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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
pELmAs FINALLY ovERRvLED.
Fought at Length Against Admission
of Smiths Testimony.

New York, March 13.-After counsel
had spent more than two hours of the
morning session of the Thaw trial in
argument Justice Fitzgerald over
ruled the objection of the defense III
the matter of allowing District Attor-
ney Jerome to continue his examina-
ton of James Clinch Smith, a brother
in-law of Stanford White. Mr.. Smith
had a conversation with Harry ThaW
on the Madison Square Roof Garden
just before White was killed. Mr..
Jerome said this conversation had a
very important bearing on the case
and he had not learned Of the con-
v~ersation itself until Smith returned
from Europe last month, after the
prosecution case in chief had closed.
Attorney Delmas, for the defense,
fought the introduction of this testi-
mony to the last, but Justice Fftzger-
aid ruled that in the interest of JUS
tice it should be admitted.
Mr.. Jerome thereupon asked that
the taking of Mr.. Smiths testimony
be postponed until after the luncheon
recess.
A half hour of the morning session
still remained, SO Mr.. Jerome called
another policeman who saw Thaw the
night of the tragedy and who declared
that the defendant had acted ration.
ally. r.
> Mr.. jerome also called DR.. Carlton
Flint, to whom Evelyn Nesbit is said
to have gone in 1902 with Jack Barry
more, the actor. MI. Delmas prompt
ly objected to DR.. Flint's testimony
on the same grounds that he has Of.
fered against other evidence of collat.
eral facts tending to contradict young
Mrs. Thaw's testimony. Justice Fftz-
gerald sustained the objection and
DIR. Flint was at once excused.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
BRoTHERIN.LAW OF STANFORD
WHITE SAYS THAW WAS EN-
TlRELY RATIONAL.
s0KyERsED IN HIS USUAL MANNER
EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT AFTER
STRENUOUS OBJECTION BY
LAWYER DELMAs.

New York, March 13.-J. Clinch
Smith, brother-in-law Of Stanford
White, was the first witness called at
the afternoon session Of the Thaw
trial. He told of seeing Harry Thaw
and party enter the theater on the
night of the killing Of White and take
seats on the Madison emu side of
the building. Later Thaw left his
wife and her companions and walked
to the rea Of the room. Noticing the
witness sitting alone Thaw recognized
him, came forward and sat down be-
side him. He offered the witness a
cigarette, which the latter accepted,
and Thaw ~conversed with him for sew
eral minutes, telling him of his plans
to go abroad later in the summer.
After leaving the witness Thaw
roamed about the roof garden as if
looking for some one. He went into
the balcony and came down again. He
then joined his party and all started
to go out. In a few moments there
were three pistol shots and Stanford
White was dead.
Smith declared that during the con-
v~ersation TIaw was perfectly rational.
He discussed Wall street investments
and spoke of copper and steel stocks
as being particularly good at that
time. Mr.. Delmas concluded his cross
examination of Smith in a few min
utes, having developed nothing new.
Mr.. Eckmyer, a photographer, was
summoned to the stand and identified
Photographic negatives of the Hum
mel affidavit.
Would Prove AIibi for White.
Mr.. Jerome also showed the witness
negatives of Evelyn Nesbit, saying he
wanted to fix the date they were taken
in order to prove an alibi for Stanford
White the night he is said to have
dragged Evelyn. Mr.. Delmas objected
and was sustained. Eckmyer was eX-
cused.
Mr.. Delmas then moved that Mr..
Jerome's remarks with reference to
the White alibi be stricken out. Mr..
Jerome Luon dSkeu tIdL LlS CoulI liz
struct the jury that whether or not
White ravished Evelyn Nesbit had
anything to do with the case. Justice
Fitzgerald said he could only tell the
jury to consider nothing but the evil
dence.
Mr.. Jerome announced he would
have only two more witnesses as to
facts-A. H. Hummel and his stenog-
rapher-and would then proceed with
the experts. How long the examina-
ton of these would take he could not
say. A stipulation then was made
that each side should have one day
for the summing up. Mr.. jerome said
he would do everything he could to
hurry the case to a conclusion.
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ALIAS CONTEST NOTICE.
of the Interior, U. S. Land Office
Minot. N. d. Feb. %. 1907.

Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office.
Minot. N. D. Feb. %. 1907.
A sufficient contest having been filed
ant, against homestead entry No. 1851 made
August Sth, 1902, for the NV quarter, of SECTION
contestee, in which it IS alleged. that said con;
testee has wholly abandoned said tract of lind
ing said entry and next prior to the date hereof,
and is still abandoning. the same; that he. has
wholly failed to establish a residence of his
land or to make. any improvements thereon;
and that said alleged absence from the said
navy or marine corps of the United States as a
private soldier. offer. seaman or marine during
the war with Spain or during any other war in
which the U. s: may be engaged; said parties
fer. evidence touching said allegation at 10
o'clock a. m. On April y, 1907, before the regis
ter and receiver at the u. S. land Office in MinOt
N. D.
The said contestant having, in a proper aft
davit fled Feb. IL 1907. set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby Or
dered and directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
II, E. Fox, Receiver
johnson & Nestos, of Minot, N. D.
Attorneys for contestant.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
BROWNSVILLE INVESTIGATION.
New Line Of Evidence Brought Out by
Senator Foraker.

New Line OF Evidence Brought Out by
Senator Foraker.
Washington, March 13.-After show
Ing the hostility of the people Of
Brownsville to negro soldiers Senator
Foraker during the day gave an en-
tirely new turn to the investigation
of the affair at that place on Aug. Ii
last. He examined Captain Kitburn
of the Twenty-sixth infantry, which
preceded the Twenty-ifth regiment at
Fort Brown, concerning the penetra-
ton of steel bullets and the Witness
said that a bullet of the caliber used
in the Springfield rife could be fired
from Il Mauser rife, but that its pene-
tration would be retarded. He thought
that the Springfield bullet from a rffp
that had been fired 300 or 400 times
would not show the imprint of the
grooves, but if fired from a Mauser
the imprint would be shown.
1t is expected this testimony will
have an important bearing on the in
vestigation, as the committee has had
before it the bullets taken from the
walls of the houses "shot up" during
the ARRAY. These bullets are said to
be deeply grooved. They have not
been exhibited in open sessions Of the
committee, but were examined behind
closed doors. Later they were re-
turned to the wal department and it
is understood are now a part of the
exhibit at the courtmartial in progress
at San Antonio. 1t seemed to be this
purpose of Senator Foraker to show
by this testimony that the bullets
taken from the walls of houses could
not have been fired from the rifles in
the hands of the negro troops, as these
guns had beer used in target practice
for a long time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
Ruefs Attorneys Continue Fight.

n0Sf0 VssO'HSJ0 S0''e'"0S ''S"es 2
San Francisco, March 13.-Abraha1R
Ruef's attorneys have applied to thu
state supreme court for a writ OF
habeas corpus. The application was
laid before the justices when court
convened.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
ON MOTION TO DISMISS.
Case of Meyer ct al. Comes UP at
Caldwell, Ida.

Caldwell, Ida, March 13.-The case
against Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone, officials of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, charged with compile
ity in the assassination of former Gov
ernor Steunenberg, came up during
the day on motion to dismiss. Judge
WooG of Boise has been called to pre-
side.
Failing to have the case dismissed
counsel for the defense planned to
make a motion for a change of venue
The state will fight the motion vigor-
Ously.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15


State of North Dakota, In District Court.
County of Mclean Sixth Judicial District
Jospehinc Kenetick, plaintiff,
VS.,
Thomas Z. Kenefck. defendant.
SUMMONS
State of North Da iota to the above named de.
PENDANT.
You are hereby summoned to answer the com.
plant in this action. which complaint will be
filed in the Office of the clerk Of the district
court in and for the county of McLcan. in tho
in said county, to serve a copy of your answer
npon the undersigned. attorneys for plaintiff,
within thirty days after the service of this sum-
mons upon you, exclusive OF the day If service;
and in case Of your failure to appear or answer
judgment will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Mandan, N. D. this 22d day of Janu
airy, A. D. 1907.
Shaw e. NuchOls,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Residence and post office address, Mandan,
N, ID. 2l5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION

U..s $: Land Office, Bismarck, N. Oak, Feb.
20, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make committed final proof in support Of his
Aug. +. johnson, Q US. Commissioners for the
district Of North Dabota, at his Office at Wash
burn, N. Dak..o on April 4. 1907, viz:
Charley Gustafson, of Wilton, N. Dak., H. Il.
No. 305l3. dated May IL, 1906, for the eh of son
Of section A,ftownship Jas, range 80.
He names the following witnesses to prove
ofsaid land, viz:
Gerry Z. Schearer. Of Wilton, N. Oak. and I'll
ram Robinson. JoDn Rains and Tom .McCor-
- N. Il. Jewell, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
Notice Of School and Institution Lands
for Hay, Gazing aad Coal Mining
pufn0SeR.

The School and Institutions Lands not al
ready leased, situated in Mclean County and
State Of North Dakota. will be offered for lease
Court House in the own of Washburn in said
county, commencing at l o'clock p. M, on Fri
day the 18th day Of April A. ?: 1907. A complete
been filed with the County Auditor of said
county for public inspection. All lands will be
ofteredfor hay and grazing purposes upon the
The minimum annual rental is one per cent of
the appraised value. but in no case less than
500 per quarter section. All lands appraised
term of five years. and lands appraised at $1,000
per acre or more will be leas d for one year
only: The entire ire AMOUNT OF It the first years
year lease and 81. 80 for each one year lease must
be paid at the time of lersing, and no more,
than one half section will be included in any
COAL BEARING LANDS.
All lands known to bear Ignite coal and sit
uated in said county will be offered for lease
upon the following terms, to-wit:
The minimum rental is ten cents per ton for
all coal mined on the land so leased; provided,
that the lessee shall pay at the time of leasing
ana at the aSmnnf nff : x ! each f year s, Thereafter Feett ran an
tract leased. but at the expiration Of each year
he will be given credit for such advance pay
ment when settlement is made for the tonnage
of coal mined during the year, but no part of
such advance payment will he refunded to said
lessee in case he mines less coal during the
year than said ADVANCE payment will cover,
s foF c ns p %iss sds at amy w'i ot be at tIme t In pa au1ins
the year for which the Same was paid. The
lessee will alsdbe required to pay at he tim
Of leasing. in add ii Go t; said advance Ray.
issuing each lease, All coafland leases will be
issued for a term Of five years: settlement for
the coal mined to be made at the expiration of
each year and at any other time the Board Of
University and School Lands MY direct.
The Board of University and School Lands
reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, this 18th
day of January A. D. 1907.
o, /. HEGGE, 81
Commissioned of University and School Lands.
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Notice. for Publication.

No Notice ieani is hereby gwen that The following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final committed proof in support. of his
claim and that said proof will be made before
Office az sWashb'urn, N. B., on May 3, 1867, viz:
John Kiemele,
of Turtle Lake, Nd, II: E. No: 26S25, made Dec.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz;
Dan Kuk, Johannes Keck, David Schlechen-
mayer, Jr. and Jacob Muller. all of Washburn,
N. j.. n. H. Jewell. Register. 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
Raseban Player Murdered.

st. Louis, March 13.-Patrick j.
Hynes, who two seasons ago pitched
for the st. Louis American league
team and who signed with Milwaukee
for the coming season, was shot in
the head and killed in the saloon Of
Harry ". Grover. Louis w. Richard
son, the bartender, was arrested and
charged with the killing. Richardson
declared he fred in self-defense and
W.. O. S%tansbury, held by the police
as q witness. corrotorates the state.
ment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
FIVE THOUSAND MEN OUT.
Longshore,nen's Strike at. Hamburg
in Full Swing.

Hamburg, March 13.-As a result
of the refusal Of the longshoremen to
bind themselves to do night work and
otherwise submit to the rulings of the
shipowners the lockout, which began
Monday, is now in full progress, about
5000 men being affected. Up to the
present there has not been any dis
orders. Over 1900 imported long
shoremen have arrived here to take
the places of the locked out men. -.
q. The Shipowners' union and the Har.
Dor Traffic union held meetings dur
ing the day and again resolved not to
employ any longshoremen who REFUSED
to sign the agreement to do both day.
and night work. Several vessels3
which were to have unloaded here
have been ordered to Altoona, where l
there is no trouble with the longshore-
men. tSat |
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-15
CONTEST NOTICE
Department of the Interior.

United States Land Office. Bismarck, N. D..
December a., 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been fled
in this office by Axel Peterson contestant
against homestead entry No. 2o63l made No.
13, 1902. for nw4 section -, township
l45, range "a, by Eward J. O'Meara contested.
in which, it is alleged that said Edward j;
O,Meara has wholly, abandoned and changed
six months last past; that such default still
exists; said alleged absence not due to his en-
ployment in the army, navy or marine corps OF
the United States in time of war:
Said parties are hereby notified to appear, re
ton at 10 o'clock u. m. on March 10, 1907, Be-
fore the register and receiver at the U. S. land
office at Bismarck, N: d.. 49,
The said contestant having. in a proper aft,
davit filed Dec. IA, 1905, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence, personal ser
vice of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be givel
by due and proper publication.
N. H. Jewell, Register. Fl
A. T. Patterson, Attorney for Contestant,
Bismarck, North Dakota.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
French Economy.

France in her system of finance and
In her whole scheme of economy aids
and encourages saving among the PEG.
Ele. The government conducts a vast
banking institution whereby every
postoff1ce has its savings bank depart.
ment-its "caisse d'epargne." Here
any one may make deposit as low as
franc GO cents), which deposit is re-
corded in ones ''livret de la caisse
d'epargne" Savings bank book. A
convenient feature Of this system tend
Ing to make saving easy, is that one
may make his deposits in any post
office anywhere in France and may
withdraw any part or all his savings
ut any postoffice, without regard to
where the deposits have been made.
I have never had a servant in France
who had not her '.livret de la caisse
d'epargne," and yet the girl or woman,
If she had no family Of her own to
support, almost invariably contributed
to the support Of her fathers family.
I have had one middle aged femme
de chambre'' on whose face each day
could read pretty we'll how the bourse
was going.-Flora Mcdonald Thomp-
son in Harper's Bazaar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
Storm Words.

"Typhoon'' is by no means the only
word for a storm that has come to the
English language through Portuguese
and Spanish. Others are tornado
and hurricane" which Shakespeare
could still write hurricane" Old time
Englishmen, at any rate, spelled the
last word In at least as many ways as
Shakespeare and other people spelled
bis name, and some Of the spellings
indicate frantic attempts to make the
word suggest derivation Ineligible
to the English mind. OF such are ''furi-
cane" 'thurlecan," "Herocanen and
Harry Cain" Even hurricane was
finally adopted no doubt as suggesting
hurry" The original was the Carib
'huracan," or "furacan," the navigators
of Portugal and Spain having been in
strumental only in bringing it to Eng
land from the west, as they brought
"typhoon" from the east.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
The Wrong Feathers.

There is little except the method of
imitation that distinguishes the balloon
of the twentieth century from the ma
chine used by M. Pilatre de Rozier, the
first man to trust himself in a balloon,
in October, 1888 One of his great tri-
umphs was to hover. over Paris at the
height Of 300 feet for space Of nine
minutes. M. Pilatre achieved all his
efforts by means Of hot air produced
by fire which be carried in the bal
loon itself and was almost as daring as
an italian philosopher who took flight
on a pair of wings Of his own con,
struction from the summit Of the castle
of Stirling in presence of King James
Nv. Of Scotland. That courageous ex-
perimenter when picked up from the
ground with broken leg accounted
for the collapse Of his wings by ex-
claiming to the sympathetic courtiers
that he had made a mistake in taking
some of his feathers from the creatures
Of the barnyard whose inclination was
toward the earth. Had he selected
them from creatures with heaven
ward tendency, like the eagle, the ex-
pertinent would have been successful.
He was believed and suitably reward
ed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
Enslandss Historic Miser.

John Camden Neild, whose magnif-
cent beQuest to Queen Victoria sup
piled the funds out Of which the prince
consort built the present Balmoral
castle. deserves place among the
great misers and was as remarkable a
man as any of them. He was educat-
ed at Elton and Trinity college, Cam
bridge, and was a barrister at Lin
coins Inn. At the age Of thirty-four
his fathers death placed him in pos
session Of fortune Of 925O,OOO, and
from that moment he became a con-
frmed miser. Neild lived at 5 Cheyne
walk, Chelsea. His big house was so
meanly furnished that it did not even
boast Of bed. Two old women, who
did his chores, and black cat were
his sole companions. When he visited
bis large estates in the Midlands,
which he did frequently, he generally
walked unless be could get lift for
nothing, and he was not even above
taking gratuitous seat on a dung
cart. Sometimes he was compelled by
the weather to take seat on the
stagecoach, and there he would sit
outside, shivering and dripping, for he
never wore a greatcoat, an object of
commiseration to his fellow passen-
gers. .. .4..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
ShODpinE.

Shopping is a form Of cruelty in
dulged by married ladies toward their
husbands. 1t is incipient in young
girls, reaches an active condition in
brides and arrives at it's most virulent
stage between the tenth and the TWEEN
ty-6fth year of married life A small,
delicate, slight, nervous, sensitive wo-
man who would faint away at an
empty mouse trap will 60 through the
shopping district in from. two to seven
hours and come out refreshed and sus-
tanned by an unfaltering trust if her
husbands credit is good, while that
gentleman at the end Of forty five min
utes has to be carried home on a
stretcher. Some women are born shop
pers, others achieve it, but not one Of
them has it thrust upon her. Shopping
Is extensively practiced on week days,
beginning on Monday with rush and
ending on Saturday in time for the
opera. 1t promotes industry. Without
it married men would have time to
Rehabilitation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
Shooting a Rabbit.

In Sullivan county there Is a man
who spent a whole day hunting, and at
nightfall he was returning homeward
empty handed when he found rab-
bit In a snare and still kicking. He
released it and was about to dispatch
it with the back Of his hand when it
occurred to him that he could not say
he shot it, as no shot marks would be
found to corroborate his story. So he
tied string to one Of the hind legs Of
the rabbit, tied the. other end to the
fence, backed away twenty yards and
fred. The, shot cut fthe5 string and
bunny ran away. Such a good joke
on himself was too good to keep, and
he told it at the village grocery, little
thinking that it would be handed about,
until now If you want to anger him
the mere mention of the yarn opens
the old sore.-Forest and Stream.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
WILL IGNORE MATTER
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT NOT
INCLINED TO NOTICE SWEET
TENHAM,s ACTION.
BRlToAs REGRET THE OCCURRENCE
'.ANNoT UNDERSTAND MOTIVE
FOR ORDERING AMERICANS
FROM KINGSTON.

Washington, Jan. 72.-F'rom official
sources it is learned that no attention
will be paid by this government to
the action of Governor Swettenham Of
Jamaica in asking Admiral Davis to
withdraw his forces from Kingston. 1t
is held here that the act of the gov
ernor is that of a single individual for
which the British government is in no
manner to be held responsible.
Neither the state nor the navy de-
partments have any official advices as
to the reason for the abrupt departure
from Kingston of Admiral Davis and
his relief squadron, which has returned
70 Guantanamo. In official circles the
episode forms the main topic of con-
versation. Acting Secretary of State
Bacon, who denied that any unpleas-
antness had occurred between Ad-
miral Davis and Governor Swetten-
ham, is inclined to believe that there
published. He thought, however, that
when both sides are heard the case
will present different aspect. He
was at the White House early and
had conference with the president
and while no statement was made re-
garding his call it is believed that it
had nothing to do with the interna-
tional phase Of the case. Secretary of
War Taft, who had just arrived from
South Carolina, went Immediately to
the White House and also saw the
nre3ident
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-23
A Street sweeper,s Gratuitie.,


A city merchant used to give an old
crossing sweeper sixpence every Sat
urday. One day he discovered he had
given half sovereign by mistake.
So he hurried back to the crossing. The
sweeper said in reply to question,
"Will you come, sir, after 4 o'clock to
this address, and will see If you are
right about the comp The merchant
did so and found a small Office and two
clerks busy at work. Presently the
sweeper appeared, but, oh, SO altered!
He was dressed neatly and looked like
a business man. "Oh, yes" he said
to the astonished merchant, 'you were
correct. Our receipts today were about
10 shillings more than usual, so here is
your half sovereign" AS the merchant
left the coffee" vowing he would new
er give to the rogue again, the sweeper
called after him, you've forgotten
your usual sixpence, siry'-Dundee Adj
vertiser.