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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
HAAS KILLS SELF IN FRISCO JAIL
Former Convict Who Attempted to As
sasinate Heney Dies By His Own
Hand.

San Francisco, Nov. II. - Morris
Haas, who attempted to assassinate
Francis J. Heney, the graft prosecu.
tor, committed suicide Saturday night
in his cell in the county jail by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
small derringer piston.
Haas ended his life while four
guards, detailed to prevent just such
a move, stood within three feet of
him.
The Weapon with which the would
be assassin shot himself he had Sc
creted in the top of his gaiter shoes.
He fired the shot while lying on his
cot and covered with The blankets.
Is Closely Watched.
Since Haas was taken into custody
Friday afternoon, Immediately after
the sensational attempt to murder
Francis J.. Heney in Judge Lawlor's
court room, he had been closely
watched by four detectives. When
taken to the county Jail on Friday aft
ernoon he was searched by the police
authorities and all his belongings
were taken from him.
1t was noticed when Haas retired
on Friday night hat he did not take
off his shoes. When asked why he
kept his footwear on, he replied that
he was only going to lie down for a
few moments; that he was too nerv-
Gus to sleep and that he would pace
up and down his cell.
Heney Is Improving.
The condition of Francis J. Heney
is still most satisfactory, and the at
tending surgeons report that he is
making excellent progress on the road
to recovery. He passed a comfortable
night, sleeping most Of the time, and
rested easily yesterday. Although the
bullet has been located, embedded in
the ear, the surgeons have decided not
to extract it until Mr.. Heney gains
more strength,
Mrs. Heney spent an hour yesterday
in the examination room of the hospi-
tai while the surgeons were removing
grains of powder from her husbands
face and head. While this was going
on the wounded man sat up on she
table and made j~ocular remarks.
Find No Conspiracy.
Chief of Police Buggy and Captain
of Detectives Kelley said that they
could find no evidence that the shoot
ing of Heney was the result IF n con
spiracy. Detective Burke, who closely
questioned Haas at several times dur
ing the night, made a report to Chief
Buggy of similar import.
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Sins and $.

William Graham, a negro, on trial
at Charlotte, N. c., for criminal as
sault on Miss Pearl Tucker, a sixteen
year.old white girl, confessed and was
sentenced to hang Dec. Is.
Oscar Huder of Wichita, Kan, shot
and killed his wife. shot at his moth
er-inlaw, Mrs. M. A. Turner, and
then turned the revolver on himself
and blew his brains out. The shooting
was the result of a family quarrel.
In a hght at E~dwardsville. Ala.
James Vaughan. a college student,
hot and instantly killed Jackson Eai-
ker and wounded Ebert Jones and
Bart Mccormick. The fight Ia said to
have grown out of a dificulty on cleo
ton day.
Bowen Smith was shot through the
heart at Pueblo. Colo. by his room.
mate. Albert Kennard. Kennard
claims the shooting was accidental,
He says he was trying to awaken
smith by prodding him In the sides
WITH 4 gun, when q cartridge sxplod'
"a. Killing his friend.
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San Francisco Graft PrOsecu-
tor Is Target for Ex-
COnyiCt'S Bullet.
IS StRI(rS, But NOT FATAL
WouId.be Assassin Says Heney BRANDED
Him an Ex-COnvict and Ruined
His Life.

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-Francis j
Heney, a leading figure in the prose
cution of municipal %corrupSion in this
city, was shot and seriously injured
yesterday by Morris Haas, a Jewish
saloonkeeper, who had been accepted
as a juror in a previous trial and aft
erwards removed, it having been
shown by the prosecution that he was
an ~ex-convict, a fact not brought out
in his examination as a venireman.
The shooting occurred in Superior
Judge Lawlor's court room during a
recess in the trial nf Abraham Ruef,
on trial for the third time on the
charge of bribery.
At 6 o'clock last night Mr.. Heney
was conscious. He said:
"a will Live to Prosecute Him."
The physicians in attendance on
Heney expressed the opinion that he
would live. It had been ascertained
that the bullet, which had entered the
right cheek, had lodged under the left
eye and had not entered his brain.
The shooting occurred at 4:22
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Judge
Lawlor had a few moments before de-
clared a ten-minute recess of court,
and the jury had left the j
Mr.. Heney was c%onversing with
Chief Clerk McCabe of the district at
torney's Office when Haas came for
ward. He approached Heney and,
placing a revolver against his right
cheek, fired. Instantly the court room
was the scene of the greatest excite
ment. Some bystanders seized Haas,
who was caught as he fell forward,
the blood streaming from his wound.
Says Heney Ruined Him.
When he was arrested, Haas said
he shot Heney because he had ruin
ed him. He is a married man and has
four children. In a statement made
TO Police Captain Duke he said:
"Heney denounced me in public,
which ruined my life and branded me
as an ~eX-convict. 1t was an outrage.
| am the wronged man. l do not care
what becomes of me now. | have sac
rificed myself not for my own honor.
but for those who are situated like
myself. By God, I would not have
brought my four children into the
world to bear such a brand if | had
known the fact that l was an ex-con-
vict would become known. Heney
ruined me. That is why | shot him."
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From Other shores.

An express train was derailed near
Grisoles, France. Ten persons were
KILLED and many injured.
The reidence of Henry White. the
American ambassador, In Paris was
ransacked by burglars and a large
quantity OF valuables carried away.
A daring attempt was made by a
Bengali to assassinate Sir Andrew
Henderson Leith Fraser, the lieuten-
ant governor of Bengal, at Calcutta.
Three other attempts have been made
to take the life Of the lieutenant gov
ernor since his appointment to that OF
ice in 1903.
The question that has arisen be-
tween France and Germany over what
has come to be known as the casa
blanca incident" arising out OF the
arrest by the French authorities or
German deserters from the French
foreign legion, will be referred TO a
court of arbitration.
The British prime minister, Herbert
II. Asquith, was the principal. speaker
at the Guildhall banquet in London,
which marked the Inauguration OF the
new lord mayor of London, Sir George
Wyatt Truscott, and brought to a fit
ting close the celebration of the kings
sixty-seventh birthday.
Francis B. Keene, the American
consul at Geneva, Switzerland, has Of
fered a reward of 5000 for the discov-
cry of the body of Robert Lincoln
Clark, a young American, who is sup
posed to have been drowned in the
lake of Geneva off st. G1hgolp on
on Sept. II of this year.
In response to an appeal by Jose
Miguel Gomez, the Liberal candidate
for the presidency, Gov. Magoon has
issued a decree providing an annual
pension of $4,000 during her life to
the widow of the late president, To.
mas Estrada Palma, and $50 monthly
in addition during the minority of her
four children.
The Spanish minister of finance has
introduced in the cortes a bill the OBJ
iect of which is to bring about re.
forms in the Bank OF Spain. It au'
thorizes the issue of notes up to $780,
100000 and at the same time provides
for an augmentation of the gold re.
serve and a progressive decrease in
the coined silver reserve,
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Casualties.

r. E. Bills, a dairyman living three
miles east of Marshalltown, was
Knocked down and received fatal in
juries when he vas struck by an auto
mobile.
Harold Elliott, aged six years, Of
Waterloo, Iowa, who was shot through
the abdomen by the accidental dis
charge of a gun at his home at Voor-
HES, may recover
Two men were killed outright, two
others fatally hurt and a half dozen Sc
verely hurt when a work train crash
ed into the rear of a freight tram at
Deep River, Conn.
In a collision between an automo-
bile and a locomotive at Red Bluff,
Cal, four persons were killed and one
slightly injured. The automobile was
struck by the engine of a special train.
A collision between a passenger and
freight train on the Grand Trunk rail-
way occurred near Sherbrooke, Que
bee. One passenger was killed. Two
persons were seriously and a lumber
of others slightly injured.
E. w. Lindsey of Colfax, Iowa, for
mer president of the Hawkeye Tele-
phone company, has been arrested for
an alleged assault on eleven-year-old
Grace Hopkins. Fear of mob violence
has caused his removal to Newton.
A fast train on the Rock Island col
lided with the rear end Of a freight
train neal Pueblo. Colo, iL. a binding
snow storm. The engineer Of the pas
senger Grain was seriously injured.
None of the passengers was injured.
DIR. John r. Cook, n of the INST
prominent physicians in West Vir-
ginia, died at Fairmont, w. Va, as a
result of blood poisoning, which de-
veloped a month Ago., when he acct.
dentally pricked his finger while OPP
Grating on a patient.
Rev. George Ernest Viger of the
Sulpician order, and for over forty
seven years a member of the faculty
of st. Charles college, Ellicott, Md.
and one of the best known priests in
the country, vas found dead in his
bed at the college. Death was due to
heart failure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPlTOht
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
People Talked About.

The death is announced at Hyere,
n~oisseur.
William Edward Ayerton. a noted
electrical engineer and inventor, is
dead in London.
treasurer of Manitoba, died in Winni-
peg from appendicitis.
Oscar Mohr, a well known Milwau-
kee commission merchant and former
president of the chamber of com
merce, is dead, after a lingering i'll
ness.
President Roosevelt, in reply to a
Dublin correspondent who had invited
him to deliver a lecture, states that
he does not contemplate visiting Ire
land in 1909.
Rear Admiral ]. M. Miller, governor
of the United States naval home at
Philadelphia, died in that institution
after a brief illness. Admiral Miller
was sixty-one years old.
Rev. DIR. Alfred II. Harding, for the
past twenty-five years TeCUoI VI oJ.
Paul's Episcopal church in Washing
ton, has been elected bishop of Wash
ington, to succeed the late Bishop
Satterlsa.
DR.. w. r. Gillette, a former vice
president Of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company of New York, who
came into public prominence during
the insurance Investigation, died in
New York after a lingering illness.
Harry D%avendorf, for the past
twelve years secretary to James S.
Sherman as congressman, will be APP
pointed secretary to the vice presi-
dent. The position pays $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Davendorf was formerly engaged
In newspaper work.
Frank Moss, for a number OF years
director and counsel of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime in New York,
was elected president of the society,
to succeed DR.. Charles Fl. Parkhurst,
who recently resigned after holding
the office fifteen years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Employs Detective to Help Her,
Who Notifies Police and Trap
Is Set for Fiend.
CONFfSSES TO The POliIf
Expresses Chagrin over Failure of Her
Plans-ls Believed TO Be
Demented.

Chicago, Nov. IA. - Miss Mae /.
Otis, thirty-six years old, was arrested
here last night, charged by the police
with having instigated a plot to muir
der her mother, Mrs. Sarah Otis, fifty
seven years old. According to the po-
lice the mother was to have arrived
in Chicago from Mansion, Wis, on
next Saturday, and a private detec-
tive, supposed by Miss Otis to be a
"slugger," had been employed to help
her. Instead of promoting the scheme
the detective notified Police Captain
O'Brien. The mother is said to have
money and life insurance together
worth $4,000.
Woman Confesses.
The woman's movements have been
watched by the police for several
days. Some time ago she called on a
private detective agency and explain
ed her plans. 1t was arranged be-
tween the agency and the police to
carry out the plans. Detective Mac
kay met Miss Otis and, according to
him, she paid him 800 on account
and gave him a prOmissory note for
$1,000 more. Just as Mackay received
the money at Miss Otis home in For
ty-sixth street place, the police Off
Gals who had been concealed there
stepped out and took the woman into
custody. 1t was found she had con-
siderable money in her possession.
This, she explained, she had drawn
out of the bank to be used to pay the
expenses of the detective. When
locked up, the police say, the woman
confessed to the plot and expressed
chagrin at its failure. 1t is believed
she is demendted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
DoWAGER EMPRESS is DEAD.
Autocratic Ruler of Celestial Empire
Passes Away Soon After Emperor.

Autocratic Ruler of Celestial Empire
Passes Away Soon After Emperor.
Picking, Nov. 17.-TaZo MSi An, the
cratic head of the government which
she directed without successful inter-
ference since 1861, and without pro-
test since 1881, died at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The announcement of the dowager
empress death was official and follow
ed closely upon the announcement
that Huang Hsu. the emperor, had
died Saturday at 5 o'clock in the aft
ernCon, but it is believed that the
deaths of both the emperor and the
dowager empress occurred a consid-
cradle time before that set down in
the official statements.
Three-year-old on Throne.
An edict issued at s o'clock yester-
day morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu vi, the three-year-old son
of Prince Chun, the regent of the en-
pire, in accordance with a promise
given by the dowager empress soon
after the marriage Of Prince Chun in
1902. An edict issued on Friday made
Pu vi heir p~resumptive.
The foreign legations were notified
yesterday morning by the foreign
board of the death of the emperor and
the succession of Prince Pu vi.
Troops have been in readiness for sew
eral days to quell any disorders that
might arise on the death of Kuang
Hsu, and the possibility of uprising
was made greater because of the fact
that the death of the dowager empress
was known to be close at hand.
Guard for Legations.
Twenty ~gendarmes were dispatched
to guard the approaches to the lega-
tons, but up to the present the duties
of the forces have been slight. II was
announced that the legation guard
was ordered out at ''the special call
Of the legations, on accoun of the en-
peror's death"
Prince Chun, the regent, has order
ed the viceroys and governors to take
precautions for the administration of
the provinces as heretofore and he
has ordered a hundred days of mourn.
ing. The court will go into mourning
for three years.
Died Alone and Unattended.
They died alone and unattended, al
though surrounded by circles of abiect
spectators, who remained a rod dis,
tant, as on account of the sacred per,
sons of their majesties they could not
be approached. The emperor died as
he had lived, without ministration OF
whatever kind or scientific aid.
Until word of the dowager's death is
read broadcast no general disorders
are apprehended. China is guiete,
now than at any time since 1900
There are few signs of antagonism t.
foreigners and there is no amer o.
doubt that Prince Chun will be able
to meet the situation, as he is recog
nized as thoroughly progressive.
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General.

Gov. Hughes filed his certificate Of
election expenses with the secretary
Of state, giving his total expenditures
as $369.95.
Silas w. Petit, one of the hest
known corporation and constitutional
lawyers in the country, was found
| dead In his Offices in Philadelphia.
The Fales G. jerks Machine compa
ny of ~Pawtucket, r. L., which employs
400 hands, has gone on full time, after
having run forty hours weekly since
spring.
Walworth H. Pappan, we'll known in
the iron and steel trade of the South
and Middle West, who lived at Louis
vile, KY, blew his brains out in the
wash room of the Hotel Savoy. In New
York.
An exceptionally rich gold strike
has been made e Sedgwick, on the
Wetasiwin branch of the Canadian
Pacific railroad. Men are now en-
route to file claims. They say the dis.
trict has gone gold crazy.
Following the receipt Of a Black
| Hand letter demanding $500, the home
of Grilleo Mercurio at Detroit was
blown up. Although the house was
badly wrecked, none of the nine per-
sons asleep in it was injured.
The Des Mcines Register and Lead
er has bought the Daily Tribune, an
afternoon Democratic paper, and be-
ginning Dec. / will issue 1t as an after
noon edition of the Register and Lead
| er, but under the name of the Tribune.
The minimum salary for an unmar-
ried clergyman in the diocese of New
York should be $1,000 and for a mar
| ried clergyman $1,000 and a suitable
| place to live, or $500 in money, was
| the resolution adopted amid applause
In the annual convention of the Prot.
estant Episcopal diocese of New York.
William ]. Bryan for chancellor of
the University of Nebraska was one
of the reports circulated in connection
| with the resignation of e. Benjamin
Andrews. Mr.. Bryan said the report
was news to him. None of the regents
of the university would discuss the
matter, and the suggestion was not
| taken seriously. All the regents are
Republicans.
A permanent organization to protect
| Russian political offenders who may
| be arrested in this country at the in.
| stance CT the Russian government and
charged with crimes, may be effected
in New York. The Pouren defense
| conference, which was formed to pre-.
| vent the extradition of Jan Janofl
oouren, has taken steps to form sucn
an organization.
The department Of agriculture has
| issued a preliminary estimate of the
production of the principal crops o.
the United States. showing that corr
wheat, oats and eight other crops, rep
| resenting approximately 20 per cen
of the value of all farm crops thi:
year., aggregate about 3 per cen
greater than a year ago and "a pei
cent greater than the average for tn,
past five years.
John w. Kern. defeated Democratic
; candidate for vice president, an
nounces that he is a candidate fol
: United States senator, to succeed
James A. Hemenway. The Indiana leg
isiature is Democratic on joint Sallo
by a majority Of IL.
Nat c. Goodwin, the comedian, an,
Edna Goodrich, a well known actress
who formerly starred with Mr.. Good
win, q married at the home of Mr.
Goodwin's mother in Boston. TIL,
ceremony was performed by a justic,
of the peace. whose name was NO
made public.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
WANTS STATE BOOSTED"
Bemidji Club Urges SoIons to Set
Aside 100000 for Advertising.

Bemidji, Mimi, Nov. 1.-THE mem
hers of the Bemidji Commercial club
Lav unanimously adopted resolutions
urging upon the members of the legis-
lative body and upon the legislature
when assembled in it's next regular
session, the urgent necessity of pro-
viding the state board of immigration
with an appropriation sufficient to
properly advertise the advantages of
the state to the world at large, which
appropriation should not be less than
500, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
JAMES BOYS REFUGE BURNS.
Timber Where Notorious Outlaws Hid
Is Burned and Boy Blamed.

Chandler, Mimi, Nov. Il - A strip
of timber that gathered historical
fame as a refuge for the Jesse James
gang when they were pursued across
the state after the Mortified bank
robbery, burned here yesterday. A
boys neglect of a bonfire is said to
have started the blaze. The tract,
which is a wild waste, was the only
extensive timber in this vicinity for
many miles.
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Arrested for Forgery.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Nov. IA. -
Postofice Inspector Fraser arrested
Charles Schroeder on a charge of
forging his name to a check of s12.S6,
sent to Carl Schroeder. The letter
inclosing the check, IT. is said, came
addressed to him and he changed
Carl TO Charles" on the check and
cashed il.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
RESIGNS FROM CABINET.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf Ten
ders His Resignation.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Secretary of
the Navy Victor H. Metcalf yesterday
rendered his resignation to the presi-
dent, to take effect Dec. l, on account
of i'll heath. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Truman H. Newberry will
be named as Mr.. Metcalf's
For more than a year the fact that
Mr.. Metcalf has SUFFERED serious i'll
ness has been well known at the navy
department. Formerly of vigorous
health, his friends expected that he
would be able to regain his strength,
but constantly recurring illness has
convinced him that the ouly course
for him to pursue is to w his con
nection with all active work.
Suffers Nervous Breakdown.
Mr.. Metcalf has suffered from a
nervous breakdown that has rendered
it impossible for him to remain at his
desk for any length of time, and the
chronic nature of his trouble has caus-
ed him to abandon nope of recovery
while burdened with the cares of Of
flee. On April 10 last he wen to Cali
fornia to review the Atlantic Battle
ship fleet. He took a long vacation,
hoping to be permanently benefited
thereby, returning here Sept. 1. Upon
his resumption CT official duty his ill
ness promptly re curred, and he frank
w told the Dresidept that he could not
remain in the cabinet.
Mr.. Metcalf is thoroughly Iersed in
naval Matters having served on the
house committee on naval affairs
while in congress. His first appoint.
ment under this administration was
as secretary of nj and labor,
which he ~relinquished in order to ac.
cept the duties of secretary of the
navy on Dec. IL, 1906.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
DEARTH OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
Forest Fire Demon Plays Cruel Joke
on Good Old Santa Claus.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Nov. 14.-It is
reported that the forest fires of the
last year have destroyed or injured
so many of the young pine trees that
there will be a great scarcity Of
Christmas trees for the coming ho!i-
days.
Orders from the cities have been
pouring into the counties of Wood,
Monroe and other counties in this To-
cality, which heretofore always have
been able to supply the demand, but
the woodsmen are unable to furnish
one-quarter of the amount needed this
year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Historic Theater in Ruins.

New York, Nov. 14.-Less than an
hour after a large audience had left
the Park theater, a historic Brooklyn
playhouse, fire was discovered last
night and an hour later the building
vas in ruins. The loss will be about
$685. zoo.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Vessel Driven Ashore.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10. - A two
masted schooner, about 200 feet long,
supposed to be the Springle, was
driven ashore and grounded on a
sandbar east of here last night. The
vessel carried twelve men. all of
whom were rescued.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Rob JeweIry Store Of 5000.

GAINESVILLE, Mimi. Nov. Ia. - Rob.
hers entered the Patterson drug store
here and secured 5000 worth Of jewel
ry. The robbers gained entrance
through the basement window.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Cut Ice Fourteen Inches rbiek

jamestown. N. d., Nov. Lice is
being cut in the James river. 1t is
nearly fourteen inches in thickness
and is said to be a better quality than
was secured last year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Death Sentence Imposed.

Macleod, Alberta, Nov. Is. = The
trial of NJ. Hung was concluded yes
terday, the Jury bringing a verdict of
guilty. The judge %thereupon imposed
the death penalty. sentence TO be car.
ried out in the mounted police bar.
racks az Macleod, ON Jan. 5. 1909.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-19
Famous Lawyer Found Dead.

philadelphia. Nov. 13. Slas W.
Petit, one of the best known corpora
ton and constitutional lawyers in the
country, was found dead in his Offices
In this city last night.