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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

I Fire at Montreal destroyed q por
ton of the Nelson warehouse, occu
pied by the Canadian Pacific railroad
Loss, 100000.
Fire which started in the Morrison
hotel at Buckhannon, w. Va, destroy
ed the postofice, four other bu;'Gfilgs
and residence. Loss, 100000.
The Hamilton Tourist hotui at
White Springs, Fla, was destroyed b.
fire, with several cottages. The guests
barely escaped with their lives. Loss,
100000.
The explosion of gas engine in the
Merchants and Shippers warehouse at
Buffalo started a fire which did about
100000 damage and caused the injury
of two firemen.
DR.. Andrew w. Riley, professor OF
practice of medicine of Creighton Med,
ical college at Omaha, is dead of blood
poisoning caused by infection received
from an erysipelas patient.
The Dominion Coal company's store
at Dominion, N. S., was burned to the
ground and the stock entirely destroy.
ed, causing loss of $4,000. The fire
apparently was of incendiary origin.
Kings Court, one of the show places
of Lakewood, N. j., residence built
some years ago by George Gould for
his son Kingdom, has been destroyed
by fire. The building was valued at
100000.
Mrs. Ellen Schwartz, thirty years
old, and her son Francis, eleven years
of age, were found dead in their home
at Chicago. Their deaths are thought
to have been caused by starvation and
exposure.
Two large buildings of the John A.
Roeblings Sons company, wire rope
manufacturers of Trenton, N. j., were
destroyed by fire. Loss, 5000, 900.
About 400 men are thrown out Of work
by the fire.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
People Talked About.

Mrs. Honorah Kinney is dead at Be.
lott, Wis, at the age of one hundred
years and three months.
Samuel Mills Warren, a lawyer, min
lister, teacher and author, died of heart
disease while riding on train near
Boston.
G. w. Linn, one of the most widely
known commission merchants in Chi
cago, is dead after somewhat extend.
ed illness.
G. w. Goddard, we'll known as one
of the pioneer millers and flour deal
ers of St. Louis, died suddenly from
heart disease.
James w. Pinchot, father of Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester Of the govern
ment, died in Washington, following a
protracted illness.
Samuel Floyd Angus, former owner
of the Detroit American league base.
ball club and prominent as a capitalist,
is dead at Detroit.
Miro Delamatto, for several years a
well known grand opera tenor and re-
Gently manager of a theater in Chi
cago, is dead Of pneumonia.
After a lingering illness from kid
ney trouble, Shepard Knapp, sixty-two
years old, former newspaper man and
member of an old st. Louis family, is
dead.
Mrs. Mary Sherry died at Brocton,
N. Y, at the age of 102 years. She
read without glasses and had vivid
recollections of Andrew Jackson and
the war of 1912.
H. Laidley, one of st. Louis most
prominent physicians and who was
medical director of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition, died suddenly at his
home in st. Louis of cerebral hemor-
rhage.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Accidental Happenings.

The Green block. the largest apart.
ment house in Berlin, N. H., was de.
stroyed by fire, causing loss of $75..
OOO
The Licking rolling mill at Cincin.
natl was almost completely destroyed
by fire. Loss, 100000. The mill EN-.
ployed 400 men.
Ollie Rockabrand was struck hy a
freight locomotive at the Sterling (u.)
passenger depot as he was in the act
of crossing the tracks, and was hurled
sixty feet from the right of way. re.
ceiving broken thigh and arm and
internal injuries which resulted in his
death in less than an hour.
DR.. Carl Bullhorst, former minis.
ter of the Presbyterian faith, who was
expelled from the church on the
ground that he preached heresies. died
at the Nebraska state hospital for the
insane as result of exposure and in.
juries sustained when he ATTEMPTED
to drown himself near the hospital.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
JUDGE HAR6IS KILLED BY SOW
'amous Feudist, Accused Of Many Muir.
ders, Is Shot Down In His
Own Store.

Jackson, KY, Feb. 8. Former
county Judge James Hargis. for many
Iears member of the state Demo
ratio committee, accused Of compile
ty in many murders, and prominent
igure in the feuds which have disrupt
I'd Breathitt county for several years.
was shot and instantly killed in his
,eneral store here yesterday afternoon
y his son, Beach HaTgis. The son
ired five shots in rapid succession at
his father, who fell dead while his
Jerks were waiting Oil customers. The
exact cause of the murder has not
oeen learned. but it is supposed to
have been the result of differences
which have existed between father.
and son for some time.
Son Was Drunk.
The two men are reported to have.
had a severe quarrel several nights
ago, when the father, it is alleged, was
compelled to resort to violence to re-
strain his son. Young Hargis, it is.
said, has been drinking heavily of late.
He came into the store late yesterday
afternoon and was apparently under
the influence of liquor. Judge Hargis,
it is said, spoke to his son about his
drinking and quarrel resulted. Fa-
tier and son stepped behind counter
in the store. when the soa, after only
I few minutes conversation, drew a
revolver and fired five shots. Four
took effect. the noted mountain charac-
ter falling dead.
Selects His Own casket.
Young Hargis was arrested by Town
Marshal Goran Smith and Grover
Blanton and placed in JAIL He was
raving like maniac and the officers.
were compelled to drag him to Jail.
Judge Hargis will be buried. in a
casket which he himself purchased
about month ago. Some time ago.
during the early part of last month.
Judge Kargis went to the National
Casket company and ordered a coffin
costing $1,000.
About 4:3O o'clock yesterday AFTER
noon the following telegram was re-,
ceived by the company:
Express to-day casket selected by
James Hargis, as he is dead.
Mrs. Judge James Hargis"
Judge Hargis has been for years a.
prominent figure in Kentucky in po-.
litical and criminal circles He has fig
ured in the courts in the mountains
for years on account of the murders
Of DR.. Cox, Attorney Marcum and Jim
Cockrill.
Hargis had been on trial at various
fv,n Mi S,,
James B. Marcum, Jim Cockrill and
DR.. Cox. but had secured an acquittal
on all the charges. He was recently
forced to pay judgment of $4,000 to
Mrs. Marcum in connection with the
death of her husband, verdict having
been found against him in the circuit
court at Winchester.
The Hargis- Cockrill feud, out Of
which grew the almost innumerable
tragedies with which Judge Hargis'
name is linked, had it's inception in a
political contest.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
From Other Shores.

The japanese diet has passed a bill
Increasing the tax on sugar, sake, al
cohol, beer and kerosene.
Prince Ernest, the reigning duke Of
Sachsen Altenberg, is dead.
A movement has been started at 10.
hannesburg to boycott Asiatic traders
and all employers of Asiatics.
The big naptha reservoir at Ant.
werp belonging to the American Pc.
troleum company exploded with a
great roar. The flames were confined
to the immediate neighborhood. There
were no casualties.
The banking representatives of
Stockholm have contracted with
French, German, Danish, Belgium and
Swedish banks for a loan to the city
of Stockholm amounting to 45,0OO,0 900
crowns ($11, 250,O00).
Rev. DR.. J. M. Buckley, editor Of
the Christian Advocate, has been vim
dicated by the committee that had
considered charges of disloyalty to
the church made by Rev. DR.. George
A. Scooke of Brandon, VT.
1t is reported that the Duchess Ma
rie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, daughter
of the reigning duke of Mecklenburg.
Strelitz, is about to enter suit for a
divorce against Count George Jametel,
Frenchman. Their romantic mar
riage in 1899 caused stir among the
minor royal houses.
The pope has accommodated Prof.
Joseph Schnitzer, one of the most
prominent professors in the Munich
university. because of an article re.
Gently published by Prof. Schnitzer re.
ferring to the pope's encyclical on
modernism. The theological students
have been forbidden to attend Froe.
Schnitzer's lectures.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Domestic.

The trustees of Hanover college, at
Madison, Ind, elected Prof. w. A.
Mills president of the institution.
]. c. McClaim, receiver of the PEG.
pies Bank of California, Pa, says that
1000 irregularities have been found
In the books of that institution. The
shortage will reach $4,000.
According to an average established
by investigation undertaken by the
Pittsburg survey, typhoid fever cost
Greater Pittsburg the sum Of $751;
436 for the year ending June, 1907.
A bed for the solo use of persons
injured in automobile accidents is to
be endowed in the new Garetson hos.
pital at Philadelphia by members of
the Quaker City Ladies' Motor club.
The city council of Stockton, CAL,
has passed an ordinance closing the
saloons on Sunday and compelling the
restaurant and drug stores to refrain
from selling liquor on that day.
Instruction in the science of physi.
cal culture will form a part of the
work of the summer school at the Uni.
versity of Utah this year. The stu.
dents will be qualified to teach physi.
cal culture.
The trustees Of Columbia university
have appointed Prof. r. C. MacRae to
the chair Of humanity. new depart
ment, established under an endow.
ment Of 100000 made to the uniyer
sity for that purpose.
Coal shipments from the Pittsbure
district to the Great Lakes will begin
In March this year, one month earlier
than in former years, in order to pre-
vent congestion at the lake ports and
to eliminate higher charges as the
season advances.
The program for the twelfth trien
NAL convention Of the international
Sunday School association, to be held
In Louisville, KY. July 10 to %, has
been tentatively completed. There
will be nearly $500 delegates entitled
to seats in the convention.
The increasing number Of drownire
accidents each summer has induced
the faculty Of Columbia university t
institute course Of lifesavinG. The
lessons will be given in the big tanl
in the university gymnasium once 7,
week by the swimming instructor, ant
the course will count each SUDDEN
two credits toward his degree.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
TEN KILLED IN MINE.

Explosion Occurs in Coal Mine at Port
Hood, N. S.
Port Hood, N. s., Feb. Silk Goa.
miners and four leaders were crushed
to death yesterday as the result Of an
explosion in the Port Hood mine Of the
Port Hood-Richmond Railway Coal
company. Whether the explosion was
due to gas, f1re-darap CT gunpowder re-
mains to be determined by a coroner's
jury.
The accident occurred about 1870
o'clock yesterday morning, soon after
the days work had begun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
MISS TAYLOR IS HELD.

Minneapolis Girl Bound over to Grand
Jury in Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 9.-Estella Taylor, the
young woman from Minneapolis who
was arrested recently in Galesburg,
ILL.,, on the charge of passing numerous
forged checks in this city, was yester.
day held in bonds of $500 to await
the action of the grand jury.
When Justice Boyer announced his
decision Miss Taylor was overcome
with grief.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
is IN CONSTANT TERROR.
Franco Predicts That Passions of PEG
pie Will Explode With Violence.

Franco Predicts That Passions Of PEG.
pie Will Explode With Violence.
Bordeau, Feb. 9.-Former Premier
Franco of Portugal arrived here yes
terday. He told the manager of the
hotel where he and his party took
apartments that he would remain over
night. He did not say where he pur-
posed going from here, but it is be.
lieved that his ultimate destination is
Switzerland.
Franco looks haggard and appears to
be preoccupied. He looks constantly
to the right and left, as If he felt he
should be prepared to forestall some
impending physical danger.
Suffers No Remorse.
Senior Franco was approached for
an interview. He explained that under
the circumstances he preferred to say
nothing, but he authorized member
of his party to say for him that he
suffered no remorse for his conduct as
statesman. On the contrary, he was
firmly convinced that the policy he
had pursued was the wisest one nos.
sible.
Portugal was in a state of demorali.
cation" said the spokesman for Senior
Franco, ''and every excess of liberty
to-day, while having an apparent ef-
feet of tranquility, will in reality only
add to the violent passions of the PEG.
pie, which later will explode with
greater violence.
No Revolution Planned.
Senior Franco does not believe
that the murders OF tho king and the
crown prince resulted from an elabo.
rate political plot; they were the Gets
Of mad men instigated by a passl IN
for the money received for their crime.
The best proof of this is found IN the
fact that after the assassinations,
when the monarchy was passing
through its critical hours and the ma.
ton was without government, no Sc
rious attempt was made to proclaim q
republic
All Ready for Funeral.
Lisbon, Feb. 9.-The simple but i'm
pressive funeral service to-day will be
the final act in the bloody tragedy of
Saturday. All the arrangements for
the solemn march throughout the city
and the ceremonies at the church Of
San Vincente have been completed.
Additional troops were brought into
Lisbon yesterday to accompany the
cortege and line the route of march.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Plans Beet Sugar Factory,

Miles City, Mont, Feb. ii. = It ia
learned that the president of Bill.
lings beet sugar factory contemplates
locating beet sugar factory near
Miles City, as this place is at the juno.
ton of the Milwaukee and Northern
Pacific railroads, and action in this di.
rection is considered as certain II Sen.
ator Carriers bill opening the Keogh
reserve to settlement is passed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Crimes and Criminals.

Fred Van Meter is in Jail at Gallipo-
lis, Ohio, charged with having poison.
ed his wife.
Two hundred masked night riders
visited Dycusburg, KY, and burned
Benefits tobacco warehouse and dis
tillery. The loss is about $4,000.
George w. Smith of Boone, Iowa,
Democratic candidate for county SUI
perintendent of schools, committed
suicide by hanging. No cause is
known for the act.
A dynamite bomb was exploded un.
der the general store of Samuel Let
sovic at Export, Pa, demolishing the
building. Letsovic received threat
ening Black Hand letters.
After reading several chapters OF
the Bible and kneeling with members
of the family in prayer, David P. Otis
of Birmingham, Ala, retired to room
and blew of the top of his head.
s. Thompson, aged sixty-five, of Col
Vile, Wash, veteran of the Civil
war, has sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary for horse stealing. He
confessed. Old soldiers of the state,
however, will make an effort to have
Gov. Mead pardon Thompson.
Oscar Hogan (colored) was sen.
fenced in the district court at Ottum.
wa, Iowa, to the state penitentiary at
Fort Madison for life. Hogan assault
ed we'll known Ottumwa woman last
September. The assault was the most
brutal in the history of the county.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Killed at cro..lno.

Waterloo, Iowa, Feb. 81. ]. Hadde.
man. a teamster, was killed by an iii.
nois Central engine. His wife is too
III to be told Of the accident. Hadde.
man was crossing the track in q sleigh,
The team vas unhurt
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Rob Home: Get Iewelrx.

: Marshalltown, Iowa. Feb. II. -
Thieves entered the home Of e. J,
Dawson some time last night and stole
watches and jewelry of value of $3.50,
The theft has been reported to the DO.
lice, but there is no clue.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Crushed bv Rock.

Calumet, Mich, Feb. "a large rock
fell on Charles Haapaja, miner work.
ing in the Champion mine, breaking
his back, both legs and several ribs,
crushing him to death. A wife and
three children in Finland survive him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Jealouey cause of Tragedy,

Scranton, Pa, Feb. 8.-Mark Moran
shot and instantly killed Laura Her
mann, a young married woman, and
afterward tried to commit suicide. The
motive for the crime is believed to be
Jealousy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Eye Ruined bv lcic,e.

Waterloo. Iowa, Feb. 9. = While at
play, knocking icicles from the caves,
Willie Evans, aged seven, failed to
dodge heavy one, which penetrated
his right eyeball. Surgeons removed
his eye and hope to save his life,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
City viii Have Ps:kino PIant.

City Will Have Ps:king Plant.
Faribault, MIMI, Feb. 9.-Faribault
Is going to have packing plant. The
firms Of Carver Bros. and Kielenoyn
have purchased the buildings recently
used by the Faribault Rattan conlps.
ny and a tract Of land, which will be
converted into modern packing plant.
Work will begin at once.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
LID PINcdEs FILTERS.
Saloon Men Who Violate Law Ar
Quickly Punished.

Winona, Mimi. Feb. II. q The lid
must not be tilted on Sunday in Wi.
mona. Any effort to get around the
law causes trouble. Anton Pellowskj
was fined $40 and costs for keeping
his saloon open last Sunday. A cou.
pie of his customers sneaked in the
back door and bought a couple of beers
and some alcohol. They then hasten.
ed to the city prison and told the DO.
lice. Pellowski is the fourth saloon.
keeper to be fined since the lid went
on.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Four Perish in Fire.

Campbellton. N. B., Feb. 9. - At
Grand Cascapedia, Quebec border
town, four members Of the family Of
Andrew Campbell were burned to
death by q IRE which destroyed their
home.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Pastor Is panueroueIv III.

La Crosse, Wis.,, Feb. 11.-Rev. John
X. Fowler, d. d., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, is in a dangerous
condition at the La Crosse hospital
with an attack of peritonitis. He was
taken i'll while travelling near Denver.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Small Blaze at Wheaton,

Small Blaze at Wheaton,
Wheaton, Mimi, Feb. 9.-The ice.
fuel and feed house belonging to John
A. Dale was totally destroyed by fire
Nothing was saved from the building,
which had been practically filled With
Ice during the last week.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
supt. Patchin Again Re.eIected.

Springfield, MIMI, Feb. 9. - The
board of education has honored Supt.
G. A. Patchin with reelection for the
fifth year. The salary to be paid in
case of acceptance is $1,525. The board
has manifested its confidence in Mr..
Patchin by increasing his salary each
year since he came here in 1904.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
REOPEN STATE BANK FEB. IS.
Heinze and largey Have Made Good
Their indebtedness.

Their indebtedness.
Butte, Mont, Feb. 8. - 1t was ar.
nounced yesterday on the authority OF
the management of the State Savings
bank that the bank would resume bus.
mess on Feb. Is. In compliance with
the order Of District Judge George M.
Bourquoin, President M. S. Largely OF
the bank and +. Augustus Heinze have
made good the amount of their indebt.
edness to the institution.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-31
Cruiser Gelderland Did Not Salute
Because She Had Done So
Within a Year.
IS AN INTERNATIONAL RULE
Gentleman Entitled Venezuelan Con-
sui at Willcmstad. Curacao. Never
So Recognized by Netherlands.

London. Aug. 3l--The reply of The
Netherlands government to President
Castros communication last night
Will. 1t is understood. be In substance.
that the Dutch cruiser Gelderlaud did
not salute the Venezuelan flag upon
entering LaGuira because under inter-
national naval practise war vessel
does not salute flag in foreign port
IL she had entered that port and salut-
ed within year The GelderIand had
done this. Besides. IL is declared, ii
was not known whether the forts
would reply should the Gelderlsnd sa =
lutte them and all chance OF further
embarrassment was saved by the
cruiser keeping within the interna-
tional precedent of sauting once with
in a year.
As for the alleged insults 20 the
Venezuelan consul at Wilemstad.
Island of Curacao. the gentleman so
entitled. 1t is stated was never ac-
cepted by The Netherlands as con-
sui, hence he could not officially be
STYLED consul and was in Curacao
simply as a citizen of Venezuela The
Dutch colonists at Curacao expressed
great Indignation when. following the
arrest OF a man distributing leaflets de-
nouncing the Holland government, the
man said he was hired by the So
called Venezuelan consul
In conclusion 1t is said the treat
ment of NJ. De Reus, the Dutch min
lister at Caracas, who was expelled by
President Castro. was irregular ac-
cording to international etiquette, as
President Castro, instead of sending
N. De Reus his passports and eXpell-
ing him from the country, should
have informed The Netherlands gov
eminent that her minister was no
| longer persona grata and should have
requested his recall The mthod Pres
| ident Castro preferred to follow was
offensive and in violation of diplo-
matte procedure.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-31
ROBERT CALDWELL.
Great American Anidavit Maker said
To BE Dying.

New York Aug. 3l-Death may de-
feat the processes OF law in the case
of Robert Caldwell known as the
great American affidavit maker VINO
is wanted In England ON charge OF
perjury in connection with the celebrat-
ed DT4ce case.
Mr.. Caldwell. who is well along In
years and who failed physically and
mentally after the famous trial in
which a dukedom was the stake. is in
the Manhattan state asylum on Ellis
Island His condition Is such that no
probably win never leave the institu-
ton alive. He is sinking gradually.
Most OF MS time is spent In bed
said DR. William Malsom sperinten-
dent of the asylum, yesterday. and
he is very weak mentally and physical
IN. There may ho no immediate dan
ger nut his condition Is not promising
Ia the eXtyadition proceedings, under
which 10 was expected to tuke MI CAD
well back to England, postponement
was taken until Aug IS, and then the
case postponed INDEFINITELY on the re-
part Of Dl. Malsom. The English gov
srumeut Is represented By Charles Fox
AS attorney and the defendant was TO
have apeareo before t'uitd States COM
missioner Alexander whore the eNtrGdl-
lion hearing was 20 have been held.
By the decision OF The court in tho
bruce case. the testimony or MI Cald-
lyru az o. his relations with the Duke
uf Portland was stamped .A petluiobi
und proceedings to punish him for los
urying falsely iu a1idaNIts we're I'M
mcdiatcly instituted.