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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
HEAD
KILLED IN WRECK
PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN RAIL
WAY VICTIM OF SMASH ON
HIS OWN ROAD.
TH[GRAPR[R IS MISSING
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF
PRESIDENT SPENCER AND
OTHERS.

Lynchburg. Va, Dec. /. - Samuel
Spencer, president of the Southern
Railway company and recognized as
n of the foremost men in the de-
velopment of the Southern states. and
six other persons were killed and
eleven others injured yesterday morn
ing In a rear-end collision between two
fast passenger trains ten miles south
of Lynchburg. Philip Schuyler. a re-
tired capitalist, of New York was
among the killed, together with other
guests of Mr.. Spencer.
Asleep When Crash Came.
Only Mr.. Spencer's private secre-
tary. E. A. Merrill of New York city,
and one Of three porters survived the
accident.
The collision was between the
Jacksonville express and the Washing
ton & Southwestern vestibule limited.
both south-bound. President Spencer
aud his entire party, as far as is
known, were sleeping when the COLI
sion occurred, and the probabilities
are that all of them excepting Dis
patcher Davis were killed instantly.
1t is certain that life was extinct be-
fore the flames touched them.
S%pencer's Body Burned.
President Spencer's body was burn
ed almost beyond recognition. as was
that of Mr.. Fisher.
President Spencer's a was attach
ed to the rear of the Jacksonville train,
which was standing still when struck.
Blame Operator for Disaster.
Lynchburg, Va, Dec. q The cause
or the Southern railway wreck hear
LAWYERS depot Thursday, In which
President Samuel Spencer and his
party of prominent New York and Bal.
timore men lost their lives, is laid alb.
solutely at the door of c. ID. MattoaX,
the operator in charge of the block
telegraph station at Rangoon. Mat
toax, who disappeared after being re-
lieved less than an hour after the acci-
dent, has not been found, despite the
strenuous efforts of railway detectives.
An official Of the Southern railway
stated that the company was DESTROYS
OF experimenting Mattoax in order to
secure a statement from him that
might throw some light on the auses
that led him TO allow two trains IN
the same block at the same time.
May Prosecute Operator.
This official was not prepared to
state whether or not the company
would take steps to prosecute the
missing operator, and he did not then
know If ne could be prosecuted under
Virginia laws. 81
Assistant Gel erai Superintendent
f. H. Coapman stated yesterday that
there is not the slightest doubt but
the flagman made every possible effort
to protect the rear of the train. but
he could not get around a sharp curve
In time to prevent the collision. AS
soon as Engineer Kenny saw the sig
nal he applied the emergency brakes
and stayed at his post till the last.
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Casualty List.

The r. w. Jones warehouse In Chi
cago was destroyed by fire. The loss
Is estimated at 100000.
Anderson Martin died at his home at
P~leasantville, Iowa, as the result OF in
Iuries received Oct. 4. when he fell
from an apple tree.
Property OF the Mountain Green
mine, neal Animas Forks. Colo. has
been destroyed by snowslides. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The ruins OF Yuba Dam, once a ia
nous mining camp near Marysville,
Colo, and made more famous by Bret
Harte's poem. were destroyed by fire.
Charles F. Tonstead of Oxford, Mich
prominent In manufacturing circles in
Detroit, was fatally crushed in an au.
tomobile accident. He died two hours
later.
While crossing the tracks OF the
Cleveland & Pittsburg road at ALI
ance, Ohio, in a wagon. JohL Weis-
miller and Pete Smith were struck by
Z train and instantly killed.
While leaning out Of the window OF
the engine cab, Fireman Langley Of
. 500 train was hit on the head by
an obstruction and received fatal in.
turies.
A gang OF laborers were caught In
q cavern at Claremont Park. New
York. Two men are known to have
been killed, and 1t is believed that
three others were burned under the
falling earth.
The Y. M. c. A. building at New
Britain, Conn, was practically de-
stroyed by fire. Loss about 500, 600.
A negro was killed and twenty other
people hurt In a collision of a passen-
ger and freight train on the Southern
railroad nea Winona. Mimi.
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Fo:eIqn.


The Canadian government will take
yer the Halifax dock yards on Jan. /
from the British government.
The Countess Of Westmoreland has
sold her jewels, valued at 81, 250, 900, in
order to furnish her castle like hat OF
John Jacob Astor.
The British South African company
has offered the Salvation Army a mil
lion acres of land In Rhodesia for col
o~nization purposes.
The Vatican denies that instructions
regarding the attitude Of the French
clergy have been sem to Cardinal
Richard. archbishop Of Paris.
The Japanese have decided to
bridge the Yalu river at Yongampo.
The span will be 1928 feet long, and
the bridge will cost $1,000, 200.
While performing a delicate opera
ton In ~Cheltenham. Eng, DR.. G. B.
Ferguson, ex-president of the British
Medical association. dropped dead.
At the forthcoming distribution OF
Nobel prizes Prof. Joseph j. Thomp-
son of Cambridge university, Eng
land, will be awarded the prize for
physics.
The Italian minister at Stockholm
has telegraphed the government that
the Nobel prize for literature has been
awarded to Giosue Carducci, the Ital-
Ian poet.
Spanish laborers continue to arrive
at Colon to assist in the work Of build
Ing the canal, i've a hundred reaching
there Monday. They are giving entire
satisfaction.
Mgr. ~Stablewski. Roman Catholic
archbishop of Posen, who recently had
been active in combating the German
governments order to teach the chill,
dren of Poland religion in the German
tongue, was found dead in a chair in
his study at Posen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
From the Capital.

The Spanish gunboat Alvarado,
captured during the war with Spain,
has been transferred to the naval mill.
tia of Louisiana.
Non-commissioned officers and pri'
Yates Of Companies B, c and ID OF the
Twenty-hfth United States infantry
have been mustered out OF the army
at Fort Reno, Tex.
Charges that fraud and corruption
generally prevailed In the recent con-
g%ressional elections are made by
President Gompers OF the American
Federation of Labor in a signed edi-
tOrial in the December number OF
the American Federationalist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06

Mrs. Charles G. Checkley and her
two children were found dead In their
home at Providence, r. /. The woman
had turned on the gas, and taking her
two children in her arms lay down
with them.
Mrs. Nellie Munson, a bride of three
hand and foot In Their home in New
York by a burglar. The thief secured
a small amount Of money and some
jewelry and fed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
BURNED BY A MOB.
TWO Tobacco Houses at Princeton,
KY, Burned by lncendiaries.

KY, Burned by lncendiaries.
Princeton, KY, Dec. 4.-The tobacco
stemmeries of John Steger and John
G.. Orr. the latter controlled by the
Imperial Tobacco company of New
York, were totally destroyed at an
early hour Saturday by a fire which
was kindled against them by a mob,
OF masked mens Several cottages in
the vicinity were badly damaged, but
nobody was hurt. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The mob, which numbered about 800
men. entered Princeton between l and
2 o'clock, seized the night town mar
shall and disarmed him. They then
went to the factories and quickly APP
piled the torch.
Masked Men Stand Guard.
Masked men stood on guard, per-
hitting nobody to come near until
the buildings were completely envel-
oped in flames and help was useless.
A squad of the mob took charge OF
the telephone office and no word of
the affair was permitted to go out.
When the mob saw that the fire
was beyond control they left town, go
ing in the direction CT Hopkinsville,
discharging revolvers and rifles as
they departed. The work of the mob
is believed to be only a f~urtherance
of the agitation by tobacco raisers
against the so-called tobacco trust.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS.
Another Batch of Actions Under SAFE
~ Appliance Law.

Washington, Dec. 4. Acting upon
D submitted by the interstate
commission, Attorney zen
eral Moody has directed that suits De
brought against a large number OF ad-
ditional railroad companies TO recover
penalties for violation of the safety ap-
pliance law through failure to keep
their equipment in proper condition.
The attorney general recently issue
q similar order directing suits against
n large number of other roads.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
CARS ARE HURLED OVER BANK.
Three Killed and Eleven Injured IN a
Railroad Disaster.

y1gennes, VT, Dec. 4. Disaster
befeil passengers of a train on the
Rutland railroad near THIS sta
ton when a heavily loaded graVei
train, moving swiftly on a down
grade, crashed into it from the rear
Three women passengers were
either killed outright or burned 10
death in the fire which followed, anu
AT least twelve other persons we're
seriously injured. Among the latter
were members of the Drury opera
mpan Of New York, an organl2*
ton of colored musicians.
Both passenger coaches went over
the edge of a steep embankment.
Soon the entire wreckage was IN
flames, but the injured were saved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
People Talked About.

Brig. Gen. George w. Baird. u. s, A..
retired, died at Asheville, N. c.
Brig. Gen. Otis H. Marion died at his
home in Allston, Mass, from pneumo-
MIA.
Walter Paris, a well known water
color painter Of Washington. died from
paralysis.
william Fisher, inventor OF man
devices for steam pumps, died at Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
Mayor Elisha Dyer OF Providence, r.
l., and former governor Of Rhode ISL
and. died suddenly.
Rev. William Howe. a c~entenarian
and the Oldest Baptist clergyman in
the world, is dead at Cambridge, Mass.
Jennie Yeamans, popular as a singer
and actress a decade ago, died in New
York after a long illness from tuber.
culosis.
Senator Knox OF PENNSYLVANIA bias
accepted an invitation to be the com
mencement day orator at Yale law
school next June,
Charles II. Chamberlain, senior
counselor OF the United Commercial
Travellers for wisconsin. died sudden
ly at La Crosse of paralysis.
Shelby M. Cuiiom. clerk of the Ari-
sona supreme court and a nephew OF
Senator Cullom of Illinois. is dead at
Phoenix. Ariz., OF consumption. He
was t~hirty-eight years old.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06

Naples, Dec. 4.-What would appear
to be a most important archaeological
discovery has been made at Formiae,
near where Cicero was assassinated
nearly twenty centuries ago. n
discovery consists of remains which
are thought to be the tomb OF the
great orator.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
DowIE HAS GONE RAviNe MAD.
Raves Wildly at a Meeting OF His
Followers i'm Shiloh House.

Chicago, Dec. 4. = John Alexander
Dowie has gone raving mad. His mind
is now a wreck and it is believed that
his end is near
Two hundred of his followers in
Zion gathered in Shiloh house, the
Dowie home, to hear him deliver a
sermon yesterday and were confronted
by a mailman.
Dowie's delusion is that he is a IA
nous soldier. Weak physically and
almost helpless, he in~coberently ha-
ranged of a battle" in which his
commander, a famous general was
slain. Then he himself won the bat
tie.
Nurses carried him out OF the room
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
Criminal.

Seth A. Terry. notary public, and
George Terry were arrested in Wash.
ington charged with making false Ger
tifcations In connection with the fail
ure OF the Aetna Banking and Trust
company Of Washington and Butte
Jesse James, Jr., prosecuted his
brother-in-law, Luther MCGOWAN. in
Kansas City, for taking his horse with
out permission and misusing It. Nc
Cowan was fined 500. James was ad-
United to the bar a year ago.
Elsie Jacobs. the eighteen-year-old
college student Of Mount Pleasant.
Iowa. who attempted to swindle the
First Natiors i, bank of Galeshurg, III.
out Of $1,000 by means Of a bogus
check. was sentenced to an indetermi
nate sentence IN the ~penitentiary.
Lawrence Lewis. q poet and author.
committed suicide at New York. His
body was not found until t~wenty-four
hours later.
Two hundred and eighty thousand
dollars has Been stolen from the mint
set Rio Janeiro. Numerous arrests
hive been made.
Mayor Vallnlee 4 Buckingham. Que.
Has been arrested. charged with failure
20 read the riot act IT the recent riots
~ h saWmiIl strike there.
Joshiah G. stryker has complained
70 the authoritiss that HE twenty
trained eels. which he kent In : sprins
n@or Lehanon, n. y, h1ve been stolen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
erw

An increase OF 5 per cent In wages
has been granted to the employees OF
the Berkshire Cotton company of Al.
ans, Mass.
The Texas & New Orleans railroad
(Southern Paciic) has posted a notice
that the pay Of switchmen would be
increased A cents per hour.
The Sioux City plant Of the Great
Western Cereal company, which has
been closed for two years, has been
sold to Sioux City grain men.
The Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis rail.
road that 1t has granted the
demands of the switchmen for an in.
rea in pay of four cents an hour.
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett
have Signed articles for a fifteen-round
fight, to take place the last week in
January. Tim Hurst is to be refereee
Following an order Of the board OF
health OF Tyrone, Pa, closing the pub
lie schools. Sunday schools and places
of amusement, no church services were
held.
Judge George Gray Of the United
States circuit court, will act as umpire
to settle the differences between the
Southern Railway company and its
machinists.
Over 5000, 900 pounds of tobacco
were sold at public auction at Danville
Va, which Is a record breaker for Dan
vile. the largest loose leaf tobacco mar
ket in the world.
The Wabash railroad has granted in
creases from SIP to $500 a month tc
conductors. rom $50 to SCI a month
to passenger brakemen and four cents
per hour to yardmen.
The North American Portland Ce
ment company, capital $10,000,000
was ihcoTp orated al Trenton, II. j., tt
deal In Portland cement and also to &C
quire stock of other companies.
THE statement that | have promised
or intimated to anybody that | will
commute the sentence of Albert T
Patrick is absolutely false" said Gov
Higgins OF New York recently.
Hiram Krall, a farmer OF Wilkes
barre. Pa. has exchanged a rooster
and q duck for q fouryear-old boy,
the son Of an Italian named Guidino
vino lives a few miles from his farm
house.
The chewing Of tobacco must cease
at the Nebraska State university
Dean Roscoe Pound of the law school
posted a letter ordering the expulsion
of all students who may be found
guilty of chewing tobacco.
A cornhusking record that is ex
pected to stand for some time has been
established at the F. H. Nordman
farm, near Clarksville. Iowa. Between
s o'clock in the morning and $50 in
the afternoon Albert Tackman husked
and cribbed 140 bushels Of corn.
Denying that there Is a drug In exis-
tence that will cure tuberculosis. DR..
Kline of Fort Dodge. Iowa. has offered
500 o to the person who will produce
q remedy for the dread plague. His
offer is the outcome Of an argument
with physicians.
Andrew Carnegie onered the city oil
Baltimore $500, 900 to be devoted to the
erection of twenty new branches OF the
Enoch Pratt free library.
Frank Gotch Of Iowa defeated Lee
Pardello. the Italian, of New York in .
catch-as-catch-can match at Chicago
winning two straight falls.
The many thousand common labor
ers employed by the United Statet
Steel corporation are to have theil
wages increased 10 cents per day.
The goat and sheep raisers of the
Sacramento mountains In New Mexico
lost HON slxty TO eighty per cent Of
al-s- 49, 1<<~s& hsS-.>-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06

Valley Park, Miss. Dec. "A r..
Middah, a prominent real estate man
of Windsor Park. Chicago, was yester-
day shot and instantly killed by Wes
Young. a negro. Young escaped and
IL being folloHed by . mob.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
Want Car. for Oranges.

visalia, Cal, Dec. "A mass meet
ing OF orange growers was held at
Lindsay to devise ways and means to
induce the Southern Pacific company
to furnish cars for the transportation
of q to Eastern markets
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
Robbers oet $500.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. /. - After
binding and blindfolding the watch
man, seven masked men early yester-
day entered the store of A. N. Farm
ham. blew open the safe. secured $500
In money and escaped.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06
ou,et pay At White House.

Washington Dec. - President
and Mrs. Roosevelt spent a quiet
THANKSGIVING day. The president
spent two hours OF the morning horse
back riding on the country roads north
o. the city.
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~
discussed and the conclusions formulated
in a series of resolutions which will be
presented to congress. He points to the
cordiality with which Secretary Root was
received in the different countries which
he visited as evidence of the strong
friendship existing etwee the United
States and it's neighbors to the south.
The president promises to report later
at length on the whole subject of the
Panama canal.
I'VE should as n ma tion 10 everything
in our power for tie cause of honorable
peace. 1t is morally as indefensihle for
a nation TO commit a wrong upon another
nation, strong or weak. as for an iEdi-
vidaal thus to wrong his fellows. We
day when there shall be peace among the
nations-a peace based upon justice and
not upon cowardly submission to wrong.
The United States navy is the surest
guarantee OF peace which this country
possesses. do not ask that we continue
TO increase cur avy ] ask merely hat
1t be maintained at it's present strength.
and this can be done only II we replace
the obsolete and outworn ships by new
and good ones, the equals of any afoat In
the navy.
In both the army n navy there ID
done to maintain the highest standard for
the personnel alike as regards the officers
and enlisted men. There should soon be
an increase In the number of men for OH
coast defenses. These men should be OF
the right type and properly trained. and
there should therefore be an increase OF
pay for certain skilled grades. especially
In the coast artillery. Money should be
appropriated to permit troops to bt
massed In body and exerctsed IN manu-.
vers. particularly In marching. Such ex.
ercise during the summer Just passed hal
been OF incaieulable benefit to the army
and should under no circumstances b
discontinued.
The readiness and eficicncy OF boil
the army and w In dealing with thu
recent crisis In Cuba nluetrate afrcsl
their value to nation. This readiness
less had II not been for the existence o
the general stan In the army and tn
general board In the navy are e
sential % the proper development an<
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-03-21
A MODEL DAIRY EARN.

We saw a dairy farm recently that
In many respects is a model of its
kind, and we give a brief description
of it, thinking it may prove of interest
to our readers. The proprietor of the
farm began in a small way some if
teen years ago and secured few thor
oughbred Jersey cows, from which by
careful testing and selecting he was
able to build up herd of dairy cows
possessing a more than ordinary ca
pacity for milk and cream production
This process of selecting covered a pc
riOd of years Today his herd num-
bers a hundred animals thoroughbred
and registered or eligible to registry
During the past year from sixty cows,
which include the youngest heifers in
milk, he has received a return of $120
per head. Everything about the farm
as regards accommodation and equip
ment is thoroughly up to date. The
dairy barn, just enlarged and com
pleted, is provided with cement floors
and cutters. while swing stanchions
are provided, giving the animals the
greatest amount Of freedom and COM
fort consistent with the space allowed
them. A silo having capacity Of $50
tons Of ensilage provides the animals
with supply of the most choice fodder
during the winter months, while an
abundance Of green corn is provided
to supplement the blue grass pasture
during the months of July and August
when the feed runs short An icehouse
OIL the farm provides the necessary ia
cilities for proper cooling Of the milk
Located at distance of ten miles from
a town Of 10000, he finds there ready
market for his milk and cream, the
supply being shipped each morning by
express and distributed by his own
milk wagons. No attempt is made in
the management of this dairy to manu-
facture butter, as ready market is
found at good prices for the rich milk
product. Instead of following the plan
common with so many dairymen of
furnishing a low grade of milk to his
customers at low price, it has been
his constant aim to furnish the finest
and richest product possible, and his
efforts along this line have been amply
repaid by the additional price received
So successful has this man been and
SO well appointed and up to date are
his fixtures and general dairy equip
ment that men come from all over the
state to inspect his dairy farm. His
success is not impossible for others
who will adopt the same methods.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-03-21
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

You are hereby notified that the
Annual Municipal Election will be
held March 26, 1905, for the purpose
of electing one alderman in the first
ward one alderman in the second
ward one alderman in the third ward
one alderman in the fourth ward one
alderman in the fifth ward.
The polls will be open at the follow
ing places at 100 a. m.
First ward-Stiles Hotel.
Second ward-:Wilbur Lumber Co. S
office
Third ward-City Hall.
Fourth ward-No. Hose house.
Fifth ward-West DEBORAH town
hall.
The following are selected judges
and clerks of election:
FIRST WARD.
Judges-N. r. Croft, Ed. Hovden.
p. G. Bloomfield.
Clerks-I. w. Brunt, M. P. Moran.
SECOND WARD.
Judges--W. +. Baker, B. Harmon
H. J. Jennisch.
Clerks-C. N. Houck. Joe Shima.
THIRD WARD.
Judges--John Curtin, N. III.
Adams, O. Il. Hamre
Clerks-C. W. Freeman, ]. J. Hop
perstad.
FOURTH WARD.
Judges-A. N. Vance, L. L. Couse,
f. @. Shaw.
ClerkS-Roy Tracy, G. Gressor.
FIFTH WARD.
Judges-F. Sayre, E. J. Gillett, A.
Child.
Clerks-F. Mackenstad, B. Chand-
Ter.
f. W. DAUBNEY,
Mavor.
+. M. HUGHES,
City Clerk.
Attest:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-03-21
PLUCK VERSUS LUCK.

A young man living near the home Of
the writer called upon us the other day
On leaving we wished him the custom
airy good luck in his future operations.
His pleasant reply that he didn't be
lieve in luck Is significant, his own case
well illustrating the view he holds.
He came TO the neighborhood where he
now lives some five years ago with 81
in his pocket and a constitution none
too robust as the result OF close confine-
ment at his trade. He hired out to up
to date farmers and learned their ways
Difference of conditions made it neces-
sary for him to relearn practically, all
he knew about methods of agriculture
Today he is in good health and is work
ing a rented farm of 200 acres. He has
stock, grain and machinery now on
hand from which he could realize about
$1,4O0, which, taking everything into
consideration, is very creditable
showing. We predict that with no re-
verses the young man will own a fine
farm of his own. free from incum-
brance, inside Of ten years. This case
is not mentioned because il is impos-
sible or improbable or even exceptional.
1t simply shows what can be accom-
plished when one goes at thing with
intelligence, perseverance and indus
try, under which circumstances the ele-
ment Of chance is reduced to mini
mum. This man is having good luck.
so called, because he is willing to work
for it.