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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
South Dakota
State News
INspECTs HOT SPRINGS HOME.
Capt. Palmer Finds Satisfactory Con-
ditiOnS.

Cant. Palmer Finds Satisfactory Con-
ditiOns.
Sunday was a red letter day in the
history of the Battle NJ -untain SANTA
rum at Hot Springs. Capt. Henry h.
Palmer, local manager, who lives IN
Omaha, arrived the day before and
was handsomely serenaded by the hne
band Of twelve pieces upon his arrlVai
on the grounds, the band wearing their
new military uniforms, fine concert
given in the administration bullalhS
in the evening and the double row OF
incandescent lights around the DOME
seventy-two in the lower and forty
two in the upper circle, lighted for the
first time At 1870 o'clock p. M, IN
the presence of some five hundred
people, a fine concert was given in the
open air, following which Chaplain
elect DR.. G. p. Clark, of DcadWTod,
offered prayer in the administration
building, which was followed by adj
dresses by Bishop Henry 6. Warren,
d. D., Of Denver; Hon. Eben w. Mar
tin, Of DeadwOOd. acting governor;
Mai w. a. Tucker and Capt. Henry
r. Palmer, Of Omaha. During his ad-
dress Mr.. Martin presented to the ma
tional saritarium the penhOlder and
inkstand which President Roosevelt
had used in signing the bill which
originally created the sanitarium, and
Maj. Tucker accepted it, saying it
would be placed in a glass case in the
rotunda of the administration build
ing At the close of Capt. Palmer's
address the crowd gathered in front
of the administration building while
Capt. Palmer raised the large flag, 16
by %, 70" the first time on the new
S5-foot steel flagstaff amid the thun-
ders of the national salute Of twenty
one guns fired from the home battery
snd the strains Of THE Star Spangled
Banner" from the band and the cheers
and applause of the crowd
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
TAFT OPENS CANVASS
GIVES HIS PLATFORM IN SPEECH
AT COLUMBUS.
Plea for Tariff Rcvision-Secretary
Urges that Matter Be Taken Up
Following Presidential Election
Eavcrs Inheritance Tax.

In a speech at Columbus, o., Mon
tional issues, William H. Taft struck
the keynote of his candidacy for the
highest office in the gift of the people
and gave the country a characters
tically frank and clean cut statement
of his views. AS was TO be expected,
the regulation of railroads was given
a larger share of attention than any
other single subject, the striking fea-
ture of the discussion being the dec
laration that the Hepburn law does
not Or far enough"
While insisting that the measure al
ready has accomplished much good
and that no constitutional objection
can be lodged against it, the secretary
held that actual operation has Demon
trated the need of certain amend
ments. These are:
"Giving the interstate commerce
commission power to classify mer-
chandise for transportation and to fix
uniform rules for such classification.
Prohibiting the issue of radical
stocks or bonds except on approval of
the interstate commerce commission.
Making it unlawful for an inter
state railway to acquire stock in a
competing line"
Dealing with the claim that the Ell
kins law has proved to be an effect
i've regulatory measure and that no
other was needed, the secretary, while
not Withholding credit for what has
been done under that statute, de-
could have taken place under the law
which 1t displaced.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
WILEY FOR PURE ICE CREAM.
Frozen Dainty Must Be Wholesome i'm
Washington

1--WE are hot on the trail of the
Washington ice cream Dealers" said
DR.. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist Of the
agricultural department, Monday DIR.
Wiley returned from Europe few
days ago and he is again at work on
the enforcement of the pure food laws.
Monday the health officer of Washing
ton Informed him that the health Of
ficials had disclosed the fact that sew
eral ice cream dealers there were SELL
ing impure ice cream. Dr. Wiley at
once called in his special agents. He
said:
I'VE will test the ice cream, and IL
we find that Washington dealers are
serving product that is not whole
some we shall proceed against the
dealers under the provisions af the
pure food law. We shall collect sam
pies of the ice cream and analyze it.
We have the milk dealers well in hand,
and l believe they are endeavoring to
comply with the law. A long list OF ice
cream dealers is under suspicion
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
EXPLOSION ON MOTORBOAT.
Two Are Killed and Number Are
Seriously Injured.

young man and young woman
we're drowned in an accident on a mo-
torboat off Tiverton, r. l., Sunday.
The boat had reached a point a lit
tie north of the New York and New
Haven railroad bridge over the Sea-
comet river when an explosion oc-
CURED and the fourteen young men
and women were hurled into the wa
ter. With the exception of Miss Mer-
,cier and George Anthony all were res
cued by motorboats which put out
from the river bank, but the two were
drowned.
Joseph Chouinard, who was in
charge of the boat, performed heroic
work in keeping several of the young
women afioat until the rescuers reach
ed them, although he was himself suf-
fering severely from burns. Several
physicians who were summoned dress
ed the burns of the injured, after
which they were conveyed to Fall
River in ambaulances 1t is believed
that all ultimately will recover.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
TEACHERS ARE UNDERPAID.
State superintendent Ustrud Addresses
Clay County Institute.

The Clay county institute, which
was in session at Vermillion for two
weeks, closed on Saturday evening.
Nearly 100 teachers were in attend
ance.
Prof. f. c. PerishO, of the state uni
versity, was in charge of the institute,
and was ably assisted by Prof. NJ. y.
Lange, of Pierre, and Superintendent
Byers and Mrs. Clear water, of the city
schools.
State superintendent Hans Ustrud
addressed the teachers. He compli-
mented them on the good work they
were doing and urged that they con-
tinue to a higher state of efficiency.
Mr.. Ustrud is of the opinion that
teachers all over the state are under
paid, but believes the day is at hand
when salaries for the good teachers
will have to be materially raised il
they are to be secured. He urged the
teachers to continue their chosen work
with untiring zeal, assuring them that
better days were in store for the pro-
ficient instructor, both in the city and
country schools
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
HURON MYSTERY SOLVED.
Carpenters Recover Tools, but Thieves
Are Still at Large.

For several weeks past carpenters
employed at the Chicago and North
western shops and buildings at Huron
have lost tools, and until a day or
two since could not locate the thieves.
A man named Emery employed in the
yards left the city a few days since
directing that a large box be sent him
when he so ordered. Officers learned
of this and located the box, discover
ing that it contained about $3.50 worth
of carpenters tools. of almost every
kind. Later it was found that Emery
had a confederate, who on being ac-
cused of being interested with Emery,
confessed, but succeeded in skipping
the town. The carpenters, some TWEEN
ty in number, have recovered their
tools, but the thieves are still at large.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Seriously Injured i'm Runaway.

Information has been received of q
serious accident which befell Miss
Grace Delap, who resides in the east
ern part of Minnehaha county She
had been visiting at the home of sis
ter and had started for home on horse
back when her horse became frighten-
ed and ran away. She was wholly I'M
able to control it, and the horse finally
collided with an old wagon, which was
standing near the road. Miss Delap
was thrown to the ground by the force
of the collision and was seriously in
jured.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
REUNION AFTER MANY YEARS.
Brother and Sister Had Lost Track of
Each Other

reunion after an absence OF elev-
en- years, during which time they lost
trace Of each other, is the remarkable
experience of brother and sister in
Aberdeen. George Halliday and his
wife have been living in Mcintosh
county, n. D., for some years, and a
few days ago they decided to move.
There was no need of haste, so they
harnessed a team and drove leisurely'
across the border and into Brown
county. They arrived in Aberdeen, and
while passing through one of the
streets Halliday noticed a woman on
the porch of a house who resembled
somebody he had seen. The woman
was Mrs. L. Adams, and as the team
was passing she looked at the occu-
pants of the buggy. She recognized
Halliday at once as her brother
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS.
Rancher Commits Suicide After Dis
posing of His Property.

Just when he was on the point of
returning with his family to his for
mer home in Michigan fit Of melan-
cholia caused Amos Hawkes., quar-
ter breed rancher living near Elk
mountain, to commit suicide. With
the ingenuity of nsahity the man stole
from the bed where his wife was
sleeping, and going some distance
away from the house placed his Win
chester 70 his head, and by means of
a forked stick pulled the trigger, blow
ing out his brains. The remains We're
found next day by Sheriff Ennis, who
was sent by the wife to find her hus-
band. Both the gun and the stick
were still held by the stiff fingers of
the dead man. Hawkes. was so years
of age and leaves a widow and seven
children, who have but the proceeds of
the ranch he had just sold.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
PUT SOP TO RACE RIOTING.
Presence of Troops Restores Peace
Among Whites and Negroes.

Presence of Troops Restores Peace
Among Whites and Negroes.
AS result Of the arrival of state
troops at Onancock, Va, where the
race rioting was in progress for sever
al days, everything is reported quiet.
Troops ordered to the scene are pa
trolling the town.
The situation is still critical. and
there is still danger Of a further out
break between the whites and the
blacks.
Gov. Swanson has returned to Nor
folk from Onancock. He reported TIE
situation in that community as quiet,
and anticipates no further trouble I'M
less it is provoked by the negroes. He
advised the whites in his speech at
Onancock last night that it devolved
upon them to maintain the supremacy
of the white race.
The second detail of troops was not
necessary, the governor says, and the
order for them would have been coun-
fernandez but for the decentralization
in Geographic communication incident
to the strike of the telegraphers. The
negroes in the vicinity Of Onancock
are said to be shrinking from the SOL
diers, but they are still in a bad hui
NOR and ripe for trouble. A carload
Of white citizans from Pocomoke, Md,
arrived at Onancock Friday afternoon.
They came at the instigation of the
people of Onancock and will remain
until the trouble is over.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
AUTO SAVES PRISONER.
Machine Sent Through Mobs at Full
Speed.

A tramp who assaulted Alma White
head, the 14-year-old daughter of Rev.
y. M. Whitehead, of Turnerville, Pa,
Saturday night. was run down by
bloodhounds and captured shortly af-
ter midnight Sunday night near Wick,
,Ashtabula county, and taken to Mead
vile, Pa, JAIL The capture was made
by Frank Flowers, chief of police of
Warren, o. He was taken thirty
miles across the country in an automc-
bile.
At several points along the road AK
cited crowds had gathereT, bent on
lynching the prisoner The sheriff,
however, by throwing on the full pow
ier of his automobile, passed through
the angry crowds before they had time
to realize what had happened.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
DRINK CAUSES DOWNFALL.
Mike Andre, OF WATERFOWL, is PiaceGI
In City Jail.

Poor old Mike Andre, of WATERFOWL,
has again fallen. He was arrested on
the charge OF larceny, having abstract
ed goods from a Great Northern
freight car. He was on the verge OF
delirium tremens. The court sem
fenced him to twelve and one-half
days in the county Jail.
For many years Mike Andre was a
prominent and unique character at
Lake Kampeska, where he kept a boat
house and supplied the disciples of
Walton with tackle and bait. But
drink was his besetting sin. One ex-
ceptionally dark night, according to
the evidence in court, he shot Jack
Moody as the latter was lying on his
bunk in a shack. He then procured
a can of kerosene and sprinkled the
contents over the dead or dying form
and set fire to the shack No particu-
lar motive was established for the
commission of the crime unless it be
one of hatred famed by drink, be-
cause the victim was also supplying
fishermen with the implements OF
sport. Notwithstanding Andre stoutly
maintained his innocence, he was con-
Victed on circumstantial evidence and
sentenced for life. At the state peni-
Tertiary he was model prisoner. His
craving for drink seemingly left him.
Last year he was pardOred at the
earnest opportunities Of his old friends
and neghb0rs. He returned to his
family, declaring that hencefOrth he
would be a man. He kept his reSolu-
ton for months, but drink eventually
mastered him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
RUMoRs or RECEIvERSHIP.
Sudden Drop Comes in Ailis- Chalmers
GtpTly

oauSicli bfOp SO1llGS III -hhlS-SiLdiHicES
Stock.
A sudden and decided drop in both
common and preferred stock Of the
Allis-Chalmers company, of Chicago,
a $S6,000,000 corporation, which con-
trolls the heavy machinery output Of
the United States. Friday followed or
was caused by rumors that a receiver
ship would be asked for the corpora
ton because of unstable financial con-
ditions.
The rumors, were heard and the
drop took place at so nearly the same
time that nobody could tell exactly
which was the cause and which was
the effect.
Representatives of the company
maintain that the rumors were with
out foundation and the drop was
merely the result of a persistent bear
movement and meant nothing.
The company's preferred stock fell
from % to Is Y, while common stock
dropped from to s.
The bearish movement which
the greatest extent in New York.
At the headquarters of the company
in the Chicago Bank building the ru-
mors of receivership were indignant
ly denied. The report in stock values
was part Of a consistent bear move
ment said the company's officials, Of
which other corporations were victims
as well.
Walter II. Whiteside, president Of
the company, issued a statement deny
ing the receivership story emphatical-
ly. Along with the stories Of the COM
pany's unstable financial condition,
none Of which appeared to be backed
up with facts, comes the statement
that meeting will be held in New
York City early next month for the
purpose of raising funds to carry on
the work of the company during the
coming year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
BUBoNIC PLAGUE IN FRISCO.
Four Deaths Have Resulted ir, M Dis
ease


Five cases of bubonic plague, four
Of which have resulted in death, have
been reported to the health depart
ment Of San Francisco within the past
week. The patients, with one eXcep-
ton, We're Of the poorer class of for
eigners dwelling in the neighborhood
of old Chinatown. The exception was
a foreign sailor for a coastwise steam
er. Prompt and active measures were
taken by the local physicians and fed
eral authorities, and a spread Of the
disease is not feared.
The first intimation in Washington
of the bubonic plague in San Francis
co was received Thursday by the ma
rine hospital service. The telegram
read:
Three cases and death, plague, San
Francisco. Diagnosis made clinically
and by stained smears from spleen
and glands. No reasonable doubt as
to certainty of diagnosis of cases seen
and verified by Long in conjunction
within two blocks Of old Chinatown"
On receipt of this information in
str1ctions were sent to Surgeon Aus
tin to confer with the state and local
authorities and make a full report on
the measures adopted for eradication.
Surgeon Austin telegraphed that
two foci had been discovered and that
the local board had disinfected known
infected buildings and proposed to in
Stitute a campaign against rats He
said deaths in the city had been veri-
fed, and that general disinfection of
suspected districts would begin. He
asked for the assistance of two officers
as medical inspectors and one as q
Psychologist in the state laboratory.
1t is stated that Past Assistant Surgeon
Long is a trained bacteriologist, thor
oughly competent to handle the situa-
ton.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
THAW'S WIFE ON VACATION.
Accompanied by Brother She Seeks a
Quiet Spot Where She Can Rest.

accompanied Nv bfOtilcf she Seeks q
Quiet Spot Where She Can Rest.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, of New York, ac-
companied by young man said to be
her brother. has arrived at Yarmouth,
N. s., on the Prince Arthur from New
York. Mrs. Thaw is going to a quiet
place between Liverpool and Shelburn,
where she will spend several weeks in
an effort to recover her health.
Soon after the boat arrived she and
her escort boarded train. Here and
at Bridgetown, where the train stop
ped, there was a rush of curious peo-
pie to see the young woman. The
women especially showed unusual in
terest in watching Mrs Thaw. She
was tastefully gowned in brown, with
hat to match. 1t was the verdict of
many women observers that she ap-
peared to be only Is years old
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
LITTLE GIRL Is DROWNED.
Body of Child Found i'm Greek by
Ranch Hands.

Floating in Crooked creek on the
Ericsson ranch near Snoma the body of
Lempi Latvola, an S-year-old girl, was
found by ranch hands. The investiga-
ton by Coroner Champney showed
that the child had been playing in the
irrigation ditch when forbidden to do
so by her guardians and had accident
ally fallen in and was drowned when
no help was near. The child was a de-
formed cripple Her father and step
mother live at Ironton, Mich. The lit
tie one had been making her home
with her grandmother.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
CLOUD OVER CHINA GROWS.
Revolutionary Movement Gains and
Officials Seem Powerless.

Adispatch from Shanghai, China,
published Monday says the situation
in Shanghai continues unsatisfactory
1T is impossible to say wether revo-
lutionary outbreak Is impending, but
the revolutionary movement gains
strength and the secret organizations
are growing visibly. Chinese officials
are concealed in the foreign quarters
OF the cities, thus placing themselves
outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese
courts, The revolutionary agitation
recently has been carried to the courts.
although the officials are doing their
utmost to suppress the movement ard
promote reforms. They admit they
are powerless. Murderous plots against
the Manchus continue to be discovered
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
TRAGEDY ENDS CoURTsHIP.
Catholic Girl Shot by Lover Whom
She RenOunced

The two years courtship Of 1S-year-
OLD Ellen Fiske and Joseph Pallogg,
of New York, aged 81 years, ended
tragically Sunday night. The girl was
a Catholic. while her lover was not,
and after protracted struggle with
her conscience she decided finally that
she could not marry out of her church.
The renunciation was made in the
presence of her family. and a moment
later Pallogg had shot the girl in the
breast and put bullet into his own
body Both were dying when removed
to a hospital.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
GETS HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP.
Honor for f9-Ycar-Old University
Graduate.

Murray E. BroOkman, Of Vermillion,
has just been notified that he has been
named for a scholarship at Harvard
university The gift from the big uni
versity comes through the request Of
ex-President Garrett Droppers, of the
state university Of South Dakota. The
recipient was a member of last years
graduating class of the University of
South Dakota and is one of the young
est students to receive diploma from
the institution. Mr. Brookman is but
10 years of age, and the advanced
work which he has done will allow
him to graduate from Harvard univer-
sity in just one year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
FIVE PERSONS ARE KILLED.

Eleven More Injured by the Collapse
Of Small Frame Building.
Five persons were killed and eleven
Injured, three seriously, in the collapse
Friday of a two-story frame building
at SIS Fry street. Chicago, occupied as
q boarding house.
The bodies of the dead were taken
from the ruins by policemen and fire.
men who risked their lives when COM
PEELED to crawl under the wreckage to
reach the victims.
The dead are Mrs. Anna hosal,
owner of the house her son. daughter
and sister, and Albert Stehm, board
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
VENEZUELA is INVADED.
English Captain Scizcs Balata Gum
Collected i'm British Soil.

English Captain SciZcS Balata Gum
Collected in British Soil.
Much excitement was caused at
Georgetown, British Guiana, by the
invasion of Venezuelan territory by
Capt. Calder and a small frontier force
from British Guiana. The seized a
quantity of balata gum, used for insu-
lating wires, which it is alleged had
been collected on British territory.
Capt. Calder's force went down the
Barima river and crossed the houn-
dairy into Benezuela. Capt Calder at
the point of a revolver. demanded that
the Venezuelan commissioner surren-
der 1000 pounds of balata gum. The
commissioner gave up the gum. He
protested, however, to President Cas-
tro and the British consul.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Lead Wants Site selected.

Is the $4,000 appropriated last
year by congress for federal building
at Lead to lie idle in the United States
treasury while property owners squab-
BILE over whose site shall be selected?
This is the question that the CONNER
cial club would like answered AL
though the appropriation was made
nearly a year ago there has not yet
been even a selection of a site.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Sheep Herder Mystcriously Shot.

Messrs. Streeter and Pratt, who
came in from the Slim Butte country.
reported having found the remains Of
a sheep herder who had been mysteri-
ously shot. lying outside his wagon.
Deputy Sheriff Harper, of Belle
Fourche, went out, and after an in
quest the herder's body was buried
near his wagon.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Lawyer Dies i'm Court.

John Kindt, an attorney, dropped
dead In Superior Court Judge McSur-
ley's court In Chicago, just as he was
about to take the stand as witness
in the divorce suit OF Mrs. Nina r.,
Brewer against Ira A. Brewer.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
New Catholic Church at Lake Andes

The work of constructing new
$1,000 Catholic church building, for
which the contract recently was
awarded, now has been commenced at
Lake Andes, one of the thriving small
towns of Charles Mix county. A large
force of men now are at work on the
basement and foundation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
yermiIlion Merchant 70 Res.

AlfredIIelgeson, for more than thir-
ty years leading druggist of Vermill-
ion, has placed the management of his
drug store in the hands Of r. C. Davis.
young man who has been in his en-
ploy for more than ten years. Mr..
Helgeson will now take much need
ed rest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Two Killed I'm Labor Riot.

Two men have been killed and a
number injured in a labor riot at
Buenos Ayres. The police have made
numerous arrests.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
South Dakota w. G. r. u.

The annual convention of the South
Dakota w. G. T. u. will be held at Mil
bank Oct. 3, 4, 5 and 6. opening the
morning of the third and closing the
evening of the sixth. There will be
meetings of the general officers, ex-
ecutive committee and the board Of
superintendent on Wednesday, Oct 2.
Reduced rates viii be secured.