The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-23
Domestic.


Davis City, Neb., held a meeting and
voted to boycott the town because it
abolished saloons in the election last
week.
The contract for the construction Of
public building at Devils Lake, N.
d., has been awarded to the General
Construction company Of Milwaukee
at $12O,4OO.
James P. Munyon, the millionaire
medicine manufacturer of Altoona,
Pa, and Miss Pauline Neff, former
actress Of ''The Social Whirl," were
married in Jersey City.
A call for the national assembly of
the Christian party on May /, in the
watch tower at Rockford, ILL.,, has
been issued by William R. Benkart,
the national chairman of the party.
Nine leading members of the relig.
ious sect, 1.-The Dreamers," have been
arrested at Medicine Hat on a charge
of arson. Some farm houses in the
district have mysteriously burned re.
Gently.
Announcement was made at Johns.
town. Pa, that several departments of
the Cambria Steel company will re-
sumo operations this week, following
a three months suspension, affording
employment to 1900 men.
Clifford Vernon. ten years old, son
of Thompson Vernon. hanged himself
In his fathers barn at Mount Vernon,
Ohio. The cause is a mystery, unless
the suicide of youthful cousin a
week ago preyed on his mind.
Oscar Rosengren, young me.
chanic of Marshalltown. Iowa. who
was run down by an automobile driv-
en- by F. F. Michaels, formerly of that
city but now of Hampton, was given
verdict of $4,000 by the jury.
DR.. o. o. Swinney. who recently
came to Asheville, N. c., from New
York, shot and fatally wounded his
sixteen-year-old daughter Nellie and
then killed himself in the reception
room Of girls boarding school i'll
this city late yesterday. 1t is thought
his mind was unbalanced.
S. w. Corey Of Ognen, Utah. has
been awarded the Canadian Pacific
railroad contract for the company's
large irrigation canal The contract
calls for the digging of million and
half yards of earth in the district
between Langdon and Crowfoot, dis
lance Of fifty-four miles.
James Jones. chief of police of Des
Moines under the old regime Of the
| city government, has instituted pro-
ceedings to prevent Will Hume. APP
pointed by the commissioners. from
becoming chief of police. Jones
claims he is entitled to hold his office
under the old soldiers preference law
A sensational prison breaking at
Penza, Russia, resulted in ten deaths.
Eleven political prisoners attacked
and stabbed two wardens to death.
They then threw a number of bombs
and escaped from the prison in the
confusion. Guards hastily gave pur-
suit and shot eight of the men to
| death.
Frank Duffy, an election district
captain OF New York, who was con.
victed of having assisted thirty men
to register falsely at the last cleo
ton in the Seventeenth assembly dis
trict. was sentenced to not less than
two years and three months and not
more than four years and three
months in prison.
Claude Underliter, charged with the
murder of Nathan Taylor. his step
father. at Creston. Iowa. was SEN
fenced by Judge Evans to the insane
ward of the state penitentiary at An
amosa. During his trial two months
ago the jury found that the defendant
was incapacitated to understand the
seriousness of the crime with which
he was charged.
Earlier than usual. the fishing tugs
operating in the Michigan waters of
Lake Superior have gone into COM
mission for the season. The first lifts
now are being made. There is an ex.
cellent demand for fish now because
Of the exceptionally high prices ruling
for meats, and the catch being equal
the fishermen expect a more profita.
bic season than last year.
Despite the written declaration of
Judge George Gray that he could not
under any circumstances consent ia
have the delegates instructed for him
the Delaware state convention official
ly placed his name before the Democ
racy of the country for that party's
nomination for president.
A parade and mass meeting at Gin
cinnati, under the auspices of the Per
sonal Liberty league, constituted one
of the greatest public demonstrations
that city has ever known. Careful
estimates place the number o.
marchers at 10000.