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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
LEGAL-cR1r11NAL
MeNieho, Held For Libel.

ssVsA esSS L.
State Senator James P. McNichol,
better known as the boss of the Phila-
delphia Republican machine, was held
for libel on the charge made by Max
Kaufman, private secretary to Mayor
Reyburn. on account of the public
statement made by McNichol that he
had paid $4,000 to Kaufman in 1905
for the purpose Of bribing the Law and
Order society to discredit the reform
efforts of Mayor Weaver.
Confessed Guinness Accomplish.
State Attorney Smith at Laporte.
Ind, has received from Vernon. Tex.
the written confession made in Jail at
the latter place by Julius G. Truelson.
Jr., alias Jonathan G.. Ihaw, before a
judge, declaring himself to have been
an accomplice in the murders commit
ted by Mrs. Belle Guinness and Ray
Lamphere at the Laporte farm home
of Mrs. Guinness. mentioning the
names and dates of six of the murders.
including that of Helgelein last jan
uary, the discovery of whose body in
the ruins of the Guinness home result
ed in the exposure of the long list of
similar crimes. He says that all these
persons were put to death by admin
istering choral hydrate in their food
and the use of chloroform and a knife
to Gu the heart. The only part he had
in the deeds was in the burying of the
victims with the aid of Lamphere, for
which he was amply paid. He had
first met the woman through a matri-
monial advertisement. when she repre-
sentcd herself to be a malpractitioner
and offered him work.
More Cotton Leak Indictments.
The federal governments new move
against the persons concerned in the
speculative use of the crop reports
three years ago is the Indictment both
at Washington and in New York of
Theodore Price. the cotton prince; for
mer Assistant Statistician Holmes. r..
A. Peckham and Moses Haas. One In
dictment charges that Haas acted as a
go-between for Holmes and Price so
that the latter was able to win $780,
600 on the strength of advance tips as
to cotton reports furnished by Holmes.
Another charges Price, Haas and Peck
ham with having conspired to bride
Holmes to doctor" the June report Of
1905.
Pierce Must Face Texas Court.
The United States supreme court has
dismissed the appeal by which H. Clay
Pierce, president Of the Waters-Pierce
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
An ISLAND OF QUIET.
Net Going Downtown In Madeira u an
Exciting Event. s&

,Y0S SSbBb0
Exciting Event. 8
Madeira is populated, yet is one Of
theu uietest as well as n Of the most
beautiful places in the world. Al
though the roads are paved with round
beach stones, there is nothing to re-
mind one of the fact because, as Da-
vid G., Fairchild, agricultural explorer
of the department Of agriculture, Z
plains in the National Geographic
MAGAZINE. there are no horses or jolt
ing wheels.
All vehicles in Madeira are on run
ners. If you go calling it is in a bull
lock sledge with canopy top and com
Portable seats. If you move a bank
safe or a steam boiler it Is carried on
a "stone boat" or sledge Of poles, and
YOU may have to get forty oxen to pull
it. If you are in a villa on the hillside
and want to get downtown you take a
running car and slide down owe the
cobblestones.
Two strong men, each holding a
guide rope, pull your a over a bag
of grease to grease the n and
then give you a running ana
lump each on a runner behind as the
car shoots down at a breakneck pace
over the ~cobblestones.
The men yell, hens and dogs scam
per, foot passengers cling close to the
wall of the narrow street. the n
get hot and fill the air with odor Of
burning wood as you shoot round sharp
corners, down the busy thoroughfare.
past gorgeous masses OF towering
creepers which hang over the walls of
the private villas that border your
road.
But. oh, the change when you get to
the bottom! You are obliged either to
walk or take q CARO-. drawn by slow
moving bullocks, %squeaking and slip
ping over the stones.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
O
Doctors Discuss lndustrialism.

Doctors Discuss IndustrtaIiSTn.
The effects of the present day tend
ency of women to enter into economic
competition with men came up for an
airing before the Chicago meeting Of
the American Academy Of Medicine.
Several of the male physicians de-
plored the fact that too many women
unsexed themselves by fossaking home
life for work in shops. stores and fac
tories" and one said that the lack Of
servants and housewives was disrupt
ing society. A woman doctor, Helen
G. Putnam Of Providence. came out
squarely for woman suffrage. holding
that every woman had the right to de-
velop her best faculties, to seek educa-
ton and to enter q business field where
she might select q father for her chill
dren on terms Of social and Intellectual
equality. DR.. Burrell Of Boston. the
new president Of the association, took
strong ground in favor of educating the
public as to general hygiene and sani-
tation, saying this was the duty Of the
medical profession. The house of dele
gates Of the association recommended
the creation of a commission to watch
and oppose legislation against vivisec-
ton.
To Place Aliens on Farms.
The government immigration bureau
has undertaken to find work on farms
in New Jersey, New York and New
England for 5000 or more alien immi-
grants who are now eking out q preca-
rious existence in New York city. The
plan II to send out return postal cards
through the rural delivery routes to
all box holders Offering to supply farm
or domestic help.
Coup Kitchens Fer East eide.
At last the New York school authori-
ties have been reused into acion BY
the signs Of distress and hunger o. the
part Of thu children Of the east side
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Farm ana
Garden
FLOWING AND DRAGGING.

System Will Save Time and Trouble In
Farm Work.
In blowing aim to have the pillow
clean and free from rust, so it will
scour at the start. Couple the horses
closer to the pillow than to a wagon.
See that the clevis is adjusted so it is
In a direct line and causes the pillow to
go the proper depth. Take pains to
have a steady, even pulling team. See
that the harness fits just right and
everything is in order. For blowing
level make narrow lands and con
sequently more dead burrows. Go to
the side Of the field and step off the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Grasses

Grasses are widely distributed. We
usually think of them as existing in
our temperate only, because here
we have the perennial pastures and
meadows. They are, however, to be
found SO far north that the soil is fro.
zen under them during the greater part
Of the year. while they are also com
mon to parts of the south where the
frost is never known. Even the noun.
tain tops that are clothed with perpet-
.ual snow have just below the snow
line their carpets Of poas that grow
and bloom through a brief period every
year. The grasses push hard against
the eternal SHOWS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Il s q e .
VARIATIONS on DUTCH FAsH1oN.

G, where you will cross the two tracks
again, and 60 on left side to d. Al
ways 60 straight ahead till you get to
the edge Of the field before you make Q
turn. 'i
When half done it will look like the
picture. and the next trip would be
from e to F. G.. q, !, j, 4, 81, e. When
done the last trip will be from NJ to N,
o, p. This looks complicated, but II
isn't half as hard to do It rs it Is to
tell about 1t. At least it seems that way
to me just now, In striking out we
never measure 4 piece, but guess at the
angles. However, the truer you get II
struck out the better it works out In
.anishinR.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Women Who Marry at Thirty-five.

A German doctor lays it down as a
we'll established fact based on close
observation that women who do not
marry until %thirty-five or t~hereabout
invariably achieve matrimonial sue
cess. Why women Of this particular
age should make more successful mar
riages than those who fall victims to
loves young dream is fairly obvious.
When a young woman marries be
tween thirty and forty she either does
SO for companionship, choosing her
mate accordingly, or from need, in
which Ease she also chooses with q
certain amount Of care. She has no
wild dreams of %unalloyed bliss.-Lon-
don Lady's Pictorial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26

Oil company of
Missouri, tried
to avoid extra
dition to Texas,
where the au-
thorities have
long been try
ing to get him
on trial for the
alleged crime of
perjury in hav-
Ing sworn that.
his company had
no connection
with the Stand
ard Oil Compa-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Holland cabbaqes.

It appears that some varieties Of cab
bage and caulifower suffer more from
maggot attack than others. but except
for the Holland cabbages there are
none, so far as we know. that will not
be badly injured by these pests. Both
from our WI state and elsewhere the
Holland cabbages are reported as be-
ing quite free from maggot attack and
need little II any treatment.-New Jer.
sey Experiment Station.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
The chanu. Of ! Comma.

The Change Of Q Comma.
whenever she asks me to do any
thing" soliloquized Mr.. Meeker PEN
sively, Il always go and do It, like q
fool"
7. "Yes." said Mrs. Meeker, who hap
pened along in time to overhear him.
Whenever ! ask you to do anything
You always go and do It like = fool
Chicago Tribune. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
PO

Currency Compromise a Law.
Taking advantage Of the fact that
Senator Gore could not see that Senator
Stone was not present to go on with
the filibuster against the compromise
currency bill before the senate, Sen
ator Aldrich moved the final vote, and
the bill passed the senate, 43 to %, five
Republicans voting with seventeen
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26

Democrats against
it and no Demo-
Gratis for it. This
made the adjourn
ment of congress
possible May 80. and
President Roosevelt
promptly signed the
bill. The flibuster
had been started b
day before adjourn
ment by La Fol-
lette, and. despite
the anger of his Re-
publican colleagues.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
Applying Lime.

The fail Il generally considered the
best time to apply lime. but moderate
application may be made whenever the
farmer nnds II convenient to perform
the work. Much Of the fall grain 10;
seededs0n corn ground, and this land ID;
not plowed up 81. 81 shape to apply ths
lime adyantageously atthat SEASON
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
The naby H.jped.

Jones-Yes; our household now rep
resents the United Kingdom. Smith
How's that? Jones-Why, you see,
am English. my wife 10 Irish, the
nurse is Scotch, and the baby wailss-Si
London Express. v
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26
KEEPING TAB
I ON THE WORLD

Compromise Currency Bill Be-
comes a Law Upon Failure Of
La Toilette FiIibuster, Which
Ended the Session Iowa
Stand Patters Return Allison.
Taft's Reference to Grants
Weakness Causes Much Re-
sentment-Bryan Regulates
Ryan's Campaign Gift-Drey-
fus Shot During ZoIa's State
Funeral - Prussian Socialists
EIected-Free Soup Kitchens
Opened In New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-06-26

The United States supreme court has
dismissed the appeal by which Fl. Clay
Pierce, president Of the Waters-Pierce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17
s'a sss PAXTON & PAXTON 9th os and

An act providing for the selection OF
nominees for United States senator.
Senate bill No. 2. By CALDWELL
Relating to primary elections.
Senate bill No. g. By Brewer
Concerning railroads.
Senate bill No. 4. BY Griffin
Authorizing the board of education
OF Lawrence to increase the rate of
interest on certain bond issues. Plac-
ed on third reading passed and
meSsaged over to the house. This
was the first senate bill passed:
Relating to primary elections.
Senate bill No. 6. By Young
Regulating the maximum tax levy in
municipalities.
Senate bill No. I. Relating to the
purchase of bonds.
A dozen bills of local nature and
minor Importance followed.
Senator Brewer in support of the
bills introduced by him, making the
| offices of bank commissioner, attorney
| for the railroad board, members of the
| board of control, the text book COM
mission, board of tax commissioners,
| county and township assessors, cleo
tive by the people, said:
I'm preparing and introducing these
| bills, 1 have selected the appointive
offices equal in importance to any pres
ent elective state office. The bills go
| hand in hand with the, primary law,
which should and will pass at this ses-
sion. The principle of permitting the
| people to nominate their candidate by
/ a direct vote is right, but why not go a
step farther and perform that more
| important duty of electing the men at
/ the polls who conduct the actual bust
ness of the state government?
Permitting the governor to dis
| pense the vast amount of patronage at
| his disposal under the present APP
| pointive system should be done away
! with entirely SO far as the principal
business officers of the state are con-
cerned and the people should elect
| their servants by a direct vote.
Take the office of bank commits
sioner. which is of vast importance.
| touching every mans pocket book in
/. the state, why should not the deposit
| tors and bankers have something to
say as to who should control this Of
| fec?
| 1.-The board of control, has under
| its care thousands of our unfortunates
| and spends about one million dol
| lars annually of the taxpayers money,
! yet the people have no opportunity to
| say who shall constitute it's members.
1 Every parent and child in the state
| is vitality interested in the matter Of
/ good text books for our schools, but
the voters have no chance to say who
! shall make up the membership of the
text book commission.
1.-The last legislature enacted new
tax law, the provisions of which make
the assessors appointive instead OF
elective by the people This principle
is wrong I opposed the proposition
H when the bill was passed and filed my
written protest upon the records OF
the senate journal.
"The men who pay the taxes of this
state, should be given the right to say
4 who shall assess their property; they
should not only elect their own town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17
THE SENATE ADJoURNs.
Will Meet Again at 10 O'Clock Satur-
day Morning.

The senate reassembled promptly
at 2 p. m and roll call revealed a
quorum present.
Under the the head of Introduction
of bills the following were presented:
By Porter of Montgomery. s. B.
No. 38, authorizing all counties of
Kansas to levy tax to pay off in
debtedness; S. B. No. 80, amendatory
to act regulating control of corpora
tons; S. B. No. 40, providing for the
establishment of an agency for hand
ling school books.
S. B. No. Al. An act relating to ter
ritory outside of cities of the first class
but adjacent thereto and its privileges
with relation to the board of education;
s. B. No. AZ, by Brewer, in relation to
the recording of mortgages; S. B. No.
43, Porter of Crawford, an act to pre-
vent filthy practices in coaches. etc.
F. M Robertson, chairman of the
committee on fees, salaries and mileage,
submitted the committees report.
Senator Waggener objected to his
allowance of mileage for 81 miles for
travel from Atchison, suggesting that
he was entitled to but 81 miles, but
Chairman Robertson stated that he had
taken his figures from the approved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17

ship and city assessors, but also the
state tax commission, If this law is
to remain on the statute books.
II realize that these bills con-
template radical changes, but we can
trust the people to elect the right
man if they are given a. chance"
Senator Simons introduced three bills
to regulate the liquor traffic.
Senator Miller's bill, No. %, provides
for~ reapportioning the state into new
representative districts.
bill to legaHze the acts of the First
State bank of Larned, whose charter
expired was introduced by Senator
Smith and went to second reading.
motion by Senator Fitzpatrick to
suspend the rules and admit all bills
reading, carried. r.e
Senator Caldwell's bill relating to
the selection of party nominees for the
United States senate was referred to
the committee of the whole.
Bills were introduced by Senator
Belts Of Shawnee providing for the
sale of the state fair grounds; by Sena-
tor Quincy, providing for the security
of bank depositors; and a bill designat-
ing the state treasury as the fiscal
agency for the state of Kansas.
An objection was sustained to the
motion to suspend the rules and refer
, to the committee Of the whole senate
the two cent railroad rate PROPOSE
| ton.
Senate concurrent resolution No. z,
providing that no bills shall be consid-
cred except those recommended by the
governor or coming up under unani-
nous consent of the senate was Cd
! jected to and laid over.
| Senator Porter, of Montgomery, sue
ceeded in the passage Of resolution
| allowing to each member the sum OF
! 81 for postage, this being about one
| half the amount allowed at a regular
session.
A Joint resolution by Senator Dolley
calling for convention to nominate q
United States senator by popular vote,
was laid over under the rules.
T. J. Carver was, on motion of Sena-
| tor Simons chairman of the commit
| tee on enrolled bills, confirmed as clerk
| of the committee.
| The question of the expense for tele-
| phone service was brought up by Sem
ator Noftzger. 1t appeared that for the
| last session the bill was $1,000 This
cut down to $725. The senator did not
| object to allowing what was right for
| the service, but he did think a square
deal was coming. The committee on
telegraph and telephone service wa
instructed to make reasonable TERMS
| with the companies
| Senator Getty of Wyandotte moved
| that when the senate adjourn 1t ao-
! iourn until Monday morning. There
is not a thing we can do by remaining
in session." the senator said On every
Important subject there are three OF
four bills and by Monday morning we
will have had copies of these bills and
be able to do three or four times as
| much as we can do now"
senator Fitzpatrick opposed the pro-
position. He thought it would look
better to remain in session even II moth
ing could be done. He wanted to make
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17

the session as short as possible and to
employ every hour probably.
The senator from Wyandotte said he
didn't care for appearances. Nothing
was to be gained by remaining in ses-
sion. All that could be done was to
hang around ard talk politics. No ac-
ton was possible until the senators
could get copies of the bills introduced
and see what they are.
Senator Si1nons declared that the eyes
of the people of the state are on their
legislators more than ever before and
he thought they should get down to
work Immediately.
Senator Getty wanted to withdraw his
motion but an objection to this was sus-
tanned
Senator Noftzger made some remarks
about the rights of the people," In
order to show the people that we are
industrious" he said, I'VE have got to
meet twice a day and talk to one an
other. 1t is necessary for the people
to know that we make 81 so each morn
ing and $1.50 in the afternoon. The
senator from Wyandotte has made
| more than $1.50 this morning. Logically
he is right. There is no reason why the
senate should be in session.
Senator Fitzpatrick called attention
| to the fact that three bills relating to
, the direct primary have been intro
duced; that the members are here and
should stay in session, and dispose of
| the direct primary question, so that it
| will be out of the way when the time
comes to consider the bank deposit pro-
position.
The controversy ended in an adjourn
ment until p. m.
| The railroad committee on its adj
| journment at noon had decided to rec
| ommend for passage the Brewer bill
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FAVOR SECRET BALLOT.
Democrats Will Support Primary Bill
That Includes Provision.

At a caucus of Democratic members of
the legislature held at the Throop hotel
last NIGHT it was decided to support
reasonable bank deposit guarantee law,
and also to support primary election
law provided the primary law carries the
secret ballot amendment which, at the
last session, was known as the Ham
amendment
H. S. Thompson of Reno presided over
the caucus and it was attended by prac-
tically all of the Democratic members of
the house and senate.
The Democrats seem to be almost
unanimous on both the guarantee and pri-
mary laws They will favor almost any
fair guarantee proposition. but will fight
any kind OF a primary which does not
carry with 1t the secret ballot.
w. B. Ham of Rocks, the Republican
member, who introduced the secret ballot
amendment to the Stubs bill said this
morning:
IT stand just where I stood at the last
session. I believe that the secret ballot
amendment was a good one, but am not
disposed to insist upon it If the sentiment
seems to be against it. 1 think we should
get together quickly and not waste any
time in quibbling. I'm willing to make
concessions to get primary law
Bank Clearings Still Short.
New York. Jan. 17.-Dun's Review
tomorrow will say: Bank exchanges
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17
HIGH PRICES FOR GALL STONES
Japanese Buy All That Are Ofered
in the Market

Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE Records
Herald today says:
Chicago packers are selling gall
stones at high prices to the Japanese.
What the subjects of the Mikado do
with the queer product of packing
town is mystery, but they use great
quantities and are willing to pay any
price demanded for them.
The report of the business, which
mad been kept trade secret as far as
this city is concerned, comes from
the canadian trade commissioner at
Yokohama. He says one big Chicago
firm sold its output to a japanese for
$14-94 pound and that the importer
retailed his product for $3.50 a
pound. In order to discover the VAL
ue of its product the firm increased
It's price steadily, but the japanese
continued to buy all the gall stones
they could procure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-17
DUG GRAVES ALL NIGHT.
Italian Laborers Worked by Moonlight
IT Boyertown.

Boyerton, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE uncommon
sight of a gang of Italian laborers dig
ging graves by the light of the moon for
the burial Of the dead of the Rhodes
operahous e disaster. was witnessed in
Union and Fairview cemeteries here last
night. So many funerals are to be held
TODAY, tomorrow and Sunday that the
borough authorities found it necessary to
keep the men at work all night. Today
found this part of the work in connection
with Mondays horror almost completed.
large number of funerals was held to-
Jay ana many sad scenes were enacted as
pie OF more members of a family were
lalo to rest in the hurriedly prepared
grave. The largest number of funerals
today placed the number of dead At 173
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report of the last session and this was
allowed to stand
Senator George Hayden from
Nemaha county, came near unseating
himself by his statement that he is
now making his home in Topeka and
that his conscience would not permit
him to accept the mileage allowed him
by the committee. He was, however,
held to be constructively from Nemaha
county.
rev more bills of routine nature
were introduced, bringing the total for
the extra session up to 30. when ad-
1ournment was taken until 10 a. m.
Saturday.