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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
General News Items.

Joseph Hensley, aged 1902 years, a
prominent farmer of Helena, Mo-, near
St. Joseph, died suddenly of heart dis
ease.
With the opening of navigation OF
1908 the Northern Navigation com.
pany will put into commission a new
passenger vessel of the same type and
dimensions as the Huronic. The an
nouncement was made at Port Arthur,
Ont. by c. H. Nicholson, the general
traffic manager of Sarnia.
With all the records in the history
of the Great Lakes broken, traffic on
the 500 canal practically came to a
close last week. Complete figures are
not obtainable from the government,
but in round numbers the total freight
tonnage will be $4,000, 900, about 7,O0O,-
900 greater than last year.
All but one Of the twelve troops Of
cavalry sent to the Cheyenne river
reservation have been ordered back to
their former post, Fort Des Moines.
The two companies of the Sixteenth
infantry which has been guarding the
base Of supplies at Gettysburg have
been ordered to Fort Cook.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
YOUNG WILL FORCE lid ON
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS RE.
FORM BODY THAT MAYOR
MUST DO HIS DUTY.

st. Paul, Dec. 17.-Representatives
of the Baptist Young Peoples union
Saturday received assurances from At
torney General Young that he would
take immediate steps to remove the
executive officers of the city of st.
Paul for refusing to enforce the state
liquor laws.
Il will remove the whole govern
ment if necessary" said Mr.. Young.
1.-The law shall be enforced; that is
what l am here for. The mayor is
the responsible head of the city gov
eminent, and he is responsible for car
rying out the laws even though set
of men appoint the policemen. If
necessary will take the matter to
the supreme court directly"
c. H. Richter, president of the
union, accompanied by members of
the committee of the union which
made investigations of lawbreaking
themselves, visited the attorney
general. This committee reported to
the police commissioners several
weeks ago that the state law was not
being enforced and asked them to or
der the saloons closed at II o'clock.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
HARRY ORCHARD ON THE RACK.
barrow Subjects Him to Most Rigid
Cross-Examination.

barrow Subjects Him to Most Rigid
cross-Examination.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 15.-Clarense S
barrow, the Chicago attorney, who is
conducting the defense of George A.
Pettibone, had Harry Orchard, the
states witness, on the rack for two
hours and half yesterday, endeavor-
ing to discredit his testimony. The
cross-examination was rigid and eff
fective in that in it Orchard was pic.
tured as an inhuman monster, a muir
derer, bigamist, periurer. gambler,
thief and incendiary. Profiting by the
failure of Attorney Richardson, in the
Haywood trial, to shake the testimony
of Orchard, barrow made little attempt
to make the witness contradict him.
self.
Twice only during the day did he
try to confuse Orchard in regard to
his testimony, and each time ne fail
ed. Reading from the testimony of
tie Haywood trial, barrow endeavored
to make it appear that the witness had
changed his statements, but Orchard
forced his questioner to read more of
his testimony, given before, showing
that his testimony had been the same
at both times. barrow laid particular
emphasis on the fact that Orchard
was criminal before he became &C.
quainted with Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
NEW YORK CHASED UP TIGHT.
Another Sunday as Blue as strictest
Sabbatarian MIGHT Wish.

New York, Dec. II. = An enforce
ment of the Sunday closing law and
the elements combined yesterday to
provide a Sunday as blue" as the
strictest Sabbatarian might wish. The
amusement promoters generally kept
their places closed, while an overcast
sky, damp chill in the air and bad
walking shut in thousands, who in
lien of other entertainments gladly
would have found recreation in the
parks. The restaurants were, as be-
fore. benefited by the changed condi-
lions.
The theatrical men made no at
tempt to test the law and will await
relief in the form of more liberal
Sunday ordinance which they expect
the board of aldermen to pass nexx.
Tuesday.
A few places Of exhibition. dancing
academies and roller skating Kinks,
which had been fortified by injunc-
ticns which forbade police interior
ence, did business as usual. and an
occasional arrest for Sunday desecra-
ton was made, but these were the ex-
ception.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
RAILROADS sPvRN DEMANDS.
Sixty-Five Companies Decline to Grant
Concessions to Union.

Sixty-Five Companies Decline to Grant
Concessions to Union.
New York. Dec. 1.-THE executive
heads of sixty-five railroads, including
every system of Importance in the
United States east of the Mississippi,
have decided not to grant the de-
mands made upon them some time ago
by an association of all the unions of
railway workers with the exception Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. That organization has always
maintained an Independent position in
labor disputes.
The decision of the railroad presf-,
dents will not be formally announced
until after Dec. 20. On that date it is
proposed to hold a conference in this
city of the executive heads of the
sixty-five affected roads to work out
the details of their decision and
phrase it's announcement to the lead!
ers of the unions.
Tie.up Threatened.
When the unions sent their de-
mands to the railroads they made it
known that refusal would be follow
ed by tie-up of every railroad in the
eastern half of the country.
At the time the demands were in
process of formation, last October,
trade conditions were fiourishing and
the railroads were overcrowded with
freight. Some of the presidents of the
large railroads. are satisfied that the
officers of the labor organizations will
realize the futility of asking the COM
panies at this time to add to their.
financial burdens by increasing the
wages of employees.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
IN CONSTANT FEAR FOR LIVES!
FUNSTON HEARS REMARKABLE
STATEMENT ~ AMERICAN -,
.-f
FEDERATION MEN.

Gooldfield, New. Dec. 17.-Yesterday
delegation from the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor called on Gen. Funs-
ton, who is continuing his investtga-
ton of conditions here, with a view
of determining the necessity for the
presence of federal troops at Cold
field.
These gentlemen made the most
remarkable statement have yet
heard" said Gen. Funston in an inter-
view with the representative of the
Associated Press last night.
Lived in Constant Fear.
Their statement is that for months
they have lived in constant fear. They
have considered it necessary for their
self-protection to go armed at all
times and have been compelled to
avoid personal contact with members
|. of the Western Federation of Miners
in order to prevent serious trouble.
This condition of affairs, they have
told me, obtained until the arrival Of
the United States troops, since when
the conditions have greatly changed"
Troops Will Remain.
Gen. Funston stated that he consid-
cred that this statement of the condi-
tons came from men who have been
in better position to know the real
situation than any others who have
talked to him since his arrival.
In view of the facts cleaned, Gen.
Funston said that there is little posi-
bility of the troops leaving here with.
in ten days and upon his recommends
ton half of the number now here will
be detained by the Washington au-
thorities.
Gen. Funston will not leave Goldfeld
before Tuesday and may stay longer.
Commission Arrives.
The members of the commission
sent by President Roosevelt arrived in
Goldfield last night. Mr.. Neill said
that the commission would go at once
into the labor conditions in 'Goldfeld.
Gen. Funston is preparing a. report
to be sent to Washington based on
the revelations made to him by the
delegation from the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19

While playing with a loaded revol'
yer at New Britain, Conn.,, Edwin
Walker, ten years old, shot and killed
Svea Eugena Anderson, eight years
old, the bullet entering the girls
heart.
Asleep on the track with his head
across the rail, Victor Scott was
struck and instantly killed at Mar.
luette, Mich, by Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic railroad train. He
vas decapitated.
Three brothers were drowned at
lama, Iowa, while skating. The
brothers were Bud, Kenneth and
Kenneth and Gerald Carnal, sons OF
N. E. Carnal, a member of the city
council Of Tama.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
DlsBAR HART; DEMANDS BAR.
State Association Acts as Result Of
Attack on Supreme Court.

State Association Acts az Result Of
Attack on Supreme Court.
St. Paul Dec. 1.-THE Minnesota
Bar association, through its board of
governors and ethics committee, in
joint session in st. Paul late Saturday,
made demand for action for the dis.
barment of Francis B. Hart of Mime.
apolis. This action of the associa-
ton is the result of the letters writ.
ten by Mr.. Hart to both Gov. John A.
Johnson and Chief Justice G. M. Start,
attacking the supreme bench of Min
nesota and asking for its impeach
ment.
The meeting was held in the law
Offices of How, Butler & Mitchell. Ac-
ton to be taken includes the expul-
sion of Mr.. Hart from the state asso'
citation as we'll as his disbarment.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
Crimes.

John Martnick of Fort Atkinson
Iowa, committed suicide by taking two
ounces of carbolic acid.
Because he and his wife of two
months quarreled over his desire to
spend his evening at his bowling club,
Jacob Victor killed himself in New
York.
Detective Charles G. Jackson of Des
Moines, Iowa, was slugged and severe.
ly beaten with a blackjack as he was
returning from the police station to
his home.
For love of neighbours wife who
did not return the affection. D. H
Broese, a wealthy farmer of Jefferson
Iowa, forty-seven years old, sent bull
let through his brain.
Frank Click, macalinist of Nash
vile, twenty-five years old, shot his
wife, Mrs. Ruth Click, killing her in
stantly. He then shot himself through
the head and is dying at the city hos.
pital.
T. Otway Saldier, manager of the
West End branch of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust company at
San Francisco, committed suicide In
the office of the branch bank by blow.
ing off the top of his head with a
shotgun.
In an effort to drive from Pittsburg
the concerns that advance money on
furniture and other articles Of the
household, charging usurious rates,
city detectives raided the Offices of
nineteen of these money lenders and
have warrants for eleven others.
Mrs. Mary Stell was murdered by a
burglar at Altoona, Pa, She tried to
stop her husband from attacking the
marauder, whom they had discovered
in their home and had thrown her
arms about her husband, when the
tkiefs bullet struck her in the head.
The murderer escaped.
Chief of Police John A. Suggs and
Night Policeman Lewis Wood of Fort
Gibson, Okla, are under arrest, charg-
ed with robbfng the postoffice at Fort
Gibson on the night of Nov. %, obtain
ing $500 in cash. The arrest was
made by Mayor Rand Lee, after an in
vestigation of the crime.
William Stewart, proprietor Of a
restaurant in East lola, Kan, was
brutally murdered near his place Of
business. The body, which was found
; at daylight, bore evidence of several
wounds, any one of which would have
produced death. Stewards partner,
w. D. Cresison, confessed to the MUIR
der.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
Personal.

Harold d. Haddock, for thirty years
a prominent resident of Hancock,
Mich, is dead of pneumonia.
John Philip Sousa has fully recover.
ed from an attack of ptomaine poison,
ing and has rejoined his band.
Judge George Baldwin, one of the
wealthiest land owners Of Wisconsin,
died at Appleton, aged sixty-nine
years.
J. Marshall Williams, for two years
soloist with Sousa's band in New
York, died at Chillicothe, Mo-, after
a long illness.
Maj. William L. Geary, u. s. A., died
at the army general hospital at San
Francisco, where he has been i'll with
Bright's disease.
John Broadhead, a pioneer jeweler
of Marshalltown, Iowa, and one of tho
earliest settlers of the town, died sud.
denly of asthma and disease of the
heart.
w. B. Thomas has been elected act.
ing president Of the American Sugar
Refining company to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of H. o. Have.
meyer.
Joseph Armstrong, manager of the
Christian Science publications and
one of the most prominent leaders of
the faith in this country, is dead at
his home in Boston.
Gen. Alexander Hamilton, grandson
of Alexander Hamilton, secretary OF
the treasury under George Washing
ton, died at his home in Tarrytown
N. Y. He had been ill from la grippe
since Thanksgiving.
George Obey, aged 10 years, lack
Ing eighteen days, believed to be the
Oldest person in New York state, died
at his home in Great Bend. Olley
was born in Stanton, England, Dec. rs
1897.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
Accidental Happemnas.

Ihree persons were burned to death
and another injured during a fire in
Boston.
New Berlin, town situated eigh
teen miles east of Jacksonville. Ill.
was visited by fire. The loss is s75.
600.
James Siegeling, aged ten, of shar
on Center, Iowa, was thrown by a
skittish pony last night, and his nech
was broken. He died instantly.
Six buildings occupied by as many
retail firms, comprising the most OF
the business district of Gearing. Story
county. Iowa, was completely de-
stroyed by fire.
Three boys, Joseph and Floyd Ran
dali and Ernest Doutella, ranging ir
age from eight to twelve years, were
drowned while crossing the Flint
river on the ice at Flint, Mich.
William Moless, a farmer, was killed
while telling trees near Bessemer
Mich. A large elm lodged against 8
hemlock which Moless proceeded tt
cut down also. When partly cut the
unlock split and let the big elm fall
upon him.
The White Pigeon carbonite and gas
plant at White Pigeon, Mich, was to
tally wrecked by an explosion last
evening. Several persons were Sc
verely injured, and every window in
town was cracked. The shock was
felt for twelve miles The explosion
is attributed to leak in the gas
August Yickstrom was killed b,
falling ground In the Mesnard shaft
of the Quincy Mining company al
Houghton, Mich. Other workmen es
capped. but Vickstrom. who was the
last Of the party I'd leave the drift
was caught by tons Of rock and earth
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
CONDITIONS At GoLprlELD ARE
MUCH WORSE THAN HE AN.
TlcIPATED.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS
coMlTTEE FORMED
TO PROTECT RESIDENCE
DISTRICT.

Goldield, New, Dec. 15.-After hav.
ing met and conferred with many citi.
zens of Goldfield yesterday, Gen.
Funston stated last night that he is
finding conditions here worse than he
had anticipated.
THE possibilities of further trouble
growing out of the difficulties between
the mine owners and the miners" he
said, "are greater than my information
previous to coming to Goldfield had
led me to believe. do not believe the
governor will declare martial law at
once as no serious disturbance has
occurred. AS to the matter of patroll-
ing the vicinity of the mines and the
streets of the city with regulars, that
is procedure that may become nee.
essary at any hour"
Troops Will Remain.
The statement of Gen. Funston set
ties effectively the question Of the
withdrawal Of the troops from Gold.
field. Neither Gen. Funston nor Gov.
Sparks will yield to the pressure that
has been brought to induce them to
favor the withdrawal Of the troops be-
fore the arrival Of the labor commits
sion from Washington.
To-day a delegation Of women, COM
posed of members of the Women's
Club Of Goldfield, will call on Gen.
Funston and lay before him their
side of the question, which will be
that previous to the coming of the
troops they had lived in constant ter
ror, fearing that their homes might be
destroyed and their lives endangered
by deeds of violence and depredations
of desperate strikers. They will ask
that the troops be kept here until all
danger Of trouble is past.
Organize vigiIantes.
Delegations from the Goldfield cham.
Der of commerce, the Mine Owners as
sociation and the Goldfield Stock ex-
change also will call on Gen. Funston
to present the same matter. There is
we'll authenticated rumor that a
committee of citizens has been form
ed ostensibly to act as volunteer fire
and police department in the resi-
dence district, but which will be more
in the nature of vigilance committee
Of the early California days.
It is said that the Mine Owners as.
sociation has 200 strikebreakers on the
way here, but strict secrecy is being
maintained as to the movements of
the train and the hour when they will
arrive is not known.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
AUTO MEANS OF SUICIDE.
Partisan HurIs Himself Under Amer,
cans Car.

Paris, Dec. Is. - An old man was
killed yesterday on the Champs Ely.
see by an automobile owned by James
Watson of Calumet, Mich. Neither
Mr.. Watson, who was in the car, nor
his French chauffeur. who was driving
it, was detained, as the policeman in
charge of the regulation of traffic at
the point where the man was killed
declared it was case of suicide. He
says he saw the man throw himself
under the machine,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
News OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

The official call for the Republican
national convention, to be held in Chi
cago on June 16 next, has been issued.
President Roosevelt entertained at
dinner at the White House a number
Of bear hunters from the Louisiana
canebrakes.
Senator Hansbrough of North Da-
kota proposes an increase in the max
imum salary allowed rural free deliv.
cry carriers from 5000 to $1,000.
The department of agriculture has
issued report estimating that the to-
tai production of cotton in the United
States for the year 19O7-0S will
amount to 1851, 96S,OOO pounds.
TIE japanese government has
chosen Kogoro Takahira to succeed
Viscount AoEi as ambassador at Wash.
ington. as it desires to send its best
man. The Hochi states that the gov
eminent recalled Aoki for pledging
Japan to restrictive legislation as to
emigration.
The senate committee on public
lands ordered a favorable report on
the Hansbrough bill providing for
leaves of absence for homesteaders
during winter months. The report also
ordered favorable report on the
Gamble bill for adjustment of the 5
per cent account of public land states.
Col. George w. Goethals, chairman
and engineer-in-chief of the isthmian
canal commission, has notified the au-
thorities of his intention to come to
Washington soon. Probably the most
important matter which will come up
for consideration will be that of in
creasing the width of the canal locks
to 100 feet.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
'lNDlcTs TEN SALOON MEN.
Gambling and Selling Liquor to
Minors Charged.

Hallock, Mimi, Dec. 1.-THE grand
Jury, which has been in session all the
week at this place, closed it's labors.
The jurors indicted ten saloonkeepers,
seven of them for running gambling
games, and three Hallock saloonkeep-
ers, who pleaded guilty to selling
liquor to minors. The latter trio were
fined $50 each and costs, and were
given a suspended sentence of thirty
days in jail. A. Kennedy, a restau-
rant man, was fined s25 and costs for
allowing dice throwing in his place
of business.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
10 P. M. LID IN IOWA.
It Is to Be Put on Tight In the Whole
State

1t Is to Be Put on Tight In the Whole
State.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 1.-THE lid
is on in Iowa. Saloons yesterday
were closed throughout the state, and
beginning Monday will close at 10 p.
m. everywhere if they would avoid
prosecution.
Every county attorney in Iowa has
been notified to see to it that the
mulct law is enforced, and If any one
neglects the state will take steps to
have him removed from Office and at
least to have the law in his communi-
ty enforced.
Even in Scott county, where viola.
ton has been most open and notori-
GUS. law enforcement has been de.
clared.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
ForeIsn.

Dinilulu, the Zulu king who has been
held responsible for the threatening
situation in Natal, has surrendered.
Insurgents from Yunchow have pen
etrated into the province Of Kwang ST
and have captured three strongholds
between Lungchau and Langson. Mar
tial law has been proclaimed in the
disturbed locality.
The Brazilian coasting steamer
Guasca, $4,000 tons, Capt. Ramos, has
gone down off Panagua, Brazil, as a
result of collision with an unknown
vessel. Thirty persons on board the
Guasca were drowned.
Gen. Liautey, commanding the
French flying column in Algeria, re.
ported that he had destroyed the camp
of the Matrahout Bouthick, one of the
leaders of the revolt and who pro-
claimed holy war on the frontier.
The condition of Dowager Queen
Sophia of Sweden is occasioning anx.
iety. The strain upon the queen Incl.
dent to the illness and death of King
Oscar was very severe. and since his
death she has been almost constantly
confined to her bed.
One of Vandyke's masterpieces
1.-The Erection of the Cross" has been
stolen from the Church of Notre Dame
at Courtrai, Belgium. The thieves
carefully cut the canvas from the
frame and carried it away. They are
believed to have been experts, as spe.
cial watchmen employed in guarding
the treasures of the church observed
nothing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
SOUL MARRIAGE FAILS.
Tneoscphist's Spirit Departs Alone
From Earth,

From Earth.
Cleveland, Dec. Ito practice his
understanding of theosophy on the
union of souls, Boris Minoff, Bulga-
rian designer, attempted to kill Jessie
Schroeder thirteen years of age, and
then committed suicide.
The girls parents objected to his
lovemaking. The law also was a bar
rier. Denied legal marriage, tie
young man thought of soul marriage
Minoff boarded with the Schroeders.
Last night he sent all the members
of the family except Jessie to the the
alter. Minoff studied his theosopkical
books. until late hour and then with
handkerchief chloroformed the girl
and himself. The girl will recover.
Minoffs spirit departed alone.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
HoLD-UP NETS $4,000.
Two Masked Men Get Money at Place
Near Minocuua, Wis.

Rhinelander, Wis.,, Dec. II. = The
road house of James Papineau, To-
Gated between Woodruff and Minoc.
qua, was held up last night by two
masked men, armed with repeating
rifles, who got away with $4,000.
The safe of the establishment had
been opened in order to pay bill
when the men entered, and they
forced everybody's hands up and rob.
bed the safe. They marched the man
who opened the safe half a mile from
the house.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-19
sPuRNED sulToR SHOOTS.

Wounds Two Women and Then Kills
Himself.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. II. - Otto
Schmigler, Hungarian tailor, yester-
day shot and fatally wounded Mrs.
Caroline Webster and seriously
wounded Miss Myrtle Spence and then
killed himself. The tragedy occurred
at the home of Mrs. Webster, where
Schmigler had rocm.
1t is said that Schmigler was infat-
uated with Miss Spence and that his
advances had been repullsed.