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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Seventy-two men who for more than
twenty-four hours had been facing
death in the raging sea off New York
harbor, were rescued from the crum-
bling hulk of the big German ship
Peter Rickmers. The rescue was
effected after one of the most trying
experiences the lifesavers on that ex-
posed coast had ever been called upon
to face. The vessel is a total loss.
During a storm on the coast of Ore
gon the steamer Mime e. Kellon
shifted and sprung a bad leak. Later
a huge wave struck the vessel and
washed her deck and cabin, leaving
the vessel waterlogged and unmanage-
able. Eleven of the crew were
drowned, some while trying to launch
a boat.
Two solid business blocks of Allan
ia, Ca, are in ruins as the result of a
fire which threatened for a time to
carry it's destruction through the bust
ness section of the city and perhaps
wipe out the entire down town dis
trict. The fire loss may be conserva-
lively estimated at ST. 1000.
A gasoline launch on the Ohio river
near East Liverpool, O., occupied by
nine young men became disabled and
was carried under a fleet of empty
coal barges. Five of the men were
drowned.
Four persons were killed and twelve
injured in a fire believed to be of in
cendiary origin which practically de-
stroyed a five-story tenement house in
New York city.
Four young women, ranging in age
from sixteen to twenty, were drowned
in the Neosho river at Hartford, Kan.
The boat in which the party was rid
ing capsiZed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
CONGRESSIONAL OoINcs.

Senator Warren reported to the SEN
ate a complete agreement of the con-
ferees on the army appropriation bill
and it was adopted. 1t makes a fiat
increase of $500 a year in the pay of
officers and of IS per cent in the pay
of enlisted men Of the army.
The Republican caucus of the house
committed Itself by a vote of us to 81
to the priacipal of commercial paper
as an asset upon which to issue addi-
tional circulation in time of emer'
gency.
The house committee on banking
and currency voted 10 to 3 to lay the
new Vreelald financial bill on the Ia
BILE.
The house passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill after ten days. con
sideration.
The senate has passed a child labor
law for the District of Columbia.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
THE DEATH RECORD.


Charles Matthias, a journalist Of
prominence and for a number OF
years editorial writer on the Chicago
Chronicle and recently on the staff
of the Chicago American, shot and
killed himself at Hot Springs, Ark.
Seldom F. Clemmons is dead at Cen.
trail insane hospital at Jacks onville,
I'll. He was seventy years of age
and was blind. He was the father of
Katherine Clemmons Gould, wife OF
Howard Gould.
Charles E. Bamford, a graduate of
West Point, who resigned from the
army as a second lieutenant in Sep
TENDER, 1906, shot and killed himself
in his room at the Regent hotel In
Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
Another Alleged Victim.

Chicago, May 13.-Friends of Her.
man Konitzer. who suddenly disap'
peared in January, 1906, have become
convinced that he was a victim of
Mrs.. Guinness. He had been the man.
ager of an estate at Posen, Germany,
and was we'll versed in farming. 1t
was known by his friends that he had
received a letter proposing marriage
from a widow at Laporte and that he
went there to see her. Since then
nothing has been heard of him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
T. l.. BEISECKER,
Attorney-at.Law
Fessenden. North Dakota
CRIMINAL NEWS.

That Mrs. Belle Guinness was re-
sponsible for at least nine and prob
ably more deaths before she and her
three children were incinerated in the
fire which destroyed her home near
Laporte, Ind, ten days ago is the the
ory now held by the authorities, who
are attempting to solve the puzzle of
a barnyard burying ground found on
the woman;s farm. OF the nine bodies
n has been identified as that of
Andrew Helgelein of Mansfield, S. D.,
a wealthy farmer, who disappeared
from the home of the woman, whom
he intended to marry. 1t is believed
the male victims were duped by a
matrimonial ad, lured to the woman's
home and murdered for their money.
The motive for the Staying Of several
women and children is a mystery.
Bert Devaney, a we'll known horse
man, shot and killed Miss Ida Bird
at her home in Washington Court
house, o. He then turned the gun on
Mrs. Bird, mother of the victim, and
shot her in the abdomen, inflicting a
p1oUdD1y ldldl WOu1u, d11u 1oIOl 0Aot
and killed Silas S~hackelford, in whose
barn he had sought refuge from his
pursuers. When the officers finally
entered the barn Devaney was found
dead, having shot himself through the
head.
William Montgomery, cashier of the
Allegheny National bank of Pittsburg
for over twenty years, was arrested
on a charge of embezzling $4,000 of
the banks funds. He was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Lindsay and held for the federal grand
jury under a bond of $4,000, which
was furnished.
Five children of James Kennedy,
colored, Of Montgomery, Ala, were
burned to death and two others were
so badly burned that they are not ex-
pected to live. Kennedy's wife al.
leges that her husband locked the
children in the house and then set 1t
on fire.
Norman White, a lad of fifteen
years, shot and fatally wounded his
father at Niagara Falls, N. Y. The
latter, it is said, had been in the
habit of abusing his wife and the
tragedy resulted.
Charles Kuppe, sixty years of age,
a music teacher of Cleveland, ended
the life of his invalid daughter Mol
lie, aged twenty-seven, with chloro.
form and then committed suicide by
hanging.
Poles and Italians engaged in a
bloody riot at Hudson, Pa, two Poles
being fatally wounded, two others
badly hurt, while many were injured
and were carried away by their COM
panions.
Seventeen.year-old Irene Dolph,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, has been convicted of man.
slaughter at Clinton, la. She was SEN:
fenced to eight years in the peniten.
tiary.
Train robbers who boarded Denver
and Rio Grande train No. 4 at Castle
Rock, Colo, shot and killed Express
Messenger Charles H. Wright, aged
sixty.
One more body has been added to
the death roll of the Guinness farm
near Laporte, Ind, and the gruesome
relics now number ten.
Governor Gooding of Idaho has
granted a reprieve to Harry Orchard,
sentenced to be hanged May Is, to
Univ Ok.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
GOLD TOOTH IN ASHES
Officials Search Debris in Ruins
of the GUINNESS Home.
NOW BELIEVE WOMAN DEAD
Relic Discovered in Wreckage Bears
Every Evidence Of Having Come
From the In~cinerated Skull of the
Alleged MuIti-Murderess. f.

EUOTD tuS IICIuCJ0IC0 SN0bU VI SuC
Alleged MuIti-M urderess.
Laporte, Ind, May ia gold
crown tooth has been found in the
debris of the Guinness home. 1t is be.
lieved to be from the head of Mrs
Bella Guinness.
The tooth was found in the debris
Of the cellar while Sheriff Shutter
was continuing his preparations to
begin the sluicing of the ashes. The
relic is a hollow molar, with a gold
crown, the metal being indented and
to some extent encrusted by cinders,
The tooth, however, bears every evi
dence of having come from the incin'
Grated skull of Mrs. Bella Guinness.
Unexplainable evidence, hitherto
suppressed, has been made public in
the Guinness tragedy. It is contained
in the report of DR.. ]. L. Gray, who
performed the autopsy on the body
which the authorities have steadfastly
claimed is that of Mrs. Bella Guinness
DR.. Gray, in his report, tells of three
rings which were found upon the
corpse and also reveals the fact thai
the right hand, hitherto declared miss
ing, Is still in existence.
The rings, which might be expected
to reveal the identity of the wearer
only add to the mystery of the case
Two of them contain inscriptions, one
being "P. 8. to J.. S. Aug. %, '94," and
the other Up. G. to J.. 8. 1885,"
Mrs. Guinness husband was Peter
Guinness, but the identity of 81. S.
and "P. S." is a puzzle which non Of
the local officials would attempt tt
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
MUST BRING ALONG 81 900
ArmourdaIe (kan.) Man Has Invita-
ton to Marry Mrs. Guinness.


Kansas City, May 13.-Christian
Hansen, a Norwegian laborer or Ar
mourdale, Kan, a suburb, last Satur-
day received a letter from Mrs. Bella
Guinness Of Laporte, Ind, stating that
If he could produce $1,000 cash she
would marry him. The text of the
letter, which had remained in the To-
cal postofice some time before it's de-
livery to Hansen, follows:
Dear Sir-I am a lonely Norwegian
woman and you have been recon-
mended to me by a mutual friend,
who tells me you have plenty of this
worlds goods and have a kind and
generous disposition. l live on a lit
tie seventy-five-acre farm just fifty
miles from Chicago with a coy
twelve-room cottage, kitchen and the
rest, and badly need a good, kind hus'
band to look after myself and small
family of three children.
"You understand that I hire help
here, but none of the men l hire can
be depended upon, so you must not
come as a hired man, but as my hus-
band, and l will entertain you under
my roof until we understand each
ether. You will find me competent
and of a loving disposition.
Il have plenty of money upon which
to live. You must have plenty OF
money, too. In order that I may know
that you are not a CRATER and do not
marry me for my money you must be
sure and bring with you $1,000 In
currency. 1 live only a few miles
from Laporte and have a splendid
farm and a nice little garden"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
Haywood MAY Withdraw.

Chicago, May 13.-It is announced
that William D. Haywood, the former
secretary of the Western Federation
of Miners and me Of the leading can
didates for the Socialist presidential
nomination, intended to withdraw at
the national convention in favor Of
Eugene ". Debs. It is generally be-
lieved that such action will give Debs
a commanding lead for the nomina.
ton,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
May Be a Guinness Victim.

lola, Wis, May 13.-Henry Gurholt
OF the town of Scandinavia, near here,
is believed to have been a victim of
Mrs. Guinness. 1t is known that he
had been communicating with q matri-
monial bureau whose advertisement
he had read in a Scandinavian paper
and some of his friends declare he
corresponded with Mrs. Guinness. He
has not been heard of since July 4,
1906, when he left saying that he was
going to marry q widow who had /
large farm near Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
eoni win Cause a Scandal.

Genoa, May 13.-Prince de sagan
has been warned by a friend from
Paris that Count Boni de Castellane,
former husband of Madame Gould,
determined to create a scandal the
moment he meets him. The count is
Of the opinion that Prince de Sagan
was the cause Of the divorce proceed.
ings against him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-05-15
T. R. Mockler Viggo 81. johnson
MOCKLER & JOHNSON

Attorneys.at.Law
BISMARCK wAsHBuRN
Practice In all Courts.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
Use Dewitt's Little Early Risers,
pleasant little pills. They are easy
to take. Sold by all druggists.
The Jumping on Place.

Consumption had me in its grasp;
and / had almost reached the jump
try DR.. Kings New Discovery, and ]
want to say right now, 1t saved my
life. Improvement began with te
first bottle and after taking one dozen
ing on place when was advised TO
bottle I was a well and happy man
again." says George Moore, of
Grimesland, N. c. AS a remedy for
coughs and colds and healer of weak
sore lungs and for preventing pneu-
monia New Discovery is supreme.
5Ocand 800 at Frank G. BANDS
druggist. Trial bottle free.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Grippe is sweeping the country.
Stop 1t with Preventics. before ii
gets deeply seated. To check early
colds with these little Candy Cold
Cure Tablets is surely sensible and
safe. Preyentics contain no qninine,
no laxative. nothing harsh or sicken-
ing. Pneumonia would never ap-
pear If early colds we're promptly
broken. Also good for feyerish
children. Large box. 4s tablets. Is
cents. Vest pocket boxes 5 cents.
Sold by all dealers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Health Coffee" is really the clos
est coffee imitation ever yet produc-
ed. This. the finest coffee substitute
ever made, has recently been pro-
duced by DR.. shoop. of Racine, wis.
Not a grain of real coffee in it either.
Health Coffee Is made from pure
toasted cereals, with malt, nuts, etc.
Really IT would fool an expeH-who
might drink it for coffee. No twen-
ty or thirty minutes boiling. Made
in minute" says the doctor. Sold
by all dealers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
Nelehborhood Fnrorlte

Mr.. E. D. Charles. of HarBor,
Maine. speaking Of Electric Bitters,
says. 1T is neighborhood favorite
here with us" 1t deserves to be a
fagorite everywhere. It gives quick
relief in dyspepsia. liver complaint,
kidney arrangement, maInutrition,
nervousness, weakness and general
debility. Its action on the blood as a
thorough. purifier makes II especially
useful as a spring medicine. This
grand Alternative tonic is sold under
guarantee at Frank c. BANDS drug
store. so cents.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

Worse than an alarm ~ IRE al
night IS TIE metallic cough 81 Group
bringing dread 70 the honsehoid.
Careful mothers Keep Foieys Honey
and Tar Ia the house ana give il at
the frst sign 81 danger. Foieys
Honey and Tar has saved many lit
tie lives and 4 Is the only safe prep
aration for children as It contains
no harmful drugs. sturm 4 wii-
son.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

A weak stomach means weak stom-
ach nerves, always. And this is al
so true of the heart and kidneys. It's
a pity that sick ones continue to drug
the stomach to stimulate the heart
and kidneys. The weak nerves, not
the organs themselves, need this
help. This explains why DR.. Shops
Restorative has, and is promptly
helping so many sick ones. 1t goes
direct to the cause of these diseases.
Test this vital truth, and see. Sold
by all druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

1t would be difficult to find a more fas-
cinating story for those who enjoy tale of the
course of true love-which never does run
smooth
Captain Adrian Cassil's wooed the Lady
Lettce; and as the wooing took place in a day
when swords hourished, spurs jingIed and peo-
pie sometimes died very suddenly, there was
no lack of excitement. But the Captain was
a COOL determined man, and the Lady, good
lover-so, of courSe-but read the story.
THE ANCIENT LAW. BY Ellen Glasgow
THE SHUTTLE. -. BY F. H. Burnett
THE WEAVERS. By Gilbert Parker
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MnnopY FIoua.

Kodol is a scientific preparation of
vegetable acids with natural digest
ants and contains the same juices
found in a healthy stomach. Each
dose win digest more than 5000
grains Of good foot. Sold by all
druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
40 enc on RECORD.

There is no case on record Of a
cough or cold resulting in pneumonia
or consumption after Foley's Honey
and Tar has been taken. 1t stops
the cough and breaks up the cold
quickly. Refuse any but the genu-
Inc Foley's Honey and Tar in a yell
low package. sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

Foley's orino Laxative is new
remedy. an Improvement on the lax
atives of former years. as It does
not grip or nauseate.. and is pleasant
to take, It is g uaranteed. sturm
& Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

The marvellous curative properties
81 Foley,s Honey ana Tar has proven
q sensation in many cases Of severe
coughs and colds that had refused 70
Yield 70 other treatment. Foiey's
Honey and Tar VIII stop your cough.
heal the lungs and expel the cola
from your system Contains no
harmful drugs. sturm & Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08
SWEET MELODY FLouR.

NeTer can ten wnen youth mash
a finger or snfter cut, bruise, burn
or scafd. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Electric on instantly relieves the
pain quickly cures the wound.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-08

Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, sores or any itching Of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives in
slant relief, cures quickly. Perfect
ly safe for children. All druggists
sell It.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
TO SETTLE
JERSEY QUARREL

Trenton. y. j., Jan. 1O.-The
New Jersey supreme court will to-
morrow hear final argument i'll the
case cOnteSting the cOnStltutlOnallty
Of the Ripper at, under which the
terms of most of the city officials
of Jersey CITY We're made to expire
with the term of Mayor Pagan. The
two sets OF officers have attempted
to exercise concurrent JURISDICTION
and as result the municipal al
fairs of Jersey City have become
greatly muddled. Some of the old
police judges have been holding
court and the old excise board has
granted licenses as heretofore.
Practically the only question raised
before the court is the constitutions
atty of the Ripper act.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12

The chapel clock peeled the hour fU
us. and we ate it with epicrrean en-
1oymept. We were walking together
the senior and |. and ! listened W. Il
halted breath while he told ne fish
story. Arm in arm we walked. hut
suddenly he stopped and drew his
hands across his eyes. II was Il good
likeness. but obscured his vision bit
Then he resumed:
I'VE sure We're q bunch of hummers
I'm our freshman year. In our snow
bail fight with the sophs on Washing
toms birthday three Of Ms gained the
fence and began 10 chop it up into
small pieces for souvenirs. Suddenly a
seven foot sopll grabbed the smallest
Of my assistants. but with well aim
ed SNOWFALL between the eyes laid
him low, while scarlet streams rolled
down his face and made intricate ara
besques on his collar
The senior paused and fetched a
sikh, goodness knows where from.
"But whence tue scarlet streams" I
interrogated. WAS it blood?'
"No," he palpitated; there was a to
msto in the SNOWFALL"
Then silence fell, but we ustafned Il
Between us.--Yale Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
SilAnea and Science.

Before it was determined scientific
ally that smoke is waste, smoke was
fixed as the final indication and proof
Of prosperity. Today smokeless
chimney means nothing less than
thrift and good management. Similar
ly we now hear that noise is proof OF
urban life, progress and activity. We
may answer that noise is loss as surely
rs smoke is waste. Decreased comfort
is loss and noise decreases comfort
Disturbed minds are loss through re-
duction Of mental force. But these
and similar consequences are indirect
loss. There is direct loss also. A rat
thing car means worn bearings and Il
short lived vehicle. Otherwise rail-
roads would not spend so much on
their roadbeds, and they would RUIZ
trains at higher speed.-Detroit Free
Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
FRUITaMEN I'm SESSION

Rochester, \. Y, Jan. l.--Manufact-
urers Of evaporated fruit to the NUM-
Der Of seyera, scores are In attendance
today at the annual meeting OF the
Western New York Evaporated Fruit
Association. The session will extend
through tomorrow. The association
has a membership of 300, in the fruit
district of Western New York. The
principal matter Of interest before the
convention is the amendment OF the
moisture law. This makes the dealer
equally responsible with the manu-
facturer for the condition of the prod
uct. The association will work for
other amendments to the moisture law
and it is said it's costitutionality will
be attacked. E. w. Catchpole OF
North Rose is president OF the associa-
ton, which is the leading organization
OF it's kind in the East.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
4 FishsinS "ouper."

The following little gem yves one Of
the experiences Of MI. Benson, tho
shakespearesn actor:
Mr.. Benson made professional visit
% Dublin. and the reEearsals included
tho dre training Of body Of stage
assistants TO represent the hurried
ly retracting supporters Of Richard
"Crookback." when that monarch sue
cumbed to the onslaught Of Richmond
on the field of Bosworth. On the night
Of the FIRST performance OF the tragedy
the army that was to fy stubbornly
refused to leave the field or to ac-
knowledge being vanQuished, but turn.
ing upon the forces Of Richmond gave
them q severe drubbing. Nothing could
be found to tame them to a proper
submission till one Of the rank and
flle'' said:
'Took here. Mr.. Benson. II you wan'
us to be beaten. YOU must put doom.
nor (the leading "bruiser' OF the
party .'in Richmond's army"-Pes- =
sons Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
Never Loses His Head.

Many years ago, when William i
Stillman of New York city was re-
porting a disturbance in Greece for
the London Times, report was sent
out that he had been beheaded. One
of his friends, hearing the report, teIe,
graphed to the correspondent this mes
sage: "Rumor here that your head has
been taken off. Is it trueT It was
not until the message had been sent
that It occurred TO the sender that If
the rumor were true Stillman would
be the last man in the world to speak
about it. But the message reached!
Stillman. and this was his reply: my
dear boy. newspaper man never
loses his head
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
4 Story of WheWeIl,

Sydney Smith said Of the great Dr.
Whewell. master Of Trinity college
that Science was his forte and ON
niscience his foible.'' On one occa
sion two fellows of the college, think
ing to get beyond his range, read uI
the subject Of Chinese metaphysics and
then disputed about it in the DOCTOR
presence. He listened in silence for a
time and then observed, "Ah, see
you have been reading paper which
l wrote for an encyclopedia Of sci
ence."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12

you say he accused you of being
untruthfulY'
"That's what happened" answered
P1ute Pete, with much embarrassment
'And lives to tell the tale?''
''Well, you see he used long words
tn such roundabout way that he was
out o town before I had f1ggered out
exactly what he mean" Washington
Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
slames. Object to WALKING.

The Siamese. above all nations in the
world, hate to walk. No such mode OF
progression is tolerated by Siamese
II he or she can by any means ride. A
Venetian gondolier will walk some
times, even a Hollander will ride on
his rough cart, but Bangkok man
not If he can help 1t. His family boat
for him.-Windsor Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12

A Pennsylvania judge says, mo
kiss in the world is worth $4,000"
If his honor is married man, he
will have a time squaring this with
some of the things he told his wife
during the honeymoon days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-12
oAsTozIA.
,..,. - The Kind YOU Have Always Bought
Signature ss &.%@z2Nzzeu

Colorado wind blew train off
the track" says the Nashville Amer
lean. What is there So strange
about that? One windbag some
times is fully capable Of upsetting
an entire railway system.