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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
PRICE ON SENATOR'S Head
COLONEL GORDON SAID TO HAVE
PLOTTED AGAINST LINCOLN.
Governor of Tennessee Names Him To
Succeed Senator A. ].
McLaurin.

Jackson, Tennessee. - Sought at
one time by the federal authorities
under a $4,000 reward for his cap
ture, dead or alive, for his alleged
conspiracy in the murder of a presi-
dent of the United States and now ap-
pointed as a member of the highest
legislative body of that country, is
the strange experience of Colonel
James Gordon of Okolona, who has
been named by Governor Noel as sue
cessor to the late A. J. McLaurin.
Mr.. Gordon was n of several con-
federate leaders suspected OF being III
conspiracy with j. Wilkes Booth to
kill President Abraham Lincoln.
During the earlier years of the war,
Colonel Gordon had formed an init
mate friendship with Booth and after
the assassination of President Lincoln
the reward of $4,000 was offered for
his capture, Colonel Gordon went to
Canada and it was several months
after the close of hostilities before he
found it safe to return home.
During one of the campaigns in Vir-
ginia Colonel Gordon had crossed
swords with the colonel of a New
York cavelry regiment. Both were
wounded in the conflict but they after.
ward became fast friends.
Colonel Gordon wrote a letter to
this New Yorker denying that he had
any part in the conspiracy, and stat
ing that he desired to return home.
The former foe took the matter up
with General Dicks, then in command
of the army forces in New York, and
the latter sent him a passport and an
invitation TO come to New York and
surrender, which he did. He satisfied
General Dicks that he knew nothing
of the Lincoln conspiracy.
He took the oath of allegiance and
returned to his home in Chickasaw
county, where he has since resided.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
U. S. MAY ISOLATE MOROS.
Governor Of Philippines Would Put
Them On Reservations.

Washington, d. c. Because 90
per cent of the inhabitants of the
southern group of the Philippines are
barbaric tribes of Moros, Pagans or
non-Christian, savage in their in
S~tincts, fighting for gain or revenge
with a fanatical disregard for death.
and are many years behind the people
of the northern Philippines in intelli-
gence and general civilization, Col
Onel Ralph w, Hoyt, 25th United
States Infantry, governor of the Moro
province, recommends that these is
lands be constituted a separate gov
eminent and the natives relegated to
reservations.
He advocates aggregating the south
ern islands of Mindanao, Sulu archi-
pelago, Palawan and smaller adjacent
islands into one division to be called
the Mindanao plantations. Colonel
Hoyt's recommendations are embraced
in a report which he has made to the
war department.
Colonel HOyt urges a government
for these islands similar to the one
now maintained in Moro and the oc-
cupation and use of them by the Unit
ed States as coaling stations and a
naval base.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
HzQzLyMM2R

naturally hoped | would be allowed an
other trial by another jury free of
these hostile influences.
1T seems, however, that the courts
intend to establish the practices which
make rum-drinking a part OF jury serv-
ice and private detectives as the GUS
todians of a jury a permanent institu-
ton. BY this sentence and Judgment
may be brought to ruin; but the
damage done to me is not half as inn
portant as the injury to the admins
tration of justice. | am now up in
years and must with the passing of
time, pass also, but the record of my
conviction and the way 1t was brought
about will remain a lasting and dan
gerous example Of a government gone
mad in search OF a victim.
whether | shall serve my full sen
tence, | am not able to say, much de-
pending pom how the government at
Washington shall look upon 1t. | have
great faith that all right thinking men
and women who know of me and my
case. and who realize the inhumanity
of my sentence, will make known
their feelings to the president. What
ever the future may hold in store
liberty or Imprisonment - | shall en-
deavor to meet in the same way
have struggled against the misfor
tunes of the past two years.
G. W. MORSE"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
BOY TORTURED BY ECZEMA

when my boy was six years old, he
suffered terribly with eczema. He
could neither sit still nor lie quietly in
bed, for the itching was dreadful. He
would irritate spots by scratching
with his nails and that only made
them worse. A doctor treated him
and we tried almost everything, but
the eczema seemed to spread. 1t
started in a small place on the lower
extremities and spread for two years
until it very nearly covered the back
part of his leg to the knee.
Finally l got Cuticura Soap, Cuti-
cura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and
gave them according to directions. l
used them in the morning and that
evening, before l put my boy to bed,
| used them again and the improve
ment even in those few hours was sur
prising, the Inflammation seemed to
be so much less. | used two boxes of
Cuticura Ointment, the same of the
Pills and the Soap and my boy was
cured. My son is now in his sew
enteenth year and he has never had
a return of the eczema.
II took care of a friends child that
had eczema on its face and limbs and
| used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
They acted on the child just as they
did on my son and it has never re-
turned. would recommend the Cuti-
cura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. j.
Cochran, 1923 Columbia Ave-, Phila-
delphia, Pa, Oct. 20, 1909"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
PREFERRED WALK ON STREET
American Tourist Indignant at Seem
ing lmputation That He Had
Feline ProcIivities.

Senator Depew was asked by a re-
porter as he was having his luggage
examined last month, if he had
brought any stories back from Europe.
The senator laughed and replied:
well in the smoke-room of the ship
l heard an interesting thing about a
Montanan in Chester. Chester, you
know, is walled. It's wide walls, on
which you could drive a horse, are
famous. You can circle the town on
them.
But the Montanan knew nothing
about Chester. He had only arrived
in Liverpool that afternoon. And as
soon as he finished his quaint dinner,
he said to the waiter in the quaint
Chester inn:
What is the best way for me to
amuse myself here for an hour or two
before bedtime?' .
We'll, sir said the waiter, it's a
fine evening, the o is full, and |
think you'd find a stroll on the walls
most enjoyable a'.
THE Montanan, ignorant of the pop
ular promenade upon the wide walls
of Chester, thought he was being
guyed. He frowned at the waiter and
said bitterly:
What do you take me for? A tom
cat?'"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Where Is Bessie Hartman?

Rosauna and Bessie Hartman lived
with their mother at Chapman, Nebr.,
in 1901, the year that their father was
killed by a falling tree at Anada, Mo.
Their mother, an invalid, being unable
to care for them, the girls were sent
to Omaha to school, being housed and
mothered by a Mrs. Smith.
Finally, in 1903, Bessie, the younger
of the two, was taken in charge by the
Nebraska Children's Home society,
who refused to tell her married sister,
Rosanna, where she is. Bessie be-
came of age last February. If she
will send her address to P. o. Box
S9S, Omaha, Nebr., it will be for
warded to her sister Rosanna, who
is now Mrs. Geo. Duerr.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SOLD.
Passes Into Hands of Real Estate Syn.
dictate.

New York, n. Y.-Madison Square
Garden, designed by the late Stanford
White and erected at a cost of 49,
000,0 900, has been sold to a real estate
syndicate and will be torn down and
replaced by a modern office building,
according to a report in realty circles.
The property has been on the market
for some time at $4,000, 900.
Demolition of the Madison Square
garden would mean a serious loss to
the National Horse show, where the
event is held annually. 1t is owned
by the Madison Square Garden com
pany, of which Frank X. Sturgis is
president and j. p. Morgan a member
AS an investment the garden has
not proved profitable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Temperamental Toilet Table.

A very aged Englishman many years
ago gave this advice to his daughter
in a letter as to what a lady's dressing
table should contain:
The best beautifier a young lady can
use Is good humor. The best %renovator
truth; the best rouge is modesty; the
best eyewater is the tears of sym
pathy; the best gargle for the voice
is c~heerfulness; the best wash for
smoothing wrinkles is contentment;
the best cure for deafness is atten-
ton; the best mirror is reflection. and
the whitest powder is innocence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

The news that $4,000 eggs were
seized on the Fall River line pier at
New York by officers Of the depart.
ment of agriculture. who booked them
for destruction. will appal many house
wives until they learn that the eggs
were ancient hen-fruit in a liquid
state and destined for use In bakeries
Then the housewives will be appalled,
to think OF what pastry can be made
to hide. A liquid egg sold in angels
food brings a higher price than the
egg that is warm from the nest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Two Killed RY Gas.

Des Moines, Iowa. William Eos,
ter, pioneer Des Moines architect
and theatrical man, and Louis Bemis,
OF Spencer, Ia, aged II years, who
was a guest at the Foster home on
Grand avenue. were found dead from
asphyxiation in adjoining bedrooms at
the Foster residence. A leaking gas
stove in the bathroom, into which
both bedrooms opened, was the cause
of death. Mr.. Foster was the owner
of the two largest theaters in Des
Moines. Young Bemis is a grandson
of George w. Bemis, formerly state
treasurer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
CLARK GIVES PROGRAM.
Minority Leader Looks For Adjourn
ment of Congress In April.

Washington, ID. C.-"The program
of the democrats in the house at this
session is to keep down the amount of
the appropriation bills and to vote
against ship subsidy" said minority
Leader Champ Clark of Missouri.
THE house leaders are rushing every
thing to get the appropriation meas
ures through, and that subject and
the ship subsidy proposition seem to
be about the only two things that are
to be taken up. We are opposed to
the ship subsidy bill. We favor a
river and harbors bill ] look for ad-
journment of congress in April, Ger.
tainly by May l."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Chicago, Jan. "a man known rs
Edward Haywood. who was shot AMI
killed Saturday morning after robbing
a saloon. was identified today rs
Marion H~edgepeth, a notorious safe
blower and train robher. Hedgepeln
was convicted Of larcenv in Cooper
county, Missouri. in 1854, and served
six years in the penitentiary. In 1893
he was convicted Of train robbery Il,
Nc. and sentenced to forty
.>eA4s.=THSraS WIZ rsrSfsd July 4, 1906.
Last March he was convicted OF bur-
larry at Council Bluffs. Iowa. an
sentenced TO a year In the peniten
tiary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
HUMAN LIFE IS CHEAP
sTATIsTIcIAN FINDS CAUSE FOR
ALARM IN FATALITY FIGURES.
More Persons Die Under Trains Than
Persisted in Great
Battles.

Ottawa, Ontario. ut has been
held that the decadency of civilization
S shown by the ~cheapness with which
human life is held. If so, the United
States is in a d%eploTable state. How
ever, recent tendencies such as an
awakened public, general circulation
through the press of fragrant neglect,
modern scientific preventive measures
and educated unionism are all doing
their share in teaching that no amount
Of money is too great to spend when
It's object is the saving of human life
through the prevention of accidents
This is what the Ottawa ,s,urnal print
ID. after giving statistics on American
fatalities.
Since Dec. 81, 1890, 1852 persons
have been killed on American railways
alone, and 931,450 have been iIcapaci-
lated by injury.
The Journal adds:
I'm each year in the United States
more people die or are seriously in.
iured by ~preventable accidents than
we're slain in the most terrible battles
of history. However, in the past few
years, in spite of many legal obstacles,
juries have shown more and more a
tendency to assess corporations guilty
Of a neglect that causes death or in,
jury with heaviest possible damages
and this, taken with an awakened pub
lie conscience has worked a certain
Improvement which, in time, will doubt
less be reflected in statistics bearing
On the subject"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
MINER is REcUED ALIVE.
Superintendent Taken Out of Shaft
AS Life Is Fast Ebbinu.

McAlester, Oklahoma. - After hay
ing been entombed 2S hours in a
smoke-flled cut of the Bolen-Darnell
company's coal mine near here, Supt.
.IahR ~l9ralrR- " TrYsTr, Dit
n6ssus- 4.&Iad his--sccvfs 'failea
to reach him. Brown would have died
within another hour. As it is his con.
dition is serious, but the mine physi-
clans believe he has a lighting chance
for life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Mississippi Frozen Over.

st. Louis, Mo. The Mississippi
river is frozen over at the southern
outskirts of the city for the first time
in four years and the jam has rerched
the Eads bridge. Two below zeIf was
reported by the government observa.
tory in this city, while reports from
the state show temperatures ranging
between 2 and 8 degrees below.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
VIII Fight Publicity Clause.

Chicago. Illinois.-A systematic cam.
paign for the repeal of the publicity
feature of the corporation tax law
was started by the Illinois Manu-
%facturers' Association. A call was is
sued for a conference of representa-.
tives from business organizations in
all parts of the United States to be
held in Chicago Jan. IA. This meet.
Tng~ VIM Te Tor the purpose os~saurirS
.
9nsSco SSuoh IN a night against the
publicity clause which has caused con.
siderable CT q revolt ON the part of
corporations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Lavish With Wealth, Dies Poor.

Pueblo, Colorado. - Gilbert Noble,
once the richest man in Pueblo, his
fortune being estimated at $500, 00O
to $1,000,000, died at the county poor
farm. He was lavish with his money
and at the time of his death had an
interest in a large mine which was
tied up in litigation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
TO BEGIN SENTENCE IN ALLAN
IA FOR VIOLATING NATIONAL
BANKING LAWS.
ISSUES FINAL STATEMENT
Bitterly of Not Receiving Justice
at the Jury's
Hands.

New York.-Charles w. Morse, the
former banker, left here in custody of
United States Marshal Henckel, for
Atlanta, Ga, TO begin serving a sent.
ence of 10 years in the federal prison
there on conviction of a violation of
the national banking laws.
Before leaving the Tombs, where he
had been confined for the greater part
Of the past year, Morse received his
wife and two o and then the news
paper men. He was too affected to
say anything, but he handed out a
carefully prepared statement of com
ment on his case.
Mrs. Morse did not accompany her
husband to Atlanta. At her home she
said:
II am going to Atlanta at once and
| shall probably live there until my
husband is released / will devote III
my time in getting up a petition to
that ED. In the last two weeks | have
received thousands of letters, the writ
ers expressing sympathy with my hus-
band and their readiness to sign a Pc
tition In his behalf"
Morse's Statement.
Morse's statement is bitter and dra-
matte.
II am going to Atlanta to begin pen
al ~servitude under the most brutal
sentence ever pronounced against a
citizen in the civilized country" is his
opening sentence.
81 have hoped" the statement con-
tinues, with that hope which comes
from a consciousness of my innocence,
that | will not have to close out for
ever the light and liberty of this world
under such an inhuman sentence.
Il had felt that the fact that | had
paid a fine of 81, 900 and served a
year in prison would satisfy the cry
for a victim, and | have steadily be-
lieved that the courts would be com
PEELED to give me a new trial.
when | learned that the private
detectives of the prosecution were the
keepers of the jury. that the jury
drank like men upon a jaunt or a holt
day rather than citizens engaged in a
| serious service and that as a result
two of them were rendered unfit, |
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
$1,000 Reward for SLAYER

Caria, Illinois. - The city coun.
Gil has renewed its offer of $1,000
reward for any information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the muir.
derer of Anna Policy, whose mutilated
body was found in an alley Nov. g.
The case will be taken up by a spe.
cial grand jury Jan. 8.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Byers to Run for CONGRESS.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Attorney Gen.
eral H. w. Byers mis- can.
didacy for nomination to congress in
the Ninth congressional district.
against Congressman Walter |. Smith.
General Byers lives at Harlan and is
a progressive Republican. He has
been attorney general of Iowa for two
terms.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A New Jersey scientist says that the
ordinary housefly costs the country
terminated. But all the brave talk OF
how this is going to be accomplished
iS carefully postponed until after fly
time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
UNPROFESSlONAL.

Diner-Have you seen that a doctor
intends to i~noculate himself with the
cholera virus so that the he may have
the results of the experiment. Isn't
that fine?
Proprietor-No, perfectly mad, I
call it. Surprising l ate the same
meals as my clients.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Train Hits PLOUGH: Two Dead

Chicago, Illinois Two men were
instantly killed in a collision between
a snow pillow and a freight train on
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
near Mortified, Ill. The crash was
due to a binding snow storm.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
20 Thorouahbreds Burned.

Lexington, Kentucky.-A barn on
the Wilkes farm belonging to w. E.
ID. Stokes, of New York, was destroyed
by fire and 20 valuable thoroughbreds
also the property of Mr.. Stokes, were
burned to death. The loss will reach
$40, 000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
John MCLEOD INJURED.
Minneapolis Grain Dealer Struck by
Speeding Auto.

Minneapoiis.-John Mcleod. presi-
dent of John Mcleod & Co, grain
dealers in the Chamber Of Commerce,
miraculously escaped instant death,
when he was struck by a speeding
automobile and hurled paaa sb4e~SSnSes
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
shoulder and arm ar. broken. hip bad
ly hurt and probably internally in.
jured. The driver escaped.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

The aeroplane is making height as
well as speed and distance records.
Latham has risen 1,345 feet, Paulhan
1,1S1 After all, a mishap at such al
titudes would be no more serious than
at 300 feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A London dress reformer has an
nounced the principle that women
should dress according to their TEN.
permanent and moods. Does she want
them to spend all their time in the
dressing rooms?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Xmas Candy poisons Children.

Vandalia, Illinois. - One child of
Charles Wasser, who lives northeast
of here, is dead and two others are
i'm a critical condition, the result of
poisoning. The children became III
soon after eating heartily of home
made Christmas candy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

These titled and indebted foreign
ers find it an extremely easy matter
IN fall In love with an American for
tune. After the marriage their treat
mept of the bride -snggests that-te
them the girl is a necessary evil.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Another date has been set for the
worlds end. But these dates are gen.
orally postponed on account Of the
weather. So ordinary business plans
can be continued.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A city official in New York a re
ouested his salary reduced. as ne dc
clare he is getting too much. such
which occasionally occur
raise 4 rdSsiion in the minds Oh inc
sbouehtful whether the millennium is
r.siiy approaching vi whether ihsan
Stx Il ON the .increase s
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Citizens of the United States who
behave themselves will always be pro-
tected. Those who do not have no
cause to complain when they get just
what Is coming to them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

The Kansas publisher who offers
ings In prose and poetry on the sub
ject of Father" will get when
Father Carves the Duck" of course.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Evidently Halley's comet is getting
nearer the earth. The observatory at
Smith College, Northampton, Mass,
reports having seen the comet through
q three-inch telescope the other day,
That famous periodical visitor seems
to keep close to it's schedule time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

The discovery that chemistry can
convert sage brush into valuable prod
ucts is in line with the progress of
the age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Millions of dollars are being raised
in China for a great university at
Hongkong, but whether or not ar
rangements are under way for a foot
ball team to go with 1t we are not in
formed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A scientist declares that the most
perfect engine ever devised is the
human body, Still, perfect though 1t
may be. 1t often jumps the track.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Debutantes must not imagine they
have cornered the worlds happiness,
but let all rejoice that they have laid
I'm a good winter supply.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A man there was who sat as a
guest at a dinner. Then he tried to
spoil the dinner by figuring out a pos
sible motive for the dinner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Cram Is Tammany Chairman.

New York. n. Y.-Tbe general
committee of Tammany hall has re.
organized for the year 1910. j. Ser
geant Cram was reelected chairman.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Autoists are competing for the
high-speed record. Too bad they're
not as ambitious after safety records,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A century hence nothing but a
strike in factories of the aeroplane
trust will interrupt traffic, maybe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Exactly in the degree in which You
can find creatures greater than your
self to look up to. in that degree are
you ennobling yourself and in that de-
gree happy.-Ruskin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06
Cruel.

Isn't that a good joke? It's my
own"
Great Scott! are you so old as
that?"-Lippincott's.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

1t wouldn't do any particular harm
to put the snow shovel where it is
easily accessible.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Pity the poor farmer! His output
during 1909 was worth only $780,
900, 000, a gain of 1853, 000. 600 over
1908.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

Let's see; isn't this about winter
time?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

A French scientist has made a dead
dog bark. But what's the good?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-06

The automobile holdup man has ar
rived. The airship holdup man evi.
IDENTIFY is not far away.