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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
STATE OFFICIALS BASE CLAIM ON
RAILROADS OWN SHOW
ING.
EARN $f,oo,OOo MORE IN YEAR
AFFlDAvITS BY STATE MAKE A
STRONG SHOWING FOR CON.
TESTED Avs.

st. Paul, Aug. 25.-The 2-cent pas
senger rate has actually resulted In In
creased earnings for the railroads do
Ing business in Minnesota. according
to figures compiled by the railroad
commission from statements furnish
ed by the railroads FOR the months of
May and June. The passenger rev
nue. for those months in Minnesota
exceeded one-sixth of the Minnesota
passenger earnings for 1906, except on
the Great Western and the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis.
Years Increase VIII Be 100000.
Based upon the increased business
of the first two months of the opera
ton of the 2-cent law, the total in
crease for the whole year will be
81, 200, 900 on business entirely within
Minnesota.
On this showing the state will rest
Its cas- as to the 2-cent fare law as
proof that the law is not confiscatory.
Afidavits embodying these figures
were served yesterday on the attor-
neys for the stockholders, who are
asking for an injunction against the
rate laws.
Commodity Rate Comparisons.
Affidavits were also filed as to the
commodity rate law, showing that 1t
is not unreasonable nor confiscatory.
These are more complicated. but in
their summary show that the average
rate per ton per mile under the law
will be higher than the actual revenue
per ton per mile last year, not only in
Minnesota but over the entire lines.
These facts are deduced from the
companies own showing.
The state also served its answers
yesterday to the original complaint of
the stockholders, and this with the
voluminous afidavits constitute the
states case as it will be presented for
argument before Judge Lochren on
Sept. 8.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
soLoNS TO VISIT ISTHMus.
Congressman Will Examine Need OF
Funds on the Ground.

VIZ "t' tNSSe W
Funds on the Ground.
Washington, Aug. ~. - An exami-
nation OF the ground Of the estimates
for the appropriations for the Panama
canal, submitted by Secretary Taft
for the fiscal year 1909, is to be made
by members of the next congress
who will have in charge the prepare
ton of the sundry civil bill, in which
the appropriation for the canal is in.
corporated.
The proposed visit is the outcome
of a suggestion from Representative
James A. Tawney of Minnesota, chair
man of the appropriations committee
in the last congress. The suggestion
has met with a hearty response from
those identified with the commissions
work, who believe that a great deal OF
good will>result from a h~eart-to-heart
talk between the congressman who
prepare the appropriation and the Off.
Gals who spend it.
OF particular importance is the pro.
posed visit regarded at the present
time, when the question is now before
the president whether the commission
a lawfully expend during the pres.
ent fiscal year any more money than
was specifically appropriated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
CYCLONE SWEEPS A PATH IN
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY.
PROPERTY AND CROPS SUFFER
STORM ALSO HITS OTHER POR-
TiONS OF THE STATE WITH
FATAL RESULTS.

Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. 81. - Two
people were killed and seven serious
ly injured in a cyclone which swept a
narrow path fifteen miles long in the
southwestern part of Eau Claire coun-
ty last night, and which did about
$50, 900 damage to property and crops.
Both live In Clear Creek township.
T~wenty-three barns, five residences,
two ~schoolhouses and one church
we're destroyed and two horses were
killed, and grain which had been
stacked was scattered over a big
area.
Church ls Wrecked.
The tornado seemed to originate on
the farm Of Joseph Spiehle, n mile
south of Eau Claire. Part Of his barn
was blown away and other buildings
on the place were damaged. The
Moses farm is in the vicinity, his
house being wrecked and n of his
children injured.
. The storm swept in a southeasterly
direction and struck the towns Of
Brunswick, Clear Creek and Pleasant
Valley. At the last named place the
Methodist church, a small building,
was tori to pieces. No loss of life has
been reported from those towns. The
property damage there is placed at
$40, 900.
One Dead; Two Dying.
Ladysmith, Wis, Aug. 26. - The
house Of L. V. Moore, four miles north
of town, was hit by a tornado and
was completely destroyed, being car
ried about ten rods by the wind.
Mrs. Moore and her two children,
Ida, aged four, and Harry, aged two,
were frightfully injured, and the lat
ter died about three hours after the
accident. Mrs. Moore and the little
girl lie in a precarious condition.
Two Killed Near EIeva.
Eleva, Wis, Aug. 26.-Two persons
were killed and a large number of
barns were blown down by a cyclone
about siv miles north of here. A
Methodist Episcopal church also was
wrecked. One child vas picked up
found the next morning. The tele-
phone service is completely blocked.
Lightning Hits Church.
KEENAN,, Wis, Aug. 26-This village
was struck by o severe electrical and
rain storm, accompanied by a fierce
gale, resulting in considerable dam.
age to crops.
The Catholic church was struck by
lightning and was damaged to the ex-
tent of $500.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
ARE DUcKED WITH BABIES.

Women and Children Caught In Crash
Of Small Dock.
Green Bay, Wis.,, Aug. 25.-Fourteen
persons, including three women hold
Ing babies In their arms and a number
of young women and men, were
thrown into Green bay by the breaking
Of a small dock at Bay Beach, a sum.
mer resort near here, last night. Sew
eral narrowly escaped drowning. The
men in the party rescued the women
from drowning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Foreign.

Japan and Russia are planning the
establishment of wireless telegraphic
connection with Siberia. The new
line is expected to cut In two the
present telegraphic tolls.
The Japanese government has
placed an order for an %18,000-ton bat.
tleship with the Fairchild S%hipbuilding
company at Glasgow. The new vessel
will be one of the most formidable
armed ships of war afioat.
The peace conference now In Sos
sion at The Hague has decided upon
the exclusive use Of the Hebrew
tongue as the official medium OF com
m~unication for future congresses, as
well as for all publications.
The legislative sonncil of New Zea-
land rejected the bill providing for
the election Of an upper house by the
house of representatives, according to
one OF the clauses Of which women
electors were to be eligible to election
as members of the upper house.
When the Canadian branch Of the
royal mint begins making coins at OF
tawa In November It will have to start
with metal purified in the United
States because there are no smelters
or refiners In Canada capable Of reduc-
Ing gold and silver ores sufficiently for
coinage purposes.
According to the Berlin Mardeburg
Zeitung, three Americans have offered
the proprietor Of the famous and an
Client dwelling house at Goslar, known
as the Brusttuch, $125,000 for the
building. The Brusttuch Is a curious
old house of the sixteenth century, re-
stored in 1870. 1t Is adorned with
satirical wood carvings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
operates on Own Sons.

Beloit, Wis, Aug. 81. = The two
sons Of DR.. ID. r. Connell-Arthur,
aged twelve, and John. aged four
were stricken with appendicitis yes
terday and were promptly operated
upon by their father. Both are do.
ing well.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Suicide Of Young Woman.

Darlington, N. d., Aug. rs. - Miss
Myrtle Day. aged nineteen years,
daughter Of E. T. Day, residing with
her parents south of Darlington, com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. 1t is supposed parental objec.
ton to her receiving a young mans
attentions vas the cause for her act.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
LAWLER MAY BE ARCHBISHOP,
One of Three Recommended for Sue
cessor to Montgomery.

st. Paul, Aug. 81. The name of
Rev. j. J.. Lawler, pastor of st. Paul
cathedral, is among three ame of
clergymen in this country that will be
presented to Pope Plus X. from which
to pick a successor to the late Arch
bishop Montgomery, coadjutor to
Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco.
A telegram TO this effect was received
from San Francisco Saturday.
The successful candidate. when he
assumes his new duties, will have the
right OF succession to Archbishop
Riordan, SO that in the event that
Rev. Lawler will be chosen by the
pope he will be right in line for an
archbishop-ic.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Falls Into seIf.feeder.

Langdon. MINI, Aug. 81. Nels
Nordstrom, a thresher man living
near Alton, accidentally slipped into
a s~elf-feeder while threshing near
here Saturday evening and his left foot
foot was almost severed by the revolv-
ing bandcutter knives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Ten Killed In Collision.

Contras, France, Aug. 27.-Ten per-
sons were killed and twenty-five in
jured In a head-on collision yesterday
between an express train bound from
Bordeaux for Paris and a freight
train. The accident was caused by a
misplaced switch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
DAVID ROSE INTERPosEs.
Says Attorney General Smith Should
Drop Franchise Suit.

Milwaukee, Aug. 25. - Declaring
that the complaint of the attorney gen
eral in the action to annul the fran.
chises Of the street railway company
does not state a cause of action, For,
mel Mayor David s. Rose, one of the
many defendants, has brought injunc-
ton proceedings to restrain the exam
nation set before Court Commissioner
Joseph G. Donnelly on Monday. The
State of Wisconsin is asked in the
proceedings to show cause why the
complaint should not be dismissed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Seven Hurt in Big Auto.

Davenport, Iowa, Aug. ~. - The
large forty-horsepower automobile
owned by j. w. Good of Moline, ILL.,,
while turning a corner skidded and
turned turtle. The seven occupants
were all injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
LAKE FILLED WITH NETS.
illegal Fishing Is Discovered at Lake
Butte des Morts.

Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. 81. - The last
legislature omitted the name of little
Lake des Morris from the list of wa
tiers where fishing with licensed set
lines is permissible. Hundreds of
these lines are in the little lake and
wholesale arrests will be made this
week If they are not lifted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
plETz WILL COMPROMISE CASE.
Would Be Glad to Settle With Lum.
Der Company.

Ladysmith, Wis.,, Aug. 81. E. M.
Worden Of this city, accompanied by
A. E. Foster. Pete De Smidt and Mike
Bronx visited John Dietz at Cameron
dam last week. On arriving at the
farm they were met by John Dietz
and his son, who escorted them to
the house.
Dietz declared that he would be
glad to settle with the lumber compa.
ny and that he was not anxious for
either notoriety or trouble.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
ParaIytlc HANGS Self.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 26.-Andrew
Fontish, a pioneer resident of La
Crosse, committed suicide by hanging.
Dependency, due to a stroke of pa
ralysis two weeks ago, is supposed to
have been the cause of the act.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
LUNATIc is MAN-EATER.
Chases Travelling Man in an Attempt,
to Bite Him.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Aug. 27. -
Charles Anderson. who claims to be
from Minneapolis, was committed to
the insane hospital in this city from
Detroit yesterday. Anderson had been
drinking heavily. 1t at first was
thought that he was suffering from
delirium tremens. and he was allowed
his liberty after being confined for a
short time in Jail. He soon developed
a ~man-eating mania and chased a
travelling man for several blocks. en-.
deavoring to bite him, whereupon he
vas taken into custody and commit.
ted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Aoed Man Kills wife.

Tulsa, 1. r., Aug. 27.-Dock Barnes
aged ~ninety-six. killed his aged wife
at their home eight miles southeast
of Tulsa last night. No attempt has
yet been made to arrest the old nan
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Miller Fatally Hurt.

Grand Forks, N. d., Aug. 25.-Louis
Mellum, a miller employed by the Rus.
sell-Miller Milling company, was prob
ably fatally injured early yesterday.
His head caught under a pulley or
which was a fast revolving belt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Swallows shInoIe Nail.

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Aug. 81. - The
two-yeaTold o Of c. Reireson swal.
lowed a single nail, which lodged in
his throat. For some time his life
was despaired of, but a physician sue.
ceeded In saving his life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
BURNED ALIVE AT IA CROSSE.
Five Have Marrow Escapes and On,
Dies In Burning Dwelling.

S'eo !" So'h'H9 S"ci'h"S'
La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 25.-One life
was lost and five other persons had
narrow escapes In the destruction by
fire Of the home of Mrs. Mary Ker.
sters.
With much difficulty Mrs. Kersters
and four Of her children we're taken
out of the burning structure, but her
Oldest boy, Fred, aged eleven, could
not be reached by the firemen, and
refusing to jump was burned to death
before the eyes of his mother and a
large crowd of spectators.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Talk Coarse; Are whIpped.

Duluth, Aug. rs. - Patrick McDon.
nell. a well known contractor Of this
city. whipped two lumberjacks and
put them to fight in q local cafe last
evening because they had used coarse
language to the young woman cashier.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Eloht Injured by Runaway Car.

Pittsburg, Aug. 27.-Eight persons
we're more or less seriously injured
when a trolley a got beyond control
on a steep grade on Shady avenue and
ran into an open switch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Epidemic of plstemner.

Neenah, Wis, Aug. %. - Not less
than a hundred horses are afflicted
with distemper In this city. This dis
ease is nov epidemic and is known
among horse doctors as typhoid infiu.
enza-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Accidental Happenings.

Three persons were drowned at Sac
ramento, Cal, when a duck boat cap
sized in the Sacramento river.
The Union hotel of Rainy River,
Ont, burned down. No insurance was
carried. Part Of the household goods
were saved.
One man was killed and fourteen
were injured on the Pennsylvania rail-
road near Hagerstown, Ind, when q
local freight crashed into a work train.
Two workmen were killed and ten
injured, one seriously, by the collapse
of a ~scaffolding surrounding a gas tank
In the course Of construction In New
York.
Harry Freeburg Is dead at Anacon-
Ia, Mont, as the result OF q horses
kick, received in the livery barns o.
the Montgomery Meat company a few
days ago..
One woman was killed and two 9th.
tr persons were fatally injured by
jumping frem q trolley car that was
IN danger OF ooifiding with another at
Mauch Chunk, Pa
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Open Way for Peace.
BISHOP 10 THREATENED.
Black Hand Sends Letter to ri. Rev.
Frederick Burgess.

New York, Aug. 27.-The Rt. Rev.
Frederick Burgess, Episcopal bishop
Of Long Island, has received a Black
Hand letter threatening his life. 1t is
said that the writer's declared they
would blow up the see house at Gar
den City, with the bishop and all his
family. If their demands are not
granted. The bishop refused to dis
.uss the matter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
NURSES iehT FLAMES.

Rescue Patients From Burning SAM
tarium.
Middlctown, N. Y, Aug. 27.-Fire
originating from a sterilizing appara-
tus broke out In the Thrall hospital
here, and Arthur Thornley,. an orderly
in the hospital. was so badly burned
that he will die A dozen women
nurses did heroic work in fighting the
fire and rescuing the twenty-six pa
tients who were in the building.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
Crimes and Criminals.

A tramp who assaulted Alma White
head, the fourteen-year-old daughter
Of Rev. Whitehead, at Turnersville,
Ohio. was captured in a swamp near
Wick.
Two men hired a horse and wagon
from w. G. Irvine of Butte, Mont, say
ing they wanted 1t to haul some fur
niture. They were surprised by OFF,
Ger Mcmillan in the Northern Pacific
yards. loading the wagon with pota-
toes from a freight car. They bolted.
Robert r. Gill, cashier of the Staple
ton National Bank of Stapleton, s. l.,
has been arrested, charged with being
short in his accounts with the bank.
according to an announcement made
by directors of the bank Saturday.
The shortage Is said to amount to
about $12. 1000.
Criminal and civil suits against cap
ftoi contractors and former state Of
ficials of Pennsylvania will be institu-
ted in the Dauphin county court as
soon as the legal papers can be pre-
pared. The indictments will be pre-
scented to the grand jury at the Sep
TENDER session.
Ottavio Laprovitare, an Italian
wanted at Des Moines on the charge
OF numbering his cousin Ottolio Scren.
vino on Aug. IL, was captured at Mar
s~halltown. Iowa, by the local police
after an exciting chase. Oficers from
Des Moines positively identified La
provitare yesterday afternoon. He
was taken to Des Moines.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
THE CRY is mo ARBITRATION"
President Small optomistic over Out
look In Te%Iepraphers' Strike.


look in TeIepraphers' Strike.
New York, Aug. q. S. j. Small,
president Of the Commercial Telegra-
piers union, arrived in New York
yesterday morning from the West.
He was met at the railway station by
a large delegation of the striking to-
.egraphers.
In the afternoon Mr.. Small attended
a meeting of the striking telegra-
piers, where he was received with
enthusiasm. Mr.. Small gave out an
optimistic statement regarding gener-
al strike conditions, in which he said:
I'VE have fully 95 per cent of all
The commercial telegraphers in the
United States on strike. This applies
to small and large cities. Thousands
Of one-man Offices are closed.
1--WE have started to raise a large
fund, two of them in fact. One of
these is for the benefit OF the strikers
and the other is to be expended in
propaganda work in favor of govern
ment control of the telegraph.
Much has been published about ar
bitration, but the cry from coast to
coast Is No arbitration"
In the face of the statement of the
president Of the striking unionists,
both the Western Union and the Post
al Telegraph companies emphasize
their declarations that the situation
is improving daily.
Oman Way for Peace
Chicago, Aug. 26.-The leaders OF
the ~telegraphers' strike yesterday
opened the way to peace negotiations
with the telegraph companies by or
iering the election of a peace com
mittee" of fifteen. Voting will begin
to-day in every center where the op
| orators are on a strike.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-08
Values in Bed Clothing and Rugs

We have several Of blankets and quilts that bought
and You will find our prices wonderfully low.
ia heavy cotton blankets, worth $2.oo at Si.25
1914 awool blankets, fancy borders worth $780, now S5
ia awool Blankets fancy borders worth $3.50 at 90
Comforts fine line in values from $25 to $3.50 for voc
Good quality Smyrna roomsize rugs, feet at $1,000
Best Tapestry rugs, room-size, ~ feet, $500
Fine Wilton velvet rugs room-size ~ feet at $4,000
Best Administer rugs, roou-sze, II feet at $3.50
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-08
1000 $500 Extra-va|ue RaIneoais $500
$3.50 Highest Grade Raincoats $3.50


would add their will find
selling m to
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-08
We're OvesoCked on RacOaS ] 1ss s s,,"s

We bought heavily thus the
prevailing weather sales have been disappointing and in
number
the prices deep The cold days coming and beooves
while We
positively qualities If after make purchase
dissatisfied will chuy your money
offerings and we'll feel concerning your decision.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-09
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The senate has passed the Indian
appropriation bill
kezlah Jackson, a negress, eighty-four
years old and once the nurse for
James G.. Blaine, is dead at Union
town, Pa
The director of the mint has pur.
chased 100000 ounces of silver for de.
livery at Philadelphia at 6S.934 cents
per fine ounce
Speaker Cannon, who is suffering
from a severe cold, is much better,
but his physician has advised him to
remain at home for short time
longer.
Fire at Logan, w. Va, destroyed
the principal business block, in which
was located the postoffice, the Masonic
and Odd Fellows building and num-
Der of other buildings.
James Stillman, president of the
National City bank of New York city,
who sailed about month ago for
Europe, is seriously i'll in Paris with
an affection of the intestines.
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
indicate that the only important
change in business conditions during
the week was the interruption caused
by unusually widespread stormy
weather
There is yet no prospect of an
agreement On the pending bill to
amend the immigration laws and the
indications are that the bill will fail
with the close Of the F'ifty-ninth con.
gress on March 4.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-09
FAvoRs CONTRACT PLAN
CHAIRMAN SHONTS SAYS ADVAN.
TAGEs WOULD BE lMMEDI.
ATELY APPARENT.

Washington, Feb. g. Chairman
Shonts of the isthmian canal commits
sion has returned to Washington. He
unqualifedly expressed himself in
favor of building the canal by con-
tract. He said that the great advan-
tage accruing therefrom would be the
witnessing of immediate results.
Contractors" he said, "have solved
the labor problem. They can get
what they want and we can only get
what is left. Then, again, in con-
structing the canal they could bring
into play their vast combined expert
ence, skill and organization, and this
necessarily would effect the compile
tion of the work in much sooner time
than if matters were allowed to go on
as they are
Mr. Shonts said he was much sur
prised to read the statement that
Chief Engineer Stevens had indicated
his intention to resign should the
work be done by contract. He said
that Mr. Stevens always had favored
the contract plan and only recently
had written him commencing the idea
in the strongest possible terms.
The building of the canal by con-
tract, said Mr.. Shonts, could not pos
sibly Interfere with Mr.. Stevens, be-
cause his authority would be supreme
and the contract SO expressly pro-
svided. "-t
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-09
REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN.
Liberals Will Attempt to Reform the
House of Lords.

Liberals Will Attempt to Reform the
House of Lords.
London, Feb. 9.-The attorney gen
eral, Sir John L. Walton, who pre-
sumably spoke with the full knowl.
edge Of the intentions of the govern.
ment, made an important declaration
In a speech at Leeds, foreshadowing
She governments programme for a re-
sorm of the house Of lords. In the
course of his remarks the attorney
general said that the grim and seri-
GUS work" upon which the Liberals
were entering would mean revolu.
ton and involve two or three dissolu-
TONS" He added that the house Of
lords was entirely "out of harmony
with modern democratic institutions
and must go. The government would
endeavor to give effect to the will of
the people by bills, which the peers
would probably throw out, leading to q
combination Of the crown and people
to defeat the aristocracy." 49,
Attorney General Walton recognized
that the struggle would be prolonged
and exciting and would mean a COM
plete Encouragement of the constitu-
tional and political forces.