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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-07-24

San Francisco, July 21.-Follow-
ing the flight from Oakland and the
capture in this city of two little girls,
inmates of the West Oakland Home,
and accusations of cruel treatment
made by the children, it is probable
that an investigation will be ordered.
The West Oakland Home is one of
the leading charitable institutions on
the other side of the bay, and sew
eral of the most prominent club and
society women of Alameda county
are known as its patrons. The &C
cusations were made in the Juvenile
Detention Home here by the two
children, who brought from the West
Oakland Home the marks of pun
ishment more sever than ever had
been inflicted on an incorrigible boy.
The offense for which the punish
ment was inflicted, according to the
story told by the girls, was stealing
a brief ride on passing wagon. Be
fore they were carried away from the
Detention Home last night by Mrs.
Melissa Van Werner, matron of the
West Oakland Home, the children
accused her of having administered
the fiogging which had left welts and
bruises all over their bodies. The
fiogging, they said, had been done
with a long buggy whip. Mrs. Van
Werner said:
4 do not care il the whole of Ala
media county condemns it. | think |
was justified and would do it AGAR"
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ITO the deuce with matrimony and
Marsovia and myself! I'm done with
sill dreams of love and all that non
sense. I'm free and I'm going to
make a night of it. p
He paused and stood silent, dunn
founded. Down the little flight Of
stairs leading into the room a woman
was advancing alone.
Sonar exclaimed Danilo.
With a word of excuse to the others,
be hurried across and met the widow
as she reached the foot of the steps.
You're here" he muttered in hor-
rified wonder-"here alone?"
Yes" replied Sonia coldly. "Is it
any affair of yoursg"
First the summer house." he went
on as in daZe, then Maxim's."
quite so. Is that all you have to
say?"
NO" be retorted; 81 have one thing
more You should not marry De JOLT
don"
NO? Why not, prayT'
Because T.
He checked himself She finished
the sentence for him.
Because you love me?" she sug
gested.
He broke into discordant, miserable
laugh
Don't laugh that silly wayp she
reprimanded sharply.
Il am sorry you don't like it," he
observed. It's the only way know"
Then don't laugh at all. The laugh
is on my side, anyway"
"On your side?
Eyes. You are angry at what hap
pened this evening. But it wasn't |
who was In the summer house with NJ.
de Jolidon."
But l saw you there" he declared.
'T'-
81 took another woman's place to get
her out Of an awkward scrape with
her husband-with NJ. Popoff. She
was
and l never even guessed itp' cried
Danilo, his sullen face breaking into
smile of utter relief. "What fool
| was! | was green and yellow with
jealousy. r.
He caught himself up, but it was too
late Sonia's eyes danced.
But since you don't love me-" she
asked, why were you yellow and
green with
Because green and yellow are our
national colors. l am nothing If not
patriotic. You see
mime Sadowa = princeT" gurgled
Popoff. trotting up to them, unable
longer to restrain his anxiety. 81 hope
1t is all settled. All nicely arranged,
eh?'
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Denver, July 21.-The question OF
a closer working agreement with the
United Mine Workers of America
was brought officially before the con-
yention of the Western Federation of
Miners. The matter came up during
the consideration of President Moy-
ers annual report, in which he ad-
vocated such an agreement. The dis
cussion brought out the fact that
many members felt union with the
United Miners organization might
force the Western Federation men to
adopt the check-off and contract sys-
TEN. The latter organization does
not make contracts of any kind.
The fight against affliation of any
sort was led by George Hutchinson,
but he was badly defeated and the
president was instructed to appoint a
committee of five to devise ways and
means whereby working agreement
can be obtained.
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rAsfPER WITH GOLD COIN.
Charles Weiland, Once a Preacher in
Los Angeles. Heads Gang.

Los Angeles, Heads Gang.
Los Angeles, July 21.-The dis
eoyery of a fine workshop, estab-
lished by counterfeiters, at the bot
tom of a deep, abandoned shaft in
the old Dominion copper property,
near Globe. Arizona, disclosed an
eztraC- mary romance of the pulpit
and II 2. and clears up a counter
feiting mystery without a parallel in
the West Charles Wieland, of this
city, who cast aside the cloth to enter
the ranks of the Socialists, is the
head of the counterfeit gang and has
been arrested and placed in the ter
ritorial prison at Tombstone. His
younger brother, Fred Wieland, aged
81, and his half-brother, Edward
Neaman, both Los Angeles Socialists,
are in the same prison. All were ar
rested by George w. Hazen, of the
United States Secret Service, who
discovered their den and confiscated
their tools and materials.
Hazen has returned with A 500
gold pieces which the trio had doc
tored' and which almost defy detec-
ton, responding to the tests by acid
and by scraping, and having the true
ring. Hazen says they are the most
skillful workmen he has ever known.
They made thousands of dollars by
their criminal operations and the
coins tempered with have been
passed all along the Coast.
Fred Wieland, who studied in a
Y. NJ. C. A. school here, seems to
have been the mechanical genius. He
invented and made a machine for
shaving the faces of the coins and
removing the milled edges. In the
edge and between the faces copper
was inserted, soldered and pressed
into correct shape in another ma
chine of young Wieland's invention.
So cleyerly was this done that banks
took the coins unhesitatingly
The gold removed was melted into
ingots, after being alleged, and sent
to the United States mint.
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My wffe7s handwriting! Then 1t
was my wife after air.
"Slr" quoted Nova Kovitch, "Cae-
sar's wife should be above suspicion"
But Caesar never brought his wife
to PARISH walled Popoff. This is bad
for me-"
mo, nor pleaded Natalie, who at
sight Of the fatal trlnket had left her
table and run forward. Its all hor-
rid mistake. l can explain. r.
"Silencer' commanded Popof in his
most maglsterial manner. Madame,
under section 4 of the Marsovian code
l hereby divorce you. This fan is suf-
ficient evidence"
AS Natalie started back, dumb with
horror, Popoff turned impressively to
Sonia and, to the widows amused DIS
may. sank on one knee before her.
Mime. Sadowa," he detained, Il
am free. and in the name Of our IA
therland beseech you to become my
wifew
Sonia was seemingly blind to the
white misery in Natalie's face. and the
look of angry surprise in Danilo's. She
answered. with perfect composure:
"My dear NJ. Popoff, am deeply hon
ored by your proposal, but before &C
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MADAME, hereby dtvorce you."
cept it is only fair to tell you that If
marry again l lose all my fortune"
The ambassador scrambled hastily to
his feet.
IL was perhaps just wee bit
hasty," he suffered, looking sheepish-
~ about for way Of escape.
Natalie came forward and handed
him the fan.
Did you read the words I wrote on
it?" she asked timidly.
Observation-Disclosures wife" spelled out
the ambassador. Forgive me! didn't
understand Shall we let bygones be
bygones|
Danilo, who had stood lent during
the odd proposal, now stepped past
Popoff and faced Sonia, new light In
his eyes.
els it true you will lose all your
money if you marry again?" he asked
in a voice he tried in vain to keep
steady.
Eyes" she admitted; SIT is true"
"Then why shouldn't say now what
I want tor
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"If you mean Is madame to marry
De Jolidon," answered Danilo. ''she Is
not"
But this evening" calculated Pop
off. lin the summer house"
"She took another woman's place,
replied the prince, disregarding Sonia's
warning gesture.
Dear mel" squealed Popoff, his curl
osity reviving. "Who was sheY
Excuse me, your excellency," re-
marked Nish, who had entered with
Nova Koyitch and had lowered aim
lessly about waiting to get In a word,
''but here Is fan that was picked up
in the summer house after the party.
You told me TO search the pace, and
did. If / may say SO. r.
Same old FAM commented Popoff,
IDLY opening IT. Then, with jump as
his eye vaguely caught the sentence
Natalie had scrubbed beneath De Joll-
don's ayowal, he screamed:
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PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Track prices: Club, sac;
red Russian, S2c; bluestem, sec;
Valley, sac.
Barley-Feed, $24.5O; rolled,
s27.5O@2S.50.
oats-No. l white. $3.50; gray,
.26.
Hay-Timothy Willamette Valley,
fancy, SIS; do. ordinary, $l2; East
ern Oregon, $3.50; mixed, SIS;
alfalfa, $12.
Butter-Extra, 25c; fancy, 24c;
Eggs-23 a 24c.
Hops-1907 crop, a 12c.
Wool-Valley. 10q16Ac 10 !;
Eastern Oregon, S@ Ice, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair-Choice, 1S@lShc.
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SEATTLE MARKETS.

Wheat-Bluestem, S9c.
Oats-S265 27.5O.
Barley-$25 a 20.
Hay-Eastern Washington timo-
thy, $15917 per ton; Puget Sound
hay, $10@12 per ton; wheat hay.
$3.50 per ton; alfalfa, $9.50@1e
per ton.
Butter-Washingt creamery, 25c
per n; ranch. zoe per NJ; Oregon.
24c per 10.
Eggs Selected Local. ESQ see
per doE; Eastern and Oregon. s1s
per doz.
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"why notw she agreed demurely.
I want tor

"Why nOtW she agreed demurely.
He drew a step nearer.
Il love you, Sonia" he whispered
Steadily, happily, she met his burn
Ing eyes as she answered:
Il love you, Danilo. have always
loved you"
"Tut. tut" fretted Popofr, pushing
peevishly between them. ''This'll new
er do. You can't marry her, prince.
YouT both be paupers."
mot quite" gently corrected Sonia.
Il shall lose my money, it is true, but
only because l am going % give 1t all
to my husband"
1.-THE END.1
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CHAPTER vi.
At Maxim's

n n AXIM'S after midnight - the
IM show restaurant whittier sight
III HI seeing Americans and other
@ tourists flock and whose dizzy,
machine made merriment they solemn
ly believe TO be a part and parcel of
true Partisan life.
On the night of Sonia's garden party
one group of men and women who en-
tered the jolly restaurant were SO diff
ferent from the usual habitues of the
place as to come in for not a few
amused glances from their neighbors
They were Nine. Natalie Popoff. Nine
Nova Kovitch and Cascade and st
Brioche The visit was Natalles idea.
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She had heard Danilo's wild speech Of
goodby to Sonia and his announcement
that he was off to Maxim's. Hence
the ambassadors wife, with feeble
yearning to atone in some way for the
false position into which the widow
had been thrust for her sake, had re-
solved to follow in the hope of securing
a word in private with Danilo and
setting matters right again.
Natalie had not confded her plan to
her husband, and now as the party
were ushered to a secluded table In an
alcove she glanced at the riotous scene
about her with delighted nervous
ness The delight vanished suddenly,
however, and the nervousness waxed
to a panic fear as familiar voice
smote upon her ear.
Popoff had just come in and was
standing not ten feet away from the
secluded table where his wife sat
trem bling.
81 want to see Prince Danilo at
once" he said to the head waiter.
HAS he arrivedY
''Not yet, sir" was the reply, but he
will be here very soon. There Is
supper party waiting for him over
there" waving to a tableful of gayly
appareied girls with tired eyed men.
Really exclaimed the ambassador.
I'll Just join them till he comes"
He toddled off to the distant table,
where. to Natalie's jealous eye, he
seemed to make himself at home with
a phenomenal ease and quickness. He
was scarce seated when Danilo strobe
in. The whole table rose to give the
prince noisy greeting
"Why. hello. your excellency! cried
Danilo This is queer company for
a monument of responsibility ike
yourself to wander into?'
81 came only to see you" protested
the ambassador, drawing him aside.
81 was bound I'd come here and wait
till you appeared if
"Oh, / see," cut in the prince, THOR
oughlv enjoying his confusion. fools
rush in where
81 didn't rush in" fumed the am
bassador; Il crept here in a measly
cab. and / sneaked into the place ike
A, pickpocket for fear some one would
recognize me. l sacrificed myself TO
my country Suppose my wife should
hear of 1t! | came to implore you, TO
cast myself on your mercy, to beg you
once more to prevent the Woo"
from
81 must see his excellency," insisted
a portly man behind them, his voice
booming through the whole room. he
IL here and / OH he broke on on
.ieht of Popoff. Here you are! T.
any dear Nova Koyitch" pettishy
interrupted the ambassador, "is IT nso-
essarv TO hunt for me with a brass
band? Couldn't you
.Tm sorry to interrupt you answer
ed Nova Kovltch, but here's uis-
match from the Marsovian ministry:
II seemed to me important, ana
brought it on" 49,,
Popofr took the slip of paper ana
read aloud: .,iio,s
IF Nine. Sadowa's twenty millions
are allowed to leave MarsoVla we aie
a bankrupt country.
"There Prince Danilo, cohtlhueu
the ambassador. turning on the youns
man in melodramatic appeal; you see
ms right I'D to you'll Your country APP
peals to you TO save IT, you are -
soyia's last hope Marry the WIN"
and o..,,,.
I'm marry no oner' fared up Danllo,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
OPPOSITION SHOWN
TO DECISION OF BUTTE.

Camp Crook, S. D.. Aug. 26-Notwith--
standing Butte county is almost as big
as the state of Massachusetts. it is al
ready apparent that 1t will not be pos
sible to divide it without a bitter fight
At the November election. in accord
ance with duly prepared petitions, the
voters will pass upon a plan to make
three counties from the one. Belle
Fourche to be the county seat of Butte,
Camp Crook of Harding, and Lennon
of Perkins. Against division will be
found those who live some distance
from these three places and who hope
that with further railroad development
ii may be possible to find county seats
with more central locations. Lennon.
would be situated almost in the corner
of one county, Camp Crook on the west
ern edge OF another and Belle Fourche
on the southern edge of Butte. Not
w~ithstanding the new counties will
diminish the volume of county seat
business at Belle Fourche, many in
that county are in favor of division
because 1t Is so expensive to administer
the affairs of the county md collect
taxes. On the other hand ii will no.
doubt be more expensive for a time to
pay tile costs of running three counties
han one. because In all probability two
new court houses would be required
The outcome OF the election can hardly
be foretold.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
THRESRING CREW
POISONED AT MEAL

Tyndall, s.. d. Aug. ga peculiar
wholesale poisoning case is reported
from the farm of Mr.. Kortan, near here.
While Ben Hughes and his threshing
crew were engaged in threshing on the
Kortan place, four members of the
threshing crew and several other men.
employed on the place became serious
iy i'll. A physician who was summoned
discovered that they had been poi
soned. Two Of the poisoned men had
a narrow escape from death. Just how
they were poisoned is a mystery, bat
the poison is supposed to have been
in some coffee which they drank. II
Is significant that those who drank the
most coffee were in the most serious:
condition, while those who did not
touch the coffee were not affected at
ali.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
OPENING OF TRIP
COUNTY LANDS, OCT. 5
Advance information of Event
Is Given Out from
Washington.

Washington, Aug. 26.-Three million
acres Of Trip county, South DAKOTA,
LAND will be opened October 5. That Is
the registration of applications for the-
homestead privilege will begin on that
day. 1t is expected to require about
10 lays for registration; then within
a very few days the drawing for num-
bers will begin. The Intention is to
complete the whole business in time so
that people attending the drawing may
easily get home for the election. The
contest between BoneSteei n Dallas
will be resolved II favor of Dallas as
the point for both the registration anqt
the drawing. These facts will not be
officially ]nnounced for two or three
days yet, but on the highest authority
it can be said that, barring the entire
i~mprobability of a change in arrange
ments now determined upon. the Of
fetal announcement will be in accord
ance with the foregoing statement. 1t
is expected that from $4,000 to l25, O0oa
applicants viii register for the lands.
The Trip county lands which are to
be opened under an order from h de-
partment are now comprised within
the limits Of the Rosebud reservation
INC lie to the west of the northern part
of Gregory county, some of them being
within the valley Of the White river
and its tributaries on the south. Over
200 heads OF families among the indian
tribes have already secured allotmentse
Of land for themselves and their chill
dren during the past two seasons
The choice of Dallas for the regtstra-
ton and drawing brings the center of
activity 40 miles nearer to the andst to
be opened than if Bonesteel had been
chosen.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
STUDIES LAW WHILE
CARRYING MAIL

Vermillion, S. D., Aug. 27.-Next
June the law department of the state
university will issue to c. ". Caldwell,
q mail carrier OF Sioux Falls, a diploma
certifying that he has completed the
three-year course after an attendance
of Just one year. Caldwell will arrive
here at the opening of the fall term
for his first classroom work and in
this lies an unusual story of self help.
Married, with only the moderate in
come OF a mail carrier, Caldwell, who
is popular in Sioux Falls because OF
his pleasant disposition. aspired to be-
come a lawyer.
For two years he has spent his days
delivering letters and papers and his
nights porting owe Blackstone and
kindred text books. In these two years
Caldwell has zone eigh, hours work
every day for the government and at
the same time has kept up with the
law class of 1909 in the university
here. BY special permission Caldwell
was permitted 20 tax all examinations
with his class here. and given credit
for completing each subject in which
he passed. He has taken % examina-
tons in the two years and passed in
every one of them. Still more remark
able is the fact that only twice have
his papers been marked lower than
b, putting him almost in the honor
grade.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
ITALIAN POT HUNTERS
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS

P%lankinton, s. D., Aug. 27.--The first
victim in this vicinity or the deter
mination on the part of legitimate
sportsmen 10 enforce the state game
law and prevent the shooting of prairie
chickens before the opening of the
season on September /, were eve
members of an Italian working crew
which is engaged in laying new rails
on the Milwaukee railway a few miles
east of Plankinton. Complaints had
been received that they were engaged
in hunting the chickens, and a party
of citizens, commissioned by Game
Warden Rowland. went to the vicinity
of where the steel laying gang was
working and caught the seven men in
the act of hunting chickens. They
were arrested and fined.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
RACEY ARRAIGNED FOR
STEWARDS MURDER

Huron, S. D., Aug. 29.-Louis Racey
has been arraigned before Justice Ged-
dis in this city charged with the
murder OF George l.. Stewart at Woisey
the night previous. Racey waived ex-
animation and is in Jail here awaiting
trial at the December term of circuit
court. He gives his place of residence
as Kansas City, Mo-, but declined TO
make any statement concerning him.
self or family. AT the inquest in VOL
sey II developed that Racey was tramp
ing the country in company with
half a dozen others and had worked a
day or two on a farm near that place.
He claims no knowledge of the MUIR
der, but admits that the hat found
under Stewards body belonged to him
and that he and Stewart had been
drinking heavily and quarreled. Furth-
err than this he has no recollection. The
evidence against Racey Is very strong,
his hands and overaiis being marked
with blood. Stewards body showed
signs of brutal treatment, the throat
bore finger marks and numerous
abrasions of the skin, while the face
was battered and a wound was found
in the head Stewart was a plasterer
and formerly worked in Bookings,
but his people are supposed TO reside
somewhere In Illinois, their where
abouts being unknown. An insurance
policy for $500 was found on his per-
son. but no money was found.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
FARMERS RESORT TO
ARTESIAN IRRIGATION

Oacoma, S. D., Aug. 26.-The farmers.
of this locality really do not care much
whether it rains or not. The last three
weeks have been dry and the corn
needed rain badly. However, as artes-
ian wells are ommon in Lyman coun-
", the farmers met the situation by
the use OF irrigation. w. II. Gam
mon, in the White River valley, re-
ports that he has been leading the.
water from his artesian we'll into an
so acre field of corn and that the yield
will be big, His well cost $500 and he
says ii will pay for itself this one
season. Nels Jensen was late in COM
pleting his well, which throws 800 gall
Ions of water a minute, but he has
irrigated IS acres of corn n will be
prepared to water almost any Of his.
land next year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
BOYCE WON WEALTH,
BUT LOST HIS WIFE

Eureka, S. D., Aug. 27.--Prosperity
cost w. d. Boyce, formerly of Chicago,
and now of Fort Sisseton. his wife.
AS long ago as 1883 Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyce were happy pioneers in eastern
North Dakota, where Mr.. Boyce was
editor of a newspaper. Times grew
hard and business reverses forced him
tc return to the east. He finally found
employment on a Chicago newspaper
and in a short time he became part
owner of a paper. He later bought
this and two other papers and became
interested in paper mills. He was sig
nally successful and finally found him
self wealthy. But with the money came
trouble, Mrs. Boyce cast longing eyes
toward the gay set. Their suburban
home was sold and a mansion built
In the fashionable part of the ,city.
Summer houses were added and trips
to Europe and gowns from Paris We're
paid for. The elimination of ii all
is that the husband applied for a di-
vorce and 1t was granted by Judge
Boucher of the sixth judicial circuit,
without opposition by the wife.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-04
EXCAVATION BEGINS ON
BIG SIOUX DITCH

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 26.-Workmepe
and machinery are IN the ground ready
to begin the construction Of a mann
moth drainage ditch In the region i'm
mediately north OF Sioux Falls. The
ditch complete will cost about $50, 900
and is one of the largest projects Of
it's kind under way In South Dakota
this fall. Machinery and material for
the ditch now is being placed upon the,
ground preparatory to the commence
ment of the work of construction.
Ii is expected the ditch will be COM.
pieted by Nov. /. The ditch will re-
claim thousands of acres of very valu-
able farm land lying along the Big
Sioux river, which during the past few
seasons has been flooded by the over
flowing of the river and rendered praC-
tically useless for the raising of crops.
Among the machines which have ar.
rived is a ditcher. which can work as;
easily and effectively under water as on
dry land.