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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

Responding to the public demand that some step be
taken immediately by the state and county medical
cees to protect the community from creatures OF the
type of DIR. Robert Thompson alias Grant, now be-
hind prison bars accused of the murder of Eva Swan,
the physicians and surgeons of the city, through their
organizations seriously considering steps which will
place among the statutes of the state law designed to
punish the men who easily escape the peniten-
tiary
A survey of the prosecutions for crimes similar to
that brought home to Thompson reveals the fact that
fully IS per cent of the accused practitioners escape
purely technical grounds I he campaign di-
rected against them proposes two measures one of
which the forfeiture of license where the holder per-
m another person to practice under his name and the
other is municipal regulation which will warrant the
police to raid all hospitals which are openly and
VIGOROUSLY illegal.
Under the provisions Of the penal code as it stands
it rarely possible convict man who stands in the
position of Thompson. The regular channels of proof
blocked by death by the caution of the NAL lprac
titioner In the case of Eva Swan the operation is
alleged to have taken the absence of the nurse
Thompson and the unconscious patient being alone in
the operating While there ample circumstan-
tia evidence of his guilt there proof that he ever
operated, and there witness any criminal acts
other than the mutlaon of the body by cutting and
the burial of the remains
The penal code makes the burial Of body within
d
meanor and to this fact Willie Sack would be a val
liable witness his testimony would be supported by
the evidence offered in the trunk the shoves and the
body itself.
The movement now under way has for its object the
submission the state code commissioners of some law
which will operate directly on the offending physician
In speaking of the matter yesterday both Dr. Philip
Mills Jones. secretary of the state medical society and
Dr. Rene Bine. secretary of the county association
depored the present condition which has permitted so
many NAL practitioners to flourish in this city
Speaking for the state organization Doctor Jones
said:
1t n,ould seem that the lam is moi specific
DR.. WaGener and FRS
Mrs N A. Reed. Mrs Doctor Meyer
q. w. 0'DOnnelI. YRS "A. Rees.
Doctor Sylvester. ~ =. 49,. 0isv..
DOCTOR I.oseh- Doctor Page
Doctor Gum e. f.
DIR. James Neal. DR.. y. Meal, Mrs. ID
Doctor King. Dr.
DR.. E. f. West. Doctor GvyeI
Mrs Doctor Dvyer. White
Doctor Kohl. Doctor Sims.
nQCfO Wyefh. DR. w. II Girls nj
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
SEALS GET RECRUITS

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-President B. B.
Johnson of the American league today
announced the following releases: Re-
leased by Chicago to st. Joseph, Powell.
Reilly, Cooper and Collins; to Wichita.
Slight and Burnham. to Des Moines.
Owens; to San Francisco, Weaver and
Mcdonald
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
Wolgast 0utpoints Tom
Mcfarland

FOND DU LAC. Wis. Sept. 29-Ad
Wolgast outpointed Tommy Mcfarland
in a 10 round no decision bout here to-
night Mcfarland made a good show
ing in the first three rounds, but after
that the pace told on him and he was
severely punished in the closing rounds.
With the exception of the third round
Wolgast never had to extend himself.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

Using American machinery, the Bang
kok manufacturing company, the only
ice plant in Siam, makes 20 tons day.
The value of the stamp collection of
the postal department is modestly
placed at 100000. but it would bring
many times that If placed on the mar
ket for sale.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
Census Returns

WASHINGTON, Sept 2s.-The population of
Birmingham Ala. is 132, 1885, an increase of
"a. .270 or 2A5.4 per cent. over 3s.415 in 1900
The popula1pn of Worcester. Mass, is 145 1885,
an Increase % 2T,565, or 2S. 3 per cent over
1s,421 In 190Q%
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
HEAD OF MAIL ORDER
HOUSE UNDER ARREST
Fraudulent Practices Charged
i'm Federal Warrant

CHICAGO. Sept 2S.-AIfred H Mon
roe, president OF the Globe association
a 100000 mail order house, was ar
rested by the federal authorities today
charged with violating the postal law
through an alleged fraudulent mail
order scheme. Monroe is said to have
made thousands of dollars and to have
swindled persons all over the country
The complaining witness is L. Mcbride
of Akron, o.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

In Sweden the testimony of a child
less than 16 years of age will not be
accepted in court.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

FATALLY CRUSHED By ELEvAToR-Ios An
geles Sept. 29.--While attempting to leap
baS on oWy G soa,rtb tHar nor o
an office building tonight Frederick Shaw. the
OPERATOR was caught between the hoor of the
pip.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
THE EASIEST WAY

is TO COME RIGHT TO THIS
MODERN MEMS CLOTHES
SHOP AND PLACE YOUR
SELF IN THE HANDS OF
CLOTHES H0RITIES.
WE GIVE YOU THE RESULTS
OF YEARS OF THE CLOSEST
STUDY. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS
SEASON rs ONE FOR ROUGH
FABRICS. WE KNEW 1T AND
CAN SHOW THEM IN ALL
COLORS AND WEAYES IN
SUITS AND OYERCOATS.
p RI E t ENTY up
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

OF 2,s16,71s,960 eggs exported from
Russia last year Great Britain took
725.333,760.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
THOMPSONCASE
PLACED BEFORE
THEGRANDJURY
Marie Messerschmidt Adds Inn
pOrtant Details to Story
of the Crime
Woman Declares She Prepared
instruments and Helped ADJ
minister Anesthetic


levy tribute on, Thompson, who refused
70 buy his silence, impened him 70 tell
the. story to the police, and Attorney
Jesse Bryan, counsel for Paul Parker
Gordan repeated his story as did the
others told before the coroner's. jury
at the inquest Tuesday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

Doctor and Mrs. Davies. Dc
Mrs. Doctor Meyers.
Mrs. N. A. Rees. Ds
DR.. G.. w. OIcpt. DE-
Drs. H. c. Edwards and H. b. bright. DI
Doctor Page. MI
Doctor e. +. West. DI
DR.. J. Meal, Mrs. Doctor Lane, names II
assumed by DR.. j. Neal. Dc
Mrs. Doctor Gwyer. DI
Mrs. Doctor White. Dl
Doctor Sims. Dl
DR.. w. III. GriswOId. ID,
Doctor Carpenter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
baubles. we were primitive man and

baubles, We were primitive man and
uIP world fer the
hour was the deserted farmhouse, the
s.Opc o. wncatneld that led To the
road, the woodland lot, the pasture.
We breakfasted together across the
homely table. Our ch~eerfuiness, at
first sheer reaction, became less forced
as we ate great slices of bread from
the granny oven back of the house,
and drank hot fluid that smelled like
coffee and tasted like nothing that I
have ever swallowed. We found cream
in stone jars, sunk deep in the chill
water of the springhouse. And there
were eggs, great yellow-brown ones
a basket of them.
So, like two children awakened from
a nightmare, we chatted over our food;
we hunted mutual friends, we laughed
together at my feeble witticisms, but
we put the horror behind us resolute-
ly. After all, it was the hat with
the green ribbons that brought back
the strangeness of the situation.
All along l had had the impression
that Alison West was deliberately put
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
WILL OPEN MORE LAND
After Allotment and Appraisement the
Balance will be Opened

Dallas-With the completion Of
the allotment of Indian lands In
Mellette county, Special Alloting
Agent j. H. Scriyen viii begin the ap-
praisement of the open lands in con-
junction with the other appraisers
named by the department. When the
work is completed in Mellette, which
is the north half of old Meyer county,
the work of allotment and appraise-
ment will begin in Bennett county
preparatory to the opening of large
tracts under the provisions or the
Burke bill.
The department of the interior will
be represented on this board by w.
j. SCriVen, r. d. Ellston, a member
Of the Rosebud Sioux Indians, and A.
e. Kull, of Burke, S. D., has been
named as the citizens of South Da-
kota. These gentlemen will comprise
the board of appraisers in sc far as
the Rosebud reservation is concerned.
Those named to comprise the board
of appraisers of the land of the Pine
Ridge ~sereVation lying in Bennett
and Washington counties are: D. L.
McLaine, of Worcester, S. D., to rep
resent the citizens of the state;
Charles A. Bates, representing the de-
partment of the interior and Frank
Conroy, of LaCreek, S. D., represent
ing the Indians of the Pine Ridge
reservation.
This will be the largest area of land
opened under any act applying to In
dian lands in South Dakota, and com
prised the balance of the Rosebud and
a part of Pine Ridge reservation.
1t is expected that the opening OF
these lands will take place early in
1911 and will place in the hands OF
settlers some of the choicest tracts In
the state along the south bank of the
White river.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
The Farmer and the Hobo

Mitchell-Farmers taking the aver
age stranger coming along and want
ing a job have been stung on several
occasions by the stranger getting away
with some of the property OF the
farmer. A case occurred in Sanborn
county, where Emil Just hired n Of
the tramp gentry and took him out
home Saturday evening. The next
morning Just left the house for a
short time, leaving the tramp in
charge. He thought of his vest and
$40 in cash in it hanging in the barn.
He hurried back home, but he was
too late-the tramp had landed the
money and skipped. Mr.. Just got &C
ton on the rural telephone line. and
when the tramp rode into Woon-
socket with a neighbour the officers
were waiting for him. Just got his
$40 back and the tramp will serve q
term in Jail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
Son Accidentally Kills Father

Enthusiastically B. Oulton, a farm
err living ten miles northeast OF
Geddes, was accidentally killed by the
discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of his son 1t seemed that
Mr.. Oulton had been out about
two miles from home with his
family in a wagon and had a shotgun
with them. His son, in taking the
weapon from the wagon, in some way
accidentally discharged it, the load
entering Mr.. Oulton's head, killing
him instantly. They Immediately
drove to the home of a neighbor and
telephoned States Attorney Upton,
who sen Justice Henly and Deputy
Sheriff Skillings out to look after the
case and inquire into full particulars.
The deceased was about 40 years Of
age and moved to this locality about
eight months ago from Council
Blusff, la.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01

go back and make some inquiries
I've been criminally thoughtless. You
travelling companion"
She interrupted me, and something
Of her splendid poise was gone
Please don't go back" she said. q
am afraid it would be of no use. And
Il don't want to be left alone"
Heaven knows | did not want her tc
be alone. I was than content tc
walk along beside her aimlessly, foI
any length of time. Gradually, as she
lost the exaltation Of the moment, ]
was gaining my normal condition OF
mind. | was beginning TO realize that
| had lacked the morning grace Of a
shave, that ! looked like some lost
hope of yesterday, and that my left
shoe pinched outrageously. A mar
does not rise triumphant above such
handicaps. The girl, for all her dlsor,
dered hair and the crumpled linen of
her waist, in spite Of her missing hat
and the small gold bag that hung for.
lornly from a broken chain, looked ex-
ceedingly lovely.
Then / won't leave you alone" l
said manfully, and we stumbled on to-
gether. Thus far we had seen no.
body from the wreck, but well up the
lane we came across the tall dark
woman who had occupied lower II.
She was half c%rouching beside the
road, her black hair about her shout
ders, and an ugly bruise over her eye.
She did not seem to know us, and re-
fused to accompany us. We left her
there at last, babbling in~coherently
and rolling in her hands a dozen peb-
bles she had gathered in the road.
The girl shuddered as we went on.
Once she turned and glanced at my
bandage. Does it hurt very much?"
she asked.
IT'S growing rather numb. But it
might be worse" / answered menda-
ciously. If anything in this world
could be worse, / had never expert
enced it.
And so we trudged on bareheaded
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
New Methodist District

Deadwood-A new district is to be
created for the Methodist churches
In this part of the state next
month. Rev. r. H. Dolliver, a brother
of United States Senator ]. P. Dolliver
of Iowa, is at present the district SUI
p~erintendent for the Black Hills, but
has found his duties more than one
man can attend to, SO he will be given
charge of the southern part of the
Black Hills and the country east OF
that to the Missouri river. Rev. Hugh
Hay, now pastor of the local Metho-
dist church, is to be the new district
superintendent for this section, he
having jurisdiction over the northern
hills and the section north and east
of here to the North Dakota boundary
and east to the river. He will be sue
ceeded in Deadwood by Rev. Mr.. Ed
wards, of Ottumwa, Ia, as pastor OF
the local church.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
# the photograph on John Gilmore's

Of the photograph on John Gilmore's
bedside table. The girl Mcknight ex.
pected to see in Richmond the next
day, Sunday! She was on her way
back to meet him! Well, what differ.
ence did it make, anyhow? We had
been thrown together by the merest
chance. In an hour or two at the
most we would be back in civilization
and she would recall me, if she re,
membered me at all, as an unshaven
creature in a red cravat and tan shoes,
with a soiled Pullman sheet tied
around my neck. drew a deep
breath.
Gust a twinge," l said, when she
glanced up quickly. It's very good
of you to let me know, Miss West.
have been hearing delightful things
about you for three months
From Richey Mcknight" She was
frankly curious.
Eyes. From Richey Mcknight" l
assented. Was it any wonder Nc
Knight "a crazy about her? / dug
my heels into the dust.
81 have been visiting near Cresson,
in the mountains" Miss West was say
ing. "The person you mentioned, Mrs.
Curtis, was my hostess. We've
were on u way to Washington to-
gether," She spoke slowly, as if she
wished to give the minimum of expla-
nation. Across her face had come
again the battling expression of per
pleXity and trouble l had seen before.
you were on your way home, | sup
pose? Richey-spoke about seeing
you" I floundered, finding it necessary
to say something. She looked at me
with level, direct eyes.
mo" she returned quietly. 81 did
not intend to go home. well, il
doesn't matter; l am going home
now"
A woman in a calico dress, with
two children, each an exact duplicate
of the other. had come quickly down
the road. She took in the situation at
a glance, and was explosively hospit,
able.
"You poor things" she said. "If
you'll take the first road to the left
there, and turn in at the second
pigsty, you will find breakfast on the
table and a coffee pot on the stove.
And there's plenty of soap and water,
too. Don't say one word. There isn't
a soul there to see you"
We accepted the invitation and she
hurried on toward the excitement and
the railroad. I got up carefully and
Miss West to her feet.
AT the second pigsty to the left" |
repeated, 1--WE will find the breakfast
| promised you seven eternities ago.
Forward to the pigsty!"
We said very little for the remand
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health e so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women ! am willing to make my
trouble public SO you may publish
this letter. Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID ,Graniteville, vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such a record
of cures Of female ills as has Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period Of change of life.
It costs but little to try Lydia II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclaysays, it is "worth noun
tains Of gold"to suffering women.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
WIPED OUT
Quaranteen on Minnehaha County is
Restricted to Three Farms

Sioux Falls-By order of the live
stock inspection board Of South Dakota
its agent, DR.. ]. A. Graham, who is also
deputy state veterinary, the quaran-
tine against the shipment Of live
stock and poultry out of Minnehaha,
from all farms save the Kirk farm,
the Bonacker farm and Phillips farm,
upon which farms cattle and horses
died of anthrax, within the past
month, has been raised and it is now
lawful to ship all live stock out Of the
county, except that which comes
from the three farms mentioned,
which farms will remain under quar-
antine for a short time, in order to
determine the condition of the health
of the live stock upon them.
DR.. Graham and the county au-
thorities feel that all danger OF spread
of anthrax in this county is passed
DR.. Graham stated when he estab-
lished the countrywide quarantine that
he felt that he could lift it within two
weeks and he has been able to do so.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
"No, | Did Not Intend to Go Home"

ting out of her mind something that
obtruded now and then. 1t brought
with it a return of the puzzled express
sion that | had surprised early in the
day, before the wreck. | caught it
once, when, breakfast over, she was
tightening the sling that held the
broken arm. | had prolonged the
morning meal as much as ! could, but
when the wooden clock with the pink
roses on the dial pointed to half after
ten, and the mother with the duplicate
youngsters had not come back, Miss
West made the move l had dreaded.
IF we are to get into Baltimore at
all we must start" she said, rising.
You ought to see a doctor as soon as
possible"
Hush" I said warningly. Don't
mention the arm, please; it is asleep
now. You may rouse it,"
IF l only had a hat" she reflected.
TT wouldn't need to be much of one,
but" She gave a little cry and
darted to the corner. Look" she
said triumphantly, "the very thing.
With the green streamers tied up in
a bow, like this-do you suppose the
child would mind? | can pat So or
so here-that would buy a dozen Of
them"
1t was a queer affair of straw, that
hat, with a round crown and a rim
that Topped dismally. With a single
movement she had turned it up at one
side and fitted it to her head. Gro
tesque by itself. when she wore it it
was a thing Of joy.
Evidently the lack of head covering
had troubled her, for she was elated
at her find. She left me, scrawling a
note of thanks and pinning it with a
bill to the table-cloth, and ran up
stairs to the mirror and the promised
soap and water.
| did not see her when she came
down. l had discovered a bench with
a tin basin outside the kitchen door,
and was washing, in a helpless, one
sided way. | felt rather than saw that
she was standing in the doorway, and
l made a final plunge into the basin.
"How is It possible for a nan with
only a right hand to wash his left
carr" | asked from the roller towel. |
was distinctly uncomfortable: Men are
more rigidly creatures of conven-
ton than women, whether they admit
it or not. There is so much soap on
me still that if l laugh l will blow
bubbles. Washing with rain water
and homemade soap is like motoring
on a slippery road. / only struck the
high places"
Then, having achieved a brilliant
polish with the towel, | looked at the
girl.
She was leaning against the frame
of the door, her face perfectly color
less, her breath coming in slow, diff
fCult respirations. The erratic hat
was pinned to place, but it had slid
rakishly to one side. When / real
lied that she was staring, not at me,
but past me to the road along which
we had come, | turned and followed
her gaze. There was no one in sight;
the lane stretched dust white in the
sumo moving figure on it. no sign
of life.
CTo BE CONTINUED)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01

under the summer sun, growing
parched and dusty and weary, logged.
ly leaving behind us the pillar of
smoke. J thought | knew of a trolley
line somewhere in the direction we
were going. or perhaps we could find
a horse and trap to take us into Bal
timore. The girl smiled when l sug-
gested 1t.
1--WE will create a sensation, won't
WEI" she asked. isn't it queer-or
perhaps it's my state of mind-but |
keep wishing for a pair of gloves,
when | haven't yen a hat!"
When we reached the main road we
sat down for a moment. and her hair,
which had been coming loose for some
time, fell over her shoulders in little
waves that we're most alluring. 1t
seemed a pity to twist 1t up again,
but when | suggested this, cautiously,
she said 1t was troublesome and got
in her eyes when it was loose. So she
gathered it up, while l held a row of
little shell combs and pins, and when
it was done 1t was vastly becoming,
too. Funny about hair: A man never
knows he has 1t until he begins to
lose 1t, but it's different with a girl.
Something of the unconventional stu
alton began to dawn on her as she put
In the last hair pin and pat.ed some
stray locks to. place:
have NOT told you my nahie,'
she said abruptly. Il forgot that be-
cause l know who you are, you know
nothing about me. j am Alison West,
and my home is In Richmond"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01
SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley. lawyer goes 20
pittsburg with the forged notes IN the
Bronson case 10 get the deposition OF
John Gilmore, millionaire. In the latter's
house he Is attracted by the picture OF a
girl whom Gilmore explains Is. his grand
daughter, Alison West. lie says her IA
Their is a rascal and a friend OF the forg-
er. A lady requests Blakeley to buy her
a, pullman ticket. He gives her lower
eleven and retains lower ten. He inds a
man In a drunken stupor in lower ten
ana goes 20 bed I'm lower nine. He ava
kens In lower sever and finds hat his
bag and clothes are missing. The man
In lower ten is found murdered. His
name IL develops. is Simon Harrington.
The man who disappeared with Blake
comes interested i'm a girl I'm blue. Cir
~cumstantial evidence places Blakeley un-
der suspicion Of murder. The train is
wrecked. Blalteley is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
Is broken.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-01

err of that walk. l had almost reached
the limit of endurance; with every
step the broken ends of the bone
grated together. We found the farm
house without difficulty, and | remem-
Der wondering if | could hold out to
the end of the old stone walk that led
between hedges to the door.
Allah be praised" | said with all
the voice I could muster. Behold the
coffee pot!" And then / put down the
cup and folded up like a jack-knife on
the porch floor.
When | came around something hot
was trucking down my neck, and a
despairing voice was saying, "Oh,
don't seem to be able to pour it into
your mouth. Please open your eyes"
But | don't want it in my eyes,
replied dreamily. Il haven't any idea
what came Owe me. 1t was the shoes.
| think; the left one is a red-hot tor
ture." I was sitting by that time and
looking across into her face.
Never before or since have l faint
ed, but / would do It. joyfully, a dozen
times a day, IL l could waken again
to the blissful touch of soft fingers on
my face, the hot ecstasy of coffee
spilled by those fingers down my neck.
There was a thrill In every tone OF
her voice that morning. Before long
ss>-EsHaity-ta sysB
between me and the girl he loved:
life would develop new complexities.
In these early hours after the wreck,
full of pain as they were, there was
nothing Of the sns2I2SaH-aSL Mstrust
that camefater. Sdorn or our gauds and