, a little town east of Sioux Falls,
nearly two years g by Henry A. Stea-
gald, then agent of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company at Ben Clare.
A few days before his death Bowen
was accepted as a risk by the insurance
company, but his policy had not been de-
liyered.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Dance for Charity Fatal.

Dancing at a kirmess in aid of a hos
pital at New York, has resulted in the
death of Abrilla A. Babbitt, daughter
of a well known consulting engineer of
pittsburg and New York. The girl, who
was Is years old, has been i'll several
months, but when asked to help the hos.
pital she agreed and danced a h~ornpipe
in a light yachting costume. She tainted
after the first nights performance, but
insisted on appearing for the second night,
and died a few hours later.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
BANDIT STILL AT LARGE.
California Express a Robber Has
Not Been Captured.

NOT been Saptufeu'
Notwithstanding that scores Of deputy
sheriffs and police officers are aiding in
the search for the bandit who OH Tues
day looted the Wells-Fargo company's
express car at Daggett, CAL, after shoot.
ing Messenger Roberts, he is believed
to be still at large. Suspects have been
arrested, but it is believed that the ban.
dit is not among them. Rewards aggre-
eating $1,000 have been offered for his
capture. Messenger Roberts is still alive,
but with slight chances of recovery.
Assistant Superintendent Pridhan, OF
the Wells-Fargo Company, stated Tues
day that the amount of money taken
from the way safe is about $500. Several
checks and drafts, including one for
$1,000, were also taken, bat payment on
these has been stopped.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
BURDEN ON THE CONSUMER
Penalty of Increased Freight Rates
Living Costs More.

1t was positively stated at Chicago
Wednesday before the interstate COM
merce commission that if in order to Sc
cure common law liability service in
shipping freight 20 per cent additional
cost is required of shippers, the price Of
groceries will rise and the burden Of the
increased freight rates will fall upon the
consumer.
Another important development was
the introduction of several letters from
railroads, including the Illinois Central,
asserting that some transportation COM
panies absolutely refuse to use the pro-
posed new uniform bin of lading.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
CLEARS TITLE TO GRADE.
Famors South Dakota Case Decided
by Supreme Court.

In the supreme court at Pierre We'd
nesday opinions were handed down in a
number of cases, the principal one being
by Justice Haney in the ease of Charles
Crouch ct al. VS.. the Dakota, Wyoming
and Missouri River Railway Company
eft al, appellants, from the Pennington
County circuit curt, in which the lower
court was affirmed.
This clears the title to the grade be-
tween Mystic and Rapid City, which
Crouch secured on foreclosure proceed
ings and which foreclosure was being
fought by w. L. Coad and other inter
ested persons. The present decision puts
Crouch and other persons from Cleveland
in full control of the property.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Death OF w. Robinson.

Sunday afternoon many pioneers att
tended the funeral of one of the early
settlers of Canton. For several months
William Robinson had been suffering
from a disease called rheumatism of the
blood and on Saturday morning the end
came. Mr.. Robinson came to Canton in
1875 and has been prominent in local
affairs and was one of the best known
men in the county.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
MOTHER ORaW A SHOTGUN.
Did Not Want Her Children Taken
from Her.

A. r. Button, Of the Children's Home
At Sioux Falls, passed through Aberdeen
with three children of Mrs. Ole Thors-
rud, of Eureka. Mrs. Thorsrud was de-
serted by her husband, who left her with
seven children, the Oldest of whom is
but 10 years Of age. When the sheriff
went to her home to serve papers on her
in. behalf of the Children's Home, she
drew a shotgun on the officer and re-
fused to submit.
Later a trial was had and the three
younger children were awarded TO the
custody of the home, Mrs. Thorsruo De-
ing allowed to retain possession of the
older children.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
IN GRIP.
Bandit Battles with Victim Amid
Smoke and Flame.

Locked in a life and death struggle,
Christopher Trip and a masked bandit
fought in a burning building at Murray,
six miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Neither man relaxed his grip until their
clothing was afire; then both crawled
through the dense smoke 70 the outer
air.
The ~highwayman, armed with a re.
yolver, tried to hold up Christopher and
Samuel Trip in their brothers store.
He fred Mt Christopher, when the latter
resisted him. In the struggle that fol
lowed the stove was overturned and the
resultant fire consumed the store.
The bandit escaped.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
To Vote on School bonds.

At Dell Rapids a special election, to
be held on Dec 20, has been called by the
board Of education to vote on the ques-
ton of bonding the school district for
$1,000. Seven thousand five hundred
dollars is for the purpose of taking un
outstanding bonds and the balance is fot
school building purposes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
WASHINGTON MINE DISASTER
Eleven Men r Dead and Four
Still I'm the Mine.

AS the result of IN explosion in the
Burnett coal mine at Burnett, Wash,
Wednesday, which it is believed was
caused by fredamp, eleven miners are
dead, two badly injured, and it is known
that at least four others are still in the
mine.
The search for the latter was abandon
ed at midnight, as it was deemed unsafe
to continue the work of rescue. Elev-
en- bodies. badly burned and mangled,
have been recovered from the shaft.
Most Of the employees were Poles or
Italians. The married victims of the
catastrophe leave large families.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
The Message is Read.

After some routine business had been
transacted the presidents annual mes.
sage was read in both houses of con-
gress at Washington Tuesday. The
members were supplied with printed cop
les of the message and most of them
closely followed the reading clerks as
they proceeded.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
MAJORITY is OVER $4,000.
Canvass of Vote for Presidential
Electors i'm South Dakota.

The official canvass on electors and
congressman for South Dakota shows
that the highest Roosevelt elector receiv-
ed 1908 votes and the highest Parker
elector had 22,002, a majority of over
$4,000 for Roosevelt.
Socialist electors had 3,13S, Peoples
1,24S, and Prohibition 1865. The total
vote cast was l01, 435. For congress
Martin, 70,022; Burke, 69,936; Lynch,
22,644; Stewart, 2,269; Socialist, 3,115;
Peoples, 1875; Prohibition, 2.012. The
canvass on state officers and amend
ments is being made.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
German omcer in Disgrace.

Army circles at Berlin, Germany, are
greatly excited over the condemnation OF
Maj. H.. 3. zimmerman by court mar
tial at Fraustadt and his sentence to sew.
en- months in prison for falsehood. Zim.
mermann's company several times re.
ceiyea the s~psTia, prize Tor marksman.
ship. 1t was recently discovered that
zimmerman had falsiied the score sheets.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
INSANE FROM CIGARETTES.
Sad Condition of a Young Man az
Huron.

A young man about 20 years of age,
who came to Huron some months since
from the eastern part of the state, be-
came insane from the excessive use of
cigarettes. His name is Ray Muldoon,
and after being taken into custody by
the sheriff and examined by the county
board of insanity he was delivered to
relatives at Parker, where he will be
cared for till admitted to the Yankton
asylum, which is already overcrowded
with patients.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Jury Disagreed.

The jury in the case Of Pinkerton VS..
the Price-Baker Company has disagreed
at Sturgis. This is the case i'll which
Pinkerton sued for $4,000 damages for
personal injury suffered from alleged de-
fective machinery in the defendants
saw mill. The case has been continued
to the spring term of court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
FOR SUICIDE.
w. M. Strong is Put Under Arrest
at Pierre.

w. NJ. Strong was arrested at Pierre
Monday on a charge of attempted sui
eide, it being alleged that he took car
bolic acid with suicidal intent Sunday on
account of having been Tilted by the girl
of his choice.
He waived examination in justice court,
and his case will come up for hearing in
the term of the circuit ourt later.
Under the South Dakota law the of
Tense charged is Il penal one.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Robbers Are Shot.

Fonda, Ia, was the scene of a sensa-
tional robbery at an early hour Monday
morning. During a fight with three cit.
zens, one of the three robbers was shot
and fatally wounded. The other two
men escaped, but one Of them is known
to have been wounded.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Water Wagons are BUSY.

The drought in central Illinois is grow
ing more acute daily. Numerous water
wagons are in service in Bloomington,
working day and night to all cisterns
which have gone dry. All over Mclean
County there was o water famine, and
stockmen are finding difficulty in sup
plying their stock with water.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Violent slump in Stocks.

There was a violent slump in stocks
at New York Wednesday afternoon, with
heavy unloading in oil directions. The
general list of active stocks showed
losses of ? TO points throughout.
Amalgamated Copper leading the decline.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Stole Government BIankets.

Among the latest prisoners to be lodged
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary is How
ard Purnell, who comes from Nebraska.
He will serve a term of thirteen months.
having pleaded guilty to the charge OF
stealing FIVE government blankets from
Fort Niobrara. PnIaeii is a colored
man.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Sioux Falls Poultry show.

The week of Jan, II to q has been se-
lected as the time for the annual show Of
the Queen City Poultry Association at
Sioux Falls. The show will be held in
the auditorium and is expected to be
the most successful affair of the kind ev-
er held in Sioux Falls. Fine exhibits
will be made by the poultry fanciers Of
South Dakota and adjoining states.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Robber Gang Wrecks SAFE.

Cracksmen wrecked the safe of the
Bank Of Metamora. Mich, early Wed.
nesdoy morning and in getting away
from aroused villagers a thug started a
running pistol battle. The men finally
reached the railroad tracks and escaped
on a passing freight train.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
WRECK IN CA LiFORNIA.
Train OF Water Tank Cars Run Into
Construction Train.

A train of water tank cars on the
Salt Lake Railroad broke loose at the
top of a heavy grade a hundred miles
north of Daggett, CAL, rushed down hill
at a tremendous speed and crashed into
a construction train.
Brakeman John Bryan was killed. En-
gineer Henderson and Fireman Miller
were seriously injured, and several other
members of the construction crew suf-
fered minor injuries.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Complications Avoided.

A Constantinople dispatch says the
porte has yielded to the Austrian de-
mane regarding the detention Of Austrian
mails, and the incident may be regarded
as closed and the threatened complica.
tions avoided.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Looks Like q Double Suicide.

James Gibbons and James Moran were
found dead, locked in each others arms,
in a small room in the top floor of a Sec
ond Avenue house at New York. The
room was thick with gas fumes and the
police believe it to be suicide.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Make Tramc Announcements.

While the railroads entering Sioux
Falls have been slow in entering into
traffic arrangements with the South Da-
kota Central, which operates a new line
between Sioux Falls and Cotton, most
of them have now fallen into line sHd
entered into traffic arrangements with the
new line I
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Circuit court Ar CLARK.

The December term of the circuit
court convened at the court house in
Clark last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
There are sixty asses on the calendar.
Judge Marquis presides.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Robbers Shot Proves Fataf.

Messenger Evan Roberts. who was
shot by a train robber on the Santa Fe
near Needles, Monday, is dead at Los
Angeles, Cal.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
Sioux City stock Marke e.

Thursday quotations on the Sioux City
stock market follow: Butcher steers.
S~3.0oG}3.9o. Top hogs, sass.
Willmar tribune., 1904-07-20
ArctandeT.

O. Rudin of Atwater is visiting at
P. Negord's.
Very little haying is done yet on ac-
count of the rain.
A surprise was sprung upon Ole Soil
Saturday evening.
Otis Gordhamer of Mora will work
for G. K. Lund this summer.
G. A. Klopp and Miss Hanna Bur.
strom are visiting relatives at Glen
wood.
Miss Lunde, of Zumbrota, is visit.
ing with her friend, Miss Hilda Aasen
Confirmation services will be hello
at the East Synod church next Sunday
by Rev. Jordahl.
G. o. Kambestad and daughters
Emma and Selma returned from q
weeks visit at points near Pierpont
S. D.
Mrs. Ingeborg J. Roisum, who was
i'll for several months, passed away
Sunday morning of last week at the
age of Is years. The funeral took
place Tuesday at the East Synot
church, Rev. Jordahl officiating.
UNCLE ED.