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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Iima She aeoan.

It was on q Sixth avenue surface
car. A woman sat with her little
daughter, who to all appearances was
seven or eight years old. The conduct
or came for the fares, and the woman
gave him a five cent piece.
"Is the little girl with you, madam"
asked the conductor.
EYES," assented the woman.
"Her fare, please" said the man.
"But l never have paid for her." be-
gan the woman.
"And does that prove that you're
never going tor asked the conductor,
taking the fare reluctantly rendered.
New York Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
TESTING DRUGS.
Ersotine Is Tried on Chickens, Diei'
tails on Frogs.

Ergotine Is Tried on Chickens, Disi'
tails on Frogs.
A lot of sorry looking chickens, dogs
and cats loafed in the black, i'll smell
ing yard of the great chemical plant.
1--WE use these animals to test our
drugs on said the chemist. "They
come in very handy. They more than
carr their board.
"Ergotine is a drug we test on chick
ems. 1t is a simple test. If a dose OF
ergotine fails to turn a chickens comb
black, we know that the drug is for
som reason or other worthless.
"Hasheesh we test on dogs. Hash
eesh is made of female hemp buds.
Male hemp buds have no medicinal
value, vet some dishonest dealers put
male buds on the market, and since
they resemble the female buds precise
ly it is impossible to detect them save
by an actual test. Dogs given hasheesh
get drunk and happy If the stuff is
good.
"Digitalis, the heart stimulant, Is
tested on frogs. We inject a drop OF
it into a frogs stomach, and in the
kymograph, or heart recording ma
chine, we study the changes that take
place in the frogs heart action. Thu
we get a very accurate knowledge OF
what our digitalis can do.
"Do we ever test drugs on ourselves:
Oh, yes, indeed, often. Chemists have
lost their lives, chemists have gone In
curably insane, through too rash 4
bravery in testing drugs on their W
persons."-Lo Angeles Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Penned in narrow Railways, jammed
up against doors that opened only in
ward ITO children We're killed by fire,
by smoke and beneath the grinding
heels of their panic stricken play
mates at North Collinwood, a suburb
of Cleveland. All Of the victims were
between the ages of six and fifteen
years.. The school contained between
$40 and 1926 pupils and Of this entire
number only about eighty are known
to have left the building unhurt. The
schoolhcuse was of brick, two stories
and all attic in height. The number
of pupils was more than normally
large and the smaller children had
been placed in: the upper part of the
building. There was but one fire es-
cape and that was in the rear of the
building. There were two stairways,
one leading to a door in front and
the other to a door in the ear. Both
Il these doors opened inward and it is
claimed the real door was locked as
well.
A cargo of powder carried by a Big
Four freight train exploded near
Litchfeld, ILL.,, while the train was
running at full speed. Two men were
fatally injured. The train was badly
wrecked and most Of it was burned.
The conclusion shook houses and
shattered windows for many miles.
Twenty-six railroad laborers were
overcome by gas in the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel at Baltimore. Four
died and ten were so badly affected
that they were taken to a hospital.
Flood conditions are reported from
many points in Michigan.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
THE DEATH RECORD.

Ellwood T. Hance, first vice presi-
dent of the Union Trust company of
Detroit, Mich, and former postmaster
of that city, shot and killed himself.
Friends say that he had been greatly
depressed over his own financial at
fairs for some time.
United States Senator Redfeld
Proctor of Vermont is dead at Wash
ington after a short illness following
an attack Of la grippe. Senator Proc
tor wa seventy-seven years old.
John H. Murphy, general counsel
for the Western Federation Of Miners
and also general counsel for the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
is dead at Denver.
Hon. Albert L. Cole, Republican
nominee for governor of Minnesota
two years ago, is dead in Texas, where
he had gone for the benefit of his
health.
Daniel ]. Ainsworth, commander Of
the revenue cutter Rush, committed
suicide in the bathroom of the vessel
at Seattle, Wash.
Bishop w. w. Duncan of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church South is dead
at Spartansburg, 8. C.
Charles Jackson Van Dusen, the
once famous jockey, is dead at Dallas,
Tex.
James Oliver, the millionaire pillow
manufacturer, is dead at South Bend,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13

Walsh nearly collapsed in the jurybox
when the verdict of guilty was re-
turned.
Alleged misconduct of other Jurors
in importuning and coercing into a
verdict of guilty. Other reasons given
are:
That the verdict was only a pre-
tended verdict and not the unanimous
verdict of the jury.
That Juror Palmer did not agree to
the verdict except under duress.
That secret service men were al
lowed to communicate with the jurors.
That the "said verdict. of guilty is
r%eDugnant."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Because he attacked Roosevelt in
press, pulpit and pamphlet Chancellor
Day Of Syracuse IN. " university is
made defendant by Rev. George A.
Cooke. pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Brandon, VT, In a
suit wherein the Rev. Cooke charges
defamation of character.
Miss Cornelia Hartman, second
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Harri.
man, was married at New York to
Robert Livingstone Gerry, son OF Com
modore and Mn. Elbridse 7. Gerry ct
New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
TWO FOOT LENGTHS OF CEMENT PIPES.

W FOOT LENGTHS OF CEMENT PIPES.
the bevel and tongue joint is used. 1t
Is quickly nodded and quickly laid.
The bell and spigot joint is liable to
suffer injury to the bells, but will
probably be laid with tighter joints
than the beveled end pipe, especially
by an inexperienced person.
For many years cement pipe has
been an active competitor Of clay tile
in sewer construction despite the usu-
ally much lower cost of the latter.
Pipe culverts offer an ideal substi-
tute for wooden bridges over bitches
both in fields and in highways.
Still another use for cement pipe is
the draining of lowlands. For this
purpose it is made straight without
bell and is laid with open joints to adj
NIT the water.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

e. H. Hartman, John Jacob Aston,
Joseph f. Titus and A. ]. Hackstaff
have been elected directors of the I'LL
nois Central. Titus is In place of
stuyvesant Fish, but will retire short.
" in favor Of ]. Ogden Armour.
The National Cash Register com
pany has suspended operation Of its
immense plant at Dayton, o. Three
thousand employees are affected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
WALSH ASKS NEW TRIAL,
Olives Over q Hundred Reasons In
9uppert Of Petition,

Chicago, March 1l.-Applieatien for
Z new trial for John R. Walsh, ferhaer
president Of the Chicago National
bank, convicted Of Illegal banking and
sentenced to the penitentiary, was
made IN the United States district
court before Judge Anderson.
One hundred and fourteen reasons
Tor the granting Of a new trial were
presented by the attorneys for Mr..
Walsh. Chief among these was:
The conduct Of Juror Gilbert E.
Palmer, who because Of sympathy for
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Farm ana
Garden
CEMENT PIPES.

For Small Irrigatins bitches ane
Other Purposes.
BY G.. E. P. SMITH. Arizona experiment:
station.
Both seepage and evaporation from
irrigating bitches I prevented by
closed conduits. Cement pipe for small
%irrigating bitches is from every poin.
posed largely Of sand and gravel fount
in the vicinity Of the bitches. and only
the cement is subject to a freigh;
charge.
With a view to determining the bes
mixtures and the cost Of cement pipe
in the Santa Cruz valley a moldina
outfit was secured and some expert
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
The Loauat.

The loquat, commonly though incor-
rectly called the Japan plum, is grown
to a considerable extent in the south
ern United States. The small. yellow
fish plumlike fruits are almost trans
lucent when ripe and are covered
with a downy fuzz or bloom. The
pulp is soft and tender and quite tart
until fully ripe. The favor is distinct
and agreeable. Loquats are used both
raw and cooked, and both fresh and
preserved fruits are commercial prod
ucts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Protection Of Wounds.

No artificial medium a be applied
to the surface Of a tree wound which
will induce 1t to heal more quickly
The activity Of the healing process de-
ponds upon the character and position
and the time Of the year when the
wound is made rather than upon pro-
tective coverings. but where a large
surface of heart wood is exposed it il
advisable to protect 1t from decay by
a coat Of white lead or other natisfac-
tory covering.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Granite Polishers' Strike Ends.

Quincy, Mass, March 1.-THE strik.
ing granite polishers who have been
out since March 2 will return to work
at once, an agreement having been
reached at a meeting which lasted
through fifteen hours. The terms of
the settlement were not given out,
although It was learned that the de-
mands of the union men for the dis.
continuance Of the present open shop
system had been given up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Genius Defined.

Professor Of Polite Literature and
High Art-Now, young gentlemen, can
any of you give me a good definition
Of genius? Beloved Disciple-Genius,
sir, is an unlimited capacity for taking
-er-what belongs to others.-Sydney
On. s. W. Bulletin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
An Agreement.

Parishioner "a little the worse for
liquor)-I hearth you preazh las night.
New Minister-You didn't hear much.
I fancy. Parishioner-Thaz what-hlc
Il thought myself.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
For Moxina a Heavy Ladder.

One man can carry a long. heavy
ladder with ase by using the device
here illustrated. Little blocks or boxes
slide along a shaft for adjustment to
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
Tho spendthrift Version.

"You know that old saying" began
Kwoter. "'Take care of the pennies
and'"-
"And," interrupted Galley, "the dol
lars will take care of your heirs
Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13

end Of the ladder n can wheel to any
point desired. The wheel should be
made out of a two inch plank.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
WIPES OUT HIS FAMILY.

famine (Wash.) Man Kills Four and
Himself.
Seattle, Wash, March 11.-W. w.
Mckay Of Tenino, Thurston county.
killed his wife and three children and
then shot himself.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13

the ladders width,
and into t b e 8 e
blocks or boxes the
end of the side
rails fit, explains a
writer in the Iowa
Homestead. Then
- A. --
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13

Whenever l find a great deal of
gratitude in a poor man l take It for
granted there would be as much gen.
crosby If he were a rich man-Pope.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
AIf.lfa Without Grain.

II- NI1AIY0 WItnOUI 0fNJns
Mature hogs thin in flesh may be en-
pected to gain about one-half pound
per head daily on alfalfa without grain,
w. P. Snyder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
GROWTH OF THE CHURCHES

According to the annual compilation
made by DIR. H. h. Carroll in The
New York Christian Advocate, the to-
tai gains of all religious denominations
last year were 2,30l ministers, 4,2l4
churches and 627,546 communicates
The Roman Catholic denomination con-
tinues to rank first with a long lead,
the membership being estima',d at
IL, 100000, which is considerably less
than that given by Sadilers Directory.
The latter places the Catholic popula-
ton in this country at l3,s9O,353, lead
by 1908 priests. Next to the Cath
Ollie stands the Methodist church, with
6,660,7S4 communicates, representing a
gain of lOl, 696 for the year. Baptists
now number 5,224,305, gain of lO3,-
600. With an increase of $4,000, the
Presbyterians now number l,82I,5O4.
Lutherans. have 2,O22,605, gain of
65,l72. The Disciples of Christ num-
Der LESS, l23. The American Jewish
Yearbook places the number of Jews
at l,777,lS5. Protestant Episcopalians
reached S3O,659. Christian Scientists
IS .096, Unitarians 1920, and Congre-
gationalists 699,327.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
PASSED CENTURY MARK
MRS. MARIA GROSS, WHO DIED
At SOLDIERS HOME.
She Lived to Be One Hundred and
One; Sons Living Aged Seventy
.. Eight and Seventy-Five.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Mrs. Maria Gross, one of the oldest
inhabitants of Minnesota, who was
born when Thomas Jefferson was pres.
ident of the United States, is dead at
the Minnesota Soldiers Home, where
she had been an inmate since the open.
ing Of the women's building year
ago. She lived to the age of l0l
years and six months.
Mrs. Gross was born at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, ON July 80, 1906, and
was married to Mr.. Gross in 1926.
They lived together fifty-three years
and still she survived him nearly thir-
ty years. They came to Minnesota in
1856 with their sons, Gilbert and Os.
car. and located near Owatonna. Both
sons went to the front in 1861, Gill
bert enlisting in the Second Minnesota
cavalry and Oscar in the First Min
nesota infantry. 1t was the service
of the two sons in the army that
entitled their mother to a place i'll the
Soldiers Home in her old age. Both
sons are still alive, Gilbert being sew
enty eight years old and Oscar seventy
five years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28

these state colleges have remained UNI
der state control so will the schools
of agriculture and the schools of me.
chanic arts provided for in this bill
remain under state control, hence no
cause for alarm from Capitalization.
Instead of destroying the unity of
our school system, this measure
bridges the gap between the education
of the schoolhouse and the education
of the home, the farm and the shop.
Heretofore our education has lacked
unity, it has been too much conferred
about the literary, the onindustrial;
its forms and substance have been too
little co-ordinated with the training
of the home, of the shop, of the
farm and of the great outdoors
Through technical training it will keep
our youth. out of peasant or SUBJ
merged class; and by encouraging the
states to expend more money for edu-
cation it will greatly increase general
as we'll as technical education.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
TALKFEST OVER RATES
A. O. U. w. GRAND LODGE DIS.
cuSSES MATTER At LENGTH.
Several Speakers Take the Floor, Five
Plans Are Now Proposed; Senti-
ment Favors Change.

st. Paul, Feb. 2O.-The entire morn
ing and afternoon sessions of the
Minnesota grand lodge, A. o. U. w.,
at knights of Columbus hall, yester-
day, were devoted to the presentation
and discussion of the proposed changes
in insurance rates. The lodge met in
a committee of the whole, with E. w.
Randall of St. Paul, chairman of the
finance committee, presiding.
The speakers were J. A. Eckstein
of New Ulm, supreme foreman; Miles
NJ. Dawson, actuary of New York
city, and A. H. Taisey of Donnelly,
a past grand master, who has attend
ed every session of the Minnesota
grand lodge for thirty-two years. Ed
ward Moore, grand receiver of North
Dakota, spoke of the application and
practical workings of the plan used
in North Dakota, which is practically
the same plan as that proposed by the
Minnesota commission.
Mr.. Dawson explained the plan pro-
posed by the Minnesota commission,
and was kept busy until late in the
afternoon answering questions put by
the members.
The plan conforms to what is known
as the level rate plan. Upon this
plan, each member pays according to
his age at his last birthday, and this
rates does not increase.
The sentiment among the members
is practically unanimous for change
of some kind, but there have been five
plans submitted and there is some
indecision as to which one to select.
1t is likely however, that the plan pro;
posed by the commission, with pos
sibly few changes, will be decided
upon,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
DUTY OF STATE REPUBLICANS.

The Minneapolis Journal is sounding
the slogan for an instructed delegation
from Minnesota to the Chicago con-
vention. "The prolonged absence from
the state of Chairman Cole of the
Minnesota republican committee has
had the unfortunate result of delay
ing the convention to name delegates
to the national convention to such an
extent that Minnesota will be among
the latest to declare her choice and
select her big FOUR" says The Jour-
nal "The committee will meet next
Thursday to agree on a date, but a
certain period must elapse between this
meeting and the gathering of the con-
vention to give time for primaries
and other preliminaries.
at may easily prove that the con-
test will have been practically settled
BY the declaration of enough states
for Taft to assure his nomination on
the first ballot. On the other hand,
It NAV turn out that the cachet of
Minnesota's approval is the one thing
needful to settle the contest In any
event, the question of explicit instruc-
tions for the delegates, not only in the
state convention, but in the district
conventions, should not be lost sight
of. Practically all of the candidates
for delegateships, with one or two, not
able exceptions, are in the position of
asking for instructions, in spite of
their declared Taft attitude. To adopt
such instructions not only would give
the delegates solid ground on which
to stand, but would be valuable for
the effect on outside states.
There is evidence that in at least
one of the Minnesota districts the
friendship of the sitting congressman
for Speaker Cannon is responsible for
a no-instructions movement. The senti-
ment of the district, like that of the
rest of the state, appears to be over
whelmingly for Taft. The 'organiza.
ton recognizes that it would be not
merely unwise but futile to oppose the
election of men who are Outwardly at
least for the great secretary. But there
is apparently hope that something
may be saved for Uncle Joe by the
subterranean method of sending unin
structed delegates. The men selected
will doubtless be close friends of the
congressman, and the hope is that a
time may come when, without instruc-
tions to hold them, they may be
pulled off the Taft wagon.
"This is a matter the republican
voters of that district should take care
of, if they are not to be in danger of
being misrepresented at Chicago. The
same duty rests upon all the republi.
can voters of the state. If they are
for Taft and for continuation of the
Roosevelt policies, there is no reason
why they should not say SO plainly
and unequivocally."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
NO FORESTS IN 1912.

All the timber in the United States
will be cut within the next twenty
three to thirtythree years. This, at
least, is the startling statement made
by Appleton's Magazine in an article
OH national waste which is to appear
in the March number. To back up it's
assertion it quotes figures. The present
consumption of timber is approx
mately lOO,OOO,OOO,OOO feet a year and
the annual growth is about 10000
100000 feet. The estimates of the
present total supply vary from l,4Oo
to 1000 billion feet.
Taking the former figure, it is
found that by 1882 there will be prac-
tically no merchantable timber left
in the United States while, even if
the larger estimate is correct, it will
all be gone by 1912. The moral point
ed by these statistics, of course, is the
need of immediate action if the ma
ton is not to be robbed entirely of
one of its most important natural re-
sources. The Appleton article points
out that other sources of national
wealth are being depleted in the same
way as the forests, although in these
other cases the limit of actual exhaus-
ton is not so close at hand.
The assertion is made, however, that
the coal supply will last not more
than another hundred years; that over
a billion tons of fertile soil is washed
away yearly by the rivers, largely be-
cause of floods, due to the denudation
of forest lands, and that the sources
of agricultural wealth are being under
mined by improper methods of Guilt
walton and neglect of fertilizing. The
remedy proposed for this state of at
fairs is to arouse the interest of the
club.women of America in move
ment to combat national waste OF all
kinds and to urge the conservation
of the natural resources of the coun-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-28
She Was Confined in Hospital,
Where She Died Later.
Young Husband Without Funds;
No Help From Parents.
Stole Packet of Pocketknives;
Arrested at St. James.
From Mondays, Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
William Lang, the young man who
was arrested at st. James Saturday
ON warrant charging him with grand
larceny in the second degree, in the
theft of packet of pocket knives
valued at $40 from travelling man
who was stopping at the Saulpaugh,
was brought to the city yesterday af-
ternoon by Deputy Sheriff Klughertz,
and was arraigned before Special Judge
Geddes this morning. He waived ex-
animation and expressed a wish to 60
before Judge Cray at once and plead
guilty and receive his sentence. He was
held to the grand jury.
Langs story is a somewhat petifnl
one. He was married in Iowa some
thing over three months ago, and came
to this city and got work as a bell
boy at the Saulpaugh, where he re-
manned for month or more. His wife
was taken sick and went to hos
pital, where she died. Lang wrote to
her parents for assistance, but he
said that they refused to do anything.
He needed money badly, and one day
took the packet of knives from the
check room of the hotel. He kept it
in his room, and later went to st.
James. He said that Landlord Kent
treated him so kindly that he was
ashamed to go to him and admit the
theft, so he kept the packet and did
not attempt to dispose of it.
At st. James Sheriff Forsyth saw the
young man with the packet and locked
him up on suspicion. Learning that
Lang had worked at the Saulpaugh
he called up Mr.. Kent and asked him
whether packet of knives had been
stolen from the hotel. Mr.. Kent said
that there had, but he did not now
know who to suspect. He asked that
Lang be held until he could get out a
warrant. This was done, and Lang
confessed that he stole the knives, and
wanted to take his punishment. He
appears to be very contrite. His home
is at Colorado Springs, Col, he says.
Lang will 60 before Judge Cray i'll
a day or two and ask to be sentenced.