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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
SAYS He NEVER USED IT
Finding Of Pass Issued to John W.
Kern Brings Out Statement.

tI
Kern Brings Out Statement.
Connersville, Ind, Sept. 30.-The
finding of q little red leather note
book, with the name Of John w.
Kern stamped in gilt on Its cover,
within it a pass over the Big Four
railroad issued to John w. Kern and
good till Dec. 81, 1908, following the
Democratic vice presidential NOM
inee's visit to the Connersville free
fair, has brought from Bryan's run
hing mate the admission that he did
have q Rig -Four pass.
The tale of the find, accompanied
by an assertion that several other Big
Four passes were in the Kern note
book when it was seer by a reporter,
has awakened much interest here.
In Mansfield, o., at the Democratic
state campaign opening, MI. Kern
said he did not know he had lost a
pass, but said the Big -Four. for which
he had appeared as counsel in several
damage suits, had sent him a pass to
take him to a trial at Winchester, Ind.
He had not had occasion to 8 the
pass, he said, and did. not know he
had lost it. If it was an annual pass
he did not know 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
BY FLOODS IN INDIA
Thousands Of Native Houses
Washed Away.

Bombay, Sept. 30.-Thousands Of
native houses have been washed away
and there has been q heavy loss of
life in the H%yderabad and Deccan dis
tricts as a result of the floods which
followed an unprecedented rainfall.
The river Must rose sixty feet, all the
bridges were carried away and the
country was devastated for many miles
in either direction. Corpses are
strewn everywhere and scores Of bod
les have been found in the branches
Of trees, where they were lodged by
the swollen waters. The native hos
pital at Hyderabad was undermined
by the waters and collapsed and all
the inmates were buried in the wreck
age.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
KERN. AND SHERMAN MEET
Vice Presidential Candidates Discuss
the Weather.

n weather.. 50
Chicago, Sept. 30.-Accidentally, but
as a fitting preface to the scheduled
meeting of Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Taft
at a banquet here Oct. z, John w.
Kern, Democratic candidate for vice
president, and James S. Sherman, Re-
publican ditto, met here.
MI. Kern was standing in the lobby
Of the Auditorium Annex when a by
stander rushed up and asked to shake
hands with "the next vice president"
Certainly, with pleasure" said Mr..
Kern, "but to make sure you would
better shake hands with that man over
there-that one with the side whis-
kers. That is Mr.. Sherman" The
stranger did as suggested and then
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Kern began
moving toward each other and pres
emily the long, sinewy hand of the e c
ond man on the Democratic ticket
was grasped in the plump n of his
Republican opponent. .
They smiled genially, exchanged
Fluctuations on the drop in the tenn
perature and other commonplace and
then departed to catch trains.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
THE DEATH RECORD.

A. Russell Peabody, n of the at
torneys who had a leading part in the
defense of Harry X. Thaw for the MUIR
der of Stanford White, died suddenly
at Babylon, L. l., Of pneumonia. He
was thirty.ftve years of age.
Robert Davis Hughes, seventy years
old, general superintendent Of the
American Express company. is dead
at Chicago. He was one of the best
known men in the railroad industry
in the Middle West.
Isaac o. Weir, who, as "Ike" Weir,
the Belfast Spider" won the feather
weight championship Of the world
twenty years ago, is dead at Somer-
vile. Mass.
Leslie Carter, one time capitalist
end president Of the South Side Ele-
vated Railroad. company of Chicago.
is dead in that city after q prolonged
illness.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
OF THE WORLD
Important Events Of the. Weel
in Condensed Form.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Nineteen persons. were killed, elev.
en- seriously injured, several fatally,
and about thirty more or less injured
In a collision between passenger train
No. 6 and a westbound freight train
at a siding known as Youngs Point,
Mcnt, thirty miles west Of Billings, on
the Northern Pacific railroad. The
passenger. running about fifty miles
an hour, crashed into the freight just
entering on the siding during a blind
ing snow storm.
Advices received from Alaska by
the United States signal corps at Sc
attic say that ITO men, including
nine whites, were drowned in the
wreck of the American bark Star of
Bengal on Coronation island, west of
the Prince of Wales archipelago.
Twenty.seven of the vessels crew and
passengers were saved. The bark
carried a cargo of As, 900 cases of sal
mon.
Professor Gilbert Roth. Michigan
state forester, who has just visited
the forest fire districts of Northern
Michigan, said that 100000 acres of
timber had been burned. He estimat.
ed the loss on standing timber alone
at $40, 900, 900 and said additional
losses on merchantable timber, coun-
try residences and crops would run
the losses above $4O,0 900, 900.
After days of ~ceaseless battling with
the forest fires that have been de-
stroying thousands of acres of timber
land throughout the A~dirondacks and
which threatened to spread to villages
and summer resort places the army of
fire fighters succeeded In checking
the more serious fires and the situa-
tioI is greatly improved.
St. Louis and San Francisco passen-
ger train No. 3O4, bound for st. Louis,
was wrecked ear Carthage, Mo. Lew
Flood, the engineer, and Harry Ger.
rouse, the fireman, pinned under
the engine in the steam and instantly
killed and more than forty passengers
were more or less seriously hurt.
The destruction by fire of three of
the principal churches of Fond du
Lac, Wis, an automobile garage and
seven automobiles, the residence of
former Mayor Mayham and a large
number of roof fires entailed a loss
estimated at $25O,O00, partially Gov.
cred by insurance.
Seven men out of a party of eight
were drowned in the Calumet river at
South Chicago when the pleasure
launch Lemon struck of the sup.
ports of a railroad bridge and sank
with all on board. The owner Of the
launch swan ashore and he was the
only me saved.
Fifty persons were hurt, many seri'
| ously, and hundreds of others had
narrow escapes from death when 9
steel bridge over the Bosque rivel
near Hico, Tex, collapsed.
Two small Michigan villages, Home
stead and Bach, have been wiped out
by forest fires,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
MANY FOREIGNERS PREsENT
National irrigation Congress Meets Il
albuquerque, N. N.

sSsS'onsJ Irrl0oSton ConDfooo Meets At
Albuquerque, N. M.
Albuquerque. N. NJ, Sept. 30.-The
sixteenth annual session Of the Ma
tional Irrigation congress was called
to order here by President Frank
Cloudy OF Denver with every one Of
the 1900 seats in Convention hall oc-
eupied. The delegates numbered more
Than fifteen hundred. The days ses.
iions were devoted to welcoming
speeches by Mayor Lester Of Albu-
querque and Governor Curry Of New
Mexico and an address by President
Cloudy.
A feature was the long list of re-
sponses to the address of welcome by
representatives from foreign coun-
tries. Addresses were made by dele
gates from France, England, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, Cape Colony, Canada,
Cuba, Porto Rico, Brazil and several
of the Mexican states. The foreigners
have been given an important part in
the programme and their presence is
lending interest to the work of the
CNnRrosa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
American Bankers Association.

American. Bankers Association.
Denver, Sept. 3O.-The second day
of the American bankers annual COB
vention was devoted to the meeting OF
the trust company section of the asso-
citation at the Brown Palace hotel.
The programme included addresses OF
welcome by Governor Henry A. Buch.
tel Of Colorado and Colonel William
e. Hughes, president Of the Continent
tai Trust company Of Denver. Presi-
dent p. S. Babcock replied to the adj
dresses Of welcome and delivered his
annual address.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
ALL on BOARD SAVED.
Steam Yacht Argonaut Sunk in Col
Iision OF Dover, Eng.

Dover, Eng, Sept. 3O.-The tourist
steam yacht Argonaut, from London
for Lisbon with $50 persons, including
passengers and crew, on board, went
down between Dover and Dungeness
after having been in collision with the
steamer Kingswell in a fog.
All on board the Argonaut took to
the boats and came ashore here safely.
The Argonaut sank 80 quickly that
those on board barely had time to
save themselves. Fortunately the sea
was smooth and the transfer Of the
passengers and 81 to the small
boats was made speedily. There was
no panic.
The people on board the ArgonaNt
lost everything they possessed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
DENIED BY sHAuGHNEssY
Canadian Pacific Not Negotiating for
Great Western.

Montreal, Sept. 3O.-"1f I had been
going to negotiate for the purchase Of
the Chicago Great Western-which l
am not-I would not have gone to
Minneapolis, but to London. The line
is in the hands Of receivers and 1t is
owned by English shareholders. We
have no intention Of acquiring It and
We are not negotiating for its pur-
chase"
The above definite statement was
made by Sir Thomas S~haughnessy,
president of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, on his return from Minneapolis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
cIoudburst Hlt. Penal colony.

CIoUdbuF8t Hts PehaI C0Iohy'
Manila, Sept. 30.-A belated oficial
telegram has just been received here
which reports that q cloudburst struck
the penal colony at Iwahig on Sept.
e and that eight persons were
drowned, including Harold MacKnight,
the superintendent Of the farm. The
cmcials Of the colony report that the
prisoners behaved heroically during
the cloudburst, many Of them plung.
ine into the water at great personal
risk to rescue comrades who were +
danger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The sensational failure Of A. q.
Brown & Co, one of the largest broh.
erage houses In New York city . icy
weeks ago, furnished another seas,
tion when four meirlers Of the 6k4p
were arrested on q change Of graD1
larceny.
Andrew Lightfoct, = rulattO inOAel
Of the government hcsistal for ths.h'
sane near Waskingtcn. killed Patridl
Naloney. the cverseer u rrounde,
md Ailijs Eo!l:r. . ms inniate q
1hs asylum
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
ADMITS BEING
OIL ATTORNEY
Judge Nagel Of st. Louis
Issues Statement
RETAINED IN ONE CASE
Acting Chairman at Republican Head
quarters at Chicago Replies to
Charge Made by Judge Priest Of st.
Louis, a Bryan Supporter, Whom
President Roosevelt Accused Of Be-
ing a Trust Attorney.

Chicago, Sept. 3O.-Judge Charles
Nagel of st. Louis, who, in the abb
senee of. Chairman Hitchcock, is in
charge Of Republican national head
quarters, gave out a statement admit
ting that the law firm of which he is a
member is acting in a professional
capacity for the Waters-Pierce Oil
company. Judge Nagel's statement
was called forth by the statement
made by Judge Henry s. Priest of st.
Louis, a Democrat, who was referred
to by President Roosevelt in a letter
to Mr.. Bryan as a trust attorney sup
porting MI. Bryan. Mr.. Priest admit
ted that he had been retained in a le-
gal capacity by the oil company and
stated that Judge Nagel, Republican
national committeeman from Mis-
souri,, was similarly retained.
Judge Nagel. in his statement, de-
clares that the employment of his
firm by the Waters-Pierce company
began some years ago. when they W.
dertook an examination Of the Mis-
souri laws with reference to the OPP
Grafton of the Waters-Pierce company
under them. When Attorney General
Hadley began his suit to GUST the COM
pany Judge Nagel's firm was engaged
to direct the defense.
"In the course of a few months"
says the statement, 1T developed that
our relation to the case was not what
we had understood it to be. Our firm
thereupon refused to receive further
fees as general counsel and asked the
consent of our client to withdraw
from the particular case in question.
This was refused"
Since then, Judge Nagel concludes.
the firms connection with the com
pany has been confined to this one
case, presenting those points Of law on
which they believe decision in the
case must finally turn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Forest Fire. Effectively Checked.

New York, Sept. 30.-The forest
fires which during the past few weeks
have caused extensive damage
throughout the Eastern part Of the
country appear to have been effective
~ checked. Reports from all sections
are to the effect that heavy rain
stopped the progress Of the fires.
which, in some cases, had been be-
You'd control for days.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
IN COURTESY TO TAFT.
Bryan Asks That His Autographs Be
Removed at Lincoln. 8

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 30.-William j.
Bryan has asked the Democrats OF
Lincoln to remove the autographs OF
himself from store and residence win
dows during the visit of w. H. Taft to
Lincoln. These pictures were the
germ Of an exhibition Of intense par
tisanship early in the campaign. The
telegram follows:
"Please ask the Democrats Of Lin
coin to take my pictures down while
MI. Taft is in town. Have them show
him every possible courtesy"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
HEAVY TOLL FROM CHOLERA
Thirty Thousand Deaths at Hankow,
China.

Picking, Sept. 30.-There have been
500 deaths from the bubonic plague at
Tongsha, sixty miles northeast of
Tientsin, since the outbreak Of the
epidemic. No alarm is felt, however,
and It is not believed that the disease
will spread.
The cholera in the Yangtse valley
is abating, but the toll of deaths this
season has been heavy. In Hankow
10000 natives and a score of foreign
ers have died of the malady.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
BRYAN Travels Through Iowa.

Rock Island; Ill, Sept. 30.-William
]. Bryan spent the day travelling
throughSIowa, en- route to Clinton and
this CITY. where he delivered speeches
IA the evening. Because Of q change
In his schedule the people along the
line Of travel were not apprised Of his
coming and IN consequence instead q
making speeches he put In his time
preparing q statement which ne VIII
make III reply to President Roosevelt's
hotter 81 Sunday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Campaign BY Trolley Car.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-A somewhat
novel campaign speechmaking tour by
trolley through many Illinois towns
was begun by James 8. Sherman, Re-
publican vice presidential nominee,
who left here for Watseka, Ill, where
he delivered an address. With Mr..
Shermanss party was Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, who will also
make brief speeches at the various
stops, !.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Murdered in Her Bed.

New York, Sept. 30.-As she lay
sleeping in bed with her two children
at her side Mrs. Helen Roach, twenty
five years old, was shot twice in the
head. She died instantly. The police
are searching for Robert Woods, fifty
years old, an uncle of the woman and
who lived in the same apartment with
her. Woods and Mrs. Roach quar-
relied several days ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Cholera situation improves.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 30.-The chol
era epidemic continues to decrease In
the number Of victims and mortality.
The report issued for the municipal
Hospitals for the past twenty-fcur
hours gives 222 cases, 90 deaths and
1877 recoveries. The new cases and.
deaths reported are the lowest sinco
the climax Of the epidemic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Head Of oefunct Bank Dead.

Pittsburg, Sept. 30.-John McClMrg,
president of the Cosmopolitan Ma
tional bank and for many years a well
known business man of this city. is
dead. Mr.. McClurg vas one Of the
charter stockholders of the Cosmo-
politan National bank and two years
later became its president. He was
very active in its affairs up to the
time Of its suspension q few weeks
ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
MARKED BY the Z
white PLAGUE
Five Millions Of Oar Pres
ent Population.
STARTLING FIGURES GIVEN

professor irving fISner OF yaie Gre
ates Sensation by Statements Made
In Address Before international Con-
sress on Tuberculosis-Yearly Cost
to the Country From Deaths by Con-
sumption Placed at $1,oo0.o0o,ooo.
Washington, Sept. 30.-That 5,o00.-
900 people living in the United
States are doomed to fill consunp-
tives' graves unless something is done
to prevent it was the startling declare
tion of Professor IrviII Fisher of Yale
in an address on "1'hy Cost of Tuber-
~culosis" before the international on
gress on tuberculosis. Professor Fish
er's address, which was the feature of
the day, created a sensation among
the hundreds who listened to his state
ments.
Professor Fisher further declared
that the $4,000 persons who die of
consumption annually in this country
cost in hard cash, over 81, 900, 900, 900
q year.
In section /, in which 1t is expected
the most of the scientific discussions
and discoveries will develop, there was
a discussion of great Importance to
the congress when Professor Almett
of Lille, France, director of the Pas
teur institution, advanced the theory
that tubercule baccilli are taken into
the system by swallowing. Hereto
fore inhalation has been considered
the principal method of contracting
consumption. Infection by inhalation
was warmly defended by Professor
Tendeloo of Holland.
Past Assistant Surgeon Victor G..
Heifer of the United States public
health and marine hospital service
end director of health of the Philip
pine islands read an interesting paper
in which he asserted that in tropical
countries, where tuberculosis and
hook worm disease prevail, elimina-
ton of the hook worm produced better
results in diminishing the mortality
from tuberculosis than any other meas
ure that has yet been tried on a large
scale. %
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
TAFT IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Closes Busy Day With a Speech at
Sioux Civ. Ia.

Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 3O.-The South
Dakota campaign of Candidate Taft
began at Aberdeen with a big meet
ing. Judge Taft spoke from a plat
form erected close by the station. His
itinerary for the day included meet
ings at Mellette, Redheld, Wolsey,
with an hour and a half at Mitchell
and short stops at Trip, Yankton and
Vermillion. He closed the day at a
big rally in this city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
Statute Affected Wisconsin
Railroad Operators.
DECISION IS FARREACHIINlG
In Effect It Practically Prohibits the
state Legislature From Enactins
Legislation Relating to Hours Of La.
Dor on Interstate Railroads as Long
az There ls a Federal Statute in
Force on the Subject.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 30.-The SUI
preme court has declared as unconsti-
tutional the Wisconsin e%ight-hour rail-
road te~legraphers' law, which was en-
acted at the 1907 session of the legis-
lature. The law is declared unconsti-
,tutional on the theory that it is in
conflict with the provisions of the fed
eral Constitution, which clothes con-
gress with the power to regulate inter-
state commerce, and, further, on the
theory that congress, having already
provided a law fixing the hours of
railway t~elegraphers from nine to
thirteen hours, it was not within the
power of the state to enact a law
which would in effect change the hours
of labor.
In effect the decision is one of the
most fa%rreaching of the court, as it
practically prohibits the state from
enacting laws relating to the hours of
labor on interstate railroads as long
as there is q federal statute in force.
By another decision of the supreme
court divorced persons in Wisconsin
are prohibited from marrying again
within n year and any such mar
riage during such period after divorce
is null and void. The decision was in
connection with a Divorce who went
to Michigan before the expiration of a
year, married again and returned to
Wisconsin. The court rules that such
pretended marriage will not be recog-
nized by the courts of Wisconsin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
OPEN FIGHT ON CANNON.
Anti.saloon League Opposes Speakers
Reelection.

Chicago. Sept. 30.-The promised
light Of the Anti-saloon League of
America against the reelection to con
eress Of Speaker Cannon is almost at
hand, according to a statement issued
by General Superintendent P. A. Ba-
ker Of the league.
Mr.. Baker will speak at the opening
session Of the Rock River conference
and then enter MI. Cannon's district.
Los Angeles, CAL, Sept. so.-At the
closing session Of the Southern Cali
lo,rnia Methodist conference here res
clutions were adopted severely criti-
cising Speaker Joseph g. Cannon of
the house Of representatives and call
ing upon Christian citizens Of his dis
trict and the whole United States to
zee that he is not, again elected to
congress or that II elected to see that
he is not again made speaker Of the
house.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
Where Country Excels.

Perhaps the most significant eFidence
OF this turn Of the tide in the tOy-mak-
ing Industry Is seen in the fact that
while the imports Of toys from Germany
have oeen steadily decreasing in recent
years this countr:'s oy-manufacturers
have been increasing their exports 10
Germany each year.
The realm iR which the American toy
manufacturer now eNcels, owing to su-
perior machinery and industrial equip
ment IS tho of the mechanical toy.
The largest toy-making house in Phiia-
delphia employing Goo hands. has made
a great fea ,ure in late years Of the me-
uhanical c.rcGs. Including performing
animals. clowns and ring devices. such
as loOD-the-looDs and races. The in
genious quality Of these toys is said TO
have practically driven several similar
devices out OF the German market.
Among other American novelties which
viii b. lound galore on the toy-counters
this year are flying machines, racing
sutocsrs. mechanical steeplechases and
ali sorts Of moving fgures-daneing
dervishes, cowboys on bucking bronchos.