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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
WANT CIVIL SERVICE RULE.
North Dakota City League Favors Cur
failing Mayor and Council Of Ap
pointive Power,

North Dakota City League Favors Cur
failing Mayor and Council Of Ap
pointive Power.
At meeting of the North Dakota
Municipal league, held at Bismarck,
the following officers were eelcted:
President. H. Ammerland, Fargo; first
vice president, Mayor Smythe, Bis.
marck; second vice president, Mayor
Taylor, Grand Forks; secretary, Aid.
Lee Coombs, Valley City; treasurer,
Mayor Begley, Williston.
The most important business was
the adoption of resolutions instructing
the legislative committee to prepare
an amendment to the municipal law
providing for the election at the same
time other city officers are eletced of
q public and civil service commission,
who shall have charge of all public
utilities owned by cities and make all
appointments under civil service rules
of city employees, thus leaving the
mayor and council purely legislative
body, and removing from politics the
appointment Of employees.
The meeting adjourned to meet at
Fargo Dec. Is, when the report of the
legislative committee will be made,
and large attendance is hoped for.
Tuesday evening the ladies of the
Bismarck Civic Improvement league
gave reception to the visitors, dur.
ing which there was music, addresses,
refreshments and dancing. It was a
brilliant affair. and pleasantly closed
the meeting officials.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
THE STATE G z.;2: RX 49,
HOT BATTLE IN COURT.

Woman, Whose Homestead Claim 10
Contested, Whips Everybody In
Court.
The conclusion Of the contest case
of Crandall VS.. Murphy at Medina
looked like the last half hour Of a
rummage sale. The contest was, insti.
tuted by Luke Crandall against the
heirs of Mary Murphy. The contest
ant alleged that the heirs had not es.
tablished the residence contemplated
by the statute or made the necessary
improvements On the homestead. One
Of the heirs was examined by George
w. Thorp, attorney for the contestee,
and Immediately afterwards contest
ants attorney put witnesses on the
stand to impeach her testimony and
endeavor to prove that her reputation
for truth and veracity in the commu
uity was not good.
This testimony brought out the high
lights. Mrs. Conweigh, one of the
heirs, jumped up from her chair and
landed an uppercut in the eye of the
contestants attorney. The battle cry
was taken up by another of the heirs,
an elderly lady, who rained effectual
blows at the attorney and in terse,
crisp, dramatic sentences told him
what she thought of him. The two
women were dissuaded by Attorney
Thorp and spectators to desist, but
while the contestants attorney was
removing the stains of battle and en-
deavoring to mop the worried express
sion of his face the hot collar con.
vention broke forth in another quar-.
ter.
One Of the contestants witnesses, 4
man weighing some $50 pounds, found
himself looking at the forceful fist of
Mrs. Conweigh, and subsequently dis.
covered that his eye was black. The
other woman who had assisted in do
ing up the attorney threw heavy ink
bottle with telling effect at the con.
!testant and he saw blue jelly fishes
and little clusters of consultations.
The two women were masters of the
situation and seemed willing to meet
ell Corners.
When Marshal Kerner showed up
male members of the fray were seek
ing cover, and the two women were
holding the floor. Mr.. Thorp and the
marshal endeavored to assuage the
wrath of tn etwo heirs and persuaded
them to occupy another room until
the examination of the witnesses was
concluded. The contest case was the
most interesting ever conducted at
Medina.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
IS BADLY CUT UP.
John eakken Loses Arm and Leg in
SaWmiIl at Banks.

John Bakken Loses Arm and Leg in
SaWmiIl at Banks.
John Bakken, while working as of
bearer at Tom Norby's sawmill at
Banks, south of the river, had the mis-.
fortune to get his coat caught in the
saw, and as consequence he will be
crippled for life. His right foot was
amputated below the ankle. and his
right forearm cut of, the same arm
being also broken above the elbow.
DR.. Morris of Shaffer, who happened
to be close to the scene at the time of
tie accident, was Immediately called
and brought Mr.. Bakken to Ray, and
then took him to the hospital at Will.
liston, where he is at the present writ.
ing. According to the last reports
he is doing as well as could be ex
rected after losing so much blood
He has brother living at Tioga.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
Judamert Aqainst Henry.

John Henry, the slayer of Mrs. Full.
ton, his housekeeper, evidently graft.
fled the woman whom he murdered
with all Injuries, for Saturday a judg.
ment was entered against him at
Grand Forks for $331.10 in favor Of
Gorge Gets. A piano was sold on
the installment plan to Henry and
only $40 had been paid on it, and now,
Sheriff Hanson has been ordered to
sell the two lots in the city belonging
to Henry. in order to satisfy the dudg.
ment. The piano has been seized by
the firm selling It.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
IN The SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Clsaniass Of Important Nesus of Norway, S.edsn
and Denmark, .oith Occasional Comments.
BY MARTIN ". oDLAND.

Hard times at Malmo have thrown
several hundred people out of en-
ployment. The majority are common
laborers.
ions Jonsson of Lund has donated
$4,000 crowns to a variety of charit-
able purposes. He made his money in
the milling business.
Eighteen sleeping cars have been
ordered for the German-Swelish car
ferry line which is in process of es.
Establishment. The cars will be made
in Sweden at a total cost of $4,000
each.
Anna Britta Svensson of Halmstad.
recently celebrated her 162d birthday.
The old woman is in full possession
of her faculties and likes to talk of
the early days. She Is the Oldest in
habitant in this part of the country.
There is quite a serious epidemic
of diphtheria among the soldiers sta
toned at Eksjo. One officer is in the
hospital with the disease, and num-
Der of the privates are also i'll. Diph.
iberia has also broken out among the
members of the Kalmar regiment.
A moving picture theater at Jonkop.
ing was, few days ago, burned to the
ground. The film caught fire during
the performance, and the audience
rushed out through the open doors in
a panic. Some leaped from the win
dows and were somewhat injured. The
proprietor was burned in trying to
stop the blaze, but is not seriously in.
jured. The building and apparatus
was total loss.
The Swedish consul at Glasgow,
Scotland, is at present here trying to
interest Swedish business men in the
establishment of an exposition at
Glasgow to advertise Swedish manu-.
features. His idea is to make the ex-
hibition a permanent feature and have
1t advertise both the products of this
country and also its scenery and in.
teresting features for tourists. Mr..
Goes thinks that a very satisfactory
exhibit could be arranged for $4,000.
Last summer person wishing to
remain unknown made donation of
10000 crowns to the city of Stock
holm, to be used for an appropriate in
dustrial monument. The authorities
accepted the gift and have appointed
a committee of five to have charge of
the matter. Their names are for the
present kept secret, as the authorities
wished to be sure that they would &C.
cept the appointment. The committee
will pass upon the plans which have
already been prepared by various
artists. The monument will be erect
ed in one of the public squares of the
city.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
KILLED SON ACCIDENTALLY.

Were Engaged in Attempting to Kill
Chicken When Sad Affair Occurred.
AS Peter Klemenston and his son,
Oscar thirteen years old, living near
the county line of Sargent county
were trying to kill a chicken, the faith.
er having the gun, and wkile getting
through some brush on a thicket the
gun trigger caught and the contents
were discharged into the abdomen Of
the boy. He was brought immediate.
ly to the Patterson hospital but died
from the effects Of the wound.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
DEN MARk.

1t now seems assured that BOndes-
tandens Sparebank, which was so in
volved by Alberti's misdeeds. will be
saved.
"Julemaerket" will soon appear.
This year 100000 stamps will be
printed and the revenue from the
same will be greater than ever before.
The proceeds will be expended for the
benefit of the poor of Denmark.
The frigate UPLAND. which came
near being sold to Germany, despite
its historic interest TO the people of
Denmark, will be fully restored and
kept in it's native waters. A subscrip-
ton for this purpose was recently TAX
en- and more than enough money was
secured, the people being opposed to
selling this good old ship to a foreign
lower.
The following alarming dispatch
was recently sent from Copenhagen:
During the PAST week. numerous
anarchist workmen, who have over
run Denmark on account of the lack
of native farm laborers, have been
creating a reign of terror, burning and
numbering in the country districts.
Several days ago they fired a large
farm. killed the land steward with a
knife end shot the farmer. Two days
l,t
shot the orrietor.
The same gang invaded a farm near
Copenhagen belonging to Mr.. Beck,
the head of prominent Danish &C.
Giles iastical family. shooting and stab
bling him before the eyes of his wife
and chilren. .....
They made off with everything they
could get, taking the rings from the
fingers of his wife, who was stabbed
in the back.
After plundering the house the as.
sassins left, but large force of armed
suit.
There is marked scarcity of
teachers in Denmark at the present
time, and many schools are without
duly qualified teachers. The country
cite: and villages especially suffer ON
this account, as the few teachers cap
able OF doing good work prefer posi-
tions in the big cities. The reason
for the lack of teachers results from
the law of 1899, creating many new
positions in the schools, without max.
ing provision for an increase in the
supply of teachers. Despite the in.
crease in the number of positions. the
number of students has not increased.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26

Foster county will have an exhibit
of the corn and spuds grown by the
school children in the contests under
the auspices of the N. D. "A. G. at
Fargo.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26

Charles E. Showers of Wheatland
has filed incorporation papers for his
Showers Live Stock Co.. to be located
at Showers, Adams county.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26

. Chambers for the new judicial dis
trict for the entire west of the river
will be at Dickinson, the residence
of w. c. Crawford, the new Judge.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26

The remains of G. H. Junker, who
died some years ago and was buried
at Hankinson, have been removed to
Wisconsin. the present home Of his
widow.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-26
TT orth Dakota
~ ubbins q 81
Dodgen is to have a band.

Dickinson is to have a city scaven.
ger.
The Bowman flour mill is In opera.
ton.
A cub bear was seen around Penn.
bina.
Ashley has organized q basketball
team.
Bismarck has thirty miles of cement
sidewalks.
Richland county's total vote was
about 5000.
Minot reports the river frozen over
at that point.
DR.. Jacoby Of Willow City has re.
moved to Towner.
There Is said to be demand for q
grand jury at Linton.
Bottineau county lost out on the
county fair proposition.
The Lutheran church at Linton was
appropriately dedicated.
Some of the blind piggers are now
sitting up and taking notice.
The new Catholic church at Minot
Is nearly ready for dedication.
Rosy LEM, a thirteen-year.old girl
near Hankinson, died of diphtheria.
There was an elevator war at Bath,
gate, which brought grain from many
miles.
Chambers seems to be getting among
the horses in the northern part of the
state.
Balfour is likely to have one of the
best coal mines in that section of the
state.
Contracts have been let for the com.
pletion of the Lutheran hospital at
Rugby.
Adams, Hettinger, Bowman and
Dunn counties are the mecca for land
buyers.
Hettinger will have a whistle to an.
nounce the time to get up, eat and
quit work.
The people Of Granville have gone
through two market days and are still
enthusiastic.
M. P. Axtell Of Glendale had not
had time to weep much-up to the
latest reports.
Trees from the site Of the state.
school at Glendale were removed to
adjoining lots.
The people Of Cooperstown gave a
reception to Rev. Mr.. Dingle, the new
Methodist pastor.
At Minot there is said to have been
too much loose talk about women
without foundation.
The Lawton school board is endeav-
oring to compel the attendance of all
children of school age.
The vaudeville theaters over the
state have some good attractions bill.
ed for the winter months.
Lewis Pond, the we'll known stock.
man and farmer of Churches Ferry.
has recovered from his long illness.
The post Office at Fortier has been
discontinued and new Office estab.
lished to be known as Paddington.
Hankinson cast 165 votes, gain Of
ninety-two over two years ago. The
News insists on watching Hankinson
grow.
Watch dogs have earned their keep
In several sections Of the state this
fall and winter in preventing bur.
glaries.
A man, named Chesney, fell from
the roof Of house that was being
moved at Hannah. He escaped with
slight injuries.
The sheriff of Grand Forks coun-
ty has been unable to find a fortune
teller who swindled barber of that
city out of $1,000.
Around Willow City the ground,
froze up too hard for plowing-then
thawed out again and the farmers
had time to finish up.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
OBJECTS TO
PAYING TUITION
OWNER OF 40 SECTIONS OF
TO BEG OFF PAYING $40.

Spokane, June 26.-"I am a poor
man, gentlemen, and l have not a
cent of income from my land My
boy and girl have worked hard to
get money for their schooling, and l
do not think l should pay tuition, +"
testified Henry Seller, known as the
richest man in Lincoln county," in
his plea to the board of education
that he be not compelled to pay tut
ton fees for his son Herbert and his
daughter Rosa, who have been at
tending Spokane schools.
Seller admittedly owns more than
% 900 acres of land in the Eastern
Washington wheat belt-about forty
full sections.
A member Of the board asked Sell
er if he was not the owner of forty
sections of land.
''Oh, ia, ia, but it is mostly wild
land, and only 1900 acres are under
cultivation. l have no income, moth
ing"
The board, however, decided that
since Sellers property is all unin-
numbered, and worth considerably
more than 100000, he would have
to pay the $40.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
MAJOR Whitfield
IS KILLED
COULEE CITY MAN FIRED UPON
BY STEPSON.-POSSE AFTER
SLAYER.

Spokane, June Conformation
has reached here from ReXa post
office, thirty miles northwest OF Cou-
lee City, of the killing of Major
Whitfield.
William Cox, Whitted's stepson, is
a fugitive and is being pursued by a
posse under command of Sheriff j..
D. Logan of Douglas county. 1t is
stated that Mrs. Whitfield went to a
neighbours house about O'Clock
Wednesday evening, and said that
her husband her son were quarreling.
The neighbors refused to go to the
Whitfield home until she told them
she believed her husband was dead.
Whitfield was found dead with a bull
let hole in his neck, he having been
snot from the rear Cox, it is stat
ed. left the scene directly after the
shooting occurred.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
COMMENTS ON
Navarro
YAKIMA HERALD HAS A FEW
WORDS TO SAY IN REFERENCE
TO CHELAN CO.'S CANDIDATE.

I. A. Navarro of Wenatchee Is In
the city for few days renewing old
acquaintance. Mr.. Navarro lived In
the Yakima country about 20 years
ago, and as a civil engineer had
much to do with the laying out of
the present townsite of North Yaki-
ma and the running of the lines for
the various irrigating bitches and
canals. He is now a candidate for
state land commissioner ON the re-
publican ticket. Speaking of his cam
didacy, Mr.. Navarro said:
Il have entered the field against
Mr. Ross for the office of state land
commissioner upon a platform that
think will meet with the approval Of
every citizen of the state of Washing
ton that wants a square deal and Is
willing that his neighbor should
have the same. If elected l shall
stand for no hearding of applicants
deposits; no delay in acting on lahl
applications; the greatest publicity
in all transactions; square deal for
all under the law; no favOritism; an
honest guardianship of the states in
heritance under my charge; for the
good of the state and not In the in
terest of my own reelection. My
record as a citizen and business man
in your community is such that !
have no hesitancy in leaving my des-
tiny as far as Yakima county is con-
cerned in the hands of its voters; I
have no fears of the outcome in the
communities in which 1 am known,
and before the campaign is over
expect to reach most of the portions
of the state. 1 might add that l am
greatly encouraged with the spirit
in which the announcement OF my
candidacy is received by the people
of the state and believe that I have
more than a fighting chance. Yak
ina Herald.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
SPECIAL RATES
To LAKE CHELAN
GREAT NORTHERN MAKES FARE
SIS FOR ROUND TRIP FROM
SEATTLE TO HEAD OF LAKE.

Seattle, June 26.-The Great
Northern has announced a series of
special roun1-trip rates that is ex-
pected to popularize Lake Chelan as
a summer outing spot There have
been no special rates to Lake Che
Ian for four years, but despite this
fact the travel has been good each
summer.
From Seattle the round-trip rate
will be $12.1O to Lakeside or Chelan,
inclusive Of the ride fr~m Wenatchee
by boat. To Stehekih and return,
inclusive of the ride on Lake Chelan,
the round-trip rate from Seattle will
be SIS.
The special round-trip tickets will
be on sale daily up to September 15
and the final return limit is fixed for
September 80.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
MAY NOT
BUILD DEPOT
EVERETT ALARMED AT REPORT
RECEIVED FROM SEATTLE OF
CHANGE IN PLANS.

Everett, June 26.-An Everett
business man who was in Seattle
Yesterday afternoon brought back
the disquieting rumor, which he got
from a railroad contractor there.
that the Great Northern had decided
to defer indefinitely the construction
of depot at Everett.
1t was stated that the plan WAS 10
make some temporary addition to
the present depot facilities and let
the 100000 depot project rest for q
time, the inference being that de7 il
opments in railroad building in this
section might make it desirable to
very greatly alter the Great North
ern's plans.
This rumor is in fiat contradiction
of the promise made by General
Manager Gruber, of the Great North
ern, when he was in Everett few
months ago, for he said work would
begin on the 100000 depot by the
first of July.
But there have been developments
in Seattle and Portland in the past
few weeks which indicate that the
Great Northern and the Southern
Pacific are on quite friendly terms,
and it may be that the interests or
some other road now on the way to
Everett. may. be- responsible. TO: the
change in the Great Northern's pan
as to the depot.
+ 1t is certain that if the company
was ready to go ahead with constfuc-
tion of the depot when General MAN.
ager Gruber was here three months
ago the reason for postponemenS
now is not financial.
No one, authorized to speak au-
thoritatively for the Great Northern
could be reached last evening.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
LEAVENWORTH NOTES.
{ From the Echo. J

DR.. Mccoy and Bob Cademan came
up from Wenatchee yesterday after
noon. The former by appointment
TO meet Mr.. Davis, and the latter
to meet old friends after an absence
Of a year.
A. D. Allen who returned from
Oregon several months ago to i'm
prove valuable tract he owns near
Chiwaukum said to the writer few
days ago that while he liked Oregon
and did not think his Washington
land was any more productive than
the Oregon land yet our market for
all kinds of farm and orchard prod
ucts were so very much superior that
he preferred to live here. Lots Of
stuff, he said, that sold for a good
price here, rotted on the ground in
Oregon for want of a market in which
to sell it. This is one of the advan-
tages that Washington people enjoy
that should not be lost sight of.
John Miller returned from the
Red Mountain mining district last
week. He and Dan Ryan have been
prospecting for the past three weeks
and Mr.. Miller says they discovered
and located several claims on which
i4hey did considerable work, which
show valuable ore bodies. One, an
eight foot ledge of gold and silver,
tho other a. faur-foot vein of gold
and copper, show up we'll and prom
1se to develop rich bodies of ore as
depth is reached. The property IS 10
Gated near where the Lam b-Davis Co.
own twenty-six claims, on some of
which several thousand dollars worth
OF development work has been done.
Mr.. Miller returned to the scene OF
work last Sunday and will make fur
Their investigation, the result OF which
he promises to report to US.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
Tent Meetings.

Beginning with Sunday night, the
28th inst, there will be meetings ev'
cry night during the week in the ten
on the corner of First and B streets
Asstriking feature or the Gospel il
it's application to every age. In this
the most woiderfnlAaae u the his.
tory of the world thestrufhs of the
Gospel, especially the prophetic por
lions make clear the meaning of tht
wonders Of our time; and we meet
the social, political and religious
movements of the day with new in
terest when seen in the light of pro
phecy.
Whatever your opinion of thing!
religious, you are cordially invited
to meet with US, and study the saw
ing truths Of the Bible. Preaching a
8 o'clock Singing .7:45.
= A. M. DART.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-27
5000 PEOPLE
SEE SHOW
LARGE CROWD AT BOTH AFTER
NOON AND EVENING PEREOf:-
MANCE.-OVER $4,000 TAKEN.

Five thousand people saw the cir
Gus yesterday. Of this number 1880
visited the show in the afternoon
and over 1000 went at night. The
admission fee was one dollar with
an extra charge of fifty cents for re-
served seats. Then the side show
charged 25 cents, so that in all the
average to each person was S1.25.
On this basis the total receipts
amounted to over $4,000.
Wfh the Norris & Rowe's circus
there were altogether three hundred
people.
The delay of the train arriving in
Wenatchee was much of disap-
pointment, and, as a result, the pa
rade bad to be dispensed with. The
wind blew in the afternoon which
made it extremely disagreeable. but
Notwithstanding these annoyances
the people went and enjoyed them
selves. AS a show town, Wenatchee
surprised the circus managers, ana
there is now no question but that
there will be a circus every year or
two from this on.
The only disappointing feature in
the show was the fact that the ad-
mission price was raised from the
regular show price of 80 cents to a
dollar for tickets. The management
did not carry out their agreement
with the city council that the charge
was TO be fifty cents.
Notwithstanding this, everybody
went aud was apparently satisfied.
The old-time circus atmosphere was
present at this show. The bespan-
gled ladies and gentlemen on the fat
horses, the acrobatic performers, the
clowns and the chariot, elephant and
camel races, the trained animals
were all there The dust was fierce
but no one left the tent on account
Of it,