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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

Sam Crawford, right fielder and star
batsman. has signed a 1912 contract with
club, it was announced in Detroit yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

Larry Mclean paid Manager Hank
O'Day a visit in Cincinnati the other day
and made his annual pledge to behave.
Fifteen major league clubs waived when
Larry was put on the market. There's a
moral In this note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30
GRIFFITH BELIEVES THAT ENGEL
HAS CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD
Mount St. Mary College Pitcher Signs Con-
tract With Nationals-Local Manager
Always Glad to Get Young Pitchers.

a. opt to pick up q star In This manner as
II is to purchase one from the minor
leagues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-30

TEAM STANDING
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
GAMBLE WOULD OPEN TRACTS.
Settlement of 100000 Acres of Indian
Lands Object of Bills.

Washington, D. c. - Indian lands
In North and South Dakota aggregat-
ing 400, 900 acres will be thrown open
to settlement if four bills introduced
by Senator Gamble are enacted into
law. The bills affect all the remaining
surplus and unallotted lands in the
Standing Rock Indian reservation in
the states of North and South Dakota,
~aggregating 1900, 900 acres; all the re-
naming surplus and unallotted lands
in the Cheyenne Indian reservation in
South Dakota, a~ggregating 100000
acres; all remaining surplus and unal-
lotted lands in the Rosebud Indian
reservation embraced within the linn
its of Todd and Bennett counties,
South Dakota, ~aggregating 100000
acres !; and all the remaining surplus
and unallotted lands in Washabaugh
county In the Pine Ridge Indian reser-
walton, amounting to 1000 0 acres.
Senator Gamble passed the bills re-
lating to the Standing Rock and Chey-
enne reservations through the senate
in the last congress, but they failed of
passage in the house. The bills carry
the following appropriations: To be
paid the Indians for school lands do
mated to the states from the reserva-
ton from the Standing Rock reserva-
ton, $50, 900; from the Cheyenne res
ervation, $160, 900; from the Rosebud
reservation, $125, 900, and from the
Pine Ridge reservation, $685. 00.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
I2S DIE in ALABAMA Mine
AFTERDAMP FLOORS TEN GOV,
EMINENT REscURERS.
Oxygen Helmets Are Of No Use When
Air Is Shut Of In Alabama
Shaft.

Littleton, Alabama. - With the
precision of clockwork, a trained corps
of rescuer is bringing a steady stream
of bodies from the Banner mine Of the
Pratt Consolidated Coal company, in
which such a disastrous explosion &C.
Cured. 1t is believed that 1913 is the
number of the victims. There is no
longer any hope of finding men alive
under ground. OF the 1913 dead, only
IA were whites.
The first party Of 10 government
rescuers, headed by DR.. j. J. Rutledge,
who entered the mine had a narrow
escape from death. An accident oc.
Cured to the boiler used for the fans
and the air was stopped for a few
minutes.
The entire party was overcome by
the afterdamp and when brought tc
the surface physicians worked ove
them for nearly an hour before they
were able to be moved to the rescue
car.
Mourners were strangely MISSING
from the opening of the mine neaI
here following the explosion. Thu
entombed men were practically al
negro convicts whose relatives ar
scattered throughout the countries o
Alabama. The cause of the explosion
is still a mystery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
BIG fire in TOXIC
FIVE THOUSAND HOUSES BURN
ED-6,ooo PERSONS =
HOMELESS.
MOSTOF Them ARE WOMEN
inmates of Notorious Licened Section
-Wold Wide Known Yoshi-
war; Reduced to Heap
of Ashes.

Toxic, Japan.-The notorious Yo-
thiwari, the principal quarter of Toxic
Inhabited by the licensed hetairae, was
Destroyed by fire. Many of these hous-
es were almost palatial in appearance,
and a thousand of them were burned
In a little more than three hours. Six
thousand female inmates were rem
dered homeless.
The Yoshiwari is conducted under
government licenses, which provide
for the establishment of hospitals, and
several of these institutions also were
burned. The fire spread over a vast
area. 1t was famed by a strong
southern wind, and the flames were
swept to he surrounding structures to
the north. Altogether it is estimated
that 5000 houses are in ruins, cover
ing an area approximately four Sc lare
miles.
A large number of women were Sc
verify injured, but so far as is known
no deaths have occurred. Five hun
dred troops are guarding the territory.
When the wind died down on the clear
night, the entire northern skies Of
Toxic were ablaze from the glowing
embers. 1t is impossible at present to
estimate the total loss.
The world-famed YOShiwari lies
about one mile to the north of Asakusa
park. The district presented a spec
tacle probably unparalleled in any 9TH
er country, but reproduced on a small
er scale in the propinCial Japanese
cities, with its gorgeous structures,
guarded by iron bars, directly on the
street line, and it's thousands of gaily
bedecked residents.
This whole quarter is under special
municipal surveillance, with the result
that at all times perfect order pre-
vailed, enabling strangers to observe,
while walking through the streets, the
amer in which the Japanese have
solved, in their own manner, one OF
the vexed questions of all ages.
During recent years several serious
fires have occurred in Japan. In Au-
gust, 1907, a confagration at Hako-
date destroyed 1900 houses, with an
estimated loss of about $15, coo, 600. In
March of the following year fire at
Noda Soy, near Toxic, destroyed 400
houses, the damage being $4,000, 900,
and a few days later 1000 houses were
burned at Nygata.
In August. 1909, a terrible %conf1agra-
ton reduced to ashes a large part Of
the city of Osaka. The official report
placed the number of dwellings de-
stroyed at more than L 1000. These in
cluded 10 business blocks and 20 tenn
Piles. The most destructive fire last
year was at Wajima, 1908 buildings
being burned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
WILL SOON RAISE MAINE
GREAT WALL ENCLOSING HULK is
FINISHED.
v. S. Warship to Stand by and Re
ceive Remains Of Dead
Sailors.

Havana, Cuba.-In the driving of
the last few interlocking steel piles
OF the last of the 20 caissons forming
the enclosing wall of the huge basin
or rotterdam surrounding the wreck of
the Maine, the first stage in the great
work of exposing and ultimately re-
moving the shattered remains of the
hattleship sunk In the harbor of Ha-
vana on the night of Feb. Is, 1898, has
just been brought to a successful con-
clusion.
The wor was accomplished with a
rapidity fully up TO the most SAN
guine expectations of the army engi-
neers in charge, and It's progress was
unmarked by a single mishap or hitch
until the introduction of the final pile,
which failed to interlock properly
with those on either side. This gave
rise to a rumor that the stability of
the caisson was endangered, but the
replacing of three piles served to re-
pair the damage.
The second stage Of the work, that
of filling the caissons with cud, clay
and rock dredged from the harbor
bottom, has been going on for some
time, and, now that the ring of the.
caissons is completed, is being pushed
forward with the utmost rapidity. The.
steam dredge Norman Davis, loaned
to the government by the Huston
Trumbo Dredging company, and the
United States army dredge Barnard"
are dumping hundreds of tons of ma
terial into the caissons, the work 60
ing on as it has from the beginning,
night and day.
1t is expected that the filling of the
caissons will be completed by the end.
of April, and after that the second and
most interesting stage of the work
that of pumping out the great basin
and leaving exposed the hull Of the
battleship in precisely the condition
she was on the morning after her de-
struction 13 years ago-will be pro-
ceeded with.
AS soon as the wreck Is fully ex-
posed, the work of exploration in
search of human remains will take
precedence of every other considera-
ton. 1t is practically certain that
when his stage of the work is reached
a United States man-of-war will be or
dered to Havana and will lie close to
the wreck to receive the bodies.
After that will come an exhaustive
scrutiny of the shattered wreck by ex-l
perts who, in the opinion Of engineer
officers, will be able to determine be-
yond all future question precisely the
character of the agency whereby the
destruction of the Maine was effected.
Probably many months will lapse.
before the final stage of the work,
the extraction and disposition of the
wreck-will be begun. So far, the
plans are merely tentative, everything
depending on what the condition of
the wreck proves to be.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
ALLEGED FoRGER is CAUGHT.
Former Attorney of Jarvis, Ontario, Is
Arrested in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Following in
structions from the police department
of Toronto, Canada, John Young Muir
dock, formerly an attorney of Jarvis,
Ont, was arrested here charged with
forgery. According to the police Muir
dock is alleged to have forged notes
amounting to $4,000, but according
to the man himself, the amount in
volved is only $1,700.
In a statement, Murdoch claimed
that he was legal advisor for a Can
adian firm, but denied that he owes
the firm any money. Murdoch says
that he will waive extradition and re-
TURF to Canada for trial.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
One Man Hold. Up a Train.

st. Louis. Nc. - Iron Mountain
passenger train No. 4 was boarded
within the city limits by an armed
and masked robber, who held up the
white steward on the dining car, four
negro walters and a chef. The robber
as far as has been disclosed in re.
ports to the police OF the occurrence.
did not get more than $40. This train
is the same one on which the Pacific
express company's messenger was
held up and robbed a month ago by
two men
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
EIohtlnG Man.

II Is mans nature to fight. II Is hii
merit to fight for what he believes to
be right. Courage and bravery are
not achieved by hiring a lawyer. A
mar who is not willing to fight to the
death for the right or for his own IL
not as good or complete a nan as one
who is is willing. But opinions about
this are not SO important as the fact
that II Is mans nature to fight, and
that neither resolutions nor legislation
o provision to get over all kinds Of
trouble in any other way than fighting
will avail.-Ellwood Hendricks. in At
iantic.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
BERGER Wants TO Know.

Washington, d. C.-Asserting that
the military force Of the United States
has beeL used to assist President Diaz
of Mexico in an attempt to retain his
despotic control of that republic, Rep
resentative Victor L. Berger, the so
cialist member from Wisconsin, intro
duced a Joint resolution demanding
that the president transmit to con.
gress all information available show
ing why he ordered the Texas army
maneuvers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

erican republic and will accept. Mr..
Davidson will probably be sent to Bo-
gotta, Columbia. The salary is $780, 900
a year.
There have been rumors in Wash
ington that former Governor David
son would receive a diplomatic APP
2ointment since Frank l.. Gilbert was
slade collector of internal evenu at
Madison, a place for which Davidson
was a candidate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Apr. 10.-Wheat, May,
s3bc; ,aly. 94&c; No. i northern,
96Ac; No. 2 northern, 94%c; No. I
durum, S2%c; No. 3 corn. 46kc; No.
8 white oats, 30Ac; barley, mailing,
$1.05; No. 2 rye. S5c; No. / fax. SAIL.
Duluth, April l0.--Wheat, May,
s4Nc; July, $3.50; No. / northern.
95hc.
South st. Paul. April 10.-Cattle-
Steers. s4.25 OATS; cows, S3.00@4.00;
calves. s4.O0@6.00; hogs. s6.5s@6.60;
sheep, yearlings. $2.00@5.0O.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, April Observation-Disclosures
steady; beeves, s5.25 $3.50; western
steers, s4.90Q5.90; stockers and feed
ers, $4.00@5.75; COWS and heifers,
s2.70@6.00; calves, $5.0007.0o.
Hogs-Market slow at yesterdays
average; light, $6.45G6.S5; mixed,
S6.30Q6.S0; heavy, $6.05@6.6o; rough,
$6.05@6.25; good to choice heavy,
$6.25@6.60; pigs. sS.40@6.S5.
Sheep-Market steady; native, $500
$500; western, $3.25Q5.00; year
lings, s4.50Q5.60; lambs. native, $500
Q6.50.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
CANTON IN STATE OF SIEGE.
Tartar General Victim Of Assasins;
Troops Hurried o the City.

London, Eng. - A special dis.
patch to the Daily Express from it's
Hongkong correspondent says that a
serious rising Is reported to hare tax.
en- place at Canton. 1t is stated that
the Tartar general commanding the
government troops has been murdered
and that other troops have been hur.
ried to the city, which is practically In
a state OF siege.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
LAW TO MAKE LAZY MAN WORK.
Sentence Non-provider to Labor, Coun.
ty to Pay Family, Says Sacramento.

Sacramento, California. - Governor
Johnson signed a bill providing that
in case of a conviction for non-support,
and be required to work on the public
roads or other public works, the our
ty paying $3.50 to his wife and chill
dren for each day the non-provider
thus tolls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Threatened by Forest Fires.

Miller, s. ID, April 1O.-Both Miller
and st. Lawrence were threatened
with prairie fire from the south. Peo-
pie of both towns were out in force to
head the fire off, but except for burn
ing a barn or two no damage was
done.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Driven 10 Death bv cioaret,

New York, N. Y. After refusing
a pipe. which his father urged him to
use in lieu of cigarets. Emil Senius. a
young insurance agent. killed himself.
He was an excessive cigaret smoker
and was threatened with consumption.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Two Hundred Die In Flames.

Bombay, India. - Two hundred
men, women and children were burn
ed to death in a fire which destroyed
a matched structure in which they had
gathered for a festival. Five hundred
persons were in the building when tho
Gre broke out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

II the day of the harem skirt has
arrived It will come In regardless OF
jeers and friendly or unfriendly legis-
lation. II It has not come then all the
advanced women In the world cannot
force II.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
m,.oulded Ensrov.

II am bound to make a noise In the
world said the determined youth.
"But be careful how you 90 about
IT," replied Mr.. Usage Spouter. AN
amateur with q bass drum can spoil
he finest symphony ever written"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A Massachusetts, chief OF police
wants the d~ucking-stool revived for
feminine scolds. He will want 1t still
more when the tongues he would thus
restrain have finished their assaults
upon him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
More to the Purpose.

Are you In favor Of q ten-houf
day."
II don't care anything about the
days." replied young Rounderley. but
It would be a jolly good thing II We
could have 24-hour nights"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A New Jersey dog catcher proposes
to get 'em with an aeroplane. Then
to the other triumphs Of aeronautics
will be added that Of a bark sailing
through the air.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A skeleton found in England is said
to be 100, 900 years old. This may be
remarkable, but is there any limit to
the age that a skeleton may eventu-
ally attain?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A Chicago matron AYERS that a
breach of promise suit against her
husband merely amuses her. How.
ever, that form of amusement is not
likely to become generally popular
among the matrons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Now q woman speaker m for
ward to say that 1t Is the icebox. not
the ballot box. which should interest
women To the average woman who
wants TOT enlarge her sphere. encour
aEed by warm enthusiasm. this win
seem but cold advice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A New Jersey woman in an aliena-
saon-of-affections suit recently recov-
cred $4,000 for the loss of her hus-
bands love. And many of her sisters
win probably consider her a lucky
woman, more to be envied than pitied.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Daily Ballot at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Iowa. - Fridays joint
ballot on senator resulted as follows:
Deemer, So; Kenyon, 81; Curtis, 3;
Henry Wallace, 1; Porter, Democrat,
So; absent or not voting. 8; necessary
to elect, ~.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

The coronation of King George will
Introduce special styles in hats, says
an exchange, which Is tough luck for
the man who was planning to wear
last years straw again.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
2 EXPLOSIONS JAR NANAIMo.
Powder Magazine On Protection Island
Blows Up.

Victoria, British Col.-The powder
magazine on Protection Island, Ma
naimo, exploded. Two distinct shocks
shook Nanaimo, SCATTERING plate glass
windows and causing the citizens to
fear that the Protection mine had blown
up. The flames lit up the harbor and
city. The first explosion was of dyna.
mite and the second of a store of gaso-
line.
John Jones, night engineer, discov-
cred fire at the magazine and went to
the telephone to notify the chief engi-
neer. He was returning when the ex-
plosion occurred and he was thrown
40 feet, sustaining injuries that will
probably result fatally.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Twenty-one professors at the Uni
versity Of Moscow have been forced to
resign by striking students. Russia
must be a gladstone place for a stu
dent
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

American heiresses are waiting for
nm advance list of King Georges APP
pointments of 500 new radical peers.
Some Of them will be laborites. no
doubt
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

A woman who was described by her
artist husband as a modern Venus
has just been awarded SIS a month
alimony. Well. all Venuses are sup
posed to be more or less broke.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

The Chicago girl who got into print
on the assumption that she wanted to
marry an Indian has gone on the
vaudeville stage. Might have known 1t
from the start.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

An eastern savant tells us fat men
rarely are criminals. julius Caesar
had the same idea-at least according
to Shakespeare. or Bacon, or whoever
x was.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Now that a high-browed professor
has escertained that colds cost only
$44.34 this spring, look out for a bar
~gain-counter rush.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Are there not small, rocky islands
where powder mills might go away
by themselves and explode without in
terfering with the ~neighbors?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

The proposed law to prevent love-
less marriages recalls the ancient
question: What is lover" Likewise,
now can II be made permanent?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Profanity is not to be legislated
from the New York stage. In other
words, In some of the plays all Of the
Jokes are not to be cut out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

That Chicago lawgiver who wants
10 legislate against the harem skirt
must never have tripped over a fair
woman's train.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
SUICIDE Is VERDICT.
In the Case of the Death Of Craiqe
lippincott

Philadelphia, enn A coroner's
Jury, empaneled to inquire into the
death on Thursday Of Craige Lippin-
colt, president of the ]. B. Lippincott
Company, publishers, rendered a YER
dict of suicide. The inquest was
brief. Members of the family were
not called as witnesses, instead their
sworn dispositions were read and &C
cepted by the coroner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
MR.. DAVIDSON TO BE DIPLOMAT
Former Wisconsin Executive Given q
$4,000 Ministry.

Milwaukee, Wis. - James o. Da
wilson of Madison has been rendered
by President Taft the appointment as
United States minister to a South Am.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
Joyous Economist.

rou don't mind high prices?"
NO." replied the resolute philoso
pher. when prices are high, think
how much more you save every time
you decide to get along witheat some
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

New York's 52-story building is ar
rying the elevator business to a limit
and almost to the stars.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Don't eat when you're tired" says
a magazine writer. That's the kind
of advice that makes us tired.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

These government statistics will
convince even the farmers before long
that agriculture is profitable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Fashion Is willing to be hobbled
but not haremed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

And II they put pockets in the pan
taloon skirt it's our bet hat she'll
stand with her hands In 'em, too.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

TO wear besides being something to
talk about.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Our idea Of no place to start an UNI
brella factory is on Mars. Prof. Low
ell says II never rains there.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

The harem-scarem skirt has certain
ly been we'll advertised.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

Man wants but little here below
The poet didn't mention women.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13
blind Man For MAGISTRATE.

Arkansas City, Kansas. w.
White. a blind man. was elected police
magistrate of this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

TT has been found that radium will
kill a cat" But drowning Is cheaper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

France is flying we'll to the front.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-13

There are 411,322 federal Offices
and still not enough to go around.