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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23

Walter Smith, farmer, died st
Iowa City, Iowa. He was struck OF
the head recently by a policeman's
billey while resisting arrest.
A barn dance" held near Harper,
Iowa, resulted in a tragedy, one man
being fatally shot and another badly
cut about the head. Some young men
quarreled regarding the. favors of a
young woman and free-for-all fight
followed.
Walter F. Copple and wife were
murdered on their farm near Rosalie,
Neb., and the woman was thrown into
the hog pen. The animals devoured
her head. Bert Phillips, the hired
man, is missing. Couple is supposed
to have had $1,000 at home.
Ralph Atkins of Harris, arrested at
Menominee, Mich, by Deputy Sheriff
Kell on charge preferred by Miss
Nora Carl of Harris, escaped from the
officers and after an exciting chase
was finally captured in a swamp,
where he got stuck in the mud.
MIS-. Jdue rIlSUle WdS dCQulIlou II.
the court of criminal correction in st.
Louis of a charge of writing policy
tickets on the plea that her husband:
compelled her to write the tickets, and
that when he married her she prom
ised to "love, honor and obey" him.
Mrs. Frisbie confessed to writing the
tickets. Judge Taylor held that in
misdemeanor cases wife could not
be held responsible when acting under
command Of her husband.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
People Talked About.

H. S. Fairall, for many years well
known newspaper man in Iowa and
Wisconsin, died in Milwaukee after q
weeks illness.
John Duryea of New York died at
Staunton, Va, aged eighty-one years.
He had accumulated a fortune in the
starch industry.
Edward Kemeys, distinguished as
an animal sculptor, died at his home
In Washington after prolonged i'll
ness, aged siXty-four years.
Charles H. Kimball, a prominent
lawyer, former member of the Kansas
legislature and we'll known railroad
organizer, died at Parsons, Kan.
Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox, u. s.
A., retired, former governor of the ma.
tional soldiers home at Washington.
died at Coburg, Ont, aged eighty-f1ve.
State Senator Charles N. Hughes Of
Illinois died at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Senator Hughes was thrown from his
horse two weeks ago and sustained
the injury which caused his death.
Elias Hartz of Berks county, Penn
sylvania. widely known as "the goose
bone weather prophet" whose fore.
casts were religiously believed and
looked forward to annually by thou.
sands of people all over the county,
died at the Friends asylum at Phila,
delphia. He was ninety-two years
old.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
EUROPEAN WAR Is EVENTUAL.
Franco-Jap Entente 10 Contain Clause
Regarding Such Emergency.

Franco-Jap Entente 10 Contain Clause
Regarding Such Emergency.
st. Petersburg, May 19.-The Paris
correspondent of the Russ, in a dis
patch published yesterday, announced
that he had obtained information from
authentic sources to the effect that the
Franco-Japanese agreement, now in
course of negotiation, will contain Sc
cret conditions applying to the even
tualfty Of European war and binding
Japan to place at the disposal of
France 100000 men, while the British
will land contingent of 100000 to
100000 men. Great Britain and France,
it is added, not only guarantee the in
volatility of Japanese territory, but
also engage to float several loans. The
statements made are received with in.
credulity in diplomatic circles here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
PANIC CAUSED BY INDICTMENTS
TIMBER WOLVES OF NORTHERN
IDAHO ALARMED ~ LAND
INVESTIGATIONS.

Boise, Idaho, May 10. - The North
Idaho timber wolves who are indicted
for conspiracy to defraud the govern.
ment of timber lands valued at $1,000
900 are IN a panic. The federal grand
jury, which recently conducted inves-
LEGATIONS here under the direction of
Attorney Ruick, returned seven indfct-
ments against the leading business
men in and around Lewiston. They
were made public yesterday and are
the second batch leveled at these same
leading citizens.
Men Are Prominent.
The men named in new indictments
are:
w. F. Kettenbach, banker; George
H. Kester, banker; j. B. West, lawyer
and politician: 1. N. Smith, one of the
best known lawyers in the state; Will.
liam Doller, banker at Occur d'Alene
City; Clarence Robnett and William
Dwyer, timber dealer.
Would Avoid Trial.
Trials on the first indictments were
set for this term of the federal court
now in session in Moscow. The de-
Tense is making every effort to evade
trial. Dwyer and Robnett, who were
tried for subornation of perjury at the
last session, are under conviction.
Senator Borah, who was counsel for
all the defendants, has withdrawn on
the ground that he was misled by his
clients. They told him, he says, that
the government had no evidence
against them.
Want Rounds Dismissed.
The bankers are accused of putting
up the money for dummies" who
filed on timber lands and then turned
the claims over to the Weyerhaeuser
syndicate. The lawyers who repre-.
scented the bankers and the syndicate
are indicted for conspiracy. The do.
tense is making desperate efforts to
have United States Marshal Rounds
removed because he gave out the
story Of how the fraud was worked.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
SChMITz ACCUSES
BRIBERY PR0B[RS
MAKES SENSATIONAL CHARGES
AGAINST sPREcKELs AND
ASSOCIATES.
JUDGE dunno IS INCLUDED
MAYOR SAYS THEY SEEK CON.
TRoL OF CITY so THEY CAN
GET FRANCHISES.

San Francisco, May 81. - District
Attorney Langdon was served by May.
or Schmitz's attorneys with notices of
motion for substitution of trial judge
on the ground that Judge Frank H.
Dunno is disqualified by bias and pref
udice.
Accompanying this motion is q
lengthy affidavit by Schmitz, in which
charges of an extremely sensational
nature are made against Rudolph
Spreckels, his associates in the brib-
cry graft prosecution and Judge
Dunno himself.
The Allegations.
Among Schmitz's allegations are the
following:
That Mr.. Spreckels and those who
are with him, the financial guarantors
Of the bribery graft investigation and
prosecution, long since exhausted the
original fund Of 100000 pledged by
Spreckels and have expended nearly
100000 in a municipal reform cam
paign.
That the expenditure of this vast
sum OF money Is Dy way OF an invest
ment from which actual moneyed re.
turns are expected.
That Spreckels and his prosecuting
associates plan to overthrow the
present administration in order that
they themselves may assume the reins
of government and secure for them
selves street railway and water fran
chises that will net them millions of
dollars of the public money.
Says Judge Knows It.
That Judge Dunno is aware of this
intent and purpose, and is Herewith
in accord.
That the conviction of Schmitz is
desired as means to these ends, and
that it is the wish Of Judge Dunno
that biased and prejudiced Jury be
selected to secure such conviction.
That for that and various reasons
set forth recently by Abraham Ruef in
his application for a substitute for
trial Judge, it is impossible for
Schmitz to have fair and impartial
trial at the hands of Judge Dunno.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
CORPSE On FENCE.
Chippewa Falls Attorney Dies Of
Heart Failure.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, May 81. -
Hanging by his vest to picket fence
in front of hospital Attorney Martin
Angwick was found dead yesterday
morning.
A post mortem revealed that the
man had died from heart disease. He
had shouted for help about II o'clock
the night before, but the hospital at
PENDANTS thought that the cries were
those of drunken tramp and paid no
attention to them.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
1000 SWEAR THEY'RE ILL.
Make Affidavit and Get Liquor at Drug
Stores.

sssSsNV SNuso0Vss 0bS0 6Os eu4OVV ~ OCO0
Stores.
Bismarck, N. D., May 19.-Temper-
ance Commissioner Murray says that
in the month Of April there were 1000
affidavits made at drug stores in this
state in order to secure pints (the
maximum to be had in any one day
under the law Of whisky for the cure
of the disease Of cold" and disease
of stomach"
The commissioner has been looking
over the affidavit books in the county
court and feels constrained to remark
that he does not propose to shut up
the blind pigs and then allow the drug
stores to sell the goods under cover
of afhdavits. He is working out a plan
to catch the druggists. Before the
pigs were closed the sales by all the
drug stores showed but 200 or 300 affi-
davits per month.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Crimes and Criminals.

Two masked robbers entered a ga.
loon at Saltese, Mont, and after gag.
ging and binding the bartender, robbed
the cash register Of 800.
B. F. Peter and Cecanus Van Trees,
both from Butler, Mo-, pleaded guilty
in the federal court at Kansas City to
violations of the homestead law and
were fined $1,000 each.
The mutilated bodies Of two men in
the Chicago river have furnished the
Chicago police with a double murder
mystery. The police believe that the
men were murdered and their bodies
thrown into the river.
'Angered because her son-in-law,
Frank Albright, had come home drunk
and run the family away from home
by his violent actions, Mrs. Connolly
of Huntsville, Ala, murdered the man
as he lay in drunken stupor on his
bed.
w. R. Fulton of Wichita, Kan, who
Friday night made an attempt on the
life of his former wife, committed sui
eide early Saturday by shooting him.
self. His body was found in the rail.
road yards four blocks from where he
attacked Mrs. Fulton and shot her
three times. The woman is not dan.
zerously injured.
Unknown persons set of a charge
of some high explosive at Ruston, La,
under the house of Samuel Cook, a ne.
gro, blowing the. house to pieces and
killing Cook and four other negroes
sleeping in front room. There ia No
clue to the perpetrs tors.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
PUT 1T UP TO PRESIDENT.
Must Decide Question Of Bringing
Criminal Prosecution,

washington, May l9.-The question
Of bringing criminal prosecutions
against e. H. Hartman, and suits to
dissolve the railroad combinations he
has effected must be decided by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. This is a matter in
which no subordinate will NEEDLE.
The president must figure out his own
deductions and assume full RESPONSE
bility for the consequences.
Commission Divided.
The interstate commerce commits
sion is divided into two factions. One
believes that successful suits can be
maintained to break the Hartman
combinations under the Sherman anti
trust act, which might permit the SUBJ
sequent criminal prosecution of Mr..
Hartman. The other is convinced that
legal proceedings for the dissolution
of the combinations would prove an
ignoble failure.
Afraid Of Panic.
The president is regarded as being
just trifle lukewarm on the subject
of prosecuting Mr.. Hartman and his
associates. He is apprehensive that
business will be disturbed and panics
may follow. He is anxious that there
shall be no diminution of prosperity
during his term of office. He wants to
ascertain the approximate cost of
seeking to break up the Hartman
combinations before taking final steps
in that direction. If it is apparent
that too much of an upheaval will be
caused in financial circles he will de-
fer action until such time as he be-
lieves the country can stand sharp
shock without a disastrous panic. It
was with this end in view that the
president arranged to hold off prose
cutions until next winter or a later
date.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
DEATH FOR euATEMALANs.

Prosecutors Demand for Alleged Stay.
ers Of Barrillas.
Mexico City, May 81. - Declaring\
that Florence Morales and Bernardo
Mora, Guatemalans, are guilty of the
assassination of Gen. Manuel Barril-
las and that the murder was done with
generalization, with malace afore-
thought and in a most treacherous
manner, the public prosecutor has
formally petitioned the court before
which the case was tried to pronounce
the death sentence on the prisoners.
The bitter arreignment of the &C.
cused and the demand for the death
penalty have created a sensation here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
ST. PAUL GIRL SHOT.

Laura Mclaughlin Is Victim Of Her
Brothers Gun.
st. Paul, May 21.-I.aura McLaugh-
lin, seventeen years old, was acciden-
tally shot and instantly killed last
night by her brother, Charles Nc
Laughlin, aged fourteen, at their
home. The boy was handling small
.22-caliber target rifle. His sister was
setting the table for supper in the
same room. The cartridge in the
gun suddenly exploded. The bullet
struck the girl in the neck, blowing
upward into the brain and causing in
slant death. The boy is heartbroken
over his act.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
NEWS Of THE WEEK IN fP|T0Mt
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washington Notes.

The president has appointed Law.
renee Y. Sherman of Illinois to sue.
coed G. ]. Diekma of Michigan as q
member of the Spanish treaty claims
commission. Mr.. Sherman is now
lieutenant governor of Illinois.
That the trade of the United States
with Germany and France will proba-
bly, reach about $7O0,OO0,OOO in the ifs.
cal year ending June 80 next is pre-.
dioted in a statement issued by the
bureau Of statistics in Washington.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
From Other Shores.

Grand Duke Nicholas was married
at Yalta to Princess Anastasia of Mon
tenegro.
Emperor William and Emperor
Nicholas have arranged for an early
meeting on the Baltic sea.
A decree dissolving the Portuguese
chamber Of deputies has been publish
ed. The date Of the new general cleo.
tions has not yet been determined.
At least 100000 Inhabitants Of the
Midi met at Beziers, France, to pro.
test against the lamentable state into
which the wine industry has fallen.
The French academy has awarded
Henry Vignaud. secretary of the
American embassy at Paris, q prize Of
$500 for his work on Christopher Co
lumbus.
It Is asserted in we'll informed cir.
cles in Brussels that the question of
the annexation of the Congo Independ.
ent State to Belgium probably will
come up In tho chamber Of deputies
within a week.
The British government has accedsd
to the wish Of Australia to rescind her
annual contribution Of 100000 to.
ward naval squadron for Australia.
The commonwealth will equip and
maintain its own navy.
The French bark Martha Roux has
been in collision with the German
steamer Osiris at Hamburg, and had
her plates stove in and rail damaged.
The Martha Roux will be surveyed.
The damage to the Osiris is believed
immaterial.
1t is rumored at Melilla, Morocco.
that the army of the sultan has won q
victory over the forces of the pretend.
er near Marchica. The casualties on
both sides are reported to be heavy
and the government troops are said
to have captured 200 prisoners.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Two Drowned in River

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 21. -
Eight young women We're precipitated
into the North Canadian river, TWENTY
feet deep. at Wheeler Park yesterday.
Two OF their number were drowned.
CtEers We're rescued with difficulty.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Boy Hit by Street Car.

st. Paul, May 19.-Clayton Lewis
seven years old. was struck by street
car yesterday and probably fatally in
jured. His right leg was fractured in
two places and he is suffering from
conclusion Of the brain.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
KuRokI At GRANTS TOMB.
Jap Places Wreath Upon American
Generals Tomb.

New York, May 81. - Twenty.eight
years ago Gen. Grant, in his tour Of
the world, was guest Of the emperor
of Japan. One Of the officers assigned
to attend him was a young colonel,
who yesterday, as Gen. Kuroki Of
world renown, visited Riverside drive
and there with impressive Oriental
ceremony placed a laurel wreath upon
the Americans tomb.
To Gen. Kuroki yesterdays pilgrim.
age to Grants tomb was the chief
event Of his stay in New York and a
part of his program which he repeat
eddy said must be carried out, no mat
ter wheat feature was sacrificed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Queen Gives Up.

Madrid, Ohio, May 21. - Owing to
the many duties requiring her atten.
ton, Queen Victoria has given up the
idea of nursing the prince of the AS
turias and nurse has been obtained
for him from the province of San.
lander.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
General.

Smallpox has broken out in numer.
Gus places in Southwestern Iowa, and
guarantees are being established in
different towns.
The Illinois legislature raised the
salary of the governor from $4,000 to
$4,000. The salaries of the other state
officers were increased proportionate.
ly. ...
The steel freight steamer Henry
Phipps, 600 feet long, was successfully
launched at the yards of the American
Shipbuilding company at Bay City,
Mich.
The Geary street road at San Fran.
cisco has granted the demand of the
striking carmen and resumed opera
lions on basis Of So for an eight
hour day.
The street car strike which has
been in progress at Waterloo. Iowa,
more than two months has been
amicably settled, both sides having
made concessions.
Nearly 1000 members attended the
eleventh annual convention of the Ma
tional Cotton Manufacturers associa-
ton in Philadelphia. "The labor stu
alton is the most important problem"
said President Lowe.
After having dissipated 100000 he
had earned as steeplechaser, Joseph
Norris. stxty-five years old, applied at
the Chicago police station last night
for q nights lodging.
At the commencement exercises in
Union Theological seminary in New
York, President c. c. Hall announced
that an unnamed donor had made a
gift Of 100000 to the institution.
A contract for 10000 tons of steel
rails. representing a gross business OF
close to 100000, for the use of the
Hartman lines. has been given to the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Fined for illegal Fishino.

Elroy. Wis. May 21. - Joseph 81.
mems and Arthur and Fred Holm,
farmers. were arrested on the charge
# ILLEGAL fishing. The jury returned a
"erdict of guilty and the prisoners
were each fined s25 and costs
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
AMERICANS IN TROUBLE.
Charged With subjeetins Mexican
Poems to Cruelties,

Charged With Subjecting Mexican
Poems to Cruelties.
Vera Cruz. Mex, May 19.-Charged
with subjecting poems in his employ
to such cruelties that some of them
died from the effects. H. Miller, mil
lionaire American has been arrested
in the town of Acayucan, in this state
and is being held in Jail pending an in
vestigation.
Miller is general manager of the
Miller Plantation company and the
San Juan Sugar company, in both Of
which he is deeply interested. He
threatens to make an international
question of the matter.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Murder Is CHARGED.

Grand Rapids. Mich. May 19.-Wil-
liam Schimmel was placed under ar
rest in Morsland township, Muskegon
county, charged with the murder and
robbery of Postmaster Martin c. Col
den at Denison, April %, 1906.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
President Goes to Country.

Charlottesville. Va, May 19.-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and their son
Archie are at Pine Knot, Mrs. Roose-
velt's country home in the southern
part of Albemarle county, where they
will remain until the middle of next
week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Casualty.

Fire broke out in the Centennial
block at Cresco, Iowa, entirely con.
Stunning the structure.
Three men were killed by Lake
Shore Train No. 10, which hit hand.
car about mile west of the station at
Ashtabula, Ohio.
Fire at Mason City, Iowa, destroyed
the dressing room Of the Wilson thea
ter and for time endangered the en-.
tire block, including two large hotels.
One man was killed, two were seri-
ously injured and a third had re-
markedly narrow escape from death
when a scaffolding gave way at De.
troit.
Earl Hoar, the three-year-old son Of
Walter K. Hoar Of Council Bluffs, Ia,
installing I've crystals for sugar, ate
a quantity Of them and probably will
not recover.
Frank Husemir, formerly Of Menom.
inee, Mich, met death by drowning at
Oconto. Wis.,. while fishing in the
Oconto river. His companions in the
boat, which capsized, were saved.
The distillery and grist mill of the
H. Corby company at Belleville, Ont,
were destroyed by fire originating, It
is believed, from spontaneous combus.
ton. The loss is placed at $250,000.
North bound Portland Passenger
Train No. IL on the Southern Pacific
was run into by two light engines at
Copley, Cal. William Jones of Sacra-
mento, a brakeman, was killed. No
other was injured.
While its mother was busy with her
household affairs the eighteen.months.
old son Of Clyde Smiley of Atlantic,
Iowa, wandered into the barnyard and
fell into tank used for watering the
stock and was drowned.
Three hundred people were crushed
to the ground by a collapse of the
seats In circus tent at Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, and nearly fifty were hurt.
Cecil Traut and Miss Alma Lessenger
were most seriously injured and may
die. ......
A story has reached Los Angelessof
tho accidental burning Of a stage
coach in Death Valley, near Ash Mead.
ows, in which $4,000 in bank bills
and $4,000 in registered mail were
consumed. The stage is supposed to
have caught fire from a cigar which
the driver, Ed Love, was smoking.
o number Of boys were engaged in
digging tunnel into sand bank at
Guthrie Center, Iowa, when the earth
caved in and buried Richard Ellis,
aged eighteen years. The other boys
made frantic efforts to dig their COM
rade out, and finally succeeded, but
not until he had been smothered.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Probe Police Affairs.

Kansas City, May 19.-Charges Of
police corruption will be taken up &C.
lively next Tuesday. This was an
nounced yesterday by the board Of po-
lice commi ssionerD.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
Evansville Boy browns.

Vermillion. S. D., May 21-Hildo.
L. Thompson Of Evansville. Mimi. Il
freshman in the state university hc:c,
was drowned in the We, million river
while bathing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
PLOT TO KILL KAISER.
Shot Is Fired at Automobile Preceding
Emperor's Car.

Berlin, May 10. - According to the
Mittag Zeitung, what may have been
an attempt to shoot the kaiser occur.
red in the neighborhood of Wiesbaden
An automobile was running between
two villages when revolver was fired
at it. The bullet passed harmlessly
over the heads of the occupants. Ten
minutes later the kaiser's car passed
ut is assumed that the person who
fired the shot mistook the first car for
that of his majesty.