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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
VAST ALTON PROFITS.
Stead Says Hartman Pool Made S21,.
6iS,6OO,


Attorney General Stead, Of Spring
field, ILL.,, in an opinion submitted TIC
Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, Saturday, eX-
pressed doubt as to whether it is the
province Of the state Of Illinois to
proceed against E. II. Hartman and
his associates for the alleged manipu-
lation Of the Chicago and Alton rail-
road property. If the state should
revoke the companys charter the loss
would fall upol, the stockholders, the
Hartman people already having dis
posed Of a large portion of their hold
ings. The attorney general concludes,
therefore that the best plan would
be for the company itself to seek
one or more stockholders to act. At
the same time Mr. Stead assures the
governor that, should he become con-
WINGED on further investigation that
the state can relieve the roads condi-
ton, he will make the necessary
moves at once.
Notwithstanding his convictions as
to the wisdom of immediate action,
Mr., Stead insists there is not the least
doubt that civil remedy exists against
the "financiers who have wrecked this
prosperous railroad Company and at
the expense of innocent stockholders
and bondholders have gathered to
themselves a harvest of millions of
dollars
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
GETTING READY TO BID.
Contractors Examining Plans for New
State Capitol.

Contractors who expect to bid on
the construction work of the new capt.
toll are arriving in Pierre to look the
ground over for the purpose Of franz
ing up their bids. When bids were
called for last year every contractor
who presented bids stated at the time
he failed to receive any satisfactory
guarantee from any of the state quar-
ries that they could supply the requir-
ed material on which to base a bid
with the use of home stone. Those
who have been there SO far this spring
make practically the same statement.
If the managers of the quarries with
in the state desire to have stone from
their quarries used in the construction
they need to get busy and be in shape
to give contractors some guarantee
that they can deliver the goods. If
they fail in this they have no one but
themselves to blame if they do not
get into the list Of bids.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
ENGINEER SAVES THE TRAIN.
Attempt Is Made TO Ditch Fast
Freight on the Pennsylvania.

An unsuccessful attempt was made
early Monday to wreck fast freight
on Cleveland and Pittsburg branch of
the Pennsylvania company within 500
yards of the station at Alliance, o.
When the engineer of the train saw the
signal for a clear track suddenly
thrown red the emergency brakes were
applied and the train brought to a
standstill in time to avoid crashing
into an open switch. The man who
evidently had opened the switch ran
from the track and disappeared.
1t is suspected the would-be train
wrecker is one of a gang responsible
for the derailment of the Cleveland
Pittsburg flyer at Hudson, o., Satur
day night.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
THIEVES DESTROY BARN.
Building and Several Head Of Horses
and Cows Burned.

An incendiary fire destroyed the
large barn of Matthew Tschetter, four
miles north of Freeman, on Saturday
morning last before sunrise With the
barn there was consumed ten head of
horses four mich cows, three calves,
considerable hay and grain, harness.
farm machinery and implements, etc,
valued in all at $1,000. There was
insurance on the barn amounting to
$1,2S5. The pigeon loft connected
with the barn is where the fire started.
1t is supposed that ligeon thieves
dropped matches while looking for the
birds and the fire was started thereby.
The pigeons were released through a
window by tho thieving incendiaries.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
To Arrange for Firemen's Outing.

A meeting will be held in Armour
sometime during the month. of Juna
for the purpose of perfecting plans for
a firemen's picnic at Lake Andes.
Firemen from all the nearby towns
will be invited to participate, and all
the races, etc, held at a state tourna-
ment will be pulled off. The firemen
from that part of the state realize it
will be impossible for them to attend
the state tournament this year in a
body as WATERFOWL, where the meet
ing is to be held, is very inaccessible.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
PLOT OF RICH MEN NIPPED.
Believed Publicity Will Kill the Con.
SDiracy

Secretary Loeb declared Friday that
names were mentioned at the White
House Thursday when reference was
made to some public man who had
been present at dinner and had told
story Of an alleged combination to
accomplish the defeat of the presi-
dents policies in the coming presiden-
tial campaign. This dinner was a COM
paratively recent occurrence.
Loeb said Friday there were not
any additional details of the affair to
be given out, but emphasized his be-
lief that the publicity which had been
made of the intrigues against the in
terests of the president would nip
the whole scheme in the bud" before
the campaign of 1908 was fully on
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Mozart.

Mozart lived thirty-seven years. His,
first mass was composed when he was
less than ten years of age, and the
enormous quantity Of his compositions.
was the work of the succeeding twenty
seven years. Mozart wrote forty one
symphonies, fifteen masses, over thirty
operas and dramatic compositions, for
ty-one sonatas, together with an i'm
mense number of vocal and concerted
pieces in almost every line Of the art.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
ISLE OF PINES is NOT OURS.
The Territory is Held to BE Part of
Cuba.

That the Isle of Pines is not Ameri-
can territory was officially and judi
cially declared Monday by the su,
preme court of the United States.
The decision was rendered in the
famous case of Edward ]. Piracy VS..
Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the
port of New York, and the opinion of
the court was announced by Chief
Justice Fuller, who said that up to
the Paris treaty the Isle of Pines had
been considered an Integral part of
Cuba and that It could not be held to
be covered by article 2 of that treaty.
which includes only the islands in the
vicinity of Porto Rico.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Artesians Running Dry.

Farmers around Pierpont, a town
near Aberdeen, are beginning to learn
that their artesian wells will not last
forever. Several of the wells are be-
coming so weak that they do not much
more than reach the surface. Some
farmers who have 2-inch wells, with
the same overflow pipe, allow them to
flow INCREASINGLY, day and night, and
the waste is so marked that the habit
is now being regarded as almost GRIM
inal.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
FEAR OUTBREAK IN ODESSA.
Election Results is Victory for "True
Russian People,

NUSSItul TCOpIC.
A sensation has been caused by the
results in the municipal election just
ended at Odessa, which resulted in
victory for the union of true Russian
people. Out of seventy-seven members
of the town council sixty-seven are
now members of the union. The pre-
vious liberal council was regarded as
the only safeguard against the anti
Jewish disorders, and the only body
capable Of interceding with the au-
thorities against the Black Hundred.
The Jews are in fear of fresh outrages.
and believe these will occur If parlia-
ment is dissolved.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
DENIES 100000 LEGACY.
Aberdeen Man Says Uncle Made New
Will

Will.
C. c.. Mason. Of Aberdeen, nephew
of the late James Henry Smith, the
New York multi Millionaire who died
recently in Japan while on his we'd
ding trip, denies emphatically that he
has received word to the effect that
he was left a legacy of 100000.
While it is true Mr.. Mason was named
as one of the executors in will made
by the deceased some time ago, moth
ing whatever is known in America Of
the terms of the new will made in
London last fall, shortly after Mr..
Smith marriage to Mrs. Rhinelander
Stewart. There is no reason to sup
pose that Mr.. Mason is not still one
OF the executors and that he has been
remembered in the will, but all re-
ports of legacies are untrue for the
reason that the terms of the will are
known only to one solicitor in London.
A cable has been sent to him for a
copy of the will and it is expected in
New York in about another week,
when Mr.. Mason will leave for the
east to attend a meeting of the heirs.
Besides his widow and daughter, Mr..
Smith had a large number of charities
and charges which will doubtless be
literally remembered.
The deceased was we'll known in
Aberdeen and it was principally due
to his efforts that Aberdeen was Sc
lected as division point on the Mil
waukee railroads extension to the
coast. Mr.. Smith was one of the
largest holders of Milwaukee stock in
the board of directors of that road.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Grows His Own Lumber.

T. e. Iunn, prominent farmer
near Platte, in Charles Mix county, is
having large barn erected, and the
lumber he Is using is some of his own
raising. He is having it cut and saw
ed from a cottonwood grove planted
some twenty-five years ago. The build
ing is large enough to require 10000
feet of lumber in its construction. Mr..
Lunn is certainly one farmer in South
Dakota who has the lumber trust
faded
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
For General Strike in Paris

At meeting of committee of the
allied provisions trades union Of Paris.
comprising butchers, bakers, grocers.
ETC., # was decided to call general
strike. No date was specified for it's
commencement, but there is every rea-
son to believe it will be April II.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
ONE FIREMAN is KILLED.
Half Dozen More Hurt ut New York
Blaze.

Blaze.
A fire early Monday destroyed the
combined car barn and power plant of
the New York City Railway company,
covering the greater part of the block
bounded by Eleventh. avenue and One
Hundred and Forty-sixth and One
Hundred and Forty-seventh streets.
The loss will reach nearly $780,
600. More than 500 cars were burned,
and the plant, except for the electrical
department, is destroyed.
One fireman, Capt. j. Ryan, was kill
ed under falling wall, and half
dozen firemen and others more or less
seriously injured. None of the injured
are in a dangerous condition.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Are Drinlxlng Moro Cocoon

According to a report issued Friday
at Washington by the bureau Of statis-
tics of the department of commerce,
cocoa importations into the United
States are now averaging more than
$1,000.000 a month. against an aver
age of s25o,O0o per month a decade
ago.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Armour Creamery to Reopen.

The Armour creamery will open up
for business again soon. The plant
and ar the fixtures have been pur-
chased by a stock company recently
organized. John Van den Bos, presi-
dent Of the Harrison company, is at
the head Of the new company, the
stock Of which is all owned by the
business men of Armour and farmers
w the adjoining territory.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Search for Missing yandvkes.

There has been issued at Rome O.
ministerial decree that one of the Van
dyke paintings remaining at Genoa is
the property of the state. This can
vas is life size portrait of a lady.
and is very valuable.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Fort Pierre Water PLANT Opened

The citizens of Fort Pierre are
proud of their new water system,
which was given it's first test Monday
and met all the requirements placed
upon it. They were compelled to lay
their feed pipes across one channel
of the river and sink their wells on
Marion island to secure water supply
free from alkali.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Jealous Negro Kills Three Persons

News was received at Houston, Tex.
Sunday night that John Jones, jeal-
his wife near Wearton Lake Saturday
evening. He then killed. her mother
and Harry Higgins, who had started to
town after a doctor.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Wants ElYe Salonns.

Applications for five saloon licenses
have been made to the County COM
missioners at Elk Point. All these
saloons will be located i'm one block
between Douglas and Franklin streets
on the north side of Main street. The
license is $1,000 a year, of which 5000
goes to the city and $500 to the
county.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Fine Start for Crons.

Recent rains have placed the ground
throughout South Dakota in first class
condition, and crops of all kinds Will
be given a fine start. Present condi-
tions for a good crop could not be
more favorable, and will result in a
much greater acreage than ever be-
fore being devoted to the various
yrains.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
walsh is Indicted Again

The federal grand jury at Chicago
Friday returned a second Indictment
against John r. Walsh. former presi-
dent Of the Chicago National bank.
charging mismanagement of that in
stitution.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Not Far from 1t,

II have heard it said that Mibbsley's
fortune is close to $1,0OO,OOO"
Correct as blazes. 1t consists of the
two ciphers that follow Immediately after
the decimal point"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
Sioux City Live Stock Mor,xe,

Mondays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Ton
beeves. $3.50. Top hogs, $685..
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
ANOTHER WESTERN CANADA
RECORD.
The Way i'm Which Swan River
Farmer Became Wealthy.
Swan River, Manitoba

Swan River, Manitoba.
Nov. 81, 1906.
Two weeks ago we gave an account
If the prosperity of a farmer in West.
ern Canada, and this week we repro,
duce another
Il have been asked regarding this
years work on my farm, and l here
with willingly submit the following
statement:
Three years ago l purchased an i'm
proved farm Of 1856 acres on Section o
Township SO, Range q, west Of the
First Meridian, two (2) miles from the
town of Swan River
plowed and cropped 122h acres OF
land during this year 1906), so acres
Of wheat, 80 acres in oats and 12I3
IN barley
The cost of putting in and taking of.
this crop this season is as follows:
Cash paid for blue stone. ......$ 1-5G.
Cash paid for binder twine.... 39.OCs
Cash paid for hired help. $500. 1880.
Cash paid for threshing. 1900. 1890
$4,000
Receipts for the year as follows:
Bushels
30 acres of wheat yielded 80
bushels per acre), total. ....... 2,4OC
30 acres of oats yielded 46 bush
els per acre), total. ........... 1,2Od
And Zone stack Of oats in sheaf) 20C
1919 acres barley CAS- bushels per
acre. ......... ............. ooo
Crop potatoes oOV
Is tons of hay.
t,16S bushels wheat at &c. IS 724.1G
1882 bushels wheat in granary
at O-C ioo.CS
300 bushels barley at 35c... 1O5.0C
800 bushels barley in gran
airy at 35c ........... 1O5.O0
1900 bushels oats in granary
at 25c ............... 10000
100 bushels potatoes at 3Oc.. 5000
200 bushels potatoes in root
house at Soc ......... COCO
1 stack of oats in sheaf for
leeu ....... oo.oe
Is tons Of hay at S3....... 45.0G
Garden roots and vegetables. 30.0C
$2,21S.ot
Cost Of above, besides my own
labor .......... .......... 34O.5O
$1,s72.5O
! have in all 125 acres ready for crop
aext year, including 10 acres cleared
md broken this season.
TOTAL ASSETS.
1856 acres land with house, sta
BILE and outbuildings, etc. 100000
implements ........ ........ 10000
head Of horses and harness. 10000
Is head of cattle. ............ 1880
20 pigs 10000
Receipts Of this seasons crop 1,S72O0
$S,747.5o
Liabilities are ............ 100000
Total assets .............$7 ,747.50
/ have made the above amount by
'arming in Manitoba. 1 think 1t has
paid. This is my standing to-day. I
am single man, Canadian, and %
Tears of age. For particulars how to
secure low rates to the free homesteads
If Western Canada, apply to any Cana
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
j. r. Morgan In Rome.

J. Pierpont Morgan. Of New York,
has arrived in Rome for short visit
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-13
$1,S72.50
&S,747.50
100000
Liabilities are ............ IL

Total assets ............ .S7,7475O
l have made the above amount by
'arming in Manitoba. 1 think 1t has
paid. This is my standing to-day. I
am single man, Canadian, and 90
Tears of age. For particulars how to.
secure low rates to the free homesteads
If Western Canada, apply to any Cana
Ian government agent
Evening star., 1907-11-08

Fifth He has pulled - SON" o' the large
deals that have been handled IN Wa-A,3 E-"n-
Evening star., 1907-11-08

Fourh IIe Is indo->cl by the l.a In nu>
ness men o. Washtu-.oC.
Evening star., 1907-11-08
ROOMS AND BOARD.

'TF '"Tr "'.Tl
1920 HARVARD ST. N.W.-F1RNISHED ROOM.
private family: hot wafer heat: with ifhout
board: one or two ladies'; references exchanged.
Evening star., 1907-11-08

Third He has tau-at some peorlo all Tho
know Ia tins uE>iac>-.
Evening star., 1907-11-08
FOR RENT-HALLS.

POINTED HALLS ~ THE CITY TO LET r0R
ALI. SOCIAL PURPOSES: LARGE RANGE II
BASEMENT CAN RE USED WHEN RAN.
O'ETS ARE SERVED. APPLY MANAGER
THE LEWIS BLDG. 300 i4fu NV. PHONE
NORTH 5152 ca ~
Evening star., 1907-11-08
One cent a word for Is words

CrlMMU NICATING SECOND AND THIRD
floor. large hay window front rooms Tor sep
srate); modern whtestone house; hot-water r
heat; telephone. Cheaper rooms 1902 st.
Evening star., 1907-11-08
WALL PAPER.

We ARE Now SHOWING; 1905 PATTERNS II
wall paHe- also closing ont leftover stock
At great sacrifice Give US call r G.,
NOLTE, 907 11th st. NV. ocl.30t
Evening star., 1907-11-08

Eirhfi-Ho = the largest advertiser IN ta" .
business. and uIs st> sr' original! au ''.l"h
Evening star., 1907-11-08

Ninth He has hoon compelled to r7uvs 'brr'
quarters
Evening star., 1907-11-08

FOR SALE-ANOTHER LOT ITrGH-GRAnF TP-
RIGHT PIANOS THAT HAVE PFEN PIT ~
PERFECT CONDITION. TO RE CLOSED OFT
QUICKLY: GENUINE BARGAIN PRICES. You
can pick up splendid instrument practical
iy your own t"rns. Ktmhall, slb; Stien. $3.50:
Gabler. sl50 Hsrdman, 500; Harrington $3.50;
Stief. s225: Shoninger. $500: Knab~ $3.50: Sob
mer new. $3.50: Hardman. new $3.50: number
of others. o. J. DeMOLL co. 1921 @.
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-15
EAST CLAMOR|NG FOR
RECONSTRUCTION MAPS
California Promotion Com
mittee Receiving Many
Orders

The people of the east are evidently
deeply interested in the work Of recon
struction that is going on in San Fran
cisco, and this fact is evidenced by the
great demand in New York for the re-
construction map of the city that was
published by the California Promotion
committee one year after the FIRE
When these maps were issued a large
number were sent to the eastern bureau
Of the committee and placed on sale
there. That the demand. for these has
been active is shown by the fact that
this supply has been twice exhausted,
and yesterday the committee received
a telegram from the manager OF the
eastern bureau asking that another
large lot be rushed to New York to
supply the Increased demand.
The maps have been sent to all parts
of the world by the committee and also
by numerous business houses. which
have bought large quantities and sent
them to their agents. aud correspond
ents at all points. They have attracted
muchtfavorable attention to San Fran
cisco, as they show at a glance just
how things have been. done in the
burned district
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-15
ASKS FOR s4A,000 TO
BUILD ENGINE HOUSES
Fire Commission Arranges
for Annual Vacation of
the Members

The fire commissioners adopted res
olution yesterday requesting the super
visors to appropriate $414,0OO out Of the
rehabilitation fund for the building OF
new engine houses and the completion
Of those partially built The commits
sioners claimed that it would be impos-
Sible to erect needed structures out of
The regular appropriation made in next
years budget.
Chief Shaughnessy filed a. report to
the effect that there was no good rea-
son why the Spring Valley water COM
panv should not connect hydrants with
the 80 inch main in Capitol avenue near
Sycamore street, and the company will
be again urged TO comply with a
request that the hydrants be installed
The supervisors will be asked for
$4,000 TO repair underground street
cisterns and for S., 600 to build a new
cistern in Howard and Tenth streets.
Lieutenants Daniel Murphy and Ed
ward Daunet were promoted TO be cap
tains.
Battalion Chief Horn was assigned to
the Mission district and Battalion Chief
Dolan TO the Western addition district.
Battalion Chief Cullen will have his
headquarters at engine house %.
The commissioners decided to give
fremen their annual vacation of Is
days each. beginning with July S, but
no firemen appointed since January ]
last viii receive a vacation.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-15
N. N. F00TE DISCOVERS
he IS NOT FREE FROM
MATRIMONIAL. CHAINS
Finds Intel 4ocutory Decree
Awarded His Wife Was
Not Filed
LAWYER NEGLECTFUL
Husband Synpathizes With
Better Half in Her
Sorry Plight
LAWYER [ NEGLECTFUL

M. NJ Foote, founder of the defunct
Free Marriage and Divorce association
and brother of the late w. W. Foote.
learned yesterday that the interloeu-
tory decree of divorce obtained last
June by his wife. Josephine r. Foote,
was as valueless in law as a blank
piece of paper. The records were de-
stroyed in the great fire. and if Mrs.
Foote still pines for freedom she must
begin all over again, prove her case
once more and, after obtaining a de-
cree, wait another year for the final or
der that severe matrimonial chains.
In her plight Mrs. Foote has the
sympathy of her husband. He declares
that he does not want any woman who
does not want him and expresses the
opinion that his wife is the victim of
an unjust law. If he had his own way.
he said yesterday, divorce would be as
simple and as easy as marriage.
Mrs. Foote began her suit for a di-
vorce four days PRIOR to the fire of
April Is, 1906. All the original papers
except the summons were destroyed.
On June 16, 1906, j. r. Carter, acting
as attorney for the plaintiff appeared
before Judge Graham with an amended
complaint charging Foote with cru
city. The court took it for granted
that the attorney had complied with
the law and the case went to trial..
Foote was present and on cross exami-
nation kindly brought out evidence
showing that he had abused his wife.
Judge Graham signed an interlocutory
decree after which Attorney Carter
took the all important document.
thrust it into his pocket and walked
away with the air of a man who had
done his full duty.
The year of waiting would have
been up today. Foote was ready to be
freed, but recent Investigations CON
vinced him that he was doomed to re-
main married for some time, He went
to Judge Graham yesterday with the
amended complaint and the interlocu-
tory decree and asked. How about
thfs?''
The Judge looked at the documents
and discovered that neither had ever
been filed with the county clerk. The
decree was therefore based on nothing.
Judge Graham informed Foote that un-
Jer the circumstances the order of
the court was void. Fcote asked IL a
trustful woman should be made to
suffer because an attorney mad kept
public records in his pocket instead of
depositing them with The proper Of
fetal, but his question is still unan-
swered.