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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
TEACHERS ARE ACCUSED
Charged with 'Hoiding Up" Parents
OF "Backward' Pupils.

A New York dispatch says: Remarka-
BILE charges that several teachers in the
Wadleigh high school have used their
positions to increase their incomes
through unnecessary private tutoring are
being formulated.
The parents of some of the girl stu
dents assert that several hundred dollars
a week has been exacted in fees at the
rates of So an hour, it being intimated
that the students markings We're pur-
posely tempered with, and that they
were purposely marked backward
when they were actually proficient. The
school is a public institution. Most Of
the pupils prepare there for the teachers
training school. The authorities in
charge of the school Indignantly deny
the charges.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
INDIANS OWE A LARGE SUM.
Indebtedness OF Sissetons Said to
be SJOO.OOO.


As the result of a recent official visit
made by Maj. James Mclaughlin. the
veteran inspector of the Indian bureau,
to Sisseton agency it is believed that at
least a part of the deferred payment of
100000 to the Sisseton Indians will be
made during the month of July.
The payment would nave been made a
number of weeks ago had it not beea for
a protest made by the Indians in refer
ence to the manner in which the payment
was to be made. The Indians did not
like the ruling of the Indian department
that all money due Indians under IS
years of age should be held up. and as
the result of a council sent a strong pro-
test to the officials of the Indian bureau.
1t is estimated that fully rs per cent
of the Sisseton Indians are under 49,,
years of age. Therefore, of the proposed
payment of 100000, only about SO, 900
will actually be distributed among the
Indians at the time Of the regular pay
ment next month. ,
This will at least temporarily work a
hardship on the Indians, many of whom
are in actual want.
Some estimates made by men in a posi-
ton to speak with some authority upon
the matter place the aggregate indebted
ness of these Indians at as high as half
a million dollars.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
MASONIC
o Ulcers Chosen by the Royal Arch
and Grand Lodge.

An Aberdeen special says: The Ma
sonic gatherings concluded Friday with
the tw%enty-secOnd conclave Of the COM
mandery of South Dakota. The Royal
Arch MasOns elected officers as follows:
Grand High Priest-J. X. Kutnesw-
sky, Redfeld. ,
Vice Grand High Priest-A. C. Bier
natski, Salem.
Grand Kingdom A. Cleaver, HUI
ron.
Grand S~cribe-John e. Nipple, Pierre.
Grand Treasurer-B G. Jacobs, Len
nOX
Grand Secretary-George A. Pettigrew,
Sioux Falls.
The attendance of Royal Arch Masons
was the largest ever held in the state.
The Masonic grand lodge elected the
following officers:
Grand Master-Edgar D. BroOkman,
of Vermillion.
Deputy Grand Master-R. II. Nc
Caughey. Mellette.
Senior Grand Warden-W. E. Milligan,
Aberdeen.
Junior Grand Warden-J. J. Daven-
port, Sturgis.
Grand Treasurer. C. Bryan, Plank
inton.
Grand Secretary-George A. Pettigrew.
Sioux Falls.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
BOWEN is DISMISSED.
United States Minister to Venezueia
Disgraced Himself.


A Washington special says: The dis,
missal Of Herbert ". Bowen, for some
years United States minister to Vene-
zuela, and the generation of Assistant
Secretary of State Francis b. Loomis of
the allegations brought against him by
Mr.. Bowen are the outcome of the
Loomis-Bowen controversy, which has
attracted wide attention for many
months past.
This disposition of the case is made ny
President Roosevelt in a letter addressed
to Secretary Taft, made public Tuesday
night, approving Mr.. Taft's report on his
findings and conclusions in the case. The
president scathingly arraigns Minister
Bowen, declaring that his conduct is
especially reprehensible;" that Minister
Bowen asked one of his witnesses to en-
ter the employ of a certain company for
the purpose, '.in plain words, of steal
ing documents which he hoped might
incriminate Mr.. Loomis, and that Mr..
Bowen has evidently for many months,
indeed for the last two years, devoted
himself TO hunting up scandal and Cos
sip until it became q mOnomania, and
caused him to show complete disloyalty"
TO the country he represented. The
president says he had hoped to promote
Mr.. Bowen, as during much of his serv-
ice he had done good work, but that his
usefulness in the diplomatic service is
now at an end. The president adds that
he would direct that Mr.. Bowen's resig-
nation be requested but for his statement
that he would consider that resignation
an admission of misconduct, and the dis
missal is therefore ordered.
The letter quotes correspondence and
testimony. The president states that it
appears that Bowen. while minister, Sc
cured the publication of attacks OH Mr..
and furnished to the press docu-
ments pending before the state depart
ment for approval, and that his conduct
inexcusable and shows his entire un-
fitness for the service"
Even if Mr.. Loomis had been guilty,
says the president, Mr.. Bowen's conduct
would be objectionable.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
MAY BE A BOY DID IT
SUSPICION AS TO TERRIBLE
LAKE SHORE WRECK.
Switch Was Tempered With-Beliel
that il Was Done by "a Mere Lad
Nineteen known TO be Dead
Two Bodies Remain Unidentified.

A Toledo, o., special says that il is
possible that in vestigation will develop
that a boy IA years cid meddled with the
switch at the Mentor station Wednesday
night and caused the wreck If the Tween
tieth Century flyer. William Usher, tick
ct agent Of the Nickle Plate. and james
Barnes, of Willoughby, were on the scene
twenty minutes after the wreck happen
ed. On the way they met a boy carry
ing a lantern. They questioned him and
he said that he had been down and shut
a switch. The men went to the scene
of the wreck and found the switch open,
but locked. The men are of the opinion
taht the boy thought that there was a
freight ahead Of the Twentieth Century,
n opened the switch to let it through
and take a siding, and that he intended
TO open the switch instead of closing it.
III. 5. Storrs, general superintendent of
the Lake Shore, said that the matter
would be investigated at once, although
he is inclined to doubt the story that a
boy had possession of a key and could
turn the switch.
The list OF fatalities in Wednesday
nights wreck of the Twentieth Century
flyer is one of the largest in the history
of the Lake Shore road, numbering nine
teen persons. All the victims were prom
inent in the business and professional
world in New York, Chicago, Cleveland
and other cities.
As to who is responsible for the open
switch which was the cause of the wreck
the railroad officials are still uncertain.
They believe that the wreck is the result
of either a maniac who wanted to see
a wreck of such a fast train or some
person bent on revenge. A careful exam
ination OF the switch Thursday showed
that it was in perfect condition.
w. II. Marshall, general manager of
the Lake Shore, believes the speed of the
train was not a contributory cause of the
wreck. He said that other Lake Shore
trains travel through Mentor ut a speed
equal to that attained by the Twentieth
Century Wednesday night, which was
not, Mr.. Marshall said, above the rate
of sixty miles an hour. The schedule
for the train called for a speed of fifty
seven miles an hour at that point.
A peculiar feature of the wreck is that
all those who met death were either IA
tally burned or scalded.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
A GREAT FORGERY.
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Are Involved.

The Philadelphia (Pa.) stock exchange
sent notices to its members Tuesday
warning them against negotiating N
certificates bearing the name Of Benja-
MIN III. Gaskill, OF Benjamin II. Gaskill
& Co.
Back of this is said to be a sensational
story of forgery and the raising of cer-
t~iiicates involving hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
The discovery of the irregularity was
made by Miller & Co., bankers and
brokers. Benjamin H. Gaskill, senior
member of the first named firm, died
three weeks ago and one of his customers
transferred his accounts to Miller & Co,
and in the account was a certificate for
100 shares of the Philadelphia Traction
Company, worth $4,000. 1t subsequent
ly developed the certificate had been rails
ed from one share.
The discovery created a sensation in
financial circles.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
HURON MAN is COMMANDER
j.. ID. Geddes Elected by the South
Dakota G.. A. II.

The G. A. Il. of South Dakota We'd
nesday at Aberdeen elected the following
o~fficers:
Department Commander-J. b. Wolge-
muth, of Mitchell.
Senior Vice Commander. Is. Geddes,
of Huron.
Junior Vice Commander-Sanford
Phillips, of Spearfish.
Chaplain-Samuel a. Boyles, of Yank-
ton.
Medical Director-Dr. J. Smith, of
Huron.
Yankton was selected as the next
meeting place, receiving 81 votes to Wa
tertown's 4S.
The w. r. C. elected the following Of
ficers:
Department President-Clara A. Lu-
kens, of Mitchell.
Senior Vice President-Laura Har-
man, of Parker.
Junior Vice President-Edith C.
Brown, Of Olivet.
Treasurer-Helen Kibbee, OF Mitchell.
Chaplain-Mary White, of Vermillion.
Executive Board-Emily Silsby, Lille
Patterson, Mary Geiger, of Mitchell: Ida
Lowry, of Leola, and Nina Cole. of
Pierre.
Delegates at Large to National En-
campment at Denver-Jennie Nash. Of
Canton; Ella d. Parker, of Watertown:
FRANCES Thompson, of Parker.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
a MANAGES e.
wounds Nine People in City of San
Francisco, Cal.

After holding 1000 persons at bay for
no hours in Eddy Street, San Francis
cisco, CAL, MISUNDERSTANDING nine
people and defying the police-Thomas
Aobb, a maniac, killed himself.
All the victims were hit with No. 4
shot except a Chinaman, who received a
rifle ball.
The insane man was barricaded in his
o on the fourth floor of the United
States Hotel.
Lobb was aged % years. He appar-
emily was an Englishman and was a
stranger at San Francisco. He went 20
the hotel Tuesday night, and early next
morning began throwing furniture from
the window to the street. Then he be-
gan firing, using a shotgun. He placed
500 and 500 bills in the muzzle of the
weapon, and fragments of paper were
scattered over the street.
None of the wounded viii die.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
WILL NOT HANG
Mrs. Rogers Attorneys Appeal to
United States Supreme Court.

A Brattleboro, VT, special says The
habeas corpus petition OF Mrs. Mary NJ.
Rogers, under sentence of death for the
murder of her husband, was denied by
Federal Judge Wheeler Thursday.
Mrs. Rogers attorneys filed an appeal
TO the United States supreme court
Thursday afternoon. Pending a decision
by that body, Mrs. Rogers, whose re-
prieve expired Friday. will not be
hanged.
The reprieve is until Dec. s. 1t was
signed Thursday afternoon by Gov. Chas.
Bell, and for the third time Mrs. Rogers,
who was TO have been hanged at Wind
sor Friday for killing her husband, has
been saved through the operation OF the
governors power of staying the execu-
ton.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
CARR HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Damaging Testimony Given Against
the Negro.

The preliminary hearing of Sam
Carr, accused of the murder of Granville
Thornton, was held before Justice 1eat-
man at Yankton and Carr was bound
over to the fall term of the circuit court
without bail. The state, represented by
States Attorney A. l.. Wyman, pro-
duced many witnesses and made a strong
case against the colored man. No wit
nesses were called by the defense, nor
did Carr take the stand in his own be-
half.
The story of the killing as developed
by the testimony is widely at. variance
with the story of self-defense as given
by Carr at the time of his arrest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
BIG INDIAN WARRANT STEAL
Chickasaw School Warrants that
Had Been Paid, Relocated.

1t is alleged that a steal in connection
with the payment Of Chickasaw war
rants has been discovered at Muskogee,
4. T., which win outrival the famous
Creek warrant steal, and may involve a
fugitive banker Of Tishomingo and
'.men high up
The amount is between 100000 and
100000. The sum represents Chicka-
saw school warrants that were paid, and
afterward, It is said, relocated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Shot by a Posse.

In the vicinity of Keota. No., a posse
of miners shot and killed Jack Plummer,
a miner, who had a short time previously
shot and killed William Dale, a mine
mule driver averseer. Plummer had been
discharged by Dale because of cruelty to
animals.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Drops Dead at Convention.

S. r. Sheerin, of Indiana, widely
known in political and business circles,
died suddenly at Chicago Tuesday while
reading a paper at the independent tele-
phone convention Sheerin was former
ly secretary Of the Democratic national
committee. His death was due to apo.
plexy.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
A "SCAB."
Chicago Non-Union Teamster Bar
barously Treated.

A Chicago special says: Edward Rick
EFT. a %non-union teamster, employed by
the National Express Company, was
subjected to barbarous torture early
Tuesday by four alleged strike sympa-
thizers.
Rickett was attacked in front of the
transfers union headquarters. After be-
ing knocked down by the men, it is said,
three fingers of his right hand were brok-
en- and the ingernails torn off. The vic
tim was found unconscious in the street
by a policeman.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
BANK GOES o

"A Philadelphia Institution in Re.
~ceiver's Hands.
The City Trust and Safe Deposit Com
pany closed its doors at Philadelphia,
Pa. Wednesday and has gone into the
hands of temporary receivers.
The ~receivership was due to the dis
covery that the bank was the victim of
the forgeries of Benjamin II. Gaskill to
the extent Of $4,000.
A statement issued May % showed
resources and liza bilities of $ ,237, 900, of
which $1,3s6,000 was due derositors.
The bank was established in 1886.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Hoch win be Keprieved.

A Springfield, ILL.,, special says: Jo-
ham Hoch, the convicted wife murderer
and mu~lti-bigamist will be reprieved for
one week, possibly longer. 1t was an
nornced authoritatively Wednesday af-
ternoon that the governor intended to
take such action in order to permit the
carrying of the case before the supreme
court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Gives Farm Lands Awav.

irving ID. Smith, Madison's only mill
ionaire, and one of the two or three in
the state, has just completed the giving
away of nearly 10000 acres Of farm
lands, valued at $6SO,O0O, to members
OF his family, charitable institutions, old
friends and tenants.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
King Christian Very IN.

Emperor William, at Kiel, received a
telegram Wednesday night announcing
that King Christian, OF Denmark, is in
a state of great weakness, which is Civ
Ing his encourage much concern.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Engineer Wallace Returns.

The war department at Washington,
has no information as to the purpose OF
the return of Chief Engineer Wallace
from the Isthmian canal zone. Wallace
cabied Secretary Taft asking permission
to ONE, saying his return was of the ut
most importance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
FIRE AT MARION.
Loss Is Estimated at $4,000, with
Insurance About Half

Fire at Marion caused a loss OF 800
OOO, with insurance about $4,000. The
following firms We're burned out:
Marion State Bank; Joseph d. Hofer.
druggist; III. Van Ruschen, real estate
loan and insurance.; III. l.. Teeter. bar.
Der; j. +. Hazlitt, Marion Record: ]. II.
Wilson, billiard kall; Jacob Heb, own
er OF building occupied by billiard hall.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Han
PLY a west wind blew at the time. or the
entire business portion Of the TOWN
would have been DESTROYED.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Timber Tract Replanted.

A large tract Of denuded pine land
near Custer Peak has just been replant-
ed with pine trees under the supervision
OF l.. G. Miller and o. T.. Swan, who
came from the government nursery in
Nebraska. They have planted 10000
yellow pine trees cse year old and TO-
600 red fir.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Prefers Death to Asylum.

Mrs. Ada Il. Goddard, aged So, whose
home was at Marshall, Mimi, committed
suicide at Sioux Falls Friday morning
by swallowing an ounce of carbolic acid.
She had been cited to appear before the
insanity board at Sioux Falls Friday
forenoon for return to the Minnesota au-
thOritias
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Revenue Collector Removed.

Revenue Collector Removed.
Clarence Meeser was removed Tuesday
By President Roosevelt as deputy col
lector Of internal revenue at PhiiadeI-
phia. Meeser was involved In the Salter
election frauds.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
Miller Thief is Caught.

William III. Bennett, a music teacher,
who left Miller with $40 worth of val
tables, was brought back from Iroquois
by the sheriff and is in Jail in default OF
S4O0 bonds
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
veto stops Traction I,,n.-

The Terre Haute Traction Company
has stopped work Oh its interurban line
to Paris, ILL.,, at the state line because
Gov. Deneen vetoed the bill permitting
corporations of other states to build into
Illinois.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28

Twenty-one persons are dead as the re-
suit of the wreck Of the Twentieth Gen.
fury Limited on the Lake Shore road at
Mentor, O., Wednesday night, the train
dashing into an open switch.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28

stephen Gregory, an old soldier. and n
resident OF Madison for many years. was
struck by a freight train "Wednesday
morning and instantly killed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28

The lard refining building Of the pack
Ing plant Of Schwarzschild & S~ulxberger,
nt A~rmourdale, Mo-, burned Thursday.
The loss Is 100000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-28
New Game Warden.

Gov. Elrod has appointed George D.
Reynolds, OF Bonesteel, as game warden
for Gregory County.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
A Card.

Editor County Record: Eav,
ing been elected chairman of
the anti-dispensarv movement
in Williamsburg county [ feel it
my duty to call attention to the
fact that it has been about two
months since petitions were
filed asking for an election on
the question of Dispensary or
No Dispensary and as yet | hear
nothing that would indicate
that said election was near at
hand. I therefore call a meet
ing of the anti-dispensary peo,
pie to meet in Kingstree Mon,
day, October 9, at II M.
Respectfully,
J Davis Carter,
Leo, S. c., Sept. 20.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
WRITE US A LETTER

freely and frankly, in strictest confd-
enoe, telling US all your symptoms and
troubles. We will send free advice
Qn plain sealed envelope), how to
cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
A Hot Supper.

There will be a hot supper
given at the residence of Mr.
Henry F Bradham Friday night,
October II, for the purpose of
finishing the Mouzon school
house and providing seats for
the same.
The public generally are in
yited. Come one, come all, and
have d good time and help a
good cause.
We guarantee all who come
to have a good time. You come,
too, Mr. Editor.
Respectfully,
J T Frierson,
for Committee.
MouzonS, S G
October 2, 1905.
Bring us your JOB WORK.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1905
The Profit Feature.

The esteemed Weekly Mail pro
fesses dislike to bringing the profit
feature into play to re-enforce its dis
pensary argument Doubtless that
is meant as rhetorical figure, sipce
the Mail proceeds forthwith to pre-
sent the "money side" in the most
artful aud appealing way, finally
figuring out an additional tax OF
four mills, if the dispensarles be
voted out. If the Mail be sincere
this conscientious fulfilment of an
unpleasant duty is worthy of the
highest admiration.
We quote from the Mail as fol-
lows:
Il Williamsburg county last year got
from the State dispensary S5O59.lO;
from the Kingstree dispensary
S3631.33; from the Lake City DIS
pensary $2ss1.4S; and from the
Scranton dispensary S665.7s, max
ing q total of $12237,69. Of this
amount-S5O59. 10 went to the school
fund and $717S.59 to the ordinary
county fund. Now if the dispen-
sary is voted out, the county (not
the towns will lose $12237.69. This
means that an additional tax levy of
81 mills, and the man who lives
forty miles from town will have to
pay it just the same as any other
man. 1t will cost the country peo-
pie 81 mills to vote out the dispen-
sary with the additional ! mill pen.
atty making 4 mills.
The Mail fails to take into ac-
count the increased value of taxable
property and the revenue derived
from the license on seed cotton. The
latter already amounts to nearly
$1,000 which is equivalent to about
one mill revenue ON the basis Of
present valuation. Again, next year
we can safely count on approximate
ly $500, 600 additional property be-
ing placed on the tax books, which
means $4,000 increase IN revenue
and is equivalent to ] mill levy. So,
that leaves 2l mills increase, accord
ing to our friends estimate, But
this includes the $5O59.1o obtained
from the State dispensary, which
supplements the school fund and the
penalty tax under the Brice law.
Take away these and We have left
less than one mill, which will be
about the actual increase in taxes
when the dispensaries are voted out.
The money received from the
State dispensary runs the schools on
ly about two weeks longer, and the
State superintendent of education
in his Report for 1908, expresses
the opinion that this fund is of ques-
tionable benefit, lnasmuch aslt re-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
Ice Cream Festival.
Leo, S. c., Sept. 20.

Ice cream and other refresh
ments will be sold at the Cedar
Swamp school building on Fri
day night, October 13, the pro.
ceeds of which are wanted for
purchasing a school library.
The editor and his printers, as
we'll as all others are invited to
attend.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-05
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CA ROLINI

=
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. -
BY Mcbride Scott Esquire Probate
Judge. Whereas. B G Whitehead,
Clerk of Court, made suit to me. to-
grant him letters Of administration OF
the estate and effects of L w Loryea.
There are therefore to cite and adj
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said / NJ Loryea,
deceased, that they be and appear be-
fore me in the Court of Probate for
for the said County to be held at Kings
stree sc on the 9th day of October next
at IL o'clock a. m. to show cause, il any
they have, why the said administration
should not be granted,
Given under my hand this Goth day
of August, A i, 1905,
NIB ScoTT,
Ct Probate Judge. :