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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Mrs. S. Mason entertained a num-
Der OF friends at 6 o'clock dinner last
Friday evening, IN honor OF Mrs E. E.
Masterman. OF Wichita. and Mrs. Kate
Witch, of Kansas CITY
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27
]. W. Fashing's Funeral

The funeral sesvices over the remains
of ". flashing we held IN the Con
yreeational church last Sunday alter
noon. the services being con ucted by
Rev Forrest E HYDE and Rev. A..
Church, ~ DEF the auspices OF the knights
,t Pythias and The Fraternai Aid
The. :, ry,ces opened with PRAYER and
scripture reading bv Rev HYDE, followed
NV Kew Church, who delivered short
:, rmon. or exhortation. Kew HYDE
f,l owed with these remarks:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Vail & Farris have built mail wag'
on tor Lutte Wildman, who will carry
the mail on rural route No. 6. This is a
route just established. and Lutte makes
his first trip February 1st.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Uncle Bobby" Bennett has opened a
meat market on the north side. under
the AGITAToR office. and has on hand a
nice stock of meats Of all kinds. He
soil ITS share of your trade
Will Anderson has built nice two
story house on his farm, to take the
place of the one DESTROYED by fire son e
time ago. He built the new house near.
err the road, and has one of the incest
homes in the county.
Mrs Cephas McEwen entertained the
young people OF the United Presbyter-
ian congregation last Tuesday evening.
The Young people are giving social
each month for the purpose of building
parsonage.
Frank Bruins came up from Winfield,
Monday, and his brother in-law, Ken
Mundell, came in from Wichita tie same
dav. They came on visit and to help
in the settlement of affairs connected
with the Bruins estate,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Mss. H E. Stoner has moved into the
Gorham house, on First avenue. west.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Rev. NJ. Moore occupied the pulpit in
the Christian church at Olathe last sun
day
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Everyone is getting the habit of go.
ing to Curnutt Bros tor re pairs on guns,
bicycles, cream separate RS. sewing ma
chimes gasoline stoves, locks, pumps
steam. gas and gasoline engines, auto
mobiles and ynachinerv OF all kinds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Mrs. Nick Pontious has bsen quite
sick, but IS improving.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Mack Decker visited Leroy on bust
ness, Saturday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

George Hun!ev made business trip to
Neosho Falls, to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Register OF Deeds Rhodes has been APP
pointed administrator of the Bruins es-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

Mrs. Frank Hills has been quite sick
for several days.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-27

T Stewart, of Fit. Scott. came up
the first of the week, to visit his sJn, Ed,
who was victim of the explosion. He
returned home, yesterday.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
CALL 1T INSOLVENT
POLlCYHOLDERS OF EQUiTA.
BILE DEMAND RECEIVER.
Waste and Fraud Charged by j..
Wilcox Brown. of Maryland Al
legations Made i'm the Petition
Are Sweeping and Serious.

In the form OF an amended complaint
to a bill filed last April suit was begun
Thursday in the United States circuit
court for the southern New York district
to throw the entire $421 100000 Of the
assets of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society into the hands of receivers, who
shall take possession of all the funds,
assets and property held by the defend
ant society 90 every character and dc
scription and administer the same as
they shall be directed by the court"
More than forty policyholders in the
Equitable, representing a dozen different
states, are included as complainants in
the present suit, which is based, in part,
upon the allegation that the society has
no funds with which to meet its enor.
nous losses and is insolvent.
With j. Wilcox Brown, Of Maryland,
the holder of a $4,000 policy, as com
plainant, papers were filed last April to
compel a distribution of the Ssh, 600, 900
surplus funds of the society; to compel
the management to make an accounting
TO the polfcyholders, and for the surplus
fund pending judicial a~scertainment of
the rights of the p~olicyholders thereto.
Since the fling Of that bill permission
was obtained to file an amended COM
plant and since the original bill was
filed forty-four other policyholders have
interviewed in the suit.
In the amended bill, which is far more
sweeping in its charges and in its APP.
peal for relief than was the original bill
of last April, there are Incorporated
many citations from the Frick and Hen
bricks reports, published some months
later.
1t is further added that 'the property
Of the defendants is now in the hands or
under the control of p~olicyholders whose
representatives nave been guilty of mis-
appropriation, waste and fraud in the
management of its affairs and property.
The business and affairs of the society
are mt a standstill, and its morale as an
insurer is destroyed. Whatever business
it may do will be at an enormous loss
and sacrifice on the part of the policy
holders"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
KEEP TIE WAR GOING.
Armies in Manchuria ut Desultory
Fighting.

Fusan advices state: The pa. three
months with both armies have been the
most quiet period of the entire war.
There have been no engagements at the
front, the only encounters being those OF
accommodating expeditions sent out by
both armies, with small total losses, and
a few trifing encounters at the outposts.
The Russian and japanese lines are
seven miles apart. The Russians main
tain a screen of cavalry outposts some
miles in front of their trenches to guard
against attacks. Accommodating forces
from both sides traverse the neutral zone,
frequently feeling the strength of the
others at the front and making a small
weekly list of killed, wounded and cap
tured.
The fight reported ON Friday was the
first worthy of mention which has oc-
CURED east of the railway. Two Rus
sian accommodating forces approached the
japanese lines, one about twenty miles,
the other seventy miles east of the rail-
way. The first contingent consisted Of
two s%quadrons of cavalry, the second Of
two battalions of infantry. Both retired
after brief encounters.
The japanese sustained no losses, but
those of the Russians are supposed to
have been nearly 100. In the first en-
counter the Russian cavalry, with its
front 1000 meters long, advanced on the
japanese line until it came under fire,
when it retired in confusion and the in
fantry advanced. The japanese fired
forty rounds with a captured Russian
battery, when the Russians retired, the
japanese infantry following them for
ten miles.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSEO FORM.
Miss Biermiann's Escapade-EioPes
with a Boy, Steals q Horse anu
Rides bareback Forty Miles-Girl
Under Arrest, Boy Escapes

A ride of forty miles bareback on :
stolen horse and her subsequent arrest W
the charge Of having stolen property "
her possession. was the closing chap'er
In an ~escapade in which Miss MARY
Hermann, daughter of prominent resi-
dents of Bonnhomme County, was one
of the principal actors.
Several months ago the young woman
and a 15-year-old son Of a neighbor lam
ed HANG eloped and went to Charles
Mix County, where, it is said, they I've
as husband and wife until a few days
ago. The whereabouts of the elopers
was discovered only recently. Enor's
have since been made by relatives OF the
girl TO secure the arrest of the boy, but
thus far he has succeeded in GLIDING the
officers.
The other day the authorities of Bon
homme County were notified that a horse
had been stolen from Il farmer living heaI
the town of Wagner. 1t was supposed
to have been stolen by young lang. IL
was also discovered that the girl had dis
appeared from Charles Mix County. The
officers visited the home of the girls pa
rerts in Bonhomme County, where the
stolen horse and girl were found.
She had in one night ridden a distance
of forty miles without a saddle III order
to reach her home. The girl has been
surrendered to the authorities Of Charles
Mix County.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
A BILLION
Rumor Says Japan viii Demand
that sum for Indemnity.

Whether there is to be peace in the far
east or a continuance Of the war will be
practically decided Mt the first business
ence which will convene at the navy
yard, Portsmouth, n. H., about Aug. 3.
Baron Komura will on that occasion conn
municate to NJ. White the essentials of
Japan's peace terms for further negotia-
tions.
This, it is believed, will not be done in
a spirit Of defiance; indeed, there are
many evidences in the possession of the
neutral governments that Japan is coming
to the Washington conference not imbued
with a desire to humiliate Russia, but
only to exact terms which will insure n
lasting peace in the far east, and which
will in a measure compensate Japan for
her financial losses in the present con-
fict.
Throughout the preliminary negotia-
tons, however, Japan has made it clear
at Washington that she wishes to avoid
unnecessary and tedious negotiations.
''We are not going TO the conference to
write into the law of nations a new chap
ter" said a high japanese official, re-
Gently. For this reason the Japanese
plcnipotentiaries will adopt the program
OF Mt once laying on the conference ia
bles those terms which without modifica-
ton they are instructed to insist upon as
a basis for further negotiations. Al
though guarding with great care the Off
cial statement of her terms, Japan has
not kept from several friendly govern
ments the general character of these
terms.
1t is known that Japan will demand an
indemnity that will approximately cover
the cost of the war to date. 1t will not
fall far short OF one billion dollars, ac-
cording to advices from we'll informed
quarters.
Europe believes Japan will demand the
naturalization of Vladivostok. The
Washington government does not share
in this belief. Indeed, in official circles
the statement is made without hesitation
hat such a demand would not be mod
crate" or reasonable" and it is known
! that Russia will not permit the subject
of Vladivostok to come before the con
ference. Rather than submit to Japan's
dictation on this point Russia has let it
be known that she would certainly CON
tinue the war.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
CATTLEMEN IN COURT.
Charged with illegally Fencing Pub
lie Land.

At Fort Pierre Thursday hearings
were on in the thirteen cases where prom
inent ranch owners along Bad and White
Rivers are charged with illegally fencing
government lands. Those who are up
for hearing are George Porch, X. w.
Mathieson, X. A. Scoyil, e. w. Thode,
Fred H. Sears, f. n. Molineaux, f. b..
Olney. Charles Smith, Osborn Lawrence,
Henry Schaecht, j. A. Meeker, Floyd ID.
Hedley and Mrs. Esther J. Currier.
These are a part of the cases which
have been looked after by Government
Inspector Moore and it is rumored that
there will be half a hundred more before
the work is ended. In all the hearings
up to the present, pleas of not guilty have
been entered and the parties bound over.
Unless the others waive examination the
hearings will take several days.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
JAIL BREAK AT HURON.
Lewis Saycrs, Held for Larceny,
Makes His Escape.

Lewis Sayers, in Jail at Huron since
June 16 awaiting trial for larceny of the
cash register IN S. +. Corley's grocery
store, escaped from Jail the other night.
He took the iron rods from an arm chair
and with these dug through a cement
floor of the cage and then into the base
ment and out through a side window.
Sayers is about 30 years old, 5 feet IL
inches high, weighs about 165 pounds,
smooth face, light complexion, dark hair
and eyes, and wore lark coat and vest,
with striped pants and black felt hat; is
German and speaks English not very
readily. A reward of 500 is offered
for his capture by Sheriff Chas. Young.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE.
Daniel Kelly Sentenced to Life I'm
prisonment for Killing His Wife.

At Gam Valley Daniel Kelly was.
Thursday convicted of murder in tho
first degree and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. Kelly's crime was the
murder of his wife on Feb. "A last. Kelly
claims his wife killed herself by fall
ing down the cellar and stuck to his
story all through the trial, but the state
proved the murder by a complete line
of circumstantial evidence. Mrs. kelly's
skull was broken clear across in W o
places and the appearances indicated that
Kelly had held her by the throat with his
left hand and struck her with a club with
his right hand.
Kelly is 10 years old and has lived in
Buffalo County more than twenty years.
He showed no emotion since his arrest
until he received sentence, when he broke
down.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
S is OPENED.
Man Who was sent Up Tor Lhie 10
Given Liberty.

The granting by Gov. Elrod, after nav
inc had the matter under consideration
for several weeks, of a pardon 10 LAIN
bert b. Jones, Il life prisoner IN the sioux
Falls penitentiary,is the closing ciap,er
in one of the most sensational murder
cases in the history of South Dakota.
In accordance with the terms OF me
pardon, Jones stepped from the pehiten-
tiary a free man. The meeting between
himself and his mother, who has Tor sew
eral months resided in Sioux Fans Ior
the purpose of better carrying Oh the
movement for his pardon, was an aliecI-
ing one. Jones is the son OF ): w. =.
Jones. a prominent attorney who was
formerly a resident of Chicago, but VINO
now resides in New York City. lie IS
widely known among attorneys through
his connection for some years win the
Chicago Law Journal as associate edltor.
Jones was convicted purely upon or
cumstantial evidence of the murder IN
June. 1897, of a Missouri River charac'
ter named Henry Van Roden.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Erin's Joan OF Arc Wants Marital
Ties Severed.

A Paris dispatch says: The hearing of
The suit for divorce brought by Maud
Come, known as the Irish Joan of
Are" against Maj. Mcbride, formerly Of
the Boer army, opened Wednesday before
the civil tribune Of the Seine. The case
attracts much attention, owing to the
prominence of the parties.
Maitre Grippe appeared for Mrs. Nc
Bride and severely denounced McBride's
alleged unfaithfulness and denied her
husbands contention that his wife was
not of genuine Irish birth.
The pro-Boer utterances Of Maud
Come during the struggle in South AZ
RIGA excited bitter luminosity in the
hearts of the English.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
FEv0isTs IN BATTLE.
Fatal Fight in Mountain Region of
Kentucky.

An O~wingsville, Ky, dispatch says:
In a desperate encounter between the
Mullins and Fleming factions Of feudists
Sol Mullins was killed, William Mullins
wounded and JEFF Fleming fatally hurt.
The battle took place in a lonely noun
tain section, near the border of Letcher
and Pike Counties.
The sheriff of Mercer County went to
the scene with a posse and arrested three
of the Mullins faction. Sol Fleming re-
fused to submit to arrest and fled with
his men to the mountains. A battle is.
feared il his capture is attempted.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
IN SWAMP.
Negro Fugitive Must Surrender or
Starve to Death.

After having for two days lodged the
bullets of detectives and farmers, Chas.
Long, a giant negro who is charged with
having killed Matthew Cunningham in
Trenton, N. j., through jealousy over a
woman, was run to earth Tuesday night
in a swamp near Newmarket. Though
they had their prey surrounded none of
his pursuers had the temerity during the
night to risk a hand to hand encounter
with the negro in the darkness.
Even il the police and farmers remain
satisfied only to guard against the escape
of the negro from the swamp, which is
about a mile in circumference, he must
surrender or starve.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
LIKES SOUTH DAKOTA LAW.
Pure Food Congress lndorses sec
ton 11-Praises Commissioners.

Gov. Elrod has received a letter from
State Food Commissioner Small, IN
which it is noted that at the meeting OF
the pure food congress at Portland, Ore,
OH a motion of the pure food commission
err of Montana, section IL of the South
Dakota law was unanimously Endorsed
and its enforcement by the South Da-
kota commissioner commended.
This is the section which the large
wholesale grocers are asking to have
construed literally to allow them to re-
tain their standard brands, regardless of
the location Of the factory which may
actually put up the goods. The law as
literally construed means that the actual
packer must place his name and location
OH all goods sent out by him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
SUICIDE ON LINER.
Immigrant Who Had Been Rejected
Leaps into the Sea.

The desire to escape deportation led to
a tragic suicide near New York, Tues.
day on board the steamer Grosser Kur-
furst, bound for Bremen.
While the steamer was passing through
the Narrows, one of a group of immi-
grants declared unfit to enter the United
States, suddenly leaped overheard. The
liner was stopped and for nearly fifteen
minutes a lifeboat rowed back and forth
over the path where the unfortunate for
eigner went down. The sailors recovered
nothing except a life buoy, which had
been thrown out at the first cry of Man
overheard"
1t could not be ascertained whether
the lost immigrant was a man or a wo-
man.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
MEAT is
Pennsylvania Will Prosecute the Big
Packers.

A Harrisburg, Pa, special says: Grim
inal prosecutions of the Pennsylvania
representatives Of the so-called beet
trust are about to be instituted by
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Warren.
Various charges will be made, it is al
legged, to the effect that the meat sold in
Pennsylvania has been subjected to
treatment with ~preservatives. Samples
upon which the cases are to be made
were bought In the various counties and
the prosecutions will be made in Har-
risburg.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
CROP OUTLOOK EXCELLENT.
Conditions in Clay Comfy Are Very
Promising.

A Vermillion special says: Once more
the farmer of Clay County is smiling. The
past ten days have done wonders for his
corn. Under a hot sun the stalks have
shot upward at a rapid pace. The stand
never was better on the upland and that
on the bottom, which was materially
retarded by too much moisture, is now
looking fine and will come out all right.
A good rain would now be appreciated.
The small grain harvest is well under
way. A number of farmers will begin
cutting oats this week. A few have al
ready started. The ripening fields Were
never freer from rust, and are not lodged
badly.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Discarded Lover shoots.

Cornelius Mccormick, al extensive
real estate dealer at Liberty, N. Y, and
one of the most widely known business
men in Sullivan County, is a fugitive
from justice, charged with the attempted
murder of Kittie Murphy, who is at
deaths door as the result of a bullet
wound in the mouth. 1t is said Miss Muir
ply recently discarded Mccormick for
another suito-.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Five Held for Burglary.

Frank Lewis, o. Johnson, Henry Heb
ner, 0. L. Hedmark, Robert Lang, ho-
boes, are in Brown County Jail charged
with b%urglarizing a meat market and
grocery store at Hecla. After the rob-
berry Hebner and Lang went to a farm
house and confessed. A deputy sheriff
captured the other three.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Wants to Succeed Gamble.

A Deadwood special says: Congress-
man Il. w. Martin announced Wednes-
day afternoon to his Black Hills newspa-
per friends that he will be a candidate
for the position of United States senator
of South Dakota to succeed Senator
Gamble, whose term will expire March
3. 1907.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
TO KILL EUROPEAN RULERS
Anarchists are Said to Have Decid-
ed on Programme at Paris

A meeting of 100 anarchists was held
Sunday night, says a New York Herald
dispatch from Paris. French, Italian
and Spanish agitators were present. Vio-
lent speeches were made, a militant pro-
gram being advocated, and it is said to
have been decided to proceed energetical-
~ against European rulers.
The Spaniards were most vehement
and said they were in daily communica-
ton with towns in the neighbor of San
Sebastian; that their comrades were
awaiting the occasion of the daily prom
enades of King Alfonso to make an at
tempt against him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Three Elevators for MiIIer.

The elevator used by G. w. Van Du-
sen & CO., at Miller. has been boughht Of
the owner, Charles Miller, by yolga men,
who will operate it. The Van Dusen
people will at once build a new elevator.
This, with the mill, that buys on the mar
ket, will give the town three buyers and
three elevators to handle the crop.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Picnickers Poisoned.

A number of Twin Brooks people, who
spent a day at Big Stone Lake, were
made very i'll by eating boiled ham and
dried beef, which they took with them.
The prompt services Of a physician saved
the lives Of several Of the picnickers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Fierce storm in Nevada.

The most destructive wind storm ever
known to have occurred in Nevada has
swept over the country just west of Bat
tie Mountain. 1t destroyed everything in
it's course. Trees, sage brush and fences
swept away and fifty two telegraph
poles of the Southern Pacific and West
ern Telegraph Companies were twisted
into splinters.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Deserter is Cantnred.

William HI. Gregory. aged 26 years,
has been arrested at Mitchell as a de-
serter from the army. In August. 1904,
Gregory enlisted in Company +, Fiji
teenth infantry, at Portland, Ore, and
deserted at San Francisco, Cal, in jan
nary 1905. Gregory's parents live at
Mitchell,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Three Burned to Death.

While Sabbatino Di Domenico and his
wife were working in their market gar.
den in Retreat Park, Adams County,
Colo, their three youngest children were
burned to death and the eldest, 5 years
OF age, was terribly injured, in a fire
which destroyed their summer kitchen.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
Farnham Again Acquitted.

After being out four hours, the jury
Mt Deadwood on Saturday brought in a
verdict of not guilty in the case of the
state VS.. Eli Z. Farnham, accused of
arson. his property in Central City was
burned last spring under suspicious cir
cumstances. The trial was hard fought.
Farnham recently was acquitted of the
murder of Richard Calvin.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-08-02
WORK OF TRAMPS.
Barn at Indian Insane Asylum De.
strOyed.

The federal Indian insane hospital
barn was burned to the ground at Can.
ton Sunday night. Five horses were
consumed. The loss is about $4,000.
Tramps nave been frequently driven off
the premises, and suspicion points in
that direction.
The barn had electric lights, and one
of the employees put away a team short
ly after IL o'clock. There was no insur-
ance. Only two of the FIVE horses belong.
ed to the government.