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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
GRAPE SHOT wins
AGAINST RIOTERS
TROOPS ARE TERRIFYING RoU.
MANlAN PEASANTS INTO SUB.
MISSION.
ARE HANDING BACK the LOOT
PEASANTS REPAIR DAMAGE DONE
TO PROPERTY AND RESTORE
STOLEN GOODS.

Bucharest, April 2.-Field guns load.
ed with grapeshot, according to the of.
fetal reports, are winning against the
revolutionary peasantry, whose arms
are mostly hay forks and scythe blades
The insurgents were able to hold
their own against the troops at close
quarters, and even without cavalry
charges, doing terrible execution with
lOng-pronged forks and scythe blades
strapped to long poles, but the slaugh-
ter since the troops used artillery ap.
pears to be terrifying them into SUBJ
mission.
In the district of Vlashica, where
the outbreak was particularly serious.
large numbers of the insurgents have
surrendered aud have denounced their
leaders to the authorities, with the re.
suit that many of the latter have been
arrested. The government hopes that
with the leaders in Jail the undisct'
pinned bands will soon abandon the
field.
Restore Stolen Goods.
1t is 'semi-officially stated that in
many districts the peasants are re-
pairing the damage done to property
and restoring stolen goods to their
owners. Disturbances are reported
from Putna in Moldavia, and many
cases of plundering. incendiarism and
armed conflict IN Wallachia.
A number OF peasants have been
killed or wounded by troops at Langa
and Patulele. At Galicea, in the CELL
ter of the disturbed area, all the ring
leaders have been captured. The conf
munes of Huerezani and Pegcni are in
full revolt and troops have been dis
patched there.
According to yesterdays official re-
port there was no fresh rioting any.
where in the districts in which there
were outbreaks, murder, pillage and
incen,liarism by peasants last week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
TRAIN DERAjLED AND WRECKED
COACHES ARE HURLED IN
EVERY DIRECTION.

Cotton, Cal, March 30. \ disas-
trous wreck occurred near here yes
terday, when a passenger train ran
INTO an open switch while going at the
rate of forty miles an hour. Ten ct
the fourteen coaches were derailed.
Twenty.six persons are known to
have been killed and the list will total
much higher than this number.
The injured number about 100, many
of whom will die.
Smashed Into spIinters.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction. Four of them were
smashed into splinters. Most of the
dead were Italians who occupied the
smoker and day coach. The dead were
terribly mangled. The injured were
carried to this city.
But two Americans are known to
have been killed, although several OF
those amcng the injured will undoubt-
eddy die within a few hours.
Pullman Passengers Escape.
Out of about eighty Pullman passen
gers there were but two who sustained
serious injuries. The three Pullman
coaches and the diner, which were on
the rear of the train. did not leave the
track. The occupants of these cars
were practically unframed. The Flor
ence Roberts Theatrical company &C.
cupied one coach, which was hurled
from the tracks and both ends of 1t
crushed in by impact against the 9TH
ers. But two members of Miss Rob-
erts' company out Of total of twenty
two people were injured.
No Warning Of Danger.
The derailment of the train was
caused by the crew of a switch engine
leaving a switch open at this point
There was absolutely no warning Of
the impending catastrophe. The engi-
neer saw the signal of the open switch
when but few rods distant from it
and had no time to sound even whis
tie Of warning, much less to reverse
the throttle or set the brakes. He
called to his fireman to jump, and they
both leaped wildly from opposite sides
Of the engine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
General.

A tornado did considerable damage
at Chanute, Kan. No one was hurt.
An extraordinary session of the Pan.
ANA national assembly has been called
for April Is.
Gen. Kuroki will represent the Japa.
nese army at the Jamestown celebra.
ton In April.
The Nebraska legislature has pass.
cd a bill prohibiting child labor in all
its forms, including working in tho
beet fields.
Spinal meningitis has broken out in
the Puget sound navy yard at Seattle.
There are several cases OH the train.
ing ship Philadelphia and at the re.
cruiting Office.
Gov. Deneen sent a memorial to the
illinois legislature suggesting gen
cral celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary OF the birth of Abraham
Lincoln. Feb. IL, 1909.
Provision for legislation through in.
i,iative by petition and an optional
referendum stands at the head OF the
list Of important bills passed by the
Maine legislature which has just ad.
journel.
A. l.. Sutton, chief of the bureau OF
exploitation of the jamestown Expo.
sition company, rendered his rcsigna-
ton at the request Of the board of gov.
errors. upon charges filed by tourists
bureau.
A run started OIL the Licking county
bank at Newark, Ohio, from no known
cause, and continued In spite of the
announcement of the directors that
the bank could pay all deposits. Bust.
ness men came to the rescue.
Bryce Hinton has been enjoined by
the district court at Abba, Iowa, from
hereafter conducting q saloon. IL Is
the general belief that there will be no
attempt to violate the courts orders,
as Hinton has been dead for several
months. He died shortly ifte: the
suit was instituted.
Samuel Greenman of Kansas City
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against Rev. Max Lieberman, rabbi of
Harnesses Israel temple. Greenman
says the rabbi approached him while
he was praying in loud voice and
struck him, saying he was praying too
loud.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
browns Self and Children.

Dover, n. j., April 2.--Having fas
tened their garments securely to he,
own, Mrs. Otto Drifting carried he,
two little children into Shongum lake
where all three yere drowned. Her ACT
is ascribed to mental trouble.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
CANNON IS IN HAVANA.

Speaker and Party Are Being Enter.
tanned by Officials.
Havana, March 81. - The steamer
Bluecher, with Speaker Cannon and
his congressional party on board. AZ.
rived here yesterday morning from
Colon. The visitors were received by
Gov. Magoon. Later the congressman
were shown the city in q special street
car by Gov. Nunez and Mayor Carde
mas.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
LEFT TO DIE IN FLAMES.

Moving Picture Operator 10 Forgotten
by Frightened Crowd.
LOckport, N. Y, April 2. - Albert.
Phillips, twenty-one years old, opera
tor Of moving picture machine III
the Arcana theater, was burned to
death. Phillips was in the box of the
machine when 1t burst into flames. In
the panic which ensued among the
spectators Phillips was forgotten.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
SULTAN Is COURTEOUS.

Assures French Minister That Order
Will Be Maintained.
Tangier, Morocco, March 81. - The
representative Of the sultan of MOroc.
CO. ,Mohammed Ell Torres, yesterday
called upon the French minister. NJ.
Regnault. and also on the commander
Of the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc.
with both of whom he had courteous
interviews. He assured the French
minister that measures had been
taken for the maintenance of order
and for the security Of the Europeans
in Morocco.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
3, cRossr,Es ON TRACK.

ianians Are Aroused.
New Orleans, April 2.-Train wreck.
ers chained thirty-one crossties at III
tervals OF IL few yards across the rails
of the Louisiana Southern railway
south of New Orleans and caused the
wrecking of local passenger train.
There were no serious injuries in the
wreck
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Casualty.

Walter Carday and Elecey Farmer
we're killed by lightning while working
In Il stone quarry at Bowling Green,
Ohio.
John Gordon, six years old, fell un.
der the wheels of clay cart at LO-
gansport, Iowa. His right leg was
ground up.
A great gas well two miles east OF
Sapulpa, I. T.. that caught fire last
week is still burning furiously. Work
ers in this field are terrorized.
Two men were killed and three 9th
ers were wounded as Il result of a
bailer explosion at the Brazos Hard
wood Lumber company's plant at Mar.
lin. Tex.
A brick building used to manufac
ture muriatic acid at the plant OF the
General Chemical company on Buffalo
river. near Buffalo, n. Y, was destroy
ed by fire. The loss will be close to
100000.
Edward Roberts of Lake Linden was
killed at Sandusky, Ohio, while work.
ing on dock. A girder ut the top OF
an eighty-foot derrick broke and he
was hurled to the ground, meeting in.
stant death.
Mistaking a gasoline jug for vine
gar jug. Mrs. Sarah Emery Of Sioux
City. while preparing dinner, poured
gasoline into pot ON the stove. In
mediately she was enveloped in flames
and she died later.
A spark caused by a blow from a
hammer ignited quantity of set
pieces in the finishing room of the Con.
solidated Fire Works company at Gren-
vile, s. l.. and in the explosion one
man was torn to pieces. a boy and two
girls were probably fatally injured, and
seven other persons were burned.
A steel girder slipped from the top
of power house under construction
for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
pany in New York and carried away a
scaffolding upon which a dozen men
were working. Two of the seven men
injured will die.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
GRAFT FIGHTERS ARMED.
"Gun Play" in Attempt to Rescue
Ruef Feared in San Francisco,

Sou roy VI NtteWPt 10 HSSCue
Ruef Feared in San Francisco.
San Francisco, March 31.-The sen.
sational statement that every person
openly identified with the prosecution
of the alleged grafters and bribers is
carrying a revolver concealed: that
several of the more prominent are EN-
ploying each bodyguard. and that an
attempt to rescue Abe Ruet by force
is not unlocked for, was made yester-
day by one of the chief Investigators.
He also said, and it was subsequent.
~ confirmed, that Elisor Biggy has
given orders to Ruef's seven guards to
"shoot Ruef first, the others after
ward" if an attempt to rescue the in
dicted man by, armed force is made,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Tornado Hurts Number.

Bradyvillc. Iowa, April "A lorna
do swept the. country i'll this vicinity
yesterday, demolishing several far.!'
houses and many outbnildings. y
number of persons were injured. but il
is believed that all will recover.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
RIPE PEACHES IN SOUTH.

Fruit Natures Month Ahead Of Time
In Louisiana.
New Orleans, March 81. Ripe
peaches, gathered months ahead of
time, we're picked yesterday in Pla.
quomine parish, Louisiana. The mild
est winter in thirty years was the
cause of the peaches ripening III
March, and samples of the fruit will
be saved for the jamestown cxposi
ton,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Horses Die in Epidemic.

Philadelphia, April 2.-Gland"rs has
become epidemic among the horses Of
Philadelphia. 4 large number OF ami
mails have been killed in the last
month and veterinarians are advising
heroic methods to.check the spread o'
the diease.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
HARD FIGHT WITH FIRE.

Three Buildings Burned, Causing Loss
Of $4,000.
Donnybrook, n. D.. April 2. - For
four hours yesterday citizens of this
place fought desperately to stay fire
which broke out in the butcher shop
of w. T.. Lee, and which. famed by
brisk gale, threatened TO wipe out the
entire town. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Killed bv Train.

Minot, N. d.. April 9. - Willis. walk.
j. II, Cooney. a farmer of that place.
was struck by passenger train ant!
stantly killed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
President at Church.

Washington, April 2. - President
Roosevelt attended Easter services at
st. Johns Episcopal church yesterday
The services were conducted by Rev,
Roland G. Smith, the rector.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Neqro Is '.yncl,ed,

Durant. l. T.. April Jim Williams
col. red, charged with criminal assault
on Lille Wisener. white near Colbert
]. r.. Saturday afternoon. was lynchc,'
at Durant last night by mob Of l ,O0t
people.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Grand Jury Keeps At It.

San Francisco. March %. - Twelve
witnesses were examined yesterday by
the grand jury in it's investigation of
bribery AID graft during a session
which lasted from 2 o'clock in the aft.
~rnooo until after 6.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Dead Of ApopIexy.

Prescott. Wis. April g - Christian
suddenly of apopleXy. lie was born i'll
Germany. He left Il wife and several
brothers and Il sister
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
CAUGHT on Bridge; Killed.

Pittsburg, April :.--Thrcc men were
caught on a railroad bridge near here
by fast passenger train. Two of the
men chung TO the ties. allowing the
train to pass over them, but the third
was knocked off the bridge 10 tho
ground and killed
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Foreign.

The Russian evacuation Of Manchn-
ria is complete. The last battalion OF
Russian troops has left Hardin.
A Russian squadron arrived at Spit
head, England. last week. This is the
first visit Of Russian warships in Eng,
fish waters since before the Russo.
Japanese war.
DIR. Jollos. editor Of the Rnsski Vie
domsti, was assassinated at Moscow
by al unknown youth. who shot him
with u revolver as he was leaving his
residence. The murderer escaped.
The famine stricken Chinese have
been practicing cannibalism in locali-
ties where the distress is most acute.
The spread of fever continues, and the
heavy rains are increasing the general
misery. Spasmodic riOting has occur
red, but the outbreaks have not been
serious.
While Marie Pia, the dowager queen.
mother Of King Carlos and Prince
Alfonso, brother IF the king, were 60
ing to the theater at Lisbon In an auto
mobile the car ran over a woman car
rying an infant The child was killed
and the woman dangerously injured.
The dowager queen was overcome
with emotion and wept.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Shot bv PLAYMATE

Green Bay, Wis, April 2. Harold
Corey, fifteen years old, while Shooting
mt Il target with Il small rifle, s,o, and
killed Matthias Anheuser, q playmate.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
COMPLAIN OF BRAZIL.

Russian coionists Send Letter to Gov.
ernor Of Baltic Provinces.
Rigi, Russia, April 2.-The govern
or general of the Baltic provinces,
Lieut.. Gen. Baron Moeller-Sakomelsk
has received from Russian cOlOnists In
Brazil a letter complaining of the diff.
cult position of the colonists and the
unfair treatment of them by Brazil'
ians, and asking him to prohibit emf
grafton TO the South American repub
lie.
Riga is the starting point Of IL large
stream of cmigrants to Brazil.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Raises TELEGRAPH Rates.

Chicago, March 31.--The Western
Union Telegraph company has an.
nounced new scale of telegraph
rates, representing an increase, III
some cases, Of 20 per cent effective
Anyil /.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
'strlkesAinaes on Meeting.
TOO MUCH PUBLICITY.

ttt0h Pretate SAys That 70 One Reason
ireland 10 Not q Cardinal.
Rome, March 3O.-Aprelate holding
a high post at the Vatican explains
that the omission of the name of Arch.
bishop Ireland from the list of those
to be appointed cardinals at the next
consistory was due in part I'd the nu.
merous aud repeated recommendation
made in his behalf.
The pope. declared. said the prelate,
that the worst enemies Of Archbishop
Ireland were his best friends.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
stass.struek Girls CAUGHT.

Chicago March 20. Three girls
who ran away from their homes in st.
Louis were arrested here yesterday
and will be held to await advices from
their homes. The girls said they came
to Chicago to 20 O the stage.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Store Is Burned.

Margie. Mimi, April Fire com
pletely destroyed the store OF DAILY \
Hayden Of this place. rntailirg /. loss
of $1,000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Town Burnt out.

Goshen. Ind. April 2-Firp almost
entirely destroyed the business district
of Wolc6ttville. in La Grange county.
The total loss is $25. 900.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Statewide BIZ, Passed.

Lincoln, Neb.. March 31.-The sen.
ate yesterday passed the statewide
direct primary bill. The bill. which
will go to the governor to-day. does
away with state. county and city nomt
mating conventions.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Criminal.

Three girls who ran away from their
homes in St. Louis were arrested in
Chicago. The girls said they came to
Chicago to go on the stage.
Ward NJ. Snyder, said to be son of
Nicholas Snyder, millionaire oil ope-
rator of Pittsburg, was indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge Of big
amy.
August johnson, an Industrious
woodsman living at Ontonagon, Mich,
attempted to commit suicide by slash
ing his throat with pocket knife. De-
spondency is given as the cause.
William Robinson and Perry Smith.
two negroes. pleaded guilty in St.
Louis to having murdered John H. NJ.
Osborne last December, and were SEN
fenced to ninety-nine years in the pen.
itentiary.
Dominic Fergetto. an Italian miner
at Loretto, Mich, was shot and fatally
injured by an unknown party. He
was shot from ambush. The police Of
ficers suspect several, but NO arrests
have been made.
Binding a handkerchief over his eyes
to hide the approaching train, Oscar
Nylen of Canton. ILL.,, laid across the
rails at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and
the train passed over him, severing the
head from his body.
DR.. William Under, prominent
physician of Union, S. c., was shot and
instantly killed by Lucy Litzey, who
walked into the physicians Office.
closed the door and fired a bullet into
his back. The woman was arrested.
James Haley. a railroad laborer, is
lying in the city hospital at Billings.
Mont, dangerously wounded, the vic.
tim of the knife of James E. Brennan.
Il barber. The assault occurred in an
all-night theater, and for short time
pandemonlum reigned.
George S. Mc-Reynolds, formerly a
prominent member of the Chicago
board of trade, was sentenced to an
indeterminate term in the penitentiary
on the charge of removing from his
elevators grain on which warehouse re-
ceiptes had previously been issped.
While rummaging in an ash heap in
a gully at Houghton. Mich, close to
town a young boy discovered the
naked body Of an infant child which
had been strangled to death by q thick
string and thrown down the gully,
wrapped closely in old clothing and
Finnish newspaper.
Morris Heith, a Jew, was MORALLY
wounded, Edward Maymon, q negro.
was shot and seriously hurt and . race
riot was begun at Kansas City as the
result Of a fight between Maymon and
Andrew johnson, also a negro, In the
Jewish quarter. johnson fed, with
great crowd In pursuit. A policeman
fired two shots at him, but he escaped.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
suralar Kills Policeman.

st. Louis. Mo-. April HI. l.. Royce
a patrolman, was shot and killed by q
burglar yesterday morning The bur.
glar escaped.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
Furnace Blows Up.

Youngstown, Ohio, April 2. -. Steve
is thought. to be fatally burned as the
result Of an explosion at the Lowell
vile furnace, eight miles east of here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
New Church at Sioux Falls.

We" SuoSSu 81 0JoOA T0vS.
Sioux Falls. s. d.. April g. The
committee in charge Of securing bids
for the erection of $4,000 Baptiss
church has fixed April II as the date
when bids will be opened.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
People Talked About.

Daniel v. McDonough, veteran
Democratic member of the Illinois leg
dslature, died in Chicago after long
illness.
Henry Clay Barnabee, the veteran
comedian, who for years was the head
of the Bostonians, received $4,000 as
the result of benefit in Boston.
Judge Samuel Ryan, eighty-three
years old, the Oldest editor in Wiscon-
sin and one of the Oldest members Of
the Odd Fellows, died at Appleton.
Attila F. Mallory. brother of United
States Senator Mallory. was found
dead in his office at Pensacola, Fla.
Mr.. Mallory's father was secretary Of
the Confederate navy during the Civil
war.
Thomas Edwin Orr, widely known
as a writer and lecturer on farm topics
and reputed to be the most expert
poultry fancier in the United States.
died suddenly from heart failure at
Beaver. Pa.
Alexander Beaubien, said to be the
first white child born in the city Of
Chicago. died In that city after a long
illness. Beaubien was born In Fort
Dearborn. which was at that time the
name OF Chicago. on Jan. %. 1922.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-04-04
RAILROADS MUST BACK DOWN.
Only Way Strike Can Be Averted =
Knapp to Offer Mediations.

Only Way Strike Can Be Averted -
Knapp to Offer Mediations.
Chicago, March 30.-The controver-
sy over wage scale between the gen.
eral managers of the Western rail-
roads and their employees in the train
service cannot be abitrated. and the
only way In which strike can be
averted is for the officials Of the roads
to make terms with the men. This is
the ultilnatum ISSUED by the repre-
sentaatives Of the two unions involved
in the difflculty after a meeting had
been held last night to consider the
action Of the railroads in asking the
federal government to intervene and
! endeavor to bring about settlement
by mediation.
Strike Hinges on Meeting.
Chicago, March 31.--Whether or not
there is to be strike of the employees
in the train service of the Western
railroads hinges on a meeting to be
held here to-day at IL o'clock between
| two federal government officials and
the representatives of the unions and
the railroads. This meeting was
brought about by the general mana
gers Of the railroads, who appealed to
Washington for a settlement of the
difficulty under the terms provided in
the Erdmann act.