davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
SON MURDERS HIS PARENTS.
Then Sets Fire to Their Home, After
Robbing Them.

Boonesyille, Indiana. Richard
Lee, Mrs. Lee and their 17-year-old
son Clarence were killed in their bed
and the house set on fire here.
William Lee, Il years old, a son Of
the dead man, is under arrest, charged
with the triple murder. Robbery is
supposed to have been the motive.
The house was discovered on fire at
4:30 a. m When firemen reached the
house it was blazing from all sides.
Upon trying to enter they discovered
all the doors and windows were
locked. The doors were broken in and
the ~incinerated bodies of Lee, his wife
and his boy were found.
The skulls OF the father and mother
had been Caved in with a hammer
while they were lying in bed. The boy
had been shot. The family, consisting
of the father and mother and two chill
dren, had sold their small piece Of
property in Newburg and divided the
mOney. The mother and father and
younger boy took their money and
vent to their home in Bonneville. Will
liam Lee did not return to Bonneville
until after his family had gone to bed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
FATALLY cHoKES ASSAiLANT.
Unknown Man Who Holds Up Couple
Is %Stransled.

Mansfield, Ohio. An unidenti-
fed mar was choked to death here
as the result of an attack upon the
girl companion of the man who killed
him.
Walter Glover, florist, residing near
Belleville, and Miss Hortense Shafer,
of that place, were seated in the north
end of Sherman-Heineman park when
the unknown man confronted them
with a revolver and ordered them to
accompany him across the adjacent
railroad tracks.
Under threat of death they com
piled, fearing to make an cutlery, but
when their assailant was m~omentarily
off his guard after he had compelled
his victims to lien down on the ground,
Young Glover threw a handful of dirt
in the mans face, partially binding
him. He then seized his assailant
around the neck with both hands and
choked him to death. The dead man
carried a dark lantern. He was about
80 years of age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
new DEPOT FOR CHICAGO
FIVE LINES READY TO COMMENCE
CONSTRUCTION.
Problem Of Operating Trains by Elec
tricity in Hands Of
Committee.

Chicago, III. - Plans for the new
union station to be built at a cost of
SIS, 000, 900 by five railroads of Chica-
go have been announced by Darius
Miller, president of the Burlington
road. Plans for the work are still
in a formative state, but it is expect
ed by the railroad officials that work
will start early in the spring. A rough
estimate gives $25, 000, 900 as the ag-
gregate amount to be invested, of
which $l4 900 900 is for the land, now
owned by the five roads that will use
the station, $4,000, 900 for the building,
and S., 900, 900 for track changes and
other improvements.
The plans provide for an entrance
on Canal street with the train sheds
stretching back between Jackson boul-
evard and Adams street. The termin-
al will occupy all the space now used
by the roads for trackage and will
give IA tracks north of the station and
16 south. The question of using cleo
trio engines for bringing trains into
the station is being considered. The
Chicago Association of Commerce has
a committee Investigating the practi.
bility of electricity and the roads
have said they will be governed by
the recommendations of the commit.
tee.
The station will be built and operat.
ed by a holding company owned by
the five roads each of which will have
an equal share. They are the two
Pennsylvania lines, the Burlington, the
Milwaukee and the Alton. When COM
pleted the station will be the largest in
point of accommodations of II west
of New York, and will require at least
five years to complete.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
AVIATOR HAILED AS CONQUEROR
OF THE AIR AT END OF
1885 MILES FLIGHT.
AVIATION Is DANGEROUS
Announces He May ~Retire-Trip From
St. Louis Made in Actual
Time of % Hours, 81
Minutes.

New York, n. Y. - Amid a terrific
din of blowing whistles and the cheers
Of thousands of people, Harry n. At,
wood, the Boston aviator, completed
his 1,265-mile trip from st. Louis to
New York City. when he gracefully
landed at Governors Island. His ar.
rival here gives him the honor of be,
ing the first man in history to travel
as far as from st. Louis to New York
by way of Chicago, in a heavier-than.
air machine.
Atwood covered the entire distance
from st. Louis in an actual flying time
Of % hours and 81 minutes, a time
comparable only to that made by fast
trains. His safe landing on Governors
Island marks a new era in the annals
of ~aeronautics. He not only broke
the worlds record for long distance
flying, but he few the entire way in
the same biplane, having met with
only one or two minor mishaps.
Atwood said that he may retire per
manently from aviation and his pro
jected coast.to-cOast trip may never
be made.
1T is too risky" said the aviator.
Man after man has made new records
in aviation Of late, only to drop sud
denly to death. | have been much
more careful than many bird-men, but
| feel that if | stay in the clouds too
long | will meet my fate in time. 1t
is practically inevitable that sooner or
later an aviator, no matter how care
full he will be, will end his flights
with q sudden plunge to destruction
Covering the ground from st. Louis
Atwood made exactly 20 separate
jumps. The average distance of each
jump was G3h miles. His mileage in
an air line is fixed at 1865 miles TO
Forty-second street, New York, but he
asserts by flying over St. Louis, Chi
cago, Cleveland, by making detours at
other places to please the crowds, and
by flying from Forty-second street to
Governors island, he perhaps, has COW
cred 100 miles in addition, making
the gross distance 1865 miles.
Atwood's final lap in his long jour,
ney was a glide Of % miles from Ny.
ack. n. Y, where he had stopped owe
night. His flight from Nyack, above
the Hudson river, was made through
a fog which made him only dimly Wis.
IDLE to the million. of eyes that watch
ed him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
AROUND WORLD IN 40 DAYS.
Frenchman Cuts Nellie Bly's Record
in Half.

Cherbourg, France. - Andre lager
Excelsior, who started from Paris July
II in an attempt to circle the world in
forty days, arrived here on the steam
er Olympic from New York and left
for Paris. A motor boat took off
Jager-schmidt as soon as the liner
entered the roads, he being especially
exempted from examination by the
customs authorities.
On landing he jumped into a speedy
automobile, which was waiting at the
quay, and started for Paris.
Members of the local press associa.
ton. on board illuminated launches,
met the Olympic, congratulated lager
schmidt and escorted his motor boat
to the shore.
Jager-schmidt started from Paris
at las p. m, July II, in an effort to
lower the time around the globe made
by NJ. Stiegler, of the Matin, who con
sumed GO days in the journey.
From Paris Jager-schmidt's route
lay to Moscow and thence to Vladi-
vostock. From the latter place he pro-
ceeded by steamer to Yokohama,
whence he sailed for Vancouver, TAX
ing there a train for Montreal and
coming thence to New York, where he
arrived Aug. IS. The following day
he sailed for Cherbougr on the Olym-
pic. BY reaching Paris he consumed
just 40 days in circling the globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
BAD FIRE AT MEsERvEY, IOWA.
Portion of Business District Wiped
out-Loss Estimated at $4,000.

Mason City, Iowa. - The greater
part of the business portion of the
town of Meservey, Cerro Gordo coun-
ty, was wiped out by fire. The fire
started in a harness shop and swept
down the east side Of the main street.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the new Farmers Saving Bank build
ing. The total loss is estimated at
$25, 900.
Des Moines Has $3.50 o Fire.
Des Moines, Iowa. 49, A midnight
fire destroyed three of the FIVE ware
houses of the Musgrave Automobile
and Finance Company. The damage
is estimated at S25, 900.
Seven Horses Die in Fire.
Eau Claire, Wis. - Seven head
of horses persisted when fire destroyed
a barn Of the West Eau Claire Ice
Company. The loss is $4,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
TAFT OUTLINES TRIP PROGRAM.
Will Speak or Tariff, Peace, Arbitra-
ton and Reciprocity.

N'SN' st'N w
Beverly, Massachusetts. President
Taft has definitely selected some Of
the subjects on which he will speak
on the Western trip that begins next
month. He told callers that the tar
if, peace and arbitration, currency re-
form, reciprocity and conservation
would probably form a nucleus for his
speechmaking. He will made address
es on many other subjects, but the
topics named would make a sort of
big five" around which speeches that
he deems less important might be
made.
His position in regard to attempted
tariff legislation at the special session
and at the session that begins in De-
cember will also furnish him with
plenty of material.
The presidents program of rest was
broken so that he might see Frank
B. Kellogg, former government trust
buster, and John Hays Hammond, but
beginning next week he will adhere
strictly TO the rest ure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
GAR. PICKS L~OSANCELES
NO ACTION TAKEN AS TO LEE
STATUE.
Judge Harvey NJ. TrimbIe Of Illinois,
Installed Commander-in-
Chief.

Rochester, n. Y. - The 45th an
nual encampment Of the G. A. r.
came to an end with the installation
of Judge Harvey NJ. Trimble as com.
mander-in-chief and the other national
officers elected earlier in the day.
Judge Trimble announced these ap.
pointments:
Adjutant general-Charles f. Koch.
Chicago.
Quartermaster general Colonel d.
r. Stowitz, Buffalo, n. Y, r%eappointed.
Judge advocate general. - w. A.
Ketcham, Indianapolis.
Assistant quartermaster general. -
Henry Holcomb, Philadelphia.
Los Angeles was selected by an al.
most unanimous vote for the 1912 en-
campment, Denver receiving but a few
scattered votes. In general order No.
|, issued by the new commander-in-
chief, the official G. A. r. headquarters
are established at Memorial hall, Chi
cago.
1t was unanimously voted definitely
to postpone consideration of a resolu-
ton calling upon congress to remove
the statue of Robert Il. Lee, the on
federate general, from the hall of fame
in Washington. A resolution to erect
a monument to Lee in the Vicksburg,
Miss, national park, was voted down.
A meeting of the council of admins.
tration, with the commandments
presiding, wound up the meeting of
the G. A. r. as far as the Rochester
enCampment is concerned.
Officers elected by the Ladies of the
G. A. r. are:
National president-Mrs. Catherine
Ross, Denver.
Senior vice president-Mrs. Jennie
TreXler, Allentown, Pa.
Junior vice president-Mrs. Rose Z.
HOughton, Seattle, Wash.
Treasurer-Mrs. Catherine Delacey
Rocah, Scranton, Pa.
Chaplain-Mrs. Camilla E. Elliott,
Omaha, Neb.
Secretary-Mrs. India Ward, Colo
RADIO.
Mrs. Sarah J.. Ehrmann, Buffalo:
Mrs. Josie Slicker, Philadelphia. and
Mrs. Martha Gilmore, Lowell, Mass,
compose the national council.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
GeideI Prosecution Rests.

New York, n. Y. The prosecu-
the 1~7-year-old bell boy, on trial of
his life Of a charge of numbering
William II. Jackson, the aged Wall
street broker. District Attorney Whit
man, who lived in the Iroquois hotel
in the roc adjoining that in which
Jackson was killed, was the last wit
ness for the state. The district at
torney had heard the confession of
Geidel before the police commissioner
and declared that he had warned the
bell boy Of his rights.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Memorial ~" to Close.

Mason City, Iowa. - The memor-
ial university, which was founded here
10 years ago by the Sons of Veterans
of the Nation at a cost of 500, 900,
will be permanently closed, according
to the announcement of the trustees.
This action will be taken in view of
the decision of the grand encampment
of the Sons of Veterans at Rochester,
n. Y, to sever the relations of the
organization with the institution. The
trustees say the school probably will
be sold in the near future.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Pope's Condition Satisfactory.
Rome, Italy. - The condition of
ne pope continues satisfactory.
Found a New Dowie CoIonv-

Zion City, Illinois. Mrs. Jane
Dowie, widow of the late John Alex
ander Dowie, founder of Zion City, will
found a new colony of the Dowie faith
neal Whitehall, Mich. Mrs. Dowie will
be assisted by her son, Gladstone
Dowie, of detroit. She will dedicate
her summer home and two hundred
acres of ground to the new colony.
Mrs. Dowie has issued a call to all
residents Of Zion City. H., who are
faithful to her, to move their families
to Whitehall and join her in this col
onization project.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
MIsER sTARVEs TO DEATH.
Worth Over Half a Million, Two Mean
to Buy Food.

New York, N. Y. - Although he
lived in abject poverty and died from
lack of proper food, the will of Dl.
Charles F. Meyers, an eccentric up.
town physician, shows that he was
worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. His lawyer places the value OF
his estate at s500,0 00. His holdings
include 20 pieces of New York rea
estate and a safe full Of bonds an6
mortgages.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Chicago's Population 1884, 1875.

Chicago, III. Chicago's popu-
lation is now 1854, 1S5, according to
an announcement made by the pub
fishers of the new city directory.
These figures show an increase of 49,
COL over the federal census made a
year ago, which gave the city's popu-
lation as 2,1S5,2S3.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
EXAMINATIONS STRIcTER.
Will Now Be More Difficult to Get in
Marine Corps.

Washington, ID. C. - A system pro-
viding a more stringent examination
of recruits has been adopted by the
United States marine corps. Appli-
cants nc longer will be enlisted by re-
cruiting officers, but will be provision.
ally accepted and sent to the recruit.
ing depots for physical examination
which will determine rejection or en-.
listm0nt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
Boston Society Girls Manage to
Achieve Notoriety.

Boston, Mass. = Several young
women of un~disputed social promi-
hence paraded Boston streets as sand
witch girls, carrying huge yellow plac-
ards, marked. Votes for Women"
Their campaign is in the interest of
the California suffrage fight. The
sandwich girls include a number of
Radcliffe students.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
700 MEN FIGHTING FIRES.
Forests T%hirty-five Miles Southeast Of
Portland Afiame.

Portland, Oregon. Seven hundred
men are lighting forest fires south
of Estacada, thirty-five miles south
east of Portland. The crews are under
Assistant Forester Osborne, who
turned in a call for more help. Fifty
men were secured in twenty minutes
and placed in a special car and hur.
ried to the nearest point threatened by
the fire.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Myrtle Reeds Estate Is $685. 900.

Chicago, Illinois. - The will Of the
late Mrs. Myrtle Reed Mccullough,
the author, who killed herself at her
Chicago home, Aug. II, was filed for
probate. The will disposes of an es-
tate valued at 1926, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

DR.. Pranard says the steak and
chicken we leave in restaurants goes
to waste. The doctor does mo- know
of the kitchen reincarnations which
caterers learned from his own Paris.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Champs Boom Is Ready.

Chicago, Illinois. - Champ Clark's
presidential boom will be semi-ofi-
cially launched Saturday at the ma
tional convention of Delta Tau Delta
fraternity.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

A man in Connecticut dropped dead
from joy. Yet jCy kills even fewer
than lightning str. Ses. and everybody
has a thousand o. more chances to
one of escaping ths latter misfortune.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

One of the turbins of the battle
ship North Dakota has been stuck
for five weeks. 1t Is best to have
these incidents develop in times OF
peace.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

A New York woman claims to have
solved a household problem by i'm
porting a Filipino girl as a servant. 1t
will be all right II she keeps Moros
out of the kitchen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Gnred hX Bull. Lives

Neillsville, wisconsin,. p. Smith,
of this city, was gored by a
vicious bull and narrowly escaped
death. His shoulder blade and arm
were broken.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Cleveland Enhancement Denied.

New York, n. Y. - Friends Of
Mrs. Grover Cleveland announced that
her daughter, Miss Esther Cleveland,
is engaged to marry.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

A Tennessee man has absolutely
forgotten bis identity. The fact that
he is not called upon to give testi-
mony in any investigation makes his
case especially remarkable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

1t is possible to see n Of the
comets with a field glass. but the av-
rrage timorous person will not begin
making his will before the celestial
visitant becomes visible to the naked
eye.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Women residing in or travelling
through New Jersey are forbidden to
decorate their hats with any portions
of birds, but they may use the mil
liners bills if they so choose.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Fersia's ex-shah paid a steamship
SIS. 600 to take him back to that coun.
try. Some men go to a lot of ex.
Dense and bother in hunting trouble
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
IS Hurt in PittsSurq Crash.

Pittsburg. Penn.-Twenty-five per-
sons were injured when a shifting en-
CINE crashed into an excursion train
on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie rail
road in this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
New Mexico Election Nov. 7.

Santa Fe, New Mexico. - 1t was
announced after a conference of Gov
ernor Mills and other officials that the
state election will be called for Nov. Z.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31
Wisconsin Land Owner Dead.

Milwaukee, Wis.-James l.. Gates.
aged sixty-one years, identified with
large operations in lands in northern
Wisconsin, died after a lingering ill,
ness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Our millionaire poloists are ap-
plauded for defending the interna-
tional cup, but nobody sees fit to say
a few kind words about the ponies
which really won.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

A Minneapolis girl had the courts
change her name from Olsen to Smith.
Nevertheless Olsen is a good Ole
name.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

There is one thing IN favor OF the
iceman. Thus far nobody has been
able to invent something just as
good"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

DR.. Wiley is probing into the mys-
teries of the restaurant mince pie.
That man isn't afraid to tackle any
thing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Aeroplane engines Of the revolving
type consume vast quantities of castor
oil, doubtless for that colicky noise
they make.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

In Waterbury. Conn, a man paid a
stiff fine rather than wash himself in
Jail. 1t was no night of the bath for
him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

In the interests Of navigation 1t
may become necessary to put tenders
on the rocks that line the Pacific
coast.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

The Aero Clug Of America has
adopted a rule barring flights owe
cities. There are few haystacks in
the cities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Society women have taken to diving
In a submarine boat, one advantage
Of that method being that they do not.
get their hair wet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Articles in an esteemed contempt
rary on Modern A~eroplanes" should
be followed by others on ancient areo-
planes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Don't take your vacation too Sc
~riously.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

LIES little annoyances include per-
Sons who persist in walking on the
wrong side of a crowded sidewalk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Unless that flock Of comets can
guarantee something more exciting
than cyanogen gas it may as well keep
on going.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

What should be done with the Of
fensive person who says: We'll, how
does it feel after your vacation?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

1t is such a nuisance to be a French
playwright. compelled to write all Of
ones masterpieces between duels. ,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Motor boats now make thirty-five
miles an hour. The speed craze thus
rules land, sky and water.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

In Colorado, where potatoes have
become legal tender, n can take
ones change in Saratoga chips. )
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

What Is SO ARE as an actress with
out a divorce?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

A farmer with a good potato crop
would have no trouble in trading it for
an automobile.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

The summer girl is now queen. with.
Dan Cupid as her prime minister.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Babies are scarce in Pasadena. but
the town Is strong on grandparents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

Some men feel fattered when a
strange dog wags his tail at them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

.Bird-woman" Is the very newest
word Z
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-31

More persons are drowned any day
than are killed in airships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-22

ute-and there's nothing more to say.
 It's a miracle.
 Subdued, you turn back and grope your way to the main haulage track