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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
CaIye Seriously III.

Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. mime. Emma
Calve. the grand opera star, is pros.
trated by illness in this city, with
prospects that she will be confined to
her room for ten days or more
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

An ambitious young Chicagoan re-
Gently. called upon a publisher OF nov,
els in that city to whom he impaired
confdeptially the information that he
had decided to write a book and
that he would be pleased to afford the
nublisher the chance to bring 1t out.
Nav I venture to inquire as to the
nature Of the book you propose 10
writer" asked the publisher, very po-
litely. -
oh" came in an offhand way from
the aspirant for fame, Y think OF 40
ing something on the line OF Les MIS-
erables.' only livelier, you know"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Security State Bank OF
Wall with a capital of $4,000. Incor-
porators, S. T. Raddis, S. j. Clark, So
rem Sorenson, w. L. Green, all OF
Wall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
NORTH DAKOTA TOWN SWEPT.
Fire Causes $4,000 Loss in Business
District Of Blanchard.

fire causes SoU,UoO LOSS !" ous'''ees
District Of Blanchard.
Fargo, n. d., Nov. Fire at Blan-
chard, in Trail county, wiped out
Woodmep's hall, the Blanchard Mer-
camille company's building, A. A. Brit
tons general store, the McComb hotel,
the Meiking butcher shop, the Men
wing news stand, the p~ostoffice and a
family residence.
The fire started in Woodmen's hall
and the town was without fire protec.
ton. The total loss is about $50, 900,
half insured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
BABY sMoTHERS IN BED.

See Child's Peril.
Sioux Falls, S. T., Nov. 7. - Bed
clothing, accidentally drawn over the
face of the baby daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Foster, well known resi-
dents of Sioux Falls, smothered the
child.
The mother was in the room at the
time, but did not notice the baby's pre-
dicament. She is Frustrated with
grief.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
cHEYENEE JOHNNY DEAD.
o,d.Time Western Character Goes
Over the Bio Divide.

One of the most interesting charac-
ters of Western South Dakota was re-
moved from life's activities by the
death a few days ago of an aged man
named John Ryan, who for years had
Noon better known as Cheyenne
Johnny" He was s~eventy-eight years
of age at the time of his death.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12
BURSTING DAM RUINS FARM.
sorst Ditch at Fergus Falls Destroys
Grain Crop.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. Z. - The
big Borst ditch when is being con-
structed to drain the lakes six miles
east of this city, broke away yester-
day, the water eating into soft ground
and carrying away a barn and gran
airy with 1,500 bushels of wheat on
Martin Grunden's farm and flooding
quite a section Of country. Water had
been turned in to clear out the ditch
before thing was laid and soon be-
came unmanageable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-12

The make--p Of the Legislature
means that the election of Gov. Craw.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
THE COAL TRUST.

The Coal Trust publicly Informs US
that the wage scale will remain the
same as it is now until April l, 1863,
and although the cost of mining has
greatly increased, the price of coal will
be the same. There seems to be some
thing out of gear in this information,
for if he labor scale is the same the
cost of miuing can hardly be greatly
increased. Then there is the auto
cratic increase III the price of ten cents
ton per month until September,
which hardly agrees with the state
ment that the price will be added to it.
We wish that the God fearing Brother
Baer would explain these paradoxes.
But one thing is certain, and that is,
that the Republican Congress has been
standing pat on the tariff to the evi.
dent advantage of the Coal and Other
Trusts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
HIGH PRICES AND TARIFF

The continued high cost of living
and the declared intention of some of
the trusts and combines to hold out for
high prices, must force the American
people to consider the tariff and other
economic conditions in the coming
campaign. AS it is, the people are
facing the extraordinary predicament
of decreased wages and incomes and
but little, if any, reduction in the
prices of the trust products. Many
raw materials, such as irol, copper,
cotton and wool are much lower in
price, but the finished products pro-
duced by the trusts are as high in
price as they ever were, for they still
insist upon such large profits that the
retail prices nearly average as much
as they were before the pauic. The
price of iron has decreased about 80
per cent, tut the tariff protected Steel
Trust has made no reduction in the
price of its products to the American
consumers, although steel products for
export to foreign iands, are being sold
at a great reduction in price Other
trusts and combines, Of which the Beef
Combine is a sample, have even in
creased prices in Washington City and
other places, and they are also charged
with selling abroad at a much less
price.
The question, therefore, that the
voters of the United States must settle
at the coming election is whether they
will continue in power the Republican
party, the policies of which protect
the trusts instead of curling them.
The Republican National platform
may declare for a revision of the rariff,
but it will also declare for the principle
OF protection.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Public School Matters.

The Board of School Commits
sioners asked that an appropria-
tion of $40. 800 be placed on the
levy for 1908, as authorized by
an act of the General Ascent bly,.
The following sums would be
requisite for school purposes for
next year: For new buildings,
$4,000; for general school pur
poses, Sol 600; for increase in
teachers salaries, $4,000. The
books and stationery contract
from July l, 1908, to July l, 1910,
was awarded to the VIM. j. G..
Dulaney Company, of Baltimore,
they being the lowest bidders.
The following persons were ap
pointed to take charge of the
commercial course in the various
high schools named: S. Fenton
Harris, Boys High School. Fred
erick; Miss Pearl A. Eader,
Girls High School. Frederick;
b, Russell Stockman, Middletown
High School. These persons will
thoroughly equip themselves for
this work, and the commercial
department will be instituted
along the most modern lines.
Only the pupils who have finish
ed the ninth grade are eligible to
take the course.
Teachers contracts were con
tirmed as follows: Logs, Bessie
NJ. Bell; Jefferson, Mary X. Rod
erick; Petersville, Alice E. Ell
kins; Troutville, Dewitt L. Free;
Ladiesburg. William G.. Grimes;
Springfield, Anna ID. Sigmund.
William I'll. Grossnickle was
appointed trustees at Ellerton;
Charles b. Palmer at Monument;
John 7. Gaver, at Highland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.

There will be Special Election ha,a =,
City of Frederick, by The Mayor and a. a. me
men of Frederick. on the Sth dav of A 1uer-
a. ID. 1908. The election will be helS ny.
tne purpose OF determining whether q aor
Mayor and Aldermen of Frederic The
be authorized to issue bonds 10 . N a, snall
not exceeding One Hundred ThousandH 9nuht
lars; and to that end an Ordinance SOL pol,
oe submitted TO the qualified voters of ,Su
CITY of Frederick Tor their approval or dia .ne
provai, and II at said election said ordinnssp-
is approved by majority of the votes dnIS
cast tnen - ! ne Mayor and Aldermen of Fred
e1lck snail issue bonds to an amount NOT i GU
ceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars sA-
the following purposes. to wit: lot
FIRST; For the pu pose of bonding the floa,
ing Indebtedness of The Mayor and A ioer ,oaI-
OF Frederick. bonds shall be issued ~ t 9s
amount of Thirty.tive Thousand Dollars %e
Second. For the purpose of increasino H..
water supply ana facilitating the distrbuton
thereof in the City of Frederick bonds sbsil1Saa
issued to the amount of Forty.fve Tbousanoee
Dollars. "nu
Third. For the purpose of improving ~.
streets in the city of Frederick bonds shan 'h h
issued to the amount of Twenty ThousanS
Dollars. "uu
The polls will be opened at eight ocloct j.
the morning and remain open until si1
O'Clock in the afternoon of the same dav Al
persons whose names appear on the registra.
ton books as duly qualified voters SHAH be
entitled to vote at said election. There will
be two polling places for the purposes Of said
election, one OF which polling places will bs
in the Basement of the Court House in SAID
city. at which polling place all persons wboSs
names appear as qualified voters in Precinc,
No. and Precinct No 3 shall be entitled IN
vote: The other polling place will be in tbe
Mark ct House in said city, at which pollins
place all persons whose names appear a.
qualified voters in Precinct No. and Precinci
No. shall be entitled t., vote.
GEORGE EDWARD SMITH,
june Pat Mavor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Father and Son Fined.

Vim. II. Creager, of Walkers
vile, was given a hearing before
Justice j. Francis Smith on the
charge o assaulting his son, Les
lie Creager. The father also swore
ont cross warrant, charging his
son with assault. The affair,
which from the, evidence was a
tree fight, occurred at the sale in
Walkersville OF the Creager prop.
erty, and was family feud They
agreed to submit their cases be-
fore Justice Smith nnder the new
law. He fined the father 20, and
the son 80, which they agreed to
pay. He also gave them a severe
reprimand, warning them not to
appear before him again, or their
fines would be much heavier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
MOVING CITIZENS BANK.
In its Temporary Quarters it
Will Have Splendid Ac
commodations.

The work of removing the Git
liens National Bank TO its tenn
porary location in Mr.. G. +.
Cline's new building on the oppo-
cite side of Market street, which
it will occupy during the erection
of its new building has begun.
The bank will be in its tempo.
rary quarters for year. and great
pains have been taken to provide
accommodations which will af-
ford security for valuables and
aud comfort and convenience for
the patrons.
In the Cline building two
vaults have been constructed.
Built upon foundations of stone
aud cement run in solid columns
from the ground to the floor OF
the banking room, and the vaults
have % inch walls of brick laid
in cement and are covered with
II inches of railroad iron and
concrete. For the main vault.
the burglar proof lining and the
door of one of the vaults in the
present bank are being removed
and will be installed in the new
one. In this respect, the bank
will have accommodations in it,
new quarters equal TO the best.
The banking room is vel
lighted one. In the rear are be
ing fitted mp number of room.
for the public's use, and on tn,
second floor are two rooms TO
the use of the banks directors
and officers. The removal of tn,
bank is expected TO take plac,
early next week. after which til,
demolition of the old building
which has already been begun
will be pushed rapidly TO compile
ton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
THE SOUTHERN DEAD.
Frederick County Democrats
Puts Wreath on Leaders
Grave.

Confederate Memorial Day was
appropriately observed on Sat
urday last, June the 9th, under
the auspices of Alexander Young
Camp. and Fitzhugh Lee Chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Rev. Father VIM. j. Kane made
the invocation, and the Rev.
John Paul Tyler delivered an adj F..
dress on "The Reverence That
Should he Paid to the Confed
crate Dead" This was followed
by music by the choir connected
with the chapter. Miss Sallie
Conrad Faunt lie Roy read the
poem, "Heroes of the Confeder-
acy;" Mrs. Mcdaniel recited a
poem on Robert +. Lee" and
Miss OFT recited the "Roll Call.r
Mayor Smith concluded the cx
ercises with a cornet solo,
Dixie The exercises were held
in front of the Key monument
and were very Impressive
AT 4 10 p. M, they visited st.
Johns Catholic Cemetery, where
they were joined by the Demo
cratic County Ce trail Committee,
and the many friends of the late
General Louis Victor Baug
The choir sang, Jesus. Saviour
of My Soul" and "Nearer My
God to Thee Rev. William j.
Kane read the prayers for the
departed, and Miss OFT recited
with much effect beautiful
poem, entitled 'In the Shadows
of Catoctin."
Tie grave of General l.. V
Baughman was covered will
flowers by the committee, as were
also the graves of Judge Nc
Sherry. Dr. McSherry. Captain
Beckley, Captain Dorsey, +. A
Thomas, and other Confederate
buried III the cemetery. The Ger
emOnies concluded with the larg
assemblage singing Maryland
My Maryland"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
THE TARIFF ISSUE.

Outside OF the iutricacies of the diff
ferent schedules of the tariff purposely
made obscure and difficult for voters
to understand, the question of high or
low tariff is the real fact at issue.
That plain issue every one can com
prehend. The present tariff was es-
pecially designed to protect The trusts
and manufacturers from foreign COM
petition, and the question of raising
revenue for the government was sec
ondary consideration. The Republican
politicians when coacocting the pres
ent tariff law to suit the trusts and
protected monopolisIs, rSshly dis
carded the presumption that foreign
countries when they found the sched-
ues SO prohibitive that they could not
prohtably export their products to this
country, would retaliate Ivy increasing
their rates of duties, so as to prohibit
the importation of American goods
Foreigners want our wheat and flour,
our corn meat, and tobacco, and other
products that they do not raise them
selves, or do not produce in sufficient
quantities to supply their own con-
suuers, but they do nOt want our man
ufactured goods to compete with their
own like products. Such countries as
Germany, France, Austria, Russia,
and in fact every country but Eng
land, has raised higher tariff barrier
to prevent competition from the Unit
ed States. They declare that they will
not trade with us, if We continue our
present policy of buying as little as we
possibly can from them
The trusts try TO overcome their for
eign tariff barrier by selling at much
lower price to the foreigners than to
our own people. The European and
other foreign markets are loaded down
with bargain counter goods from the
United States, while trust prices here
are still kept ut the top notch.
Therefore, the question that the
voters Of the United States must de-
eide at the coming election, is whether
they are satisfied to pay high prices
for much that they buy, or by reduc-
ing the tariff participate in the reduced
prices that the foreigners now enjoy.
That Is very simple proposition to
vote upon. Those few voters that ben
eft by the trust high prices, will, of
course, vote to continue the Republican
party in power. Those who think that
the trusts should shift for themselves
and be subject to competition that v ill
force them to sell their products as
cheaply as they do abroad, will vote
the Democratic ticket.
The Republican National platform
will declare as the former ones have,
'for the principle Of protection
and although there may he a promise
10 revise the tariff, there will be no
direct promise to revise it lower.
How can the protective principle be
perpetuated without continuing or
even increasing the present ratssP
Do not be again fooled by promises
unless specific reductions are included.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
High School Graduates.

Tue commencement exercises OF
the high schools of the city will
be held on Thursday evening June
Is. The following are the grad
yates:
Girls High School-Aime Mot
ter. Frances Elizabeth Mullinix,
Mildred Lyles Thomas. Maud Ru
thella Witter, Isabel Eleanor Zim
norman, Margaret Dill. Rosa Re-
becca Dyer. Pearl Estella Eyler.
Geotgia Simmons Gittinger, Mary
Mantz Gittinger, Eleanor McGill
Grayson, Nellie Bly, Haugh.
Boys High School-Roy Melvin
Stockman, Charles Lee Ordeman,
Jamie Dawson Enright. Raymond
Cecil Kidd, William Martin
Storm, Charles Edward Robinson,
James Paul Brown, Nathan Ben
nett Maynard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Chief Justice fancy an Alum
nus of Dickinson in 1895.


A feature of Tuesdays celebra-
tiOu at Dickinson's College,
Carlisle. Pa, one hundredth and
twenty fifth anniversary. was the
presentation of the portraits of
four men distinguished in Amer,
lean history and closely connected
with Dickinson, including that
of Chief Justice Roger Brooke
fancy, class of 1885. the presen
tation address being made by
j. Henry Baker, class of 1913, of
Baltimore.
The other portraits were of
John Dickinson, in whose honor
the college was named-orator,
Rev. j. Embury Price, rs; Ben
iamin Rush, signer Of the Dec
laration of Independence and one
of the founders of the college
orator. Charles j. Hepburn, of
Philadelphia. 1872, and James Blu,
chanan, fifteenth President of the
United States, and class of 1909
orator, Harry l. Huber, Esq, 1913,
Brooklyn, New York. The por-
traits were received on behalf of
the college and Board of Trustees
by President George Edward
Reed.
The remains of Justice fancy
are buried in the Catholic Gem
etery, on East Third street, this
city.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Flag Dissertation Bill Passes

Tue senate passed bill to pre-
vent the Dissertation of the flag of
the United States. with an amend
ment providing that itsrestrictions
shall not apply to banners or flags
carried by military or patriotic
organizations authorized by law.
This amendment was to meet objec-
tions by Senator Bacon of Geor-
gia, who had previously explained
that in his state Confederate sold
Ter organizations had blended the
Union and confederate flags, a
practice which he feared would
not be permitted under the propo-
sed law.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Liquor License Slgners to be
Published.

The Anti.Saloon League of
Frederick County has decided TO
publish all names of endorsers on
applications for liquor license.
Frequent request for the names
of signers or endorseis on certain
applications. espec ally from
country districts, prompts the
league to publish them, that this
information may be given prompt
~ to localities affected by unde-
sirable applications as well as to
give the neighborhoods generally
an opportunity of knowing if the
law has been complied with and
whether under the law there is
opportunity to defeat objection.
able applications.
The league activities have sue
ceeded i'll closing a nun Der of low
places in Frederick county and
materially reducing the total nun
Der of liquor licenses issued as
shown by the following figures:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
TAXATION AND EXPENDI-
TURES.

In statistical report prepared by
the clerks of the Appropriation Com
mittees of the two Houses of Congress
ii is shown that the average per capita
expenditures of the government in
creased from Sl.34 in Washington's
Administration to 1891 in 1907. Un-
der the enormous appropriations Of the
first session OF the Sixtieth Congress
the expenditures has leaped to up
wards of $40 per head of population
The report goes on to say that ma
tional wealth or ability to meet the
governmental expenditures, increased
at least 20 and possibly % per cent.
more than did the national expendi-
lures to be met by taxation"
This is one way of looking at the
matter. If the increase of taxation to
meet the governmental expenditures
were adjusted in proportion to the
ownership of the increased wealth il
would be entirely correct. Under the
internal revenue system the consumers
voluntarily pays the taxes on their
whiskey, beer and tobacco. But under
the ingenious devices Of the protective
tariff system the heaviest burden of
taxation falls upon those who are the
least able to bear it, and cannot escape
from its oppression. The mechanic
with his wife and five or six children
contributes much more to the expen
diturss Of the government in compul-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12

sorry duties on the necessaries of living
than does the childless millionaire.
He must pay the tariff taxes upon the
clothing OF himself and family, from
the hats on their heads down to the
shoes and stockings upon their
feet and the gloves upon their hands
He must pay the duties on their sugar,
tin buckets, esrthenware, glassware,
knives and forks and spoons, and
a variety Of other articles of necessity.
But this is not the worst of the me-
farious system. Besides what this
hard working consumer is Obliged to
pay out of his earnings for the main
tenance of an extravaganza government,
wasting annually millions upon mill
lions that could be saved without det-
riment to the public welfare, he is
compelled To contribute still greater
sum in one way or another to swell
the exorbitant profits of the spoliatory
Trusts. the Steel Trust, the Lumber
Trust, the sugar Trust, the Beef
Trust, anu the Wool Growers Trust
ali come in for their respective shares.
This by no means exhausts the evil
effects of the system AS the cost OF
living increases under the Invisible
taxation workingmen must have in-
creases of wages to support their fam.
lilies. If the demand IS rejected there
is a strike, attended by a further dis
turbance Of the normal movements OF
industry. Yet in the presence of al
l the mischieis engeudered by this sys-
tenn there are multitudes who believe
with The clerks of these Appropriation
i COMMITTEES that with the Increased
wealth Of the citizens the burdens o
taxation for the support of an extrav
agant government are not as heavy
as they were under the Democratic adj
miuistration in the middle of the las
century, when the public expenditure
per head of population were less thai
Une-lourth of the amount created b,
this billion dollar session of Congress
These are very smart clerks, but as tn,
French say, the absurdity Of this as
sumption leaps to the eyes,
Congress before it adjourned granted
permission to the Ways and Mean
Committee of the House of Represent
stives to sit during the recess in orde
to make a preliminary investigation G
the workings of the tariff schedule
with a view to necessary revision
Now that Congress has a journed,
is announced that there will be II
sitting until after the election. Tn
time intervening between the electio
and the first Monday In December wi
be TOO short to tackle the great task {
tariff revision.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
Large Wedding &C the Nj. E.
Church.

Miss Jessie Raymond Goodell,
daughter of DR.. Charles f.
Goodell, of this city. and Mr..
George Il. Coolidge, of Boston.
Mass. were married at 6 o'clock
p. M. Tuesday evening, the 9th
inst. III the Nj. Il. Church. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. A. j. Gill, pastor of the
church. Mrs. ID. John Markey
was matron of honor, and Mr..
William Il. Nicholson, of Boston,
was the best man.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Agnes Tayler. of Altoona, Pa;
Miss Marie Yeakle, of Washing
ton. ID. g.; Miss Ida Motter, and
Miss Grace Neldig, of this city.
Messrs. Robert Goodell. of Chic
ago, brother of the bride. John
Motter, and Frank j. Newman,
of this city, were the ushers.
The bride wore white muessa-
line satin. trimmed with Irish
point lace. and carried lilies of
the valley. After the wedding
the bride and groom left on an OK
tended wedding trip. They will
reside in South birmingham, a
suburb of Boston, Mass. They
received an unusual number of
very handsome presents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-12
A Chinese Objection to Rail
roads.

Americanized Chinaman, Chin
Gee Hee, is the protector, presi-
dent ond engineer in chief of a rail
road which has recently been OPP
ened in the Hongkong hinterland.
OF the six locomotives used four
were purchased in the United
States, the others coming from
Germany. The president says his
chief difficulty in the road was in
overcoming the obstancy of the
natives, who opposed the work on
the ground that the smoke from
the locomotives would ruin their
crops.