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Personal.

Gen. Henry +. Adams (retiredl died
at P~lattsburgh. y. Y. lie was retired
In 1906 with the rank of b~rigadier gen
eral.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. daughter OF
the famous writer of that name, died
at Simsbury, Conn, aged seevnty
years.
Miss Ellen ID. Morris of Kansas City
died al Hastings, Neb. She was one OF
the best known w. c. r. u. workers in
the country.
Rev. DIR. Henry N Field, last of the
famous Field brothers. Cyrus W., Ste.
phen J. and David Dudley, is dead in
S~tockbridge, Mass.
Charles L. Stevens, grand master OF
the Michigan grand lodge of Masons,
dropped dead on the street at Detroit.
Heart disease WAS the cause.
Thaddeus l.. vanderslice, one of the
most prominent attorneys of Philadel.
phia. died suddenly from heart disease.
Mrs. John AIDE, mother of George
AIDE, the writer and playwright, died at
Kentland. Ind.
Edmund f.. Price, a well known
criminal lawyer OF New York, died
suddenly while being hurried to a hos.
pitay. Price was also a playwright.
He wrote the plays in which John l..
Sullivan toured the country.
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General.

Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson has de
clined the pension of 800 a month
granted her by the North Carolina
legislature.
Mrs. Nancy White, a negress LOG
years OF age, the oldest woman in
Western Pennsylvania, is dead at her
home in New Haven, Pa.
Telephone operators of Toronto,
Ont. have decided to strike unless
the company grants a five-hour in
stead of an e%ight.hour day.
Maj. Mclaughlin. Indian inspector.
has made an arrangement with the
Sioux Indians in Trip county, South
Dakota, for opening their lands.
Dorothy Russell E~instein, daughter
OF Lillian Russell. the actress. has
been granted a divorce from her hus,
band. Abbott l.. Einstein of New York
Diamonds and other jewels valued
at $4,000 were found hidden in an old
trunk in the home of the late Charles
Tripler of Manhasset, l., l., discoverer
of liquid air.
Jessie Millward. leading woman OF
THE H%ypocrites,' now playing at the
Hudson theater in New York, was
married TO John Glendenning, who has
a part in the same company.
Mrs Thomas G. Plat has begun ,!
bel suits against the Washington Post
and the Washington Times for half a
million dollars in connection with
stories linking her name with Coach
man Hedges.
Rear Admiral Harrington. retired,
In charge OF the naval features of the
jamestown exposition, has been mott.
fed that the Brazilian government
will participate in the naval review in
Hampton Roads, sending two or more
warships.
Zion City is to be deserted by VIII
bur Glenn Voliva and all those over
whom he holds sway. A new Zion
City is to be founded. probably on the
Pacific coast, and DIR. Dowie and his
creditors will be left to fight out the
question of supremacy there.
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NEWS or THE WEEK IN EPHOMf
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Taft authorized the su
perSstendent Of the West Point mill.
tary academy to take the entire CORPS
of cadets to the jamestown exposi.
tion.
Representative Williams Of Missis.
siprd introduced a bill for AN investi.
sation by the department OF commerce
n labor of the so-called paper
trust"
The senate agreed TO a resolution
calling on the interstate commerce
commission for it's findings as a result
of it's investigation of the block sys.
TEN OF signals on railroads.
An expenditure of nearly a million
dollars for cattle to supply Indian res.
ervaLions in North and South Dakota.
Montana and Arizona will be- made nv
the anterior department within a short
time.
The supervisory committee of the
International Bureau Of the American
Republics adopted a resolution accept.
ing Andrew Carnegie's gift of $750,00
for the erection of "A permanent home
for the bureau in this city.
Senator Burnham has introduced a
bill Hroviding that Sept. % shall be
set aside as Paul Jones day" and
that OF that day all United States yes,
sells Ia port shall dress ship" 1t il
said that the bill is approved by Ad
mirai Dewey.
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Casualty.

j. b. Canaan and his wife probably
were fatally injured at Pittsburg and
thek home wrecked by a natural gas
explosion.
Eight persons were injured, two IA
tally, by a collision of a freight train
and a local passenger train at Crow.
der City, /. T.
A locomotive exploded at Arcola
lud. w. C.. Bender, engineer, was
killed and the fireman and brakeman
were badly hurt.
Edgar Skinner. an Illinois Central
brakeman at Cherokee. Iowa, was
crushed to death between cars he was
attempting to couple.
In a collision between an express
train and an extra freight at South
River. Mass, four employees of the
railroad were killed and several were
injWed.
Mrs. Emma Randall and Miss Della
hide ef Geneva, Iowa, saved a passen.
ger Grain from being wrecked. They
discovered q broken rail and with q
shawl tagged the train.
Rachel Pyles, aged eighty. and her
soa Jonathan, aged thirty.eight, both
deas. were burned to death In a log
cabin at Dixon Mills. Ohio. The dis.
covery was made by neighbors.
Andrew Meyer, a pioneer citizen OF
Busaington, Iowa, was killed by falling
on the icy sidewalk. He lay uncon.
scioas where he had fallen for several
hours before he was discovered.
The powder mill of the Latin &
Rand Powder company near Fontain.
ct, Ind, was destroyed by an explo.
sien. Two employees who We're In
tho mill at the time were blown TIC
atoms.
Five lives were lost, the lives of 500
imperiled and property damage OF
$500. 900 caused by fire that destroyed
MIN No. | OF the Cochsco Manufacture.
ing company. makers Of cotton goods
al Dover, N. H.. The victims were all
boys employed in the works.
Caught in the jaws of a powerful
rag s~hredding machine. Stephen Alt
never was slowly crushed to death
at Cincinnati. His fellow employees
were unable to aid him and his entire
body was dragged into he machine
before the engines could be stopped
In an attempt to stop the suicides
which have increased In Des Nome.
10 an alarming extent. the Salvation
Army is preparing to establish al
.~anti-suicide bureau" 1t purpose beins
10 prevent In every way possible thu
taking of his life by M who 10 dc
upondent or discouraged
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
SENATOR CLAPP.
HAS NOVEL Plan
WOULD PUT THE GOVERNMENT
IN CHARGE OF OIL PROP.
ERTiES.
JAPANESE TREATY IS DOOMED
SENATE WILL BAlk ON Exctup-
ING AMERICAN woRkMeN
FROM JAPAN.

Washington. Feb. s. The creation
OF Il corporation 10 take charge OF the
operation of mineral and oil lands OF
the Choctaw and C~hickasaw nations.
with the president of the United States
as the head. is the object of a bill in
PRODUCED by Senator Clapp. This is
in line with suggestions made by In
dian Commissioner Leupp in his an
nual report. and the plan has been
approved mnoficially by Secretary
Hitchcock.
1t is proposed that the corporation
shall be known AS the Choctaw-Chick-
asaw Oil, Coal and Asphalt Land CON-
pany and that it shall take title 10,
Manage and Dispose
Of coal, oil and asphalt lands and de
pOsits in the Choctaw and Chicasaw
nations for the use of the persons
whose names appear on the citizenship
rolls of these Indian tribes.
The bill provides that the corpora
ton shall have the authority TO ex-
plore for. extract, refine and transport
oil and lease land for the mining OF
coal and asphalt and the extraction or
oil. All of the other rights usual To
corporations organized by private indi
viduals is given to this proposed gov
eminent corporation.
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Foreign.

Leonard w. Bullock, the Oldest EN-.
ginaer In point of service on the Mil.
wa,stee road, died at Racine, Wis.
Sic Michael Foster, Unionist mem.
Der OF parliament from London univer.
sity since 1900. died suddenly in Lon.
doR.
George Emerson, for years one OF
the most prominent leather merchant
in New England, died at Melrose,
Mass.
Itsls's lottery took in $15, 5000, GOO
last year and gave back in prizes
$4,000. 600. Most of the money came
from the poorest classes.
The Wool.H agenbeck ranch of 1000
square miles in chihuahua and Sono.
ra, Mexico, almost as large as Connec
ticut, has been sold for 81 900, 900 TO a
syndicate headed by Col. w. G. Greene.
There is a recrudescence at Sydney.
n. s. w, of the bubonic plague which
broke out first i'm February. 1906, and
reappeared in March, 1906, Eleven
cases, two of which were fatal, have
been reported.
The first public utterance of Presi.
dent Castro since the beginning, last
August, of his present illness, is print.
ed In Ell Constitutional. In it the
president declares he has returned
from deaths door solemnly to pro
Claim that he neither is nor ver will
be a dictator.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
THREE THAW JURORS DROPPED.
Murder Trial Full of Sensations-StilI
One Vacant Seat.

Murder Trial Full of Sensations-Still
One Vacant Seat.
New York, Feb. 2.-Sensations were
frequent in the Thaw murder trial yes.
terday. and before the two sessions of
court had ended three sworn jurors
had Deen released from service in the
case, making five in all summarily
excused from the trial panel during
the last three days. In the case of
two of the released jurors no expla
nation was made in court, nor could
the men themselves offer any explana
ton of the courts action in ordering
their discharge.
The third was allowed TO go upon q
physicians certificate. Three salts.
factory talesmen were found to re-
place the excused jurors SO that at
the close OF the day there were again
eleven men in the jury box.
Rumors were current last night that
the end Of the ju~v changes is not yet
in sight and that further chapters may
be added to what has already become
an unprecedented record in criminal
proceedings in New York city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
JAPAN SEEKING
PRFTFXT FOR WAR
SERIOUS CRISIS IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN UNITED STATES
AND JAPAN.
CALIFORNIA MUST BACK DOWN
THE RESTORATION OF JAPs TO
SCHOOLS ONLY PREVENTIVE
OF POSSIBILITIES.

Washington, Feb. .. - \ most seri-
Gus and unexpected crisis has ariser,
in the heretofore friendly relations
existing between the United States
and Japan. The utmost eXer,..ns Of
trained diplomats will be necessary to
avert hostilities, precipitated by ia.
pan.
One paramount concession to Japan
is essential to restore the Semblance
of friendship. The educational au-
thorities of San Francisco must re-
store Japanese children to the same
privileges of public school attendance
they enjoyed before the fire and earth
quake.
Only Preventive of War.
II was seriously stated last night
that that is the, only preventive of war
between the United States and Japan.
The president has sent for the pres
ident of the San Francisco board Of
education and the superintendent OF
schools, plainly and un~equivocally to
inform them that their edict of non
admissiC~ for Japanese children must
be withdrawn.
Extremely Critical Situation.
President Roosevelt convinced the
entire California delegation in con
gress that the existing situation is ex-
tremely critical and that they must
make some sacrifice of state pride for
the general good. He did not differen-
tate as between the Japanese govern.
ment and the Japanese people, but
made the broad, sweeping, comprehen-
sive declaration that Japan desires
war and is seeking a preteXt for its
prosecution.
Every member of the California del
egatiOn was impressed by the presi-
dents utterances and promised to rem
der all possible assistance.
Willy Jap Dodees.
The president and Secretary Root
are hopeful that if the action of the
San Francisco school officers is re-
scinded, friendly relations may be
completely restored through diplomat
ic channels and a treaty arranged
whereby Japanese copolies may be eX-
cluded from entering the United
States. That this can be accomplish
ed is still problematic.
In all the negotiations up to this
time, japan has adroitly asked for inn
possible concessions as compensation
for the one favor of coolie exclusion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
BIG MEN TO HELP OLIVER.
Ten Contractors Will Combine
Handle Canal Job.

New York, Feb. 5.-William j. Oil
yer of Knoxville, Tenn, the lowest
bidder for the construction work on
the Panama canal, held a conferences
here last night with ten other con
tractors who will, it is understood, be
associated with Mr.. Oliver In the
event that his bid is accepted. The
purpose OF the conference, it was said,
was to discuss the formation of a cor
poration which would be prepared to
undertake the work on the isthmus-
Mr.. Oliver declined to make public the
outcome of last nights meeting, bud
said that something might be made
public in a few days.
A representative of Mr.. Oliver sub
seQuently announced some plans that
have been agreed upon, in addition to
those already made known. ,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
BIG EARTHQUAKE LOCATED.

Solomon Islands. in South Seas, Visit
ed Months Ago.
San Francisco. Feb. q. - The Solo
mon islands. in the South seas, we're
visited by a fearful earthquake several
months ago and so heavy was the
force of the trembler that the earth
was opened and deep gOrges created.
The entire appearance of the islands
was changed by the great npheaval.
was no loss of life.
The news was brought here by Gov.
4. B. l.. Moore. who arrived on the
Oceanic company's steamer Sierra
Yesterday from Samoa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
SNAG FOR JAP TREATY.
Senate Will Not Allow Distinction in
American Citizens.

Washington, Feb. 5. Special
President Roosevelt's plan for ami
cably adjusting all differences between
the United States and Japan, with a
view TO excluding coolies, is doomed
to certain failure. He will never be
able to obtain the ratification OF a
treaty barring American w~orkingmen
from Japan.
The president has made his calcu-
lations on the theory that as no AmerI-
can laborers go to Japan there will be
no objection to having a clause insert
ed in a treaty providing for their eX-
clusion. This will be reciprocal for
the exclusion of Japanese coolies.
1t has already become evident thau
the senate will refuse TO approve any
convention in which distinctions be-
tween American citizens are made.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Mail Rate Is Reduced.

Washington, Feb. "A compromise
of the proposed reduction in railway
mail pay has agreed upon between
representatives Of various railroads
which have mail contracts and the
house committee ON postofice and
post roads.
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Stune.

Confidential Friend--Old man, II you
had your life to live over again. would
you make II different?
Defeated Politician-Yes, in two
particulars. First. I'd be a bigger
~scoundred. Secondly, | wouldn't take
any other man into my confidence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Fix up the q

Washington. Feb. 5.-The battleship
Oregon is to be modernized and Secre-
tary Metcalf announced that he had
authorized the expenditure of $1,000
900 out of the naval repair fund for
that purpose.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Snow in Death Valley.

San Francisco, Feb. death Val
ley, California, which Is normally the
hottest place in North America, is
now covered with ten inches OF snow.
This is the first time on record that
SNOW has fallen in Death Valley.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
say Boy Shot Man.

Ce~nterville, Iowa, Feb. 1. A tif-
teen-year-old boy named Snow is held
awaiting the result OF the injuries of
Hugh Leach. a railroad man. Ii is al
legged the boy shot and probably ia.
tally wounded the man.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
SIS.

Senator Rayner Discusses Expansion
of Executive Prerogatives.
Washington, Feb. SENATOR Ray.
ner's address on the expansion of ex-
ecutive prerogatives, Senator Lodges
brief reply and an extended discus.
sion of the administration of the pub
lie land laws by Senator Hepburn con
stituted yesterdays proceedings in
the senate.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill occupied practically all the time
of the house yesterday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
PLAYS at Hanaino: Dies.

Princeton, Mo-, Feb. 2. Fred
Brooks, aged fourteen. yesterday hang
ed himself from a barn rafter for the
amusement of his playmate, but his
feet slipped from a support and he
strangled to death.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
cixs. Lie to Save Picture,

Appleton, Wis. Feb. 1. - Rushing
up stairs In a burning farmhouse to
save the picture OF his dead mother,
Periey Baker was carried down by
the falling In OF the burning roof ami
was cremated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
MAIL ORDER SUIT DENIED.
Court Refuses TO Enjoin Sovt" Dakota
Association.

Association.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Feb. 3. - Judge
Garland of the United States court
denied the application for a temporary
injunction of Montgomery Ward & Co.
of Chicago against the officers and di-
rectors of the South Dakota Retail
Merchants and Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION and f. J. Mannix, editor OF
the Commercial News of Sioux Falls.
The Chicago concern alleged that Il
was unable to purchase goods from
jobbers and wholesalers because of a
boycott maintained by the association
and Editor Mannix. Montgomery
Ward & Co. sought an injunction to re-
strain the defendants from continuing
this alleged boycott.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
aad Luck.

Chief Porter-Any luck tonight, M.
lie Baron?
The Baron-Don't talk to me OF
luck. I've lost 100 francs which I've
borrowed. then 1000 francs as a debt
of honor. and 3 IL francs which ! had
owing me.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Fall on Walk Kills Man.

Burlington, Iowa, Feb. l. Andrew
Meyer, a pioneer citizen Of Burlington.
was killed by falling on the icy side
walk. He lay unconscious where ne
had fallen for several hours before he
was discovered.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
kiII Police chief

Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. "A
band Of ~terrorists last evening shot
and killed Victor Cruen. the chief OF
the secret police of this city, as he
was driving In a cab. The murderers
escaped.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
THAW JURY COMPLETED.

Trial of Case Will Begin Monday
Morning.
New York, Feb. 3.-The Thaw jury
was completed late yesterday.
The selection Of the twelfth juror
came as a complete surprise AT the
end of a long and tedious day-the
eighth OF the trial-and Immediately
after this last member of the trial
panel had been sworn in Justice Fitz-
gerald ordered an adjournment of
court until 1880 o'clock Monday
morning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
ADMIRAL DAVIS COMMENDED.
President Approves of His Action at
kineston-Davis Reports.

kingston-Davis Reports.
Washington, Feb. 3.-In u%nequivo-
cal terms President Roosevelt yester-
day approved Admiral Davis entire
action in connection with his visit 10
Kingston, Jamaica, TO render aid to
the stricken city, and in addition re-
quested the secretary Of the navy To
express to Admiral Davis his heartieSt
commentator of all that he did.
The long-eXpected report of Admiral
Davis Of the circumstances leading up
to the withdrawal of the feet from
Kingston reached the navy department
yesterday and vas at once laid before
the president. Inasmuch as the prosi-
dent already has announced that the
diplomatic phase is a closed incident
the report itself will not be made pub
lie.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
PERJURY ADDED TO BRIDES.
Two More New York Aldermen Arrest
ed in Case.

New York, Feb. 3.-The hearing of
the case against Aid. w s. Clifford on
charges of bribery in the election of a
recorder of the court of general SEES
sions eaded yesterday in the arrest of
Aid. Henry C.. Peters and John j..
Cronin on charges of perjury.
Aid. Clifford was held in $780, 900 bail
for the grand jury.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
H,x, He Worked Il.

THE doctor said he would put me
on my feet again in two weeks"
well. didn't he do I'll"
He did. indeed. haG to sell my
hicycle to pay him."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07

For Refusing to Give Grand Jury
Wreck Evidence.

Cincinnati, Feb. 5.--Five officials OF
the Cincinnati Traction company were
indicted for refusal to bring into court
books, pieces of wreckage and other
things wanted in the investigation of
the recent Warsaw avenue accident, in
which two men were killed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
LOCHREN TO LEAVE BENCH.
Washington Rumor Says That the
JUDGE Will Resiun Durinc Month.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Rumors of the
forthcoming resignation of Judge Will
liam LOchren, United States district
judge for Minnesota, are current in
Washington. 1t is understood that
Judge LocEren has announced to some
friends that he intends to retire soon.
AS reports have it he will sever his
connection with the federal bench
some time this month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07

Death Valley, California, which Is
normally the hottest place in North
America, is now covered with ten
inches Of snow. This is the first time
on record that snow has fallen in
Death Valley.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
HOT AFTER THE PAPER TRUST
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
PLACE TRUST ON THE GRILL
AGAIN.

Washington. Feb. 3.-Once more the
paper combinations of the country are
to be placed upon the grill by the e d
eral government. The judiciary com
mittee OF the house will report favora'
bly, the resolution Of Representative
Williams, directing the commissioner
of corporations to make a thorough In
yestigatiOn of these concerns.
The investigation will not only al
feet newspapers. which pay S2G,0Oo,0O0
annually for the paper they consume,
but book publishers and boyboard,
writing and other paper manufactur-
ers, who consume at least ST. ,00e.Oo0
worth of paper.
The General Paper company, which
controls the entire market of the Mid
die and Western states, was dissolved
recently, after a federal prosecution in
Minnesota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Brands Irust, "crIminals.n

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 5.-The consti'
tutional convention passed the follow,
ing proposition: 4
Trusts and monopolies shall
treated as criminals and be prof.
ed"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Prices Shoot UP Again.

Prices at once dropped 80 per cent.
Now they have advanced again, the
law being evaded through the incOrpo-
ration of a new concern. the Kimber-
ly-Clark company, in Wisconsin.
The allegation has been that the
paper trusts now in existence sell
their product at a lower price abroad
than they do at home. There is no
possible chance of competition, be-
Of the methods used by the pa
per combination Representations
have been made to congress that, If
the tariff on wood pulp, which
amounts to $1.67 per ton, and on paper
for newspaper printing, which is So
per ton, should be removed, there
would be no difficulty in bringing
about the erection of mills in six
months which would entirely relieve
the situation.