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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
PRIEST MuVDf|[D
AT CHURG ALTAR
After Receiving SacE Wafer
From Hands of Prize AS
sassin Shoots Hin
GRUDGt AGAINST ALL PESTS
Murderer, Arrested After Despate
Fight, Says he Is an Anarchist.
and Proud of Il.

Denver, Colo. Feb. 25.-Father Lex
Heinrichs was shot and killed whei
administering the sacrament at carr
mass in ST. E~lizabeth's Cathedral. thii
| city. at 6 o'clock yesterday morning
Kneeling at the altar rail, between two
| women, Giuseppe Guaranaccio pressed
the muzzle of a pistol against the body
| of the priest, after receiving from him
| the ~consecrated wafer. and shot the
priest through the heart. Enchanting
| My God, my God" Father Leo fell
| prone in front of the altar and died
without another word.
Panic il the Church.
With an inarticulate scream the as
| sassin sprang into the aisle and
waving the smoking pistol about his
head. dashed to the church door. For
a moment the hundred or more people
in the church were dazed. Then a
woman shrieked and the congregation
became panic-stricken. Some women
tainted and many became hysterical.
Several men rushed to the aid of the
priest and others started in pusuit of
the murderer. Among the latter was
Patrolman Daniel Cronin, who over
took the fleeing Italian on the steps.
Puts Up Desperate Fight.
Guarnaccio attempted to shhot the po-
liceman, but was foiled, and over
powered only after a desperate fight in
which several men had come to the
assistance of the officer. The muir
derer was hurriedly removed to the
city Jail, and as threats of summary
justice we're made, Chief Of Police
Michael Delaney called out the reserve
force OF patrolmen.
Guarnaccio was placed in solitary con
finement at the city Jail. He admitted
to a policeman who interviewed him
that the priest whom he had killed
PLANTATION of his crime made the fol
lowing statement:
Grudse Against All Priests.
Il just went over there because |
have a grudge against all priests in
general. They are all against the
WI ihEhlh. l Wsll W inc tOLlIluLiOn
rail because | could get a better shot.
/ did not give a dam whether he was
a German priest or any other kind of a
priest. They are all in the same class.
Il left Italy three months ago: went
to Central America and then
to the United States and to Den
yer. | am an anarchist, and I am
proud of il. | shot him and my only
is that | could not have shot the
bunch of priests in the church"
Spirited Away for Safety.
Although no actual demonstration
against the murderer of Father Leo
had been made, there was much talk
town throughout the day of the
of lynching him. In order to
avoid an attack on the city Jail Guara-
naccio was taken to the county jail, a
easily defended building, where
remained several hours. Small
groups of men began to congregate
e a the county Jail, and after a con-
sultation the authorities decided to
lake Guaranaccio out of town. Ac-
,ordingly he was hustled into an au-
tomobile and a fast run was made to
Littleton, fourteen miles from Denver.
where a train was boarded for Colo
rado Springs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
DEATH SENTENCE
, FOR GEN. STOESS[|
Condemned for Surrender
Port Arthur to Japanese;
Others Are Acquitted.
ClfMtNCY IS RECOMMENDS
Former Hero Is Object Of Sympathet
Demonstration on Leaving
the Court.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 22.-Lieut. &c
Stoessel was condemned to death la
evening by a military court for Il
surrender OF Port Arthur to the ia
anese.
Gen. Fock, who commanded Z,
Fourth East Siberian division of Pc
Arthur. was ordered reprimanded +
a disciplinary offense which was d
connected with the surrender, al
!, Gen. Smirpof. acting commander {
the fortress, and Maj. Gen. Reiss, chf
OF staff to Gen. Stoessel, were acqu
ted of the charges against them +
lack of proof. The court recommer
ed that the death sentence upon Lie.
Gen. Stoessel be committed to Il
years Imprisonment In a fortress al
that he be excluded from the servi.
Charge Against StoesseI.
The sentence of death was p-
nounced upon Gen. Stoessel r
surrendering the fortress before |
the means OF defense had been &
hausted: for failing to enforce his &
thority and for military misdemes-
ors."
Communication OF the sentence VS.
asked or the ground that Port T.
thus, beset by overwhelming forc',
defended itself under Gen. Stoesses
leadership with unexampled stubbol-
ness and filed the world with asu-
ishment at the heroic courage of
garrison; that several assaults hi
been repulsed with tremendous losss
on the part Of the enemy; that &c.
Stoessel, throughout the siege, nd
maintained the heroic courage of II
defenders. and finally that he Id
taken energetic part IN three car
paigns."
Appeal TO Empress.
Before the sentence was read mea
ures were taken 10 prevent a demo
stration In favor of Stoessel by a nur
Der OF the younger officers and W
nesses who were present. These latr
sent a dispatch to the empress, sayig
that they would humbly bear tesi- |
mony that Gen. Stoessel was the sui |
of the defense of Port Arthur: thathe |
had always encouraged and pnt hart
into the garrison, and that In case of |
war they would wish Il serve ag,in |
under such a hero, They asked The
empress graciously to hespeak rom
the emperor a full pardon.
Gen. Stoessel, who was accompanied |
MS son, was the object of a YIN
pathetic demonstration, friends ISIS.
Ing and shaking him by the hand as
he left the court leaning on his sn's
shoulder.
A public festival is being organized
by the municipality OF st. Petersburg
n honor of the defenders of the brit.
ress.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPITOME
Important Events at Home and on
fereign Shores Briefly
Told.
Washington.

The president has signed a Drocla
nation creating additions amounting
TO nearly 600,G 600 acres to the Modot
national forest, In Northeastern Cali
fornia.
The Society OF Sponsors for the
United States Navy was formally or
ganized at Washington by the adop
ton OF constitution and bylaws and
the election OF officers.
T. c. Spalling. formerly with the in.
terstate commerce commission, has
been appointed a special assistant to
h attorney general with special ref.
srence to antitrust cases.
A bill has been passed by the house
limiting and restricting the rights of
entry and assignment under the desert
land law and authorizing an extension
Of time within which to make final
proof.
Secretary Of Wal Taft presented d.
plomas to the graduating class at the
West Point military academy. Com
missions were given to 10S second lieu
tenants. The class of 1908 was gradu-
ated early this year because of the
need OF officers In the service.
The work OF tabulating the Cuban
registration lists has been completed
by the census bureau. II is expected
that copies of the list will be ready
within two weeks for distribution
among municipalities, when the work
OF revision and correction will be
pushed to prepare for the municipal
elections.
Senator Fulton has introduced a
Dill making an appropriation of $403,-
030 to be paid to the archbishop OF
Manila, as he representative of the
Roman Catholic church in the Philip
pines, in full satisfaction of all claims
against the United States because of
damages to church property by reason
or occupation by the military forces.
The senate has passed a bill amend.
ing the railroad rate laws in relation
to free transportation. Senator Clamp.
explaining the change OF law effected |
by the measure, said Ii merely includes |
superannuated. disabled and furlough- |
ed employees within the scope or the
free transportation clauses OF the law
and allows also such transportation
for employees back and forth on the
road as occasion requires.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Committee Calls on Man Who
Sprung Sensation in House
to Show His Hand.
WERE LAVISH IN ENTERTAINING
Submarine Boat Builders Alleged to
Have Spent FreeIy-SOlOns
Are Excited.

Washington, FEB. %. - Representa-
tive Lilley of Connecticut, who caused
a sensation Thursday by introducing a
resolution calling for an investigation
| of methods said to have been employ
ed by the Electric Boat company in en-
deavoring to have its submarine boat
chosen by the house committee on ma.
val affairs, is to be called before the
committee on rules, to which the reso.
luton was referred. II he can show
there is substantial ground for his
charges his resolution will be favora.
bly, reported. it is said,
Mr.. L~oudenslager, author of the com
mittee amendment making it obliga-
tory on the navy department to pur-
chase eight submarines of the Octopus
type unless a superior submarine
should be obtained by Oct. /, 1908, re-
fused to discuss the Liley resolution
or to reply publicly to Mr.. Lilley's
charge that this amendment was in
effect a delivery of the prospective
contract into the hands of the Electric
Boat company.
Mr.. Loudenslager intimated that "at
the proper time" he would be prepared
to refute all charges of favoritism so
far as his action in committee was
concerned.
Lavish in Entertaining.
The resolution of investigation was
yesterday a chief topic of discussion
the Hobbies and cloak rooms. None
of the representatives was willing to
talk fC- publication.
That representatives of the Electric
Boat company have been lavish enter
tainers" In Washington appeared to
be common knowledge, but no one
went so far as to impute to them the
improper motives charged by Repre-
sentative Lilley.
Chairman Foss of the committee on
naval affairs was unwilling to make a
statement with regard to Rep
resentative Lilley's resolution and the
charges back of 1t. Mr.. Foss' attitude
was that he preferred not to take of.
notice of the affair, because il
was now in the hands of the commit
tee. on rules. But personally he thought
a full investigation ought to be
made, provided Mr.. Lilley could show
that he has the hard ground of facts |
under his feet"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
INSURANCE WRITER DEAD.
Man Who Helped Stir Up Big INES
tigation Dies Suddenly.

Allentown, Pa. Feb. 22.-J. Thorn
son Patterson, an insurance actuay
known in England, Canada and te
United States, and a writer whGe
articles in an insurance journal are
said to have led to the investigate
OF the New York Life Insurance con
pany, died suddenly last night In this
city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Loses Footing on scaffoIdino

st. Paul, Feb. 22.-John w. Hans.
key. while shingling a house yester.
day afternoon. lost his footing on a
scaffold and fell twenty feet to the
ground. He sustained a fracture of
the skull. his left wrist was d~islocated
and his left thigh broken. He cannot
recover.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Russia Yields to Powers.

Copenhagen, Feb. 25.-It Is under
stood in diplomatic circles that as a
result of pressure from other powers,
Russia has abandoned her plan of
certifying the A!and islands, and that
an entente preserving the status quo
on the Baltic soon will be arranged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Killed In Closed Rio.

Springfield. Ohio, Feb. 25.-George
Mauck and his wife were instantly
killed at Urban when their CLOSELY
curtained carriage was struck by an
Erie passenger train at a grade cross
Ing. Their ~ten-year-old daughter is
dying.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
WILL NOT CUT WAGES.
Railroad Officials Say No Such Action
ls Contemplated.

New York, Feb. 23.-Railroad off,
Gals here. commenting on President
Roosevelt's letter to the interstate
commission asking for any data that
might shed light on any controversy
between railroads and their employees
arising from a reduction of wages. in
dicated clearly yesterday that wage
reductions were not contemplated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
invalid Burns to Death,

Kansas City, Feb. 22.-Wardie Han.
ahan, twenty years old. an invalid,
was burned to death in the home of
MS mother In Kansas City, Kan. His
clothing caught fire from an overhead.
cd stove.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Attempts Suicide.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-Frederick +
Brinnier, aged t~wenty-four, attempte5
suicide In a hotel here yesterday by
shooting himself. Brinnier is in a
critical condition.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Fire at Racine

Racine, Mimi, Feb. 22.-Ffre. which
broke out, probably from a defective
fiue. destroyed Styles drug store.
Watts general store and Hayenor's
barber shop. The combined loss is
about $1,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
ST. OLAF DEsATERs WIN.
oratorical Contest Is Held by Students
at NorthfieId

Mortified, Mimi, Feb. 23.-In an or.
atorical contest here last night, partic-
ipated in by the students of Carleton
and St. Olaf colleges, the first and
second prizes, respectively, $40 and
$40. were won by representatives of
st. Olaf. E. r. Anderson, whose sub.
ject was "The Apostle in Africa" took
first prize, and S. p. Tolleson captured
second honoFs. Ills subject was a
Pioneer of Reform"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Two Hundred Near Panic at Fun.ra

Two Hundred Near Panic at Funeral.
Marshield, Wis, Feb. 22.-At the
funeral of Mrs. G. r. Gustafson, held
on the second floor of the Gustafson
building in this city yesterday, the
floor suddenly settled several inches.
creating a panic. Nearly 200 persons
were in the room. Luckily all made
their exit without injury. The build
ing has been condemned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Killed In Collision.

Cambridge. Ohio, Feb. 25.-One per-
son was killed and fifteen injured, five
II is thought. fatally, in 2 collision be-
tween two interurban cars near his
city yesterday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27

PROPRIETOR or the Nineteenth Century
3s dead in London. He was born In
1881.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Fletcher
a retired chief engineer OF the navy
Is dead In Washington. aged seventy.
three.
DIR. John l.. Atkinson, the veteran
Congregational missionary at Kobe.
Japan, Is dead. He was administer in
Iowa before going to Japan.
Arthur Sullivan, ninety years old. a
pioneer of Southern Montana, and at
one time one OF the w%ealtbiest men In
that state, is dead at Dillon. Mont.
Capt. Henry Morrell has beer as.
signed to take command of the Wis
consin about April /. Capt. A. w. Mar
shall will command the new cruiser
North Carolina.
Daniel l.. Demmon,% treasurer OF the
Franklin Mining company and for
many years identified with the Lake
Superior copper industry, died sud
denly In Boston.
Col. Andrew Wendell, who was a
member OF the band of soldiers which
captured J. Wilkes Booth after the
assassination OF President Lincoln, is
dead In Chicago.
Charles F. Chichester, treasurer OF
the Century company and a director
and trustee of several banking institu.
ticns, died In New York from a com.
piication of diseases.
Capt. II. b. Underwood has been
chosen to command the cruiser Colo
RADIO now at Magdalena bay, vice
Capt. Sidney Stanton. who will be ap
pointed a member of the general
board of the navy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
Accidental Happenings.

The Friend paper mills at West Car
~rollton, Ohio. were damaged by fire to
the amount OF 100000.
The warehouse of the Niche Gro.
Gerry company at Charlottesville. Va.
was destroyed by fire. LOSS. $4,000.
Three business blocks at North
Woodstock, N. H., were destroyed by
nre. at an aggregate damage of $780,
900.
Fire in . building In Chicago occu.
pied by A. c. Schmidt q Co.. furniture
dealers. caused damages estimated at
$3.50 900.
Damage estimated at 500. 900 was
caused by IRE which destroyed the de-
partment store OF James McGrath at
Woburn. Mass.
The worlds highest ire occurred re-
Gently IN the fortieth floor OF the Sing
u building in New York. Although
there was no danger OF the lofty tower
building burning. two policemen and
q fireman climbed to the tower and ex-
tingnished the blaze.
Leaving 1 boiler or scalding water
on The lo0r while she stepped into
another room. Mrs. John Kellogg OF
Yerdel. Neb., was startled by a scream
Rushing into the kitchen she oun
that her two-year,old daughter had
fallen into the boiler. The child died
within I few hours.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
DIES OF JOY AT GOOD NEWS.
Father Of Youth in Wreck Hears n
Will Recover.

Toledo, Feb. 22.-Romeo Burns.
lumberman and veteran OF the Civi
war, dropped dead at his home In Syl
vania, a here, when Informed b,
physicians that his son, who was in
jured in the interurban wreck in thi,
city Saturday night, was out OF DANCE,
and would recover.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-27
People Talked About.

Sir James Knowles. founder and
proprietor OF the Nineteenth Century,
Ia dead in London. He was born i'm
1921
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30
An AbOminable Middle

Representative King went to Mont
gomery to investigate the record of
the senate in the matter of the Great
er Birmingham bill, and he found that
the originals were burned last week.
The essential facts concerning the
bills are not stated in the record,
namely, the yea and nay vote at the
time of its passage in the senate, and
the further fact that a quorum of the
senate was present. The result, says
Mr.. King, is IAN abominable middle"
He puts it mildly. Between the non
enforceable bills it passed, and the
bills ruined by the incompetency of
it's clerks, it presents an unenviable
record. There is no reason, however,
for hunting down poorly paid clerk
or two. The responsibility for all
blunders rests upon the two bodies
that appointed the clerks, and the COM
mittees which were supposed to revise
their work.
The people of Alabama will hold the
| legislators responsible for 1.-The abomi-
nable middle" that they created, and
if any member thinks otherwise he
can test the matter in 1910.
Mr.. King says the entries in the
senate journal on August 8 last were
correct so far as the Greater Birming-
ham bill was concerned. When he saw
that journal on December % last it
was false-it was not worth the paper
it was written on. The manner in
which that journal was changed should
be investigated.
| What is true of the Greater Birming-
ham bill is undoubtedly true of many
other bills, for we have, to use Mr..
Kings words, ian abominable mud
| die"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30
What Democrats Need and Exnect

Congressman Clayton is right-the
minority members of the ways and
means committee should frame a COM
plete tariff bill That bill will not be
considered or passed, but it should be
one that the democratic party can go
to the country on in 1912.
1t is quite the fashion just at pres
ent to expect at the hands of John
Dalzell, Payne, Aldrich and Burrows a
satisfactory tariff bill. But when their
work is completed and analysed it will
be found that no one has won any
thing except the special interests.
The country looks to Oscar Under
wood and Champ Clark and their asso-
ciates of the minority on the ways and
means committee to prepare bill that
will meet the wishes of the consumers
of this country-the ultimate consum-
ers, if you like. We believe they will
do it and that their work will be the
essential and leading plank of the
democratic platform in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30
PRESENTATION WILL
BE MADE LATER ON

The presentation of the silver SER
vice to the cruiser Birmingham has
been postponed until next spring when
it is hoped that the birmingham
can be run into Mobile during Mardi
Gras and the presentation can be car
ried off under very appropriate cir
cumstances.
The only date which the navy could
offer was January and Chairman
Henry B. Gray, who has the matter in
CHARGE did not think preparations
could be completed in such short
time. After receiving the following
telegram the committee reached the
decision for postponement:
Washington, December %, 1908.
"Mr. E. X. Campbell Birmingham, Ala.
Admiral Pillsbury, chief of bureau
of navigation, says the Birmingham
must start on her water tests on Jan
uary 10 and Immediately thereafter
must go to sea to meet Atlantic fleet.
He takes back what he said yesterday
about Norfolk and now says he will
arrange for the committee to meet Bir-
mingham in New York on January 8.
If this does not suit will arrange a
day in spring when she returns. An
swer today. o. W. UNDERWOOD"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30
Convict Labor and the Highways

Instead of county officials combining
to get all possible money from county
convicts, the Mobile Register thinks
they should abolish the leasing system
entirely. 1t is a system open to abuses
and a deal of inhumanity. 1t is a sys-
TEN that confirms lawlessness in the
less hardened and reduces the crimi-
cially in the negro race. Georgia was
compelled to take all convicts, county
as well as state, out of private hands.
as Alabama" asks the Register,
"going to be behind Georgia in this
matter? So far, political influence in
Alabama has been sufficient to defeat
every effort to abolish the convict leas-
ing system, but the same force was en-
countered by the reformers in Georgia,
and the reformers won. Why should
this state retain system that is a
relic of barbarism? The return to the
state and counties is less than would
be given by the operation of a we'll
organized penitentiary system or the
employment of convicts in road build
ing or other public work, the profits
going to the lessees. The safeguards
thrown around convicts of the state
are all on paper, and even with rigid
inspection under such painstazilg
official as the late Shirley Bragg, i'll
treatment of convicts is not removed"
The truth is, the convicts of Ala
bama are as much needed on the roads
Of Alabama as the Georgia convicts
are needed on the roads of that state.
The present Alabama system is indie
fensible 1t is bad for the convicts
and it is bad for the people. The new
Georgia system will have been thor
oughly tested when the Alabama legis-
lature meets in January 1911, and the
hope is entertained that our convicts
will then be put at work on our public
roads.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-30

in the general transportation business.
1t is simply claimed that a beginning
has been made. 1t has been demon
strated that man can fly, and the rec
ord of the last four months of the
year will assuredly become historic.
All feel that it is a start in a work
that means that the air will be con-
quered by man as the sea has been.
OrYille Wright's first flight occurred
on September 8, and he was evidently
prepared for many more flights when
an accident cut short his work. He
will soon fly again.
Wilbur Wright has broken in France
all records but his own, and his fights
become from time to time more dar-
ing. He is learning to fly. On Sep
TENDER q at lie Mans he made a sus-
tanned fight of l hour 81 minutes and
20 seconds duration. On October 3,
with passenger aboard, he flew for
So minutes and 81 seconds. On De-
cember Is he shot up an aerial incline
to a height of 24O feet, then dropped
90 feet and stopped his engine, swoop-
ing. gracefully to the ground without a
jar. Two days later he won the Sarthe
Aero clubs prize for height, ascending
more than 300 feet, in strong wind,
and again broke his record for dura-
ton of flight, covering 81 miles in 1
hour SO minutes and SO seconds.
1t is impossible to resist the evil
dence of these efforts. Man can fly,
and 1908 will ever be considered the
year of his first successful efforts.