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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Domestic.

Sixteen deaths resulted from this
seasons big game hunting season in
Maine.
The Illinois supreme court struck a
blow at the new state fish law when
it declared invalid the license section.
Physical tests for marine corps Off
GERS are prescribed in an executive Or
der just issued. They are to be made
nee in two years.
The Pennsylvania Railroad compa-
ny's steel rail order for 1909 delivery,
which calls for 135, 600 tons of rails,
has just been announced.
The Toledo plant of the Republic
Iron and Steel company, employing
600 men, will resume operations Dec.
2S, after thirteen months idleness.
The next national. encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, as
announced by the executive commit
tee, will be held at Salt Lake City
from Aug. 9 to Il.
Triplets have Just been born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ambrose f. Calhoun of Co.
lumhus, Ohio. This couple now have
twenty-five children. The father is
eighty-two years old.
That the lands and property of
Northwestern university at Evanston,
H., are forever free from taxation un.
der the charter Of that institution, is
the decision of the supreme court.
Brig. Gen. Marshall, chief of engi.
neers, has approved the modified
plans submitted by the city of st.
Louis for a bridge across the Missis.
sippi river at CT near the foot of
Chauteau avenue.
DR.. j. NJ. Dansier Of Hendersonville
N. c., a lifelong friend of the humor.
ist, Bill Nye, has placed an order for
a large block of rough granite to be
placed as a monument at Nye's grave
at Buck Shoals"
A woman is now vice president of
the Illinois Bartenders' association.
She is Miss Anna Willard of Chicago,
There we're about fifty delegates and
their wives at the convention, and
three delegates were women. They
were Miss willard, Miss Elizabeth
Maloney of Chicago and Miss Muir
Kelly of East st. Louis.
The bill IN n British
house OF commons prohibiting the use
of hop substitutes in the manufacture
of beer has been withdrawn. owing to
the opposition of ultra free trade Lib
erals to what they considered the
protective character Of the measure.
The National Society for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis makes
the statement that there are but Is,
900 beds In the United States to &C.
commodate 100000 cousumptives,
There are also 100000 cases of tuber.
culosis in an advanced stage for which
there r no hospital provisions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Accidental Happenings.

The engine Of an extra freight on
the Southern Pacific siding at Beau.
mont. Cal, blew up, killing three men
and seriously injuring one.
While hunting rabbits near State
Center. Iowa, Harry Groth, son OF
Rev. u. Groth. German Lutheran MIN
lister, was shot by a rifle in the hards
OF a companion.
John Donahoe, Will Murphy and
George McMannen, shot firers, were
s%uffocated In the Rend mine at Mount
Vernon, ILL.,, in al explosion. The
damage amounts to $4,000.
Two members Of the family of
George Van Horn of Mendenhall,
Chester county, Pa. are dead and
three others are Ill as a result of
ptomaine poisoning. caused by sau-
sage procured from a local grocery
store.
william Ganschow, a wealthy Chi
cago manufacturer. was probably IA
tally injured and his daughter was less
seriously hurt, when Mr.. Ganschow's
automobile skidded and collided with
. street q In Chicago.
Fred N. Sewall. president of a paint
and glass company. and a well known
club man, was fatally injured at Kan.
City while engaged in a hunt at
The Country club. While taking a
ditch Mr.. Sewal's horse fell. throw.
Ing its rider. Mr.. Sewall struck ON
his head and suffered ~concussion Of
the brain and other injuries.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Casualties.

In a IRE at the stock yards ct In
dianapolis eighty horses were cremat-
Cd Loss, $4,000.
The body Of Chief of Police Buggy
Of San Francisco, who was drowned
from the police launch Patrol, has
been found floating in the bay.
Fire at Dansville N. Y, destroyed
the building, machinery and part Of
the materials Of the Dansville Paper
mill, causing a loss estimated at more
than 100000.
Two men we're fatally injured and
six others were badly hurt as the re-
suit of an explosion at Newberry, Pa.
A foreigner accidentally dropped a
match into a keg of powder.
Near Hawthorne, eight miles from
Ottawa, Ont, the four young children
of w. J. Scharffe, a farmer, were
burned to death in their beds while
the parents looked on, unable to give
aid.
In a fire which destroyed their
home at Havana, Kan, Mrs. Frank
Himmelwright. wife of a section fore
man, and her six-months'-old child
were burned to death. Himmelwright
was away at work.
Government records, charts, maps
and photographs, valued at more than
$4,000, were destroyed in Washington
by a fire which broke out in the Unit
ed States geological survey building.
The damage to the building itself was
slight.
When he attempted to board a NOV
ing freight train on the Chicago Great
Western at Marshalltown, Iowa, frank
Aud, aged thirty-one, a well known
young man, fell beneath the wheels
and sustained injuries that will prove
fatal.
The ranch house of Wallace Colburn,
a millionaire Helena live stock man
near Brookside, Mont, has been
burned, according to advices received
here. Everything was destroyed, in
GLIDING the most valuable collection
of Indian curios in the West.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
EIGHT LIVES LOST IN CRASH.
German Liner Sinks a Big Swedish
Boat in English Channel.

Dover, England, Dec. 90. Eight
lives were lost and two persons were
injured yesterday in a collision in
the channel between the Swedish
steamer Lindholmen and the German
steamer Frederick E. Muller, the for
mer being sunk and the latter badly
disabled. Eight of the crew of the
Lindholmen escaped in lifeboats and
were landed here half dead from ex,
posure and excitement.
The German steamer was towed into
port here. The Lindholmen was
bound from Cardiff to Sweden.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
SLAYER of Bow Freed,

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 22.-Ed-
ward Parks, who threw a bottle at
the opening baseball game of the
Central league season here last Nav
and killed Willie Haverkamp, a small
boy, was found not guilty of man.
slaughter by a jury. Parks, it was al
legged. threw the empty bottle at the
boys, who had been annoying him.
and struck the Haverkamp lad, who
was an innocent bystander.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
SCHMITZ OUT ON BAIL.
Former San Francisco Mayor Is Re-
leased Under $4,000 Bond.

San Francisco, Dec. 22.-Eugene E.
Schmitz, former mayor of San Fran
cisco, accused of grating, was releas-
en- on $4,000 bail, furnished by rela-
tives and friends following the refusal
of his former bondsman, William J..
Singee, the California cement king"
to submit to examination as to his
financial condition. Four of those
who went on Schmitz's bonds were
women relatives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
ANNA MAY LOSE CHILDREN.
French Court Considers Sending
Them to Boarding School.

mem 10 6oaTulng School.
Paris, Dec. %. - The court before
which the suit of Count Boni de Cas-
tellane for the transfer of his three
children from the care of their mother,
Princess de Sagan, to the care of the
Marquise de Castellane, has been con-
Quoted, is now considering the advisa-
bility of ordering the children placed
in a high school. where they shall re.
main for q stated period or as partial
boarders.
With that object the three judges
constituting the court and a repre-
sentative of the public pros ecutor yes
terday summoned the three children
and questioned them at sone length.
The examination was directed to-
ward ascertaining whether the chill
dren were physically and mentally
fitted for school life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Guilty of Murder.

Laporte, Ind, Dec. 22.-William w.
DELPHI was found guilty of murder in
the first degree yesterday, and his
punishment was fixed at life impris-
onment. DELPHI was convicted of kill.
ing his mother-in-law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Fleet Sails for Suez.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Rear Admit
raj Charles S. Sperry, commanding the
American b~attleship feet, has cabled
the navy department that the feet
made its departure yesterday from
Colombo. Ceylon, for Suez. The mes
sage was in cipher aud very brief.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
PREFERS JAIL TO HUSBAND.
Sentenced for Illicit Relations, Spurns
Riehtfui Spouse's Offer.

Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dec. 22.-Prefer-
ring prison to a possible home with
her husband, from whom it was
shown she never had been legal
ly divorced, Mrs. Nancy May fought
her best to keep from prison Francis
Johnson, accused of living with her
as his wife, and then took her SEN
tence with grim fortitude. Her for
mer husband attempted to clear her
Of the charge against her and pleaded
with her to return to his home should
she be acquitted, but she remained
obdurate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
FOUR OF FAMILY DEAD; POISON.
Mother and Three Children Killed in
Idaho Home.

Boise, Dec. %. - Mrs. John Rosen
and her three children were found
dead in their home, -four miles from
Montpelier, under circumstances that
lead the police authorities to suspect
foul play.
The bodies were found by the hus-
band, John Rosen, who reported that
his wife had poisoned the children
and then taken poison herself. The
county attorney and the coroner have
gone to the scene to investigate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
GOVERNORS XMAS GIFT.
South Dakota Executive Grants Par
don to Two Prisoners.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 22.-Through the
action of Gov. Crawford, on the rec
concentration of the board of pardons,
two more inmates of the penitentiary
will be allowed to eat their Christ
mas dinners in freedom. They are
Frank Taylor, who was sentenced
from C~odingtoh county on a charge of
burglary, and Ed Lynch, sent from
Hutchinson county on a charge of lar
ceny.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
overwork causes s,;,;a.

Omaha, Dec. 22.-William r. KEEL
ley. cashier Of the Union Pacific rail-
way at South Omaha, committed sui
eide at his home in that city early
Sunday morning. A letter to his wife
indicates that overwork had perhaps
unbalanced his mind.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
MOONSHINER'S LAST STAND.
Outlaw Battles Three-quarters of an
Hour and Then Falls Dead.

Wheeling, w. Va, Dec. %. - With
his life's blood slowly ebbing from his
body, Delbert Moore, desperate and
moonshiner, wanted for robbery, at
tempting to blow up a circus and nu-
merous other crimes, stood face TO
face in a desperate battle with a
posse for over ~three-quarters of an
hour before he fell ~lifeless to the bot
tom of a precipice some fifty feet be.
low.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
TO Prison for ACCEPTING Birth.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 20. - Fred
Lied. formerly a member of the CO
lumbus board Of control, was sentenc
ed to four years in the penitentiar,
by Judge Rogers for accepting a bribe
from Melon Cannon. local representa-
tive OF a paving company of Cleye
land.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Killed by hiahwaymen.

st. John, N. b., Dec. 22. = Patrick
Greene of Montreal. a peddler, was
killed near Plaster Rock, N. B., yes.
terday by ~highwaymen, who made
their escape with a valise said to con-
tain $4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
CHICAGO Fire Fatal.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-In a fire which
caused a panic among a hundred oc.
cupants of a lodging house here
Saturday night, Paul Heiligendorf
seventy years old. was s~uffocated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Murderer Is Hanoed.

Wethersfield, Conn, Dec. 22.-John
Zet, who killed his wife and fve-year.
old granddaughter. Viola Klotzer, at
their home in Rockville on Aug. 4
last, was hanged at the state prison
here early yesterday morning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Held for Abduction

Duluth, Dec. %. Bertha Tracey,
co,cred, Of Ashland. Wis, has been ar
rested on a charge of abducting two
white girls, Mary ~Roschekiki, sixteen,
and Frances Soliwonda, fourteen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
RABBIT HUNTERS KILL 1o7.
Four Mason City sportsmen Get Big
Bag.

Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 22.-Harry
Bum, Ed Kirk. Homer Bum and Will
Hollenbeck are the champion rabbit
hunters of the year. They formed a
shooting party that left Maynard one
day last week and went into the
woods and hills for two days and
emerged with 107 rabbits. When the
animals were laid out on the side
walk they attracted a great deal of
attention.
At the conclusion of the rabbit
chase a wolf hunt was on hand, and
Harry Bum was the fortunate one
TO bring down Reynard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Earthquake In France.

Coutances, France, Dec. 20. - A
slight earthquake was felt here last
evening. No damage except the break.
ing of crockery was done.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
aoMApkA GETS HIS DECREE.
Divorce Is Granted Husband of Notee
Joliet Prisoner.

Milwaukee, Dec. 20.-Charles ]. Ro
madka, husband to Evelyn Cain Ro-
madka, the woman who is now serving
a term in Joliet prison for larceny In
Chicago, was yesterday granted a di.
vorce in Judge Ludwig's branch of the
circuit cour- of Milwaukee county.
The application for divorce was not
contested.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
LEBEAU TO BE HANGED.
Hobbins to Prison for Life for Dou-
BILE Montana Murder.

Kalispell, Mont, Dec. 22,-"Hanged
by the neck until you are dead" were
the words of Judge Erickson in pro-
nouncing sentence upon Frederick Le-
beau. Le5eaa's confederate, Joe Hob
bins. will go to prison for life. Lee
beau will be hanged Feb. 5. The crime
was the killing of R. w. Yoakum and
his son
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
Winnipeg Chinese Wildly Excit.
ed Over Killing of Two of
. Their COuntrymen.
CRIME LAID TO HlChBINOERS
Cinnamon Were Slaughtered With an
Ak in Laundry Shack-MOney
Is Not Taken.

Winnipeg, Dec. %. Murdered in
the most brutal manner in their laun-
| dry shack at an hour when cores Of
| people must have been passing, two
Chinese, Kung Pow and Chun Lung,
were found lying in pools of blood by
a belated customer.
Circumstances connected with the
crime strongly suggest the theory
that the murders were committed by
Chinese highbinders. and the police
are working on this hypothesis.
Winnipeg Chinese are wildly eX-
cited over the double murder.
Second Similar Affair.
This is the second affair of the kind
In a year. The two victims on the
former occasion we're slaughtered and
the house set on fire. Nearly every
Chinaman in Winnipeg attended a
mass meeting last night. Funds will
be raised to finance the fullest inves-
tigation. 1t was decided to close laun-
dries at 10 o'clock Saturday nights
hereafter.
The threats of both victims of Sat.
urday's crime were cut with a butch
err knife and their heads were horribly
hacked with an ak. These implements
were found beside the bodies.
Money was found in the pockets of
the dead men, but their valises and
trunks up stairs were riied. Other
signs tended to show hat the crime
was done by Chinese hatchetmen,
who sought something other than
money.
Finds CHASTITY Scene.
When the belated customer entered
the laundry the air in the place was
foul with the odor of blood, and the
man drew back instinctively, even be-
fore his eyes had become accustomed
to the dim light. When he looked
again he saw a sight so horrifying
that he backed away from the door
with a shrek and dashed down the
street. A policeman who was notified
took charge of the shop and summon
ed aid.
An investigation revealed the hor-
rible brutality of the crime. The vic
Tins were slashed and hacked almost
beyond recognition. Blood was every
where, on floors, walls, table, in the
sink, where the murderers had wash
ed their hands, and a trail on the
stairs marked their footsteps to the
upper rooms.
The police have failed to find a
trace of the perpetrators of the crime.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-24
SENATOR KNOX
TAFT'S PREMIER
Pennsylvania Senator Accepts
Position of Secretary of
State in New Cabinet.
INFLUENCE WILL Be POTENT
Mr.. Taft Will Consult Knox About Cab.
met and Other Administration
Matters.

Augusta, Ca, Dec. 20.-William II.
Taft, president-elect Of the United
States, last night announced the APP
pointment OF United States Senator
Philander c. Knox of Pennsylvania as
secretary of state in his cabinet.
The announcement followed the re-
ceipt by Mr.. Taft of a telegram which
came late yesterday afternoon convey
ing the information from Mr.. Knox
that he would accept the premiership
of the Taft cabinet.
Taft Is Pleased.
Mr.. Taft without delay made the an
nouncement that the matter was set
tied. In giving the details of the ne
gotiations he said that the offer was
made to Mr.. Knox last Sunday morn
ing in New York; that since the offer
he had not heard from Mr.. Knox until
the telegram he received yesterday.
Il feel that | am to be congratulate
ed in securing the services of Senator
Knox in my cabinet said Judge Taft
in making the announcement. I'm Sc
lecting a secretary of state | wanted
first, a great lawyer, and, second, a
man who would AL the public eye, not
only here but abroad, as a man who
stands out prominently as a great
American.
Mr.. Knox was a great attorney
general; he was a prominent candi-
date for the presidency and he is rec.
ognized in the senate and elsewhere
as one Of the great lawyers of that
body"
viii Consult Knox.
Mr.. Taft announced that he would
invite Senator Knox to come to Au-
gusta that he might consult him free
ly with reference to filling other
places in his cabinet. In fact, he said
that he felt the need of such advice
as he should be able to obtain from
Mr.. Knox regarding not only the cabi-
net but many matters preliminary to
the beginning of his administration.
That Mr.. Knox's influence will be po-
ten was freely admitted by Mr.. Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
Napoleon III at Sedan.


Sarah Barnhardt mentions in her
memoirs that Napoleon III had two
lorsa; shot under him at Sedan. Some
having thrown doubt on her Statement.
; ID denied that the emperor was ever in
personal danger at the time. Baron Verify.
son of the late colonel of the Cent Gardes.
gives what he affirms to be the authentic
acc punt Of the unhappy sovereigns per-
sislert attempts to court death when he
saw hat defeat was unavoidable. On
Sept, rter |. 1870. at in the morning.
Mars. n NacMahon. returning wounded
20 Sedan, met the emperor riding out to
Bazeillas Napoleon III realized that the
situa ton desperate. He rode slow
y out depre-S and thoughtful. under a
hail of shot. curing an hour he inspect
cd the positions. Bullets rained on his
escort. Capt. d'Hendecourt was killed a
few feet away from the emperor. The
latter deliberately seeking death. aliglted.
ordered his escort to remain behind al
embankmcnt. and walked up to GENE
terry on height, where he stayed for
another hour. exposed to fire. He
mounted again and rode to another part
of the field. Gen. de Courson and Capt.
de 'Trecesson were dangerously wounded
by his side. but not a bullet hit him. The
emperor at last seemed to despair of
meeting his death as he sought ii. and
rode back to Sedan at noon In the town
itself shells fell thick. and while the en-
peror was riding with his escort up the
Grand Rue one burst just in front of him.
wounded one Of the cent Gardes, and
killed the horses of two aids-de-camp.
Napoleon III looked Oh Stoldly. under
standing. perhaps. that it was not his
tate to die in action. The story that he
had two horses killed under him is there
fore. not correct. But there is NO doubt
that the unfortunate emperor. beaten and
ill. a pathetic and tragic figure. did dcliber-
atelE seek death on the field to escape the
disgrace Of Sedan which he forcsaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
STAYS CnILD'S / pSSAIlANI
MOTHER WHO TAKES VENICE
ANCE TELLS OF PLOT.
Victim. and Two Other Men. in Con
spiracy Against Her Daughters,
She Declares.

+ NEW YORK. May 3o-Nuh an infant
ciltched TO her breast. Mrs. Teresa
Felepa of Brooklyn today melted out
summary vengeance upon a man she de-
clares she had surprised in the act of at
tempting an outrageous ass lult upon her
siN-year-old daughter.
The man was John Marc. who had made
his home with the Felepia family since
his arrival in the country from Italy. four
months ago. Three bullets from a re-
volver which Mrs. Felepia carried in her
free hand sent him to death before he
could utter a sound
When arrested and taken to the police
station Mrs Felepia told of a most out
her family had been made the victims
She declared that Marc. while living On
the bounty OF herself and her family. had
conspired with two other men against
their two daughters. and through the fate
of the children to eXtort money from the
parents
TIE other men named by Mrs. Felepia
are Dominica Francesca. aged sixty-five
and his son. Gaetano Francesca. aged
twenty-one
The father and son are now under So
thHs bail each. the son as principal and the
father AS an accom- Dlice. on a charge pre-
ferred by Mrs. Feiepias twelve-year old
daughter, Giovanni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
COIN THAT DOESN'T RING.
Not Always Counterfeit-May Have
Small Cavity in It.

From tho Seattle Post -Intclligencer
Gold bins " Inch do not ring are not al
ways counterfeits. according to Operative
Thomas B. Foster. i'll charge of the
United States secret service work for this
district. He demonstrated that fact at
the police station recently. and as a result
Aimee Sykes. alias Gera O'Gera. will be
charged with stealing 81 In lawful money
of the United States from one William
Mccarthy.
The woman was arrested Tuesday night
by City Detectives H. g. Adams ard +.
W. Clark complaint by Mccarthy.
The 50 gold piece supposed to have been
stolen was found on her and was held as
evidence. Clerk Billy Kent dropped the
it fell like piece of lead. There WAS alb
solutely no ring to it.
Operative Foster was called in with a
view of capturing the band of counter
feiters
Just as good as any coin ever turned
out Of the mint said the sect service
man after he had examined the coin. at
is very probable that there is small
cavity in this coin. That happens very
often and gives great deal of trouble.
When the ingots frcm which these coins
are made are cast at the mint air bubbles
get into them sometimes When the met III
is rolled out and the coins made the bulb
BILE sometimes stays there, and there Is
no ring such a coin.