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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
PREPARING FOR WAR
WILL OPENLY SUPPORT NEXT
OUTBREAK OF RUSSIAN
REvoLuTIONIsTs.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE NovOe
Vremya continues it's revelations in
regard to the importations of arms
into Finland. The paper declares 1T
has evidence that the radical organiza-
ton in Finland is preparing for open
war in support of the next outbreak
of the Russian revolutionists. Not
only are well armed infantry forces
being drilled, but horses are being
trained for cavalry and artillery serv.
ice and shells for field artillery are
being imported.
The statements Ut the Novoe Vrem-
va are undoubtedly correct so far as
the Finnish extremists are concerned,
but the Nationalists and even the So
cial Democratic organizations dtsclatm
any connection or even sympathy with
violent measures.
The appointment Of General Lang
hon, former commander Of the Semio-
novsky regiment, to be state Secretary
Of Finland. the connecting link be-
tween the emperor and the grand
duchy, is unsatisfactory to the Fin
landerv. General Langho6, though q
native Finn, has been q lifetime In the
Russian service and has no admins
trative qualities. The governor Of
Bjoerneborg. who was the Finnish
candidate for the state. secretaryship.
was rejected, although his candidacy
was supported by Count Witte.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09

to points in Arkansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Okahoma AND. Texas. For
further information apply to =. r.
Jones, 223 Robert st., Fargo, n. D.
Feb. %.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
THE CASE.

The case of T. r. G. Crowell VS..
L. G. Black, ct al. will be trans
ferred from the district court of
Mclean county to the federal court.
The action promises to be one of
the most important tried in North
Dakota in many years. The de-
PENDANTS are all prominent men.
Mr.. Black is a former law partner
of Senator Foraker, and among the
other defendants is ex-Attorney
General Harmon, who held Office
under President Cleveland. G. A.
Bosworth is Assistant Treasurer of
the United States.
The plaintiff seeks to recover
commission on the sale of the Fort
Stevenson reservation, claiming
about $35, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
CRIMINAL NEWS.

John A. Linn, for eight years CLERK
of the superior court of Cook county
ILL.,, has been indicted by the grand
Jury, which has charged him with lar
ceny, embezzlement and forgery
Twenty-Five separate indictments Were
returned against Linn. a.e
Because she wished to postpone her
wedding day Mrs. Eva Kennedy OF
Dayton, O., is dead, with a bullet hole
in her heart, and Roy Mendenhall is
at a hospital with two self-inflicted re
vcIyer wounds, which will probably
cau:c death.
e. T. Eoilcurt; b%ookkecper and cash
Ter in tho indianapolis and Cincinnati
Traction company Office at Shelby
Vile, Ind, shot himself through the
head as the company's auditor wa
checking up his accounts.
Two armed robbers entered the EN-.
pire Loan bank at Chicago, compelled
the two clerks to kneel behind one of
the counters and looted the place of
$500 in cash and 800 worth of jew.
elry.
Willie Hatton. the seven-year-old
son of John Hatton. a prosperous
farmer, shot and killed his mother at
Rogers, KY, because she had spanked
him for some small dereliction of duty.
Seven Chicago hotelkeepers and
three men connected with the manage
ment of different hotels have been
indicted on the charge of keeping a
common gambling house.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
A DlABOLlCAL CRIME.

An attempt was made Wednes-
day morning to commit one Of the
most attrocious crimes known to
the annals of criminal history was
made in the village of Portal when
Howard Smith and William Coyne
two notorious gamblers and pig
gers, attempted to kill Sheriff John
Lee Of Ward county, and Andrew
n. Olson, foreman Of the 500 round
house, at Portal. But for the kind
ly Illustration Of the plot Lee, o.
son and seven members Of the lat.
ter's family would have been Gre
mated Olson was awakened at
one o'clock by the sound Of some
one boring beneath his bedroom
window. Jumping from bed he
saw three men outside who started
to get away on seeing Olson. Olson
awakened Sheriff Lee, who was
sleeping in the same room, and
both men grabbed their guns and
started for the outside. As Olson
reached the rear door he saw a man
running towards the gate. He fired
W. "a ~ in the air and as the
criminal was about to turn and
shoot, Olson fired another shot, the
bullet passing through the mans
left side. The injured man fell
and believing the man dead, Olson
started to assist the sheriff, who
holding q member Of the gang at
point Of a revolver. This man
who proved to be Howard Smith,
was handcufed and taken into
Olson's house. When the sheriff
returned for the injured man he
had disappeared. The next morn
ing he was located in the Union
hotel on the Canadian side and the
Canadian authorities turned Coyne,
who the sheriff had been trying to
locate for a month, over to the
American officers. Both men were
brought to Minot. Coyne's condi-
ton is very critical.
On examination it was discover
ed the piggers had been boring a
three-quarters inch hole through
the side of the house and the find
ing of five gallon can Of gasoline
beneath the window showed they
intended to pour the oil through
the hole and then touch a match
to it in the hope of cremating sher-
if Lee who last week caused the
arrest of eleven Portal gamblers
and piggers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
REV. DR.. SIMMONS, BANKER, MIN.
isTER AND POLITICIAN, sUl.
c'oEs At PEORIA &, Ill. ~, e s.. ].
nAo SEEN ACCUSED Of: /. IMMORTALITY
STATE ATTORNEY. SAID 70 HAVE
SECURED DAMAGING TEsTi- :.
MoNY AGAINST HIM.

Peoria, Ill.,, Feb. 7.-Rev. DR.. G. H.
Simmons, pastor of the First Baptist
church, president of the Interstate
Savings bank and the Peoples Savings
bank and recently appointed manager
of the Yates senatorial campaign in
Peoria county, was found dead in bed,
having committed suicide during the
night.
The body was found by his wife
when she called him to breakfast. A
letter found beside him showed his
death to have been premeditated.
Three physicians who were hastily
summoned gave, as their~ !apinien that
..dsath was caused by cyanide of potas-
stun. Coroner Baker took charge Of
the remains.
The Peoples Savings bank, of which
Simmons was president. located In the
workmen's quarter of the city. did not
open its doors during the morning.
Cashier Look said it would remain
closed until some future action was
U0tOI AuAACu vi. AASlO W0o q uAA oAA
the bank the previous day and by 10
q. m. a large crowd surrounded the
building, clamoring for their money.
Second Bank Pays Depositors.
The Interstate Savings hank, of
which he was president up to Monday,
when his resignation was accepted and
E. C. Heidrich elected in his stead,
was also the object of a run. but de-
positors are being paid as fast as pos
sible.
DR.. Simmons came to the First Zap
fist church five years ago from Terre
l[aute, Ind, and had been remarkably
successful. He secured national pub
licity two years ago by advocating a
dramatization of the life Of Christ. re
became local manager of the scna-
torial campaign OF former Governor
Yates a week ago, shortly after scri-
GUS stories affecting his morals were
circulated. States Attorney Scholes
undertook an investigation and Sc
cured some sensational confessions
from boys of his congregation. DIR.
Simmons was forty years Die and
leaves a widow. He held charges In
Texas, Jackson, Tenn, and Louisville,
KY, before coming here.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Secretary Metcalf Of the department
At commerce and labor has ordered 8
thorough and searching investigation
Of the Valencia wreck. of Vancouver
and the conduct of officers and crew
Of that steamship as we'll as the ON
Gers Of the steamers Topeka and
Queen, which went. to the assistance
Of the disabled vessel. ''.'i,'
The president has nominated eMajo,
General ;. John G. Bates, at, present
chief. Of. stat, to be; lieutenant: genera
10 succeed lieutenant General Adns
n. ,Chaffee... He, also. nominated Briga
der General A. w. Greeley; chief sig
mai officer. to be major general of the
line to succeed General Bates as major
general.
The report of the isthmian cana
commission, recording its decision IL
favor of an eighty-five-foot level loci
canal, has been submitted to Secre
tary Taft. The report is accompanied
by the report of the board of engi
neers, the majority of whom declared
for a sea level canal.
The imports into the United States
have practically doubled in value in
the last seven years. For the calendar
year 1905 the imports aggregated in
value $1,179, 600. 900, as against $685.,
000,0 0 in the calendar year 1898.
Representative r. r. Hit of Illinois
who has been i'll at his home in Wash
ington for more than q week past with
heart trouble. is reported to be i'm
proving, having passed, the crisis OF
the disease. /
An agreement providing for the es
tablishment Of a parcel post at CHEAP
rates between Sweden and the United
States has been concluded.
Colombia has again renewed hel
demand for recompense from thu
United States because Of the separa
ton of Panama.
Brigadier General Frederick d
Grant has been promoted to the. rank
Of major general.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
RUSSIAN INTERNAL SITUATION.

In spite Of the presence Of q large
garrison, reinforced by the police
forces and the employment of the Sc.
verest repressive measures, the revo-
lutionists are waging a desperate war
against the authorities in Riga, where
the government is less firmly estab-
lished than in the remote regions OF
the provinces.
Provincial Councillor Filonoff, held
responsible by the terrorists for. the
ruthless severity with which the agrar-
ian disorders In the vicinity had been
suppressed, has been assassinated at
Poltava.
Alarmed by the stern and vigorous
campaign waged by the troops under
General Alikhanon the Inhabitants of
the Caucasus are abandoning the reyo-
lutionary cause.
Four more anarchists, making six
teen during the past fortnight, were
shot without trial in the citadel at
warsaw Thursday. OF the total Of.
teen were Jsexgph.
"A mob attacked tho jail at Riga.
1hot down tie ssnGds4 bToks opsathe
calls and libsraey9 4ilftAt political
oelDoneT0ss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
SAYS TAFT WAS VERY ANGRY.
Former Chief Engineer Wallace Tells
Of s~ecretarv's Actions.

Washington, Feb. John T. Wal
lace, former chief engineer of the 18TH
milan canal, was again before the SEN
ate committee on i~nteroceanic canals.
He gave a minute account of the con-
ditions he found on the isthmus and
the difficulties he encountered in get
ting material and supplies and the
delays that occurred in filling requisi-
tons
While he was cabling to have the
orders expedited, he said, he received
word from Admiral Walker that cable
grams cost money. 1t was q delicate
hint, he said, that he had better not
use the cables SO much.
Mr.. Wallace said to the committee
that he did a years work and that his
successors had no benefit of his anal
ysis or recommendations because,
he said, "the secretary Of war toldsme
he did not want Il. and had no l,lllxS ri.
me except on tho isthmus q ssdtrect.
Ing engineer. Hs3was 20; xAkryy'm his
tssataasnt that shs m Sut earssd NJ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
BIRTHS.
AS8pesating 1912 Against
1,747 Deaths Report
for Year and Month";

= '' -
The monthly rep 9rt Of Dr.. H H:
Heply, secretary Of the State Board
of Health, shows 491 births in the
state during the month Of Decem-
Der and 1919 deaths during the same
period. The total number of births
reported during the year 1905 are
1912 and 1,747 deaths. In twelve
months there were l49 deaths from
tuberculosis $50 from typhoid fever
AZ from diphtheria, % from scarlet
fever, five from measles, 25 from
small pox and IS from other infec-
tious diseases. The births and
deaths during December
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09

The comptroller Of the currency
has issued a certificate authorizing
the First National Bank of Good
rich to begin business with a cap
ital off 1000. Robert Akin is the
president.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
PUBLIC LAND SALE
United States Land Office, Bismarck, N. ]
noo OF 1OnS gNa t HNGr gtNe. tEa-t

United States Land Office, bismarck, N. D.
Based S1e upon The application Of Daniel Con-
molly: !.
ersi Land Office as contained in letter Of
May n, 1905, under authority vested IN him BY
Section Pass, o. s. Revised Statutess as amend
cd BY the act of Congress-, approved February
70, 1895, we %willproceed to offer at public sale
az 10 O'Clock q. M. ON the 10th. day Of February,
1908, at this Office the following tract q land
( WI SEX section 50 and VIZ nwk section 81,
township IN, n. range e y. 9Th. :. r. III
Any and Ill persons claiming adver.elN the
are sdsissdto dle thar claims a this b9ice on
81. before the tins shows dc6tGnaeo 70! the
theoom1aeoemSnt a. laid salsso Htsetp eet
rights vii T. osseit&d. - y
=, .lsa.ssss.:, sl. fss:il,,.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09
NEWS OF NOTED PEOPLE.

Countess Boni de Castellane (for.
merly Anna Gould) entered a plea for
divorce at Paris. Representatives Of
the count and countess appeared be.
fore Judge Ditto of the court of first
instance, who in conformity with the
French law endeavored to arrange q
Cancellation before allowing O definite
suit to proceed. 1t is said on unques.
tionable authority that Judge Ditte's
efforts were not successful, the
countess absolutely declining to re
sumo her relations with her husband.
Justice Joseph M. Deuel. of New
York, whose criminal libel suit against
Norman Hapgood, editor Of Colliers
Weekly, resulted in Mr.. Hapgoodt
acquittal by q jury. announces that he
will not resign from the special SEES
sions bench.
The Countess de- Castellane, former.
" Miss Anna Gould. is to Count
Boni for a divorce. The countess has
left the C~asteilane mansion and is
stopping at a Paris hotel.
Emperor Willtam's gift to Miss Alice
Roosevelt on the occasion Of her wed.
ding will be q beautiful, artistically
wrought bracelet.
Former Senator David b. Hill has
been ordered South by his physician
for Q prolonged rest.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09

For sale; on crop payment plan,
800 acres, near old! Coal. Harbor.
Price remarkably low. Write the,
Klein Land Agency.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-02-09

The reports from Mcintosh, Nc
Lean, Pembina and Wells counties
cover several months back.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-21
AWFUL PSORIASIS IS YEARS.
Terrible scaIy Humor in Patches All
Over the Body-Skin Cracked and
Bleeding-Cured by Cuticura.

IT was afflicted with psoriasis for
thirty-five years. 1t was in patches
all over my body. I used three cakes
of Cuticura Soap, six boxes of ONT
ment and two bottles of Resolvent
In thirty days I was completely cured,
and I think permanently, as it was
about five years ago. The psoriasis
first made its appearance in red spots,
generally forming circle, leaving in
the center a spot about the size of a
silver dollar of sound flesh In short
time the affected circle would form
a heavy dry scale of a white silvery
appearance and would gradually drop
off. To remove the entire scales by
bathing or using oil to soften them
the flesh would be perfectly raw, and
a light discharge of bloody substance
would ooZe out. That scaly crust
would form again in twenty-four hours.
It was worse on my arms and limbs,
although it was in spots all over my
body, also on my scalp. If let the
scales remain too long without remov-
ing by bath or otherwise, the skin
would crack and bleed. I suffered in
tense itching, worse at nights after
getting warm in bed, or blood warm
by exercise, when it would be almost
unbearable. w. M. Chidester, Hutch
inson, Kan, April 20. 1906"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-21
BUYING an Island.

The man who buys a mine rarely
gets SO deeply taken in as to have
nothing at all that he can show for his
money. There's commonly place
somewhere and a hole in the ground
at least. Not so, however, with Mr..
Tut, who is reported from Colorado
Springs as having lately purchased an
island off Washington state which he
has since been unsuccessfully trying
to find. His deeds call for ten acres
in the San Juan group off British Co
aumbia, and he fondly hoped to build
summer home there. Alack and
alas! He sailed out in his yacht to
where he supposed the island to be,
but not scrap of land could he find.
This might be considered sufficiently
provoking, but 1t was not the worst
The seller now claims that the island
was there when he sold it, but that 1t
sank into the sea at the time OF the
earthquake which destroyed San Fran
cisco. All this is no joke to Mr.. Tut,
but, says the Boston Herald, 1t strong
~ suggests the case of the curious
people who focked to tent and paid
their way in to see the wonderful
gyascutus. They didn't see him, but
were glad to escape with their lives at
the alarming cry that the ferocious
gyascutus had broken loose.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-21
Miss MofeMeNbnold]

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fec
male organs which manifests itself ia
depression of spirits, reluctance to 90
anywhere or do anything. backache.
bearing-down pains, fatulency, nerv.
business, sleeplessness, or other fe-
male weakness.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed a life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result.
The never failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald of Woodbridge,
n. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinl1ham:
Restored health has meant so much to mo
that I cannot help from telling about it for
the sake of other suffering women.
For long time I suffered untold agony
with a female trouble and Irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made me well and strcng, and
1 feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine it is"
For twenty-five years Mrs. Pinkham,
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
has under her direction. and since her
decease, been advising sick women free
of charge. Her advice is free and
always helpful. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-21
A WeII-known Organizer.

Jefferson Davis Pierce, general Or
ganiZer of the American Federation of
Labor, who is now in Chicago endeav-
oring to stem the secession tide in the
ranks of the teamsters, is one of the
best-known labor organizers in the
country. He was born in Connecticut
in 1862, and learned the trade of
cigarmaker. His home is now in
Worcester, Mass, but he has oppor-
tunity to spend but little of his time
there. He received his first commits
sion as an organizer for the American
Federation in 1881, the year that body
was formed, and the commission has
never been recalled, although he has
not been a salaried organizer during
the entire period.
For the last ten years he has been
one of the salaried organizers, and is
credited with being one of the most
successful. In 1900 he was ordered
west, and he handled the interests of
the federation in the big water front
strike in San Francisco in 1901. The
close of that strike marked the real
beginning of labor unions in San Fran
cisco, as they have increased in power
since that date.
The following year Mr.. Pierce was
sent to Colorado to combat the efforts
of the Western Federation of Miners
to drive the American Federation
unions out of that state. His first in
PRODUCTION to the Colorado miners &C.
Cured in the hotel on his arrival at
Denver before he had received instruc-
tons as to what he was expected to
do. He bears a few scars to remind
him of the introduction. He was beat
en- to the floor in the rotunda of the
hotel in the presence of his wife by
three men, who used the butts of re-
yolvers on his head. Before the Colo
RADIO fight ended he was slugged three
times. He accomplished his purpose,
however, for the Colorado unions re-
manned loyal to the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Mr.. Pierce expects to remain in
Chicago for some time to assist in
Strengthening out the teamsters
tangle, and he is also working to
bring some local unions in that city
into the international organizations of
their craft.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-21
Prison Reform.

A notable reform in prison admins
tration 10 contemplated by Gov. Folk
and the advanced penologists of Mis-
souri,. and at the governors sugges-
tion the Rev. e. A. Fredenhagen, OF
Topeka, Kan. is engaged in the prepa-
ration of bill on the subject. which
will be introduced at the next session
of the Missouri legislature. Its chief
features will be the payment to the
eonvict's wife and children OF an ap-
preciable percentage of his earnings;
the use of graduated uniform instead
of the usual striped clothing; the sub
stitution of military double file for
the adhered lockstep and regular in
etrucHon for prisoners five nights a
week. The whole tendency OF the
changes suggested is in the line OF
reformation as distinguished from
,vindictive punishment, and main
purpose is to relieve the misery OF the
innocent dependents upon the Grim
dnal.