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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
ROYALTY INTERESTED.
Wright Has Powerful Protection in In.
fIuential Quarter.

Wright Has Powerful Protection in In
fIuential Quarter.
London, March 17.-John Flower,
chairman of the shareholders commit
tee which instigated the prosecution
of Whitaker Wright, the director of
the London and Globe Finance cor
poration, who was arrested Sunday on
his arrival at New York from France,
says:
Il see Wright is quoted as saying
he had a powerful protector in an eX
allied quarter. That statement is not
new to us. 1t is the keynote of the
whole case. Prior to the failure of the
London and Globe certain persons
maintain Wright had in his possession
letters from leading members of the
English royal family showing they
were mixed up in his transactions.
We have no documentary proof of this.
Wright himself is probably the only
man in the world who could prove it.
If he has such letters they ought now
to be in the possession of the New
York police, as we suppose they
searched his effects, and Wright is
not likely to let such a powerful weap-
on of defense out of his personal keep
sue in the Wright case will be the
question of the completely, or other
wise, of the most exalted persOnages
other schemes. We do not anticipate
any difficulty in obtaining his eXtradi-
ton, but if what Wright's friends
maintain turns out to be true his gen.
uine prosecution will become
An Extremely Delicate Matter.
We believe, however, that the lawyers
at present engaged will sift the matter
to the bottom regardless of any con-
SideratiOns."
Referring to the interview with
Wright published in the New York
Herald Mr.. Flower said:
Il quite sympathize with Wright
when he says the failure of the London
and Globe was due to the treachery of
others. There is no doubt of that.
But it must be remembered that for
three months prior to the failure,
which Wright says was directly due
to treachery, the London and Globe
had not a cent in its locker, yet 1t
was doing over half million pounds
sterling in speculation at every settle
ment. The government decision tnaI
the directors as body could not be
proceeded against does not prevent
Wright, as the prime factor in the
rotten conditions which existed before
the failure, being made to take the
responsibility"
Attorney General Finley, in the
house of commons, said the crown
would pay the cost of the extradition
of Wright and the payment by the
crown of the whole expenses of the
proceedings would be considered. His
prosecution, however, would be left in
the hands of the official receiver of the
London and Globe corporation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
HUNDREDS OF NATIVES DEAD.
Hurricane Devastatcs Group of South
Pacific Islands.

Pacific Islands.
Papeete, March 4, via San Fran
cisco, March 1S.-The latest news rel
alive to the hurricane in Tuamotu, or
Low Archipelago, indicates that the
fatalities will number 600 and the prop
erty loss will amount to 100000. Re-
lief measures have been instituted
The hurricane and high water lasted
during Jan. IA, Is and Is. At Hikuera,
SIT deaths occurred, in most instances
among visitors from other islands So
journing there during the diving sea-
son.
One hundred and forty two deaths
are reported from six other small isl
ands. In this report there is no record
of the known dead and it is believed
that the total number of fatalities in
the entire archipelago was not less
than 600.
On the isle south of Hikuera 262 ma
tives persisted, being swept into the
lagoon and again into the great sea,
lacerated terribly by the contact with
rock coral and debris of all sorts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
RUMoR FINDS CONFIRMATION.
Great Northern Surveyors Working in
California.

San Francisco, March 1S.-The re-
port that President J. J. Hill of the
Northern Securities company has his
agents at work in California with a
view of securing a right of way for the
Great Northern railroad from Port
land, Ore, to San Francisco, says the
Call, is finding confirmation.
w. w. Remington of New York is
said to have surveying parties in the
field for a road to run north and south
from Santa Rosa and eventually to be
connected with other parts of the pro-
jected line The southern terminus
of this road is to be somewhere in
San Francisco bay, possibly on Belvi-
dere island, near Tiburon
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to
treatment by Ely's Cream Balm
which is agreeably aromatic, - IS
received through the nostrils, cleanses
and heals the whole surface over
which it diffuses itself. A remedy for
nasal catarrh which IS drying or ex-
citing to the deceased membrane
should not be used. Cream Balm is
recognized as specific. Price SO
cents at druggists or by mail. A cold
in the head Immediately disappears
when Cream Balm is used. Ely Bros,
Sc Warren Street. New York.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
RED DESERT INUNDATED.
Floods Causing Great Property Loss
in WVOn1jnu

Rock Springs, Wyo., March 1S.-The
Red desert is inundated for miles east
of Rock Springs and the Salt Wells
drilling station is completely under
water. Large quantities of supplies
belonging to the Belgo-American Drill
ing company have been ruined or
swept away. The water has backed
up against the Union Pacific embank-
ment to a depth of twenty feet in
places. The embankment has not yet
been cut. but there is danger that this
will occur and trackWalkers are kept
constantly on the move over the
threatened section.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
LlPTON'S YACHT
LAUNCHING OF SHAMROCK nj.
TAKES PLACE DURING A
DRENcHiNG RAIN,
FEELING OF HOPEFULNESS

Lady shaftesbury christens the New
America Cup Challenger and Amid
Loud Cheers the cn!: 0Iides Easily
Into the Water-Sir Thomas Be-
Iieves That With a Little Luck He
Will Garry Off the Famous Cup.
Glasgow, March 1S.-The Shamrock
III. was launched at 1:15 p. m.
Large crowds gathered at the Den
nys yard at Dumbarton in spite of the
drenching rain, which, however, ceased
before the arrival of the special Wis.,
itors' train. Sir Thomas Upton es-
corted Lady Shaftesbury to the chris
tening dias. At lis p. m. Lady
/ Shaftesbury broke the bottle and amid
loud cheers Shamrock III slid easily
into the water.
Shamrocks and hopefulness were
divided 1900 punches of the former in
honor Of st. Patrick and the new boat,
and voiced the general sentiment of
hopefulress by saying:
with just little slice of luck the
battered old mug will find a resting
place on this side of the water"
After more cheering the visitors pro-
, ceeded to luncheon.
An examination of Shamrock ILL.,. as
the yacht was revealed in the launch
ing shed, confirmed the previous dis
patches OF the Associated Press on the
subject and showed that Fife had
struck out boldly on entirely novel
lines. instead of trying to tinker or
improve on either Of the previous Lip
ton challengers. Like her predeces-
sors, however, the Shamrock III. is
built close up to the ninety-foot water
! line limit. Her length over all is 140
feet. The most striking feature of the
challenger is her extremely short fin.
1t is just twenty feet long. Her
draught is nineteen feet and the fin is
almost level along the bottom. The
lead in the hull is drawn we'll down
to the fin, suggesting the deep body
typical of the British cutter, rather
than the extreme fat-ffoored type,
adapted from the American center
board yachts and used in all the recent
challengers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
RIVER SITUATION CRITICAL.
-cvees North of Memphis Reported
Giving Way.

Washington, March 18.-The river
situation IN the Memphis district has
become critical. The stage is 1874, a
rise of 3 since Monday morning and
IL feet above the high water stage of
1898. Unofficial reports of the break
ing Of leVees north of Memphis have
been received. These breaks, if extern
sive, will doubtless modify the condi-
ticns somewhat. Nevertheless a fur
Their rise to 40 feet or slightly over
may be expected at Memphis within
the next thirty-six hours. Below Hell
ena the situation is unchanged. The
stage at Vicksburg is 40 feet, rise
of 2 foot, while at New Orleans the
river is stationary at 1872 feet. The
Louisiana tributaries continue to rise,
the Shreveport guage recording 31.S
feet. The Ohio is falling.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
BOUGERE LEVEE BREAKS.
Tremendous Volume of Water Passing
Through the Crevasse.

Natchez, Miss, March 1S.-The
river, which broke over Bougere levee
in the lower part of Concordia parish,
has swept away three miles of the
siXteen-fOOt embankment of the Texas
and Pacific railway and the southern
portion of the Bougere levee has caved
in for over a mile. A tremendous vol
ume of water is pouring through this
crevasse into the country behind it.
Every effort is being made to prevent
further caving and additional forces
are attempting to stake the ends of
the break Of the levee with sacks of
CiTt and sand. Sycamore leyee, which
chords protection for Vidalia, is be-
i2G strengthened as rapidly as posi-
lac. Some weak places are reported.
Ihe guage here registers 4S feet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
WILL FAVOR A STRIKE.
Vote of Employees of New York, New
Haven and Hartford.

New York, March 17.-According to
employees of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company in
this city the vote of the men will show
large majority to be in favor of
strike if concessions cannot be Sc
cured from the company. The canvass
of the vote probably will be completed
within twenty-four hours.
]. P. Morgan and other members Of
the board of directors of the company
were in conference with President
Hall during the day. Nothing was
given out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
Farm For S9Ie.

offer for sale my 800 acre farm
six miles south of Sank Centre and a
quarter OF a mile from good school.
1t is one OF the best farms in the
county all under cultivation, and with
good buildings mostly new. A solid
brick house with cellar the whole OF
it underneath; frame barn 6sx8o feet,
and all other buildings necessary on
a farm. For further particulars call
on or address the owner,
JACOB BOTZ,
Sank Centre, MINI. Q
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
JEWS GAIN NOTHING.
Cars Proclamation Seems Not to
Help Them Any.

New York, March 1S.-The Jewish
Daily News announces that in answer
to a categorical question sent to prom
inent Jews in Russia two replies have
been received by cable, indicating that
the recently issued ukase of the car
proclaiming religious freedom meant
nothing, or very little, to the Hebrews
of, Russia. The replies were from
Baron Horace N. Gunzburg of st. Pc
tersburg and N. Zoxolon. editor of the
MsuaH Hazfrah.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
River RISING at La Crosse.

La Crosse, Wis, March 1S.-The
Mississippi river has risen a foot at
this point during the past twenty-four
hours. Rains Of the last few days
have put all tributaries in this vicin-
ity on their regular spring rampage.
Many small bridges have been washed
out and the lOWlands are flooded.
Some farms are under water.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
FILE THROUGH HIS HEART.
Sensational Suicide of an Iowa City
Ua.) Man.

Iowa City, Ia, March 17.-Jacob
Brum, a workingman, ended his life
IN a sensational manner. He loaded a
gun with a three-cornered file and, the
trigger being broken, he placed the
butt of the gun in the stove and the
muzzlc against his breast and waited
for the heat to fire the weapon. The
file went through his heart.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19

Many School Children Are Sfckly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a
nurse in Children's Home, New York,
Break up Colds in "a hours, cure Few
erishness, Headache. Stomach Trou-
bles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists, Csc. Sam
pie mailed FREE. Address, Allen s.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y. PIP
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
PHILADELPHIA AUTHORITIES OR.
DER OPENING OF THIRTY.
FOUR GRAVES.
H0SSEY CASE
Affair Assuming Proportions Far Be-
You'd the Comprehension of Those
Connected With 1t at the Time of
His Arrest-Letters Found Among
the Doctors Effects Indicate the
Commission of Many Crimes.

Philadelphia, March 17.-Seventy
letters, written mostly by women, have
been found in the home of George
Hossey, the negro herb DOCTOR"
who is accused of being an accessory
to the alleged murder of William G..
Dame.
These letters, which are said to be
of an discriminating nature, vary little
in their terms, and, it is asserted, show
that Hossey charged 500 for every
case. Some of the letters point to
payment of the fee in installments.
The police authorities have directed
the opening of thirty-four graves, hav-
ing secured evidence which leads them
to believe that Hossey, in responsible
for at least that many deaths.
1--WE do not know how many poison
ing cases can be traced to Hossey,"
said a police official. This case is
assuming proportions far beyond the
comprehension of those connected with
it at the time Hossey was arrested.
Before the investigation proceeds much
further startling developments will
crop up. There may be several ar
rests after bodies are eXhumed and
have been examined by the chemists"
Detectives are searching for white
woman who is alleged to have repre-
scented Hossey in the preliminary deal
ings with his patrons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
Fifteen Years for Perjury.

Iowa City, Ia, March 17.-Mrs. Gal
Laughter, convicted of perjury in the
trial of Charles Holada for the murder
of her husband, has been sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
TEN PASSENGERS INJURED.
Train on the Monon Eosd Wrecked al
Cyclone, ind.

Frankfort, Ind, March 18.-A south
bound passenger train on the Monon
railroad was in wreck at Cyclone, a
small town six miles north of here,
about 2:30 a. m. The last sleeper on
the train was turned over and another
sleeper and day coach were dam
aged, while the passengers were shak-
en- up and ten of them had scalp
wounds and bruises, but all of them
were able to continue on their way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
Victims of Masked Robber.

Pueblo, Colo, March 17-Charles F.
Bishop, electrician, died during the
morning from a bullet wound received
Sunday night in Lousteau's cafe at
the hands of a masked robber, who
also shot and killed DR.. ]. H. Turner.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19

want nursing. l have had some
experience My price is S1.OO per
day. Can be ready to go at minute s
office. MRS. T. G.. MCKAY,
Sank Centre, MINI.
71S Rirch Street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19

Certain Cure For ChnblaIre.
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, agpowder. 1t cures Chilblains,
Prostitutes, Damp, Sweating, Swollen
feet. At all druggists and Shores,
25c. 2-12-6
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
Rooms For Rent.

I have rooms to rent, in the Lake
Shore house, suitable for families and
light housekeeping, if desired. Fine
lodging rooms. Apply to Anton Lar
son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
CRITICAL STAGE
LEVEE BREAKS NORTH OF MEM.
PHIS AND IMMENSE DAM.
AGE RESULTS.
ST. FRANCIS BASIN FLOODED

Hundreds of Families Driven From
Their Homes and All Industries Shut
Down-Bousere Levee Gives Way
at Coneordia, Miss, and a Tremen-
dous Volume of Water Is Pourin,
Over the Country.
Memphis, Tenn, March 18.-The
river is slowly falling. The break in
the levee near Hollybury, twenty miles
north of here, is responsible for the
fall at Memphis. The crevasse is
three-quarters of a mile wide. The
whole of the St. Francis basin will be
flooded and incalculable damage will
be done.
The flood situation here is growing
more serious. In the northern part of
the city hundreds of families have left
their homes for high ground and every
industry is shut down and street car
service is abandoned. In South Mem
rhis the water is threatening all rail
road tracks. The Yazoo and Missis-
Sippi Valley railroad tracks are partly
under water for miles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
a Fugitive From Justice.

Fugitive From Justice.
New York, March 17-Whitaker
Wright, arrested Sunday at the request
of the London police, was arraigned
during the day before United States
Commissioner Alexander and the hear
ing was adjourned until Wednesday.
Sir Percy Sanderson, British consul
general, was present at the hearing
accompanied by Charles Fox, the legal
adviser of the consulate. Maurice
Untermeyer appeared for the prisoner
and said he was ready to proceed.
Asked whether he waived examination
Mr.. Untermeyer replied:
Con the contrary, and l wish to add
that my client states that personally
he would take a steamer Immediately
for England and answer these charges,
but on the advice of counsel he will
wait further proceedings on the part
of the British government. Mr.. Wright
also denies that he is fugitive from
justice. He has been absent from Eng.
land three weeks in Paris, but insists
Mr.. Fox asked for an adjournment
for two weeks pending the arrival of
papers from England. This was op-
posed by counsel for the prisoner who,
after consulting his client, said:
81 think an adjournment until
Wednesday will be sufficient. Mr..
Wright insists he is willing to return
to England at once"
Commissioner Alexander then set
the hearing for Wednesday. Nothing
was said about bail for the prisoner.
When asked directly whether Mr.
Wright was going to waive extradition
Mr.. Untermeyer said the adjournment
was taken that they might consider
what they would do.
The formal complaint against Wright
charges him with fraud in publishing
false statements of accounts of the
London and Globe corporation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
FOR A FOURTH TERM.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago Named by
Democrats.

Chicago, March 17.-Mayor Carter
H. Harrison was renominated for a
fourth term in the Democratic city
convention here. The remainder of
the ticket is as follows: For city
treasurer, Ernest Hummel; city clerk,
]. J. Boehm; city attorney, John E.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19

If yon want an axe of any kind
60 to Hillerud & Co.'S and purchase
one at a discount of one-third.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
Lost, Found, For Sale, Etc.

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. To-
quire at the Germania House. 7-1l-3t.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
WRlGHTINCO
HEAD OF LONDON AND GLOBE
CORPORATION ARRAIGNED IN
NEW YORK CITY.
MAY NOT FIGHT EXTRADITIOn

Personally He Desires to Return to
England at Once but on the Advice
of Counsel He Will Await Further
Proceedings on the Part of the Brit
fsh Government-Denies That He Is
a FUGITIVE From Justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

league of Kansas to have a large dis
play at the Boston exposition to be held
next winter. A display of grain Will be
made.
The girl in the Independent telephone
central office Who won the SIS prize for
the best record in answering calls had
an average record for the month OF an
swering calls in , seconds and 81 one
hundredths.
The county commissioners have not
only had their salaries raised TO Sl.zVo
but they are feeding free County Clerk
Newman had the three out to dinner
Tuesday and Sheriff Lucas fed the board
Friday noon.
This is the way the country editor
sees it. The senate talked an hour
day last week, and in that time the
shackles were removed from three mil.
lion slaves" ten times.
Senator Mcmillan will have to come
back to the legislature in two years
and introduce an "anti-rat eating bill.
His anti-snake eating bill viii not pre-
vent the latest disgusting sight ar
ranged for midways.
A Topeka woman has kept a diary
of her dreams for the past five years
and she threatens to become a Mary
MacLane by publishing them in book
form. Some of them would be as start
ling as the yel1owest yellow back on
record.
Major J. b Pond says tnat Ellen M
stone. as a lecturer. lis taking in 81 to
every other lecturers 81" The differ
ence between this and the money raised
for her ransom is that what she is tax
ing in now remains in circulation in
this country
The Y. M. {. A. basket ball team de-
feated. beat. tore the laurels from
wrested the victory from, crushed in
overwhelming defeat, walked away with
the game and whipped the Haskell In
dams at basket bail last night at the
Topeka gym. by a score Of 81 to p.
Henry A. Weaver. sr- the veteran
actor who was seen in Topeka two sea-
sons ago with Stuart Robson. is dead.
He played the role OF DR.. Johnson in
the Robson production Of oliver Gold
smith, He won honors in the role.
Mr.. Weaver was born in London IN 1892.
The assessors viii be around soon and
besides listing your worldly effects they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

will want to know who is able in the
family for military service, how many
acres Of alfalfa you have, how many
pounds of butter you make a week and
whether you prefer soy beans to kaffir
corn for stock food.
When H. NJ. Philips goes to Kansas
City the Kansas City papers give him
all his titles and announce him as fol
lows: Captain H. NJ Philips of To-
peka, county treasurer Of Shawnee
county. and chairman of the Repub-
Ican county committee, was in Kansas
City yesterday"
The Emporia Gazette says: "Justus
0. Williams and Miss Elizabeth Beach
came home yesterday from Topeka and
surprised their families very much by
announcing their marriage, which took
place in Topeka Sunday. Mr.. Williams,
the groom, has been studying medicine
in Topeka this winter"
VIII Fulton of Alva. Ok. is in Topeka.
Fulton used to be brigadier general OF
field forces in the Hughes camp before
he left town He is back to bring the
balm Of G5lead TO his Old chief in the
hour Of his distress. Fulton. it is ru-
mored, brings an invitation for Hughes
TO move to Oklahoma and run for gov
erno~.
In the basket ball game last night be-
tween the Haskell Indians and the 7. u.
c. A.. ArchiQuette played He is the
Eskimo who has been going to the 1n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07

advent in the next senate Will be d
great relief to our side. Since German
left the senate we have lost much valu-
able time trying TO find out how and
where the Democrats stood upon any
one particular question. Sometimes we
were told to consult Blackburn of Ken
lucky; at other times we were referred
to Patterson of Colorado; again to Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas. and not infre-
quenuy to Senator Carmack of Tennes-
see. Seldom did we find these senators
a unit upon anything. Each had his own
views upon almost every conceivable
phase of legislation. With German it
has been entirely different While he
was in the senate all we had to do was
to go to him and ask him what would
be the attitude of the opposition to any
particular piece of legislation. German
invariably answered offhand, and I can
not recall a single instance in which
time did not testify to the accuracy of
both his answers and his surmises. This
is why Republicans are glad to see him
come among them once more