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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
MANY PRINTERS on STRIKE
QUIT WORK TO ENFORCE EIGHT
HOUR DAY AND CLOSED
SHOP DEMAND.

New York, Jan. 3.-One thousand
printers went on strike here during
the day in support of a demand for the
eight-hour day and thirty-two printing
shops declared a lockout against their
employees. The strikers Immediately
placed pickets in the vicinity of all
shops where the lockout was declared
and three halls were secured by Typo.
graphical union No. 6 to accommodate
the men on strike who wish to make
their headquarters in these places
The GtriiSe was begun without disor.
der.
In 100 printing saops. the Typograph
ical union gained Il victory without a
man quitting work, as these shops
granted the eight-hour day and the
closed shop principle demanded by
the union. The opponents of the union
were printing, offices belonging to the
United Typothetae, which had been
making preparations for the strike for
several months.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
sTUoENT OF MINNESOTA STATE
UNIVERSITY PRINCIPAL IN
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
ATTEMPTS 10 WIPE OUT fAuIl,
sWEETHEARr Is DEAD AND TWO
OTHERS AND HIMSELF "A.
TALLY WOUNDED.

Caledonia, Mimi, Jan. 3.-Infatuated
with Pearl Wheaton, daughter of N. S.
Wheaton, one of the richest farmers
In Southern Minnesota and rendered
him Matt Styer, a dentistry student at
the University Of Minnesota, broke
into the Wheaton home, near here, in
the dead of night, declaring his pur-
pose to kill the whole family, and shot
Pearl, her sister, mother and himself.
Unable to secure entrance through
the door Styer broke through a win.
dow. When he entered he was met
by Ruth Wheaton, who was armed
with a revolver and attempting to
protect the remainder Of the family.
Styer wrested the revolver from her
and shot her twice. He then turned
on Mrs. Wheaton, shooting her twice
also, and bounded up the steps to the
room of Pearl. Breaking in the door
of her room he shot, the girl through
the heart and then shot himself. When
help arrived Styer was found with his
head on the girls breast, she dead
and he barely living. All of the in
tured are fatally wounded.
The victims of the tragedy are:
Pearl Wheaton, aged twenty-five,
dead; Matt Styer, aged twenty-thTee,
shot in lungs near heart; Ruth Wheat
on, aged twenty-five. shot through
breast and liver; Mrs. N. S. Wheaton,
shot in throat and arm.
The only other inmate, a child OF
ten years, escaped by leaping through
the window Styer had broken.
Mr.. Wheaton was away from home
at the time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Mrs. Stella Brennan Begins Serving
y Long Sentence.

s. Minneapolis, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Stella
Brennan has begun the service Of her
life sentence in the Minnesota state
penitentiary. This woman, convicted
of the intentional killing Of her step
daughter, Elizabeth Brennan, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for the
rest of her natural life by Judge Dick
inson of the Hennepin county court.
In the custody OF Sheriff Dreger,
Jailer Nels Clausen and Jail Matron
Mary WOODBURY. she left the Hennepin
county Jail shortly after noon and was
properly installed in her permanent
abode at Saltwater at a little after 2
In the afternoon.
The two indictments charging Mrs.
Brennan with the murder of the other
two little children were continued over
the term, on motion of County Attor-
ney Smith, and will be kept on the
calendar until the defendants motion
for a new trial has been decided or
dropped.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The jury in the case of Abraham H.
/ Hummel, the we'll known lawyer, on
trial in the supreme court of New
York. city charged with conspiring to
have the divorce OF Mrs. C. w. Morse
from Charles IF. Dodge declared void
in order to nullify her marriage with
Morse, returned a verdict of guilty.
Hummel was sentenced to a years
imprisonment and to pay q fine of
$500. He was released on $4,000 bail
on q writ Of reasonable doubt secured
in the supreme court of Brooklyn.
Constable James Kingston and Isaac
Marshall, a prisoner, were killed and
Edward Marshall, another prisoner.
was probably fatally wounded in a bat.
tie on a train near Mount Carmel, Ill
Kingston was shot dead by INT of the
Marshalls without warning and sew.
eral passengers on the train took up
the fight with the above result.
William G. Crawford, former deputy
auditor for the p%ostof1ce department,
has been convicted on a charge of con.
spiracy with August w. Machen and
George E.. Lorenz to defraud the
United States in connection with a
contract for supplying the %postofice de.
partment with letter carriers satchels.
AS the result of a business dispute
William Wilson, a cattleman, was shot
and instantly killed by ]. d. Hender.
son, a former partner, in the lobby OF
the Lewiston hotel at Denver. Hen,
derson then killed himself. -t
Miss Lulu Bowen, a clerk employed
in the Oakland (Cal.) p%ostofhce, has
been taken into custody charged with
embezzlement. Her accounts are, it
is charged, short $1,000.
Baron Frederick Seefeld, whose res.
idence is at present in Philadelphia,
has been arrested at New York
charged with securing money under
false %pretenses.
F. Chadsey, a prominent Brooklyn
lawyer and orator, has been sentenced
to one years imprisonment for at.
tempted grand larceny.
Charles o. Bader, proprietor of the
Falls hotel at Minneapolis. was muir
dered by two holdup men, who secured
about $500 in cash.
The jury in the beef trust cases at
Chicago has been completed and fur.
Their proceedings postponed until
jan
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
FOR eoEsEL MURDER.
Federal Supreme Court Affirrs How
ards Sentence.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The supreme
court OF the United States has af-
firmed the decision of the Kentucky
court of appeals in the case of James
b. Howard VS.. the state of Kentucky.
Howard was tried three times in the
circuit court of Franklin county, KY,
On the charge of numbering Governor
William Goebel of Kentucky on Jan.
30. 1900, and convicted each time. He
Is now under sentence to life impris-
0nment and he brought the case to
this court to secure a review of the
ruling of the Kentucky court of APP
peals affirming a decision of the cir
cult court against allowing him an
other trial. His principal. allegation
raj that the proceedings Of the trial
court in the matter Of selecting and
Aischarging jurymen was irregular.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
STEAMERS SHAFT enokEh.
.0-.I. ..rse,- .I4olr . slf Hltaf t9NH .HrsatsN4t 9IN4 "
Adrift at Sea With Many Persons on
Board.

Board.
San Francisco, Jan. 3.-The Pacific
Coast Steamship company's steamer
City of Puebla was spoken on Satur.
day off the Columbia river by the
schooner Charles Nelson and reported
having broken her shaft. No assist.
snce could be rendered At the time.
The City Of Puebla Is bound from.
Puget Sound ports to this city with
passengers and merchandise. She 10
an iron screw vessel 800 feet long;
with a gross tonnage Of 2,024, and is
commanded by Captain Jepsen.
Captain Preble Of the Nelson decid.
ed to run to this port to report the
condition Of the disabled vessel. He
says that II the weather is favorable
she Is in no immediate danger. though
her passengers may suffer from q
scarcity of provisions. AS near as he
could Judge there are about $50 per
IONS on the City of Puebla.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
RUSSIAN oovERNMENr CERTAIN
OF ITS ABILITY TO CRUSH
THE REsELLioN.
FIDELITY Of TROOPS now ASSURED
OFFICIALS At FIRST UNWILLING
TO PLACE MUCH TRUST
IN THE ARMY

st. Petersburg. Jan. 3.-The govern,
ment's strongly worded announcement
that 1t proposes TO pursue to the bitter
end the policy of putting down. the
"reds," following on the heels of the
crushing of the revolt at Moscow,
demonstrates the confidence of Pre-.
mier Whites government that it has
the ability to complete the task 1t has
undertaken. The main cause Of this
confidence is the fidelity displayed by
the troops. That the government is
uncertain how far the extensive pro,
paganda conducted by the revolution.
lists In the army had shaken the 10y.
atty of the troops Is unquestionable,
but the events Of the last fortnight 1t
seems to believe have proved com.
pletely r%eassuring on this point.
Despite the rigorous, ruthless fash
ion In which the war against the
reds" is conducted the government is
taking every opportunity by word and
act to try to prove to the public that
the repression of the revolutionists
does not involve the abandonment of
the reform programme, but that on the
contrary their suppression is neces-
sary in order that the new regime
may be realized.
An evening paper declares that it is
in possession of information to the
effect that the railroad station at IT.
kutsk, Siberia, has been burned by
revolutionists and that traffic on the
line Is stopped.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Fire has completely destroyed thu
woman's prison building on Blackwell
island, near New York city. Male
convicts in an adjoining building were
turned loose and heroically rescued
the 600 prisoners in the burning struc-
ture, carrying the frantic inmates
from the cellrooms on the top floor to
safety,
Fire at Los Angeles, CAL, destroyed
the Van Mugs Broadway hotel, n OF
the first class hostelrtes Of that city.
causing a loss Of 500, 900. All the
guests escaped safely, many in their
night clothes, but five fremen
injured by the collapse of a floor.
Two heavily crowded passenger.
trains came together on the elevated
tracks of the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad in New York
city. One man was killed and forty
persons were more or less seriously
injured.
The eastbound Denver and Rio
Grande passenger train, well loaded
with passengers, was wrecked near
Durango, Colo. A large number of the
passengers were injured, twelve OF
them seriously.
Three men were blown to pietes
and seven others were more or less
seriously,hurt by an explosion. of dyna-
mite in an excavation for a new build
ing in New York city.
Fire, in the New York terminals of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West,
srn and New Jersey Central railroads
.eaused a loss Of more than $685. 900.
James e. Martin, prominent IN New
York society, was killed IA an auto
mobile accidentt near q. e F!lu 4 I. =. ].
Forty persons. were injured. some
ssr4ously. In . collision OF. stpsst cars
nt Los Angeles. Cal.
$3.50 lAA hNG
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Five Iowa Cities Affected.

Des Moines, Jan. 3.-Twenty per
cent of the printers of Iowa are on
strike in conjunction with the interna-
tional eight-hour fight in the job print
ing Offices of the United States. Agree
ments granting the eight-hour day
have been signed in every city in the
state except in Des Moines, Council
Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Keokuk and
Creston.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
MAGIC CHANGE AT MOSCOW
Streets Again Crowded With Holida,
Shoppers. !.

streets Again with foltoay
Shoppers. =
Moscow. Jan. 3.-Except for the nu-
merous military patrols in the streets
and the pillars OF smoke lazily float
ing above the ruins of factories and
houses in the Presna district there is
little to recall the nightmare of the
past ten days. AS ii by magic in
twenty-four hours the appearance Of
the city has changed. The stores
everywhere have been reopened and
the streets are crowded with holiday
shoppers making belated purchases
for the Russian Christmas, which, &C
cording to the Julian calendar, falls On
Sunday. The Presna district, how
ever, presented another picture. There
people by hundreds who had been
burned out were excitedly searching
the ruins or bemoaning the loss Of
dear ones, while the police and troops
continued their %unceasing hunt 70:
hidden revolutionists.
A batch of drujinists, surrounded in
a sugar factory in the suburbs during
the night, surrendered in the morning
when they found that further resist
ance was useless. The only other
warlike incident was a rear attack
made by a body of drujinists upon, a
detachment of troops stationed at a
bridge with instructions to cover the
work of the firemen. The soldiers
when attacked turned right about face
and fired a yolley, killing three stu
dents and wounding several others.
The list of the casualties and losses
to property are being compiled at Gov
ernor General Doubassoff's headquar-
tiers. At the bourse a prominent manu-
facturer estimated the damage done in
the burned district at $4,000, 900.
Although the strike is of some of
the factories decided that it is useless
to recommence work four days before
Christmas and have dismissed their
workmen until Jan. 81. Most of the
other unchanged factories have re.
sumed work. The railroads and tele-
graph lines are resuming business
slowly. The directors of the Kazan
line have dismissed every official or
other employee of the line and are en-.
gaging an. entire new force, using as a
nucleus q few trustworthy. veterans.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Most Bosses Refuse to sian.

Cleveland, Jan. 3.-Two hundred
and .forty-ive employees of job printing
houses have Joined the 175 members.
of the Typographical union already on
strike here. T~hree-fourths Of the mas
ter printers having refused to sign
the eight-hour agreement the strike
was declared. The Typothetae is max
ing efforts to obtain. nonunion e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Has Little Effect at Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-The national eight.
hour workday of the Printers union
was declared by that organization to
be in effect in this city. The intro.
duction of the new programme was not
marked by strikes Of any magnitude,
most of the militant employers having
anticipated the movement weeks age
by locking out their union men and
continuing their shops with nonunion
men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Seven Hundred Men Out.

Philadelphia, Jan. Both en-:
ployers and printers express them
selves as satisfied with the strike. sit
uation in this city. Seventy shops and
700, men are involved in the strike.
Twenty-four non-Typothetae firms have
granted the demand for an eight-hour
day,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Shaw Anticipates Interest.

Washington, Jan. 8. W. Secretary
Shaw has announced that the treas
ury department will anticipate the
payment Of interest due Feb. ], 1906.
on government bonds. Coupons due
on that date will ~ paid. at once On
presentation at the treasury depart
msnt and the several s~ub.trsasury
e0ices.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
JOHN W. HILL ON TRIAL.
Case Against Former Philadelphia Off
cial Begins.

Philadelphia, Jan. 3.-John w. Hill.
former chief of the filtration bureau.
a placed on trial before Judge Au.
denried in the criminal court charged
with forgery and Justification of the
records of the filtration bureau. Mr.
Hills arrest last June was one of the
arst and most sensational of the de
velopments growing out Of Mayo,
Weaver's break with the Republican
organization and his crusade for good
government.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
DEMAND INCREASED WAGES.

Several Thousand lronworkers Strike
in New York City.
New York, Jan. 3.--The majority Of
the 5000 members of the Housesmiths
and Bridgemen's union in this city
went on strike during the day. They
demand an increase In wages from
$3.50 to IS a day. Several independ-
emit building contractors granted this
raise, thereby keeping their men at
work, but the members Of the Iron
League and Building Trades Employ
ers' association, which employs most
of these workers, refused the 50-cent
increase. Work on 200 new office and.
factory buildings is affected by this
strike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Deed Of Insane Mother.

Utica, N. Y, Jan. s.-Mrs. Herbert
Aldrich, residing near McIDonough,,
arose during the night and threw her
sick baby into:a well. Then she threw
herself in also, but somehow saved
herself from drowning. Her husband
was asleep lnni:yanotth!er roon.WhrenI she b
returned to the houseain her dripping;
garments ana told a Ain what ]; ~ .sl haol
doae. She sisssinsans. C. - sss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Peasant. viii Divide Estate.

Perm, European Russia, Jan. g.
The peasants on the immense estates
of Count Stroganof held a meeting
and coolly arranged to divide the ma
jor portion Of the lands among them
selves. They are sending to the count
. formal notification Of the portion
they will allow him to retain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-05
Russian Securities Advance.

!. st. Petersburg, Jan. 3.-The bourseS
evidently takes the government view,
that the war against the revolution
lists will be successful, all issues ris-
ing strongly during the day. imperial
tours touching 81. II a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-20

There is just one other sure way
to be cured-painless safe and in the
privacy of your own home-it is Pyra-
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We mail trial package free to all
who write.
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you the harmless, painless nature of
this great remedy and start you we'll
on the way toward a perfect cure
Then you can get a full sized box
from any druggist for SO cents, and
often one box cures.
IT the druggist tries to sell you
something JUS, as good, it is because
he makes more money on the substi-
tute.
Insist on having what you call for.
The cure begins at once and contin-
ues rapidly until it is complete and
permanent
You can go right ahead with your
work and be easy and comfortable
all the time.
1t is well worth trying.
Just send your name and address to
Pyramid Drug Co., 65 Pyramid Build.
ing, Marshall, Mich, and receive free
by return mail the trial package in
a plain wrapper
Thousands have been cured in this
easy, painless and inexpensive way
in the privacy of the home
No knife and its torture.
No doctor and his bills
All druggists, so cents. Write to-
day for free package.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-20

has been called upon to pay the Union
Pacific railroad for over fifty pieces of
silverware and furnishings.
The members of the Fifty-sixth reg
iment arrived in Council Bluffs early
in the evening of September 1 and
were detained for considerable time
at the Union Pacific transfer station.
The officers of the regiment refused
the soldiers permission to visit the
city, and they had to content them
selves by viewing the scenery from the
Union Pacific depot. Just before time
for the train to start on the journey to
the Kansas military post, some of the
soldier boys wandered into the depot
lunch room. Coffee, pie, sandwiches
and everything else which appealed
to the soldier boys was ordered
It is now alleged by the Union Pa.
cif1c that while the waiter was busy
serving the orders the soldiers gather.
ed up everything that was not red hot
or nailed down and carried the plum.
der with them to Fort Riley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-20

turned home this morning after visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Harris, 622 Fellows street.
Sargent guarantees Hyomei.
Miss Edith Sayger Of Moulton was
in the city yesterday on business.
Rev. NJ l. Gordan, presiding elder
of tho African Methodist church, re-
turned yesterday from Bedford.
Homer A. Roth left this morning for
Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant to visit
friends and relatives.
Henry Springer, 200 East Main ST.,
left for Melrose today, to attend the
funeral of the late Springer Mather.
Miss Ethel Luke of Hiteman is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Pierce, 213 North Ransom street.
White china for decorating. Sargent.
Born, Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. j. f.
Helm, 1171a North Ward street, a
daughter.
Miss Ada Shean of Sigourney, is
in the city visiting at the home of Mrs.
William Beach, Goa Chester avenue.
Miss Pearl Rector. who resides on
Mary street, left this morning for Eos
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-20
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY is 90.
Democrats in Legislature Will Have
AZ on Joint Ballot.

Des Moines, Nov. 19.-The correct
ed legislative list, as fixed by the of
fetal canvass of the boards Of super
visors this week. and subject only to
review by the state canvassing board,
of the vote cast in districts composed
OF more than one county, gives the re-
publicans Ill members, or a majority
of "a on joint ballot, the democrats
having AZ members
The republicans have rs out of los
members of the lower house, and So
out OF so members of the senate. The
democrats have SO members of the
house, an increase of twelve members
but the membership of the house
itself increased from 100 to 10S this
year, under the Temple amendment.
An interesting feature of the legis-
lative contests was the narrow margin
by which some of the winners got in
under the wire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-20

ter, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
w. M. Rector.
Mrs. G.. w, Christian of Charlton re-
turned home last evening after visit
ing at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Frank Rockwell, SIT West Main street.
Mrs Fred Cloyd, 800 Sheridan
avenue. left this morning for Blakes-
burg, to visit at the home Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Hadley.
Mrs. E. S. Blair, 2O2 North Davis
street, left this morning for Blakes-
bur to visit her daughter, Mrs. ]. G.
Bromwell
Chest protectors, Csc. Sargent's.
Miss Grace Ankrom of Fairfield re-
turned nome yesterday afternoon af-
ter visiting her sister, Miss Eva Ank-
rom, who resides on West Third street.
Miss Anna White of Melrose return
ed to her home yesterday, after visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Denefe, 1928 East Second street.
Mrs. e. Hasselzner of Charlton re-
turned home yesterday afternoon after
visiting at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. G. E. Tull, 725 North Ash street.
Miss Erie May Wilson, 1928 West
Second street, left this afternoon for
Russell, to visit at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. w. T. Curtis.
Mrs. NJ Daley of Thayer, left this
afternoon for her home, after visiting
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. o..
G. Hibbs, 121 Richards street.
Miss Estella Fisk of Keota, who has
been patient in the Ottumwa hospi-
tai, was taken to her home this morn
ing.
Cactus oil, SOC and 81. Sargent's.
Mrs. Henry Seaberg and two chill
dren, Violet and Earl, 1873 Janney
street, left this morning for Bidwell
to visit friends and relatives for few
days.
Mrs. Alice G. Thomas of Hedrick
left this morning for Blakesburg to
visit friends and relatives, after visit
ing at the home of Miss Laura Smith
on Ottunwa street.
Reuben Ware, who resides north
west of Ottumwa, has recently been
granted pension of SIT a month, Mr..
Ware was a member of Company E,
Third Iowa Cavalry.
Mrs. S. A. Gardner, 21S East Sec
ond street, returned home this morn
ing from Busey, where she had been
visiting at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. G. A. Cornell.
of Charlton have returned home after
being the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
Sax, 21S East Fifth street, for few
days. Rev. Hakes attended the meet
ing Of the Muscatine deanery, held
here this week.