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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
NEGROES ARE HEARD
20 DISCHARGED SOLDIERS BE-
FORE SENATE COMMITTEE.
Guns Clean at Inspection-Witness
Declares This Condition Would
Have Been Impossible Had They
Been Used.

The investigation by the senate
committee on military affairs Of the
Brownsville, Tex, affray began Mon
day A score of the negro soldiers OF
the Twenty-ffth infantry who were
discharged without honor were pres
ent, but only a limited number were
permitted to sit in the committee room
during the proceedings.
Senator Foraker called former Ser
|geant Israeli Harris to the stand Re-
garding the happenings on Aug. IL
and IA he said:
ION that night we had some dis
,turbance--some shooting, l mean.
was asleep in ID barracks, and az
about IL o'clock / was aroused by the
noise of guns. Then there was the
sound to arms and Company ID got
dressed and we started for our guns.
, The witness told of getting the guns
in the dark after the racks had been
opened. He described the racks and
showed that there was but one key to
a rack and that that key would I'M
lock only one rack, and that the keys
were in the possession of non-commis-
stoned officers. The witness said when
the company formed outside Capt
LYONS, Of Company ID, was present and
Immediately called the roll and per-
sonally counted his men and found
that none was absent.
Calling for the guns furnished to
the committee by the war department
Senator Foraker had one gun identi-
fled by the witness as a new model
Springfield rifle and another as the
Krag- Jorgensen rife. The former
was in use by Company D. but the wit
ness was familiar with the Krag-Jor-
gensen. He testified that gun cannot
be cleaned to pass inspection without
a regulation rod, and that only four
such rods are provided for each COM
pany.
He said that one shot would put
the gun in condition to require almost
as much cleaning as six or more shots
his inference being that it would have
been impossible for any guns of Com
pany ID to have been used in the
shooting up" of Brownsville and to
have been cleaned surreptitiously 50
as to pass inspection when the racks
were unlocked and the guns inspected
the next day
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
MADE TO SCRUB.
Pupils Who Defaccd Building Re-
uuired to Clean 1t.

Have the school authorities any
right to make the pupils scrub the
floor? That is the question now being
fought out between the school board
of Iced and some angry parents. A
few weeks ago five girls defaced the
walls of the high school building and
as a punishment were required to pay
for kalsOmining the same and also to
scrub the walls. Two of the girls, be-
lieVing in the law of least resistance,
did what was required of them, but
the other three upheld by their par
erts, refused to pay for the kalsOmin-
ing and dOubly refused to demean
themselves by scrubblng the walls.
At the last meeting of the school
board the parents appeared, stating
that the superintendent had no right
to require anything of the sort from
his pupils. Before q decision could
be reached. however, the storm had
grown so heavy that the members OF
the school board. deciding that dis
erection was the better part of ValOr.
adjourned the meeting preemptOrily,
and the question to scrub or not ia
scrub still faces the community.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
THINKS HE Is MARRIED.
Imagfnes He is Husband and 1t Makes
Him Crazy.


The authorities Of Sphinx county
have been called upon to take action
in an unusual case Of insanity. the VIC
tim being John Kimball, aged betweea
thirty and thirty-fve years, who came
TO South Dakota from Wolford county,
III. The parents Of the unfortunate
young man now reside at Chatmer,
Ind. and have been advised of tha
condition of their son.
Ktmball was taken before the coun.
ty board Of insanity. and after care
ful examination, has been declired in-
sane. The case developed some
strange vagaries. Kimball talks reas-
onably on general topics, but has the
IDEA that some time ago he was mar
ried to young society woman residing
at Turton. According to his notion,
the marriage ceremony was perform
ed In the absence of the bride but in
the presence of the supreme court Of
the state Of Illinois, and that special
privilege for this was granted by the
father of the woman whom he mag
ines he married, the Catholic service
being used in performing the cere-
mony.
Attention was first attraced to the
mental condition of Kimball by tho
or parties to the effect that if they did
not cease taking his wife" to dances
and other entertainments he would
kill both his wife" and those who es'
cOrted her.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENsED FORM.
Two Men Found Dead on Western
Plains-Cattle Die by Thousands
Mercury Ranges from % to % Be-
low Zero Mark.

Reports come from the Cheyenne
river country that homesteader
named Meyer and a sheep herder
whose name is not yet learned were
found frozen to death, having perished
during the late blizzard. The sheep
herder belonged to Suckers ranch.
Rough boxes have been sent out from
Rapid City over the Pierre branch OF
the Northwestern and the bodies are
expected in Rapid City soon.
Another herder with the Jay outfit
on the Dakota City divide has been
missing for four days, and it is feared
that he has met with the same fate.
Mr.. Meyer, the homesteader, and ms
son were out cutting wood about a
mile from their shack. The father
started for home through the blizzard
In advance Of his son, but upon the
arrival of the young man at the house
and finding that his father was not
there he started back to find him.
About q mile from the house in an OPP
posits direction the father was found
frozen to death.
There is being reported almost daily
serious losses in the herds of ranch
cattle, horses and sheep on account
of the extreme cold and the heaviest
fall Of snow in period Of twenty
years, where heretofore there has been
open grazing during the winter sea-
son. There IS now two feet of snow
on the level The mercury ranges
from 22 to % below zero.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
SUICIDE AT WEDDING.
Remarkable Interruption TO Marriage
Ceremony in New York.

Standing in the doorway Of an
apartment in New York where guests
had assembled to witness a wedding
Sunday night, stranger supposed to
be Ulderic Hugron, of Waterbury,
Conn, blew out his brains. Death was
instantaneous and the body tumbled
backward down a flight of stairs. The
bride and many women guests became
hysterical following the tragedy and
the marriage ceremony was delayed
while the coroner's jury held an i'm
promptu inquiry. The guests viewed
the body, each declaring ignorance Of
the suicides identity. An hour later
the wedding was solemnized
The guests had gathered at the
apartment of James Feeney, on Am
sterdam avenue, for the marriage of
Feeney's niece, Bessie Feeney, and
Michael Legion. The presence of the
stranger was not noticed until the shot
was fired.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
SAY HE is RiIA!. RAFFLES.
Canadian Reformer is Robber, Chica
60 Police Declare.

man, said by the Lake street pO
lice to be a genuine "Raffles," wa!
captured while coming out of the shoe
store of A. c. Liebrick, of Chicago. h
proved to be Henry E. Rice, a grad
uate of Montreal, Can, college, who
came to Chicago three months ago tc
engage in reform work. He has giver
several lectures at West Side churche!
and missions.
In Rice's room two trunks of fine
clothing were found. Among the gar.
ments was a dress suit which Rice
donned when he appeared before a.
audience to deliver one of his "uplift
sermons. On returning to his room, l.
is alleged by the police, he would
change the dress suit for a garb less
conspicuous and then sally forth tC
rob-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
TO TEST QUARANTINE LAW.
Three Men Driving Diseased Cattle
Into North Dakota Arrested.

Three Men Driving Diseased Cattle
Into North Dakota Arrested.
United States Marshal Bullock has
returned from Aberdeen, where he
was on business connected with the
arrest Of Henry Ford and son and
William Perkins, residing near Her
reid, in the extreme northern portion
of South Dakota, who are under In
dictment in the federal court of North
Dakota for shipping cattle into North
Dakota in violation Of the terms OF
government quarantine.
The offense was committed in 1905.
when the men are charged with haV-
ing driven from South Dakota to
North Dakota two carloads Of cattle
which are alleged to have been af-
flicted with scabies. They We're ar
rested by Deputy Marshal Koch on
the request Of the United States au-
thorities of North Dakota. The de-
PENDANTS were taken before United
States Commissioner Wallace, Of Abb
erdeen, and furnished bonds for their
appearance in North Dakota to an
swer to the Indictment against them
which was returned by federal grand
Jury in session at Bismarck.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
NEW REVISION MOVE.
Gov. Guild, of Massachusetts,, Has
Monster Petition.


Gov. Guild, of Massachusetts,, 1t is
understood, is preparing to forward
to President Roosevelt monster petit
ton from citizens Of Massachusetts,
asking that the president bestir him
self in favor of tariff revision. AL
though the petition has not yet been
received 1t is reported that President
Roosevelt will answer with letter
informing Gov. Guild that while he
has great respect for the governor and
citizens of Massachusetts, he does not
feel justified in tearing the tariff ques-
ton open to suit their present conven-
fence. The president has agreed with
the party leaders not to tinker with
the tariff until the party policy is fixed
by the convention of 1908.
Representative Ames, of Massachu.
sets, has been actively circulating in
the house a petition for caucus tC
fix the policy on tariff, but he has fail.
ed to get enough signatures to call
caucus.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Is SIXTY MILES OUT.
Rail Laying on the Northwestern EX-
tension West from Pierre Stops.

Rail Laying on the Northwestern EX-
tension West from Pierre Stops.
The rail laying on the Northwestern
extension west from Pierre has been
stopped for the winter at point lit
tie more than sixty miles out, Just
west of Nowlin. On tht west end Of
the track, the work is completed
short distance east of the Cheyenne
river bridge. and track laying is yet in
progress. There are several heavy
grades between the two ends Of the
track, and work is continuing on these
through the winter, and when spring
comes, there will be but about fifty
miles of track to put in, which will
not take very long, and the chances
are that the, track will be in before
the bridge across the river at Pierre
is ready for crossing. The chances are
that trains will be running from
Pierre to Rapid City by the first of
euly.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
REVOLT MENACE TO CHINA.
Rebellion Has Assumed Very AIarn,-
ing Proportions.

Rcbcllton Has Assumed Very Alarm
ing Proportions.
The steamer Tartar brings advices
chat the revolution in central China
is becoming a serious menace to Chi
ma. A junction between the rebels of
Human and Kwang Tung is threatened
with the result that formidable re-
bellion will follow. The rebels hold
all the mountain Businesses on the
borders of Human and Kiang 81, and
all attempts of the imperial troops to
dislodge them have failed
The Chinese authorities at Shang.
hal are adopting vigorous measures to
check the importation of arms and
ammunition. Agents Of the revolution
lists have sent to the United States and
Europe to purchase warlike material
and collision has been found to exist
between the agents of the rebels and
traders to import arms under guise Of
trade goods.
Signs of unrest are reported from
many places In China.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
CAME FROM WISCONSIN.
Died of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria

Died of Scarlet Fever and Diphtharia
Bodies Brought into State.
Mr.. and Mrs. w NJ. BoOwer have
returned to Rapid City from Superior.
Wis, bringing with them the bodies
of their two children, who died with
in week of each other of scarlet few
er and diphtheria. Special precau-
lions are necessary in the way of en-
balming and dislnfecting before per-
mission can be obtained to ship bod
les of those who have died of contag-
ious diseases. In some states this Is
not possible, but the intertate laws
of Wisconsin and South Dakota are
such that in this case it could bs
done.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
Believed William Donohue was Slair
i'm Brooklyn Saloon.

That William J. Donohue, q Brook
lyn assembylman, did not commit sui
eide, but was murdered, was the opiu-
ion expressed by Coroner's Physician
Wuest after performing an autopsy OF
Donohue's body Friday.
Donohue was found Thursday with
q bullet wound in his head, lying in
the side room of a saloon in Brooklyn
and died without recovering conscious.
ness.
IT is said that when he left home a
few hours before his death he had
5000 in his pockets. The police found
only $22 after his death.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
CHARIVARI is COSTLY.
Participants Forced to Pay for DAM
age They Did.

A number of young men and boys
who participated in a charivari at the
expense of Emil Johnson, a promi
inent resident of Brandon, small
town a few miles northeast of Sioux
Falls. are sadder but wiser individ-
Euals, because they have teen compell-
ed to pay for the damage they did at
the Johnson home.
While celebrating the marriage OF
Mr.. Johnson in the old fashioned way
by giving himself and bride tin pan
serenade, the members of the mob
became quite rude, and because the
groom refused to purchase their 81
lence they destroyed considerable
property on the premises of the
yroom
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
SMALLPOX IN FAMINE CAMPS.
Chinese Authorities Are Beginning 10
Break Them Up.

Further advices from the famine
district of central China, received py
the steamer Tartar, state that small
pox has broken out in the camps, ana
in consequence officials are breaking
them up. The people are numbed by
suffering and patiently submit to be
driven. kilograms TO the Jill Shimpo
say upwards of half million peopl-
will die OF starvation or disease Incl
dental to the terrible conditions pre-
vailing in the famine districts. Relief
measures adopted are stated to be in
efficient, and the filth amid which the
unfortunate famine stricken people
live is described as shocking. No SAN
ttary measures of any kind were
adopted, and II was inevitable that a
pestilence should follow.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
DEATH IN THE SNOW.
All Attempts to Find Body Are
Abandoned.

Abandoned.
Parties from the vicinity Of Topbar.
100 miles northwest of Pierre. an
nounce the loss on the prairie in that
section the first Of the month of a
Mrs. LaCran, who had come to
homestead in that section with her
husband, from some point in MinneJo-
ia. She started to visit a neighbor
about three miles from the claim,
and said if the weather should be
stormy she would not attempt to re-
turn the same day. But she started
home late in the evening and never
reached the homestead. 1t is presumed
that she became lost in the darkness
and wandered until she fell exhausted
Heavy SHOWS have fallen since that in
that part Of the state, and all attempts
to find the body have been unsuccess-
full
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Commander Brown Injured.

R. b. Brown, of Cincinnati, o.. com
mander in chief of the &c A. r., and
one other passenger, and the engineer
of a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
train, east bound We're slightly injured
in a collision Friday between a pas
senger train and switch engine near
Norwood La
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Confirms Koch's Theory.

The English royal commission on
tuberculosis has just issued a lengthy
report on tubercular diseases. The re-
port sets forth that man is liable to in
lection by bovine tuberculosis and that
cows milk containing tubercular ba-
the cases of such infection.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09

A rag shop on the first floor of
two-story and basement house In New
York was burned out early Monday
morning, and In the fire half dozen
persons were burned, some perhaps
fatally, while others were injured by
Jumping from windows
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Snow Storm. Continues.

The severest snow storm of the win
ter is raging over all northern Ne
braska South Dakota and the Black
Hills. Four inches of snow have fall
EN- in Nebraska and the Rosebud res
ervation of South Dakota, and from
four to six inches in the Black Hills.
The temperature ranges from below
to ~ below Zero There is no wind
md the snow is falling evenly.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Big Swine Sale at Mitchc,i.

The annual sale Of swine which waa
held by the South Dakota Improved
Live Stock Breeders association all
Mitchell recently was the most sue
cessful one ever held by the associa-,
ton. P. F. Murphy's Poland China
sow topped the sale at s110
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Street Fighting in odessa.

There was serious street lighting In
Odessa Saturday night. in which three
policemen and many pedestrians were
wounded. Earlier in the day there
was conflict between Jews and mem
bers OF the Black Hundreds, and many
persons on both sides were injured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Big Quake in South Seas.

Solomon island, in the South seas,
was visited by a fearful earthquake
several months ago. So heavy was the
force Of the trembler that the earth
opened and deep gorges were created.
The entire appearance of the island
was changed by the upheaval.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Diynrccd hy Death.

George III. Meyer, a multi-million-
aire broker of New Orleans. who was
in Yankton for divorce. died in that
city recently. Meyer was 80 years of
age. On his person were found 60o
shares of Standard Oil stock worth
over a million dollars He would have
had divorce if he had lived week
longer.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Shea is On Trial Again.

The second trial of Cornelius P
Shea, president of tho Chicago team
sters' union, and other labor leaders
accused Of conspiracy in connection
with the teamsters' strike in 1905, was
commenced Friday. IT is believed
jury will be secured In much shorter
time than at the first trial.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
BANK CLOSES AT SCOTLAND.
Doors of the First National Arc
Shut

The First National bank of Scotland
has been closed by Bank Examiner
Silsby at the request Of the officers.
The publication Of a dispatch from
Sioux Falls in the daily papers stating
that a judgment for over $1,000 was
rendered against the stockholders OF
the old Bank of Scotland, the prede-
cessor of the First National, caused
heavy Withdrawals, and it is said the
request was made to protect the depos-
itors.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Prizes Are Awarded

The South Dakota Poultry show at
Mitchell for the year 1907 has been a.
splendid success throughout, the birds
being of exceptional quality and the
scores in the main were close UP to-
the perfection mark
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Motber and Cbild Srain

Mrs. Harvey Marris and her 7-year-
old son were murdered Thursday a
few hundred feet from their home,
three miles east of Roosevelt, AriZ.
Mrs. Morris husband had left homo
for Roosevelt during the morning.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Ha, Factory EMPLOYEES Strike.

-Four thousand men and 700 women
employed in the hat factories of the
Orange. N. j., district were called out
on strike Friday by ordsr of the ma.
tional union officers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
The Rank OF BowdIe

A new banking institution, incorpor-
ated under the name OF the First State
Bank of Bowdle, has commenced bust
ness at that place. The institution
starts out with a capital of $4,000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09

The Imperial porcelain works of
Trenton, N. j., burned Sunday. The
loss is estimated at 100000, fully In
sured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Gasoline Is Advanced.

Gasoline and naptha were again adj
vanced cent a gallon by the Stand
ard Oil company Monday.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-02-09
Sioux City Live Stock Market.

Mondays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Butcher,
steers. s4.so05.4o. Top hogs. $500
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-21

plowed up the sand-probably an antelope in
It's dying struggles and from there led many
footprints; but all in the same direction.
This settles it, said Kirk, gloomily. He
had brought down his game, and had prob
ably gone out there to kill it, when those
villains caught him"
Come on, then, as quick as you can, That
was more than twenty-four hours ago. cried
Dory, as he dashed forward; for it was easy
to follow. the broad trail, which had been
made without any effort to conceal it.
1t was as much as Kirk could do to keep
pace with his cousin so eager had the latter
continued on down the valley, half running
or walking rapidly, regardless OF whether they
were seen or not
For fully an hour they kept on in this way,
the course leading within fifty or sixty yards
turned abruptly off to the left.
Hold on, Dory," said Kirk, as he caught
his cousin by the arm. They've taken hin
into the woods close by here somewhere and
we must be more careful than we have been.
speaking. We may be able to creep up on
them unawares."
Dory nodded his head and the two moved
on cautiously but slowly until they were with
in the shelter of the trees, when it was more
difficult for them to advance without noise
For boys who had had no experience in
such work, they moved through the woods
very silently and after they had walked half
an hour diagonaly on the mountain side, they
learned that they might have proceeded with
less caution.
just ahead of them they could hear loud
talking and laughter. that must have been
made by honest people, who knew there was
no reason for their being pursued, or by dis
honest ones, who thought they were perfectly
safe.
1t was the latter case, as the boys saw
when they crept nearer the spot and peered
through the foliage