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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
MAN SHOT DEAD BY WOMAN.
Big Social sensation Promised as Re.
suit Of Tragedy in MIchiaan.

suit Of Tragedy in Michigan.
Cassopolis, Mich, April 12.-Carleton
Morgan Of South Bend, Ind, was shot
dead here yesterday morning by Mrs.
George A. Motsker Of the same place.
The shooting took place at the door of
the residence of Mrs. Mary Green, and
Morgan at the time was accompanied
by Mrs. Motsker's husband, for whom,
it is said, the bullet was intended.
The woman had followed the two men
here from South Bend. Mrs. Motsker
ann her husband both were arrested.
Morgan, who was thirty-five years
old, was of prominent family in
South Bend. He had wife and a
year-old child, and is said to have re-
Gently inherited considerable sum
of ma8pey. Motsker is proinent liq-
uor eealer of South Bend.
The two men came here Thursday
night and Mrs. Motsker followed them
on later train. She is said to have
gone directly to the Green house. at
the door of which she met her hus-
band and Morgan.
lars. Motsker at once drew a revolt
yer and fired, and Morgan dropped,
MORALLY wounded.
From developments last night it is
claimed that several prominent fami-
lies are concerned in the affair and
that there was plot, as a result of
which Mrs. Motsker followed her hus-
band apd Morgan to Cassopolis. Two
otherSkomen are said to be directly
concerned and big social sensation
is promised, with g proba Utility of a
series of strikingSeuitskfof divorce.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
FIFTEEN INJURED IN RIOT.
Importation Of steikebrea kers at Pen.
sacoIa Results in Riotina.

49, >Hs'S' W SsSsNSOt SQNSTS al rem
sacoIa Results in Rioting.
Pensacola, Fla. April ~ The
bringing of carload of strikebreak.
ers from st. Louis yesterday after.
noon by the Pensacola Electric com.
pany was the signal for rioting and
disorder, which resulted in the injury
of fifteen of the imported men. No
sooner had the stril1ebreakers arrived
and started for the car sheds than a
fight occurred between them and the
sympathizers of the union men, and
from the corner of Palafox and Wright
streets, where the first battle occur
red, there was a continual riot. in
which bricks. bottles and shells were
hurled at the strikebreakers and in
turn the latter fired shots, used heavy
sticks and bricks. For over an hour
the riot continued. the strikebreakers
gradually getting nearer to the car
barns, but before they reached there
fifteen had been wounded.
1t took the police oveE.an hour to
dispense the mob and remove the men
to places Of safety.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
MARSHAL SHOT ev BANDITS.
Two Officers Have Battle With Five
hiahwaymeng

Two Officers Have Battle. With Five
Hishwaymen II
Kent, Wash. .aApril 12.s- City Mar
shall Harry Nillsr of Ksat was fatally
wapnded in a pistola6nel with five
hikhwaymen last night Might Mar
shall Charles Gulberson, who helped
Marshal Miller in the fight, escaped
unscaahed.
Afarshalsa1iller psceived word by tel
ebhone from ,Qrefh that five armed
highwaymen Had held up and robbed
Patrick O'Brien in the streets, OF that
town and that they wouldssyeath Kent
within an hour. Instantly Miller and
Culberson started to intercept them.
They met the men, commanded them
to halt and were answered by fusil-
lade Of revolver shots. %a
In the first volley Marshal Miller
was shot in the right shoulder and
the abdomen. Marshal Cilberson
fired upon the highwaymen and they
turned and ran.
Posses are in pursuit of the outlaws.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
NEWS or THE WEEK IN fPIIOMt
Important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Washington Notes.

BY vote of 8 to z the house com.
virtually tabled the ocean mail sub.
sidy bill.
Out OF 1,053.9 pieces of mail mat
ter received in the dead letter office
during the month of March, over Co.,.
600 were returned to- the senders,
breaking all records for this Office.
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec.
rotary Of state, has left Washington
ON his annual bicycle trip of Europe.
Mr.. Adee is expected to be away from
the state department for two months.
Examinations for the naval acad-
envy will be held on April 81 in the
leading towns and cities of the coun.
try under the auspices of the civil
service commission, to fill $50 vacan-
cies in the next fourth class.
After years of unsuccessful effort
to introduce Egyptian cotton into the
United States, the bureau of plant in.
dustry Of the department of agricul-
ture reports that promising results
have been secured in New Mexico
and Arizona.
Believing that the government
could save approximately $4,000 d
year by establishing at the navy yard
IN Washington its own plant for the
manufacture of iron. steel and brass
fabrics, Representative Carey has in
troduced resolution for the build
ing Of such a plant.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
BLOW UP WRONG BUllDlA61
Italian Merchants Store Is Wrecked
Bomb Was Probably intended
for q Neighbor.

Chicago, April 12.-Following sim.
liar outrage in the same district
Thursday, the explosion of a bomb in
front of H. E. DOSES grocery at 16s
Larrabee street yesterday spread re.
newed terror throughout Italian resi-.
dence districts of Chicago. Doose is
prosperous Italian Of the merchant
class that has been sought out by the
Black Hand for Matchmaking opera.
tons.
1t is believed. however, that he was
the victim OF mistake. the bomb hav-
ing been intended for Peter Schmec-
ka, peddler living next door.
Schmecka has received number of
written threats, whereas no previous
effort has been made to intimidate
Doose.
When the bomb exploded in front of
the store 1t blew out several windows
ard shattered fixtures and stock, but
nobody was injured.
Merchant Sick In Bed.
Doose had been ill in bed for the
last three days. He lives with his
IA Iu0 I0dI VI Iic SlOIO anu
the building, which is two-story
frame structure.
The explosion was heard about 9
o'clock, followed by the crash of glass.
Doose jumped out of bed and ran into
the store. He found nothing to dis
close the identity of the author of the
outrage.
Policeman James Carney was three
blocks away. When he heard the
noise Of the explosion he ran to the
store and found 100 Italians excitedly
discussing the affair.
Many Of the Italians were question.
ed by policemen. but refused to talk,
while others said they did not see
anybody run away from the place.
Letters Demand Money.
Doose denied he had received any
threatening letters. Later the police
learned that 6chmecka had received
several letters demanding $500 under
penalty of blowing up his house.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
General News ltems,

The Canadian house of commons
passed resolution unanimously de.
claring that the time had arrived for
the early construction of railway to
Fort Churchill, on Hudson bay.
The remains of Emanuel Swedborg
mystic and author, which we're ex.
humed in London recently, where
they had lain since 1872. have been
taken to Sweden for final burial.
The Britieh ship Celticburn will car.
~ wheat in bulk to Europe. This is
the first time that grain shipment
has ever been sent in that manner
from Portland, Or. and is in the ma.
ture of an experiment.
The Iowa supreme court has de.
cided that savings banks have the
right to trade in commercial paper
assuming the risks attendant upon or.
binary transactions. The decision af.
fects about 800 Iowa banks.
William J. Troop formerly profes
sional roller SKATER committed sui
eide in hotel at Philadelphia by
swallowing laudanum. He left sever
al letters, in one Of which it was in.
timated that a Love affair was re-
sponsible for his suicide.
1.-TWO hundred and fifty-seven stu.
dents of Clemson college at Clemson.
| s. c., were dismissed from the insti-
tuition. This number. with the forty
nine members of the junior class dis.
missed on Saturday, aggregate BOG
aismtssals on account of the All Fools
lay escape. IS
DIR. S. Parkes Cadman. pastor of the
Central Congregational church of
Brooklyn, announced that after con-
sideration of the overtures recently
made to him concerning the presi.
dency of the Wesleyan university at
Mfddletown, Conn.,, he has decided to
remain in his present position.
At meeting of La QUESTION: So.
ciale group of anarchists at Paterson,
N. j., Ludovico Caminita, editor of the
paper, terminated his connection with
the sheet. 1t was Caminitas whole.
sale virulence and advocacy of yio-
lence which led to the suppression of
the paper by President Roosevelt.
Two hundred members of the ILL.,
aois Manufacturers association, the
strongest commercial delegation that
ever has been sent out of the country,
will go to Japan, China and other
Eastern countries to work for the ex.
tension Of American trade.
The New York East conference of
the Methodist church, at its session in
Brooklyn, adopted memorial request.
Ing the general conference to strike
out that section of the church disci-
pine forbidding card playing, attend.
ance at the theater and dancing, by
4 vote of l62 to 22.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Foreign.

PHO Guerra, the leader of the last
Cuban revolt, was named as COM
/ mander of the armed forces in Cuba,
& with the rank of major general.
One of the principal tax collectors
Of the province of Almeria. Spain, has
fed from the country, having, it is
& charged, embezzled 100000 of the
public funds.
Advices from Seoul say that insur.
gents are showing increased activity
In the neighborhood of Seoul, several
minor fights having occurred lately.
The insurgent element has been en-.
c0uraged by the attitude of certain
members Of the Korean court. Il
Leo Tolstoi has written to the
Tolsioi birthday committee expreas-
ing appreciation for the honorss which
are being arranged for him, but f3al-
ly declining to accept them. AsT a
consequence the birthday committee
has ceased its preparations to cele.
brate the event.
1t is believed tina, a great scandal in
the commissary department of the
French army has been discovered and
developments are awaited with keen
interest. 1t was learned recently that
the rations sent to some of the gar.
I rtsons on the eastern frontier were UNI.
At for consumption.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
SCHOOL HAS BUT ONE PUPIL.

Finally Closes After Two Years and
Student 10 Sent Elsewhere.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, April IA. =
After being in session two years, with
an attendance Of only one pupil, the
smallest school in the world, located
in Sampson, closed. The one pupil
will be sent to New Auburn school
and his tuition paid by the school
board.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
OPEN. SHOP ON LAKES.

Carriers Association Votes to ignore
Organized Labor This sesson.
Cleveland, April IL. The open
shop" policy will be adhered to by YES.
sci owners in the operation of boats
upon the Great Lakes this season. A
stand of this character in dealing with
organized labor was unanimously
agreed 10 at the annual meeting Of the
Lake Carriers association here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
DoukHosoRs MAY MOVE.

Their Leader Proposes Migration to
the Pacific Coast.
Winnipeg. Man., April IA. = Peter
Verein, leader of the Doukhobors in
Canada, says the climate of Western
Canada is too cold for his countrymen
and proposes to send all the Doukho-
bors in Canada to British Columbia,
settling them in the Kootenays, prob
ably in the neighborhood of Nelson. If
there is not room for all his people
there. he will take the balance to the
Pacific coast and settle them near
Vancouver. He left for Vancouver
yesterday. The Doukhobors number
1000 persons, comprising 1900 fami-
lies,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
BOY KILLED ON HIGHWAY.

Ten.year-oId NicoIlet County Lad Is
Crushed by Wheels.
New Ulm, Mimi, April 14.-Alfred,
the ten-year-old son of Fred Weiner,
a farmer Of the town of Lafayette.
Nicollet county, was instantly killed
by a wagon loaded with cement rum
ming over him. When his body was
picked up and taken into an adjoining
farmhouse life was extinct.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Personal.

Charles H. Parker. ninety-two years
of age, and the oldest Harvard alum.
nus, died at his home in Boston He
was member of the class of 1888.
Miss Anette Loeb, daughter OF
Charles Loeb CT New York, was mar
ried in Rome to Signor Arturo Luzza-
to, a member of the Italian parlia-
ment.
Langdon Smith, newspaper CORE.
spondent and one of the best known
special writer's in New York, died of
malignant erysipelas at his home in
( Brooklyn.
Jack London and Mrs. London have
resumed their worlds cruise on the
yacht Shark. They sailed from Pa
peete. island of Tahiti, on March rs.
bound for the Island of Morea, in the
Pometu group.
Father" L. s. Coffin of Fort Dodge,
Iowa. founder Of Hope hall for ex-
convicts, known nationally as a tenn
perance workers'and benefactor, was
ms1sied quietly at Detroit, Mich, to
sldFs. Nellie Ingek. Mr.. Coffin is
eighty-five years old and his bride is
much younger.
William E. Shut, ST., died at Hot
Springs, Ark. He was former mayor
Of Springfield, ILL.,, twice senator and
under Cleveland's second administra-
ton was United States district attor-
ney for the Southern district of ILL.,
nois. He was the law partner at the
time of his death of Gen. John M.
i Palmer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Cashier Kills HinseI,

Spokane. Wash, April 14.-George
w. Thomas, cashier of the First Stste
bank of Newport, Wash. committed
suicide last night at the Colonial no.
tel in this city by taking strychnine.
Domestic troubles and failing health
are said to have prompted the act.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
BURGLARS ATaPAYNEsvlLLE.

Elbow Department store Safe and Get
Small Amount Of Cash.
St Cloud, MINI, April 12.-Burglars
efkeredsAhA Lnnd department store at
!. Paynesviliss3tst night. dynamited the
Esafe and scured $25 in cash. Thy also
entered the Young saloon and carried
of consignment of whisky. They
tried to break into the postodice, but
were scared away by the barking Of
q dog. Two suspicious characters
seen in town. yesterday are being
sought. 4 ~ -.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Wager Results In Death.

Sulphur Springs, Ark. April 12.-As
a result Of a wager Ed H. Galloway
of New York city. a noted athlete.
lost his life here yesterday insButler
creek in the presence of hundreds of
spectators. who had gathered to watch
his sensational attempt to ride the
dam in frail rowboat.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
eoy,s PIay Fatal 10 rwo.

Chicago. April 12:--- Carl Hedfeidt.
and Earl Gustavson, cousins. each
eleven years old. were suffocated. by
the caving IN Of dugout in Which
they were playing Indian" at Sheri.
dan road. near Waveland avenue, yes.
terday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Accidental Happenings.

The fashionable Shinnecock Inn, in
the Shinnecock hills, near Southamp-
ton. L. l.. was destroyed by fire. LOSS,
$4,000.
Mrs. Joseph Keller. twenty-eight,
living four miles north of Traer. Iowa,
while raking leaves into Il bonfire
was SO badly burned that death re-
suited four hours later.
Edward J. Downing, proprietor OF
the Hotel Abbotsford of Irving. N. Y,
was instantly killed in a collision be-
tween an automobile in which he was
'iding and trolley car.
The Barrett block at Joliet. ILL.,, was
destroyed by fire, the loss being more
than 100000. There were about
eighty persons in the building, all of
whom escaped uninjured.
Fire in the Colonial office building
st Richmond, Ind, damaged the build
ing $4,000 and caused $4,000 loss
to the tenants. Nine firemen were
overcome while fighting the flames.
Albert Johnson and George Calvery
we're suffocated in the construction
shaft of Civic Well No. at Winni-
peg. The accident is said to be due
to the failure of the air compressor
TO work.
While a moving picture exhibition
was being held at Solomonville, Ariz.,
In the court house in lieu of thea
ter building. the gas tank exploded.
practically wrecking the room and in.
turing number of spectators.
The Ainsworth farm. one of the
best equipped in the vicinity of Fort
Dodge, Iowa. suffered $4,000 fire
Sunday. A bucket brigade Of farm
ers, summoned by telephone, saved
only two dwellings and the horse
barns. There is little insurance.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Creamery to Be E.tabIished

Creamery to BE EstabIished
NJ Shewlin, Mimi, April 14.-The farm.
ers and business men of our cpmmu,
nifty decided that If they want to
prosper they must go into diversified
farming, and acting on that plan a
meeting was held here the other day
and creamery association organized
which will be known as thu Shevlin
Cooperative Creamery association.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
EIDE s&RLEr FEVER.

Gauge Of the Spread Of Disease in
Lead, s. 1s,
Lead. S. D., April 14.@That the de.
liberate action of parents in this sa3ty
who fail to report cases of scarlet1fe.
fver in their families to avoid the loss
of time is causing spread of the dis.
ease that has reached serious proper
lions is the charge of the physicians
of Lead. They have now appealed to
the city through the public press to
cease concealing cases and prevent
the continued increase of the disease.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Fire Threatens Entire Block.

Fire Threatens Entire Block,
st. Paul, April 14.-Fire of unknown.
origin, starting in the rear of the
Aquarium saloon and lunch rooms, at
9:05 yesterday morning threatened for
time the entire block and resulted
in damage Of $1,000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Till closM Lists.

n e'sse'
Chippewa Falls, Wis, April IA. y
John Till has closed his patients reg
lister, which now contains 1890 names
of people from all partssdE the coun
try. Heswill leave May is for his old
home insAustria, to spend two months
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Two settlers Drown.

Winnipeg, April 12.-Charles Ham.
ilton and Andrew Walker, settlers.
were drowned when crossing Knee
Hill creek on rotten ice, at Barbop, in
Calgary county.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
Death After Accident

GAINESVILLE. Mimi. April 14.-August
Haas, the section hand on the Chicago
& Northwestern road, who was badly
hurt week ago by being run down by
a wild freight car, has died. He
leaves family.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
AGED WOMAN browns.

Mrs. Hanback,, a Pioneer Of New
Richmond, Meets Death.
New Richmond, Wis. April II. =
Mrs. Joseph Hanback, was accidentally
drowned in Willow river near her
home, southeast of the city. She was
one of the first settlers and was about
eighty years old. She leaves a hus.
band and two grown sons.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16

John Burr, young neSTo, was
lyucAed near Wesson, MISS. by about
500 men for the murdef Of q twelve
year-old white boy.
Charged with shooting his wife,
Charles F. Anderson is in jail at Crys.
tai Falls, Mich. The woman's condi-
tion is critical. The shooting followed
a quarrel, and it is alleged Anderson
was intoxicated.
While singing as he walked along
Charles avenue, st. Louis. in company
with Mrs. Hattie Bailey and her two
young children. Reese Bell was shot
and killed by an unknown man, who
had expressed displeasure at the
solo.
Temporarily insane because of
inconsistencies, Ida Waskunkoski, a
Finnish girl on her way from West
field. Mass, attempted suicide at Mar
quette, Mich. with scissors. She tried
to open her throat and is in a serious
condition.
J. A. Hossack, banker of Odell,
Ill.,, jumped from the eighth floor of
the Auditorium Annex in Chicago
into an open court and was instantly
killed. Hossack had been in i'll
health of late. 1t is thought he was
temporarily insane.
Without warning and apparent mo.
live, Albert Heiser. a baker. suddenly
drew a revolver at the dinner table
in New York, fired two shots at his
young bride and then killed himself.
Mrs. Heiser is fatally injured. Jeal-
ousy was the cause of the tragedy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
o. R. MOVES DEAD.
Prominent st. Paul Business Man
Passes AWAY.

St. Paul. April IA. = Daniel R.
Noyes. head of the firm of Moves Bros.
& Cutler. wholesale druggists. died at
his home. He was taken i'll Thursday.
1t was not thought at first there was
any grave danger, but sinking spell
followed shortly and he failed to re-
spond to treatment.
Mr.. Moves had been in rather poor
health for several months. but his con-
dition did not become serious until
Thursday The chief trouble was heart
failure.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16

y Diamond Robbers Get $4,000 Loot.
San Francisco, April IA. In the
best patrolled district of tie CITY
thieves entered the jewelry store Of
p. Lundy and robbed it of diamonds.
watches and other jewelry, amounting
to $4,000. ~
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
MURDERER IN INSANE WARD.
Charles Underliter Of Iowa Is Sent to
Ananosa.

Creston. Iowa, April 14.-Claude Un-
derliter, charged with the murder Of
Nathan Taylor, his stepfather. was
sentenced by Judge Evans to the in
sane ward of the state penitentiary at
Anamosa. During his trial two
months ago the jury found that the
stand the seriousness of the crime
with which he was charged.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-06
A LETTER FROM HOME

Is SO newsy because it tells Of the
things that one wants most to
know. 1t is just this quality that
distinguishes the Times RepubIi-
can from so many other news4
papers.