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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
TN STUBBORN BATTLE
FATE OF RUSSIAN MUTINEERs
STILL IN DOUBT.
Only Rumors from Fort-ess-Report-
ed Surrender of the Rebels Not Con-
firmed-Many Warships Involved
Battle Ragged All of Wednesday.

According to q Helsingfors dis
patch, at z O'Clock Wednesday evening
the battleship Czarevitch and the
cruiser Bogatyr opened fire on the
mutineers at a distance of fifty ca
bic lengths. The mutineers replied,
but their shots seemed to fall short.
The firing ceased at Q O'Clock and
boats were seen leaving the islands
with the wounded.
1t is reported at Viborg thai the
Russian feet stationed at Hango has
mutinied, imprisoned the officers and
sailed to the assistance OF the mutt
neers at Sveaborg.
A rumor of the surrender OF the en-
tire mutineers' force at Sveaborg was
brought over to H~elsingfors by the
postmaster at Sveaborg. 1t Is impossi-
bic to confirm this rumor. The fire
from the cruisers has seriously dam
aged the Notifications. There has
been no firing for the last two hours.
The mutineers have failed in their eff
forts to secure provisions.
h Alva, another cruiser, has ar
rived and is at present engaged in
~bombarding the mutnous battery off
Sveaborg island. 1t is rumored that
the revolutionists on one Of the ISL
ands have raised the white flag. 1t is
impossible to communicate with the
island. Some excitement a been
caused in town by the arrest OF sever
al members of the red guard" and
other revolutioniSts
There has been continuous sharp
c"annonading at Sveaborg since noon,
says a later dispatch. The smoke
from burning buildings is visible at
Helsingfors. During the afternoon a
rain of shrapnel was poured into the
sea In the vicinity of Lonnan island,
where a cruiser is stationed. Troops
are pouring into Helsingfors.
The c~annonading al Sveaborg con
tinued during all the afternoon. The
powder magazine in the possession of
the insurgents has exploded. 1t is i'm
possible to determine how this will af-
feet the mutiny.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENsED FORM.
Danger from Prairie Fires-G-eat
Precautions Necessary In New Parts
of State-Some Parts of Gregory
County Swept by the Flames.

Owing to the rank growth OF veg
citation In South Dakota this year the
greatest Of precautions will w to be
taken to prevent serious prairie fires
in the newer portion of the state be-
tween the Missouri River and the
Black Hills and in the newer settled
portions of Gregory County, to which
thousands of new settlers have flocked
this year.
Hundreds OF these people never saw
a prairie fire and do not know how
easy one is started n what hard
work II is to stop one when ii begins
in earnest to sweep over the plain. In
view of this the newspapers published
in the new towns along the extension
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul and the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroads are issuing warnings to
the new settlers and advising each Of
them to pillow good firebreaks around
their property.
Already q limited area in Gregory
County has been swept by a prairie
fire this summer, n anothe- fire or
the same kind is reported from the
Vicinity Of Grindstone, in the interior
OF the ceded Sioux lands between the
Missouri River and the Black Hills. 1t
was started by a homesteader who
permitted a back fire to get beyond his
control.
The fire swept over two sections Of
land, and it required owe three hours
of the hardest kind of fighting for a
small army of men, who were hastily
summoned to the scene, before 1t vas
extinguished.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
WORK ON WELLMAN BALLOON.
Monster Airship May Be Ready by
Last OF August.

At S~pitzbergen. Norway, forty men
are working day and night to get the
airship Of the Wellman expedition
started toward the north pole this
summer.
The big balloon house will be finish
ed in a fortnight. Allowing ten days
for initiation and trials, the monster
airship may be able 20 start for the
north the latter part of August. Ev-
erything depends on tho weather,
which so far has been good.
There have been many visitors to the
headquarters of the expedition at
Spitzbergen. including the prince of
Monaco on his yacht, Princess Alice,
and the passengers of two tourist
steamers. All ave expressed amaze
ment at the amount of work already
accomplished.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
STEPHEN GROVE INDICTED.
pats" Brother Is Accused of July
Bribery I'm Chicago.

Stephen A. Grove, proprietor OF the
Revere Hotel in Chicago, and brother
of Pat Grove, the latter of Cudahy
kidnapping fame, has been indicted by
the grand jury for attempting to bride
a juror to hang the jury which
Tuesday sentenced Circuit Court Clerk
John A. Cooke to the p~enitentiary on
a charge OF stuffing p~S rolls.
The indictment was returned after
Thomas b.. Carr, the juror said to have
been approached, had todd the grand
jury of attempts made to influence
his vote, and had identified Grove as
the man who offered him $1,000 to
prevent the jury from arriving at a
verdict. Grove was placed under ar
rest late Tuesday night, and his bail
fixed at $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Q soov
War In Caucasus Resumed on Greater
Scale.

Wa In Caucasus Ete2umcu on 1Tedtef
Scale.
AS anticipated in these dispatches
July 20, the triangular rue between
Armenians. Tartars and the Russian
troops before shusha was Of the brief
est nature. The display Of white flags
and the naming OF representatives OF
the warning factions to arrange a
lasting peace was but a prelude to
the resumption of hostilities next day
on a larger and bloodier scale. The
fighting is not only in full progress at
Shusha, itself a town of 10000 people
C80 miles to the southeast of Tifis),
the Tartar quarter Of which apparent
ly Is in flames, but it a spread to the
surrounding country. There the Tartar
population has risen n is striving TO
overwhelm the Armenians and the
Russian troops.
Gen. Z~oloschakov, in command of
the Russian forces, has appealed urg-
emily for reinforcements. A battalion
Of rifemen at ~Yelisavetepol, the near
est point where there are soldiers, al
ready has beer dispatched to the
scene.
1t is worthy OF note that the Rus
slams, who in the disorders OF last
year were accused of protecting the
Tartars from Armenian attack, are
themselves hard pressed by the Mo-
hammedan hOrdes.
Advices received at st. Petersburg
from Tifis show that a regular cam
paign is progressing between Armen-
ians and Tartars in that section. Mon
day a large force Of Tartars attacked
Askeran pass which was occupied by
Armenians, but were unable to break
the Armenian Gordon. Fighting is now
going on in the villages of Haramurt,
Haladad and Karantuskh. The Tar
tars are concentrating against Asker
an pass.
On July 27 Kurds attacked the viii
lagos of Kalbaligened and Kiermis-
chan and were endeavoring t. force
an entrance into Shusha. At the lat
ter place they were repulsed by Rus
sian troops under Gen. Zeoloshkovski.
News received from ~Yelisavetepol says
that communication between Agdam
and Shusha has been interrupted for
five days. Firing between Armenians
and Tartars continued from July 25
to July 2S. The fighting near Shusha
increased in severity on July 20 and
resulted in the burning of the town.
The government has dispatched rein
fOrcemeutS IN tha Scapa
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
MUTINy is CRUSHED.
Desperate Fight with Army Rebels | n
Finland.

hiidtfu
A dispatch received by a Lon
don news agency from Helsingfors.
dated July 81, says fierce fighting
broke out again Monday night in the
Zveaborg fortress and was still pro-
ceeding.
A Helsingfors dispatch says that the
mutiny has been suppressed in the
port and Skatuden fortress has been
occupied by loyal troops.
The municipal council has issued a
proclamation urging the people, In
view Of possible danger, to remain
quiet and not to leave their homes.
1t advises them to assist the gov
eminent In the maintenance Of rider.
Zveaborg was entirely In the hands
of the mutineers, WIZ now have in
their possession every kind of arma-
ment.
Horrible scenes occurred during
Tuesday night, when the fierce fight
ing was continued. The heaviest artii-
lery was used during the conflict.
Several officers were killed or
wounded. The wounded were trans
ported to Helsingfors.
Col. Nataroff was bayoneted. He
begged for transportation to the hos
pital, promising forgiveness in ex-
change. Instead, he was stoned and
thrown into the water with q stone
tied around his neck.
Another H~elsingfors dispatch
states: A gigantic military conspir-
acy, aiming at the simultaneous cap
ture OF Russia's three great sea for
t~resses, Cronstadt, Sebastopol and
Zveaborg, arranged by the revolution
airy military league, was prematurely
sprung here Monday night by an at
tempt to arrest members of a company
of sappers, who had mutinied oil ac-
count Of the death Of one OF their
comrades, alleged to have been due to
i'll treatment.
The entire garrison of the fortress
at Sveaborg famed out instantly in
revolt. All the artillery men n sap
pers garrisoning the place were in
volved. Only four companies of in
fantry remained loyal. The mutineers
seized forty machine guns and practi-
cally all the quick firers and light
artillery in the fortress, and even with
this aid they We're unable to hold the
main fort against the loyal infantry.
The fighting continued all night long.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
WEALTHY FARMER MISSING.
Is Believed to Have Wandered Away
While Deranged.

The mysterious disappearance Of
Christian Nelson, a prominent and
wealthy Lincoln County farmer, and
the failure to secure the slightest trace
of him has led to the belief that he
wandered away while temporarily de-
ranged and may have met his death
by drowning or otherwise.
The missing man was lost seen
at Hudson, where he took a south
bound train. There was no reason
for his strange departure, as his finan-
cial affairs were in excellent condition
and his family relations were pleas
ant. Mrs. Nelson states that he had
been acting rather strangely for sew
eral days before his disappearance,
fearing that someone wished to do
him bodily injury.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Is DROWNED WHILE SLEEPING.
Railroad Worker Rolls Into Creek in
Dakota.

While asleep on a ledge beneath a
bridge across Snake River, about a
mile from Mansfield, Michael Goose,
a railroad grader, fell into the water
and was drowned. The body was re-
covered several hours later by the
town marshal.
1t is believed the mans home was
in Des Moines, Ia. After finishing
work Thursday afternoon several men,
among them Goose, crawled on the
ledge, intending to rest there a few
hours. About $50 o'clock one Of
the men awoke and noticed one Of the
number was missing. He looked
around and seeing the missing mans
shoes and coat, aroused his compan-
ions and began a search. Failing to
find him, the marshal at Mansfield
was notified and he found the dead
body in the water a few feet from The
bridge.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
TRIP FOR Dakota EDITORS.
Will Make Tour Through British
Northwest Possessions.

Northwest Possessions.
John Z. Gogan, secretary OF the
South Dakota Press Association, to-
gether with George Schlosser. have
gone to ST. Paul, where they
will discuss with Inspector Gen
eral White, Of the Canadian
government railway department,
the proposed tour of the South Dako-
ia editors through the British North
west possessions. For some time the
editors have been in doubt IS to what
part Of the continent they would visit
this year or their annual trip, but the
Canadian tour has now been definitely
determined pom.
The Canadian government some
time ago extended an invitation to tho
South Dakota editors to make a trip
to the Alberta country, and this in
vitation now has been accepted. The
inspector general that the
party will be taken through to the Pa
cific coast if the editors so desire.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
New Cable Opened.

A new telegraph cable via BONN,
which establishes direct eommunica-
ton between Japan and the United
States, was opened to the public
Wednesday, this being the first mes
sage transmitted over 1t. The opening
of the new line is hailed with delight
as an epoch-making event which will
strengthen the already deeply root
ed friendship between the countries
connected.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
OFFICERS FIGHT WITH MOB.
Black Man Accused of Triple Murder
Is Caught.

Elmer Dempster, a ~19-year-old ne
gro, accused of murder of Mrs. Sam
uel Pearce and her two children, was
safely lodged in jail at Washington,
Pa. Shortly after leaving Cannons-
burg a crowd of about twerty men
boarded the car and with shouts of
Lynch him" and XIII him." dragged
the prisoner and the officers from the
car. A fierce struggle followed, but
the officers succeeded in keeping pos
session of the negro and finally drove
the mob off at the points of %revolvers.
When Washington was reached
nearly 800 people had gathered at the
court house. but the crowd was elud-
ed by taking the prisoner through the
basement to the Jail.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
A RACE WAR is FEARED.
Blacks and Whites May Clash at
Mound CITY. Ill.

Negroes are gathering at Mound
City. ILL.,, anticipating an attack OF the
jail by whites to lynch Sam McDon-
aid, who killed Homer Morris during
a picnic near Ullin Saturday.
Threats by the whites caused much
excitement, and a bloody clash is prob
able If the latter attempt to mob Nc
Donald.
An attempt at lynching was made
Monday night when the officers
brought Mcdonald to the Jail at
Mound City from Perks. The mob was
fooled by the deputies. who placed the
negro in a vehicle and drove into the
down.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
THE OLD STAGE HOUSE.
First Building in OkObojo Historic
Structure.

The older residents of Okobojo, in
sully County, are regretting the tear
ing down of the first building erected
on the townsite known as the stage
House, a small structure which was
built in 1883 for hotel purposes, and
has been used for hat purpose ever
since.
1t was put up by Merit Sweny, the
founder of the town, and was the stop
ping place for the old Concord coaches
which ran between Pierre and Bis
marck in the early days of settlement,
when there was no railroad near the
river north of Pierre until Bismarck
was reached, and has been a place of
many notable gatherings of the old
time re sidents along the Missouri.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Barn and HAY Burned.

The large new barn on the Seth L..
Berry farm, five miles southeast of
Parker, was struck by lightning at
about $50 M. on Wednesday and
entirely destroyed, together with
about thirty-five tons of new tame
hay Ind $50 bushels of oats and some
sheds. The horses, harness, tee, in
the barn at the time were saved. Loss.
about $500, on which there is $500
insurance. The large farm dwelling
was saved.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Charged with Counterfcst.ne.

DR.. James ID. Eggleston. Jr.. SON.
of the president of the Pacific Express
Company. and who has been a prao-
ticing dentist in Denver. Colo, was
arrested by a deputy United States
marshal on the charge OF counterfeit
ing. A search of his office is alleged
to have disclosed several photographs
of bills and a bogus half dollar.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
MAYOR BELCHER IN CELL.
Fugitive Paterson City Official Sur
renders to Authorities.

Fugitive Paterson City Official Sur
renders to Authorities.
Former Mayor William E. Belcher,
of Paterson, n. j., who surrendered
himself at the county Jail early Mon
day after having been a fugitive
from justice for about a ear, told the
story of his wanderings.
II have been in Boston and the
White Mountains" he said. "Only
once + left the country for a short
trip to Canada. I have been in near
ly every state in the union since I
went away. 1 have not seen a face 1
knew since I left Paterson. I am glad
to be here, although 1 am a prisoner"
A dozen indictments have been
found against Belcher In which he is
accused of embezzling $4,000
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
To Limit the Saloons.

The upper house of the city council
unanimously passed an ordinance to
double the city saloon license fee,
making 1t $500 per year. and limiting
the number of saloons to the present
numerical strength. providing further
that his number shall rot be exceed
ed till the city has a population of
over 400, 900.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Pardon for A. j. Ault.

. Coy. Hlrod Wednesday granted q
pardon to A. j. Ault, who was SEN
fenced from Gregory County June II,
1905, for two years in the peniten-
ttiary on a charge of manslaughter.
Ault was acting as an officer at Bone
steel at the time of the registration E.or
the drawing for Gregory County
claims and in handling the crowd
which was rough was too free with
lbs revolver, killing one of the men he
was attempting to arrest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Was an Convict.

The identity of the unknown man
who was shot in Mitchell on July 1G
has been discovered through CORE
spondence. the chief OF police of Lin
coin, Neb., stating that the mans
name was James Burke, and that he
was released June 81 from the peni-
tepfiary at Lincoln, having just COM
pleted a term Of three years imprison-
Went for burglary.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Monster Wolf Captured.

A monster gray wolf, Which for
some time has beer causing damage to
tina herds of stockmen near the Little
Bend country, on the Missouri River
in the cantral part of the state, has at
last been captured and killed. F. NJ.
Bennett, a resident of that region, is
the proud possessor of it's pelt. The
head Of the animal was a foot long,
while it's body was over six feet. AL
though the wolf was much emaciated
its carcass weiged 125 pounds.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Raising Peanuts on Big Scale.

The raising Of peanuts has become
q. recognized industry in some parts of
South Dakota. The pioneer in devel-
oping this industry in the state was
John Parsley, a farmer residing In
Deuel. County. Last year he raised
a large crop Of peanuts, which proved
a very profitable one.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Lost Story of Her Life.

DR.. Marie Michael Flack, a Kansas
physician, has brought suit against
the W~ells-Fargo Express Company
for $500 the valuation she puts up
on an unpublished manuscript lost be-
tween Chicago and Longton, Kan. 1t
is stated that it contains the story of
her life.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
"RattIcsnake Pete" Dead.

Information ha reached Edge
mont of the death of "Rattlesnake
Pete" ex,deputy United States mar
shall and for a number of years n
scout with Gen. Miles. Pete. whose
true name was w. II. L%iddiard, was a
famous frontier character and was
we'll known to many residents Of the
Black Hills section of South Dakota.
He died on his ranch at Ishawood,
Wyo., July Is.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
To Aid Jews I'm Russia.

At Vienna the president OF the
board of Austrian Jews has addressed
a strongly worded appeal to Count
Goluchowski. the Acknowledgements
minister OF foreign affairs. asking him
to bring about an international agree
ment and common diplomatic action
for the protection of their coreligion-
lists i'm Russ'~
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
To Succeed Hams Ustrud-

Friends of Miss Gertrude Morris,
who for the past two years ha been
assistant principal Of the Dell Rapids
city high school have recently receiv-
ed letters from her announcing her
candidacy for the office Of county SUI
p~erintendent OF schools OF Minnehaha
County, subject to the ratification and
approval of the Republican county
convention.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
New yorker Lost in western Canyon

An Oraville, Cal, speci,I says: j. E.
McKusick. formerly a Ne@ York bro
ker and the son OF a prominent engi-
neer connected with the Western Pa
cifc Railroad, a been lost for three
lays In the canyon of the Feather Riv-
err. He had no provisions and search
ing parties have been unable to find
him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
DIetz to Have q Rest

The Milwaukee Daily News wednes-
day says that Gov. Davidson win APP
point a commission to investigate the
Dietz situation at Cameron dam. For
the present at least there is no inten-
ton on the part of the executive to
send troops to capture Dietz.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Arrested for Horse Stealing.

The United States authorities In
Sioux Falls have been advised Of the
arrest of Nick Swenson, a former resi-
dent of Lyman County, who for
months has been wanted by the gov
eminent on the charge of stealing
horses from Sioux Indians belonging
on the Rosebud reservation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
boy Crushed to Death by Logs.

Young Eugene Truax, son of Mr..
and Mrs. william Truax, met a horri-
BILE death while hauling logs near Hills
CITY. He had a four-horse team and
In some way failed to notice how clSse
he was driving to the edge Of the
road which ran along the side Of the
mountain. The wagon was upset and
the logs fell upon the young man,
crushing his chest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Girl Burned to Death.

Hazel, aged 16 years, daughter Of
Walter Cheney, OF Parker, was burned
to death Thursday while lighting a
stove with gasoline at the home of
Mrs. Sam Buchanan, ter miles north
of Parker.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
Prison for Ex-Coun.y Clerk.

John A. Cooke, former clerk OF the
Cook County circuit court at Chicago,
who has been on trial for several
weeks on a charge OF stufing the pay
roll. was found guilty Monday night
by the jury and his punishment fixed
at Imprisonment in the penitentiary
ana a fine Of $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
BOLD THIEF WANTED.
Dennis O'Shea is Wanted by the Ros'
well Police.

The authorities are looking for an
unusually bold thief, in the person Of
one Dennis O'Shea, a warrant for his
arrest having been issued.
O'Shea has been in the employ Of
David Reese, of Roswell, and is
charged with having stolen from the
local stock yards a load of hogs which
belonged to his employer, and which
he sold at Fedora for the sun of $86.
O'Shea then disappeared and not the
slightest trace of him has since been
found.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
kaiser to WISH AIfonso.

1t is announced at Madrid that EN-
peror William. after a cruise In the
Mediterranean. will hand at Alicante.
Spain. In September and visit King
Alfonso.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
a Frisco Wanamaker Store.

The old site of the st. Ignatius
church and college, comprising an en-
tire block at San Francisco, Cal, has
been leased to Wanamaker & Brown,
OF Chicago. The amount OF rental for
five years will aggregate ~s291,O00.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
New Office for Egan Express.

The Egan Express has just moved
into a commoShous new building which
has been completed for it. The build
Ing is 20 by 40 feet in size and VILE
form a fine home for the
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
New Church a. Carthaae.

The contract has been awarded by
the Christian church people of Car
thage for the immediate erection of a
new $4,000 church building, which
will be constructed of concrete blocks.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-08
To Dedicate Belle Fourche Church.

The dedication of st. Paul's church,
the new structure recently completed
by the Catholics of Belle Fourche,
will take place on Saturday, AUG. f.,