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people lost their lives when the house
in which Bert Sperry lived was de.
stroyed.
The Dead.
Bert Sperry, aged 80 years.
Edward S. Sperry, aged 7 years.
Clarence Sperry, aged 3 years.
Grace Sperry, aged 8 years.
Mrs. Kellogg, aged 90 years; moth
er-in-law OF Bert Sperry.
The only ones saved from the flames
are Mrs. Sperry, a daughter aged 10
years and a baby aged three months.
They were rescued by neighbors.
Sperry vas employed at the Shef.
field King Milling company and lived
in a house belonging to the milling
company on the edge of town one mile
and a half from the city fire depart.
ment. When the department reached
the scene the house was almost de-
stroyed and the firemen were unable
to render any assistance, aside from
putting water in the smouldering
house and removing the bodies of
those burned.
1t is thought the fire was caused by
a defective stove. Sperry got up about
D o'clock and started a fire in the
kitchen stove and went back to bed.
1t is supposed the stove became red
hot and ignited the walls of the kitch-
en-, from which the fire spread imme-
diately to all parts of the house.
Sperry, in his frantic efforts to save
the children, placed the youngest one
upon the roof of the porch, only to
have the little one plunged into the
flames when the roof collapsed.
When the bodies were taken out
those of Sperry and the two children
were found together, he evidently hav-
ing had them in his arms in an effort
to escape when the floor fell through,
engulfing them in the seething fur
mace below.
Mrs. Sperry is frantic with grief and
it is feared the shock may prove too
much for her. She is being cared for
by friends. A large number of people
f1ocked to the scene of the disaster,
seeming to be unable to realize that
almost an entire family had been
wiped out of existence.
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Peary and Family in Rome.

Rome, Italy. - Commander Robert
f. Peary and his family have arrived
here. They were met at the railway
station by the president of the Royal
Geographical society which body the
American explorer is expected to adj
dress.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-19

Presho-People who have been out
over the new reservation country say
that the Milwaukee road Is getting
busy on its new lines into that coun-
try. They have the rails laid on the
Timber Lake Line, out almost to Fire
steel. which. -wiu he-ths-Grstaea-tAr
-rnrus- Uf THAT branGG Tor the summer
il being about fifty miles southwes.
Of Mobridge. On the Fox Ridge line
they are working a number OF Ia~ge
grading crews. and are pushing the
work as rapidly as possible, and tell
the stockmen OF the Cheyenne river
they VIII be in shape TO handle their
stock at Faith. and other points along
the Fox Ridge this fall.
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Declared Indictment Faulty.

Chicago. Illinois. - Judge Baldwin
quickly ordered the jury in the case
of James p. Conney, charged with
defrauding the city on coal contracts,
to return a verdict Of not guilty. The
court declared the indictment faulty.
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Hail DAMAGES Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga. Several thousand
dollars damage was done by a sereve
hail and rainstorm. The maximum
wind velocity was GO miles an hour,
a rain fall of one-half inch was re-
corded within 80 minutes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-19
Mark Slater Goes To Prison.

Columbus, Ohio. - Mark Slater,
the former state printer, who was SEN
fenced to four years on conviction of
uttering a false voucher and securing
about $4,000 from the state, was talk.
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Consider This Advice.

SOLISlucT 1IIlS kAutICcs
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and invigorator Of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
4. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are ill, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
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Arithmetic.

Teacher-If | give you m apple
Young American-Don't do it, teach
er, and you won't start any of that
trouble hat Adam and Eve got into.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-19

uOI 10 any Oh
my homework. My
sickness was called
R~etrofexion. When
i would sit down I
felt as if / could not
get u p. / took
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetabl Com
pound and did just
as you told me and
now l am perfectly
cured, and have q
big baby boy
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-19
~AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
Fiftieth Anniversary will be Celebrated
Appropriately at Canton

Canton-The fftieth anniversary of
Augustana college will be celebrated
with appropriate festivities on Tues
day, May 81, 1910. The United church
and its several schools will, through
their representatives, take a BETTING
part in helping us make this ami
versary long to be remembered in the
annals of the school.
The festivities of commencement
week will begin Sunday, May 20. In
the morning dedication services will
be celebrated in the new Lutheran
church lately erected in Canton. DR..
T. Fl. Dahl will officiate. In the even
ing Rev. David Stove, 1900" will de-
liver the annual ba~ccalaureate SER
mon. In connection with the dedica-
ton exercises the local churh will
conduct a religious conference on Mon
day. and in the evening Prof. Chris
Hansen of st. Olaf college will give
an organ concert assisted by able vo-
cal talent.
The entire day and evening of
Tuesday the 31st Of May, will be CIV
en- to the anniversary festivities. Pres
ident DR.. Dahl will speak in Nor
wegian, and Rev. j. c. Roseland In
English in the forenoon. The after
noon and evening programs will con-
tain a number of short addresses, rem
iniscences and congratulatory speeches
by representative men who have been
prominent in church and school af-
fairs, interspersed with instrumental
and vocal music. Wednesday is grad.
uation day. Glass day exercises will
occupy the morning and the COM
mencement exercises will take place
in the evening.
Augustana college was founded In
1860 by the Scandinavian Evangelical
Lutheran Augustana Synod and tenn
porarily located in Chicago, Ill,
whence it was moved to Paxton, H.,
in 1868. After continuing here for six
years the Swedes and Norwegians
concluded to divide the school &C
cCrding to nationality and the Nor
wegian branch, faculty and students,
moved to Marshall, Wis. The school
was again moved to Beloit, Ia, In
1918. and to Canton in 1884 where II
has found a permanent home and a
large field for its activity. Its prop
erty in the city of Canton is valued at
about $4,000.
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Oft hath even a whole city reaped
the evil fruit OF a bad manifested.
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WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Black Duck, Minn.-"About a year
ago l wrote you that / was sick and
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Pierre-The last Of the Offices in the
old state capitol was deserted We'd
nesday when the records of the gov
ernor's Office were taken to the new
quarters. This leaves the old build
ing without an occupant for the frs
time In over twenty years, and within
a few days, the contractor who is to
remove the structure will have a force
of men tearing 1t down.
Pierre-A. e. Chamberlain in charge
of farmers institute work in the state.
is now ~westbound on his way to Del
richs and other Fall River COUNTY
points, where he goes on"seSuest Of
farmers of that section 70 organize
the institute work. Nj. Chamberlain
SS-oGtSr E%Su1-rrTnrst Ca~fs:-srcf"as
the present there will be no regular
institute work attempted until July,
when a tour will be made by the in
struutcfs OF a number OF towns on
railway lines, which require drives
into the country. and these points viii
be covered durias he warmer wealth
err of the summer, leaving the railroad
towns until later In the season.
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closed season. to fish with he or any device other han with hook and line to hunt at any time without
License to hunt IRISH upon the lands or waters Of anohHw without permission; to shoot upon the public high
manner allow the running of hunting dogs ung then months of April. May and June; to hunt aWauc fowl
from dark dNnghtW from any artificial blind or from any boat propelled ohr thanh oars or paddles to
hunt eb birds With arfe
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-19

Sioux Falls-The building commit
tee. having charge the plans Tor the
construction Of the Odd Fellows home
at Dell Rapids. met at the Cataract
hotel in this city last week. DR.. A. e.
Clough, chairman: Geo. w. Snow. G.
]. Bach. F. s. Emerson and ]. M. Pat
ton were present. Also Grand Secre-
tary Harvey j. Rice and Brother Hen
nv Robertson. chairman OF the Dell
Rapids committee, and Mr.. Schwartz,
architect. Several bids for the con-
struction of the building were receiv-
ed and considered, and the plans care
fully gone over. The bid of the Gar
ner Construction company of Madison
for the completed building, heating
plumbing and all ready for occupancy,
was the lowest and deemed the best
and the same was accepted subject to
the approval Of the grand lodge. A
good deal Of work was done on the
report to the grand lodge. and it is
expected that everything will be ready
for action at the beginning Of the ses-
sion.
Pierre-State Engineer Lea has re-
ceived from the Kansas City Star, a
request as to feasible lines for a high
waNfrom Kansas City to northwest
ern Montana. Such a highway could
be established along the Missouri riv-
or Fer It's whole course, but would be
-sr.se srta@
the river to practically the south line
of this state. then tal1irg a more west
erly direction through the Black Hills
to the s-e-HA-sst orn of Montana
and be continued through that state.
The route would sweep through the
very center Of this state and would
give a route which would cover all
classes of scenery of the northwest.
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5 OF FAMILY DIE in fire
MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND INFAhT
RESCUED.
Position Of Bodies Tells of Parents
Heroic Effort to Save
Offspring.

Faribault. - The worst fire in
the history of F%aribault occurred
at 6 o'clock Friday morning. Five
people lost their lives when the house
in which Bert Sperry lived was de.
stroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
BROWNE FIRM IN
DENIAL Of BRIDES
MINORITY LEADER INSISTS HE
WAS IGNORANT OF MONEY
USED FOR LoRlMER.
COURT SCENE DRAMATIC
intense Silence Reigns as Questions
Are Put But Fail of Effect-Ef-
fort to Locate Representative
Wilson Unsuccessful.

Chicago, Ill.-The hearing before
the Lorimer investigation committee
10 near an end. Lee O'Neil Browne,
who told his story for the first time
under oath, concluded his testimony
with a number of interesting side
lights on the political situation in I'LL
nois and the motives underlying the
bipartisan combination which elevated
William Lorimer from the lower to
the upper houses of congress in Wash
ington.
Lee O'Neil Browne gave the follow
ing as legitimate reasons for the cleo
tion which elevated MI. Lorimer to
the United States senate:
1. 1t was desirable to break the
deadlock, which had left public bust
ness in a ~deplorable state of neglect.
3. Mr.. Lorimer vas considered
more Democratic in ONE of his views
than any other Republican.
8. The election of Mr.. Lorimer
promised to split the Republican par
ty OF the state, thus increasing the
chances of Democratic success at the
polls.
A.. 1t was believed that in natural
gratitude to the men who made his
election possible, Senator Lorimer
would extend to the democrats pat
ronage otherwise not to be thought
of by a Democrat. (Mr. Lorimer, how
ever, made no promises
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
N~N~A%~N~
) SHORT STATE ITEMS
A%~~N~~~@%
SCHOOLS TO GET s275,OOO.
State Auditor Makes Apportionment
to Counties.

Jefferson City.-State Auditor Cor
don apportioned $275,0O0 of the mon
eys derived as a tax upon the insur-
ance companies doing business in this
state for the year ending October ,.
1910, to the various counties and the
city of st. Louis, for the benefit of the
public schools.
The total collections by the state
insurance department for the period
stated was $570,65S.48. Under the law
a part of this sum goes to the public
schools, in the ratio followed by the
state auditor. The apportionment is
based on the school population for
the present year.
The school population Of the city of
st. Louis being 1896, the sum of
$~53,725.55N has been apportioned for
the schools there. Jackson county,
including Kansas City, comes second
with a school population of S3,64G,
and apportionment of $22,932.20.
Buchanan county, including the city
of st. Joseph, is third, with a school
population of 47,46S, and an appor-
tionment of $13,013.70.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
LOWERS THE PRICE OF OIL
Standard Company Begins a Cam
paign Designed to Increase the
Consumption of Kerosene.

N(M York, N. with the de.
clared intention of increasing the con
sumption of refined oil the world over,
the Standard Oil company has just an
nounced, through it's official publicity
representative, ]. I. G. Clarke, a re-
duction in the prices Of kerosene in
Europe and the far east. The cam
paign has been all planned out care
fully and the officials Of the company
are convinced that it will result In
greatly increasing the use Of the con
GERMS products. The statement is
sued by Mr.. Clarke is in part as fol-
lows:
'The Standard Oil company has in,
augurated a campaign to increase the
worlds consumption of refined oil.
The level of prices for refined oil to-
day In the United States is lower than
at any time during recent years, and
as a direct. result Of these prices the
consumption of refined oil in this
country is increasing. The same pol
Icy Is now being actively, pursued
abroad"
Already the Standard ia carrying on
a similar campaign in this country
and by similar methods. Last August
the company made substantial reduc-
tons in prices in America. At that
time refined oil in barrels was cut 1
cent a gallon, from OK to 81 cents at
the refinery, and refined oil in tanks
was reduced l cent a gallon, from 6h
to 5M cents. The success of the pol
icy which dictated these reductions
evidently has demonstrated to the
officers of the company the wisdom of
extending the same policy to its op-
erations in foreign lands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
coRNcos INDUSTRY GROWING.
Factories Give Seed Free to Farmers,
Then Pay Them for Product.


Fulton.-Free corn and a big lot
of corncobs suitable for pipes are
likely to come about If the corncob
factories continue to bestow seed corn
with as lavish a hand as is being
done now.
The corn is now nearing the ma
turing stage end the shucks will be
flying A corncob factory at
Washington, D. c., supplied the ag-
riculturists with the seed, with the
proviso that they raise the corn,
shell the same and furnish the factory
with the cobs.
To show that there is nothing
small about that factory, they have
agreed TO give the farmer rs cents
a hundred for cobs shipped to the
factory.
Under these conditions the farmer
has free seed, retains his shelled corn
and will then have about a carload
of cobs to convert into the coin of
the realm.
1t is expected there will be a gen.
eral movement of farmers to try the
new corn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
Mrs. BRIGGS, Speech.

If brevity is the soul of wit, one of
the wittiest speeches on record was
made by a woman. Mrs. Briggs lived
in the northern part of Indiana, a long
distance from any village. Hearing
that the Rev. Mr.. Goodwin was to
preach in a township some twenty
miles distant, she resolved to be pres
ent, and as no other way offered, she
walked the twenty miles.
The pastor heard of this. and was
so pleased at the appreciation which
it showed that at the close Of the SER
mon he mentioned the fact to the con-
~gregation, and called upon Mrs. Briggs
to tell them how she came.
Rising slowly, she looked over the
audience with great solemnity, and
said:
II hoofed It,"
Then she sat down again.-Youth's
Companion. .I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
WHY NEW ORLEANS
CITY Is LOGICAL POINT FOR
WORLDS PANAMA EXPOSITION.
Its Geographical Position and Many
Other Considerations Mark 1t az
Most Suitable Spot for DedI-
cation of Great Work.

Public sentiment has decided that
the completion of the Panama Canal
In 1915 shall be celebrated with a
great international Exposition in
which all the nations of the world
may participate; and the question Of
where this Exposition is to be held
will be seteed by Congress at its APP
preaching session.
New Orleans and San Francisco
are contesting for the honor of hold
ing this Exposition, and both cities
have guaranteed immense sums of
money as an evidence Of their ability
to finance so great an enterprise.
An Exposition worthy of the term
Worlds Fair" such as New Orleans
proposes to build, will be a great ed
ucational movement. Its success as
such, however, will depend entirely
upon the percentage of our popula-
ton who can secure its educational
advantages, this in turn, depends up
on its location, as the time in travel
ing to and from the Exposition, and
the cost In railroad and Pullman
fares, are the most important factors.
Considering these matters, New
Orleans claims to being the "Logi-
cal Point" for this Panama EXPOSE
tion, seem to be fully substantiated
by the following facts:-
New Orleans is 500 miles from the
center Of population in the United
States. San Francisco is $500 miles
distant therefrom.
Within a radius of 500 miles from
New Orleans there are 1880, 900
people. Within the same radius from
San Francisco there are only 1000, 900.
Within a radius Of 1000 miles from
New Orleans, there are $4,000, 900.
Within the same radius from San
Francisco there are only 5000, 900.
At an average Of 900 miles from
New Orleans, there are 10 of our
principal cities with a combined
population of 10000, 900. Averaging
900 miles from San Francisco there
are only 8 large cities, with a COM
bined population of just 1000, 900.
The average distance Of all these
cities to New Orleans is 1872 miles,
to San Francisco 2,407 miles.
Over rs per cent. of the people of
the United States could go to an
Exposition there at an average ex-
pense for railroad fare of $3.50, as
against an average of $3.50 to the
Pacific Coast; and for several mil
lions of u people, the Pullman
fare and Dining Car expenses alone,
for a trip to San Francisco, would
amount to more than all their trans
~portation expenses for a trip to New
Orleans.
This is an important public ques-
ton to be settled by Congress at the
session which convenes in December.
Many Of our readers will wish to
visit this Worlds Panama Exposi-
ton, and If held in New Orleans a
great many more could spare the
time and money for the trip than
could go to San Francisco. There
fore, we urge our readers to write to
the two senators from this State and
the congressman from this district,
requesting them to support New Or
leans In the contest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
The Privilege Of Man.

B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the exe-
cutive board of the Frisco system of
railroads, on one occasion took to task
a young man in his employ who had
announced his intention Of marrying.
The youth in question was drawing
a small salary, and Yoakum remon-
strated with him on the ground that
he could not afford to marry and that
his wife would have to suffer great
privations.
"Oh." said the young man, II guess
I'VE got as much right to starve a wo-
man to death as any other mar has"
Popular Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
ANOTHER LIFE is TAKEN
Wealthy Cotton Planters Body Is
Found in the Outskirts of
Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark,-While the Pu-
laski county grand jury was trying
to find some clew as to the identity
Of the mysterious assassin who has
been operating on the pixies leading
from Little Rock, news was brought
to Little Rock Of another assassina-
ton committed on the Nineteenth
street pike at the Four-Mile grocery
In the suburbs of Little Rock.
Yancey q. Mashburn, n Of the
leading planters of Pulaski county,
was the victim Of the assassin. 1t is
believed robbery was the motive in
this murder for Mashburn was in
Little Rock all day, disposing of sew
sral loads of cotton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
Negro slain as He sleeps.

Carrollton.-Two negro laborers
employed at the Santa Fe grading
camp, four miles east of Carrollton,
became involved in a quarrel, and af-
ter one of the negroes had gone to
bed the other came to his cot and
cut his throat, the wounded man dy-
ing a few minutes later. Sheriff Cal
vert was notified, and went to the
scene Of the killing. The slayer made
his escape during the night, and
while the sheriff has posses looking
for him, and has notified neighboring
officers, no clew to his whereabouts
has yet been discovered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
Childish Reasoning.

Look at the brownies, papa!" ex-
claimed a little miss as she gazed up
ward at a Wall street s~kyscraper.
"They are not brownies, dearie,"
replied papa. They are big men, like
me, but they look DO tiny because they
are SO high"
IF they were twice as high, would
they look twice as small?" she asked,
showing the mathematical turn not
unnatural in the offspring Of a sue
cessful broker.
Papa answered Eyes"
She made a quick calculation and
remarked: They won't amount to
much when they get to heaven, will
they?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
LOST GOLD MINE FOUND
Old Santa Fe Teresa, Once owned by
Indians, VIII Be Worked by
Mexican Government.

Bisbee, Ariz.-Mexican officials at
Cananea announced the rediscovery
of the old Santa Fe Teresa gold mine,
one of the few really "lost" mines Of
the southwest, which "a known to
have been worked by the Spaniards
more than a century ago, and which
has been lost since 1910.
The main shaft was well preserved,
but the timbers had been removed
and the earth cayed in. Two skele-
tons were found at the bottom Of the
shaft. Indians had kept possession Of
the mine so long that its location had
become a mystery to the Mexicans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-13
RUSSIAN TRAITOR SLAIN
Azeff Had Planned and Executed
Murders by the WhoIesaIe--Man
of Numerous Crimes.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Evno Azeff,
revolutionist and police spy, was as
sassinated in Weisbaden. Announce
ment made in the Novoe vremya
gives no details Of the affair, save to
say that the attempt on the life Of
the greatest traitor in Russian his
tory was successful.
Azeff was head Of the fighting rev.
Sl~utionists, and among the number
less crimes he conceived. planned and
executed were the assassination Of
the Grand Duke Sergius and of Faith
er Gapon. ~ !.