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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-17
Castro Accused Of Murder.

New York, May 15.-Hector Luis
Paroles, brother of General Antonio
Paroles, who was killed on Feb. Is
after he had led an instruction
against President Castro, it is an
nounced, has forwarded to the high
federal court and court of cessation
at Caracas a petition accusing Castro
of murder and demanding that he be
placed on trial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-17
SOUTH DAKOTA TORNADO.
Causes Fire That Results in Death Of
a Woman and Child.

Parker, s. D., May ia tornado
overturned a farmhouse south of here.
A lamp that was burning set fire to
the bedclothes and burned to death
the wife and young son of Ole Sang
stead. The husband and father was
seriously injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-17
OVERCOME BY smoke
One Fireman Dead and Thirty
Rendered Unconscious
SERIOUS BLAZE IN new YORK

Temporary Hospital Established and
One Hundred Young Women Driven
From Burning Building Volunteer
as Nurses.
New York, May 15.-Thirty aremen
were overcome by smoke, one was re-
ported to have been killed and another
to be missing as the result of a stub
born fire in the sub-cellar and base
ment of a ive-story building at 1926
Broadway occupied in part by the
salesrooms and offices of the Reming-
ton Typewriter company.
The blaze was confined at first to a
quantity of material stored in the eel
lar, the burning Of which filed the
storerooms with %suffocating smoke.
With no window to allow escape Of
the smoke the firemen were unable to
Withstand the fumes. One after An
other they were. brought out uncon-
scious by their comrades.
A temporary hospital ward was es-
tablished in offices in Worth street
near the scene of the fire and many Of
the firemen were removed there.
About 100 young ONE who were en-
ployed in the offices of the Remington
company and who fled to the street
when the fire started volunteered to
serve as nurses and their services
we're gladly accepted. AS fast as they
became able the men returned to the
building and helped their comrades
bring out others who were overcome.
Fireman Richard Elliott went into
the cellars three times before he col
lapsed and was carried out
scious. John Farley, another firema
was reported to be missing. Although
the fire made very slow progress the
iremen had great difficulty in extin-
gushing it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

through which federal supervision an
control over the domestic affairs of tn,
people is exercised, shows an enor
nous increase in the past ten years.
I.rcIt Inrr..uS,. I'm ID Ncurs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
SCHRECK AT TOP
Dutchman Earns Claim to
Heavyweight Championship
by Defeating Hart.
TONOPAH BATTLE WAS FAST
Louisville Man Willing, and Takes
Much Punishment, But Is Clear
Iy OutcIassed.

Tonopah, New, May 31.-Aftcr 20
rounds of hard and fast fighting, in
which Mike Schreck pounded Marvin
Hart into a helpless state, the seconds
of the Louisville man saved their prin-
cipal from further punishment by throw
ing a towel into the ring midway III
the DIST round, conceding victory to
Schreck. As a result the Cincinnati
man now claims the heavyweight title.
When the towel sailed through the
ropes Hart was Keeling about the ring
in such dazed condition that he was
hardly able to keep his feet. He SEEM
ed unable TO do more than lift his arms
and was clearly on the verge of Il
knockout.
Cool and collected, Schreck was fol-
lowing him about, landing vicious
punches and swings at pleasure, and
it was only the wonderful power of
absorbing punishment Hart displayed
which enabled him to last as he did.
Hart Battles GameIy.
For three rounds Hart was simply at
Schreck's mercy. Again and again he
went to the floor when Schreck cut
loose with his heavy blows, but he
was always ready to come back again,
bleeding and staggering, but still en-
deavOring to fight. In the hottest peri
DDS of the go the men fought in clean
fashion and Referee Siler had no trou-
BILE in getting them to break.
Both men seemed in the best of CON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

aggregate annual expenditures of the
federal government. If il Is not CHECK
cd. and the state continue to surrender
10 the federal government the exercise
of their reserve powers or fail to OK
erCise them in harmony with the in
tcrests of their sister states. then the
federal government. as a denier resort.
may be compelled to assume practical
control over the states and the domcs-
tic affairs of their people In that
case, with the vast and varied local
and national interests of hundred 81
a hundred and fifty millions of people.
how long would it be before the tas-
and burden of government would DC
SO complex so stupCndous that of It's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

Continued From Page Six
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

crease, though a considerable one, il
the Philippine trade. In other words,
the total trade with Cuba has increas-
ed from $65 100000 to $50. 600 .00D:
with Porto Rico from S6,000.000 ID
SIS, 100000; and with the Philippine is
lands from $5,000,00O to $1S,000.000. or
a total increase in business done with
these three islands of $1l00O0,000.
While this shows a considerable ii
crease. the profit therefrom is by no
means equal to the great outlay have
set forth. | am sure that if the same
liberal policy is continued and if the
Philippine tariff bill of the last Ses-
sion is put into effect in the course Of
the next two or three years. that a de
cade or certainly twenty-five yearS.
will show an increase in business that
will be more commensurate with the
expenditure. But that increase will
occur only if we continue the same al
truistic spirit with these islands. and
give them every opportunity and aid L.
expand their own business and i'll
crease their own prosperous condition.
In the meantime, ana down to the pres
ent date, the outgo for the benefit of
these islands has been enormous.
while the income received by the peu-
pie of the United States from them
has been comparatively small
Must BE Broad in Future.
Il have not touched upon and do nos
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

q have not touched upon and do MOI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

You'll be buying a tonic
soon-probably need one
now. Brace up your sys-
TEN with VITAL VIM.
Take our word for it.
There's no better tonic
sold. Fifty cents a bottle
at the Harper House phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

Fills 90.
If there is any time in a girls life
when she needs watching and care il is
during the early years of her life. The
rapid growth and changes that occur
and the strain of school duties all call
for additional strength. DR.. a. w.
Chase realized this and met the re-
quirements of the condition with his un-
equaled nerve and general tonic, DR.. A.
w. Chases Nerve Pills. and to prove
their great value in such cases we give
you the statement of Mrs. Geo. Shutz,
647 Fair St, New Philadelphia, Ohio,
who says: DIR. a. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills are an excellent medicine. My
little girl was so run down she had to
stay out OF sChOol-nervOuS headaches
and nervousness as well as general
weakness was her trouble. The
medicine built her up finely, cured
the nervousness and headaChes-gaVe
her strength and enabled her to return
TO her studies. / have used them my
self as well. and find them an excellent
nerve ana general tonic" soc a box al
all dealers or Or. 4. W. Chase Medi-
cine Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
For Sale at Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

dition when they entered the ring.
Although the number of punches
landed was about even in the first few
rounds, it was clear that Sehreck hal
slight edge. He showed no signs OF
distress under Harris blows, while his
own punches would shake the Louis
vile man and force him into a clinch
from which Mike would struggle to dis
engage himself even before the referee
gave his order. Hardly would the men
be separated before Schreck would steI
back again with vicious leads with his
left.
Swings Were Ineffective.
Hart played with a wild swing
throughout. but Schreck seemed &c
have no difficulty in Guiding it. Again
and again he would slip beneath the
blow, only to land one of his punches
with telling effect on the stomach Of
mouth.
1t was in the last few rounds that
Hart commenced to show the effects ot
the continual punishment. He painted
on returning to his corner, seemed t.
be in distress when hit in the stomach
and showed an inclination to clincF
more frequently. But Schreck follow
ed him closely, dogSedly keeping a
his tactics, and by the 18th round i
was clear that the fight was won
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

own weight orr splendid system &C
government would fall"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
Tn,yncy for stnte flights.

Gettysburg, Pa, May ST. Unusual
Memorial day exercises at the National
cemetery here, where 1000 soldiers are
buried, were held yesterday afternoon.
a large crowd being in attendance
from many parts of the state. Con
gresham James \. Tawney of Mime
sofa was orator of the day. He ar
in part:
In the early part of the nineteenth
century there was fear and danger
that the union of the states was as d
rope of sand and would fall apart, or
rather that the states could not come
together and forever remain together
under one comprehensive system of
local self and national government.
Today there is more reason to fear
that the several states and the local
selfgovernment which they represent
in our dual form of government will
for all practical purposes, disappear
from our politics as distance entities
swallowed up in one all-cmbracing
and federal power.
Anxious TO Give Up Power.
The states today not only seem ia
clined to allow but in many instances
are anxious voluntarily to surrendeG
to the federal government the dis
charge of duties and the exercise Of
powers and privileges reserved by the
| constitution to them. especially when
the exercise of these powers and priv
| leges involves the expenditure Il
money. They are also today either
| soliciting or acquiescing in a federal
supervision over their domestic affairs
TO an extent that less than half cen
fury ago would have led to revolution
had the federal government attempted
to force upon them such supervision.
| These undertakings which belong
exclusively to the state OF private ir-
terests to do and to pay for, but which
have been authorized by congress and
must be paid for from appropriations
made from the federal treasury. ex
coed the legitimate functions of the
federal government as conceived by
the founders of our political institi
tons and as declared by them in III,
, constitution of the United States. The
special agent and inspection servic,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31

intend to discuss. for lack of time
what our future policy toward these
three peoples must be. The problems
to be presented are difficult ana need
clear and calm Judgment and a gen
erous altruistic spirit for their salts
factory solution. Neither will be
wanting | am sure"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
Goes To ANTHONY.
Rock Islander Wins kahler Tro-
ply at Match of Rock Is
land Gun Club.
SHOOTS TIE WITH COLLIER
Same Medal Will be Put up Again at
end of Year-Attendance Reduc-
ed by Other Attractions.

Fred Anthony gets the Kahler trophy
for a year as a result of the shoot of the
Rock Island Gun club at the Watch
Tower range yesterday. In competitions
with lG other members of the club h.
tied with J. d. Collier, each breaking
y out of % birds. In shooting off tho
tie Mr.. Anthony won IS to II. Under
the terms by which the club received
the trophy it is to be put up to be shot
for annually.
Yesterdays attendance was not ds
large as had been expected. due to the
number of other attractions and the
bad weather.
Yesterdays scores.
Following are the scores made yes.
terday:
Collier Il
Schrelner .................. -
NeStDay OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. u
EDerhart ................. Is
II. Bennett .................. IS
" heele .-..-........... Ia
Robinson Observation-Disclosures. Is
Moeller .................. ~
Donaldson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
Bear -....... ........-..... -
hOcn ............. ............... i
kCnwOrthy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l.
Warren NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
Great Increase in 10 Years.

The number OF men employed in
the service in 1907 is one hundred and
eighty times greater than in 1896; anu
the cost has increased over seven hun.
drcd per cent in ten years. This is
the tendency of the times, the growth
of which during the last decade can
be comprchendCd only by a careful
analysis of federal legislation and the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
The Headaches of
Growing Girls

No medicine in these troubles
gives the same splendid results
that DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills do.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
THE ESPOUSAL.
Ancient Ceremony of the Mutual
Promise Of Marriage.

Ancient Ceremony of the Mutual
Promise of Marriage.
The first part of the matrimonial of
fee was anciently termed the espousaL
which took place some time prior to
the actual celebration of marriage.
These espousals consisted in a mutual
promise of marriage, which was made
by the man and woman before the
bishop or presbyter and several wit
neSSes.
After them the articles of agreement
Of marriage, called tabuloe matrimo-
males, which are mentioned by Angus
tine, We're signed by both persons. Aft
or this the man delivered to the wom-
an the ring and other gifts, an action
which was termed subarrhation. In
the latter ages the espousals have al
ways been performed at the same time
as the office Of matrmony IN all the
churches abroad. andpit has long been
customary for the ring to be delivered
to the woman after the contract has
been made, which has always been IN
the actual office of matrlmony.
The ring is special token of spous-
age. In some of the old manuals for
the use of foreign cathedrals before
the minister proceeds to the marriage
he is directed to ask the woman's
dowry-viz, the tokens of spousage-
and by these tokens of spousage are
to be understood rings or money or
some other things to be given to the
woman by the man, which giving is
called wedding or covenanting, espe-
cially when it is done by the giving of
a ring--New York Tribune
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
EARLY FIRE IMPLEMENTS.
Appliances Used In This Country In

Appliances Used In This Country In
the Seventeenth Century.
Undoubtedly the first fire company
organized in this country was formed
in New York in 1858. It was called the
Prowlers and was composed Of eight
men, with $50 buckets, hooks and small
ladders Where the buckets were OBJ
tained and whether or not they were
In addition to those owned by the town
the records fail to state. In 1919 Salem
purchased two or three dozen cedar
buckets, besides hooks and other i'm
pIements; also the selectmen and two
others were authorized to take COM
mand at f1rea and to blow up and pull
down buildings when such action was
necessary This practice appears to
have been much more common before
the use of engines than afterward.
Boston on Sept o. 1879, ordered that
every quarter Of the town should be
provided with twenty swobes. two
scopes and six axes. The swobes, or
swabs, as they are now called, were
long handled mops that could be used
to put out roof fires. The general use
of swabs has long since disappeared,
but when a slight blaze is beyond the
reach Of a pail of water and more Inn
proved apparatus Is not at hand a
long handled mop IS today the most eff
ficient article 10 be used. In japan
these swabs may be seen on many roof
tops.
In 1890 New York ordered that five
ladders and also hooks be made. In
Philadelphia no mention Is made of
public precaution against fire until
1896, when a law was passed forbid
ding the firing Of chimneys or allowing
the same to become foul. Each house
was to have a swab, bucket or pail.
Another act was passed In 100 order
ing every household to have two leath-
er buckets. In the following year six
or eight hooks for the purpose Of tear
ing down houses were ordered to be
made.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
A Caddle's Cadenza.

Lady Golfer Ito would be caddie)-
But what do you know about the
gamer Can you make a tee, for In
stancei The Would Be Caddie-Can I
make Why, In my young days, Idly,
7 used ter do It that well they called
mem the teaceddy.-London Sketch.
A Famous Tenor.
Apart from its wide range, the nat.
ural beauty and sweetness of the voice
Of Sims Reeves held his audiences
spellbound and fully entitled him to be
termed the finest English tenor of his
day. He especially excelled in ora
torio parts, while in opera his success
was scarcely less pronounced Per-
haps 1t was as a singer of English bal
lads that Sims Reeves appealed to the
majority, and it will probably be many
long day before we shall hear a more
exquisite rendering of sally In Our
Alley" than that OF which this great
tenor was capable. e.-London Mail.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
THE BOMB MAKER.
He Makes an Apparently Harmless
Letter a Deadly Machine.

LehlSI u CSGHlJ "dSHl1Os
So expert are bombmakers nowadays
that an apparently harmless letter may
Kill any person who tries to open 1t. A
piece of cardboard is cut 10 size
which, when folded over Will fit into
an ordinary envelope The four cor
Eers Of this are slit into narrow strips
illuminate Of mercury is spread over
three of the Sits, and the sheet Is folded
and fastened together. Projecting from
each side Of the folded sheet Is a little
cardboard In such manner that the
envelope cannot be opened, without
striking one OF them Upon meeting
this slight resistance the hand moving
the paper cutter instinctively pushes
harder, and the result Is an explosion
that either kills or mains
The easiest bomb to construct Is set
in operation by simply turning it up
side down. 1t IL usually a good sized
cracker box, lined with paper and half
filled with a mixture of chlorate Of
potassium and ordinary sugar. Into
this bottle of a powerful acid is in
troduced. The remainder of the space
In the box is filled with scraps of metal.
Then the lid Is soldered on.
All that is then necessary IS to place
the box upside down at the spot in
which it Is TO explode. The acid eats
quickly through the cork of the bottle
and comes In contact with the chlorate
of potassium. AS a result of the chem
Zeal combination which takes place
there is a terrific explosion.-Chicago
News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
= AOnIrarY FIaU.

If ever there was anything In the
world that went by contraries, It Is
the Chinese hsg. 1t will be recalled
that 1t is one of the gayest Of national
standards. The body Of the banner 10
of pale yellow. In the upper left
hand corner is small red sun, and
looking at IL is fierce Chinese dragon.
About 1000 years ago, so the story
runs, the Chinese made war upon the
japanese. They prepared for a great
Invasion. AS prophecy Of victory
they adopted standard which is that
of the present time. They took the
sun of Japan and made it very small.
This they put in front of the dragons
mouth to express the idea that the
Chinese dragon would devour the JAP
anese. 1t happened, however. that the
Chinese fleet, conveying an army of
100000 men, was wrecked on its way
to Japan by great storm, and all but
three Of the 100000 perished. The re-
suit of recent events has not been any
more convincing than the first affair
that the Chinese flag has been cor
rectly conceived.
Musical Notes and Explosives.
Some singular facts have been de-
veloped in regard to the influence Of
musical notes upon explosives. When
an intense" explosive Is approaching
the critical stage and It's molecules
therefore are In condition of very
unstable equilibrium, the sudden ennis
sion of musical note will frequently
bring matters to a climax and induce
detonation. 1t has been found that of
certain samples of dry illuminate Of
mercury the lowest temperature at
which it would explode was S42 de-
grees f., and portions exposed to
heat OF 1876 degrees for some time, al
lowed to cool and again heated to that
degree, these alterations being several
times repeated, remained without
change. Yet particles Of the same full
inmate placed, as before, on an iron
plate, but at temperature of 310 de-
grees to 800 degrees only, would gen.
orally explode sharply when certain
notes were sounded near upon a vio-
lin string or cornet With the hu-
man voice ii was much more difficult
to obtain an effect of this kind, but oc-
casionally such an experiment would
succeed. Similar results were noticed
with most of the nitro compounds,
blasting gelatin included.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11

Out of river bed where it had tum.
bled when It's dam was put to flight
some hunters in India fished a tiger
cub. In two days it was as tame as a
kitten and grew up the playmate Of
the camp terriers. 1t was very fond
Of them and the terriers worshiped the
tigress. TO allay the fears of woman
visitor the tigress was one night chain
ed up. Next morning the animal was
found with man under her. She had
not hurt him. He was thief and, not
knowing of her existence, had come
within the area which her length of
chain enabled her to command. She
sprang upon him, lay on him and kept
him prisoner until guards came to re-
lease him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-11
SOUPS AND BROTHS.
They Are stimulating, but Have Lit
tie Nutritive Value.

They Are stimulating, but HAVE LII
tie Nutritive Value.
Soups and broths made of the meat
pieces alone and without the addition
of meat substance, eggs, vegetables or
cereals have little nutritive value, al
though they do possess stimulating
properties.
A dog would starve to death In ten
days IL fed upon beef broth pure and
simple
Soup interferes with digestion when
ever a full meal is eaten. | consider 1t
as being entirely superfuous and ad-
wise its discontinuance in a substantial
dinner menu.
Soup. being practically all water,
plays an important part in conjunction
with the large quantities of other
liquids injected during mealtime in de-
laying and interfering with digestion
and laying n foundation for stomach
trouble Through il and the other
liquids used the stomach is not only
oyerfilled and unnecessarily burdened.
but the gastric secretionS are so weak
ened by dlution that they can act but
slowly upon the food mass. Here
again we have the food remaining in
the stomach for too long a period, and
there is likely to be produced all of the
symptoms and signs of an intuxlcatioD
due to the absorption into the system
of the products of decompOsed foods.
Soup eaten by itself or with light
meal, as rule. does not act harmfully.