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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
FORFEIT CHARTER
c. MANITOBA ROAD
ATTORNEY GENERAL BEGINS Ac-
TON IN THE STATE SUPREME
COURT.
COMPLETE VICTORY FOR STATE
PROPOSED SEC, 900, 900 STOCK IN
CREASE is STOPPED BY AN
INJUNCTION.

st. Paul, Jan. 27.-Attolney General
Young has commenced action in the
supreme court to forfeit the charter OF
the st. Paul, Minneapolis a. Manitoba
railroad. The Great Northern is hid.
ing behind this charter in its fight
against the 4 per cen gross earnings
law. II the state can forfeit that char
ter there will be no question left about
the obligation OF the Hill system to
pay the full 4 per cent rate. The at
torney general also declares IL his
purpose to retire a large amount OF
stock issued at the time of the Great
Northern lease in 1890, which he
claims is water"
No Longer a Railroad.
The attorney generals ground for
action is that the Manitoba is no lon
ger a railroad; that the lease of 1890
ended its existence except as a legal
fiction.
The attorney general says:
Gross Earnings Tax.
"The Great Northern has all along
claimed that II is exempt from the OPP
Grafton of the gross earnings tax be-
cause it claims that the original char.
ter of the Minnesota G. Pacific pro-
vided that it should never be called
upon to pay more than 3 per cen on
its gross earnings. The Manitoba
company claims to have acquired the
same immunity by purchase. We are
convinced that the ~speediest way to
dispose of this claim to exemption Is
to wipe out the Manitoba charter
and compel the Great Northern to pay
the A per cent tax the same as the
other roads.
If the state wins its suit the Great
Northern must pay an additional tax
amounting to 100000 for 1905, about
$4,000 for 1906, and the stock of the
Great Northern company to an
amount not less than $4,000 900, all
paying Z per cent dividends. will be-
come worthless.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
QUAKE. n New YORK state.

Utica, N. Y, Jan. ga dispatch to
the Press from Prospect, a village
nineteen miles north Of this city,
states that three distinct earthquake
shocks were felt in that place early
yesterday. No damage was done.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
RUSS AssAsslNs UNCONTROLLED
Rule of Members Lost by Central Com
mittee of Terrorists.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 29.-'DecentraI-
lied murder" is now the terror of Rus
STA. The authorities have learned that
the revolutionary body has recently
effected a complete change in its or
~ganization, which is now decentralized
to an extent that bewilders alike both
the leaders and the police.
Formerly the central committee is
sued orders, which were communicate
ed to all the branches and individual
members. and no attempt to assas-
sinate was undertaken without the ex
press order or approval of headquar.
terS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Criminal.

A dispute over 60 cents led to the
killing of Rafael Petrone at New Ha.
ven, Conn. The murderer is in Jail.
Henry A. Bell, a negro, was lynched
ut Greenwood, Miss, the home OF
Gov. Yardaman. The negro assaulted
Mrs. Graves some months ago.
DR.. w. w. Davis, one of the oldest
physicians in Davis county, Iowa, com
mitted suicide by swallowing carbolic
acid. Dependency following i'll health
ls said to have been the cause.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Assaults Bank Cashier.

D~yersburg, Ky, Jan. 26.-John d.
Gregory. cashier OF the Peoples bank.
was assaulted by Edward Gregory. n
retired marshal Of the town. 1t is said
that he attempted to rob the bank
after he had assaulted the cashier.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
ouIRK IS FOUND GUILTY.
Jury Returns Verdict of M~anslauehter
Were Out 90 Hours.

Minneapolis, Jan. 27.--Manslaughter
in the first degree is the jury's judg-
ment of the killing of William A. Dow
ell. city editor of the Tribune, by John
p. Quirk.
The verdict was returned to the
court at $50 last evening after the
jury had spent Twenty-Five hours in
almost constant consideration of the
evidence in the case.
This means that Quirk must be SEN
fenced to a term of not less than five
nor more than twenty years. accord
ing to the judgment of the court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Beri-beri in

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 29.-The first
Ease of the rare Oriental disease OF
beri-beri aver known in the West is
now being treated at the Union Pacific
hospital here. M. Matouki, a Japanese
section hand on the Union Pacific, is
the victim.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Neiahbors Find Ruins.

Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 29.-Rachel
Pyles, aged eighty, and her son iona
than, aged thirty-eight, both deaf, were
burned to death in a log cabin at
.Dixons Mills. The discovery was
made by neighbors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Notoriou. Randit cauoht.

Havana, Jan, 2s.-Enrique Mosa, the
bandit of the province of Santiago,
who for more than two years had ter.
rorized Eastern Cuba and defied the
rural guards, and who was wanted for
various alleged murders. was captured
here last night by the secret police.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Every officiai in Terror.
Buffalo Defeats Bull.

FL Paso. Tex. Jan. 29.-Ten thou
sand persons gathered at the Juarez
Plaza de Torres to witness a fight be-
tween a buffalo and a bull, in which
the buffalo was the victor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Fire at FaribauIt.

Faribault, Mimi, Jan. 25.-Ffre burn
ed the Columbia hall block and caused
a loss Of 81, 500. The building is ecu
pied by several stores, whose goods
we're badly damaged by water. Fully
insured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
General.

Both houses of the South Carolina
Legislature reelected b. X. Tillman
United States senator.
Mrs. Louise M. Este Is dead at Balti-
more, aged 104. She was the widow
OF Judge David X. Este.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
FAVOR Monster Warship.

Washington, Jan. 25.--It is practi-
cally assured that the house commit
tee on naval affairs win recommend
the construction Of another gigantic
hattleship in addition to the one de-
cided upon at the last session.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31

Manitowoc, Wis, Jan. 25.-vlolently
insane. Wencel Hrdina, a farmer OF
the town OF Gibson. is alleged to have
assaulted his invalid wife as she lay
In bed and inflicted injuries which
probably will prove fatal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Child Burned TO Death.

Plymouth, Iowa, Jan. 29.-While the
mother was visiting at the home OF a
neighbor yesterday. the little son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Closz. living on a
farm near here. was fatally burned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
FREIGHT Trains Collide.

Hastings, Mimi. Jan. pa freight
train wreck occurred between New
port and Langdon, an extra from the
Burlington road colliding with Train
No. Sc. None or the trainmen were in
iured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
BREAK IN THE lEvEE.
Church Bills Call Abie-Bodied Men to
Work.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. 29.-The Ohio
river is falling here. The Wabash
river is again rising rapidly. At 1
o'clock yesterday morning a break oc.
Cured in the south part of the levee
at Shawneetown, ILL.,. and the men sta
toned in the churches ran all the
bells and soon every a~ble-bodied man
in the city was at work on the levee
and the break was finally stopped.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Get a Partner.

Mr.. Oliver said that after receiving
this suggestion from Chairman Shonts
he visited the war department, and
was informed that Bangs would be en-
tirely satisfactory to the government.
Mr.. Oliver told the president that with
this assurance as to be reliability OF
Mr.. Bangs he Immediately entered into
an agreement with the New York con-
tractor.
Powerful influences were brought to
bear on the president and Secretary
Taft to reject all bids, and advertise
for new proposals, but the president
insisted that Mr.. Oliver should be
given a reasonable time in which to
make a satisfactory arrangement 10
substitute some other contractor or
group of contractors TO take the place
Of Mr.. Bangs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Mad Doc Amuck.

Lake Andes, 8. D., Jan. pa rabid
log bit two sons Of Charles Kimball. q
near here. while they were on
the way to school. Both boys were
badly lacerated about the face.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
Cannot Control Terrorists.

At present the central committee is
but one OF many branches, composed
of ten. six, and even three members.
and, although its authority is greater
than that of most others, 1t can no
longer command or forbid with the
certainty Of being obeyed, as hereto
fore. The result is that mur;lers are
daily attempted and carried out by
small groups. These are so numerous
that large forces of vigilant police
could hardly prevent them.
Every officiai in Terror.
Every official of the government,
every grand duke and every person of
high rank. not ven excepting the car
himself. fears that his turn viii como
next and that some obscure person, to-
tally unknown among the millions of
Russia's vast population, may be the
means Of his taking of.
SO saturated have the people be-
come with revolutionary ideas that
even the most humble among them
may become militant ~assassins.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
IMMUNITY PLEA TURNED DOWN
JUDGE MORRIS OvERRULES DE-
MURRERs iNTERPosED BY
RAILROADS.

Minneapolis, Jan. 2~9.-Judge Morris
of the United States district court
handed down yesterday his order on
the demurrers i~nterposed by the de
PENDANTS to the indictments ound IN
the rebate cases, in Minneapolis, and
argued before Judge Morris and Judge
Lochren, on Dec. IS and IA last.
The order in all things sustains the
position of the United States, over
ruling the demurrers, finding that the
indictments are good, and that section
10 of the Hepburn law does not repeal
section 1 of the Elkins law, under
which latter law the indictments we're
found
No Immunity Available.
Judge Morris disposes in short order
of the contention of defendants coun'
sci, that under conditions existing the
alleged acts were not illegal. He
treats at length the contention that the
defendants were not amenable to pro
were committed after the Hepburn
law went into effect, a measure which,
it was argued, ~precluded prosecutions
of offenses against former laws, unless
pending at the time that the Hepburn
law went into effect, whereas, the
cases in point were brought after the
passage and approval of the Hepburn
law.
Lochren Does Not Concur.
Judge Lochren does not agree in the
views or the conclusion arrived at by
Judge Morris, but he does not file a
dissenting opinion, because he was sit.
ting only in IN advisory capacity, and
the law does not provide for mor
than one judge sitting in a hearing OF
the character of this hearing on these
demurrers.
The title of the case in which Judge
Norris now makes his order is: The
United States against the Great North
ern Railway company, the Omaha"
road, the Wisconsin Central road, the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road, the
Ames-Brooks Company of Duluth, the
Duluth & Superior Milling company,
Devereaux & Co. of Minneapolis, and
the McCaull-D insmore Company OF
Minneapolis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31
OLIVER WILL GET
, CANAL CONTRACT
FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE THE
JOB TO THE LOWEST
BIDDER.
CONDITIONS ARE IMPOSED
MUST ASSOCIATE WITH HIMSELF
TWO OTHER RESPONSIBLE
CONTRACTORS.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Foliowing a
conference at the White House last
night it was officially announced that
the contract for building the Panama
canal would be awarded to William J.
Oliver, who, with Arson NJ. Bangs.
was the lowest bidder in the recent
competition, provided that within the
next ten days he associated himself
with at least two Independent contract
ors whose skill and experience, com
bined with his own. shall v the en-.
tire field of work to be performed un.
der the contract.
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Presidents Position.

The official announcement last night
confirms the Associated Press state
ment of last Friday night. President
Roosevelt then took the position that
since Mr.. Oliver had met all the re-
quirement of the government it would
be unjust TO reject his bid of 6.75 per
cent for the construction of the canal
or even to require him to submit a
new bid for the contract.
Mr.. oliver had informed the presi-
dent that it was his desire to submit
an independent bid for the work and
that when the canal commission Off
Gals informed him that it would be
necessary to form a partnership with
some other financially responsible on
tractor they even went so far as to
suggest that he enter into an agree
ment with Arson NJ. Bangs of New
York city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-01-31

Washington, Jan. 81 Resolutions
to check naval officers from lighting
a fire under senators and members to
compel the enactment of the naval
personnel bill at this session" were
presented in the senate yesterday by
Mr.. Hale. and after causing a snappy
debate OF short duration went over for
future consideration.
The house yesterday passed a num-
Der of bills Of a local nature. including
$50 private pension bills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
WANTED MORE THAN MACHINE.
Widower Was After Something That
Could Cook 'Taters, Etc.

He was an old-fashioned business
man from the interior of Pennsyl-
vania, and was in Philadelphia to buy
goods. When he had given his order
he said to the salesman:
I've heard 1t has got to be all the
fashion for business men to have type
writer's nowadays?"
Eyes, that's the style now"
"And to marry 'em If they suit?"
Yes, good many do that"
Haven't got one around the store,
have your"
ooh, certainly"
The man from the interior was
thereupon taken down to the Office,
where a typewriting machine sat on
its table, while the girl was at her
lunch.
well, what do you think OF IT.
was asked as he looked at 1t In a
puzzled way and scratched his head.
Il guess / must be mistaken" he
replied. THE machine seems to be
all right, but how in thunder does
a widower get married to it,"
"Oh, i see. He doesn't marry the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
Eddystone Lighthouse.

The first Eddystone lighthouse was
erected by Wnstanley in 1696-1700. II
was built of wood, on a stone base.
and stood 100 feet high; 1t was washed
away by storm in November, 1903.
The next lighthouse, also OF wood with
a stone base, was built 1869, by Mr..
Rudyerd, silk mercer. IL was de-
stroyed by fire In 1865. The third
Eddystone, noted for its strength, and
the engineering skill displayed In It,
was constructed by Smeaton In 1888.
on model. It is said, of the trunk of the
oak tree. The tower, IS feet high. had
a diameter of 26% feet at the base.
and Is feet at the top. The light. ~
feet above the water, was visible at a
distance OF 13 miles. Owing to the
action of the sea on the foundation. a
new lighthouse was erected on a diff
ferent part of the reef in 1882. by
Sir James N. Douglass, f. r. s. II has
an elevation of 1873 feet. and can be
seen at a distance of 171ks miles in
clear weather. On the completion OF
the new tower. Smeaton's building was
taken down to the level OF the first
room. and the lower part still stands
as landmark.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
EXPLORING THE UPPER AIR.
Scientists Have a Great Deal to Learn
on This Subject.

Plainly, electricity has a great deal
to do with the mechanism of storms.
For this and other reasons the stor-
age of Ii In the atmosphere interests
in high degree the expert meteorolo-
gist, and it Is not surprising that the
weather bureau should contemplate
an exhaustive investigation of the sub
ject. What-it would like to know,
to begin with-is a lightning flash?
Whence does IL come, and how is 1t
generated? Do storm clouds serve as
gigantic storage batteries? And does
the electricity have anything to do
with the making of rain?
Nobody can answer any Of these
questions. 1t Is believed that light
ming flash has an extremely high volt
age. with a low amperage; in other
words. that 1t contains only a small
amount OF electricity at high pressure.
But there is no certainty about It
The weather bureau man sends up
a scientific box kite with the help of
windlass, from a hill top, using
piano wire in place Of string. Storm
clouds come up and electricity begins
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
Remarks On swimmIno.

1t is never too late to learn to swim.
have taught women more than 80
years old, and II gives me more salts
faction to teach them than those who
learn easily. How many double drown
ing accidents occur every summer that
very little instruction would pre-
vent? An extraordinary number. In
Ontario double drownings are becom-
ing much less frequent. thanks to the
efforts of the Toronto Swimming club,
whose members spread abroad each
year and impart the simple knowledge
that enables person to release him
self from the desperate clutch of the
drowning. This knowledge can be
muct better impaired on land than in
VIZ and hence 1t is easy to teach.
Me the stone age knew enough to
edu, te their children in the art Of
swimming, but only recently have the
great universities considered the ne
cessity of swimming instruction. To-
day can go among university gradu-
ates, and even gold medalists, and pick
out more than so per cent. who are
frightfully ignorant of the art of nata-
tion.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18

ing first saw you. Do you think you
could be happy with meg"
remembered how his presence al
ways rested and comforted me; how
safe and happy l felt when he was
with me.
You wouldn't like TO marry any
one else, would your" he asked, be-
fore could think OF anything to say.
NO, indeed. would not" replied.
And you wouldn't like to have me
marry some other girl, would your"
he went on, the smile deepening In
HIS eyes. / don't think I said any
thing, but l remember ne seemed
quite satisfied, and then thought OF
the children. Il love you, DR.. Murray.
but" IF you do, then you belong
to me, 80 but me no butts my little
girl. You must be very submissive
now, and when your duties here are
finished, We'll find pretty home
somewhere and surprise the children.
hope they Will love me; / think they
will, when they come to live with
me-" And then / cried and told him
about Charlie, and he said some very
pleasant things to me, so was COM
forted.
When the sun rose few mornings
later our dear friend was no more.
They sent for me, in a few days,
to go to the quiet lonely house.
Sarah met me at the door, and cried
softly as she showed me into the dim
old parlor. Several gentlemen were
In the room, and one of them came
forward to welcome me. I never
could remember just how 1t happened,
but / was made to understand that
Miss Ellington had changed her will,
and that she had left everything tc
Alice Wilder, the dear friend who
made life tolerable to the last" There
was a request that l would live in the
grand old house, and keep the faith
full servants. After awhile we were
all settled there, the happiest little
family in the world, for the old house
was freshened and frightened in
many ways
Then one day Charlie came.
He kissed the children, and was so
bright and merry that l was quite
glad to see him; when the little ones
we're gone, he turned to me, his hand.
some face tender and smiling.
allie" he said. II cant live with
out you; there's no use trying; haven't
you missed me?"
"Only at first" replied. Il have
been too busy for a long time now"
The door bel rang. "Ah. there is DR..
Murray, Charlie; ! shall be glad to
introduce you. and l know you will be
glad that l am to marry SO noble a
man." DIR. Murray came in then, and
in his grave kindly way he talked
with Charlie. while sat quietly COM
pairing the two men, and l wondered
If had really loved Charlie In the
old days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
Men Are Gosslps.

when It comes to discretion, II
there is an inequality of the sexes we
fancy men have the disadvantage" re-
marks London paper, apropos of the
exclusion of women secretaries from
the higher bureaus at Washington.
"If there is a scandal in society,
dark cloud overhanging the ministry,
an ominous rumor about newspaper
or a bank, where is it first discussed?
Why, in the mems clubs. Thence 1t
reaches the female gossips. and IL they
in turn mention what my husband
heard at the club they are at once
set down as scandal mongers, while
the originators of the scandal go scot
free. In country houses. too. are not
the men as ready to tell tales as the
women, as eager to bring forward the
latest news, political, social or finan-
cial? Many women let their tongues
run on, 1t is true, but so do many
men"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18

Said to Be Praotloed Only by Descend
ants Of Old Mobiles of Japan.

The custom of harakiri is thing
rather confined TO the samurai class.
and the heimin, the commoners, are
quite strangers to II, writes Mr.. Hashi-
guchi In the Atlantic. Japanese mag
azine published in New York. IL
thrived In the days OF feudalism. when
the lives OF the camurai were at the
disposal OF their masters. lords and
rulers.
The samurai youths were taught to
commit harakiri rather than submit to
the disgrace of decapitation.
Thus harakiri became an invet-
crate hereditary propensity of the
samurai class, from which 1t was NOT
an easy affair to free them after the
advent of the western civilization
awakened the benighted land OF the
Rising Sun.
In this enlightened age Of Meiji.
however. this practice has been go
ing out of fashion. Yet 1t is amaz-
ing to learn that 1t has again come
into use in the war with Russia.
Last year Prof. Ukida of Waseda
university of Toxic. who is graduate
of Yale, delivered an address in an
educational gathering held in Toxic.
in which he referred to the practice
of harakiri. He said in part:
"A soldier may die in the battlefield
for the sake of duty, not for the sake
of personal honor. He shall not COM
NIT harakiri just because he has no
means of defense against his enemy.
Should he be taken prisoner by the
enemy he will do well to console him.
self with the idea that he Is sent
TO the enemy's country as student,
to be of further service In future to
his country"
His reasons were right, II his utter
ances were not judiciously made. Yet
he has been denounced as a traitor by
Maj. Gen. Sato, who based his argu-
ments upon the sentiment that the
Japanese soldiers die In the battlefield
not for the sake of honor; that 1t Is
for the Russians, not for the Japan
csc, to die for duty; that by commit
ting harakiri rather than surrendering
to the Russians have the Japanese
been enabled to win the victory; and
that Prof: Ukida's address would have
tendency to detract from the pa
triotic fervor of the Japanese soldiers.
All the press Of Japan made COM
ments upon the controversy, saying
that what Prof. Ukida termed duty
was exactly the same as what Maj.
Gen. Sato termed honor In the essen.
tial points.