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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
president BREAKS
MESSAGE RECORD.

Up to adjournment for the holidays
President Roosevelt had sent eighteen
messages to Congress during the present
session, an average of one and han per
day. The following is list of the mes.
sages:
Dec. 3-Congress convened.
Dec. 4-Message on the treatment Of Grim
ina!s by probation.
Message transmitting the annual
report Of the Civil Service Com.
mission.
Message on control OF the yellow
fever.
Message on church claims In the
Philippines.
Message recommending the author.
ization of the President to dis
miss officers Of the navy without
trial.
Dec. message recommending legislation
for Alaska.
Dec. 10-Message recommending the REIN
bursement of the owners OF the
British schooner Lille
Message transmitting the ordi.
nances of the Executive Council
OF Porto Rico.
Message recommending payment to
LieutCol. l.. X. Scott U. S. A.,
for an invention used by the
army.
Message recommending the return
OF customs duties collected from
certain British importers
Message recommending an appro
priation for the payment Of the
cable company whose wires were
cut by Admiral Dewey during
the war with Spain.
Dec. 1l--Message describing conditions IL
Porto Rico and recommending
citizenship for its people.
Message transmitting the report OF
the Keep Commission on the pur
chase OF department supplies.
Dec. 1T-Message describing conditions or
the Isthmus OF Panama.
Message concerning revision OF the
public land laws.
Message recommending reorganiZa.
ton of the naval personnel.
Dec. 1S-Message transmitting the report OF
Secretary Metcalf on the Japa.
nese questions.
Dec. 19-Message on the discharge without
honor Of three companies of the
Twenty fifth United States In.
fantry.
Dec. 2o-Congress adjourned for the holt
days.
President Roosevelt will send still an
other message to Congress Immediately af.
ter the holiday recess. This will deal
with the subject of immigration.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
Spark. from the Wires.

Five leading coal and wood dealers OF
Danville, Va, were indicted for forming
an unlawful combination.
Secretary of War Taft was elected
president of the American National Red
Gross at its annual meeting in Washing.
ton.
Committees of the National Alliance
Of Billposters and Billers will visit the
circus managers and ask for new con-
tracts with higher wages.
The retail dry goods establishment OF
Burden, Smith & Co. at Macon, Ga, was
burned with loss of S225,OO0 and esti-
mated insurance of $4,000.
The dreaded San Jose scale has been
discovered in several fruit orchards In
Massachusetts,. This pest does great dam
age to fruit trees and shrubbery.
Julian Salvatore, 80 years old, New
York saloonkeeper, was shot and instant
~ killed in his home in an east side tene-
ment by an unknown assassin.
Engineers on the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad have accepted
a scale of wages submitted by the COM
paDy and the dispute is ended. The in
crease in wages is from Is to IS cents .
dny.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
sc,sool for smiling.

"You would be surprised" said A
teacher, "could you but know how
large a part the smile plays In real
life. In these days it is the woman
who smiles!
"Once upon a time II was the wom-
an who frowned; and there were
periods, In the Jane Eyre days, when
to wear an imperious expression was
the real thing. But that was long ago.
In these days it is the girl with a
laugh.
Even queens laugh. In the latest
picture of Queen Amelia Of Portugal
that royal lady wears smile SO deep
that 1t will not come off, while Queen
Alexandra has been caught by the
camera smiling.
There Is a distinct art in smiling.
The eyes must smile and the whole
face must light up"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
SUFFER FROM COLD.
iARDSHIPS FOR FRIScANS IN
REFUGEE CAMPS.
Tented Camps in San Francisco
Parks Are Poor shelter Against
the California Winter Rains
Eighteen Thousand Homeless.

San Francisco correspondence
With the cold rains of winter u9On
them, $4,000 persons are still living in
the refugees camps of San Francisco.
There were 100000 in the camps when
order was restored after the great fire,
but warm weather was at hand then
and the problem of caring for even
this great number was simpliied in
measure by this fact. Now it is differ
cnt. The winter is on and the author
iries realize that it will be harder to
care for $4,000 in the next four months
than it was to care for over ten times
that number early in the year.
The refugees are divided into two
classeS-the self-supporting and the
non-supporting. The first are those
who are earning enough to support
themselves, even to paying reasonable
rent, but have neither the furniture for
houses nor the ability to buy and who
In many cases cannot secure houses at
reasonable rentals. The non-SuppOrting
are those who were rendered absolute
ly destitute by the fire, mostly old per-
sons, who are being cared for in
camp set aside for them at the Ingle-
side race course. These non-supporting
ones have been made comfortable in
shacks, where they are looked after
by relief captains. But the self-sup-
porting ones are having a hard time Of
it. DR.. Edward Z. Devine, who had
charge of the relief work up to Aug. /,
had planned to have permanent houses
built, but to escape bankruptcy the
corporation had to abandon this plan
toward the end Of August, when the
refugees were all in tents. Then it
was decided to build wooden shacks in
the parks to take the place of the tents
in which there would be little shelter
for the inmates against the rains of the
California winters. In all about 5000
shacks will have been constructed when
the work is finished, but only small
fraction of the shacks have been erect
ed and these are without plumbing and
Without chimneys. 1t is doubtful if
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
Radical Consumption Theory.

DIR. w. p Turner, London physi-
clan of high standing, who has made
irst-hand study of tuberculosis for many
years, has recently published his coDclu-
sions, the main feature of which is that
the disease is an animal disease,
primarily derived in all cases from
cattle. According to the review of
this work in Current Literature, he holds
that the original source of infection is
a plant, cattle deriving it from timothy
or other allied grasses from affinity, and
that man acquires the disease from in
lection or incubation, never by inhala-
ton; also, that it is not hereditary or
subject to predisposition. The bacillus
is saprophyte, feeding on vegetable de-
cay, but that it becomes pathogenic or
disease breeding when the cattle in which
it occurs are deprived of the sunlight,
which contains property known az actin
ism. The group of diseases thus trans
mitted by cattle or flesh food he calls
mycotic. The grasses are the primary
host, cattle are the intermediary host,
and man rounds out the life cycle. So
that consumption can be regarded only as
g parasitic disease. According to this
theory, inhalation has nothing to do with
the spreading of consumption, and the
theory that infection is conveyed by the
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05

recovered from the shops of pawnbrokers.
Upward of 1000 lists of articles taken
in robberies, some of the individual cases
running as high as $4,000 in value, have
been scattered broadcast in that time with
the hope either of finding the booty or
obtaining a clew to the thieves, but in
nearly every case without avail, and the
police are virtually at their wits end.
Detective Sergcants Murphy and Ware
have been trying to clear up the situa-
ton and have visited every pawnbroker's
place in New York, but they have been
hampcrcd in their work by the fact that
they were not permitted to leave copies Of
the list of stolen goods with the pawn
broker lest too much publicity should fol-
low, and they were allowed only to show
the lists to the keepers of the places, re-
lying on their memory for the rest. AS a
result, not the slightest trace has been
obtained of something more than 100000
separate pieces of jewelry which were
taken in the course of the year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
CRIED EASILY.
Nervous Woman stopped Coffee and
Quit other Things.

Nervous Woman Stopped Coffee and
Quit Other Things.
No better practical proof that coffee
As drug can be required than to note
how the nerves become unstrung In
women who habitually drink it.
The stomach, too, rebels at being
continually drugged with coffee and tea
they both contain the drug-caffeine.
Ask your doctor.
An Iowa woman tells the old story
thus:
II had used coffee for six years and
was troubled with headaches, nervous
ness and dizziness. In the morning,
upon rising l used to belch up a sour
fluid, regularly.
"Often l got so nervous and mise--
able would cry without the least rea-
son, and noticed my eyesight was
getting poor.
after using Postum while, I OBJ
served the headaches left me and soon
the belching Of sour fluid stopped (wa.
ter brash from dyspepsia). I feel de-
cidedly different now, and I am con-
WINGED that 1t is because stopped cof-
fee and began to use Postum. I can
see better now, my eyes are stronger.
"A friend of mine. did not like Post
um, but when told her to make It like
1t said on the package, she liked It all
right" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Greek. Mich. Always boil Post.
um well and It will surprise you.
Read the little book, "The Road b
Wellville" In pkga there's q rea-
Eson."
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
PERISH IN RACE RIOTS.
Whites and Blacks Fight Fiercely
in MiSsfssiDDi.

In
In a race riot which began with the
fatal wounding of a conductor by ne
gro on Mobile and Ohio railway train
at Crawford, Miss, and ended with an
outbreak at Scooba, Miss, at least fif.
teen persons were killed and perhaps a
score wounded. Following the shooting
at Crawford an outbreak occurred at Wa.
halak in which five negroes were killed.
Shortly after the departure of the
troops sent to quell the disturbance riot
ing broke out afresh at Scooba, five miles
south of Wahalak, and five negroes are
reported to have been killed. Of the
Scooba clash reports are conflicting, some
reports placing the number of killed and
wounded at a score. Troops were imme-
diately ordered to the scene.
Conductor r. n. Harrison Of the Mo-
bile and Ohio was the man shot and IA.
tally wounded by a negro At Crawford,
Miss. The negro, in turn, was shot by
Harrison and before he could escape was
killed by a posse. Three companions who
were with the negro fed to the woods
One Of these was later captured and shot
to death. Tuesday night negro became
involved in an alteration with two white
men aboard train near Artesia, Miss.
and when the station was reached was
taken from the train and killed. In q
dispatch to Gov. Vardaman Sheriff Trout
Of Kemper county described the situation
as critical.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hands Cracked and BleedfnE-Nati
CnmeOR OF FinEer-Cuticura REM
/ edies Brought Prompt Relief.

Hands Cracked and BleedinE-Nau
Came on of FinGer-Cutfcura Rem
/ edies Brought Prompt Relief.
81 had eczema On my hands Tor
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
of my fingers was so bad that the nall
came off. l had often heard Of cures
by the Cuticura Remedies, but had no
confidence in them as l had tried so
many remedies, and they all had failed
to cure me. I had seen three doctors,
but got no relief. Finally my husband
said that we would try the Cuticura
Remedies, so we got a cake Of Cuticura
Soap, a box Of Cuticura Ointment, and
two bottles Of Cutcura Resolvent
Pills. or course keep Cuticura Soap
all the time for my hands, but the one
cake of Soap and half box Of Cutl-
cura Ointment cured them. It Is sure
" a blessing for me to have my hands
well, and I am very proud Of having
tried Cuticura Remedies, and recon-
mend them to all suffering with ecze-
ma. Mrs. Eliza A. Wiley, r. f. D. No.
2, Liscomb, Iowa, Oct. Is, 1906"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05

these little structures will turn the
pelting rains and surely the tents in
which thousands are yet housed will
not The shacks are Of two sizes, the
larger ones being 16x1S feet and have
three rooms, while the smaller ones
have but two rooms.
Ungenerous officials.
The city officials have not displayed
a generous spirit. When the shacks
were erected it was understood that
they were to stand until the middle of
August, 1907. But early in November
orders were issued that all the parks
In the district where most OF the
camps are located should be cleared
forthwith Of tents, houses and refugees.
This was on the eve Of election and
the order was that they must depart
before voting. Politicians intertered
and told the refugees that they would
not be removed. The park commits
sioners renewed their order, but it has
not yet been put into effect and any
attempt to drive the people out will
lead to a riot, for they have no place
to go.
A monthly rental Of SO Is charged
for three-room shacks and Of 81 for
two-room shacks. The collection of the
rent Is difficult. Nine out Of ten would
have paid without comment but for the
presence of agitators who refused to
pay and urged others not to pay. Those
who have paid their rent have been
watching those who do not and as the
non-payers continue in possession Of
their shacks the number who refuse to
pay increases daily. Matters were
brought to a climax when eighteen
families took forcible possession Of as
many jefferson square shacks and held
them in open defiance Of The relief
corporation. They still hold them and
the effect Is demoralizing. The spirit
which they displayed is indicative of
the restlessness Of the people and there
may be trouble before long.
Obstreperous Mary Kelly.
The raid made by the eighteen fam
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
DEz MA(SE|gRS
10y 5 = q
-S2G~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c; corn,
No. 2, 43c to 44c oats, standard, &c to
33c; rye, No. 2, 65c to &c; hay, timo-
thy, $1,000 to $500; prairie, $500 to
$16.50; butter, choice creamery, 27c to
Bic; eggs fresh, 24c to Csc; potatoes,
32c to 4Oc.
anapolis-Cattle, shipping $500
to $500; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$6.4O; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$4.5C; wheat, No. 2, 73c to Toe; corn,
No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2
mnite, 35c to SIC.
st. Louis Cattle, $3.50 to S6.75;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 75c to rec: corn,
No. 2, Doc to 40c; oats, No. 2, 84c to
35c; rye, No. 2, 61c to 63c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 7oc; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 42c to 44c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 36c to aSc; rye, No. 2, Toe to
TIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 76c to TIC; corn, No. 3
yellow, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 3 white,
35c to Bic; rye, No. 2, 69c to Toe.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
TIC to Zoe; corn, No. 8, 4oc to Ale;
oats, standard, 34c to 35c; rye, No. 1,
66c to &c; barley, standard klc to 55c;
pork, mess, $16.15.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
RAILROADS EARN S2,819,76o,03(
Interstate Commissions Report Gov.
ers 22O,O26 Miles.

interstate COMMISSIONS report COVs
ers 22O,O26 Miles.
A preliminary report of the interstate
commerce commission on the income &C.
count Of the railways of the United
States for the year ended June 30 last,
contains returns from companies operat.
ing 220,026 miles of lines, or about 90
per cent Of the mileage that will be GOV.
cred in the final report.
The total gross earnings Of the roads
were $2,3i9, 100000, being equivalent to
$10,543 per mile. Passenger earnings
were S61S,555,934, or S2,S11 per mile,
and freight earnings $1,640,942,S62, or
$T,45S per mile. Operating expenses
were 1882, 1913, 153, or S6,963 per mile.
The net earnings of the roads were
$7S7, 597, S77, being $3.50 per mile, and
nearly 100000 more than the CORE
spending amount reported for the previ-
Gus year. Income from other sources
than those of operation aggregated 1892
624, 9S2. The dividends paid amounted
to 5000, 406, 53S and taxes $3S,903, 2SS.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
Nothing Bogus About the Title.

"Did you secure your title Of colo
mel in the armyT asked the formida-
bly, frank person.
Certainly not" replied Colonel Still
well. ut is the expression Of genuine
esteem by my friends and neighbors,
not a mere formality Of red tape
Washington Star.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
Found Him So.

Ubett-The idea of Slkker claiming to-
be hard working man is the richest
thing I've heard of lately.
Konmann-Well, he is, by George |!
He's the hardest man l ever tried to
work.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-01-05
.OVERRUN BY THIEVES.

New York Police Helpless I'm the
Face of IA Crime Epidemic.
In New York City more than $1,000
600 worth of property chiefly jewelry.
has been stolen during the past year, and
only a small proportion of it has been
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
f'crfUruetI I-nnns

The food of the gods In the Greek Olympus is described as sweeter than honey and of a most luscious fragrance. also 1t was a restorative. Apollo, in the "lliad," saves the body of Sarpe- donis from putrefaction by the applica- ton of ambrosa. In the ".Eneid" ye- nus heals the wounds of her son by this perfumed food, and 1t is said that Der nice, wife of Ptolemy Soter, tasted of 1t and was saved from death. The goddesses used 1t for the toilet when they wished to appear specially captl- vating-Juno when she adorned herself to meet Jupiter, Venus when she pre-. sented herself to Fneas and Psyche when her heart palpitated at the com ing of Cupid. The Epicureans thought that perfume mixed with their wine enabled them 10 drink more plentifuiiy without leaving i'll effects. Not the Epicureans only. but the Bacchantes, mingled honey and fragrant infusion of flowers in their wine cups, In the east perfumed shcrbets are much ap- preciated. as well as highly scented cakes and lozenges. es.--London Society.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
Checking n Cough.

It is not usually supposed that any exercise of the will power can be made efficient in checking a cough or a sneeze, but celebrated doctor says sneezing can be stopped by pressing on the nerve of the lips in the neighbor- hood of the nose. Coughing may be stopped by slight pressure in front of the ear. This will also stop hiccough- ing. Pressing very hard on the top of the mouth is also means of stopping coughing, and many say the will alone has immense power. There are various other affections associated with breath ing. which can be stopped by the same mechanism that stops the hearts ac- ton. In spasm of the glottis, which Is terrible thing in children, and also In whooping cough, 1t is possible to afford relief by throwing cold water on the feet or by tickling the soles of the feet, which produces laughter and at the same time arrests the spasm almost at once.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
Cruel, but Necessary.

The Eskimos dread the winter and take early precautions to provide against famine. As the season ap- proaches the great herds of reindeer migrate southward. and the walrus or the seal are all that remain for food. When an in wind is blowing the wal rus is easily found on the outer edge of the ice packs. When 1t is blowing off the shore, however, the ice packs sail out to sea with the walruses on them. The natives then class their numbers in q list from the strongest to the weakest. The food that is in store is divided up, the weakest having the smallest quantity. the strongest the largest. Thus the mightiest hunters have strength to provide for the oth. CTS. It is a cruel system, but neverthe- less necessary one. If all were weak. all would die: If some are strong, they will save many of the weak.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
oULU R.NIJ HE SEA.
Why the Metal Is Shipped In Bars
 R8thcr Than In Coin.

When the banks ship gold across the Atlantic" said a banker they pre- fer to ship 1t in bars rather than in coin. 1t loses less that way"
 Ut loses less"
 Yes. sir. If S1,0000o0 in gold coins Is shipped across the sea 1t is only S999,S00 on it's arrival. It loses from twelve to fifteen ounces. about $200, through abrasion, through knocking about with the motion of the waves. The sea makes gold lose weight, you see. the same as it does human beings Gold bars lose less. In fine weather they will only lose about $100 to each million. In the ugliest weather they don't lose over $150. whereas in like conditions gold coins have been known to lose $500, As gold shipments of S10,- OOO,OO0 often occur, to make these ship ments in gold bars instead of gold coin Is a saving of $1,000 or more. It is odd 10 think when you cross in one of those gold laden ships that every wave that hits the boat clips off 10 to 15 cents from its golden cargo" o.".-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
THE pEvlLElSH.
Its Ability to Change It's own and
 the Waters Color.

|
 "I was lying on rock watching the
 movements of some land crabs which
 kept retreating fror the water as the
 tide rose, when suddenly crab dashed
 frantically from the water and out
 after 1t galloped - there is no other
 word for it-a devilfish nearly two feet
 across" writes an observer from Ava
 Ion, Cal. "The animal continued the
 chase short distance. If 2 its ten
 tacles in the air in a sort of overhead
 motion; then. finding pursuit hopeless.
 1t withdrew with a peculiarly unpleas-
 ant wrlthing. gliding motion charac-
 teristic of these animals. Upon reach
 ing the water it stationed itself just at the edge, so mimicking the color of the
 bottom that when glanced away and
 looked suddenly back l could not at once distinguish it. This devilfish had the appearance of a cat watching for mice, and when a crab was seen 1t would shoot out long, attenuated tentacle and attempt to seize 1t. By carefully inslnuating my way to tho waters edge I quickly grasped the specimen and after a short struggle tore 1t from the rocks and secured 1t.
 At various times had from three to five devilfishes in an inclosure where could watch them change color and test their strength. In confine- ment, if the tank bottom was dark, they assumed various tints, generally dark reddish brown, but the largest one was tigerlike creature. about three feet across, with a ground of livid white covered with black or dark gray blotches, giving it truly fiendish appearance. especially as the eyes were conspicuous and appeared to emit lambent gleams. The change of color was marvellous in Its rapidlty. In special tank in which two of these prisoners were confined they occupied the corners, facing outward. with arms either colled under or above them. At any offensive movement on my part. my hand under water, the color scheme would change. A blush to pass over the entire sur face. and in large squid can only compare 1t to heat ilghtning-a rapid and continued series of flushing and paling. from deep brick red to gray.
 Tt was very evident that the ami. mals differed much in pugnacity. Some did not resent my touching them: others merely threw a tentacle in my while one never touched me. but directed its siphon at my hand under water and sent violent current | In that direction, apparently endeavor- Ing to blow my hand away. It was to observe the range this water gun had and how by seeming the devilfsh could direct it 1t my hand as I slowly moved it about while attempting to attract the ami nars attention in an opposite dlrec- ion"