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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
President Sets Aside Nov. "a az Day
of Thanksgiving.

OF uOdnN09JVtO8'
Washington, Nov. 2.-The president
has issued the Thanksgiving day
proclamation setting aside Thursday,
Nov. "a. ito be observed as a day of
festival and thanksgiving by all the
people Of the United States, at home
and abroad"
The proclamation was issued from
the state department by Secretary Hay.
It acknowledges the debt Of the Amer
lean people to God for the blessings
upon the nation during the past year
in which reward has waited upon
honest effort" and calls on the nation
devoutly to give thanks unto Almighty
God for the benefits he has conferred
upon US as individuals and as q ma
tion and to beseech Him that in the
future His divine favor may be con-
tinued to u.s."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

Montana Business House Held up by
Bandits.
Helena. Mont, Nov. 2.-The general
store of Il. w. Brown at Trout Creek,
Mont, has been the scene of one of
the most daring robberies witnessed
IN recent years in Montana. Three
men, who did not even conceal their
features, held up the place at the point
of r%evolvers and got away with 500.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
ARCHBISHOP ELDER DEAD.
Aged PreIate succumbs to Severe Cas-
Of Grip.

Aged Prelate Succumbs to Severe Case
of Grip.
cincinnati, Nov. 2.-Most Rev. Will
lam Henry Elder, archbishop of Gin
%cinnati, in his eighty-sixth year, died
at 1850 p. m. after suffering four days
from a severe case Of grip, compli-
Gated with extreme weakness.
The scene at the bedside when it
was apparent the end was near was
most affecting. The archbishop was
conscious and his last words were a
prayer in a very feeble voice.
Archbishop Elder was not only the
Oldest prelate in years but also in
tenure II Office in this country He
had presided over this archdiocese for
q quarter of a century and previously
was almost as long bishop of Natchez,
Mias
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
NOTICE To

In the matter Of the Estate of Neil
GilmOur. Deceased:
James SSsse T. 4 M es5eRS e1 agent G fSr N Ne,' ae'e Gii@9os1
Executrix of the last Will of Neil Gilmour late
of the town Of Ballston in the County Of Saritoga
and State Of New York. deceased, to the cred
said deceased, to exhibit them with the neces-
sary vouchers, within four months after the
first publication Of this notice, to said James
T. McCullOch, agent for said Executrix at his
office In Washburn, in the county OF Mclean,
M State of North Dakota.
Dated Sept. IL, 1914.
James T. McCulloch,
Agent for Executrix.
First publication Sept. II 1904.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
FOR SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Franco.American Arbitration Treaty ID
Signed at Washington.

Signed at Warrington.
Washington, Nov. 2.-Secretary Hay
and Ambassador J%usserand have
signed a treaty providing for the set
Element by arbitration of any possible
disputes between the United States
and France. It is drawn on the lines
of the Anglo-French arbitration treaty.
While the treaty is the most brief
ever negotiated here every line Of its
short text is full Of meaning. Out of
Difference to the United States senate.
to which this treaty will be submitted
when it assemblies in December, the
state department is not able to make
public its text. However, it is very
much like the treaty which was nego-
tiated Oct. IA, 1903, by Lord Lans-
downe for England and Ambassador
Cambon for France.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
Details Not Vet Completed.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 2.-According
to the latest advices received at the
foreign office here the details Of the
international commission which is to
inquire into the North sea incident
are being worked out in London and
are not yet finished.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
MANY coLL,ERIEs CLOSED.
Strike Of Engineers Throws Thousand,
Out Of Work.

St. Louis, Nov. 2.-Specials to the
Post-D Dispatch from Illinois points indi-
cate that less than 100 of the 300 coal
mines in that state are hosting coal
as a result Of the strike of engineers,
which went into effect at midnight.
The total number Of engineers who
deserted their posts ct duty 10 about
800 and nearly $4,000 miners are
thrown out of work as q result.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
GARRISON At BRITISH POST MOB.
iLlZED AND CHANNEL FLEET
CLEARED FOR ACTION.
BREACH OF AGREEMENT IS CHARGED
BALTIC SQUADRON SAILS, LEAV'
ING FOUR SUBORDINATE OF.
FIcERs TO TESTIFY.

London, Nov. o.-London has been
bewildered all day long by alarming
reports indicating a renewal of the
Anglo-Russian crisis and showing that
the utmost activity is prevailing at
Gibraltar.
The first news received announcing
the sailing of the Russian squadron
from Vigo, leaving only four subor-
dinate officers to give evidence at st.
Petersburg and then testify before the
international commission, is consid-
cred here to be a breach of he agree
ment and the interchange of visits be-
tween Ambassador BenckendOrf and
Lord l.ansdowne followed, the foreign
secretary subsequently seeing various
members of the cabinet.
Count Benckendorff at l y. m. went
to Buckingham palace and spent near
ly half an hour with the king. Later
in the afternoon the ambassador again
visited Lord L%ansdowne, who also re-
ceived Lord Selborne, first lord of the
admiralty; Premier Balfour, Captain
Prince Louis of Battenberg, the d.
rector of naval intelligence, and Ad-
miral Sir John Fisher, senior lord of
the admiralty. All this renewal Of
activity created apprehension In the
public mind and late In the afternoon
the Press association issued the fol-
lowing:
Dangerously Near Acute Stage.
1.-THE Press association has a to
believe that the action of the Russian
admiral has again brought the Anglo
Russian crisis dangerously close to an
acute stage. Count Benckendorn ar
rived late in the afternoon to e Lord
Lansdowne. Mr.. Balfour, who had al
ready seen the first lord OF the ad-
miralty earlier in the day, has just
received a visit from Lord Selborne.
who was accompanied by Admiral Sir
John Fisher"
A dispatch to q news agency from
Aldershot camp says orders have been
issued for strong drafts of all branches
of the royal engineers to be in readi.
ness to leave for Gibraltar at short
notice. .
Ambassador Benckendorf said to
the Associated Press late in the even
ing hat there vas absolutely no rea-
son so far as he knew for the excite
ment over the situation. There were
no developments to warrant the I'M
easiness.
The admiralty refuses to discuss the
reports of activity at Gibraltar, but it
Is intimated that the movements are
part of a prearranged plan rather than
the result Of orders following the an
nouncement of the departure of the
Russian squadron from Vigo.
In the meanwhile the London news
papers are absolutely without any
official information calculated to allay
the excitement and the widest rumors
are circulated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
Baltic Fleet Leaves Vigo.

vigo, Spain, Nov. 2.-All the Rus
sian w~arships left here at 8 a. m.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
British Warships Put to Sea.

Villa Garcia, Spain, Nov. 2.-The
British cruiser division of the Mediter-
ranean feet has put to sea-.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-05
NOTICE Of ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday the
sth day Of November next. In the year OF our
Lord. 1904. at the established polling places
IN the several voting precincts In the County of
McLear State of North Dakota, as hereinafter
described, an election will be held for the elect
ioh Of State. Legislative, County and
District officers, t0-wit:
STATE
Four Presidential Electors
Two members of the House Of Representa-
tives Of the United states
One Governor
One lieutenant Governor
One Secretary of State
One State Audi3Or
One state Treasurer
One Superintendent Of Public instruction
One Commissioner Of agriculture and Labor.
One commissioner of Insurance
One Attorney General
Three Railroad Commissioners
Two Justices OF the Supreme Court
JUDICIAL
One Judge, 9th Judicial District
LEGISLATIVE
One Senator and Two Representatives lor the
35th legislative district
COUNTY
One Public Administrator
One County Auditor
One Treasurer
One Sheriff
One Register Of Deeds
One Clerk of the Distric Court
One County Superintendent of Schools
One County Judge
One States Attorney
One County Surveyor
One County Coroner
Four county Justices Of the Peace
-Four county cOnStableS
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Field Mice in Franco

FOR some reason or other field mice
nave enormously increased in France
during the past few years. They
nave become not only a nuisance hut
menace. In some parts of rural
france the number of field mice DER
acre is estimated at over 500. These
consume more than five tons Of vege.
taDie matter annually, and destroy
much in addition. When we consider
that even five tons of vegetable mat.
ter IS a good yield of some crops.
such as timothy hay, it is seen that
the pest is no small one. Reports In
some sections of France some years
nave Shown that there were more
than 1000 mice per acre. The farm.
ers are alarmed, for they say that if
tne mice increase as they may be
expected to increase they will next
season eat up every particle of yege-
table matter that can be grown on
the areas infested. The French gov
eminent has appropriated over $780,
OoO Tor the work of exterminating the
mice. The Pasteur institute some
years ago took up the work of devel.
oplng culture of a disease fatal to
rats and mice. This culture is diluted
in water and in the water oats are
soaked. These oats are scattered in
the fields infested by the mice and in
few weeks about 95 per cent of al
the mice there are found dead. The
light is, however, hard one, due to
he fact that the mice breed rapidly
and travel in colonies from locality
o locality, often appearing in locali-
les that had never before been in.
ested.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Two Ways of CONNECTING.

There are two ways by which the
man that is entering butter in con-
test can make his butter. One way is
to select the cream and make sure
that all conditions are perfect. This
way OF making his butter is not the
ordinary one and the only good that
can come from the competition is that
he may make few dollars or get
medal. The real object of butter con.
tests is to improve the conditions
under which butter is made. To get
any real good the buttermaker must
make his butter as he makes it every
day and out of the cream that Is an
average of that he every day handles.
Then he will find out what the butter
judges think of his work. In this way
he can make real progress and bring
up his business. The information he
gets from the butter judges is of far
more consequence to him than would
be any amount Of prize money and
nedsls.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Romance In oyama's Life.

Marchioness Oyama met her bus
oana, the famous marshal under ~
mantle conditions. Her father woe
one OF the most powerful insurgent
leaders in the rebellion of 1863, The
chateau In which her family residod
was beseiged and held ont lon %
against the imperial forces. Eventuai,s g
II was compelled to surrender onS
WIN 1t passed away the last st,on ~
nold OF old Japan. When the cbataay
was taken over by the imperial troons
among whom was the present ma -
shai' Mile. Yamakawa, as the man
shloness was then called, departed sor
the t United States, where she r .eJ los
lor ten years. On her return n I.nou
she again met the marshal and ~
came his wife. She now devotes o .1,
ner time to the work of the Red cro sn
society and she is unremitting IN hor
attention to the sick and Wounds
Russian prisoners. "o"noeo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Brotherhood Of St. A,a.

o.t Inc brotherhood of St. Andrew w. 6
established about score Of Voc ~, wa" " as
it IT, ~ chicago banker, and has lust he Sd
pb,l a,hSteenth annual convention I'm IN
81 ofn nat The Churchman sor ,s
ALWAYS al 'pv cG dovss that men today as
a.; H,~ ra,,s demand and respond to res,, tD
a IN religion The society now e eD tesss
seven national Organizations na
c rIva, assemblies, twenty-five hundred
ers Ts +. and twenty thousand work ~
ers. the recent convention was "I .hs
large ,arsess ever held, and was attended ' bv
more 'han two thousand delegates "
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
RACE WILL BE AMERICAN.
future Status Of the People of the
United States.

Inc people of the United States are
OFTEN called Anglo-Saxons. # is q mic,
nomer' They speak the language of
lhe Angio-Saxons. Their laws and
hdAy OF Their institutions are but the
moolhed laws and institutions of the
Anslo-saxons. Many of them are of
hngilsh descent. But their personality
ALREADY widely differs from that If
hhsilshmen' and the difference is
pound greatly to increase,
President Roosevelt brought ont tbis
TACT and one of its causes in his ad.
dress at the unwilling of the statue
Oh frederick the Great. The blood of
almost every civilized people-of Irish
men, Englishmen, Germans Italians
frenchmen, Slavs, Greeks and Scan,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in American veins
rms unprecedented intermixture Of
the practical genius of the English.
man with the imagination of the Ital.
lah' OF the steady industry and somber
temper or the Teuton with the mer.
curlal habits and joyous disposition of
me Greek and the Latin, could not
fail in any circumstances to produce |
a race essentially different from anv
OF those from which it sprane
But not only is this intermixture Of
races unprecedented. The conditions
under which it is happening also arc
unique.
Henry Thomas Buckle believed that
Inc climate of country formed in
me long run, the minds and characters
u Its people. The inhabitants of the
roplcs were indolent and unprosres.
I'VE because the bountiful earth pro.
'lded for almost all their wants while
ne Industry and progressiveness of
nose OF temperate regions were born
u their successful struggles to make
liggardly nature yield them a living I
'uckle's generalization was too sween.
ns, but unquestionably peculiarities {
climate have helped mold the Der t
onality of all nations, and are helm. |
1g shape the personality of ours {
History, language, institutions will S
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
The Criminal Youth,

Students now recognize the hone.
Iessness of the confirmed criminal and
the tendency ia to keep such locked
up out Of harms way as much of the
ume as possible by means of cumula-
tive sentences and the discretion Of
parole boards, which can be used
against the ingrained criminal as well
as In favor Of the boy who Is not
fundamentally vicious, but only weak
or ignorant, or hungry. The old theory
was that punishment should be fitted
70 the offense, so many years of i'm.
prisonment for each grade of crime
The new system adapts it to the of.
lender, with the purpose of keeping
MIN from association with hardened
criminals if he be young and of keen.
ing him secluded from the possibility
OF harm once he becomes a confirmed
enemy of society,"" It Is the apn,ica.
ton to penology Of the proverb about
about the ounce of prevention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Cattle Breedinn

cattle breeding is not the s..u
science that it seems to be. II I.
1raught with problems that the strona
est minds have studied and have nc,
entirely settled. Among them arc ~
great questions of in-breeding and
ataVlsm. ln-breeding is one of tbo
obstacles we place in the wav -.
atavlsm, that is, TIE tendency Of oni
mals to revert to the primeyal tvnn
ms matter of in-breeding is one ~.
must be handled in the most carot',
manner, though it is not as necacSoSn
now as it was in the early davs =,
the breeds. Then it was used &c
means OF securing continuance of tvro
and the quality known as nrenn
tency. ~"
IL is an encouraging thing that our
agricultural colleges are making 49,
exhaustive study they are of the sol
ence OF breeding. 1t is more encour
aging to know that the eyDerimon.
stations are backing up the agricrl
tural colleges by carrying on exneri
ments to set at rest some of the great
controversies of the past. The world
mas benefited greatly through the WORK
OF the men that founded the LEADING
cattle breeds. That benefit is to be
increased by the work of the stations
in fixing tho laccopc +bo+ 49,
taught. The whole tendency is to stop
tne methods of bad breeding that have
zone so much to deteriorate the stock
Oh the country. A minister recently
'aia that many men know what Is
right, but that few men do what iU
light. We may say the same of cattle
breeding. More men know how to
breed right than do breed right. I
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
Stepped on SQUIRRELS Tall

A gray squirrel was caught in a
curious way recently by Harry Chur.
buck on the Capt. Demeritt farm in
Madbury, N. H. Churbuck jumped over
a pasture fence to drive the cattle
home, and was surprised to find that
his foot had descended on the tail of
a fine large gray, which attracted his
attention by his frantic efforts to get
away. The squirrel was held down by
the tail, while lively effort was made
to get a safe handhold on him. His
captor finally succeeded,
and carried Mr.. Squirrel home alive.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02

Dec. IA for the purpose of urging for
ward the movement and the car must
either suppress it or permit it. In
either case the result, sooner or later
will be that Russia will have a consti.
tuition and parliament.
To people living in free countries
this apparent cropping and creeping of
the Russians toward civilization and
liberty Is tantalizing. What we would
all like to see in that country is a
sudden upheaval which would over
turn autocracy in a moment and for.
ever, and possibly We may yet see it.
Everything indicates that the fuel is
well prepared and that when the
match is applied the confederation
will be fierce. Russia will yet be a
free country.
These hopes seem to have a reason
able foundation in the disastrous war
which Russia is waging in the far
east. That she will ultimately over
power and drive back the Japanese
seems probable enough, unless inter.
national complications should arrest
her, but this will not altogether pre-
vent the uprising at home.
1t is not now conceivable that Rus.
STA should emerge from the conflict
without a pitiable loss Of prestige and
badly crippled in her resources, and
these effects can not be without seri.
Gus effects on her domestic institu.
tons.
There is nothing like a war to let
IN the light. France never knew her
self or Germany until the Franco.
Prussian war. Both sections of this
country had their eyes opened by the
civil war. The Spanish war was an
admirable instructor. The internal
policy Of Great Britain has been sha.
zen to the foundation by the Boer
Chronicle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
HOpTICL1 1llY,
Inc Smyrna Fig in America.

me Smyrna Fig in America.
III past issues we have discussed the
smyrna fig in the southern end OF
ne seml'arid belt. 1t may be inter
sStins TO note the growth of the fie
slo"lhS industry in the United States,
on'li lew years ago all fine figs
uSeu mere were imported from across
'he water. The growing of the com.
mon hS OF commerce, White Adriatic
began some time ago, but the inability
u tliis lg TO compete with the Smyr-
I'D ns led to a Californian, George G.,
aoedlng, who lives in the Joaouin
'ailey' attempting to grow the Smyr.
ma fig. But for him we might still be
without trees Of this variety.
he began the enterprise in 1881
hlsht years before California paper
had distributed cuttings Of the Smvr.
lid ilg tree to its readers. and manv
'nlilty trees were the result. Rut
when the trees came of beorine 900
lney persistently refused to produce
'ne lrult for which they had been
planted. The figs on these trees cot
out never matured. They dropped
from the tree before getting half Of
their growth. 1t was evident to anv
investigating hOrticulturist that the
ngs were not polenized.
An investigation of this SMYRNA fg
showed That it was only the female
OF the Capri fig and that pollen from
tnat flg must be introduced into tho
mower Of the Smyrna fig to enable its |
llulI 10 reach full DEVELOPMENT
ana maturity. In the country where
.nese hgs are produced there is a
NIUE wasp called the fig WASH that
uoes the work of introducing the Ca.
pr polien into the Smyrna fig, This
insect is dignifed by the scientists bv
tne name of Blastophaga grossorum
1t is small insect in spite Of its hip
name. o's
lnls hs wasp is born in the Canri
ng, put leaves it while the fig ie elm
ID blossom. 1t crawls out tbronpb
Inc blossom and covers itself with
polieh as II does so. 1t takes refuge
III Vne smyrna fig blossom, crawling
Town into 1t and leaving its pollen
OF the use of that fig. This pollen
enables the Smyrna fig to mature and
'ipen. anu {
MI Roeding tried growing both the
,aprl ana the Smyrna fig trees but
hey did not help each other He
ried hand pollenizing and succeeded
hefeDy in getting some fruit, Tben
le Tried importing the fg WASH hnt
all cases for several years the fig .
wasp was dead on arriving in this
ountry. 1t took eleven years tn pat c
ne wasp introduced alive and then sue. 4
ess came. In 1899 the first fig wasns p
cyan work III this country and ouick.
pollenized the Smyrna fig The s.
ext year the experimenter went 70 q
STA Minor and spent some months u
studying the practices of the fig. n
aisers there. II
for 'nree years the industry has y
cen growing greatly in Central Cali, p
'rnia' new orchards being planted |;
last as trees can be obtained - pl
armers' Review. a.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-02
STATUE, GIFT OF. KAISER.
UNVEILED AT WASHINGTON

The bronze statue of Frederick thu
Great, presented to the American PEG
pie by Emperor William, was unveiled
at Washington Nov. 10 by the Baron
ess Speck Won Sternberg, wife of the
German ambassador.
The statue was presented on behalf
OF the emperor by his personal envoy,
the German ambassador, who made a
brief address. President Roosevelt
made the chief address of the day and
accepted the gift on behalf of the
american people. Remarks were made
oy Leut.-Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff;
Ma1.-Gen. Gillespie, Of the general
stan, master of ceremonies; Lieut.
Zen. Won Loewenfeld, one of the spe-
cIal commissioners sent to the unveil-
Ing by the emperor, and Charlemagne
Tower, American ambassador to Ger
many.
Seldom has the national capital wit
messed a more brilliant assemblage
than was gathered on the grand es.
planade of the army war college
around the pedestal of the statue. I'M
medlately back of the statue, on the
presidents stand, which was complete
Iy covered in red, white and blue bunt-
ing and decorated with American
nags' sat the president and his cab.
met, the German ambassador, the
Baroness Speck Won Sternberg, Lieut.
Gen. Won Loewenfeld and Maj. Count
Won Schmettow, the emperor's special
commissioners to the unwilling, and
the entire diplomatic corps, all in full
uniform.
On stands to the right and left of
the statue were officers of the army
and navy in full dress uniform, the
members of the supreme court, mem.
bers Of congress, and other invited |
guests. Directly in front of the ped.
estal of the statue were grouped the
members of the German societies
from various parts of the country who
came to Washington for the ceremony,
Within the gates of the army war
college along the line of march to
he esplanade we're stationed the !
.roops in attendance.
Early in the day Washington was
live with marching troops, and before
loon Rounted policemen gathered
long the line of march. By l O'Clock
pennsylvania avenue contained a