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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
CARNAGE RIVALS
BLOODY SUNDAY
Five Prisoners Believed to Be
Sole Survivors of the Rus
sian Raid.
BATTLE RACES TWENTY HOURS
Artillery Brought Into Play After Police
and Infantry Had Twice Been
Driven Back.

Moscow, Dec. 20. - officers Of the
Moscow garrison and the crown po-
lice are planning punishment for the
revolutionaries who Saturday for
hours repulsed the joint attack of po-
lice and cavalry upon a suburban
town with terrible carnage. The as
sault upon the terrorists' stronghold
in the midst of the plotters' meeting
marks the bloodiest combat between
revolutionaries and the military arm
of the czar since the historic bloody
Sunday"
During the twenty hours of fighting
Baron Cote, chief of the czar's secret
police, and Col. Muraki of the Cos
sack cavalry and an unknown number
of their host were killed, while many
of the %terrorists were ~bayoneted and
dubbed to death.
Five wounded revolutionists were
taken prisoners. Upon these prison
ers will fall the weight of the govern
ment's wrath unless the secret serv-
ice is successful in running down es-
capped participants, and this is not
considered likely.
Terrorists Open Fire.
A meeting of the leaders of the rev.
olutionists was considered the oppor-
tune moment for dealing a telling
blow against the circulation Of sedi-
tious propaganda. AS the police APP
preached the villa, the barricaded ter
rorists opened fire, moving down h
uniformed attackers.
The unexpected resistance discon-
certed the police who withdrew to
await the arrival of military reinforce
ments. For twenty hours the firing
continued and the combined forces or
the b~esiegers was compelled to retire
once more. The third advance was
made behind requisitioned artillery,
which destroyed the building.
The lack of information leads to the
belief that the sole survivors of the
in the ruined charnel house
are five manacled prisoners in the
dungeon at Kremlin, awaiting the YER
dict of a court-martial.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
SUGAR KING PASSES AWAY.
Claus S]preckels Passes Away at San
Francisco,


San Francisco, Dec. 20. - Claus
Spreckels, widely known as the "sug-
ar king" of the Pacific coast, died Sat
urday at his home in this city in his
eightieth year. The immediate cause
Of death was an attack of pneumonia,
which developed with alarming symp-
toms during the last few days.
His condition Friady night warned
his physicians that his end was near
and relatives remained at his bedside
until the hour of his death.
Despite his advanced age, Mr..
Spreckels had devoted a large share
of time to the various enterprises in
which he was interested, and it is not
more than a month since he appeared
before the ways and mean commit
tee of the house in Washington as an
authority on the subject of sugar du-
ties. Two years g he was attacked
by a severe illness, but his vigorous
constitution enabled him to Withstand
his sickness and he waii, after a time,
restored to his usual health.
Apart from the importance which
attached to Claus Spreckels as the
pioneer sugar refiner Of the Pacific
coast and as investor of millions in
California and the Hawaiian islands,
the Spreckels family has for many
years been one of the most prominent
in the state.
The value of the estate is ~variously
estimated at from S4O 0OO 600 TO $40
900, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
President Fallieres Is Murder.
ously Attacked While
Taking a Stroll.
ASSA|LANT IS A ROYALIST
Fallieres Grappled With His Assailant
and Escaped Without Serious
Injury.

Paris, Dec. PA sensational as
sault was made on President Fallieres
Yesterday by Jean Mattos, an alleged
rovalist. The episode caused the wild
est excitement in the city. Although
the president escaped without any
other injury than a scratch on the ear
in the scuffe with his assailant, many
wild rumors concerning the affair were
set afoat, all of them magnifying the
seriousness of the injury.
GrappIes With Assailant.
The attack was made near the Rue
de L'Eterle, while the president was
taking an early morning stroll, accom-
panied by Ramonou, his secretary,
and Col. Lasson, n of the military
attaches at the Elysee. Mattos, who
apparently had been awaiting the APP
pearance of the president, sprang
upon him suddenly from behind, throw
ing his arms around his neck and try
ing to throw him to the ground. The
president grappled with his assailant
and broke his cane in the struggle.
Col. Lasson and NJ. Ramondou dragged
the nan away and turned him over to
two government detectives who had
been following the party in order to
guard the president from any possible
attack, just such as occurred.
Aligned With Royalists.
The mar while being handcuffed ex-
claimed:
Il simply wanted to pull the presi-
dents beard. | am not armed"
This was found to be true when he
was searched. Mattos gave his age as
twenty-four, occupation waiter. Medals
and stamps bearing the imprint of the
head of the duke of Orleans were
found in his possession and also a
card of membership in the royalist or
der, the Patrie Franchise.
A search of MattoS' rooms revealed
a large amount of royalist literature,
showing that he was in close touch
with several of the royalist leaders,
but so far nothing has been discovered
to show that the attack was the re-
suit of a prearranged plot, The man
talked in a rambling way about "hav-
ing done his duty in behalf of France"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31

William T. Clark, an old-time pros
~pector. has been found murdered near
Butte. Mont. He had just opened .
promising gold vein.
Patrick Greene Of Montreal, a ped.
dler, was killed near Plaster Rock
N. B., by ~highwaymen, who made
their escape with a valise said to Goa
tain $4,000.
Clifford Smith, said to be a former
policeman in Toledo, Ohio, and CatL
crime McCabe, alleged counterfeiters
Of fifty-cent and one-dollar coins, wert
arrested in Chicago.
William w. DELPHI was found guilty
Of murder in the first degree at L.
porte, and his punishment was fxc(
at life Imprisonment. DELPHI was COZ.
victed of killing his mo~ther-in-law.
Owen Smith. son of Chief of polio,
Smith; Charlie Moore and his broth
er. Virgil Moore. are dead, and Pc
liceman Cain Walters is dying as 4;
result of a four-cornered pistol due.
fought at Ocilla. Ga.
DR.. Charles e. Smith, mayor o.
Washington, N. j., lost the sight o.
one eye and was partially blinded IL
the other when one of his women pc
tents visited his Office and threw ca
bolic acid over his face and head.
James B. Harmon, eighteen years
old, shot and killed Miss Maud Hart
ley, eighteen years Of age. on the
street of Somerville, Mass. Miss
Marley had recently Informed Har.
mon that she did not care for his at
tentions.
Fred Lied. formerly a member o.
the Columbus (Ohio) board of con.
troll, was sentenced to four years IN
the ~penitentiary by Judge Rogers foI
accepting a bride from Nelson Can
non, local representative of a pavine
company of Cleveland.
Giacinto Ricci was electrocuted a.
the New Jersey state prison at Tren
ton. The much-talked-of test to resus
citate the electrocuted man was no.
attempted. County Physician Scam
mel, who had threatened to make thu
test, was not present and made M
demand for the body.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Otherwise.

The remarkably mild winter wealth
err enabled many farmers in Southern
Alberta to do considerable blowing
last week.
President w. II. Newman Of the
New York Central lines rendered his
resignation at a meeting of the board
of directors.
Thomas Ryan, representing Nebras-
ka capitalists, purchased $50 acres of
coal land in the Bear Greek district,
near Red Lodge. Mont, for $4,000.
The Council of Jewish Women has
issued an appeal to newspapers for
the elimination of indecent details in
the published evidence of murder and
divorce trials.
Much cheaper rates for cablegranls
across the Atlantic are near at hand
according to the assertion of Rodolpt
Lemieux. the postmaster general in
the Canadian cabinet.
Korgo Takahira, Japanese ambas
sador to the United States, in an ad
dress before the Lotus club in New
York. discT edited all rumors of un
friendly feeling between Americf
and the Flowery Kingdom. Inciden
tally he hung a few flowers upon the
character of the Japanese diplomats,
policy, declaring that IL was no
founded upon craft, but honesty anC
straightforwardness.
The entire milling industry of Ne
braska will oppose the recent order O
the secretary of agriculture prohibit
ing the transportation and sale o
bleached -four in interstate commerce
The millers believe ii will be a dealt
blow to the industry In that state.
Harry X. Thaw lost his second cam
paign For freedom from the insan,
| asylum at Matteawan. N. Y, when tn,
. circuit court handed down a decision
| that the slayer of Stanford Whit,
| cannot be taken to Pittsburg to ties
tify In the bankruptcy proceeding
] pending there against him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31

A slight earthquake was felt at
Coutances, France. No damage ex'
cept the breaking Of crockery was
done.
King Edward last week put an end
to the present session Of the British
parliament. Only a few members at
tended the brief prorogatic1 ceremo-
MES.
At a meeting held at Cettinje, Mon
%tenegro, nearly all the influential Mon
tenegrin merchants adopted a resolu-
ton to institute a boycott against Aus
tro-Hungarian products.
Both houses of the Japanese diet
we're formally opened last week. SUI
mitka Basiba, a prominent leader OF
the Constitutional party, was elected
speaker of the lower house.
Eleven deaths have occurred and
thirteen men are seriously i'll at Keith
ley camp, Mipanao island, Philippines,
as a result of the men of the Eight
zenith infantry drinking columbia acid,
a vegetable compound extracted from
the columbia root.
Certain chiefs of the native tribes
In German Samoa are threatening
trouble. They are preparing tc hoist
an independent Samoan flag when the
parliament of the islands reassembles
and contemplate appealing to the
United States and Great Britain to de-
eide whether this action is justified.
King Otto of Bavaria lies In a pad
ded room in the palace, bound in a
strait jacket and raving in the widest
form of violent insanity. The passive
ldiocy, which for SO many years has
made the monarch the most pitiable
figure in modern history, developed
into a destructive mania. 1t is thought
that the death of the monarch is near
at hand.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con.
densed TO, the Busy
Reader.
Washington.

Charles b. Romkey has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Stockwood,
Clay county, Mimi, vice s. Shermoen.
resigned.
Shortly after the holidays the senate
will probably decide where 1t Will
place marble busts of two of its vice
presidents-Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Rear Admiral Charles s. Sperry,
commanding the American battleship
feet, has cabled the navy department
that the feet made its departure from
Colombo, Ceylon, for Suez. The mes
sage was in cipher and very brief.
Secretary Root has signed a treaty
with Minister Mejai of Salvador. pro-
viding for the arbitration Of disputed
questions which may arise with that
country. 1t follows the line of similar
conventions negotiated with various
countries.
In an interview Attorney General
Bonaparte, speaking of the suit which
the president has urged against Jo-
seph Pulitzer OF the New York World,
said that 1t is still under considera-
ton, and no definite line OF action has
yet been agreed upon.
Following the announcement OF the
White House that Secretary Root
would retire upon his election as sen
ator from New York and that Assist
ant Secretary Bacon would succeed
him, comes an intimation that Root
may abandon the state portfolio be-
fore Jan. 2.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Accidental happenings.

Frank Zieninski was instantly killed
by falling off a trestle in Jumping an
ore car at the Colby mine at Besse-
mer, Mich.
Willie Rooster, six years old, son OF
a farmer living near Ridgeway, ILL.,,
met a horrible death by falling into a
kettle of boiling lard.
The business section Of Warman,
Sask., was destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. The town
was named after Cy Warman.
Destructive fires are becoming fire.
quent in Laurens county, South Car
DINA, especially among the g~inneries,
three having been burned within the
last few days.
Crushed under the automobile
which she was operating. an electric
%runabout. Mrs. COPYRIGHT, wife OF For
mer State Senator o. b. COPYRIGHT OF
Waterloo, Iowa, received fatal inji-
ries.
A mail coach loaded with Christmas
presents was burned, FIVE mail clerks
barely escaping with their lives. while
one was injured in jumping to safety.
when a freight train crashed into a
passenger train in the West side of
Chicago.
Crowds of Christmas shoppers were
thrown into a panic in Chicago by a
fire in Siegel, Cooper & Co.'S depart
ment store. The fire started In a YES
Thule and although 1t was quickly x
tinguished and no one was seriously
injured several women in the crush.
to get out tainted and had to be car
ried to the streets.
A fire which started In the Gilsey
house. one of the famous hotels oil
Broadway. New York. threatened a;
first to destroy the building. The fire
men were able to confine the flames
to the fifth floor and the fire was
quickly controlled. There were not
many guests in the hotel at the time
and it is believed there was no loss Of
life.
When the steamer Arabic arrived
at Queenstown from New York the of
icers reported that one of the passen
gers, who was registered under the
name Of Father Kelley of Paterson
N. j., was drowned during the voyage
He fell overheard.
Tightly strapped in a chair. Jane,
Anderson, q five months old infant
was burned TO death in his home a
Chicsgo. The baby's clothing was free
by his t~hree-year-old brother. Will,
pIaing with matches. The mothe
had gone to a nearby store. leaving
the two together.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Laundress Finds $4,000 Neck,ac.

Boston. Mass, Dec. 27.-In a sheet
which was about to be placed in a
that was TO be placed in a hotel laun
dry here yesterday has been found
a $1,000 diamond necklace of Mrs
John Decosta. wife of a well known
English artist. who is at present in
New York. The necklace was sent tc
New York by express yesterday after
noon. Both the Boston and New York
police have been on the lookout for the
jewels. but no clue to their where
abouts was discovered until a laun
dress found them by accident.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Catch SmuuuIed Chinese.

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 29.-Employes
of the Southwestern railway yester-
day found eleven Chinese in a box
car at Duran, n. NJ. The aliens were
taken into custody. The Chinese were
plentifully supplied with water and
provisions and had been seated in a
car billed from Redlands, Cal, to
Chicago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Shoots Three: Commits Suicide.

Johnstown, Pa, Dec. 20. John
Stormer, a blacksmith, shot his wife
and her brother and the latter's wife,
and then blew out his own brains in
plain view of a crowd of Mortified by
ISLANDERS on the street here yesterday.
Stormer had not been living with his
wife for several years. Mrs. StormeT
will owe The others are danger
ously wounded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Two Firemen Injured.

Los Angeles, Dec. pa fire which
caused a loss of 500, 900 occurred yes
terday in the Occidental hotel build
ing. An explosion in the basement,
where a decorating company stores
paints and oils. caused the fire. Two,
fremen were injured. The n hun
dred guests in the hotel escaped with
out injury.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Michiaan Hunter Is Killed.

Charlotte, Mich, Dec. 29.-Leo Bos-
worth. aged thirty, was killed by the
explosion Of a gun in the hands OF a
hunting companion, who escaped I'M
hurt. Part of the barrel hit Bos-
worth in the neck and severed his
jugular vein. He died in an hour.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Chinese to Have EMBASSY

Picking, Dec. 27.-The foreign board
has received a %cablegram from Tang
Shao-Yi at Washington, saying that the
Washington government has respond.
ed favorably to the proposal made by
China to raise the Chinese legation at
Washington to the rank of an embas.
sy. Tang-Shao-Yi is the Chinene off.
cial who is at present in the United
States On a diplomatic mission from
his government.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Heir to Riches Is Warrant.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 29.-Heir to
half a million dollars, according to his
own statement, and entitled to a posi-
ton in Baltimore society, William JEFF
ferson Powell has been sentenced to
serve $50 days in the workhouse in
this city on a vagrancy charge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
LOOKS INTO CONTEMPT CASE.
President Orders Attorney General &c
Review Courts Decision.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Letters and
kilograms have begun to pour into
the White House asking President
Roosevelt to intercede in the case of
Gompers. Mitchell and Morrison, who
were sentenced to Jail for contempt of
court.
President Roosevelt has decided to
go over the whole case with Attorney
General Bonaparte for the purpose of
seeing whether the rights of the labor
leaders have been infringed upon in
any way.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
ASK NlGHBORS TO CONFERENCE
canada and Mexico Invited to Discuss
Plans in Conservation of
Resources.

Washington, Dec. 30. - Announce
ment was made at the White House
yesterday Of a proposed plan for a
conference looking toward the con-
servation of the natural OF
North America, to be held at the
White House Feb. IS.
Letters suggesting the plan have
been addressed by President Roscoe
welt to the governor general and to
the premier of Canada and to Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico.
They will be delivered to the Off
Gals in person by Clifford Pinchot,
chairman Of the natural conservation
commission and chief forester of the
United States.
Pinchot Goes North.
Mr.. Pinchot will first visit Canada,
leaving to-day. He will then carry
the invitation to President Diaz at
Mexico City.
The proposed North American con-
ference is the outgrowth of the two
conservation conferences held in
Washington, in which the governors
of the states and territories were the
principal conferees.
The main object of the conference
will be TO point out that natural re-
are not limited by the boun-
Diary lines which separate nations, to
develop a better knowledge of the nat
ural of each nation on the
part Of the others, and to invite sug-
gestions for concurrent action or the
protection of mutual interests related
to conservation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Killed In Auto Rae.

Oakland, Cal, Dec. 27.-As a result
of a wild automobile ace on the Foot.
hill boulevard early yesterday one
man was instantly killed and another
mar and two young women were Sc.
verely injured. The accident occurred
a short distance from San Leandro
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Ambassador Griscom Quite.

Washington, Dec. 29.-The resigna-
ton of Lloyd c. Griscom. ambassador
to Italy, reported in an Associated
Press dispatch from Rome Saturday
night, was authoritatively confirmed
by the state department last night.
Ambassador Griscom's resignation
takes effect March 4.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
ROBBERS TORTURE VICTIM.
Burn His Feet to Make Him Open
Safe-Steal Rio and Escape.

Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 27.-By burning
his feet with lighted matches two
masked robbers early yesterday COM
PEELED H. A. Schabow of Cartice, Ohio.
neal here. to open a safe in his farm.
house and turn over $3.50.
After tying their victim to his bed
with strips Of a sheet and placing
a gag in his mouth, the bandits went
to the barn, stole a horse and buggy
and escaped. A posse of farmers and
Toledo police are in pursuit.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
May Be Fire Victim.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, Dec. 90. -
The Hussey block here was destroyed
by fire yesterday morning and the
Coronation block adjoining was badly
damaged. Alexander Kemp, who ran
a carpenter shop in the basement. is
missing and is believed to have per
ished. The loss will exceed $4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Troops Withdrawn.

Stearns. KY, Dec. 29.-Quiet pre-
vailing last night in Stearns. where
on Christmas day miners and United
States marshals engaged in a battle
fatal to several of them. the Somer-
set company of state militia was or
dered back home. There have been
no Developments during the day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
KILLS SELF ON WEDDING DAY.
Girl Travels Miles to Become Wife
and Finds Lover Is Gone.

Muskogee, Okla. Dec. q. - After
coming all the way TO this city from
her home in the southwestern part of
the state. Miss Pearl Plumley is dead
here. a suicide on the day she had ex-
pected would be her wedding day.
The girl shot herself in desperation.
believing she had been Tilted by Earl
zimmerman. her fiance. The tragedy
occurred at the home of Kinneman's
parents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Jewelry Worth $4,000 Stolen.

Paris, Dec. 20. Jewelry to the
value of $4,000 was recently stolen
from Mrs. Ely Patterson. who was for
merly Miss Schmitt of st. Louis. The
police have made no arrest in come
ton with the case.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
shoots sweetheart; Kills Self.

Washington, Dec. 20. Lawrence
w. Peters yesterday committed sui
eide after shooting and attempting to
kill his sweetheart, Jennie w. Beau
dette. The woman probably will re-
cover.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Mine Fire Breaks Out Afresh

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 29.-Fire in
the coal mine of the Victor Fuel COM
pany at Hastings, which has been
burning since last Wednesday and
which was thought to be under con.
troll, broke out afresh early yester-
day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
spread Of Trachoma Is Feared.

Valparaiso. Dec. %. - The steamer
Carabella, from Yokohama, is in quar-
antine at Iquique with trachoma on
board. Three of the Cinnamon on the
vessel made their escape and are in
hiding on shore. 1t Is feared that the
c%ontagion will spread.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
$4,000 School at Wakefield.

Wakefield. Mich, Dec. "a high
school to cost $4,000 is to be erected
here. The contract has been awarded
to an Ashland (Wis) builder.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
CONSUMPTION KILLS lEPER.
Chinese Patient at Harrisburg, Pa.
Cost City S175 a Month.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 81. - Mock
Sem. the 1eper, who has been the in.
voluntary and expensive charge of
the city of Harrisburg since July Z.
1907, died at the municipal hospital.
tuberculosis being the cause Of death
The cost of the Chinaman's mainte
nance was about SITS per month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
Gold Found In WAL

Petaloma. Cal. Dec. Enlightenment
prevails here over the discovery OF
free gold In the sand drawn from an
old well on the premises Of Nordan
Scott.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-31
16 ARMY CADETS DISMISSED.
Nine FIunked IN Mathematics and the
Rest Failed ira Discipline.

Rest Failed in Discipline.
Highland Falls, n. Y, Dec. 29.-Six-
teen cadets were dismissed from the
United States military academy at
West Point and sent home. Two be-
longed to the first class. six to the
third and eight TO the fourth. Nine,
including the two first class men,
were deficient in discipline, and the
others failed in mathematics.