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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
OATS POOREST IN THIRTY YEARS
Opinion of Supervising Inspector o.
Country Elevators.

st. Paul, Sept. 6.-The crop of oats
In this state is the pooreaA in thirty
years, according to the observation OF
Henry Feig, supervising Inspector of
country elevators for the state rail.
road commission, Wheat is a fair
crop, and if frost holds off two weeks
longer the corn crop will be the best
that the farmer has this year. Prices
for all grain are high, however, and
farmers ought to be able to lay ur
some money on the years business. in
his opinion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
TAKE MAN FROM CITY.
Negro AssaiIant Of Miss Aeee Spirit
ed Away,

Des Moines, Sept. 6.-Fearing mob
violence, the police early yesterday
spirited Earl Nizert, colored, from the
county Jail and hurried him to the
penitentiary at Anamosa for safe
keeping
Nizert was caught by a crowd of cit,
liens on Wednesday and was arrested
on a charge of assauIting Miss Lizzie
Agee, a white girl, in her home here,
Before the police rescued him the
mob had beaten him into insensibility
and threats of lynching have been
openly made since.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Bound Over for Assault.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, ept. 4. viii
liam Saunders, who slashed Andrew
Lundeen with a knife Monday night.
waived preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury with a
bond of $1,000. Lundeen's conditions
is still precarious.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Suicide by Hanuino.

Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. edward
Downward, aged sixty-two. committed
suicide on his sons claim a few miles
north of Draper. s. D., yesterday by
hanging himself with a halter in the
barn. He was subject to spells Of mel
ancholia.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
AERONAuT FALLS 500 FEET.
twenty-five Thousand Spectators a
Fair See Awful PLUNGE.

Waterville, Me-, Sept. 4. - In full
view of $4,000 Mortified spectators as.
sembled On tie Central Maine fair
grounds here late yesterday Charles
Oliver Jones, the well known aero
naut of Hammondsport, N. Y, fell a
distance of 500 feet to his death.
Among the witnesses of the frightful
plunge were Mrs. Jones and child, and
they were almost the first to reach
the side of the dying man. The aero
naut died an hour and a half after the
accident.
Jones had been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon Boomer
ang," known as a Strobel airship,
since Monday.
Gas Bag Takes Fire.
Yesterday he arranged to make a
fight between 3 and 4 o'clock, but
such a high wind prevailed that a de-.
lay was necessary. At 1880 conditions
had modified and he gave the word to
have the machine released.
When the aeronaut reached a height
VI lHplc lHdl OuU ltCl the SptCldlOIS
were amazed to see small tongues OF
flame issuing from under the gas bag
in front of the motor. At this time
the balloon had passed out of the fair
grounds. Many persons in the great
crowd endeavored to apprise Jones
OF his danger, but several minutes
elapsed before he noticed the fire.
Falls to His Death.
Then he grasped the rip cord and by
letting out gas endeavored to reach
the earth. The machine had descend
| ed but a short distance when a sud-
den burst Of flame enveloped the gas
bag, the frame work Immediately sep
arating from the bag. Jones fell with
| the frame of his motor and when the
| spectators reached him he was lying
! under it. The gas bag was completely
| destroyed.
The physicians who were in the
crowd found that Jones had no chance
to survive. as he was injured internal
ly and his spine was broken.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Boys Raid Factory.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Sept. 4. -
With the assistance of a young boy
who crept through q 1~0xl2inch win.
dow. a gang of boys raided the Kleis
soft drinks factory last night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Fires Are Forbidden

Tony, Wis, Sept. 6.--The local town
board has ordered that no fires be SET
by any resident between the 1st OF
September and Oct. L. The dry sea.
son and high winds have caused NO
small amount Of anxiety.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Two Painters Have Fall.

Pepin, Wis, Sept. 6.-While paint
ing on the Durand high school build.
ing Mat York and Joseph Schlumpf
fell forty feet because of the breaking
of the staging. Schlumpf was little
injured, but York was seriously hurt,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
MRS. RUST|N TELLS
STORY OF TRAGEDY
Seated in Room With Body OF
Dead Husband, She Gives
Her Version of Affair.
is ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
Wants Mystery of Shooting of heI
Husband Sifted to the Bottom;
Home Life Ideal.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 6. - Seated IN
the room with the coffin containing
the body of her dead husband, shot 50
mysteriously while sitting on his front
porch early Tuesday morning. MIS-
Frederick T. Rustin yesterday gave
her first interview on the matter OF
her husbands death. Mrs. Rustin Is
bordering on collapse and her nervous
system is On the point of breaking.
Her face shows the signs of the suffer
ing and strain which she has passed
through since the murder was com
mitted.
This is what happened on that
night, SO far as / have any knowl'
edge" she said. Il was awakened by
a pistol shot. | went down stairs and
opening the door slightly saw my hus'
band, Dr.. Rustin, sitting in a chair
and looking as though he was in trou
bic.
"A Man Has Shot Me-"
ooh, what is the matter, Fred!
What has happened to you?' | exclaim.
ed.
"A nan has shot me- he mumbled
and tainted.
My first thought vas to get him tc
bed. | grabbed him in my arms and
started him towards the door. He is
q large man and it was all | could dc
to carry him along.
But | managed to get him just
within the doorway and then my
strength failed and | was compelled
TO lay him on the floor. | screamed
to my maid for assistance.
The men reached Inc, finding DR.
Rustin lying on the floor, just within
the door. That accounts for the re
ports that have gone out that the doc
tor was within the house when the
fatal shot was fired.
Then we telephone for physicians
and for DR.. Rustin's mother. DR.. Rus
tin was taken to the hospital and died
an hour later. That is all"
Why were the police not notified
earlier?" was asked.
81 did not know of such matters
My one thought was for my husband
l eve thought of reporting the mat
ter to the authorities for some time.
Married Life Happy.
1T has been said that DR.. Rustir
and yourself did not live happily to
gether; that there was trouble be
tween Won. What Is the truth of tina,
report?"
There is not one iota of truth il
that report. We have been married
more THAI ten years, and during tina
time | never received a cross wore
from my husband.
Il want this terrible affair siftet
to the bottom and | want the guilty
party brought to justice. The officer.
will have every assistance from me il
their efforts to solve the mystery O
my husbands DEATH"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Duluth Duck Hunter Killed.

Duluth. Sept. 6. - Yesterday while
removing a gun from a wagon. Alfred
King vas accidentally shot and almost
instantly killed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
COAL ORDERS FLOOD MINES.
Closing Down Is Followed by Big De
mand for Fuel.

Billings. Mont, Sept. 6. = Follow
ing the shutdown of all coal mines in
Wyoming all the mines of the Rocky
Fork region of this state are being
deluged with orders. 1t is stated that
a large number of additional miners
will be put to work and that the in
creased trade can be supplied before
the cold weather begins.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Mass Of Ruins.

Tae business portion of Rawhide is
now a smoldering mass OF ruins.
Among the first buildings to go was
Collins hardware store, which con
tanned two tons of dynamite that eX-
ploded with a terrific report, hurting
burning planks and boards a great
distance, setting fire to numerous
buildings simultaneously.
Many people were slightly injured
by flying debris. but none are report
ed seriously hurt.
A famine was feared, as all the sup
ply houses and grocery stores were
wiped out.
A subscription list was started and
in a few minutes over $4,000 was rails
ed, and a relief train started from
Reno at 4 o'clock carrying thousands
of pounds of food and bedding.
Plans for Rebuilding Started.
All the mining towns of the state
came quickly TO the assistance of the
Rawhide sufferers with cash contri-
buttons. Plans were well under way
for a reconstruction of the town be-
fore the ashes were thoroughly cool.
The fire was brought under control
| after destroying the entire business
section with the exception of one gro
Gerry store.
Two commercial travellers are re,
ported to have lost their lives in the
burning Of the Ross hotel. but this has
not been confirmed. The town has
been placed under martial law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
RAWHIDE, N.Y., IS
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Three Thousand Homeless, a
Score Hurt and Property
Worth S750,O00 in Ruins.
CHECK FIRE WITH DYNAMITE
BUSINESS Section Now S%mOldering Mass
of Debris-TwO Lives Re-
ported Lost.

Rawhide, New, Sept. 6.-Three thou'
sand people homeless, a score or more
injured and a property loss of over
$75O,OOO is the result of a disastrous
fire which started yesterday morning
in Gardeners Offices. located in the
Rawhide Drug company's building.
Famed by a gale, the fire swept rap
idly south and east.
Over a ton and a half Of dynamite
was used in demolishing buildings
which in a measure stayed the
flames progress. The volunteer fire
der.rtment and 500 miner volunteers
worked heroically, but on account OF
the iniammable construction of the
buildings they were swept away like
finder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
10 PLEAD FOR PAPoosH.
Indians Will Ask White Father for
e.. pa,opf Arrivals ..

Indians Will Ask White Father tor
Land for Recent Arrivals. I"
washington is soon to be visited by
one of the most imposing and promi-
nent Indian delegations in recent years.
1t will be composed entirely OF Usage
chiefs and official Interpreters, and
while they will protest when thers
against the removal of restrictions on
the sale of Indian lands, their principal
mission is one which to the tribe itself
is of far greater importance-the pres
entation of a request that all Indian
babies born during the past half year
be permitted to share in the land al
lotments.
The delegation of chiefs will be COM
posed Of ten members, in addition to
the interpreters. Black Bog, the In.
dian member Of the ~alloting commits
sion Brave, the assistant chief of the
tribe; Bacon Rind and O-lo-hah-wal-la,
also ex-chiefs, will be On the delega-
ton, as they are among the most infiu-
entail with Washington officials. The
full-blood council will elect the ten
and name the Interpreter who will ac-
company them.
Black Dog is perhaps the most con-
s%picuous of Usage Indians. Among the
whites he is regarded as the states
man Of the tribe, and he vas selected
by the Indian Department as the In
dian member of the aIloting commits
sion. He was a Confederate soldier,
participating in many battles, but no
soldier OF the Southern armies was ever
! more thoroughly reconstructed.
In addition to the osages, the Chey-
ennes will also send a strong delega-
ton to Washington in the near fu-
ture, with Paul Boyton, a Carlisle
graduate, as interpreter. Chief Washee,
Of the Cheyennes, is selecting a num-
Der Of prominent tribesmen to accom-
pany him on the trip, together with
several Arapahoe chiefs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
FEEL AMERICAN PANIC.
Yarisian Hotels Have Balances on
Wrong Side Of Ledger.


Paris hotels largely dependent on
American trade are undergoing the
hardest times in years. Hotels which
before the money furry in the United
States were charging triple rates and
turning persons away are now unable
70 pay expenses. Five dollar rooms are
offered at 50 and less.
The manager Of a hotel nea Place de
PEtoile said recently he had three
guests he knew were unable to pay
their bills, but he was keeping them
for the sake of appearances. In anoth-
er Understandable hestelry neal Place
Vendome there are only forty-three
guests. They have the entire staff
awaiting their orders and the manager
has given instructions hat they have
everything they wish and that particu-
lar are be taken that none leaves.
while we chiefly miss customers
from the United States,' said the man.
ager of a large hotel, visitors from
other countries also are scarce. The
American s%tringency evidently had a
bad effect Oh the moneyed class all
the world. The less expensive hotels
continue to do a normal business, but
high-priced places, not only in Paris
bat in the south Of France, r doing
little business"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

If%TG4F-t ~ tMa
Lnncia, the noted Italian automo-
biIist, was asked the other day II he
did Q think motor racing too danger
GUS.
"Dangerous-yes," NJ. Lancia replied.
800 dangerous-no. For nothing that
benefits mankind inexpresslbly Is too
dangerous for a man to undertake.
III have q good deal OF contempt for
men who are not brave to the point of
rashness. / am like a highwayman in
the outskirts OF Rome.
ssThls hIghwayman stopped the runa-
bout with 4 shot In the air. Then he
= forth from the tomb that had con
cealed him--the hold-up happened On
the Aprian Way--and found to his sur
prise only 4 woman In the little a
I Where, madam. Is your husbandg
Ne demanded. sternly and suspiclously.
.sHe's under the seat she answered,
1iushing.
\ Then raid the highwaymnn, 7
wont take anything. It's bad enough
"a have ! husband like that without
being robbed into the bargains,'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
USE THE NATURAL HIGHWAYS.

Rivers Should ne Made Subservient
to the Needs of Commerce.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers
flow unused past the doors of the great
mills of the west. The reason for these
rivers remaining idle, save as sewers
and sources Of domestic water supply,
is to be found in nothing save the
lack of Initiative, energy, persistency
and determination to make them yield
their maximum Of profits to the vests
commerce, says the Northwestern Mill
er. People are prone to accept trans
.portation conditions as they are, as
Stunning that the development of the
railways has permanently obliterated
waterways from consideration as fac
tors In carrying commerce.
The rehabilitation of river trafle
should not be looked upon as a matter
OF fighting the railroads, In the ordd-
nary sense OF that popular occupation
1t Is more accurately to be considered
as the establishment Of an auxiliary
and amplifying service, the interests Of
which may, at times and in certain con.
ditions and localities, be a~ntagonistic
10 the railways, but which, under prop.
err development, will be no more OPP
posed than are the fields Of usefulness
of canal boats and ocean steamers.
Each should and will have it's proper
place in transportation, and the truth
Of this will become increasingly appar-
rent rs the Inability of the railway SER
vice to care for the vastly increased
commerce is made more evident.
The only way In which river traffic
can be revived is through just such in
itiative as that at Kansas City. With
out definite proof of commercial use
f~ulness, the government will not. nor
would it have right, to dispense the
public's money for improved water
ways. But if the rivers are actually
employed. the government cannot re-
fuse to improve them and at the same
time logically maintain its right of con-
troll. Meantime the citizen or shippeI
who passes the question over lightly
on the blind assumption that the riv-
ers are a dead issue and unworthy OF
attention closes his eyes and ears not
only to public but to his own selfish in
tcrest; and the railroad man who be-
Titles and decfies river Improvement
and river employment in transportation
is too narrow minded and short sight
ed to be worth the expenditure of q
g~ilsentatiyc ammunition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
No nad waited ! Long time.

- 1Mu WHICH = EOns Time.
BIi Nye, when a young man. onco
made ah engagement with d lady to
take her driving. The appointed day
cnmepsbnt at fhe Iiyery-stable all the
horses were taken save one old. shnky,
exceedingly gaunt beast. Mr.. Nye.
says Harper's Weekly, hired 1t, and
drove to his friends residence.
The lady kept him waiting nearly an
hour before she Was ready. and then,
on viewing the shabby outfit, fatty re-
fused to accompany MI. Nye.
why she exclaimed, that horse
may die OF OLD age any moment"
-s&fasIaat. Mr. Nye replied. when I
arrived that horse was d prancing
young COLT
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Railroad managers in Chicago are be-
coming worried over the rapid decrease In
tonnage. It is stated that the average
falling off in revenue freight tonnage for
the Chicago roads for the month of De-
cember was fully 20 per cent as compared
with the tonnage of December, 1905.
Heavy losses have been sustained in mer-
chandise, iron, steel, vehicles and furni-
ture. Flour and grain shipments are the
only mes which are growing.
Whether or not a railroad is liable for
damages when it fails to get shipments to
destinations in time to save the shipper
from a falling market probably will be
tested in a suit which the Rosenbaum
Grain Company is threatening to bring
against the Frisco road for $4,000 dam
ages. It is alleged that the Frisco failed
tc deliver 6 9 bushels of grain in time
for it to be taken to Russia in the steam
er Nordphallen.
According to the records Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission there were
1892 derailments on railroads in the
United States during the year ending
June 80, 1907. These accidents resulted
in the death Of SIS persons and the injury
OF 6,595. This was an increase of 1871
suGT WEI II VIZ yGd1S Will
a proportionate increase in fatalities and
injuries. A study Of the causes shows
that a little more than two-thirds of these
accidents were due to defects in equip
ment, the remainder to defects in road
way. The trouble is attributed largely to
the enormous increase in traffic, which in
recent years has exceeded the carrying ca
pacity of the roads, necessitating the use
- --x.r~- - - - yJ ,ws m ~nh1N - ~rr~-
ming, and subjecting the permanent struc-
lures to unexampled strain.
The North Carolina Supreme Court re-
versed Judge Long of the Superior Court
in the $4,000 fine imposed on the South
ern railway for selling tickets above the
,2A cents a mile established by the Legis-
lature. The higher court holds the GRIM
inal proceedings void, saying that where
a civil penalty is prescribed against acor-
poration, followed by the creation Of a
criminal ofense against the agents of the
corporation, the civil penalty first pre-
scribed relieves the corporation Of punish
ment by indictment under the criminal
offense created against the agent.
Lehigh Valley officials have announced
that the famous Diamond Express, rum
ming from Philadelphia to Buffalo, will
be taken off within a few days. Re
~trenchment is being made on a 10 per
cent basis and the withdrawal Of this
famous train is a part of such program.
A number of men are to be released and
cuts made in the freight and general pas
selger service. The Altoona shops of the
former are practically closed and cuts
in freight and passenger service have been
made by both roads. In the last week
more than fifty trains have been taken
cM the local service Of the Reading road
sHd fifteen from the Pennsylvania.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Experience ssia Teacher.

The superintendent of a factory went
into the s%torehouse one day and saw
the ~storekeeper tugging away at a big
case of goods. Ellis face was red and
the muscles of his neck~Were bullying
out. Hold on, there, Jackp cried
the superintendent "allow mdato dem
onstrate to you the power of brNl9 over
muscle" He then grabbed a hook THAI,
was on a shelf INC stuck it in the
case, gave it a quick jerk and top
pied over into a pile of rubbish. He
got up and looked at the storekeeper
and said: "Blame it., the handle was
loose Eyes, sir" replied Jack that's
why I didn't nse IT."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

news that The reply kilograms had said
that Bride was not with her friends or her
aunt reduced their spirits t6 their lowest
e6b. Moyra found it impossible to re-
main in the house, and when Terry got
out his bicycle and prepared to ride to the
railway stations in the outlying districts,
h insisted upon going te the ferry her.
self.
II must do something" she told Aileen
~piteonsly. II feel as though the inaction
and suspense would drive me mad. Oh,
where is she, iny poor, misguided Bride?"
Ito be c~ontinued.)