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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
PERSONAL.

william B. Severe, chief of the mail
bag repair shop Of the postofice de-
partment. has resigned after twelve
years OF service.
Capt. Albert F. Dixon, u. S. N, gen.
eral inspector of machinery of the
navy for the Atlantic coast, died sud
denly from apoplexy in New York.
Francois, the f~our-year-old son of
the duchess de la Rouchefaucauld, Is
dead in Paris. The duchess Is a
daughter of the late Senator Mitchell
of Oregon.
Maj. f. l.. G. Zalanski, u. s. A., re-
tired. inventor Of the pneumatic dyna-
mite torpedo gun and other military
devices. died in New York from pneu-
monia after a short Illness.
DR.. Thaddeus Asbury Reamy,
known In the medical profession as
n of the great authorities on gyne-
cology, died at his home in Cincin-
natl. He was eighty years old.
The will of the late William r.
Joyce, a lumber merchant, was offered
for probate in Chicago. 1t disposes of
an estate valued at more than ST, 000,-
600. all of which is left to his widow
and his two ons
Asher G. Kinds. parliamentarian of
the national house of representatives.
has made formal announcement of his
candidacy for the Republican con-
gressional nomination in the First
Maine district next year.
William M. Bishop. well known in
theatrical circles as manager and own
er of such old-time stage successes as
The Black Crook" What Happened
to Jones' and "The County Fair" died
In New York from internal injuries
sustained several weeks ago when he
was struck by an automobile.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tpnUMf
important Events at Home and Oh
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.

Lieutenant Commander James II.
Reid, United States navy, leaped
from a second-story window OF the
naval hospital, where for two weeks
he has been under treatment, and was
seriously II not fatally injured.
Speaker Cannon declared himself
In favor Of changing the date of the
presidential inauguration from March
4 to May 1, and added that as one rep
resentative in congress he would lend
his aid in any effort to bring this
about.
The order Of the secretary OF the
navy. given at the direction OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt, abolishing the navy
yards at Pensacola, Fla, and New
Orleans, La, has been revoked by
Secretary Meyer.
Representative Henry OF Texas has
asker permission of Speaker Cannon
to introduce the first measure In the
Sixty-first congress a joint resolu-
ton { o amend the constitution of the
United States so as to change the
date of Inauguration from March 4
to April 80.
Voicing their approval and hearty
cooperation in the movement TO Sc
cure a change in the Inauguration
date to the last Thursday in April, the
governors of several states have ac-
cepted the invitation Of the national
committee on the proposed change to
become members of the organization.
Marines may not be reassigned to
duty on battleships and armored
cruisers, despite the recent provision
of congress that money appropriations
for the maintenance Of the marine
corps must not be used unless the
marines are aboard the ships. Sec
rotary of the Navy Meyer has asked
the opinion of the attorney general
regarding the constitutionality of the
restoration provision.
BY an order of the interior depart
ment about 1000, 900 acres of land in
the counties along the eastern border
of Wyoming are to be thrown open at
once to homesteaders, who will be
allowed to take either 100 or 800 acres.
The land cannot be irrigated and will
be Of use, therefore, for dry farming
only. The throwing open of this land
Is somewhat In the nature of an ex-
pertinent to see what IA be done
with such land.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Y SMOKED OUT.
Fires Of Approaching Recall Election
Too Hot.

Fires Of Approaching Recall Election
Too Hot.
Los Angeles, March IA. c. Har-
per, mayor Of Los Angeles, has resign
ed as chief executive Of the city. His
resignation has been accepted by the
city council and for two days or more.
or until his ccess is chosen, Los
Angeles will be without a legislative
head. The mayors retirement from
Office comes as the elimination of
weeks of bitter, caustic and threaten
ing political and personal strife, re-
sulting In the recall being invoked
against a mayor for the first time in
the history of this country in a city
government. A special election had
been set down for March 26, at which
the people were to vote to return May
or Harper to Office or name in his
stead George Alexander, who was
chosen and named on the recall ticket
as Harper's opponent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
CHASTITY Crime Revealed
at Dayton by Finding OF
Woman's Body in Canal.
IDENTIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE
Six Girls Slain in Dayton Recently
Four of Murders Have Never
Been Solved.

Dayton. Ohio. March IS. Another
battling mystery confronts the ponce
in the discovery yesterday OF the de-
composed body of al unknown Whlte
woman In the canal below the Apple
street bridge. In the opinion OF the
officers it must have been in the wa
ter about a month.
Harry B. Keith. a colored boy, was
rowing a boat on the canal when ne
noticed the body. Police headquar-
ters was notified and the body re-
moved to an undertaking establish
ment.
The woman apparently was thirty
years old and well dressed. She was
attired in black. She wore Romeo
slippers, but over these she had a
pair of new rubber shoes. The WON
ans under garments were in good
condition. The decomposition will, it
is feared prevent the identification of
the m
Ideal Spot for Crime.
The place where the body was
found supplies an ideal spot for a
murder with mystery attached. The
distance to the nearest house proba-
bly, is more than 1000 feet. The
spot is approximately 500 feet south
Of the Apple street bridge. q.
A theory has been advanced that,
providing it was a case of murder,
the woman might have been rolled
down a very steep hill skirting the
fair grounds on the east. The fair
grounds has the reputation of being a
trysting place.
A month ago, Charles Siefert stated
to Coroner Swisher, he had seen a
well dressed white woman standing at
the end of the Apple street bridge.
apparently waiting for some one. He
said she seemed very ervo Find
ing hat she was being watched the
woman walked toward the fair
grounds, which end at Apple street,
and was not e again. This was in
he evening. Seifert further states
that the woman was dressed entirely
in black.
Four UnsoIved Murders.
The body was found lying half out
on the bank. face down, while both
hands were clenched and were near
her throat, as if she had tried to pro-
tect herself. The police are yet una,
bic to express an opinion as to the
probability Of either murder or sui
eide.
Six girls have been found slain in
Dayton recently. Four of the muir
iers have never been solved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Four UnsoIved Murders.
RECEPTION FOR ROOSEVELT.
People Of Oyster Bay Greet TheiI
.. DISTINGUISHED First Citizen.

-. Distinguished First Citizen.
Oyster Bay, March 10, - Ex-Presi.
dent Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt
were the guests of the town of Oyster
Bay last night at a reception held
here in their honor in the town hall.
From $3.50 till 1920 p. m. the ex.
president and Mrs. Roosevelt stood
behind the Justices railing in the
town clerks Office, and the townspeo.
pie filed by, shaking hands and extend
ing farewell greetings.
1t was a great day for Oyster Bay,
Many Of the to~wnspeople had not seen
their distinguished first citizen since
he relinquished his great Office and re,
turned among them to become a pri
vate citizen of the ~privatest kind.
sesiesed by Eager Crowd.
An hour before the time set for the
reception the doors of the town hall
were besieged by a large and expec.
tant crowd.
Notwithstanding the announcement
that the reception was to be given for
Oyster Bay residents only, many per,
sons from nearby towns and others
from some distance came to the vii
lage to attend.
For every one the ex-president had
a hearty greeting and with many he
chatted pleasantly for a minute OF
more. "reminiscences were numerous
between Mr.. Roosevelt and the older
men who had known him since an ear
ly age.
Roosevelt 10 Happy.
The former president looked in the
best of health and very happy. Fully
a thousand people shook hands with
Mr.. Roosevelt and when the reception
was over he declared he enjoyed 4
equally as well as the receptions a
the White House. He had met here
his old friends and neighbors ant
men he had been brought up will
thirty years ago.
At the conclusion Of the reception
the former president and Mrs. Roose
welt drove back to Sycamore Hill
very happy, and the people Of tn,
town returned home satisfied will
having again greeted personally theil
first citizen,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
DARK OUTLOOK IN
COAL SITUATION
Prospects for Peaceful Settle
ment of Differences Are
Not So Bright.
CONFERENCE WITHOUT RESULT
Miners Stick for Recognition OF Ma.
tiOnal UniOn-Miners Will
Hold Convention.

Philadelphia, March IA. - The con
ference between the subcommittee OF
the anthracite mine workers and the
operators to arrange a new agreement
to go into effect at the expiration OF
the present working arrangement
came to an end late yesterday after
noon without result. While the pros
poets are not as bright as they were
for a peaceful settlement, there is still
hope that radical action by either side
will be avoided. The executive boards
will issue a call for a convention OF
the miners of the three anthracite
districts to be held in one Of the min
ing towns for the purpose Of consider
ing plans for further action and then
will follow another conference with
the operators before March 81. The
counter proposition of the mining
companies TO renew the present
agreement for another term of three
years will be placed before the on
~vention by the executive boards of the
workmen. National President levin
of the union said after yesterdays
meeting that the suggestion for an
other conference came from the oper-
ators.
Insist on Recognition.
The miners leader, before yester-
days conference, stated that the min
ers' representatives would not sign an
agreement unless it provides for rec
ognitiOn of the United Mine Workers
Of America. 1t also, he said, must be
signed by the miners as officers Of the
union, and not as representatives Of
the anthracite mine workers. If the
miners support him in his attitude, it
looks as if there will be no agree
ment, as the operators since 1900
have been unalterably opposed to rec
ognition of the miners organization.
There is a possibility of the men
continuing to work without an agree
ment and striking at the various col
lieries as grievances come up, If they
are not adjusted by the superintend-
ents of these mines. This, it is point
ed out, would be a return to the cha
otto conditions that prevailed prior to
the strike Of 1902, when there were
strikes every day in all sections of the
anthracite regions, making the amount
of coal production from day to day un-
certain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Indian School Abandoned.

Sioux City. Iowa, March IA. - At
Chamberlain, S. D., the Indian school
which the legislature refused to ac-
cept from the government was Sold to
DR.. Farnsworth. representing the local
branch of an Eastern sanitarium, for
$4,000. and 1t is represented that II
will be utilized as a UNCONVENTIONAL
college.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Brothers CHARGED Win Murd.r

Little Falls. Mimi, March l4.-Hugt
Kennedy, acquitted of the charge OF
arson yesterday. was arrested for the
murder of Annie Kintop before leav
ing the court house. He and his
brother Joseph will probably be in
dicted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Identifies Priest. SLAYER.

Newark, N. j., March 14.-William
Olsefski, n of the men arrested
here in connection with the murder
of the Rev. E. Ansion of ST. Stanis-
laus' church. was yesterday identified
by the dead priests housekeeper as
one of the trio who did the shooting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Grand Forks Theater Ruined

Grand Forks. N. d., March 1.-THE
Bijou theater. owned by Mrs. r. Field
kirchner, was wrecked by flames. The
loss is $4,000 and there was no insur-
ance. The fire was started by the ex-
plosion Of alright heater under the
stage. No performance was on at the
time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Killed With Potato Washer.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 16.-Frank
Urban. a teamster. employed on a
farm several miles from the city. is
accused of killing Mrs. Cecilia Mel
iher, the housekeepsr for the farm en-
~ployer, with = potato masher.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Belmont to Wed Actress

New York, March 1.-The friend.
ship OF August Belmont. the financier,
and Miss Eleanor Robson, the &C.
tress. led to the publication OF a ru.
nor that they were engaged to be
married. Miss Robson denies the re.
port.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
st. pau, Man ls Vice President.

st. Louis, March 13.-The tenth an
nual convention of the National Coop
ers' association adjourned yesterday
to meet next year here. Officers elect.
ed for the coming year: President.
w. Palmer Clarkson. st. Louis; vice
presidents. John Forestal, London,
Ont; w. ]. Murray. st. Paul, Mimi;
w. F. Wolfner, Peoria, H.; secretary
treasurer, F. G. Benner, st. Louis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Struck by Falling Mail Sack

lake City, Mimi, March 16.-Peter
Kulinski, a section forema4 ~ the
Milwaukee road, sustained a fractured
skull and other serious int", les by be-
ing struck with a all nag thrown
from a train. 1t Is feared he will die
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Norman Patton Missino

Duluth. Mimi. March 16.-Feors of
foul play are entertained in the case
of Norman Patton. buyer for a local
dry goods house and bridegroom of a
few weeks. who disappeared mysteri-
ously a week sgo at Pittsbure
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18

Washington, March IS. - After a
hard days work at his desk. Presi-
dent Taft yesterday spent nearly two
hours in the saddle. accompanied by
his aide, Capt. Archibald Butt. Rep
r~esentative Bourke Cochran met him
on the speedway and joined him in
mis- ride for about half an hour.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
OVERWHELMINGLY Partner plsbarred.

New York, March 13.-Alexandor
Nicholson. partner of Carl Fischer
Hansen. the lawyer who pleaded gull.
ty to attempting to bribe a witness
and is now serving a year in the PEN
itentiary, was disbarred by the appel
late division Of the supreme court yes
terday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Cut Out Booze in MISSOURI.

Jefferson City. Mo-, March ia
bin prohibiting the sale or man FAC.
ture OF intoxicating liquors in Nilsson.
n has been introduced in the senate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-03-18
Has Twenty.seven Inches Of Snow.

Colorado Springs. Colo, March 1s-
T~wenty-seyen inches of snow has fall.
en- here since Wednesday night,
marking the heaviest precipitation in
thirteen years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-16
The Lower Branch Of the Missouri
PROJECT PROBABLY ABANDONED
No Hearing on Charter Amendment
of Willimantic Gas and Electric Co.
(speeiaI 70 Nc BulletinD

Hartford, April 15.-It was expect
ed that the charter amendment of the
Willimantic Gas & Electric company
would come UP for hearing on one of
the afternoons this week, but the un-
derstanding now is that the parties
back of this bill have abandoned the
whole project. 1t has not been heard,
anyway, and there seems no disposi-
tion to press it to a hearing before the
committee on interpretations, to which
it was referred.
Under the terms of the bill the
charter of the Willimantic Gas &
Electric company was to be amended
so as to permit 1t to merge with any
similar company located in Tolland
county. and the real purpose tof it was
to allow its merger with the Rockville
Gas & Electric company. which is
owned by Senator Allan w. Paige, A.
NJ. Young and others of the gentlemen
who used to own and operate the Con-
necticut Railway g. Lighting Co.
The Rockville Gas & Electric Co.
has the right to merge with other
corporations of similar kind and to
pay for them when purchasing by the
issuance of bonds to the amount of
the purchase price In other words,
there wouldn't need to be paid q dol
lar from the treasury of the company
but the new plant could be bonded to
the amount paid for it and paid for
with the proceeds of these bonds
which the state treasurer is bound to
register under the law such registra -.
tion being mistakenly assumed to be
some sort of guarantee of the value of
the bonds on the part of the state OF
Connecticut
A proposition Of this kind would
hardly be very popular with the pres
ent joint committee on interpretations
which is very strict in going over these
private charters and restricting the
issuance Of securities so as to provide
against any possible watering to the
extent which the laws permit at pres
ent Whether or not the Willimantic
chatter amendment referred to has been
absolutely withdrawn or not is yet in
doubt. but it appears that it has and
that the sale of the plant there which
has been expected to take place in the
near future will fall through.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-16
COURT UPnoLDs NEW HAVEN
Question of ouarsnteeins Of subsidi-
ar1 Company Shares Decided.

New Haven, April 15.-No error has
been found by the supreme court of
errors in the oaEe against the New
York, New Haven g. Hartford rail-
road In the action brought by holders
of preferred st06k of the Eew Eng
land Investment and Security COM
pany to require ths railroad company
to place upon the certificates Of the
Investment and security company the
guaranty of the New Haven railroad
company, IN accord with its agree
tnept. The company p1naded the Mas
sachusetts lgw I'm bSdr OF the action.
The court below gus tanned demurrer
TO this de6Aneeaaitq tho supreme court
now holds mo error"
On the te1a az rhe ce0ision the court
hOIds that the yNdw York. New Haven
a. Hartford has the right to exercise
tth corp0Tate 9swers granted by the
general ASSEMBLY, oE Conneottoat in
sptts OF the circumstances that under
tha Massachusetts law sueh action
would be ultra VICES. The practical ef-
feet Of such decision appears to be that
the highest court Of Connecticut fs in
antagonism on the question Of law TO
the tribunals Of MASSACHUSETTS, The
decision "a written ny Chief Justice
Baldwin
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-16
.e for Present Size
TuMuLT IN CHICAGO WHEAT PIT
July Wheat Suddenly Drops an Ex-
treme 3-s Cents-small Spectators
Ruined-Snarply Shifting Fortunes.

Chicago. April 15.-It was a day OF
tumult and sharply shifting fortunes in
the wheat pit OF the board Of trade
today.
July wheat, following a docile ad-
vance to a new high level suddenly
dropped an extreme 3-S cents. The
pyramid" fortunes OF small specula-
tors vanished in trice and the day
was saved from rout only by the vigor-
Gus exertions Of the bull leader James
A. Patten.
Within the last fifteen minutes OF
trading Mr.. Patten bought 5000, 900
bushels of wheat for July delivery.
The while he chewed the stub or a
cigar and ran his fingers rehectively
through the unshaven gray stubble
which there had been no tine TO re-
move from his face.
Mr.. Patten personally visited the
floor of tine exchange and directed nls
own deals by word OF mouth
II was Patten against the field and
the final gong showed that the former
apparently was as mighty as ever. HIS
purchases and those Of his followers,
together with the profit taking Of
shorts who lost no time I'm securing the
fruits of their bearish daping. caused
a reaction of over a cent all along the
line But before this occurred the
hoard OF many small speculator had
gone.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-16
Radical Changes in Personnel Of Men Aimed at
in Bill Presented by Mr.. Bishop
A MUCH LARGER PANEL ADVOCATED,
Or One in Ten of the Populaton-Menton of One Jury
which Served Continuously from January to June
Present Small Number of Jurymen Keep them Serv-
ira in Some Court Most of the lime.

out the point that the present small
number of jurymen keeps them serving
in some court most of the time. lie
thought that the number named by
Mr.. Bishop was too high. Attorney
]. B. Tuttle thought that II Jurymen
render a verdict of acquittal they are
putting themselves out of work and
that their verdicts are unconsciously
affected. He thought that strong
state attorney has a great influence
over jurymen, almost hynotic," he re-
marked. He said that in New Haven
there had been a man tried for muir
der who had been offered three year
sentence If he would plead guilty. The
man, against the advice of counsel,
refused it, and was tried, found guilty
and hanged. He thought that a case
like that. where there was such a
grave doubt as to mans guilt as to
lead a state attorney to make such an
offer, should be tried by only a jury
of the highest type it is possible TO
select.
In Favor of the Measure.
Representative Barr of Sufield was
in favor of the measure, as was also
John V. C. Gallagher, who alluded to
the increase in work which the right
of trial by jury has made for the jury
men. He thought that the present
number ought to be at least quad
rupled. "The greater the number of
jurors the fewer times the rounder
would be called" He thought that if
the number of jurors is increased the
number of challenges allowed could
be increased. He spoke feelingly of the
allusion to the hanging of the pris-
oner from Fairfield county and said
that he had signed the warrant, and
that it was his opinion that the pris-
oner had been hanged because he re-
manned mute throughout the trial. and
that after the case came to court a
large amount of evidence was pro-
duced. That he had been offered a
state prison sentence of three years he
did not know.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-16
ADVERSE REPORT ON
PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL.
Tabled for caIendar-Msdo Order OF
Day in House for Next Wednesday
Hoon-Committee Unanimous.

Hartford, April 15.-An unfavorable
report on public utilities commission
otherwise known as the public utili-
ties BILL was submitted to the house
of representatives by the committee on
judiciary today. 1t did not take the
usual course accorded to unfavorable
reports in being as a rule rejected at
once. but was tabled for the calendar
and made the order of the day for
next Wednesday at IL O'Clock on mo-
tion of Mr.. Burnes of Greenwich, house
chairman of the committee.
Mr. Burnes declared the committee
was unanimous in its report, and he
had suggested that it be tabled for
calendar and be made the order of the
day for Wednesday next because in
spite of the fact that the committee
was unanimous in it's unfavorable re-
port it was desired to afford the men,
bers of the house an opportunity to
discuss the matter to the fullest.