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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-11-24
Transfer of License,

Notice is hereby given that an appliea
ton Tor transfer Of license granted to w
l.. Saxer .ot bushore to Patrick DAILY and
the same will he presented TO the Court
of Quarter Sessions on Friday, Nov, l.
1904. at 10 O'Clock a. ~.
Thos. r. X Kennedy, Clerk,
Clerks Office, Laporte, Pa. Nov |, 'o4,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-11-24

Major MeFee and wife OK Lake eoun-
ty, O., are earnest workers IN the
grange. They are also officers In the
salvation Army. The army farm COM
prises 500 acres.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-11-24
SonestoWn Cider Mil

will open September 10, 1901
and will continue to run on
Thursday, Friday and satur
day until noon each week
until November IS, 1904.
/. M, CONVERSE.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07

n. H.JEWELL,
Secretary
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
ON TRAINS.

Railroad detectives ard officials
along the system are en- aged in an
effort to arrest some of TIC men who
have been engaged for several weeks
in robbing passengers tray cling on the
overland trains Numbers l and 2.
Within two weeks several persons have
been robbed or the traios in the vicin-
ity Of Graz Jerks, 5ut so far no ar
rests have been made. The men. are
believed to make hc1ic :arters in the
Twin Cities, AID apparently are we'll
organized. Julius Lou. who lives in
Iowa and owns the townsite at Penn,
this state, was roEhcd OF $16O while
the train stopped at the station at
Grand Forks. A you7~ nan who came
into the coach at Fargo shared the
seat with Mr.. Lou unit! Grand Forks
was reached. Tho train had hardly
stopped when another young man
came up and requested that they get
up while he fixed the seat Mr.. Lou
complied, thinking that he was an m
ploye of the Great Northern, and the
two men robbed him as he stopped
down to get his grips and made their
escape.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Crimes and Criminals.

Arrested on his honeymoon on q
charge of bigamy, w. s. Sembury OF
Clyde, Ohio, is locked up in Chicago.
His young wife is also detained by the
police.
Dingenas Van Hoft, an aged inmate
of the state asylum at Kalamazoo.
Mich, is dead as a result Of an awful
pounding given him by George Mon
tague, another inmate.
o. stillwell attempted to kill his son
at Davenport, Iowa. Stillwell had
been to Chicago with a load Of stock
which he sold for 81, 8 and had be-
come temporarily insane.
George Hackett, a colored prisoner
in the county Jail at Newark, Ohio, TN.
der an indictment for shooting his wife
with intent to kill. was found dead.
hanging by a cord from his bed.
In the circuit court at Belleview, Ill,
Mike, alias Dutch" Roach and George
A. Clegg were, respectively, sentenced
to ninety-nine and seventy years in the
penitentiary for, the murder of John
Keith, a street car conductor. June 2,
1902.
Charles Colbert has been arrested
1t Wilmington. DEL, charged with rs-
ceiving and secreting $4,000 stolen
from the postofnce at Great Bend,
Kan, May 10. Colbert says he anne
here to SEQ . girl. Tho postomce In
spsctor followed Colbert seven wesh
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Personal.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Dickinson, 70, the
last of the adjutant generals OF the
Army Of the Potomac, is dead in Wash
ington. .
The will of the late Gordon Mckay
of Newport, which provides for a be-
quest Of over 100000 for Harvard
university, has been allowed.
Former Judge Stevenson Burke OF
Cleveland, Ohio, died at the Shoreham
hotel in Washington from the effects
Of a paralytic stroke suffered nearly
twenty-four hours previously.
Edwin S. Gardner, aged II, for 81
years a conductor in the employ OF the
Pennsylvania, is dead at Lo%gansport,
Ind. He was a marine guard on the
Cumberland, sunk by the Merrimac
during the Civil war.
William De We're. an actor who took
part in many farces written by the late
Charles Hoyt, is dead at st. Vincent's
hospital in New York from a compll-
cation of diseases. He was 90 years
old and had been i'll several months.
Hon. Joseph Powell, representative
in from the Fifteenth district
from 1874 to 1876, and ~ex-special dep'
uty collector of the port Of Philadel-
phia under President Cleveland's first
administration, died at Towanla, Pa.
aged "a years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07

Any new county fully organized accordlnE, 70
law prior to holding of state conventions Will be
allowed two delegates at large.
The state committee will pass upon the ziglts
of those entitled to participate in the prelimi-
nary organization. and will meet for that p!nr-
pose at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon o. ire Gay
previous to the dates of the respective .colven-
tions~in Fargo at rooms OF Commercial! Club.
in Grand Forks at Hotel D~akotah-to hear az
contests. The credentials of all delegates and
ali notices Of contest must be filed with the
chairman eff this committee on or 6efore me the
hour designated herein tor the meeting Oh sne
and notices Of contest must be accompanied BY
written statement Of the grounds for contest
Preference in the order of hearing and deter
mining contests will be given by the committee
in accordance with the dates .tes Of Ming Of sucn
BY order of the Republican State Central
Committee at q meeting held in the city OF Ear
| 70. Tuesday, March Is, 1904.
L. b. HANNA.
NJ .JRWEIl. Chairman.
| Secretary
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
State Convention
70 the Republican Electors Of the s

/ Totle Republican Electors Of the State of
I North Dakota: s'."..".%s +,
In accordance with the. Instructions of the
Republican State Central committee, state con
vehtions Of delegated representatives of the re-
publicah i;arty, Of this state will be held this
year; as follows: j.. :: .y<.,.;., y:
DELEGATEs TO NATIONAL coNvEN-
TON.
4 cJtnventlon will be held at the opera house
in tliHGtty Of FARGO Oh Wednesday, May is,
+ 1904 fH ,tle purp.se Of ichposing. eight -delega-
ties and eight alteFpates to represent .thestate Of
!: NORTH Dakota In the National Convention of
Republicans. called to: meet in the City OF
Chicago, on the 2lst, Of June, 1884,, to nominate
a presidentund vice-president of the United
STATE oFF1pERs,t ~..n..
A convention will be held at the opera house
in the city of Grand Forks, on Wednesday,
July 8 ,d9of;'at Ii O'clock in the forenoon, Tor
the purpose of nominating candidates to be
supported III 1.-THE next general election and for
the transaction Of such other business. as may
be brought before It. The candidates to be
there nominated are: Three presidential
electors, two Members of congress-, governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state
auditor, state treasurer, superintendent Of pub
Redistribution, attorney general, commissioner
Of insurance; commissioner Of agriculture and
labor. three commissioners Of railroads and one
judge oftne supreme court. ..%
The basis Of representation in each of said
.onventlons.is the average number Of votes
cast for the two republican candidates receive
mgr es oectlvely the highest and lowest vote 10
each county in the state at the last general
election in 1902 Excluding superintendent Of
public instruction, railroad commissioners and
judge of the supreme courtl, giving two dele
gates at large to each organized county and.
one delegate for each seventy-dve republican
votes, or major fraction Of seventy five votes,
cast for the above officers in said election.
The option is given each county to hold
delegates to the two state conventions.
Attention of county committees Is called to
the law governing the holding Of caucuses,
and 1t Is recommended that the organization
in each county, when making calls for caucus.
whose duty 1t shall! be to be present at the
various caucus polling places at the hour named
in the call, provided with record book, paper
and other materials necessary for keeping the
records of the caucus and list of persons voting
thereat. in accordance with section 497c of the
Revised Codes of 1899.
The different counties in the state will. I'm.
der the apportionment herein provided. be en-.
Titled to representation as follows:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Porelon,

The death is announced Of the IA
nous American stallion Foxhall at
Lord Rosebery's stud farm.
The town of Illig, on the coast Of
Somaliland, has been bombarded by
the British. The sultan of Illig was
captured.
1t is reported that the Chinese war
ship Haze Tien, which went ashore on
Elliott rock, near Shanghai, several
days ago, is a total wreck. All on
board were saved.
The statement printed abroad that
Prof. Ivanhoff of the Moscow univer-
sity had been assassinated two weeks
ago by terrorists for %treachery to the
organization, is officially declared
false.
An ARRAY between Turkish gend.
armes and Greeks is reported from
Smyrna, in which M. D%elyonnis, secre-
tary of the Greek consulate, was slight
ly wounded. A Greek squadron has
sailed for Smyrna.
The Australian federal ministry has
resigned. The resignation Of the fed
eral government was due to its defeat
in the house of representatives or a
labor party amendment making the
bill providing for the arbitration Of Ia
Dor disputes applicable to state en-
ployes.
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of
the Journal says it is certain that
the powers will acquiesce in the Rus
sian note declaring that the use Of
wireless telegraphy by private persons
constitutes espionage. The United
States alone. the correspondent says,
is expected to make certain reserva-
tons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Accidental Happenings.

Dared to jump over a sharp-pointed
post, fourteen-year-o]d Edward Ander'
son Of Chicago, was impaled and died
in an hour.
The. collapse of a cage in the Rob-
inson mine at Johannesburg prec1pi-
tated forty-three natives 1000 feet to
the bottom. All we're killed.
The New York Central shops at
West Albany, N. Y, were totally de-
strayed by fire and thirty coaches were
burned. The loss is $250,0O0.
The Pine Brook breaker of the
Scranton Coal company at, Scranton,
Pa, has been completely destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at 100000.
The Grand Trunk grain elevator at
Midland, Ont, was struck by lightning
and totally destroyed. 1T had a capac-
ity Of 100000 bushels. One man was
killed.
A tornado passed owe Jefferson
county, Ark, killing two children and
doing heavy property damage. At the
town of Sheriff. many buildings were
blown down.
An e%ast-bound freight train OF the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee railway
was ditched at Floyd, Mo-, a heavy
rain having washed out the track.
Frank Nelson, fireman, and William
Orr, brakeman, were killed and George
Skinner, conductor, was fatally. scald-
ed.
An explosion in the gelatine house
of the Producers Powder company's
plant at Lamotte, Mo-, killed two men
and demolished the building. The
shock of the explosion was felt for sew
eral miles and the windows in houses
1T a great distance we're shattered.
An audience of women and children
at an amateur vaudeville performance
in New York at the hall Of the Mission
of the Immaculate Virgin was saved
from a fire panic by two boy perform.
ers. Andrew Martin, twelve years old.
who was burlesquing a tramp when
the fire started, continued his role, and
Fred Bentz, pianist, struck up BE
della" to which the people kept step
while marching out Of the hall.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
PlTH OF THE NEWS
CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Notes From the Capital.

Developments indicate that Elmer
Dover will be secretary of the national
Republican committee in the coming
campaign.
The senate committee on public
lands has voted to do nothing this ses-
sion with bills to amend the home
stead and desert land acts.
The Panama canal commissioners
have decided to employ very few
Americans on the isthmus until the
sanitary conditions are improved.
BY a vote Of 3 to 4. two members
being absent, the senate committee on
education and labor decided to post
pone further consideration Of the
eight-hour bill until December.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Run Over and Killed.

Detroit, Mich, May 4.-Edward ".
Sutherland, son Of. D. S. Sutherland,
superintendent of the Toledo division
Of the Michigan Central railway, was
run over and: killed -by"a freight train
lt Wyandotte yesterday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
The Power of Truth.

It was at a breakfast table at a West
Philadelphia home that the wife said
to her husband: "You look as If you
had raised Ned at your club last night,
my dear"
II did," came the honest reply, "'and
what is worse, he raised me back
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
Killed bv a Straw Bullet,

Cincinnati, May 4. - Jacob Ander.
son, colored, was shot three times by
David Roth, eolored, in a quarrel here.
Joseph Forsyth was hit in the head
by a stray bullet and died several
hours later. Roth was arrested.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-07
browns at Mendoza.

st. Paul, May 4.-James McKequen
Of Minneapolis vas drowned in the
Minnesota river by the sinking Of the
Mendoza ferry while crossing the
river at 1880 o'clock yesterday morn.
{nr
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
THEY OPPOSE WORK
Minority Of Senate Committee Pre-
pare Report Showing Why he
Should Not be Promoted.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington, D. C.. Jan THE
views of the minority Of the senate
committee on military AFFAIRS, protest
ing against confirming Gen Wood to
be major general. have been prepared
in the form Of brief 10 De used by
opponents Of this nomination when
the reports Of the committee are pre-
sented for the action Of the senate in
executive session. The brief follows
the testimony introduced before the
senate committee. directing the at
tention Of senators to passages In
the printed report Of the testimony
and emphasizing the charges made
before the committee 1t is declared
that most OF the important matters
brought out in the spring came to
public knowledge subsequent to
/ Woods promotion to be brgadier
/ general and that no competent inves-
/ tigation has yet been made in regard
TO the actual facts Of Woods military
/ ,arsa. a.,I ax.trf.inr7gs Tnagp ASKER
tions are made for the purpose Of
meeting the argument OF Senator
Foraker. thot objections to Wood's
advancement should have been made
when President Mckinley had under
consideration the matter of promoting
him to be brigadier general.
The minority considers the case in
detail and its conclusions are opposite
TO those Of the majority
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
Russia Wants Neutral Zone.

by Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 5--It developed today
that the greatest difference between
Russia and Japan arises over the
made by Russia that a
neutral zone be established extending
from Ping Yang in Corea on the south
to the Russian frontier on the north.
The Russian government has eX-
pressed its Willingness to recognize
the preponderating influences OF ia
pan in the remainder OF Corea and
the two powers are agreed respect
fully on the principle Of the integrity
of China and Corea.
Japan, however saw no reason why
the proposed neutral zone should be
established, holding that the entire
peninsula should be subject to her
preponderating influence.
The attitude Of Russia is believed
to be due TO the fact that If Japan
controls Corea sne Will thereby b
able to more easily take Port Arthur
as we'll as Vladivostock.
The diplomat who gave the Asso
ciated Press the Information eN
pressed himself as confident that th'
Russian property to Japan will gly'
way on this vital point.
coreans and Japs At Outs.
st. Petersburg, Jan. d--An ofdcia
dispatch to news agency from Vlad
ivostock and private information
from Mudken states that owing +
disturbances between the Corean
and the Japanese in Corea the Rus
sian second rife regiment at It's III
strength has been despatched to Core
in order to protect Russian interest
there
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
Majority OF Chicago PiayhOuses
Will Remain Dark.
IRONWORKERSARRESTED
MEN WHO DESTROYED EVIDENCE
AGAINST CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY ARE HELD.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
Chicago Jan 3, The special com
mittee to investigate the condition o.
The local theatres and report upoD
Mhat altorati,p6 are necessary 70
make them conform To the building
ordinances held its first meeting 10
day
According 70 The Statement Of Al
derman Fnestdedt one OF the mem
hers of the committee it is doubtful if
thirty-Gye per cent OF the theatres
ever reopen thir doors Strict adher
euce to the building laws would re-
qiirc every ono Of the play houses in
the city 70 be Of flroproof construction
aud this would require demolition and
rebuilding of the majority,
This afternoon attorneys Of the fire
department caused the arrest OF -four
employees Of the Fuller Construction
company. David Jones masonery
foreman; Angus Mckay, Otto Rauseh
and John Kingston, iron workers,
Jones and his men had been charged
with breaking the sllylights on the
theatre after the fire in order to des
troy an possible evidence against the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
ooRmAN WANTS TO KNOW.

BY Associated Pres
Washington. y c. Jan j.-Gorman
introduced a resolution asking the
president 10 supply the senate with
information as TO the various instanc
es 0f Intervention on the part Of the
United States ia Panama, saying the
information requested would be- I'M
the iinc Of Senator Lodges speech
he asked for immediate consideration
Of the resolution. but Allison objected
and consideration was postponed. The
senate went into executive session
and soon aiterwarl adjoraned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06

II developed today after the
arrest OF Jones ana bis men that the
skylehts were blocked by seantlings.
and tied with wire TO prevent their
opening and that neither Of them had
been opened since the theatre was
Jones said that he took the three
ions said that he took the three
iron workers up 10 the theatre root
removed the scantliugs which blocked
the skylights and found the lights
of and opened the lights Asked why
he went on the roof he said he heard
the wall had cracked and he went to
see If this was true
When asked Why he took three iron
workers to inspect brick wall
Jones was confused and finally an.
swered that they went with him out
Of curiosity He admitted that they
helped him open the skylights and
worked with him about the roof about
an h0ar lie admitted that when he
went to the theatre he should have
been on an0ther bnilding where i
had been working.
lie said he went 10 the theatre d
his own accord and With on insiruc
ton OF the company When asked hos
he was going to explain to the com
pany tnat employed him why he hae
taken three OF their employees an
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06

ralgned. They were released on
$1,000 bal.
According 10 the federal officers
the following oil wells including the
lists Of these fraudently misrepresent
ed IN advertising matter sent through
the mails:
Illinois, McCabe Model Wolftone.
American Cold Copper Jessie. tFei.
en No 3. Gold Bug, Sinkiorise, North
Model Alta. Mckinley, Helen No 2.
Copper Quneen. Liberty Bell Bruce
Monopons. Perron. Bachelor Tom
Reed. Copper Brown. Belmont Jagar
On Co, Model OIL Co. smoltless
Bfiauetta Co, Standard Briquette Co.
Inspector Ketcham said today Be
did not make claims that the proper
ties are Of no value. bat that The
Representations arr fraudulent As to
earnings.
The tn- pecor said that the invcstiga.
tian showed the McCabe mine near
Prescott. Ariz.. was the only company
that had made money Tie said The
charge was that the sales Of stoch
we're made under false prienses. Gov
efnments position he SAYS is that
there has been apparent capital oI
ss7.327 and that representation.
show the property operated by th'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
HAS THIS EX-ARMY
OFFICER TWO WIVES /?
Prominent People involved in High.
" Sensational csse-cIaims
Other One as Ills Wife.

by the Associated Press.
Minneapolis. Mimi. Jan. samuel
G Hazard. alias Samuel Hargrave,
ox.officer of the United States army,
was arrested here today for alleged
bigamy. and what already promises
to be one of the most sensational
cases of the year has been started.
Coupled with the name Of Hazard
is that Of DR.. Linda Burield and Viva
Hazard, nee Fitchpatrick, daughter
of Senator Fitzpatrick. Of Nevada,
Iowa. The complainant is Viva Haz-
zard. who claims that she is the wife
No z. Hazard does not deny living
as man and wife with Viva Fitzpat
rick Hazard in this city. but he claims.
however. that he and Or. Burfeld are
married and that she is today his
fayorite and only wife. according to
law. Hazard says that ten years ago
he had wife in New York city but
that he was divorced from her
ne claims that ne has done nothing
wrong. Hazard is graduate of
West Point. and served four years
as instructor i'm the army. He is
educated in French and Spanish. As
a lieutenant of the army Hazard
went all over the country a. inspec
tor. He even went TO Europe. it Is
said TO inspect armies in foreign coun
tries. and was held in great favor al
army headquarters in Washington.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
u. S. MARINES ARE LANDED.

by the Associated Press.
Seoul Corea, Jan Ga detachment
OF thirty-iive marines from the United
States steamer Vicksburg AT Chemu[
pc. arrived here yesterday. as guard
for the American legislation, Another
body of seventy marines will arrive to-
morrow. The United States trans
port Zaphire is also at Chemulpo
where Russia. Japan and Great Britain
each have one man Of war. Quiet
prevails here. but the palace Is heaV-
ily guarded by the Corean army.
The movements of the Japanese
troops and fleet are unknown here.
The attitude of the Korean govern
ment is unchanged Solicitude IS
shown as to what may happen on the
arrival Of the Japanese troops.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-06
MERCURY HITS
BOTTOM MARK
Coolest Wave in Many Years
Sweeps Over Eastern States.
THERMOMET TIERS FREEZE
AND BURST IN INTENSE COLD
BAY CROOKED WITH ICE
MUCH DAMAGE.
FREEZE


tiN lUo ASStttiiitu | itHH
Philadelphia. Jan 5.-Pel1sylyania,
New Jersey. and Deleware experienced
the coldest weather in years today in
many placs the thermometers regis
tering lower temperature than al any
time since i75. In this city the tenn
perature was two below zero at ! a.
m. At Sp m. IA above was registered.
At Scranton and Wilkes Barre the
official thermometers registered re-
spectively | and IS below zero, while
at Eaglesmere, on the crest of the
Allegheny mountains. the record was
II below At Harrisburg the minimum
temperature was below; lancaster
one below; York. IS below Williams
port. l9 below Altoona, 10 below.
Johnstown Is below, Bellionte, 2G be.
low: Mauch Chunk, IS below Potts
vile IS below.
In some mountain regions &c below
was recorded A rise Of 10 to 80
reported from all these points tonight
Railroads and industrial establish
ments all over the state are more or
less hampered by the severity of the
wather. Mining operations particular
lily throughout the anthricite regions,
are also seriously affected Many
collieries have had to shut down he
cause of the freezing Of piper and ma
( chinery
At Atlantic City n, J. minimum