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NO RIGHT TO NAME RoSsITER.
President Exceeded Authority in Plac.
ing Him in Printing Office.

ing Him In Printing Office.
Washington, Feb. 9. - William s,
Rossiter, who on Wednesday last was
appointed acting public printer in
place of Public Printer Stillings, who
is under suspension pending an inves'
tigation of the affairs Of his Office,
went to the treasury department yes.
terday to have his bond approved. The
department refused to consider the
matter on the ground that the presi
dent had exceeded his authority in APP
pointing Mr.. Rossiter; that under the
law the assistant public printer, Capt,
II. T. Brian, succeeds to the vacancy.
Under this informal ruling Mr.. Ros.
sitter later in the day stepped aside
and his place was taken by Capt.
Brian, who will administer the govern.
ment printing Office as acting public
printer for the time being. Mr.. Ros
sitter, however, does not relinquish the
work of inquiry laid out for him by
the president. His position in the gov.
eminent printing office becomes that
of the presidents personal representa-.
tive, and he is proceeding with the in.
yestigation upon which he is to base
his report to the president of condi.
tions existing there and of the best
methods of putting the big plant on a
business basis.
Capt. Brian took the oath of Office as
acting public printer and Immediately
entered upon the discharge of his du.
ties.
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Accidental Happemnos.

The Green block. the largest apart.
ment house in Berlin, N. H., was de.
stroyed by fire. causing a loss of SIS.
900.
The Licking rolling mill at Cincin.
natl was almost completely DESTROYED
by fire. Loss. 100000. The mill EN-.
ployed 400 men.
Ollie Rockabrand was struck by a
freight locomotive at the Sterling (Ill.)
passenger depot as he was In the act
of crossing the tracks, and was hurled
sixty feet from the right of way, re.
ceiving a broken thigh and arm and
internal injuries which resulted In his
death In less than an hour.
DR.. Carl Bullhorst, a former minis.
ter OF the Presbyterian faith, who was
expelled from the church on the
ground that he preached heresies, died
It the Nebraska state hospital for the
insane ~ q result of exposure and In.
jurios sustained when he ATTEMPTED
q drown himself near the hospital. (.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13

Fire at Montreal destroyed q por
ton Of the Nelson warehouse, occu.
pied by the Canadian Pacific railroad.
Loss, 100000.
Fire which started In the Morrison
hotel st Buckhannon, w. Va, destroy
ed the postofice, four other Buildings
and a residence. Loss, 100000.
The Hamilton Tourist hotel at
White Springs, Fla, was destroyed by
FIRE, with several cottages. The guests
barely escaped with their lives. Loss,
500, 600.
The explosion of a gas engine In the
Merchants and Shippers warehouse at
Buffalo started a fire which did about
s200,O0 damage and caused the injury
# no iremen.
DR.. Andrew w. Riley, professor OF
practice of medicine of Creighton Med
ical College at Omaha. is dead of blood
poisoning caused by infection received
from an erysipelas patient.
The Dominion Coal company's store
at Dominion, n. s., was burned to the
ground and the stock entirely destroy
ed, causing a loss of SIS 5000. The fire
apparently was of incendiary origin.
Kings Court, one of the show places
of Lakewood, N. j., a residence built
some years ago by George Gould for
his son Kingdom, has been destroyed
by fire. The building was valued at
100000.
Mrs. Ellen Schwartz, thirty years
old. and her son Francis, eleven years
of age, were found dead in their home
at Chicago. Their deaths are thought
to have been caused by starvation and
exposure.
Two large buildings of the John A..
Roeblings Sons company, wire rope
manufacturers of Trenton, n. j., were
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
About 400 men are thrown out Of work
by the fire.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
Crimes and Criminals.

Fred Van Meter is In Jail at Gallipo-
lis, Ohio. charged with having poison.
ed his wife.
Two hundred masked night riders
visited Dycusburg, KY, and burned
BENEFITS tobacco warehouse and dis.
tillery. The loss is about $4,000.
George w. Smith OF Boone, Iowa,
Democratic candidate for county ST.
perintendent of schools, committed
suicide by hanging. No cause Is
known for the act.
A dynamite bomb was exploded un.
der the general store of Samuel Let
sovic at Export, Pa, demolishing the
building. Letsovic received threat
ening Black Hand letters.
After reading several chapters OF
the Bible and kneeling with members
of the family in prayer, David p. Otis
of Birmingham, Ala, retired to a room
and blew off the top Of his head.
s. Thompson, aged sixty-fve, of Col
vile, Wash, a veteran OF the Civil
war, has sentenced to ten years In the
~penitentiary for horse stealing. He
confessed. Old soldiers of the state,
however. will make an effort to have
Gov. Mead pardon Thompson.
Oscar Hogan ~(colored) was sen.
fenced in the district court at Ottum.
wa. Iowa, to the state penitentiary at
Fort Madison for life. Hogan assault
ed a well known ottumwa I'M last
September. The assault was the most
brutal In the history Of the county.
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FRESH STORIES OF
ASYLUM HORRORS
Illinois Investigating Committee
Learns of More Instances
of Brutality.
WOMAN CHOKEO WITH TOWEL
H%air.pulling and Rib.smashing Com
mon Diversions of lnhuman
Attendants.

Jacksonville, H.. Feb. 9. - It'll was
learned yesterday Lat fresh stories of
brutalities to the insane patients at
the state asylum here were told to the
members of the legislative Investigate
ing committee at their secret session
last night.
One was the story of how a man
was set upon by three attendants and
beaten until two ribs were broken. He
was in the hospital nearly six weeks.
Another story was that of a young
woman attendant, who brutally pulled
the hair of a patient. Still another
was the story of a patient choked with
a towel by an attendant.
None of these attendants were dis
charged.
Patient Beaten TO Death.
Representatives Nanny and Ireland,
who have been conducting the investi-
cation, also are investigating a story,
which has yet to be confirmed, of a
young man patient who was beaten by
an attendant until he died in the hos
pital of his injuries. The cause of his
death was stated to be appendicitis.
In their visit to one ward the legis-
lators saw three patients whose eyes
had been blackened by blows. They
saw another patient in the violent
ward whose shoulder blade had been
broken. The attendants say the man
was hurt by falling while in an epilep-
tic fit. There were 1,456 inmates from
March /, 1907, to Jan. 1. 1908. Among
these there were SAT accidents and 1876
deaths.
Attendants Explain Charges.
The patient whose ribs we're broken
by the attendants was John O'Brien.
The nurse who pulled the inmates hair
is declared to be a Miss Gertrude
Chiesm. She was not disciplined,
claiming she only pulled hair under
the woman's head to raise her to ad-
minister medicine.
Miss Trella Harneck is the attend,
ant accused of choking a woman pa
tient with a towel which she twisted
around the neck. She claimed she on
ly twisted the towel around the wom-
ans neck to keep her from biting.
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Domestic.

The trustees of Hanover college, at
Madison. Ind, elected Prof. w. A.
Mills president of the institution.
j. C. McClaim, receiver of the PEG.
pies Bank OF California, Pa, says that
1000 Irregularities have been found
in the books of that institution. The
shortage will reach 10000.
According to an average established
by investigation undertaken by the
Pittsburg survey, typhoid fever cost
Greater Pittsburg the sum OF s721,.
1876 for the yea ending June, 1907.
A bed for the sole nse of persons
injured in automobile accidents is to
be endowed In the new Garetson hos.
pital at Philadelphia by members of
the Quaker City Ladies' Motor club.
The city council Of Stockton. Cal.
has passed an ordinance closing the
saloons on Sunday and compelling the
restaurant and drug stores to refrain
from selling liquor on that day.
instruction in the science Of physi.
cal culture will form a part of the
work of the summer school at the Uni
versity of Utah this year. The stu
dents will be qualified to teach physi.
cal culture.
The trustees or Columbia university
have appointed Prof. r.. c. MacRae to
the chair Of humanity, a new depart.
ment, established under an endow-
ment of $1,000 0 made to the univer.
sity for that purpose.
Coal shipments from the Pittsburg
district to the Great Lakes will begin
in March this year. n month earlier
than in former years. in order to pre-
vent congestion at the lake ports and
10 eliminate higher charges as the
season advances.
The program for the twelfth trien'
NAL convention OF the international
Sunday School association, to be held
in Louisville, KY, July IS to 20, has
been tentatively completed. There
will be nearly $500 delegates entitled
to seats In the convention.
The increasing number of drowning
accidents each summer has induced
the faculty OF Columbia university to
institute a course Of lifesaving. The
lessons will be given In the big tank
in the university gymnasium onco q
week by the swimming instructor. and
the course will count each student
two credits toward his degres.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
STILL AFTER KELSEY.
Hughes Expected to Ask for Removal
of Superintendent of Insurance

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 11.-That Gov.
Hughes will renew to the senate this
week his recommendation of last year
that Otto Kelsey be removed from
the Office of state superintendent of in
urance on the ground of i%neficiency
is the general expectation here, though
the governor will say nothing on the
subject. There have been various ru-
mors that Mr.. Kelsey would resign and
thus avoid an open contest, but these
appear to be without substantial foun-
dation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
INDIAN BURNED TO CRISP.
Clothes Saturated With Alcohol While
Sleeping Near a Campfire.

Menominee, Mich, Feb. 11.-Michi-
gabee, an Indian of the Pottawattamie
tribe, near Wabeno, Forest county,
Wisconsin, burned to death. Michiga-
bee was returning with his father-in-
law, Curly Jack, from Wabeno. Michi-
gabee had a quart of alcohol in his
pouch. Night falling upon them, they
built a fire nea the roadside and lay
down.
Rolling around during the night the
bottle broke in the pouch and Michi-
gabee's clothes became saturated with
alcohol. Coming in close contact with
the fire the body was in flames in a
second. The body was burned to a
crisp.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
RECEIVER NAMED FOR VILLAGE
Illinois Town Still Ruled by Laws
Made by Louis XIV. Of France

"doC Wy IobiS NiN' VI ~
Belleville, Ill, Feb. 11.-Judge B. r.
Burroughs, presiding in the circuit
court here, granted the petition of the
Federal Union Security Company OF
Indiana for an injunction to restrain
George Lepeich from further action as
supervisor of the village and common
fields of Cahokia and from collecting
rentals from the tenants of the GOO
acres of valuable lands of that historic
settlement. Frederick B. Morrills of
Belleville was made receiver.
The court order results from an eff
fort to readjust the affairs of the viii
lage, which were tangled.
The Office of supervisor of Cahokia
was created in 1922 and has been con-
tinued since with the same powers
The village is still governed by the
laws given it by Louis XIV. of France.
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BIG ONES GET DockED.

Presidents Of Two Railroads VIII
Have Salaries Cut 10 Per Cent.
Cincinnati. Feb. 11.-vice President
Murphy yesterday stated that the man
agements of the Cincinnati. New Or
leans & Texas Pacific railway and Ala
bama Great Southern railroad have de-
termined to put into effect on March 1,
1908. a reduction Of 10 per cent in the
pay of the president, vice presidents
n other general ofhcials and en-
employees receiving monthly salaries
of $3.50 and over.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
FATAL BLAST AT DULUTH.
Wisconsin Central Foreman Is DYING
and Four Others Injured.

Duluth, Feb. 11.-Five men were in
iured. one Of them fatally, by a prema-
lure explosion of dynamite yesterday
in the tunnel work that the Wisconsin
Central road Is doing here in building
terminals. Napoleon Perren, the fore
man. was fatally hurt. He Is thirty
years old and single. James Pressly.
Albert Mucray and Fred Jerome were
seriously injured but will recover.
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rs IN CONSTANT TERROR.
Franco Predicts That Passions of PEG.
pie Will Explode With Violence.

Bordeau, Feb. 9.-Former Premier
Franco Of Portugal arrived here yes
terday. He told the manager of the
hotel where he and his party took
apartments that he would remain over
night. He did not say where he pur-
posed going from here, but it is be-
lieved that his ultimate destination is
Switzerland.
Franco looks haggard and appears to
be preoccupied. He looks constantly
TO the right and left. as if he felt he
should be prepared to forestall some
impending physical danger.
Suffers No Remorse.
Senior Franco was approached for
an interview. He explained that under
the circumstances he preferred to say
nothing, but he authorized a member
of his party to say for him hat he
suffered no remorse for his conduct as
a statesman. On the contrary, he was
firmly convinced that the policy he
had pursued was the wisest one pos
sibie.
Portugal was I'm a state Of demorali-
cation" said the spokesman for Senior
Franco, land every excess of liberty
to-day, while having an apparent eff
feet of tranquility, will in reality only
add to the violent passions of The peo-
pie, which later will explode with
greater violence.
No Revolution Planned.
Senior Franco does not believe
that the murders of the king and the
crown prince resulted from an elabo-
rate political plot; they we're the Gets
Of mad men instigated by a passion
for the money received for their crime.
The best proof of this is found IN the
fact that after the assassinations,
when the monarchy was passing
through it's critical hours and the ma
ton was without a government, no Sc.
rfous attempt was made to proclaim a
republic"
All Ready for Funeral.
Lisbon, Feb. 9.-The simple but i'm
pressive funeral service to-day will be
the final act in the bloody tragedy of
Saturday. All the arr 7gements for
the solemn march throughout the city
and the ceremonies at the church OF
San Vincente have been COMPLETED.
Additional troops we're brought into
Lisbon yesterday to accompany the
cortege and line the route of march.
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Crushed by Rock.

Calumet, Mich, Feb. "a large rock
fell on Charles Haapaja. a miner work
ing in the Champion mine, breaking
his back, both legs and several ribs,
crushing him to death. A wife and
three children In Finland survive him,
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Eye Ruined hx ioIel.-

Waterloo, Iowa, Feb. 9. - While at
play, knocking icicles from the caves.
Willie Evans. aged seven, failed to
dodge a heavy one. which penetrated
his right eyeball. Surgeons removed
his eye and hope to save his life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
LID PlNC.iES litter
Saloon Men Who Violate Law Are
Quickly Punished.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. IL. - The lid
must not be tilted on Sunday in Wi
nona Any effort to get around the
law causes trouble. Anton Pellowski
was fined $40 and costs for keeping
his saloon open last Sunday. A cou-
pie of his customers sneaked in the
back door and bought a couple of beers
and some alcohol. They then hasten
ed to the city prison and told the po-
lice. Pellowski is the fourth saloon
keeper to be fined since the lid went
on.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13

Campbellton, N. b., Feb. .. AT
Grand C~ascapedia. a Quebec border
town, four members OF the family Of
Andrew Campbell were burned tc
death by . IRE which destroyed their
home. =
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
TEN KILLED IN MINE.
Explosion Occurs in Coal Mine at Port
Hood, NJ. S.

Port Hood, n. s., Feb. Six coal
miners and four leaders were crushed
to death yesterday as the result of an
explosion in the Port Hood mine of the
Port Hood Richmond Railway Coal
company. Whether the explosion was
due to gas, fire-damp or gunpowder re.
mains to be determined by a coroner's
jury.
The accident occurred about 1880
o'clock yesterday morning, soon after
the days work had begun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13

Scranton. Pa, Feb S.-Mark Moran
shot and instantly killed Laura Her
mann, a young married woman, and
afterward tried to commit suicide. The
motive for the crime - believed to be
jealousy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-13
FAMINE IN coPPERDoM.

twenty-five Carloads Of Foodstuffs
Tied Up by Storm.
Houghton, Mich, Feb. 11.-A fam
inc in fresh meat, fruits and vegeta-
bles which existed throughout Copper
dom ended Saturday, when twenty-five
carloads of perishable goods reached
Houghton after being storm-bound in
Milwaukee and Chicago since Tuesday
night.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY.
Remains of Mrs. Nettie Knight Laid
to Rest.

The funeral of Mrs. Ed knight
was held at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon. The services were
conducted by Rev. Robert Reid and
at the cemetery the officers of the
Rebekah lodge ofIiciated. The de-
ceased was past grand of the lodge,
end both l. O. o. F. lodges of the
city were in attendance.
The pallbearers were Harry Ly-
don, c, f. Butler, E. f. Beaver, R.
R. Lowe, w, A. Morey and Bert Nc
Dole The honorary pallbearers
were Mrs. Harry Riley. Miss Carrie
Alexander Mrs. Arthur Campbell,
Mrs c. F Grimm, Mrs. Lee Pennell
and Mrs. Elizabeth Beeson.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
D|RECTORSFAVORPROPOSITION.
TRANSFER To JAY P. GRAVES.
SECTIONS INTERIOR COUNTRY REPRESENTED ON BOARD
INDICATE TRAIT MATERIAL SUPPORT OF ALL INTERESTS
WILL BE PUT BEHIND MOVEMENT UNDER PROPOSALS MADE
BY SPOKANE AND INLAND. >l,s,.z..zs. ..as.s

road has been actually acquired by
the Spokane and Inland people.
The work of securing the finances
with which to build the line was
commenced by President Thompson,
Secretary Randolph and Mr. Hurlbut
about three years ago, and with the
coming of the new company to build
the line the efforts of the present Of
ficials viii have been completed.
The joining of the two electrical
projects from Spokane to Grangeville
and Nezperce, with perhaps connect
ing lines into Walla Walla and Pen
dleton, gives the assurance of the
successful development'of the rich
country to be served in this terri
tory.
The people of the Palouse country
have for several months enjoyed the
benefits resulting from the Spokane
and Inland electrical trains. The
splendid traffic arrangements which
/ Mr.. Graves has secured for his line,
and which enabled the fruit grow
ers of large section to secure trans
portation when a shortage of refrig-
orator cars on the steam roads
threatened a serious damage.
1t is the coming of such interests
that will insure the development OF
the big power projects that will fur
rish the means of operating not only
the railroads but also factories thai
Twin manufacture the products of the
country and establish the payroll'
necessary to a healthy growth of thu
!, Inland cities.
Directors who reached the city to
day report that intense interest i
aroused in all sections of the coun
try to be tapped by the electric roat
and bring assurances of the genera
/. cooperation that will be extende'
J to Mr.. Graves and associates in thei
{ efforts to secure the funds and con
} struct the line.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
DEATH OF W. H. HELM.
Aged Father of Mrs. H. L. Kreis
Succumbs to Heart Failure.

The remains of w. H. Helm, faith
er of Mrs. Harry Kreis. were
brought to Lewiston this afternoon
from Ahsahka. The funeral ar
rangements have not yet been COM
p'eted
The deceased was about 70 years
of age, and recently suffered an at
tack of heart failure, which resulted
in his death yesteruas lie was wei
known in Lewiston and the Clearwa-
ter section, where he resided for a
number of years.
He leaves a wife and six children
to mourn his death. Mrs. II. L. Kreis
fand Mrs. j. A. Warner live in Lew
iston. Three of his four sons live in
Delamar, Idaho. and the fourth lives
in Wichita, Kan.
The funeral arrangements have
not been made, pending the arrival
of his sons from Delamar. The re-
mains will be inferred in the Lew
iston cemetery.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
CASE SETTLED
BY STIPULATION
REED VS.. LEWISTON EFT AL.
REACHES ADJUSTMENT BE-
FORE C0URT-MANY CASES
SETTLED OUT OF COURT

A settlement was reached today
before the district court in the case
entitled T. B. Reed & Co. VS.. G. w.
Lewis and John Peckham, wherein
the plaintiff sought to recover mon
ey due.
1t was agreed that the money in
the possession of the clerk Of the
court as a result of a writ of attach
ment should be divided between the
parties at issue and the cause as to
Peckham was dismissed upon agree
ment in open court.
The business of the court will be
completed during the ceXt two
weeks, thus permitting the opening
of court on February "a in Idaho
county. A number of the civil ac-
tions have been settled out of court
or continued for the term, which has
permitted the work to be carried or
more rapidly than expected.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
BRIDGE. CREW
NOW ENROUTE
HAVE LEFT RIPARIA WITH FULL
EQUIPMENT TO RESUME 0P-
ERATI0NS ON ERECTION OF
THE DRAW SPAN.

Word was received this afternoon
from Riparia to the effect that the
bridge crew was assembled at that
point this morning and is now en-
route to Lewiston with construction
cars with which to resume work on
the Clearwater bridge.
The Riparia report states work
will be resumed in ballasting the
track between Lewiston and Almo-
ia and special work train will be
installed to carry on this feature of
construction.
The placing of the draw span is
expected to require about two weeks,
but this will not be a sufficient time
in which to perform the river work.
1t is stated this feature of the con-
struction will not be commenced
until all spans have been erected and
that special equipment and workmen
will be brought in for that purpose.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
RURAL ROUTE
PARCELS POST
ESTIMATED THAT 100000 PEG
PIE WILL BE SERVED UNDER
PROVISIONS OF BILL INTRO
DUCED BY BURNHAM.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Sena-
tor Burnham of New Hampshire to-
day introduced bill to provide ru-
raj delivery and parcels post for
and other articles ac-
tually mailed on rural delivery
routes. There are 308,00O rural de-
livery routes, serving daily mail to
100000 people.
Burnham's measure has the in
dorsement of Roosevelt and Post
master General Meyer. The rate of
postage is fixed at 5 cents for the
first pound and cents for each ad-
ditional pound, but the privilege
can only be utilized by persons ac-
tually living and doing business on
the route on which the delivery is
to occur. The bill provides for re-
dueed rates for fractions of the first
pound.
Lewiston evening teller., 1908-02-10
NO QUORUM AT FAIR MEETING
Reorganization Plans Are About
Perfected.

The directors of the lewiston
Charleston Fair association met at
the Elk's temple at noon today but
owing to the failure to secure quo
rum the meeting was adjourned un-
til noon tomorrow.
The matter OF recognizing the as
sociation for the coming exhibition
is now well in hand and it is be-
lieved the initial steps of such re-
organization will be taken at the
meeting tomorrow.
One of the questions to come be-
fore the meeting is the consideration
OF providing for the small delinquen'
cies in premiums and for services
rendered.