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The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
70 UNWILLING TO PERMIT EVA.
sIoNs DESIGNED TO GAIN
TIME.
MAY SOON ACT pfC:sIyfly
POPULAR TEMPER IN JAPAN HAS
LONG OPPOSED FURTHER
CElAY.

Toxic, Jan. 28.-The Japanese GOV.
ernment has diplomaticaiiy intimated
to Baron de Rosen. the Russian min
lister, that an early response Is de-
sired to Janan's -ecent note to Russia.
It is calculated here that the Japanese
not reached the Russian, cabinet on
the afternoon of Jan. &c. and it is felt
that sufficient time has elapsed for its
consideration and the preparation of o
response. The Japanese government
is conscious of the possible necessities
of the military and naval situation.
and is unwilling to permit evasions
and delays which are destined to gain
time. The future course of the jap
anese government is
Carefully Guarded seeret.
The length Of time that Japan is pre-
pared to await the pleasure of Russia
is unknown. 1t seems probable that
it has been determined tn act decisive
ly within a few days. The popular
temper has long opposed further de-
lay. While many objected to Japan's
taking the initiative, Il majority would
now welcome the issnsnce of a brief
ultimatum. and declaration of war IL
that should prove ineffective. Some
outside opinion here inclines to the
belief that the activity of the Japanese
will be limited to the seizure of Korea.
which enterprise it is thought Russia
would not oppose. The japanese gov
eernment proceeds with absolute
secrecy and the people of Japan are
even not informed Of the exact nature
of the demands made on Russia.
Japs Anxious About Korea.
Seoul, Korea, Jan. IS. - One hun
dred armed Japanese have been sent
to Pyengyang to insure the safety Of
the people, 1t having been reported
that the houses of wealthy natives
there were being looted by Korean SOL
diers and police disguised as robbers.
The report that Americans are act
ing in collusion with the members Of
the Russian legation at Seoul is en-
tirely without foundation.
The emperor has invited to the pal.
ace five French and Belgian civilians
to act as body guard. as he apparent
ly fears japanese intrusion. The JAP
anese have asked pointedly which
side the emperor favors, as they wish
to know II he is still. favorable to the
Russian cause.
Something Like Deadlock.
London, Jan. %. - A correspondent
Of Reuters Telegram company says
he hears that the negotiations have
reached something like q deadlock
owing to mutual distrust and the con.
sequent insistance upon guarantees
upon both sides. On the other hand
the correspondent in st. Petersburg Of
the Daily Mail says he hears Russia's
reply is likely to he sent Thursday.
The Daily Mail publishes srumor
that viceroy Alexief is on his wey to
st. Petersburg.
The correspondent of the Daily
Graphic at Ssbastonol claims indis-
putable authority 10 assert that Russia
three weeks ago asked permission for
warships to pass the Dardanelles,
which permission Turkey declined to
grant. Special dispatches from Toxic
published this morning concur in the
statement that tension continues, but
they only report ministerial confer.
ences without giving the results.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
RUNAWAY TRAIN Smashed.

Train Crew Jumped Three Miles es.
fore the Crash Came.
Two Harbors, Minn., Jan. %. - A
runaway train Of twenty-five cars on
the Duluth & Iron Range, loaded with
logs Of pulp wood in box cars, was
completely wrecked at 2:30 yesterday
morning. The train overturned en-.
tering curve at the yards here. The
air brakes refused to work. The train
crew jumped at Waldo, three miles
north.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
sAr DISEASED PORK.

Seventeen Lumber .Jaesss Nearly Oh
% Reeult.
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 28.-seventeeu
men employed in the Charles Burns tie
camp near Bennett Siding, Wis. mar
rowly escaped death yesterday from
trichinosis, supposed to have been
caused by boiled pork which they ate
for supper the day before. After work
ing over the men several hours ply
sician succeeded in reviving the men.
He said the only thing which saved
the lives of any Of the men was the
fact that all had eaten large quaint.
ties Of the poisoned meat which made
them vomit freely.
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WERE TIRED OF LIFE.
Husband and Wife Agree to Die To.
oether.

Husband and Wife Agree to Die To.
sether.
Pendleton. Or, Jan. 2S.-The bodies
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Blown Of
Reinbeck. Iowa. were found in the
hills south Of town yesterday. Mrs.
Brown had been shot in tho breast
and her thrOat cut from ca. to ear
with razor. Brown had shot himself
in the head and swallowed poison. A
note found said they were tired Of life
and had agreed to die together. An
other letter written by Mrs. Brown
and addressed to "Dear Brother"
said: when this letter reaches you
will be no more. l have found an
other man In Oregon I love better
than my husband"
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

Strange, isn't it, how some men can
steal several thousand dollars. mystic.
riously disappear, suddenly return
BROKE" and then report that their
mind was . blank? Yes. 1t is pass
ing strange.
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SIXTEEN MORE MEN NEARLY
ADDED TO THE LONG LIST
OF DEAD.
SUFFER- fpIou1ful EXPERIENCE
40 DOWN INTO MINE AND ARE.
REMOVED IN A FROZEN
CONDITION..

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 28. - Even the
elements seem to he conspiring to
prevent the work of rescue at the
Harwick mine. Almost zero weather
and bitter, biting, cruel wind late
in the afternoon swept down over the
little valley where the mine is located
and nearly added another list of dead
to the long. black table already meas
ured off. Not only was the work OF
search for the dead and living, If any
are still alive, rudeely interrupted, hut
cold, ice and wind combined nearly
cost the lives of sixteen more GOOD
men.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon SIN
teen men went down into the shaft
to do the work of bracketing. bolster
ing. tunnelins and removing the debris
that has so far barred their progress
into the workings where The men were
Their shift was supposed to- he Of
three hours only. Even at that
It Was Hard Task.
Even before the bucket reached the
bottom they were dr.nched with
water which the cold draught through
the shaft soon turned to ice.
Shortly after they were let down,
two at time in the bucket. tenn
porary hoist that had been rigged up
to bring up the debris and the dead
was started down the shaft. Then
came the snow and cold and the wind
again, and again efforts were made tn
reach the living men at the bottom OF
tthe shaft, but the wooden sides Of the
hoist. swollen by the water. stuck to
the iron guide slide and then came
hours of maneuvering to reach the,
bottom. The men below had no means
of warmth and many of them We're
standing deep in water. Every effort
was made to lower the cage and final.
ly 1t was loosened and got within
twelve feet Of the bottom. A timber
blown across the way by the explosion
was in the path. The men were with
in easy reach Of rope, but their
fingers. numbed and almost frozen by
the cold. were unable to grasp the Of
fered help.
None Were Able to Walk.
It was 9 o'clock when the first three.
men Of the party who went down at 5
O'Clock were brought to the surface.
Not one Of them was able to walk. be-
ing SO numb 5v the cold. They told of
their experience in the mine below.
Henry Beckert was one Of the first
men out Of the cage. He was carried
to the boiler house and after twenty
minutes Of warmth managed to
straighten himself and say:
1T was frightful experience. Cold
and hunger-and no good that we
could do. We were too cold to work.
There is apparently no one to rescue.
We had hard time to find many of
THE dead. A shred of clothing here
and another there, a jacket. pair of
overalls. but few bodies"
That some bodies are ready to be
brought up is certainty.
The number of dead in the mine is
placed at 1874. There are more than
100 widows and probably 400 or 500
orphans.
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ola Man Frozen 10 Death

Vtu WAN FrUzeH % OeGtH.
Anoka, Minn., Jan. Is. - Henry
Mertz, an old man living alone al
Linwood. was found frozen to death
in bed Sunday by a neighbor, who no
ticed NO smoke coming from the chin
ney. The coroner and sheriff have re
turned and say that there was evi
dence Of Mertz trying to build . hre
but laid back in bed with NO covering
and died.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

An Illinois woman stole a lead pen.
ell from . store twenty years ago and
has Just paid for it. Cold molasses? A
conscience like that is almost as slow
as cold cream.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTION.
White Girl Found in Cabin With
Two NeoroeS.

Anaconda, Mont, Jan. 2s.-The po.
lice arrested two co!ored men last
night on charge of abduction, infor-
nation having reached them that a
white girl was frequcnting their cabin
in the bad lands distric. of the town.
The officers went to the cabin and,
breaking in the door. found the ne
grces and white girl within. The girl
confessed. Both negroes were locked
up. The girl is not eighteen years old
by few months.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

A new journal published in Turkish
st Cairo declares: "Our chief duty 10
to show the Armenians thct there il
not in the whole world Q nation more
tust. more tolerant than the Turks. {"
And yet It does not purport to be .
funny paper.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

The new ocean steamer Just order.
cd will be 765 feet long-30 feet long.
er than the largest steamship in the
world. A walk from end to end Of
her and back before breakfast viii
10 q arst.rate constitutional.
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casuajtles.

Ca9uAItleo.
A fire in the factory Of the Gund.
ZACH and Manhattan Optical company
at Rochester, N. Y, caused a loss of
$55.o00.
Fire and water completely wrecked
the Hoadley building at New Haven,
Conn.,, causing a loss of $150,O0O. A
score or more of tenants lost every
thing.
The Peter vredenburg Lumber com.
pany of Springfield, ILL.,, suffered $751;
600 loss by fire. their lumber yard be-
Ing destroyed. Eight horses were
burned alive. The origin Of the fire is
unknown.
The Turner opera house at Findlay
Ohio, was totally destroyed BY fire,
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The
fire was started by defective flue.
The opera house was dark" when the
dre started
The Vine street school building at
Kalamazoo, Mich, was burned with a
loss OF about $4,000. Five hundred
pupils, trained by the fire drill. left
the building inside of minute without
accident to one of them.
The Vine street school building in
Kalamazoo, Mich, was burned, and the
the loss will be about $4,000. Five
hundred children. trained to the fire
drill, left the building inside of a min
ute and without an accident.
Fire destroyed the four-story wool
warehouse of H. P. Garrity & Co, in
Boston. Considerable damage also
vas done to the large building of the
Associated Wool Orders company
The total loss was about $4,000.
About thirty persons were drowned,
and three hotels and 176 houses de-
stroyed as the result of the bursting OF
q reservoir at Bloemfontein, South
Africa. Hundreds of persons have been
rendered homeless and destitute by the
disaster.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

When will the ingenious manufac'
turers discover that a mixture of ker'
osene and molasses is not satisfac
tory substitute for pure Vermont ma
pie sirup?
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

A Brooklyn woman whose first name
Il Ann has attained the age Of 107
years. Those people who have recent
II been making such persistent in.
oujydes concerning the age Of Ann are
doubtless regarded By her - being
~ lmpsrttuent
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

From the Medicine Hat News We
learn that there is FIRST brigade" in
that town. The popular impression
has been that Medicine Hat has moth
ing hut ice houses.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
eirlT colleae Burned.

Constantinople, Jan. %. - Mail ad.
vices from Erzeraum, Armenia, say
that the American, college. for girls
there was destroyed by fire Jan. 10,
believed to be incendiary. The COLLEGE
was modern and completed in 1908.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
0enator panieI Re.E,ectea

Senator Daniel Reelected.
Richmond, Va, Jan. %. - The two
houses of the general assembly yester.
day, voting separately, chose John W.
Daniel to succeed himself as United
States senator for the full term begiil
ming March 4. next.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Persisted FROM COLD.

Three Persons Lose Their Lives In
Vicinity Of Marinette.
Marinette, Wis, Jan. %. Three
persons have perisshed from the cold
in the vicinity Of Marinette. Ernest
Broutette, a woodsrlan, became lost in
the woods near Wausaukee and died
as result of the exposure. The frozen
body of James Carroll of Harris, Mich,
was found in a snowbank. He had
been drinking. Fred Cudofski. a
woods;nan, was so badly frozen while
ri.:iEg sack TO his camp that he died.
He had heen drinking heavily.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

The Kalamazoo flying machine also
IS "cigar-shaped." 1t will probably be
a long time before a new cigar ia
spoken of as being "fying machine
shaped"
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

Every time an actor lights match
on the stage now to burn a letter or
light his cigar people watch the fame
with fascinated interest, and think
Of the disaster in Chicago.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

1t puzzles the people of Santo Do.
mingo most of the time to determine
which Is the revolution and which is
the government.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

That doctor who declares that dan.
ger lies in the bath should be pre-
pared to find himself officially ap-
pointed the family physician for Wan.
de.ing Willie.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Foor Suffer by Cold.

Foor Suffer by Cold.
La Crosse. Wis, Jan. 28.-The third
day with the temperature between Is
and 80 below zero finds the poor Of the
city in terribly straighteaed circum-
stances and charitable organizations
are besieged with applications for
coal and wood.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

Question of etiquette: Should the
coy but not unwilling young man com.
pei the leap year pepper to ask pop.
per?
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Buy Library site.

spqng Valley. Mlnn.. Jan. 2s.-Ths
villa1 p council has Just purchased Of
tho lRnerty estate for 81 900 Z site for
tho Carnegie library. The library
board will now take charge Of the
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

II will be unwelcome news to leap
year girls that Paris scientist has
found out how to show the hearts
action by photograph. They'd rathe,
speak for themselves.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

Perhaps it has occurred to you by
.his time that you can break that New
Years resolution without anybody's
knowing anything about it.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

One of the important reasons which
Gen. Weyler fails to mention in ex.
planning why he did not invade the
United States is that the United
States would not let him in.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

The most wonderful music in all
the world is the ripping laughter Of
q romping, frolicing girl-Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Unless, Of course. she is making fun
Of you.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

Sir Thomas Upton has forwarded
his check from London to Chicago
There's a man whose heart and hand
YOU can depend upon.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Three Children Burned.

cslina. Ohio. Jan. 2s. - The three
small children of Henry Feisinger
were burned to death IN . flre that Do
stroyed his home. The mother vae
fatally injured ana thS fatAsr badly
burned,
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Brakeman Fai!s under wheeI..

Duluth, Minn.. Jar. IS. - William
McMa9n, brakeman for the Great
Northern road, was killed YESTERDAY
afternoon near Hibbing. He fell OF
the footboard of the engine while max
ing a;dying switch.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
MERCHANT FOUND DEAD.

FSTE Eler WadcEa Nan Frozen 70 Death
Nca: His Store.
Ecst Francis, Ont, Jan. 2S.-George
III. Green, She hardware merchant at
Ins.7sntianS: Falls, Minn., recently
FREQ WsaeLA, where his family still
resides, was found frozen to death on
the STOW baci, Of his; s.cre. He slept
in the store, and went OH. during the
night partly clothed. and evidently
fell on the hare snow and became un.
conscious, death resulting.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Bank Robbed Of 81, ZOO.

Z Plattsmouth,' Neb., Jan. g. Sheriff
Mcbride has received word that the
bank in the village Of Murdock was
robbed Of $1.700 early yesterday, Ths
sheriff IL hunting the robbers With
bloodh0unds. ,S,. q ij
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

A California woman carried off the
first prize in the New York beauty
show. California produces fine girls.
no doubt, but there are others.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
BUSINESS COLLEGE BURNS.
Fireman Found Nearly Dead on Top
OF Building.

Fireman foUno Nearly Oedo on TUP
OF Building.
Waterloo. Iowa, Jan. 2S.-Fire last
night totally destroyed the Waterloo
Commercial college. 1t was with
great difficulty that the flames were
confined to the main h',iiding. Fire
men fought the flames ior Ave hours.
John Morrill,. fireman. was found
nearly deao lying on the top Of near
by building where he bad been ope-
rating hose. Great difficulty was ex-
per'enced in restoring him to life. The
total loss amoants to $4,000; partially
covered by !ns.Tance.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

One of the most serious results of
Che production of "Parsifal' on this
side of the ocean is that it will now
be played by the street pianos.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

There will be more room on the
water wagon after few days-Wash-
ington Post. Going to climb down,
are you?
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

It is enormously reported that s!s
women put on mems clothes and wit
messed bloody prize fight in New
York. They are not women, simply
females.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Sin and Sinners.

NOn-unlOn drivers, employed at
funeral in st. Louis, were beaten and
robbed by men said to be unionists.
Gov. JEFF Davis and Judge Wood
were fined $40 each as the result of q
fist fight following their joint debate
at Hope, Ark.
Col. John H. Bacon. seventy-five
years old, killed himself at Colorado
Springs because of his suffering from
rheumatism.
George Smith of Burwell, Neb.. com.
mitted suicide by placing his head over
the muzzle Of a shotgun and compell-
ing his son, aged ten, to pull the trig.
| ger.
August C. Brucker, a postal clerk Of
Chicago, has been arrested on a charge
Of stealing postage stamps of large
denominations from letters addressed
to foreign countries.
| Jumbo Clark. q negro. was lynched
at High Springs. Fla, for an assault
upon white girl about fourteen years
old. After being hanged, his body was
riddled with bullets.
Members OF the executive committee
of the candy trust pleaded guilty in
New York to charge of conspiracy.
Tho combine has been broken and SO
sentence was suspended.
An attempt was made to wreck a
passenger train on the Louisville &
Nashville near Pensacola, Fla, by pill
ing ties on the track. but the obstrucs
ton was discovered in time.
George Blair, an official in New York
ci.y's charitable department, has been
sued for $25, 900 which he is alleged to
have secured wrongfully from an old
and mentally irresponsible man named
Robert Walmsley.
Friends of William P. 1nglis of Chi.
cago, treasurer of the Illinois st. An
drew's society, who has been mysteri-
ously missing since Dec. %, indignant
ly deny the -umors that the missing
treasurer may be defaulter.
Miss Esther Riley, cashier Of the
Congress Hotel company Of Chicago,
while on her way to church. was at
tackled by a well-dressed stranger on
Harrison street, knocked down and her
face and lips badly bruised where her
assailant struck her.
Mrs. May Baker, who comes from a
well-to-do family, took carbolic acid
in room in house in Cleveland, be-
cause John Rooney, her sweetheart, re-
jected her proposal of marriage.
Rooney is married man. although the
woman did not know this.
Clarence D. Taylor, well-known
official Of the Minneapolis General
Electric company. is missing. Shortly
after he left the city it was discovered,
it is said. that he had borrowed money
from different friends and issued sew
eral checks after withdrawing all his
money from the bank.
Suspected Of having stolen many
books and instruments and money to
the amount of $50 from New York uni
versity students, one Of the most prom
Using young men in the institution has
been suspended pending an investiga-
ton by the chancellor and faculty into
the charges made by his fellow stu
dents.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
FALLS INTO BOILING TANK
Man P!unges in but Climbs Out On
.... Iron Fipe.

GraIi Rapids, Wis. Jan. 2S.-Henry
jacobson fell i"to a large boiling
water ::sris at the paper mills of the
Consolidated Water Power and Paper
company and was terribly scalded
He climbed up on an iron pipe and
was T.s:ued by his brother. His con.
dition is critical. Steam from an ex.
haust pipe hid the view of the tank,
causing him to make a misstep.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

New Hampshire's governor is charg.
ed with holding four positions and
drawing four salaries. Just think
what he is saving the state in desk
room.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

. It was hardly fair in Laureate Aus.
tin to write rank parody of Kipling
and call it q New Years ode.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

The assertion is made that the aver.
age Russian peasants vocabulary is
limited to ITO words. And such words!
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29

The Philadelphia mint has begun
striking OH coins dated 1904. Here's
hoping you may get lot of them.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
Che news Y..;~|\
OF the Weelt!' 3

In his trial in London, Whitaker
Wright testified that he assisted the
London and Globe company out Of his
private pocket, lending it between
100000 and 32,500,000. Previous to
this he had prepared settlement Of
s1,5oo.0oo on his family, but gave the
money to the company when it On.
countered distress.
The federal premier Of Australia,
after a consultation with the premier
Of New Zealand, R. ]. Seddon, has
cabled to the authorities of Pretoria
that Australia. after an experience of
years. has decided that the prohibition
Of Chinese labor is imperative In
British communities expecting to en-,
JOY responsible self.government. Pre-:
mier Seddon has cabled to Pretoria In
similar terms.
According to Vienna newspaper,
Archduke Ferdinand Charles, nephew
of Emperor Francis Joseph and broth!
er to the heir presumptive TO the
throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand;
planned to marry the daughter Of Herr
Emanuel Czuber, professor Of mathe
matics at Vienna university. Owing
to the protestations of his family, how.
ever, he decided not to marry the girl,
and will try to forget her by travel.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
some OF the high finance" 1, "a
high" that it is putrld.

When q ran gets neat enough to
roll up his trousers the time is ripe for
pulling his leg.
The Wahpeton times., 1904-01-29
DASHED HERSELF TO DEATH.

Woman Th!oWs HereeIf In Front ct
Fast Mail.
Barahco. Wis.. Jan. %. - Mrs. De.
liltah McGee. sleeping with two daugh-
ters Ut North Freedom. unobserved,
arose in her night clothes, and, bare.
footed, ran across q field of snow in
Temperature Of 80 below zero, and
dashed herself In front of the fast
mali. sne was tracked and frozen
fragments were discovered by rela.
tiyes.