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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
MAY CLEAR MYSTERY
SLAYER OF MRS. GENTRY BE-
LIEvED TO BE IN JAIL.
Chicago Woman in Poughkeepsic, N.
", Recognizes Long Sought Fugi-
Prisoner Denies His Identity.

Frank j. Constantine, the alleged
her home, $50 La Sale Avenue, Chi
cago, Jan. s last, is said to be under
arrest In Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
1t was announce Wednesday by
Assistant Chief of Police Scheuttler,
hat Constantine had beer captured,
but he refused to reveal the name OF
the town In which the arrest occurred.
1t is known, however, that earlier In
the day an officer was sent to Spring
field for requisition papers which call
ed for Constantine n naming the
town In which he is held as Pough-
keepsie, ". Y.
Constr ntine is said to have been
recognized by a woman who at one
time lived in the apartment of the
building in which the murder was
committed. She reported TO the police
at Poughkeepsie that the man was
Constantine and he was at once arrest
ed. Sheriff Hoffman, of Duchess Coun-
ty, N. Y, telegraphed to the Chicago
police that he was holding Constan-
tine, saying that the prisoner did not
deny his name, but claimed that he
was a brother of Frank ]. Constan-
tine. Letters, cards and papers found
In the possession of the man all bore
the name OF Constantine.
The murder Of Mrs. Gentry was one
of the series OF brutal crimes against
women committed In Chicago early
In the year, which aroused public In
dignation to a white heat.
No motive for the crime has ever
been discovered. as Constantine and
Mrs. Gentry were alone In the apart
ment at the time. She died without
being able to utter a word and no
trace of Constantine was ever discov-
cred after he had left the building,
except from a storekeeper OF whom
he bought q hat thirty minutes after
the murder. The first intimation Of
the crime vas by Mrs. Gentry herself,
who fell down the stairway eading
from her apartments against the door
way Of a physician who lived or the
floor below. He at once opened the
door n found Mrs. Gentry lying
against 1T with her throat cut from
ear to ear. She had evidently in
tended to go out. as she was dressed
for the street.
Constantine was a Poarder in the
Gentry apartments and\a razor mark
ed &C" was found on the floor Just
outside the doorway.
1t has always been the theory of
the police that he approached her
from behind n cut her throat before
she was aware Of his intentions.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A con-
DENsEp FORM.
Zoe Olmstead Loses His Liie ~
Bridgewater-Locked UP Tor BENG
Drunk and Attempted to Burn Hole
THROUGH the Wall and Escape.

Lao Olmstead, known as "kaiarna-
ZOO a young man who has nao
charge of a pool hall at Bridge"a.ei
hecame drunk and ~disorderly SUNDAY
night ard was lodged In the Guy jan.
At the hour Of $3.50 O'Clock MonuaS
morning flames were issu-
ing from the building and 1t was WIN
the greatest difficulty that
Waterman George Miller rescued inc
prisoner, who had fallen unconscious
from the effects of the neat anu
smoke to the floor of his cell Meol.
cal assistance was summoned Out
was of no avail, the victim dying ma
short time.
BEFORE death the deceased stated
that he had only himself to plane
admitting that he set the fire. by ron,
ing the bed quilts into a eundle n
placing them in a corner OF the CELL
with the idea OF burning a hole OUT
The body will be shipped to alam
eco. Mich, the home of his mother
who holds the position of matron IN
the Children's home located there.
Deceased carried $1,000 insurance In
the M. b. A.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
JEWS ARE BEING SLAIN.
Bloody Conflicts Reported to Be in
Progress.

A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Odessa, dated Tues
day, says:
Anti-Jewish outbreaks have COM
menced here. A number Of persons
already have been killed and wound
ed.
Cossacks and rowdies are plumber
ing the deserted Jewish houses and
shops. On Srednaia Street three
Jews were killed and three wounded
In attempting to defend their proper
ty, while the police looked on.
Another bloody conflict is reported
to be in progress in st. Epovia Street.
The whole city is in a state Of pam
&c, and many inhabitants are fleeing.
The "Black Hundreds are distrib-
uting bloodthirsty proclamations in
the streets.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
FINDS WOMAN NOT GUILTY.
Mrs. Bailey is Cleared by Missouri
Jury.

July
At Fulton, Mo-, the jury in the case
Of Mrs. Edmund Bailey, charged with
being an accessory to the killing Of
Jay Lawder, whom her husband kill
ed, Monday returned a verdict of &C
quittal. Bailey was acquitted Satur-
day.
When the verdict freeing Mrs. Bal
ley was read she and her husband
clasped hands and both thanked each
member Of the jury. They left the
court house together.
Bailey was an employe in Lawder's
coal mine and shot Lawder dead upon
learning of the intimacy existing be-
tween Lawder and Mrs. Bailey.
The reading of the sensational let
tiers written to Lawder by Mrs. Bailey
vas a feature of the trial. In her lap
Mrs. Bailey held an infant whose faith
er she testified in the trial was Law
der.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
TOM JOHNSON OPENS WAR.
Tears Up Tracks of Cleveland Trolley
Company.

Company.
The municipal Traction Company
recently organized at Cleveland. O..
to construct n operate a number of
street car lines in the city on the 81
cent fare basis, began war on the
tCleveland Electric Railway Company
"Wednesday by suddenly putting a
force OF 500 men at work. tearing up
the tracks of the latter in
Fulton Street.
Mayor Johnson, who is credited
with being largely interested in the
Municipal Company, was personally
ION the ground, as was also Chief OF
Police Kohler and a large number Of
Officers. !.
Judge Ford. in the common pleas
court, granted an injunction restrain
ing the city and the Municipal Com
lpany from further interfering with
the tracks of the Cleveland Electric
Company.
The injunction was served upon
Mayor Johnson. He acknowledged
lservice ana put the document In his
pocket, but told the men to proceed
with the work and ignore the courts
lorder.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
FATALLY SHOT AT MITCHELL.
An unknown Man Killed by Tramps
at "Can Party"

An unknown man was shot and kills
ed Tuesday night about 9 o'clock in
the vicinity Of the Milwaukee stock
yards east Of Mitchell. A party Of
four or five tramps were drinking!
beer, and the unknown man joined
them. and within ten minutes after.
wards he was shot.
The preliminary examination Of
Edward Vey and N. T. Williams was
held before Judge Herbert Wednes-.
day afternoon. Vey is charged with
the murder Of the unknown man and
Williams with aiding and ahetting the
murderer. Both men waived examina-I
ton on the advice Of their attorneys
and they were held to the term of the
circuit court, which will be held in
November The murdered nan was
photographed n then he was buried
in the potter's field at the cemetery. J
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
DRAGS BODY FROM COFFIN.
Horrible Act is Committed by a New
Yorker

Charged with removing the body Of
his daughter from the coffin and at
tempting to throw it out the window,
Charles Anderson was called an in
human monster" by Magistrate Moss
in the police court In New York City
Tuesday.
my only regret" said the magis-
trate, 'is that there is no adequate
punishment for the crime. Civiliza-
ton has never dreamed Of such an
outrage against decency, and the stat
utes provide no penalty in keeping
with the malignity and horror of your
act"
The witnesses said Anderson went
to the home Of his wife Sunday when
a funeral was being arranged, drove
his wife and other mourners out Of
the place INT then deliberately tried
to throw the body of his daughter out
of the window.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
DISEASE WAS IN LEMONADE.
Many Who Drank ii Are Now Ill with
Fever.

An epidemic of typhoid fever
throughout the northern part of the
state may be the result of the recent
Milwaukee excursion to Evarts.
Ten of the excursionists from Ips-
wich are down with the disease, while
reports from nearby towns along the
line swell the number of fever pa
TENTS to 100, with probably as many
more from more distant points.
An investigation has disclosed the
fact that the lemonade which was dis
pensed at Evarts by the barrel on the
day Of the excursion was made from
water taken from an old well hat had
not been used for years.
No arrests have yet been made, but
II any deaths occur from the fever the
authorities are determined to demand
the prosecution of the parties who.
served the lemonade.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
BIG FIRE AT ABERDEEN.
Western Section of the City
MAY Be DESTROYED.

A big fire raging in Aberdeen Fri
day threatened to wipe out one sec
ton of the west side. 1t started i'm
the warehouse Of the E. F. Cloman
implement Company n spread rap
IDLY to adjoining buildings. The delay
or the fire department in responding
TO the alarm was responsible for the
rapid spread Of the flames. Three
horses were burned to death in the
first few minutes, and the feed barns
in the vicinity are in ruins. The entire
city was out fighting the flames in am
effort to prevent their spread to the
adjoining blocks.
The loss at IL o'clock Friday night
was estimated at $4,000. 1t is i'm
possible to tell the full extent of the
damage or insurance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
DEATH OF AN AGED PARROT.
Bird Owned by Letcher Man was
Over so Years Old.

A parrot which belonged to Harry
Perkins. a Letcher business man, and
which had become famous In that To-
cality, has just died after having made
an unusual record. The parrot was
given to Mr.. Perkins when Mr.. Per-
kins was a child only 4 years OF age.
The parrot remained the property
Of Mr.. Perkins for a period of thirty
six years. 1t was his companion
through childhood, youth and man
hood. When he came to South Dako-
ia to locate he brought the old parrot
with him and it occupied a prominent
place in the Perkins household uprto
the time of it's death.
=, So far as Mr.. Perkins knows the
parrot Vas over 80 years of age when
it died, and it may have been consid-
erably older than that, parrots, as is
we'll known, sometimes living to reach
the age Of 100 years. The parrot ap-
peared healthy and strong until a few
days before its death, when it began
showing indications Of ~feebleness.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
PEONAGE IN A CAMP.
German Immigrants Hold Virtually
az Slaves.


Peonage In a vicious form is chars-
g against the officers of the Jackson
Lumber Company at Lockhart, Fla.
and United States deputies, armed
with warrants for their arrest, left
Pensacola Tuesday for that place.
If the allegations are true, about
100 immigrants, mostly Germans, are
held In the lumber camps Of that
company virtually as slaves. A party
Of Germans reached there Tuesday
from the camp stating they had es-
capped. They went to the German vice
consul for protection and told him a
tale Of Ill treatment and cruelty that
has hardly a parallel in the south.
They said they were brought south in
February under representations that
they would receive SO and SIS per day,
but only 81 was received from the
that they were compelled to eat after
the Americans, and If nothing was
left they got nothing. None of them
was allowed to leave camp. and when
they attempted to leave they were
caught and severely beaten. When
in the woods the bosses go armed and
If the men do not work to suit them
they are stripped, n while two Of
them hold a man across a log a third
plies a strap or n instrument of
torture handy.
The Jackson Lumber Company is
one of the largest in the south.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN.
Ten to Fifteen Dead I'm Disaster Near
Spokane.

The engine, express car and smok-
ing car of the Great Northern fast
train, westbound, are submerged In
the deep waters Of Diamond Lake.
and a half miles east Of Camden,
about twenty miles from Spokane
Wash. Nine men who went down In
the smoking car were drowned, and
the engine crew are dead in the deep
water. AS the train came through the
portal Of the tunnel the rails spread
and the engine plunged down a sixty
foot embankment into the lake. fol-
lowed by the express car and the
smoker. The other cars remained on
the track. The couplings were un-
broken.
A wrecking car went out from Spo-
kane and returned with the dead and
injured.
The wreck caught fire from illumi-
mating gas, but the flames were extin-
guished. One unknown man in the
day coach was probably fatally injur-
ed by the explosion OF the gas tank.
Diamond lake, though a small body
of water about half a mile long, is
known to be 300 feet deep in places,
and it is thought the engine lies in
125 feet of water.
At the general offices Of the Great
Northern in st. Paul, Mimi. it was re-
ported that the train wrecked is pas
senger train No. 3. which left st. Paul
Saturday afternoon. They report that
several passengers were injured, but
none seriously. The Great Northern
wires are badly crippled and they have
no details.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
G OF
Stranger is Slugged and Robbed at
Rapid City.


The sound OF a man screaming for
help awakened people at Rapid City
Thursday night, and, rushing to the
corner of Main and Fifth Streets, they
found a man lying in a half conscious
condition and bleeding profusely, with
his face and clothes spattered with
blood. He was taken at once to the
hotel, where it was found that his
arm was broken and hat he had re-
ceived a severe bruise on the top Of
his head.
He gave his name as Chas. F. john
son. He said that he had been sand
bagged, relieved of his money and
thrown from a moving engine on the
Northwestern road; that he had been
working with a steel gang for about
a month and had come into town the
evening before with his partner.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Pratt Nav Get New Trial.

Attorneys for Henry Pratt Tuesday
secured from the supreme court a
writ Of error and certificate of proba-
BILE cause In the case in which he was
convicted in Lyman County on a
charge OF perjury committed in a
horse rustling ease in that county. He
was sentenced last Friday to four
years IN the penitentiary on the
charge, and the action in the supreme
court acts as a stay Of sentence until
the case is heard on the I'd day Of
October.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Jewish Massacre feared.

Israel Zangwiil, Of London, presi-
dent Of the Jewish territorial organ
i~zation, has received a telegram from
Russia to the effect hat the country
is on the v of new of
Jews, which have been fixed for July
90, the anniversary of Russia's CONVEX
sion to Christianity. The message i'm
plores the assistance of Europe to pre-.
vent bloodshed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Examined for Admission to Bar.

A class of eleven young men took
the examination before the supreme,
court in Pierre for admission to the
bar, the class being c. Lewis Allen,
Aberdeen; Tom c. McNamee, Brook
ings; Elnathan Adams, Java; Fred j.
Carpenter, Parker; c. N. Thompson,
Sioux Falls; George Philip, Fort
Pierre; Charles c. Bailey, Sioux Falls;
Herbert Abbott, Sioux Falls; George
w. Kephart, Beresford; c. H. Taylor,
Pierre, and ]. A. Churchill, Huron.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
To Keen Gid. On Mitchell

That the lid In Mitchell is to be
kept down with the same tightness
during Mayor Branson's administra-
ton as in Mayor Silsby's reign is a
settled fact. Seven men were brought
before Judge Herbert on the charge
of gambling. They all pleaded guilty
and paid their fines.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01

American dairy and stock farms are
needed In the Panama canal one ac-
cording to q report from Consul ]. c.
kellogg, to the bureau of manufacture
ers at Washington. ID. C. Milk is o
at from 20 to 80 cents gold per quart.
and is usually watered before it reacn-
es the consumer.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
SCORE OF LIVES ARE LOST.
Disastrous Collision on Railroad i'm
Virginia.

1t wasstated officially at the general
offices of the Seaboard Airline Rail-
way at Norfolk, Va, Monday morning
that the bodies of twenty killed and
twenty-four injured had been taken
from the wreck which occurred on
that road Sunday night near Hamlet,
n. c.
OF the dead bodies recovered eight
are white and twelve are negroes. OF
teen negroes.
The wreck resulted from a collision
between passengers and extra freight
train due to the failure OF the passen-
ger to receive orders.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Ten Dead and Ten Injured.

A revised list of casualties resulting
from the collapse of the Amsden
building at South birmingham, Mass,
shows ten dead, ten injured and four
missing. 1t is believed this accounts
for every person about the building at
the time of the accident.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Frisco Schools Omen.

Public schools have opened for the
first time since the fire in San Francis
co. and were well attended. AS near
ly thirty school buildings were de-
stroyed, the schools in some districts
are badly o~vercrowded and will be or
dcred on the half day plan until more
facilities are provided.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Abducted Boy Recovered.

Sheriff Logan returned to Pierre
from Harold, where he founS the
boy, Ben Sullivan, who was abducted
from the government Indian school at
that city. He was found in
with a man who gave his name as
j. w. Smith.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
HOLLAND is IN GLOOM.
Expectation OF Heir to the Throne Not
Realized.

Queen Wilhelmina was taken i'll
Monday night and premature delivery
followed, casting gloom throughout
Holland.
1t was announced at The Hague
Tuesday hat the expectation of an
heir to the throne at this time will
not be realized.
The Dutch love Wilhelmina and
were very anxious to see the old house
of Orange-Nassau have another de-
scendant. Queen Wilhelmina wed
Prince Henry on Feb. 2, 1901.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Woman as a Skipper.

Mrs. Ogden McClurg, daughter-in-
law of the late A. c. McClurg. Of Chi
cago, has received her final papers
from Capt. Mansfield, United States
steamboat inspector. She now has
the rank OF sea captain on the great
lakes. She is the first woman on the
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Sensational Arrest

Somewhat of a sensation was Great
ed by the arrest Of w. d. Flahart, a
well known resident Of White Lake,
on the charge Of having stolen a bug
gy from the barn of A. I, Wood, who
resides In Jerauld County. Flahart
stoutly protested his innocence, not
withstanding that the stolen vehicle
was found in his possession.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Lives with Part Of Brain.

A. c. Hammond, who lost a piece Of
his skull and two ounces of brains by
falling on a circular saw on June %,
has fully recovered at the hospital at
Chippewa Falls, Wis, much to the
amazement Of physicians who said he
could not live.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
BURGLARS at Yankton

Burglars Friday night robbed the
Fred Scheel clothing establishment AT
Yankton Of 500 worth Of merchan-
disc. Entrance was secured by re-
moving a pane Of glass in a rear win
dow OF the store building which faces
the police station on Walnut Street.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Sentenced to Death.

Adolph Weber, who murdered his
father, mother, brother and sister at
Auburn, CAL, two years ago in order
to obtain possession of the family. es-
tate of about $50. 900 was brought Into
court at Auburn. CAL, Tuesday and
sentenced to be hanged at the Folsom
penitentiary on September IL next.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Disaster on a Trestle.

Mrs. Gust Berndt and two daugh-
tiers, aged 7 and 8. were instantly kill
ed by the southbound Rock Island
passenger about a mile north Of
White. Mrs. Berndt was carrying din
mel to her husband, who works a
farm north Of town. They were run
down on a trestle and the bodies
thrown fifty feet into the water.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Farmer strangled to Death.

Milton v. Jackson, a farmer Of
Horse Creek, aged 38 years, was
found dead near the James Richards
ranch Tuesday. Jackson left Sturgis
Tuesday morning with a load Of lum-
Der. The body was found by passers-
by with the lises around the neck. The
lines also were fastened in the wheel
of the wagon SO tight that the team
could not move.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Fatal Diet OF h

A long diet ofprincipally pickles and
vinegar, in the hope Of reducing her
weight, caused the sudden death Mon
day of Miss Annie Gross, OF st. Louis,
Mo-, Is years of age.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01

As h result of a terrific rain storm
Monday the easements at Wichita.
Kan, were flooded. The water was
six inches deep in downtown streets.
Much damage was done.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Kicked by Horse.

Fred Boos, drayman and mail car
rier between the p~ostofice and the
railway stations at Huron, was kicked
from his dray seat by a fractions
horse Friday. The bones of one of his
legs were broken Just above the ankle,
and In the fall from the seat the
bones pierced through the flesh. 1t
is believed amputation will not be
necessary.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Indian Convict Webs.

John Bear, the Indian sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, was married
Sunday evening in the Jail at Butler.
The happy couple left at once on
their wedding trip"-to the other end
of the cell, sixteen feet distant. Mr..
Bear turns over all his property to his
wife. Rumor says hat he has had
four wives before.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Veteran Attempts Suicide.

Henry Steel, an old soldier, who
when President Mckinley was shot
publicly declared he should have been
shot before and narrowly escaped
lynchiRg for his utterances, attempted
suicide at Milbank Thursday. His re-
volver was wrested from him. His
sanity will be investigated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
New Hotel at Plankinton.

a corporation has been formed
among the business men of Plankinton
LOT tne purpose Of constructing a new
Szo,ooO brick hoteI The present site,
OF the Plankinton House has been
purchased. The new building will be
three stories.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01

Wednesdays quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Butcher steers. $3.50. Top hogs.
$6.57h.5
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Watertown Now Has Gas.

Watertown pow has over seven and
a half miles of pipe laid and 125
connected so that gas car be
used. WATERFOWL by easlight" dates
from July 10.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Blow TIN Prttos

j. Z. Atkinson's railroad camp. near
the town Of Interior, received eighteen
thousand pounds of dynamite to blow
up n large buttes Of the bad lands.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Root IS Honored.

At Tuesdays session OF the i~nterna-
tional American conference in Rio de
Janeiro, Secretary Root was elected
honorary president.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01
Killed by Assassins

At Warsaw Col. Salamatoff, OF the
,gendarmes. was stabbed to death We'd
lnesday. The assasssns escaped.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-08-01

Following is a schedule of Western
League games to be played at Sioux
City in the immediate future: