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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-04
Locals of a
Wider Nature.

AS Lucy Walton was milking the cows early one
morning a wolf came into the flock of turkeys near her
and made off with one. The lady gave chase, but in the
moment of excitement forgot to set the pail of milk
down, and the wolf seeming to notice the slow effort of
his pursuer on account of the heavy pail she was carry
ing, walked off very leisurely with the turkey, but later
the lady noticing her disadvantage in the race by
reason of the heavy pail, she set it on the ground, to
then make it more lively for the thief who soon dropped
the turkey and escaped on the prairie.
Sheriff Abbott has this year demonstrated to the
satisfaction of all who have investigated that tobacco
can be successfully grown here. He has a lot of it now
standing for seed measured six feet six inches, about
the heighth of the rest in the patch. This years crop of
tobacco is no experiment with Mr.. Abbott who raised it
when on the farm. In the early days of pioneering when
expensive he smoked cigars of his own raising and max
ing. He believes from actual experience in raising and
using it that the climate and soil here are admirably
suited for tobacco culture.
While there is an occasional person who views with
alarm the seeming passing from this section of the pra-
ine hens, iackrabbits, September frosts and the mirages,
all familiar and plentiful up to this fall, yet SO far as the
mirage is concerned it is still in evidence although it's
appearance is SO early-iast before sunrise-that few see
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-04
For Sale or Trade.

We have a good dwelling
house for sale, or trade for
land. Briggs & Miller.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-04
ON Display

C0QUILLETTE'S Furniture and Millinery Store for 10
Days. a big Line of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

The imaginative genius now in this vicinity and who came ostensibly tc write for the paper in New York with which he Is connected. of the d6ings of the New York baseball men now here should be careful not to send off delib- crate falsehoods calculated to do 'an injury to this State. His baseball mat ter is one thing-his statement that the State authorities are to allow a man hunt with bloodhounds in pursuit of convicts for the amusement of the New York baseball and newspaper men, is quite another. This yarn has been given wide publicity and The Adver- tiser has received several telegrams of inquiry about 1t. Of course it is a base falsehood. and if the young man did 1t for fun he should realize that some things that may appear to him as funny are very harmful to thousands of other people. If he can't be funny without indulging in islander and false- hood he had better keep in a serious frame of mind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY.
Latest Phase of New Famous Stanford
 Poisoning Case.

Honolulu, March 13-In the absence of further discoveries the case of the death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford at the Moan Hotel here on Feb. 22 is resolving itself into scientific con troversy between chemists as well as between physiciaas- Some prominent persons who do not desire to be quot ed argue against the poisoning theory and believe that Mrs. Stanford died from natural causes. On the other hand the autopsy physicians and Dr. F. Humphreys, who attended Mrs. Stan- ford on the night of her death, as well as other doctors who have been prominent here for many years are ab- solutely positive that death was caused by strychnine poisoning.
 R. A. Duncan, food commissioner and chemical analyst of the Board of Health, and Edmond Shorey chemist of the United States Agricultural Station, formerly chemist of the Board of Health, who made the chemical tests, have prepared a statement of their ex. periments and the physicians have pre- pared a detailed account of the au- tODSy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
Louisville X Nashville Railroad
 Company. Notice to Stockholders.

Louisville, Kentucky, February 20. 1903. To the Stockholders of the Louisville &
 Nashville Railroad Company:
 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by thS Board of Directors of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad on the 18th day of Feb ruary 1905, a meeting of the stockholders of said Company is hereby called to be held at the Companys office. Main and Second Streets. in the City of Louisville. State of March. 1905, at 10 o'clock a. m. on that day. 10 consider and. if approved to assent to the sxecution by said Company of mortgage on c-rTatn railroads trackage rights. terminal nronerties and bridges of said Company. which form a continuous line of railroad ex- tandine from Cincinnati Ohio. by way of EnoxviIle Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia, anS now known as the Atlanta, Knoxville e. Cincinnati Division of said Railroad Com nany to secure an issue Of bonds not to ex- prseS in the aggregate Fifty Million Dollars: .UG also to consider and, if approved, aSsant to the purchase by the Louisville & HfashStIie Railroad CoTnpsLny of all the ralI- loads properties. rights. privileges and frsnchises of the South & North Alabama p paiiroad Company, in accordance with the tarn1s and conditions of proposition sub roitted by the Board of Directors of that Tnmnany to the Louisville & Nashville Rail- road Company on January 21. 1905, and for tba transaction of such other business The stock transfer books of the Company viii be closed on Thursday, the 18th day of March 1905, at three o'clock D. m., and paonened on Wednesday, the 29th day or Assrch 1905 at 10 o'clock a. m
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 J. Ii. ELLIS,
 If Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
Advertisement for Bids for "Re. newal Bonds of The State
 of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B aggregating $7.437.sOO, maturing July 1st 1906; Glass c. aggregating ssss,oOo. maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year. gold
 bonds. in denomnations of either $1oo. $5oe
 or s1,ooo said bonds to be coupon or regis tered, at option of bidder, interest payable sem-annually in Montgomery. Alabama, or
 New York City, State of New York. Bids
 than for i1oO. are invited upon following
 i. Upon bonds bearing 3 per cent per an-
 2. Upon bonds bearing sM per cent peI annum
 certified check. payable to the order of
 the Governor of Alabama, for five per cent of the amount bid for must accompany each
 bid. For the bids that are accepted. other security, approved hy the Governor, may be
 substituted for the certified check The cer- | tified check accompanying rejected s!ds win
 e yer ,. cent of each accepted bid wtll.: fsi,- | ure of bidder to comply with terms of his
 bid, be forfeited to the State.
 The entire amount of each accepted bid, | or so much may remain unpaid. must be paid in lawful money of the United
 of otaS Alabama % n bonds which are Ire being refund. | ed, sixty days before the maturity of the
 present bonds, into such depository as may 1 Se designated by the Governor. or in lieu l of the above designated payment such | guaranty as the Governor may approve.
 bidders, at any time after acceptance of l bid. new for old bonds. credit being given
 the bidder for difference in interest, to date of maturity of old bonds. No bid offering | less than par will be considered. The State reserves the right to retire present tonjs to
 an amount not exceeding s6oo,ooo. Bids will be received at the Governors Office at Montgomery until 12 o'clock M, April 4. | 1905, and will be opened imraediately. No tice of acceptance or rejection will be given | each bidder by letter mailed n Montg"me1 not later than April 1s. 1905. Envelopes containing bids must be addressed to the Governor of Alabama, and have conspicu- ously written thereon Bids for Renewal Bonds, State of Alabama" The Sta.e re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. For further information, apply to Sne Gov ernor of Alabama " R. M. CUNNINGHAM, Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

If all the ignorance which the North ern people display about the South and the Southern people could be condensed into a solid mass it would be worse than the great sun spot and what they don't know about this section would equal all Carnegie's library donations, present, past and future. For example. there is a magazine publication called What to Eat" and in the, latest issue we find this paragraph:
 Speaking of travelling South, every one who starts away just now invests in the latest things in travelling cups which is of metal fitted with an alcohol lamp below so that one may heat water, milk, bouillon or anything liquid, a vcniences are unknown"
 Isn't that calculated to jar ones spinal arrangements? Possibly the writer of the paragraph has spent some time in the heart of the Dismal Swamp. or in the most retired portion of the Everglades, where conveniences are unknown" but 1t is plain that he, or she, has never been In the real South of today. But we advise Southerners to take with them some real biscuits if they are going North where such things are unknown. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
The Way tO Reat.

Few women know how to rest as they should. They think that they must undress and go to bed to be thoroughly comfortable. This is a mistake, provided there is a tabouret or little foot-stool in the room on which the feet may rest while the other part of the body is supported by a chair. You can read and rest comfortably in this fashion, and let 1t be whispered here between ourselves that if we want to gain the maximum of rest in a mini mum of time We should copy that inele- gant but healthful trick of the mascu- line drones and put our feet occasion ally higher than our heads. Fashion able women, to whom the necessity of never showing fatigue and of ever looking their best has taught this knack, fall into this posture whenever they are in the seclusion of their own apartment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
A FEARFUL SHOWING.

The New Bedford Standard gives "a Massachusetts exchange" as authority for the statement that Hast year 1900 women were brutally assaulted in this State, and that this peculiar form of crime has increased in alarming pro- portions until 1t has become the chief criminal problem of many communities. " The Standard has not seen the data upon which the statement is based. but 1t well says that if they are true the case is one of grave concern" Then it adds:
 In time, past Massachusetts has prided itself on being free from this form of wickedness to an extent not surpassed by any of it's sister States, and now to find such a condition as this is intensely disquieting. There would be no lack of endorsement of the taking of the severest measures pos sible under the law in the case of con victed culprtts. and no lack of encour- agement for the police in the most act i've efforts for their apprehension. If thees are what is needed, the people of tn commonwealth are ready to give their support. If the trouble is down deep in a growing lack of respect for woman. as has beeen suggested by one
  there is eevry need for doing more than ever in the line of moral regeneration. At any rate, whatever the cause, fig ures like these mean something that cannot be ignored.
 Whether Massachusetts has been more free from crime than other States we are not prepared to say. but cer- tainly the statement made is not only discouraging but discreditable to the people of the State. We of the South are wont to look on this crime as be- ing largely prevalent only where there is a large negro population. That the lowest and most degraded members of that race are addicted to the crime. Is certin, although white men are some l times guilty. No such excuse can be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTGOMERY. Open Letter From Kind Hearted
 OhiOau.


 The following letter will be of great interest to our readers. It breathes the true spirit of charity, of helping others. May it do the good that MT. Carpenter hopes for:
 ITO the People of Montgomery:
 Although I may be unknown to you. yet I hope my experience will carry the weight that earnestness always should. I believe in doing good to my fellow men, and in no way can l heIp them better than in pointing out the road to health.
 Hyomei, the treatment that cures catarrh without stomach dosing, has done me so much good that I want everybody to know of its merits. | had a very bad case of catarrh, and Hyomei completely cured me. I have recommended 1t to my neighbors, and they, too, have been cured. Now I want everybody in all parts of the country to know what Hyomei has done for me-"
 George W. Carpenter,
 Vincent, Ohio." Hyomei contains the healing ball. sams that are found in the air. upon the mountains, where catarrh Is un- known. It destroys all catarrhal germs in the air passages of the head, throat and lungs, and makes complete cures A complete outfit costs but $1., while extra bottles can be obtained for 50 cents. Ask MT. Fowler to show you the strong guarantee under which Eve sell the treatment. mch7-14
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
CANAL COMMISSION.
Plans for Reorganization of the Work


 Washington, March 13.-Plans have been practically perfected for a com plete reorganization of the working force of the Panama Canal Commission, involving changes from top to bottom and these probably will be announced in the course of a week.
 The changes will be in line with the Presidents declared purpose to dis pense with unnecessary officials of high grade and to confer on the actual workers on the canal project much larger measure of authority than they now enjoy.
 In order to facilitate the execution of the project already much of the work connected with the commissions doings here has been referred to the insular bureau of the War Department and it Is contemplated to transfer to that bureau the entire clerical work of the commission here as well as to provide for a suitable system of audit under the direction of the chief of the insular bureau. patterned on that which worked so well in the case of Cuba and Porto Rico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
TUESDAY, MARCH IA, 1905.
A NEW MILEAGE PLAN.

Another absurd constructive mileage alignment comes from a member of Congress who Is suing in the Court of Claims for the amount he would be en- titled to if he had really gone home and returned. He asserts that mile age Is part of the compensation, and members are entitled to it as much as to the five thousand year which they receive" Assuming his contention to be sound, why are they not entitled to mileage every Saturday evening and Monday morning?
 The truth of the matter Is that the mileage business should be abolished entirely. In the old days there was some excuse for it. Members had to travel to and from Washington by pri- yate conveyance or by steamer, and in either case the trip was long and ex- pensive. That it was expensive to the Government in some cases is equally tors from California and Oregon often made the voyage around by Cape Horn and got their mileage for that distance, almost equal to a voyage around the earth. A trip of that kind cost quite a lot of money and as the traveller had to pay his fare 1t was only right that he should be compensated for both time and expenses.
 As every one knows it is quite differ ent now. For a large majority of the members the journey is made inside of twenty-four hours, and the expense is nothing like in proportion to the amount they receive, even when they pay their fare, which not many of them do. For example, from San Fran cisco to Washington Is about 5000 miles by rail, and for this the member gets $1,2o0. and If he does not ride on Q pass he will pay out not more than one-tenth that amount. If we come down to a very strict view of 1t this collection of money for mileage where 1t has not been expended is as wrong, looking at 1t from a strictly moral standpoint, as the constructive mileage would be, but 1t is thoroughly legal, and therefore the members are clearly within their rights when they receive it. The blame is not on the Congress men who take just what the law plain Ay entities them to, but on the law which stands for the inconsistency.
 If the pay of Congressmen Is not enough let 1t be increased. Many sal- aries have been raised in recent years, and there is strong disposition to Nouble that of the President. The ar- gument in all cases is that the expense of living. especially in Washington, is much higher than it was in former years. and that is doubtless true, but it applies as well to members of Congress as to any other official. and a raise in their pay would not be wrong. as we view it. Let the absurd and illogical mileage business cease and pay the members fair salary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
GENERAL WHEELER
Was Warmly Greeter at the Inaugura
 tiOn.

Was Warmly Greeter at the Inaugura-
 The leading papers of the country speak of the great ovation accorded to General Wheeler as he rode up Penn sylvania Avenue and passed the Presi- dent on inauguration day.
 The New York Times, March 9th, came riding by as If at the head of his own troops. instead of the End division of the civic section. And he was as ffn though . he Wers
 The Baltimore Sun. March 5th, page 5. says: Gen. Joe Wheeler. riding as cavalryman that he is, at the head of his brigade. had cheers galore: And how old Fighting Joe enjoyed 1t p
 The Cincinnati Enquirer March 9th, page 2. says: But it took the arrival of little Joe Wheeler to stir up the null titude. This advocate of the strenu- the crowd with him from start to fln- ish, and 1t seemed fitting that he should have been put in charge far in the rear So that he could throw renewed energy dent greeted him effusively, and time and again little 'Joe. as his Southern friends love to call him, was compelled to salute the cheering and shouting crowds"
 The New York Herald, March 5th, says: When Gen. Joe Wheeler, com manding the 2nd division, appeared, he received a rousing ovation"
 The Times. Portsmouth. N H., March 4, 1905, says: Tt is entirely proper that Gen. Joe Wheeler command a division in the Roosevelt inauguration parade. But for his brief diversion as a Spanish war hero Mir. Roosevelt would never have been heard of fin con- nection with the Presidency, and but for Gen. Joe Wheeler's valor and de- termination at the time when Shafter proposed to turn tail and run away from Santiago. the Cuban campaign in that war would have brought national disgrace instead of glory. Indeed. but for Joe Wheeler there would have been no President or even Vice-President Roosevelt. The gallant little ex-Con- federate should have had first place at right of the line"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

effect from and after the 1st of Febru- ary," ever contemplate ratification by the Senate at Washington? Not syllable in the agreement breathes of any such intent. The question is,
 therefore, under what instructions Minister Dawson and Commander Dill lingham were acting. Diplomatic agents seldom draft a protocol out of their own heads. If they do, and 1t Secretary Hay, they are disavowed, re- buked, removed. So they are if they violate instructions. But in this mys- terious case, nothing of the sort has been done. What we are entitled to have is the full correspondence. It will have to be given out sooner or later; and the administration may as well make a clean breast of it at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
vastness of the Canal Project.

The celerity with which under mod ern conditions the isthmian canal can be dug is indicated by the estimate of the chief engineer that with 100 steam shovels installed. with a complete sys- tenn of tracks serving them. a yearly record of 30,0o0,000 cubic yards of ex- cavation may be reached without re- quiring a greater output per shovel or greater speed in working than has al- ready been attained. And the magni- tude of the undertaking is shown by the statement that, at this rate of progress to complete sea-level canal, with a tidal lock 1000 feet long and 100 feet usably wide. at Mirafiores, will take from ten to twelve years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
1AO MILES AN HOUR.
Wonderful Velocity Attained by Wind
 at Point Reyes.

San Francisco, March 13.--The south west gales accompanied by rain and at some places with thunder and light ming, which has prevailed over the Pa cific coast since Saturday, reached their climax yesterday when the wind at Point Reyes reached the velocity of 100 miles an hour. According to Uni- ted States Forecast Official McAdie. there is no authentic record exceeding this. Today the gale had abated to sixty-two miles an hour and in this city there was only a fair breeze. though heavy showers fell. The heav- fest rainfall on the coast was at San Luis Obispo, where 4.2S inches fell within twenty-four hours. but there does not remain a dry spot from San Diego to Eureka.
 Snow has fallen in Northern Arizona and a thunderstorm has startled the people of San Luis Obispo County in Southern California.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
Greets Female snpportern.

Washington, March 13.-President Roosevelt today gave a cordial greeting to three women who gave their ballots in November for his electors. They were Mrs. s. L. Wiley and her two daughters of Wyoming. They were in- troduced to the President together with Mrs. Wiley by Representative Montell of Wyoming. On election day the en- tire Wiley family rode overland thirty miles in order that tl:ey might cast their votes for Mr. Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
General War on the Splitter.

There Is movement. extending all over the country, to put an end once for all to the disgusting and unhealth- full practice of expectorating in the streets and public conveyances, and though the penalty may seem severe in some cases 1t is the only means, evl- dently, of stamping out thIs pernicious habit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

made for Massachusetts. though. for the negroes are not an appreciabie quantity m that State. The population is composed almost entirely of whites, and the native born population largely predominates. This being true. 1t is dificult to account for the brutality of the men. but we certainly agree with The Standard in its conclusion that the figures mean something which cannot be ignored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

Another case of legal murder as the result of circumstantial evidence late- ly occurred in Pennsylvania. A man found the body of a woman whose throat had been cut, and as he was found bending over her he was ar- rested, convicted and executed. A few days after his execution the real mur- derer was found, but that was too late to help the man murdered by law,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

A contemporary calls attention to a significant and suggestive difference between Russians and Japanese. Thousands of Japanese who lived in the United States have voluntarily re- turned to Japan to enlist in the army, and thousands of Russians have left their country-sneaked out, is the prop er way to put it--in order to escape mili- 4ary service. Is 1t any wonder that Rusisans are out-fought?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
Crank Threatens wanamaker

Philadelphia, March 13.-A harmless crank was arrested today in front of the store of John Wanamaker while loudly proclaiming to passers-by his in- tention of killing former Postmaster General Wanamaker The man was arrested, but no revolver was found upon him. He was sent to the insane ward of the Philadelphia hospital
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

The Charlotte and Richmond papers are hammering at each other in the vain effort to decide which has tho worst poet. Each prints a specimen, which our columns could not bear, and each claims the premium for worse- ness. We shall not deny that each Is entitled to it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

Next time a Russian Admiral sees a fleet of fishing boats he would do well to surround them and starve them out. 1t might take a good long time, but would be cheaper in the long run than paying s525,Ooo. as the Russian Gov ernment has paid to the English trawl- CTS who were fired on by Russian gum AeGxa4