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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
TO FREE MISS MORRISON.
A Movement Ii Launched by Kansas
Friends.

Friends Of Jessie Morrison. the Kan
sas woman convicted of murder, have
decided to ask Gov. Hoch to grant her
pardon, and they are soliciting let
ters to aid them when the application
is presented. The father Of the con-
victed woman is said to be near dSath.
Jessie Morrison was brought TO the
penitentiary the last time on May 10,
1903. and has served nearly four years
and half. She was convicted Of muir
der in the second degree ard is under
a twenty-five year sentence.
Jessie Morrison has had three trials
and was under only a five-yea- sem
tence one time, which she was brought
in under and was serving time on
when an appeal was made. a new trial
granted, and she was taken back to
Eldorado and another trial had at
which she received the long sentence.
Had her attorneys permitted the first
sentence to stand she would have been
free three months ago.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
GOVERNORS SIT DOWN.
President Would Conserve Nations
Resources.


President Roosevelt, in his speech
at Memphis, Tenn, Friday. announced
that he would call convention to be
held in Washington Jan. next to ad-
vocate the preservation-and conserva-
ton of the natural resources Of the
country, including coal, water power,
oil, etc.
The fact that such a call would be
issued was rumored Thursday on some
Of the boats accompanying the Mis-
sissippi on her voyage down the river.
1t had been under consideration for
some time by the members of the in
land waterways commission, and the
details were presented by the members
of the body to the president at
luncheon given him on the commits
sion's boat, Col. Mackenzie. Sixteen
governors were taken into the commits
sion's confidence when that body went
aboard the governors boat after dim
ner.
A meeting was organized on the
main deck, over which Gov. Folk pre-
sided, and it was soon made evident
that a determined effort would be
made to secure an Endorsement of the
project in advance of action by the
president. Statements in explanation
of the commissions plans were made
by several members of the commits
sion.
Responses were made by practically
all the governors present, and from
being at first approving in their ma
ture they developed into such opposi-
ton that resolution OF commentator
which had been offered by Gov. Cham
berlain was Withdrawn by him after
two hours of discussion. The general
opinion was opposed to any expression
of an opinion previous to the Memphis
convention which might be construed
into an effort to displace the deep wa
terways matter as the question Of
paramount importance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
HARTMAN GETS BUSY.
Several Surveying Parties Rushed Into
Southeastern Oregon.

Several Surveying Parties Rushed Into
Southeastern Oregon.
1t Is reported that three surveying
parties OF the Hartman system have
recently been rushed into southwest
ern Oregon. The paper also says that
surveying parties from both the Union
Pacific and Denver and Rio Grandc
lines are being poured into northwest
ern Colorado, locating routes parallel
to that of the Moffat road, which IL
building through that country into
eastern Utah.
IT. is deduced from that that the
Hartman system and the Gould road
purpose to put up stubborn fight
against the Moffat road in northwest
ern Colorado and by appropriating all
available routes that the Hartman
system is endeavoring to keep compct-
tive roads out of southeastern Oregon.
The Mt. Hood railway, now con-
structing an electric line between
Portland and Mt. Hood, is presumed
70 be the western terminus of a ney,
trans-continental line, to be composed
OF the Salt Lake, Moffat and Rock Isl.
land systems. w
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12

1o7 FIRES IN THREE MONTHS.
reports fer First Quarter to the State
Fire Marshal.


The fire marshal law has now been
in effect for three months, and the re-
ports Of fires in the state which have
been sent in for the past quarter show
107 for that time. The larger number
Of them are ascribed to unknown
causes. there being twenty nine in th4
list. Lightning comes next with III
teen, and children with matches are
credited with ten fires. Gasoline is
charged with thirteen, kerosene with
four gas leaks with four al~l electric
light wires with one. Three are
charged to incendiary origin, but only
one Of these is certain, in a case where
an insane man is known to have burn
ed a small building; and tramps are
supposed to have started two others.
Eight fires are credited to defective
chimneys and stove pipes and one to
an overturned stove, and one to car
stove. Engine sparks and fireworks
are each given credit for four fires,
and four were started from other
buildings burning. Careless smokers
started two fires with the fire from
their pipes and one each is credited to,
hot grease, spontaneous combustion
and meat falling into the fire.
While incendiarism is ascribed as
the probable cause of several fires no
suits have. been brought by the fire
marshal under the law, as the required
evidence to sustain suit is not easy,
to obtain, and many cases where there
is alleged suspicion show the suspicion
to be so groundless that they aye not
followed nm
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
DELAY FOR INSURANCE MEN.
Temporary Postponement of Trials is
Granted by Supreme Court.

Granted by Supreme Court.
The trial of five former life insur-
ance company officials indicted as the
result OF the recent insurance investi-
cation was temporarily postponed
when the cases were called in the SUI
preme court of New York Monday.
Motion for dismissal was made and
will be argued next week.
The counsel for John Hegeman.
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company, asked delay of two
or three weeks. The district attorney
opposed the granting Of the request
and the case was set down for next
week
When the case of George w. Per-
kins, former vice president of the New
York Life, was called the plea Of not
guilty which had been entered was
Withdrawn and a motion made that
the pending indictments be dismissed.
Arguments on the motion will be
heard on Oct. 16, as also will the ar
guments on similar motion made in
behalf of Charles s. Fairchild, a for
mer officer of the New York Life.
Walter r. Gillette, former vice pres
ident OF the Mutual Life Insurance
company, pleaded not guilty to the
charge of perjury and the hearing OF
his case was set for Oct. IL.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
NOT UP TO CONTRACT.
Stamped Envelope Firm Suspected OF
Swindling Uncle sam


Postmaster General Meyers has sus-
pended the payment of moneys due
from his department to the Hartford
Manufacturing company, of Hartford,
Conn, and has submitted the matter
to the attorney general for such fur
Their action as may be deemed proper.
The Hartford Manufacturing COM
pany up to July supplied the stamped
envelopes anG newspaper wrappers
sold at postoffices. Chemical analyses
of the samples have disclosed the fact
that the composition OF the envelope
paper has been below the require
ments of the contract, and according
to the computations of the experts of
the postoffice department the COM
pany has In the last four years wrong
fully benefited to the extent Of about
$425,0O0.
One Of the manufacturers who sup
piled paper to the company has admit
ted to the postmaster generals agents
that his firm furnished different and
cheaper materials to that specified in
the contract, and that it was some
made at the instance of the Hartford
Manufacturing company.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
BIG DEMAND FOR LAND.
Filings at Pierre Show No Falling
OF.

Off.
The September filings in the land Of
flee in Pierre do not show any falling
off in the demand fer South Dakota
lands. The filings took up nearly
three townships and over a township
of titles from the government was ac-
quired through final proof, most of
the proofs being cash entries, which
come generally from Stanley county,
and the rest final proofs, which are
mostly from east of the river in
Hughes and Sully counties. For the
month there were 353 homestead fill
ings, soldiers declaratories and 4
reservoir declaratories. taking UP
nearly 10000 acres. The titles were
acquired through 11S cash entries and
20 final proofs. The contest business
Of the office is growing, and hundreds
are now pending for hearings, show
Ing a strong demand for the lands, as
contest business is expensive for those
engaging in it.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
BOY HORSE THIEF BUSY.
Scven-Year-Old Black Hills "Outlaw'.
Comes to Grief

For the fifth time in two weeks Da.
vid Anderson, the 7-year-old youth of
Lead whose particular delight is to
steal horses and then disappear with
them, has succee led in getting a free
ride. A short time ago David made
away with valuable horse and was
missing four days before he turned up.
The horse was recovered. This time
he was caught in the act of relieving
DR.. Hodges Of his animal and was
promptly placed in Jail in charge of
the sheriff until the police Judge could
ind what to do with youth of his
tender years and expensive pendants
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
FATAL WRECK AT MITCHELL.
Two Men Lose Lives in Head End
Collision

Travelling at rate estimated to be,
thirty miles an hour, the through
freight from Sioux City on the Chica-,
go, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
crashed into a slowly moving switch
train in the extreme limits of the.
Mitchell freight yards Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and Engineer Dem
mis- l.. Sumner, of Sioux City. and Fire
man Weiland, of Yankton, s. d., who
were in charge of the freight. engine,
were killed almost instantly.
1t was head-on collision and al
though both engines were badly
wrecked, neither left the track and
none of the members of either train
crew We're injured. The engineer and
fireman of the switch engine Jumped
just before the crash.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Increased ACREAGE Of OATS.

Doane Robinson, in his estimate of
the oats yield of the state this year.
slVes an increased acreage over last
year, win a reduced yield in bushels,
but at market price nearly $4,000
Ooo greater than for last year. His es-
innate for this year is 1.351,391 acres,
with total yield of 36,a42,50S BUSH
els, which he estimates at the present
market price to be worth to the farm
ers $16,254,7O3.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
JAP LOCKED UP ON TAFgps BOAT.
Officials Feared an Attempt to Injurc
the Secretary.

During the trip of the steamer Min
nesota. on which Secretary of War
Taft and his party were passengers
from Kobe to Nagasaki, Japan. Jap
anese passenger was imprisoned in his
cabin by order OF the captain Of the
vessel on account OF his suspicious ac-
tons. He said he was member OF
the Taft party. He was turned over to
the police. and it was developed that
the man had been drinking The af-
fair was exaggerated into an attenpt
to injure Secretary Taft
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Estimate of Barley Cron

The estimate of the barley crop of
the state for this year, which has just
been completed by Doane Robinson.
places it at S74.s64 acres, with yield
Of 20,43S,S20 bushels. This makes a
yield Of about 100000 bushels less
than for last year, with a market
price of about $7,00O,O00 in excess
Of last year. the difference advance in
the price of that grain
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Detroit Celebrates.

Downtown streets in Detroit. Mich.
took on an election night aspect Sat
urday as thousands Of baseball fans,
both men and women. cheered them
selves hoarse In appreciation of the
winning Of the American league base
ball championship by the Detroit
team.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Sight Hurt In WRECK

A head-end collision between a pas
senger and freight train on the Wa
bash road occurred near Nelly I'LL.
and eight persons were slightly injur-
ed. Both engines were practically de-
molished.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Actress Shot ON the staoe

Shot in the face with the charge of
wadding from blank cartridge dur
ing a shooting scene on the stage at
La Crosse. Wis. Miss May Vernon, a
vaudeville actress, may lose the sight
Of one Of her eyes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Bond Injunction Beaten

The PlanlSinton citizens who were
opposing the issuance of the $4,000
bonds by trying to secure an injunc-
ton in circuit court to prevent them
being issued were defeated. 1t is the
intention of the city council to use the
money for putting in sewer system
this fall.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12
Accidentally shoots Brother.

me careless handling of a target
ritie Sunday morning nearly cost the
lie OF the 3-year-old son Of Ed Kun
Hle, farmer living three miles from
shelton. The father laid the rifle
ana went out to the barn. During his
iosence an elder son was playing with
it and 1t was accidentally discharged,
ne pail entering tha back of the child.
and coming out at tic SIDE
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-10-12

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Mondays quotations on the Sioc.
City live stock market follow: Bee,es
81 90 a., SO, Top hogs. 5000.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
Some Unsound Phases
OF Modern Business.

By Profess ]. W.. of Cornell Univers
position of directors of corporations TRUSTEES OF
I THE STOCKHOLDERS, the large profits that be
~ derived from monopoes which legal, but ECONOM
1CALLY UNSOUND, characteristics of modern bust
which MUST BE dealt with The removal from personal
contact leads do what they would think of doing
they had personal relations with their Men will lower
slaughter prices and raid the market where they would
think of doing they PERSONALLY DEALING with those
they ruin
As for the stockholders the directors feel that they
for them all they and that their duty toward them
duty PUBLIC They feel rulers
they need observe the ordinary laws of ethics conducting their
business If rival violates the law they feel that THEY must
The making of fortunes has obured the visions of and has
led them confuse legality with the socially fair and All of this
however, lowering the moral Tone but because the
SOCIAL INERTIA which difficult adjust NEW
ditions.
As remedy the duty the make conditions such that
human will be tempted BEYOND ITS STRENGTH 1t
foolish to think that legislation will prove for ills
Conditions of business be changed to the standards of PR
VATE LIFE Unantary factories child labor unsafe machinery
must be done WITH and all avor legal Illegal cut off,
MUST RECOGNIZE LABoRER Is WORTHY OF
HIS HIRE AND IS ENTITLED TO JUST REWARD FOR HIS TOLL
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18

publicity. It has not been the habit
Of presidents to take the public int
their confidence. But It has certain
" proved In the case of Mr.. Roose-
welt that his readiest and surest de-
tense against any attempt at I'm
fluence" has been to give the whole
story away and let those who have
tried to approach him take care o.
themselves the best they might. In
the present case, however embryonic
the combination against him might
have been, the people have had due
warning Of its existence, and they
will be the more careful in scanning
every move made in the presidential
campaign from this time on. IT there
are any interests that want to beat
the president and his politics, they
will have to come out and do 1t in
the open.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
The Evil Of the
| Employment
| Of Children.
...By...
United States
Senator
A. J. BEvERIDCE
Of Indiana.

He states, ACTING SEPARATELY not competent
stop the evil of employment of children Of tender
years actoriesfrst because one state passes good
law and other not the manufacturers the good
business disadvantage with the manufacturers
the bad for the latter employ cheap child labor AND
THE FORMER CANNOT The manufacturers the good state
suffer because Of the righteousness of that states laws and the
manufacturers of bad profit by the wckedness of that
states laws.
scondf one state enacts and enfoces good
states not making good citizens the former
taed by the making of bad citizens the latter state For these
latter citizens only Of that which permits their ruin, BUT
ALSO CITIZENS OF THE NATION. If New York produces
annually hundred thousand degnerae they not citizens of New
York exclusively but of the republic also They vote not only at state
elections elections Also they travel into other
and there become the parents of bad citizens.
sss
ThrdThe states acting separately cannot uniform law
which would be UNIFORMLY ENFORCED in all the states That
yet where great business interests
involved.
FourtEven if it could be accomplished would take least
generation But in the meanwhile this SYSTEMATIC MURDER
OF LITTLE CHILDREN and the systematic deterioration Of
American citizens would go Some say "t wait until the
ac What the American people, with countless child
before them child murder this being done and human lives
daily being wrecked What the American people this counsel
of death and delay?
Ffh-The great manufacturing mining and affiliated interests
congested where this evil worst powerful
they the passage EFFECTIVE child labor laws and
period public opinion becomes strong
child labor law these interests powerful that IT is NOT
EXECUTED In either the end desired defeated
question of policy and of power; of the WISDOM
of the law and of the consutonay Of the law But the wis
nay NECESSITY of has been demonstrated by the
facts already given
HOW STRANGE THAT CONSTITUTION ALWAYS IN.
vokED TO PREVENT REFORM HELPFUL TO HUMANITY
CONSTITUTION is NEVER INVOKED AGAINST LEe's
ASKED RAILWAY AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS!
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
Gain in n. p. Freight Business.

The business done at the freight
sheds of the Northern Pacific in
March shows an increase of more
than so per cent above the business
done in The same period in 1905. &C.
eording to a statement made in su-
perintendeut Weymouth's once yes
terday. The first week in April lis
year yielded an increase OF So Peg
cent over the first week in April.
1906 which is pronounced phenome-
nal in view of the conditions prevail
ing nj both times. These increases
refer TO both received and forwarded
freights of all classes. The freight
men of the Northern Pacific say their
lines show little congestion, except
in the terminal yards. They hope to
be In shape to handle promptly. the
wheat harvest.-P.-I.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
900


There is skepticism expressed in
some quarters over the reality of
the story about financial conspir-
acy for checkmating the president.
OF course there is possibility that
the story may have been overdrawn
or that the conspiracy was further
developed in wish than in actual full
filiment. But those who are loud
est in deerylHg the story are not
those upoa whose absolute good
faith aud loyalty the presidnet
places the most dependence just now.
And there is little doubt among the
real friends Of the administration
that the president has taken the best.
as he has certainly taken the most
direct, method of meeting the move
against him. One Of the presidents
strongest weapons has always ben
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
Tacoma Cleaning Up.

Tacoma cannot clean up too soon
UT 100 well. No public spirited busi-
ness man will do anything to hinder
or retard this movement.
IL is essential for the business
district of a city to be clean when
the municipality completes with other
cities for the good esteem of a Wis
itor, as 1t is for business men to be
neat and clean.-Tacoma Ledger.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18

MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
meets wednesday evening In Bow
or hall. Visiting Woodmen COR
daily invited. Frank Dageott,
clerk: h. L. Dartlett, Counsel.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
ALL EYES

nave been watching to get in ON
the vacant unimproved land on
Nenatchee avenue. Now is your
chance. | have secured the exclu-
slve sale of the o. J. Stewart tract
one and one-half miles out. con-
sistins OF 1918 acres inside of
renee, with east front on Wenat.
chee avenue, is all planted and
rented for the season, and will be
sold at the extremely low price of
800 per acre. VIII sell in four
DIVISIONS or tracts if desired. Lose
no time in looking this up if you
are interested. Improved lands on
Wenatchee avenue are selling as
hlgh as $4,000 per acre. l have a
Iong list OF other lands for sale,
also handle East Wenatchee Land
Co.'S lands and have some first
choice tracts near the church site
on their land.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-18
CHELAN AVENUE RESIDENTS
KICK AT PROPOSED LIVERY
BARN.

A livery IOW 10 biS"in6 oh INV
Ian avenue.
Residents in that aristrocratic spot
dislike the prospect of living next to
a livery stable.
This is to be their portion, pro-
vided the liveryman planning the
barn is undismayed by the clamor
his scheme has raised.
Against the business acumen of the
astute young man who plans the
horse palace these citizens hold no
grudge. They are glad to see him
make money.
But they built their homes there
for the comfort and enjoyment that a
quiet, sanitary district affords; had
they known that someday Horse
Hotel should be built near them,
in all probability they would have
move now, SO they can only kick.
The liveryman promises to erect
a handsome edifice, and keep it clean
It's hard to Keep a Place where
Horses Sleep from Smelling Badly.
Even if he fitted each horse with
a napkin, and finger bowl when fed
and had them wipe their feet on
door mats before entering the barn.
it would still be livery stable.
A barn with a brown stone front
and cut flowers in each stall would
still be a barn, with the fleas, flies
and filth that go with it.
The residents object to moving
picture show Of drays, baled hay
and manure carts.
They are dismayed at the pros
pect of pungent stable fumes float
ing across the fence, and settling on
their breakfast tables.
A Livery Barn Smells Bad.
Not even the widest imagination
could confuse the acrid odor of the
horse with the perfume of the Tube
Roses.
Another feature of the embroglie
is this:
Can this liveryman, hope for con.
tinued patronage from the people
whose comfort his building will dis.
turb, and whose property must be
DEPRECATED in value by the carrying
out of his plans?
The logical location of liver,
stable seems some side street. Nc
Glue Factory. Slaughter House OF
Brewery would be welcomed into 2
residence community.
Besides, Wenatchee is building TO,
tomorrow-for the future as wei
as today. The citizens cannot coun
tenance the ruthless marring of SC
beautiful street as Chelan avenue
by the advent of livery stable.
Yesterdays World contained ar
open letter from a prominent res;
dent of the threatened community
Today We publish others, with in
terviews.