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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
WIFE AND DAUGHTER
OF DEAD MAN KELD
No Formal Complaints Made in
St. Paul Murder Case.

st. Paul, May 15.-Mrs. Minnie Ar
bogast, wife of Louis Arbogast, the
wealthy butcher who was murdered
at his home in this city, Is a prisoner
of the police at the city hospital, She
was taken there, not as patient, but
as a prisoner. No formal complaint
against her, however, has as yet been
sworn out.
Her eldest daughter Louise is also
being detained at the West Seventh
street home, where she is being at
tended by a trained nurse. The pc
lice wanted to take her to the city
hospital for joint sweating" with
her mother, but DR. Belle M. Walrath,
who is attending her, declared that
her physical and mental condition
would not permit 1t.
The police are believed to have par
tial admissions amounting to con
fession and full clearing up of the
case is expected shortly.
Searching for motive the police
have been puzzled by the total alb
sence of logical explanation and are
inclined to think the murder was an
act of insanity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
GOVERNMENT SAID TO
HAVE LOST BIG sum
Federal Weighers and New York
importers Arrested.

New York, May 15.-Three of the
government weighers recently dis
missed by Collector Loeb were arrest
ed, together with the members of two
importing firms who are alleged to
have conspired with the weighers to
secure the entry of fig and cheese
imports at less than the actual
weights. The weighers and importers
were Jointly indicted recently by the
federal grand jury. The men arrest
ed under these indictments were An
tonic and Philip Musica of the i'm
porting firm of A. Musica & Son and
Eusuadio Papavasilopulo, another i'm
porter, with the former weighers
Joseph Quinn, Thomas C. Giddings
and Joseph Mcmahon. The frauds
charged are declared to have contin
ued over long period and to have
caused the loss of large sums to the
government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15

Redmond arose. Mr.. Redmond's bill
not only repeals what is regarded as
the Objectionable portion of the oath
of accession, but 1t repeals the acts
prohibiting residence and the acquisi-
ton of property by the Jesuits and
other monastic orders and abolishes
the disqualification which prevents
Catholics from filing the Offices of
lord chancellor of Great Britain and
lord lieutenant of Ireland.
Premier Asquith spoke early in the
debate and gave his cordial support
to the objects of the bill. He declared
that the exclusion of Roman Catholics
from the lord chancellorship and the
lord lieutenancy was quite unjusti-
fable on the grounds of either logic
or policy. Regarding the oath of ac-
cession the premier said that this
declaration was dated during the
worst period Of British history The
language therein could not be justi-
fed and the time had come to put an
end to 1t. He suggested that If par
lament were opposed to the total
abolition of the declaration a commit
tee be appointed to devise form of
words that would be mutually salts
factory.
The bill passed its second reading
by q vote OF 1872 to 1913, but as it is
not O government measure there is
little prospect of finding time to pass
II into law at the present session.
The fact that a majority of the house
of commons voted in favor of the
measure, however, is regarded as a
great victory for the Catholics. AL
though similar bills have been de.
bated on many previous occasions this
Is tho first time that one has passed
its second reading.
Bar Negroes From German E-.=..
Berlin, May 15.-The Prussian mill
tary authorities have decided to dis.
continue the enlistment of negroes in
the army. This ruling applies chiefly
to the military bands, in several of
which there are African drummers
The explanation offered unoffi cially is
that the negroes in question have
adopted the vices and none of the yir.
tues of German civilization.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
BETWEEN JAPANESE LINES
Ocean Rate War as Result of Milwau.
kee Extension,

Victoria, B c.. May l5.-That a
rate war will probably result between
the two Japanese transpacific lines,
following the establishment next
month of the osaka Shosen Kaisha's
service in conjunction with the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and st Paul rail
road, is the news received by mail
from Japan
The Ashai Shimbun Of Toxic. in a
lengthy article, says the expectation
Is that rate war will begin and that
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will be ex-
pected to fight keen competition on
its North American line to Victoria
and Seattle at the hands of the Osaka
ShOsen kaisha.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has just
borrowed $1.000000 on the security of
the new steamers through the agency
OF Messrs. Sale, Fraser e Co. of Yoko-
hama and will have five new steamers
In service by next January drawing
subsidies amounting to $500,000 an
nually from the Japanese government
The Ashai Shimbun says that the
Osaka firm will not be a member OF
the Pacific conference and will be
able to compete in the matter OF
rates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
SHOOTS DAUGHTER AND SELF
Worry Over illness of Another Child
Drives Woman insane.

Elizabeth, N. j., May 15.-Nine
year-old Mildred Wenke is dying in q
hospital here from bullet wounds in
ficted by her mother. The mother
Mrs. George W. Wenke, committed
suicide Immediately after shooting hel
daughter.
In the same ward with the dying
girl her elder sister is slowly recover
ing from an operation for appendi
citis. She does not know of her
mothers act.
George Wenke, husband of the wo
man, says that her mind was unbal
anced by worry over the illness ol
her oldest daughter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
COMPELLED TO QUIT OFFICE
Standard Oil Employees Can Take No
Part in Public Affairs.

Tiltcn, Ill.,, May 15-This towns
business is at a standstill because
three members of its board of affairs
have had to choose between resigning
public Office or their positions as EN-.
ployes of the Standard Oil company
and have decided that their private
jobs are more important than their
public service Elmer Williams. ]. B.
Daniels and Harry Hammond wer
elected to the board of affairs i
April General Manager Warren
Decatur, ILL.,, has let them know that
the Standard Oil company wishes its
employees to have no part In public
administration and now there Is not a
quorum of Tilton's board OF affairs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
NIGHT Rider Juror Ends Life.

Union City, Tenn, May 15.--Man-
field Haroldson, prominent farmer
living north of this place, has COM
mitted suicide. His body was discov-
cred suspended by a rope In his buggy
house. daroldson was one of the
Jurors who tried the eight night riders
at this place last January. six oi
whom were sentenced to be hanged,
and 1t is said that worry over that
trial unbalanced his mind.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
Five Killed in Railroad Wreck,

Strasburg, May 15.-A bad railroad
accident occurred at Horlisheim. near
Colmar. An express train from Basle
to Cologne ran into a freight train
that had been derailed on account Of
the explosion OF the locomotive boiler.
Four members OF the crew and one
passenger were killed and twelve pas
sengeij were injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
SOME RETURN TO WORK
Strike Situation in France Appears to
Be improving.

Paris, May 15.-Instead of showing
an Increase the number of striking
postal employees in the city seems to
have diminished. The leaders of the
strike, however. still talk of unexpect-
ed developments, including the dec
laration of general strike by the
General Federation of Labor. On the
other hand, the authorities, with the
endorsement of the chamber of depu.
ties behind them, insist that the
movement will collapse totally In
few days without recourse to the
elaborate reserve arrangements that
have been perfected.
At Lyons, Toulouse, Marseilles and
some other places the strikers aban-
doned the struggle and returned to
their posts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
HEARS FUNERAL SERVICES
Dying lndianan Summons Minister
and Friends.

Gas City, Ind, May 15.-On his
deathbed Elias B. Burns, Lightweight
years old, heard his funeral sermon
preached. After having been advised
by his physicians that he could live
only few hours more Mr.. Burns
summoned his minister, Rev. Henry
s. Schwan, and forty of his friends
and neighbors and asked them to give
him the satisfaction of attending his
funeral service in his bedroom
Hymns were sung and Schwar
preached a sermon, after reading the
Eighth chapter of Romans. After the
service the sick man seemed stronger
but later he relapsed into delirium.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
TROOPS AND OUTLAWS FIGHT
Five Of Latter Killed by American
Soldiers.

Manila, May 15.-Captain Rhodes,
commanding two troops of the Sixth
cavalry, struck a portion of the band
of outlaws headed by Jikiri near Bam-
no last Wednesday and in fight that
followed five of the natives were
killed One of these was Jammang,
noted as trusted lieutenant Of Jikiri.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15

SPENT ALL MIGHT IN JUNGLE
Kermit Roosevelt Loses His Way in
African Wilds.

Nairobi, B. E. a, May 15.-It Is
learned here that Kermit Roosevelt
lost his way from his fathers camp
near Machakos last Friday and spent
an entire night alone on horseback,
riding through a region unknown to
him. On Saturday morning he turned
up at Kiu station on the railway,
inquiring there the way to camp. He
was given the desired directions,
The region in which Kermit Roose.
elt is reported to have been lost lies
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15

between the Athi river and the Ugan.
da railroad. Kiu, where he finally
found himself, is about fifty miles be-
low Nairobi and thirty or forty miles
southeast of Machakos There is an
old cart road from Machakos to Kiu,
but otherwise the country and the re-
gion thereabouts is very sparsely in.
habited by natives of the Wakamba
tribe, peaceful people, engaged
chiefly in agriculture.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
St. Paul Road to Construct
Several Branch Lines.
ALL ON COAST EXTENSION
Railroad Men Say Activity of. New
TranscontinentaI System Will Mean
Substantial Cut Into the Traffic
Volume Now Enjoyed by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
Known as the n i'll Roads.

Chicago, May 15.-Construction OF
branch lines, which will add over
1000 miles to the Pacific coast exten.
sion of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad, will soon be under.
taken by that road
The territory to be thus invaded
has heretofore been controlled abso
lutely by the Hill lines. The activ.
tiles of the st. Paul road, In the opin.
ion of railroad officials, will mean a
substantial cut into the traffic volume
now enjoyed by the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern lines.
The principal branches planned by
the St Paul road at this time are:
From Mobridge, s. D., westward $50
miles through the Cheyenne Indian
reservation.
From Missoula, Mont, north to Fer.
ME, b. c.. 240 miles.
Southwark to a vast fruit raising
territory in the vicinity of ST. Marie,
Ida.
From Beverly, on the Columbia
river $50 miles to Hanford, Wash,
and from Tacoma 100 miles west to
0rays Harbor
1t is also stated that the road is
planning an extension from Fargo, N
D., to Winnipeg.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
BRITISH PREMIER
FAv0RS THE BILL
Measure to Remove Roman
Catholic Disabilities.
OFFERED BY IRISH MEMBER

Repeats What Is Regarded as the OBJ
jectionable Portion of the Oath of
Accession and AboIishes the Dis.
qualification Barring Catholics From
Filling Certain High Positions in
England and ireland.
London. May ia comprehensive
bill for the removal of Roman Cath
Ollie disabilities and providing for an
alteration in the accession oath taken
by the British sovereign was intro
duced by William Redmond in the
house of commons and gave variety
to the customary dullness of the de-
bate.
The Roman Catholics never have
ceased to inveigh against the insult
ing references" to certain beliefs in
the monarch's accession declaration
as superstitious and idolatrous. The
same opposition that hitherto has de-
feated any effort to alter the oath
again showed up when petition
signed by 100000 persons against the
removal of Roman Catholic disabil-
tiles was handed in just before Mr.,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-05-15

Foley's Honey and Tar is safeguard
against serious results from spring colds
which infiame the lungs and develop
into pneumonia. Avoid COZ nterfeits by
insisting upon having the genuine Fol-
ey's Honey and Tar, which contains no
harmful druRA-J. H. Anderso.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
CHORAL SOCIETY
CONCERT TONIGHT

The concert OF the Wilmington Choral
Society. under the direction OF II. Leslie
Carpenter. win be given in the New Gem
tury Club, to-pight Two scenes from
Longfenow's IIawathR set to music by
S. coieridge-Taylor, win be sung By the
society. and solo parts will be sung by
Mrs Victor r. Pyle. Miss Elizabeth Bon
ner. II. Howard Carver Herman Gossen
and Frank Il. Palmer. Mrs Ellwood G,
Jackson and Miss Elizabeth condit viii
play the plano accompaniments. Judging
from past work OF this society together
with the worldwide popularity OF llia-
watha, tho musical public may expect an
evening Of unusual enjoyment and musl-
cal edihcatlon.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
LAWYERS In TILT
BEFORE JURY
One Accuses the Other Of
Making Statements Not
Founded on Testimony
COMMITTEES ARE
WORKING SECRETLY

In Superior Court this morning tilt
occurred between attorneys In the case
Of Alfred G. Layman vs.. +. f. Slocumb
and Company, an action Of trover to re-
cover value Of fifteen shares Of stock ia
the Slocumb Company. II took place While
William S. Iliiles. attorney for the de-
fendant company was addressing the jury
He was referring to the testimony OF
James Flanngan. a director and work
man for the company. Charles f. Cur
ley OF Counsel for I.ayman, declared
heatedly that what 5illes said was not so.
Mr. i4nes retorted with some warmth
that Nhat Mr.. Curley had said was not
true
Mr. Curley then said Mr.. Hilles was
mistaken. The chief justice instructed the
Jury that they should remember what the
testimony OF the witnesses had been and
disregard anything which counsel said
might be at variance with it. Mr. Curley
and George l.. Townsend addressed the
jury for the plaintiff.
Iayman claimed that he was tho DOS
SCISSOR Of Is shares OF stock of the slocum
concern and that when he left the employ
Of the company and resigned as a director
he could not obtain possession OF the
shares. II was claimed by the defendant
that the shares were to revert TO the COM
pany upon I.aymans leaving the company
and that there was a memorandum on tho
stock certificates TO this effect. The jury
retired at Ills o'clock this morning.
Some amusement was caused when the
case OF James n. Wilson VS.. Frank
Zablotney was put on trial. 7. irwin Han
dy. counsel for Wilson. admitted pract-
cally All OF the allegations OF w. H.
Cooper. counsel FOR zahlotney. He admit
ted that Wilson had sold four tons OF hay.
valued at SIG a ton. from a farm near
I<irkwood on which he was tenant and
which farm belonged TO zablotney. Mr..
Handy was asked II he admitted that the
hay was removed with consent. eli said
mo" rs that is the issue IN tho case.
Tic farm had belonged to Deputy Re
corder OF Deeds. Leslie George. who had
leased the farm to Wilson and later sold
II to Zablotney. The latter sold off four
tons Of hay and Mr.. aIindy claimed for
/ him that by an agreement with Mr..
George he had the right to do so Tie was
farming on shares. The other side claim
ed that under the statutes was not law
/ ful to remove any hay other than salt hay
from farm land and according to the
statutes double the value Of the hay IS
claimed, or si2s
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
he WANTED LEGISLATORS
TO PL0D MUDDY ROADS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Dol. Jan. 2e-Ropresenta-
tive Lancrty las a nno sense of
humor Exhibit A, which he offered
iokingly yesterday afternoon IN the
House 20 call attention TO the horrible
condition Of the roads through his dis
trict outside of Dovef.
BE Il resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives cf the State OF Delaware,
i'm General Assembly met, that the
members of both the Senate ana
House. walk from Dover 20 the city OF
Loipsic and thence 90 Whitchall School
House and from thence 10 Raymond's
Church and from thence 20 Dover by
way of Denney's Corner. for the pur.
pose Of usccrtaiuing the condition OF
the public highways along said route
'How many miles2' anNiously in
quired Representative Ainscow.
II move Il be accepted" called Rep
resentative Connolly.
''rhe resolution is out OF order be-
cause It places Leipslc in the class OF
cities" ruled Speaker Cooper.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
CITY LIBRARY
ATTRACTS NOTICE
Even Boston Comments Fav-
OrabIy on List Of Books
for Men"

Boston the literary center of the United
States. has taken notice OF Wilmington.
Tho Boston Transcript, one OF the leading
danies Of New England from a literary
standpoint. has commented most favor
ably on tho "list OF books for young men,
complied by Librarian Bailey and his as
sistants OF tho Wilmington Institute Free
Library. The Transcript recommends the
compact little booklet TO the attention OF
the librarians OF New England. and as a
result many requests have been made for
copies OF the list by librarians teachers
and SCHOLARSHIP New England and else
where.
The list is In pamphlet form and gives
list OF Of the most appropriate books for
Young men under suh-heads OF Business
and Practical Life" "eoth Century Prob
LENS" politics and Government" etc.
The library number is given with each
book so that members OF tile library mere
iy request the number and they receive
the desired book n it is not IN use.
AThe reputation OF the Wilmington IL
brary for its splendid administration and
its largo supply Of books, pamphlets and
newspapers has also reached a number
OF HAIlfl tAlifnt lI'iNNiltAN iNAttNfN fhAtiNt'
como to the Wilmington Library IN search
I OF books that are not 20 be found in
/ Philadelphia On saturday professor Of
! the college OF the city OF New York camc
to this city expressly to examine tho u.
brary's nlo OF the wilmington Iepubli-
can"
Local iniorst IN tho library Of course. is
uppcrinost. This interest only recently
was expressed in git OF hooks and pam.
| phlots 60 the library By former Senator
Anthony Higgins A git Of % volumes Of
/ The Bible ia raised type for the blind has
also been made by the Delaware Bible SO.
cioiy Wilmer Palmer IS another recent
donor
The registration Of tho library for De
oembcr was $50 more than for December
Of the preceding year
A number Of changes win be made 81
the library interior. Ralings VIII be re
arranged so that persons Will be obliged
TO pass the clerks Gr7aa when thog 81
out and storm doors win be placed inside
the entrance.
Tho lincoln centennial has produced AZ
unusual demand Tor Lincoln books an'
although books pertaining 10 Lincoln hoe
beon set out they have already been used
A list OF books on Lincoln has been com
piled by Librarian Bailey.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
BUSY SESSION OF
EDUCATION BOARD
May Again Go Back to Old
System of Teaching
Alphabet

II was $40 o'clock when the board
Of Education got down to business at
its regular meeting last night. The
delay was caused by the members
falling to arrive in time to form a
quorum. In the absence Of DR.. Evan
G. Shortlidge, president OF the body.
DR.. John Palmer. Jr.. presided.
The teachers committee was given
authority TO make a number Of trans
fers Of teachers in the schools. These
changes are necessary because OF the
-overcrowded condition in some OF the
schools and not enough scholars in
others.
Dr. Buckmaster, committeeman on
School No. 20. at Thirteenth and Madi-
son streets, complained Of the muddy
condition Of the street crossings in
that vicinity The children. he said,
have difficulty in reaching tho school.
The matter WIS referred 70 a com
mittee.
The question OF teaching children in
the first primary grades their b c's
was brought up by a letter received
by the board from a mother who COM
planned that willie her child had COM
mitted words to memory, this particu-
lar pupil lid not know the alphabet.
1t appears that advanced educators
have dropped the alphabet in teaching
it to children to be committed 10
memory, and adopted the word method
OF instruction in spelling.
DR.. T. Q. Cooper said he thought
something should be done along this
line and expressed the opinion that
it might be better to return 70 the old
way of building UP words from the
alphabet and again teach 1t.
DR.. Buckmaster and Mr.. O'Donnell
spoke Of similar complaints received
by them to tho one made in the letter
received last night, and they als1
favor a return to the old method.
Mr.. Baynard urged that the matter
be gone into thoroughly before any,
thing was done. The teachers com.
mlttee was instructed to look into tho
subject.
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
FARMERS TO DISCUSS
ROOSEVELT SUGGESTION

At the weekly meeting OF Diamond
State Grange. at Stanton, last night,
arrangements were made for q series
Of discussions of the questions pro-
posed by the commission appointed by
President Roosevelt to improve the
condition OF the farmer. This com
mission is 20 proceed in accordance to
the replies made to its questions by
various organizations OF farmers
Throughout the country. Next Monday
night win be devoted 10 a discussion OF
should the lecturers period be en-
tirely devoted to subjects OF country
life, and why?"
Evening journal., 1909-01-26
MEDICAL
LIsT o. PueLlc sALEs.


March 1.--Sale Of Stocks and Imple-
nonts for William Ogle, near Els
mere, christiana Hundred, at 10
o'clock, a. m, by Stidham & Son,
Auctioneers.
February 4-Stoci< and farming i'm .
pements on Lancaster Pike, near
city. John n. Peoples.
March 11--Stock and farming imple-
nents on Concord Pike, near
sharpley School, BrandyvVine, HID,
r.. Pollock.
January 3o-Real Estate at Court
House, 10 o'clock a. ny by Stidham
g. Son, Auotioneers.
February 6-Contents of large Wesi
Side residence, including superior
Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Bed
ding, Silverware, at Stidham &
Sons Auction Store, III East
Fourth St., at I o'clock. p. M
Watch this paper for add Of this
SALE"
Jsnuary 28-Puhllc Sale Of Personal
y Property, Horses, Cattle, Chickens
Farm Implements, etc, at farm oi
Michael J. O'Neal, at Mt Cubs
Station, Mill Creek Hundred, at 1
o'clock, p. m.
January 27-Public Sale Of Horses al
Stables Of w. c. Martin, Third anc
Orange Sts., Wilmington, at |
o'clock, p. M, by w. S. Townsend
january 3o-Public Sale of Missouri
Horses at w. c. Martins Sales
Stables, Third and Orange SITS.
Wilmington, at I o'clock. John F
O'NeaI and S. G. Camperson.
January 30-Publio Sale of Horses al
Klair's Bazaar. 3O3 West EiohtI
St, Wilmington, at I o'clock. w
n. klar.
March 16-Sale Of Horses, Mules, Colts
and Cattle at Bear Station, at
o'clock, a. m. w. S. surris.