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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FOREIGN NEWS.

Mgr. Montagnini, the representative
II the Vatican at Paris, has been ex-
ielled from France and all Roman
Catholic bishops and priests have been
svicted from their residences. This
was the governments first step fol-
lowing a refusal of the Catholic church
to make certain declarations required
by law In order to continue public
worship.
Emperor William has dissolved the
reichstag and ordered new elections In
consequence of the governments de-
feat, by 17S to 1853 votes, on the bill
authorizing what the ministry con-
tends Is an adequate number OF troops
to end the irsurrection in German
Southwest Africa and hold the colony
against a recurrence of the rebellion.
Reports received from points
throughout Russian Poland show that
the governments policy of firmness
has been successful in Subduing the
last of the smouldering sparks OF rev
olution. This result was accomplished
at a terrible cost to the Polish people,
the number of victims being estimated
at thousands.
The Belgian chamber of deputies,
by a vote of 1877 to 80, approved the
proposal that Belgium accept the terms
of King Leopold's will bequeathing the
Congo Independent state to Belgium
with the stipulation that the royal
private domains there be maintained
integrally after it's annexation.
The relations between the United
States and Japan excite extraordinary
interest both in government and in
diplomatic circles, at Berlin. Among
German military and naval officers the
possibility of a conflict between the
United States and Japan is freely dis
cussed.
General Nogi, the Japanese COM
mander who captured Port Arthur,
was thrown from his horse while re-
turning home from the palace. He
fell on his head and became uncon-
scious. His condition arouses appre-
hension. =
King Oscar of Sweden is seriously Ill
of heart weakness. All the members
of his family have assembled at the
palace and Crown Prince Gustavus has
been summoned hurriedly from Berlin.
Edouard Muller. vice president of
the federal council, has been elected
president Of the Swiss confederation
in succession to M. L. Ferrol, whose
term has expired.
Another attempt on the life of Ad-
miral Doubassoff, ex-governor general
of Moscow, was made at st. Peters.
burg Saturday, but he escaped with
slight injuries.
Count Lamsdorff, former Russian
minister for foreign affairs, is seri-
ously ill with heart disease, accom-.
panied by other weaknesses.
1t is officially announced that the
elections to the German reichstag will
occur Jan. rs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
Notice Of Mortgage Sale By Advertisement

Notice is hereby given, That that. certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by Nick
Novodvorsky and Anna Novodvorsky his wife,
Mortgagors, to the Balfour Mercantile Com
pany q corporation Mortgage, dated the 18th
day of December nineteen hundred and five and
filed for record in the office of the Register Of
Deeds of the county of Mclean and State of
North Dakota, on the 9Th day Of January, 4. D.:
1905, at 2:55 p, M, and recorded in Book Fl Of
Mortgages, at page 26c, will be foreclosed by a
sale of the premises in such mortgage and here.
after described. at the front door of the court
house in the Village of Washburn, in the County
of Mclean and State of North Dakota, at the
hour of ten o'clock 8. m.,. on the Third day of
January 1907, to satisfy the amount due upon
said mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are those
certain premises situated in the county Of Nc,
as follows, to-wit: East Half of the North
west Quarter and the South Half of the North
east Quarter of Section Nineteen in Township
One Hundred and Fifty, North Of Range Seven
~ty-seven west of the fifth Principal meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date Of sale the sum OF Seventy Three and
1910 Dollars.
Dated at Balfour. North Dakota, this 10th
day of November 1906.
The Balfour Mercantile Company.
Mortgagee.
Owens and Kremer, Attorneys for Mortgage,
1923 Balfour. North Dakota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.

BY a vote of LOG to 1873 the house of
representatives refused to increase
from $4,000 to $500 the salaries of
senators, members and delegates. The
house, however, by an Overwhelming
vote increased the salaries of the vice
president, the speaker of the house
and members of the presidents cab
met to $4,000 each.
In a speech in the senate favoring
the expulsion of Senator Smoot Of
Utah Mr.. Dubois (Ida.) directly
charged President Roosevelt with us
ing his influence for the election of
Republican Mormon candidates in the
recent election in Idaho. and Utah.
The senate has ratified the Alge-
ciras convention. Opposition by the
Democrats compelled the adoption of
a resolution disclaiming responsibility
for the participation Of the United
States in the programme as to the
future of Morocco.
Considerable opposition developed
in the senate to the confirmation of
William H. Moody as supreme court
justice and Charles ]. Bonaparte as
attorney general. Favorable action
was taken after several days delay.
In. a speech favoring the expulsion
Of Senator Smoot Of Utah Mr.. Bur
rows (Mich.), chairman Of the senate
committee on privileges and elections,
bitterly arraigned the Mormon church
and its teachings and practices.
The house has adopted a resolution
authorizingethe secretary Of commerce
and labor to investigate the causes Of
the high prices Of lumber in the vari-
GUS stages Of manufacture and sale.
The house has. instructed the public
printer to use the old style Of spelling
in all government work except execu-
tive documents.
The house committee on merchant
marine is deadlocked on q ship SUBJ
sidy bill. I
The house has passed the urgent
deficiency bill, carrying $581,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
For Sale.

100 acres Of timber a miles from
Washburn for So per acre, $4,000
also one complete sawmill located
Al miles from Washburn, $4,000
also my residence and one acre of
land in the village Of Washburn.
Price 100000 Jos Willis.
u-9.4 WashLuru, n, D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

us Land Office, Bismarck, N. Oak, Nov.
%, 1905.
Notice d is hereby ai given aa+; that t, the e. following ssi;a:
to make final proof in support Of his claim and
that said proof will be made before Aug. E.
johnson, US. Commissioner, at his lis, office at
Christoph Martin, Of Washburn, N. Oak, h. E.
No. 22o59, made March q, 1908, for the eN
neA of section so, town AS, range 70,
his continuous residence p and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Michael Schlath. Friedrich Thurn, Jr., Jacob
Mueller and w. Walitarske, all of Washburn
1880 NJ. II. Jewell, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The case Of Albert T. Patrick, con-
victed of the murder Of William Marsh
Rice and now under sentence of death
in the state of New York, has been
dismissed in the supreme court Of the
United States on motion Of his coun-
sci, ex-senator Lindsay. This will
clear the way for Governor Higgins
of New York to commute Patrick sen.
tence to life Imprisonment.
Miss Mary McAntee of Philadelphia,
twenty-three years old, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded her father, Rev.
John Quincy McAntee. The shooting,
according to the police, followed a
quarrel between MI. McAntee and his
wife, in which the minister, 1t is as
serted, was trying to throw Mrs. Nc
Antee down the cellar stairs.
Jesse Clyde Rumsey, the Chicago
boy who robbed the Alton-B Burlington
train on Nov. rs and the Rock Island
limited on Nov. 8, both near Glasgow.
Mo-, pleaded guilty at Marshall. Mo-.
to two charges filed against him and
was sentenced to twenty years in
prison.
George Burnham, Jr., q vice prest-
dent and general counsel Of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance company, has
been convicted in New York city of
larceny of $500 of the company's
funds. The prosecution is an outcome
Of the recent insurance investigation.
Former United States Senator Ar
thur Brown Of Utah, who was shot at
| Washington Dec. 8 by Mrs. Anna M.
Bradley of Salt Lake City, died several
days later as the result Of his wound.
Mrs. Bradley pleads justification for
the deed under the "unwritten law"
After being out two days the jury
in the case of S. f. Howell, president
OF. the Omaha Coal Exchange, charged
in company with the seventy-nine
other members with maintaining a
trust in violation of the state law, re-
turned a verdict of guilty.
Mrs. Annie Birdsong, on trial at
Hazelhurst, Miss, for the murder of
DR.. Thomas Butler, was convicted of
manslaughter. Mrs. Birdsong alleged
that DR.. Butler had boosted of illicit
relations with her and that his boasts
were untrue.
Chester E. Gillette has been sen.
fenced at Herkimer, N. Y, to be cleo.
trocuted during the week beginning
Jan. % for the murder of Grace Brown.
Gillette showed no signs of emotion
when sentence was pronounced.
Daniel F. Raum, a prominent lawyer
Of Peoria, ILL.,, and a son of Green B.
Raum, ex-commissioner of pensions OF
the United States, is under arrest ac'
cused Of being a forger in the sum OF
$4,000.
Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman
convicted for perjury in connection
with the Hartje divorce case at Pitts
burg, has been sentenced to six years
in the penitentfary.
M. Priester of Rock Rapids, a., who
had been indicted. for embezzlement OF
i S $4,000, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a penknife.
Robbers wrecked the safe of the
Interstate bank at Drexel, Mo-, and
escaped with its contents, said to be
/ close to $4,000 in currency.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
TpeaSurer'S Notice TO Tax
PAYERS for 1906

In pursuance Of Law, ], F. Irwin Root, treas
urer Of the County of Mclean, State Of North
Dakota, hereby notify the taxpayers thereof
that the rates OF taxation and the amounts
1905, are correctly stated in the following tables
showing the number of mills and tenths of
mills levied on each dollar of taxable property
in each village, township and school district of
said county: -.as. ,,@4.s :,
Fund Rate of Levy Amt to be raised
State General 3.8 mills
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION

q. s. Land Office, Bismarck, N. OAK, Nov
%, 1905.
named settler has fled notice. of his intention
claim and that said proof will be made before
Aug. T.. johnson, a US. Commissioner, at his
office at Washburn, n. Dak. on Jan, 9. 1907, viz:
3O777, made June 10, 1905. for the nA SEA-, seA
sell Of section 10, township las. range 70.
He names the following witnesses to, prove
Of said land. viz:
h. N. Anderson. Jakob just, Jim Duma and
Mike Babnick, all of Mercer, N. Oak.
1870 NJ. II. Jewell, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

US. Land Office, Bismarck, N. OAK. Nov.
%, 1905.
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim and
that said proof will be. made before Aug: =.
Of North Dakota, at his office at Washburn,
N. Oak on q 5 1907, viz:
Alexander White Of Washburn: N. Oak, h. =.
Of se S9i 3ss 50, t asssa aeG is ss' range anu; &c. 49, the no~
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
James Roam, Mary Roam, Efe Fox and Peter
Wiese. all Of Washburn, Nd.
1880 N. d. Jewell, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The United States armored cruiser
Montana was successfully launched at
the Newport News (va.) shipyard
Saturday in the presence Of a large
number Of people. The vessel was
christened by Miss Minnie Conrad,
daughter of W. g. Conrad Of Montana.
The president has sent a special
message to congress treating solely OF
Porto Rican affairs. He recommends
full American citizenship for residents
Of the island, but would not grant
them complete seltgovernment at
present.
President Roosevelt has announced
his intention to withdraw his simpli-
fed spelling order to the public printer
and hereafter all documents from the
executive departments will again be
printed in the old fashioned style.
President Roosevelt has announced
his intention of taking vigorous steps
to put a stop to the movement which
has seemed to be dragging him against
the Republican party.
The Farmers and Drovers' National
bank Of Waynesburg, Pa, has been
closed by direction of the comptroller
Of the currency. The assets and liza
bilities r $2,367,474.
Secretary Shaw has announced that
he will deposit 10000 900 in depos-
itory banks and that he will buy $1O..
DOC. 900 in bends OF 1907.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-21
I'LL DEATH RECORD.

A. =. Edgell, assistant treasurer of
the La Crosse (Wis.) Plow company,
the largest corporation in La Crosse,
was found dead in the Y. M. G. A.
building. He had committed suicide
by taking poison and then shooting
himself through the heart.
Former Governor Franklin J.. Moses
of South Carolina was found dead in
bed at his clearinghouse at Winthrop
Beach, Mass, death being caused by
asphyxiation.
Commander r. M. c. Brown, u. S.
NJ, retired, a survivor of the Samoan
hurricane, which destroyed the Amer
lean fleet in 1888, is dead in Washing
ton. =
jeremiah Curtin, a distinguished
linguist and philogist and we'll known
as a translator of Russian and Polish
novels, is dead at Bristol, VT.
DR.. Fernand Henrotin, for twenty
five years one Of Chicago's most en-
inent physicians and surgeons. is dead
Of heart disease.
Captain z. L. Tanner, q. 8. N, re-
tired, is dead at Washington Of heart
failure after an illness Of four days.
Amos A. L. Smith, one of the best
known lawyers in Wisconsin, is dead
at Milwaukee.
Levi Boster. aged ZIG. is dead near
Houston, Mo.
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NJ. e. CHURCH.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Morning services 1880
Sunday School II 80 q. m.
Junior League, $3.50 p. m.
Epworth League, $3.50 p. m.

IIpWOICH 1CUB uCi VsOV IL "s
Preaching Services, 1880 p. m.
WEEK NIGHT SERVICES
White Shield League Wednesday eve. 1880 p. N.
Prayer Meeting Thursday eve. 1880 p. m.
You are cordiallyinvited to attend ser.
vices
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
EDISON TRIUlNPHS:
FINDSRARE POWER
Wizard Declares He Has
lnuented Long-Sought
Storage Battery.
Horses Will Be Driuen into
Obscurity by DISCOVERY,
He Says.
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service. -
New York, Oct. 22.-Thomas A. Edi-
son has accomplished a surprise for the
world. He has worked out successfully
the problem of cheap power. He prom
Uses to put on the market within six
months a new storage bettery which
will enable every man to travel in his
own private carriage at about the cost
of carfare. Without danger, with
out breakdowns, without cost, al
most, a carriage, once supplied with
the new power for $500, will travel
without repairs for fifteen years for
100000 miles if necessary, says "the
wizard.'
Mr.. Edison reiterates the declaration
that he has invented a storage battery
which will solve the problem of con-
gested traffic in the big cities Of the
world as soon as he can manufacture
enough of the batteries. He is erecting
two large factory buildings, now near
new machinery especially for the manu-
facture Of the motor battery
Horse to Be Curiosity.
SIN fifteen years from now the horse
will be a. curiosity; we shall be paying
80 cents to look at him in sideshows,' -
said Mr.. Edison to an interviewer.
Last year you were sure that you
had solved this problems" he was re-
minded. .-
eyes, last year was sure," replied
| Mr.. Edison, "but now I am dead sure
| There is a difference between the two
| It's one thing, for instance, to be sure
and another thing to be Wall street
sure.
ct never believed that nature, sc
prolific of resources, could provide only
lead as material ingredient Of the bat
tery,' said Mr.. Edison. 1T have al
ways found her ready for any emer
gency, and based on this confidence
that she has never betrayed, 7 com
muned diligently with her. One day
I discovered that nickel rust was a.
good as lead. Then I thought I hat
accomplished the task"
| Cobalt Lucky Find.
But he hadn't, to the satisfaction O.
his commercial instinct. The question
of the weight Of the battery was mos
important, as was that of it's durability
Nickel rust failed, other things failed
everything the ingenious Edison, wit
his trained, scientific mind could con
ceiye, failed. - .. st4s.,. r ~ p
Them tried cobalt,'' he said, an,
tspnnetuated the statement 18th a broa'
/ "And IL worked -
It certainly did, but cobalt, bein
one Of the rare metals, the problem wa
not solved. I secured the country t
find cobalt and discovered lots of it i
Canada, in Wisconsin, in Oregon All
In Kentucky. Then I knew that wa
all right.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
BUTTE CHILDREN
BECOME BANDITS
Two Take Watch and Money from
h. a Lad of Is at Point Of
FL. a Revolver.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -. +
Butte, Mont, Oct. 22.-Apparently,
the "Amalgamated Order Of Holdups,o
which has been doing landoffice bust
ness in Butte and vicinity for several
months, has reduced the age limit and
taken into its ranks few children.
At any rate, Arthur Hornberg, the
13-year-old son of M. A. P. Hornberg,
well-known business man, was held
up last night by pair of youthful
bandits who had a revolver almost as
big as they were. :-* 49, ..s ~.
The young desperadoes conducted
things in a decidedly workmanlike
manner, not even forgetting to tell
young Hornberg to ":skidoo'' after
they had rifed his pockets.
Hornberg says he was returning to
his home about $3.50 when two boys
on the other. side Of the street called
upon him to come over to them.
A<I did not do tat first, said young
Hornberg, 9 and one of them pulled out
a big, blue-looking gun and pointed it
at me. It was real pistol all right
Neither Of them wore masks, but I did
| not know either of them. After they
| held me up and took my watch and
money, a girl living near by said she
heard them quarreling over q division
Of the spoils and also saw their re-
volver. 'l..r.' .~rs$.-e- ... ~ - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
UNSEEN ASSASSIN KILLS
Fires Thru Window, Stays Widow
Posse Chases Suspect.

Cole Camp, Mo-, Oct. %. While Mrs.
Alice Winemiller, widow, was sitting
with her five children instheir home
near here last night, shots were fred
thru a window and Mrs. Winemiller
was instantly killed. Her son, aged Ia,
was badly wounded.
Felix Crawford, neighbor who heard
shot n and died two hours h later r Was
ford $ son-in-law, j. A. Long, ID charged
with having done the shooting, using a
shotgun A posse headed by the sheriff
is securing the Pettis county hills
searching for Long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
MANAGES SLEEP ON FLOOR
Governor Magoon Finds Deplorablo
Conditions in Cuban Asylum.

Havana, Oct. 22.--Governor Magoon,
as a result Of the deplorable condition
of things which he has discovered at
dered The Immediate repair of the old
and the erection Of new buildings.
The governor found that while hun
dreds of patients were sleeping on the
floor, the management saved $4,000 from
the food account, which Mr.. Magoon
has ordered applied to the immediate
purchase Of bedding and clothing.
Tho the Cuban congress appropriated
sum of money for the Improvement
Of the condition of the inmates Of the
asylum, for some unknown reason the
money was not expended. The govern.
or ordered an investigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
FAILURES FOLLOW SLUMP
Two New York Firms 60 Down when
Stocks Break

New York, Oct. 22.-The suspension
of P. T: White, a heavy trader, was an
nounced on the Consolidated Stock ex-
change today. Under the rules, Mr..
White will have twenty-four hours to
fulfill his contracts.
The failure of J. w. Henning, an op-
orator on the New York Stock ex-
change, was announced on the floor Of
the exchange today.
Nearly all of Mr.. Henning's bust
ness was confined to New York city in
terests, and it is not believed that the
failure will affect any large out-of-
town accounts. The failure is believed
to have resulted from overtrading in
the heavy slump in the market late
last week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
WIFE SLAYER sURRENDERs
Arkansas Man Cheats Mob by Giving
Up to Police.

! Arkansas City, Kan, Oct. 22.-John
shot and killed his wife on the street
as she was returning from church and
who escaped with a posse in pursuit,
bent upon lynching him, surrendered,
today to a justice Of the peace at the
latter's home on the outskirts Of the
city, on the promise Of protection. He
was taken secretly to Wichita today,
and placed in Jail there for safe keep.
ing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
KING OPENS PARLIAMENT
Haakon Speaks Hopefully Of Future Of
Norway.

Christiania, Oct. 22.-The newly
elected parliament was opened today by
King Haakon in the presence of Queen
Maud and the diplomatic corps. The
king, who read his speech from the
throne, said he rejoiced at the great
good will shown by foreign countries
lishment1 of its independence, y and
spoke hopefully of Norway's future
prospects. He said that trade was
improving, making reductions in taxa
stion in the next budget, and congratu-
lated the country on the fact that f6e
5of 1907 19O6 showed q surplus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
MESSAGES 8 YEARS ON WAY
Buoys Contain Notes from the Bald
Win-Zeigler Expedition,

Buffalo, Oct. 22.-Two buoy mes
sages, set adrift near Franz Josefand
by the Baldwin-Zeigler polar expedition
in1901 have been found and forwarded
to Evlyn B. Baldwin, the founder of
the expedition, who is now in this city.
The messages were picked up on July
10, 1905, on Moffen island by Captain
st5enerson of the whaler .Gottfreidd;,
paper and show the effects Of their
Journey in the Arctic sea. The mes
sages were an appeal for supply of
coal, the lack of which forced the ex.
petition to turn back.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22
FIND INSURANCE TOO HIGH
Indiana Investigators Declare Premt.
ums Are in Excess of Needs.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. PA special
committee appointed by the governor,
of the auditor of state for year with
special reference to mutual and stock
life insurance companies, today subs
mitted its report to Governor Hanleys
The general conclusions Of the commit.
tee are that the cost of life insurance
to the public is. too high. The present
maximum premiums for insurance are
so much in. excess Of needs as to per-
nit of extravagant management Of
companies, theft Of their funds, division
out rendering the companies insolvents