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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
MURDER AT
HANKINsoN.
Mystery Connected With Discovery
Of Mans Body CIeared BY
Man On the Gallows

Hankineon News: Most of
the old timers here will re-
nembe the excitement caused
by the finding OF the body OF e
man IN the grove north OF Neis
Peterson's farm house, a mile
and half west of town some
thirteen years ago. The body
was found under the limb of a
tree from which one end of a
handkerchief was suspended
giving the impression that j.
was a case Of suicide. The
body was in an advanced stage
OF decomposition and there
was no means Of Identification.
The theory that e hobo had
committed suicide was general
ly accepted, notwithstanding
some suspicious Giro cumstances,
and the ,nciden, was soon for
gotten Probably few know OF
the sequel, however which
proved by the confession on
the scsffold for another 70 mrrler
that the man found IN the
Peterson grove was murder
er's victim. About four years
after the finding of the body as
above described. hobo was
arrested in a small Minnesota
town for the murder of man.
BE vas convicted and hanged
for his crime, and on the scah old
be detailed how he had killed
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
0UR BLACK CABINET" !"

In Russia they have what
they call a BLACK Cabine, or
Department of espial. In ,t.e
L ni,ed States we have the
Secret Service" at Was,,iue-
ton which is supposed TO con-
s'st OF detectives to spy upon
eounteriei.ors and sn,ugglsrs
In Russia the detectives look
Tor those who are plotting
against the government, and
no one is free from their ospion-
age. Here the governnen:
detectives are supposed TO con-
hne their work to the protection
OF the Treasury with all its
numerous bureaus, bu, evi-
dence was presented TO the
Com mis,ee on Appropriations
that Secret Service agents have
been used for all kinds Of spy.
ing work, End there has grown
up in the service system Of
espionage tina, smacks strong
~ Of the black cabine, Of Rus
sia,
AT q recen, hearing Of the
com ni1'ee on appropriations
some startling testimony was
given concerning ,he case Of a
navy ofhcer who suspected his
wife OF having improper rela-
t'ons With u2idshipman. A
Secre! Service agen, was pa, to
work 10 get evidence a.la IN.
stance Of the Navy Department.
Divorce proceedings resulted
This instance Of sc,iyi!y br
Sec.e! Service agents outside
the field Of operations marked
out Tor them in laws passed oy
Congress prompted the Com
mittee TO insar1 in the sundry
civil bill clause prohibiting
Secret Service men from engar
ing in any duty other than
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07

structed to notify people to
have thei. trees trimmed so as
not to interfere with persons
passing on the sidewalks.
Notion carried that the ordi-
nance committee be instructed
to draw sn ordinance 1egulat-
ing the planting Of trees on
streets. Notion carried that
the street COM missiouers De
Instructed to notify people 10
keep their sidewalks clean Of
boxes, machinery and other
obstructious.
WateTwotks engineer report
showing 81 ION 1900 lbs Of coal
used during April presented
and motion carried to place
same on fie. Official oaths of
Office Of Chas. lounequist as
city treasurer, Wm. ], Dieiz as
chief OF police, Chss. s, Quinn
as special police, John Dons
Won as police. ". A. Baker as
city engineer, Claas. E Quinn
as wa1ersorks Supt. II. G
Rasmussen as pound master
and Chss. E Wolfe as city
attorney presented and MOTION
carried to place the same on
file. Official bonds Of Chas-
Sonngquis1, !. n, 1nreense,a,
Chas E. 0ninn, Wn. I. D3e,z,
Fulsou Dow, WE, K. Pu-don,
Chgs. E " Woiie, Joh- Risc,aard
4 Son and Twin City Ceueu,
Works presented and motion
carried 70 sccep: the same and
place them on fle. City
treasu-ers repors presented
and motion earned TO place
same On file. Motion carried
that So. 81 be transferred from
the general fund to Dakota
avenue sewer fund, motion
carried that the city audito,
be directed to write the Tri-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
CITY COUNCIL.

Regular meeting o: Wsiape-
ton CRY couneil, May. +. 1905
Meeting ca led TO order by
Mayor Eberley, aldermen pre-
sen; Giles, Hess, Albreeh,,
Robinson, Forkne1, Toves,
Gillen and Peschel. Minutes
OF meetings of April p, 1908,
read and approved. Notion
carried that the water supply
committee be instructed TO
ascertain what arrangement
Chas. Sleeper had with ,he
council when he made water
connections at his house and
the amount he paid TOR the
same.
Motion carried ths, the mat
ter OF locating public water
trough be referred to the street
and publio Improvement COM
uoittees. Mayor Eberley ap-
pointed Ed HsT,xeli as special
police for 6 months. Motion
carried ,ha, ,:2e appointment,
OF Ed Hartwell as specia! police
be confirmed
Motion carried that the Nah
peton Times be designated the
Official paper for one year.
Motion carried that the
street commissioners be in
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07

a man a mile and a half vest
OF Hankinson by stricking him
over the head afte,ward ar
ranging the body to make it
appear like a case of suicide.
The motive was robbery but a
small sum was lef, ia the
pockets to avoid suspicion OF
foul play when the body should
be found. But for the second
crime committed four years
later the murderer would have
escaped punish nent entirely
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

Editor Willis Powell has sold
his st. Petersburg Independent 70
Lew b. Brown, a Kentucky journ-
alist, who will doubtless continue
the paper upon . high plane Of
excellence, The retirement Of Ed
itor Powell will be regretted by
bis friends Of the State Press, but
be viii have their best wishes in
anything he may undertake. His
reason for selliag was to gel a resi-
and il is hoped that he will moi
have to leave Florida to getit.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

Pensacola journal. The identi
ty of the Man in the Iron Mask,
who struck Billy Patterson, How
Odds Ann, Is the Tariff a Tax
and other great problems fade
away as minor questions in the
presence of the grim, unyielding
Cooper case in Florida. Cooper
has been long under sentence OF
death, his last legal resource is OK
hausted, but he still continues to
hang out at the expense of the
taxpayers of DeSoto county in
whose jail be is the star boarder.
Governor BroYard is evidently
determined to DO nothing with the
case, but it Is d public scandal all
the same, and 10 continue Cooper
In his present anomalous status
means that the criminal laws Of
Florida are inadeq uate, Inefficient
and no good We donH doubt
that good conscience is back Of
executive inaction in this matter,
but theless Cooper OUGHT to
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

A genileman in a recent CONVEX
sstion with Governor Elect Gil.
CHRIST hrought up the Cooper case
thinking that he would gain some
idea as 20 what disposition. our
new chief executive will make Of
" and the reply elected was as
follows II attended services in
the Eniscopl church recently and
heard he rector before beginning
to preach pray % Lord set a
watch before NY lips that l may
eYeak nothing amiss' etc, and !
am endeavoring TO govern my
pttetances according to that
'1,rayart The Governor-E Elect,
however assured the gentleman
that the case would be taken up
and disposed Of as quickly as pos
Gble, il not disposed Of before he
enters Office.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

Hon. John Robertson, an old
friend of The HERALD editor was
elected mayor of Ocala ON the Sth
inst, and although he was oppos-
cd in the race by a man Of ability
and high character, we feel graft
fed at his success and believe that
he will make a good Official fol-
his city. \
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

Red Cross stamps for attaching
10 Christmas packages aud AL
mail matter is a way provided by
which nearly every one can Md in
the fight being made on Tubercu-
losis, for the stamps are sold at
only one cent each, and car be OBJ
tanned in all The large cities.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17
THURSDAY, DEC. II 1908.

We agree with the Tallahassee
True Democrat that the Pensacola
Journal il one of tho hest edited
papers in the country. West
Florida should be- proud of such
o daily as is being published by
Frank Mayes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17
GiIchrlst and the Cooper Case.

II
Some OF the newspapers, nota
bly, the Pensacola News and other
that have been consistent sup
porters Of Governor Broward's ad
ministration, appear to be graft
fled by the fact that the final dis
position Of the case of Isaiah
L. Cooper, the condemned muir
derer, will be left to Governor
Gilchrist. AS stated before on
this page, this will be no credit TO
Governor Broward, for it is moi
commendable in him to have evad-
ed his duty in this case, as he APP
pears to have done for the past
four years; but we feel safe in
assuring his newspaper supporters
that his example will not be fol-
lowed by Governor Gilchrist.
The latter is not q man to shirk his
duty in any case or contingency.
We do not know what DISPOSE
ton he will make of the Cooper
case, but that he will dispose of it
is as certain as that he will be
governor. And whatever his ac-
ton may be, it will have the cor
dial approval of THE HERALD, for
we know that it win be inspired
by that conscientiousness for
which Governor Gilchrist is noted.
His actionmay not be in accord
ance With the ideas Of this editor,
whose views as to the treatment
10 be given murderers are ex-
freme;rbnt, as said above, Gov
ernor GiIchrist will moved only
by the purest Of motives and he
will, therefore, receive the APP
proval Of The HERALp in what
ever he may do in this case,
The HERALD is thoroughly con-
WINGED of Cooper's quit; but it
may be remarked that, as two
governors have refused to hang
him, third one might feel ejusti7|
fed in dealing leniently with him,
as some newspapers
have succeeded in creating the inn
preston that the evidence against
Cooper is purely circumstantial
and, being such, leaves room for
doubt as to his guilt. If, there
fore, the third governor to deal
with the case should hang Cooper,
it might be supposed by many
who have been misled as 10 the
haturesof the evidence, that the
governor was moved by prejudice
or brutality.
1t would be highly interesting
to know why Governor Jennings
and Governor Broward have fail
cd to take definite and final action
in this celebrated case, and we
trust that one of them will now
come forward with an explana-
ton. We think that an explauas
ton by one or both of them is due
the public and II should 10
promptly forthcoming.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

Another of the men who wors
the gray and one widely known Ii
Florida was Col. Fred Il. Robin.
son, whose death at Tallahassee on
Tuesday of last week has elici'
ted expressions Of regret all over
the State. He was q prominent
public servant and citizen and
leaves a record of valuable seryic'
es rendered in both war and
peace. Sc
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-12-17

1t has been stated that Gov
Hughes Of New York, diminished
the Iabors Of his Office force By
preparing a number Of circular let
ters as answers TO the various cor
respondents. Governor-elect Gil.
christ has probably improved on
Gov. Hughes'meihod. Soon after
the second primary, The HERALD
printed several hundred circular
letters for him. We have Just
printed in typewriter type the fol-
lowing:
Punta Gorda, Fla, -
My dear Sir:
| have filed your letter re-
commenting Mr.-----of -----.-----
for the position of-TLe mat
ter will receive due attention
You will kindly pardon me for an
swering you in 4 circular letter.
The fact is there are about IA to
Is paying positions within the APP
pointing power of the Governor.
On Dec. 10Th, 1908 | had received
1871 applications for appointment.
| am receiving three or four APP
plications weekly. These vacan-
cies will materialize in one, two
and three years; by that time
there will be several hundred APP
plicants. There are four inspect
ors of convicts. On Dec. 18th
there we're 80 applicants. ] attn
satisfied there will be fully 90 APP
plicants for each one Of these posi-
lions. There will be about one
chance in 80 for anyone to be APP
pointed. The applicants are now
getting several Of their friends to
write to me in reference to their
This necessitates
the preparation of some such let
ter as this. 1t is quite apparent
that several thousand letters will
he written nv me on this subject.
1t is also quite apparent that there
are not enough Offices to go
Glad to hear from you.
Very truly
From the foregoing, it is evi.
dent that some such device Is nee
essary as every one expects an
answer to his letter. Gen. Gil
christ has the only stenographer in
town. Circular letters are abso-
l1tely necessary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01

strap. He stood there with on hand
holding the strap and in the other his
Testament, reading, and dude from
this box party, withsa single barreled
eyeglass on, stood in front of him.
The CABLE car stopped in front OF
Powers theater and picked UP some
more: stragsiers, and this dude looked
at my friend and said, 80, you are
Christian, are you?" My friend said,
81 am trying in my weak way to serve
the Lord" We'll, maybe you can tell
me how far it is from the top of your
head to heaven?" My friend stood g
feet 5 inches in his stocking feet. He
closed the Testament, slipped it into
his pocket. dropped on his knees in
front of that young man, and looking
| him square in the eyes and said 1T
| is only a step5to heaven; kneel by my
side and take it now; come on" And
| a hush fell over the car. Seriousness
spread over their faces. VA
Not a~Word Spoken. :.
| Not word was spoken. The con
ductor rang the bell. The old cable
car poked her nose around the corner
and plunged into the La Sale street
/ tunnel. came out at the north side,
/ turned east into Clark street and on
she went. Not sound, not word
/ was spoken save as the motorman
would tighten his grip and lose the
cable or as the conductor would ring
the bell and call the streets. They
went past Lincoln park and my
friend said to the conductor. "Please
let me off at Mt. Theological Semin
ary." Pre&ty soon the conductor
called the place and my friend got off
!, He went to bed. The next morning or
his way to class a man was seer
, leaning aeainst the door jamb ant
scanning the students MY friend. like
Saul Of old, stood head and shoulder:
above the Test, and as the fellow ap
; preached NY friend he said, BEG par
don. weren't you on street car late
last night? Yes. :'Did you saw to F;
young man who asked you how far /
was to heaven "Only a step?' Yes
81 was that Young man and I haven
had minutes peace since. I wa
born in Christian home, hut hav,
come to Chicago. gotten in this God
: less crowd and have denied nv moth
r er's God and nv mothers Christ.
heard YOU saw you wanted off at til
5 Theological Seminary. and I though
t YOU must be student. Can YOU he'll
: me?" The professor dismissed m
. friend from class and he took tn
t voune man into his room and led hiI
, to Jesus.
r It's only step to Jesus, then VIII
2 not take It now?
3 Come and vour sins confessing.
Thou shalt receive blessing,
Come, He waits for thee.
| 'If any man will do his will, h
/ will know
e Will you do it?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01
EVANGELIST ASSERTS THAT ANY
MAN CAN BE A CHRISTIAN IF
HE WILL MAKE UP HIS MIND
THE WILL is THE LAW.
URGES ALL TO
LEAD BETTER LIFE

REvivALIsT SAYS EVERY PROB
LEM MUST BE MASTERED
EITHER THEORETICALLY OR
PRACTICALLY.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01

Sensitive to Sin.
l believe man will be convicted
of sin just in proportion as he tries
to do Gods will. The nearer you
get to God the more sensitive to sin
you will become. You can go down
there and pick up a particle of that
sawdust and drop it against my body
and l won't feel it, but hold my head
down and put particle of that saw
dust in my eye and it will hurt dread
fully. The nearer you get to God the
more Sensitive to sin you become.
! A good many people seem to think
that nothing is believed unless they
can understand. If you had the
greatest intelligence In the universe
that might be answerable Here is
watch. I don't understand 1t. II
it would break and l tried to fix II
I would have wheels enough left tc
| make four watches, but there is {
iewelry man down there who cal
understand it. Then am going tt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
: South Americas Century.
the Technical World Magazine.


Now that the reaction from the I'M
natural conditions engendered by three
hundred years of Spanish oppression has
set in. South America seems destined to
accomplish in the twentieth century what
North America did in the nineteenth.
With the beginning of the new century
an era Of development dawned which has
been gathering volume and momentum
with the swiftness of SNOWFALL rolling
down hill. The fifty million people south
of the Panama canal all seem to have
realized at last that they possessed the
greatest storehouse of natural resources
remaining unexpected on earth. With
one accord they set about developing their
Inheritance: and finding the task beyond
their means. invited the worlds spare
capital and population to come and help.
The enthusiasm with which the invita-
ton was accepted has resulted in splen-
did chapter of achievements, which, in
turn, have inspired plans for the future
as magnificent as they are comprehensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
Locomotives Turn Themselves.
From the Popular Mechanics.

Gasoline engines and electric motors
have taken the place of manual labor in
the operation of changing the direction of
a locomotive on a turntable. These me-
chanicaI powers have reduced the cost of
operating turntable by hand from about
SIS per twenty-four hours to S. for turn
ing 400 locomotives.
Now a bright genius has thought of a
method the expense of which is SO small
that ii can hardly be estimated. 1t con-
sists of compressed air motor placed be-
meath the turntable and operated from
air furnished by the airbrake pump on
the locomotive being turned. Connection
is made between the engine and the
motor with piping and hose An air
pressure of fifty pounds will turn the
locomotive. and as the turning is all done
in two minutes the amount of steam used
to work the pump is too small to reckon.
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Atlantic Coast Lime.

january q. 1908.
Notice.-These departures ard connections are
not guaranteed.
4:20 am. daily-Through coaches and sleeping
cars TO Jacksonville.
3:4a pm. daily-Sleepinc cars to Jacksonville
and Port Tampa. Fla: Augusta Ga: Charleston.
s. c.. and Wilmington. n. c. Through coaches
to Jacksonville. UNEXCELLED DINING CAR
SERVICE.
$40 pm. daily e5cent Sunday FAMOUS
NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" solid
TRAIN. between NEW YORK and ST. Angus.
DINING. DRAWING ROOM SLEEPING COM.
PARTMENT. LIBRARY and OBSERv ALTON
CARS. Lighted throughout by electricity and
heated by steam.
For tickets and all information andy at the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. 1910 NEW YORK
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T. c. WHITE, G. r. A. ". J. CRAIG. p. T. NJ.
Wilmington. y. c.
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CFnesaDeake& OhioRaiIWay

NOTE.-Published only Information. and not
guaranteed.
400 P.M.-C. & O. LIMITED. daily-Fast vesti.
bule train. Pullman sleepers TO Louisville.
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Chicago and st.
Louis. Connection for Virginia Hot Springs.
Pullman cars Louisville to Nashville. Mem
phis and New Orleans. Dining cars. a la
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II :lO P.M-F r. " LIMITED, daily-pullman
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Telephone Main 1880 for Washington Terminal
Cab Service. and Main 1896 or 22O6 for c. O..
Ticket Once
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SeaboardAirLine Railway

TICKET OFFICE. 1921 PF.NNA AVE.
Notwithstanding schedule not guaranteed.
11:O5 AN. DALY-Seaboard Mall. Through
coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savannah and
Jacksonville. Through sleeper Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta. Parlor to
Pinehurst. Dining Cars.
TBS PM. DAIfY-Seaboard Florida Limited
Solid Pullman train through to Jacksonville and
St. Augustine. Also through sleepers to Pine
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$50 Pm. DAILYxSeaboard Express. Coaches
and Pullman to Savannah and Jacksonville.
3. 81. STANSE.L. District Passenger Agent.
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News of Warrenton.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
wARPEN'cON vo NoroL o.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARRENTON. Va. March o. 1908.
Mr.. r. L. Gordon, candidate for Con-
gress from the eighth district. made a
speech on court day at the town hall
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbut. two sons and two
daughters from New York have rented
Maj. Barry's place for the spring months
Mr.. and Mrs. Cross and Miss Watts,
Mrs. and Miss Starr and Mr.. Near of
Philadelphia are guests of Mrs. Fannie
Britton.
Mr.. w. H. Lewis. former representative
OF Fauquier county, has been stricken
with paralysis.
Mr.. Hobert Airport, who came so near
losing his life by having a tree fall upon
him. was in town this week, limping a
little. but otherwise showing no serious
effects from the accident
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

\. B:-Following schedule figures published
on For tIanta ahn are NOT
leans. Asheville. Chattanooga. Memphis. 900
am. and IL 90 pm. daily.
phis. New Orleans. 1913 pm. daily.
For Savannah. Jacksonville and Florida points,
4:l0 pm. daily.
For Columbia. Charleston. Augusta. Aiken.
4:l0 p m. and q: 80 p. m. daily.
Tourist cars for California tri-weekly. 4:l0 Pm
Local for Harrisonburg. sos am. daily. AIS
pm week days: for Danvtlle. sos am. daily
and for Charlottesville. sos am. and 455 pm.
daily. Frequent trains TO and from Bluemont.
L. 8. BROWN. General Agent.