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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
DENIS OPEN HEADQUARTERS.

State Chairman r. F. Lyons. Of the
democratic party, has established
Iheadquarters for the present in YER
Imiliion. his home city, and expect 10
name a secretary in a few days. His
>executive committee will consist of
8. A. Reeves of Scotland. John Kelly
MI Flandreau. John Martin of Water
1Fn. A. f. Chamberlain of Bookings,
MI. Wickhem of Alexandria, w. A,
Nh OF Huron, 4. III. Ayers of
Xfre. lack Splitter of Aberdeen, Ed
Znnd Cook of Wilmot, Dennis Hen
ALT of Custer, n John T. Hebron
~ Deadwood. Harrv Wentzy has
fpeen x to serve as vice chair
Imam for the Black Hills.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
NORWAY.

"
The salmon fishing at Vadse has
been very successful. Up to the pres
ent time last year 37.057 kilos were
exported from there. This year 71,23
kilos have been shipped cut. The
prices have been low, but are now 60
ing up.
During his recent visit to Norway,
Emperor William visited Aalesund
and viewed the new cathedral. He
expressed qualification yer the fact
that natural stone from the mountains
of Norway were used in building 1t,
and signified his intention Of present
ing memorial windows.
The authorities of Snaasen have
and Vestermonen, belonging to o.
Warner, for $4,000 crowns. The OBJ
ject in view is to keep the land from
falling into foreign hands and TO pre-
serve for the general good the timber,
of which there is considerable.
Adolph Henrick Lindstrom, who was
a member OF captain Roald Amund-
sens famous polar expedition, has re-
Gently sailed around Cape Horn, and
he is thus the first man to sail COM
pletely around the western continent.
He wal also a member of the second
expedition in DR.. Fritchof Nansen's
Fran.
Some time ago a Viking grave was
discovered in Brittany, France, and
Professor Gustafson, of Christiana, an
authority on Northern archaeology, has
made a thorough examination of the
find. He says it is the most important
discovery of its kind ever made out
side of the Scandinavian North and is
therefore worthy of careful study.
II is estimated that the value OF the
real estate of Norway, excepting Fin
marker, is 912, 000, 900 crowns. This
is $4,000, 900 crowns more than the
same real estate was worth five years
dSO, SuoWihS a SloIiiyihS
land values in Norway. Akershus has
the highest valuation of any of the
districts, 8 100000 crowns, which
represents an increase of 100000 in
five years. Hedemarken next,
being worth 5000, 900 crowns.
| haye frequently referred in these
columns to the struggle in Norway be-
tween the old-fashioned school, that
clings to the orthodox teachings, and
the opponents of the so-called new
theology, represented by such men as
Rev. Konow. 1t seems that there Is
a third faction, or school that takes a
middle position, being o liberal
and progressive than the orthodox,
but holding firm to the essential teach
ings of Christianity. A score or more
of the leading representatives of this
third school have announced a confer
ence to be held at Christiana october
Is and succeeding days, and invite all
all who share their views to be pre-
sent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
DOESN'T HEAR CAR;
RUN DOWN
K. n. Espy, Father Of St. Paul Family,
Is Seriously Injured.

K. n. Espy, Father Of ST. Paul Family,
Is Seriously Injured.
Being deaf and failing to hear the
gong of a rapidly approaching electric
street car nearly resulted in the in
slant death of e. H. Espy, aged about
DO years, at Sioux Falls. He received
serious injuries. n his condition Is
critical.
Espy is employed on the construc-
tion of a water power development
here. His wife and family are resi-
dents of st. Paul.
At the time of the accident Espy was
smoking a cigar. and the first inklins
witnesses had of the accident wa,
when a flood of sparks flew from the
rcigar as 1T struck the pavement. Espy
was pushed some distance by the
wheels. His most serious injuries are
Ito his head, which was badly bruised
His body was forced across the track
and had the car not been stopped when
it was. he would have been cut to
pieces.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
D G MARK.

A late dispatch from Copenhagen
says that Myths Erickson, the well
known Danish explorer, has met his
death in the polar regions.
According to information just re-
ceived i'm a telegram to the COMMITTEES
of the Denmark-Greenland expedition,
Erichsen and two of his companions
that sailed with him from Copenhagen
June "a, 1906, t. the unexplored re.
gion of the northeastern coast OF
The three men were on an expedi-
ton over the ice when disaster over
took them.
Otherwise the exploring party has
been successful. Large tracts of un-
known land have been mapped out
and the entire northeastern coast OF
Greenland has been charted.
Erickson and his companions were
on an ice foe when they were over
taken by the snoWstorm. The foe
drifted out to sea. The provisions
of the explorers soon became exhaust
Su. lHcy uIiittd " jim doyo,
growing weaker and weaker. When
the foe was finally driven back to
land the three men did not have sufil-
cient strength to make the effort nee
essary to return to the station. They
must have persisted on shore. The
Esquimeac who brought In the news
of the disaster arrived at the station
in a dying condition and succumbed
Immediately after making his report.
The long anticipated reconstruction
of the cabinet has at last taken place.
coming seven years after the forma-
ton of the first "Systemskifte" minis
try, led by Professor Deuntzer,
Mr.. Albert, the minister of justice,
and Mr.. Ole Hansen, minister of agrf-
culture, retired, and their places were
taken by Svend Hogsbre, former min.
lister of traffic, and Anders Nielsen.
a member of the folketing. At the
same time Director n. Neergaard, also
a member Of the folketing, was named
as minister of finance, in place of vii.
helm Lassen, deceased, whose place
was temporarily filed by ]. c. Chris
Jensen.
Thus it will be seen that three new
men have entered the cabinet, Neer.
gard, Nielsen and Jensen-Sonderup.
The last named is a peasant. being a
fine type of the modern, progressive
peasant. Of Denmark. He Is member Of
the party of the left and has come to
the front very rapidly.
The taxable property in the city OF
Vexio this year amounts to about 12.-
00O,0 0 crowns. The state owns prop
erty to the value of 1,215.o0O crowns
and the city own property valued at
1852, 700 csOwns.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
TIN JAIL WALLS ARE EASY.
Alleged Burglar Uses ~can-opener and
Escapes From Jail.

Milwaukee, Aug. 23.-The fact that
the wall of the jail at Crandon, Wis,
which is apparently of concrete
blocks, is not made Of concrete at all
but Of tin, painted and furrowed to
look like concrete, caused Deputy
United States Marshal John Weber
to come back empty handed from a
trip to get a man who had burglarized
a p~ostoffice.
Charles Otto is the man who is said
to have committed the crime. He was
arrested and locked in the county jail
at Crandon, where there were two
other prisoners. The next day all
were gone.
An investigation showed that the
wall Of the Jail had been cut open and
q hole punched through the Hath and
plaster inside and an entrance big
enough to drive a team through made
in the wall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Policeman WINGS Thief.

st. Paul, Aug. 23.-Three men were
caught in the act of stealing -four
from a freight a last night by a po
liceman. They attempted to escape
and one of them, James DAILY, was
shot in the arm by the policeman. He
was taken to a hospital, where it was
said the arm would have to be ampu.
The other two men were land,
ed in jail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
sWiTcHMAN's TERRIBLE DEATH.
Missed His Footing and Fell Between
Moving Cars.

Livingston, Mont, Aug. CIV. S.
Sullivan, a switchman in the Northern
Pacific service at this point, met his
death about $3.50 yesterday morning.
Sullivan was moving along the top of
a string of ars which were being
switched, and In stepping from a high
car to a lower n missed his footing
in the darkness, slipped between the
cars and rolled under the wheels. His
body was found by his crew mates a
few minutes later, mangled almost be.
yond recognition.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
BLOW THE SAFE IN PosToFFIcE.
Cracksmen Secure 500 Cash and Val.
liable Papers.

Appleton, Wis, Aug. 23.-Safeblow'
ers entered the Seymour postoffice at
3 o'clock yesterday morning and Sc
cured 800 in cash and a number OF
valuable papers. No stamps were
taken, though there were 5000 worth
in the safe. Nitroglycerin was used
and the front half of the safe was
blown to pieces. The building also
was partly wrecked. The authorities
have no clue. Postmaster DiettmeI
was at the postmasters' convention in
Oshkosh at the time of the robbery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Kills a Pursuing Negro.

Des Moines, Aug. 22.-After being
driven into his own home and slashed
by a razor, Henry Hudson shot and
killed Frank Waters. Hudson object
ed to Waters and other negroes play.
ing craps in front of his house. Wa
tiers became angry and fought Hudson
until killed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
FIRE MARSHALS MEET.
National Convention in Session IN st.
Paul.

st. Paul, Aug. 23.-The second an
nual convention of the National Fire
Marshal's association Of the United
States convened in the new capitol
yesterday morning with Edward Pc
terson, Minnesota fire marshal, in the
chair. The association decided to
change the name Of the organization
to the Fire Marshals' Association of
America. +. A. Craft of Mitchell, S.
D., was elected temporary president,
and w. F. Neikirk of Louisville, KY,
was named as temporary vice presi-
dent. Permanent executive officers
will be elected to-day. Mr.. Peterson
is the secretary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
WISCONSIN LUMeERMEN WIN.

M%Illionaires Indicted In Idaho for Al
legged Fraud Are Set Free.
Madison, Wis, Aug. 22.-S. G. Moon
and j.. T. Barber, two Eau Claire mill
lionaire lumbermen who were indicted
in Idaho for alleged conspiracy to de-.
fraud the United States government
out Of valuable timber lands, are set
free as far as the United States court
for the Western district of Wisconsin
is concerned. Judge ]. V. Quarles, sit
ting for Judge A. l.. Sanborn, yester-
day rendered a decision that the in
dictment does not state facts sufficient
to constitute an offense. The govern
ment will probably appeal to a higher
court.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
WON'T LET HIM BE SUICIDE.
Girl Prevents Lovers Action at Dead.
wood.

N~N'S' 60 SSoe
wood.
Crouching in the shadow of the shaft
house of the New England hoist house
near Deadwood. Thomas McCloud was
~apprehended by his iancee just as he
WIS about to cut his throat with a
|Yzor. McCloud has lived in Deadwood
for several years. and until a recent
streak of financial hard luck drove
him to forgery and the passing of
worthless checks he had borne an es-
,timable character. After failing to
Net a job to liquidate his debt he gave
and wrote Il long, pathetic letter to
hisfancee, telling her what he intended
to 60. She Immediately secured a
carriage and, with the chief Of police,
hastened to the spot, arriving shortly
after he did, and just in time to pre-
vent his taking his life.
He was brought back and lodged in
|the county pail. McCloud is about
|forty years old.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
BLACKBERRY CROP is BEST.
More Than 1000 Pals Are Shipped
Within Two Weeks.

Glenwood, Wis, Aug. %. - Within
the last fortnight more than 1000 pals
OF ~blackberries have been brought in
and shipped from this point. The
yield this year has been the greatest
known in Northwestern Wisconsin,
and before the picking season closes
it is estimated that the money returns
at this place alone will approximate
1900. Prices have ranged from 3 IL
to 5 cents a pound.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
stevens Files for Congress-.

ST. Paul. Aug. 20.-Frederick C. Ste
vens yesterday filed for the Republic
an nomination for congress for the
Fourth district. Mr.. Stevens has rep
resented the Fourth district in the
house of representatives. since 1897.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
DiSBAR ATTORNEY.
George w. Eean Of Sioux Falls Is on
the Rack.

Pierre, S. d., Aug. 23.-Papers were
filed yesterday in the supreme court
in disbarment proceedings against
George w. Egan of Sioux Falls, and a
hearing will be had on the application
on the I'd of September. The charges
are preferred by Park Davis, Henry
mittee appointed by the Sioux Falls
Bar association to investigate the
case. Egan is the nominee for states
attorney of Minnehaha county and
made a record by his prosecution OF
the Kaufman case and became tan.
gled in the O'Grady case, in which
fraud is charged in the disbarment
proceedings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
piokpockets FIqht: One Is Nabbss.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug. 22.-Working
in the crowd attendant upon the pa
rade of the Thirteenth Wisconsin vol
~unteers, four ~pickpockets were de-
tected at their work, and after a fight
one was captured. the others escap-
ing. The n arrested would not give
his name, but called Chicago his home.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Girls Were Not Kidnapped.

Racine, Wis, Aug. 23. The girls
who were allegedto have been kidnap.
ped from their fathers home at Keno.
sha, Gertrude aad Dorothy Biehn
were found working in Racine homes
last night. They said they left home
voluntarily because of family trouble.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
EQUITY Society Branch.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Aug. 21.-The
Potato and Hay Growers association
the American Society OF Equity
closed its business session in this
city yesterday after ~perfecting plans
for permanent organization.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
cremates $500 Pigeons.

Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. %. -
Three thousand pigeons were either
burned or escaped, and all of the
buildings of the Becker Bros. pigeon
ranch we're destroyed in a fire of un
known origin. 1t is estimated that of
the total number of pigeons fully
$500 were cremated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Real Woe.

Mister, / don't know where my next
meals coming FROM"
you're in no great trouble, retort'
ed the press humorist. II don't know
where my next jokes coming Tom.
and that's a fact"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
BURGLARS AND FooTPADs.
Two Stores Robbed and One Man
Held Up at Madeiia, MINI.

Madelia, Mimi, Aug. 23.-Burglars
entered the general store of Mullen
Bros. and the meat market of George
w. Dodge and robbed the cash drawer
at both places.
Last night a stranger was held up
by two unknown men. He was badly
beaten and 500 in money, a watch and
chain and other valuables were taken
from him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27

The export OF mix 10 Berlin is SOon
to be greatly increased, several dea
ers intending to make use OF n
Trelleborg-Sassnitz steam ferry line
as soon as it is ready for business.
The national order of Good Tenn
plars has decided to make its TWEEN
tieth anniversary memorable by estab-
fishing a common high school at Ven
delberg near Goteborg, erecting the
building on it's property at the
place and guaranteeing the running
OF the school from year TO
wear. The Good TempIars are receiv-
ing much praise for their sensible
solution of the memorial problem.
The Agricultural department has
proposed a bill for the regulation of
the importation and sale of foreign
seed, especially red clover, a!silfe
clover and hops. One of the require
ments will be that such seed packages
be marked in plain characters For
eign Seed" 1t is expected that this
will have a tendency to encourage the
consumer IN the use of home grown
seeds.
The historical exposition held at
Helsingsborg this summer was a high
ly successful event. Consul Trapp
acted as chairman and opened the
series OF meetings with an address
giving some of the early history of
the town. other addresses dealt with
present conditions, Typographical fea-
lures, and memoirs of the men who
had a hand in the development OF the
city. An exhibition of pictures. maps,
etc. added much to the interest of the
meetings.
The ffty-year jubelee in memory OF
the unwilling Of the statue of the great
Berzelius in Stockholm has just been
held The statue was designed by X.
G. Quarnstrom and was cast at Nun
ich, Germany, by the noted F. Miller.
The Academy OF Science, OF which
Berzelius was a member, fittingly OBJ
served the jubilee day.
The plans for the new Engelbrekt
church. drawn BY architect !. Want
man OF Stockholm, have been accepted
and referred to the king for final ac-
c~eptance.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
rhirt.en Are Hurt in Wreck.

Fort Smith, Ark, Aug. 22.-Passen-
ger Train No. Is. on the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railway,
went into the ditch near Illinois,
across the line from here, in Oklaho-
ma. Thirteen persons were injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
GET GLAD HAND AT THE CAPITOL
Editors Of Nation Received by State
OFFICERS.

st. Paul, Aug. 21.-Minnesota's mar
BILE state house was ablaze with cleo.
trio lights last evening, the occasion
being the state reception to the Ma
tional Editorial association. Gov. and
Mrs. Johnson were assisted in receiv.
ing by the other state officers and
their wives.
During the evening a program of
classical music was rendered by the
Minnesota State band.
The editors and their friends, fol.
lowing their formal reception, were
taken through the palatial building.
and its magnificent paintings aud 9th
er points OF interest were explained
by st. Paul friends who acted as
guides.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
AUTO HITS BUGGY; TWO HURT.
Chauffeur Hurries Away, Leaving In.
jured to Their Fate.

st. Paul, Aug. 81. Tony Siellzo,
fifty years Of age, and Albert Kuski,
forty-five years of age, farmers living
on the White Bear road, while riding
in a two-seated buggy on their way
home last evening, were struck by an
automobile and hurled twenty feet
across a field. Siellzo was seriously
hurt. Kuski escaped with slight cuts
and bruises.
The auto drove on without waiting
to learn what had happened, and by
the time the police arrived all trace of
the machine and the chauffeur was
lost.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
EYE ON
Farmers From South Ask for Some
Literature.

Literature.
st. Paul, Aug. 23.-pplications for
literature were received at the Office
of the immigrant commissioner yes
terday from Kansas and South Caro-
ina and lots of states in between.
A letter from Arlington, S. c.
brought word that several experienced
farmers there were anxious to com3
to Minnesota. Several farmers from
canada have also moved TO the mild
er climate of Minnesota after several
d~iscouraging attempts at harvest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Husbands Suicide Follows wife's.

New York, Aug. ga double sui
eide occurred yesterday when Edward
II. Hackett. finding his wife had COM
mitted suicide because he was tired
Of her. used the same pistol tc end
his own life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
PLATFORM ~COLlAPSES.
Accident Occurs While Bryan Is Max.
ina Speech.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 23.-While
Mr.. Bryan was speaking at the ball
park last evening the temporary plat.
form, On which were seated several
hundred people collapsed. Nobody was
hurt and there was no panic, but Mr..
Bryan was interrupted for five min.
utes while arrangements were made
for him to continue speaking from the
grand stand, where he finished his ad.
dress.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Killed by Frejuht Car.

La Crosse, Wis. Aug. 81. John
Kaiser, aged sixty-fve years, was in.
stantly killed by being III over by a
freight car in the Milwaukee yards
here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
ONE BROWNS; ONE SAVED.
Assistant Postmaster Loses Balance
When Raising the Anchor.

When Raising the Anchor.
Watertown, S. d., Aug. 23.-Thomas
Wiley, for fifteen years a Rock 1slanl
railroad conductor and for the past
seven years assistant postmaster in
this city, a prominent Elk, was drown.
ed in Lake Kampeska while fishing
last evening. In pulling the anchor
he lost his balance, capsizing the
boat. Arthur Ainsworth, a prominent
music dealer, his boat mate, was bare.
y saved by 2 n~ine-year-old boz row.
ing in the vicinity.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
CUT ARTERIES IN WRIST.
Suicidal Attempt of Choate Suggested
Means Of Death to Aged Icwan.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21.-William
Sampson, aged seventy, committed
suicide by opening the arteries in his
wrist with a razor, a plan suggested
to him by Fred Choate, a New York
attorney, who recently tried suicide in
the same fashion when refused pos
session of his child.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
Fall into Vault Fatal.

Muscatine, Iowa. Aug. %. - Ellard
Carl, the ~six-year-oid 70 OF Evan
Carl, fell into a vault at Lone Tree
and was dead when the accident was
discovered.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
RIVER MYSTERY IN IOWA.
keefer May Have Been a Victim Of
Foul Play.

Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 23.-The dead
body of John Keefer, aged thirty-two
and single, was found in his boat,
floating down the Iowa river yester.
day. His head was hanging over the
boat and was under water. 1t is not
known whether he was drowned,
dropped lead or was q victim of foul
play.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
DOVER FARMER KILLED.
Charles Betray Thrown From Load Of
Grain Under WAGON Wheels.

Winona, Mimi, Aug. 22. Charles
Betty, a farmer neal Dover, while har-
yesting was thrown from the top OF a
load of grain by his horses starting
up, and went under the wheels, which
passed over his body, causing injuries
producing death.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
MURDER CASE POSTPONED.
Trial of Mrs. Golnik Continued Until
Sept. 1.

Little Falls, Mimi, Aug. %. - The
hearing of Mrs. Matilda Golnik for
the murder of her husband, William
Fl. Golnik, which was set for yesterday
afternoon. was brought up at that
time and was postponed to Sept. / at
10 o'clock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
COAL DOCKS COLLAPSE.

MUD Bottom of River Causes Accident
at Point aux IRENE.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. 22. -
The Pittsburg Coal company's dock at
Point aux Frenc collapsed last night,
letting a large amount of coal into the
river. The dock was built a year ago
and is one of the largest on ST. Mary's
river. The mud bottom is to blame for
the accident.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
CHILD is A SUICIDE.
T~en-year-old Miss Uses Shotgun With
Which to Stay Herself.

Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 21.-The ten
year-old daughter of John Stoltz. re.
siding ten miles west of Armour. s. d.,
committed suicide, using a aouble bar.
relied shotgun to commit the Sassa. she
had evidently contemplated the iced
for some time, having made diligent
inquiry as to the details.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27
sW EDEN.

The export of milk to Berlin is soon
to be greatly increased, several deal
ers intending to make use OF n
TrelleborS-Sassnitz steam ferry line
as soon as it is ready for business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-27

The salmon fishing at Vadse has
been very successful. Up to the pres
ent time last year 37.057 kilos were
exported from there. This year 1881
kilos have been shipped cut. The
prices have been low, but are now go
ing up.