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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
SAY MOST STRIKES WIN.
STATISTICS Also show Unions Succeed
in Industrial Battles.

More strikes succeed than fail and the
most successful strikes are those conduct
ed by organized labor. Statistics tabu-
lated by the Bureau OF Labor, covering
the last twenty-five years, show this to
be true. In all strikes during the hast
quarter Of century the employees were
entirely successful in 4S per cent of the
cases and partly successful in ID per
cent, but in 81 per cent they failed.
Organized labor succeeded in 40 per
cent of the strikes called and failed in
81 per cent, while unorganiSed labor was
successful In "a per cent and failed In
H per cent. Most strikes, Al per cent Of
All, have been caused by demand for
increase of wages. Recognition Of unions
and union rules have caused % per cent
and sympathetic strikes 3 per cent.
Arbitration has been effective in bring
ing about settlement of labor disputes
in only per cent Of all strikes and q
per cent of all lockouts, while joint agree
ments have ended 9 per cent of the strikes
and IL per cent of the lockouts.
In the last twenty-five years there have
been 33,303 strikes and lockouts, affect
ing 7,444,279 employees.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
~~N~N~>~N~~

The bald-headed mans annual quar-
rel with the house fly has begun
Washington Post.
The summer girls campaign has be
gun. Does she know how to handle It'll
Well, watch her-Phlladelphia In
Quirer.
DR.. Wiley says 1t Is not the pie, but
the filing that one should be afraid
Of, as pies 60 these days.-Washington
Herald.
Boston has put UP the price Of pie
but nothing can stop Goldfish and beans
from going down in that town.-Wash'
ington Herald.
After the Meat Trust has been broken
up by everybody refusing to eat meat,
everybody will go barefooted to bust
the Shoe Trust, Of course.-Philadei
phia Press.
Pittsburg suggests automobile STREET
sprinklers Well, there really ought
to be a closer relation between the
automobile and the water wagon
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The fining OF a jamestown Exposi.
ton visitor $40 for kissing a Norfolk
girl has been quite generally deuounc.
ed, but as Exposition prices go the
AMOUNT Is not hlgh.-Phlladelphla
Press
London experimenters find that mo
toring enriches the blood and give,
good sleep. The tests were applied ID
those who ride, not to the man who
gets in front of the motor.-New Yorh
World
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
SENATOR PETTUS is DEAD.
Alabama Has It's New United states
Senator Already Chosen.

BY the death of Senator Edmund W.
Pettus at Hot Springs, n. c., Saturday,
former Gov. Joseph +. Johnson practical
ly becomes Senator from Alabama. he
was elected second alternate Senator at
the recent primaries and his election by
the LEGISLATURE is a mere formality. Sen
ator Pettus' death at the age of SG was
caused by an apoplectic stroke, suffered at
breakfast He had been in poor health
for some time.
Edmund Winston Pettus was the oldest
man in the United States Senate. He
also enjoyed the distinction of being one
of the few survivors of the Mexican war.
He was born in Limestone county, Ala
bama, in 1921, being descended from a
Revolutionary soldier. he graduated
from Clinton college, Tennessee, and
studied and practiced law in Alabama I'M
til the Mexican war, when he went to
California. but returned to Alabama and
was elected judge in 1855. He resigned
in 1858. moving to Dallas county, where
he resided at the time Of his death. In
1861 he entered the Confederate army as
major and was promoted gradually until
he became a brigadier general. At the
end of the war he resumed the practice of
law. In 1896 he was nominated by the
Democrats and elected United States Sem
ator. He was unanimously reelected in
1903. his term expiring March 3, 19OD.
Senator Pettus has missed only two Dem
ocratic national conventions since the
war and has generally been chairman
of the Alabama delegation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE.
It's Statute book, Just Issued, . Mass
of Ridiculous Error.

It's Statute book, inst Issued, . Mass
of Ridiculous Error.
The laws passed ~ the last Legisla-
lure of Montana have been issued in book
torn by Secretary of State Yoder, and it
Is the opinion of lawyers and others that
aever before did a Legislature in any
State have so many careless authors and
incompetent enrolling and engrossing
clerks. The result is that Montana has
ZONE Of the most ludicrous laws that ever
Eraced a statute book. In fact, so nu-
nervous are the errors that the Secretary
Of State was impelled TO put this notice
in the fly leaf: The within are exact
copies OF the enrolled laws as the same
reached this Office, and neither this Office
uor the printers employed in the work arc
responsible for spelling or punctuation"
The effect, 1t is thought. will not be seri,
ous, as the Supreme Court, in passing
apon laws, tries 70 determine the intent
If the Legislature.
One law was passed to prevent the sale
Of diseased meat, while the enrolled and
engrossed copies thereof read deceased
meat" Thus, literally speaking. 1t is
against the law for butchers to sell meats
except upon the hoof, and II they oSeyed
it they would be compelled to drive cattie
around to purchasers and dispose Of them
while alive.
A bill was passed relative to the meas
urement Of hay. 1t provides certain rules
for determining the amount when it has
been in the stack six months, provided 1t
has been in the stack three months" The
intention of the Legislature was to make
allowance for shrinkage after the hay had
stood three and six months.
Still another law requires boarding
houses, restaurants and hotels using adul
terated foods mot" TO post notices In
plain sight OF patrons and customers,
when its intention was just tha opposite.
Another law, dealing with the land
question, refers TO ''parented" instead OF
patented lands.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
AMERICAN ROADS MOST DEADLY.
United States Leads In Number OF
Persons Killed on Rails.

Herr Guillery> an Official Of the archivs
bureau of the Prussian railway admins
tration, has prepared comparative table
of statistics of those killed and injured
by railways In various countries. He finds
that the railroads In the United States
are the most deadly. The United States
has more mileage than all Europe, bat
even taking that into consideration, the
United States holds preeminence in pro-
portonal figures.
Out of every 10000 employees the yela-
tive figures of killed are: United States,
28.I; England, 1913; Switzerland, S.2s
Russia, 7.8; British India, ct; Belgium,
Al.
In the matter of travellers injured,
France holds the lowest record in ne
world. The United States shows proper
tionately forty times as many injured 40
Ruesia; twenty-five times as many az
Italy: as England, twenty; Belgium,
elSht; Switzerland, four; Germany, two.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
LIVES LOST AS BOAT BURNS.
Women and Children Jump Into Wa
ter I'm New York State In Panic.


Notable examples of heroism, as we'll
as a few examples of cowardice, attended
the burning and sinking of the steamer
Frontenac on Cayusa lake, New York,
Saturday. The death list is believed to
be limited to eight, the number first re-
ported. A search along Cayuga lake
and in and underneath the charred hulk
of the steamer failed to reveal any more
bodies. and the officials think that no
more lives were lost. No inquiries have
come in to Ithaca or Union Springs for
persons not accounted for.
The accident happened about two miles
south of Union Springs. Just before the
boat reached Aurora about fifty persons
were ready TO so aboard, but the high
wind preve,ted the boat from landing.
This undoubtedly saved many from death.
The fire was started by throwing a
cigarette or match into the companion
way.
One of the most pathetic incidents was
the death of little Grace Abel. Her
grandmother jumped with the child held
close in her arms. She was rescued
while at the point of death and her first
exclamation was, Il am so glad the baby
has been saved" Yet the child had been
dead for some time.
Notable examples of hSroism were
prevalent on all sides. Little Frank AL
colt, II years old, towed his grandmother
ashore on a life raft with the simple
remark. Il padded my hardest to save
my grandmother, because she was alone
and could not swim" Roland Genuhg,
son of Sheriff Genung, absolutely refused
to leave the boat without his mother.
Both were saved Mrs. Tuthill, a woman
of 20, jumped overheard with her daugh-
ter and both reached the shore in safety.
Although there were many stirring
deeds of heroism, it must be recorded
that here and there in the gathering there
was cowardly heart. For there We're
men on the steamer who thought only OF
their own safety, and not only refused to
assist the helpless women and children,
but actually thrust them ruthlessly aside
in a mad endeavor to reach the side OF
the steamer.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
DEk lIA|2S<ERS
sssssss;ssSzzlsa GS&@,cM.
sSg D. a J ~ -:
-S. A2Sr

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $7.35; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $6.35; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $685.; wheat, No. 2, soc to 90c |;
corn, No. 2, 53c to 54c; oats, standard,
43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC; hay,
timothy, $1,000 TO $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery, 21c
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 15c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 7Sc to SIC.
Indianapolis--Cat shipping. $500
to $685.; hogs, choice heavy, $4.O0 to
SG.O5; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
S4.75; wheat, No. 2, SIC to SEC; corn,
white, 45c to Acc.
st Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to s7.35;
hogs, $500 to $6.40; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SIC to e0c; corn.
No. 2, sic to SIC; oats, No. 2, 45c to
47c; rye, No. 2, SIC to Sac.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to S5.S5;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$4.75; wheat, No. 2, 90c to Ole; corn.
No. 9 mixed, soc to 56c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Acc to 46c; rye, No. 2, SEC to CSC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 56c to 5Sc: oats, No. 3 white,
Acc to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, 79c to soc.
Wheat, No. 2 northern,
oSc to $1.O0; corn, No. 3, 53c to 54c !;
oats, standard, 44c to Acc: rye, Nc. J.,
S5c to SIC; barley, standard, 69c to zoe !;
pork, mess, $16.35.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
S4.0O to $3.50: hogs, fair to choice $500
to $3.50; sheep, common TO good mixed,
S4.O0 to $500; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 500;
hogs, $4.00 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red, 9Gc to Csc /;
corn, No. 2, 59c to zoe; oats, natural
white, 51c to 52c; butter, creamery, PC
20 25c; eggs, western, 16c to 19c.
Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Soc to
| D1c; corn, No. 2 mixed, dc to DOC |;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 44c to Acc; rye, No.
2, 76c to Use; clover seed, prime, $3.50.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03

All Around the Globe.
Philadelphia health board prohibited
kissing games among children.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03

of Pensions, that
his stepnother and
half-sisters have
negro blood in their
veins.
Nj RS. | 5 q bella
Robinson Warner,
second wife of the
c o N m | S s toner's
father, John War
ner, is prosarated
by the accusation
that she deceived
his IN the, 40 m hpr
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
Indicted on 1924 Coapt,.

Dispatches from Memphis state that
the federal grand jury for the West
Tennessee district has handed up an in
dictment containing 1924 counts, each
count separate indictment in itself, all
aimed at the Standard Oil Company.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-03
MAKES STARTLING CHARGE.

Pension Commissioner Claims Step.
mother Is of Negro Descent.
The charge is made by Vespasian
Warner, former Illinois Congressman
and now United States Commissioner
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
Christmas In
 Cactus Center.

IVY OMEN'S scarce in Cactus Cen " ~ ter, and there aint no bar
 gain stores Fer to start them Monday rushes that
 break down the stouteat doors, But we had some Christmas shoppin'
 that the town ain't over yet, Jest because of one small woman and
 drug store toilet set. She was Cactus center's teacher, and
 she hadn't left the stage Fore she had the boys plum loooed,
 and l don't bar youth nor age. She was cute and smart and pretty,
 and she might "a been here yet If 1t hadn't been for Dawson and his
 drug store toilet set. It was old and scratched and speckIed,
 fer twas in his case fer years, But old Dawson, sharp and clever, put
 a whisper in our cars Lowed he'd sell that set at auction, and
 he says, "Now, boys, you bet This'lI make hit with teae '-this
 here swell new toilet SC
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
Her Little Prayer.

Former Comptroller Edward NJ. Grout of New York city tells pretty little Christmas story.
 He said that little girl relative of his was visiting her grandmother on Thanksgiving day. Already the child had begun to speculate on what Santa Claus was to bring her at Christmas time, and, as children-especlally girls will do when they are at the home of an indulgent friend. she began to rummage through closets and drawers.
 In, the course of her investigation she came upon brand new white muff. It was the very thing she had wanted, and she knew that Santa Claus chief purchasing agent-grandma-had ob-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
CANADA'S CHRISTMAS STAMP.
The Only Known Postal Memorial of
 the December Holiday.

The Only Known Postal Memorial of
 the December Holiday.
 Stamp collectors say that the great est Christmas gift ever made was postage stamp of the value of cents. On Christmas, 1898, Great Britain pre- sented to all her thirty colonies Christmas gift in the form of two cent letter postage in place of the rate of cents, which for decades had ex- 1 isted
 In honor of this event Canada placed on sale on Christmas morning, 1898, a Christmas postage stamp, the only stamp of the kind ever issued by any country. In many respects it is unique among all postage stamps.
 It was larger than our Columbian stamps and showed map of the world with the possessions of the British em- pire printed in bright scarlet. The oceans appeared in a bluish green and the frame of the design in black.
 Across the top was the inscription Canada Postage" with a crown rest lug Ou lduEcl ledNcS tuChcu III DCtWCCh the words. At the extreme lower part of the design is the declaration, 'We hold a vaster empire than has been;" above this, "Xmas, 1S9S," and a figure "2" in each lower corner.
 It is worthy of note that this Cana dian stamp was printed by a bank note company in the United States. It marked a new epoch in stamp produc- tion, having three colors. Bicolored stamps are not uncommon, but up to that time no country had ever attempt ed three color stamp.
 This Christmas stamp was probably the most expensive ever issued, cost ing the Canadian government four times as much as the ordinary single color stamp. Although issued on Christ mas, 1898, the stamps availability for postage uses is unlimited.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
IN THE DAYS OF ,54.
Tha Last Christmas of the Southern
 Confederacy.

Tha Last Christmas of tho Southern
 Confectionery.
 we had some memorable Christmas days in the south during the war; said Mrs. Zebulon B. Vance, wife of the late United States senator from North Carolina. ."That of 1861 was different from any that had preceded 1t because we were in arms against the Federal government, and many of the male guests at southern homes that day wore Confederate uniforms. Much of the talk at the Christmas dinner table was of sieges and battles and marches, but we were all full of hope and confidence
 Christmas, 1862, found us but poor. ly prepared to celebrate it. Our sup. plies were few, and Confederate money was at heavy discount. Then came the bitter year of 1868, with the fall of Vicksburg and the defeat at GeStys- burg. With sad faces, harmonizing well with their dresses of coarse black stuff, the women of the south devoted themselves to picking lint and spinning and weaving for husbands, fathers brothers and sweethearts in the field.
 Christmas, 1S64-the last Christmas of the war-dawned, and what 6 gloomy festival it was for the people of the south! Of manufactured prod ucts we had practically none. Our hairpins were made" of long black thorns, with a ball of sealing wax on the end. We had made into dresses every scrap of available material. while our feet were incased in home made cloth shoes. The slaves, having heard of de Emancipation proclama- tion,' knew that they were free and had all scattered away. Desolation seemed to reign over everything. Of all the Christmas days I have known that last Christmas in the south in wartime is the one of all others that I am most certain never to forget."- Pittsburg Dispatch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
IT WAS THEN BEGUN THE sHooTIN'.

Well, the biddin' started lively, and it
 got to gittin' hot, Fer every mind in Cactus on that sim
 gle thing was sot. Purty soon I'd staked my saddle, worth
 two hundred dollars net, Just to own fer one short second that
 blamed drug store toilet set. 1t was then begun the shootin', no ono
 seems to know jest how, And twas lack of ammernition that at
 last broke up the row, And thirteen of us was hurted, but the
 worst blow that we met Was in findin' that some bullets had
 gone through that toilet set. But we plugged the punctures in it, and
 we plugged the wounded, too, And agreed we'd arbitrate it, and the
 bunch d see it through, So we sent a gift committee, but they
 came back sorer yet, Fer the teacher d fluttered eastward,
 so we have that toilet set.
 Denver Republican. When we make poor guess we real Ize that to err is human, but when we make a good one we are convinced that foresight is a matter of intellectual superiority.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
tained it for her.

tained it for her.
 Taxed with it, grandma admitted the truth.
 But" she said. you must forget all about it until Christmas day"
 That night as she was being put to bed the child astonished her mother by adding this to her evening prayer:
 "Please, God, make me forget all about the little white huff Santa Claus is to bring."-New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
SchoIarshin-

Scholarship.
 Genial Clergyman (vlsiting the vil- lage school)-Well. my little man. what do you do in school all day? The Most Promising Pupil-I wait till it's tDFe to get out. sir.-London Opinion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17
PINK AND BLUE.

FINK AND BLUE. When she went to the party. Elizabeth
 Lou Had her hair tied on top with a rfbsos of blue; But she hadn't a very good time. and I think Twas because of a girl with a ribbon Of pink. For all the girls choss her the whsls evening through Just because she wore plnks- sobbsd EliR sbsth Lou At the very next party Elizabeth Lou Wore a ribbon herself of a roseate hus But. would you believe itz That sane
 girl was there. With a bOvkn0t of blue tying up her
 brown hair. And the vsry same thing proved again ts
 bs true 'Tsey ssm Ike her ssss.- rspt Eiizassss
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-17

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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
GOVERNOR VARDAMAN
DRINKS ROOT BEER;
THE NAUGHTY MAN

Never drinks it. Suggestions OF mint
iulep also brought an unfavorapie
response He made it plain that GIN
rickels hold no place in his anectlohs'
Creme de menthe did not appear W
him. Finally one of the party men
toned champagne cocktail. But
that suggested the accumulated al.
coholic troubles of the President anu
! Vice President and Mr.. Varoaihan
nodded a negative. The members OF
the party couldn't think of the names
of any other drinks.
At last Mr.. Vardaman decloeo U
have a little light German WING
which .he slipped refectively.' AM
he even apologized for taking any
thing that strong and said 1t was
J holiday dissipation with him" as roc
beer is the beverage he drinks !oaii
q when back in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/. Tennesseean.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

every part of the state, speak in sat.
isfactory terms of the crop outlook,
now that the early picking is begin
ming to show what can be expected
from the yield OF course there Is
not bumper crop, and the yield is
not expected to come even approx
mately to the big crop year with It's
record of nearly 100000 bales. It
seems certain, however, that the state
will make about 100000 bales. Il
is gratifying fact also, that the cror
has been cheaply made, as most farm
ers hedged in expectation OF adverse
conditions through the season, foi
lowing the calamities in the beginning
Of the season.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
ST. LOUIS SALOONS WILL Re
pucE SIZE OF GLASS.
Another Horrible Calamity Right on
the Heels of the Financial FURRY
Brewers Say That the Increase IN
Price Is Necessary.
Associated Press.

ST Louis, Mo-, October 31.-Follow-
ing close on the financial panic, the
neonle of the United States will soon
he called upon to face another ma
tional calamity. The price OF beer Is
IN he raised. This action has been
decided upon by the leading brewers
of ST Louis and the West, and VIII
probably be ratified at meeting u
he held here tomorrow. 1t Is ex
pected that similar action VIII Dc
taken by the big brewing companies
Of Milwaukee and other cities. AS
Iresult. smaller glasses OF the Joy
inspiring extract of hops will be dis
pensed over the bars of the country
and considerably increased exper
i diture will be necessary to acquire
"souce" by the beer route.
The contemplated raise is from =
IN 81 a barrel. The increased cos
! of hons and other materials, and I'd
larger payrolls demanded by brewer
3. workmen, is given as the reason IL
l the raise. Leading brewers mel
/ state that such raise is necessai
IL the brewing corporations are
receive fair margin OF proht
their investments. 1t is pointed o
that while the price of all other ne
II essities and Injuries OF life M
greatly increased within the last fe
years, the price of beer has remain
e. stationary.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

When Governor Vardaman of MIS-
sissippi, encounters good old 81
Peter there will be no necessity 1or
exclamation about Fairbanks COCK
tails. Roosevelt champagne, hen'
lucky whisky or Virginia mint ]uieps,
Gin rickeys and highballs OF low ana
gh degree are also unknown to tne
Mississippi chief executive, accoru-
IL to his statement made receh'iy
the Pompeian room at the Audi
brium Annex in Chicago.
Mr.. Vardaman was in TINS ceie
RATED home of strong drink with
humber of friends. The prllilah
Friffany fountain was sparkling VIII
MYRIAD lights, and the sound OF tail
inc water and clinking highbails an
Abeautiful music was assisting III
eak in storing away many drink
Int not SO with Mr.. Vardaman. II
" spurned offers of whisky straigh