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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Sins and Sinners.

]. e. McElroy, a construction engi-
neer wanted at Hiilsboro, Pa, for for.
gerry. was arrested at Los Angeles.
Joe Kofranek. a barber, is under
arrest at Sioux City on a charge of ar.
son preferred by his wife. who says
he tried to burn down the house after
a quarrel.
J. A. Northcutt. prominent citizen
Of Henry Ellen, Jefferson county,
Alabama. was shot and killed by ]. w.
Dement,. Dement, will say nothing az
to the cause Of the tragedy.
Burglars robbed the Kirkwood, War
rem county, Illinois. pcstofiice of $35
in cash. This is the seventh post.
Office robbery in the Fourth congress.
sional district in the past three
months.
George B. Gascoigns, a plate printer
employed in the bureau Of engraving
and printing in Washington, was shot
and killed by Thomas r. Griffith, .
blacksmith, who was arrested. The
shooting was the result of quarrel.
Judge Munger. in the United States
court at Omaha, sentenced J. H, Ed,
misten, former state oil inspector
and chairman of the Populist state
committee. to pay fine of $1,000 and
serve four months in Jail for illegal
fencing Of government lands. Edmis.
ten has been prominent in Nebraska
politics for many years.
Daring safeblowers blew the safe In
the bank at Clark's Hill, Ind, but were
apprehended before completing their
work. The little town was thrown
into q state Of wild excitement and q
revolver battle with the robbeu fol-
lowed the attempt to rob the bank.
William Herman. assistant chiee
clerk Of the municipal court in Chicat
60. and Samuel B. Panama, a we'll
known local politician, were indicted
in connection with the alleged frauds
in the primaries Of Aug. 8. Twenty.
eight other indictments were 70.
turned.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Domestic.


William H. Taft carried Missouri by
plurality of 1,O26, according to the
tabulation of official returns made by
Gov. Folk.
Otto BRAKEMAN Grimm, lieutenant
in the United States signal corps, died
suddenly in a drug store at Long
Beach, Cal, of hemorrhage. Grimm
was on sick leave.
Thirty-four members of the junior
class in the Grand Rapids Veterinary
college walked out of a class room
when two colored students entered to
resume their studies.
Col. John c. Babcock, who was one
Of the principal scouts for the army of
the Potomac during the Civil war.
died at his home at Mount Vernon, N.
Y. Col. Babcock was seventy-two
years Of age.
Lying side by side on the floor OF
their apartment in New York. the
bodies of Charles A. Walters, an aged
veteran of the Civil war, and his
daughter Emma, forty years OLD. were
found. The room was filled with gas
and all the cocks Of gas stove were
turned on.
Herman de Lagercrantz. Swedish
minister to the United States, and his
secretary narrowly escaped injury in
an automobile accident in Pittsburg.
The front axle of the automobile
broke and the party received severe
tolting.
a higher divorce rate in the United
States than In any Of the foreign coun.
tries where statistics are available n
announced by the census bureau.
which in a bulletin just issued says
that at least one marriage in twelve
in this country ultimately terminates
In divorce.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
LOOKS BLACK FOR SItINnHl
All New Light on Paris Murdef
Strengthens Conviction Of
Her Guilt.

Paris. Dec. 1. - All the new ligh,
thrown on the murder Of Adolpht
Steinheil and Nine. Japy. which &C
CURED on the night Of May 81 at the
home Of the artist, only goes tt
strengthen the conviction that Nine
Steinheil either strangled the victims
alone after administering q narcotic
or poison, subsequently binding her
self to her bed, or that she had an &C
complete in the person of a profession
al criminal.
The body Of the murdered painter
was disinterred yesterday and remov
ed to the morgue, but the surgeons
found that it was in such state Of
decomposition as to make 1t an i'm
possibility to perform a complete au
topsy. They contented themselves
with taking away the viscera 70,
chemical analysis. in order to discove,
possible traces Of poison.
The glasses found at the time Of
the murder will also be examined.
Rich Lovers in Pairs.
1t is now learned that Mime. Stein,
he'll was receiving the visits of an.
other rich lover. in addition to Mau.
rice Borderal, and that she had prom.
Used each of them that she would mar.
ry him in the event of her becoming
widowed or divorced.
Testimony from many quarters
seems to upset the charges of the roy.
alist press that the late President Fe.
lix Faure was the victim of the Grim.
inal dealing. but even M. Dupuy. his
premier, does not deny that Nine,
Stefnheil was with him shortly before
he expired.
Faure Mystery Probed.
1t is noteworthy that no autopsy
was held on the body Of Faure. The
corpse, while still warm, was filled
with powerful embalming fluids and
hastily cofined.
Little by little the story Of that old
crime is coming out in the Partisan
press and the assertion is now pub
lished broadcast that death came to
him from Marguerite Steinheil, and
both press and physicians are specu.
lating on the kind of poison used.
In La Liberte. Henry Deschamps
quotes resident Of the Impasse Ron.
sin. who says that from his window
he saw the body of Felix Faure car.
ried from the Steinheil house by two
men.
Death Scene 10 GhastIy.
One CHASTITY detail Of the death of
Felix Faurc may be added to the re.
voting tale. In his convulsive death
agonies. the dying man knotted his
fingers in the woman's thick blonde
hair. and as the plotters dared not cut
the hair they had to pry the fingers
loose one by one. This took half an
hour. during which time the woman
was screaming and went into hyster
les. which ended in a faint.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
DETECTIVE KILLS MAN.
Police smugsIe Him Out Of City fot
Safekeepinq.

VouS0 oWu04te e1Im Out OF City S04
safekeeping.
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 2. - Following
the killing of ]. w. c. Jackson, q
farmer. fifty years old, ON his placa
near Marion late yesterday by H. R,
Curry. railroad detective. it is all
legged that mobs formed on the streets
and threatened to lynch Curry, who
surrendered himself. Curry had d
warrant for jackson, charging the lat1
ter with stealing coal. When he att
tempted to serve it an argument
arose in the corn field where Curry
found Jackson and his wife.
Curry claims Jackson rushed upon
him with corn cutter. Then he fired
three shots, killing Jackson. Curry
walked back to Marion and informed
the police. who smuggled him out Cd
the city and took him to Delaware for
safekeeping. The crowds were dis
persed by the officers. I
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Compact Regarding Policies of
Two Countries In Far East
Is Completed.
JAP ENVOY WEARS Big SMILE
Will Exercise Moral Effect in Far East
Similar to Monroe Doctrine
in America.

Washington, Dec. 2.-Secretary of
State Elfhu Root. on behalf Of the
United States. and Kogoro Takahira,
ambassador, on behalf Of Japan,
shortly after o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon exchanged diplomatic notes
defining the policies Of the two gov
ernments in the Far East. The actual
ceremony Of exchange was very brief,
Secretary Root handing the ambassa-
dor note which bore his signature,
and the ambassador giving to Mr..
Root a paper defining Japan's policy
and bearing his signature. After an
informal exchange of fluctuations the
ambassador and his secretary left the
state department, the former with a
smile on his face, indicating his great
satisfaction over the conclusion of the
exchanges.
Boost Commerce In Pacific.
The full purport Of the notes al
ready has been set out in the Associ-
ated Press dispatches. They will be
made public simultaneously in the
United States and Japan tonight,
with a view to their publication in
both countries on Wednesday morn
ing.
The exchange of notes is based on
the idea of encouraging and defend
Ing free and peaceful commercial de-
velopment in the Pacific, and to this
end the signatory parties have pre-
pared a series of articles expressive
Of their intentions in the matter. Leg
islative action by the senate is un-
necessary, and the declaration or ex-
change Of notes will not have to be
referred to that body. The declara.
ton Is not a treaty. simply q reafir-
nation of what both Japan and the
United States have stood for in Chi
ma and the Far East generally. It has
no legal standing, but its greatest ben.
at will be that derived from the NOR.
al effect it will exercise in the future
diplomacy government the Far East.
In this respect it has been likened to
the Monroe doctrine in American his.
tory.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
SIX MEN DIE IN SALT MINE.
Air Supply Shut OF While Men Were
at Work $50 Feet Below Surafce.

Air Supply Shut of While Men Were
at Work $50 Feet Below surafce.
Detroit. Mich, Dec. 1. - Six men
were suffocated to death Saturday aft.
ernoon in the village of lakewood, out.
side the western outskirts of Detroit.
The lakewood Contracting company
has been engaged in sinking 600-foot
shaft for the Detroit Salt company.
The six men who lost their lives were
at work excavating $50 feet down in
the shaft. The supply of air came
from a two-foot canvas tube, which
ran down the shaft from the surface OF
the ground.
This tube became clogged Saturday
afternoon about $50 feet down from
the surface. With the air supply
shut of the shaft rapidly filled with
gas and the men were suffocated.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
NEW LINE IS OPENED.

Great Northern Has One From Fernie
to Michel, 3. c.
st. Paul, Dec. 2.-The Great North
ern yesterday announced the opening
of its new line from Fernie, B. c., to
Michel, B. c. The line traverses the
country which was the scene of the
big fire last summer and is twenty
two miles long. The road is to be op-
Grated in connection with the Crows
Nest Pass Coal company's line.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
USES "NirRo" IN JAIL WALL.

Oklahoma Convict Wrecks auIidino In
Attempt to Escape.
Hobart, Okla, Dec. L. In desper
ate attempt to prevent officers taking
him to the penitentiary, Walter Reed.
who was convicted of manslaughter
and was held in Jail here pending his
removal to the state prison, exploded
a large quantity Of nitroglycerin
against the wall Of his cell. The whole
side Of the Jail was blown away, but
the sheriff and deputies in the Jail
rushed to the outside. saved their
lives and prevented Reed from escap.
ing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
People Talked About.

Edward Harris Coy. fullback for
two years on the Yale team. has
been elected captain Of the eleve,
Tor the coming year.
H. e. Hansen, an explorer in the
service of the American department
Of agriculture, has gone to Central
Asia, where he will collect plants.
seeds, etc.
The Peruvian government will pre-
sent a gold medal to Miss Annie
Peck, the American mountain climber
who last August succeeded in reach.
ing the summit of Mount Huascaran
Brig. Gen. John Greene, U. S. A., re.
tired. died suddenly at Boise, Idaho,
Of neuralgia Of the heart, in his
eighty.fourth year. Gen. Greene was
a veteran OF the Mexican and Civil
wars.
Capt. Patrick Henry, who spent
much time in Washington for twenty
years as the official representative Of
the levee board of the Mississippi
river, died at his home in GAINESVILLE.
Tenn.
Miss Bertha Duppler, secretary ia
four Chicago postmasters and at the
time of her resignation said to have
been the highest salaried woman In
the postal service, has been married
to Jacob Baur, a prominent Chicago
business man.
Frank Melville. one of the best
known circus men In the United
States and for number of years
equestrian director of the Hippodroma
in New York. succumbed to heart fail.
ure in the general Offices Of the Hip.
podrome company in New York.
Daniel Gardener, millionaire mine
owner Of Wallace. Idaho, announces
that he has purchased and will oper.
ate under modern methods the mines
in the vicinity Of Barcelona, Spain,
from which it is the belief that the
Romans derived their lead supply. u
will be the first time the mines have
been touched for centuries.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
WOODRUFF OUT OF RACE.

Eliminates Himself From Senatorial
Contest In Favor Of Root.
Hot Springs, Va, Dec. 1. - After a
protracted conference yesterday be-
tween President-elect Taft and limo
thy L. Woodruff, New York state
chairman, announcement was made
that Mr.. Woodruff had eliminated him.
self from the New York senatorial
race, in favor of Secretary Root.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Vanderbilt Declared Sane.

New York, Dec. 2. - After having
been declared insane a year ago and
incompetent to manage his affairs!
Edward Ward Vanderbilt, husband Of
the "spiritualistic bishop" Mary Ann
neutrality-suspicious., and a
wealthy retired lumber dealer OF
Brooklyn, was last night declared
sane by sheriff's fury.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Tokyo Hears Report,
TO DIVERT RIVER CHANNEL.
Citizens Of Pine Bluff, Ark, Feat
Banks May Give way.

Citizens OF Pine Bluff, Ark, Feat
Banks May Give way.
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 2.-FearingI
that the already weakened banks of
the Arkansas river would be unable
to Withstand the pressure of the water
when the full force of the present
rise reaches Pine Bluff, it was de-
cidede at meeting of citizens held
here yesterday to divert, If possible
the channel of the river by the cutting
through a narrow strip of land where
the river starts . ''horse shoe bend,a
several miles north of the city. This
plan. If successful, while leaving Pine
Bluff away from the main channel
would eliminate, it is believed, the
danger of an overflow which would
cause the destruction of large
amount Of property.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Boy eleeds to Death.

Carver, Mimi, Dec. 2. = Clarence
johnson. fifteen years old, who lives
six miles from town, bled to death
from q gunshot wounded in the arm.
He and several young compaui us
were hunting and he attempted to
pull q gun out of a boat.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
news OF THE Week IN fPIToMf
important Events at Home asd %
Foreigs Shores Briefly
,w;; Told
From WashInaton.

Marley Lawton. q son Of the late
Mai. Gen. Henry w. Lawton, who was
killed in the Philippine islands in 1900.
has been appointed second lieutenant
Of the Philippine scouts and ordered
to Fort Thomas. KY.
Because he barely avoided running
down the president Of the United
States with his bicycle while the lat.
ter was walking to church last Sun.
day. Gilbert Boyer. negro youth, was
arrested on the charge Of mot having
suitable bell on his bicycle"
Paper is to be manufactured from
cotton stalks, heretofore useless by
product. according to report of the
bureau Of manufactures. A company
capitalized at 100000 has been or.
ganized at Atlanta, Ca, for the pur-
pose. It is claimed that paper can be
made from cotton stalks at q cost Of
about SIS per ton.
With the announcement by Chair
man Hitchcock of the Republican ma
tional committee of the appointment
of Edward ]. Stellwagen of Washing
ton as chairman of the inaugural CON-
mittee, the first step was taken in the
work of preparing for the Inaugural.
ton Of Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Sherman as
president and vice president on March
next.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Desperate Kills Sheriff.

Ogden, Utah, Dec. 1. - Chief Depu,
ty Sheriff Seymour L. Clark was kill.
ed at Uintah by an unknown despera.
do Deputy Sheriff ]. ]. Murphy was
shot in the hand and a sick man who
was in the custody of the two officers
was shot twice in the arm. The des.
perado escaped.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
JAIL EIGHT mooNsH,NERs.

Revenue Officers Raid Their Alabama
Stronghold.
Admission, Ala, Dec. 1. - The ia
NOUS home of moonshine whisky in
the Turkey Haven mountains Of Ala
bama was conquered, at least for the
present, by United States revenue Of.
ficers when they brought to jail here
Jim Floyd, for decade the leader
Of the Floyd gang, and eight alleged
members of his band.
Five bullet wounds in Floyd's body
attested to desperate all-night fight
with the alleged moonshiners.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Explosion Wrecks Model Coal
Mine of World at Mariana,
Near Pittsburg.
DEATH ROLL NAY REACH 200
Fifty.two Bodies Are Recovered
Most of Them Horribly Mutilated
and Dismembered.

Pittsburg, Dec. /. - At least 139
men lost their lives Saturday in an
explosion which wrecked the mine of
the Pittsburg- Buffalo Coal company at
Mariana, forty miles south of here,
and cast into gloom what was until
then considered the model mining
town of the world.
Fifty-two bodies were taken from
the mine yesterday, all but two Of
them Icing horribly mutilated and a
number of them dismembered.
There is no doubt that the death
list will reach 1873 men. Officials of
the company admit that 1873 men went
down the shaft to work Saturday
morning. According to miners and
others familiar with the number of
men generally employed in the mine
the death list will exceed the compa-
ny's estimate by at least fifty.
Horribly MutiIated.
Up to darkness last night twenty.
i've bodies had been brought to the
surface in an iron bucket. Arms, legs
or heads were missing from some, and
the trunks of others were burned,
bruised and cut.
Two of the men taken from the
mine yesterday had been suffocated
and their bodies were not even
scratched. One of these was John
Twill, a cousin Of John H. Jones. presi-
dent of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal
company, owners Of the mine, who
was employed as head timekeeper.
wills body was found beneath coal
digging machine and it was apparent
that the young man had crawled there
in vain effort to escape the deadly
fumes.
Will Not BE Cleared for Days.
The body Of the other man was
found near will. The unfortunate had
placed his face in q pool of water,
which all miners are advised to do
when an explosions occurs, in a des.
perato attempt to fight of suffocation
until rescued.
During yesterday afternoon the cor.
oner of Washington county held a
meeting to organize a Jury and then
adjourned until all of the bodies have
been taken from the mine. The opin-
ion was expressed yesterday by
number Of expert miners that the
mine will not be cleared of victims for
several days. Early yesterday small
fire broke out In the mine, but was ex-
tinguished.
Rescue Work Being Pushed.
Conditions about the mouth of the
mine were disagreeable yesterday. A
drizzling rain fell and the weather
grew cold. Many relatives of the vic
Tins stood all day close to the ropes
around the shaft, but there were few
of the narrowing scenes usually asso-
ciated with a mine explosion. Most
of the relatives are English-speaking
people. who bear their grief in ST.
lence. 1t is estimated that one-fourth
of the victims are Americans. As rap.
idly as possible the work of rescue is
being carried on. At short intervals
new men are sent into the mine to re-
lieve. others searching for the dead.
Owing to the dangerous gases and the
mass of wreckage in the mine the res.
cue work is slow and is being carried
on with great deal Of precaution. Elk.
perts from Pennsylvania and West
Virginia are in charge Of the work of
exploration.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
KILLS BROTHER BY ACCIDENT.
Man Was Carrying Both Rifles and
Victim was Carrying Deer.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, Dec. 2.-Os-
car Anderson was accidently shot and
killed by his brother, Andrew Ander-
son, in the woods in the town of Del
mar. Oscar had shot a deer, should
cred it. and was walking ahead of
his brother, who was carrying both
rifles. One of the rifles in some way
was discharged and the bullet pene-
trated the brothers. back, causing in.
slant death.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
New BRIDGE ls pvnamlted

"" o'08o 70 0yUanJIeO.
Cleveland, Dec. 2.-An abutment Oh
the recently completed Wheeling e.
Lake Erie lift-bridge, located in the
flats" last night was badly damaged
by dynamite explosion. Traffic over
the structure has been stopped pend.
ing an examination. The bridge waa
constructed by non-union labor. It ia.
said.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Washlnuton Vote.

Olympia. WASH. Dec. 2.-The Off.
cial count Of Washington's vote for
president shows: Taft. 106,310; Bry.
IN. 6s.3s3; Debs. 14.177; Hisgen, 24s:
Chain. 400.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Flood Dancer Past

~''8et TO8g.
Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 2.-Oklahoma
rivers. which have been overaowine
their banks and doing damage in
many localities. are slowly recedinrJ
and it is believed all danger is pastil
Train service is being restored.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
SEVEN HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

Japanese Steamships In Collision Oh
the Coast Of China.
Chefoo. China, Dec. 2.-Seven hsnt
dred people were drowned of this
port yesterday when two Japanese
steamships collided.
All details Of the accident are lacki
ing. but it is feared that the entire
quota of passengers of both steamers
as we'll as their crews persisted In
the disaster.
Tokyo Hears Report.
Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2. = Word has
been received here that two Japanese
steamers were in collision of Chefool
China. today, and that seven hundred
lives were lost, bua all details are
lacking. and the report has not yet
official confirmation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
COLORADO IS sNow-eouNp.

enced In That Section.
Denver, Colo, Dec. 1. - Beginning
Saturday and continuing until late
last evening the eastern portion of
Colorado was visited by one of the
heaviest fall Of snow ever exprei.
enced in this section. at some points
a new record being established. The
entire plains country east of here was
included in the visitation. 1t is there
that the railroads experienced the
greatest difficulty, but reports last
night indicate that delays are not SO.
ious.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
Alleged safebIo,xer. cau,h.

sSee Ss'eS'o"eTS Sau0nt.
Hot Springs. Ark, Dec. 2-Threa
alleged safeblowers and postonice
burglars, whose trail Of operation. hi
is declared. extends throughout the
whole of the Mississippi valley. we're
arrested here last NIGHT
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
GIRLS ADMIT SETTING FIRE.
Two Inmates Of Ohio industrial School
Make Confession.

Columbus, Dec. 1. - Two girls at
the state Industrial home at Delaware,
whose names the authorities refuse
to give. confessed that they set fire to
the main building at the home early
Saturday. The loss will amount to
$4,000. Lightweight girls were res
cued by the Waterman, Joseph spir-
row. A number Of the girls were
mere or less injured.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-03
DRUG store Robbed.

Drug Store Robbed.
Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 1. - Bur
glars broke into the Smith drug store
at Rockwell, securing $40 in cash and
valuable articles.