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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
South Dakota
State News
GIFTS FOR ATTORNEY EGAN.
EIandreau People Liked Way He Con-
Quoted Kaufman Case.

George w. Egan, the energetic and
eloquent attorney of Logan, To-, VINO
so successfully prosecuted the case
against Mrs. Emma Kaufman, stop
ped in Sioux Falls for day while en-
route from Flandreau to Omaha,
where he has business prior to return
ling to his home at Logan.
Prior to his departure from Flan-
,dreau the people of that place showed
Their appreciation of the manner in
which Mr.. Egan conducted the case
against Mrs. Kaufman.
! Before leaving Flandreau, and af-
| ter the jury in the case had returned
Ia verdict of manslaughter in the hrst
tdegree against Mrs. Kaufman, the
residents of Flandreau shOwered in
tvitation after invitation upon Mr.. and
MRS. Egan, and hundreds called at
1.-The St Vincent's hotel to personally
congratulate Mr. Egan upon
1.-THE manner in which he had con-
fducted the case. Among the gifts
made them was a handsome and costly
tcut glass vase. The card accompany
ling the beautiful gift had upon 1t
1.-THE names of a dozen or more of the
most prominent women Of Flandreau.
A delegation Of brother Irishmcn
visited Mr. Egan at the hotel and pre-
lsented him with a fine blackthOrn
Ecane, which came from County WEEK
ford Ireland, the ancestral home of
1.-THE Egans and where the father of
! the attorney was born. Ira Blewitt,
states attorney of Moody county, gave
Ia dinner party to Mr.. and Mrs. Egan
at which the most prominent residents
| of FIandreau and Moody county were
| present
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
CALL FOR BOND ISSUE.
Frisco Road Asks Authority for Loan
of sis, 900.

Stockholders of the St Louis and
San Francisco Railroad company will
be asked at a meeting which will be
called for Aug. 27 for an issue Of
$115, 1000 general lien fifteen and
twenty year per cent gold bonds, &C
cording to an announcement made in
New York Friday
OF the total amount $67,S1S,0O0 will
be reserved to- retire and refund bonds
and notes maturing during the next
forty-flve years. 1t is proposed to use
the remainder for additions, improve
ments, etc. Only $10,000,000 can be
issued during the next two years for
improvements. These probably will be
issued this fall. The balance for i'm
provements may be issued only after
June 1, 1909, in small blocks yearly.
The stockholders will also be asked
to authorize an increase of 500, 00O,-
600 in common stock. This is merely
a Formally, however. as under the
Missouri laws the authorized debt can
not exceed the authorized stock.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
PLEA TO ROOSEVELT
STRIKING TELEGRAPHERS TO
SEEK FEDERAL AID.
President Mackay Unstructs Officials
that Company Must Win at Any
Cost-Strikc Leader Claims His
Men Are In No Way tosBlame.

President Small, Of the telegraphers
union, announced Monday afternoon
that he would ask the aid of the Unit
ed States government in the settle
ment of the strike at San Francisco
He said he would appeal to President
Roosevelt and members of the cabinet
TO intercede on the ground that the
transaction OF business of national inn
portance is being interfered with be-
cause OF the strike. President Small
asserts that when Intervention is made
by the president and cabinet officials
1T will be learned that the striking
telegraphers are in nowise to blame
for the strike.
A telegram was received by General
superintendent l.. W. Storer, of the
Postal Telegraph company in San
Francisco, from Clarence II. Mackay
president of the Postal Telegraph
company. 1t is in substance as fol-
lows:
While deeply regretting the situa-
ton, feel that our men in abandon
ing their positions were unmindful
and needless Of their duty to the pub
lie and the company and guilty of un-
warranted action. We shall take
firm stand and are determined to win
regardless of the cost. With this view
hereby approve and confirm the in
structions given you by the general
manager, and in addition thereto you
are authorized to say to our loyal men
who stand by US In our difficulty:
"'All operators will be paid their
regular salary as a bonus and their
services will be computed as extra on
a basis of seven hours per day or
nihgt Should you deem it wise to do
so you may also furnish free meals
and lodging until the return Of normal
conditions
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
STAY KIDNAPPED BOY.
Member New Orleans Italian Bandit
Gang ConfesSeS.

Two miles in the interior Of a big
swamp near New Orleans the headless
body of Walter Lamana, an Italian
child. between and years old, who
was kidnapped and held for So, 900 ram
som two weeks ago, was found by po-
lice and vigilantes just before day
break Monday. He had been stran-
gled to death, according to confession
of one Of several Italians held by the
police.
The boys neck Is supposed to have
been broken when he was strangled,
causing the head to become separated
from the body when decomposition set
in. The head was found short dis
lance fro.h the body.
Five Italians, two Of them women,
are under arrest charged with being
accomplices to the murder, and extra
maintaing order in the excited Ital-
ian quarter of the city.
Seventy armed deputies have been
placed on guard at the Orleans parish
prison, the strongest in the state,
where three of the prisoners are held,
and some apprehension has been felt
over the safety Of two ether prisoners
who were taken to an adjoining par
ish.
The boy was crying and begging TO
be taken home to his parents, said
Campigciano, and one of the quar-
tette of the kidnapers grabbed the
child and strangled him to death to
stop his noise. Later two Of the kid
napers, he said, came to him carrying
the body in a blanket, and after
threatening him with death If he told,
took the body into a swamp.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
WILL EXTEND CROUCH LINE.
New Road for Black Hills Incor-
DOrated.

Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state at Pierre
for the Wyoming Western railway.
This is to be an extension of the
Crouch line" in the Black Hills from
Mystic, S. D., to Buffalo, Wyo, a dis
lance of 200 miles, of which forty
miles will be in Pennington county,
this state, and the rest in Watson,
Crook and Buffalo counties, Wyo. The
new company is capitalized at $4,000
600, with headquarters at Rapid City.
The incorporators are Charles c.
Crouch, Verne E. Crouch, Jacob S.
CAN'T, Charles z. Fulton and Elmere
L. Hurlburt, all of Rapid City.
This will make a direct line into
Wyoming in connection with the
Northwestern extension from Pierre to
Rapid City.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY.
Missourians Fined and Imprisoned for
Rosebud Land Frauds.

Information was Saturday received
at the general land office at Washing
ton that B. f. letter and c. B. Vantr,
Of Butler, Mo, have pleaded guilty
before the United States district court
of Missouri and have been fined ST.
600 each and sentenced to four
months in Jail for conspiracy under
section $40 Of the United States Re-
vised Statutes. These men, in con-
junction with one other person, all of
Butler, Mo-, at the time of the opening
OF the Rosebud reservation in South
Dakota last year, secured number of
soldiers declaratory statements,
which as agents of the soldiers they
offered for filing. At the same time
they secured promises of relinquish-
ments from the soldiers in case the
soldiers were lucky enough TO draw a
number for the soldiers rights, and, it
was charged, defraud the government
by cutting out bona fide entrymen.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
LIQUOR MEN ALARMED.
Fear Unfavorable Action by Political
Parties.

The injection of anti-saloon senti-
ments into the platforms Of both the
great political parties in the next ma
tional campaign was predicted at the
session of the National Wholesale Lii
quor Dealers association convention
in Atlantic City. N. ]. A call was
made for the federation of liquor in
terests in the United States, not molly
to meet the present prohibition agita-
ton, but to prepare to check the
movement in the presidential conven-
tons in 1908, the speakers declaring
that the growth of the crusades
against liquor will force party leaders
to recognize the necessity of placing
with the subject before the people at
the coming election. The organization
Of a great campaign fund to meet the
new condition is advocated.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
CHECKS WINE REVOLT.
French Government Slowly Getting
Upper Hand.

Fortified by a vote OF confidence in
receipt of assurances that the govern
ment forces gradually are gaining the
ascendency throughout the rebellious
departments in the south the French
ministers Friday night incline to the
belief that affairs in the wine growing
region are entering a less threatening
phase. The mutiny and desertion from
BeZiers of q battalion of the Seven
teenth regiment, followed by circum-
stantial stories Of similar defections at
ed out to be untrue, caused wide
spread alarm not only in official cir
cles, but throughout the entire coun-
try.
The war office lost no time in order
ing fresh troops to the scene, and
fully a score Of regiments of all arms
were dispatched to Narbonne, Mont
pelier and Beziers or were held In
readiness.
Just before adjournment Of the
Si'e'Aii'ci VI uSpuClSo II liudy HiSIlI L &
mier Clemenceau was able to an
nounce the surrender of the mutinous
battalion of the Seventeenth regiment,
and the hearty applause that followed
indicated how deep was the relief.
1t is realized on all sides that the
danger of civil war has by no means
completely disappeared, but those at
the helm seem satisfied with the pro-
gress toward the repression Of an
archy.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
LOVING rs ON TRIAL.
Former Virginia Judge is Accused OF
Murder.


The trial of former Judge w. G..
Loving for the murder of Theodore
Estes was begun at Houston, Ca, Mon
day. The trial promises to eclipse in
interest the McCue and Strothers-By-
waters cases. 1t will put to test again
the much-talked of 'Unwritten law"
Loving shot and killed Estes April
%. The shooting was sequel to a
buggy ride taken on the evening prior
to the homicide by young Estes with
Miss Elizabeth Loving, 19~year-old
daughter of Loving. The girl when
brought home had been drinking, and
1t is alleged her escort had been NAL
treating her.
Backed by the millions of Thomas
r. Ryan, of whose Virginia estate he
has been the overseer for number
of years, and with powerful political
influence, every device known to legal
fraternity will be availed in the eff
forts of the counsel for the defense
to acquit Loving.
Relatives of Estes, whose family
connections extend to the governor of
this state, will exert every effort to
clear the memory Of the dead man
from any stain of wrongdoing.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
NEW TAXABLE LANDS.
Additions to the List i'm All But Siv
Counties

The reports from the various land
offices of the state to the state audi
tor show that the new lands were add
ed to the taxable property in the state
through final proof in all but half
dozen counties Of the state the past
year. The counties in which such ad-
ditions were made, with the number Of,
proofs in each, are as follows: Auro-
ra, g. Beadle, s: Bon Homme, /;
Bookings, 4 Brown, IS; Brule, 10;
Buffalo, IS; Butte, 100; Campbell,
1O4; Charles Mix, 40; Clerk, 16; Cod
ington, 13; Custer, 54; Day. 25; Deuel.,
2; Edmunds, 100; Fall River, As;
Faux, AS; Grant, 6; Gregory, 1870;
Hamlin, 4; Hand, 1872; Hughes, Sc;
Hutchinson, 2; Hyde, go; Jerauld, 8:
Kingsbury, 1; Lake, l; Lawrence, 46;
Lyman, 1884; McCook, l; Mcpherson,
96 Marshall, SO; Meade 1873; Miner,
3; Pennington, 1872; Potter, 81; Rob-
erts, 116; Sanborn, 4; Sphinx, II; STAN
ley, $40; Sully, 40; Union, 1; Wal
worth, SO; unorganized counties, 81.
The counties of Clay, Douglas, Davi-
son, Hanson, Lincoln, Minnehaha,
Moody, Turner and Yankton show no
new lands to add to the list through
final proofs. Union, the Oldest settled
county in the state, shows one tract
to have been acquired through proof
last year, and many of the other old
er counties of the state show that
there is but little land yet left in them
in which the title is yet in the govern
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
SEWAGE SYSTEM GIFT TO CITY.
Unusual Present for Town of Lake
Preston.

ITSSiOIl.
The city of Lake Preston has been
made the recipient of a present of a
sewage system by a company of her
citizens. The proposition was made
to bond the city for drainage plant,
but being already loaded with water
works and municipal lighting bonds.
the measure failed to carry. A stock
company of citizens was then organ
lied, who obtained a franchise, and
proceeded to put in a system covering
eight of the principal streets of the
town, the outlet being the lake, which
is only a short distance from the city
limits. AS soon as the connections
were made and the plant proved to be
q success the entire property was turn
ed over to the city gratis, with the
provision that further improvements
and extensions should be undertaken
by municipal expense. Lake Preston
will now have one of the best drain
age systems in the state, and the city
will not have cent of bonds to pay.
The citizens who put in the work fig
ure that the cost to each of them is
less than private drains would have
been, and the system is much more
satisfactory.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
CUDAHY YIELDS TO sTOCKNiEN
RevolScs Post Mortem Order Affecting
Cows.

The Cudahy Packing company an
nounced at the stock yards in Kansas
City that, beginning Monday, 1t would
buy cows regardless of the post-mor-
tenn order. An exception is made in
the Gamer class.
This is the first break in the ranks
of the packers, and the commission
men who have been making a vigor-
Gus fight on the order are much
elated. They say the other packers
will now have to revoke the order for
their own protection. The action was
entirely voluntary on the part OF the
'Cudahy Packing company, which has
no plant at st. Joseph or Forth Worth,
the only markets selling cows subject
to the post-mortem examination.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
DESPERATE ESCAPES.
Despite Handouts He Gets Away from
Officers on Train.

ONlcSfS on IRAN.
Nick Rose, the horse thief who was
captured after violent resistance near
Deadwood a few weeks ago, is again
at liberty. He escaped from the train
near WOrthingtor, Mimi, while en-
route to the state penitentiary at
Sioux Falls. He had been arrested
after he had held the officers off at
the point of a gun, and after they
had threatened to burn the house in
which he had secreted himself,
charged with the larceny Of ponies
belonging to the Ute Indians. He
was sentenced to a term In the peni-
Tertiary and was on his way to begin
his sentence when he effected his free
dom. The officers had left him for
only a few moments, and as the man
was handcufed his escape was con-
rsidered impossible. The supposition
lis that he had cOnfederates in that
part Of the country who had kept
informed as to his movements and
Whereabouts. A reward of $1,000 has
been offered for his apprehension.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
HITS THE TRADING STAMPS.
Washington Law Provides They Must
Have a Cash Value

Weshington's green stamp" law,
which provides that trading stamps
must have cash value and that they
must be redeemable in any quantity
and at any time, has gone into effect.
and as a result several concerns will
have to go out of business. The law.
which was drawn by Senator w. d.
Scott, specifies that these words must
be printed on each coupon: "Cash
value at any premium station in
Washington, cent, but average mer-
chandise value, according to our pre-
MUM list "a cents" Senator Scott
says he believes 1t will stand the test
of the supreme court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
BIG FIRE Loss AT ELK POINT.
Business Property Valued at $4,000 is
DESTROYED

A fire Of unexplainable origin, which
had gained great Roadway before it's
discovery, totally destroyed the two
story brick business block of Michael
Hoffman, entailing a loss of $4,000.
The building, which was one of the
handsomest in the downtown district,
was occupied by two of the largest
business houses in the city, l.. N. Grill
taking up the greater part of the
structure with his general store and
the remaining portion being used by
O. N. Walters for his hardware estab-
lishment. The entire stocks of both
concerns were consumed in the flames.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Boy Held for Capital Crime.

Clyde Glidden, aged years, is In
Jail at Parkersburg, w. Va, on a
charge of incendiarism, 1t being al
legged that he burned two houses a
week ago. The houses were occupied
and the families barely escaped with
their lives. The penalty for the crime
OF which the boy is charged I'm that
state is death unless the jury recon-
mends mercy. and then 1t is life i'm
prisonment.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
LAUGHED AT CRY FOR HELP.
Appeal of Two Drowning Brothers
Was Believed a Joke.

appear VI Two drowning BrOtnefS
Was Believed n Joke.
In an effort to save his brothers life
Fred Adler, 90 years old, was drawn
into the swift current of the Mississip-
pi river opposite the foot of President
street in st. Louis, Mo-, Sunday morn
ing by August Adler, aged 23, and
both were drowned. Both were ath-
letes and good swimmers and their
cries for help were laughed at by a
companion In a skiff, who thought the
shouts were in fun. A frenzied at
tempt at rescue was made by several
men In boats. but strong undertow
carried the young men down.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Wolf Bounty Claims

Ever since the limitation of the wolf
bounty to an annual fixed sum it has
been found necessary to prorate the
fund among the different claimants,
but up to within a few days ago it
looked as if the claims this year would
be within the appropriation, but with
in the past week the claims have been
piling up, and the claims now are
about $500 in excess of the appropria-
lion,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Young Woman Cremated

Ethel Ware, the daughter. of a farm
er living six miles northwest Of Volga,
was burned to death by the explosion
of a can of kerosene. The oil exploded
while she was pouring it over fire in
the stove. The flames burned every
particle of clothing ON her body
and she lived but short time.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Austrian Balloon Disasser.

Thirteen men were killed Saturday
afternoon near DeBreszin. Hungary.
Three aeronauts, two French officers
and one Austrian officer, fell from a
balloon and were killed. Peasants try
ing to rescue the balloon approached
It and ten OF them were killed
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Quits Rhode Island Contest

Col. Samuel p. Colt, Of Bristol, r..
l., president of the United States Rub
Der company and a cmandidate last
winter for the United State senate, has
notified the Republican state central
committee that he had withdrawn
from the senatorial contest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
High Water Does Not Recede.

The water in the Sioux is not reced-
ing as was expected and. hoped for.
The water has remained stationary
since Monday night. The South Da-
kota Central has not run train for
two days and will not be able to do so
until the water goes down so as to per-
NIT the roadbed being repaired.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Twenty DAYS Without Food.

DR.. l. j. Eales, of Belleville, ILL.,, who
began a fast for twenty days to test
his theory that his health would there
by be benefited, completed the stipu-
lated time at noon Thursday. He de-
cided, however, not to eat anything
until his appetite demanded food, and
will continue to fast until he gets hun
cry.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
-Four Killed in Collision.

Four persons ere known to have
been killed, three more are thought to
be dead and eight were badly injured
In a wreck Sunday night one mile
east of Pittsford, N. Y, on the Auburn
branch, of the New York Central rail-
road. A passenger train collided with
a freight head on.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Sioux Falls Libel Suits.

Mark d. Scott, editor of a weekly
paper printed in Sioux Falls, was ar
rested Tuesday afternoon on a COM
plant sworn to by Mayor w. Pills
bury, charging criminal libel. Mr..
Scott appeared by attorney in justice
court waived examination and was
bound over to the next term of circuit
court in the sum of $500, which he
readily furnished
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Capitol Building Fund.

The capitol building fund continues
to increase through disposal of tracts
of building lands. by the state land de-
partment The fund was increased APP.
proximately $4,000 last week through
the sale of all the lands left in Nc
Phersop county. about 1900 acres, and
$50 acres In Hyde county at a little.
less than $40 an acre.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
CARD SHARP Is ENDORSED.
Mitchell Visitor Badly WOrsted by
John RarlcycOrn.

A man giving his name as A. Mon
tellett, claiming Spencer, S. D., as his
home. was arrested in Mitchell for
drunkenness, and Sheriff Cook thought
1t advisable to examine his satchel.
He found loaded dice, marked cards,
finger mirrors, brush and ink for
marking cards and a book giving full
instructions for cheating.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Barn and Horses Burn.

The barn on the handkerchief farm
Jour miles from Parkston, was struck
by lightning Saturday night and burn
ed to the ground with contents. Only
one colt was saved. The barn con-
tanned eleven head of horses, a new
surrey. harness, grain, etc, which be-
onged to Theodore Thome, renter.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Fatal Fire ON Steamer

The steamer Crystal Stream was
burned to the waters edge in washa-
demoak lake, n. b.. Thursday night.
Three members of the crew were burn.
ed to death.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
-Four Deaths in New York.

Four deaths and a dozen prostra-
tons Saturday mark the record for
the hottest day so far this summer in
New York. Street thermometers reg
istered as high as SO shortly after
noon.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
: Crops Good on Rosebud.

The crop conditions around Rose
bud were never better as a whole.
While corn is little late owing to.
the backward spring, all other crops
are exceptionally good. There will be
much fruit In the old part of the coun-
try.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Parkston Pioneer Dead.

Hutchinson county, died Friday after
noon after a short illness. although
he has been in poor health for two
wears past.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
Blanks Wins the Shoot

The great American handicap and
shooting tournament at Chicago Fri
day was won by ]. ]. Blanks, of the
Trezevant team. with score of II out
of a possible 20.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
no Organize Farmers Elevator.

Several score of farmers residing
near the vicinity of Ethan have taken
preliminary steps to organize a farm
ers' elevator company, with the object
|of constructing and operating a grain
elevator at Ethan.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-06-29
knights of Pythias.

Grand Chancellor j. Fl. Black call
ed the grand lodge, knights of Pythias
of South Dakota, together recently at
Aberdeen. More than 200 delegates
were present. The reports of the Of
ficers show that the past year was
very successful.