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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-12
John Norman's
Opportunity.
BY C. r. Frame.
Copyrighted, 1907, by L. c. PARCELS.


The hands OF the city clock pointed
to 6, and the streets leading to the
station fairly hummed with life. Sub
urban shoppers, business folk and the
idle minority were all homeward
bound. Electric trains whirred and
changed in every direction, and eager
crowds surged into them.
"Rosedale! Rosedalev' shouted the
starter.
Helen Grey gathered her suit case,
string bag and Boston fern and made
desperate efforts to secure a place. II
her haste she tripped Oh a loosened
shoestring and fell heavily into her
seat. She was weary beyond words
with the days shopping. 1t was a hot
evening, and the train was packed.
Passengers behind her crowded and
pushed, jamming her against a man
at the seats end. A brass curtain rod
which she was carrying prodded him
sharply in the ribs. She turned to
apologize, but the words died on her
lips when she found herself confronted
by the eager face of 1.-The enemy"
With a brief word she drew the Of
Tending rod into place and tried to
edge away from him.
He had passed her early in the
morning bound cityward in his motor
car. She had encountered him Il num-
Der of times during the day, and when
she had committed her IL eXtrava-
gance, lunch at Maclean's, he, too, had
sauntered in and had seated himself
at a window table beside hers. The
enjoyment Of her lunch was spoiled
by the scrutiny of John Norman's gray
eyes.
The feud between the Normans and
Greys was of the fine, unreasonable
New England type. There had been
real cause for grievance at the outset,
two generations back, but when the
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Tho "RIackfeuowr Doctors.

DR.. A. w. Hewitt in his Native
Tribes of Southeast Australia" gives
an interesting account of those medi.
cine men called the "blackfellow doc.
tors" The blackfellow relies upon the
supernatural for his effects, but he is
believed to be wholly sincere, as lie
lives among a people not yet civilized
to the point Of understanding a mature
fakir." DR.. Hewitt says Of him: HE
is everywhere believed to have received
his dreaded power from some super
natural ource or being, or from the
spirits of ancestors. This power en-
ables him to inject diseases, as it were,
into people at a distance, as we'll as to
cure disease by striking at its secret
originator, who is usually a rival medi-
cine man In a neighboring tribe. He
can also preserve people from disease.
He works with charms, and individual
medicine men or groups of them pos
sess charms peculiar to themselves. In
all cases the blackfellow doctor Is
credited with being able to see men In
their ~incorporeal state, either tempo
rarily as a wrath or permanently sepa-
rated from their body as a ghost, which
is invisible to other eyes. He can
ascend to ghostland beyond the sky or
can transport himself OF be transport
ed by the ghosts from II spot of
earth to another at will. much after
the I'M of the Buddhist Arhat. He
can, 1t is also thought. assume animal
forms or control the elements"
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Effect Of IMAGINATION.

When Sir Joseph Fayrer was with
his ship in the Bahamas he landed on
an island, left the boat on shore and
went inland exploring. Presently, to
his dismay, he saw the boat drifting
out to sea-. He rushed down to the
waters edge, Invested himself Of all
but some cotton underclothing and
plunged in. As he swan something
appeared to seize his leg, and he re-
membered in an instant that the sea
swarmed with sharks. He nearly
sunk with horror, fully persuaded that
his leg was gone. But, mastering his
fear, he swan on to the boat. Then
he found that his alarm had been
caused by a tape with which his under
clothing was tied below the knee. It
had come unfastened, and the sup
posed shark bite was only a wet tape
winding and unwinding about his leg.
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When Umbrellas Were First Used.

tvICH III ZIG ! "oS SSSas
The Introduction of the umbrella in
some places has been regarded of suf-
ficicnt Importance TO he included i'll the
local annals. About 1880 q red legllorn
umbrella was introduced into Bristol
and it created quite Il sensation in
the city. 1t was about the same period
that an umbrella was first carried in
the streets Of Stamford, Lincolnshire.
1t was of Chinese manufacture and
was brought TO Stamford from Glas-
Cow. Mrs. Stockdale in 1916 is record
ed to have brought from the island
Of Grenada. in the West Indies, the
first umbrella seen in Cartmel, Lam
cashire.
In 1919 DR.. Spens, a popular physl-
clan, carried an umbrella in the streets
Of Edinburgh, and he Is credited
with introducing it into the Scottish
capital. John Jameson, a Glasgow
surgeon, visited Paris about 1871 or
1852 and brought back with him an
umbrella, which was the first seen In
attention. William Symington vas the
first person to carry an umbrella In
Paisley.
1t is related by Horace Walpole In
his account Of the punishment of DR..
S%hebberere for libel, Dec. 5, 1853, that
when he was in the pillory a footman
held over him an umbrella to keep off
the rain. This has been described as
an a%ristocratic style Of bearing pun
ishment. The u~ndersherif got into
trouble for permitting the indulgence,
London Chronicle.
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RIDGLEY'S
REpRlSAL.
BY Edna Kerr.
copyrighted. 1907. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

!. k.N-EwE E
Herbert Morrow, bent and careworn,
passed the parlor door. His daughter
Daisy. smiled up'a a him as he glanced
at her in passing; but the smile turned
into a sigh as the bowed figure van
lshed.
SIS the run on the bank ~serious?"
asked Degnon. your father looks
very bad"
Il am afraid that it is serious" she
answered. She was engaged to Deg
non and trusted his discretion. T.
81 saw the evening papers," he said,
''but Thought that it was just a SEN
sational playing up of an incident. May
Itgo in and see Mr.. Morrow"
II wish you would" she said. 81
seem so helpless. l think he would
like to talk it over with a man."
The banker looked up YEARLY as
Degnon entered the library. He liked
this clean cut young chap, who had
come to Midvale to take charge of the
electric plant. Degnon went directly
to the matter at issue.
II have come to see if 1 can be of
any service he began. II have some
$4,000 that 1 can get hold of by to-
morrow XIX
"Too little, but l thank you, my boy"
said the president of the Union bank.
"Is there no way out?" persisted
Degnon. "Just how does the matter
stand"
ut is a plot of Ridgley's," began the
banker. ut cannot be proven, but he
practically owns the Provident Savings
bank as well as the First National"
"That is news to me-" said Degnon.
"And to most others. For some rea-
son Ridgley does not want his connec-
ton, with the Provident bank known.
Now, just at present there is a heavy
demand for money on short time loans.
The high rates Of interest have led both
the Provident and my own bank, the
Union, to send all of our surplus to the
city banks. Ridgley sees his chance to
put me out of business by starting a
run. He knows that there is not
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WINNER Of
THE RACE.
BY Virginia Blair.
Copyrighted. 1907. by Homer sprague.
BY Virginia Blair.

"
"Jock," said Hugh Macdonald, 'are
they men or monkeys"
Jock, being a collie Of intelligence.
cooked his ears conversationally and
followed his master to the edge of the
bluff, where they stood looking over.
Down the road below them, driven
pellmell by a youth in hunting pink,
came a team of razor backed hogs,
Around their necks were wreaths of
huge, yellow chrysanthemums, and the
long yellow ribbons with which their
driver tried Intellectually to guide them
were Of shining yellow satin.
Behind them a quartet of stamped
ing sheep, violet wreathed and har-
messed with violet satin, dragged after
them a laughing, romping youth, also
in hunting pink.
The two contestants in the strange
ace were followed by a shouting, ex.
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cited crowd. \ little woman in sea
let, joining hands with two stout gen
tlemen, brought up the rear, and they
all disappeared around the curve to-
gether.
"W'ell. jock" said Hugh MacDon-
aid, 'it's a poor way to treat the pigs,
and you could take better care of the
sheep than that"
The collie wagged a responsive tail,
but his eyes were still fastened on the
road.
Hugh, following their direction, said
"Oh" quickly as a girl limped into
sight.
She looked up and waved her hand
at the minister.
I'm coming!!" he shouted, and Jock
led the way down the winding path.
When they reached the road they
found the girl sitting on a big stone.
81 have hurt my ankle" she said. Il
made them go on without me-"
Were you following that?" The
minister jerked his head in the direc-
ton of the motley procession.
YES" Her cheeks famed. ut must
seem awfully silly to you"
Its cruel" the minister condemned.
"Jock could take better care of the
/ sheep
II don't believe they thought of
that"
"Do they ever Think" he questioned
her.
I'm not sure" she confided, 'but
they're awfully good fun"
II think it was just as good fun
when you and l used to pick wild flow
ers and row in my little boat on the
lake. Those were nice, simple times,
Ellie, before these society people came
up here to make fools Of the country
folks. and your father made his money
selling land to Them.
"Oh, you don't know them," she ,ex-
cused. They are very. good hearted.
One of them gave q lot of money to the
poor. and we're going to have tableaux
for the old people Of the parish"
MY old people are we'll taken care
Of" he said sternly.
Her face fell.
But we want to have the tableaux.
l I'M going to be Juliet"
"To whose Romeo"
Freddie F%airfax's."
1.-THE pig driverY
How unpleasantly you put it." she
said. "He is awfully NICE"
There was silence for a moment,
and then he said, do you love him.
Ellie|
Everybody calls me Eleanor now"
she remarked i%rrelevantly.
do you love himY' he insisted.
"Oh, no, I don't love any one
His dark face was very tender as he
said, "And yet l once had the great
happiness of believing that you loved
me and that we were to be married
and that you were to live in the par
sonage with me and we were to min
lister to my people and grow old to-
gether in a beautiful union"-'
She gave a little cry. my ankle
hurtsW was her explanation, but her
eyes were full Of tears.
Y He knelt beside her.
LET me take off your shoe," he said.
II can .bandage it with my handker-
chief"
In silence he united the pretty low
boot and drew 1t off gently. In silence,
too, he wrapped his handkerchief about
her slim ankle.
There" he said, and looked up at
RE.g4NEMet#Ag #TEE xN44s4 t-rN" RHIETts HaiE ~
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mo TAXA DA MoN'," EXPLAINED TIL
ITALIAN.

mo TAXA DA MON" II
ITALIAN.
enough money in either bank to meet
a run, but the First National will help
the Provident. I shall have to sus-
pend until I can recall the money on
deposit In the city," 4
II think I see,' unused Degnon.
Both banks need money. Uhe Provi-
dent can get it from its sister bank.
Your Union will have to admit its in
ability to pay depositors. They turn
shaky about your bank and so to the
rival institution" Z
'That's part Of the scheme. The rest
is this: Next week the interest accrues.
IL there is a run and the money is
withdrawn, this interest is. lost to the
,depositor. The First National will get
the use of the money. until the scare is
over They announced tonight that
their interest would be paid. When
the scare is over they will cut Off the
interest and send the money back to
their savings bank, while in the mean
time the standing of my bank is lost"
"There is just n thing to be DONE"
said Degnon, producing a blank form.
"Put electricity into your bank" .
"How will that help?" asked the
banker. 1T is a sign of enterprise.
but I am afraid in a few days I shall
have no bank to light"
Degnon smiled.
II have an idea" he explained. 81
think 1t is a good one" +,
With trembling hand Morrow signed
the contract. and Degnon rose to go.
In the hall he stopped to say goos
night to Daisy and explain that he had
to see some one on business on his
way home; hence his haste.
The some n was the mayors sec-
rotary, and as a result of the visit a
permit was issued the following morn
ing as soon as the Office opened to tear
up the street for the purpose Of install
Ing the light service in the Union bank.
7 Already a little knot Of depositors
had gathered in front OF the two saw
.ings banks when the construction gang
put In an appearance. The First Ma
tonal. In which Ridgley was silently
interested, occupied a corner building.
and the Union, Morrow's bank, adjoin-
ed II. Ridgley's savings bank, the
Proyident, stood d%iagonally opposite,
and. It was In front Of the Provident
that the lei began to dig to tap the
main feeder. The men worked stolidiy
on, nnn,indful OF the excitement around.
them.sAt the Union, Morrow was pay.
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with him. Norlnnn's hand stroked his
transparent tactics.
AS the car slowed, she rose burdened
with bundles. Then came Il struggle,
confusion and sickening distress, IS
she dropped back fairly on John Nor
mans knee. Then she realized what
the trouble was-shc had lied her shoe
string to his. She was profoundly
grateful for the cool, matter Of fact
way in which he took her wild be-
havior. She struggled to her feet
again, and all Of Rosedalc that was
riding home in that special electric
craned its neck in intense enjoyment
at what was going Oh.
The motorman, angry at the delay,
changed the bell with furious insistence,
and the conductors sharp Hurry up,
hurry Nd. lady; don't keep the car wait
ing!!' added still further to her nervous
embarrassment.
John Norman's clear voice rang out,
'Wait II minute, conductor" in the
tone of one used to being obeyed. The
conductor had Il profound respect Tor
Mr.. John Norman and ran forward 10
stop the changing bell. In the mehn-
time Norman had produced his pocket
knife and had cut the knotted laces,
his and hers. She gave a confused
murmur of thanks, and Norman, hast.-
ly catching up the parcels, followed her
out. There was no word Of protest,
and his sympathetic glance revealed
quivcring lips and big brown eyes
suffused with tears.
The car whirred away, and Il faint
echo Of laughter was borne back. 1t
was the last straw.
"FOols!' he calculated, while the girl
leaned against Il nearby wall and
laughed till the tears ran down her
cheeks.
The vagaries of w0nen We're beyond
his comprehension, and he looked his
bcwildernlent, standing mutely, with
suit case, bullying string bag and pot OF
fern.
please, please forgive me-" she
pleaded. Il cannot imagine how l came
to do such Il stupid thing"
: He liked the pleading tone and the
kindly way in which she looked at him.
1T was q happy mistake for me-
he said eagerly, land l hope that we
may be friends"
She had an inklinS that there was
more than the thought Of good fellow
ship in his mind as he held her hand in
a lingering good night.
Some months later Mrs. John Nor
man, looking particularly pretty and
charming, leaned across the dinner
table and put Il pertinent question to
her husband.
John, do you remember the evening
that l tied myself to you:'
''Of course | do. Is it likely that l
should forget anything so delightful:'
She h%esitated. 1--WE been thinking'-
Color came to her face. John, did you
know that l tied that string to yours?"
Norman leaned back in his chair and
chuckled.
"Of course l did. Why, didn't l tell
you, dearest? DO you think that after
watching and waiting for months to
make your acquaintance l would
throw aside such an opportunity? You
tied yourself to me, and / knew it q
significant omen for our happy flu
ture."
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His ~Puni.hment.

Small Peter-Did your mother pun
ish you for. going in swimming yester-
day, as she Threatened to? Small Tim
othy-You Let she did. She made me
take a. bath.-Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
MRS. sTEUNENsERG BEARS
NO MALIC- TOWARD THE B.
SLAYER OF HER HUSBAND
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, June GA special
TO the Post t-Intelligencer from Walla
Walla says:
Harry Orchard has done many
wrongs, but hope that he has repented
now that he understands their magni-
tude. and that he will be given chance
to lead a good, true and honest life
after the present ordeal has passed"
This is the statement of Mrs Frank
Steunenberg, widow of the former gov
ernor of Idaho, who was killed by a
bomb planted by orchard at the gate
way of his home in CaldWell. MRS:
Steunenberg is attending the annual
camp meeting and conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists at College
Place. three miles west of Walla Walla.
She seems to be above hatred of the
man who killed her husband and her
conversation would indicate that she
has forgiven him.
AS to Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
she expressed no opinion, saying she
had not thought of their connection
with the case. She is leading a secluded
life. spending most of her time reading
the Bible and other religious works.
Her eyesight is poor, she says, and she
prefers to read something that will do
her good rather than the reports of the
trial, which she says tend to excite
rather than satisfy. She shuns publicity,
saying that her statements are often
put in the wrong light, though she does
not avoid the subject of the death OF
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
ORCHARD SPR|vATE
LIFE IS EXPOSED
GUILTY OF BIGAMY IS HIS
ADMISSION
Says He Deserted Wife and Children
and EIoped with Another Woman.
Attorney cross-Examines
Him Sharply
.continued from page Onc.)

Continued from rage Oncsp
he gave it to a man named Cunning
ham.
1t was thrown into the river, and
the state promises to later prove It's
recovery.
Haywood and his kinsfolk listened
quietly to the long recital and tneir
first show of feeling was one OF amuse-
ment when Attorney Richardson began
his onslaught and brought out Or
chards domestic crimes.
There were the same precautions and
the same armed guards today to pro-
tect Orchard and the same court room
scenes, except that among the spec
tators the women to men were as two
to one.
There was another rush for admit
tance and the doors of the court hao
to be closed at both sessions.
Orchard finished his direct eXamlna-
tion at 2:35 o'clock and the cross eX-
animation had only reached down to
the Coeur d'Alene days of 1899 when
the court arose. The cross eXamfpa-
tion will be continued at O'Clock to-
morrow.
Orchard Is Calm
The Steunenberg trial was resumed
at o'clock this morning. Harry of-
chard at once took the stand.
Orchard told in detail of plots to
kill Bradley, Governor Peabody, David
Moffatt and a Judge of the supreme
court. He told the names OF others
who were marked for victims
Orchard testified that Haywood first
suggested that he come to Idaho ana
assassinate Governor Frank Steunen-
berg. He said that at conference helo
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07

burning cheese factory and collecting
the insurance?'
Yes
"And that you had stolen the cheese
and sold it prior to the fire?'
Yes"
"And that you had an alteration
with your brother near Utica N. Y.
and had pitchforked him?"
yes"
Hold on just moment" said SEN
ator Borah, for the prosecution. "Mr
Orchard, please tell us the date of this
conversation with Pettibone so we can
connect it up with him?"
The attorneys for the defense were
silent, evidently taken aback by ;ae
sudden move.
TT was in 1904" said Orchard.
Orchard said he had never had any
trouble before leaving Canada and had
never been in or near Utica, n. Y.
Court here adjourned until o'clock
tomorrow morning when Orchards ex-
animation will be resumed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07

Taking the witness back to his ex-
perieRte in Colorado, Mr.. Hawley asked
the witness If Haywood had ever said
anything to him with reference to the
death of Arthur Collins, superintendent
of the Smuggler Union mine in Tellu-
ride.
Haywood told me-" said Orchard
| that he had sent Steve Adams and
Ed Minister to California to kill Fred
! Bradley and the superintendent of a
mine whose name l do not remember.
He said they had got in Jail and he
had to send them quite a sum of
| money"
Later Orchard said that Haywood
had also told him he had sent Adams
to Pocatello, Idaho, to throw some
'Pettibone DOPE" or Grecian fire, into
a train of non-union miners that was
expected to pass through there.
Begins Cross.Examination
This ended Orchards story. Attor-
ned Richardson of the defense be-
gan without a moments hesitation to
cros5-examine Orchard.
Orchard said he was born in Canada,
that his father and mother were both
dead; that he had one brother and six
sisters. lie said some lived in Canada
and some in New York state. He ad-
mitted that he had two wives; that he
left one in Canada and had another in
Colorado.
Richardson was very aggressive with
the witness, hurting his questions at
him in fast flying volleys and in tones,
harsh and rasping.
Orchard said he ran away from Can
ada with another mans wife, going
to Nebraska The woman's name was
Hattie Simpson. He went into the res
taurant business for while. He then
moved to Pilot Bay, B. c., and ran a
boarding house. He went by the name
of Little. He said Mrs. Simpson went
back home from Pilot Bay and he went
to Spokane. In Spokane Orchard said
he adopted the name of Harry Orchard.
From Spokane he went to Wallace,
Idaho, there he acquired one-six-
teenth interest in the Hercules mine,
now largely owned by Edward Boyce,
the former president of the Western
Federation of Miners. Boyce is re-
puted to be many times millionaire.
orchard said he sold out his interest In
the mine in 1897 and bought out
wood yard at Burke, Idaho.
Richardson's questions flew at
Orchard in such rapid succession that
the latter part Of his answers were lost
in the rattle of the new interrogation.
Hawley objected on the part of the
state and the court admonished the
attorney not TO cut off the witness
Did you ever tell Pettibone about