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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
GREAT CHANGE FOR THE BETTEF
LOOKED FOR BY BANKERS
THIS WEEK.
ARRANGE TO MOVE The CROPS
NEW YORK SENDING ALL MONEY
THAT CAN BE SPARED TO
WEST AND SOUTH.

st. Paul, Nov. 12-"This week will
see great change for the better in
the financial situation" said Judge j
w. Lusk, president of the National
German-American bank. yesterday on
his return from the East. "New York
and Boston bankers feel the trouble is
over.
"The improvement is due to two
main sources - the importation OF
gold, which for the two weeks ending
next Saturday night will aggregate
$5O,000,000. it is estimated, and add.
tional currency from the government
treasury.
Moving the Crops.
eve saw the president and the sec
rotary at Washington, and satisfac'
tory arrangements were made to fur
nish the money for the movement Of
crops in the Northwest.
'The country has outgrown the sup
ply of currency obtainable all at once
in the fall for the movement of large
crops" he added. present high
prices demand more currency than is
to be had all at once, with the banks
keeping at hand the legal reserve re.
Quired."
Gold From Europe.
New York, Nov. IL. - The most
eventful week in the financial history
of the present generation closed on
Saturday with conditions much clear.
er than a week before.
The restoration of comparative Sc.
curity in New York was obtained by
demands upon the money markets of
Europe. The demand for gold from
Europe came at favorable time in
some respects for the outward move
ment of American products, of which
the leading ones are cotton and wheat.
Under the actual conditions Europe
must pay substantially in gold for the
balance of exported products which is
being created in favor of this country
by every bale of cotton and carload of
wheat placed on shipboard for export.
Situation Cleared Up.
New York bankers are sending for.
ward to the West and South all the
currency they can spare, especially
to those points where in their judg.
ment it is most needed.
The new week opens with the bank.
ing situation in New York cleared up
so far as any danger of further fail
ures or suspensions is concerned with
the banking reserves comparatively
intact and with more than s25,OOO,OOO
on the ocean to strengthen them dur.
ing this week.
The steady improvement in finan.
cial conditions in New York was re.
flected in strong closing quotations in
the stock market.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Mrs. Josie Smith. aged twenty.nine,

Mrs. Josie Smith. aged twenty.nine.
committed suicide at her home in
Kansas City because, as she stated in
a note, she was homesick to return to
her parents in New Orleans and be.
cause Of her intense love for her hus.
band, which she said made her jealous.
United States District Judge Garland
at st. Louis sentenced N. B. Rogers,
formerly postmaster at Steeleville,
Mo-, to six months at hard labor in the
Iron county Jail, following a plea of
guilty to a charge of embezzlement of
$54. In addition Rogers was fined
the amount of the shortage.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
HAVE TO FEED CATTLE.

Prairie Fires Sweep Ranges and Dc.
stroy Cattle.
Deadwood, S. D., Nov. 10. - Cattle.
men in Western Wyoming are facing
serious loss with their cattle this win.
ter, as it is probable they will be
obliged to feed them most of the win.
ter. The prairie fires that have swept
that section for several weeks have
left nothing but charred ranges, where
the cattle could not live, and there are
no new ranges to turn to for native
feed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Domestic.

Domestic.
Benjamin H. Tallmadge of Denver.
tried in the federal court at Roswell.
N. M, on the charge of land fraud, has
been acquitted.
Gray Gables, formerly the summer
home of Grover Cleveland at Buzzard's
Bay, has been sold to George D.
Flynn, brewer.
Henry n. Warner of Boston has
been appointed receiver for the Arnold
Print works at North Adams. It is
understood that the cause of the EN-.
barrassment was the inability of the
company to renew maturing loans held
by savings banks.
The Japanese cruisers which were
sent to the jamestown exposition have
arrived at Manila on their way home.
A series of entertainments have been
planned for the officers and men and
every courtesy will be shown them by
the insular army and navy.
Senator Bourne of Oregon is tryins
to have Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul
act as one of the judges of ESSAYS to
be submitted on the subject of "Why
President Roosevelt Should Be Re.
nominated" Bourne has offered a
prize of $1,000 for the best essay and
has invited two other prominent men
to act with Archbishop Ireland as
judges.
While searching among old papers
in the attic Mrs. NJ. X. Covington of
Huntsville, Ohio, discovered what ptr.
ports to be the last will and testament
of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrims
Progress" The document is Of parch.
ment. yellow with age. and is dated
Dec. %, 1905. Mrs. Covington's ances.
tors came from England many years
ago.
Mrs. George Osborne died at Seattle
and the attending physicians assign
the cause of death to bubonic plague.
There have been three deaths in her
family in two weeks, one Of which was
caused by the plague.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Crimes.

Bedros Hampartjoomian, an Armen-
ian, has been convicted of murder in
the first degree for killing Hoshanes
Tavshanjian, rug merchant. in New
York, on July %.
On the eve of their planned separa.
ton William Frederick Johns, con-
tracing stonecutter, shot and killed
his wife Grace and himself at their
home in Brooklyn.
John Lekat, aged fifty, blew himself
to atoms at Pittsburg He waited I'M
til all other occupants of the house had
left, then he placed stick of dynamite
under his bed and set it off.
Albert NerZlinger, who has been ON
trial at St. Louis for three days for
binding Mrs. Lena Bunsch by throw.
ing sulphuric acid in her face, was
found guilty and sentenced To twenty
years in the penitentiary.
John Sweeney, married man, thir.
ty-five years old, narrowly escaped
lynching at Marietta, Ohio, from mob
seeking revenge for his assault on
Anna Koon, fourteen-year-old girl.
The police arrived in time to rescue
him.
John w. Canady, aged sixty-siA
years S, Civil war veteran, is dead at
Ottumwa, Iowa, as the result of hav.
ing been hit on the head with dinner
bucket. John Hayes, coal miner,
has been arrested on the charge of as.
sault with intent to commit murder.
Battle Ruffano and his wife Anto
nette were murdered in Garfield, N. J..
A neighbor found the woman's body an
the walk in front of the grocery store
which the couple owned. In the
kitchen back of the store Ruffano's
body was found. Both had beea shot
in the head. There is no clue to the
murderer.
DR.. F. J. Tygard, president of the
Bath National Bank of Butler. Mo-.
when it failed Sept. 26, 1906, was sen.
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
by Judge Smith Mcpherson of the fed.
eral court. The conviction was on the
charge of misapplying the funds of the
bank. Mr.. Tygard is past seventy
years of age and is practically paralyz
ed.
A serious case of hazing in the pub
lie schools at Rockland, Mich, is re.
ported. Boys are accused of pulling
the teeth of other pupils and then
threatening them with the loss OF
their tongues. One of tho victims is
said to be in serious condition, hav.
ing caught cold in his lacerated Jaws
In view Of 800 people Jim Davis, a
negro, who had shot two negro women
leaped from the railing of the Tennes
see river bridge at Knoxville, Tenn.
and was drowned before he could be
rescued. In his last words before leap
ing Davis claimed that he had killed
twenty-eight people.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
GRAIN SHIPMENTS IMPROVE
COTTON MOVEMENT SERIOUSLY
CHECKED BY LACK OF SMALL
BILLS.

New York, Nov. 10. - The leading
New York banks were exerting them
selves actively yesterday to meet the
demands of their country correspond.
ents and depositors for currency. They
declare that the suggestions made
from several Western sources that
they are not meeting legitimate de-
mands for currency from the West are
entirely unfounded, and that they arc,
on the contrary, taking every practical
BILE measure to aid the West and
South. Special favors are shown to
the small interior banks where there
is no clearing house, because it is
realized that they are not in a posi-
ton to count upon cooperation and
the use of clearing house certificates.
as is the case of communities having
number of strong institutions.
Cotton Movement Checked.
1t is admitted that the cotton move
ment is seriously checked by the lack
of small bills and silver to pay the
small growers and by the inability of
the Southern banks to handle the i'm.
mense volume of business accumulat-
ed at Southern points. The grain ship.
ments are in better shape, owing to
the gold secured by the banks of St.
Paul and Minneapolis, and arrange
ments for paying cash in New York
on grain bills.
The aid which is being rendered to
the situation is indicated by the fact
that. the total engagements of gold
have now reached $40,O0O,000. The to-
tai was materially increased yesterday
by the announcement of several pur-
chases which had not heretofore beer
made public.
Will Relieve Pressure. ..
OF the amount engaged the sum Of
$21,311, 900 has already arrived, III
Guiding $12.361,15O which was laid
down from the Lusitania yesterday
morning. This gold will afford the ba-
sis of nearly $2OO,OOO,000 in loans and
will materially assist the New York
banks in their efforts to meet the pres
sure for currency throughout the
country.
The fact that practically $60,000,00C
in currency disappeared from the New
York banks within a week, as indi-
Gated by the last bank statement, is
considered sufficient evidence that the
New York banks are doing their best
to meet ire demand upon them. The
total drain of last week is computed
upon the basis of an actual loss in
cash of about $3O,O0O,O00, in the face
of the fact that $30,0O0,OOO of public
money had been poured into the New
York banks.
It is not possible to determine what
proportion of this $6O,OO0,000 went
West and what proportion went into
boards in New York. It is estimated
in some quarters that about half Of
the amount was shipped to Western
banks but other bankers put the pro-
portion somewhat lower, leaving the
balance to be accounted for by hoard
ing. That New York banks are doing
their best to meet the situation was
tersely put by prominent bank off,
cial yesterday when he said that New
York had convulsed all the principal
markets of Europe and forced their
discount rates to points higher than
they have reached in some cases in
generation in order to obtain the gold
to sustain credit in this country.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
AGED MAN AND BOY SMOTHER.
suffoeated by ess While Alone In

st. Paul, Nov. -. - Ferdinand
Manke, seventy-nine years old, and
his three-year-old grandson, John A
Anderson, were asphyxiated at their
home. The grandfather was feeble
and childish and had been left at home
to take care of the child while the
boys mother and grandmother had
gone out to work. One of the burners
of the gas range was open and the old
man and child were dead on the kitcb.
en- floor when Mrs. Anderson returned'
at night
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
%s GERHARDT's SLAYER"
Frank Burg, Arrested at Sleepy Eye
Says He Killed Doctor.

Says He Killed Doctor.
Sleepy Eye, Mimi, Nov. IL. - A.
stranger giving the name of Franls:
Burg and claiming to be the murderer
Of the late DR.. Louis A. Gebhardt of.
New Ulm, was taken into custody by
Chief of Police jacobson a day or SO.
ago, and was subsequently given a.
fifteen-day sentence in the county jail
at New Ulm on the charge of drunken.
ness.
He acted somewhat strangely be.
fore his arrest and when taken intos
custody said that he was on his way
to New Ulm to collect the balance due.
him for killing the late DIR. Gebhardt
three years ago. He said that he was
the man who did the deed, but that
he was not paid in full and wanted his
money.
His story is given no credence.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
HEINzE is OUT.

Syndicate Buys His Stock In Butte,
Bank,
Butte, Mont, Nov. 12.-Through the
contamination of a deal announced by"
John MacGinnis, president of the Sill
yer Bow National bank of this city, A
Augustus Heinze is eliminated from
the directorate of that institution, all
of his stock in the bank being &C.
quired by syndicate headed by
Thomas A. Kinds and A. B. Cook.
Mr.. MacGinnis was formerly vice
president of the United Copper com.
pany and during the Heinze-Amalga.
mated warfare was Heinze's CHIEF
lieutenant in his operations in Butte
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
MANY KILLED IN STORM.

Hurricane Sweeps MarseiIles, France,
Causing Immense Damage.
Marseilles. France, Nov. 10-A hur.
ricane swept over this city last night,
causing immense damage to docks and
to waterfront property. A number of
people were killed by collapsing
houses, but in the confusion and dark
ness it was impossible to determine
the extent Of the casualties last night.
The whole of Southern France con.
tinues to suffer from the floods follow
ing the excessive rains.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
PRAIRIE ABLAzE.

Nearly 500 Tons Of Hay Burned Near
Benson.
Benson, Mimi, Nov, IA prairie
fire near Clontarf, six miles west of
Benson, did considerable damage
last night. About 500 tons of hay
were burned. The wind was blowing
almost gale and wisps of blazing hay
were blown from stack to stack,
across firebreaks that had been made.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
LEFT MONEY BY FRIEND.

coIored Woman Of Sioux Falls 10 an
Heiress.
Sioux Falls. S. D., Nov. -. - Mrs.
George Coleman, colored woman of
this city, according to advices from
Norfolk. Neb.. has fallen heir to be.
tween $500 and $4,000, which was
left her by friend who recently died
in Holland.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Tra.nmen Also Firemen,

Miller, s. D., Nov. IL. - Handling
freight is not the only work of the
train crews between here and the
Black Hills. The heavy trains are
pulled by small engines and in going
up the grades live cinders are thrown
out on the prairies, setting fires, and
the train is stopped and all hands
pitch in to put out the fire.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Two Killed on Track,

Fort Wayne, Ind, Nov. 12.-Freder-
ick Kuchelhem and wife. crossing the
Pennsylvania railroad track just west
of here in buggy, were struck by
fast passenger train and killed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
WRAP UP WARM; KILLED.

Man and Wife Are Run Down by
Train.
Burlington, Iowa, Nov. 12-Mr. and
Mrs. George Gillinger were run down
by train as they were driving across
the track near Clatty, and both were
instantly killed. It is thought they
were bundled on account of the cold
and did not hear the train.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Celebrate Kings Birthday.

London, Nov. 1.-THE celebration
of the sixty.sixth anniversary of the
birth of King Edward VII. was
brought to fitting close at the inau
gural banquet Of the new lord mayor
of London. Sir John c. Bell. at Guild
hall Saturday night.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
URGE SETTLERS TO DAM.
Reservoir Provisions to Solve Water
Question Is Needed.

Question Is Needed.
Pierre, S. D., Nov. 1O.-If the new
settlers west of the Missouri do not
build dams this fall to store the wa.
ter which pours down the little
draws" on their claims while the
snow is melting in the spring and the
spring rains are on, i: will be only
because they refuse to take advice,
which every paper printed in this part
of the state is pouring out to them
every week. The water question in
that part of the state is one which will
have to be solved, and for the present
dams are the most convenient make.
shift.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
CASHIER AND $4,000 GONE.

Many Irregularities Alleged to Have
Been Found.
Lawton, Okla, Nov. I'D. R. Ran.
kin, cashier Of the Merchants and
Planters sank Of this place, who dis.
appeared last night with shortage
in the bank of about $4,000, is still
missing. No clue to his whereabouts
has yet been found. Many irregnlari
ties have been unearthed, 1t is alleged
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
MERCHANTS At WAR,
Commission Men Open Store Because
Retailers Buy Outside.

Retailers Buy Outside.
Lead, S. D., Nov. 10.-Commission
houses of this part of the Black Hills
have formed combine and opened up
on Main street store where thew will
cater to the public in opposition to the
local retail merchants. The commits
sion men say this action is the result
of the retailers patronizing outside
wholesalers for their produce and CIV.
ing the commission men the "go.by."
A slash in produce prices already has
precipitated fight.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
5000 MEN MAY WALK OUT.

Calumet and HeeIa Miners Threaten
Strike Monday.
Calumet, Mich, Nov. 10. - The cop
per miners in the employ of the Calu-
met & Hecla Mining company have
issued an ultimatum to the manage.
ment that the employees of the compa-
ny will strike next Monday unless the
management rescinds the wage re-
duction Of IL IL per cent which it was
recently announced would take effect
Dec. 1. About 5000 men are in
volved
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
"eYM" WORK PARALYzEs.
Little Girl Is Seriously Hurt by Falt
From Trapeze,

Hill City, S. D., Nov. IL. - A falr
while doing some gymnastic work in
the school room probably will result in
Gertrude Miner, a ten-year-old girl
becoming cripple for life. The little
girl was swinging on trapeze when
her hold broke and she fell, landing on
her arm. Within twenty-four hours
both arms were entirely paralyzed
and local physicians believe the injury
will be permanent.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Disastrous FIoode In lt.Iv

OIodSIT0US FIoo06 III ItdIv.
Rome, Nov. -. - The rain Storms
and floods throughout Italy continue
Railroad tracks are being carried
away in several places and reports are
being received of the destruction of
houses and the drowning of cattle.
Several human lives have been lost.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Loses $4,000 Worth Of Jewels,

Loses $12,000 Worth Of Jewels.
PittsEurg, Nov. 12.-The police au-
thorities reported yesterday that jew.
elry said to be valued at $4,000 was
lost in New York last week by Miss
]. c. Chelfant of Allegheny.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
Accidental Happenings.

ACCIDENTAL Happenings.
Fire destroyed the Guthrie hotel at
Oneonta, Ala, together with ten stores
and livery stable. Loss, $4,000.
Fire completely destroyed the plant
Of the Grand Rapids Clock and Mantel
company at Grand Rapids, Mich. Loss
$4,000.
William s. Johnson of Boston and
two daughters were injured in an au-
tomobile accident at Dampierre,
France.
The parish school and parish hall
Of the Catholic church of St. Anthony
of Padua, in Philadelphia, was dam.
aged by fire to the extent of $4,000.
Charles D. Henry, a retired miner
of Los Angeles, was run down by a
horse attached to cab at Chicago and
died two hours later from the injuries
received.
Gavin McNab, we'll known attorney
and Democratic political leader, was
run down by runaway horse at San
Francisco. His skull was fractured
and he may be fatally injured.
The plant of the Bourbon stock
yards at Louisville was practically
wiped out by fire, causing loss of
100000. An adjoining plant was dam.
aged to the extent of $4,000.
Matty Tiger, chief of the Greek Ma
ton, was seriously injured while rid.
ing in the woods near his home at
Okmulgee, I. T. His horse became
frightened and broke from the trail
into dense thorn thicket, two large
thorns piercing Matty Tigers head.
pressing into the left ear.
Foreign.
Fire at Valparaiso, Chile, caused a
loss estimated at 100000. Seven
firemen were injured during the confla,
grafton.
At its official trial the British torpe
do boat destroyer attained the record
speed Of 34.34 knots an hour. This
speed is equal to about thirty-nine and
half land miles an hour.
The new liner Chicago, belonging to
the Compagnie Generate Transatlan.
tique, was successfully launched at St.
Nazarie, France. She will enter the
New York service in 1908.
A portrait Of w. ]. Bryan has been
| presented to the Philippine assembly
by Justice Mapa and was received
with many thanks. It will be hung in
an appropriate place in the assembly
hall.
The government of Holland has
presented to parliament a bill for the
reclamation Of portion of the Zuyder
See at a cost Of $11,200,O00. The work
will occupy seven years and yield
about 10000 acres.
Two American citizens, colored.
were arrested at Guatemala City and,
it is alleged, frightfully beaten by the
order of the military governor of the
department of Zacapa. The American
charge is making an investigation.
The parliamentary committee OF
public works has decided to ask the
Spanish parliament to vote credits for
the creation of special commission
agency at New York and Yokohama
in the Argentine and in Bolivia,
| A bill will be introduced in the
reichstag upon its assembling appro.
priating money for Count Ferdinand
Won Zeppelin to build a new airship.
The imperial authorities are consider.
ing the question of repaying Count
Won Zeppelin all the money which he
has spent in experimenting with air.
ships.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-14
news OF WEEK SUMMARIZE
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washinotcn Notes.


Fire which Quilted the building &C
cupied by the seed distribution divis
ion of the department of agriculture In
Washington caused damage amounting
to $4,000.
According to statement issued by
the general land Office $141,156 is due
the reclamation fund for public lands
sold in Utah during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1907.
The isthmian canal commission has
purchased the tug Reynolds, a vessel
lis feet long, at a cost CT $4,000. for
York in the harbor at Panama. This
is the third vessel bought by the com.
mission to he sent to Panama by way
of Cape Horn.
The following program of receptions
and dinners at the White House for the
season of 19O7-S has been announced:
Cabinet dinner. Dec. 10; New Years
reception, Jan. 1; diplomatic reception,
Jan. g.; diplomatic dinner, Jan. 1G; ju-
dicial reception, Jan. IS; supreme
court dinner, Jan. so; congressional
reception. Feb. G; army and navy re.
ception, Feb. 20.