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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
VICIOUS HOBO USES HIS
KNIFE ON A BRAKEMAN
Railroad Mans Death Is Expected as
the Result OF Three Seri-
Ous Wounds.

REDDING, May "a. e. English,
a brakeman, was stabbed Monday at
Gregory by tramp. The hobo re-
fused to pay his fare and showed fight
when the brakeman attempted to put
him off the train. He drew a knife
and stabbed the brakeman twice in
the side and once in the left thigh.
English Is not expected to live.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10

NEW YORK. May "a certificate Of in
corporation of the Carnegie Foundation.
membership corporation. to manage the
fund of SO. 600. 900 given by Andrew Carnegie
for pensions for teachers IN universities col
leges and technical schools in the United
States Canada and Newfoundland. was fled
In the County Clerks office to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10

NEW YORK. May 9.-stockholders OF the
American Beet Sugar Company at their
nral meeting in Jersey City to-day reelected
the old board Of directors with the exception
OF George Foster Peabody, who was succeede4
by Charles Jones Peabody.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
Noted Painter Passes Away.

WASHINGTOIN, May 9.-Flavius j.
Fisher, a noted portrait painter. died
here yesterday. He was 73 years of
age.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10

When your bowels are constipated.
when your appetite is poor. take Lashs
Kidney and Liver Bftters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
For Torpid Liver

TAKE HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE
II stimulates healthy liver activity. relieves
constipation sick headache and malaria
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
Smith Trial Proceeds.

The remaining FIVE jurors TO COM
plete the panel to try Henry Smith
on a charge of murder were accepted
yesterday morning and the examina-
ton Of witnesses commenced. -sThose
examined were Corporal George w.
Russell, who exhibited a diagram of
the scene of the shooting; Drs. E. NJ.
Cherry and W. F. McNutt, August
Meyenborg and A. L. Fontana. Smith
shot and killed Joseph McCann at Tay-
lor and Eddy streets on January IL
because, it was alleged, McCann had
made disparaging remarks about
Smiths mother and sister.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10

We have lots of new mouldings and
ready-made frames in all the new shapes
and tones and every tint and color of
mat board made. Sanborn, Vail e. Co..
741 Market street
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
Free Advice for Young Girls

An to
of
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN a CON-
DENSED FORM.
Kills Wolf with a Pocketknifa-Da-
kota Ranchman Has Fierce Hand
TO Hand Encounter--Animal Meas
ured Six Feet from Tip to Tip.

A Sioux Falls special says: After an
exciting chase and a fierce hand TO hahd
fight with a monstrous gray wolf, Chas.
Person, a Sully County ranchman, sue
ceeded in cutting the throat OF the am
NAL with a jack knife and ending Its hfe.
Person was accompanied by a dog
when he sighted the wolf, which for
months had been preying upon the herds
and iocks of stockmen in that part OF
the state and had on frequent occasions
eluded parties of men who set out to
hunt it down and kill it.
Person Immediately gave chase, ana
after a hot pursuit, extending over Il dis
lance Of several miles. succeeded in over
taking the animal. He is an expert lasso
thrower, and this stood him III good
stead. for, after several unsuccessful
throws, he was gratifed to see the coils
of the lariat drop over the brute'S head.
The animal was thus brought to bay,
and the ranchman completed his work by
deliberately cutting the throat Of the
wolf. The animal measured about six
feet from tip to tip, and was the largest
of its kind ever captured or killed i'll that
part of the state.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
FLOOD IS r
Lowiands in City of Norfolk, Neb.,
Are Under Water.

A Norfolk, Neb., special says: The
food situation is more grave. The river
rose five inches Monday night, overflow
ing into the lower residence portion Of
Norfolk, where the streets and acres of
lowiand are under water. Eight families
are imprisoned in their homes and NAM
more are moving out. The North Fork
OF the Elkhorn, naturally a small stream,
is a mile wide. \ gale is blowing the
water wall against the dixie. which is
holding it.
The Elkhorn dixie at Neigh, Neb.,
broke Tuesday and a flood is rushing
south over the lowlands. The families
all escaped. Merritt's feed yard is food
ed.
a hundred men worked all night in
boats saving stock, but a few hogs were
drowned. The main bridge at Neigh
went out Tuesday.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
JEERING AND KISSES
PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL SELLS
CiTY'S GAS PLANT.
Mayor Is Sure TO Veto 1.-THE Coun-
ell, However, viii Pass IL Over
His Head-Citizens Talk of Carry
ing the Matter Into the Courts.

Amid scenes of disorder unprecedented
in the annals Of Philadelphia's legislative
body, the Philadelphia city council
Thursday voted to lease the city's gas
works to the United Gas Improvement
Company for a term of seventy-fve
years for the total sum of $50, 600, 900,
the money to be paid in various amounts
before the end of 1907. Council cham
bers and committee rooms were crowded
with excited citizens protesting against
the lease to the United Gas Improve
ment Company from l O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, when the proceedings opened
in the finance committee room. until af-
ter : p. m, when the select council pass
ed the bill and sent it TO the mayor.
The climax was reached when the vote
in the common council was announced
after three hours Of debate. The mo-
ment President George Nj. Curdy, OF
the common council, announced the vote
a great uproar was started in the gal
lery, which was crowded to the doors.
From all over the gallery came Kisses
and cries of "Thieves!" A squad of POI
lice cleared the gallery.
The agitation against the passage of
the bill resulted in the common council
amending the measure SO as to provide
for a slight reduction in the price of
gas. The amendment as adopted provides
the price of gas from the date of the
lease until Jan. 1, 1911, shall be ST a
thousand cubic feet, the same as the
present price; from 1911 to 1921, 90
cents; from 1921 to 1896, 90 cents: from
1896 to 1866, 50 cents, and thereafter
until the expiration of the lease in 1890
so cents.
Mayor Weaver Is expected to veto the
bill. and in that event both chambers
will probably pass it over his veto. The
vote in the common council was "a to o,
and in the select council 81 to 4. There
is only one Democrat in each body, and
both voted against the lease.
There is some talk among citizens who
the lease of taking the matter to
the courts.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Bad Weather Interfered with the
Attendance Mt Mitchell.

The state Sunday school convention
went up against some mighty bad wealth.
er during the meeting at Mitchell. Thurs
day it rained a while and a snow storm
followed for over an hour, making the
attendance comparatively small. The
work of the day was OF en- interesting
character, particularly the conference
committees report on Sunday school
work, in which many new ideas were adj
vanced for building up this institution.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President-Dr. James Chalmers, presi-
dent of Brookings College and president.
elect of the state university at Vermill.
ion.
Vice President-Rev. j. z. Jenkins, of
Sioux Falls.
Secretary and Treasurer-Rcv. L. 2.
Leach, of Sioux Falls.
Executive Committee-Rev. G.. NJ. Da-
ley, Of Huron, chairman; +. III. Grant, T.
II. Hagen, Rev. A. II. Seymour, Prof.
D.. y. Jordahl and ID. c. Jones.
International Vice President-Rey. A,
{. McCauley, of Bridgewater.
Member of International Committee.
Rev. {. NJ. Daley, of Huron.
The convention closed Thursday even.
ing with az address by Mrs. Bryner.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
WANTED HUSBAND KILLED.
Woman is Charged with Inciting
and Abetting His Murder.

On May 3 at midnight masked men en-
erred the bone of Henry B~lackshire, at
~Brookyiile, in Calhoun County, w. Va,
and shot him dead in the presence Of his
wife and son. Mrs. Blackshire is now
in the Calhoun County Jail. Her neigh
Dor, Robert McCloskey, is in the same
prison, and Louis Hendricks is in the
Parkersburg Jail, all charged with COM
plicity in the murder.
h arrest of Mrs. Blackshire was
brought about by the statements of
Hendricks. He said he was at McClos-
keys home several days before the muir
der, and heard Mrs. Blackshire offer
McCloskey money to kill her husband,
and say that if he refused to do so she
would get some one else to do it.
Public sentiment was so outraged over
The reports of Mrs. Blacksbire's compiled
ty that she was threatened with lynch
ing.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
MUST WORK OR GO HUNGRY
An Effective Method of Abat:ng the
Tramp Nuisance,

The authorities of the thriving little
town Of Emery, situated southwest of
Sioux Falls, have adopted a novel and
effective method of abating the tramp
nuisance at that place this season. The
town clerk, for a starter, has been au-
thorized to provide the town marshal
with zoe meal tickets. When a tramp
appears within the town limits he will
be required to perform work on the
streets before being given a meal ticket,
and those who decline to work will not
be able to get anything to eat in the town
unless they have the money to pay for it.
1t is believed that when knowledge of
this action on the part of the town au-
thoriticS becomes known among the pro-
fesSional knights of the road they will
cut Emery out of their itinerary.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
A. O.. v. w. is RESTRAINED.
State Insurance Commissioner Stops
Issuance of Guarantee Fund.

State Insurance Commissioner John c.
Perkins has had an injunction served on
the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, in session at Water
town Wednesday, to restrain that body
from issuing the guarantee fund of the
state order to the supreme lodge.
The grand lodge election resulted as
follows: Grand master workman, II. NJ.
Simmons, Huron; grand foreman, Olaf
Nelson, Yankton; grand overseer, Geo.
b. Hart, Lead; grand recorder, j.. ID.
LAWN, Aberdeen; grand receiver, L. j..
Gilbert, Sioux Falls; grand guide, G.
Cardinal, st. Onge; grand inside watch,
Alex. McCullen. Highmore; grand out
side watch, Fred l.. Rowe, Fort Pierre;
grand trustees, A. III. Wheaton, Brook
ings; j. ID. LAWN, Aberdeen; Sol Starr,
Deadwood, and III. 4. McNutt, Aber-
deem.
The next meeting will be held at Sioux
Falls.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
TO CALL OFF STRIKE.
Labor Leaders Plan to End Chicago
Trouble.

A Chicago dispatch announces that al.
though no facts have as yet transpircd
TO fully warrant the prediction, it is as
Association and by the conservative ele-
ment in the ranks Of the teamsters that
the present strike will be called off prob
ably wilhin forty-eight hours and GER
tainly by the end of the week. 1t is not
likely that any definite action looking
to an adjustment of the trouble will be
taken prior TO the meeting of the ma
tional officers of the Transfers union,
which il was expected would be held
Wednesday.
Chief among the causes which led to
the prediction of a settlement are the
firm stand taken Tuesday afternoon by
Mayor Dunno, when in conference with
President Shea and officials of the local
Transfers union, he assured them that
any further spread of the strike would
call troops, and the arrival of President
Samuel Gompers, of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, who reached the city
Tuesday evening. Although not possess
ed Of executive power in the settlement
Of the strike, President Gompers de-
clared that he had every hope that it's
end was not far distant.
ut was my intention to come to Chi
cago anyway at the end Of this week."
said Mr.. GOmpcrs, but after holding Il
over the telephone with Mr..
Shea Monday | decided to anticipate my
visit somewhat and came at once. | GER
tainly shall do all in my power to end
the strike, and | have great hopes of
success"
Early Tuesday night Immediately after
leaving his train, President GOmpers
went into conference with President
Shea and local officials of the transfers
union. This conference lasted until q
late hour.
The Employers Association and the
express companies increased their scope |
of delivery still further Tuesday. Some
thing over 1000 wagons were in use, and
for the most part was transact |
ed without hindrance of any kind. There
were a few cases of small riots which
were dispersed by the police, who used
their clubs in vigorous fashion.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
STAKE IS FAILING.
Evidently Must Come TO an End
Very Soon.

1t is highly probable that twenty-four
hours will see the end Of the transfers
strike in Chicago. Although none of the
labor leaders will SO acknowledge, it is
generally understood that the proposition
for the calling off Of rhe strike has been
arranged. A meeting will be held be-
tween the teamsters' joint council and a
committee representing the Team Own
ers' Association, and it will be made
practicable to the teamsters that the bust
ness interests of the association renders
il imperative that the boycotts be lift
ed. 1t will then be agreed by the team
owners and the teamsters' joint coun-
Gil that the demand of the team own
ers to make deliveries to boycotted
houses with union drivers be submitted
to arbitration. This arbitration is to
concern only the Team Owners Associa-
ton and the teamsters, the members OF
the Employers Association being in no
manne interested in it in an official
sense. Pending the decision of this board
Of arbitration the strike is to be called
off, and such members Of the tcamsters'
union as are able TO obtain their old sit
lations will return to work.
This will end the strike entirely, with
he exception of the strike against Mont
gomery Ward & CO., and as it is expect
ed aggressive measures will not be adopt
ed by either side, the trouble in this direc-
ion being allowed to die out gradually.
President Samuel Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor. was very
active Wednesday in all efforts made to-
wards settling the strike. He conferred
with members of the Team Owners AS
ISOLATION, held conferences with the team
sters, and had an extended talk with
Mayor Dunno. He refused to state tho
results of his days work, but expressed
himself as being confident that the strike
would be adjusted within a short time.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
A Drivers Narrow Escape.

Milfred Harten, a driver for a livery
firm at Humboldt, was rendered uncon-
scious n his team instantly killed by
a stroke OF lightning during a heavy
thunder shower Saturday. He was en-
route to the town of Thor, when out Of
the downpour came a deafcning crash.
When he recovered consciousness he
was lying beside the road and both
horses were dead. He recovered suffi-
GENTLY to reach Thor. Sinsed hair near
the horses ears showed where the bolt
had struck.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
GEORGE A FORD ACQUITTED
Sioux Falls Business Man GuiItless
Of Receiving Stolen Goods.

After being out eighteen hours, a jury
In the case of George A. Ford, a Sioux
rails business man, who was charged
with having received stolen goods, brought
IN a verdict of acquittal in the state cir.
cult court there Thursday.
Ford was indicted by a grand jury
which was in session at Sioux Falls last
December, and since that time there has
been great interest as to the final outcome
of the case. The charge against Ford
grew out of the daylight robbery last
summer of the Agrant pawnbroking es-
adjustment, when jewelry and money to
the value Of several thousand dollars was
carried away. The property was after
wards returned and was alleged to have
been i'll Ford's possession during the in.
term.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
PlUCkY BOY FARMERS.
Two Lads Put in Crop on Over
500 Acres.

Floyd Pierson, aged about 13, and a
10-year-old brother, ons of a well known
Brown County farmer, without question
are the youngest farmers in South Da-
kota or the northwest.
This spring the two lads put i'll a crop
on over 800 acres of land without as
sistance, and those who have inspected
the fields declare the work was done as
well as any veteran farmer could do.
George Pierson, father of the boys, was
in the east with a carload of horses. and
the lads carried on their farming oper-
atoms during his temporary absence.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
VICTORY FOR SETTLERS.
Another of O'Brien County Land
Cases Decided in Their Favor.

"A Huron special says: Information
has been received by Col. John II. King,
of Huron, attorney in the famous O'Brien
County, Ia, land cases, to the effect that
the United States court has decided ali
other of these interesting cases in his
favor, which means another victory for
the settlers. More than $500, coo are in
VOWED in these cases, and more than
two dozen attorneys have been associat-
ed in their hearing.
The principles upon which the decision
is based are the same as presented by
Mr.. King when he took up the cases sew.
eral years ago.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
CoNFESSEs TO FIVE MURDERS
converted" Man Says Others Have
Suffered for Crimes.

A Chester, w. Va, special says: In a
letter to the police authorities a man
signing himself "A. Johnson" claiming
to be a partner Of Henry Williams, who
was recently executed in Roanoke, has
confessed to five murders and numerous
robberies. His reasons for writing are
that other men have suffered for his
crimes and his conscience troubles him.
He says he has been converted.
The authorities believe in the authen-
tieity of the letter.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
a RELIC.
Cane Owned by a Resident of the
Town Of Harrisburg.

. George Sabin, a resident of Harrisburg,
is the owner of IN interesting and valua-
BILE relic. 1t is in the form of a cane.
The lower part of the walking stick is
made from material used in the construc-
ton of a house, situated near Lake Cha
teck, Mimi, which played an important
part in the Minnesota massacre in the
summer of 1862. The upper part of the
cane is made from an axle Of a gun car
riage that was shattered by a shell in the
battle of Gettysburg, and the knob is
made from the first school desk that was
taken into Lincoln County.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
STOLE FOR HIS SON.
Des Moines Man Took Money ca
Save Bows Life.

Carl Nj. Spencer, a former trusted en-
ploye of the Des Moines Ia.l National
Bank, was indicted Thursday on the
charge of embezzlement and alleged
fraudulent entries. The amount of the
alleged shortage is about $1,000.
Spencer says that for many years an
nually he has been taking an invalid son
east for medical treatment. He was I'M
able to meet the expenses incurred to
save the boys life and he took money
from his employers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
QUARREL OVER A YOUNG MAN
One Chicago Young Woman Fatally
Stabs Another.

Miss Alma Callahan. Of Chicago. %
years of age, was fatally stabbed by a
young woman whose name she gave to
the police as Edith Smith. Miss Gala
han was walking on the street near her
home when II vas approached by Miss
Smith. who demanded that she cease re-
ceiving attentions from a young man
who was a mutual acquaintance. Miss
Callahan refused and Miss Smith drew
a knife and stabbed her in the side. Miss
Smith was arrested.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
HELD FOR BANK ROBBERY.
R~ingieaders OF "a Gang Captured in
New York Civ.

New York detectives have arrested Ed
ard Watson, a musician, 81 years old
Mabel Watson, Il years, and Mullin, a
painter, who they allege were the ring
leaders of a gang that robbed the private
bank of e. c. Brewer, in Gilbertville,
n. T., of about $4,000 on May 9. The
detectives also captured what is said to
be themost elaborate set Of bank bur-
glar tools ever taken to police headquar-
tiers.
The prisoners declined to make any
statement.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
Great YACHT Race h On.

A Sandy Hook special says: The
ocean race for the cup offered by the
German emperor started at 1915 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. The boats cross
ed the starting line in this order: Allie
sa' H~iidegader, Atlantic, Endymion,
Hamburg, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Sun
beam, Apache, Utowana, Valhalla.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
Insurance BUSINESS Good

The advance sheets of the report Of
the 1904 business of insurance compa-
mics in South Dakota shows that foreign
fire insurance companies doing business
in this state wrote and renewed risks for
the year amounting to $40, 052, 716 and
collected premiums for the year Of
S247, GOA.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
Coll is Bound Over.

AT Milwaukee. Tuesday, Henry G..
Coll, former assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, charged with the
embezzlement Of 100000, was bound
over to the federal court OH $4,000
bonds.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
man" Has an Engagement

The Philadelphia Inquirer says that
Nan Patterson was in that city We'd
nesuay, and signed a contract to appear
In a New York music hall. 1t is said
she arrived in the afternoon and returned
TO Washington Immediately after the ne
ROTATIONS uad been closed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24

As the result of a neighborhood feud
ending in a fight with pistols, Matt Pull
lam and Walter Rice are dead and Chas.
Middaugh, Burr Snow and Ode Snow
are dangerously wounded. Ode Snow
was shot FIVE times. The fight occurred
i've miles east of Cameron, Me-, near
Mabel, and the participants were all
young farmers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
Accused by Little Girl.

Accused by his 7-year-old s~tepdaughter
Of having killed his wife and infant child
by pouring kerosene over their bodies as
they lay asleep, and then setting fire to
the bed clothing, Joseph Leiding was ar
rested at Chicago and is being held while
an investigation of the affair is being
made. Leiding, who is a brass finisher
by trade, denies the story.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
Capitalist Shoots Banker.

j. +. Baldwin, of the Farmers Ex-
change Bank at Hamburg, was shot
twice Saturday morning by S. c. Rees.
a prominent capitalist of that city. One
of Baldwin's wounds is of a serious ma
ture, Rees was released on bonds. Tie
men were engaged in an alteration. said
to have been caused by trouble among
their children.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
INDIANS WANT REFUND.
Claim Taxes Have Been Illegally
Collected from Them.

Members Of the Yankton Sioux tribe
of Indians are circulating petitions which
will be presented to congress at it's next
session, asking that congress demand of
the authorities of Charles Mix County
that they refund to the Indians large
sums which the Indians nave paid the
county in taxes. The red men declare
that the collection of taxes from them
was an unlawful act OH the part of the
county authorities, and they propose to
make every effort possible to secure a
refund of the money, which in the aggre-
gate mounts to quite a sum.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24
scandinavian sinners.

On the scandinavian steamer United
States, which arrived at New York Tues
day night, was a party of ffty-two stu
dents from the University of Norway.
they form the singing chorus of the uni
yersity, under the leadership of Prof. o.
T.. G~rondahle, and are sent to this coun-
try by the crown prince of Norway and
Sweden to give a series of concerts.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-05-24

Herbert Leon Kepler, a bookkeeper OF
Deland, Fla, died in a hotel at New
York from morphine poisoning. With
him was a woman named Mrs. DovaI
Miller. From letters left by Kepler the
police believe it a case of suicide. KEEP
ier's parents reside at Eau Claire, Wis.