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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-06
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS..

Court. Mclean Co., No''siJ
MCLEAN COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.,
Official Bonded Abstractors for Mclean
County, N. Oak.
Abstracts furnished Oh short notice.
Titles examined and perfected.
Tax matters attended to for non -resldents'
Money TO Loan on Real Estate.
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
RUsSIA'S NEW BASE
At Hardin, 600 Miles North of Port
Arthur.

New Chwang The city of Hardin,
which Russia has decided to make the
center of her military concentration,
is located on the Sungari river, at
point where the Manchurian branch
of the Siberian railway crosses the
stream, and where the Chinese eastern
branch starts south to Port Arthur
and Dalny. 1t is about three hundred
and fifty miles west Of Vladivostock
and six hundred miles north of Port
Arthur. It's location is the geograph-
ical center Of Manchuria and as base
of military operations it is admirably
situated. The city is surrounded on
all sides for hundreds of miles with
rich and productive agricultural coun-
try, producing corn, wheat, oats, bar
ley, tobacco, vegetables and some
fruits. Minerals and timber and
great areas Of grazing lands also sur
round it.
At present the place consists of the
old town, three miles from the central
depot; Preston, or the river town, the
present commercial center, and the
administration town, in close prox-
unity to the railway station. Before
the railway engineers established this
as their headquarters there was no ma
tive town in the vicinity, and the en-
tire place is therefore a Russian pro-
duct. The city has been created by
the Russian government, under the
management of the Manchurian Rail-
way Company. The land for many
miles in each direction has been Sc
cured, so as to make it impossible for
any foreign influence to secure profit
or foothold close to the city, and for
eigners have been recognized as hav-
ing no rights whatever. The normal
population Of the city consists of co.
600 Russians, exclusive of soldiers.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
REMARKABLE
Was Request Of Jury in the Postal
Cases.

Washington. Immediately after
Criminal Court convened Justice Prit-
chard charged the jury in the postal
cases.
After being out forty minutes the
jury sent for what Justice Pritchard
characterizes as remarkable and
most unusual request. They desired
the account book of George E. Lorenz,
the note for 5000, all drafts, checks,
warrants and statements of each OF
the defendants, as well as the papers
in his charge. His counsel said that
to comply with the request in its en-
tirety would amount to re-trial in
the case. The jury was sent for and
Justice Pritchard informed them he
had decided, with the consent of coun-
sci, to let them have the note and ac-
count book Of Lorenz and such papers
as bore on the note transaction. He
said it was not customary to send ev-
idence to the jury-room, as the jury
are presumed to have heard the evil
dence and understood the same. IL
they were in doubt about any part of
it, he said he would read, as also
would he give them information on
any point of law in WHICH they were
in doubt. The jury then returned to
the jury-room.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY.

The House this afternoon passed
the Senate uniform textbook bill with
several important amendments. The
composition of the commission was
materially altered. 1t is to be com
posed of eight leading educators, to be
appointed by the governor. The Sen
ate bill made the governor, attorney
general and superintendent of educa-
ton members of the commission, and
gave them the right to appoint eight
other members, two college professors,
two high school principals, two COM
mon school teachers and the primary
teachers. The House amendment re-
moved the restrictions as to special
teachers to be appointed, and gave
the governor the right to appoint
''eight prominent educators. The
action of the House is regarded as the
best thing that could possible have
been done to insure an unembarrass-
ed commission. The responsibility is
fixed on the governor, and in case he
appoints an incompetent commission
he will suffer chiefly from the scandal.
No one doubts, however, that the COM
missioners appointed by Governor
Vardaman will be of a character to
command confidence. Whether the
Senate will accept the amendment is
questionable. If it does not, it prob
ably means the death of the uniform
text book measure at this session. 1t
is the general opinion here that even
this would be preferable to passing a
bill providing for a commission about
whose composition there could be any
question.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Sacred Image Sent to War.

Moscow. The most sacred image in
Russia has been sent to st. Petersburg
and will be taken later to the Far
East with the army. This image is a
representative of the Virgin appear
ing to Saint Sergius, and is always
kept at the Thoitzko monastery, it Is
about one foot square and is covered
with precious stones. The image has
remarkable history. 1t accompanied
Alexis, Peter the Great and Alexander
1 on all their campaigns. A silver
tablet attached to it enumerates the
battles at which Kion was present.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
THURSDAY.

The House this afternoon unani-
mously refused to invite w. j. Bryan
to deliver an address before that body.
The way the resolution was worded,
however, had great deal to do with
the unanimous defeat it met. 1t stat
ed that, "Whereas, Mr.. Bryan refused
to support c. F. Crisp of Geogia for
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives in 1891, because he was an ex-
Confederate soldier; and whereas the
house declined to invite Grover Cleve-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

quence. The House met with the SEN
ate during the exercises.
The judiciary committee has not
yet taken action on the several bills
that are now before it providing for
the establishment of state deposito-
ries. These bills are receiving the
most careful attention from the COM
mittee. Former Treasurer Thad Lamp
ton, in his report to the legislature,
strongly recommended the passage Of
law creating the repositories for
state funds, and Treasurer Miller is
in favor Of the plan, but notwith-
standing these endorsements there
seems to be every indication that the
judiciary committee will not take fav-
orable action on any of these bills.
Committee Reports.
The education committee reported
unfavolably on the bill fixing COM
pensation of county school boards and
bill providing for teaching elemental
ry principles of agriculture in public
schools. The committee reported fav-
orably on amended form of bill au-
therizing separate school districts to
employ superintendent, and bill
changing time for selecting school
trustees from September to May.
Judiciary committee reported favor
ably on act requiring state revenue
agent to investigate fiscal affairs of all
bonded state officers, an act to enlarge
the duties of the state revenue agent,
an act relative of salaries of justices
of the peace. Judiciary reported I'M
favorably on act relating to sale of
cocaine, an act in reference to COM
pensation of county treasurers, and an
act in reference to reports of tax col
lectors.
Local and private legislation COM
mittee reported adversely on act di-
viding Pike county into separate court
districts, an act authorizing Aber-
deem to issue bonds, an act creating
office of cotton weigher in Webster
county, an act to amend charter of the
city of Vicksburg, and several minor
and relief measures.
Fees and salaries committee report
ed favorably on act in reference to
compensation of tax collectors, and
unfavorably on bills fixing compensa-
ton Of insurance commissioner.
Humane and benevolent institutions
committee reported amended bill ia
vorably relating to new buildings foI
deaf and dumb institute.
The bill amending the charter OF
the city of Vicksburg so as to in
crease the number of aldermen from
eight to ten was passed.
The speaker appointed the follow
ing conference committee on the uni
form text book bill: Messrs. Eddins
Caradine, MeGee, Lockwood and Cow.
! lev.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Protect Themselves.

Chicago-Nearly twenty managers
of Chicago theatres have attended a
secret meeting called for the purpose
of forming protective association.
After the meeting it was announced
that it had been decided to form a
social and business organization SIM
liar to the one in New York. George
Warren, of McVickers' was chair
man Of the meeting.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
SATURDAY.

The Senate this morning held men,
orial services in homer of the memory
of the late w. B. Walker of Aberdeen,
who represented the thirty-eight dis
trict. The desk of Senator Walker
was draped in black, and upon it were
placed beautiful flowers. The entire
morning hours were spent in paying
tributes to Senator Walker and the
addresses were full of feeling and elo-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Bryan Saw Mayor.

New York w. J. Bryan called on
Mayor Mcclellan at the city hall, and
remained in conference with him for
some time. Mr.. Bryan at the end of
his visit said he had made only a
friendly call on Mr.. Mcclellan, whom
he knew very well in congress, and
that politics had not been discussed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Bold Thief.

Chicago-A fashionably dressed
young woman, 10 years old, has been
choked almost into insensibility in a
corridor Of the Auditorium Hotel by
a man who tried to rob her of her
purse. Had it not been for the APP
pearance of John Reddington, the
telephone operator, who was entering
the hotel, the thief would have sue
ceeded and murder might have result
ed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Another War Fright.

Westinghouse is feared that Col
ombian soldiers near the Panama bor-
der will make war on the Panamans
without orders from Bogota, as soon
as they learn of the ratification Of the
treaty, Chief Inanuquina, of the San
Bias tribe, has been deposed by the
Panamans, who named Henry Clay as
Chief.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
TUESDAY.

The Senate this afternoon passed
the House "Jim Crow' Street Car
Bill, which provides that street car
companies shall provide separate COM
partments for whites and blacks. An
attempt was made to amend the bill
leaving its operation or non-opera-
tion to the boards of aldermen in the
various cities having street railways,
but the riends of the bill would not
have this amendment, and the bill
was passed just as it came from the
House. Governor Vardaman has al
ready said that he would sign the bill.
The House this afternoon passed a
bill changing the mode of selecting
Confederate pensioners and putting it
back in the hands of the supervisors,
the sheriffs and the chancery clerks.
The present law provides for the Sc
lection of applicants by boards COM
posed of Confederate veterans.
The Committee of the House on Reg
istration and Election this afternoon
decided to allow Representative But
Ter, of Franklin county, to keep his
seat, which was contested by Mr..
McGee.
The morning session of the House
was productive of great deal of fin
ished work The first thing done was
the passage of the Senate Uniform
oh
section by section yesterday. The
bill providing for the support of the
State Hospital at Natchez was passed,
as was the general appropriation bill
providing for salaries of the State
officers, chancellors, judges and dis
trict attorneys. The bill carries over
100000 with it.
The Senate did absolutely nothing
this morning. All the morning was
consumed in discussing the Glover
bill, submitting to the voters of Goa
homa county proposition to abolish
the Second District of that county,
the county site of which is Friars
Point. The senate did not think it
was wise to submit the question, and
the bill was killed.
The re-districting committee, which
has in hand the re-districting of the
state as to chancery and circuit dis
tricts, held an interesting session last
night, and it is stated today that the
circuit districts have been agreed on.
There are to be three new circuit court
districts. The new chancery districts
have as yet not been agreed on.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Fire at Nicholson, Pa.

Scranton, Pa.-Aserious fire is rag
ing at Nicholson, town of about
800 inhabitants, about twenty miles
from here. The postoffice and sever
al other buildings have been destroy
ed. The flames are spreading and the
Scranton fire department has been
asked for assistance.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Got Quite a Sum.

New York-It is stated on good au-
thority that the shortage of Wallace
III. Hamm, manager of the Boston Of
fee of the American Surety Company,
arrested on the charge Of having en-
bezzled $4,000, will reach at least
quarter of a million.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

al privilege tax bill, which was passed
by the House yesterday, and which
has now gone over to the Senate, will
be declared unconstitutiona by the SUI
preme court, because in the bill as
passed by the House license is plac-
ed upon bucket shops, the running of
which is prohibited by the laws of the
state.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Fine Chance.

New Haven, Conn Secretary of
War, William II. Taft, who is grad
uate Of Yale in the class of 1873,
saws in letter to the Yale News, that
exceptional opportunities present
themselves to college men in the Phil
ippines. Lucrative law practices are
to be built up and engineers are IN
great demand as provincial superyi-
sors or as employees in the engineer
ing bureau Of the central government
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Estimates Increased.
France and Spain Sign Treaty.

Paris The foreign Office has an
nounced that treaty of arbitration
between France and Spain has been
signed. The terms are identical with
the recent arbitration treaties con-
cluded between France and Great
Britain and Italy and Great Brit
ain.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Big Whiskey Bill.

Toxic The Japanese government
has paid claim of $4,000 made by
the American Trading Company for
excessive duties collected on whisky.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

The state department has received
from Minister Griscom at Toxic re-
port of the naval encounters at Port
Arthur on the 23rd and 18th inst His
dispatch adds nothing to the detailed
accounts already given in the press
dispatches.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Legislature Notes.

The bill introduced by Mr.. H. H.
Brooks, of Noxubee county, to have
the oil which is now being sold in the
state inspected, is meeting with oppo-
sition from the oil people. The bill
provides for an inspector in every
county to inspect the quality of oil
that is sold. This bill is, in its gener-
al working, like those that are in force
in other states. In Tennessee, Ala
bama, Arkansas and other surround
ing states oil inspectors are provided
for, and it is claimed that the oil
which is refused in these states is sent
down to Mississippi The bill has been
approved by R. w. Jones, Chemist of
the University of Missippi, as thor
oughly practical in every way.
1t has been claimed that the gener-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

The President has appointed Victor
Loisel United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Louisiana, to sue
coed the late Marshal Foneliue.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

land, who appointed Confederate
soldier TO his Cabinet; therefore be it
resolved, That the House now invite
Hon. w. J. Bryan to deliver an ad-
dress on 'the Sin of Secession
The House this morning passed the
bill appropriating $22,5OO for the sup
port of Beauvoir as a home of Confed-
crate soldiers. The bill gives $4,000
for 1904 and $12,500 1905. 1t pro-
vides for the management of Beau
voir by a board of six trustees, to be
appointed by the Governor, with the
Governor as an ex-officio member.
The Senate spent the entire morn
ing and afternoon discussing the
Moore bill to abolish the county con-
Wet leasing system. The bill was
read and adopted section by section.
Tomorrow it will be placed on final
passage.
The subcommittee appointed from
House and Senate Committee on the
rc-districting of the state has COM
rlstsd its works, and the Groom bill
has been adopted by the committee
unanimously. This bill does not pro-
vide for an increase in the number of
Circuit Court district in the state, but
re-arranged the districts more equally.
The bill, as drawn, will be adopted
by the committee of the whole, and
will, doubtless, be adopted by the
House and the Senate without change.
The chancery districts have not yet
been touched upon by the committee,
but the indications are that there will
be an increase of the Chancery Court
district
The following are the Circuit Court
districts as mapped out in the Groom
bill:
Firts District Alcorn, Chickasaw,
Itawamba Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Ok
tibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomin-
go.
Second District-Green, Hancock,
Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Per-
ny, Marion, Wayne.
Third District Benton, De Soto,
Lafayette, Marshall, Pamela, Tate,
Tippah and Union.
Fourth District. Bolivar, Lehore,
Sunfower, Washington and Holmes.
Fifth District-Attala, Calhoun,
Choctaw, Clay, Carroll, Grenada,
/
Montgomery and Webster.
Sixth District Amite,
Franklin, Jefferson, Pike, Wilkinson
and Lincoln.
Seventh District Kinds, Yazoo,
Madison and Copiah.
Eighth District-Leak, Newton,
Rankin, Scott, Smith, Simpson, Gov
ington, Jones and Lawrence.
Ninth District Claiborne, Issaque-
ma, Sharkey and Warren.
Tenth District Kemper, Lauder
dale, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston,
Jasper and Clark.
Eleventh District Coahoma, Quit
man, Tallahatchie, Tunica and Yalo-
busha.
The times and terms of the holding
Of these courts will be decided upon at
the meeting Of the committee tonight.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

Admiral Walkers declares there is
no need of troops, and 400 marines
will be kept on the isthmus.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

1t is not believed that French liti-
CATION will interfere with the final
consummation of the Canal Company
purchase, though it is probable that
the secretary Of the treasury may
send a man to Paris to investigate.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

Chairman Williams and Collector
Mccall have called on the president in
regard to Louisiana patronage.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

It is said that Ex-Governor Crane
does not want the arduous duties Of
republican chairman, and other names
are being considered.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

Natehez citizens have had hearing
before the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee regarding protection for the
harbor of Natchez.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

London British naval estimates
for next year are $12,OO0,Q0O above
this year 5 estimates.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Wanted The chinks.

New York-A missionary returning
from Africa says that Chinese labor
is badly needed there.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

Admiral Dewey has arrived at
Guantanamo.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03

The Senate has passed the agricul-
tural and executive and legislative APP
preparation bills.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Another Oyster Bill.

An oyster bill was introduced in the
House to-day by Hon. R. c. Cowan,
from Harrison and Jackson counties.
This bill so amends the Bowers Oyster
Law that dredges may be used on
boats propelled by steam or other
power in deep water. Under the Bow
ers Oyster Law, the revenue derived
during the first year from the tax of
2 cents per barrel on oysters was $14,-
020. After paying the expenses of the
Oyster Commission and oyster inspec-
ton, and after expanding $4,000 in
planting shells to increase the area Of
the oyster reefs, there remained bal
ance of more than $4,000 in the state
treasury from this fund. Had power
dredges been permitted under the
Bowers Law, the amount of revenue
from this source would have been at
least one-third more, or about $4,000.
The Cowan Oyster Bill permits the
use of power dredges, and increases
the tax on oysters from cents to 4
cents per barrel. Under this bill the
total revenue to the state will be not
less than $4,000 per year, without in
creasing the expenses to be incurred
in enforcing its provisions, thereby
paying into the state treasury about
$4,000 net revenue the first year, and
more than that each thereafter. The
Cowan Bill provides for uniform
measure for oysters, and otherwise re-
sembles the Barber Bill, which is
pending in committee, except that the
Objectionable features restricting the
fishing of oysters to resident citizens
has been eliminated.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Senate Reverses Itself.

The Senate this afternoon very un-
expectedly reversed itself in the Goa
homa County Bill. The bill was de-
bated for three hours yesterday and
killed. This afternoon the vote was
reconsidered and the bill was passed
by good majority. There has been
a large number of prominent citizens
of Coahoma county in the city all day
and they have working on the men,
bers. The bill submits to the citizens
of Coahoma the right to vote on the
abolition of the second district of that
county, the county site of which is
Friars Point.
The elective judiciary amendment
to the constitution on submitting
propositions to the people to be voted
on passed its first reading. 1t will
have to pass three separate days be-
fore it will be sent to the Senate.
Some of the opponents set up the con-
tention that the bill had not received
the necessary majority.
The Senate this afternoon passed a
bill for the support of the State Uni
versity for the next two years, which
carries an appropriation of $4,000
for the two years.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-03-03
Cleveland Not Invited.

The feature in the House to-day was
the turning down of resolution in
troduced by Representative McAllis-
ter, inviting former President Grover
Cleveland to address the body. The
resolution received thirty-three votes.
1t is pointed out that four years
ago, when resolution was introduced,
inviting Hon. Grover Cleveland to adj
dress the Legislature, it only receiv-
ed one vote. To-day the McAllister
resolution received 33 votes, to AZ
against.