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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
BANk ROB 3 6 o.
Robbers Secure Over $4,000 from
Springfield Institution.

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Posses are securing the country in
search of the men who looted the vaults
of the Bank of Springfield Thursday
morning and secured $1,000 in cash, and
made their escape.
After looting the bank the robbers fled
in a rig stolen at Tyndall early Wednes-
day morning. The rig belonged to DR..
Greene, of Avon, who was in Tyndall on
professional business. From Avon they
are believed to have gone south or east.
Officers in all the towns in that section
are on the lookout for the highwaymea,
and the authorities are very hope
full hat they win be captured.
Cashier Hill, of the Bank Of Spring
field, said the banks loss was fully COW
cred by insurance. The bank is doing
business as usual.
After gaining an entrance to the bank
the robbers blew off the door Of the vault
with nitrCglycerin. When they had
forced an entrance into the vault. ii was
but the work of a few moment to blow
the door off the safe, which contained the
cash in the bank.
The reward of $3.50 for the arrest Of
each member of the gang has been in
creased to 81 900 for the gang or any
part of it by the Bonhomme County off.
Gals,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Wilson Fails to Get Pardon-riah-
dreau Murderer Must Remain In
Penitentiary-The Census Figures
show Few l~ilIterates.

The state board of pardons i'll session
Mt Pierre recommended favorable acton
on the applications of Henry Bllet'. sen
fenced from Roberts County on II charge
of murder; and on that of John jung
worth, .Jr., sentenced from Hutchinson
County on IA charge of incest.
The application of Christian Chrlsten-
sen. sentenced from Clark County Oh ii
charge of wife murder was rejected.
The application of Edward WILSON,
sentenced for life from Moody county on
a charge of murder for the purpose %
robbery was rejected. Wilson was rep
resented by Judge Aiken, of Sioux Falls,
who made the plea that his client mao
thoroughly reformed, and had made ms
time in prison count for future citizen
ship, by the study Of dentistry. The APP
plication was opposed by States Attor-
pey Coleman, of Moody County. VINO was
backed in his efforts by Il long remoi-
STRANGE against clemency, which was lur-
ther backed by letters from residents OF
that county giving their reasons why II"
clemency should be exercised. Wilson Is
under life sentence for the murder Oh Il
companion for Il few dollars, the murder
having been shown to be premedltated,
and a most brutal one.
The figures of the census office ut Pierre
show that out of the total population OF
the state, 3.491 people over 10 years OF
age were returned as illiterate. Besides
these 4.4O2 were returned with the nota-
ton unknown" in the ~literaCy column.
The total returned as in the illiterate class
would be ID per cent Of the whole popu-
lation. But Superintendent Robinson
classes One-half of the unknown with
these and shows the illiteracy to be l.9
per cent. OF those returned ms iIIiternte
1882 were males, and 1.959 females. The
illiteracy is principally among the older
people. only 954 being returned rs such
between the ages of 10 and II. Between
the ages of 81 and A, there are 1890 in
the class. and 1912 are over ~.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
TRIAL OF
Not More Than Half h Indict-
ments Likely TO stand.

The hearing Of arguments OH the de-
murrers to the indictment returned by
the federal grand jury at Chicago against
five of the big packing concerns and sew
enteen Of their employees was closed late
"Wednesday afternoon, and If Judge
Humphrey, before whom tae arguments
were made, retains his present impress
sion of the case, one-half Of the indict-
ments charging the packers with con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade will be 5us-
tanned and the remaining counts over
ruled. When it was announced that the
case had been closed, Judge Humphrey
said:
"As it now looks to the court, the odd
numbered counts are sufficient, and the
even numbered count insufficient. The
argument has been 50 clear that this is
my present impression.
Il will faithfully read the authorities
cited by either side in this case. When
| am ready to render my decision in the
case | will notify the district attorney
for the defendants
The odd numbered indictments, which
may be considered sufficient by the court,
charge conspiracy against the defendants
in restraint Of trade. The even num-
bered counts charge Il monopoly.
The first count in the indictment is not
to be considered in the decision of Judge
Humphrey, aud as to this count the pack
ers are to plead guilty and go to trial
Immediately.
Edward Tilden, president of the board
Of education and head of the National
Packing Company, and Libby, Mcneil
& Libby, has been served with a subpoe-
ma to appear as Il witness in the trial of
the packers, their agents and attorneys,
who were indicted on charges of conspir-
acy TO monopolize the meat business,
Mr.. Tilden has been ordered to produce
On Nov. / books and papers pertaining
to the packing company. He is at the
head of two packing firms which were
not named in the conspiracy Indictment.
He was one of the hundreds Of witnesses
who appeared before the grand jury.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
FIRST KILLING Q 7.
All Field and Garden Crops Were
Well Ont of the Way

A Huron special says: The first kill
ing frost of the season, and In fact the
first noticeable in this section Of the
state, was apparent Wednesday morning.
Corn and all field crops are far out of
reach of injury by frost and there are
no garden vegetables to be harmed. The
date is much later than heretofore.
The average date. as given by the gov
rnmen weather bureau at Huron. Oh
which a killing frost occurred during a
period of twenty-four years, is Sept. Is,
The frost Tuesday night followed the
first blustery and chilly day of the sea.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
BODY S CUT UP.
New York Has Another Mysterious
Murder Case.

Thu finding of a mans head in front of
615 East Eighteenth street. New York,
Thursday, led to the discovery Of a MUIR
der, committed probably Wednesday
night, at 149 Third Avenue. The head
was wrapped in a white and blue shirt
and the Sunday supplement- of a German
newspaper.
A search of the Third Avenue house
resulted in the discovery of the arms and
legs of a man in a suit ease, and the
trunk of the body was found in the clos
ct.
Fred Bauer, a German, seen coming
from the Third Avenue house, was ar
rested as a suspicious person.
Later the d~ismembered body was iden-
titled as that of Thomas Corcoran, Il
ticket chopper OH the elevated road.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED.
Aberdeen Citizens Are to Vote on
Municipal Ownership

The Aberdeen city council has called Il
special election for Nov. . TO enable the
electors to choose between municipal
street lighting and the granting of II
franchise to Il corporation. The city's
contract with the Aberdeen Gas Com
pany expires in a short time and cannot
be renewed.
One proposition to be voted upon pro-
yides that the council shall issue bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for the conStruc-
ton of a municipal lighting plant. and the
other proposition provides that the coun-
Gil shall grant a franchise to the highest
bidder who will guarantee to put III n
street lighting plant within one year cost
ing not less than $4,000, the city having
the right to buy the plant at actual cost.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
ACCUSED OF BANK ROBBERY
Prominent Citizens OF Lima, Ohio,
Are Indicted.

At Lima, o., II special grand jury re-
oils OF indictment were handed over to
bills of idictment were handed over 20
Sheriff Barr aginst Elijah Bowsher and
Thomas X. Wilkins, both prominent citi-
.ens. charging them with the robbery of
.urred there on Christmas day in 1898.
Bowsher at the time of the robbery
vas custodian of the building in which
he bank was situated, and Wilkins was
4 leading real estate agent with offices in
he same building.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
FIGHT PRAIRIE FIRES.
Nearly 100 Men and Boys Worked
Desperately Near Bath.

During a high wind a spark from a
Great Northern engine started II prairie
fire northwest of Bath which burned over
a strip of country four miles long and a
half mile wide before it could be eXtin-
guished. Nearly 100 men with teams
and plows and wet grain sacks fought the
flames desperately for hours and they
were were finally extinguished only when
a 40-acre field of green fax stubbles was
struck.
Hundreds of tons of hay were burned.
One farmer had just finished cutting a 40
acre piece of hay land when the prairie
fire swept over it, burning all the hay,
while it was only by hard work that the
machinery was removed to a place of
safety.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
HOSPITAL WATER POLLUTED
Cause OF the Typhoid Outbreak in
"a LINCOLN Institution.

a Lincoln, Neb.. special says: Inves-
LEGATIONS by physicians Tuesday brought
out the fact that one of the reservoirs at
the Lincoln hospital for the insane was
polluted. This caused the typhoid fever
outbreak made public Monday. Inmates
water. DR.. Greene declared that every
precaution was being taken. Two new
cases were discovered Tuesday.
Miss Shoemaker, one of the nurses re.
ported fatally i'll, will recover. DR.. Young
is slightly better.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
YOUNG MAN LOSES A LEG.
Accident in a T~hrashing Machine
Separator Near Salem.

\ frightful accident occurred just
northeast of Salem Wednesday morning
at about II O'Clock, which resulted in
young John Tanner losing one Of his
legs. Tanner has been in charge of the
Ben Miller threshing separator as feed
er. and while fixing the elevator to the
machine while il was running the top
gave way, letting him down into the cyl
inder. One leg was terribly lacerated
and the bone badly injured, necessitating
amputation at the knee.
The accident occurred while threshing
on the Humphrey farm, and DIR. Dot,
assisted by DIR. X. G. Faust, dressed the
injured member.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Bir Cattle steal.

Stockmen OF Montana and North Da
kota are interested in a big cattle rus
Ting sensation which is brewing in the
northwestern part OF the state near the
Montana line. The most sensational fea-
ture OF the deal is the arrest OF a banker
in connection with the affair.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
POLICE IN COUNCIL CHAM Der
omaha Mayor Uses Bluecoats TO
Keep "a Quorum.

The most extraordinary scene ever wit
iessed in the Omaha, Neb., city council
chamber occurred Wednesday, when
Mayor Moores stationed Il Gordon Of po-
licemen at the doors Of the room and
prevented three members of the city
council leaving the chamber, thus keep
ng intact a quorum, which the majority
lsed to pass ar ordinance entering into
, contract with the Omaha Gas Com
pany for furnishing illuminating gas to
the city.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
New York Bank Closed.

The Cooper Exchange Bank, at New
York, a state institution, was CLOSED
Tuesday BY order of the state banking de
partment. The officials of the bank said
the closing was due to heavy withdraw.
ais by depositors since the death a week
ago of its cashier, George Il. Knapp. who
was killed by falling from Il window OF
his home.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Boy ia kidnapped.

George Reagan, of Alton, ILL.,, disap-
peared and Mrs. Reagan went to st.
Louis and asked the police to search for
the boy. Mrs. Reagan stated that she felt
convinced that a woman from Cloquet,
gone, had taken the child with her.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Pretty Girl Murdered.

With a bloody knife in his pocket, with
which he had stabbed 70 death pretty
Mary King. six hours before, William
Towns, n boarder at the King home. was
placed under arrest at Cleveland, o..
Wednesday. He freely admitted lie was
guilty of the murder. Towns was a re-
jected sutton.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
CALL FOR M.
E%nglishman Held Prisoner by Turk
ism Brigands.

Advices from Salonica, European Tur
key. state that the British consulate Il.
Monastir has received Il package con
tanning Il human ear. which Il letter ac
companying the package declares was cm
from an Englishman named Wills, re
Gently employed by the Turkish tobacco
revenue department. Wills was captur
ed by brigands some months ago, and TIL,
letter threatens that he will be murder.
ed unless Il ransom of $1,000 be paid by
Oct. IA.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Canova MAJ Shot While Returning
from a Hunting Trip.

Lon Johnson, 81 years old, of Canova,
was accidentally shot and killed Sunday
night while returning from IA hunting
trip in company with several others. He
was riding in a buggy with a Winchester
repeating shotgun resting between his
knees, when it was discharged in an I'M
known manner. the charge entering his
body just above his heart. He was pro-
prietor of a billiard hall at Canova, and
leaves a wife and one child.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Young Bride Takes Poison.

Mrs. William Lawrence, of Yankton,
the two weeks bride of a we'll to do
South Dakotan, swallowed an ounce of
carbolic acid Wednesday and died in ter
rible agony shortly afterwards. 1t is
said that the deed was committed large
ly because of persecution heaped upon
her by the children Of her widower hus'
band
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
struck a Floating Mine.

A report has been received at Moi that
the British steamer Leho struck a float.
ing mine, ninety miles east of the Shan
tung light house, Sept. 80. OF the crew
and passengers fifteen are reported miss
ing.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Inyents Corn Hnsking Machine.

Corn husking by hand is a long and
tedious job at best, but il ID. +. Churchill.
Of Wakonda, can make his model work
successfully in the field he will render
a great service to the farmer and mt the
same time realize a snu sum for his inge-
nuity. Mr.. Churchill has applied for IA
patent on a huskinc machine which he
claims will husk six or seven acres Il day.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
western Life Restrained.

An injunction was issued Thursday by
! Judge Brentano, OF the superior court ut
Chicago, restraining the holding OF a
meeting Of the p~olicyholders Of the West
ern Life Indemnity Company for the pur-
pose Of merging the Western Life with
another
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Bank Cashier Arrested.

w. III. Denny, cashier of the First Ma
aioGal Bank at Williston, \. D., has been
arrested on the charge of receiving
horses known TO have been stolen. The
arrest was made in connection with a big
cattle rnstling" case recently developed
in the Northwestern part of the state.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Nav Prove 20 be Murder.

The dead body of I.orin Phenix. aged
"A years, was found near the banks of {
creek at Toledo, Ia. The coroner is in
~vestigating to determine whether the
young man committed suicide or was
murdered. The stomach has been sent
TO the state chemist.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
K,lis vic ana Commits Suicide.

Because his wife, from whom he had
been separated for two months, refused
to return and live with him, Frederick
Raver, Of Chicago, who formerly lived in
BOLTON, ILL.,. shot and killed her and then
committed suicide.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
PRINTERS Arc Kestrained.

Judge Holden, of Chicago, Wednesday
granted an injunction restraining Typo
graphical Union No. 16 and its members
from interfering with the employees and
members Of the Chicago Typothetae,
against whom a strike has been declared
by the printers union.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Big Paper Min Nearly Burned.

A special from Marinette, Wis. says:
The Marinette and Menominie paper
mill was nearly destroyed by fire at a late
hour Wednesday night. BY heroic eff
forts of the fire departments of Marin
cite and Menominie the sulphite plant
was saved. The loss is estimated at
$3.50, 600. covered by insurance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Probably will Recover.

Chas. Lancert, who was stabbed by
Peter Burns at Aberdeen in u quarrel
over the payment for a meal nj n res
ta,rant, is still alive and the physicians
think his chances fair for recovery.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Big reward Onercd.

Isidor Wormser, millionaire banker, in
court at New York. Wednesday offered
100000 reward for the conviction Of
the gang OF men who recently assaulted
Annie Thornton, a domestic, employed in
his household.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Earthouakc Causes Panic.

AT Monte Leone. Calabria, Italy, a
strong earthquake shock was felt at
10 o'clock Sunday night. and caused a
panic among the inhabitants.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Snow in W~ isconsin.

The first snow of the season fell at
La Crosse. Wis, Wednesday. The Their
mometer fell from so to 35 in twenty
four hours.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Negro is Lypched.

early Thursday a mob OF 100 men. sup
posed to be from Trenton, took Frank
Leavell, a one-legged negro, from the
jail at Elkton, Ky. and lynched him.
Leavell was arrested OH the charge of at
tempting to enter the room OF a young
lady at Trenton last Saturday.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Horse Dead.

Yankee Consul, a noted thoroughbred,
died at Lexington, KY. Wednesday. The
',orse was valued at $1OO,O 00.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

Thursdays quotations ON the Sioux
City stock market follow Butcher steers.
fo.35. Top hogs, s5.15.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

Hose Cart and Trolley Car Collide
Six Chicago tiremen were injured, two
probably fatally, in a collision Thursday
between a hose cart and an electric car.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-08-31
The Inter-Urban Railroad.

A meeting of the stockholders of The
Appalachian & Inter- Urban railroad
Co., was held at the Board of Trade
room on Friday. w. A. Smith esq,
president of the company, presided.
Capt. J.. w. Wofford, the secretary,
called the roll of members. The pro-
ceedings of last meeting we're read and
approved. Call for this meeting was
read by the secretary outlining the
object of same and President Smith
made further explanation of its impor
lance. A number of speeches in advocacy
of pressing forward with the work un-
der contemplation and the unanimous
sentiment of those present was express
sive of advancing the cause.
DIR. Morse, of Chimney Rock, was
advised to assist the executive commit
tee in the selection of competent engi-
neers to begin at once a survey of route
from Hendersonville to Chimney Rock
and submit profile complete to a future
meeting of the directors. The dic1sion
at present, is to construct the line from
this city to Chimney Rock and further
extension will be decided upon after
the proposition has been submitted to
Polk and Rutherford counties; also to
certain townships in Buncombe and
Henderson counties.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-08-31
1882 VISITORS HERE.
Best Season Ever Experienced in
HendersonViIIe.

The Hendersonville Board of Trade
has completed the census of visitors to
the city this summer, ordered at a re-
cent meeting n reports that 9 1882 have
registered at the various hotels and
boarding houses during the present sea-
son.. Fully 5000 were here on August
IL, after the arrival of the excursion
from the south. On that day more than
$50 we're compelled to seek accommo-
dations elsewhere.
H~endersonville was obliged to admit,
for once, that she was f%ull-very full.
Many strangers within our gates had
mot where to lay their heads and
boarded the first train for other points.
More than twice the usual number of
visitors were here this season. Moth
ing like it has ever before been expert
enced in the history of the town. Ev-
erything has been alive with glee and
agIow with gaiety.
HendersOnville has been a popular re-
sort for many years and numbers her
friends by the thousand. The great
crowds this year, is attributable to her
natural advantages and at
fractions -bracing atmosphere, pure
mountain water. beautiful scenery, pict-
uresque drives, elegant streets and &C,
commodatious par-excellent. The Board
of Trade has done much to bring all
these things to the attention of the out
side world. Let the good work con-
tinue. We are delighted to have the
tourists with US always.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-08-31
KOIZUM AND BEALE MEET.
Jiu Jitsuism Meets Defeat Before
American Strength and
Athletic Perfection.

Our issue of August 3, contained an
account of a wrestling match between
Mr.. Phelan Beale, of this city, and
Prof. Koizumi, the Japanese expert,
which resulted in a victory for the young
American. 1t was Greek meet Greek,
but the wonderful japanese art was
forced to succumb to the old American
wrestling as a final outcome.
These two representative of their re-
spective countries locked arms again,
at the opera house Tuesday evening,
under the auspices of the Board of
Trade, in the presence of a large and
representative audience. The bout end
ed as before. Two short rounds told
the tale. Mr.. Beale showing himself
the superior in every respect-not only
In physical strength, but in athletic
tactics as well. The first feat was &C
complished in three seconds and the last
one required only a moment. :
The young American was too quick
for the plucky little Jap and the Jiu
Jitsu grip failed of the accomplishment
claimed for it. The demonstration OF
pluck and science was well received and
the support Mr.. Beale received was
gratifying. He is, indeed, a wonder
and his mer friends were wild
with delight when he put the shoulders
of his antagonist to the mat a second
time.
Large parties came from Asheville,
Breyard and elsewhere, Henderson
ville's sporting citizens and many ladies
made up the audience. Mr.. Beale was
the ~favorite from the start and every
one is now singing his praises. THE
HUSTLER joins in congratulations. He
''dsd the business nicely and no sus-
pense wa experienced by the audience.
A simple touch was seemingly sail sui
ficient'' for the little professor and
Americas reputation is saved. Three
cheers for Phelan Beale.