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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
POLICEMEN SLAIN 6Y NEGRO.
Fierce Battle at Asheviilo with Des-
pcradO.

Fighting bravely in defense Of their
Blackstock and William Bailey, OF
Asheville. n. c., were shoe TO death on
South Main street at 1880 O'Clock
Tuesday night Sy negro, who also
killed one negro and fatally wounded
another.
The murderer gave his name as VIII
Harris, of Charlotte, n. c., despera-
.do for whom a large reward has been
Standing for some time.
Prior to tie death of the officers a
colored restaurant keeper named Den
Allison was shot and killed by Harris
without provocation Another negro
named Tom Neil lies MORALLY wound
ed. he, 200, being shot before the off,
GERS took a hand in the melee.
Harris started on his tour from a
negro house on Valley street He
fired into two houses as he made his
way to South Main street. At Eagle
street he fred at and wounded Allison.
On South Main street the desperate
encountered Tom Neil and fired al
him. Police Captain Page and Officers
Bailey and Blackstock rushed from
police headquarters in pursuit.
Capt. Page, WHO met the negro in
the center OF Main street, received a
bullet in the arm from the Negroes ri
fe. Page called upon Blackstock to
fire, but before that officer could do
so Blackstock fell dead with bullet
In the chest. Bailey fired twice with
out hitting and the negro then shot
and killed Bailey. The negro escaped
A general alarm was turned in by
the chief OF police to call out the mill
tia companies and several armed
posses quickly formed to pursue the
murderer.
At 2:30 o'clock a. m. the Southern
railway dispatched a special train to
Tryon. forty miles away, TO secure
bloodhounds to aid in running down
the negro, who at last reports had
taken refuge in the Biltmore estate.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENsED FORM.
Military Department at State Universe
ty May Be Discontinued After Jan.
1, 19O7-Rules Require One Hun
dred Students Shall Drill.

Fears are entertained at the uniVer-
sity at Vermillion that the military
department will be discontinued AFTER
the first of the year, but good EFFORT
will be made to retain It. Under the
ruling of the war department, the de-
partment must have 100 members tax
ing drill At present the number falls
short about forty. But those inter-
ested have hopes that the required
number of cadets may be secured De-
fore Jan. 1.
In an institution the size of the state
university it is hard to find 100 stu
dents who shall drill. Under the
present system students who drill TWO
wears are not forced to drill thereaf-
ter. This means that every two years
new students to the number or loV
must be found TO receive instruction
I'm military tactics. At the present
rate of increase in the university en-
rollment, this is impossible, and there
are not enough volunteers among the
old students to make up the detict
Commandment Abbott, for many years
in charge of military tactics at Shat-
tuck, is stationed there, but In case
the department is abolished he Will
be transferred to some other point.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
ELDER w. j. BRYAN, OF LIN
COLIN, NEB., SPEAKS.
Representative from Lincoln Tells OF
the Joy of Attending Presbyterian
Bothered by Contcsting Delegates.

William Jennings Bryan, an elder
In the Presbyterian church at Lincoln,
Neb., addressed the delegates and Wis
itors at Indianapolis, Ind, Wednes-
day night attending the convention OF
new church work to be called the
Presbyterian brotherhood.
When Mr.. Bryan stepped to the
platform he was accorded a most en-
thusiastic welcome, practically every
one in the hall rising to their feet.
waving handkerchiefs and hats. The
demonstration lasted several min
utes.
MI. Bryan i'm opening his address
said he was glad TO be a delegate 10
the first Presbyterian brotherhood
convention and he rejoiced especially
that there was no contrasting delegates.
He said it had always been so in the
past.
The speaker said he began church
life as member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church when he was IA
years of age. Continuing. Mr.. Bryan
spoke in reference to the benefits to
be derived from the organization to be
perfected at the present gathering of
Christian workers. He declared that
the name chosen, brotherhood,
could not have been better selected.
he said 1t was part Of worldwide
movement, moral awakening"
The speaker declared there could
be no morality without religion as the
foundation OF morality.
I "Tolstoi defined religion" said Mr..
Bryan, las the relation between man
and his God and this is one of the best
definitions i have been able to find.
lTolsto says morality is the outward
,sign of this sentiment. In all my
travels in many lands found the ma
! tives practiced some kind of religion.
MIR. Bryan spoke of the customs IN
some Asiatic lands where the women
were compelled to worship behind a
screen. He said 1T was different here.
The women were foremost in this
country and ii was the men who gem
orally kept i'm the background.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
EXPRESS COMPANY is BEATEN.
Important Ruling in South Dakota
Case

In the suit instituted by the United
States Express company in accordance
with instructions from Thos. c. Platt,
president of the company, and was foE
the purpose of preventing an order Isl
sued by the railroad commissioners
from going into effect, Judge Carland
in the United States court at Sioux
Falls, decided against the company.
The express company did not wish
to assume the responsibility Of holding
in its office over night the money
which a bank rendered 1t for ship.
ment to towns near Aberdeen, and rel
fused to accept 1t unless the money
was taken to its office before the trainS
left In the morning. The express come
pany contended that to properly ana
safely care for the money over night
it would be necessary for it to provide
a safe, costing $3.50, and a night
Waterman at a cost of $50 per month
additional.
The decision of Judge Carland
grants a stay of thirty days Of pros
ceedings subsequent to the entry Of
the order so the express company may
appeal the case should 1T so desire.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
LIMB CRUSHED BY ROCK.
Farmer Seriously Injured. with NO
One Near to Assist Him.

Hans Kingslein. a Hamlin county
farmer, had a terrible experience as
the result of being pinioned by rock
while at work on his farm.
His son had been aiding in the work
of burying rock, but toward evening
returned home the father expecting
to follow him as soon as he had nm
ished digging a hole for huge rock.
A few minutes after the son had dis
appeared the rock suddenly toppled
over into the hole in which Kingston
was working, striking him and shat
tering the bone in one OF his legs and
pinioning him in the excavation.
After a great deal Of difficulty the
farmer succeeded in releasing himself,
but discovered that owing to his in
cured limb he was unable to walk.
Early In the evening the members
Of his family became alarmed at his
non-appearance, searched all night
for him, but without success. The
search was resumed in the morning,
when the injured man was found on
the road trying to crawl home. 1t is
feared the injured limb will have to be
amputated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
WOMAN NAILED TO A BOARD.
Attempt at CrucifiyiOn in Pitts.
burO

A crucifixion case was brought to
light in Pittsburg Monday by the
screams of a woman in a tenement in
Forbes street. Neighbors rushed in
and found Mrs. Jean Mitchell, aged 10
years, in the kitchen huddled in a
kneeling position on the floor with
both hands nailed to the draining
board of the sink: Blood was running
down her arms. Alongside Of her
hand lay Ratchet, which weapon had
driven two big nails, and which was
then used to draw them out. The
woman unconscious, was taken to a
hospital.
When she recovered she merely said
that when she entered her fiat some
thing struck her on the back of the
head, she felt herself drawn toward
the sink. Her hands were pressed
down against board and two nails
driven in.
William Mitchell husband of the
woman, was arrested in Canton, o.,
Monday. He declares he was not in
Pittsburg at the time. He consented
to return to Pittsburg without requisi-
ton papers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
HORSE HYDRoPHoBIA v1cfnG
Rare Case Is Reported from De4
County.

County. "A
One of the few cases of horses dYinUl
from hydrophobia is reported FROM
Day county. A horse belonging to AE
fred Peterson, a we'll known farmer ia
that county, was a victim of the diST
ease
When DR.. Sorbel veterinary sure
geon, arrived on the scene in answers
to request from the owner of thN
animal, he found the horse securelX
tied so 1t could not harm anyona
When approached the animal went ind
to perfect rage, kicking, striking. and
trying to bite. Satisfied that the ami
NAL had hydrophobia, the doctor man.;
aged with dificulty to place a pail of
water within its reach. and the inabil-
ity OF the horse to swallow and the acH
ton OF its mouth confirmed this be-
lief. (
The animal was then quickly put
out of misery. Last winter a mad dos
which passed through the neighborT
hood bit two of Mr.. Peterson's sheep
and also nipped the horse. One OF
the sheep died soon after being bitten,
while tho other butted himself to
death against the hub of wagon
wheel. The strange feature of the
case is the period of time which,
elapsed before the horse developed hya
drophobia.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
A UNIFORM DIVORCE LAW.
National Congress Drafts Proposed
Measure.

The national congress on uniform
divorce laws held its second meeting
in Philadelphia Tuesday. The first
meeting was held in Washington nine
months ago, at which time adjourn
ment was taken TO permit committee
to draft a bill on uniform divorce laws
to be presented to legislatures of all
the states.
/ The bill drawn by the committee
names infidelity, felony, bigamy, de-
sertion, habitual drunkenness and in
Itolerable cruelty as causes for which
divorce can be granted. 1t recon-
mends that various state legislatures
be asked to agree on a period OF resi-
dence before application may be made
for divorce.
1t is expected that the recommends
ton, if adopted by all the states, will
decrease the number of migratory di-
yorces-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
HIGHER IN MISSOURI,
Burlington Hard Hit i'm Maximum
Rate In0rliry

r. NJ. Fisher, expert accountant of
ST. Paul, Mimi, employed by the state
of Missouri to examine the books of
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy,
railway before f. l.. Schofield, special
master in chancery, who. in the feder-
al court at Kansas City. in hearing tes-
timony as to whether or not the
freight rates fixed by the maximum
freight rate law passed by the last
legislature in Missouri were lower
than in any other state in which the
Burlington operates, aid the witness
declared that the Burlington freight
rates were from 25 to 80 per cent
| state east Of the Missouri river. Fisher
had statistics to prove his assertions.
Fisher went to Chicago on June 16
of this year and began an examina-
ton of the Burlington books, and he
has worked increasingly since that
time. He is still employed in inspect
ing way bills turned in at the auditors
office.
This method of keeping accounts
adopted by the Burlington is not fa.i
in showing the apportionment in Mis-
! souri, earnings" Fisher testified
Rates here are from 25 to 35 per cent
higher than in Iowa or Illinois and
| the earnings are 80 per cent greater.
| Two reasons may be assigned for this.
| First, the higher rates; second, the
| density of population and traffic"
The Burlington contended that ii
cannot adhere TO the maximum rates
| on furniture, live stock, agricultural
| implements and lumber and make a
profit. 1t secured a temporary injunc-
ton six months ago, restraining the
state officials from enforcing the law.
| Two weeks were spent hearing evil
dence in the case in Chicago recently
| when Attorney General Hadley at
| tempted to show that the rate fixed by
law is reasonable
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21

HE MADE RUSH FOR GOLD.
The Oldest Active Miner of Colorado
is Dead at Denver

Michael Storms, a pioneer mining
man of Colorado. California, Idaho
and Montana, died Of general debility
at st. Luke's hospital in Denver He
was SO years old and had been one of
the most familiar figures in Denver for
forty years. He was secretary
of the Colorado Pioneers association
and had the distinction of being the
oldest active member ETAOIN UNN
oldest active miner in that state, as
well as founder and recorder of Colo
radios first gold camp, now Central
City. He was born i'm Ohio and join
ed in the rush of 40 to California,
coming from that state to Colorado in
1853.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Work on New Pierre Bridge.

StOnelaying has been commenced
on the piers on both sides of the river
for the permanent bridge at Pierre.
The piers are being constructed with
a heavy facing of Ortonville granite
and filed in the center with concrete.
Work is now under way on every pier
to be sunk all the way across the riv-
er, and the work will be hurried alr
winter, with the expectation of getting
that part of the bridge completed be-
fore the going out of the ice in the
spring compels the taking out of the
temporary bridge.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
SMOOTH YOUNG FORGER.
Authorities Looking for Man Wh'
ViCtimized Business Firm.


The authorities of Frankfort are
looking for a smooth young forger
bearing the name of Albert Miller. who
last July entered the employ of Phil
lip Jones, a Frankfort business man,
but who now has disappeared. The
fugitive claimed to be a jeweler. Be
fore his disappearance he cashed a
check for $3.50, to which he forged
Jones' name. The fOrger prevailed
upon Mr.. Green, Redfield business
man, to indorse the check. Miller then
gcashed it at the First National bank at
Redfield.
Then is found its way to the Farm
ers' State bank. of Frankfort, and fin
ally to.the James River bank, also of
frankfort, where the forgery was de-
tected. Green, the Redfeld man who
Endorsed the check, paid the amount
of the check now that it has been
found to be spurious, and the authori-
ties are doing their best to locate and
apprehend Miller so he may be pun
tshed for his crime.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
HETTY GREEN HATES OCTOPUS
Richest Woman Predicts War Be-
tween People and the Monster.

Mrs Hetty Green, the richest wom-
an in the United States. would hardly
be expected to be a trust hater. Yet
Mrs. Green is against the trusts. She
thinks them as iniquitous as lawyers.
And when Mrs Green says trusts are
as bad as lawyers it is the limit of her
condemnation.
There is going to be revolution in
this country" said Mrs. Green Mon
day THE people are going to revolt
against the expressions Of the trusts.
There will be a deluge, and these
streets will run with blood.
1.-THE people are gradually finding
out about the trusts. When they
realize fully how they are running the
chances of the people there will be an
outbreak"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
MEAT CLEANER is WEAPON.
Belle Fourche Man May Not SURVIVE
Attack of Negro.

Bill Mckay, a bartender. lies at the
point of death from an attack made
on him by a negro named Ferguson,
who was doing his first days work as
cook at the hotel in Belle FOurche.
Mckay and Ferguson had some
words, the former being drunk. Fer
guson was in the hotel kitchen and
Mckay outside. when the negro be-
came Infatuated, and threw a meat
cleaver through the window screen,
catching Mckay directly in the side
of the head. He is not expected to
live.
Ferguson effected his escape but
was captured and jailed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
TAFT AT FORT ROBINSON.
Secretary of War and His Party i'm
vited to Inspect Fort Meade.

Secretary Taft spent Wednesday at
Fort Robinson, Neb., inspecting that
post An effort has been made to
have him and his party come to Fort
Meade on a similar errand.
The secretary is understood to be
making the tour of posts with the in
tentiOn of recommending to the pres
ident certain ones which shall be
changed from regimental to brigade
posts. In his party are Gen. Hum
phrey, quarter master general; Gen.
Whit, Gen. Barry and Representative
Kinkaid, of Nebraska.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
WHERE is THE $1,000, 900?
large Sums Never Reached Frisco
COMMITTEES.

A new investigation is progressing
IN the course of developments in the
San Francisco graft scandal. 1t ap-
pears that many sums of money large
and small. amounting to $1,000, 900,
sent from different states to San Fran
cisco for the relief of the earthquake
'mittee. Some of these amounts We're
mailed I'm care of Mayor Schmitz, f. J..
Honey and Detective William Burns
About 100 government agents have
been making Investigations. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the moving spirit
man guilty of diverting relief funds
shall escape justice.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Castro Nav BE Dead.

The Dutch cruiser Kortenaer, which
lWillemstad, reported Wednesday that
at the time of her departure from Gu
iracoa 1t was reported there persistent
lly and was generally believed, that
President Castro was dead but that
his death was being concealed by the
Venezuelan government in order to
maintain itself in power.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
six Hurt in Balloon Ascension.

Six bystanders We're injured, two Sc.
riously during balloon ascension al
Mt. Vernon. H., Monday A score OF
persons were knocked down as the
balloon shot up into the air. The
accident was caused by the topping
over of the bag while it was being in.
flated
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Ten Years for Sailing" Mine.

Y William Whalen. an aged mining
lprospector of Nevada, who was arrest
ed at Sacramento. Cal. for swindling
a number of citizens out of several
;thc-sani dollars by false representa-
ihons, M7s sentenced Tuesday to ten
years Imprisonment at San Quentin.
AN Investigation of the Whalen mines
showed that the ore was sailed"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
ASSASSINS AT WEDDING.
Groom Shot to Death While CeIebrat-
ing His Marriage.

=
Fifteen minutes after he married
Maria Einstein in Brooklyn, Augustus
Silvestro. of New York, 20 years old,
was fatally shot in his home where he
was celebrating his wedding. He died
at midnight Sunday night in the Sc
side.
The shooting was done by six un-
known Italians. who entered the room
and started row. 1t is suspected that
rival instigated the murder and the
police are looking for this man, who
is known.
Pedro Depalino, wedding guest,
was seriously wounded during the me-
lee.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
WeIl-Known Man Killed.

Word has been received in Lead to
the effect that one of the Cleveland
brothers, who conduct a saloon in
EBeuiah, Wyo., a section visited by all
travelling men in the Hills, had been
killed by the rowing Ute Indians on
the Powder river, north Of Sundance.
Both the Cleveland brothers are well
known throughout the northern Hills,
as they have been In business in that
section of the country for several
years.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Two Bnrn to Death

Vincent Moore, aged 55 years, and
Raymond Moore, aged n years, We're
burned to death in their home five
miles out in the country from Paoli.
Ind, Monday night. Three other
members of the family escaped by
jumping from second story window.
All were injured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Fire mt Ottawa. Kan

Fire that started after midnight
Sunday destroyed the three-story
building at Second and Walnut streets,
Ottawa, Kan, occupied by John Nell
son as furniture, paint and oil store.
Loss. $4,000, A heavy wind prevail.
ed and for a time the business sec.
ton was threatened.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Thicycry in q Cemetery.

bronze tablet on monument
erected in Lutheran cemetery in the
outskirts of Brooklyn to the memory
Of victims of the burning of the steam
err Gen. Slocum was stolen Saturday
night.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Burns Prove Fatal.

Ten days ago a woman known in
Mitchell as Mrs. III. III. Morris, who
lived on the south side of the city and
conducted boarding house for stu
dents, was severely burned by the ex-
pic 1ion Of some kerosene which she
threw into hard coal heating stove
TO revive a dying fire. She fingered
until Sunday when she died.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
!. Erie President Refuses.

President Underwood, of the Erie
railroad. Saturday refused the de-
mands OF firemen for a reduction OF
working hours. A poll of Erie firemen
will be taken by their officers to deter
mine whether or not they will strike.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Lightning Kills Thrasher.

Lightning struck into crew OF
thrashers during thunderstorm near
Zell and killed man named Bower,
stunning four others. The soles of
the shoes which Bower wore were left
where he stood, but all of his clothes
were torn from his body.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Many Deer Killed.

Big game hunters returning from
eastern Oregon say the deer season
just closed was the most successful in
the history of the district south Of
Spokane, more than $50 having been
bagged All the deer killed were in
excellent condition because of tbs
abundance of food.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Exit Mrs. Jane Dowie.

Federal Judge Lands, of Chicago.
"wednesday directed the entry of an
lorder, by virtue of which Mrs. Jane
Dowie Is granted the MacDhui prop
lerty at White Lake. Mich. In return
ehe refinquishes all claims to stocks
land property in Zion City.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Clay County Is Good.

For the first time in many years a
jury has been summoned to roll call
at term of court i'm Clay county,
only to be dismissed by Judge Smith.
Since the ! Jril term everybody has
been good, and there were no Offend
ers to punish.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Society Wedding for Indians.

Society circles among the Sioux In
dians on the Cheyenne River Indian
reservation have been "set agog" by
the marriage in white mans style,
Of an Indian warrior bearing the name
OF George Smells Log and an Indian
maiden named Anna Bald Head. The
ceremony was performed at st. Johns
church at Cheyenne agency.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Real Estate Men to Meet.

Preparations rapidly are being COM
pleted for a meeting in Sioux Falls on
Nov. 15 and 16 of the South Dakota
Real Estate association, which in
cludes between 600 and 700 of the real
estate men Of the state.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Not a Crimi-raI Case

Gov. Elrod has denied request for
a requisition on the governor OF Iowa
for the custody of f. r. Nesge. who
Is charged In Lyman county with OBJ
tanning money by false pretense
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Fire Threatens Presho.

A dangerous fire started in Sam
Powelps tailor shop at Presho. Mrs.
M. Patrick, employed in the shop, was
badly burned by an explosion of gaso-
line, with which she was cleaning
clothes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
American Humans srciety NIeets

american Humane society Meets.
The annual convention of the Amer
|ican Humane society opened in Chi
lcago Wednesday. Addresses were
made by e. w. Newhall, of San Fran
icisco, and others.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
Bank of Ethan

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Security State Bank of
Ethan. DAWSON county, with capital
Of $4,000.