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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Il WAR is ENDED.
Peace Conference Comes TO an
Agreement.

A Portsmouth, n. H., special says:
Peace between Russia and Japan was
practically concluded at Tuesday morn
ing's session of the peace conference.
In the final struggle the Russians
achieved a victory. For the sake OF
peace, the japanese, with magnanimity
worthy of their heroic achievements IN
this war, met the ultimatum of the ear
and abandoned their demands not only
for reimbursement for the cost of the
war, but for the repurchase of the north
ern half of Sekhalin, Russia at the same
time agreeing to a division of the island.
The Japanese also withdrew articles
10 and IL Of the peace conditions orig
inally proposed, the demand for the sur
render of interned yarships and the linii-
tation of the Russian naval power in the
far east.
The delegates Of the respective missions
were called in afternoon session, and the
peace has begun.
The news that peace had been agreed
upon caused most intense excitement at
the hotel where the ENJOYS had been
staying. Everywhere there was Il delir-
ium of jubilation.
An armistice probably will be arrang-
ed immediately.
White. accompanied by Baron de Ro-
sen. came 10 the hotel for luncheon. Up
on their arrival there was a wonderful
demonstration A great crowd had col
lected under the port cochere Of the an
mex. where the Russians are quartered,
and when their automobile drew up the
air was torn with terrific cheers. Hats
were thrown aloft.
White. as he stepped put Of the motor
car, seemed quite overcome. He was too
full for utterance. He could only grasp
and shake the hands that were extended
to him. Baron Rosen was equally moved
and received the congratulations of the
crowd in silence.
For about FIVE minutes the two plenipo-
tentiaries were kept upon the porch lis
tening to the incoherent praises of the ho-
tel guests.
"Do you pay indemnity?' was the uni
versal interrogation.
"Pas un sou" (not a cent?, was Whites
response.
The two plenipotentiaries have re-
spectiyely proposed to their emperors the
conclusion of an immediate armistiCa.
The details of the armistice were dis
cussed at Tuesday afternoons meeting,
ana immediately after the question of the
release Of the Russian prisoners.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
MOTHER is BLAM Ed.
Sioux Falls Girl who Deserted Her
Baby is in n Hospital.

Coroner l.. ID. Miller, of Sioux Falls,
summoned a jury to conduct the investi.
cation into the death Thursday morning
of Il newly born babe which was found
III the western portion of the city near q
viaduct. \ number of witnesses were
examined. AT the conclusion of the hear
ing the jury returned a verdict to the eff.
feet tnat the death of the child was due
to the negligence of the mother, Miss
May Haines.
Miss Haines has been taken to the city
hospital, where she will be cared for IN.
til she fully RECEIVERS. Her parents re-
side at Garretson, hut she has been EN-
ployed in several Sioux Falls business
houses, afterwards accepting a position
as domestic in a family, where she re-
sided at the time the child was born,
Miss Haines has steadfastly refused to
give the name of the author of her ruin
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
VOLCANO rs ACTIVE
vESuvIuS THROWS OFF GREAT
MASSES OF LAVA.
pies Totter - Causing a Panic
Among the People Living in h
Villages Near the Mountain.

Naples advices say that Mt. Vesuvius
is in full eruption and is throwing out an
enormous mass Of lava.
A dispatch from Messina, Sicily says:
The ancient crater in the island of Strom-
boil is in full eruption. A panic prevails
in the villages around the volcano.
Violent earthquakes are reported from
Sultana and Palena, Italy, simultaneous
ly with the eruption Of Vesuvius and
Stromboli. Many houses fell, church stee-
pies tottered, and there is a great panic.
The population OF the two villages fed
TO the country. Two persons were killed
and more than 100 wounded.
Not since September, 1904, has the
mountain that overwhelmed Pompeii and
Herculaneum presented such a dangerous
appearance. At that time the eruptions
were greater and more destructive than
any since 1872. Sept. %, 1904, observa-
ton showed that in eleven hours there
were 1874 violent explosions. and that
masses OF redhot stone and boiling lava.
weighing many tons, were tossed out OF
the crater like so many feathers. The
lava flow at that time melted the iron
rails OF the Fernicular railroad, and burn
ed away many houses and huts. Veg
citation within one mile of the crater dis
appeared and many farms and vineyards
were destroyed.
Vesuvius has q remarkable record.
Since 10 A. d., when Pompeii was over
whelmed, there have been sixty ire
mendous commissions and thousands of
lives have been lost in the upheavals Of
the volcano. The mountain then rested
for 124 years, and in 203 A. ID. came
the second recorded eruption. In 472 the
eruption was so tremendous that ashes
were carried over the whole of Europe
and even to Asia and Africa. The fourth
great eruption was in 1886, and the fifth
In 1881. There were then a number OF
smaller commissions. 1t was not until
ITO that modern scientific men began
to study the volcano closely.
In 1894 there was an eruption that
overwhelmed the town Of Tore del Gre
co. A great hole was opened in the side
of the mountain near the base and the
lava poured through the opening. One
stream of lava alone is estimated as hav-
Ing contained 100000 600 cubic yards of
molten rock. During the last century
the eruptions We're frequent and deadly,
the flows of lava in 1850, 1855 and 1858
being especially important. Then. in
April. 1872, came the big overflow of the
fury. In 1882, 1886, 1891 and 1897
there were forceful eruptions.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
PEACE NoW
The Japanese Yield the Question of
indemnity

A Portsmouth, y. H., special says:
Baron Komura, acting upon instructions
received from Toxic as a result of Mon
days meeting of the cabinet and elder
statesmen under the direct presidency of
the emperor of Japan, will submit to Nj.
White a new basis Of compromise, and
that compromise, it is firmly believed,
will insure peace.
The revelation contained in the an
nounGement Monday that Japan had al
ready informed Emperor Nicholas,
through Ambassador Meyer, that Japan
was ready to waive the question of in
demnity and submit the price to be paid
for the northern half of Sakhalin to the
Judgment of a mixed commission, but pre-
pared the way for Japan's backdown
upon the main issue. The announcement
had been the sensation of the day. II
had met with denials high and low. 1t
was decided to be impossible, incredible.
The japanese declined to admit it and
the Russians said they had NJ confirma.
ton. NJ. Witse intimated strongly that
st. Petersburg had not appraised him of
any such action by the president. There
was even a disposition to ridicule the
idea of arbitrating the price of half of
the island. Nevertheless, ON all hands ii
was admitted that if Japan took this 20.
sition the ground was cut out from under
Emperor Nicholas.
NJ. White, by consummate skill in con.
ceding all the demands of Japan involv-
ing the real issues of the war, had ma.
neuvered his adversaries into a position
where, unless they abandoned the claim
for indemnity, they could be held respon-
sible for continuing the war for money.
The japanese now, foregoing the de.
mand for indemnity, will practically turn
the tables upon Russia and shift the bur.
den back to her shoulders if she does not
consent to submit a minor issue to til,
impartial judgment of q tribunal.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
MANY ARE HURT.
Passenger Train Collides with a
Freight on the Pennsylvania,

One man was killed, another fatally
injured and a number of passengers Sc.
riously hurt in a collision between excur.
sion and freight trains which occurred in
the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
three miles from Logansport, Ind, ear.
ly Monday.
Fireman Walter Eversole, Of Rich.
mond, is dead. He was pinioned beneath
the engine.
The excursion train was returning from
Cincinnati, and, as it entered the yards
at q high rate Of speed, struck a south.
bound freighth Just as the latter was
leaving the main tracks. There were ten
cars on the excursion train, four of
which left the track. There were about
forty passengers On the train and all sui.
fered to some extent.
The Pennsylvania officials are unable
TO account for the freight train being on
the main track.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
RATTLESNAKE ADVENTURE.
Rancher Has Thrilling Adventure
with Poisonous Reptile.

John Barr, a rancher, living in the
coded Sioux lands between the Missouri
River and the Black Hills, in western
South Dakota, had a thrilling adventure
with q monster rattlesnake, which sue
ceeded in fastening its fangs in one of
his fingers.
Barr, with rare presence of mind, in
stantly cut open the wound so the blood
would flow freely and carry off the poi
son. He then tightly tied the injured
finger below the wound, and then shot
and killed a meadow lark and bound some
of the still warm flesh on the places
where the fangs of the snake had pene-
trated the finger.
Had Barr not taken the precautions he
did he would without doubt have died
from the deadly stroke of the snake.
Even as it was, his hand and arm became
badly swollen and exceedingly painful.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
SIOUX FALLS SELLS BONDS.
Paper Brings Good Premium-Chi-
cago House is Buyer.

The Sioux Falls board Of education has
opened bids for the purchase of bonds in
the sum of $4,000, which, as the result
of a recent special election, were author
lied to be issued for the construction of
a new high school building. The bonds
will draw interest at the rate Of 3 per
cent per annum and will be due and pay
able in twenty years from the date of
their issuance. A Chicago house was
the successful bidder, it's bid offering a
premium of $7,160, being the best sub
mitted. Thus the bonds sold at a pre-
MUM of a little more than 9h per cent.
The sale Of the bonds at the good pre-
MUM offered is very gratifying and illus
trates the confidence the financial houses.
have in South Dakota cities.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
TWENTY PERSONS INJURED.
Serious Accident in the Metropole
Theater, Berlin.

The collapse of the timber work of a
terrace sixteen feet above the stage dur
ing a rehearsal at the M%etropole theater
at Berlin, while thirty performers We're
on the terrace and the stage was crowded
caused the injury of twenty persons. Pan
ic-stricken actors and actresses rushed
into the streets in stage attire.
1t is feared that four of the injured
will die. Max Steiden, the most popular
comic singer in Berlin, being among the
number. Nearly all of the others in.
jured are young girls.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
CHILDREN AND MATCHES.
The Combination Caused the Loss
OF a Fine Farm House.

Word has been received at Sturgis that
the residence of Edward Handlin at
Hereford has been destroyed by fire.
The home was a new one, and besides
all the household effects and clothing q
brand new piano was destroyed. Mr..
Handlin had been called to a distant
ranch on business and Mrs. Handlin left
her two children home while she went
to look after a bunch of sheep. When
she came back an hour later the house
was in ashes. The two children had
set fire to the structure by playing with
matches. The children escaped without
injury.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
DEMAND OF COAL MINERS.
Recognition OF the Union and the
Eight-Bour Day.

John Mitchell, president Of the United
Mine Workers of America, i'll a speech at
Manila Park, Tamaqua, Pa, Sunday
made an ~unequivocal declaration that his
organization viii, at the expiration of the
present wage agreement, in April next,
demand recognition of the union and an
eight-hour day.
President Mitchell said that he hoped
by that time he would be able to go be-
fore President G. f. Baer, president OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Company,
md point to 100000 men and boys who
are employed in and about the mines and
say:
"We have fixed the price for our labor.
You can take it or leave it."
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
MUST FACE TRIAL.
Oficers of the Benning to be Court
m~artialed.


A Washington special says: Secretary
Bonaparte Wednesday acted upon the
finding of the cour of inquiry in the case
of the Bennington explosion. He disap-
proved of so much of the findings as de-
clare the Bennington was 'in an excellent
state of discipline and good and efficient
condition" at the time OF the explosion.
and is particularly severe in his comment
upon the failure of the officers to look af-
ter the safety valves.
He further says the court of inquiry's
failure to make any finding respecting the
captain of the ship, Lucien Young, does
not meet his approval, and he, therefore.
declares that to clear himself Young
must appear before a courtmartial. En-
sign Charles T. Wade, in charge of the
machinery, is also ordered before a court
martial.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Eight Hur, "a Chemical Plant.

Eight employees of the Mallinckrodt
Chemical Works at st. Louis, Mo-, We're
injured by an explosion of chemicals in
n of the buildings of the plant late
Tuesday, n of whom, John Kenney,
was so badly burned that it is believed he
will die. Fire followed the explosion and
did $1,000 damage.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
IMMENSE CORN CROP.
Yankton County Anticipates a Yield
of at Least 100000 Bushels.

Men who have recently made long
drives throughout Yankton County are
very sanguine of a first class crop Of the
staple crop Of corn. Last year the yield
for Yankton County was exceptional,
and It is not supposed that the present
year will reach the high figures shown by
the state census Three million two hun
dred thousand bushels were produced last
year in the county, and while the wind OF
last Sunday did considerable damage to
the crop, yet, barring a very early frost,
the yield this year will be in the neigh
.borhood Of 100000 bushels. Few coun-
ties, If any, will surpass this amount.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
To selI ROAD Back 20 China.

AS the result Of a conference between
the president and j. p. Morgan, at Oys-
ter Bay, Monday, the Chinese Develop
ment Company held a meeting Tuesday
and ratified the sale of the Hankow rail-
road back to China. 1t is said the price
to be paid IL 81, 100000
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
HaiI Does Damage.

Hail damaged uncut grain considerably
in the vicinity of Hecla, Columbia and
Putney, in Brown County, and at Web
ster, in Day County. Over Is per cent
of the grain in the sections visited is cut.
OF the standing grain the damage is es-
timated at 20 per cent in Brown County.
The damage was greater in Day County.
running from % to 60 per cent around
P%ierpOnt-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Fever Reine Checked.

The fifth week of the fight against yell
low fever began at New Orleans Mon
day, with a continuance OF favorable con-
ditions and with a reason for hope that
the crisis is passed. There are only 1879
cases under treatment.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
A SAD Accident.

The 2-year-old son of William Scharff,
living near Ferney, was drowned in a
watering trough which stood in the yard.
The child was toddling about the yard
and fell into the trough, which contained
sufficient water TO drown him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Edwin Holmes sutrenders.

Edwin s. Holmes, Jr., former associate
statistician of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington, who was indicted in
connection with the cotton leak investi-
CATION. Monday gave himself up to the
United States marshal. Holmes later ap-
peared before Justice Stafford and gave
n $4,000 bond.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
win of the Late John Hay.

A Washington special says that John
Hay has been admitted to probate. Let
ters testamentary were granted to Payne
Whitney and James Walaott Wadsworth,
Jr.. upon their filing a special bond Of
$25O,OO0.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
woman and Child Injured.

A Miller special says that Mrs. Jim
Homer, who lives twenty miles south of
that town, and child were injured by their
house being blown to pieces by a cy-
clone. TIE other buildings, stacks and
crops in a small area were destroyed.
Immense hailstones fell, and there were
several narrow escapes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Sentence May be COMMITTED.

Efforts are being made to have the SEN
tence of Edward Wilson, a life prisoner
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary, commut-
ed to twenty years. II successful. Will
son would complete his term in 1913, less
time allowance for good behavior. Will
son was placed in the penitentiary on
April "a, 1893, having been convicted of
murder. alleged to have been committed
in Moody County in the fall Of 1892.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
CARS IN II DITCH.

Excursion Train Wrecked Near
Logansport, Ind
Two persons are known to have been
killed ana many are injured in the wreck
Of a Pennsylvania excursion train return
ing to Logansport, Ind, from Cincinnati.
The known dead are Pat Graney, en-
gineer. and his fireman, name unknown.
The train was ditched three miles south
east of Logansport, and several OF the
cars toppled over an embankment.
Relief trains loaded with physicians
have been dispatched to the scene.
Several hundred people were on the
train and it is believed the list Of casual
ties VIII be large.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
WILL BE NO ELECTION.
Sioux Falls Will Await Decision by
Supreme Court.

A special election which was called for
Sept. 5 for the purpose Of voting upon
the question of leasing the municipal wa
ter works system in Sioux Falls to the
Peoples Water Company, has been called
off. 1t has been deemed advisable to post
pone action until the United States SUI
preme court decides the case involving
the right of the city to operate its own
water works system, which is now be-
fore that court.
The decision of the court is expected
to be handed down in October.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Issues Den to France.

The sultan of Morocco has replied by
letter to the French minister that he con-
tinues to regard the recently arrested
French Algerian merchant as a Moroc-
can subject. and will refuse to comply
with the demand OF the French govern
ment for his liberation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
SIOUX FALLS PAPER SOLD.
j. Tomlinson, Jr.. Disposes of His
Interest in the Argus Leader.

The Sioux Falls Press announces the
sale by ]. Tomlinson, Jr., of his three
fourths interest in the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader. The deal has been pending for
some time, and for the last eight months
Mr.. Tomlinson has been in Chicago, he
editorial control of the paper having been
directed by his partner, G. NJ. Day. Mr..
Day retains his o~ne-fourth interest and
will be the editor under the new owner
ship.
The James of the purchasers are not
given.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Amateur Aeronaut Dashed to Death

Releasing his grasp on the trapeze at
tached to the parachute as the latter
opened to the wind 1900 feet above the
ground, John Williams, aged 80, was
dashed to death near Cahokia, III. Every
bone in his body was broken. The TRACE
dy is said to have been the result of the
victims determination to make a balloon
ascension.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
6EooAR HAD THOUSANDS.
Police Find $4,000 in Gold and
Bills ON Person.

A trembling, ragged old man, with wa
terry eyes and whining voice. proved to be
the richest prisoner, in cold cash, not
even barring Automobiles, that the New
York police have overhauled in a year.
He was Nathan Iipsky, 55 years old.
and goes to the island for six months as
a vagrnnt. The police say he is the
wealthiest professional beggar in New
York. They found over $1,000 In cash on
him, besides deeds to valuable property.
He has been arrested at various times
since 1892, for the same offense.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Japanese De Not Like Il.

The proposal that Sakhalin be divided
between Russia and Japan is exciting
strong popular opposition at Toxic and
1t is freely predicted that acceptance OF
1t will result in demonstrations against
the government.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Posses Rare Coins.

Charles A. Frost, of Alcester, has sew
feral rare old colony and English coins
bearing date from 1745 to 1776. He has
$5, 81 and So pieces, some of them bear
ing the stamped warning, ITO Counterfeit
Is Death"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Government Monopoiies.

Shanghai advices state that an inpe-
rail edict declares that telephone lines
ord wireless telegraphs throughout China
are government ~monopolies.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
OIL Dissolve Try.
Experts Find OIL Springs Near Fort
Pierre.

Two oil experts visited land on the
west side of the river a short distance
from Fort Pierre. While on the trip they
discovered two places at the foot Of the
bluffs, near the waters edge, where an
oily substance was bubbling from the
ground, and the experts declared them
both to be oil springs. As a proof of their
assertion a fame was applied and at both
places the flow burned freely. These
finds have greatly strengthened the belief
in the finding Of oil there, and the pros
poets for a contract for a well are bright
at the present time.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06

The old engine house at Elk Point is
being torn down to make room for a
much larger n to house an engine and
cars that are used in the new train serv-
ice from Sioux Falls.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Threshing Machine Boiler Explodes

A threshing machine belonging to Ole
Ringsrud blew up near Elk Point, caus-
ing a damage OF about $25. bet Smith,
the engineer, was painfully though not Sc.
riously scalded.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Kreigerbund is Prosperous.

The business session of the National
Kreigerbund commenced at Joliet, ILL.,,
Monday. Reports of officers showed the
society to be in good condition.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
LOST IN a GALE.
Steamer Sunk by an Enormous
Wave Off the Florida Coast.

Wave Off the Florida Coast.
A Jacksonville. Fla, special says: The
American steamship Peconic encountered
a fierce gale early Monday off the coast
Of Fliroda. Twenty of her crew of TWEEN
ty-two were drowned.
The ship was struck by an o. M
wave, her cargo shifted and the ship
sank. Two of the crew secured a life boat
and landed on Amelia beach at noon and
told the story of the disaster.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06
Esoaped Prisoner Captured.

James Carey, one of the men who re-
Gently escaped from the Day County Jail,
was captured at Montevideo. Mimi.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-09-06

Wednesdays quotations on the Sioux
City stock market follow: Stocksrs and
feeders. S2.40U3.00. Top hogs. 1896.