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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
TO DIG UP HERCULANEUM.
italian Government Decides to Take
Charge of Excavation.

The proposal to continue the work
Of excavation at Herculaneum has be-
come so popular as result of the eff
forts made by Charles Waldstein, pro-
lessor of fine arts in Kings college.
Cambridge, England. that the Ital-
Ian government is about to take the
matter actively in hand.
Signor Racan, the minister of public
instruction, upon whom the work act
ually depends, has prepared bill to
be presented to parliament which pro-
vides for an appropriation CT 100000
for the purpose of removing the
houses forming the modern town of
Resina, which is located over Hercu-
laneum, and an appropriation of sS,-
900 a year for the actual excavation
work. This latter sum does not in
clude the salaries of officials.
In the meanwhile special commits
sion under the presidency Of Prof. De-
petra, of the University Of Naples, has
undertaken preliminary studies for the
commencement of the work.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
NOT IN SEPARATE CLASS.
Louisiana Court Denies Special Jury
RIGHTS to CreOles

An attempt to have Louisiana ere
oles placed IN class so distinct from
other American citizens that they
would have different jury rights failed
Monday in the supreme court.
T. M. Laborde, whose counsel claim
ed him to be a creole, in appealing a
forgery charge, claimed that his jury
should have been composed either en-
tirely or largely of creoles. His coun-
sell claimed that although Laborde
lived In parish where 95 per cent of
the population was creole. nearly ali
his Jurors were Americans. CIRCLES
were defined as the descendants of
French and Spanish ancestry, particu-
larly French. They were said to hold
more tenaciously to the racial charac-
teristics and traditions of their an
cestors than persons of other descent
In this country. The court did not
.ecognize this distinction.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
PLEADS TO GO TO PRISON.
Stylish Chicago Girl Makes Pathetic
Plea When Accused of Theft.

Tearfully pleading that she be sent
to the penitentiary where, among the
convicts Of the state she might bury
her identity and her shame, Marian
Hurley, a strikingly handsome young
woman, answered Guilty" to a charge
Of larceny Friday in Judge Saddler's
court at the Harris street station, Chi
cago. Overcome by the ordeal the
girl tainted as Jail sentence was i'm
posed. She was carried unconscious
to the bureau Of Identification, where
her picture was added to the collec-
ton Of Chicago criminals.
The girl was stylishly dressed and
lived at the Auditorium annex. She
was caught stealing jewels at three
different stores and her arrest fol-
lowed.
ut would be better for you to let
me notify your people of your trou-
ble." advised Judge Saddler.
mo. no! send me to the penitentiary
first. Don't let them know" she
cried.
"They will find 1t out" said the
court
Then will kill myself in the CELL"
she replied. TT would kill my father
and my husband in New
The girl did not complete her SEN
tence.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
IN GOD WE TRUST, LEFT OFF.
New $40 Gold Piece Designed by Saint
Gaudens Are Issued.

I'm God We Trust" does not appear
on the new $40 gold piece. the design
of which was selected by the thirty
dent. This is the first time in thirty
four years that there has been such an
omission. The new gold piece was
designed by the late Augustus Saint
Gaudens at the special request of
President Roosevelt and personally
approved by the latter.
Instead of the reverential expression
on the coin there is the belligerent
American eagle on one side and head
OF the fighting American Indian on
the other. Above the head of the In
dian are thirteen stars. Below the
head is the date of 1907. The eagle
appears royal bird as he clutches
bunch of arrows in his feet. Unit
ed States of America" appear above
the Indian. Below is Ten Dollars"
and to the right in small letters is IL
Pluribus Unum." which is never left
off coin.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
SUPERIOR FIRE DISASTER.
Great Northern and Other Elevators
Burn.

Fire of an unknown origin Friday
night caused the destruction Of the
Great Northern elevator "A" in SUI
perior, Wis, together with 100000
bushels of grain, principally wheat, all
Of which was fully covered by insur-
ance. The elevator was owned by
the Great Northern railroad. but was
leased to the A. D. Thompson Grain
company, Of Duluth, Mimi. The
sparks soon ignited the Grand Repub-
lie mill, on Tower avenue, the Great
Lakes dredge dock and the Duluth
Superior Storage company, which con-
tanned the finishing plant Of the Web
ster. Chair company. AT midnight II
looked as though 1t would be COM
pletely destroyed, entailing an esti-
mated aggregate loss of $2,000,000.
When the fire started four fire tugs
responded, but owing to the intense
heat they were driven out of the slip.
The steamers W. A. Parent and w. A.
Rogers were in the elevator slip load
ing wheat and the latter was to have
taken 100000 bushels Of wheat Sat-
urday.
The steamers Utica, Alva and Chill
were on the opposite side of the slip
at a merchandise dock and were pull
ed out by tugs to save them from de-
struction.
The Globe elevator, owned by the
Peavey company, was on fire and for a
time 1t looked as though it would go,
but the flremen succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames.
The blaze also spread to the saw
mill property Of the Peyton, Kimball
& Barber property. but this likewise
was extinguished before any serious
damage was done. The entire depart
ments Of Duluth and Superior were
used to combat the flames
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
PEACE FOR REPUBLIC.
Three Central American Nations Adj
jnst Differences Amicably.

jnst Differences Amicably.
Official announcement was made
Monday that an understanding had
been reached between the presidents
of the republics of Salvador, Honduras
and Nicaragua, as result of which
questions have been adjusted and cor
dial relations have been established
between the countries.
The announcement was given out
at the state department Monday in a
telegraphic correspondence between
President Figueroa, of Salvador, and
President Roosevelt. President
Figueroa's telegram stated that an
agreement had been brought about at
a conference held at the port of ANA
pala, Honduras. Nov. 6, between the
presidents of the republics OF Saliva
dor. Honduras and Nicaragua.
In acknowledging the receipt oil
President Figueroa's letter President
Roosevelt expresses satisfaction at the
outcome and hope that this circum-
stance may be the prelude to a cor
dial agreement between the FIVE Gen.
.ral American republics.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
SEEK PARDON FOR WARE.
Former RectOr's Friends Will Appeal
TO Roosevelt.


On the ground that though convict
cd OF breaking the man made laws in
regard to securing the possession of
government land, yet innocent before
God of any moral or intention Of
wrong doing, the friends of George
=. Ware, the stockman-preacher
whose case attracted the attention of
the whole country, will beseach the
president personally in lengthy pc
titlon for pardon for the former rec
tor of Christ's Episcopal church at
Lead. Some of the most active of Mr..
Wares friends are now circulating
the petition in both Lead and Dead
wood, and are meeting with much
success in the signing. 1t asks an I'M
unconditional pardon for Mr.. Ware
and speaks of the nobility of his char
acter and his many acts of charity
during his long residence in Lead.
The Rt. Rev, William Hobart Hare,
# Sioux Falls, bishop of South Dako-
ia, will take the petition to Washing
ton and present it to the president,
while Seth Bullock, now United States
marshal at Deadwo ID, whose known
intimacy with the president has be-
fore brought him into prominence,
will be relied upon to exert every in
fluence with Roosevelt to get him to
intercede
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
X. c. COOK DEAD.
Prominent Sioux Falls Salesman VIC
tim of Bright's Disease.

Prominent Sioux Falls Salesman VIC
tim of Bright's Disease.
K. G. Cook, Of Sioux Falls, who for
merly resided at WATERFOWL, Hartford
and Aberdeen, and who for twenty
years or more had been connected
with the Plano and International Har-
vester companies, died at his residence
in that city as the result of an attack
of Bright's disease. About five months
ago, while on a business trip for the
International Harvester company in
the northern part of the state he was
first taken i'll. He was confined to
his room at hotel for several weeks
before being able to return to Sioux
Falls. He spent some time at a hos
pital but it was of no avail. During
the fail his condition temporarily i'm
proved and he was able to be about,
but it was not long before he was
again compelled to take to his bed.
He was member of the A. O. u. w.
lodge at Hartford, of the Modern
Brotherhood of America lodge at
Sioux Falls, and also member of the
local United Commercial Travellers
order. He was SO years of age and
is survived by widow and three
children, a daughter and two sons
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
EUROPE IN DEFENSE.
strong Movement to Prevent Further
Gold Exports

The progress Of last week saw -
steady improvement In financial con-
ditions in New York, which was re-
fected in strong closing quotations in
the stock market. When the crisis ar
rived in New York, American ooliga-
tons to foreign lenders were at an
unusual ebb, the London and Paris
money markets having been exercising
severe Determinations against &meri-
car borrowers for several months past.
This policy was prompted by the recol-
lection of the troubles precipitated on
foreign money markets last fall by
heavy borrowings attributed by for
eign critics to speculative operations
In America, and which forced gold
shipments to New York at the time Of
the autumnal strain In London and
Paris.
This year foreign lenders have hesi-
tated to make even the usual advances
merchandise, and the consequence is
that there are few maturing obliga-
tons of American borrowers now fall
Ing due to offset the debt accruirg for
payment of the commodities we are
exporting. The shortage Of foreign
crops and the low level to which cop
per supplies in Europe had been al
lowed to fall leaves no alternative to
the buying Of our commodities. and
the low level Of our securities tempted
investment purchases of these also
for foreign account. American bank
ers who have purchased bills of ex-
change against these exports have
their choice of commanding payment
In gold and have exercised the choice.
But with the engagements of gold
already accrued, now rising above
$4,000, 900, and the effect of relation
manifest from the supplies already re-
ceived, New York bankers are begin
ming to canvass the desirability of
more lenient exercise of their con-
troll over the gold supplies. The per-
turbation of foreign markets is keenly
manifested and signs are seen of d
disposition to meet American exac-
tons with free offerings of American
securities to the New York market
The reflex action on American affairs
that may result from pushing de-
mands for more gold is coming into
growing consideration.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
POSED go YEARS AS MAN.
Death at SO Ends Strange Career Of
Miss Katherine Vosbaugh.

Death at S3 Ends Strange Career Of
Miss Katherine Vosbaugh.
Miss Katherine Vosbaugh, who for
nearly sixty years passed as a man,
died at a hospital in Trinidad, Colo,
Monday.
Miss Vosbaugh was born in France
eighty-three years age. When a
young woman she found 1t difficult to
make her way on account of her sex,
and adopting mems clothes obtained
employment as a bookkeeper in Jop-
lin. Mo. This position she held for
nineteen years and then accepted a
position in a st. Joseph, Mo-, bank.
While In st. Joseph she married a
woman with whom she lived for over
thirty years. This woman was in
trouble and Charles" Vosbaugh mar
ried her to protect her.
The two women masquerading as
man and wife came to Trinidad two
years ago. After the death of her
wife" Miss Vosbaugh worked there In
various capacities until she became
feeble, and last year was taken to
the hospital. 1t was then that her
sex was discovered for the first time
in many years, but even after her.
recovery she refused to change her
masculine attire until the end.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
GEORGIA TO PUSH CLAIM.
VIII Try to Collect s6oo,75e from the
United States.

The claim of the state of Georgia
against the federal government for
the use and occupation of the Western
and Atlantic railway Immediately at
ter the civil war. aggregating $6s.756,
will be pressed to an adjudication and
settlement at the approaching session
of congress II possible. Bills provld-
ing for this will be presented by Sem
ator Clay and Representative Living
ston. The claim IS based on the use
Of the road for the transportation OF
troops and supplies. The revenues of
the road were also collected by the
Officers during that period and held
by the government
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
FOR A BIG WOLF ROUNDUP.
Sportsmen in Brookings County arc
Making Arrangements

The sportsmen residing in the north
eastern part of Brookings county, near
the Minnesota line, rapidly are COM
pleting arrangements for what will be
the greatest roundup of wolves in the
history Of northeastern South Dako-
TIA.
The roundup will take place in
about ten days, and is expected to re-
suit in the humiliation of the great
number Of wolves which have infest-
ed that region for months. These ami
mails have been a source of annoyance
and loss to the sheep raisers of that To-
cality for some time, and recently the
depredations of the wolves have be-
come Of so serious a character that it
was decided to organize the roundup
and exterminate them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
BAD MEN ARE NOT WANTED.
Lyman County launches Move for
Extinction.

Another shooting episode in Lyman
county which came near resulting in
a cold blooded murder has resulted
in a demand being made by the peac-
able residents of that county that q,
stop be put to the practice of a num-
Der of would-be bad" men in going
about with huge six-shooters dangling
from cartridge-filled belts
For years Lyman county was one OF
the Cow" counties Of the state, being
given over to the raising of cattle, and
nothing was thought of the cowboys
carrying six-shooters. But the county
no longer is a wild country, and the
residents, thousands of homesteaders.
who have occupied the region and de-
vote their attention to the peaceful
pursuit Of farming, declare there no
longer Is any excuse for men going
around with a belt full of cartridges
and a big six-shooter hanging from it.
II is proposed that in future when
any Of the bad men appear in any Of
the towns of the county with guns
strapped to them, they shall be placed
under arrest and lodged in Jail, where
they can do no harm to themselves or
anyone else. Those who have inaugu-
rated the movement for the extinction
Of the bad" men say that the day Of
the bad" man in what was once the
Wild and woody county of Lyman is
past.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
LIFT TO CONFIDENCE
CREDIT MEN AFFIRM FAITH IN
BUSINESS soUNDNEss.
Directors Representing Largest Com
mercial Organization I'm the United
States Meet at indianapolis AMI
Plead for Cooperation.

The directors Of the National Asso-
citation of Credit Men. the largest
commercial organization in the United
States, with membership Of 5000,
met at indianapolis, Ind, Monday and
affirmed the faith of the organization
in the commercial integrity of the
nation and in the business principles
on which the affairs of the mercantile
community are conducted. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
BE 1t therefore Resolved, That
from trustworthy trade and financial
information from every section the
association declares general conditions
to be fundamentally sound and the
present financial condition good; and
be II further
Resolved. That the association
calls on all its members to support
one another in an effort to restore
the confidence of people so shaken at
this moment and to urge business in
terests by depositing their money now
as in the past in the banks of the re-
spective towns and cities, to the end
that Ii may be used for its legitimate
purpose, the carrying on of vast
business of the country Be it further
Resolved That this association
pledges every member to do all in his
power TO restore the confidence of the
public at large In the solvency and
prosperity Of our nation"
The annual meeting of the associa-
ton will be held in Denver next June.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
THEIR "HEARTs ARE GOOD"
long Rock Says There Will BE No
War With Utes.

Long Rock, one of the prominent
ioux Indians, who was asked to go
% Thunder Butte and confer with
the Utes, was I'm Pierre Thursday,
aving just come from the Ute camps.
Ie says there is not the slightest prob
bility Of danger from the Utes. They
ell him their hearts are good, and
aey do not want any trouble with the
ghite men. That the reason they re-
osed to go to work was that they did
iot have shoes and overalls, and 9TH
Y clothing such as they should have
do. the kind of work the agent
vanted them to do. And when they
leclined to go to work he got scared
nd called for the soldiers to come.
Ie does not believe that there will be
~ clash. and that the call for SOL
iicrs was entirely unnecessary
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
HE DELAYED TOO LONG.
Farmer Refused to Sell Barley at
Sf0O per RUSiic!.

j. f. Shea. Miner county grain
buyer, tells of farmer in his neigh
borhood, who by q recent incident
proved that his hindsight is better
than his foresight. A few weeks ago
when the price of barley was soar
ing skyward the farmer asked Shea
to "fome" him when the price reach
ed $500 per bushel. When the price
had reached that figure the e evatOr
man, true to his promise. phoned the
farmer. who. however, decided that
he would hold his barley until the
price reached $3.50 per bushel. He
can now get about so cents for it,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
RAILROAD PAYROLL LARGE.
Many Thousands Distributed Monthly
at Huron.

The October pay roll for employees
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
way at Huron indicates something Of
the business being done by that COM
pany there. Engineers and fremen
were paid over $4,000, while the
employees at the shops pulled down"
something over $4,000. When it is
considered that this amount does not
include conductors, brakemen, switch
men, yar6men, Office forces, telegraph
operators. freight house help and 9TH
er necessary help, it Is easily seen
what a vast amount of money finds
its way to Huron each month through
labor employed by the company.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16

The fourth blaze within twenty
four hours discovered in the H. w.
Johns Manville Asbestos company's
building at st. Louis. Mo-. Monday. re-
suited In fire that swept through the
two upper floors and caused q loss es-
tiniated at $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
FOREST SUPERINTENDENT OUT.
e. M. Hamilton to Succeed J.F. Smith
! Temporarily.

To devote his whole time to active
ranching in Colorado, superintendent
T. f. Smith, of the Black Hills nation
n forest, has rendered his resignation
20 the department of agriculture, and
viii leave the government service on
1r about the. first of the coming
month. He will be temporarily sue
,eeded as supervisor by e. M. Hamil-
ton until an appointment Is made.
Mr. Smith has held office for two
years past, during which 400 exami-
nations Of homestead entries under
he June, 1906, act have been per-
;onal'y made, and under his admin
stration the first conviction for IL,
egally grazing cattle on the reserve
vas secured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
May be Cripple Fer Lie.

A fall while doing some gyinna II
work will probably result in ernet
Miner. of Hill City. a 10-yeer-old girl
becoming a cripple for life The l,ttic
girl was swinging on trapeze s on
her hold broke and she re !, III m
on her arm. Within twenty
hours both arms were entirey
alyzed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
NEW $40 COUNTERFEIT.
Secret Service Announces Discovery of
Spurious Bank Note Paper.

Spurious Bank Note Paper.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
secret service, reports the discovery OF
new counterfeit $40 national bank
note. The counterfeit is on the Wells
Fargo-Nevada National bank, of San
Francisco, and is a poor Photographic
production, printed on heavy bond
paper with ne silk fiber The treasury
numbers have been traced over with
red ink. The back of the note is bet
ter than the face, being fair imi-
tation of the genuine except the color
ing around the charter number, which
is muddy green.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16
Fire in Steamer subdued.

The Old Dominion line steamer JEFF
ferson came into port at New York
Friday with small fire In her hold.
Steam was promptly turned into the
forward hold as soon as the fire was
discovered and the blaze quickly ex-
tinguished. Only one bale OF cotton,
In which the IRE originated, was dam
aged.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-11-16

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Mondays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Ton
beeves. $5.25. Top hogs. s5.os.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-05
SPEAKER \ OF HOUSE
Some Thrilling Contests
in the. Old Days
FEW CHANGES MADE

Washington, Dec. 4.-Long before
the members of the house Of repre-
sentatives prepared to come to Wash
ington for the opening Of congress
Monday, they knew whom they would
choose to be speaker. They knew,
and the country knew, so. soon as
the returns from the last congression-
al election showed that the repubf-
can party was still in, the. majority
an the house: When the American
people choose " a new president the
country is in the throes of a hot cam
paign, before and after the nomina-
lions, for more than a year. There
IS rarely hot campaign for speaker,
for the house finds him by elimina-
ton and keeps him. until he is elm
mated.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-05

takes strenuous vacations, and keeps
constantly doing something. And all
this that he does he does well. He
is a fine example to the ambitious
young American in that he SO scien-
tlt1cally and profitably conserves his
time. If he did half the work that
he daily performs, he would still be
busy man; but his secretaries might
then occasionally get a chance to
catch their breath
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-05

Indiana's senior.t Senator, Albert
jeremiah BeveridGe, is in prompt
readiness for the opening. If there
1s>a more strenuous public servant on
the face of the globe than this Hoos-
Ter statesman it would be difficult to
lay your finger on, him---outside the
White House. He is busy always
man of action, action, action. He
writes books, magazine articles, lee
lures, and speeches.; practices law
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-05
FAMILIAR.

GIVE never had to DO anything Of
this kind before" said Ardup, in q
husky whisper, "but I'd like to know
how much you can let me have on
this gold-handled umbrella"
"On that particular umbrella" an
sWcrcd the DawnbrOkcr, Il have
never been IN tho habit Of advancing
more than 80 cents"