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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
MILWAUKEE EXTENSION.
Building on From Rapid City Into the
Belle Fourche District.

oCiIC ~ ~
The many rumors recently in cir.
| culation as to projected railroad ex-
tensions in western South Dakota has
caused considerable speculation as to
the route the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway will take in building
out of Rapid City. While there has
been no definite announcement Of
the Milwaukee's intentions the fol,
lowing from the Range Gazette, pub
lished at Camp Crook in Harding
county, about 120 miles northwest Of
Rapid City, is self explanatory: Last
Sunday two auto loads of Milwaukee
railroad officials headed by President
Earring arrived in town from Bowman.
They are looking over the country
with a view to connecting the Rapid
City line with the coast extension
and from present indications Camp
Crook will be on the map in big let
ters. This preliminary inspection is
Belle Fourche irrigated district,
thence into the Little Missouri Valley.
The course will then follow down the
valley either TO Marmath or out
through SO gap and northwest. Con-
struction will probably start soon, as
"a line can be laid out" This route
is practically the only feasible n for
a north and south route in western
South Dakota. Natural water courses
are practically followed all Of the way
and the territory traversed is for the
great part virgin and one of the rich
est sections in the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
WOULD NOT IDENTIFY.
Woman Hesitates to Acknowledge
Dead Man as Her Half Brother.

Dead Man as Her Half Brother.
Ben Folker and wife, living near
Osceola, were brought to Huron last
week by Sheriff Huntley and Coroner
Tolmie, and compelled to view the re-
mains of Henry Wahrman, killed IN
the Chicago & North-W Western railway
tracks on the night of May 7. Eff
forts to ascertain the identity of the
man were unsuccessful until those
people were brought to Huron. 1t ap-
pears that from admissions made that
they knew Wahrman in Illinois, he
having worked for several years on a
farm near Watseka. Although they
at first denied any knowledge Of the
nan, and declared that he was In no
way related to either Of them, Mrs.
Folker finally admitted that the dead
man was her half brother, but as
signed no reason for withholding the
information from the authorities. Fol
ker paid the expense Of burial Of the
body, which took place today. Fur
Their investigation will be had.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
THE AUDITORS SALARY.
County Commissioners May Pay
$500 Says Supreme Court.

In the action of the supreme court
in a decision by Justice Smith In the
case of county of Brookings VS.. p. j..
Murphy, a question was settled which
s of more than passing interest to
he auditors Of all the larger counties
of the state. At practically every
Legislative session attempts are made
70 fix salaries of county auditors, al
ways bringing on a contest between
| the larger and smaller counties, the
larger ones wanting a higher salary,
and the smaller one a low salary.
At the session of 1903 a bin was
drawn which was expected to cover
the differences by fixing a general
maximum salary Of $1,000 a year, but
| allowing the boards of commissioners
in counties with over 10000 popula-
ton to allow salaries up to $1,000 at
their discretion. P. j. Murphy, as au-
ditor Of Brookings county, was al
lowed $1,000 a year for two years,
and when a new states attorney was
selected he declared the salary to
have been illegally paid, and sued to
recover the alleged excess amount OF
5000 from Murphy, his contention be-
ing that the law under which the sal
airy was paid was unconstitutional on
the grounds that it attempted to dele
| gate legislative power to county com
| missioners. The lower court held
| against the county, and on appeal the
| supreme court has affirmed the find
inc nf tho lower court holding that
the commissioners were acting under
a statute which provided a fixed man.
ner of computing salaries Of county
auditors, and that it did not delegate
| legislative power, and that the COM
| missioners of Brookings county were
in their legal rights in their action,
| Justice Whiting dissenting.
The supreme court also affirmed the
lower court Of allowing a minor to
enter and remain in a saloon which
he was operating at Clear Lake. 1t
| appears that a band from a neighbOr-
ing town went to Clear Lake to play
for a political meeting, and after the
meeting was over they played at sew
eral different places in the town,
| among them the saloon of Johnson.
Some of the members of the band
were minors, and suit was brought re-
sulting in a fine for Johnson. He ap-
| pealed from the decision of the lower
court, and the supreme court In an
opinion by Whiting sustains the low
err court, Presiding Judge Haney dis
senting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
JUDGE SCORES PRISONER.
Pioneer Of Butte Sentenced to a Year
and Heavily Fined.

One thousand dollars fine and a
year in jail was the bitter dose ad-
ministered to Leander Duncan, gam
bier and pioneer Of Butte. Duncan,
who is an old man, fairly wilted In
his chair. The sentence was accom-
panied by an arraignment from the
bench which has not often been
equaled in severity by a court in
Montana.
For forty years you have bilked
the public" Numbered District Judge
Michael Donlan, gambling forty
years that might have been spent in
useful effort that would have landed
you in comfort and respect, not in
Jail. Now, your string is up. You
are an old man, and I'd like to be
~lenient with you, but II is time that
the gamblers learned there is 30
place for them in this country. You
have been arrested in every raid made
since the raids began, and we are
going to put you out OF business. The
court orders you imprisoned in the
county jail for twelve months and
fined in the sum Of 81 900"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
cAPToR OF JOHN BROWN DIES.
Mai. l. c. Green a Victim of Heart
Failure at Age Of Eiehty.five.

Mai. |. C.. Green a Victim of Heart
Failure at Age Of Eiehty-five.
Maj. Israel c. Green, aged eighty
five, died at his home two miles east
Of Mitchell of heart trouble.
Maj. Green was a Confederate vet
eran, having served with the Vir.
ginia troops. Before war was de-
clared, however, he was an officer in
the United States navy, and was the
officer who captured John Brown at
Harper's Ferry.
Maj. Green at the head of a small
body Of men located Brown in a house
| where he was hiding. The majors
orderly was shot dead as he entered
the house, and the major with sword
in hand Immediately forced an en-
trance, only to be confronted by
Brown, with a smoking rifle in his
hand.
Green ordered Brown to surrender,
but Brown refused, ~whereupon the
major struck him a blow over the
His men then bound the unconscious
man, who was taken into captivity.
Shortly after the famous capture,
Maj. Green espoused the Confederate
cause, and after the war, in 1879,
came to South Dakota, where he took
up a government claim, upon which
he has lived quietly ever since.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
ENRICHED BY BOYS EscAPApE
Father Of Runaway and Seven Others
Are Heirs to $4,000 Each.


A telegram from Seattle, received
by John Gregor of Madison, an
nounces the death Of his son, John
Gregor, Jr., of pneumonia at Phoenix,
Ariz. It was further stated that the
latter had before his death made a
will disposing of his money and valu-
able Alaskan gold mines to his rela-
tives in Madison, consisting of his
father, five sisters and W brothers,
10 each of whom he bequeathed $780,
300.
ThiB fortune Gregor had taken out
Of his mines at Circle City, Alaska.
In fact, it was he and a partner
named Berry, who first discovered
gold at Circle City, and started the
great rush of miners to those ~diggings
in the early "nineties."
Mr.. Gregor left Mitchell twenty-one
years ago without his fathers knowl-
edge or consent, going to Seattle,
where he worked several years. Then
ne skipped on a boat bound for Alaska
and made his way to the place now
occupied by Circle City, where he
made his lucky find. He was a single
man, and letters from him were few.
His mines would easily have yielded
much more, but he did not care to
take out more than he needed, saying
1t was in a safer bank in the mines
than he could put it in.
Gregor's father is more than eighty
three years old, and one of the pio-
neers Of this county. The office of
county surveyor has been held by
him over twenty-five years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
HOLINESS ASSOCIATION.
President NorVelI Furthering Arrange,
ments for Big Meeting July 1925.

menus Ior Dig meetIh9 July 1870
President Norvell of the South Da-
kota Holiness association has been
in Mitchell for several days looking
after the grounds and making plans
for the camp meeting Of the asso-
citation.
The association owns a fine park
grounds some three miles northeast
of Mitchell, ard last fall three addi-
tional acres were bought to provide
for more DON for future growth Of
the association. Mr.. Norvell said
that 1t was the intention to erect a
new building on the grounds right
away, which will be used to entertain
the visiting ministers Of the state
who attend the meetings to aid the
e%vangelists. The building will be two
stories high and will be 14x2O, which
affords sufficient sleeping accommoda-
lions for the present at least.
The tabernacle tent will be pitched
on the opposite of the river this sum-
mer, and a bridge will be built over
IuS SIlSdIu W ACCOMMODATE Tie DpO-
pie in getting over to it. MI. Norvell
stated that several new cottages will
be built at once to have them in
readiness for use at the camp meet
ing.
The camp will open July 10 and ex-
tend until July %. Rev. VIII H. Huff
Of Sioux City and Rev. Bud Robinson
OF Texas will do the evangelistic work,
and they will be assisted by a num-
Der of ministers from various parts
of the state. Tho singing will be I'M
der the direction of Rev. Charles M.
Stebbins of Davis. Mr.. Norvell said
that he expected a larger attendance
this year than e. before, and they
are planning on taking good care Of
all who come, increased facilities be-
ing added to the eating hall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
DAKOTA FARMER STOCK.

q. E. Carnine, formerly business
manager of the Dakota Farmer, a
semi-monthly agricultural publication
at Aberdeen, and l.. II. Storgaard, for
merly live stock editor, have disposed
of their interests in the publication to
Will c. Allen, the present business
manager; M. F. Greeley, the man.
aging editor, and Mrs. Blanche Bush
nell, widow of w. F. T. Bushnell, who
established the Dakota Farmer. The
three persons named now own nearly
all the stock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

Gilmore & Pittsburg Surveyors Are
Still In the Lead.

Gilmore & Pittsburg Surveyors Are
Still In the Lead.
Reports reached Dillon Of a siren
uous race on between the Gilmore &
Pittsburg surveyors and the Oregon
Short Line surveyors to reach the
Salmon river canyon, south of Sal
mon. This canyon is the only pass
out Of the Salmon river country to
the coast, and there is room for but
one track through the eighty miles
that will have to be traversed along
the river, and much heavy work will
have to be done to construct even one
track.
The Gilmore & Pittsburg surveyors
passed through Salmon two days
ahead Of the Oregon Short line sur.
veyors, but it is reported that the
latter have caught the former and
passed them Saturday.
However, the Gilmore & Pittsburg
people have the advantage In that
they have engaged the services of
Harry Gulke to take their surveyors
through the Salmon river rapids by
boat. a very hazardous undertaking
at any time of the year, and especial.
ly so at this time, when there is high
water.
Gulke is the only man in Lemhi
county who knows the rapids of the
Salmon river, and It is doubtful
whether the Short Line people will be
able to find any other person who
would undertake the journey this
spring.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
In and About the State
Richard Hite Mourned as Dead, His
Father positively" Identifying Re-
mains as Those of Son.

Father "Positively" Identifying Re-
mains as Those of Son..
Richard Hite, a young man working
on the farm of F. S. Rowley, in Perry
township, near Mitchell, has had the
novelty of being mourned as dead by
his parents, the father having posi-
lively identified his body in Kansas
City, Mo, and took it home to Heath,
KY, for interment.
1t is a mysterious case of mistaken
identity. 4 dispatch was received in
Mitchell Thursday evening from the
Kansas City Star stating that a young
man was killed in Kansas City May
8; that the body had been positively
identified by the father, ]. w. Hite
of Heath, KY, and that the body had
been shipped to Heath for interment.
Richard Hite Is a young man who
came to Mitchell from Heath, KY,
some time in February, and shortly
after his arrival in Mitchell secured
a position as usher in the Olympia
moving picture show. He remained
there for a couple of months, and re-
signed the job to work for F. S. Row
ley on his farm in Perry township.
The young man has not been out of
the country for the past month, and
consequently could not have been in
Kansas City at the time of the muir
der of the stranger.
Bernley Hite, a brother of Rihard,
is employed at the Milwaukee lunch
counter rooms. In conversation with
him today he stated that he had re-
ceived several letters and kilograms
from home making inquiry as to the
queries, and he fails to understand
why the matter has not as yet been
Strengthened out. Mr.. Hite said that
he talked with his brother at the
Rowley farm over the rural distance
line recently, and he knows him to
be alive and well.
Mr.. Hite said he could not under
stand how his father could be so mis-
taken owe the identity of his son, and
he hopes hat after the letters he has
written to Heath will clear I'D the
mystery so far as his brother is con-
cerned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
MONTANA news
RIOTERS FREED FROM JAIL.
Principals In Claim Raid Ending in
Two Deaths Must Serve Terms.

Principals In Claim Raid Ending In
Two Deaths Must Serve Terms.
Ed Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy,
George Isbell, Chris Paulson. John R.
Johnson and Walter Boot were re-
Gently released from the county Jail
Of Valley county, having served the
term imposed upon them for compile
ity in a night raid in July, 1908, which
resulted in the death of John Hayes
and his daughter. Booi, who turned
states evidence, was sick while in
Jail, and died soon after his release.
This case, which attracted wide no
ice, grew out Of accusations Of claim
jumping preferred by Walter Long
and Milo Long, who lived about eight
miles north of Culbertson, against
John Hayes. The testimony showed
that the Longs collected several
neighbors, armed them with guns Of
various kinds and visited the Hayes
July, warning Hayes that he must
move. The next night practically the
same crowd again visited Hayes.
Hayes had armed a few n%eighbors
for his defense, and in a fight which
followed he and his daughter were
killed. Sixteen men were suspected
Of having a hand in the raid, and. re-
markable to relate, all were either
convicted or pleaded guilty to the
charges preferred against them.
Walter Long was found guilty Of
murder in the second degree and was
sentenced to thirty-fve years impris-
onment. Milo Long was convicted
Of murder in the second degree, and
the jury fixed his penalty at thirteen
years Imprisonment. The other four
teen defendants pleaded guilty to a
charge Of riot, and were punished by
sentences ranging from a few months
to two years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
NAY DIVIDE COUNTY.

Lennon and Bison Have Compro-
missed on a Division Proposition.
The real reason for the recent COM
promise between Lennon and Bison,
the contestants in the Perkins county
seat fight, has leaked out in informa-
ton reaching Aberdeen to the effect
that the business men Of the two
towns have agreed to forget their diff
ferences and work together In har-
mony for the division, as soon as the
statutes will permit, Of Perkins coun-
ty into two counties Of which each
town will be a county seat. It is be-
lieved the population will be large
enough, with the advent Of new set
tlere due to the extension of the Mil
waukee, st. Louis and Northern Pa
cifc roads to justify division.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
BUSINESS MAN MURDER VICTIM

Mystery In Nelson's Tragic Death
Clearing-Pounded With ScantIing.
An examination of the body of Ed
Nelson, a business man, who was
found dead along the railroad tracks
at Alcester, has convinced the au
thorities that he was murdered.
1t was first supposed that he was
u down by a train, but closer ex
animation of the body showed marks
of violence, and new clues have point
ed the finger of suspicion at two men.
1t is believed Nelson was killed with
a board or scantling in which there
were several nails.
The case, which had been under in
vestigation since March Is, offers
much Of mystery. The Sioux City
police are cooperating with the Off
GERS Of Alcester in an effort to appre-
bend the suspects.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
DROWNED IN SLoP BARREL.
Farmers Child Falls in Head First
and Is Drowned.

The tragic end Of another South
Dakota child 10 reported, the latest
victim being the t~wo-year-od son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. den Ouden, who re-
side on a farm in the southwestern
portion Of Bon Homme county. The
child lost its life by drowning. It's dead
body was found In a slop barrel,
which stood in close proximity to a
fence in the yard in the real of his
home. When the parents last saw
their child alive he was playing in
the back yard. 1t is supposed he
climbed upon the fence for the pur-
pose of looking into the barrel, which
was partially filled, and while doing
this lost his balance and fell head
first into the barrel. He was not
found until life was extinct.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
CAPITOL NEARING COMPLETION.

Work on South Dakota State House
Is Being Pushed by Contractor.
Marble work on the floors of the
corridors of the new capitol Is under
way; the ornamental plaster work is
being shaped up; the dome is prac.
ticaliy ready for the steel work, and
Contractor Olsen is pushing every.
thing as rapidly as possible with the
desire to get his contract work out of
the way before cold weather again
sets in.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
SW IN.

A pulp factory Is n OF the new
industries of Nissafos, a small town
near Varberg.
C. E. Sunden, general Of the staff,
has been named as chief Of the Swed-
ish Defense society by the king.
The export Of lumber to Italy since
the earthquake has been very heavy.
Norrkoping alone has shipped $4,000
worth.
A big stadium, or racing course,
has been planned for Stockholm. The
new structure will have a seating ca.
pacity of 10000.
The society for the aid of the deaf
and dumb OF Stockholm has received
the sum Of 1000 crowns, the proceeds
of a bazaar held some time ago. 81
King Frederick OF Denmark recent
" received a visit from Sven Hedin,
and presented him with a gold medal
in memory Of his distinguished
services.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

County Judge A. L. McNaughten of
Aberdeen has issued notice to all
guardians of estates in Brown county
that hereafter they must make their
reports in strict compliance with the
law, or he will proceed against them
in accordance with the statutory pro-
visions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

Harry Leeman. alias Harry Scan
lon, and n of the five men arrested
at Huron 70 ralleged disorderly con-
duct, Is charged with having broken
Jail at Detroit, Mimi, and has been
taken to that city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
CARS LEAP INTO THE RIVER.
Spectacular Wreck Occurs on the
Great Northern.

S'Cat NoItTcTH.
A rather spectacular wrecl; occur
red on the Montana Central division
of the Great Northern at a point be-
tween Helena and Great Falls, when
An ore train was wrecked, jumping
the track. precipitating eighteen cars
into the Missouri river. Brakeman
Rogers Ia killed and Engineer Sic
ben seriously injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10
NEW TOWN TO BE sALooNLEss

TTFUCTTt, tn HUTFtdTd, WITT TdV6 OG.
ment Plant Costing S75o,ooo.
Word has just been received at
Bozeman from Trident that the large
cement factory there will be opened
500 and will cost $3.50. 900. Utah
capitalists r promoting the enter
prise. 1t is planned TO build up a
town at the place, one with no sa.
looms. The town Is near Three Forks.
which has had such a phenomenal
growth.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

The saw mills in the vicinity OF
Fredrikstad are now running at full
blast and are expected to turn out an
unusually large supply of lumber
during the season. The demand for
Norwegian woodwork Is steadily in
creasing in all European countries,
where orders have already been
placed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

The Dalar young peoples conven-
ton is to be held this year at Avesta,
at midsummer time. An excellent
program has been prepared and some
of the noted speakers of the country
have been secured for the occasion.
Rector Beskow will conduct services
in the church during the session, n
II. o. Anderson of Rattvik, a noted
musician, will have charge OF b
musical features Of the program.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

There are 553 tile factories in Den
mark at the present time. These
make use Of $50 ovens, Of which 1872
are of the one.room, old fashioned
kind.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-06-10

The recent session OF the rigsdag
lasted seven months, during which
time the landsthing had So meetings
and the folkething 40 meetings. One
hundred and twenty-three bills were
introduced, Of which SO became laws.
and 8 passed the f~olkething, but were
killed in the other chamber. 1t APP
pears, therefore, that one-half of the
proposed measures became law.
which must remarkable to
Americans, for only a small percent
age of the bills introduced into state
legislatures and the national congress
are passed by both houses.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-26
KING EDWARDS HEIR
Prince Of Wales Taking Keener
Interest in Public Affairs.
Points to Own Example-Intimates
That He Was Kept Too Much in
Background During Queen
Victoria's Reign.

New York.-The increased pubic
activity of the prince of Wales IN re-
cent months has been very evident 10
anyone who follows the English press.
With this increased activity there has
come an increase, or perhaps a more
correct word would be a growth or
popularity, which probably pleases no
n more than the king.
A writer ANhOse knowledge OF
things is second to none says that ne
has the highest authority for declar-
ing that this marked advance in pub
lie Importance Of the prince OF Wales
is entirely due to the king. The lat
ter recently told the prince of Wales
that though he himself had had to
fulfill much public duty during the life
of Queen Victoria, yet he had been
kept aloof from political and diplo'
matte influence, and it was not until
his accession that he could show him
| self to the empire in his true light. He
does not want this to occur with his
son.
At all times the king has shown
himself a most affectionate father, al
ways DESTROYS of having his children
| with him. There can be no doub1
that not so long ago the prince O.
Wales showed symptoms of that de
preston which has grievously OPP
pressed his two elder sisters. Thu
king saw that he needed rousing. A