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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
DENVER PICKED
BY DEMOCRATS
coLoRADo's METROPOLIS WILL
ENTERTAIN NATIONAL CON-
vENTIoN.
JULY 7 IS THE DATE flXtD
SPIRITED DEBATE OVER ACCEPT
ANcE OF 100000 OFFERED
BY DENVER.
July 7 IS THE DATE FIXED

Washington, Dec. 14.-Afer decid.
ing to hold the next Democratic ma
tional convention at Denver, Colo,
and fixing the date of the meeting for
July Z, 1908, the Democratic national
committee late yesterday entered upon
a spirited debate on the propriety OF
accepting more of the 100000 offered
by Denver for the convention than ac-
tually needed to pay the convention
expenses in that city. The opposition
to the acceptance of the contribution
took the form of a resolution by Rep
resentative Clayton of Alabama, de
clining money not actually needed for
convention purposes, but after a long
debate the resolution was laid on the
table by a vote of 81 to IA.
Causes Spirited Debate.
Mr.. Clayton, Representative John
Shary Williams of Mississippi and
Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia all spoke
In favor of the passage Of the resolu-
ton. Mr.. Taggart advocated the &C
ceptance Of the 100000 saying it
would be needed now even more than
money was needed In 1904. and that
at that time 1t would have been prac-
tically impossible to have opened
headquarters for Judge Parker IL they
had not had the extra money secured
from st. Louis, where the convention
was held.
Senator Stone Of Missouri made a
long speech in which he favored the
acceptance of the money.
Mayor Tom Johnson advocated the
acceptance of the money offered by
Denver.
Straight Business Proposition.
Charles F. Wilson Of Colorado as
sured the committee that Denver had
no desire to appear as unduly infu-
encing the committee. He said that
there is a business men league in
Denver, an important part of whose
business 1t is to secure conventions,
and that the proposition to the Demo
cratic committee to go to Denver had
been made as 1t had been to secure
many other meetings. He said the Den
yer people would be disappointed If
the entire sum was not accepted.
The motion to table Mr.. Clayton's
resolution prevailed by a vote of 81 to
IA.
On the first ballot Denver received
% votes, as against II for Louis
Vile, 5 for Chicago and l for ST. Paul.
July z was selected after a brief dis
cnSSinn
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
General News Items.

Joseph Hensley, aged 102 years, a
prominent farmer OF Helena, Mo-, near
st. Joseph, died suddenly of heart dis.
ease.
With the opening Of navigation Of
1908 the Northern Navigation COM
pany will put into commission a new
passenger vessel of the same type and
dimensions as the Huronic. The an
nouncement was made at Port Arthur.
Ont, by C. H. Nicholson, the general
trafic manager Of Sarnia.
With all the records in the history
of the Great Lakes broken, traffic on
the 500 canal practically came to a
close last week. Complete figures are
not obtainable from the government,
but in round numbers the total freight
tonnage win be $4,000. 900, about 7,000.-
600 greater than last year.
All but one Of the twelve troops of
cavalry sent to the Cheyenne river
reservation have been ordered back to
their former post, Fort Des Moines.
ThetMe companies of d Sixteenth
infantry which has been guarding the
base ii supplies st gettysburg have
peen ordered 10 Fort Coon.
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Foreign.

Dinilulu, the Zulu king who has been
held responsible for the threatening
situation In Natal, has surrendered.
Insurgents from Yunchow have pen
etrated into the province Of Kwang 81
and have captured three strongholds
between Lungchau and Langson. Mar
tial law has been proclaimed in the
disturbed locality.
The Brazilian coasting steamer
Guasca, $4,000 tons. Capt. Ramos, has
gone down Off Panagua. Brazil, as a
result of a collision with an unknown
vessel. Thirty persons on board the
Guasca were drowned.
Gen. Liautey, commanding the
French flying column in Algeria, re-
ported that he had destroyed the camp
Of the Matrahout Bouthick, one of the
leaders of the revolt and who pro-
claimed a holy war on the frontier.
The condition of Dowager Queen
Sophia of Sweden is occasioning anx-
iety. The strain upon the queen Incl
dent to the illness and death OF King
Oscar was very severe, and since his
death she has been almost constantly
confined to her bed.
One OF vandyke's masterpieces,
'The Erection of the Cross" has been
stolen from the Church Of Notre Dame
at Courtrai, Belgium. The thieves
carefully cut the canvas from the
frame and carried 1t away. They are
believed to have been experts, as spe-
ciai watchmen employed In guarding
the treasures of the church observed
nothing.
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AUTO MEANS OF SUICIDE.
Partisan Hurls Himself Under Amer,.
cans Car.

Paris, Dec. is. - An old man was
killed yesterday on the Champs Ely
e by an automobile owned by James
Watson of Calumet, Mich. Neither
MIR. Watson. who wac in the car, nor
his French chauffeur. who was driving
1t, was detained. as the policeman in
charge of the regulation Of traffic at
the point where the man was killed
declared 1t was a case of suicide. He
says he saw the man throw himself
under the machine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
SEES
TROUBLE AHEAD
CONDITIONS AT GoLDFIELD ARE
MUCH WORSE THAN HE AN.
TIcIPATED.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS
VIGILANCE coMiTTEE FORMED
TO PROTECT RESIDENCE
DISTRICT.

Goldield, New, Dec. 15.-After hav
ing met and conferred with many citi
zens of Goldfeld yesterday, Gen.
Funston stated last night that he is
finding conditions here worse than he
had anticipated.
"The possibilities of further trouble
growing out of the diff culties between
the mine owners and the miners" he
said, ARE greater than my information
previous to coming to Goldfield had
led me to believe. i do not believe the
governor will declare martial law at
once as no serious disturbance has
occurred. AS to the matter Of patroll.
ing the vicinity of the mines and the
streets of the city with regulars, that
is a procedure that may become nee
essary at any hour"
Troops viii Remain.
The statement of Gen. Funston set
ties effectively the question of the
withdrawal of the troops from Gold
field. Neither Gen. Funston o Gov.
Sparks will yield to the pressure that
has been brought to induce them to
favor the withdrawal of the troops be-
fore the arrival of the labor commits
sion from Washington.
To-day a delegation Of women, com.
posed of members of the Women's
Club of Goldfeld, will call on Gen.
Funston and lay before him their
side of the question, which will be
that previous to the coming OF the
troops they had lived in constant ter
ror, fearing that their homes might be
destroyed and their lives endangered
by deeds Of violence and depredations
OF desperate strikers. They will ask
that the troops be kept here until all
danger Of trouble is past.
Organize vigilantes.
Delegations from the Goldfeld cham
Der of commerce, the Mine Owners as
ISOLATION and the Goldfield Stock ex-
change also will call on Gen. Funston
to present the same matter. There is
a well authenticated rumor that a
committee of citizens has been form
ed ostensibly to act as a volunteer fire
and police department in the resi-
dence district, but which will be more
In the nature of a vigilance committee
of the early California days.
1t is said that the Mine Owners as
sociation has 200 strikebreakers OH the
way here, but strict secrecy is being
maintained as to the movements of
the train and the hour when they will
arrive is not known.
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While playing with a loaded revoi.
e at New Britain, Conn. Edwin
Walker, ten years old, shot and killed
Svea Eugena Anderson, eight years
old, the bullet entering the girls
heart.
Asleep on the track with his head
across the rail, Victor Scott was
struck and instantly killed at Mar.
quette, Mich, by a Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic railroad train. He
was decapitated.
Three brothers were drowned at
Tama, Iowa, while skating. The
brothers were Bud, Kenneth and
Kenneth and Gerald Carnal, sons OF
n. E. Carnal, a member of the city
council of Tama.
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Accidental Happenings.

Three persons were burned to death
and another injured during a fire in
Boston.
New Berlin, a town situated eigh.
teen miles east of Jacksonville. Ill.
was visited by fire. The loss is $75,-
900.
James Siegeling, aged ten, of Shar-
on Center. Iowa, a thrown by a
skittish pony last night, and his neck
was broken. He died instantly.
Six buildings occupied by as many
retail firms, comprising the most OF
the business district of Gearing, Story
county. Iowa. was completely de-.
stroyed by fire.
Three boys. Joseph and Floyd Ran
dali and Ernest Doutella. ranging In
age from eight to twelve years, were
drowned while crossing the Flint
river ON the ice at Flint. Mich.
William Moless, q farmer, was killed
while telling trees near Bessemer,
Mich. A large elm lodged against a
hemlock which Moless proceeded to
cut down also. When partly cut the
unlock split and let the big elm fall
upon him.
The White Pigeon carbonite and gas
plant at White Pigeon, Mich, was to-
tally wrecked by an explosion last
evening. Several persons were Sc
verely injured. and every window in
town was cracked. The shock was
felt for twelve miles The explosion
Is attributed TO q leak in the gas
tank.
August vickstrom was killed by
falling ground In the Mesnard shaft
OF the Quincy Mining company at
Houghton. Mich. Other workmen es.
capped. but yickStrem, who was The
last of party 70 leave the drift
waa caught ~ tons soss I'D earth
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPIIOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

The official call for the Republican
national convention, to be held in Chi
cago on June 16 next, has been issued.
President Roosevelt entertained at
dinner at the White House a number
OF bear hunters from the Louisiana
canebrakes.
Senator Hansbrough Of North Da,
Kota proposes an increase in the max
fmum salary allowed rural free deliv,
cry carriers from 5000 to 1920.
The department of agriculture has
issued q repor: estimating that the to.
tai production OF cotton in the United
States for the year 1907-0S will
amount to 5,581 1858. 900 pounds.
The Japanese government has
chosen Kogoro Takahira to succeed
viscount Aoki as ambassador at Wash
ington, as It desires to send its best
a The Hochi states that The gov
eminent recalled Aoki for pledging
Japan to restrictive legislation as to
emigration,
The senate committee On public
lands ordered a favorable report on
the Hansbrough bill providing for
leaves OF absence for homesteaders
during winter months. The report also
ordered a favorable report on the
Gamble bill for adjustment of the s
per cent account OF public land states.
Col. George w. Goethals, chairman
and engineer-in-chief of the isthmian
canal commission, has notified the au-
thorities OF his intention to come TO
Washington Probably the most
important matter which will come up
for consideration will be that of in
creasing the width OF the canal locks
to 120 feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
Crimes.

John Martnick of Fort Atkinson,
Iowa, committed suicide by taking two
ounces of carbolic acid.
Because he and his wife OF two
months quarreled over his desire TO
spend his evening at his bowling cllh,
Jacob Victor killed himself in New
York.
Detective Charles c. Jackson OF Des
Msoines, Iowa, was slnggged and sevare-
ly beaten with a blackjack as he was
returning from the police station 10
his home.
For love OF a neighbours wife who
did not return the affection, d.. ii.
Broese, a wealthy farmer of Jefferson,
Iowa, for~ty-seven years old, sent a bull
let through his brain.
Frank Click. a machinist of Nash
vile, twenty-five years old, shot his
wife, Mrs. Ruth Click, killing her in
~stantly. He then shot himself through
the head and is dying at the city hos
pital.
r. Otway Saldier, manager of the
West End branch Of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust company at
San Francisco, committed suicide In
the office Of the branch bank by blow
ing off the top of his head with a
shotgun.
In an effort Il drive from Pittsburg
the concerns that advance money on
furniture and other articles Of the
household, charging usurious rates,
city detectives raided the offices of
nineteen of these money lenders and
have warrants for eleven others.
Mrs. Mary Stell was murdered by a
burglar at Altoona, Pa. She tried to
stop her husband from attacking the
marauder, whom they had discovered
in their home and had thrown her
arms about her husband, when the
thief's bullet struck her in the head.
The murderer escaped.
Chief of Police John A. Suggs and
Night Policeman Lewis Wood OF Fort
Gibson, Okla, are under arrest, charg-
ed with robbing the postoffice at Fort
Gibson on the night of Nov. %, obtain
ing $500 In cash. The arrest was
made by Mayor Rand Lee, after an In
vestigation of the crime.
William Stewart, proprietor Of a
restaurant in East lola. Kan, was
brutally murdered ear his place of
business. The body, which was found
at daylight, bore evidence OF several
wounds, any one Of which would have
produced death. Stewards partner,
w. ID. Cresison, confessed to the III
der.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
Personal.

Harold d. Haddock, for thirty years
q prominent resident OF Hancock.
Mich, is dead Of pneumonia.
John Philip Sousa has fully ecover-
Cd from an attack of ptomaine poison
ing and has rejoined his band.
Judge George Baldwin. one of the
wealthiest land owner of Wisconsin.
died at Appleton, aged sixty-nine
years.
]. Marshall Williams, for two years
soloist with Sousa's band in New
York. died at Chillicothe, Mo-, after
. long illness.
Maj. William l.. Geary, u. s. A., died
Mt the army general hospital at San
Francisco. where he has been i'll with
Bright's disease.
John Broadhead, a pioneer jeweler
Of Marshalltown, Iowa, and one of the
earliest settlers Of the town. died sud
denly Of asthma and disease OF the
heart.
w. b. Thomas has been elected act.
ing president of the American Sugar
Refining company to fill the vacancy
caused by the death OF H. o. Have
meyer.
Joseph Armstrong, manager of the
Christian Science publications and
n of the most prominent leaders of
the faith in this country. is dead at
his home In Boston.
Gen. Alexander Hamilton. grandson
OF Alexander Hamilton, secretary of
the treasury under George Washing
ton, died at his home in T~arrytown,
N. Y. He had been Ill from la grippe
since Thanksgiving.
George Obey, aged 10 years, lack.
ing eighteen days. believed to be the
Oldest person in New York state, died
at his home In Great Bend. Obey
was born In Stanton. England. Dec. 25,
1877.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
SOUL MARRIAGE FAILS.
~Theosophist's Spirit Departs Alone
From Earth.


Cleveland, Dec. i7.-To practice his
understanding of theosophy on the
union OF souls, Boris Minoff, a Bulga-
rian designer, attempted to kill Jessie
Schroeder, thirteen years of age. and
then committed suicide.
The girls parents objected to his
lovemaking. The law also was a bar
rier. Denied a legal marriage, the
young nan thought of soul marriage.
Minoff boarded with the Schroeders.
Last night he sent all the members
of the family except Jessie to the the
alter. MINOR studied his theosophical
books until a late hour and then with
a handkerchief chloroformed the girl
and himself. The girl viii recover
Minoff's spirit departed alone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
eov browns While Skatino.

st. Paul, Dec. 14.-Russell M. Glib
bens, seventeen years old, was drown
ed yesterday in Lake Como by skating
into an airhole. Three brothers were
with him at the time. Every effort
was made to rescue the lad. but with
out success.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
Cashier Kills Self.

Bloomington, H., Dec. IA. p. E.
Easton, cashier Of the State bank at
Harsher, committed suicide last night
by shooting himself with a revolver.
The directors of the bank reported the
bank In good condition. No motive
for the cashiers act is known.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
Nicholas Sem stricken.

Chicago Dec 14~As result OF
mountain climbing In South America,
DR.. Nicholas Sem. the celebrated sur
sec: ss seriously III at his home in
this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
MAIL oUc STOLEN.
Suspect Is Held at Staples for United
States officers.

States officers.
Staples, Mimi, Dec. IA. A mail
pouch was stolen from a mail truck
at the Northern Pacific station in this
place last night. A pipefitter by the
name of Appin, who has been working
in town was caught cashing drafts ap.
parently taken from the pouch and
was placed under arrest.
A thorough search is being made for
the pouch. Appin is being held await
ing the arrival of the United States
marshal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
GIRL WOULD JOIN r
Tries to Fool Recruiting officer by
Wearing Boys Clothes.

Sioux City, iowa, Dec. 14.-Dressed
in boys clothes, Miss Catherine An
drews called at the United States re-
cruiting office yesterday morning to
enlist in the army OF the Philippines.
Sergeant Hall was not deceived by the
disguise, and when he questioned her
the girl broke down. Later she said
she had done 1t just for a lark. She
made a natty appearance. She left on
a morning train for Denver.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
spvRNED sulToR SHOOTS.
Wounds Two Women and Then Kill.
Himself.

Himself.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. IL. - Otto
Schmigler, a Hungarian tailor, yester-
day shot and fatally wounded Mrs.
Caroline Webster and seriously
wounded Miss Myrtle Spence and then
killed himself. The tragedy occurred
at the home of Mrs. Webster. where
Schmigler had a ROOM
1t is said that Schmigler was infat-
uated with Miss Spence and that his
advances had been repullsed.
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is CRUSHED.

BACK BROKEN Care When Sig
nails Go Wrong.
Minneapolis, Dec. 15.-William Koe-
mig, a brakeman, was killed while
making a coupling yesterday. 1t is
said a Misunderstanding in switching
signals caused the engineer to start
the train while Koenig was between
two cars. He n hurled against the
rear car. and although the train was
stopped Immediately his back had
bean broken and he died in q sAy min
utes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
DEATH AND WRECK
IN WAKE OF STORM
WHOLE ATLANTIC, NEW ENG
LAND AND LAKE REGION IN
CLUTCHES OF WINTER.
TWENTY PERISH IN THE SEA
SCHOONER THOMAS w. LAWSON
AND A BRITISH euN6oAT
WRECKED.
TWENTY PERISH IN THE SEA

New York, Dec. IA fierce storm
of wind, hail and rain completely
swept the whole Atlantic coast from
Hatteras TO Maine Saturday hamper
ing transportation. d~emoralizing lines
of communication with the outside
world and threatening all ships under
sail or steam hat sought to make ports
in the teeth of the sixty-mile gale.
Down off Sandy Hook the bark Ed
mund Phinney went to pieces on the
sandy shores after her skipper and
crew had been rescued in the breeches
buoy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-12-19
DAY IN JAIL WORTH se25.

Man Arrested Gets Damages NgdIHst
Accuser.
Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. IA. - For
having John A. Berg, a farmer. arrest
ed and thrown into the East Grand
Forks Jail for thirty hours without
food, M. j. Enright of East Grand
Forks must pay Berg 1925, according
to the verdict of a jury in the district
court here yesterday afternoon.
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of communication with the outside
i world and threatening all ships under
sail or steam that sought to make ports
in the teeth of the sixty-mile gale.
Down off Sandy Hook the bark Ed
mund Phinney went to pieces on the
sandy shores after her skipper and
crew had been rescued in the breaches
buoy.
Liners Battered by Seas.
Battered by engulfng seas, seven
transatlantic steamships due here
Saturday crept into port yesterday
with their sides and superstructures
showing evidence of the continual
storms they met.
The belated Anchor line steamer
Astoria reached here after a stormy
passage, during which her machinery
broke down and compelled her to lay
to for t~wenty-four hours. Several
coastwise steamers, bound south,
were forced to anchor In Sandy Hook
bay for shelter and sailed away yes
terday when the gale blew itself out.
Thomas Shields, a pilot, was drown
ed by the capsizing of a small boat
while being transferred from the
steamship Talisman.
Three Persons Killed.
Two people were killed as result of
the storm in New York city. One
man was killed in Brooklyn by the
fall of a flagpole.
Both telegraph companies had much
difficulty In even partially restoring
communication In any direction.
Westward from New York communi-
cation by wire a almost impossible.
A single wire to Boston was all hat
remained last night of the scores of
telegraph trunk lines through New
England.
Railroad traffic suffered much delay
and surface and elevated lines in New
York had difficulty in maintaining any
sort of adequate service. In the great
er city much damage was done by the
wind.
Twenty Are Drowned.
The seven-masted schooner Thomas
w. Lawson vas wrecked in Broad
sound. off the Sicily islands, and fif-
teen of the eight persons aboard we're
drowned.
The gunboat ~Speedwell of the Brit
ish navy went down near S~heerness,
five of the crew of thirteen being
drowned. The entire valley of the
Thames in England is like a great
lake. Heavy gales that have ragged
along the coasts of England, Scotland
and Ireland for several days show no
signs of abating.
Over Northern Hemisphere.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE storm that
ragged in Chicago all day Saturday was
general all over the northern hemi-
sphere. The train service in the Mid
die West, West and Northwest was
badly deranged.
One man lost his life in Chicago and
six were more or less seriously in
jured in the biggest storm of the win
ter and n of the worst In the his
tory of the city.
Place Loss of Life at Forty.
London, Dec. 1.-THE gale along
the British coast on Friday and Satur-
day, which was described by Capt.
Jameson of the steamship st. Louis as
the worst In his experience, subsidized
yesterday. 1t was responsible for the
loss of some forty lives, so far as
known at present.
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London, Dec. 1.-THE gale along
the British coast on Friday and Satur-
day, which was described by Capt.
jameson of the steamship st. Louis as
the worst in his experience, subsidized
yesterday. 1t was responsible for the
loss of some forty lives, SO far as
known at present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-11
CHOPPED UP CORPSE
FOUND IN TRUNK

Smash! AID then followed a
scurryfng Of employees of the O. r.
4 n. The smash was caused by
the breaking open of trunk
which had been unloaded from the
baggage car with the baggage
smasher's usual disregard OF prop
erty. The scurrying was caused by
very loud" smell. Fearing a
murder mystery was about to be
revealed, some of the employees
mustered up courage 10 further
open the trunk and there they dis
covered--not a human corpse. but
4 hog corpse. Ii was cut up in
pieces and the owners no doubt in
tended feeding on 1t when they
reached their destination. 1t was
ascertained that the trunk was
shipped from Minot, \. D.. and was
checked through to P0Itland, Ore.
The health department ordered the
scRvenger company TO remove the
remains. The trunk went on its
journey minus the porker, but not
the smell of it.