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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01

charge of piracy he also represented
the owners of the vessel and even
instituted action in the United States
district court for the District of Co,
lumbia to insure the payment of his
fee out of the money awarded to the
vessel owners.
Charges to Be Looked Into.
Representatives Champ Clark and
John Sharp Williams questioned Mr..
Elliott carefully about the charge and
said that it reflected so seriously upon
the administration that it must be
looked into carefully.
The chief purpose of Professor Eli
oft in appearing before the committee.
he explained, was to have the United
States annul the lease of the sealing
privileges on the Pribiloff islands
which it has granted to the North
American Commercial company. He
stated to the committee that the Off
GERS iof the company perjured them
selves when they obtained the lease,
as they swore they were not engaged
In pelagic sealing. In spite of this
oath, he says, they equipped the J.
Hamilton Lewis, in command of Cap
tain Alexander McClain, which Pro-
fessor Elliott alleges was rightfully
seized by the Russian government.
This seizure was in 1901 and Mr.. ELI
oft made the statement that Mr..
Peirce's activity in collecting a fee
from the vessel owners was in 1903.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
OPPOSED TO NOTIFICATION
CALIFORNIA coNGREssMEN TO
FIGHT EFFORTS TO AMEND
EXCLUSION LAW.

Washington, Jan. 15.-The house
committee on foreign affairs granted u
hearing during the day to Represen-
tatives Kahn, Mckinley and Hayes, all
of California, the committee named by
Pacific coast representatives to oppose
efforts to modify the Chinese exclusion
act and to work for a Japanese exclu-
sion act. 1t was stated by the Cali
fornians that they will fight vigorous
ly the bill under consideration by the
committee to amend the Chinese ex-
clusion act by having inspection Of
Chinese at ports in China from which
they sail, as we'll as in the American
ports where they land. The Califor-
mans object to the bill chiefly be-
cause it is a revision of the act and
they resent any revision or change, as
they fear that it will lead to a further
relaxation of the exclusion act.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
NO INCREASE IN SALARIES.
Senate Strikes Out House Provision
in Legislative Bill.

Washington, Jan. 15.-When the
legislative bill was taken up in the
senate Senator Gallinger, who had
given notice of an amendment increas-
ing the salaries of senator's and mem.
bers of the house, remarked that be-
cause Of the intention of some SEN
ators to make a point Of order against
the amendment he should not present
it. but rely on separate legislation to
accomplish this purpose.
Mr.. Dubois regretted that nothing
was to be done. He was one of the
senators who lived on his salary and
knew the difficulty of SO doing. A
number of senators delivered lectures,
he said, in order to make the neces-
sary addition to their senatorial sal
aries. The notice given by Senator
0allinger is taken as an indication
that no action to raise congressional
salaries will be successful at present.
The senate committees amendment
striking out the house provision in
creasing the salaries of the vice pres
:fdent, speaker of the house and cab
met members was agreed to.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
TAKEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Foraker objects to Evidence Against
Negro Troops.

SScSTO troops.
Washington. Jan. l5.-lmmediateU
after the reading Of the presidents
message on the Brownsville incident
in the senate Mr.. Foraker discussed
the subject briefly. He said he was
not going to make a speech, but 2
few remarks" and observed that the
testimony amounted to a great deal,
'for the president tells US it Is COZ
elusive. But it does not remove the
objection l have had from the begin
ming Of this proceeding.
What l have been trying to con-
tend for, and l hope 1t will be success
full, is to secure a hearing for the
men charged with this serious crime.
THIS testimony has been taken as the
other was, behind closed doors. with
out anybody representing the men.
THAT is the reason l shall not de-
sist. Notwithstanding what the pres
ident has said as to the character OF
it, from pressing for an investigation
Of the subject where especially the
men who are charged with the crimes
of murder, perjury and conspiracy can
be heard to the end that if they can
establish any facts in their favor they
may have an opportunity to dc Sc"
Mr.. Foraker added that he ,houh
reserve his discussion Of the new evil
dence submitted by the president I'M
til after the investigation, II we shah
order one, ITO be made in accordance
with the spirit Of American institu-
tions," where every man, no matter
how humble he may be, shall have an
opportunity to be heard"
After that investigation, Mr.. For
aker said, he should have something
to say about the present testimony.
Later in the day Senator Mallory Of
Florida, addressing the senate on tho
Brownsville affair, remarked that In
his opinion the proposed senatorial in
vestigation would amount to nothing.
The evidence that negro soldiers shot
up the town was sufficient, he said, to
secure a verdict of guilty by any i'm
partial jury.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
APPEALS TO COMMISSION.
North Dakota Indian School Faces
\
Fuel Famine. !:

Washington, Jan. 15.-Acting COM
missioner of Indian Affairs Larrabee
has received the following telegram
from Superintendent Ziebach of the
Fort Totten IN. d. Indian school,
dated Jan. IL:
Il request Office TO urge interstate
commerce commission to send tele-
gram to president of Northern Pacific
to use every effort to open blockade
Jamestown and Northern branch and
get coal through to this school; less
than weeks supply here"
The telegram was referred to the
interstate commerce commission and
Commissioner Harlan at once COM
municated its substance to President
Elliott of the Northern Pacific with
the request that the blockade be
broken and a supply Of coal rushed
through without regard to effort or
expense. There are 300 pupils at the
school.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
TWENTY MILLIONS DAMAGES.
Sugar Trust Accused Of Running a
Competitor.

New York, Jan. 15.-The sugar trust
and its principal officers will be called
upon within a few days to defend &C.
tons for damages aggregating $780,
100000 and to answer in the federal
courts the direct charge that by CON
spiracy. they brought about the finan-
cial ruin of a competitor, wrecked the
Real Estate Trust company Of Phila-
delphia last summer and drove its
president, Frank K. Nipple. to suicide.
The legal papers have been drawn
up by the attorneys for George H.
Earle, Jr.. Philadelphia's reorganizer,
who is receiver for the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining company. Mr.. Earle
has laid the allegations of conspiracy,
with. his evidence, before the attorney
generals department at Washington
and actions by the federal government
under the Sherman antitrust law are
expected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
BERloUS CHARGES AGAINST HER
BERT PIERCE, NOW MINIS
TER TO NORWAY.
ACCEPTED FEE FROM VESSEL OWNERS
ACTED AS ATTORNEY WHILE REP
REsENTING AMERICA At
HAGUE TRIBUNAL.

Washington, Jan. 15.-Sensational
charges against Herbert H. d. PIERCE,
United States minister to Norway,
who was formerly the third assistant
secretary of state, were made before
the house committee on ways and
means during the day by Professor H.
w. Elliott of Cleveland, o., in connec-
ton with a hearing on a resolution for
the further protection of fur seals on
the high seas.
Professor Elliott stated that while
Mr.. PIERCE vas representing the Unit
ed States government before The
Hague tribunal in the settlement of
claims growing out of the seizure of
the sealing vessel ]. Hamilton Lewis
by the Russian government or the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
OFFICIAL ES7RAY PAPER

THE WAsHBUKN LEADERi is the official
having been so designated by the Governor OF
the state.
Under section 1873 of the Revised codes, it is
notice to transmit (if the property advertised is
uncalied for while being published in the local
peper) the third advertisement to the official
estray paper of the state, in which pape the
advertisement shall be published.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
LOWER COURT REVERSED.
Supreme Tribunal Decides Valuable
Mining Contest.

Washington. Jan. 15.-The case Of
the St. Louis Mining company against
the Montana Mining company, involv-
ing valuable mining lands In connec-
ton with Drumlummon lode in Mon
tana, was decided by the supreme
court Of the United States during the
day, the decision Of the circuit court
Of appeals for e$Ninth circuit being
reversed. The court issued an order
entoining the st. Louis company from
removing ore until the conclusion Of
the litigation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
~HEARsr.M,cLELLAN CONTEST.
Ballot Boxes Returned. to Custody 81
Elections Board. .,ess ..gs.

New York. Jan. 1.-THE ballot
boxes containing the ballots cast for
mayor in the city election Of 1905
were during the day ordered by JUS
tice L%eyentritt to be placed in the
custody of the New York cityaboard
Of elections. He vacated the order
granted by Justice Hendricks, which
gave the boxes into the custody Of At
torney General Jackson.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01

the state.
Under section 1873 of the Revised codes, it is
notice to transmit (f the property advertised is
uncalied for while being published in the local
psper) the third advertisement, to the official
eStray paper of the state, in which paper the
advertisement shall be published.
Mannhaven journal:
Taken up one white and red
spotted steer, about two years old,
no brand. Owner can have same
by proving property and paying
charges. Jacob Werner,
Mannhaven, N. D.
Kenmare News:
Taken up at my place ON Sec. s.
1913, . miles north of Kenmare,
on Dec. 20, 1906, one bay mare,
about 6 years old, sweeneyed on
right shoulder, weight between
1859 and HOO pounds. No brands.
Owner may have same by paying
damages and advertising.
III. P. Peterson,
~Kenmare, N. D.
Taken up at my place, mel Sec.
35-160-89 on Munday. Dec. 3, one
coming 3-year old red heifer, also
one red steer coming 2-years old,
one crippled horn. Owner may
have same by proving property
and paying charges:
w. N. Alderman,
j. Kenmare, n. D.
Tolna Tribune:
Taken up on December 9Th, two
steer spring calves and one heifer
spring calf, all colored red and
white. X. G.. Tuftland,
Sec. 20-149-60 Ottofy, N. D.
Glen Ullin News:
Taken up one red steer with
white face, branded III; one black
COW branded SIS on right rib;
one red COW branded SIS on right
rib. Same have been around my
place since Sept. Geo. Keerl,
Sec. IO-135-87.
Center Republican:
Came to my place on sec-l8-l43-
Sc, near Nisbet, one dark steel gray
gelding, weight about 1850. Has
halter IN M hrand
g. l.. Stelson, Nisbet, N. D.
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- W w ~G'~ W
/ Additional Locals.
Miss Lettie Fritz spent Sunday
in the city.
Mrs. Jos. Marty was in from the
claim Saturday.
Fresh bread at M.rry's
Miss Anna Peterson has been
having a siegeof grip the past few
days.
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs,
John Merry is very i'll with pneu.
monia. .
Cheapest thing in North Dakota
is good old line fire insurance. Set.
F. E. Funk, First Natl Bank
Washburn, n. D.
Ruby Nygaard and the Macon
Der children have just recovered
from the chicken pox.
While in Turtle Lake, remem-
Der Putnam's Livery and Feed
barn.
@, N. Hendrix left Wednesday
for the capital city. He will be
absent three or four days.
Before making your loans, either
Real estate or Chattel, see
First Natl Bank Washburn. Cap
ital and surplus $4,000.
l. G. N. Hendrix and wife enter
tanned a small party Of friends
Tuesday evening. An enjoyable
time was reported.
Household furniture for sale by
Mrs. B.. E. From.
A daughter was born Monday
to DR.. and Mrs. Quain in Bismarck
At last reports Mrs. Quain was
getting along nicely.
Three wolf skin robes for sale a
cost. Peterson Machine Co.
G. A. Brummund now has the
mail contract and you may look
for your letters three times per
week. It will be brought up by
team from Wilton.
Talk to r. M. Brown about thai
Lumber Bill.
Farmers & Merchant Lumber Co.,
ss. Washburn, N. d.
The travelling public between
Garrison and Underwood have
been using the railroad track as a
road and have SO packed the road
bed with snow that it will be i'm
possible for a train to pass over
this section until after a thaw.
Theyabstracts of The Security Ab-
| stract &.LOan Company, of Wash
burn are, backed by $4,000 Securi-
ty Bond-no straw bond they
have to be correct. When want
ing an abstract order from them
A Business Mems League ha
been organized and at the meeting
Monday night a constitution and
bylaws were adopted and the fol-
lowing board of directors we're
elected consisting of seven men,
bers: R. N. Brown, W A. Persey,
DR.. Sawyer, Frank Thompson, w.
F. Hogue and Henry Holtan. At
a meeting Of the directors on Tues
day evening the following officers
we're elected: President w. f..
Hogue; Secretary, Frank Thomp-
son; Treasurer. r. N. Brown. The
next meeting of the club will be
Tuesday evening at the opera
house to which all are invited. !
We are still offering the very
few Jewel and Favorite heaters we
have left at last years prices.
Stoves have advanced in price and
will cost you more next fall. than
now. Thompson Hd'w. Co.
On Sunday the rotary reached
Wilton and it was expected that a
train would be sent thru on Mon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-20
FOREIGN.

Viscount Goschen, formerly British
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Is dead.
Sven Hedin, the Swedish traveller,
has explored 500 miles of an IN
known country on a journey to Tibet.
The Belgian Government denies
that the Bank of Belgium has sup
piled the State of Sac Paulo with
money for the carrying out Of a cor
ner in Brazilian coffee.
Ambassador Leishman stirred the
Turkish officials by communicating
directly with the Sultan on the ques-
ton of the recognition Of American
schools.
Four divisions OF the Chinese army
have been transferred from the COM
mand of Yuan Shi Kai to Feng Shan,
who is said to be al incompetent
Manchu general.
The reconstruction committee at
Kingston, Jamaica, passed a resolu-
ton to ask the Imperial Government
to advance a twenty-year loan Of
s 100000 at a low rate of interest.
Owing to the acts of terrorism on
the part OF anarchists in Barcelona,
Spain, the Government, under the
law of 1904, has suspended trial by
jury il the captaincy general of Cata-
lonia.
Mail advices from Shanghai, China,
state that owing to an accident at the
wharf there the discovery has been
made that arms and ammunition
have been smuggled through Shang-
hal to the districts where rebellion
is in progress.
The people of Nicaragua are de-
handing reparation from Honduras,
and oppose the action of President
Zelaya in agreeing to arbitrate an at
tack by Honduran troops on Near
aguan forces.
Daniel Osiris, Of Paris, a philan-
thropist, who presented Malmaison
to the French nation, is dead. M.
Osiris ~bequeathed S~5,O00,000 to the
Pasteur Institute.
China is organizing d naval de-
,artment. Four naval bases will be
arranged Immediately, and 100000
900 is to be provided yearly to resus-
citate the navy.
Baron Kaneko, in an interview at
Toxic, said that the school question
was recognized as purely a local is
sue, and that the Japanese people
relied on the justice of the United
States.
Cardinal Matthew, Archbishop Of
Toulouse, appearing for the first time
in the French Academy IS the sue
cessor of Cardinal Perrand, assailed
the policy of the Government regard
ing religion.
A dispatch from Toxic says that
there is strong objection to the set
Element of the California school
question on the basis of exclusion OF
labor, and that an arrangement based
on Japan's treaty rights Is desired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-20
KILLS DOCTOR AND HERSELF.
Kansas City Physician and a Woman
Found Dead in His Office.

Kansas City, Mo.-Dr. Everett II.
Merwin, thirty-eight years old, who
had spent several years on British.
steamships as a surgeon, and Miss
Maud Slater, twenty-three years old,
were found dead in Merwin's Office in
the Hall Building, and all evidence
points to the theory that the girl shot
the physician and then committed
suicide as the result of insane jeal-
ousy. Each had been shot through
the head, and a pistol was found
near the extended right hand of the
girl.
The doors of the Office were locked
and neighboring tenants of the build
ing who heard the sound of shots in
DR.. Merwin's Office were obliged to
force an entrance. The aged parents
of the girl said that she was a patient
Of DR.. Merwin's, and that she had an
nounced before she left home that
she intended to go to the doctors
Office for treatment.
It is stated that DR.. Merwin had
expressed annoyance because Miss
Slater frequently wrote letters to
him, telephoned to him and in other
ways thrust her attentions on him.
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n,
EWeeD
WASHINGTON

The first annual exhibition of paint
fngs of American artists at the Cor
coran Gallery was opened.
The President has written a letter
heartily approving Secretary Hitch
cocks order Withdrawing timber
lands from allotment.
Funeral services were held over
the body of DR.. Jose Ignacio Rodri-
CUES, chief translator of the Bureau
of American Republics.
William J. Oliver presented to the
Government his perfected bid for the
lsthmian Canal contract.
The opinion of Judge Advocate
General Davis, Of the army, regarding
the right Of an officer to command
a soldier to attend worship was made
public.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root contributed 500 each for the
famine sufferers in China through the
Christian Herald.
Extensive experiments with bal
be made by the Signal Service Corps
Of the army.
Reports by the Interstate Com
merce Commission show a rapid in
crease Of railroad accidents.
Charges of grave errors in the
work Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, made by Charles S..
Hanks and George w. Hartman,
we're declared u%nfounded by Presi-
lent Roosevelt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-20
DOMESTIC.

Illinois has cut its jamestown Ex-
position appropriation from $4,000
to $12,500.
Escaping natural gas at Youngs-
town. Ohio, killed Mary Spawn and
aer infant.
Sweden will send a new armored
cruiser to the great naval review at
Hampton Roads, Va.
Unmuzzled dogs in st. Paul, MINI,
will be killed without warning by or
iinance of City Council.
Judge Anderson, in the United
States District Court in Chicago, dis
missed the plea in abatement set
forth by attorneys for John R. Walsh,
formerly president of the Chicago
National Bank. !
The New Haven New York &
Hartford Railroad Company Execu.
tive Committee propose the sale Of
the New England Navigation Com
pany to c. W. Morse.
The steamer Parker, belonging to
the Dale Sand Company, was blown
up on the Tennessee River near Chat
tanooga, and James Thompson, the
captain, dangerously injured.
The steamship Seneca rammed and
sank the bark Charles Loring off Sea
Girt, N. j.; the crew Of the Loring
was saved.
The Dawes Commission has com.
pleted the enrolment Of the five civ
ilized tribes of Indians, work that
was commenced ten years ago.
Howard P. rockingham, Of New
York City, a wealth Wall Street OPP
orator, committed suicide by jumping
from a window.
In a wreck Of freight trains on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad near
Colby Station, KY, one of the loco
motives exploded, killing Engineer
Edward Harp and two trainmens
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-20
WAR ON THE BRITISH LORDS
Attorney General WaitoE's Sen
sati0nal Speech.
Abolition of Hereditary Legislators
AdvocateG-Issue to Hold the
Liberal Factions Together.

London.-The Government has
given the country to understand that
it will make a serious attempt to
abolish the House of Lords as a legis-
lative body. This revolutionary
measure, which was first limited at
by the late Mr.. Gladstone in the crisis
over the Home Rule bill, will now be-
come the first article Of the Liberal
party policy.
Acknowledgement Sir John Lawson
Walton, whose speech regarding the
House of Lords has created a sensa-
ton, declared that the Liberals were
entering upon a work of grim and
serious character, which would mean
revolution, and which would involve
two or three di%ssolutions of Parlia-
ment. The House of Lords, he de-
clared, was entirely out of harmony
with modern democratic institutions
and must go down. Whether any,
thing of it would be left and, if so, in
what form, they could not yet deter
mine. If the House of Lords set it
self against the national will it would
be like a heap of sand setting itself
against the rising water.
The Government would endeavor
to give effect to the will of the peo-
pie, he said, by means of bills which
the Peers would promptly throw out,
and that would lead to a combination
between the Crown and the people to
defeat the aristocracy. 1t would
mean a Encouragement of constitu-
tional and political forces and a
struggle of no slight difficulty. In
the meantime there would be press
ing and urgent legislation that would
not brook delay, and the Government
would undertake such legislation
with a determination to carry it
through in spite of III opposition.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Out in Cuba the prevailing drought
IS thought to have very seriously in
lured the tobacco crop.
Loans are freely made by the Phil
fppine Commission to the various
provinces for the erection Of public
buildings in the islands.
Every effort possible is being made
to use native woods for ties in build
ing the railways in the Philippines.
Cuba has already paid out $751;
100000 for soldiers who were alleged
to have served in the war with Spain.
Andes Crosas, a member of the
Executive Council at San Juan, P. r.,
las resigned.
The Supreme Court of Hawaii de-
.ided that the Governor might ex-
change Lanai lands for other lands.