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A systematized effort is to be made
for the GENERALIZATION Of the many
channels of relief through which
funds for the succor Of the hungry
and homeless of Sicily and Calabria
are now being collected.
1t is now aimed to make the Ameri-
can Red Cross society the medium for
transmission to the italian Red Cross
society Of all money collected in the
United States.
Already the society has cabled &c..
600, which was dispatched on Tues
day. In addition the executive commit
tee Of the national society has arrang.
ed to remit Immediately to the Italian
Red Cross the sum Of $50. 000. The
Christian Herald advanced $4,000 on
a fund which 1t purposes to raise
shortly by contributions from its read
ers and cabled the sum over to the
italian Red Cross society direct.
Another remittance sent by cable
last night was $4,000. contributed by
the Italian newspaper, II Progresso.
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! the vast majority of these are sorely
Distress Is Great.


injured.
Distress Is Great.
Other thousands remain near the
ruins Of their homes or wander half
starving, half naked. ver the land.
The forces that on Monday overwhelm-
ed the cities also destroyed the mean
Of sustenance.
Telegraphic communication has
been established with Messina. Mes
sages which have come over the line,
though they have been meager in de-
tail, show that hope Is gone. Nothing
remains Of the city but a mass OF
ruins that have been swept by fire.
A mere handful of survivors are being
cared for by the rescuing forces, but
their distress is great, and 1t has been
increased by the violent icy wind that
followed the deluge Of rain.
King and Queen at Messlna.
Destitution Is everywhere. and ap-
palling. There is little food and less
water. OF Messina's q 1000 population
II is believed that fully 10000 perish
ed. Forty thousand people died in
Reggie.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena were In Messina yesterday.
The king explored the ruins regard
less of the danger to which he exposed
himself. He was often moved to tears
at the heartrending scenes he came
upon at every turn. The king was
loud in his praise Of the splendid work
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07

filled with lamentations; pictured on
the countenance of all is grief for the
destruction of two beautiful regions
Of the mother country where thou.
sands now lie dead.
King Supervises Work.
King Victor Emmanuel has been in
defatigable. He has shown wonder
full activity and endurance, leaving no
point in Messina unvisited. He has
supervised the entire work in the fall
en- city, and the presence of his maj
esty has infused new courage and en-
ergy into the r~escuers, hungry and
wounded as they are.
A touching feat"re of the material
aid offered by all classes Of the peo-
pie in Rome is the donation of cloth
ing and bedding. which the workmen
are freely giving. Reports from all
parts of Italy indicate the same gen.
erous spirit. The king has placed the
royal palaces at Naples and Deserta
at the disposal of the injured.
Carry Refugees Away.
N6SSSlS lOdutu WIFI INluSCSS Noh-
tinue to stream into Naples and Paler-
mo, and each day sees the arrival OF
additional steamers in the Strait OF
Messina. 1t is the governments in
tention to remove all the survivors
possible to the various ports in Italy.
AS an instance of his quick grasp
of the situation, King Victor Emman.
uel soon after his arrival at Messina
wired to Premier Giolitti: Send ships
and men: above all, send ships loaded
with quicklime."
Burn and Bury Dead.
So far as has been possible, quick.
lime has been used on the dead!
many bodies have been burned and
others buried. In the relief work the
officers and men of the foreign war
ships have been untiring and their
courage is beyond words. The crew
of the British cruiser Drake gave up
everything they possessed for the ben
eft Of the refugees, and practically
forgot rest and sleep for more than
thirty-six hours in their devotion to
duty.
Reports are published that it is the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
NEW SHOCKS ALARM SURVIVORS
Complete Ruin Of Crumblins Build
mas in Southern Italy and Sicily.

Rome, Jan. 8. - Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome Of the
horrors in Southern Italy and Sicily,
those are but repetitions of midi
vidual tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made toward the ellie
Of those who have suffered by the
dreadful visitation. Considerable adj
vance in this respect has been made
at Messina, where. according to Off
cial reports received here, the supply
service is beginning to work satisfac-
torily. The different regions on the
coast have been allotted to various
warships and other ships as centers
from which torpedo boats and launch
es convey and distribute rations n
water to the different villages.
More Shocks Felt.
The minister of justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Goilitti that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of
the town. The appalling extent of the
disaster renders anything like a sys-
tematic search of the ruins impossi-
BILE, but persons are being dragged
out all day long and are quickly trans
ported to the relief ships as soon as
their wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone yesterday, complet-
ing the ruin of the crumbling build
ings. Those shocks are contributing
to the keeping up Of the alarm of the
population. Fires are still burning,
although much rain has fallen. The
latest Investigations on both sides of
the straits make it certain that many
more than half the population of
the coast towns and villages have
been killed.
More Than 100000 Dead.
Prof. Rico. director of the Observa-
tory at Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims Of the earthquake exceed
300 600. Hundreds of dangerous Grim
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NEWS or WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con.
densed for the Busy
Reader.
FROM II CAPITAL.

Some of the foremost composers OF
the country are in attendance In
Washington at the annual convention
OF the Music Teachers National asso-
citation.
Carrying out its efforts TO reduce
the number of fatalities in coal mines,
the United States geological survey is
about to establish rescue stations in
the principal coal fields of the com
try.
Announcement is made that the
postofice department is now prepared
to issue limited quantities of postage
stamps In rolls of 500 or 1000 for use
In s~tamp-vending and s~tamp-afixing
machines.
Inspired by the sale Of Red Cross
Christmas and New Years stamps
this year, officials of the American
Red Cross in Washington already are
planning to make this innovation a
permanent American institution.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
CASUALTIES.

While skating on a pond near Tren-
ton, N. j., Albert Blanchard and Carl
Hildebrand, each twelve years old,
broke through the ice and were drown
ed.
Fire broke out In the Paramonoff
mine In Russia and as q result $500
miners are idle. 1t has been neces-
sary to seal up three shafts Of the
mine.
Rev. Wilbur I. Davis was stricken
blind while delivering a sermon in his
pulpit at the High Street Methodist
church at Springfield, Ohio. The burst
ing Of a blood vessel was given as the
cause.
Fire, which for a time threatened
the whole business section of One
onta, N. ", destroyed the Arlington
hotel and seven other buildings in the
heart of the city, causing a loss of
$1,000
The fertilizing plant and tank Dom
of the Nelson Morris packing plant at
st. Joseph, Mo-, vas destroyed by fire.
The loss is about $125, 900. The fire
will not interfere with the working of
the plant.
w. T. B. Allen. aged ~sixty-seven,
of the best known Englishmen In
Northwestern Iowa, was found dead in
bed at Sioux City, having accidentally
turned on the gas stove in turning off
the gaslight.
Oscar Herr ignited with a cigarette
stump a bottle containing mine pow
der at Fairmont. w. Va, and he and
three companions were probably fatal
ly injured and several others were Sc
riously hurt.
race on the Foothill boulevard. at Oak
land, Cal. one man was instantly kill
ed and another man and two young
women we're severely injured. The
accident occurred a short distance
from San Leandro.
Leo Bosworth, aged thirty, was kill
ed at Charlotte. Mich, by the expl0-
son Of a gun in the hands OF a hunt
ing companion, who escaped unhurt.
Part of the barrel hit Bosworth In the
neck and severed his jugular vein. He
died In an hour.
A fire which caused a loss Of 100000
occurred. in the Occidental hotel build
ing in los Angeles. An explosion in
the basement. where a decorating COM
pany stored paints and oils. caused the
fre. Two nremen were injured. The
hundred guests in the hotel escaped
without injury.
In a collision at New York between
a trolley car and an automobile George
C. Hurlburt. the aged librarian of the
American Geographical society. and
his daughter. occupants of the auto
mobile, were crushed In the ruins OF
the machine and fatally injured.
MRS. Bertha vacha and her three
year.old boy were found dead from as
phyxiation in their home at Cleveland.
Frank yacha. the husband, was uncon-
sc3ous but may recover. Some time
during the night gas escaped In the
house. An investigation is being
made.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
Short in Accounts.

MarshaIltown, Iowa, Jan. 3. - Not
until a note was found confessing that
he was short in his accounts and an
.nouncing his intention of committing
suicide. was the disappearance of
Charles ID. Swick discovered yester-
day.
Swick was a trusted employee of
President George Gregory of the
Iowa-Nebraska Coal Dealers associa-
ton, and handled much of his employ
ers' funds. AS far as discovered his
shortage is only 5000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
ACQUITTED OF EMeEzzLEMENT.

Fargo, Jan. 1. - In the embezzle-
Aneta. the jury in the United States
court acquitted the prisoner without
leaving their seats, Irerson is a sew
enteen-year-old boy. who has been a
clerk in the p~ostofice at Aneta, and
was charged with embezzling 81 35.
The shortage occurred in connection
with stamp sales. and the defense al
legged il was a case of mistake in max.
ing change and not criminal intent.
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AWFUL TOTALS NOT COMPLETE
Thousands of Survivors Wan
der Half Starving, Half Naked
Over the Land.
DfSTITUTIOS IS EVERYWHERE
Rescue Parties Are Performing Prod
igies, but Task Before Them Is
Almost Hopeless.

Rome, Jan. I. - The immensely OF
Mondays earthquake in Southern
italy and Sicily al only be measured
by the fact that 1t is now estimated
that $4,000 people persisted in Mes
sina and Reggie alone. A number OF
other towns have been devastated and
thousands Of victims in these places
must be added to the roll. In the
face Of these awful totals all Italy
stands appalled,.
Nor has the full death list yet been
reached. Shiploads of fugitives have
arrived at Naples and other ports, and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
BONES POINT TO MURDER.

Chicago. Jan. 8. A murder In
which the body of the victim. believed
to have been Mrs. Annie Raffty. a
negro servant, was burned in the fur
mace OF a fashionable apartment
building. was disclosed by the police
Yesterday by the finding of human
bones in the ashes of the furnace.
The police are searching for the wom-
ans husband. who is said to have dis
appeared.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
MAINE TOWN FIREswEpT.

Skowhegan. Me-, Jan. S-Ffre dam
aged three business blocks and burned
ave tenement houses in Water street.
In the heart OF the town. early yester-
day. Two Of the houses were dyna-
mited to check the progress OF the
flames and It was only after eight
hours work that the department. as
sisted by apparatus from Winterville
and Fairfield. succeeded in bringing
the FIRE under control. The loss Is
s4OO. 200.
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m His Guilt.

Seattle. Wash. Jan. 3.-WGnted in
Chicago on a charge of embezzlement
Of money intrusted to his care for de-
post In the bank three months ago..
Herman Paley. a theatrical agent, was
arrested in Seattle yesterday by a de.
tective.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-01-07
Nine. Nordica m.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 3. = Nine.
Nordica is suffering from an attack Of
bronchitis and is confined to the home
OF her sister. Mrs. Castillo.
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| performing prodigies. but the task be-
fore them is almost hopeless.
Search Dust for Food.

performing prodigies, but the task be-
fore them is almost hopeless.
Search Dust for Food.
Added to the difficulty Of obtaining
food and water, there are no drugs or
surgical appliances. Eeart-breaking
appeals for help are heard on every
side, to which only the most made
quate response is possible. Temporal
ry hospitals are being rugged up, but
only a comparatively few can be re-
lieved and the n Of horror defy
description. The survivors OF the
earthquake are suffering cruel extrem-
tiles, and In Messina may be seen
everywhere, vainly searching in the
dust and debris for morsels Of food.
Many Villages in Ruins.
Later dispatches state that the city
Of Palmi contains 1900 dead and twice
as many injured. Two-thirds of the
town was laid waste. AL! the villages
adjacent suffered as severely.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like a huge in
candescent furnace. The fire spread
to the buildings thar had not yet fallen,
completing the work of destruction.
The Strait of Messina is now choked
with corpses of men and animals.
Piliage and Lootins.
The relief work now is well begun,
but hundreds Of persons are wander
ing about the ruins like madmen. TheY
are being given food and clothing as
fast as II is possible.
At the ministry of marine word has
been received that frightful looting
and pillage occurred at Reggie. This
place, already overwhelmed, will have
few survivors, as It has been impossi-
BILE for the relief expeditions to reach
1t.
Americans Respond Quickly.
New York, Jan. /. - The work Of
organizirg relief for the victims of the
earthquake, which was begun here al
most simultaneously with the receipt
Of the first news of the disaster, as
sumed official form yesterday with the
issuance by the mayor Of a proclama-
ton calling upon the people Of the
city for subscription for the relief Of
the sufferers.
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One of the Paris newspapers states
that Wilbur Wright. the American
aeroplanist. will shortly go to Rome
TO give instruction to three italian
pilots in the work of his aeroplane.
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kings intention to sell his property
in Sicily and devote the proceeds to
the assistance of the sufferers.
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More Than 100000 Dead.

Prof. Rico, director of the Observa-
tory at Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims Of the earthquake exceed
200, 600. Hundreds of dangerous Grim
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-10-12

will become less dangerous as the
years go by. But there is conflict.
a conflict between Mormonism and the
law. and bewteen two social orders.
The so-called Gentiles who live in
Utah know.how powerful is the tyran-
ny of the Mormon oligarchy, know
how corrupt it is.
In our opinion it would have been
far better had the President kept away
from the tabernacle and preached
peace. In this he followed the pre-
cedent set by his predecessor. But it
was bad precedent nevertheless.
There is nothing in it to which anyone
can take exception. On the contrary,
the message is one that the American
people as whole needed to hear. But
the words would have had greater
weight had they been spoken from the
pulpit of the church of which the
President himself is a member. His
appearance in Mormon pulpit will be
construed stakenly, of course-by
the Mormons themselves as a sort of
official recogi ition of their system.
And this will have the effect of weak
eniDg the influence which his excellent
counst would otherwise have.
No one of course, believes that any
serious consequences will flow from
the action of the president. No one
will because of it question his devotion
to American ideals, and certainly no
intelligent American citizen will for a
moment imagine that he had any idea
of recognizing Mermonism. But he
has nevertheless made mistake. The
people IN Utah who ought to have the
support of our presidents are those
who constitute the Gentle minority,
for they are our people. in sense that
the Mormors ale not; and it is they
who are holding the American stand
ards, and are doing it under great diff
/ culties and in the face of many tempt
ations to abandon them. We should
! think they would feel somewhat dis
couraged and disheartened Today.
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Massachusetts, Democracy.

The Democratic convention of
Massachusetts has adopted an excel
lent platform. The first plank deals
with the tariff question and demands
an Immediate reduction of tariff duties
on the necf ssities of life. 1t also con-
tains plank opposing Imperialism and
favoring the popular election of Unit
ed States Senators and direct nominal
lions. In addition to these planks and
some good planks on the labor ques-
ton, it declares for the election of
'only those candidates for the Legis-
lature pledged to the ratification of
constitutional amendment for an in
come tax" The democrats of Massa-
chusetts are tn be congratulated upon
the stand they have taken on these
questions, and especially are they to
be commended for insisting that can
didates for the legislature shall be
pledged to the ratification of the liz
come tax amendment. The opponents
of the income tax have counted on all
of the New England states to oppose
the amendment, but they are likely to
be disappointed. Among the mass of
the people the sentiment is strong in
favor of the income tax, and 1T could
not be matter of surprise if'a num-
Der of Republican. candidates for the
legislature were left at home if they
refuse to promise to ratify the income
tax amendment.
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The Presidents Sermon.

The Indianapolis News, Republic
can paper, has the following editorial
on the address of President Taft while
at Salt Lake City. Utah. few Sun
days ago:
In his sermon in the Mormon taber-
nacle a few Sundays ago President
Taft argued strongly for peace and
good will. Peace and good will are
excellent things. and there is no quail
ity that he praised that ought not to
adorn our lives. And yet we believe
that many man, quite untainted by
bigotry. will think of many other texts
that might have been properly ex-
pounded yesterday. What concord. /"
asks ST. Paul. hath Christ with
Belial?" There thus appear to be some
things with which the Christian can
hot maintain concord. Perhaps Nor
monism. with its greedy. grasping for
| yer. its political deals, its polygamy
and the rest. is one of those things.
Every ore who has lived under its
sway knows what its temper is, what
its ambitions are. Can we. ought we.
to live at peace withit? Many Ameri-
cans. and Americans who believe
the widest religious liberty, and the
broadcast federation, will answer this
question in the negative. what fell
lowship. the apostle again asks; has
with unrighteousness.
and what communion hath light with
There thus appear to be
limits to. the concord of which Mr..
Taft is so good natured preacher
We remember the sojourn of another
American president among the Nor
mons-the late Benjamin Harrison.
He. too. addressed Mormon audiences.
and he improved his opportunity sby
clarifying the American home. presidi
ed lover by one wife. And the whole
notion applauded his courage and his
steadfastness to the highest American
ideal. He. too. was lover OF peace.
but he did not think that it could be
established or maintained between two
6rreconciIable forces. We do not share
theA fears felt by may at the spread:df
Mormcism- For. in our opinion. the
whole tendency of the times is against
it. as far as it stands for polygamy.
So. while it is undoubtedly danger
aus fqycH st the present noment. 1t
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-10-12
Thursdays for Kickers.


The world does move. Ten years
ago the Kicker got about as much
attention as the "knocker" does to-
day. Between the kicker and the
''knocker" there's difference. Per-
haps there wasn't ten years ago. but
there is now; and the difference is in
favor of the kicker" for he has OBJ
jected to some purpose and is still do
ing so, while the" knocker" hasn't.
Perhaps the "knocker" will sometime
gain standing but he certainly isn't
it, with the kicker" down in
Cincinnati.
According to press dispatch Mayor
Calvin, of Cincinnati. has sci apart
Thursdays for "kickers. On Thursdays
they may go to City Hall and register
their complaints with the Mayor or his
secretary. with the assui ance that
they will be investigated. There is no
promise that all complaints will be
further acted upon. hut. those which
led to disclosures regarding the public
service. the Streets: sidewalks. nui-
sances, ETC.. will enlist the power and
authority of the Mayor. : The Kicker
who really kicks against something
that ought not to exist. viii be regard
ed as doing the city service.
So the kicker, has at lastlkicked
himself into official recognition ia Gin
cinnati; and he seems to be making
considerable progress in other cities.
from: San Francisco to Pittsbulg. and
from New Orleans to Chicago. The
Kicker kicks at anything that can
be improved. from filthy streets to
grating officials who appeared to be
lining Their o@n pocketbOoks at public
expense. for the Kicker Let
the world continue to move.
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Public Sale
OF
100 Jersey Milk Cows
and Heifers.
| will offer for sale without reserve
at my place on Maysville turnpike one
mile from court house on
Thursday. October IA, 1909.

my herd of 100 choice Jersey milk
cows and heifers.
125 Cows.
30 HeifeFSs Z 3
This stock is of my own raising. Cul-
ling my herd annually, as / have for.
I the past twenty one years. ! have kept
only those that were money makers,
many giving as much as gallons per
day.
TERMS Ninety days. negotiable
note bearing 6 per cent interest from
day of sale.
IT'D NIB. L0YElL.
- E5fzla Saf
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21
4 LIVE Old MAN.

Thos. II. Lewis writes a spicy
letter to the daily press question
INC the legal right of the game
commission to allow the war
dens' monthly expenses, and
that, a fixed rate irrespective Oh
amount of travel whether little
or great. He strongly invelghS
against the large amount of mon
ey spent without law or reason
for the entertainment of the war
deps at their convention in the
spring. He concludes by re-,
marking significantly that IL
would be still more appropriate
if some defender or apolOgist OF
the Commission could be found
outside of the ranks OF the Dehe
ticiaries of it's extravaganza anc
illegal expenditure of the public
money"
Mr., Lewis valiant attacks OF
this source of waste of the tax
payers money must be admired '9t
even by those who differ will
him. He is past the age OF three
score and ten, but strikes GU
like a young man, refuting Us
lerism, although some peopl
perhaps would like to chlorOfOrr
him-temporarily at least.