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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
10000 FARMS GIVEN AWAY
UNCLE SAM HAS BEEN GENEROUS
WITH HOMESTEAD GET.
TLERe.

Washington, Oct. 6. - Uncle Sam
gave away in the neighborhood Of $780,.
600 farms to homestead settlers during
the last year. according to the report
Of the commissioner Of the general
land office. The acreage taken under
the homestead and other laws aggre.
gated 17,853,636. Divided into 100
acre tracts, this would make 117,400
farms. But in many cases the home.
steaders took less than 100 acres, so
the officials say that the total home
steads will run close to 100000.
Homestead settlement took place in
all the public land states. with the ex.
ception of Louisiana and Wyoming.
According to the figures, Louisiana
has SAG acres more public land now
than 1t had last year. The officials say
the only way to account for it is that
homesteaders have been relinquishing
claims in those states and taking them
elsewhere. Alaska reported no home
steading at all.
The commissioner of the general
land office has issued pamphlet
showing the unappropriated lands OF
the United States on July 1 last. Ac.
cording to it Minnesota still has 2,154,.
255 acres of land subject to homestead
entry. North Dakota has 2.899,685
acres, South Dakota 7,S30,765 acres
and Wisconsin has 1920.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
AMBASSADOR TOWER TO QUIT.
Asks President to Relieve Him From
Duty in Berlin Next Spring.

Berlin. Oct. e.-Ambassador Tower
has writted to President Roosevelt
Roosevelt asking that he be permitted
to retire from the diplomatic service
next spring. Mr.. Towers reasons are
understood to be that he has been
abroad for nearly eleven years and
desires again to live in his own coun-
try in order to have a home there for
his sons. who are now nearly ready 10
go to Harvard. and to give his per-
sonal attention to his extensive finan-
cial. mining and railroad interests
that have been left to the supervision
Of others.
As the lease OH Mr.. Towers house
iii Berlin expires next spring. it is pre-
sumed he will remain as ambassador
until after that time. Mr. and Mrs.
Tower and TWO young daughters are
at present in Baden Baden. They in.
tend to return here the end of this
month
Mr.. Towers retirement will remove
from the diplomatic list one OF the
most experienced Of the American rep.
resentatives in Europe. He has been
continuously minister and ambassador
longer than any other diplomat in the
American service
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
SAID TO BE SIMPLE
EASILY MIXED REclPerFoR KID
NEYs AND BLADDER.
Tells Readers How to Prepare This
Homemade Mixture to Cure the
Kidneys and Bladder and
Rheumatism.

Get from any prescription pharma-
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take a.
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above is considered by an emf.
nent authority. who writes in q New
York daily paper. as the finest pre-.
scription ever written to relieve Back
ache, Kidney Trouble. Weak Bladder
and all forms Of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on the
eliminative tissues Of the Kidneys, en-.
abling them to filter and strain the.
uric acid and other waste 0atter from
the blood which causes Rheumatism.
Some PERSONS who suffer with tho
afflictions may not feel inclined to
place much confidence in this simple.
mixture, yet those who have tried it
say the results are simply surprising,
the relief being effected without the.
slightest injury to the stomach or 9TH
er organs.
Mix some and give it a trial. It
certainly comes highly recommended.
It is the prescription Of an eminent
authority, whose entire reputation, it
Is said, was established by 1t.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
WINE DINNER HAS A SEQUEL.
carousaI INDUCED in by Washington
Society to End in Divorce Court.

carousaI INDUCED in by Washington
Society to End in Divorce Court.
Chicago. Oct 6.-Carousals at Wash.
ins;on. D. c.. at a popular resort where
wine was served in pitchers until
those present were in state of JOYOUS
forsetfullness: firtations in which
married men went down before the be.
witching smiles Of pretty women. and
other similar escapades will form a
part of the story that Winfield Scott.
a descendant of Gen. Winfield Scott of
Mexican war fame, will tell to Judge
McEewen next week when he asks for
divorce from his wife, Eda Scott.
Scott is an ofiicial in the federal blu.
reau Of statistics in Washington. but
retains his residence at Chicago, al.
though he and his wife have resided
ct the capital for eight years.
Among the names mentioned by Scot
is that of George S. Hanniford of Chi.
cago. who. during recent wine sup.
per. is said to have carried Mrs. Scott
in his arms while her husband was at
home minding the babies.
Attorneys for Mr.. Scott have filed in
the superior court the dispositions Of
several witnesses taken in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Scott filed a formal denial OF
all the charges. The trial is expected
to bring out the names of several men
who are prominent socially at the cap
ital,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee DRINKING
= :: Is Abandoned.

It is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use of coffee as it is
for a.whisky or tobacco fiend to break
on, Except that the coffee user can
quit coffee and take up Postum with
out any feeling Of loss of the morn
ing beverage. for when Postum is we'll
boiled and served with cream, it is.
really better in point of flavor than
most of the coffee served nowadays,
and to the taste of the connoisseur it
is like the flavor of fine, mild Java.
A great transformation takes place
IN the body within. ten days q two.
weeks after coffee is left on and
Postum used. for the reason that the
poison to the Observation-Disclosures
been discontinued, and in its place IL
taken a liquid food that contains tho
most powerful elements Of nourish.
ment.
1t Is easy to make this test and
prove these statements by chansing
from coffee to Postum. Read The
Road to Wellville." in pkgs. ''Thseo's
Reason"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
Plenty Of Bio Game.

Marquette. Mich. Oct. 6.-Big game
hunting in upper Michigan will be
plentiful this fall according to land
lockers and others familiar with con.
di,ions in the woods. Deer are re-
ported plentiful. notwithstanding the
havoc wrought by wolves. Black
hears. too are numerous. While
wolves are present in almost every
district of the peninsula. they appear
surprisingly large in number in Me.
nominee county. considering that the
esion is more extensively settled
han any other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
PoSToFFIcE DEPARTMENT FINDS
FRAUD IN ENVELOPE CON.
TRACT.
B0NAPARTt To- TAKE IT Up
CHARGE is THAT HARTFORD
COMPANY USED INFERIOR
PAPER,

Washington, Oct s. Postmaster
General Meyer has suspended the pay
ment of all moneys due from his de
partment to the Hartford Manufactur.
ing Company Of Hartford, Conn.,, and
has. submitted the matter to the at,
tOrney general for such further action
as may be deemed proper. The Hart
ford Manufacturing company up tc
July last supplied the stamped en-
velopes and newspaper wrappers sold
at postof1ces.
Chemical analyses of samples have
disclosed that the composition of the
envelope paper has been below the re.
quirements Of the contract, and &C
cording to the computation of experts
the company in the last four years has
wrongfully benefited to the extent OF
about $425,O00.
Makes Admission.
One of the manufacturers who sup.
piled paper to the company has admit
ted that his firm furnished cheaper
material than specified in the contract
and that it was so made at the in
stance of the Hartford Manufacturing
company.
Suspicion arose several months age
that the Hartford company had been
using inferior paper for some time
and very extensive examination was
required to determine just how long
the specifications had been disregard
ed. During the investigation a new
contract was entered into for supply
ing stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrappers with the Mercantile Corpo
ration of Dayton, Ohio, beginning with
July /.
Nearly Monopoly.
AS the Hartford company had car
ried on successive contracts for nearly
thirty years, naturally there was no
other plant in existence to do this par
ticular class of work, but the guaran.
tees furnished by the new company.
showing its financial standing and
ability to obtain plant, paper, ma.
ch1nery and labor, satisfied the post
master general after several weeks Of
personal inquiry in Washington and
elsewhere.
AnS pIOuuSt uluSI dNSidSo nearly
four million envelopes every working
day in the year. OF these 80 per cent
are plain stamped envelopes, the re.
naming 20 per cent bearing the re.
turn cards. names and addresses of
the senders
Job Worth Millions.
The two concerns mentioned were
the only competitors for the new con.
tract, the bid of the Hartford compa,
ny being s5,537,635. figured on basis
of the estimated quantities required
during the four years of the contract
term. while that of the Mercantile
corporation was $162.251 less.
During the last few months of it's
contract the Hartford Manufacturing
company furnished envelopes up to
the contract requirements.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
Genera! News Items.

The supreme court Of Illinois has
decided the new primary election law
unconstitutional.
J. NJ. Barr, director general of the
jamestown Exposition company. who
recently resigned that Office, finally
declines to withdraw his resignation.
The Eighteenth United States in.
fantry started from Fort Leaven-
worth last week for the Philippines,
where it will be stationed three years.
Minneapolis men are interested in q
81. SOC, 900 company which has applied
for incorporation for the development
of gold mining proposition in the
Cook City district in Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings Bry.
an recently celebrated the twenty
third anniversary Of their arrival in
Lincoln. Neb. by giving a dinner to
neighbors and friends known as the
Farmers club.
/. The dairymen of Marquette. Mich.
have raised the price of milk from S
cents to 10 cents a quart. The increas-
ed price of grain and hay is given as
the reason. but the formation Of a
trust is suspected.
An oil painting of ]. Pierpont Nor.
gan which was recently seized by the
customs authorities of New York be.
cause the financier refused to pay a
$25 duty on it. has been sold at auc-
ton for $35. the purchaser being T. ].
Wallace. saloonkeeper. who will
hang ii in his saloon beside stuffed
monkey which he bought at sale in
the appraisers stores.
Negro voters were excluded from
participating in the Louisville Demo.
cratic primary election for governor
in January. This action was taken by
the Democratic state central commit.
tee. which declared the measure to be
the purpose and intent Of the primary
election law passed year ago"
Rev. John Roger Of Switzerland
county. Ind, was tried by COMMITTEES
Of nineteen Methodists on charges Of
kissing member OF his congre CATION
against her viii and Was suspended
from the ministry for one year. The
charges were preferred by the presid
ing elder Of the circuit
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
womAN's SENSE OF HONOR.
Her Special Code for Conduct Toward
Her Husband.

Her Special Code for Conduct Toward
Her Husband.
A writer in Pail Mall Magazine says
that a well known American warder
said to him: II have been in prisons
for men and in prisons for women.
Discipline in the former is child's play
compared with the latter AS soon az
a man realizes there is no use in re.
sisting he gives in. But the women.
even when we put them in straight.
jackets, always manage to extricate
at least one finger and to agitate that
In rebellious manner!"
In the matter Of conduct toward
husbands and consideration due to the
"better half" there is an especial code.
of honor. It has the stability that
sanction by women of all countries.
gives it, but 1t does not resemble any
code that man would observe toward
another man, nor which woman
would employ toward any human-ex.
cept her husband. This code includes
the right to search pockets, consult
notebooks, open letters, read those al.
ready opened. It includes the right to-
confound household and personal &C.
counts, to use on self the money in.
tended by the master of the house for
paying bills. This system is not fire.
quently practiced, perhaps, and less
frequently admitted, no doubt, yet We
remember one newly married woman
who announced as little triumph:
When buy myself something don't
like Just sell it to the housed"
The peculiar indulgence which thu
conjugal state seems to call for as re.
CARDS the weaker sex in matters Of
honor more or less delicate was thus
strikingly summarized by a philan.
thropist accustomed to all sorts and
conditions of people. Among the poor
whom she visited there was woman
who in. a fit of rage or Jealousy had
killed a man. In relating to me the
case. the philanthropist concluded sad.
~: Yes. she killed him, and he
wasn't even her husband"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
"DEMs." NAME TWO TICKETS.

Split in Party Ranks. in Massachu.
sets.
Springfield, Mass. Oct. S.-Two tur.
bulent conventions in session here Sat.
urday at the same time in the same
hall. each nominating a set of candi.
dates for the state Offices from gov,
ernor down. presented situation un.
known in Democratic politics in this
state.
1t will require decision of the Mas.
sachusetts ballot law commission and
possibly of the courts to determine the
question whether Gen. Charles w,
Bartlett of Newton or Henry NJ. Whit.
ney of Boston will head the Demo.
cratic ticket at the November election.
The trouble was over the question
of credentials.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
PATENTS.

list Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, oil Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi: Edgar L.
Arnold, Alexandria, MIMI, steam boil
er; Carl J. Austad, Peterson, MINI,
Gate latch; William Hoppe, Freeport,
Mimi, hay carrier; Jacob Saari, An
Mandate. Mimi, hinge; Joseph M.
Spindler, shakopee, MIMI, vending
machine; Thomas Brennan. Jr., st.
Louis Park, MIMI, lever; John B.
Bushnell, Minneapolis, MIMI. porta.
BILE elevator; Clark E. Twamly. Alex
andria, s. D., seed corn tester.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
MEMPHIS THROWS WIDE. HER
GATES TO WELCOME CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.
fAyORS RIVER IMPROVEMENT
"sE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT, THEN
GO AHEAD" PRESIDENT SAYS
TO CONVENTION.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. 6. With
bands playing, children singing and
enthusiastic men shouting the slogan
Of deep waterways. Memphis threw
wide her gates yesterday afternoon to
President Roosevelt, a score Of gov.
errors and many other distinguished
personages of the Mississippi valley.
The president arrived on the steam.
err Mississippi shortly after 1 O'Clock.
The bluffs overlooking the river were
packed with spectators, who gave the
chief executive a warm welcome.
Immediately following the steamer
Mississippi was the steamer Alton.
carrying visiting governors and other
notables. When all had landed the
president was conducted to carriage
by Gov. Patterson Of Tennessee sid
Mayor Malone Of Memphis, and an I'M
posing parade was begun.
Mass Of Color.
The president was continually cheer,
ed throughout the march. The city
was a waving mass of color. When
the presidents carriage turned into
Main street he was saluted by regi-
ment of Confederate veterans who.
from that point. acted as bodyguard.
The president rose and warmly greet
ed the grizzled warriors. Despite a
lively downpour of rain, which lasted
until noon, the streets were damned
with citizens.
Arriving at the Auditorium rink,
where the deep waterways convention
Is being held. President Roosevelt
alighted and after chatting with sever.
al friends assembled the PLATFORM.
Praises confederates.
The huge structure filled up rapidly,
and when Gov. Patterson arose to pre-.
sent the president an immense assem-.
blage greeted him.
President Roosevelt departed from
his printed speech in several in.
stances. The Confederate guard Of
honor, he said. was touching sight.
especially as these old Confederate
soldiers carried the flag of the Union.
II any one wanted to know how they
would fight for that flag let him ask
the boys in blue how they fought
against 1t. He said with emphasis
that he was as much the president of
the South as Of the North. He said he
was half Southerner, and when he
told of two or three of his uncles hav.
ing worn the gray he was tremendous
ly applauded.
Favors crockett's Motto.
Speaking of deep water channel
from the gulf to the lakes. the presi.
dent said he favored rapid improve
ment of the Mississippi river.
Like Davy Crockett. the great Ten.
nesseean.' he said. Il favor the motto.
BE sure YOU are right then go ahead.
and this deep water problem is almost
up TO the go-ahead' stage. but We want
to be sure about it,
When the president closed his ad-
dress he was driven rapidly to his
train at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station and departed at O'Clock for
Lake Providence, La. for hunting
$r;,,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
Accidental Happenings.

Three men were killed and two
were fatally injured by the collapse of
new building in Spickard, Mo.
John Fry and John Neer were in
stantly killed by the falling Of boiler
under which they were working in the
Big Four shops.
With a roar like that of q cannon q
big meteor fell in the mountains back
of Elizabethville, Pa, setting fire to
the forest and frightening hundreds Of
people.
Hugo Coltini, aged seven. was in.
stantly killed at Houghton, Mich, by
the accidental discharge Of single.
barreled shotgun, which he was car.
rying from one room to another.
Mrs. John Gilbert, a member of a
prominent family at Grinnell, Iowa.
was run down and killed at the Rock
Island crossing. Death was instantan.
eous, the body being badly mangled.
Fire destroyed the Office and salt
and coal sheds Of the Nye.Schneider
company at Eagle grove, Iowa. The
elevator and part Of the lumber yard
was saved. Loss is estimated at
$4,000.
While cruising on Lake 1ndepend'
ence, at Marquette, Mich, in yacht
carrying too big sail John Paradis
and William Owens were thrown into
the water when gust Of wind upset
the craft. Paridis was drowned.
News reached FL Paso. Tex, Of an.
other slide in the Mexican Central
quarries near Victoria, in which many
laborers were buried alive. Sixteen
dead and eleven fatally injured have
been taken out. 1t is known .Aat many
others are buried under the tons OF
earth and rock, with no hope Of being
rescued alive.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10

Herr Woolfling, formerly Archduke
Leopold Salvatore Of Austria. is en-.
gagged to marry Maria Ritter, the
daughter of humble Silesian.
The entire section through which
the Chinese Eastern railroad runs
has been officially declared to be
threatened with cholera.
A conflagration destroyed four
blocks in the business section of Port
Limon. entailing loss of 100000 and
resulting in the death Of several per.
| sons.
A dispatch from Stockholm says
that the Swedish Yacht club has for.
warded challenge to the New York
Yacht club for u series Of races for the
Americas cup.
The Russion government has decid-
ed to dismantle the naval fortresses ut
Libau, Sveaborg. usdvinsk, Kertch
and Batounl, as they are not required
under the reduced navy.
There have been four deaths from
the plague ut Oran and twelve cases
are in the hospital. All of those af-
tlicted are said to be recovering. The
contagion was brought there by ships
from India.
Forty-two persons, including thirty
Japanese soldiers were killed or in.
jurcd by the derailment Of a south
bound train from Seoul, Korea. The
responsibility for the wreck has not
been located.
Torrential rains have flooded the
valley Of the Canaro, near Turin. Crops
have been ruined, stock drowned,
bridges swept away and railroad COM
munication interrupted. The popula'
ton is in great distress.
A signed document by high officials
and the commanders Of the army has
been presented to the shah of Persia
to the effect that unless the sovereign
accepts without reserve and will act
according to the demands Of consti-
tutional government they will resign
In a body from the service.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
OIL GRIEF TOLD FALsEHoop.
Federal Grand Jury Declares Mr.. Mot.
fett's Statement Unfounded.

Federal Grand Jury Declares Mr.. Mot.
fett's Statement Unfounded.
Chicago, Ill.,, Oct. 6-That President
James A. Moffett of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, recently fined
$29,240,000 by Judge Lands, had no
knowledge justifying a statement
ascribed to him in a circular widely
distributed in an attempt to show that
the Standard Oil company had not
been guilty Of acts that were not com.
mon to many shippers and that the
statement was without foundation,
were the conclusions presented to
Judge Lands yesterday by the grand
jury.
Statement at Issue.
The particular statement in the
pamphlet to which the jury was in.
.structed to call the attention of Presi.
dent Moffett was as follows:
Thousands Of tons Of freight have
been shipped from these points whit
ing, Pullman, Hedgwisch and South
Chicago) during the past fifteen years
under the same circumstances as the
Standard shipments, and il the Stand.
ard is guilty in this case so is practi.
cally every other shipper in this great
manufacturing territory. Is there q
purpose in selecting the Standard as a
victim?"
Has Omnibus Contract.
New York, Oct. San omnibus coli.
tract, whereby the Standard Oil com.
pany obtains from every steamship
company operating between New York
and all ports in Africa a rate for lubri.
eating oil that is about one-half what
its competitor, the New York Lubricat-
ing Oil company, pays, was produced
yesterday in the hearing of the federal
suit against the alleged oil combine.
TarbelI on Stand.
W. W. Tarbell of Philadelphia, treas
urer of the Pure Oil company and Of
the United States Pipe Line company,
related the difficulties his companies
had encountered in competition with
the Standard. Mr.. Tarbell. stated that
the business of the Pure Oil company
was placed in districts selected with
view to avoiding business relations
with certain railroads whose rate dis.
examinations were more feared by the
company than the opposition Of the
Standard
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
cave.,r Hurts Two.

Deadwood. S. D.. Oct. S.-Ry a cave.
IN Of the earth In which they were
working, two employees of NJ. Ford ot
st. Paul. the contractor who has tho
city street paving job. were seriously
and possibly fatally hurt.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
New Town o, Agency.

White Earth. M;::n.. Oct. s. - The
townsite board Of the village 0: White
Earth has completed the survey and
plating Of the new agency village. as
provided by the last congress, and lots
will soon be placed on the market.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-10-10
Kills wife. and Sell.

Baltimore, Nd, Oct. S.-With their
eleven-year-old daughter as a witness
Albert Fielder, yesterday fired five
bullets into the body of his wife. kill
ing her instantly. and then Killed him.
self. The couple had been living
apart.