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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
LoeeERs NEED SNOW.

Open Water. Keeps Them From Get.
ting Their Logs Out.
Couderay, Wis.,, Jan. 14.-The open
winter is beginning to delay logging
operations throughout this section, as
with only three inches of snow it is
almost impossible to keep the iced
roads in condition for the heavy loads,
Some Of the loggers have laid off all
their sawyers and others have cut all
they will be able to haul this winter
but expect to be hard pushed to get
logs out unless snow and cold weather
set in. The fall and winter 80 far
has been ideal for cutting and skid
ding logs, but snow and colder wealth,
er is now wanted badly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16

Ex.Gov. Horace Boies, who has been
i'll with pneumonia in a hospital at Ell
Paso. Tex, is now regarded as COM
pletely out of danger.
More than 100000 was paid for hogs.
that were marketed in Kansas City one
day last week, and all previous rec.
ords were broken. The number of
hogs sold was $4,000.
Members Of the United Charities
were Mortified to learn from reports of
their inspectors that there are 10000
starving babes in New York. Relief
measures are being planned.
Former Supervisor Thomas F. Lone.
gan dropped dead at his home in San
Francisco. He was one Of the mem.
bers Of the board of supervisors who
confessed having received brides from
the United Railroads company and
other corporations.
Dean James B. Eddie, who was con.
victed by an ecclesiastical court Of
immortality year ago, was formally
deposed from the ministry of the
Protestant Episcopal church at Salt
Lake. The sentence was imposed
publicly by Bishop Spalding.
The greatest fighter of his time and
the winner of several hundred iistic
encounters, George Dixon, the negro
pugilist, Familiarity called Little Choc-
olate," died in the alcoholic ward of
Bellevue hospital in New York, the
victim of long fight with drink.
The Pennsylvania supreme court re.
fused to permit an appear to be taken
to that tribunal from the superior
court in the famous Hartje divorce
case. Augustus Hartje was refused q
divorce from his wife by the Pittsbure
courts and the decision was affirmed
by the superior court.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
MEMORY eqNE; KILLS SELF

Nephew Of Joseph Jefferson Forgot
Lines, 50, He Ended Life.
New York, Jan. 14.-Charles ]. Jack,
son, an actor and nephew Of Joseph
JEFFERSON, committed suicide in his
room at the Hotel Gerard by hanging.
Jackson, who was forty-ive years old,
had been out Of employment for eight
months and became Respondent when.
after obtaining a place in company,
he was unable to memorize the lines of
his part.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
MuLAl HAFlD PROCLAIMED SUI
TAN AND HOLY WAR ls De.
cLAREp.
FRANCE GREATLY WROUGHT UP
NO TAKES AND NO EUROPEANS
PRINCIPAL DEMANDS OF THE
<MooRs.

Tangier, Jan. 14.-Mulaf Hafid, the
brother Of the sultan Of all Morocco
Abd.el-Aziz, and who some months age
was proclaimed sultan at Morocco
City, was proclaimed sultan at Fee on
Jan. 4, the sultan Of record having
been formally deposed.
The latest reports state that Fee is
in an uproar and there is great danger
of lawless outbreaks and a massacre
Summon New Sultan.
Couriers are now on their way tc
Morocco City to summon Mulai Hafid
to Fee, and it is understood that he
will receive strong support as sultan
on condition that he meets the de.
mands of the people, which include the
abolition of taxes and the suppression
Of all relations with Europeans.
The French government is greatly
wrought up abQAt the proclamation Of
Mulai Hafid as sultan and the DECLARE
ton Of holy war at Fee. =.
France and Spain, acting ohicially
for the powers. must recognize .Abd-el.
Aziz as the sultan SO long as the Off.
CAo1 6OVOkAuOAk IS1u01n6 Al AoAU0
Fanatics Are Aroused.
Mulai Hafid in the last year has
shown unexpected strength in the de.
velopment of his forces, and the pres.
ent situation means the indefinite pro
1ongation Of the stay of the French
and the Spanish troops in Morocco.
Much antagonism has been aroused
against Abd-el-Aziz because Of his
close relations with the Europeans.
and 1t was because of this friendly as
sociation that Mulai Hafld and his fol
lowers were able to arouse the fanati.
cism of the Southern Moors.
imperial Troops Revolt.
It is reported that even the imperial
troops at Fee have announced their
allegiance to the newly proclaimed sui.
tan.
The French and Spanish govern.
ments, therefore, are already taking
steps to increase the policing force at
the various coast cities where Euro
peans would be in the most danger.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
FARMERS TO TEST cows.

Association Will Be Formed to Pro
vide for Examinations.
Menomonie. Wis.,, Jan. 14.-At the
first annual meeting of the Dunn
County Breeders and Dairymens' as
sociation held at Knapp it was decided
to form a cow-testing association, TO,
the purpose Of improving the dairy
herds in the county. Several impor
tant projects were put on foot ane
great enthusiasm for the work of the
organization was manifested.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
POISON IN MEAT.

Three Children In Washburn, Wis.
Made DeathIy Sick.
Washburn, Wis, Jan. H. The eat
ing Of canned meats came near beina
disastrous for the entire family of Cur
Branston of this city, and 1t wa,
thought for time that some deaths
would occur from poisoning. The time
~ arrival of physicians was all that
saved the lives Of the three children
All are now getting along nicely, and
it is not thought that any serious 70
suits will follow.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
DIETz's BROTHER ARRESTED.

He Is Accused Of Sending venison to a
Friend.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, Jan. 14.-W.
w. Dietz of Rice Lake, brother of the
alleged outlaw Of Cameron dam, John
+. Detz, was arrested on charge Of
sending venison to friend in this
city. He was arrested at Rice Lake bv
Game Warden Hubert. and his trial
has been set for Jan. 20.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
news Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING condemned FOR
BUSY REApERs.
Washington Notes.


M. Guide, who has been appointed
minister of Norway to the United
States in succession to NJ. Hauge, will
take up his duties April 1.
Representative Sims of Tennessee
has introduced bill prohibiting rural
mail carriers from carrying packages
containing intoxicating liquors.
The president has signed a procla-
nation creating the Verdi national
forest in Arizona, with an area of 721.-
$50 acres, located in Maricopa and
Yavapai counties.
William H. Fairbank, former Massa.
chusetts commissioner to the Portland
(Or.) exposition and more recently
commissioner from Massachusetts, to
the jamestown exposition, is dead at
Warren, Mass.
Land Commissioner Ballinger has
rendered his resignation to take effect
March 4. During his year of service
Commissioner Ballinger has reorgan-
fzed the land Office from top to bottom
and placed it on an efficient working
basis.
The secretary ofswar has been ad-
vised by Gov. Magoon that the secre.
tary of the advisory law commission
has delivered to him the complete
project prepared by that commission
for an electoral law for the republic
of Cuba.
The first class at the military acad.
envy will graduate Feb. 4, that date
having been selected by the superin-
tendent of the academy in accordance
with instructions received from Wash.
ington. The army is short of officers
and the addition to the list resulting
from an early graduation will help ma
terially in filling some of the vacant
assignments in existing regimental Or
CARNATIONS.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
YOUNG MURDERER COOL.

o'erien Jokes With Friends on the
Way to Prison.
Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 14.-James
O'Brien, slayer of Arthur LIE Claire, q
Great Northern fireman, passed
through Grand Forks yesterday on his
way from Pembina to Bismarck, where
he will serve a life term in the state
penitentiary.
There was no hostile demonstration
but scores of people visited the Great
Northern train to see the sixteen-year
old slayer. O'Brien smiled at this and
joked with the people he knew.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Crimes.


Robbers dynamited the safe in the
bank at Raymore, Mo-, but were un-
able to open it, securing but Is cents
In the cash drawer in the counter.
Charles Carroll Marsh, son of the
late Congressman Marsh, committed
suicide at Warsaw, Ill. Health and
consequent melancholia are said to
have caused the act.
J. F. Meaker, a pioneer settler and
one of the best known lawyers in Cen.
trail Iowa, committed suicide by hang.
ing at Marshalltown, Iowa. Temper
airy insanity was the cause.
Charles w. Whitney, a member of
the stock firm of H. N. Whitney &
Sons of New York, committed suicide
ct his home by shooting. The cause
Tor the act has not yet been learned.
During quarrel between five 1tal.
ians near Pittsburg three of the for.
eigners were perhaps fatally shot.
The two uninjured men are under ar
rest. The cause Of the fight is un.
known.
The residence of Justice E. R. Car.
penter at Andover, N. Y, was badly
damaged by dynamite. No one was
injured. Justice Carpenter has rigidly
enforced the liquor law, and the crime
is attributed to some one angered by
this action.
William H. Beavis, prominent at.
torney and director in a number OF
Cleveland business enterprises, killed
himself at his home during the alb.
sence of his family. He was af.
fiicted with Bright's disease and
thought himself hopelessly ill.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
POST HITS HIS HEAD.

Brakeman Sticks His Head Out Of Car
Window.
Duluth, Jan. 14.-Albert Spornitz, q
brakeman employed by the. Missabe
road, sustained probably fatal inju
ries Saturday. While riding on train
from Proctor to Duluth, under the
Garfield avenue viaduct he stuck his
head out Of the car window to look
ahead and was hit by an iron post be.
side the track.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Personal.

At the age Ct 107 years Rhuan
Tharp died at Nashville, Ohio. Mrs.
Tharp lived under every administra.
ton except that of Washington.
Catherine Devine, or Little Egypt"
the dancer, as she is better known,
was found dead from gas asphyxiation
In her apartments in New York.
Rev. DR.. James NJ. Crowell, for
nearly sixty years prominent in the
Presbyterian church, is dead at his
home in Philadelphia, aged eighty.one
years.
Mrs. c. M. Lane, mother of Franklin
M. Lane, member of the interstate
commerce commission, is dead in San
Francisco. Mrs. Lane was seventy
years of age.
J. D. Robertson, president of the
Interstate National Bank Of Kansas
City and for many years prominent in
business circles in that city, is dead at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Commander William Hale briggs, u.
s. NJ, is dead in Washington, aged
f1fty.nine years. Commander briggs
was the inventor of breech gun mech.
anism In use in the navy.
Commander Harry H. Hesley, u. 8.
M, who took the dry dock Dewey
from Newport News to Manila and
who since his return has been super.
visor of New York harbor, is dead.
A. Ross Hill, dean of the college of
arts and sciences, and a director of
the school of education at Cornell uni
versity, has been chosen president of
the University of Missouri, to succeed
President Richard H. Jesse, resigned.
Rev. DR.. Alois Kaiser, for many
years cantor of Oheb Shalom temple
and whose musical compositions, es-
pecially those for use in Hebrew de-
votional services, are known and used
all over the world, died at Baltimore
of heart disease.
After an illness Of three weeks,
Capt. George Kylor Cram, seventy.
three years old, died at his home in
st. Louis. He bore the distinction OF
having served longer as president of
an insurance company than any other
man. except George E. Chase of Hart
ford, Conn, whose death is also re.
ported.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
PEN PUsHER SHOOTS COP.

Col. vischer Uses Revolver When Ar
rested In Omaha.
Omaha, Jan. 14.-Col. William Light.
foot Vischer Of Chicago, a well known
writer. shot and slightly
injured Policeman P. H. Dillon
Vischer had been arrested, charged
with disorderly conduct, and Dillon
was trying to put him into the patrol
wagon.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Hit by a Train.

Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 14.-JohD
de Lap Of this city wandered onto the
tracks of the Chicago Great Western
and was struck by a passing freight
train. The pilot beam struck him on
the forehead, cutting an ugly cash
and throwing him dozen feet. He
was not seriously hurt.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
CHAMBERS KILLS HORSES.

Horse From Trader infected Farm
er's Stock.
Albert Lea, Jan. 14.-veterinarian
NJ. R. Higbee of this city was called
to James Nielsen's place in Riceland:
township to attend sick horse that
was so near death that he was down
AMI nothing could be done for him
The other horses on the place, three
in Eun.ber, were examined, and DR..
Higbee decided they all had CHAMBERS.
He notified the township board and
the live stock board Of the state, and
r. ]. Coffeen, the field agent, came
down and confirmed the diagnosis OF
DR.. Higbee and the horses were all de,
stroyed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
George Benz IL Dead.

st. Paul, Jan. ,14.-George Benz, six
ty.nine years old, president of the firm
Of George Benz & Sons, wholesale
liquor dealers, died Saturday morning
at Mercy hospital, Chicago Death re-
suited from pneumonia ind complica
lions. following an operation on the
throat,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Bride Near Death.

Litchfeld, Mimi, Jan. II. Mrs. E
Olson, young bride of four months
was near death yesterday from car
bolic acid poisoning. Prompt medica
attention saved her life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
KING INHER,rs GOOD INCOME.

Gustaf Can Keep Wolf From the Door
with 100000.
Stockholm, Jan. 1.-THE new king
inherits from his father about 10000.
900 crowns, which in American money
amounts to little over $4,000, 900.
His income from the crown is 1921 900
kroner per year. To this are added
100000 kroner Of interest on invest
merts. His father drew an extra al
lowance of 100000 kroner, but the new
king. not being very popular. may not
be able to secure this addition to his
income.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
LID IS FOR ALL OR FOR NONE.

MapIeton Council Refuses to Make.
DISTINCTIONS.
Mapleton, Mimi, Jan. 14.-The lid
was discussed at the meetings of the
council Saturday, and the statement
was made that the law was being vic.
lated. The councilmen were Of the
opinion that it would not be exactly q,
square deal to single out the saloon.
keepers for minor violations whep.
other citizens violated other ordt
nances, such as keeping stock within,
the corporate limits. stacking hay and
straw contrary to the ordinance
throwing ashes into the streets, etc.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
IRoouols CASES END.

Not Single Conviction In Connection
With Theater Fire..
Chicago, Jan. IA. = Judge Windes
quashed the indictment against George
Williams, former building commission.
er, indicted in connection with the Iro
quois theater fire. The action was en-.
tirely on technical grounds. The Judge
based his decision on defects In the In
dictment.
The decision disposes of the last Of
the cases growing out Of the Iroquois
fire. Not one of the persons indicted
was convicted.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Tleket rheft charce.

SSNSS tUSIS VndrES.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. I'D. All
man, chief of the Great Northern de
tective bureau at st. Paul, has arrest
ed here John s. Elwers, a former tel
egraph operator at Great Falls. on
charge OF being connected with theft
Of tickets.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Blizzard In Milwaukee.

Blizzard In Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. IA fierce
blizzard swooped down on Milwaukee
early yesterday and last night contin
ued without abatement. Telegraphic
and telephone wires are down in all
directions and street railway trafic is
paralyzed. Steam railroads report
trains only slightly delayed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16

Cleveland Boy Suicide.
Cleveland, Jan. 14.-Charles Krall
who graduated from tho high school
last June. committed suicide because
he feared he was going insane.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
BLUE; TAKES cARRoLIc ACID.

Dr.. Gray Commits Suicide at Paynes:
vile.
Paynesville, Mimi, Jan. 14.-Dr. L.
G. Gray, veterinary surgeon who.
came here from Kerkhoven about a,
month ago, drank large dose Of car
bolic acid while still in bed yesterday.
morning, e.ing from the effects of the
poison about 1880. No reason is Civ
en- for the act, save that the deceased
was perhaps Respondent, as he re-
marked to his landlady Saturday night
that he had the blues.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
INDIAN KILLED WITH A CLUB
ouarreled With Merchant at kenne
bee, s. D.

Chamberlain, s. D., Jan. IA. - Ben
Handsome Elk, Lower ,Brule Indian
died at the sanatorium in this city,
the result of a fractured skull sustain.
ed several days ago at Kennebec. The
injury was caused by being struck on
the head with club by John Dillon, a
merchant at that place. The head was
frightfully crushed in. The quarrel
was the result of difference over
money matters. Dillon is presumed to
have acted in self-defense.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
LOST OR KILLED.
Men With $4,000 Missing Since Last
ApriI

Spokane. Jan. IA. G. Coggin Of
Seattle. state manager of the Loyal
Americans; J. w. Wesley and John Pc
ters. wealthy sheepmen of Prosser
left for Durango, Mexico, last March tc
purchase land. They took along about
$4,000. No trace Of them has been
found since last Aprinl. though it is
known they reached Durango. 1t 10
suspected they were lost in the noun
tains or were killed by Indians.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16

Thomas Fleming, q steel worker,
Was killed, two men are missing and
i've others were seriously injured In
the collapse Of two floors Of three:
story building which was undergoing
repairs In New York.
Two persons were killed and one
perhaps fatally injured in collision
between a passenger train on the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy and a
freight train on the Chicago Great
Western railroad in East Dubuque.
A broken rail caused an express
train to leave the rails between Chap
leau and Cartier, Que, and colonist
car and coach were overturned. Mrs.
Slowen of Lindsay, Ont, was killed
and a score of others were injured.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
Foreign.

VOSSs0Us
A Portuguese Liberal organ says
that the danger of popular uprising
is not over.
The bishop of London calls the
closed Sunday Gods eight-hour law
and praises American churches.
A new league has been formed in
Paris to promote politeness, and the
public places have been placarded
with notices urging men to be- polite
to women.
The Prussian ministry of finance an
nounces that on Jan. IA it will invite
subscriptions to a new loan in tn
ueighborEocd OF $4,000. The subscrip.
ton price will be 50 1-2.
Premier Franco of Portugal, during
the first half of the fiscal year, ha:
Effected saving Of $3.50, 900, as com
jared with the expenditures durip.
he like period for last year under the
previous administration.
The French government has been
advised by NJ. Jusserand at Washing
on, that the Tranco-American tariff
negotiations at Washington have been
successfully terminated and that the
agreement probably will be signed in
that city soon.
Another mysterious ripper" crime
was committed in Charlottenburg, a
suburb of Berlin. A little girl four
wears old was enticed into the hallway
of house and fatally stabbed in the
abdomen. No trace of the criminal
has been found.
King Gustaf has made known his in.
tentions of abolishing the pompous cere
monies with which the Swedish parlia-
ment in the past has been opened.
this step, together with the abolition
of the coronation ceremonies ordered
by the king, is hailed with great ap-
probation throughout Sweden as in
itiating a new democratic era.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-16
PETTIsoNE.Is SICK.
He 10 In Los Angeles to UNDERGO an
Operation.

Los Angeles, Jan. IA. - George A.
Pettibone, who was brought here from
Boise, Idaho, following his acquittal on
the charge Of numbering Former Gov.
ernor Steunenberg, will undergo an
operation shortly for ulcer. He has
improved since his arrival here.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
DOMINAD0R GOMEZ SEATED.
Opening Session Of the Philippine Leg1s-
Iature-125 Bills introduced.

Manila Feb 1.-The opening session of the
Philippine Legislature ended at 710 o'clock to-
night The first regular session will open next
Tuesday morning.
The close Of the session was marked by con-
sfderation of the Assembly resolution to unseat
Dominador Gomez The vote was a tie. The
Speaker then cast his ballot in favor of Gomez
and the resolution lost. The question of
the citizenship of Gomez the only point de-
cided The matter of his moral character is to
be considered by a commission in connection
with resolution to give him seat during the
regular session
During the opening session thirteen protested
election cases were decided. twelve delegates
elected on the face of the returns being seated
and one being unseated. One hundred and
twenty five bills were introduced. Of which five
passed the House. One passed the Assembly,
but was rejected by the commission.
There were no disorders throughout the ses-
sion and Governor General Smith has expressed
his satisfaction with the conduct of the Assem-
blymen since they convened.
The state funeral of Mr.. Ferguson. Secretary
of the Philippine Commission will be held on
Monday The body probably will be shipped to
the United States the transport Sherman for
burial at Washington
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
NOTED ENGLISH EcsTLEEY CLOSED.
Ehia Tavern at Greenwich, Prominent Since
Pitts Days, Ends Service.

London Feb 1.-The Ship Tavern, one of the best
known Of London's riverside inns, located in Green
wich. has closed its doors after an existence eA-
tending back TO the days of the great English
statesman William Pitt. 1t ar the Ship TaV-
ern that Pitt instituted the famous ministerial
whitehall dinners during his term of sixteen years
as e member OF the ministry.
In the 4 is when Greenwich was . fashionable
,iverside resort the Ship Tavern became known all
over the world. While William Pitt WAS leader OF
the ministry 30 years ago he introduced the Gus
yearly gathering together at the close OF
parliamentary session Of the Cabinet ministers,
rhe Judges or the High Court and other members
Of the government, 10 paTtake Of a dinner at the
Ship Tavern. known TIE Ministerial whitehall
Dinner" its feature was the whitehall. small nsh
not much more than al inch IN length. for which
Greenwich is famous. and which is considered a
great deicacy. The custom continued until 1880