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The Washington times., 1907-05-15
BALTIMOREAN DISAPPEARS;
EN- ROUTE TO EUROPE

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 15.-While on
his way to Germany. where he was
going for his share of his fathers es-
tate, which has been left to him. Carl
Singer, aged forty years. Of this city,
mysteriously disappeared from the
steamship Stuttgart. Of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Company, in mid
ocean on April -
IL is believed that he fell overheard
Mhlie suffering from an attack of deli
rum, 10 which he was subiect and
which was the result Of his having suf-
Iered from a sunstroke about seventeen
years ago.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
NEGROES
TRY To ROB
MRS. HICKMAN
Women Run to Her Aid
and hSSailantS
Escape.

A bold attempt at highway robbery
was made last night when two negroes.
slipping up. behind Mrs. Robert Hick-
man. wife OF The director Of the Hick-
man Dramatic School. grabbed both her
wrists and made a savage jerk at her
purse.
The attempted hold-up occurred on
Fifteenth street. between L and II. as
Mrs. Hickman was returning home in
the Lenox apartments. 1873 L street.
the portion Of street selected by the
negroes being rather dim.y lighted
Ladies Ran to Aid
Mrs. Hickman described the attack
this morning as follows:
The two negroes came upon me sud
denly. grabbing both my wrists. and
making a lunge for my pocketbook,
which held 10 firmly. at the same time
screaming at the top OF my Foice- Sew
eral women were on the nearby corner
and ran 10 my assistance. In the
meantime the negroes became fright
ened. and, being unable 10 wrench the
pocketbOok from me ran down an alley
and escaped in the dark.
AS Small as Boys.
The handle was torn from one sids
Of the purse. but the remaining side
held. and I did not let go. The purse
contained my watch and a small amount
Of money. / was too frightened TO
recognize the negroes; in fact, 1 don't
believe j would know them il 1 meI
them upon the street. They weFe small
iE stature, however. seeming hardly more
than boys. neither being any larger
than / am.
SpTained Her Wrist.
Mrs. Hickman. in addition 10 her
fright. sustained a sprain OF the wrist.
caused by the jerks Of the assaiIants
upon the purse she held She said this
morning that the sprain was a slight
one, and she evidently regards her es-
cape on the whole as a lucky one
Mrs. Hickman was visited this morn
ing BY a detective from the Central
Bureau. 10 whom she gave as fun a
description OF her assailants as possl-
Die. Beyond this the officers have no
ciue upon which TO work.
Robert Hickman, Mrs Hickman's hus-
band. IS in New York, and is as Yer
unacquainted with the attack made
upon his wife.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
SHRINERS MAKE
GRAVE CHARGES
AGAINST S. P.
Evidence Piling Up That
Railroad Was Grim
lnally Negligent.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 49,
The departure of the dead of the
Honda wreck and the piling up of a
mass Of damaging evidence against
the Southern Pacific Company are
the features of the Developments of
Saturdays fearful wreck.
a funeral special bearing more of
the dead than the living left here,
the only train OF its kind that ever
crossed North America. Its progress
through the States will be marked
by the tears of Masons everywhere.
Already plans are being made in
Eastern cities TO send beautiful flow
ers to the train as it flies upon its
somber way.
The evidence that has been col
lected seems TO show an astonishing
disregard for the safety Of the pub
lie. There is reason 10 believe that
the company sent the Inflated
Shriners upon their way over a
track weakened by criminal negli-
gence, with two cars in their train
that smashed like. eggshells the mo-
ment trouble came, and drawn by a
pile of junk in the shape of an en-
gine that was ready Cor the rubbish
heaD
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
OLDEST ODD FELLOW
DIES AT WHEELING

WHEELING. W. Va. Nav 15.-The
death Of David Bell. the oldest odd Eel
low in the world. has occurred an the
City HOsTltal. While in the city build
ing, Mr.. Bell fell down long flight OF
stairs. sustaining injuries that resulted
in his death
He was born in Wheeling March 81.
ISIS. and was the oldest resident in
the city.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
FOREST FIRE IN OIL REGION;
HUNDREDS FIGHT FLAMES

OIL CITY, Pa, May ia dangerous
forest hre Is raging in Venango county.
Two oil pumping stations are Threatened
ana valuable oil-producing propertv and
Ilss are IN the path of the names So
eiaI hundred men are fighting the FIRE
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
WILL PURCHASE SIX LOTS
FOR TWO NEW SCHOOLS

1t has been announced by the Com
missiOners that they viii purchase lots
Nos. 1. ?. 3. 1, 5. and 6. in block No. II.
in the Howard University subdivision,
northwest, on which viii be constructed
one OF the two sixteen-roon public
school buildings provided for under an
appropriation made by the last Con
gress for District schools. TIE site is
10 cost $4,000.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
RUM0R OF RETIREMENT
NOT CONFIRMED BY RYAN

NEW YORK, May 15.-Thomas F.
Ryan, declines 10 make any statement
on the report from Richmond that he
was gradually withdrawing from busi-
ness activities, with the purpose OF re-
firing TO his estate in Nelson count,
Va. 20 devote himself to his books and
stock farm.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
GIVES UP PIERCE
TO TEXAS SHERIFF

ST. LOUIS. May I5.-Federal Judge
Adams has decided that h. Clay Pierce
must be delivered to the Texas sherin.
Pierce is the head Of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, and is accused Of perjury
IN the Texas Standard Oil suits
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
DEFENSE FAILS
TO SECURE MEN
COUNTED upon
Miners Trial at Boise
Proceeds Slowly in Sc
leCting Jury.

BOISE, Idaho, May 15.-SiX men on
the present panel OF jurors in the trial
of William D. Haywood for the murder
OF former Governor Steuuenberg. who
have been professionally accepted by
both sides, are to be peremptorily chal-
lengCd by one side or the other before
the panel is finally accepted This was
stated today prior TO the convcning Of
court by one of the leading attorneys
for the SCate.
When court reconvened this morniu-
but few members Of the provisional jury
remained to be examined by the defense
for cause" Ten had been passed bv
both sides. chiefly because they declined
10 admit either bias or existence Of
opinion in the case.
Attorneys on Defensive.
This attitude placed the attorneys on
the defensive and compelled them 10 re-
sort 70 the peremptory challenge to dis
lodge an unimpressionable talesman.
The first man who viii go is Ewing.
No. l, who, under the Eastern procedure.
would be foreman Of the jury. He will
be challenged by the prosecution.
The air is still fun Of rumors as to
contemplated surprises in the case. but
the actual facts are that both sides are
more or les embarrassed. The prosecu-
ton has discovered that some of its
most valued witnesses viii not swear
to facts already indicated by them in
unofficial statements, and the defense
has discovered some witnesses who have
been counted on to refute circumstantiaI
facts are not in a position to do so.
Witnesses Refuse to Come.
It is declared here by men in a no
sition TO know that so per cent OF the
witnesses invited to come from Colorado
and Wyoming TO tell their story Of al
legged wrongs wrought by the Western
Federation of Miners have declined to
come.
Chief among these is said to be Gen.
Sherman Bell This. however, is pure
" conjecture. inasmuch as neither Haw
nor Howe viii talk and Bell is still in
Colorado.
Devoid of Feature.
Yesterdays proceedings in the Hay
wood trial were practically devoid of
feature and the monotonous examina-
tion Of prospective jurors continued until
court adjourned for the day
At that time ten men had been passed
by the inquisiliOn Of both sides. al
though they are still subject to peremp-
tory challenge.
The only real news feature Of the day
was Richardson's giving away to his as
sociate, Darrow, in the examination and
development of the fact that there was
but one Democrat and solitary Pro
hibiuonist summoned on the present
panel.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15

IN Ill HEALTH.
KILLS HERSELF
Mrs. Marie L. JOlley
Found Dead in Gas
Filled Room.

Fearing that she would soon lose
her position at the Government
Printing Oiiice because Of the large
number of employees that have been
discharged recently, and discour-
aged because OF continued III
health, Mrs, Marie L. JOIIey, forty
two years of age, committed sui
eide by inhaling Illuminating gas
in her room on the second floor of
lodging house at / L street
northwest.
Found by Daughter.
Her body was found about T.30 O'Clock
this morning by her daughter. Flor
enCe, eighteen The girl. who occupied
a room adjoining that Of her mother.
noticed the OdOr OF escaping gas when
she awOkc this morning. Going snto
the room, she found her mother lying
in bed with a rubber tube. connected
with @ gas jet. between her lips The
windows and doors had been securely
fastened. and another jet had been
turned on fun. DR.. Edgar Thompson
was called in and pronounced life ex-
tinct.
Coroner hewitt gave a certificate Of
death by suicide and the body was
turned over TO an undertaken. No ar
rangements have been made for the fu-
neral.
Lived Here Long While.
Mrs. Jolley had lived IN Washington
most of her life. She was the divorced
wife OF DR.. B. f. Jolley, of Dude. Va.
She had been employed in the gathering
room of the Government Printing once
for the last seven years. A large num-
Der Of the workers at the big printery
have been laid of recently. and it is
generally understood among the en-
ployes that other furloughs are forth
coming. It is said that Mrs. Jolley re-
marked several times that she feared
she would be among the next to be laid
of
Her daughter said: 'I really don't
know why my mother did this. She
had not been very Wen. but I did not
think her condition was such that she
would end her life. She had been very
much worried lately. but never seemed
despOndent'
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
SIN TABLE.
TIDE TABLE.

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, May 15-
muddy; Shenandoah, clear.
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
Two COrOners Iuries Differ.

The coroner's jury here today was un-
able to place any blame for the disaster.
claiming the evidence was insufficient.
The verdict, however. by the coroner s
jury OF san Luis, Obispo county. in the
cases Of ten OF the thirty-two dead of
Honda. which says the cause OF the
wreck was defective equipment. opened
the eyes OF many OF the Shriners, and
there was bitter talk about the pres
ence Of two egg-shel cars in the ShrineT
train
The Southern Pacific people here claim
that they received the train as a whole
just as Il had come out from the East.
II the cars were bad, the blame must
be put on the Eastern railways
Assistant District Attorney Day is
looking up the condition Of the wrecked
locomotive
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
Evidences Of Weakness.

Loose bolts IN the track. fish plates.
perishabie cars. and an engine that runs
like corkscrew,' viii be strong points
OF evidence when the avalanche OF pros
pective damage suits are brought
1t is said that the amount OF damages
asked may reach the vast sum OF s.
O0O.00G
The funeral special left at 10 o'clock
and at noon a second train. carrying
those of the survivors of Ismalia and
Rajah Temples who had not gone with
the fueral train, left for the North
The car Of dead was a bower OF roses
and lilies, decorated by members Of the
Order of the Eastern Star. of this city
There was a composite baggage car and
a Pullman for the survivors and in
Jured
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
Story of Harriman's Control.
His Dummy Directors.

Under the Union Pacific organization
the report points out the majority of
directors in each Of these companies
has also constituted the majority in the
other. Mr.. Hartman has been presi-
dent and chairman Of the board in each
and as chairman he has been delegated
all powers of the board when II was not
in session. He IS absolute in both
Their by-laws have been amended and
MADE approximately uniform, 50 that
harrimaa has all the powers of the di-
rectors and the executive Committee
Continued on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1907-05-15
Passengers on Funeral Train.

Those who left in the funeral train
were Mr. Messick. OF Rajah Temple.
chairman Of the ShTiner committee OF
arrangements; Mr.. and Mrs Fred NIertz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Levingood. and
Mrs and Miss Henley. who were in
jured. From Ismalla Temple. OF Buff
falo, the passengers We're DIR. Brown
past imperial potentate, DR.. Oster. Or.
Fisher. noble rappOle, and wife; MIR. and
Mrs. Mckinney. and Mrs. Fred Grum-
nond. Mrs. Watson and daughter Bes-
sic. whose husband and father were kill
ed In the wreck, are on the train
Early in the morning the undertakers
Of the city brought the dead TO the
station. There was continuous line
OF hearSes in the street until after Q
o'clock. when the last Of the unfortu-
mates was placed tenderly in the cars.
The remaining Shriners left at noon
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CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-06-07
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by John H.
Bloom and Marjorie i. Bloom, his wife. mort
gagors. to John G. Scroggs, mortgage. da ted
the 10Th day Of April 1902, and fled for reco
in the office of the Register of Deeds of the
County of Ramsey and State Of forth Dakota,
on the 18th day of April, 1902, and recorded in
book 26 of mrotgages, page 1876; will be fore.
closed by a sale of the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described, at the front
door of the court house in Devils Lake. in the
county Of Ramsey and state of North Dakota,
at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon or
the 10Th day of July, 1907, to satisfy the amount
due 1s upon such mortgage upon the day of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage,
and which will be sold to satisfy the same, are
describe q us follows. Those certain premises
situated IN the county Of Ramsey and state of
Mort Da kota, known and described as lot 10,
block -, in the CITY of Devils Lake. North Da-
kota, as shown upon the plat of said city, on
file and of record in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Ramsey County, N. D., together with
all the Embellishments and appurtances there
unto belonging.
There will be due on said mortgage on the
date of sale the sum If SSH 05 besides the costs
and expenses of sale, and the attorneys fees
allowed by law.
Dated, June 5th, 1907
John &. Scroggs,
-burke d Mlddaugh, Mortgage.
Attorneys for the Mortgage.
Devils Lake, N. D. 11w6
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unlucky day, but after the fine
program just rendered he must
dismiss that superstition from
his mind. He complimented
the class highly on the work,
but lamented the fact that when
finishing the eight grade they
had numbered forty-six, and
were now but nineteen. The
Judge also urged the graduates
to cling to their ideals, to aim
high, even higher than they
wished to attain, and to be
human and sympathetic and
baove all to cherish their good
name and character. The hig-
est test of character, he declared,
is to possess power and to be able
to use it without abusing it.
With these helpful words, Judge
Henry distributed the diplomas,
after which Rev. Reeves pro-
nounced the benediction.
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COM management
Nineteen Graduates Receive Diplomas
Friday Evening--=IntereSting
Exercises

Friday evening the armory
was we'll filled by interested
friends and relatives to witness
the graduating exercises of the
high school. The stage was
was prettily decorated with the
class colors, orange and black,
and the graduates were seated
in the center, with the school
board on the right and the high
school faculty on the left.
Rev. Reeves pronounced the
invocation, in the absence Of
Father Augustine, and then
Miss Foshay rendered a beauti-
full vocal solo, winning much de-
served credit.
The first speaker of the even
ing was James Brennan. With
great strength of manner and
voice he held his audience to
the close. He depicted clearly
and wildly the conditions in
the South American Republics
from the earliest time of settle
ment to the present age of new
government, and refuted the
false idea of corruption in these
states, which the newspapers are
wont to picture in their thrilling
fictitious stories. He closed
with the suggestion that Ameri-
ca may one day look to these
new republics for the ideal form
OF government.
The second speaker on the
program, Miss Frances Cowan,
was unable to be present because
of sickness. Her grafton on
Democracy was one fired with
enthusiasm and patriotism for
our nation. She had followed
in a very interesting and sue
cessfull style the rise and dev-
elopment of the great govern
ment by the people, from the
earliest Athenlan days, through
Rome, through France, through
England and Scotland to the
crisis of American affairs in
l776. The predominant note
was the strength and beauty of
the individual, whose one prec-
ious right of freedom must ever
be preserved to make a nation
prosperous. Illustrations from
the poetry of the peoples poets,
Burns, Goldsmith and Whittier,
gave a bright and powerful
finish to the thought that
Princes and lords may flourish,
or may fade.
A breath can make them, as a
breath has made,
But bold peasantry, their
country's pride,
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When once destroyed, can never
be supplied"

When once DESTROYED, can never
be supplied"
Those who had heard Miss
CoWan at rehearsal were FORUM
ate, and those who had not, re-
greet that she was unable to ap-
pear.
After a long but very pleasing
selection by the Eagle band,
George Jameson then stepped
forward aid gave in a bright,
strong but simple manner, the
life and work of Alexander
Hamilton. After drawing upon
the value and greatness of Ham,
ilton's unselfish career, he made
a splendid appeal for others to
follow his example and make
their individual prosperity Sec
ondary to our national welfare.
The speech was we'll written
and the speaker delivered it as
it should have been, growing
stronger in oratory as he raised
the interest of his audience.
The following grafton, "Chil-
dren in Bondage" was beauti-
fully given by Miss Juliette
Shortridge. The stories of sew
eral little suffering toilers were
told in tender, svmpathetic
manner opening the hearts of
all to the speaker and her SUBJ
ject. She pictured the terrible
life of these little white slaves
so wildly that tears gathered in
many eyes. Her closing plea
for them was eager and strong
and worthy Of great praise. AS
she finished, she left her audi
ence feeling deeplythat a child s
sob in the silence curses deeper
than the strong man in his
wrath. -
Miss Jennie Bell Lewis played
beautiful solo upon the piano.
1t was a charming and difficult
composition and Miss Lewis per-
formed it with all the skill of
an accomplished musician. The
selection was melodious and
appealing and was rendered
with fine feeling and brilliancy
of technique.
This was followed by an ora
ton on THE New Puritanism'
by Miss Susan C. Small. She
first gave graphic picture of
a wild and stormy sea with a
small, lone bark tossing amid it's
pillows. And in it were the
pilgrims, that small and hardy
band, who braved all the perils
Of the sea, and struggled through
all the dangers of the wilder
ness. But great was their re-
ward, the speaker said, for by
them was founded a great and
noble republic, the United States
of America, and by them were
planted the seeds of nobility,
purity and liberty. Because of
these the great country prosper
ed, but after awhile darkness
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fell over the land,-Greed and
Fraud and Trusts ruled it. 1.-THE
night was dark; the night was
long, but finally the Star of
Hope arose, and arose from the
west, for modern Puritan came
to the nations id-Theodore
Roosevelt. The speaker predict
ed a great future under this
new spirit of Puritanism.
The next GRAFTON was on THE
power of Music" by Miss Mil
dred Holmes. She began with
influence upon the little
child, how the little nursery and
cradle songs, and pretty schuol
songs nodded the child's taste
for music. Then she told of the
different kinds of music and
showed how a true and beautiful
melody had the power to uplift
and strengthen, make joyous or
melancholy. Another great use
of music is to inspire patriotism.
The whole spirit of the Fourth
of July is aroused by the band
music, and to a much greater ex-
tent is the courage and spirit of
a soldier in the battle field up
held by it's influence. Miss
Holmes told of one occasion when
a whole army was aroused and
imbued with new hope by the
cry of one little maid, "rhe
Highlanders, Oh! the bagpipes
o'the HighlandersH!' A gain,
sacred music possesses wonder
full power, and carries with its
swelling notes the whole beauti-
full compassion and love of the
Deity.
Juvenile Courts was the
subject of the last grafton by
Miss Emma Severson. 1t was
delivered in an impressive man
ner and fully described the OBJ
ject and results of a special court
for children. She pictured the
terrible results of allowing chill
dren to associate with hardened
criminals in our jails. and told
how Judge Linsey planned a
new court, which should be free
from all the formality which SO
terrifes the little wrong doors.
Here the Judge speaks to the
children in their own language,
here he pleads with them, and
here he teaches them just how
and why it is wrong to break
the laws. The little street ruff
fins begin to love and confide in
the Judge and respect the court.
The speaker showed how by it's
influence over. the children, by
its effect upon juvenile disorder,
and by many other of it's results
that the new court would revo-
lutionize court influences.
At the end of these orations
Judge Henry delivered ashort adj
dress to the audience and gradu-
ates. He said that he had al
ways supposed Friday to be ar
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Two Bargains

$500 takes third interest in
the Chautauqua bath house, bowl
ing alley and electric light plant.
Will pay twenty per cent on the
this next month. Also
a cottage for sale at 500 that
must be moved. Write Charles
F. Craig, Newport, Wash.
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Notice Of Special Tax Receipt

Notice is hereby given, that a Government
Tax Receipt is issued tn $. E. pixley, thurchs
Ferry, \. b., that the date Of such receipt is
July list 1865; that the description OF the prop.
store room of the Drulf building situate on
lot I6 block [lO of the village Of Churchss
Ferry Ramsey county, N. D.; and the name of
the owner of said property in which said Tax
the name Of the lessar of said property is S. E.
Pixley.
d. Dated, June 5th, 1907.
S. E. Pixley.
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Notice of Special Tax Recent

Notice is hereby given, that Government
Tax Receipt is issueG to A. H. Bell; that the
date Of such Receipt is July. 49, 1907; that the
ceipt is posted is the front room of the brick
building situate on lots 10 IL II, block "a of
the city of Devils Lake. Ramsey County, N. z. );
which said Tax Receipt is posted is a. II, Bell
himself.
Dated. June 5, 1907. A. b. Bell
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Notice Of Special Tax Receipt

Notice is hereby given, that a Government
Tax Receipt is issued to c. w. Greene; that the
description of the property where said Tax
Receipt is posted is the Front Store room of
the Brick Store building situate on Lot Fl :,
County, N. D.. and the name of the owner of
said property in which SAID Tax Receipt is
posted is George S. Converse and the name of
the lessor of said property is George s. Con-
verse.
Dated. June 4, 1907. &C. W. Greene