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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10
POINT WHERE HE DREW THE LINE

Concluded That He Had Obeyed His
Wife Long Enough.
AT q smoker recently given by J.
Burrwood DAILY to his colleagues of the
Democratic executive committee Of
the Twenty-eighth ward one of the
speakers related the following:
About q week ago three members o.
our committee whom l will algebrai-
cally designate as X, Y and 2, wound
up q night Of 1t with a bet that each
would do the first thing his wife
asked OF him, whatever 1t might be. or
pay for an oyster supper for the three
the following Sunday night.
When they met, X said: When
1 got in my room l tried to pour out
q drink Of water, but in doing SO let
the glass fall and it broke.
" : "There!" called out my wife.
Nov; throw the pitcher out of the
window!"
Immediately raised the window
and heaved out the pitcher, the crash
Of which on the sidewalk aroused the
neighbors, and even brought the po-
liceman Of the beat from under cover
and thereby made an enemy Of him."
- was cautiously walking across
the dining-room to find the gas said
Y, and knocked over a chair. My
wife called down from the second
story front very gently:
"s"My dear, get an ak and demolish
the chair properly"
"'I got the ak and hewed that chain
into kindling wood of the finest de-
scription.
81 got in all right, said z, took of
my shoes and was going up stairs az
quiet as the night before Christmas,
when I awkwardly stumbled and my
shoes rolled to the bottom, hitting
each step at least ono on the way
down II
THAT'S right" called out Mrs. q
Fall down and break your neck!"'
"'And you didn't do it, chimed in
< and Y.
"tNot on your life! That's why In.
here, to order the oysters. '"-Phila-
delp1ia Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10
NO USE FOR EXPENSIVE coFFlNs
wealthy People Not E.travaeant IL

Wealthy People Not E~xtravagant IL
Funeral Expenses.
Most persons, l suppose, have the
idea that the rich are buried in ex.
pensive coffins," said a man who has
spent twenty years in the undertaking
supply business, to a New York Trib.
une reporter, but according to my ex-
p~erience, it is generally people who
desire to be thought wealthy who in
vest much money in collins. You see.
most rich people have their secretaries.
whose business it is to keep down ex-
penses all the time, and the underta-
kers have found to their sorrow that
they are just as strict when it comes to
funeral expenses as in anything else.
They want the best always, but they
won't order anything that is extrava.
CANT OF unnecessary.
Its the people who are not so rich.
that put money into coffins," he con-
tinued. Il remember the costliest one
our Arm aver turned out. 1t was for a
man in Brooklyn, and was supposed to
cost $4,000, but 1t didn't. Nothing
would do the family but that plate
and handles should be Of solid gold.
The undertaken who had the order told
us to put on plated ones instead. He
managed to spend about $1,000 on the
coffin. The srest, I suppose, went into
his pocket. There is one thing certain
the family never knew the differ
ence. There are some undertakers in
New York who are willing to give peo-
pie what they pay for, but the most of
them are not. An undertaken seldom
pays more than $3.50 for a coffin, no
matter how much money the family is
willing to expend. Almost any one in
the business will tell you that when
you get beyond $3.50 you are throwing
away money"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10
Iadi.n Etiquette.

The Red Man and Helper, published
by the students at the Carlisle (Pa.)i
Indian school has this to say on In
dian etiquette: ut was an actual de-
sire for Information and no attempt
to be funny that a boy in looking up
from reading about 'squaw mem ask
ed II the white women who marry
Indian men were called buck women
We could not answer why they were
not. Such a name would be more in-
sulting to a woman than the hrst ap-
pellation Is to Q man. All Indian
women are NO more squaws than.
white women are wenches. The name
squaw emanated from 'squa,' . n In
dian word Of Massachusetts, tribe
meaning woman. but It has since
come to be used commonly by illiter-
ate people for Indian women Of any
tribe. No educated or refined people
use the words 'squaw' o buck, and.
we advise our students when they
heal. them not to pay any attention5to
the speaker, but to mark him or her
down inS their minds as . person Of
low breeding. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10

never seemed anxious to say the
word" He opened and shut the lid
Of a stein thoughtfully. and then added
with some abruptness: Il often won
dered why you never married"
The woman gasped. "You-won-
"To be sure, you always told me
that you never meant to marry"
II meant it. but"
He seemed not to hear her. Then
you insisted on our never speaking
of love or that sort of thing"
1T was not necessary for you to
speak things"
"And now that 7 am going to settle
down into mediocre comfort you are
the first one l come to-naturally. It's
fair" He spoke in an v voice as
though desiring to calm her.
The monotonous meditation had
the opposite effect. She was the In
%carnation Of repressed fury. Leaning
across the table as she was, her words
poured forth like a torrent. 1T was
for me to say during all those years
whether we should separate. Mine
was the responsibility. You had none.
Your wealth, education, station, freed
you. You were not to blame for the
suffering you sowed. You were put
in the world only to pray for your
comfort, your peace. You came to
me holding out bait for my ambition.
You had influence; / was talented.
That talent tickled your thirst for
something new in life. and SO you pro-
ceeded to appropriate it as your own.
You never spoke of love, oh, 10. You
only lived and breathed 1t in my
presence-and I, poor fool, lived in
paradise until-until-I tell you ! for
bid this marriage"
The words ended. in a futile, foolish
laugh. She put her hands to her face;
touched her front hair, laughing more
softly all the time until the mirthless
tones seemed to trail themselves in
her next words: How perfectly
frightened you look. Can't you take
a joke-Tm joking-can't you see it
was a joke? l am laughing-laugh-
ing because it is so very, very funny
that you cannot take a joke"
The clock struck eight. Just then
a tap came at the door. Hastily she
lighted a gas jet and threw open the
door.
II told you l would come, again. and
here I am" said q CHEEKY masculine
.,oSo. - the <hrochr16 rSfNN fEF lf9t ,Ia
"And I told you not to come except
on business, but ! am glad to e you."
she replied.
why shouldn't l come to. see your"
why should you?"
Because l like you. I'm coming
just as often as / can. Don't You!
want me to call often?" He spoke
over his shoulder as he reached for Q
match to rekindle the fire. would
rather talk to you than to q girl Of
my own age anyway, and then-well,
why not-there isn't much 80 this old
world at best" He had dropped the
ktndling and lay one hand on her
shoulder. Their eyes met and she
turned hurriedly away from him.
.And II We drift on like this-you:
know Am very much alone-soms day
j might miss you;,adGhd then, she
finished Abruptly With laugh
wouldn't bs lucky gif youl;
mfuissed mel Il would ~ too iBcod,gg
hieeS talked on, still; standing direetlys
under the ms Jet. In the strong light
fshe noticed the wave n his hair Just
JG. SHMEYs ~ 80
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10

went to ?sleep. The old man rose early
in the morning, drank . cup Of coffee
and began his hunt alone. He did not
tell hisswife where he was going and
she did not care to- know
Two hours afterward she united the
yellow dog ana It took up its masters
track. No matter what the condition
of the ground or the weather, this
brute. with its ugly face and It's Won
derful nose. stuck to the trail without
fault.
After travelling for q half hour or
an hour, the woman and.the dog would
come to the carcass Of deer freshly
slain. Mrs. Pulliam would skin it
deftly,s wrap up the skin, and the dog.
gulping q hunk Of flesh, would lower
dts muzzle to earth and resume its
saunter..
This went on all day and every day
until the neighborhood furnished no
more deer; then a move was made.
The Pulliams came into the small
towns only to sell the hides, some
dried venison and purchase supplies.
They have been known to sell more
than q thousand skins between Nov. l
and March 1. These skins brought
them something like $500 and the
jerked venison was worth 500 more. !.
When the dog died they got another.
but it wat not so good, and Mrs. Pull
liam often failed to find deer her wan
dering old lord had. knocked down.
They hunted almost to the last. how
ever. and made a sort Of living from
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10
WHY, OF COURSE HE wAshHNoceN1
1ur, Decided un.a'9tss.,y that ''n
O,Dell .NaSA Fool.

~0sy 0SSAN0u
o,Dell ywsss Fool.
1.-THE first ti4e l was ever in the
far west," saiYa Philadelphia, they
got me on a Jury in Montana. 1t
was a case of shooting with fatal re-
suits, and there was no doubt In my
mind that the defendant was guilty.
"a man named Brewer had ridden
up to the cabin of q man named
O'Dell and called him out and shot
him down, and there were three wit
nesses to the fact.
The case occupied three days, and
l supposed every juryman had made
up his mind as l had. When we re-
tired to ballot, however. l found my.
self the only one voting guilty.
1.-The other eleven looked at me fol
q while, and then the foreman blandly
said:
" Stranger, you don't appear to
make allowances
Allowances for what?' l asked.
Allowances for the fact that II
that blamed Jim O'Dell had poked his
gun out of the winder instead OF COM
ing to the door he might have pumped
a pound Of lead into Tom Brewer in
side Of 80 seconds. We are here not to
decide who killed Jim. but. to find
whether he was a fool or not in acting
as he did, and l guess we'd better be
considerably unanimous about it..
Il didn't want to be the one to
interrupt the harmony of the occa-
sion" said the traveller, "and so we
speedily came to what the forman an
nounced as q chorus of conclusion
and Tom Brewer was acquitted with.
out a stain on his character"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10

Il am sorry" he replied. II don't
see why l can't come" 's
AS the door closed. Irma stopped
and tenderly gathered the old era
cat In her arms, murmuring, as b
choked back the old unreasonable sob,
Just n mor yesterday for US. my
friend; that is all It means"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-10

A gust Of wind beloved down the
chimney. She leaned forward to re-
plenish the fire. When she settled
back again the youth and the maiden
had gone. The best room had widened
and broadened into q spacious cafe.
at a corner table sat q man somewhat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
OPINION BY sHIRAs.
Important Legal Principle Set Out in
Recent Ruling.


Special to Tines Republican.
Dubuque Dec. I'm a notable and
comprehensive opinion, Judge Shiras OF
the federal court has sustained a mo-
ton to remand the suit of p. F. Dalton
VS.. the Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance
Company to the state court for trial.
The opinion is especially important
because it declares the important legal
principle that a petition for removal
from a state court to a federal court,
can not be amended in the federal court
for the purpose of correcting averments
in order that the removal petition may
be satisfactory. Judge Shiras holds
that such amendments must be made
in the state court.
The suit in question was brought in
Plymouth county, and the defendant
presented a petition for removal based
on the averment that the company is a
citizen and resident of the state of Wis
consin and the plaintiff Of Iowa. The
plaintiff moved to remand because the
jurisdictional facts authorizing a re-
moval are not made to appear upon the
record, whereupon the defendant asked
leave to amend by adding averments
that the amount in the controversy ex-
ceeds $4,000 and that the defendant
company is corporation organized
under Wisconsin laws. The original Pc
tition failed to state that the corpora
ton was organized under Wisconsin
laWc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
THE HossAcK CASE.
Believed That the State Has Some New
Evidence


Special to Times Republican.
Indianola, Dec. 2.-The second trial
of Mrs. Margaret Hossack, who was
convicted of killing her husband and
recently was granted a new trial by the
supreme court is likely to be delayed.
There is still a good deal of interest in
the case here, and the people of Warren
county are wondering whittier the state
will have any new evidence to submit.
There is some ground for the belief that
it will, from statements made by the
states counsel. The case has been
transferred to Madison county on a
change of venue.
The December term of the Madison
district court opens today, but the
transcript in the Hossack case can not
possibly be ready for transmission from
Warren county to Madison before Jan.
/. So, said Deputy Clerk Copeland yes
terday. Attic it is understood, that the
prosecution is not ready for the trial at
this time, the delay in preparation of
the transcript will relieve the state of
the necessity of showing its hand. The
fact that the state prefers delay, cou-
pied with County Attorney Clammer's
intimations that he expected to win his
case, gives some ground to suspect that
some new evidence will be presented on
the states side.
Mrs. Hossack is at present under
bonds and staying with friends in the
neighborhood of the home where for
over thirty years she had lived with the
man man. for whose murder she is now in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
Charles Holada Pleads Guilty
to Murder in the Second
Degree
AN ADMISSION OF HIS GUILT
One of Most Sensational Murder Cases
in History of the State Disposed of
in johnson County court-Wonan
Tried and Acquitted of Completely in
the Case.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, Dec. 2.-The Gallagher
murder case has been disposed of in
the district court here and the county
saved large expense by the plea of
Charles Holada to murder in the second
degree. Not only does it dispose of the
case, but it leaves no room for doubt
at to guilt of the accused.
James Gallagher, a farmer living
near Iowa City, was shot to death while
he slept in bed one night last spring.
His wife, Mrs. Ella Gallagher, and
Charles Holada, who had been EN-
ployed by Gallaugher, were indicted
for the crime. Mrs. Gallagher was
tried first. the trial opening at Iowa
City, September 20. Holada went on the
stand for the state and told revolving
story, alleging that he had refused to
kill Gallagher at Mrs. GaIlaugher's
request, and that she had told him
she would kill her husband. His testi-
mony was badly riddled and was not
believed by the jury, who on October
4 acquitted the woman. When Hol-
ada's case was called late yesterday.
he pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree, the state having agreed
to accept such a plea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.
Forest City.

Forest City.
| Mr. Eugene Secor is entertaining
lat his home a couple Of very distin-
guished persons-two young ladies di-
rect from Norway, who are here on n
visit to the young lady who has
charge OF the domestic work in this
home. They have travelled extensive
ly and were with party of ex-
plorers, who went north into the Arc
tic regions to discover the north pole.
and it is quite treat to hear their
stories of adventure and travel.
! Waterloo.
A report has been widely published
thruout the state and in other states
that Rev. Earl Qate prohibition cam
didate for congress) of this city and a
Creston minister were about to estab-
lish new church, making avowed
enmfty and unrelenting hostility to the
saloon basis of membership. Little
attention was paid the matter here un-
til now it has been published in local
paper Mr.. Earl was seen this morning
and he denied the story in toto. He
says the report is entirely groundless.
Sac City.
L stuA, ooAi VI W. y. biAoli, iCSCi'Su
a strange injury on Friday afternoon
in a manner that is hard to explain.
One of his playmates found him acting
rather strangely, took him to the house.
Inquiry showed that he could not re-
member anything that had happened
for several days. Physicians were
summoned but they could find no trace
of the injury. Tho he did not seem ill,
it was several days before his memory
was restored to it's normal condition.
Even now he can not remember what
happened to him, and no one else seems
able to tell.
Burlington.
OF twenty-five letters that were sent
to Burlington, Illinois, and that were
misdirected, no less than eighteen We're
sent out from Burlington, Iowa, and
were intended for firms or individuals
in Burlington, Iowa. And as one who
knows says, they We're almost without
exception sent out by firms who claim
that they never make mistakes.
Word has been received in this city
of the death of Charles MAXWELL a
Burlington boy, serving in the United
States army in the Philippines. The
deceased is son of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Maxwell, who live here The young
soldier was twenty three years of age,
and was raised in Burlington, and en-
listed In the army about two years
ano
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02

| Clarion.
! f. ID. Smiley suffered slight para
Ilytic stroke last Saturday, the 80, while
on his mail route. He stopped at a
| farm house and after being warmed
jup continued on his journey. After
reaching home he was seized with a
second and more severe attack. He is
not in precarious condition at pres
ent, however, and it is to be hoped
he will soon be around again.
Davenport.
! With the arrival of few little jags
| of anthracite in Davenport it was as
sumed that the coal strike was over.
and that other and larger shipments
would follow these first ones right
along. But this is not to be the way
of it. The jobbers in this line of fuel
have been giving their Davenport trade
| a nibble, and now they have other GUS
| toners to take care of, intimating that
this city has received her share for
awhile.
Pocahontas.
| A force test of the water works
was made Tuesday afternoon to
determine whether the mains We're
all right and to know how high the
water could be thrown from the
hose in case of necessity. With sixty
| five pounds pressure a stream Of water
was thrown over the flagstaff on the
court house and also over the Wheeler
grain elevator. Several leaks We're
discovered in the mains, one near No
Intire's store, where a defective main
| was found and new joint had to be
| put in it's place 1t is expected that g
thorough test will be given the entire
plant in a short time.
Muscatine.
Saturday afternoon Newt Edwards
was brought before Judge Brannan
on the charge of being an habitual
drunkard The information was filed
against him few weeks ago, but he
was told then that as long as he re-
NAMED sober and straight, so long
would he be kept out of the hospital.
Newt got along pretty well until the
day before Thanksgiving, when he
took on terrific jag" and has beer
in Jail ever since. He had a bad at
tack Thanksgiving night, and the sher-
iff thought he was going to die. To-
day he was taken before Judge Bran
nan. who told him of the promise made
I a few weeks ago and then sentenced
him to Mt Pleasant to be placed in the
inebriate asylum for period of one
year. Muscatine Is gradually getting
good colony in that institution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
Evangelical Meeting at creston.

Creston, Dec. 1.-THE meetings being
conducted by Mrs. Clara Hazelrigg and
her singing evangelist, Miss Graves.
both of Topeka, Kas., which We're to
close this week, will be continued an
other week on account of the interest
taken. Mrs. Hazelrigg is the first
woman evangelist to hold meetings
here, and never since the Williams
union meetings some years ago has
there been such a wide spread interest
manifested in any religious service. The
capacity of the Christian church, where
the meetings are being held, is taxed
to its utmost every night and twenty
seven additions to the church is the
result of her work to the present. Mrs.
Hazelrigg is an educated lady, a Fore
ible, convincing speaker and a tireless
personal worker, and Miss Graves is
one of the best chorus leaders ever in
tho rifv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
Henry Smith Killed and Henry
Hennis Badly Injured on
State Center Crossing
BODY HURLED TWENTY FEET
Both Men Prominent Young Farmers
of Near State Center and Were
Struck by Northwestern Fast Pas
senger While Crossing Track-Both
Horses Killed and Wagon Demolished
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
State Center, Dec. 2.-The second
tragedy to occur at a State Center rail-
road crossing, in the past few months,
and which came near being a double
one, happened at 6 o'clock Monday
evening when Henry Smith, Jr., and
Henry Hennis, farmers living near this
place, while driving across the tracks
of the Chicago and Northwestern, in
the business portion of the town, were
struck by passenger No. 5, known as
the Portland special. Smith was hurled
twenty feet, having his skull crushed.
Death was instantaneous. Hennis was
also thrown some distance, and while
his injuries are severe he may recover.
The horses were both killed, while the
wagon and hog rack on which they
were riding Were completely demol-
ished.
Smith and Hennis came to State
Center during the afternoon with a
load of hogs, and were on their way
home when the accident occurred. They
approached the crossing, and, not being
able to see on account of the interview
ing buildings, apparently did not hear
the oncoming train until they We're on
the track, and the fast moving engine
was upon them. Before they could
even make a move to save themselves
they were struck and hurled thru space.
Henry Smith, Jr., was 35 years of age
and was one of the best known young
German farmers of this vicinity. He
resided three miles north of town, and
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Smith. He owned considerable prop
erty Besides his parents he leaves a
wife and children.
The west crossing, where the men
were struck, is one of the worst in
State Center as both sides of the street
leading from the business section of the
town to the tracks are lined with
buildings SO that view of the right-of-
way is impossible until the crossing Is
reached. There has been considerable
agitation in State Center recently over
the proposed crossing gates. and it is
thought this calamity will bring the
matter to focus as excitement is at
present running high.
The dead man was a cousin of August
Ohlsen, who was KILLED a short time
ago by the fast mail train No. 10 at the
McMahon crossing. The train was
about thirty miles an hour and
the usual alarm whistles We're blown at
the crossing