The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Persian.


The Lisbon newspapers say that thu
health Of the queen dowager. Maria
Pia. 10 causing anxiety. She 10 sixty
one years old.
King Haakon Of Norway has headed
the public subscription for Capt
Amundson's polar expedition with Z
donation Of $4,000.
A band Of Bosnian refugees blew up
with dynamite the barracks Of Knit.
"a. town in Herzegovina, killing 10
German,speaking Austrian soldiers.
News has reached Tokyo of the losa
Of the steamer Taish Maru, which
was sunk during q storm OF Otero ISL
and. One hundred and fifty persons
were drowned.
Election disorders occurred at Por.
to de Nose. Portugal. A local Pro.
gressist leader fred q revolver from
Q window into q passing Regeneration
parade. killing two persons.
Former Queen Liliuokalani Of Ha.
wall has determined to go to Wash.
linton to personally urge the recogni.
ton Of her claims to the lands in the
Hawaiian group which were formerly
held by the crown.
A volcanic disturbance worked q
change in the map Of Bobaslow island;
sixty miles from Unalaska. Mount
McOulloch. mountain which was
formed by a volcanic disturbance
there q year ago, has disappeared,
The mountain was 300 feet high. To
day in its stead there is a land-locked
bay eighty fathoms deep.
The fact that nearly half the inhabi,
tants of the Aleutian islands are tho
victims of tuberculosis is caused BY
the custom Of kissing the dead before
they ara buried. according to DR.. Rob-
ert Oleson Of the revenue cutter Nc.
O1iloch. DR.. Oleson says the popula,
tion is decreasing alarmingly and that
unless something is done to stop what
he calls "barbarous practices" the in.
habttants will soon be exterminated.
Charles Kelly. who escaped two
years ago from the penitentiary at
Columbus. Ohio, was arrested at Kal.
amazoo, Mich.
The postodice at Gilt Edge, Mont.
was entered by burglars. who stole q
large number Of stamps and q small
sum OF money.
Karl oppenheim, a partner in one
Of the Oldest banks in Hesse, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself
Heavy financial losses are said 70
have been the reason for the act.
Cloyd Gray Hershey, aged twenty.
I've years, Of Logansport, Ind, q Jun,
Tor in the Boston school of theology
committed suicide by shooting him,
self. The cause Of the suicide is not
known.
G. Young, charged with the murder
Of Frank Parker, near Kellogg, Iowa,
on June 10, was found guilty Of first
degree murder. He was sentenced to
twenty years in the Madison peniten,
tiary.
A man claiming to bs A. B. McKen-
Gle, large seed grower Of Canada,
was arrested at San Jose. Ariz.. on
suspicion that he is T. st. G. Foyster.
wanted for forgery in Chicago and
Bismarck.
Andrew Olson Of Ironwood. Mich,
while visiting at the home Of his
brother, Jacob Olson, at Norway,
Mich. committed suicide by hanging.
Brain disorder Is given as the cause
of the rash deed.
John E. Godding, president of the
defunct State Bank of Rockyford,
Colo. was sentenced to serve eight to
ten years In the state prison. He had
been convicted on charges of making
unlawful use Of the banks funds.
AS the result of shooting ARRAY
at Alliance. Neb.. Lizzie Braner is in
the hospital. fatally wounded, and her
brother, Charles Braner, who did the
shooting, and her sweetheart. Frank
Augustin. are in the county Jail.
Thomas w. Alexander, the Augusta,
Ca. cotton factor, who was convicted
two years ago on charge Of obtain.
Ing money on false collateral and sen.
fenced to six years in state prison,
was pardoned by Gov. Smith.
Otherwise,
Mrs. George Foreman Of New York,
whose stage name is Georgia Frianza.
secured divorce at Des Moines from
George Foreman, who is travelling
with the "Top o. the World"
Chicago physicians were warned by
Health Commissioner Evans that fail.
ure to report cases Of consumption
coming under their notice would be
followed nv nrnsecntinn and Hnaa