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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-06-06

The real sources Of happiness are IN
ourselves. not In our possessions; In
our imagination, not In the novel: In
our appreciation OF beauty. not In the
picture; In our musical culture. not In
the plano. Your enjoyment Of the beau
ties OF nature-tbe sea. tho mountains.
the flowers will depend not upon the
sea. or the mountains, or the flowers.
but upon yourself. Some men will find
more Joy In the prairie than others IN
the Alps, some more Joy In the dcsert
than others In the flowers and forests
OF California. IL II the rich. the merry,
the powerful, the popular. that are
blessedf We look about us and we
know that this is not true. though wa
act as though II were. Blessed arc the
poor In spirit. the meek, the merciful.
the pure In heart; this we know Is
true. though we act ~ though Il were
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

An opinion by Attorney General
Bonaparte regarding the action Of the
South Carolina authorities in bringing
immigrants to the United States for
work in that state is that it is UNI
lawful for a state government to pay
the passage of intending immigrants
or to assist immigration otherwise
than by advertisements.
It is officially stated that the recent
order of the attorney general, in which
he held that 1t was unlawful under
the recently enacted immigration law
for a state to pay the passage OF in
tending immigrants or to assist imm.-
grafton except by advertisement, will
not apply to the island Of Hawaii.
Regis Henri Post of Bayport, L. l.,
a former assemblyman for that dis
trict, has been selected by the pres
ident as governor Of the island Of
Porto Rico to succeed Governor Beck:
man Winthrop, who is to become an
assistant secretary of the treasury.
Seventeen million acres of forest
lands have been added to the forest
reserves of the United States by proc
lamations issued by President Roose-
welt. Thirty-two forest reservations
are created or increased In area by
these prOclamations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
GENERAL HUNDRED cTHE...3 Is:
JURED IN EXPLOSION ON
FRENCH WARsHiP.
AFTER PART OF VESSEL DESTROYED
CROWDS VIEW TERRIFYING SPEC.
TAcLE OF HUMAN BODIES
FLYING IN AIR.

Toulon, France, March ia pow,
der magazine on board the French
b%attleship lena blew up while the yes.
sci was in the Missiessy dock, owing
to the explosion of a compressed air
torpedo. Semi-oficial figures state
that it is certain that over fifty Of the
Iena's crew were killed, 100 were Sc.
riously injured and 200 were Slightly
wounded. The officials say that these
returns are probably under the mark.
No news has been received of the cap.
tain or the first lieutenant of the bat.
tleship and it is believed that they are
among the victims. The after part OF
the vessel is completely destroyed.
The lena was undergoing an inspec.
ton of her machinery in the first
basin of the Missiessy dock when the
explosion occurred. The conclusion
caused by the explosion of a com
pressed air torpedo set fire to the
after powder magazine, blowing the
whole after part of the vessel up.
Squads of workmen and sailors ap.
preached the scene of the disaster at
the peril of their lives and as they
neared the Iena's dock they coul1
dimly observe, through dense smoke
human remains flying constantly IT
the air, following further explosions
on the doomed vessel, which present
ed a terrifying spectacle and caused
the arsenal employees to wiring the!s
hands with horror.
Suddenly blackened forms, with
haggard eyes, rushed madly through
the lines of spectators, not knowing
where they were fleeing.
A signal man of the lena, named
Giudicelli, who escaped, says that a
large number of the crew Of the bat.
tleship were gathered in the fore par:
of the ship, listening to a lecture b.
an officer when the first explosion oc.
cured. Most of these were able tc
oScano
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
CRIMINAL NEWS.

James and Philip Strother, who have
been on trial at Culpeper, Va, for the
past two weeks charged with the muir.
der of their brother-in-law, William F.
Bywaters, have been pronounced not
guilty by the jury. Bywaters had
wronged a younger sister of the
Strothers and after a compulsory mar
riage deserted her.
Two men slightly disguised held up
a Missouri Pacific train near Pitts
burg, Kan, shot and killed one man,
wounded another and escaped with
probably $500. There were few pas
sengers on the train and this accounts
for the small amount secured by the
robbers.
After eight weeks elaboration the
grand jury at Peoria, Ill, has reported
and returned indictments against
many prominent citizens. including *
Sheriff Daniel E. Potter; Deputies w.
E. Peters, Robert Conkey and Sher-
man Hunt and City Clerk Robert
.Joos.
Roscoe P. Miller of Beaver Dam,
Wis, a former convict for manslaugh-
ter, who had been freed for good be-
havior, shot and killed his divorced
wife and also his stepmother. He
then committed suicide, shooting him
self in the right temple.
Mrs. Fred S~chwomeyer and William
Gill are dead from bullet wounds in
1icted by the woman's husband, who
returned Unexpectedly to his home at
Ben Davis, Ind, and found the two
together.
Mrs. Minnie Sherman, a wealthy
widow residing in the exclusive viii
lage of Euclid, a suburb Of Cleve.
land, was found dead in her home un-
der circumstances pointing to murder.
c. b. Green, forty-five years old, a
merchant Of Sbandon, S. c., was way
laid and killed by Edward Marshall,
who was himself killed by Green. Rob.
berry was the motive.
The jury in the ease of Steve Ad-
ans, o. trial at Wallace, Ida, for the
murder of Fred Tyler, failed to reach a
verdict and was discharged.
The safe in the Farmers Savings
bank at Masonville, Ia, was blown
open by robbers, who secured $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
many HURT IN CLASH
MUCH RIoTlNe IN CONNECTION
WITH STREET CAR STRIKE
At LOUISVILLE.
DEMONSTRATIONS At VARIOUS POINTS
MORE THAN A SCORE INJURED,
SIX SERIOUSLY, IN FIERCE
ENCOUNTER.

Louisville, March 13.-With the aid
Of strikebreakers and the protection
of the police the Louisville Street Rail-
way company opened a partial serv-
ice on four lines. Between fifty and
seventy-1ve strikebreakers, imported
during the night from st. Louis and
Cincinnati, were put on the cars and
with two or three policemen on each
platform made several trips through
the down town district. Even with
the police on board the trouble began
early. The disturbances were nearer
the business center of the city than
heretofore and in n instance a brick
"a thrown into a car from a window
in an Office building at Fifth and Main
streets. The missile struck a St.
Louis strikebreaker, injuring him Sc
verely.
But few passengers rode, evidently
preferring to walk in the pouring rain
to taking chances on a car
Mayor Barth has issued a proclama-
t1Ou calling upUu IuS CALlZeuS W 1S-
frain from c~ongregating On the streets
Or taking any part in the disorders.
Postal Official on the Scene.
Charles T. RACER, acting as a spe.
cial representative of the second as
sistant postmaster general, has ar
rived here and after a conference be.
tween the railway management and
the postal authorities succeeded in
having the mail delivered to certain
suburban towns by special cars. These
cars are placarded with a sign four
feet square labeled ~. S. Mail"
Following several more or less seri-
GUS strike demonstrations in different
portions CT the city the ricting cul-
minated in an outbreak at Second and
Breckenridge streets between strikers,
strike sympathizers, police and strike
breakers, in which six men are known
to have been seriously injured and a
score or more suffered bruises and
cuts.
At $3.50 i. m. the railway company
abandoned it's efforts to run cars with
police protection and ordered all cars
into the barns.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
TRIAL OF HARRY THAw.

Another dramatic chapter was add.
ed to the trial of Harry K. Thaw when
the mother of the defendant took the
witness stand to contribute what she
might toward saving her son. Mrs.
Thaw's stay before the jury was brief,
Mr.. Delnlas limiting her examination
to the changes she had noted In her
sons condition after his return from
Paris in 1903 after Evelyn Nesbit had
told him the story of her life. Mrs.
Thaw said Harry seemed depressed
and had lost interest in life. He
passed many sleepless nights and
finally, at her solicitude, he told her
the story Of the young woman in the
case and of her treatment at the
hands of the "wickedest man in New
York" Mrs. Thaw said Harry men,
toned no names in telling his nara
tive and it was some months later
when she went to New York. met
Evelyn Neabit and consented to her
sons marriage on condition that the
girls past life should be a closed
book. On cross-examinatlon Mrs.
Thaw declared she knew nothing of
her sons relations with Miss Nesbit
before she became his wife.
What promised to be a very dull
session Of the Thaw trial Tuesday
was made notable In the court annals
Of New; York city by, District Attorney
Jerome placing himself In tho posi-
ton Of openly defying the presiding
Judge. The district attorney declined
point blaAk to submit certain author
tiles 20 Justice Fitzgerald on the
ground that the question Of law In
volvea was 10 elemental aAd the "a.
therittss 20 abuadaat that he must
assume the court to have knowledge
Of then.
The attorneys for Harry Thaw.
after conference Thursday. an
nouneea that they had closed their
case ana word to that effect was sent
to District Attorney Jerome. The lat
ter was greatly surprised. 20 It had
been Announced Il oeurt that the de-
fsnse would Introduce the evidence Of
two more alisnists. When court con
vsnsd On Friday aAJournnaut was'
taken 10 Monday O request Of Dis
eEact Atternsy Jerome.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
NEWS uF THE WEEK
FOREIGN news.

The opening OF the duma, or lower
though in itself devoid of incident.
was made the occasion of a great
revolutionary demonstration by the
St. Petersburg proletariat and the stu.
dents of the city, which resulted in
several encounters between the police
and the populace and more or less
serious injury to a number of the lat
ter.
Signor Gallo, the Italian minister o.
Justice, is dead. He was born in 1S43
and formerly was minister Of public
instruction, president Of the chamber
Signor Massimini, the minister Of
finance, who was stricken with apo
plexy Wednesday, is said to be in a
dying condition.
AS General Neplueff, commandant
of the fortress of S%ebastopol, was on
his way to attend a farewell banquet
given in his honor by Admiral Skryd-
loft, a bomb was thrown under his
carriage, where it exploded. The car
riage was shattered, but the general
escaped with slight injuries.
Municipal and provincial elections
probably will be held in Cuba within
a few months for the purpose Of test.
ing the new election law and dis
covering the exact temper of the re
public before trying a national cleo
ton.
A dispatch received at Berlin from
Cuxhaven reports the loss OF thirty
four lives by the laundering CT two
vessels-a German cargo steamer, the
George Wottern, and a trawler-dur-
ing a heavy gale in the North sea.
The German steamer Norissa COL
lided near Borkum, at the mouth Of
the Ems, with the Belgian steamer
Congo, which sank. Seven Of the
crew of the Congo were saved and
eleven were drowned.
A bomb was thrown into a fiat occu-
pied by Prince Argutynski, director CT
the government high school at War.
saw. The premises we're wrecked,
but the prince was not injured.
Two explosions in the rock quarry
of the chihuahua and Pacific railroad
at Sandoval, Chihuahua, Mex, killed
and buried nine men and seriously in
jured nine others.
The bill to extend the right of suf-
frage to women has been defeated in
the British house of commons, where
1t was talked to death without coming
to a vote.
A band Of armed men held up the
University of Moscow while the off,
cials were being paid off, seized $780,
900 and escaped after killing a police
sergeant.
The new T%ransvaal ministry, Of
which General Botha, commander-in-
chief of the Boer forces, is premier,
has assumed office.
Eighty-five persons have been bur-
led by a landslide of about fifteen
square miles on the mountainside near
Sedrata, Algeria.
The British steamer Malaga was
lost off the coast of Italy and more
than a score persisted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
STATE TROOPS ON GUARD.
Citizens Of Manchester, la, Would
lynch Bank Robbers.

Manchester, Ia, March 13.-The
state militia was called out early il
the day to guard two bank robbers ar.
rested for blowing up the bank at Ma
sonville March 6 from mob violence
and Sheriff John Hennessy has asked
the governor for more aid. Company
D is now on guard with instructions
to shoot.
The action followed the ousting OF
the grand jury, which a declared
illegal and which, therefore. cannot in.
dict the men held. Angry citizens
soon formed a mob and are bent on
lynching the men.
Later it was announced that the
sheriff had tse situation we'll in hand
and the company of militia on guard
at the Jail was deployed at various
points in the vicinity of the town to
assist in locating several other mem.
bers of the gang Of safeblowers who
are still at large.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
a.. GARFIELD COMING WEST.
Secretary of tn. Interior Plans Exten.
sive Trip.

Secretary Of tn. Interior Plans Exten.
sive Trip.
Washington, March 13.-On account
of the agitation in congress this win
ter concerning forest reserves, irriga-
ton and public land matters in gen.
eral Secretary Garfield of the interior
department proposes to spend two
months in the West this summer
studying every phase Of these ques-
lions.
He will leave Washington early in
July and will not return until Septem-
Der. He will visit every forest re.
serve established by order of the pres
ident and every reclamation project
under government control. He will
first visit Oklahoma and the Indian
country, then take in every govern
ment project in his route to the Pa
cifc coast and return by the Northern
route.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
SENSATIONAL INCIDENT MARKS
OTHERWISE GULL DAY At
THE THAW TRIAL.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY AID JUDGE CLASH
FORMER DECLINES POINT BLANK
TO SUBMIT LEGAL AUTHOR
tiles CALLED FOR.

New York, March 6.-What prom
'rhaw trial was made notable in the
court annals of New York city by
District Attorney Jerome placing him
self in the position of openly defying
the presiding Judge. The district at
torney declined point blank to submit
certain authorities to Justice Fitzger-
aid on the ground that the question Of
law involved was so elemental and
the authorities SO abundant that he
must assume the court to have knowl
edge of them.
Il have too much respect for the
courts of this jurisdiction" declared
the district attorney, ito submit au-
thorities on a proposition SO elemen-
tall"
Justice Fitzgerald admonished the
district attorney that it was his duty
to submit the authorities called for
and said he would ssum that the
district attorney declined to do so
that he did not know of the existence
Of any such authorities.
The spectators were thrilled into
absolute silence during the tense mo-
ments of the extraordinary debate be-
tween The judge and the district at
tcrney. Mr.. Jerome's manner of ad
dressing the court was as defiant as
his words. He seemed thoroughly
aroused and Justice Fitzgerald seemed
to retain his judicial calm only with
great effort.
Court Sustains the Defense.
The point under discussion was as
to whether or not the district attorney
on cross-examination could take a
wider scope than was permitted u
sci for the defense on direct eXamina-
ton. Justice Fitzgerald finally sus-
tanned the position taken by the de-
Tense.
During the debate, which began
between the district attorney and Mr..
Delmas, the latter characterized Mr..
Jerome's remarks as offensive" and
said they tended to lower the stand
ards and dignity of the court.
SuSLASC iALL6Cs ~ AAAIVA pooSu az SAA0
point and the war of words went on
between him and the prosecuting Off
Ger.
During the debate District Attorney
Jerome took occasion to declare that
the legal assumption before the court
is that Thaw is now insane. He said
the defendant has been shown to nave
been insane on June rs last and it is
the assumption of law that he contin-
ues in that condition until shown to
be otherwise. Justice Fitzgerald at
this point called for the authorities
and precipitated the cen with the
district attorney.
DR.. Charles G. Wagner occupied the
stand most of the day undergoing
cross-examination at the hands of Mr..
Jerome.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
REDUCED TO sEMI.sTARvATIoN
Locked Out Employees at Lodz Anx
ious to Resume Work.

ious to Resume Work.
LODI, Russian Poland, March 49,
There appears to be little prospect Of
an early termination Of the lockout
here, although most of the working
people are reduced to a condition of
semi-starvation and r ready to yield
Internationally. The socialist metal
workers, however, effectually block
the way to a resumption of work by
refusing to permit the repair or clean
ing of the machinery in the factories
until the others yield to the demands
Of their employees. The ambulances
are kept busy succoring workmen
who faint in the streets from hunger
and exposure, while scores Of peace.
full passersby continue to be beaten
with the butt end of rifles and knout.
ed by the soldiers in conflicts with
the strikers.
The police have seized a large store
Of bombs. rifles and revolvers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
MRS. HANNA ASKS DIVORCE.
Suit Against Only Son Of Late Ohio
Senator.

Cleveland, March 6.-Suit for d.
vorce was filed during the day in COM
mon pleas court by Elizabeth Gordon
Hanna, wife of Dan r. Hanna, only
son of the late Senator Hanna.
Hanna is accused Of gross neglect
of duty, abandonment and extreme
cruelty.
Mrs. Hanna asks for divorce, ade-
quate alimony and the custody Of her
daughter Elizabeth, aged five years. :.
The petition was sworn to before a
notary in New York city under date
of March 1.
The plaintiff is Hanna's second
wife, her first husband being Walter
de s. Maud, an Englishman She was
divorced in 1900 and on Feb. 10 of
the same year she was married to Dan
Hanna. Hanna also has been mar
ried twice.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
~RoAoMAkERs' CONVENTION.

twenty-five Hundred Delegates at
Opening Session.
Pittsburg, March 13.-The fourth
annual convention of the American
Roadmakers' association convened in
the Carnegie Music hail. Schenley
park. Over $500 delegates, represent.
ing thirty-eight states, are in attend.
ance, in addition to many prominent
men from all parts of the United
States interested in the advancement
of good roads. The convention, which
is termed the greatest good roads
meeting ever held" was called to or
der by James H. Macdonald Of New
Haven, Conn, president Of the asso.
citation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL oo,Nes.

Congress expired by Limitation On
March 4. The total appropriations
made during the session aggregate
3sls.94S.67y.6 |. Of which 37se.e22,-
S74.27 is for the annual expenditures
Of the government for The Ascal year
snding June 80. 1903.
The Democrats succeeded In killing
the ship subsidy bill in the senate by
continuing their night on the measure
until the hour Ct adjournment u COZ.
s-c3s.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
CHICAGO MURDER CASE.
Brother Of Mrs. Mcdonald Gives I'm.
portant Testimony.

portant Testimony.
Chicago, March 6.-The inquest
into the death Of Webster s. Guerin.
who was shot recently by Mrs. Dora
Mcdonald, wife Of Michael C. Melon
aid. was commenced during the day,
The most important testimony was
given by Harry z. Fsldman, a brother
Of Mrs. Mcdonald. He said that Mrs.
Mcdonald applied to him for funds.
saying that GueriR was extorttnE
money from her. He asked her why
she did not lay the matter before her
husband and she said that she did not
dare to do 70 because he was suffer-
ing with heart disease. Feldman then
SAID that he had Guerin watched by
detectives and found that he was en-
tertaiHing other women at his ONCE.
Later Mrs. Mcdonald had q violent
quarrel with one Of these women.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
THE DEATH RECORD.

John Alexander Dowie, founder Of
fe Christian Catholic church, is dead
at Zion City. ILL.,, aged sixty years. His
death, while sudden. was not entirely
unexpected. Shortly before the end
Dowie became delirious and his talk
was the same as at a religious meet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

BY the explosion of 1000 pounds of
dynamite in the. storehouse of the
Richards colliery near Mount Carmel,
Pa, two score of persons were in.
jured, four of them probably fatally.
The explosion caused damage to the
extent of $4,000.
BY the caving in of a sewer ditch
at Statesville, N. c., six colored men
we're buried alive under tons of dirt.
The rescue party found the six stand.
snE bolt upright when the earth was
removed, but life was extinct.
Damage from q IRE at sea amount
ing to fully 325o,0oO raj reported by
the German steamer Vandalia on ar
rival at New York from China and
Japan.
Two persons were killed and seven
injured in q wreck on the Great North
ern rear Ojata, N. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
safssracksrs Fight Citizens.

Wichita, kan, March 1s.-The Un.
ion State bank Of Hsnnsweli, Kan.
was wrecked BY ,safsblowers at 2
.. m. Five distinct explosions aroused
the residents. who gave chase to the
burglars. The robbers covered their
retreat by Airing 1t their psrsssrs and
escaping s1 4 1aldear.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
pszen !Persens Injured.

Torsnso, Ont, March s.-The Grand
Trunk railway express from Toronto
for Montreal crashed into . stalled
freight train just outside the city lin.
its. A dozen Esople were hurt, none
seriously. 'F.e crews Of both trains
aaysa themselves Wy Jumping.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
Or. HAuaH TO De EXECUTED.
Supreme Court A4trms Sentence Of
Ohio Murderer.

Columbus, o., March 13.-Dr. Oliver
g. Haugh, the Dayton murderer now
in the annex OF the Ohio penitentiary,
will be slsetrocutsd On April 6.
The supreme court has afhrmsd the
decision Of the circuit court and fixed
the date on which the murderer shall
bs put to death. 1t falls on Saturday
and is che emily instance in recent
years that the court has varied from
ito practice Of Axing Friday as the
day Of the week ON which the death
penalty IL carried out.
Haugh killed his father, mother and
brother without cause.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
shipbuilasrs' strike sprsaas.

1hjptuilders' Strike Spreads.
Detroit, March 13.-The shipbulld
ers' strike spread during the day to
the Wyahdotte yard Of the American
Shipbuiiding company. where SOC men
went out. Ne change IN the situation
10 reported from the other Nichigan
yards.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15

~. r. BERNDT, Late Special Agent G.. %.
More THAI 12 years experience in all
branches of the land Dept.