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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-31
POLITICAL NEWS.

President Roosevelt is preparing to
make detailed answer to charges that
he is using federal patronage to aid
the presidential campaign of Secre-
tary Taft. He declares that the stories
are false and believes that he can fur
nish facts that will prove them SO.
Former United States Senator
George Peabody Wetmore Of New
port, r. l.. was elected to the, United
States senate on the first ballot cast
in both branches Of the Rhode Island
general assembly.
In the Kansas house Of representa-
tives a motion offered by w. R.
Stubbs, declaring Secretary Of War
Taft. the choice Of Kansas for presi-
dent of the United States, was unani-
mously carried.
The Mississippi legislature has
elected John Sharp Williams to the
United States senate.
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LABOR NEWS.

John Mitchell, retiring president of
the United Mine Workers, with tears
in his eyes and nearly overcome by
emotion, refused to accept a gift of
$1,000 rendered him by the miners of
Montana and Wyoming. Voicing his
deep appreciation of the gift he re-
quested that the money be returned to
the donors. Later the miners decided
to send the money to Mrs. Mitchell to
be used in educating her children.
Although enjoined from making any
reference to the controversy between
the American Federation of Labor and
the Buck Stove and Range company
President Samuel Gompers, in an edi-
torial in the current issue of the
American Federationist, comments on
Justice Gould's recent decision at
great length and declares a purpose
not to comply with all its terms.
A boycott placed against the brands
of tobacco manufactured by the Day
and Night Tobacco company by the
labor unions in February, 1907, result
ed in the company losing Is per cent
of its business, according to Walter
G. Friedlander, president of the COM
pany.
Rumors circulated in Homestead,
Pa, are to the effect that orders have
been received from New York that a
wage reduction of from 10 to 80 per
cent, affecting the entire Homestead
steel works, is scheduled for Feb. 1.
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UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

A fire which caused a property dam
age of $1,000 900 destroyed the city
hall and police buildings at Portland,
Me. That there were no fatalities is
remarkable, as there were more than
700 persons attending the Western
Maine Knights of Pythias Jubilee gath
cred in the auditorium of the city hall
when the flames we're discovered.
Great suffering followed a severe
blizzard in New York city, the unem-
ployed and homeless being unprepared
for the sudden change from warm to
wintry weather. Several persons were
frozen to death.
Five hundred pounds of dynamite in
a box car at Hooking, Ia, exploded
during a fire which started in the
company's store and five men were
injured and 100000 worth Of property
destroyed.
Margaret Fulton, aged eighty:stx.
and Jane Fulton, aged eighty.two, sis
ters, were burned to death in their
home near st. Clairsville, O..
A second disastrous fire has &C.
CURED at Portland, Me-, destroying
several big wholesale houses and
causing a loss of 81, 900.
Three firemen were killed, ten 9th
srs injured and property worth $500.
900 destroyed in a fire at Baltimore.
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CAPITOL GRAFT TRIAL.
Prosecution Lays the Foundation of
Its Case.

Its case.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 29.-The e
ond day of the trial of the state cap
itol cases, in which Contractor John
H. S%anderson, former Auditor General
William r. Snyder, former State
Treasurer William L. Mathues and
James M. Shumaker, former superin-
tendent of grounds and buildings, are
accused of conspiracy to defraud the
state, was devoted by the common
wealth to laying the foundation of its
case. Official records were put in evil
dence showing the election, appoint
ment and confirmation of various state
officers who served during the con-
struction and equipment of the cap
itol. The minutes of the meetings of
the board of grounds and buildings at
which Sanderson was given the con
tract for the capitol furnishings and
Joseph M. Huston was appointed archi-
tect for the board were also offered
In evidence.
In his opening speech to the jury
James Scarlet outlined the charge
against the defendants and said the
commonwealth expected to prove that
they had %conspired to cheat and de-
fraud the state. He said there was
evidence at hand to show that this
fraud had been deliberate and that
the plea of mistake" on the part of
the defendants could not be sustained.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage executed and delivered by Lillian Umback
and John Umback, her husband, mortgagors,
to Wells and Dick ~, Company, a corporation,
mortgage, dated February 10th, 1906, and fled
Tor record in the office of the Register of Deeds
of Mclean county. North Dakota and recorded
in Book AL Of Mortgages at page IS on Feb.
13. 1915, and which mortgage was on Nov. LIST,
1875 duly assigned to Theodore johnson and
which assignment was recorded in the office of
the K agister of Deeds Of Mclean county, North
Dakota in Book H2 of Assignments at page 541,
on Nov. 5, 1905, and will be foreclosed by a sale
the front door Of the court house in the Village
of Washburn. Mclean county, North Dakota,
at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon on
March 14th, 1908, to satisfy the amount due
upon such mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are de.
scribed as follows, to-wit: The East one.half
OF the North West Quarter and Lots One and
Two of Section Seven, in Township One Hun
dred Fifty North of Range Eighty-One West.
And default having been made in the conditions
OF such mortgage is this: That said mortgagors
have failed to pay the sum of $685. interest
past due on said mortgage, and the assignee of
said mortgage and under the terms of said
mortgage elects to and does hereby declare the
whole amount secured by said mortgage due
and payable. There will due on said mortgage
on the day of sale the sum of $667.6O besides at
tGnFn sfysd fees =, and f eSSts sdo foreclosure.
Attorney for Assignee of Velva, N. D.
Aortg8gee, MinOt, N. d.
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Notice OF Mortgage Sale by Adver-
- t10AHA0AtL .NH

Notice is hereby 81. given, that at that Ct certain certain t
MehIho1f and Barbara Mehlhoff mortgagors, to
Northern Land and Mortgage Company "a cor:
poration) Mortgage dated the 18th day OF
February A. D. nineteen hundred and six and
filed for record in the Office of the Register Of
Deeds of the county of Mclean and state of
North Dakota, on the 23rd day of February A.
D.. 1906, and recorded in book F9 of mortgages,
at page $50, will be foreclosed by a sale of tho
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter
described at the front door of the court house
in Washburn, in the county of Mclean and
state of North Dakota. at the hour of 2 O'Clock
p. M, on the LIST day of February 1905, to satisfy
the amount due upon said mortgage at the day
of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are
those certain premises situated in the county of
Mclean and state of North Dakota, and des-
cribed as follows, tp-wit: The northeast. quar-
ter In e ~ of section ten (10) IN township one
hundred and forty eight (148) north of range
seventy.five (75), west of the fifth P. NJ, con-
tanning one hundred and sixty acres more or
less according to the government survey there
of.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of six hundred thirty-eight
ard $1,000 dollars ($63s.5Ol and the cost of fore
closure and sale.
Dated at Harvey, N. D., this oath day of Dec
ember, 1907.
Northern Land e. Mortgage Co., Mortgage
John Hanchett, Attorney for Mortgage.
Harvey. N. d.
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NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE FORECLOSURE
SALE.

mortgage executed and delivered by William j.
May and jessie p. May. his wife, Mortgagors,
to the Citizens State. Bank of Garrison, North
18th day of April, A. D.. 1905 and filed for record
in the office of Register Of Deeds of the County
Of Mclean and State of North Dakota on the
Book B4o of Mortgages on page 200 and which
was assigned by the Citizens State Bank of
Garrison, North Dakota. a corporation by writ
ten Instrument of assignment togWalter W..
Harvey and which assignment has been record;
ed in the Office of TIE Register Of Deeds in and
for the county Of Mclean and State Of North
5 oaeHee + N n. i in B onS q Of Sa Mortga "a; Sc on n' page se
l67, will be foreclosed by selling of the premises
in such mortgage and hereinafter described. at
the front door OF the Court House in the Vii
lage OF Washburn, county of Mclean and state
OF North Dakota at the hour of 2 o'clock P. NJ.
on the 18th day of March 1908, to satisfy the
amount due upon such morugage on the day Of
said Mortgage has paid out in his protection
est thereon. The premises described in such
South East Quarter (sEA) of Section Twenty
one (21) in Township One Hundred Forty-Nine
t as ~ No : y Of Range Eighty,FouF go West Of
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage on date
q sale the sum Of SIX Hundred and Ninety,
Dollars: and also the further sum for taxes
which the said assignee of said Mortgage had
to pay. out for protection of his mortgage, the
sum Of Fifty-eight and Scventy-two One-Hun-
dredths ($58.72) Dollars, together with statute
~ costs and attorney fees.
dated at Garrison, North Dakota, January
n, 1908.
w. w. Sawey,
Assignee Of Mortgage.
Johnson& Fraser,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage.
Garrison, North Dakota. 80 IS
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CITATION HEARING PETITION FOR APP
OLE ADMINISTRATION.

:. POINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR.
State of North Dakota. In County Court,
County of Mclean, IBefore g.. ,olgeirson,
IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
LEONORA GRAEPP, Deceased.
Thee. J: Haugeberg CITAI!0N HEARING
MarBgaretGraepp P0lNNITTfMaTEpN , To OF
The State of North Dakota to the Above Named
Respondent and all Persons Interested i'll
the Estate of Leonora Graepp, DECEASED
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that
Theo. J. Haugeberg, the petitioner herein, has
letters of administration upon the estate Of
Leonora Graepp, late of the Village of Wash.
burn, in the county of Mclean and State of
North Dakota, deceased, DO granted to Theo.
j.. Haugeberg and Edward Snyder and that the
said petition will be heard and duly considered
by this court on Friday, tho 2Sth day of Febru:
airy, 4. ID. 1903 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF
the County Court House, in the village of
Washburn, county of Mclean and state of North
Dakota, and you, and each of you, are hereby
cited to be and appear before this court at said
time and place, and answer said petition, and
show cause, lfany there be, why the prayer of
BY the court:
G.. Olgeirson
(Seal.) Judge of the county court.
Dated the 18th day OF January, A. d. 1908.
Let the service of the above Citation be made
by publication for three weeks in the Washburn
Leader, published at Washburn, Mclean coun-
ty, N. u.
q .Olgeirson,
(Scal.) Judge. 30 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Haytian revolution has been
suppressed. Jean Juneau, the leader
of the movement, was captured at
Dessalines, a little hamlet close to
Gonaives, and was at once shot to
death by the government troops that
made him prisoner. Gonaives has
been occupied by a government force.
Scores of people were wounded In a
riot at Berlin during which the police
and a mob of unemployed clashed in
the streets. Sixteen were carried to
hospitals and many others managed
to make their way there without as
sistance. Sixty thousand men are
now out of work at Berlin.
DR.. Gustaf 1rederik Gillian, x
chancellor of Sweden's universities,
minister of education from 1891 to
1899, a senator in the upper chamber
of the riksdag in 1902 and a knight OF
the order of Seraphim, is dead at
Stockholm, aged Seventy-three.
The project of St. Petersburg has
suspended the Tovarish and the Sc
vodnia, two newspapers of wide circu.
lation published at st. Petersburg. on
the ground that they were following a
subversive course and preaching rev.
olution.
A motion to censure the government
was defeated In the lower house of the
Japanese diet by LII votes to 1853.
Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, the
British premier, is again i'll and is
confined to his room.
The American %battleship fleet has
sailed from Rio Janeiro for Punta
Arenas, Argentine.
The United States torpedo boat flo
tilla has arrived at Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentine Republic.
Lady Schwing Ichijo, mother of the
empress of Japan, is dead at the age
of eighty years.
The rate of discount of the Bank of
England has been reduced from 5 to
4 per cent.
-Four thousand shipbuilders are on
strike ut Observation-Disclosures, Eng.
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Turner & Wright.
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Fargo, N. D..

Notice is hereby given. that that certain
vodorsky, Mortgagor, to Deere, Weber Compa-
ny, a corporation, Mortgagee, dated the 22d day
of June, A. d. nineteen hundred and five. and
filed for record in the office of the Register of
Deeds of the county of Mclean and state of
North Dakota on tho 18th day of July A. d. 1906,
and recorded in Book FL of Mortgages, at page
62s and assigned by said Mortgagee BY an in,
10th day of March A. D. 1907, and filed for rec
ord in said office of the Register. of Deeds on
the 10th day of March 1907, and recorded in
Book H4 of Mortgages, on page II will be fore
closed by q sale of the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described at the front door
of the court house in the city of Washburn, in
the county of Mclean and state of North Da-
kota, at the hour of two o'clock P. NJ, on the
18th day of February 1908, to satisfy the amount
The premises described in said mortgage. and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are those
certain premises situated in the county of Nc.
Lean and state of North Dakota. and described.
as follows, to-wit: South Half of the South
East Quarter of Section Nineteen, and the
North Half of the North East Quarter of Sec
ton Thirty, Township One hundred and Fifty,
North of Range Seventy Seven West Of the
Fifth Principal Meridian. (s1a Of sea of sec:
IS, and NE neA, sec. 30, t. $50 II. of r. II, W.. OF
18th P. M.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale The sum of One Hundred Fifty
Three Dollars.
Dated at Balfour, North Dakota, this 18th day
of December 1907.
AL. Kiefer,
Mortgage.
Owens & Kremer,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
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CRIMINAL NEWS.

Anthony Comstock, vice president OF
che Society for the Suppression of
Vice, was a witness at the trial of
Harry K. Thaw. He testified that late
in 1904 Thaw came to him and COM
planned of vicious practices by Stan
ford White and several of Whites
friends. During the year that fol-
lowed Thaw wrote to him several
times and was a frequent visitor at
the vice society's headquarters. The
letters were read in evidence.
At the conclusion of. the examina-
ton of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw at
the trial of her husband the attorneys
Tor the defense succeeded In placing
in evidence a letter written by the
defendant in the fall of 1903, which
completely corroborated the claim that
the girl who was to become his wife
did tell him the story of her relations
with Stanford White much as she has
related it upon the stand at this and
the former trial.
Sherman S. Smith, Minneapolis poll.
tician, twice a member of the state
legislature duu 1dSI W1AIC1 SAOlh w
the speaker of the house of represen-
~tatives, was found guilty of contempt
of court in the federal district court
at st. Paul by Judge Page Morris and
sentenced to ninety days in Jail.
Mrs. Mary R. Clark, a widow, shot
and killed Frank Brady, an advertis-
ing solicitor, in a crowded restaurant
in New York city and then committed
suicide. Brady had been living with
the woman, but recently brought his
mother to New York and set up house
keeping.
William F. Walker, the absconding
cashier of the New Britain (Conn.)
Savings bank, will fight extradition
proceedings in Mexico and will not
return to the United States until ev-
cry means of defense has been ex-
hausted.
Tired Of life's battle John Florian,
aged sixty-eight, and his wife Mary,
aged seventy-seven, committed sui
eide at Chicago by taking carbolic
acid.
An exploding bomb wrecked the
front of an Italian bank building in
New York city.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that a certain mort
gage. executed and delivered by Johan Stelter
and Amelia stelter, his wife mortgagors to- F. B:
S~ilverwood, Mortgage. dated tho 10Th day OF
ef the REGISTER Of Deeds Of the county Of
18th day of March 1906 and recorded in Book 3
Of Mortgages at Page 451 will be foreclosed
hereinafter described, at the front door ofCourt
House in village of Washburn county OF Mclean.
State of North Dakota, at the hour of 10 O'Clock
a. NJ. on the 9th day Of February, A. D.. 1905,
on the day Of sale. The premises described II
tho same are described as follows. viz: The
North half Of Southwest quarter (nhswM) and
North half of Southeast quarter (nhseAl Sec.
ton fifteen 90 Township one hundred and
(7sl West Of the 5th Principal Meridian in
county. North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of Three Hundred and
Sixty-Nine and Ninety One-Hundredths ($369.9O)
F. B. Sherwood,
Mortgagee.
Hyland & Nucssle
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Washburn, N. Oak. % 81
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of the Interior, United States Land
Office, Devils Lake, n: d. Jan, 2, 1903,

Department OF the Interior, United States Land
Office, Devils Lake, n: d.. Jan, .. 1907,
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
i'll this office by Fred Schultcs contestant,
against homestead entry No. 2533l, made July
25th, 1901, for northeast quarter (nca), section
q, township $50, range u. by Andrew O. Lon
berg, contest,ec, in which # is alleged chat An;
drew 0. Lcnhcrg has wholly abandoned the said
more than six months since making the said
has not established a residence thereon; that
the said tract remains in its natural state,
wholly abandoned and unimproved; and that
said alleged absence from the said land was not
due tohis employment in the army, navy or
marine corps of the United States ss a private
soldier, officer, cana or marine, during the
war with Spain or during any other war in
which the United States may be engaged.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear. re-
spond and offer evid 'nce touching said allGga-
ton. at 10 O'Clock a. m. on Feb. 2lst. 1908. before
e. r. Schaefer. Il notary public. at his office in
the village Of Anamoose, McHcnry County.
North Dakota (gnd that final hearing will be
held at 10 O'Clock a. nj. on February IS, 1905, be-
fore the register and receiver at the United
States Land Office in Devils Lake, North OAK
ia.
The said contestant having in a proper afti-
davit. filed on January I'd, 1908, set forth
facts which show that, after due diligence, per-
sOnal service of this notice cannot be made, it
is hereby ordered and directed that such n5tice
by given by due and proper publication.
Nj. H. Brennan, Register.
Record address of contestee, Manfred, N. d.
1888
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Hyland & Nuessle
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Washburn, N. Oak.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY
ADVERTISEMENT.

Notice is hereby given, that that certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by Anton A.
Zeidlik, q single man, mortgagor, to The Mimi
dated the lst day of September A. D. nineteen
hundred and six and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds of the County of
Mclean, and state of North Dakota, On the 1lth
day of September A.. D. 1906, and recorded in
Book Fla of mortgages, at page 204, will be
foreclosed by a sale of the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described, at the front
door Of the court house in the city of Wash:
burn. in the County of Mclean, and State of
North Dakota. at the hour of l O'Clock p. M,
on the 1st day of February 1903, to satisfy the
amount due upon said mortgage on the day of
sale.
The premises described in said mortgage
and WHICH will be sold to satisfy the same. are
those certain premises situated in the county
of Mclean. and state of North Dakota, and
described as follows, to-wit:
The southwest one quarter of the southwest
one quarter Is w \ OFFS W ~ of section No.
twenty nine (29) and the east one half of the
south east one quarter (c z of $ @ ~ and the
southwest one quarter of the southeast one
quarter Is w a of G a. of section No. thirty
(3G all in township No. one hundred and fifty
(150l, north of range No. seventy nine (79) west
of the 18th principal meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of four thousand two
hundred eighty four and 1900 (42S4.13 dollars.
Tho Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co.,
Mortgage.
Turner & Wright.
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Fargo, N. d. 1879
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FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

The reduction of working hours of
Union Pacific shopmen is to be fol-
lowed with a reduction of working
days from six to five a week. The
Omaha, World-Herald quotes Vice
President Mohler as charging the re-
duction TO President Roosevelt's
mania for reform" and indicating
that his company would work with a
reduced force so long Is the presi-
dents activity against corporations
continues.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely
has ordered the National Bank of
North America of New York city
closed for liquidation and appointed
Charles Hanna, national bank exam
liner, as receiver. The bank had de-
posits of over $4,000, 900 on Aug. %
last, but heavy Withdrawals reduced
this sum to about $6,OOO,O 900 or Dec.
3, the date of the last report.
The Traders and Mechanics bank
of Pittsburg, a state institution, has
been closed by the state bank
liners. The Treasury Trust company,
a subsidiary, occupying the same
building, also closed, but voluntarily,
1t is said.
Because of a falling off in street car
travel, due to business depression,
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com.
pany has withdrawn 100 cars from
service and within the next few days
will take off twenty-five to forty more.
Figures prepared for one of the
large railroad companies show that
there are 100000 idle freight cars in
the United States and about 5000
locomotives laid up because of the
falling off in traffic.
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
indicate that trade increases grad.
ually. but progress is still slow. The
financial improvement is still the best
feature of the situation.
The State Bank of st. Paul and the
Citizens Saving bank of st. Paul have
closed their doors. It is believed de.
positors will be paid in full.
The Capitol State Bank of Idaho
at Boise has suspended. The bank
had deposits of $1,O76.722.
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PARADE OF UNEMPLOYED.
Two Thousand Men Appeal for Work
to Mayor of Detroit.

Detroit. Mich, Jan. 29.-After hold
ing a meeting at which resolutions
were adopted asking Mayor Thomp-
son to find work for them about 1000
unemployed workmen marched from
Arbiter hall to the city hall and their
leaders presented the resolutions to
the mayor. He told the leaders that
he would urge the council to under
take some municipal work to give
employment to the men and would
also try to induce private employers
to increase their forces. The leaders
told the men, who had patiently and
quietly waited in front of the city hall,
the result of the conference and they
dispersed Immediately.