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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPITOMt
important Events At Home and o.
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
From Washington.

Legislation favoring national aid In
country road building. the r~e-establish'
ment Of a grange lecture bureau and
TO prohibit the adulteration Of insec.
ticides was Endorsed by the national
grange.
President Roosevelt has approved
the resume of the proceedings of the
Newport conference on the question
Of battleship construction made by
the general board. 1t will be printed
and issued to the navy.
Acting Secretary Of the Navy New.
berry has approved plans for the final
location of the proposed dry dock at
Pearl harbor, Hawaiian islands. This
dock will be 1,i00 feet long, so con-
structed as to receive two vessels at
one time, or a single vessel OF the
largest type afioat.
Remarkable interest has been
aroused throughout the commercial
world in the organization and inten.
tons Of the national council of com.
merce, which was established under
the auspices OF the department Of
commerce and labor, with a view TO
promote foreign and domestic com.
merce, the fundamental idea being to
establish closer relationship between
the depart qent OF commerce and la
Dor and the commercial bodies of the
country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Is as follows:
Steps to Suppress Game.

Steps have been taken in a number
of the colleges and high schools of
the United States to suppress football
owing to the great number of fatal.
ties which have resulted from the
game in recent years.
William Elwell, Jr., halfback on the
second team of Shurtleff college. is
the fastest victim of the debrutalized
pastime. Gangrene developing in the
arm a week after a game between
Shurtleff and the J~erseyville Qll.)
high school caused the death last Fri
day of Elwell.
In the Illinois Northwestern game at
Urbana, Railsback of Illinois sustain,
ed a broken ankle. Walter Lawrence,
a ifteen-year-old player of Cedar
Falls, Iowa, had his life collarbone
broken in a scrimmage. Numerous
injuries were reported from the vari-
Gus b~attlefields.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
REBELS SPREAD MANY RUMORS
Reforms Instituted in Palace-New
Dowager Empress Is Rushed Into
Background.

Picking, Nov. 24.-While all is quiet
at Picking, attachments OF troops
guard the city gates and gendacmes
are on duty at the approaches to the
foreign legation. The government has
not ceased to take precautionary
measures lest something in tn nature
of an outbreak happens here, for revo,
lutionists are spreading all kinds OF
reports which might act like fire.
brands to the spirit of uneasiness IN
DERIVING present conditions in China,
Rumors OF Rebellion.
There have been rumors of an in
surrectionary movement in the South,
but this has proved to be only a minor
outbreak amongst the artillery and
cavalry stationed at Marking.
Nevertheless it has been thought adj
visable to post a guard at each Of the
gates Of Picking, and Chinese regu-
lars are now under arms at these
points.
1t was owing to one of these dis
turbances that the edict of Nov. 20
was issued. in which it was pointed
out that lawless conspirators had
tried to invade the interior and all of,
ficials were ordered to arrest and sum
marily behead them wherever found.
Stringent measures have beer taken
here to suppress any sign of conspira,
cy and the government has ordered an
investigation of the governor of Ngan-
Elwei province on account of a slight
uprising that took place there.
Reforms Instituted.
Reforms have already been insti,
tuted in the palace. The new dowager
empress Yehonala has withdrawn her
self to the background and the late
~dowager's eunichs and others who
were identified with her powerful
and dominating rule, becoming alarm
ed at the evidences of the reform
movement and anticipating discharge,
have fed.
Prince Chun's recent edict, in which
he declined to permit any interference
from the dowager empress Lehonala,
has cleared the throne from any pos.
sible domination of the clan of woman,
at least until the new emperor, Price
Pu vi assumes power.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Otherwise.

Mrs. Russell Sage OF New York has
given $4,000 toward the establish
ment of a college for colored youths
in Kentucky, to be a branch of Berea
college.
Alfred Auinet, a pioneer hotel man
OF saltwater and Minneapolis, MINI,
and proprietor Of one of San Jose's
first hotels, died at a sanitarium at
San jose, Cal.
"A Program for the South" will be
the general subject of the addresses
at the annual dinner of the North
Carolina Society OF New York at the
Hotel Astor Dec. Z, at which William
H.. Taft will be the principal speaker.
Action has been filed at Winnipeg
for $50, 900 damages and resultant
costs by the Vulcan Iron works of
Winnipeg against the union which or
dered a strike ip the plant in March.
1906. and a perpetual injunction was
applied for against ~picketing the vul-
car plant and in the interim an in
junction was granted.
A committee of negroes of Oklaho-
ma have filed with the corporation
commission a suit against every rail
road in the state demanding dining
and sleeping cars for colored as we'll
as white travellers. The petition also
asks that white passengers be pro-
hibited from passing through the "Jim
Grow" coaches.
Echo river. in Mammoth cave. in
Kentucky. is almost dry as a result of
the drouth. As a result of the oppor.
tunity afforded many parts of the
cave that have never been reached
have been explored. The river has
never been known TO be so low.
That an immense quantity of very
rich gold ore has been discovered i'm
the Smoky mountains OF North Caro-
lima by local p~rospectors was announc.
ed by ]. N. Brown. a mining engineer.
Ore-brearing rock that by an expert
analysts contains from $66 to Ssl0
per Ton has been found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
People Talked About.

Scipio Craig, founder and for TWEEN
ty years editor of the Redlands (Cal,)
C~itograph and a prominent member
of the National Editorial association,
died after an illness of six weeks.
Bernard Wygant, for many years
general agent Of the Wells-Fargo Elk
press company at Chicago, is dead.
He was seventy-two years OF age.
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania has is
sued a call to governors OF sixteen
states to meet in Pittsburg Dec. 4,
during the annual convention Of the
American Mining congress.
Capt. !. T. Smith has been selected
to command the cruiser South Dako-
ia. His position as inspector Of the
Eleventh lighthouse district at De-
troit will he taken by Lieutenant Com.
nander C. b. Morsan.
George M. Kellogg, a florist, well
known all over the United States,
died at his home in Pleasant Hill,
o., of Bright's disease, aged seventy
ears. His Conservatives at Pleasant
Hll are among the largest in the
country.
Gaillard Hunt, chief of the bureau
of citizenship of the state depart
ment, has resigned to become chief
of the division of manuscripts of the
congressional library. Mr.. Hunt was
one OF the oldest employees In length
OF service of the state department.
Dick Wood, a well known news
paper artist and correspondent In
China for a newspaper association
Just prior to the Russo-Japanese war,
died in st. Louis of tuberculosis. He
was one of the few Americans to he
admitted to membership in the Chi
nese Masonic order.
Hugh Armstrong of Portage la Prai-
rie, for years connected with the
Booth fishing interests al manager
and personal representative in West
ern Canada, has been sworn in as
treasurer of the Manitoba government
under Premier Robin, succeeding J.
II. Agnew, who died recently.
Gen. Thomas j. Lucas died at Law.
renceburg, Ind. at the age of eighty
three years. Gen. Lucas attained the
rank of general in the Mexican war
and entered the Civil war as a lieu
tenant colonel. He was mustered out
as a brigadier general. Gen. Lucas
was a son of Mai, Frederick Lucas.
who fought under Napoleon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
500 PASSENGERS I'M PERIL.
Steamers Collide and Catastrophe Is
Averted by Action of Cautain.

Steamers Collide and Catastrophe Is
AVerted by Action of Captain.
New York, Nov. "a. - The lives of
more than 500 persons were fmperiled
yesterday when the fruit steamer Ad-
miral Dewey, inward bound from ia
maica, crashed into the steamer
Mount Desert, outward-bound. from
Bay Ridge, for the fishing banks. The
Admiral Dewey, coming suddenly out
OF a fog bank, struck the Mount Des-
ert almost amidships, opening a cash
in the fishing vessel that extended
from the upper deck to the waters
edge. There were $50 passengers, in
Guiding twenty women and six chill
dren, on the Mount Desert, and the
Admiral Dewey carried forty-five pas
sengers.
Panic Immediately followed the col.
lision, and it was due to the prompt
action of Capt. Davidson of the Dewey
that a catastrophe was averted, for
the passengers on the fishing steamer
began climbing over the guard rails
of that vessel and leaped for the deck
of the Admiral Dewey. Had he back,
ed his steamer away many would
have fallen into the water. Capt. Da,
wilson kept the steamer moving slow,
ly ahead, and this held the PROV OF
the fruit steamer into the rent that
had been made and afforded a board,
ing place for the frightened passen,
gers of the Mount Desert. All were
saved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26


Nikolai Khomyakof has been re
elected president of the Russian duma
by 316 votes to "a.
The Netherlands has proposed the
convocation OF an international com
mittee to arrange for a third peace
conference.
Right. Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang
bishop OF Stephnia, England, who re
Gently declined the bishopric OF Mont
real, has been appointed archbishop
of York.
The earl Of D~onoughbore, who mar
ried the daughter Of Michael p. Grace
of New York, has given instructions
for the sale OF Coole abbey, near Clon'
mel, County Tipperary.
Marquis de Longhi de Pastori, a
cousin OF King Victor Emmanuel OF
Italy. is in Canada on an important
mission for the Italian government.
the acquisition OF a large tract OF land
in the West for the purpose OF estab-
fishing a Colony OF Italians.
Another man of the stage was
IttOI utu dI Ioiuoh ~ Nic a" s"SN
of Eileen Orme, a musical comedy &C
tress, to the Hon. Morris Hood, heir
of Viscount Bridport. Miss Orme is
eighteen years old and has recently
appeared in THE Merry Widow"
Advices received from Russian
sources in China paint the crisis In
less alarming colors than reports re-
ce;ved at other capitals. 1t is believed
al the foreign office that Developments
in China will be very slow and that
no immediate upheaval Is in prospect.
The ~Cassablanca dispute between
France and Germany is to be submit
ted to the arbitration of a commits
sion of FIVE members. This body will
consist Of M. Renault and Herr
Kriege, respectively, the French and
German permanent delegates to the
Hague tribunal, two members who
have lot yet been appointed and a
fifth selected by these four.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Many Caught by Flames.
FOOTBALLS FEARFUL TOLL.
Eleven Deaths and 3o4 Injuries Is Rec
ord for the Season of 1908.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Gridiron warfare,
after exacting a fearful toll during a
season of approximately sixty-seven
days, reached its finale yesterday, the
record of deaths and injuries showing
a surprising increase. Up to last week
the statistics showed ten deaths and
200 injuries to be directly due to foot
ball.
During the last week another player
succumbed to injuries, while fourteen
athletes we're borne to the side lines
and later to hospitals, suffering with
broken legs, fractured collar bones.
splintered ribs and other wounds com
monty resulting from the game. The
record of eleven deaths and 304 in
juries scarcely tells the story of the
season Of 1908, for other ,ontests re-
main On the schedules for this season.
The record for the past eight years
10 DC fpl1puS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Sins and Sinners.

Mrs. Alpha NJ. %Shevalier, accused
OF perjury in connection with the
Horn will case at Lincoln, Neb., vas
sentenced to five years in prison.
Frank Dedina was held to the grand
jury at Mason City. Iowa, under $4,000
bonds charged with the murder of
Mike Cummings of Plymouth. Albert
Dedina and Vince Navratil, arrested
with Frank, were discharged.
AS a result of the red light" cru
SADIE at Des Moines, Hyman Levich
was convicted of renting houses for
immoral purposes, and was fined $500.
Walter Dowden pleaded guilty to the
same charge and was fined 5000.
A coroner's Jury, empaneled to In
uuire into the death of Frank Nadon
at Paynton, Sask., brought in a verdict
of wilful murder against Amedee Ire
.%treault OF Bridgeport, Neb. The story
told by witnesses at the inquest diff
fers materially from that first told.
A. A. Johnson, a prominent farmer
residing west of Stratford. Iowa. was
found dead in a corn field by his wife
He had committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. He had been despond-
ent and had been drinking heavily Of
late.
Two male visitors in a leading Paris
tneater who objected to having their
view of the stage INSTRUCTED by a ten.
foot hat and got into a fight with the
wearer's escort, were acquitted in
court on the ground that the woman
With her hat had no standing in court
ana NO business In q public playhouse.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
TWO CHILDREN DROWN.
Boy and Sister Plunge Through Ice on
Lake Near Brainerd.

Brainerd, Mimi, Nov. 21.-Tw ochil-
dren of a man named Bellegrasser, re-
siding near Gulf Lake, about ten
miles northwest of Brainerd, were
drowned last night. The boy was
skating and was hauling his sister on
a hand sled when the ice gave way.
Coroner Gibson went out yesterday to
view the bodies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
CASTRO GOING ABROAD.
Plans to Sail for Europe to Undergo
Operation There.

Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 24.-Presi-
dent Castro is about to leave Vene-
zuela for Europe to undergo an opera
ton at the hands of skilled physicians.
Preparations for his trip are now be-
ing made. There is reason to believe
that the president contemplates leav-
ing La Guaira Nov. "a on the French
mail steamer Guadeloupe. This ves-
sci runs between Havre and West In
dian ports.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Forest Fires Still Rsoino,

Evansville, Ind, Nov. 24.-The for
est fires in Dubois county, Indiana,
that have been raging for the past
three days have spread over hundreds
of acres of timber lands and are
still burning. The drouth in Southern
Indiana has prevailed for ia days
and is the worst in the recollection of
the Oldest inhabitants.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Three Trappers Are Fined.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 24.-Depu-
ty Game Warden ]. II. Jones >swore
out a warrant against E. j. Rath.
John Pope and ]. III. Ware, charging
them with trapping before the season
opened, and all three pleaded guilty
and paid flies of $40 each.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Memorials in Japan.

Tokyo, Nov. 24.-In memory of the
late emperor of China and the EN-
press dowager, services of mourning
were held Saturday at the Chinese
legation. Similar services were held
yesterday at the Chinese consulate at
Seoul.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Powder Blast Kills Two.

Cincinnati, Nov. 24.-Tw omen are
dead and two others probably fatally
injured as the result of the explosion
of a blast of three kegs of powder in
~excayating work along the tracks of
the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
railroad here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
100 Girls Get a Fall.

Dayton, Ohio. Nov. PA platform
bearing over n hundred girls EN-
ployed at the Mercantile corporations
plant in this city collapsed yesterday
while the young women were being
photographed. Fourteen we're more
or less injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Mania for Stabbinq.
HINCkLEY DAM BREAKS.
Power Plant Suffers Damage That
Soon Will Be Repaired.

Hinckley, Mimi, Nov 81. The
north end of the dam here, owned by
the Hinckley Power and Light compa-
dy went out yesterday, but aside from
the damage at the power plant no Sc
rious results were caused. The COM
pany expects to have the dam rebuilt
stronger and better than ever within
two weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
WINS BY BIG MAJORITY.
Republican Congressional Candidate
in Eleventh District Triumphs.

turns from the Eleventh congressional
district show that |. l.. Lenroot of Su.
perior was elected congressman over
Joseph Konkle, Dem, by a plurality
of 1921. This majority has we be.
fore been equaled by any candidate in
the Eleventh district.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
aox Attacks Emloxer,

Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 21. - In
censed at his employer a young hoy,
tixteen years Of age, struck Tom Long
with a stone crushing his head. Long
will die. in
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
WOMAN GOES TO PRISON.
Manslaughter in Second Degree Is
Verdict AGAINST Mrs. Harbour.

Deadwood, S. d., Nov. 81. Man
slaughter in the second degree, which
means a penitentiary sentence, was
the verdict OF the jury in the circuit
court at Rapid City which tried Mrs.
May Harbour for the killing OF her
adopted daughter, Rose Adams. The
jury was out all night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
convenes 10 Name cummins

Des Moines, Nov. "a. Gov. A. B.
Cummins will be elected United
States seator by the Iowa legislature
in special session Tuesday. To this
same legislature he will tender his
resignation as governor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Fire at Garrison. N. D.

Garrison, N. d., Nov. Il. = Fire last
night destroyed three buildings and
reriously damaged another. The losa
is estimated at $4,000
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
schooner Sinks. Five Drown.

Boston, Nov. 24.-Five men, includ-
ing Capt. Obed Knowlton of the Brit
ish schooner Hugh G.. lost their lives
In a collision in Broad sound and
the schooner sank. Three men were
saved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
M.kss WInnIpes Headquarters.

Winnipeg, Nov. 81 - Archbishop
Timotheus of the Independent Catho-
lie Church OF America, has decided to
make this city the headquarters OF his
see and will direct the affairs of the
church from here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Sweden's Rulers Return.

London, Nov. "a. The king and
queen of Sweden, who have been in
England as the guests of King Ed
ward. left this city for Stockholm. via
Portsmouth and Cherbourg.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Packet on Lower Mississippi
River Wrecked by Explosion
of Boilers.
FIRE ADDS TO THE HORROR
Steamer Burns to Waters Edge With
Valuable experimentation
to Be Held.

New Orleans, Nov. "a. Eight per-
jured, some of them fatally, as a re-
suit of an explosion on the Mississippi
river steamer H. NJ. Carter, near
Bayou Goula, north of New Orleans.
The boiler of the Carter exploded
while the steamer was on its way
from New Orleans to Baton Rouge
with a cargo of general merchandise
and fifty or more passengers. To add
to the horror of the disaster fire sue
ceeded the explosion and the boat vas
burned to the waters edge.
Captain Has Close Call.
Among the seriously injured is Capt.
Fl. NJ. Carter, owner of the boat, who
with his wife and child had a remark
able escape from death. He was
blown fifty feet into the water by the
explosion, but managed to swim to the
shore, though he has a serious injury
to his side. Capt. Carter's wife and
child were picked up in the water I'M
harmed.
The tugboat McDougal of the Texas
Oil company heard the explosion and
FASTENED to the rescue. She stood by
and picked up a dozen people who
were struggling in the water. Physi-
clans from nearby towns rushed to
the eel and as o o as bedding and
~bandages had been secured, the Nc
Douglas removed the injured to New
Orleans.
Many Caught by Flames.
AS soon as the explosion occurred
the boat was wrapped in flames and
thus prevented some of the injured
d~eckhands from making their escape.
Half an hour later the boat had been
burned TO the waters edge. She is a
total loss, with her valuable cargo of
sugar.
An investigation of the causes lead
ing up to the explosion of the Carriers
boilers will be made by the United
States inspectors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Minneapolis Negro, With a Lust
for Blood, Slabs Defense
less Man in Prison.
TRAGEDY IN STATE PRISON
Prisoner Is Murdered With Knife Made
From Bed Spring-Mania
for Stabbing.

saltwater, Mimi, Nov. 22.-Frank
Lamier, alias Frank Lafountain, an in
mate of the state prison from ltasca
county, under sentences or seven years
for robbery, was stabbed through the
heart yesterday morning by James
Cunningham, a notorious negro pris-
oner from Minneapolis. -
Lamier was sitting in the hospital
corridor awaiting his turn at sick call.
Cunningham, who has been confined in
crazy man for two years, or almost all
the time he has been in prison, came
into the corridor from a toilet room.
The negro approached Lamier, Crap
pied with him and the two men fought
along the solitary corridor.
Stabbed Through Heart.
Lamier was seen to fall to the floor.
A guard rushed to him and found
blood flowing from the mans breast.
Lamier had been stabbed through
The heart and died instantly.
The knife was made from a bed
spring and was ten inches long;
shaped like a poniard and sharp as a
razor. 1t had a handle of cloth and
had been in a scabbard made of cloth.
Strings attached to the sheath we're
used to fasten it about the body of
Cunningham.
Two years ago Cunningham seized
a shoe knife in the shoe factory and
inflicted a slight wound on a prisoner,
but the knife broke and the damage
was slight. After that he was kept in
the crank ward.
Mania for Stabbing.
The warden of the AmOsa prison
where he previously served ten years
wrote Warden Wolfer some time ago
that the negro while there had a craze
for making knives and stabbing pris-
oners.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-08
v. D. MAH0N NOW
IN INDIANA TO
RUN STRIKE
pETRoiTER TO AID IN CONDUCT
ING THE CAMPAIGN OF ST. RY.
EMPLOYEES - SEVERAL. CARS
sToNED'IN MARION.

ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. S.--W. d.
Mahon, national president of the AM
algamated Association OF Street Rail-
way Employees, arrived here from Des
troll today. to aid In conducting the
street car strike.
MUNCIE, Ind. Jan. S.-The only
new development In the strike situa-
ton today was the return from Ander-
son to Muncie Of A. l.. Behner, vice
president OF the Amalgamated Asso-
citation OF Street Railway Employees.
He was Immediately arrested and ad-
vised to leave town. which he did, but
said he would return.
MARION, Ind. Jan. .S.-The first vio-
lence Of the street car strike occurred
last night when several street cars
were stoned and windows broken. One
woman's wrist was cut by broken
glass. It was the first attempt to run
cars here at night