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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
YANKTON COUNTY ELEcr,ons
Only One Out OF Four Towns vota.
for Prohibition.

At the spring elections in Yankton
County one out Of the four villages Went
dry" Gayville voted mo license" Inv
one vote, while Violin, Irene. and Lester.
vile voted for license by very large ma.
j~orities.
The following officers were elected.
Gayville-Treasurer, w. H. McMaster.
clerk, III. b. Solem; assessor, Sturk Lee.
marshal, A. l.. Anderson; justice Of the
peace, Il. X. Stewart.
Volin-Treasurer, Alex Bagstad. clerk
Henry Hazen: marshal, Mike Olson: ius.
tice of the peace, Il. j. Douthit.
lrene-Treasurer, Fred Lacktrun.
clerk, Charles Reinholt; assessor. Willis
Ibsen; justice of the peace. Dan Lund-
quist; marshal, Jacob Larson.
Lesterville-Clerk, o. II. Olson treas-
urer, f. j. Koblas; assessor. Emanue,
Herman; justice Of the peace, Louis
Michael; marshal, A. j. Soukup. 4
Tabor, Bonhomme County-Clerk, Ed
Price; treasurer, JOS. Hilla; assessor.
Martin Helmer; justice of the peace. F..
j.. hostel: marshal, II. J. Wagner. Ia
Dor voted license by a majority of ) TO 1.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
MINERS TO STRIKE.
Sixty. Five Thousand TO Quitin Penn
%sylvania.

The operators and miners of the cen
trail bituminous district of Pennsylvania.
after being in conference in Altoona al
most continuously since March 16 en-
deavoring to agree upon a wage scale
to go into effect April l, adjourned final
ly without coming to an agreement.
The failure to agree means a suspen-
sion of work by the $4,000 organized
miners of the district at the end Of the
month. When the joint scale committee
met Wednesday the operators stood up
on their proposition for a 10 per cent
reduction of the first half of the APP
preaching mining year, and the present
scale, based on 90 cents for pick min
ing for the second half of the year. The
miners ultimatum demanded a renewal
Of the present scale for the full year. No
agreement being possible, the scale com
mittee adjourned finally.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
UPHEAvAL
Russian Governments Troubles Be-
coming More Serious.

At st. Petersburg, Tuesday, the funer.
al of a student named Yakovlev, who,
on his liberation from eight months soli'
tary confinement for circulating propa'
gandist literature hanged himself, his
mind being unhinged, was the occasion
of a striking revolutionary demonstra-
ton. Disregarding police warnings
crowds of students followed the funeral
cortege singing revolutionary songs and
scattering pamphlets. The coffin was
covered with wreaths from socialists,
revolutionists and workmen.
Disturbances in the Caucasus con-
tinue; a gendarme was killed at Potie,
ten persons were wounded at Girl, while
at Schum the police are poweriess to
keep order. In the Shorapan district the
peasants refuse to pay taxes or rent,
and have elected a secret committee to
manage local affairs.
Rowing bands of peasants continue to
pillage, burn and murder in the Chernl-
gov government, and in Tamboff, Kazan
and other governments in the south Of
ihuSSld lut lie" llOOpS hSlC anu ihNA'
are powerless. The whole peasant pop
ulation is affected more or less. The
parish priests, under instructions from
the holy synod, are doing all that is pos
sible to quiet the peasants, but without
making any appreciate impression.
With the warm weather the crisis
will come, especially if it is accompa-
MED by orders for another extensive mo
bluzation.
In the meantime the situation in the
Caucasus is growing worse. a state
bordering on civil war exists in Kuban
territory, where the population has been
armed for a collision with the soldiers.
In Georgia. Mingrelia and Kutais terri
tories the red flag of revolt has been
raised.
The renewal of bomb outrages in Po-
lane and open demonstrations in Fin.
lane against CONSUMPTION are both re
garded as bad and significant signs.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
People OF Castlewood ana sicihi'y
Solve the Seed Grain Problem
Farmers Furnished with Proper
Seed for Wheat, Oats, Flax, Etc.

So far as can be ascertained, the peo-
pie of Castlewood appear to be the only
townspeople in the state to take hold OF
the seed grain problem in a systematic
manner, and they have accomplished sat
isfactory results.
Immediately after a seed grain lee
ture at that place in January the bust
ness men organized for the purpose OF
rendering all possible assistance toward
the securing of good seed grain for the
farmers in that locality. An executive
committee was appointed to have imme-
date charge of the matter.
NJ. III. Newton, an expert in the seed
grain business, was employed by the bus
mess men to see that the rme In
the territory tributary to Castlewood
were enabled to secure good seed
grain. Since Feb. 2 he has devoted his
entire attention to this important mat
ter.
Up to date the farmers have been
supplied with about 5000 bushels of
pure seed wheat of different varieties, in
addition to large quantities of oats, fax,
barley and millet seed. The testing by
an expert of every ounce of seed grain is
certain to show q wonderful improve
ment in the quality of the grain crops
raised this season in that part of the
state.
Through the enterprise of the bust
ness men of Castlewood the farmers
have been able to secure seed grain of
the best quality, and this has been ac-
complished without a cent of extra eX-
pense to the farmers who were bene-
GtaJ
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Much Building to be Done.

Scotland building contractors report
that al unusual amount Of building is to
be done during the coming season by the
farmers in that portion of the state.
Scores Of them are to make improve
ments Of some character, including fine
modern dwelling houses, many of which
will compare favorably with the best res
idence buildings in town. The farmers in
that part of the state are very prosper
Gus and have reached a point where they
are financially able to have the best in
the way of dwellings and other farm
buildings.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
NEW SOUTH DAKOTA PRODUCT
state Now is Able to Furnish Plenty
of Clover Seed.

Instead of the farmers of South Dako-
TIA depending entirely upon those of the
eastern states for their seed grain and
clover seed, it has reached a point where
the farmers of this state are called upon
to furnish the farmers of other states
and even the government with these va
rieties of seed. J. NJ. Dunmire, an ex-
pert stock raiser and agriculturist, re-
siding in Bonhomme County, has receiv-
ed a request from Charles J. Brand. of
Washington, ID. c., for a quantity of red
clover seed.
Mr.. Brand is in charge of the labora-
tory of plant life history at the national
capital, and the clover seed furnished by
the South Dakota man is to be used in
experimental work in various states.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
ROMANCE WILL FOLLOW.
Women Holders OF Rosebud Lands
Receive Offers of Marriage.

A BOnesteel special says: Two hun
dred and thirty-one women, all marriage
able, are to be found on 231 farms in
the Rosebud reservation. Since the news
of these women and their prizes has be-
gun to creep out, tentative letters have
begun to creep in from men who would
become farmers if they could secure
wives and farms. Many will be the ro-
mances that will follow the luck of these
women in the big land lottery last sum
mer.
These are the women who won the
choice quarter sections on the reserva-
ton. Many more women drew farms,
but more han half have not filed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
STEARNS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Must Answer in Federal Court on
Land Fraud Case.

Special Agent Samuel Coulter, Lowell
Pierce and Miss Nora Goodkind, of St.
Paul, United States Attorney w. G..
Porter, of Sioux Falls, and local Off
Gals were at Fort Pierre Thursday in
the case against r. b. Stearns, who is
charged with being implicated in land
frauds with w. Il. Horsnell, of St. Paul,
in an effort to secure over 100 quarter
sections of government land. The hear
ing was before United States Commits
sioner Moore, who, after the hearing,
placed Stearns under $1,000 bonds for
his appearance in United States court at
st. Paul to answer to the charge.
Stearns is one Of the prominent land
attorneys at Fort Pierre.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
HURON ATTORNEY ACCUSED.
Charges Against q. A. Kelly Being
Investigated.

In the circuit court at Huron Monday.
Judge Gaffey presiding, a new informa-
ton was presented to the grand jury
charging {. a. Kelly, a well known at
torney, with forgery of two or more
deeds to certain real estate.
The court instructed the jury to ex.
anime the truthfulness of the charges
and suspended Kelly from duty as
states attorney pending an investigation,
and appointed T. H.. Hull to act in Kel-
ly's place in matters now in hearing be.
fore the court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
FIRST LICENSE is GRANTED.
Valley Springs Decides for Open
Saloons.

The result of the annual municipal
election at Valley Springs, east of Sioux
Falls, while anticipated in some quar-
tiers, was a surprise to many so far as
the saloon license issue was concerned.
Valley Springs had always been cOnsid-
cred one of the strongest temperance
towns in South Dakota. But now, by a
majority of IS, the voters have declared
for licensed saloons for the first time
since South Dakota was admitted to the
sisterhood Of states.
For some time Valley Springs has
been afflicted with blind pigs" or
'holes in the WALL" and the change in
policy is due to the fact that several at
tempts to convict the illegal sellers of IL
quor did not meet with success. The il
legal Joints" were so successful in elud-
ing the law and operated so boldly that
many who have in the past voted for no
license changed in favor of the open sa-
loon.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
DOMINGO is WELL PLEASED.
Action or United States Government
Has a Favorable Effect.

San Domingo advices state that the
news of the acceptance by the govern
ment at Washington Of the proposition
of the Dominican government that the
United States assume control of the
finances of that republic, with the view
of setting aside a portion of the reve-
nues for the payment of it's debts, pend
ing definite action on the part of the
American senate, has had a most favor
able effect.
The opinion is expressed that the ac-
ton taken by the authorities at Wash
ington will change the situation com
pletely.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
A MOTHERS TERRIBLE CRIME
Kentucky Woman Admits She Muir
dered Three Children.

Mrs. Mary Brockwell, of Paducah,
Ky, whose three children, aged 3, 4 and
5 years. died from poisoning under suspi-
cious circumstances last Saturday, broke
down and confessed that she killed them
by giving them morphine and coal oil.
The woman said that her husband was
in an asylum and that she could not sup
port the children. She also stated that
George Abortion promised to marry her
if she would get rid of the children. Al
berton was arrested as an accessory.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
No Railroad Pool.

The proposed pool of western rail
roads, says a Chicago dispatch, for the
division of convention business moving
between Chicago and the Pacific coast,
has collapsed. All of the roads will act
separately, as they have done in the
past, in getting convention business. and
there will be no limit on the number of
free tickets given to delegates to secure
business.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Body Was Horribly Mutilated at
Ottawa, Kan,

Mrs. Caroline Jobes, aged - years,
Of Wellsville, Kan, was attacked at Il
sanitarium at Ottawa during the night
by some unknown person and perhaps
fatally wounded. Her skull was frac-
tured with an ak and her body was hor-
ribly mutilated.
The mutilation Of the body was SINH
lar to that in the Nickum murder case
in Topeka last year, when Mrs. Nickum,
who kept a boarding house, was mystic
riously murdered and the body fearfully
slashed. No motive for the attack on
Mrs. Jobes is known, and there is no
clew to her assailant.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
MAYOR ,Johnson,s Charpes.

The Cleveland, o., city council adopt
ed a resolution calling on Mayor John
son to take his recent charges of bribery
to probate court or to the grand jury
and prove them. or in the event of his
not being able to do so make an apology
to the members of the body whom he
accused.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
TRIAL OF
Mother OF Murdered Woman Goes
on the stand.

In the trial of Henry Wianand for
the murder of his wife at Denver, Colo,
Mrs. A. Ashley, mother of Mrs. Hen
ry Wianand, read to the jury letters sent
her by Wianand after the latter separat-
ed from his wife. In them he says he
will lead the game and secure Clar-
ence, the boy, or no one would get him.
lie also speaks of revenge. The letters
were written in Sioux City.
w. j. Ashley, Mrs. Wianand's broth
er, almost overcome with emotion. told
how he attacked Wianand after the IA
tai shots had been fired. Wianand dur
ing the struggle told the witness to kill
him.
Mrs. Ashley told the same story.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
FIRE CAUSES A PANIC.
Women Are Trampled Upon in
Rush TO Escape.

A trifing blaze in ten shirt waist fac
tory of Max Roth, in Walker Street,
New York, Tuesday. started a panic
among the 800 girl employees. There is
but one exit besides the fire escape, this
being a narrow, steep stairway, leading
from all of the six floors. When the
cry of fire was raised the girls crowded
down the stairway, falling over and
trampling upon each other, and before
all We're out a dozen of them tainted
from fright and slight injuries.
The men employees also trampled upon
the women in their haste to escape.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
NAN PATTERSON'S TRIAL.
Will be Begun at the April Term OF
Court.

The trial of Nan Patterson for the
murder of Caesar Young will be begun
before Recorder Coffin in the court of
general sessions at New York in April.
At the request of District Attorney Je-
rome, Justice Fitzgerald removed the
case from the supreme court, where it
was, to the court of general sessions. The
reason alleged is that there probably
would not be a supreme court justice at
liberty to try the case at that time, and
the trial must be held then unless the
prisoner were discharged.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Forest Fire in Ohio.

More than 500 acres north and west
of Coshocton, o., are being swept by
forest and prairie fires, which are still
raging. Men. women and children have
done nothing for twelve hours but fight
the flames. Miles of fences and acres
of forests have been burned, but no
dwellings have been burned.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Bankrupt Muse Paw Alimonv

The supreme court of Ohio, in session
at Columbus, holds that a discharge in
bankruptcy under the national law does
not release a divorcee from the payment
Of alimony decreed previously by a state
court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Accents Dominican Plan.

President Roosevelt has decided to ac-
cept the proposition of the Dominican
government, made through Minister
Dawson, for the control of the finances
of that republic, with the view of set
ting aside a portion of the revenues OF
the republic for the payment of its debts
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Soldiers Trial for Murder.

The trial of Frank O'Connor, a young
soldier of the Thirteenth United States
infantry. on a charge Of murder was
commenced Tuesday before a jury in
Superior Judge Cooks court at San
Francisco, Cal. O'Connor is charged
with killing Arthur Oliver, a former col
ored soldier.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Boy Accidentally Killed.

The little sou of Oscar Sederstrom. a
merchant of Arlington, was accidentally
shot in the abdomen at Lake Preston,
where he was visiting with an uncle Sat
urday, and died Sunday morning. A
man was cleaning a rifle in an adjoining
room and it was discharged, the bullet
going through the partition and striking
the little fellow in a fatal spot.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Gilman en Must Go.

The preliminary examination at Sioux
Falls of two Cinnamon, Lee Sing, of
Sioux Falls, and Lee Wah June, o.
Elk Point, who were arrested by the
United States authorities of South Da-
kota on the charge of being in the Unit
ed States in violation of the Chinese ex-
clusion act, resulted in both defendants
being ordered deported from the United
States
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Airship Flies About Like a Bird.

Prof. John Montgomery's ~aeroplane
sailed, or flew, 1900 feet above San
Jose, CAL, Monday night for half an
hour. Montgomery's machine can be
guided, and it flies with no use Of motor
or gas. The machine has eight canvas
wings, and looks like a huge bird.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Do Not Want Inspector.

AT the special meeting of the stockmen
of Custer County it was decided to not
elect a cattle inspector in that county.
The reason is that the cattlemen believe
that they are capable of judging OF the
condition of their own stock and it would
be an unnecessary tax on the residents
of the county.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Many Artesian wells.

Several new artesian well have recently
been completed on farms in the vicinity
of Leola, and contracts for the drilling
OF a number more have been awarded.
The drillers never fail to strike flows,
which furnish the farmers with ample
water for stock and domestic purposes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Fine Building for Elk Point.

The Ringsrud Mercantile Company hiss
purchased lots in Elk Point and will
erect a new building this summer. The
structure will be 20 by 125 feet in di-
mansions and will cost about $4,000.
The property, which consists of four
lots, was bought for $1,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Negro Outrarers Caught.

Charged with holding up and assault
Ing Mrs. Belle Mcneil, a white woman,
six negroes of Uniontown, Pa, have
been arrested and held to await a trial
at court. The crime was one of the
most daring ever committed in Union
town.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Fills an Order lor Wolf Blood.

Fred Colman, champion wolf hunter at
Miller, has just filled an order from
Walter Davis, of Scranton, Pa, for a
half pint of VOLTS blood. Expense was
no object, the eastern man allowing Col
man to set his price, but wolf blood he
must have, and that quickly. The wolf
was stuck, drained and the total amount
Of blood-one pint was shipped east by
express.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Editor Sucd Tor Iihe,

DIR. w. G. Hamilton, OF Iona, one of
the physicians who was arrested on the
charge of practicing medicine without a
license, and who paid his fine of $50,
has now instituted an action for criminal
libel against e. l.. Sem, editor of the
IOna Settler
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Laughs at Death Sentence.

At Peoria, Ill. Otis Bolts, aged 81
years, Tuesday was found guilty Of muir
dering his wife and his punishment fix
ed at death. The youthful defendant
had accused.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
OWE FIVE MILLIONS.
The Liabilities OF "Get Rich Quick"
Concerns are Large.

Senator Bradley, receiver Of the ST.
rey Cotton Company at Philadelphia,
has secured an unexpected asset in the
form of an $S,000draft. The money came
from the ''get rich quick" concerns Liv-
erpool branch. The draft was mailed
before the Storey Company was forced
by the authorities to go out of business.
Postal inspectors said that there would
be no difficulty in proving that the Sto.
rey Company and the Provident Invest.
ment Bureau were affiliated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
wife SIays Husband.

Michael Novackovich, an Austrian la
borer, at Pittsburg. Pa. was murdered
while sleeping in bed Thursday morn
ing by his wife, Annie. The crime was
n brutal one, the woman using a Ratchet.
The cause assigned for the crime was
revenge for i'll treatment by the hus-
Hand M44N MM1G
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Comm Nails Bauished.

At Madison, Wis.,, the Wisconsin SEN
ate Wednesday passed sn an~ti-cigarette
bill, which absolutely prohibits the sale
or manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette
paper. The bill now goes to the gov
ernor.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Fence Order Suspen dcd.

Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department at Washington, will hold up
the order requiring all fences to be remov-
ed from ranches and farms in the Black
Hills which have not been proved up Oh.
A petition signed by several thousand
persons in the Hills was recently pre-
scented to the secretary asking that the
order be r%escinded.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Light and Water for Marion.

John A. Heeren is in the east purchas-
ing the material for complete water
works and lighting system for the town
of Marion. They are to be of the latest
and best pattern and to be put in run
ming order as soon as possible.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
New Industry at Mitcbe,l.

The Mitchell Marble and Granite
Company is a new institution just es-
tablished in that city. A new building
has just been erected and the company
will at once making monu-
ments.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
No Money for Firemep.

As a result of negligence on someone's
part the Vermillion firemen will re-
ceive no money from the state this year.
Ihe error cannot be traced
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Wireless Station ar Colon

The establishment of a wireless tele-
graph at Colon is progressing. The men
in charge Of the work say they expect to
be in communication with Guantanamo.
Cuba, by the beginning OF May.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
Semi. Panic on Bourse.

At st. Petersburg a s%emi-panic pre-
vailed OH the bourse Tuesday. Russian
imperial As fell q point
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05

thursdays quotations on the Sioux
City stock market follow: Butcher
steers, SS3.50@5.25. Top hogs, S5.12h
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05

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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-04-05
AGED WOMAN ASSAULTED

Yrs. Ashley told the same story.