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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Vacant Lot Association,

The Philadelphia Vacant Lots ASSOC
citation, which was organized during
the panic Of 1893 as one e OF sup
plying food and work for families
without employment; has since been
maintained. Lest year the investment
OF $500 contributed by the friends Of
the movement. and the use of vacant
and otherwise u~nproductive land.
yielded NO less than s54 900 worth OF
vegetables and fruit for worthy and
industrious men and women.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
FOUR NEGROES LYNcHED BY MOB
k~entuckians Break IntoJail and Wreak
Vengeance for Slaughter of Farmer.

Vengeance for Slaughter of Farmer.
Russellyille, KY, Aug. 4-Four ne
groes, Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones
here early Saturday and hanged to a
tree on the edge of the town.
No shots were fired by the mob,
which was composed of about fifty
men, and the people of the town knew
nothing of the affair until daylight re-
vealed the -four bodies dangling from
a tree just outside Russellville, on the
Nashville pike. The following note
was found pinned on one of the bod
les:
Let this be q warning to you mig
gers to let white people alone, or you
will go the same way. Hugh Rogers
better shut up or quit"
Planned Murder.
The negroes who were lynched were
members of a lodge, and at a meet
ing recently, it is said, they approved
of the murder of James Cunningham,
a white farmer, by his negro tenant,
Rufus Browder. This murder occur-
red in the southern part of Logan
county, and it is supposed here that
the mob was made up of men from
that part of the county.
The negroes had been in Jail for
several days. The moi came into
town so quietly that MOI n of the
residents of the city was awakened
from slumber. Proceeding at once to
the county Jail, the jailer, Jake Butts,
was summoned to the door, his resi-.
dence being directly connected with
the prison. When he made his APP
poarance he found himself covered by
rifles and shotguns and was forced to
hand over the keys. The mob then
entered the jail and finding the four
negroes forced them to go with them.
Two of the men, not being given
time to dress, were taken along in
their nightshirts, and the whole party
proceeded at once to the tree on the
outskirts Of the city, or the Nashville
pike, where the negroes were strung
up in a row.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06

Cherryvale, Kan, Aug. 4. - Henry
Bomber. a farmer, shot and killed
lobe Sawyer at the latter's home. five
miles south OF Cherryvale, yesterday.
Bomber was arrested. He claims that
Sawyer wronged his seventeen-year.
old daughter, who worked in the Saw
yer home as a domestic.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
CHILD DIES; DOCTOR SUED.
Mother Demands $4,000 From Physi-
cjan Who Attends Patient.

Bemidji, Mimi, Aug. 4.-Mary John
son, as administrative of the estate
of her son., Oscar J. Johnson, who
died on March 8 from heart failure
while convalescing from an attack of
diphtheria. brought suit against DR..
John C. Koch OF Blackjack, who treat
ed the case, for the sum of $4,000 dam
ages for the loss of her son, on the
grounds that he negligently treated
the case.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Killed In Auto Accident.

Minneola, l.. l., Aug. 2.-As the re-
suit of an automobile accident near
Roslyn. L. L, yesterday. Louise Rein
hardt. the eleven-year-old daughter of
John Reinhardt. a newspaper artist.
was fatally injured and died in the
Nassau county hospital here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
REVENUE IN NORTHWEST.
Wisconsin Leads With $4,000, 600 and
Minnesota Paws S~1,S12,788.

Washington, Aug. a. The annual
report of the commissioner of internal
revenue receipts for the last fiscal
year was 1881 ,665, $50. OF this amount
81, S12,7SS was collected in Minnesota;
$172,400 in the district of North and
Sou,h Dakota; $S.239,S 1871 in Wiscon-
sin, and $685. 1926 in Iowa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
BROWNS in A cHuRN.
T~wo-year-oid Boy Meets Death In a
Most Peculiar Manner.

Webster City, Iowa, Aug. 4. The
two-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
Barr. who reside on a farm south Of
this city, was drowned in a churn.
While playing about the yard the lit
tie fellow found the churn with sew
eral inches Of water in II. He was
psering into 1t and fell In head fore
most. where his parents found him
dead some time later.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
BROWNS IN A o
Body OF Aged Woman Found Five
Miles From Home.

Alma. Wis, Aug. 4. - Some time
during Tuesday night Mrs. Barbara
Schlapp, a widow about seventy
years old, disappeared from her home
In this city. No trace could be found
of her until Saturday, when her body
was found floating in Belvidere
slough, about Ave miles south OF here.
No one knows how she was drowned.
she lived alone.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
Denartmenf of lnRurnnce.

Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The Lloyds Plate Glass In
surance Company, "A corporation organized
under the laws of New York. has filed in
this Office a sworn statement exhibiting its
condition and business for the year end
ing December 81. 1907. c~onformable to the
requirements OF the laws OF This state
regulating the business of insurance;
and,
Whereas, The said compan has filed
i'm this Office a duly certified copy of its
charter, with certificate of organization,
IT. compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now. therefore, /. O. 3. Basford, Com
missioner ~ Insurance Of the State of
South Dakota, pursuant TO the provisions
OF said laws. do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empow-
cred through its authorized agents to
transact it's appropriate business Of
Plate Glass Insurance In this state.
according to the laws thereof, until the
SIst day of December, A. D.. 1905.
In testimony whereof. | have hereunto
set my hand and official seal at Pierre,
his LIST day OF February, A. ID. 1908
tSeal) q. S. BASFORD,
C--Naliss opcr of Insurance..
Bv T. A ct. Chief Clerk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Doq chews up Child.

Eau Claire. Wis, Aug. A. While
playing IN the yard Arthur Gum, the
three-year-old o of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gum. was attacked by a dog
and his arm and hand were severely
lacerated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Mother and Child DROWNED,

Petoskey, Mich, Aug. 2. - Mrs.
Ralph Harris of Kansas City. Mo-, and
her th~ree-year-old child were drowned
at Wailoon lake yesterday. II is
thought the woman jumped into the
lake to rescue the child. who had fall
en- from the dock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
JUST ESCAPES LYNcHlNG.
Women Save Life of Terry Is. D.
Man.,

Deadwood, S. D., Aug. Accused
of w~ife-beating on the public streets,
George Corey of Terry, a small mining
camp neal here, almost lost his life at
the hands of a mob Corey had been
arrested and jailed. A mob quickly
formed and broke into the Jail. The
mar was taken TO the highway, where
he was forced to run a gauntlet by
men with blacksnakes. Many men
were in favor of lynching him, but
the women of the town prevented
this. and he vas driven down the
gulch and warned never to return.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Had Half shot OF

Clinton, Iowa. Aug. with half
his head shot OF, Fred Fields, a Mis-
souri, negro. lived through the day
and still survives. He received the
wound in a quarrel with Hugh Brown.
colored, who Is In jail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Farmer cored bv euII Nav Die

Waterloo. Iowa, Aug. Theodore
Brown. two miles west of Cedar Falls,
was gored by a bull at Cedar Falls
while weighing the animal. His jaw
was fractured and he was hurt inter-
nally. He may die.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
Death Strikes Twice in Family

Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 2. - Henry
villhauer's three months old son
choked 10 death yesterday while the
toy's sister lay dead in the next
room.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
UNIVERSITY STUDENT HURT.
A. r. Kelly Of Minneapolis Is Dragged
Under Cars at Aitkin.

Aitkin, Mimi, Aug. A. r. Kelly
of Minneapolis, a young man employ
ed on the steel crew of the Northern
Pacific, met with a serious accident
was dragged about twelve feet. One
leg was broken and ne was injured in
ternally. The young man was a stu
dent at the University of Minnesota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
DOCK NEARs COMPLETION.
Steel Corporation Spends Millions at
Two Harbors.

Two Harbors, Mimi, Aug, 4.-The
new million-dollar steel dock of the
United States Steel corporation is
nearing completion. The last section
is now being raised. Riveting will
take place in six weeks. Dock No. 2
will be rebuilt of wood the coming
winter, employing 800 men. Ore ship
ments are fair.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Danarfmeut Of Insurance.

AN.h
Company's Certificate OF Authority.
Whereas, The Phoenix Insurance Com
pany, a corporation organized under the
laws OF Connecticut, has filed in this
Office a sworn statement exhibiting It's
condition and business for the year end
ing Dec. 81. 1907. conformable to the
requirements OF tine avs of this state
regulating the business OF Insurance: and.
Whereas. the said company has filed
IN this Office a duly certified copy of its
charter, with certificate OF organization.
in compliance with the requirements or
the insurance law aforesaid:
Now, therefore, /. O. s.. Basford, Com
missioner Of Insurance of the State OF
South Dakota. pursuant TO the provisions
of said laws. do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empow-
cred, through It's authorized agents, to
transact ia appropriate business OF Fire
and Tornado Insurance In this state, ac-
cording 10 the laws thereof, until the 31s
day OF December, A. ID. 1905.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto
Get my hand and official seal at Pierre.
this LIST day of February. A. ID. 1903.
(SeaD q. s. BASFORD,
Commissioner of Insurance.
BY /. A. Schubert. Chief Clerk.
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Total admitted assets. /.

v. "NON-LENfER LAB.
Unpaid claims and expenses.
Total unearned premiums {.
Due and accrued for salaries,
rent. advertising, agency
and other expenses ........
Joint stock capital paid in
cash
Surplus beyond capital and
other liabilities ....,......
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Risks outstanding at the date
OF preceding statement -. $50,
Risks written since pre-
ceding statement .......... ~,
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ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December sfst.
A. D. 1907,
Of ne condItlops and aHairs OF tHe
PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY,

Organized under the laws OF the State Of
Connecticut, made to the COMMISSIONS
OF Insurance OF the State OF South Da-
kota pursuant to the laws thereof.
President, ID. w. O. Skilton. Secretary,
John Il. Knox Incorporated, May, A.
u. 1854. Commenced business, June,
1854, Home office, 7s3 Main street,
Hartford, conn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-06
May Cross Into Montana.

At present the fire is following the
crest of the mountain chain above
Sparwood. eating down into the val
leys on either side. II is travelling at
a tremendous rate. and unless there is
a change of wind will cross the boun-
dairy into Montana within twelve
hours.
There are dozens of mine and pros
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
GOLF CLUB OPENS
WITH FESTIVITIES

The opening Of the Detroit Golf
clubs home and course out Woodward
ave. is scheduled for Saturday, May
2, and will be featured by a kicker's
handicap and an approaching and
putting contest. At the clubhouse din
ner will be served from $50 TO 1880
D. m. to be followed by music and
dancing. The club announces regular
social features for Thursdays and Sat
urdays Of each week. and has arranged
for regular automobile service between
the lob cabin at Palmer park and the
clubhouse. Quite number OF the
members have taken rooms at the
club for various periods or the sum
mer.
The program OF the golf play In
cludes q regular program for Satur-
days, with special events for Me-
mortal day. The big event Of the
frst two months OF the season 10 ex.
pected 10 be the annual spring handi.
cap. which will bep layed on Satur.
day. June 8.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
OFF ON ENDURANCE
RUN. WITH SAGINAW FIRST STOP

drivers are expecting the worst sort
OF roads The rains OF the past three
days have put the roads in very bad
shape and will test the abilities OF the
cars and pilots to the utmost. in view
OF the strenuous conditions under
which the run IS being made.
All the contestants started with
chains on their rear tires and some
OF them were equipped with the non
skidding devices on all four wheels.
In the nelghborhcod OF 10 Detroit
ers. including the observer carried on
each car and the regular crew, start
ed on the run. The big Pierce six
carried four passengers with the tai
ented Teddy Day at the wheel.
Thee rowd fingered for some little
time after the last OF the starters had
gotten away. discussing the prospects
OF the race and all agreed that. In
view OF the road conditions, IL would
be hardly possible for the committee
to fail to find a conclusive winner, as
Il was past belief that any car could
surmount the conditions sure to De
encountered. without so much as an
adjustment or repair.
The route for today leads through
Pontiac. Orion. Rochester. Lapeer,
Flint and Bridgeport TO Saginaw.
II is probable that. OF all the start
ers In the big tour, none attracted
more attention than a battle-scarred
Thomas Detroit ''Bluebird." which
was assigned No. 81 and started last
of all the contestants. This car, drawn
up at the rear of the procession await.
ing the starters word. still showed
on its enamel the marks of the hard
usage 1t has received in the Savannah
and other races. II was driven by
J. &. Lorimer. the youngest OF De
troit's speed merchants, and the latest
sensation in a city that has given to
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29

Havip gdrunk the dregs OF the cup
Of humiliation. In the very last place
IN the American league race which
they led last season TO so glorious a
conclusion. the champion Detroit Tig-
ers returned this morning from their
disastrous series at Cleveland and will
. line up on their home field this after
noon against the Chicago Whitesox.
who have been going none too well
themselves.
OF the six games which the Tigers
have played this spring with the
Cleveland Maps, their most hated
rivals. the champions have won Just
one lone contest, this being pitched
BY Eddie Summers. When, with Xii
Han and Mullin, veteran pitchers in
supposedly excellent form, doing the
twirling, they failed for the fifth time
yesterday and were beaten out by the
sad score OF IL 10 5, Washington COM
pleted their disgrace and turned them
into league laughing stock by beating
Philadelphia and climbing out of the
pit az the foot OF the ladder. while
the Tigers slipped into the vacated
spot.
WHAT rs THE MATTER WITH
THE TIGERS?
X Il II the effect OF those 81 Turkish
baths which they took on the eve OF
the conflict?
Well, Pittsburg's club went through
the same training regime, and is now
"a third place In the National league
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29

THAT there are several magustes
1 in the Southern Michigan base
ball league who are OF the opinion
that the league will see fit to raise
%-------~.h $1,000 salary
SOUTHERN limit aud increase
MICHIGAN's the allotted number
&----4te team after June
is apparent from numerous utterances
10 this effect, In the state organs.
The masnates who are out TO let
the bars down BIT are up against II.
however. The league will do business
with II men and a $1,000 salary limit
In 1908 and every member should con-
graduate itself that the rules commit
tee-whioh must have been headed by
a wise baseball polltieian--has effect
uslly closed the door 70 any such &C
ton.
The constitution OF the league con-
tains q Joker"
Tucked away snugly In an apparent
ly unseen corner OF the voluminous
constitution OF the organization, just
adopted--and which II would pay some
OF the magnates TO read thoroughly
Is the following paragraph.
Sec. s4-u) The constitution
OF this league may be altered or
amended by two-thirds vote OF
the league at any ANNUAL meet
ing OR BY A UNANIMOUS
VOTE AT ANY OTHER TINE.
Two OF the magnates are already
on record as In favor of the 1l-man
rule and the original salary limit. II
tehU0ves the rest 10 get speedily .uT0
line. for there is no escape.
The Southern Michigan is too small
q league TO warrant the keeping OF
more than two substitutes on the
on occasion and a pitcher or two who
can play the outfeld are necessary
adjuncts TO the 11-man rule. but such
men are not hard TO And and the in.
evitable result, with the salary limit
enforced, will be prosperous season
for everyone concerned. instead Of
disastrous pennant war which, no mat
ter how inspiring 1t may be while 1t
lasts, is nevertheless productive OF an
almost certain shortage In the re-
serve fund and consequent dissolution
OF the league.
WITH THE SALARY LIMIT EN-
FORCED, however-note the EN-
phasisl Secretary Reynolds will prob
ably have TO take some radical action
at the start. However, the new rule
of the National association has made
1t a lot easier TO enforce salary limits,
now that a player who has been paid
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
Champion Sprinter Cuts Steaks
From Penn Teams Bill of Fare

PHILADELPHIA ~ j. Cartmel OF
unyr
diet
limits The the
vouched for Capt
Splinter who has
n
the faster ne
sgaton he admits that spnters and Jumpers should eat very
not
allow digestion.
intercollegiate half mile cham
before the
championship This has been I'm
Camel
Fowel
special
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
CMALL CPORTING

Report has a that Cresceus, the great
est race trotter of them all. but near
~ worthless as sire. is 10 be sent
70 Russia
Rechester citizens are ready 10 well
come the I'D on everything but sun
day baseball. but insist on drawing
the line there.
A report has "a that Hack and Gotch
will wrestlc In Paris next The Amer
lean champion must be planning
European trip At any rate.
The morning. paper that says the Tiger
pitchers are all right now In one col
another. seems to have second
guess coming today
new eeiIsss Song " Fred L.wse.,
attending the University or Michi-
gan, has made its appearance IL 10
entitled I'm College"
odom. ne one time q famous Jockey,
now owns a considerable stable Of
race horses and 10 making sensa-
tional success as trainer. Juggler.
that won at Aqueduct yesterday, Is
one of them.
Richard JncIxson, the local manager for
the spaldings. IL crusader lie
propriate money for q public golf
course. Wait tn the Tigers win a
series. though. Dick
Isn't Il = bit early for Mr.. Fitzpatrick
ard his colored charge TO insist that
Burns can't get that offer he is hold
an. sv out f2r WA; t I'll, ,noss .l Eng gh.p
phlssmatio tempers up.
Lou Dillon, permanentiy sentenced 10
the ranks OF brood mares. has Just
given birth 10 a ally fosl by John A.
McKerron--e sire that should be
making good with some fast stun
ere long, as there IL no horse In the
world that has been 30 favored by
high-class mares
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
JACK ATk|N LIKED
BY TALENT FOR
EXCELSIOR
BIG EVENT TO Be RUN TO-DAY.
sleNALiZlNo OPENING OF THE
JAMAICA TRACK NEWCASTLE
ENTRY IS SECOND CHOICE.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-There is
racing today at Jamaica and the
crowd is glad OF the change. Aque-
duct was growing bit monotonous.
The meeting beginning today has
for its feature the Excelsior handicap
AT a mile and a sixteenth. This race
has always furnished good field and
stirring contest. There is no reason
why 1t will reverse this order OF
things today.
IL is a matter OF surprise. however,
that Jack Akin gets into this handt'
cap with lls pounds. Mr.. Vosburg,
very evidently. doesn't believe that
Jack Atkin has changed his habits,
and from being merely a Splinter he
has developed into q distance horse.
He won NJ q mile and furlong at
New Orleans during the winter, and
won very easily.
hold safe Is McCarter. from the New
castle stables. His great race in the
Brighton handicap last year stamped
him az a high class race horse.
Red River also looms up as dan
gerous contender. This colt Is going
better this year than ever before. He
was something OF disappointment
last season, but this year he has
shown high turn Of speed aud a dis
position TO 90 a route.
Brookdale Nymph has only started
once this year. That was In the Car
ter. but she failed to run anywhere
near her best form OF last fall. when
she was pretty close to Ballot. II she
were 10 suddenly regain that form in.
for instance. the Excelsior today, she
would have a chance second to none.
The official starters In the Excelsior;
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29

the world so many famous pilots OF
racing cars.
Lorimer's mother stood by his side,
during the wait and. rs his number
was called the driver who is but a
boy hardly out of his teens. kissed her
goodbye TO the accompaniment OF
the cheers of the crowd, swung into
his seat and was of on his long chase
after the other contestants.
The Thomas Detroit Co. has three
cars In the run. in addition to it's ia
nous "Snowbird," which drove 1900
miles through the mud and snow dur
ing the winter and on the high egar
alone. This car Is not entered In the
regular run. but will accompany the
tourists. Il is still running on the
high gear with all the others removed
and Its crew means to stick TO the
flush. IN spite of the ugly outlook.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-29
Il Complete Store for Men

8 thoroughly for who want
articles Of apparel than
things 7ettermde shirts than
better underwear
Everything what
will wanting cooler
Furnishing Store
things and at
prle you'll I duplicate.
for Mt
mt
=
in Of
stylish ncudn the new na nd Fiber
silks finest OF pat
they
UNDERWEAR anything that think
o Shirts
eve
Chamo Gloves, de-
famous
the Earl lsonC a a
Come and
thing and want to the most 70 our
The J. l.. Hudson Go.
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The cars passed at intervals Of from
one to five minutes. No. 2e. Cad
lilac. being the last TO pass at 10 p.
No. 2. Lobdelrs Brush runabout. Is
out of business. and in the ditch about
Is miles south Of here.
It's safe TO say that, never before
in the history OF Detroit did so many
OF it's automobile fraternity see $50
a. N. the same morning as gathered
today In front OF the Hotel fuller TO
witness and participate in the start
OF the first annual endurance run OF
the Detroit Automobile Dealers assoc
citation
From the moment at $50 when
Starter BILLY" Perrett gave the word
TO the No / car-the Jackson driven
by Mr.. Seidler. OF the Seidler-Miner
Co, till the time when the thirty-frst
the Thomas blue-bird. driven by the
famous Lorimer-got under way, the
early morning light saw a remarkable
scene.
The cars we're lined up In the order
OF their start and two minutes were
allowed to intervene between the de-
parture OF the contestants. BY the
time the last car got under way the
leader was reported as nearing Pom
tiac. II was calculated that an aver
age OF three-quarters Of mile would
separate the contestants. this giving
every one OF them ample room.
AS they started each car was hand
ed red flag by Secretary Fob Davis.
OF the race committee. with instruc-
tons TO post any bad spot encountered
on the road, for the benefit OF follow
ing rivals.
From reports along the line the