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Dec. 2t6
Summons

SouUul0US
state OF South paKetA. County a, -
SIS. In Police Jnst1ce Court before IIssms,
hsit, ,or Ms,i. pos's Justice Of the P.sc. i,
Fred d. Everts. Plaintiff,
John Sheehan. Defendent.
The State OF south Dakota ..,d.
ings to John Sheehan. Defend ent. s"et'
You are hereby summoned IN .o
before me at my once In the city Of HfL.rr
Der, A.. ID 1909 at 10 o'clock a ro'sn,
answer the complaint NJ the abov. s.m.e
Plaintiff Fred d. Everts who ci.,n.so
recover of you the sum OF ~seventy-6ys nj
lars. being for cigars takea BY yoa from ~.
during faii 1908, for which the sosscss
agreed to pay the plaintiff.
And you are hereby notified that % ,.-
fail to appear and answer Said ~copso,sis,
az above required. said Plaintiff win 49,.
Judgment against o by default for Ia.
said amount OF seventy.dve Dollar, .ra
interest at 7 per cent rom Oct, az. IspS
together with costs and attorneys ne: ?
Given under my hand this goth ds, a,
November, 1905 "
j.. ". HgLTIBRIDLE.
Police Justice OF the Peace,
In and for Miller, 9. d.
IL is ordered that said cause be eon,,nrS !,
until the 9Th day OF January, 1910 AZ IL
O'Clock a. M. and that the Summons In ..iI
cause be published in the Miller Pysss ~
least once atweek for six successive weeks :
Dated this Gath lay OF November, 1899 :
BY the CoGrt: :
j. W, HEL1IBRIDLs.
Police Justice in and for Miller. s.. D.
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Hard TO Handle.

"This book" remarked the house
to house merchant, as he dexterous-
ly insinuated one foot in the door
way and smiled pleasantly, els well
named The Mothers Guide With
its aid you can bring up your chill
dren properly"
His victim thoughtfully examined
the binding and felt the weight of
the book. Then she gripped it by
the edge with her right hand and
brought it down, whack, on the
other.
To the astonished salesman she
appeared to be trying to see how
convenient it was to handle, but for
what PuTpossf
ri don't think I'll take one," she
-s%askaS-a*sx s9,ryvriSs no
better than the ordinary slipper!"
-Pearson's Weekly.
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Dec. 16t9
Notice Of Hearing Petition f0r
Probate Of Non-residents Es.
tate on Foreign Court
PrOceedinTs

State OF South Dakota. Comfy Of Hand
~ In County Court. =
In the Matter OF the Eetats Of penrfS
Ryan Nonresident. Deceased.
The state OF south Dakota sends. Greet.
Ing to the Creditors and all persons inter
eetpd In the estate of Dennis Ryku late N
Plymouth County OF Rock state of wiscon,
Gin. deceased.
Pursuant to an order Of said Court, made
on the 14th day Of December A. d. lynn.
notice II hereby given. thai Friday, the eth
day of January A. ID. 1910. at 10 o'cioct
A. NJ. OF said Law at the Court Room 81
said Court. at Miller In the County OF Hand
have been appointed as the time and place
fer the hearing Of the PETITION Of Edward
ii. RYAN and Catherine z. Kelly praying tor
the probate and admission to records OF
said Court. az q probate III said estate. cor.
tain papers purporting 20 be duly certified
authenticated copies OF the pr oeeedin9s OF
a foreign court. In the mstter OF the pro.
bate and nnaI distribution OF the ssid
estate. when and where any creditor
Of said deceased may appear sAd b causA
why the prayer Of the said petition shouId
not be granted.
Witness the Hon. q. n. Carroll Judge Of
the County Cour and the seal Of said Court.
tbs :+th 2ay q; December &. D. 1905, as
his Office la theetty OF xfiier In the said
County of Hand. state OF South nakat4-
k1yz19Y~ ~~s~.vsr-aTsaY. ExNH5Tf.
W. z. MORsow. Judge.
Clerk OF County Count.
] HARLAN J. BUsnrnlD, Atty.
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Department OF the Interior. y. 3. Lind
ONCE ut Pierre. s. D.. November %, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Miles A. GA a
bell: OF Ames, 8. D.. who, on April as, la0s.
made H.. f. No. 1851. Serial No. o5Ose.
for North,east Quarter (NE ~. section a.
Meridian, has fled notice OF intention IL
make Final Ave year proof. to establfsA
claim to the land above described, befors
the County Judge OF Hand COUNTY, at Nh
Ter. =, d., on the Sth day OF January. 1910.
flaimaut names as W witnesses: Fred StebE
bins. Oh Miller, =. D Melvin Arbosast. Fred
Liester. Richard WEIGH, OF Ames. s. D,
JOHN l.. LOCKHART, Z
Register.
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So. In Circuit Court sixth judicial Circnts.
J. w. Heltibridle. Plaintiff.
James Mex enzie, W. w., Mcdonald.
trustee. Edward Gilbert, and all persons
unknown who claim to have nuy estate or
interest IN or lein or lncnmbrance upon tho
premises described In the complaint. de.
fendsnts.
The state OF South Dakota sends greet
iugs TO the above nS med d~efendauts:
You are hereby summoned and rsouirsd
to answer the complaint Of the piaintiH
which was fled In the ONCE Of the Clerk ~
s. ID. at Miller in the said county and state
on the 14th day OF December. 1902 and
which prays for judgment quietiue title te
and the determination of all adverse claims
against the premises described Ia the CON.
plant. and which premises are situated Ia
Hand County. South Dakota. to-wit: North
east quarter OF section seventeen, In co IVA.
ship one hundre fourteen. North Range
sixty-six In Hand county. South Dakota.
ano to serve a copy OF our answer to Raid
complaint on the undersigned at his once
In the city OF Miller =. ID. within thirty DAYS
from the completed service OF this su ons
upon you exclusive OF the day OF such ser.
vice; and II you fail 20 answer the saId
complaint within that time the piaintin
will apply to the Court for the relief de.
manded In the complaint.
Dated at Miller, 8. d. this 18th day OF
December. 1909.
harlan J. BUSHFlELD,
Attorney Tor Piaintin.
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ELEc1RIcTY.i )
Two Kinda, Natural and Thermal, That
Puzzle Scientists.

Two Kinda, Natural and Thermal, That
Puzzle Scientists.
There is q kind Of electricity that
puzzles scientists, which may be
termed natural electricity, but it
has nothing to do with either light
ming or the well known cats fur
variety. One set Of observations
was made on the human eye with
it's optic nerve and the following
results obtained: .
It was found that when one end
of a wire was placed on the front
part of the eye and the other end
on the optic nerve a current OF
electricity passed from one to the
other; also that the size.of this cur
rent varied with the amount OF
light that entered the EYE and fell
on the retina. Notice that this is
a current of electricity, and not the
static kind, as is that of the light
ming and the rubbed fur. This
same result was obtained when one
end was placed on,a freshly cut end
of any nerve and,the other end on
the outside of thesnerve.
Facts like these have caused
many scientists to regard the body
as a complicated producer of elec-
tricity, the nerves, like the insulat-
ed wires to and from u galvanic
batteries, serving to conduct the
electricity to and from the great
central nervous organ, the brain.
Several years ago DR.. Siemens,
in a lecture given before the Royal
society, tried to initiate the eye in
this experiment. Crystalline sele-
mum is a better conductor of cleo
tricity under the influence of light
than it is in the dark. Its conduc-
tivity likewise varies for the differ
ent kinds of light-red, blue, green,
etc. In Siemens' artificial eye,
therefore, the retina was represent
ed by a thin plate of selenium, and
the source of electricity was an Or
binary battery.
On opening the eyelids of this
artificial eye and admitting light
from a white Illuminated screen a
strong detection of the galvanom-
eter needle was observed. A black
Green gave hardly any detection,
a blue one a. greater and a red a
much greater, but still short of that
produced by the reflected white
light. The eye was thus sensitive
to light and color, and an magma
tive scientist would not scruple to
look upon tie galvanometer as a
kind of brain, the wires and battery
Is the nerves and body of an arti-
fetal organism entirely under his
control.
While it is seen that all living
animals can come under this head
as actual producers of electricity,
there are two animals that can pro-
duce enough electricity at will to do
considerable damage-the torpedo
and the electric eel.
One other kind of electricity that
is a riddle so far is that which is
produced directly from heat and
called thermal electricity. If any
two dissimilar metals are joined at
both ends and one junction heated,
q current will pass. If the same
junction is cooled, a current will
pass in the opposite direction. One
of the greatest problems of modern
physics is to get a practical way to
accomplish this in great quantities
so it may be applied to engineering.
New York Tribune.
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Dec. att
Notice to Creditors

Notice to Creditors
Estate OF Charles B. Shea. Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given bv the unders;rssd
administrator OF the estate OF Charlie, a
Shea, deceased. TO the creditor, "A
and all persons having claims against tAs
said deceased. to exhibit them, with ia
necessary vouchers. within four rnootts
after the fret publication Of this notice, f
the said administrator at hia ONCE In " N
sington. s. d.. or to Halan J. Bushfdd al
Miller. s. n. y
Dated December 2nd, 1909. p
ROBERT SHEA, +
Administrato OF the Estate N
Chasles r. Shea .rdecespess
Harlan J. Bush 6eld, Atty. y
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Dec. 1877
Summons

State Of south Dakota. County NJ Hand.
So. In Circuit Court Sixth judicial Circnft.
j. W. Heltibridle. Plaintiff.
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Notice For Publication

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The sun., 1909-01-30
COM. NJTUiL'S CONDITION.
Substantial Gains In Income and New
Insurance

The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of Hartford has issued its sixty
third annual statement, showing: Gain
in premium income, 1924, 1874; in total
income, $500, ,5sse7; in interest earnings,
ss3,0O74s; in gross assets, - $50, 7l0 80;
in ledger assets, t7l+ ,3s85s; in new insur-
ance over 1907. 81 800, $40 ~; in total in
surance in force. So, us. .7a2. ~; in mortality
savings, sl79. 797; in surplus, 81 ,s43, ,37l 81.
The company issued in the year 1907
policies. on a paid for basis. for sl3,O9s,
Sss. .is, showing a gain over 1907 Of 81, ,33O,-
GAO. IS; adding to it's insurance So. IT'S, ,7g2 As,
and making total Of "a $50 policies in
force for t17s, ,l94, 1919.
This gain represents the difference
between the amount issued, increased
and revived on a paid for basis and the
termnations from all causes
Policies issued increased and revived sscit os7 4s
Termlnstons ............... ..... a.t3S :'j 90
falsnce..... ...... ...... s37Is7O ~
IL is shown that the securities Of the
company have appreciated S,l70, ,O29. 70
over the cost value, and that since the
company was organized 1t has returned to
policyholders or their beneficiaries 81
900. 702 OF more than II has received from
them.
The sun., 1909-01-30

IL will be almost impossible for these
wide differences Of opinion TO be recon-
ciled before the close OF the present adj
minist ration OF Congress. Il is likely
that the whole question as far as Con-
gress is. concerned will be post poned
until next winter.
Al a meeting Of the House Committee
on Naval Affairs to-day it was decided to
ask Secretary Newberry next Thursday
to discuss the reorganization OF the naval
service. The committee appears TO in
dorse Secretary Newberry's action in
tho bureau system in navy
yards and consolidating bureau work
in the Department proper. N was sug-
gested to-day that II might be desirable
to give Secretary Newberry's reorgani-
zation plan a legal status in order that it
might not be overturned at will by some
head Of the Department.
Such action may be recommended after
Secretary Newberry has appeared to
discuss the matter with the committee.
The sun., 1909-01-30
BINGHAM ON BURGLARIES
COW MISSIONER SAYS THREE
THINGS MAKE THEM EASY.
And These Things Are Newspaper starics
OF burglars Easy Work. Legal Fire
Escapes and Scuttlcs and insuffi-
Client Regulation Of the pawnshops.

! Police Commissioner Bingham yester-
day came out with an appeal to all resi-
dents to interest themselves in the de-
partment and do their part in protecting
themselves and their property by in
sisting that more men be appointed to
the police force. He reviews the work
done since he took his office three years
ago, and tells Of some changes the under
world has undergone in recent years and
the difficulty detectives now have TO
apprehend professional thieves and
others who resort to crime for a livelihood.
The appeal which is printed in the form
of an open letter. says in part
Bank burglaries and robberies by bank
sneaks are a matter of past history. In
two years there has been only one bank
SNEAK robbery reported to the detective
bureau. These used to occur two or three
times a week. Men in the detective bureau
state that there used TO be sometimes ffty
cases OF pocket picking day. There
have not been more than thirty cases in
any week since September, including losses
a. well as pockets picked, Truck thieving
has been stopped in large degree.
Burglaries by blowing safes have also
practically stopped There have not been
bureau within year. IA most OF these
cases arrests have beer-made and besides
this every safe man who shows his head
in town is at once picked up.
The frequent advertising that il given
in the newspapers to the alleged ease with
which burglary can be committed in New
York is undoubtedly responsible for a GER
tain amount OF the crime. The efforts OF
burglary insurance companies to con-
vince people that burglares are prevalent
and therefore that II is desirable to take
out insurance policies against them also
incites burglary. curious confirmation
OF this happened week before last when
three professional Western crooks we're
brought into the Diet eCtive bureau. They
had been in town only few days. Each
explained that he had come here because
he had got the tip that things were easy in
New York. when they found themselves
picked up and kept overnight at the de-
tective bureau before they had a chance
to get busy here they were quickly unde-
ccived and were shown aboard out tgong
trains with long distance tickets on their
persons.
Another great element in making steal
ing easy IL the requirement of the Tene-
ment House Board for its FIRE escapes.
This practically means thai a crook can
get into any house on these tenement house
blocks The fire escapes are always low,
and often the ladders lead down TO the
ground. The goose neck arrangement
that is required makes il easy to get on
the roof and the scuttles from the roof
are practically always open. No lock is
allowed on these hatches merely a hook TO
keep them closed. A detective was sent
over the tops OF block Of houses to see how
The sun., 1909-01-30
REORGANIZATION OF NAVY
CLASH OVER THE PRESIDENTS
PLANS.
lie Desires Immediate Legislation, hut
Ncwbcrry Thinks II ShotIld he de-
ferred lntiI scheme Has Been Tested
senate Committee Also Opposed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s,--A merry row
has developed over the plans for the
reor organization OF the naval establishment.
Secretary Loeb announced to-day that
the reorganization commission appointed
by President Roosevelt will meet in the
Office Of the Secretary Of the Navy on next
Friday afternoon to discuss topics sug-
gested by the President in his letter to
the various members of the commission
and to develop programme for the
legislation required TO carry the Presi-
dents plan Of reorganization into opera
ton as soon as possible.
Secretary OF the Navy Newberry be-
lieves that at present only such reorgani-
zation should be attempted as can be
accomplished under existing law. Addi-
tional legislation, he thinks. should be
deferred until his scheme Of reorganiza-
ton has been tested thoroughly His
plan contemplates the supervision OF the
various bureaus OF the Department by
the General Board and the board onlron-
struction and the absorption Of the bureau
of equipment and of the bureau OF yards
and docks by other bureaus Of the Depart
ment. Mr.. Newberry thinks that this
plan should be put in operation for several
months before any attempt is made TO
obtain additional legislation. Mr.. New
berry will appear before the Senate Naval
Committee on Monday and before the
House Naval Committee on next Thurs
day TO outline his ideas OF naval reform.
The President. IL Is said, favors imme-
diate legislation on the subject. He
recommends the establishment by law of a
general stat similar TO the General STAT
OF the army. While the President has
approved the various reorganization plans
already placed in operation by Secretary
Newberry, il was said that he believes
that Mr.. Sewberry's plan Is not sufficiently
comprehensive in it's scope to remedy all
the existing defects in the Department
organization.
Senator Hale, chairman or the Senate
Naval Committee and the most iniuen-
tal member Of Congress in regard to
naval legislation, is not wholly. u
plan for radical and an immediate re-
organization Of the navy. While Senator
Hale is credited with being an advocate
OF naval reorganization he is understood
to hold that IL should be thorough and
gradual. He takes exception to the per-
sonnel OF. the President Rooseyet's re-
organization Commission, which does
not include a representative from either
branch Of Congress. Senator Hale takes |
the ground that II programme Of legis- |
lation is to be worked out for the reform 4
Of the navy Congress should have hand I
in IL. d
His ideas OF naval reform are repre- ,
sented in a resolution introduced by him /
which passed the Senate last Monday l
directing the Naval Committee OF the /
Senate 10 make a full investigation Of ,
expenditures and administration of the /
navy and to report to the Senate what. |
IL any. additional legislation is necessary.
The sun., 1909-01-30
WARTS OFF. N4N DEAD.
Drussis; Accused OF isoins the Jon WIN
scissors Must Answer.

Coroner Acritelli began yesterday an
investigation as TO the death Of Robert s.
Irish, an electrician, who died at his
home, i25 East 1O3d street. II blood
poisoning,
Mrs. Alice Irish, the widow, testified
that she had seen j. s. Higdon. a druggist.
Of lleth street and Park avenue. remove
warts from her husbands hand with a
pair OF scissors and that soon afterward
blood poisoning set in.
Higdon jumped from his seat in the rear
Of the court room and said that the woman
was a liar-that she was not in the drug
store. Mrs Irish replied that she had
watched the operation through the win
dow.
The Coroner said that IL it were true
that the druggist had performed the
operation he should be punished. Higdon
was represented by lawyer who had
been called hurriedly and an adjournment
was asked for and granted.
The sun., 1909-01-30
GET THE SUMNER CARS READY.
The Public Service Board Believes In
Reing FOrehanded.

The Public Service Commission has
ordered a hearing for February is to
determine whether George W. Ench.
the receiver Of the Second avenue rail-
road shall be directed to overhaul and
inspect all the cars and equipment inn
mediately, so that all the open cars and
not less than 100 closed cars will be COM
pleted for use by May 81.
The secretary was directed TO notify
all the street railroad companies that
the spring season is approaching and now
il the time to overhaul and repair all
open cars or others TO be used in the
summer months.
The sun., 1909-01-30
JOBS FOR SIXTEEN REFEREES.
To Hear p5 Damage Suits Against the
Yonkcrs street Railway Co.

NEwBURoH, Jan. 2e.-In Justice Nor
schauser g court here to-day an application
was made for the appointment Of referees
in ninety three suits now pending against
the Yonkers Street Railway Company.
The company is in the hands Of Leslie
Sutherland as receiver and these actions
must be cleared up before the company q
affairs can be finally adjusted and the
receiver discharged. The suits are for
damages arising from various causes.
Justice Morschauser said he would
probably allot them in patches 10 ref
erees. appointing sixteen or seventeen
referees, and giving each four or Ave
OF the cases'to try, with the understanding
that each actioh will be decided in about
thirty days. In this way the litigation
can be quickly got out Of the way.
The sun., 1909-01-30
S3,TTs 7aa ~
METROPOLITAN LIES YEAR.
Nearly 10000. 900 Policies We're Carried
NJ the End Of 1908.

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany has issued statement Of its standing g
at the end Of 1908. 1t shows that the total
amount Of outstanding policies at that
time was 81. .s81 800, ,s03. Nearly 10000, 600
policies are carried by individuals in the
Metropolitan.
The value Of the company's property
increased in the year at rate OF St27, 900
day. and an average OF 6,3i3 new policies
were written on every business day.
The company owns nearly 800 900, 900
worth Of securities. mortgages and real
estate.
The sun., 1909-01-30
BELL PAY NO TAX ON CAKE
IR. TORCHIO WILL NOT TAKE
r IRON THE Custom HOUSE. .
ually Reluctant to Pay a SJ.25 Bili
for Fees and Blanks and brokerage
Anyway Christmas, for Which the
cake Was Planned, Is Long Past.

On the last complete voyage made by
ns White Star liner Republic. which now
Doe, broken wreck on the bottom of the
s-a some miles south of the lonely island
of Nantucket, she brought 10 this country
from Italy a simple unthinking Italian
c1ke No sooner was the immigrant pastry
dSembarked from the hold of the Republic
,IIan the tangled red tape tentacles of
tHn great American tariff law reached out
for il. and soon that cake was involved
~ 4 Snarl of appraisement and reappraise-
wrnt and charges and counter charges
3.d bills Of lading that have grown more
'nrlicated from day to day until the
r.Ir cake mi ght we'll he excused for wish
~ . that It had never been made.
u- cake was intended for the con-
option Of Philip Torcho and the mem
'."S of his family. Mr., Torchio. who is
'.|"' engineer of the New York Edison
'r'r.c Company at 50 Duane street.
p. 20 tn friend OF his who lives in Milan
@'t November and requested him 10 have
q urIstmas cake made and shipped to
n.l n time to help make glad the holiday
.". 10. In due time came n letter from
Nl.U announcing that the cake had been
''..'ructrd a. per specifications. II
2.. not supposed to he a masterpiece
ll. Cakomaker's art. Ii WAS Just "A
".:9Hr ltaliGn Christmas cake, and it
= ,rIpped from Genoa on December IL.
Il'.pn-tituent parts Of the cake. accord
's 70 Mr. Torchio. were bread dough.
.-."-, huitor end eggs smalgamfted
r. -rnordance with ltslian ideas. II
".r .hoVt fifteen inches in diameter and
,t u"rnaos 81 " here it was made
I.'"" rolled on.
3D.. newt that Mr.. Torchio heard or the
.it"r getting his friends letter about
'.' on January ~, when he got y bill
De-" IN" Universal Express Company.
.~IIa HoV-' brokers. II ives a COM
'. '1i hive the cake on payment of
- %, winch. ut course, did rot include the
y.ui cost of the cake in ltaly. The
~ th' oil were divided as follows:
crr store, fcc........,.............. : q:
'.,' u ta.h,. .Gc...................... rs
10 F"rs" nrua gc..................... go
IN cake. .....................I On
49,
". norChlo protested. He asserted
he cake was of no material value
'hat II was absurd TO hold il dutiable.
'' Omitted yesterday when pressed
perhaps he wouldn't have protested
'. warmly II it hadn't been more than
guth after Christmas. Moreover,
'" 'fe"'ed that the cake was now not
I'n less than two months old and IL
vast he kind Of cake that improves
'h age. Whatever his motives. and
The sun., 1909-01-30

July. 1910, il will be sold at auction So
make a note OF it. for il will probably
60 cheap and il will be well seasoned.
And all this time you have been won
derng what the old scratch is that spunk
stun that gets in free of duty while a
necessity like cake has to pay. Well,
according TO Webster, spunk is: Wood
that readily takes fire; touchwood; also,
a kind of finder made from a species Of
fungus; punk; amadou