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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
PASS WOOL BILL
OFFERING BY LAFOLLETTE, MOD.
IFICATION OF HIS FORMER
MEASURE, PASSES.
VOTE STOOD 4S TO 81
Democrats and Insurgent Republicans
Unite to Win Vote.-Reduces
Raw Duty to T~hirty-five
Per Cent.

Washington, d. c. - A compromise
wool bill offered by Senator LaFol-
lette OF Wisconsin, n modification of
both his own and the house bill, was
passed by the senate As to 80 through
the union of Democrats and Republi-
can insurgents. Upon this middle
ground the Democrats, having secured
a record vote on the original Under
wood bill joined with the Republican
insurgent forces.
The measure adopted reduced the
raw wool duty to 80 per cent ad valo-
rem and correspondingly reduces the
duties on wooden articles.
There is some doubt as to what
course the house Democrats will pur-
sue with regard to the compromise
bill. House Leader Underwood sew
eral days ago served notice that the
house would not accept the original
LaFollette bill.
Although President Taft has made
no definite utterance to that effect it
has been strongly intimated at the
White House from time to time that he
might feel called upon to veto a wool
bill, passed in advance of a report on
that schedule for the tariff board.
La Toilette Defends Amendments.
In offering amendments propos-
ing reductions in the duties on
wooden goods Senator La Toilette
OF Wisconsin, in a speech before
the senate, took the position that
these reductions, if adopted, would
compensate the farmers, at least in
part, for the losses they will suffer as
a result of free trade in agricultural
products with Canada.
They WILL" the speaker continued,
"in some measure relieve all of the
people of the United States who have
been made to pay tribute to the wooden
trust, long the pampered favorite OF
the tariff law. Two years ago, at the
time We were considering the present
tariff act, which left Schedule X prac-
tically unchanged, | proposed certain
amendments. These amendments I
have modified and offer as an amend
ment to the pending bill. | believe
bh'h nv III olOotu NY hlC Oh
manufactured cloth are greater than
are necessary to protect American
manufacturers from European compe-
titlon. However, bearing in mind that
this is but a temporary measure to
be followed, as | hope, by a more
thorough-going revision and with the
purpose of meeting the views of a ma
jority of the senate to the end and
that some reduction may be promptly
secured, l shall offer for present con-
sideration changes in the woolens
schedule.
The effect of the amendments to
Schedule X, which | now propose, are
as follows:
Duty on clothing woods, 40 per
cent; carpet woods 10 per cent; tops,
As per cent; yarn, so per cent; car
pets, 40 per cent; on cloths and all
other manufactures composed entirely
of wool or having wool as the COM
ponent material of chief value, 60 per
cent"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
OYER NIAGARA IN BARREL
ONTARIO MAN TRAVERSED
CATARACT IN SAFETY.
Sustains Only Superficial injuries
Receives Worst Pounding
in Rapids.

Niagara Falls, New York. - Bob
by Leach, 40 years old, of Niagara
Falls, Ont, went over the Horseshoe
falls. in a barrel and still lives. Though
he was severely battered and bruised
in the drop of 1913 feet over the brink
of the cataract, he sustained only
superficial injuries and is able to be
about his house. This is the second
time in the history of the river that
fully navigated. Mrs. Anna Edison
Taylor, of this city, made the trip in
a barrel on Oct. "a, 1901, and came
out alive.
Harassed by tie police on both
sides of the river, Leach was forced
TO make his start from La Sale, two
miles and a half above the cataract,
on the United States side. Two riv-
ermen took him in a launch to Navy
island, where everything was made
shipshape and Leach was placed in
the barrel, a steel affair, II feet long,
with ends of wood. Leach was hung
in a canvas hammock.
The barrel, with its passenger, was
cast adrift just off the mouth of Chip
pewa creek, hardly a mile above the
brink of the Horseshoe, at 2:52 o'clock
and was quickly caught by the rush of
the upper rapids. When 500 yards
from the brink the barrel was caught
in the tremendous current and raced
to the chasm.
Within 200 yards of the brink it
struck hard against a rock and a large
section of the wooden end was broken
off. AS the barrel reached the crest
it swung straight and went plunging
down into the abyss on its long axis.
Hardly 80 seconds elapsed until it
was seen, a red speck, %careening in
the spume below the cataract. With
terrific outrush of the Horseshoe,
caused by high water, the barrel went
floating down, tossing and tumbling in
it's passage toward the upper steel
arch bridge. Frank Bender, of Chip
pewa swan out to it with a rope and
caught the barrel by one of it's han
dies. From that point the barrel was
towed ashore.
Leach was bleeding and appeared in
a bad way, but once out of the barrel
he raised himself and waved to the
crowds that lined the bank. He was
badly exhausted and it was necessary
to apply oxygen TO revive him. He
thought that his leg was broken, but
examination showed that it was mere.
ly sprained.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
LAD ADMITS Staying BROKER.
Former Bellboy of New York Hotel
Sail to Have Confessed.

New York, n. Y. Paul Geidel, a
17-year-old boy of Hartford, Conn,
who was employed as a bellboy at the
Hotel %Iroquois Friday last, was ar
rested in connection with the muir.
der of William Henry Jackson, the
Wall street broker, who was found
strangled to death in his room at sthe
hotel.
Geidel was taken to police head.
quarters, where it was declared he
confessed to Deputy Commissioner
Dougherty and District Attorney Whit
man that he chloToformed and robbed
Jackson.
1t is said hat a s~tenographic report
of Geidel's confession vas signed by
him and he was locked up at police
headquarters on the charge of murder,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
HUNDRED LOST IN TYPAooN.
Toxic and Yokohoma are Swept-For
ty Bodies Recovered.

Toxic, Japan. - More than one hun
dred persons are believed to have lost
their lives in the typhoon which swept
over Toxic and Yokohoma. Forty
bodies were recovered in the Suzaki
district, including twenty-three in a
house which was washed away before
the tenants could escape. Many fish.
ing vessels and small coastwise craft
are missing,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Chicago Live stock.

Chicago, July 81. - Cattle-Receipts
estimated at 200; market steady; beeves,
S5.1007.25; Texas steers, $4.40m6.l0;
western steers. s4.00@6.70; stockers,
and feeders, $500 a 5.35; cows and heif-
ers, S2.10@5 IS; calves, $5.50@S.OO
market steady to sc higher than y~ester-
days average; light, $6.s0@7.35; mixed,
s6.70m7.35; heavy, S6.45W7.30: rough,
@7.3O; pigs, s5.4OQ 100; bulk of sales,
$6.90M7.20.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 5000;
ern, So so AIS; yearlings, SO. 80 @515:
lambs. native, s3.75Q7.10, western, $3.50
Q1.l5.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
CANADA PACT FIGHT CONTINUES.
Many Members Of Parliament Leave
to Prepare for Election.

ottawa, Ontario. - Conservative OBJ
struction to the governments reel.
procity resolution was continued by a
greatly reduced membership in parlia.
ment, many of the members having
already left for their homes to pre-.
pare for the election campaign. All
indications point to the middle OF next
week as the time for final adjourn
ment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
BOAT FOR ST. PAUL HITS SNAG.
River Steamer, With 22o Aboard, Set
ties in Five Feet of Water.

Quincy Illinois. - The sidewheel
steamboat st. Paul, carrying 220 pas
sengers, from St. Louis, Quincy and
intermediate points for st. Paul, struck
a snag a mile above the Quincy bridge
sinking in five feet of water.
Her whistle attracted a steamer to
her side to render assistance.
AS the boat is resting sQuarely on
her bottom there is no danger either
to passengers or cargo. The passen-
gers were not taken off.
The Dubuque left a powerful pump
on the st. Paul, and with the aid of
ship carpenters from this city it is
hoped to float the boat and proceed to
Keokuk for repairs in the drydock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
WANTSAHEARINC
j. A. TAWNEY WIRES DILLINGHAM;
FOR RIGHT TO TESTIFY BE-
FORE COMMITTEE.
HIT IN DARK, He SAYS
Denies James Keeley's Statements
Asks Fair Play and Asserts His
Right to Clear
Matters.

st. Paul, Minn.-Entering an alb
solute denial relative to the testimony
given by James Kelley, managing edi.
tor OF the Chicago Tribune before the
Lorimer investigating committee at
Washington, former Congressman
James A. Tawney sent a telegram to
Senator Dillingham; of the committee,
demanding the right to be heard be-
fore the committee.
Mr.. Tawney's Telegram.
The telegram which Mr.. Tawney
sent Senator Dillingham; is:
"St. Paul, MINI, July &c, 1911.
Senator Dillingham;, Chairman Lori,
mer Investigating Committee, Wash,
ington, d. c.
Have just read testimony of Mr..
Kelley Of Chicago Tribune yesterday,
| want to have entered of record with
your committee my most solemn and
emphatic denial of ever having had
any connection, either direct or indi,
rect, with the "~Fireproof Magazine" of
Chicago or any other publication seek.
ing mail or any other privilege either
from the p%ostof1iCe department or from
congress. That / have never been con,
nected, either directly or indirectly
with any firm of lobbyists or other rep,
~resentatives Of SAID magazine or other
publication, or of any other interest
seeking such mail or any other privi,
lege from the government.
And that | have never been re,
quested by the ~"Fireproof Magazine
or by anyone claiming to represent it
to do anything either in congress or
in the department in its behalf. Or
that | have ever been offered or re,
ceived anything from said "Fireproof
Magazine or other publication, either
directly or indirectly. That until ]
read Mr.. Keeley's testimony S did not
know that there was in existence a
publication named The F%ireproof Mag,
azine Of Chicago"
The records OF the third assistant
postmaster general, which are at your
command, will corrobOrate this state,
ment. | would like to be summoned
before your committee to make this
denial under oath and to submit myself
to any examination the committee may
want to make. Answer: Winona, Mimi,
j. A. TAWNEY."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Labor Would Punish sIeuths.

Washington, ID. G. - Organized la
Dor proposes to prosecute the Burns
detective agency for its part in arrest
ing the men charged with destroying
with dynamite the newspaper plant of
the Los Angeles Times. In an appeal
for funds with which to defend the al
legged dynamiters at their forthcoming
trial, issued by the American Fedora
ton of Labor, II is declared that every
man who was connected with the kid
mapping of the McNamaras will be
prosecuted to the full limit of the law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
PORTUGUESE FAIL TO uPRIsE

Constant Warnings Keep Provisional
Government Worrying.
Lisbon, Portu.-The monarchist in
vGsion of Portugal from the north to
be followed by a peasant rising which
has been expected daily, has not yet
m~aterialized. The monarchist agents
permit the information that first one
day and Their another has been fixed
for the outbreak to fall into the hands
of the government. The provisional
administration is thus obliged to main.
tain expensive measures for defense
and commercial and financial interests
are kept worried.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
GATES CONDITION is SERIOUS.
Double Pneumonia Developing, Blu,
Still He May Live.

Paris. France. - The condition OF
John w. Gates continues grave. DR..
Gros, the attending physician, said that
the pneumonia which Saturday was
confined to the left lung, is now be.
ginning to attack the right lung. New.
ertheless, the physician considers that
the danger is not immediate and he
still has hopes OF saving the patient.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin City Markets.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 3l-Wheat, Sep
TENDER, 993sc; Dec, $1.00Ss; No. /
northern, $1.O2%c; No. 2 northern.
$1.OOBc; No. l durum, 92c No. 3 corn.
62 &c; No. 3 white oats, 394c; barley,
S2.10. :
Duluth, July 31.-Wheat, September,
s1.00B; No. l northern, S1.025; No. l
durum, 91c.
South ST. Paul, July 81. - Cattle
Steers, 1925 $50; cows, $500 m3.75;
calves, $500 W6.50; hogs, $6.25 @6.75;
lambs. 80
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Railway Head Resiuns,

Montreal, Can. - 1t is announced
here that the directors of the Central
Vermont railway have accepted the
resignation of President Charles NJ.
Hays. E. II. Fitzhugh, first vice pres
ident Of the Grand Trunk railway,
has been elected to lead the Central
Vermont, while Mr.. Hays remains as
chairman of the board.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Denver Shaver Gets Life Sentence.

Denver, Colorado. Frank II.
Henwood, convicted of murder in the
second degree for killing George f.
Copeland, while shooting at S. l.. Won
Phul, the st. Louis a%eronaut, whom
he also killed In a hotel bar-room here
on the night of May "a, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
is Bodies Found on Maine Wreck.

Havana, Cuba. Sixteen bodies
have been recovered from the wreck
of the battleship Maine so far, it was
announced officially. All are now en-
closed in seven metallic caskets,
which lie on the main deck adjacent
to the captains cabin. None of them
can be identified.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Railroad Officials to Meet.

Chicago, Ill. Executives of the
transcontinental railroads, with offices
in Chicago, will hold a conference
soon to discuss the effect of the deci.
sion of the interstate commerce COM
which materially reduce freight rates
from Chicago to interior western
points. Traffic officials of the Harri-
man roads meet August 3, in Chicago,
to take up the matter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Washington, d. c. - Former Rep
resentative James A. Tawney. of Min
n~esota, vas cleared from any criticism
growing out of testimony of James
Kelley. general manager of the ChiCa-
go Tribune, be ore the Lorimer inves-
tigating committee, that George CLAWS
had told him Mr.. Tawney was mixed
up" in an alleged magazine lobbying
matter. Chairman Dillingham; read an
emphatic denial telegraphed by Mr..
Tawney and said as the committee
considered there was no testimony be-
fore i. in any, way duplicating Mr.. Taw-
new it would not ask him to appear
befory it as a witness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
DUBUQUE HAS $4,000 FIRE.
Lumber, Canning and Manufacturing
Plants Are Destroyed.

Dubuque, Iowa. - Fire Of incen-
diary origin destroyed property valued
at $4,000, as follows:
SPAIN & Rose Lumber Company,
$4,000; Wielccke-Horr Canning Com
pany, $4,000; Kretchmer Manufacture
ing company, $10C, 900. For a time the
million dollar sash and door factories
of the Farley & Loetscher Company,
and the Car Rider & Adams Company
were in danger.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
POPE Plus SERIOUSLY ILL.
Specialist Declares That Audiences
Will be Postponed Indefinitely.

Rome, Italy. - Pope Plus X is Sc
riOusly i'll. This was virtually admit
ted in Vatican circles, and much con-
Germ is felt for him. Those about him
say that the pontiff is ~haggard, very
weak and depressed. He bTeathes
with much difficulty as a result of
the attack of laryngitis. Professor
MarChiafara, the specialist, called into
consultation, confirmed the statement
that audiences would have to be post
poned indefinitely. The pope's weak
condition is still further emphasized by
the fact that he can partake of very
little food and has been place on a
diet of milk and eggs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Bailey Quits Committee on PRIVILEGES.

Washington, July %. - Because he
does not believe in the senate's meth.
cd of taking testimony in investiga-
tons, Senator Bailey resigned from
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons. He made no explanation to the
senate, and the resignation was ac-
cepted without comment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
PEACE PLANNED; RIOT OCCURS.
Chicago PeddIer Shot as Strike Lead,
ers Seek SeftIeOept

T O~NN NNNNTNTTTOTTNs
Chicago, Ill. - While leaders of
the striking peddlers were holding a
peace conference with Mayor Harrison
which may result in the settlement of
the strike, the most serious riot that
has yet occurred since the beginning
of the trouble resulted in the probable
fatal shooting Of a striker who led an
attack on a grocery store. The police
arrested several of the strikers.
In addressing a peace meeting of
1900 peddlers leaders of the strikers
announced their willingness to call off
the strike if it was agreed to permit
members of the peddlers' organization
to return to work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A Chicago woman a y that divorces
are more common now because her
sex have raised the standard Of man.
hood. Any old kind of a husband win
no longer do. she says. How does
It happen. then. that so many men get
married?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
n.,.iro check laid 70 Ex.Fiohter.

San Francisco. California.-Frankie
Neill, former bantamweight pugilist.
Was arrested at Glen Ellen by a secret
service operative and a deputy United
States Marshal. charged with raising
q government note Of 81 to $50.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Martin. steinheiI Marbles

Paris, France.-Mlle. Marthe Stein
he'll, daughter of the heroine of the
tragedy of three days ago. in which
Artist Steinhe.l and his mother-in-law
met Ter death. was married civilly to
Raphael del Perugia, a Russian artist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A New York physician says that n
can escape typhoid fever by chewing
tobacco. The remedy, however. is
worse than the disease.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
TRAIN WRECK FATAL TO FIVE,
Between Fifty and Seventy-Five Hurt
in North Carolina Smash.

III NOTtN CdTUTT0a oHldS1.
Hamlet, N. c., July 2S.-An excur-
sion train from Durham, N. c.. on
the Seaboard Air Line railroad, bound
for Charlotte. rushed head on into a
freight train in the yards at this place
today instantly killing five people and
wounding between fifty and seventy.
five.
Many of the injured will die.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Banker Walsh Loses AGAIN.

Washington, ID. C.. - The federal
board of parole has decided not to con-
slider the case of John r. Walsh, the
convicted banker, to whom President
Taft recently refused executive elem
ency unless the remaining indictments
against him are in some way disposed
of.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

You'll not notice the heat IL you
don't talk about It," says Doctor
Wiley. The trouble is that other peo-
pie insist on talking about ii.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Democratic Candidates picked.

Chicago, I'll. Wilson and Har-
mon,' or Harmon and Wilson," will
be the inscription On the democratic
party buttons in the 1912 presidential
campaign. according to John f. Fort,
former governor OF New Jersey.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Several hundred marriages in Chica
go have been declared void, thereby
saving a good many people the ex,
pense of a trip to Reno.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
piplomat Stricken at Card Game.

Paris, France.-Naoum Pacha, Turk
ish ambassador to France, fell dead
at the Union Diplomats Club. Naoum
had taken a place at a card table and
was in the act of taking up a hand
when he fell backward.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Black Rust in Canadian Wheat.

Regina, Sask. - Deputy Minister
of Agriculture Mantle said that re
ports coming to him indicate black
rust in many portions of the SasEat-
chewan wheat fields, but that so far it
had not become an alarming feature.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A Boston court has been called on
to decide whether baseball playing is
labor. 1t seems to be when the Detroit
team Is playing on the other side.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A young woman in Brooklyn wants
to marry the stepson of her father-in.
laws first wife. All of which is our
notion of considerable mixup.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Willie Berri's Brooklyn playmates
can never brag successfully about hav-
ing had the measles. for Willie stepped
in the presidents soup.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
CHICAGO sohemIans Honor Martyr.

Chicago, Illinois.-Twenty thousand
Bohemians witnessed the unwilling of
a statue of Karel Havlicek, Bohemia's
martyr. Governor Deneen, Mayor Har-
rison, of Chicago, and a number Of
Bohemian speakers spoke.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03
Eire Sweeps summer Resort.

New Haven. Connecticut. - Nom
auguin. a popular shore resort on Long
Island sound, was swept by fire. Nom.
auguin has been for years the scene of
many Yale gatherings and social fesr
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

England has just launched her first
war airship. 1t is called the Mayfly.
Probably the implied doubt is justin.
able.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Edison says that the end of the troll
ley car is in sight. But the boldest in
ventor has not yet tackled the prob.
lem OF the strap-hangerless car.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

POLO is a great game, and might be
even more thrilling and spectacular II
the players would ride motorcycles In
steal of horses.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

No first class summer resort, as you
may have observed. ever has any
flies or mosquitoes for publication.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

One who will sit out on the bleach.
ers when the temperature is playing
around 100 must really want to see
the ball game.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A Swedish astronomer gives the
earth more than 10000 years longer
to live. Which looks bad for our de-
ecendants In about the three hun,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

When a man boasts about his old age
II is generally found that he has moth
ing else to boast about.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A new counterfeit 500 bill is in cir.
culation. Watch for it when the con-
ductor hands you your change.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

An umpire never reverses a deci-
sion, although asked to do so every
day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Warmer winters are promised. 1t Is
consoling to know that they cannot
be warmer than the summers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A Pittsburg scientist says there is a
microbe in every kiss. P%ittsburg ought
to know that by this time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

ReGman Wanamaker is insured for
$4,5 500, 900, but 1t is not stated wheth-
err he Is an aviator or a ~canoeist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

Visit any store where they sell
straw hats and view the impressive
ceremony of putting the lid on.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

When you discover two souls with
but a single thought the thought con
Germs the coolest place within reach.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-03

A Sacramento minister defended Sun
day baseball, and they say he struck
right out.