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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
FIERCE BLIZZARD IN THE EAST
Severest Snow Storm in Years in New
York State.

Severest Snow Storm in Years in New
York State.
Oswego, N. Y, Feb. 4.-The most Sc
we're blizzard that has blown off Lake
Ontario in years has prevailed
throughout this section for the past
twenty-four hours.
Railroad traffic on this branch of
the New York Central is already seri-
ously impeded. Freight trains have
been temporarily abandoned and pas
senger trains are several hours late.
The temperature continues low.
Boston. Feb. 4. - The gale which
swept the New England coast Satur,
day. with a heavy fall of sno and
rain, had passed northeast yesterday
and was raging over Newfoundland
with violence apparently undiminish.
ed. No marine disasters accompanied
by loss of life have been reported.
though several vessels have gone
ashore.
AT st. John the gale is described as
the worst in forty-five years.
Halifax, N. S., Feb. A. - Extensive
damage was caused throughout the
province this morning by a wild south.
east storm, accompanied by rain, hail
and lightning. The wind attained a
velocity of sixty miles an hour.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
MERGER SUIT is FILED IN UTAH.
Direction of Attorney General.
States ATTORNEY Acts Under

Direction of Attorney General.
United States Attorney Acts Under
Washington, Feb. 4.-United States
Attorney Hiram f. Booth, acting u n
der the direction of the attorney gen.
eral, Saturday filed in the circuit
court of the United States for the dis
trict of Utah, sitting at Salt Lake
City, a petition or bill in equity, in
which the United States is made com
plainant and the Union Pacific Rail
road company, the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company, the Oregon Rail
road and Navigation company, the
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Railroad company, the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railway company,
the Southern Pacific Railway compa-
ny, the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany the Great Northern Railway
company, Farmers Loan and Trust
company, Edward H. Hartman, Jacob
H. Schin, Otto H. Kahn, James Still
man, Henry H. Rogers, Henry c. Frick
and William A. Clark, defendants.
In Restraint Of Trade.
The bill sets out in detail the sever
al agreements, contracts IN opera
tions by which the several defendants.
Hartman, Schiff, Kahn. Stillman,
Rogers, Frick and Clark, at various
times since Jan. 1, 1901, are alleged
to have secured for themselves and
others the management and control
of the various defendant roads, their
branches and steamship lines, and to
have yer since operated them in re-
straint of trade and among
the states and with foreign nations, In
violation of the act of congress ap-
proved July 2, 1890, entitled "An act
to protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraint and monopolies."
The bill alleges combination and
conspiracy among the defendants in
derogation of the common rights Of all
people of the United States, and asks
that a permanent injunction be issued
restraining them from carrying out
the unlawful combination or ~conspira-
cy alleged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
INSANE ASYLUM
IS THAW'S PRISON
Not Guilty of Murder, by Reason
of Insanity, Is the Verdict
of the Jury.
IS RUSHED TO THE MADHOUSE
Court Rules Prisoner Dangerous Person
and Commits Him to Mat
teawan Asylum.

New York, Feb. 4.-Adjudged not
guilty of the murder of Stanford
White by reason of insanity at the
time the fatal shots were fired, Harry
Kendall Thaw Saturday was held by
the court to be a dangerous lunatic
and was whirled away to the state
hospital for the criminal insane at
Matteawan.
The verdict came after twenty-five
hours of waiting and when every one
connected with the case had abandon
ed all hope of an agreement ever be-
ing reached in this or any other trial.
To Asylum in Four Hours.
Four hours after the foreman's lips
had framed the words mot guilty"
with the accompanying insanity
clause, Thaw, protesting that he was
sane, was on his way to Matteawan.
A little after nightfall he had been re-
ceived in the institution under COM
mitment papers which directed his de-
~tention until discharged by due
course of law"
No more unwilling patient ever
made a journey to a state institution.
Bows Naughty Thanks.
The first thrill of the words OF ac-
quittal brought Thaw to his feet In
the court room, and with that lack OF
grace which always has characterized
his movements he awkwardly, almost
haughtily, bowed his acknowledge
ments to the twelve jurymen as they
were discharged by the court. A smile
played about his pallid features and
there was every aso to believe that
he was entirely pleased with the out
come.
1t was after he had heard the words
of Justice Bowling committing him to
Matteawan OF the ground that his re-
lease, in the opinion of the court,
would %endanger the public safety, and
after the citation of the verdict had
died away, that Thaw rebelled.
In Fear of Madhouse.
He commanded his attorneys imme-
diately to swear out a writ of habeas
corpus to have his sanity tested before
he was SEN away to the upstate insti-
tuition where the insane of criminal
tendency are confined.
Under promise that some action
speedily will be taken looking to the
appointment of a commission to in
quire into his present sanity or for his
transfer to a private institution, where
his wife and other members of the
family might reside with him, Thaw
consented to go without further pro-
test.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
People Talked About.

Count Leopold, the reigning prince
of Lippe, is dead.
Franklin B. Lord of the law firm o
Lord, Day & Lord of New York. |!
dead after a brief illness.
The Order Of the Legion Of Honor
has been conferred upon Eugene
Meyer, the New York banker.
Leopold Wallack, n lawyer and CAPT
talist of New York, died of an Illness
resulting from an attack of the grip.
John Dove Wilson. emeritus profes
sor In Aberdeen university, died a
San Reno, Italy. Prof. Wilson wa!
born In Scotland in 1888.
Prof. Parker OF Yale has been APP
pointed Judge of the Lord Grey must
cal competitions which will take place
at Ottawa, beginning Feb. "a. and las
q week.
On a salary of SIS a month, Charles
ID. Davol, a graduate Of Harvard anC
q son OF a Fall River (Mass.) million
ARE wool manufacturer, has begun as
night messenger at the Rock ISLAND
railway station at Topeka, Kan. Il
learn the railway business from the
ground up.
Charles G. Beidinger, an inventor
was found dead In his DON In a cheaI
boarding house in Troy, N. Y. He hac
been In extreme want lately, but haC
Just learned that the superior courl
OF Cincinnati had decided a patenl
right claim in his favor. awarding hin
500. 900 and interest upon IL for severa
years.
Army officers are much wrought up
a. they believe the president intends
to modify in an unexpected mannel
his original horsemanship test order
1t provides for fifteen-mile rides
They understand 1t may be changed
to require a ride of ninety miles II
three days and to include stunts III
tramping and leading the horse sever
81 miles daily.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
VIOLENT STORM FATAL TO TEN,
Wide Strip of Farming Country in Mis-
sissippi Is Laid Waste.

Wesson, Miss, Feb. Six persons
were killed outright by a tornado
which laid waste a strip of farming
country three-quarters of a mile wide
and several miles long just north of
here yesterday. -Four persons were
fatally injured and many others were
slightly hurt when their homes were
blown down. A negro who arrived
here about dark brought news of the
storm. Three physicians started in
carriages for the stricken district.
The dead and injured are all white,
excepting N unidentified victim.
The tornado struck about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t came from the
south west and disappeared into the
norteast. At least a dozen homes of
white families were blown down. The
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox was
blown almost completely off the prem
Uses, and Mrs. Maddox's spinal column
was broken.
Wide Swath Is Cut.
The path of the tornado was I'M
usually wide and was left Uttered with
hundreds of dollars worth of dead
farm animals an strewn with many
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty.
Surrounding towns not in the direct
path OF the storm suffered damage
during the few minutes of the lorna
dos duration.
AT Georgetown buildings were
blown down and at Hazelhurst two
sawmills were destroyed and many
fences and ser eral small buildings
were blown over.
Center Point exported much damage
but no loss of life.
Darkness settled down so quickly
after the storm that only an incom-
plete estimate Of the destruction,
both to life and to property, was OBJ.
tanned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

The senate has passed a bill givins
leaves of absence to homesteaders or
irrigation lands during periods wber
there is no water.
A Joint resolution appointing a com
mittee to investigate recent mining
disasters In the United States has
been passed by the senate.
Senator Hopkins has introduced 2
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
polygamy in the United States.
The navy department is about :,
undertake a set of experiments tt
demonstrate the utility OF the subma
rine as an adjunct In naval warfare.
George p. Wetmore last week tool
oath OF office as United States senator
from Rhode Island for the term end
Ing March 4, 1912. Mr.. Wetmore's en-
trance increased the actual member
ship to ninety-two for the first time.
The house committee on agriculture
has received from Clifford Pinchot the
following data as to the receipts and
disbursements of the forestry bureau
tor the year 1907: Receipts, $1,467,
BOO; expenditures, $1,530,000 Excess
Of expenditures over receipts, $4,000
Recommendation of an average In.
areas of one-third in the salaries OF
the commissioner of patents, his as.
sistants, examiners and law clerks in
the patent Office, entailing an added
expenditure of $1,000 annually, has
been agreed upon by the house commit
tee on patents.
Representative Keifer OF Ohio
chairman of the subcommittee on pen
sions of the house committee on ap
preparations, announced informally
that that committee had agreed &c
recommend a pension roll OF $l50,000,
900 for the fiscal year ending June 30
1909. This will be about 81 ,000, 900 In
excess OF the pension roll OF the pres
ent fiscal year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

I'm the back calls forth words Of exc
Grafton upon the regicides, while the
governmen t declares that the murders
will only strengthen the cause of the
monarchy and insure the fidelity of
the people. The army apparently is
still loyal and no organized movement
of the republicans to launch a repub-
lie is under way, so far as outward APP
pearances 20.
Story Of the Tragedy.
No more beautiful day could be i'm
agined than that which hereafter will
mark the date on which King Carlos
and Crown Prince LUZ met their
death at the hands Of assassins. Re-
turning from a sojourn at the kings
estate at Villa Vicosa, accompanied
by the queen, the crown prince and
the infant Manuel, the sovereign
seemingly was in a happy mood when
he stepped into the carriage in wait
Ing at the railroad station. Thousands
of spectators, gayly attired, in combi-
nation with the bright decorations, set
out to welcome the royal family, made
an animated scene.
Take Escort by Surprise.
1t was because of the beautiful
weather that an open carriage was in
waiting for the royal family, and when
they took their places they were greet
ed with some lifting of hats. but most
ly in silence. Then as the carriage
sharply turned into the Rua do Arse
nal there was a cracking of guns and
a shower of bullets tore their way into
the bodies of the king n crown
prince and the little prince, who
proved to be an easy target. The as.
sassins, numbering six in all. boldly
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
MANUEL IS PROCLAIMED KING
Second Son, Who Was Wounded
by Assassins, Is Now Ruler;
Country Overwhelmed.
QUEEN TRIES TO SAVE SONS
Heroic Act of Mother Is Too Late ;
Three Regicides Killed; Rumor
of a Republic.

Lisbon, Feb. 4.-King Carlos of Por-
tugal and the crown prince, Luiz Phil
ippe, were assassinated Saturday
while driving In an open carriage. All
Portugal is overwhelmed at the trag-
edy.
A boy king, who henceforth will be
known as Manuel H., is now the ruler
of the kingdom of Portugal, and the
revolution into which the instigators
of the bloody events of Saturday had
hoped to plunge the country has, not
yet at least, engulfed the nation.
Franco, the dictator and real CON-
mander Of the country's destinies,
whom the moral and physical might of
all parties and powerful interests has
not succeeded in destroying, remains
still the triumphant leader, not only
unconquered and unaffrighted, but re-
tanned in power by the new king.
Rumor of a Republic.
The only word of indication that uni.
versal order in Portugal had possibly
been broken came from Oporto in the
form of a m that a republic had
been proclaimed there, but this was
not confirmed. Lisbon seems sincere
ly Frustrated with grief. The streets
are silent and tie people, wearing EN-.
blems of mourning, pass slowly and
sorrowfully.
The cowardly shooting of the king
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
AceIdensal H.ppemnus.

At Christ hospital, an institution a
Cincinnati conducted by the Protes
tant Episcopal church for poor womer
and children, a baby was scalded Il
death under peculiar circumstances
A nine-year-old child turned on the no
water.
Five hundred pounds OF dynamite II
Z box car at the mining town Of Hook
ing, two miles from Abba. Iowa, ex
ploded during q fire which started II
the company's store and five men were
injured and 100000 worth of propert,
destroyed.
The Central hotel at Pontiac, I'll.
burned last week. The hundred OF
more guests in II had only time t.
make their escape In their nigh
clothes. One woman Jumped from thu
second-story and was bruised badly
Loss. $4,000.
A sailboas with a party Of twelv'
marines on q pleasure trip was cap
sized on MORO castle. San Juan, p. r
Two of the party were drowned.
Three men were killed instantly an,
0xe others seriously injured by a pre-
mature explosion from an unknown
cause o. dynamite in the Bergen Hill
section of the Pennsylvania tunnel a
Homestead. N. J.
Fonr earn of the fast New Orlean
= Northeastern north-bound passenge
train No. I toppled over . low trestl
noar Hattiesburg. Miss. and rolle'
49, n nmhnnkmant without fillinI
: 1skaily injurins : psraea.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

its doing dire evil TO h republic, and
In the next place to avoid the vindio
tive and dreadful radicalism which, II
left uncontrolled, it is certain in the
end 70 arouse.
an my judgment, thoroughgoins
and satisfactory control can in the end
only be obtained by the action Of the
national government, for almost all
corporations of enormous wealth-thai
is, the corporations which it is espe
cially desirable to control - are en-
gagged II interstate commerce"
Must Not Prosecute Labor.
Some action in connection with the
abuse OF the power OF injunction Is
recommended. The president says that
It Is all wrong TO use the injunction
to prevent the entirely proper and le-
Ultimate actions OF labor organizations
In their struggle for Industrial better
ment, or under the guise of protecting
property rights un~warrantably to in
wade the fundamental rights of the in
%dividual.
1t is futile, he says, to concede, as
we do, the right and the necessity OF
organized effort on the part of wage
and yet by injunctive process
to forbid peaceable action TO accom-
plish the lawful objects for which they
are organized and upon which their
success depends.
Additional powers for the interstate
commerce commission In regulating
concerns engaged In interstate COM
merce are also urged in the presi-
dents message.
Legislation TO prevent gambling in
securities and commodities is strong
ly recommended.
Outlook Bright.
In conclusion, the president points
out that the country has just passed
through two months Of acute financial
stress AT such a time there is a nat
ural tendency IN the part Of many
men to feel gloomy and frightened at
the outlook, but there is no justifica-
ton for this feeling. There is no ma
ton so absolutely sure of ultimate
cce Ours is a nation of master
full energy, with a continent for its do
main. We are upheld by the confident
hope of ultimate triumph.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Fire Loss h. $4,000.

Bluefield, w. Va, Feb. "A disas-
trous fire broke out in the Christie
building. on Pulaski street. yesterday
and spread rapidly. On account of a
delay in turning in an alarm the de-
partment did not arrive until the
building was in flames and had spread
to adjoining buildings. The total dam
age will exceed $50, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
iNpicT SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
Massachusetts Legislator Accused oil
Seeking Reduced Fare.

SSSNutS nSe1SSu raw
Salem, Mass, Feb. Speaker John
N. Cole OF the Massachusetts, house of
representatives, whose home is at An
dover and who has represented the
Eighth Essex district for seven years,
was indicted yesterday by the Essex
county grand jury on a charge of VIC
lating the public statutes in request
ing reduced rate Of fare on the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad for a large mum.
Der OF persons. The indictment is in
1913 counts and the statute provides a
penalty in each case of a fine Of not
less than 500 nor more than 81, 900.
Certain sections in the public stat.
utes forbid public officers. including
members of the state legislature. from
soliciting for themselves or any one
else free passes or reduced fares On
any railroad.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
ANNIE A FIREBUG.

Brooklyn Woman Gets Fourteen Years
for Arson.
New York. Feb. A. - Mrs. Annie
Ackerly, the first woman ever convict
ed of arson in Brooklyn. has been SEN
fenced to serve fourteen years In
prison. According to the evidence in
the case Mrs. Ackerly. in order to col
lect on a $1,000 fire insurance policy,
set FIRE TO the contents of her apart
ment In a crowded Broowlyn tenement
house. e~ndangering the lives of scores
Of people living in the same haiidiag.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
DIE AGED OVER 100 YEARS.
Oldest Couple In Marshall County Mar
ried seventy-nine Years.

Warren, Mimi, Feb. 4. - Marshall
county has lost its two oldest inhabit-
ants, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Zeijdlik
having passed away. They were both
born In Bohemia and came to this
county many years ago, being the first
settlers In the town OF Tabor. Mr.,
Zeijdlik was 102 years old and Mrs,
zeijdlik was 105 years old. They had
been married seventy-nine years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Woman Burned In Her Home.

Brainerd, Mimi, Feb. 4. - Word
reached here that Mrs. A. Stephens.
living alone four miles north of Gull
river In Cass county, was burned to
death In her house. No particulars
are known here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Negro Shot to Death.

Quitman. Ca, Feb 4.-Charles Pit.
man. a negro barber who was arrested
on suspicion of being the murderer OF
Miss Lorena Allen, at Greenviiie. Fla.
was shot to death last night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
PLAN PIONEER MOVEMENT.
Old Settlers Have Large Part Of $40,
600 Fund Subscribed.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. /. - The Old
Settlers Association of Winona Coun.
ty has begun a movement to have
erected in Riverside Park here a mon
ument 10 the old settlers of this coun'
ty and vicinity. They intend to raise
$4,000. and they already have assur.
ances OF q large portion Of that
amount.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
Fire Loss, 100000; Two Hurt.

Louisville, Feb. 49, The Second
Presbyterian church vas almost total
ly destroyed by fire. The loss is about
500 600. Two firemen were injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
czARlNA IS WORSE AGAIN.

May Have 10 Undergo Operation on
Her Eyes.
ST. Petersburg. Feb. 2.-After a pc
ROD OF slight gains. the condition OF
the Empress Alexandra again has
taken q turn for the worse. The ner-
vous debility, which Is battling the
skill OF the specialists. IL nov compli.
Gated by an afniction OF the ayes
which II Of such a painful character
thnt a operation probably win " re-
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
REBUILDING SAN FRANCISCO.
New Structures More Valuable Than
Those Destroyed.
Prom the New YORK Timek

Prom the New YORK Times
Mr.. Charles II. Taylor, OF the Boston
Globe, gives in that paper a striking re-
view OF what has been accomplished in
san Francisco within the last two years
Especially impressive are his figures as
ITO rebuilding
Something more than 5000 buildings
were destroyed in the spring OF 1906, al
most wholly by FIRE. their total value be-
ing estimated at 05.000.oea There are
now completed. or in course Of eCnstruc-
ton. l00o0 new buildings. and these.
though only 40 per cent in number Of
those destroyed. have a value OF Sill. .OlJ.-
0lo. MIR. Taylor adds that Of this very
large sum invested in construction. only,
= 900 came from outside OF San Fran
cisco" The cubic space. moreover. OF
the new buildings is actually greater than
was that Of those burned, showing the
larger and better lines on which the new
city has been and Is being rebuilt" The
same observer is OF the opinion that the
improved system Of water supply. with
its reservoirs and auxiliary draught on
the bay, viii be adequate for any future
emergency, and that the city viii be in
the front rank Of protected municipalities
and assured Of a reduction in insurance
rates OF at least q Is per cent"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
The Minoritv In Concress-

Minority Leader Williams announce
ment that the Democratic side of the
House would use all its parliamentary
power under the rules to force the ma
jority To abandon it's do-nothing policy
promises TO enliven matters somewhat
Coming almost contemporaneously with
the Presidents message, MIR. Williams
determination to have hand in the
game indicates that there may be more
activity AT the Capitol than has been an
| ticipated. SO far as the minority is con-
| eerned. II is about time for a Democratic
awakening. The opposition in both
Houses has been notoriously feeble and
inefficient Doubtless Democratic support
Of administration measures has had
good deal TO do with stopping the mouths
OF opposition critics. but this hardly ac-
counts in full for failure to make out
colorado case against the majority. In
the Senate the situation is even worse.
from partisan standpoint. than in the
House. More often than not il is diff
cult 10 descry party lines in debate or in
voting At least two important measures
that in times gone by would have aroused
strong Democratic opposition have lately
passed the Senate without a dissenting
vote. If Mr.. Culberson is troublesome to
the majority. we have failed 10 notice any
symptoms OF q.
Although the Democrats have but one
third OF the Senate membership, a small
minority in that body can conduct a very
effective opposition. In the House tae
Democrats have 157 members and the Re-
publieans 22t With so large body as
this the House minority ought 20 DC able
TO exercise a strong influence over the
course OF legislation, in spite OF the
shaekrng rules. Whether the inertness
and incapacity OF the House minority
is fault Of leadership We shall not at
tempt TO say. Mr.. Williams promises that
for the future his leadership will signify
something more than mere verbal protest
or tame acquiescenCe in the drifting policy
OF the majority. An effort is 20 be made
TO produce results. Well, the country
wants tangible evidence that the Demo-
cratic party In Congress has some reason
for being. Let us see what happens when
Mir. Williams gets 10 work