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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
news OF THE WEEK IN EPITOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

President Roosevelt issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation, through
the secretary of state, naming the last
Thursday in November, the 2Sth.
Pursuant to directions from Wash.
ington, the coinage Of $15,000000 OF
gold bullion will be undertaken imme
diately at the mint in San Francisco.
The isthmian canal commission has
made careful investigation of the
criticisms of conditions on the isthmus
contained in the recent report of Miss
Gertrude Beeks to the National Civic
federation. The commission says con.
ditions are good and steadily being
improved.
The census bureau has made public
the result of the reports of it's special
agents on the quantity of cotton OF
this Years crop, which had been
ginned up to the 18th of the month
showing 4,OS9,3sS bales, as compared
with 4,931,621 bales ginned to the
same time last year.
Close to a million and a half immi.
grants will have come into this coun.
try during the calendar year 1907, II
the present rate is maintained. During
the nine months ending Sept. 80, 49,.
527 immigrants entered the country
In September alone the entries mum
bered 1854 and of these 1926 came
from Russia.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
KEEP AFTER urEs ALL WINTER.
Regular Army officers Preparing for
Winter Campaign.


Omaha, Neb, Nov. s. = Plans have
been perfected within the last twenty
four hours at the headquarters of the
department of the Missouri for winter,
campaign against the renegade Utes in
South Dakota.
Acting on orders from Washington
received late Saturday evening, after
White House conference, two addi--
tional squadrons of the Second caval-
ry were sent from Fort Des Moines to
the Cheyenne river reservation in
South Dakota, and this morning Com
pany K of the Sixteenth infantry left
Fort Crook to garrison Fort Des
Moines during the absence of the Sec
end cavalry at the. scene of the trouble.
Company M of the Sixteenth infan-
try, under command of Capt. Harry F.
Dalton, will leave Fort Crook early
this morning for Gettysburg, S. d.,
to take charge of the base of supplies
which has been established at that
point.
Col. Frank West Of the Second cav.
airy, who is an old Indian fighter, will
command the expedition on it's ar
rival at Thunder Buttes. In the extent
of operations being continued into
winter, which is considered possible,
it is probable the base of operations
will be transferred from Gettysburg,
which is the end of the railway to the
Cheyenne river agency, eighteen miles
farther west, SO as to avoid the incon-
venience of crossing the river.
The command will 60 into the field
fully equipped for winter campaign.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
AGENT IS STARVING UTEs.
Hostile Collision in South Dakota I'm,
minent, Says Capt. Johnson.

minent, Says Capt. Johnson.
Washington, Nov. 3.-Danger of a
hostile collision at any time because
of serious breach between the Ute
Indians at Thunder Butte station, s.
D., and their agent, Maj. Downs, was
reported yesterday by Capt. Carter p.
johnson, the army officer who was
sent to the scene of trouble in the
effort to placate the Indians, who have
unlimited confidence in him.
According to Capt. johnson, the In.
dian agent and himself are at cross.
purposes, and his report appeals to the
authorities here to support him and
cause Maj. Downs to abate harsh treat.
ment of the Indians.
Rations Cut In Half.
The report says that the Indians oh.
jected to sending their children to a
distant boarding school, the refusal be.
ing on the ground that Capt. johnson
had told them the children would be
sent to school at the agency station.
It adds that the agent has cut the ra.
tons in half; that the Indians are sin.
cere In their statement and wish to
live in peace; that Agent Downs re.
fused to consider the Indians promise
to comply with his orders and de.
mands, and the reports adds that the
application of harsh and severe rem.
edies" is not the best policy.
Capt. johnson says that the Utes
are very hungry, their women and chill
dren are suffering and they believe
they have been unjustly treated.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
ROYALTY INvADEs ENGLAND.
Four Ruling Monarchs Will Be Guests
at Windsor at Same Time.

Four Ruling Monarchs Will Be Guests
at Windsor at Same Time.
London, Nov. s. - England is to be
invaded by royalty during the month
of November. The German emperor
and empress, who it is said will be
accompanied by the imperial chancel-
Ter, Prince Won Buelow, and to whose
visit some political Significance is at
tached, will arrive here on Nov. II and
will spend a week as guests of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra at Wind
sor castle, which has been considera-
bly, altered and improved for their re-
ception. A series of most elaborate
entertainments has been arranged.
The other royal visitors are coming
before the German sovereigns, but will
remain longer, SO that during at least
one of the great entertainments Wind.
sor castle will shelter no less than four
ruling monarchs-the German emperor
and the kings Of England, Spain and
Norway.
The kings of Spain and Norway.
with their consorts and the infant
heirs to their respective thrones, are
coming on official business, but with
all the members of the royal family
will go to Sandringham for the cele-
bration Of the kings birthday, Nov. 9.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07

ty.eight persons were injured,
eight Of them seriously, as the result
Of a collision Of electric cars on the
Pawtucket line. at Providence, r. I.
The three-year-old granddaughter of
John Beattie, an internal revenue Off
Ger Of Gladstone, Mich, fell in a tub
of boiling water yesterday and died.
In a runaway accident down steep
mountain grade near Salmon, Idaho, a
Concord coach was overturned and
three women and a man were serious.
ly injured.
An explosion of natural gas wrecked
the home of Mrs. William Eldridge in
Kansas City, Kan, and perhaps fatal
ly injured the woman and her ten-year-
old daughter.
John G. Kruse, mining superintend-
ent at Iron Mountain, Mich, was shot
and killed by George Gibbons while
the men were hunting together. He
was mistaken for a bear.
DR.. ]. A. Williams of Belle PLANE,
Iowa, and his stenographer, Mrs. Bur-
CESS, were fatally injured in a runa-
way accident, and DR.. Williams daugh.
ter Mary, aged two years, was killed.
Sam Whiteside and John Brooks,
boys, were victims of peculiar acct
dent at Middlesboro, Ky. A revolver
dropped from Whiteside's pocket. 1t
was discharged by the fall and the
bullet first naSsed throuoh RrooLs' loo
and then entered Whiteside's heart,
killing him instantly.
D. R.. Kunkle, manager of the. Hues.
ton Telephone company, was instantly
killed at Leon, Iowa, by being dragged
from the pole he had climbed by a
passing train. He had climbed pole
near the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
tracks to make some repairs when a
passing train caught the loose wire,
tearing him from the pole. killing him
instantly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
Casualty,

Fragments of human bodies pepper
ed with particles Of rock and earth
fell in shower over the little town
of Gwendolen, Pa, when 500 pounds OF
dynamite exploded. Four men were
torn to pieces and six others received
injuries.
The immense pavilion at Columbia
Gardens, Butte's chief pleasure
grounds, the property of Former Sen.
ator Clark, burned. The building con.
tanned a large dancing floor, safe and
several valuable collections. Loss
$4,000.
Sitting on piece of timber on a
thirty-foot trestle at Pittsburg. Tom
Hughes. carpenter for the Ameri.
can Bridge company, sawed the board
through and fell with the piece he had
sawed off. He had been sitting on
the wrong end of the board. His right
thigh was broken and he sustained
%eyere scalp wounds.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
SHOT DOWN WHILE GATHERING
COAL LAND FRAUD EVIDENCE
IN COLORADO. -
MINER DOES THE SHOOTING
COMPANIES STATEMENT Is THAT
MINER FIRED SIMPLY IN SELF.
DEFENSE.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 5.-Joseph Walk
er, United States secret service man,
was shot and instantly killed yester-
DAY by an employee of the Hesperus
mine, located several miles west of
Durango, Colo. The shooting occurred
at the mouth of the air shaft of the
mine, and is said to have been done
In self-defense. The mine is owned
by the Porter Fuel company. c. G..
Dorsey, attorney for the company was
notified of the killing last night. Ac-
cording to his report of the affair, gov
eminent agents have been in the Du-
range country for several days gather
ing evidence to be used in prosecuting
persons indicted for fraudulent entries
on coal lands. This being Sunday, no
work was in progress in the mine,
and several of the miners were stroll
ing over the company property. On
approaching the air shaft, isolated
from the rest of the workings, man
at the mouth of the shaft ordered them
to halt.
Thought Is Was a Joke.
The miners thought he was joking
and did not obey, whereupon, accord
ing to Dorsey's story, the man fired,
the bullet passing close to the head of
one Of the miners.
The latter whipped out revolver
and returned the fire, killing the man
instantly. Investigation developed
that he was Joseph Walker.
Further Investigation showed that a
rope ladder had been let down into
the mine and this was hauled to the
surface. Some time afterward three
men, all government agents, appeared
at the mine entrance, being unable to
make exit any other way. Dorsey says
there was no reason for the secret
service men entering the Hesperus
mine, as the title to this property is
not questioned and their act was sim
ply trespass.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
EXTRA SESSION NAY .Bf Called
PRESIDENT 10 URGED TO ISSUE:
GALL ~ CONSERVATIVE
FINANclERs.

Washington, Nov. Sit was learned
here Saturday from undoubted sources
that President Roosevelt is being urg..
ed to call an extra session of congress
to deal with the financial situation.
The request comes from conserva.
tive leaders in the financial world.
The president has been assured
from most reliable sources that there
will be no opposition on the part Of the
great industries of the country to the
enactment of laws necessary to carry
out his ideas of federal control.
These assurances are made at this
time to avert what has been repre-
sented as the most dangerous situation
which has confronted the country dur
ing an extended period-Ithat is, the
seeming growing lack of confidence,
based on known irregularities in bust
ness methods in some quarters and no
sure and speedy means of separating
the good from the unsound.
Put Congress to Work.
To this end it is suggested that the
president set congress to the task:
First, of making such amendments
to the financial laws as will result in
the maximum of flexibility with the
minimum of basic change in our sys-
TEN.
Next, and perhaps the most in i'm
portance, that the president embody
his suggestions on corporation control
into sufficient recommendations for en-
actment into law.
That the president has given the re-
quest for an extra session careful
consideration is indicated by those.
who have been asked to lend their adj.
vice in the matter.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
PRAISES TOWERS WORK..

Roosevelt Writes Complimentary Let
ter to Ambassador.
Berlin, Nov. 3.-President Roosevelt
has written very kind and compli-
mentary letter to Charlemagne Tower,
the American ambassador here, in re-
ply to Mr.. Towers note intimating his
intention Of resigning his post and re.
firing from the service next spring.
The president writes in part as fol.
lows:
II sincerely regret your leaving Der.
lin. cannot, at the moment, think of
any one else who can take your place
as we'll. You will have given nearly
twelve years of honorable service to
your country. It is fine record, and
one of which you should be exceeding
ly proud when you hand it as a mem.
ory to your children"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
People Talked About.

John Barrett, news editor of the
San Francisco Examiner, died of apo
plexy while walking on the street.
DR.. Frederick NUM- of Cincinnati
was reelected president of the Ma
tional German Epworth league.
The civil marriage of Leopold
Woelfling, former Archduke Leopold
of Austria, and Maria Magdalena Rit.
ter was celebrated in the city hall at
Zurich.
Denis j. Hogan, secretary of the
Democratic state central committee
of Illinois, died at his home in Gene.
va, Ill. The cause of his death was
hemorrhage of the lungs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
From Other Shores.

There is tremendous financial an,
commercial crisis in progress in Chile
The gold premium has advanced to u
per cent, rate hitherto unknown
there.
7 The horse which Gen. Weyler wal
riding In the streets of Madrid became
frightened by a passing street ca
and threw the general, who wa.
bruised. but not badly hurt.
Charles Henry Wilson, first Baror
Nunburnholme. is dead in London
Before he was elevated to the peerage
in 1905 he had represented Hull IL
parliament for thirty-two years.
Prof. F. Bordas announced before
the Academy Of Science in Paris tina,
he had discovered method by which
the coloors of precious stones can be
changed by subjecting them to the
action of radium.
The pope will soon issue an an
nouncement of the ecclesiastical pun
ishment inflicted upon Rev. Father
Tyrell, the noted English Jesuit
whose books on religious subjects
have been condemned by the holy Of
fee.
The petition to the premier of Great
Britain, praying for the abolition Of
the office Of the censor Of plays has
been issued. It bears seventy sigma
lures. inscluding the names of prac
tically all the prominent authors and
dramatists.
King Alfonso has signed bill for.
bidding the sale Of art works for re.
moval from the country, which it ia
understood is even more stringent
than that in force in Italy. The bill in
a short time will be placed before par.
lament.
Andrew Carnegie and Lord Ave.
bury, formerly Sir John Lubbock,
have been nominated for the Office of
lord rector Of st. Andrews university,
Scotland. An election will be held
Nov. 1, provided neither candidate
withdraws.
All the contracts for armament and
new construction for the German navy
for the current financial year have
been placed with private yards, as the
imperial yards arc already fully occu.
pied with orders on hand. The total
money value involved is estimated at
$50 100000.
Unless there should be change in
the present program, private and pub
lie consistories will be held respec.
lively on the 9Th and 18th of Decem.
Der. Several Italian prelates will be
given the red hat, but whether any
foreigner will be SO honored has not
been decided. No American is named
Cor the cardinalate.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
Domestic.

The Pittsburgh Montana smelter and
MINES resumed operations at Butte az
ter a period of suspension of about
two months. Two hundred men are
afforded employment. The company
is composed principally of Pittsburg
and New York stockholders.
The condition of the wheat market
at Winnipeg has been seriously com.
plicated by the money market strin.
gency on the American side of the
boundary, banks having refused to
send money into the country for buy.
ing at the elevators. In Winnipeg
grain men cannot borrow money from
the banks to carry wheat across the
lake from Fort William. and all wheat
must be paid for when it goes into
store at Fort William except to milling
companies. Cash wheat could not be
sold for the last three days.
Attorney General Galen of Montana
notified the state board of health that
II proper evidence were submitted to
him he would bring actions against the
railroads for alleged failures to oh.
serve rules Of sanitation. The attorney
general also ruled that because of the
failure Of one man to qualify and the
absence Of another abroad that Helena
had no hoard Of health.
Prof, w. w. Campbell, director of
the Lick observatory, announces that
prominent knots have been visible
lately in Saturn's rings. The knots an.
near systematically placed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
MISSING ACTOR BAfflfSPol|Ct
THEORY ADVANCED THAT HITCH
COCK MAY BE RIDING BEHIND
"MAkE.UP."

New York, Nov. The disappear
ance Of Raymond Hitchcock, following
his indictment by the grand jury
which had heard the stories Of the
three little girls, was the absorbing
topic yesterday on Broadway.
The actors closest friends, who
have theoretically defended his name
since he became involved in trouble,
are divided in opinion. Many insisted
yesterday that, driven to desperation
by the serious accusation, he had COM
mitted suicide. Others were satisfied
that he had been spirited away and
possibly murdered by men who had
practiced blackmail on the comedian
and who feared exposure II the case
against their victim came to trial.
Hitchcock's thoubles have assumed
various phases. He first caused the
arrest of boy who, he alleged, had
attempted to blackmail him. Disclo-
sures in the case led to Hitchick's ar.
rest and he was arraigned Monday.
The case went over until yesterday
and he was released on $4,000 bail.
Meanwhile the grand jury returned six
indictments against the actor, some of
them charging criminal assault and
abduction.
When the original case was called
yesterday and the defendant failed to
appear, his counsel asked that the
bond he continued for one week. The
district attorneys assistant made no
objection and the magistrate set the
hearing for next Wednesday after
noon.
One Of Accusers Missing.
New York, Nov. 3.-The bondsmen Of
Raymond Hitchcock still have five
days in which to deliver the comedian
to the court, where he is charged with
offenses against young girls. 1t was
limited yesterday that the actor was
living quietly in this city and would be
on hand to face his. accusers when the
case is called next Wednesday.
Neither his wife, it is said, nor his
bondsmen and counsel, have received
the slightest clue to his whereabouts.
The police continued their search
yesterday, canvassing the lodging
houses of the theatrical district, keep.
ing men posted at the railway and
steamship terminals, and even calling
upon the authorities of other cities to
hold Hitchcock should he be recog.
nized in their locality.
Accuser Is Missing.
A new twist to the complication was
was given yesterday when the police
attempted to locate Bella Mckenzie,
aged seventeen years, one of Hitch;
cocks accusers. She left home
month ago and subsequently took
rooms in West Sixtieth street. Ac.
cording to agents of the Children's
society, she had met Hitchcock since
his troubles began. She left her last
lodging about the time the actor was
indicted. The police believe that the
girl could throw some light on what
has become of Hitchcock.
The only other developments yes,
terday were in the way of new theo.
ries regarding the actors disappear,
ance. The most fanciful theory and
one which found some favor, was that
the actor had called into play his
makeup" genius and by clever dis.
guise was enabled to roam at will
about the city.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-11-07
ten MILLIONS IN.
GOLD ON THE Way
@tA-.
lUSlTANlA LEAVES LIVERPOOL
FOR AMERICA WITH RECORD
SHIPMENT.
BANK RUNS ARE suBsIDlNG
coRTElYoU MAY TAKE FURTHER
RELIEF MEASURES - BANK
NOTES INCREASE.
BANK RUNS ARE SUBSID|NG

New York, Nov. 3. - The financial
situation was gradually clearing yes.
terday, without showing any striking
features. Runs on the banks and trust
companies are practically over. Mon.
ey which was temporarily withdrawn
from banks subject to runs is flowing
into the stronger banks, and currency
is being provided in most cases where
the demand for it is considered legiti-
mate.
Further engagements of gold by Bos-
ton and other points have brought up
the total engagements abroad under
the recent movement to $26,55O 900.
The Lusitania, which sailed from Liv-
erpool yesterday, has on board about
$10,000,000 in gold, one of the largest
single shipments ever made.
Prices on Exchange Firm.
Prices on the exchange were firm
during the early part of the day, and
did not yield seriously at any time.
The fact that the stock exchanges of
London and Paris were closed on ac-
count of All Saints day prevented any
comparison of quotations.
Balances with the clearing house
have settled down to normal eondi-
tons, but there is still something of a
blockade in domestic exchange
through the unwillingness of New
York banks to pay currency on drafts
from other cities and the unwilling.
ness Of other cities to pay out their
currency upon drafts from New York.
The condition of affairs indicates
continued pressure for currency rather
than breakdown of credits, but rea-
sonable demands are being met for
regular customers Of the banks.
Hasten Export Movement.
The possibility of fastening the ex-
port movement of wheat and cotton
still engages the attention of foreign
exchange dealers and also of those
WHO endeavor to keep in touch with
the general situation. Doubt is ex-
pressed whether the secretary Of the
treasury will be able to carry out on
any considerable scale the project of
the New Orleans exporters for accept
ing cash at government fiscal agencies
abroad and transferring it by tele.
graph to points in this country, but
Secretary Cortelyou is understood to
be willing to make such deposits of
public money at cotton exporting
points as will to a considerable extent
relieve the strain.
Bank Notes Increase.
Washington, Nov. 2.-The monthly
circulation statement issued tby the
controller Of the currency shows that
at the close of business Thursday the
total circulation of national bank notes
was $600,98,466, which is an increase
for the month of $5,996,625, and for
the year an increase of $26,8O8,481.
Controller Ridgely announced at the
close Of business yesterday that ST.
$4,000 Of circulation notes had been
issued by the treasury yesterday to
various national banks of the country.
This action by the banks was in re-
Spouse to Controller Ridgely's e,rcu-
lar suggesting the taking out Of ad-
ditional circulation notes by the ma.
tional banks.