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mine DROWNED
| IN HEAVY FLOODS


Trinidad. Cal. Aug. 2s.--Dan b.
Wenger and two children are report
ed drowned near Folsom. as the result
Of the heavy floods. The news was
reported here in message to J. ID.
Jannison, brother OF Mrs. Wenger.
Wenger formerly resided here. He
was a merchant.
local undertaking firm today re-
ceived message from Folsom, N. Y,
ordering six collins for persons drown
ga therA Folsom Is 100 miles out of
Trinidad on the Colorado 81 Southern
railway. The town is reported to have
been badly damaged by foods, but the
wires are down and details are lack
ing.
The known dead at Folsom beside
Wegner and his two children are
+. Wheeler and wife, whose bodies
were found buried in the sand Their
house was washed away and 1t Is said
that In addition to MT and Mrs.
Wheeler, their two children and Mr..
Wheeler's sister were drowned.
Miss Lucy Creighton and Miss Role
are also said to have been drowned.
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watertown, 9. d, Aug. 2s.-Two
frightful passenger train wrecks with
in a few miles OF Watertown
would have occurred within a
few hours OF each other but for the
occidental discovery of the broken
trains were due.
The nrst was discovered on the
Minneapolis e. st. Louis road two
miles east OF Watertown. Friday nignt,
by a hobo, who was taking the tie
pass for points east. He evidently
knew something OF the train schedules
OF the road and that the night pass
enger for the twin cities had not gone
by. for he quietly awaited till 1t came
along and then tagged it. The broken
rail- was spiked down by the train
crew and the train crept over it safely.
The conductor then looked for the man
who had saved the train but he had
disappeared. much to the regret OF
some OF the emotional passengers. who
wanted to make hero OF him
The next evening some harvest
hands who were shocking grain by
the right of way of the South Dakota
Central noticed a section of rail two
feet long broken out and lying beside
the track about eight miles south
OF town. Although 1t was nearly sup
per time two OF them stayed guard
over the danger point for nearly two
hours and tagged the night passenger
from Sioux Falls and saved II from
sure destruction.
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DECREE OF DIVORCE
FOR MRS. HAUFT
GRANTED BY JUDGE POLLOCK IN
DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON - SECURED, d.
voRcE FROM 10 LEMIEUx TWO
YEARS AGO.

Judge c. A. Pollock issued a decrea
Of divorce to Mrs. May Pearl Hauft
from her husband. Carl ]. Hauft, yes
terday afternoon in district court
The grounds for the divorce was
cruel and inhuman treatment and Mrs.
Hauft alleged that her husband used
vile language toward her both in pub
lie and in private
Mrs Hauft ran a boarding house
for some time in Fargo and is well
known. She secured divorce from
Joe Lemieux, better known as Rench
Joe. about two years ago.
Hauft Is a horse trainer and cWwbov
and is said to have travelled for years
with a wild west show.
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Artist Earle and His Wife
Kiss and Make Up
WOMAN GLAD TO GET BACK
WIFE CARRIES THREE WEEKS
OLD BABY IN HER ARMS WHEN
SHE GREETs MAN THAT is Ac-
cusED or BEATING HER RE-
GENTLY.

Monroe, N. T.. Aug 2s-Artist Ferd-
inand p, Earle and his wife are again
united Earle was released on $1,000
bail from the Goshen Jail yesterday
where he had been held on a charge
of beating his wife, whom he formerly
described as his affinity. Earle man
aged to elude pursuit of the reporters
last night after his release and came
here.
His wife, whom he was charged
with having beaten and choked. while
she was still weak after the birth OF
their child, returned from New York
today and seemed glad TO get back.
IN her arms she carlNed the baby. now
three weeks old.
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old FUED ENDS in
DEATH FOR TWO

Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 2s.-As the result
of an attempt of David and William
Webb. brothers, to carry out a threat
to do up" ]. w. Culpepper, west
side grocer In his store last night,
David Webb is dead, William Webb
fatally wounded, and Culpepper Is Sc
riously injured. The trouble. which
was the elimination of an old fued,
came to a head Tuesday night, when
the brothers assaulted Culpepper in
his store, threatening to return last
night and complete the job. Culpep
per armed himself with a double bar
relied shotgun, and when the Webbs
opened the door he opened fire on
them with fatal effect. being himself
stabbed by William Webb, after the
letter had been shot.
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PURE ALCOHOL
KILLS YOUNG GIRL

wahpeton, N. D., Aug. Tuesday
morning little Sophia Schmidt, the Ave
year old daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Schmidt, who live on North
First street, arose, feeling poorly. Her
mother had given her a few drops Of
whisky 70 tone up her stomach, and
the little girl. seeing the bottle on the
table, thought she needed some more
this morning. Without her mothers
knowledge she took about flve or six
ounces. AS soon as the act was dis
covered. DR.. O'Brien was summoned,
but though he arrived within half
an hour and the stomach was washed
out. she never regained the conscious
ness which she had lost shortly after
taking what she had supposed would
be medicine, and at 4 o'clock yester-
day morning she. passed away.
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UNKNOWN SHOOTS
big fINANCIER

Atlantic City. N. j., Aug. 2s.-.
Though Chas. B. Roberts, hnancier
and clubman, of Baltimore, Md. who
was the victim Of mysterious shoot
Ing on board the walton wednesday
might, y stiIl III = critical condition at
a local hospital, strong hopes are en-
tertained by the physicians that he
will recover.
He was suficiently revived from
unconsciousness to tell the police some
thing Of the man who shot him, and
acting on the faint clue, they have
been working industriously to clear
up the mystery surrounding the
shooting.
Mrs Williams, who was in roll
ing chair with Roberts, and the negro
chair pusher were subjected to sharp
cross examinations and their stories
agree on all the details.
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STEAMER SINKS;
GREW ALL PERISH

Rio Janeiro. Aug. 2s.-The news of
the sinking Of the British steamer,
Dunea:'n,. and the loss of all but two Of
the fifty three members of the crew
In a typhoon which ragged on Aug. 2S
off the port OF Goto, on the island OF
Kiuhiu, has reached here in report
received from Moji. town on the
same island. The names OF the sur
yivors are given as William Phillips,
an engineer, and John Landon, a sea-
man, both Of whom were picked up
by the Japanese steamer, Sal1io Maru.
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NEUROLOGICAL.
.FINLANDER Died HERE
Expires at County Hospital OF Typhoid
Fever--t1as Wife Living in Ma
tive Country.

John Tulkkens, Finlander. died at
about 8 O'Clock last evening at the
county hospital OF typhoid fever from
which ne had been suffering for a
couple of weeks Tulkkene came here
from Oriska about two weeks ago and
was found at the Northern Pacific
railroad station In a critical condition.
RE contracted bad case Of typhoid
which caused his death last evening.
The deceased was 40 years Of age
and leaves wife who lives in Fin
iand. The disposition of the body has
not been decided upon.
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"PEEPING tom"
UNDER ARREST
WILLIAM JOHNSON, FORMERLY
AN EMPLoYE or THE NORTH
ERIN PACIFIC, MUST ANSWER a
SERIOUS CHARGE IN POLICE
COURT.

william Johnson was arrested this
morning by Officer Dan Costello at
the Northern Pacific yards In the city.
charged with indecent exposure and
with peeping In sleeping car windows
that were standing in the yards.
The railroad officials believe that
Johnson II somewhat deranged as he
was dismissed from the service of the
road about q year ago FOR these same
actions.
His case will be heard BY Judge
Ryan this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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Madison Wis, Aug. 2a.-Former
United states Senator William F. VI
las, who died yesterday from an at
tack of cerebral hemorrhage, was the
only surviving member of the cabinet
that first sat down to give advice to
the late President Grover Cleveland
During the first administration he
served first as postmaster general and
was later promoted to the position of
secretary of the interior. He served
as valuable aid to the second ad-
ministration as United States senator
from Wisconsin.
Colonel Villas was born in Chelsea,
VT, July 9, 1910. His father, Judge
Levi B. Villas, moved to Wisconsin in
1851 and his son, William. was one of
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SITE FOR A new HOME:
SITE FOR NEW HOME
A. Z. Bestic Has Secured d choioa
Building Site or Thirteenth
Street South.

Residence lots on Thirteenth street
south are in great demand and Il. u.
Bestic IL congratulating himself that
he has been fortunate enough to se-
cure one. He has purchased from Mr..
and Mrs. II. II Magill. the lot on Thir-
teenth street south Immediately south
Of COL John p. Benton's residence. II
il 70x2o0 feet and one DE the moas
desirable sites In the city. a new home
for Mr. and Mrs. Bestic win be erect.
ed on the property next spring.
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Underpinning Of Port Royal
Bridge Washed Away
SCHOOL BUILDING COLLAPSES
HIGH WATERS EXTEND TO
NoRTH CAROLINA CITY WHERE
5000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REM
pERED HoMELEss--APPEAL Is-
SUED FOR ASSISTANCE.

Augusta, Ca. AUG. ss.The food
apparently has damaged the founda-
tions of great many buildings in the
lower part OF the city. At 10: 80
o'clock this morning rhe Central
Grammar school building had coll
lapsed, as had also the walls Of the
National Biscuit Co. building. The
underptnning of the Port Royal bridge
has been washed away, but the bridge
itself has not fallen.
A mass meeting Of citizens has been
called for this afternoon.
There has been no further loss of
life reported
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Black HAND GANG
BUSY AT REssEMER n.

Bessemer, Mich. Aug. 2S--John
scovorda. reported to be rich, has re-
ceived two letters In Italian. signed
Black Hand instructing him to
place In box he will ind at the
powder mill creek, along the county
road to Ironwood, on or before the
last OF this month, $1,000 In cash. If he
does not 40 so, the note says. hia
4-year old child will be kidnapped and
sold as . white slave and he and
his wife will be killed.
Joseph Ochus. an italian merchant
has also been threatened BY letter and
requested to deliver $500 or suffer tho
consequences.
Mrs. Scovorda Is prostrated by
fright and In q precarions condition.
and Scovorda has armed senfinels
guarding ms premises day and night
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HAMS BROTHERS
Held WITHOUT BAIL

New York, Aug. 2s.-capt. P. G.
Hains Of the United States army. who
shot and killed William, e. Annis at
Bay Side, L. l., nearly two weeks ago
and his brother. T. Jenkins Hams,
writer for magazines. who is charged
with holding the spectators at bay
while the captain did the killing, were
arraigned in magistrates court in
Long Island City, today on the charge
of murder.
I. Jenkins Hains is accused of be-
Ing an accessory to the murder while
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New Religious Sect.

Chicago. Aug. 20 Declaring ahat
they received . divine manifestation
from out Of the clouds ffteen years
ago, with q warning not to reveal It's
nature until aug. 29 OF this year.
Albert Biakely and his wife. Jennie.
are preparing to make the revelation
public tomorrow Blakely is q car
penter and has been a profound stu
dent OF the Bible for many years. He
declares his intention OF. founding a
new religious sect based On his ''reve-
lation." and asserts that all who do
not accept Ii will be surely damned.
The carpenter and his wife have al
ready gained many adherents.
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War Department VIII Not Start
Colony for Two Leper Sufferers

Washington, Aug. 2s--Inquiry as to
the facilities OF the war department
for taking care of the. leper, John e.
Early, formerly United States SOL
dier, and now isolated in this city, has
developed the fact that a leper is being
cared for in the volunteer soldiers
home at Milwaukee in the person OF
Alfred S. D'Gorman, formerly "a pri-
vate In Company G, First infantry Of
the regular army, and also member
Of a volunteer regiment during the
Spanish war
Private o'Gorman was an inmate of
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Grand Jury Ignores Courts In
StructionS
MUST OBEY CLOSING LAWS
ACTION OF GOVERNOR FORT
WILL BE o5EYED BY LARGER
SALOON PRoPRIEToRs WITH
OUT AID OF MILITIA-sERIous
CONDITION EXISTS.

Atlantic City. N. j., Aug. 2s.-Tha
extraordinary situation that has de-
veloped as the result of Governor
Forts proclamation in which he
threatens TO use the power of the
state militia to enforce the Sunday
liquor laws here, and the action of the
Atlantic county grand jury in DELHI
erately ignoring the instructions of
the court by refusing to return indict-
ments against persons accused Of vio-
lating the excise laws, continues to be
almost the sole topic OF conversation
today.
That Governor Fort will be compell-
ed to utilize his authority in calling
out the state troops is hardly probable
since the summer season is nearing
an end and 1t is more than likely thas
at least the larger and more pronlin-
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the volunteer soldiers home at Mil
waukee when 1t was discovered that
he was afflicted with the disease. He
was promptly isolated and measures
were at once taken to have the war
department remove him from that
home. The war department replied
to the authorities at Milwaukee that
they could place the leper in the col
ony in the Philippines. in California.
in Louisiana, or in Porto Rico, and
did not object to accepting him in the
soldiers home of the regular army In
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STATE BANK OF
ATHENS CLOSED

Lansing. Mich, Aug 2s.--The Ath-
ems state and Savings bank at Athens,
Calhoun county, closed its doors this
afternoon. /. r.. Walla is president
and Fl. G.. Lewis cashier. state Bank
Ing Commissioners Zimmerman issued
statement in which he said he had
found evidences thar deliberate plan
to deceive the state banking depart
rnent had been adopted by the Athens
bank since the examination, which
took place March 10. 1908.
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CONVICTS BREAK
OUT FROM Pen

Philadelphia, Aug. 2s.--Two priso-
ners serving life terms in the eastern
penitentiary made daring escape
shortly before Q b. m
News Of the delivery was learned
When the electrical pureatI Of the city
government was asked to send help
to the institution Ye9
Whether there has been an upris-
ing among the 1,4OO prisoners is not
yet known
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Reain camnainn Nn,.,

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Fatal Mute Kick.

Deadwood. S. ID. Aug. 2s.- Kicked
In the abdomen By mule willie work
ing 500 feet underground in the Mogui
Mining Co.'S mines at Terry, Joe Lai-
coma. d popular young italian. aged 2s
was 20 badly injured that he disd
within twenty -four hours.
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Officers and Sailors to Be Roy
ally Entertained
WILL REMAIN THERE Z DAYS
YANKEE TARs TO RECEIVE
GREATEST OVATION SINCE
LEAVING GOLDEN GATE HAR-
RoR- GREAT PARADE AND ALL
SORTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.

Melbourne. Aug. 2s-The American
battleship fleet is today nearing Mel
bourne, having almost completed the
]. A76 mile voyage from Sydney, and will
y ter the harbor tomorrow to receive
most enthusiastic ovation that the
rec tars have been accorded since
III forth from San Francisco. The
trA IN paid to the officers and men
by slulu, Auckland and Sydney
will II clipsed, since Melbourne, as
the ca Z and metropolis of Australia
has beeA able to raise a larger enter
tainment fund than any of the other
cities.
The feet will remain here for seven
days Tomorrow the battleships will
be met by the representatives OF the
federal state governments and mem
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BUBONIC PLAGUE
FEARED AT BOSTON

Boston, Aug 2s.-As q precaution to
avoid the possibility of the introduc-
tion into this port OF bubonic plague,
aboard the White Star liner Romantic
were detained for an examination at
the quarantine station today. DR.. Paul
Carson, the local quarantine physician.
has been notified that the plague was
prevalent at the Azores, one Of the
stopping places of the Romantic.
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NURSES TO GRADUATE
Two Have Completed the Course al
ST. Johns Training School and
Will Graduate Sept. 4.

Invitations are out for the annual
graduation exercises Of those com
pleting the course of training in st.
Johns training school for nurses,
which will take place at $3.50 o'clock
on the evening of Friday, Sept. 4, al
the Cathedral club auditorium
The class this year comprises two
young women who have successfully
completed the course OF study and
training and are now trained nurses.
They are the Misses Bertha Johnson
and Julia Newton.
A good programme is being arranged
for the exercises next Friday evening.
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MILLION DOLLARS RAISED.
For Aid Of Chinese Sufferers From
the Big Flood.

Hongkong. China, Aug. 2s.--Nearly
$1,O0O.00o has been raised 70 relieve
the sufferers from the flood last month
which followed storm costing 1000
lives at ocean ports. Subscriptions have
been pouring in from all over the
world. The Chinese people them
selves responded generously to the ap-
peal for aid, and for the first time a
bazaar run on American lines was
opened in Hongkong to raise money.
Men paid $100 for a drink OF lemonade
and $50 for side show tickets. The
Chinese women learned to derive plea
sure from pestering men until they
contributed, even as the American wo-
men do.
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Minnaa polls saencorfest.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Aug. 2s. six
hundred singers and thousands or Wis
itors are here for the Norwegian Dan
ish singers musical festival today and
tomorrow The concert programmes
include renditions OF the greatest com
positions OF Danish and Norwegian
composers and the festival viii likely
Be the most successful Of its kind ever
held Id the northwest.
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ADDRESS WANTED.

Letter Addressed to Mrs. NJ. "A. Kan
del, Cass co.--No PostoffTce.
The Fargo postofflce is In receipt
of a letter addressed as follows: Mrs
~. A. Handel. North Dakota, Cass
county, Box E. Any person knowing
the postoffice Of the lady should noti-
fy the Fargo ONCE.
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SHELL EXPLODES;
z SAILORS KILLED

Copenhagen. Aug. as Two men were
killed and six others dangerously
wounded on board the Danish cruiser
Hekla today by the premature ex
piosion Of shell. The accident oc-
cured during target practice at Ar
hus bay.
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the first to receive a degree from the
University of wisconsin, graduating
in 1853 at the age of IS years. He at
tended the Albany law school, gradu-
ating in 1860, and returned to Madi-
son, Wis, to ppactice law. His first
appearance before the state supreme
court at the age of 20 brought him
into notice and his reputation as an
eloquent trial and jury lawyer began
to grow. In 1862 he raised a com
ing as colonel in Grants army of the
Tennessee, and during the Vicksburg
campaign. He resigned before the war
closed and returned to his law prac-
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Snow in Maryland.

Baltimore, Aug. 2s.There was a
light fan Of STOW in the suburbs Of
this city last night and furries are re-
ported from other points in Maryland.
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sons Of Hermann.

Great Falls, Mont, Aug. 2s.-Sons
OF Hermann of Montana assembled in
Great Falls today for the state con-
vention Of the order. which will last
through tomorrow.
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FAYErrEvILLE SUBMERGED.
Cape Fear River overfIows its Banks
and Floods LowIands.

Fayetteville, ". G., Aug. 2s.-This
city, with a population Of $4,000, and
located on the Cape Fear river, Is all
most entirely submerged, caused by
the high water Of last night and early
today. Three thousand persons are
homeless in the city and an appeal
has been issued for relief
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HOBO FLAGS
TRAIN and
SAVES MANY
Escapes After Proving Self a
Hero
SECOND WRECK Is AVERTED
SECOND WRECK IS AVERTED

WEARY WILLIE" DISCOVERS
TWO eRokEN RAlGs NEAR WA
TERToWN, S. D., AND STOPS
TWtn clTT LtMirE 3-cREW RE-.
.UAlRs THE DAMAGE TEMPO
RARILY.
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