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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
Physician and Wife Of Victim Behind
the Bars.

Physician and Wife OF Victim BEHIND
the Bars.
Crescent City, Ill, July 14.-Dr. w.
r. Miller and Mrs. j.. B. Saylor were
held to a grand jury by a coroner's
Jury that investigated the Staying OF
j. 3. Saylor. vice president Of the
First National bank, by DR.. Miller in
the presence of Mrs. Saylor at the
Saylor home.
On1 the day of the tragedy, when
Mr.. Saylor was absent from home, It
is alleged that Mrs. Saylor, DR.. Miller.
John Grunder, father Of Mrs. Saylor
and a resident of Oklahoma, who was
visiting his daughter, and Ira Grun-
der, a brother of Mrs. Saylor. had
been drinking.
This statement al made by Ira
Grunder, who gave himself up to the
sheriff. Grunder said that he had
been overcome by the effect OF the
drink and was sound asleep when the
shooting began. So deep was his
slumber, he declared, that ever the
shots and ensuing confusion did not
awaken him.
DR.. Miller, both GRINDERS and Mrs.
saylor are in jail. No move to secure
bail has been made so far. Peter
Wease, a brother-in-law Of Mrs. Say
lor, has arrived to assist the latter
in her trouble. Miller is held on the
charge of murder, the others as ac-
cessOries.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
cTlaRING SCENES MARK END
Close Of the Christian Endeavor Con
vention at st. Paul.

Close Of the Christian Endeavor Con
vention at st. Paul.
st. Paul, July 14:-With 1000 voices
ringing in the first clause of the Chris
tian Endeavor pledge the st. Paul con
vention Of 1909 adjourned and two
hours later the official special, bear
ing DR.. Clark and other leading fig
ures of the convention, was on its
way East.
The feature of the closing session
was the roll call of the states, tc
which each responded with a verse
Of a song and a text significant of its
purpose for the next two years.
DR.. j. P. Jones responded for India
Dr.. T. Maxine for Japan, Rev. A. L
Warnshuis for China and Rev. w. T
Johnson for the colored Endeavorers
in addition to the representatives Of
the various states, territories and
provinces.
Kentucky announced that It pro
posed to have the 800 saloons Of
Louisville closed before it entertained
the national convention of Christian
Endeavor in 1913, an announcement
of candidacy that was cheered to the
echo.
New Mexico declared its intention
Of being admitted as a prohibition
state, Oklahoma the glory Of beint
the first admitted dry, Tennessee o.
being the newest dry state and South
Dakota promised to go back to prohi
bition before another convention.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
AMAZING CONFESSION
OF Prize B|GAM|S7
Unable 10 State Exactly the
Number Of His Wives

San Francisco, July 14.-Christian
G. Johnson, sentenced at San Jose to
serve seven years in the penitentiary
for bigamy, is reported to have con-
fessed that he is the mysterious
"John MADISON" wanted in many
parts Of the country for matrimonial
ventures and systematic swindling of
women under promise of marriage.
Johnson's alleged confession. how
ever, is 81 full of inconsistencies and
90 at variance with statements he has
made since his arrest in this city last
week that the police authorities are
not inclined to give the confession"
full credence. In this confession John
o declares that he has been married
to SO many women that he cannot
count them offhand.
I'm 1906" he says, ~ quit my bust
ness Of buying horses and from that
day to this I have been making my
living by marrying and making love
Ito. women, getting their money and
then deserving them"
One of his most amazing feats. &C
cording to his confession, was making
love to ten women at one time in
Portland, Ore. While he admits that
he got money from most of them and
that his marriages were part Of a get
rich quick system johnson declares
that in every instance he spent the
money he received upon the victim
herself.
'They kept me broke all the time
10 the way he expresses it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16

pearance of Thaw at the time she
had the conversation at Matteawan.
II met him in the dining room and
We both sat on chairs" said Mrs.
Thaw. 1.-The conversation only lasted
Q few minutes. His hair was mussed
and he wore a handkerchief in place
Of a collar"
did his eyes protrude!" asked Mr..
Clark.
"wcll. / would not say they pro-
trnded. but they we're very prom
inent," replied the witness.
Question 10 Repeated.
During that conversation did Harry
K. .Thaw say this or words to this
effect to you: When I get out of
here will have to kill your" asked
Mr.. Clark.
Thaw's counsel objected to the
question and the witness did not have
to answer.
Prior to the appearance Of Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw fully a dozen witnesses
testified to conversing. with Harry
Thaw and that he appeared to them
to be rational. The witnesses were
me Of various callings, including a
minister, a railroad conductor and a
philanthropist.
Deputy Attorney General Clark an
nounced that Doctors Austin Flint
and Carlos b. Mcdonald would be the
alienists called by the state to exam
fine the plaintiff, according to Thaw's
own suggestion. DR.. Amos B. Baker,
assistant superintendent Of Mattea-
wan asylum, who had Thaw under OBJ
servation. will make up the trio Of
experts for the state. Thaw's counsel
said he was not ready to announce
the names Of the plaintiffs ~alienists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
WHILE coNFEREEs ARE OUT
Senate Refuses to Consider Ever
Minor Legislation.

Washington, July 14.-The senate
was in session twenty minutes. The
major portion of the time of the sit
ting was devoted to a discussion of
the unanimous consent agreement not
to transact any business while the
tariff conference was in progress.
The discussion over the effort
on the part of Senator Carter to have
passed q bill pertaining to the affairs
Of the District of Columbia on the
ground that the bill was "such q little
one. that no harm could result from
its passage. But Senators Lodge and
Culberson, standing guard over the
interests Of the two sides of the cham
Der, objected and thus prevented &C.
tion.
The incident served to emphasize
the understanding that no business
VIII be permitted in the senate so
long as the %conferees are out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
WILL NAME HIS SUCCESSOR
Won Huelow to Propose Or. Won Beth.
mann-HolIWea.

Berlin, July 14.-Prince Won Buelow.
the retiring imperial chancellor, will
formally propose, in his audience with
Emperor William, that he be succeed.
ed by DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg. sec
retary Of the interior and vice chan
Scellor. There Is reason to believe
that his majesty will accept this
proposition and that the appointment
will be gazetted at once.
Prince Won Buelow will thus be per.
mitted to name his own successor at
Emperor Williams request.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
My.tsry Il Double Drowning.

Mystery In Double Drowning.
eturgis, Mich, July 14.-Miss Mamie
Davey Of Chicago and Clarence Hunt.
living near this city. were drowned In
Hinges lake under mysterious CIR
cumstances. Among the reports cur.
rent 10 one that Miss Davey had
threatened to commit suicide. From
this report the theory II developed
that she may have thrown herself
Into, the lake and that Hunt psrishsd
tIyins 70 rescue her.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
1RtHc
away,
Bomhs Exploded
N E playhouses.

BarcelonA Spain, June 30.-Bombs
ksWWserroDtEsx1pIloded 81 two Of the Barcelona
theaters.S One Of the playhouses was
simply. but the other was crowded
EandSth0 audiences was thrown into 2
panic. One smllns was fatally wounded.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
SCORES OF BODIES FOUND
Mine Disaster at Beimsz, Spain, Ia
Appalling.

Madrid. via frontier, July lit Is
reported from Belmez that scores of
bodies have been taken from the coal
mine at that place in which the ter.
rible explosion occurred Monday, en-.
tombing more than 700 miners.
Details of the explosion are being
suppressed by the oficial censor and
It was necessary to send what slight
information could be secured to this
city by messenger and from here to.
the frontier.
It is believed here that nearly all OF
the entombed men will be taken out
dead, as all the galleries in the mine
were clogged up by falling coal and
slate and 1t will take days and maybe:
weeks to reach the bodies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
Women Bandits at Minneapolis:

Minneapolis. June 14.-TXo wo-aen
bandits. armed with revolters, !,eld
up two men under the Washington
avenue viaduct, securing $50. The
holdups made q quick escape. but two
women answering their description
we're arrested q half hour later BY
the police and were identified by the
men. They gave the names Of Mary
Walker and Rose Brown.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
ST. Paul Union stock Yards.

st. Paul. June 29.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $5.50@6.76; fair to good.
$4.50@5.50: good to choice cows and
heifers. $4.50@5.50; veals,s $5.5O@6.25.s
Hogs-$7.3O@7.65. Sheep-Wethers.
$5.O0@6.2h; yearlings, $5.75@6.25;
lambs, $7.25@7.75; spring lambs,
S7.6O@8.25. sE 5F
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
Shah OF PERSIA
May Be DEPOSED
Rebels Enter Capital and
Street Fighting Follows.
RULER REMAINS IN PALACE

Defenders Of City Still Loyal to Him
Gathered About the imperial Resi-
denee = PopuIace Enthusiastically
Welcomes Advent Of Nationalist
Forces and Many Of the Royalist
Troops Desert to Invaders.
Teheran, July 14.-One thousand
nationaiists have entered Teheran.
They came in by three gates and the
entire northern section Of the city was
soon in their hands.
There has been some fighting in the
streets, but as q general thing the
nationalists are preserving excellent
order. They are sending out patrols
through the city.
The royalist troops, particularly the
Cossacks, have taken up a position in
the central square and surrounding
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-07-16
IPP'EE:REUWANs LEAVE BOLIVIA
Result Of Il Feeling Between the
Two Countries.

Two Countries.
Ia Paz. Bolivia, July 1.-THE min
:isters here Of Peru and Argentina are.
receiving final instructions from their
respective governments as to what
course they shall. pursue In view OF
the continued hostile demonstrations
against their legations IN this city.
Peruyians residing In Bolivia are
sbeg1nning % loave the country.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

80 agf + y y u & I Z s : = 4
Mr. Bryan is touched BY the recent
observation of President Taft that it
was . relief TO the republican party
when the leadership in the democratic
party passed from Mr.. Cleveland. In
defending himself, Mr.. Bryan points
out that the republicans had q larger
majority in congress during the second
half Of Mr.. Cieveland's administration
than they have ever had since; but In
making this defense Mr.. Bryan forgets
that in the last half of Mr.. Cleveland's
administration the leadership of the
party had already passed from Mr.,
aGleyeland-as was practically demon
strated at the Chicago convention in
1886.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
CARD.

Pierre, s. D., April II, 1909.
To the Business Men of Pierre, S. D..
Gentlemen:-T The Boys Athletic
Club Of tho Pierre High School for the
last year has conducted its sports on 2
basis, sane, clean, sportsmanliks enough
to reflect credit on both the school re
presented and the city in general. In
addition to this fact is the other fact
that this has been accomplished with
out calling upon the citizens for sub
scriptions. Whenever the people OF
tho city have contributed, 1t has been
done by the purchase of tickets to the
games, when the boys gave value re-
ceiyed for tho price.
From those facts we feel that YOU
will take kindly to the suggestion that
follows.
The Athletic Club proposes t. hold
an INVITATION ATHLETIC MEET in
Pierre, May 9TH, 1903, by inviting in the
athletic teams from the schools at Fort
Pierre, Miller, Highmore, and tho In
dian school. This will assure fine
array Of contestants.
There will be sixteen events for entry
The winners Of first, second and third
places will be rewarded with prizes.
Instead of offering cash prizes, we
hope the business men will Cooperate
by donating something of value which
can be used for this purpose. We pro-
pose to give value-received for the gift
by good advertising, for the program
will contain tho names of tho donors
in some such. form, as: 200 yard dash
LIST prize, q So. co hat, donated by MIR.
businessman.
End prize: A 500 pin, donated by
MIR. Jewler.
3rd prize: A soc tic, donated by Mr..
Clothier.
There will be sixteen OF these events,
and almost anything from q dozsn or
anges or pound of candy to suit of
clothes eau be used for the prizes
Within few days committee OF
the boys will call upon you and we
trust you will be moro thai willing to
receive Thorn favorably.
Respectfully submitted,
NJ. M. Raner, Superintendent.
g. f. Evans, Principal.
Emory Auracher, Coach.
Iyor Tomas, Pres. OF Club.
Ray Howarc, Capt. Track Team.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

State of South Dakota In Circuit Court thereof:
fSS
County of Hughes Sixth Judicial Circuit
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

Attorney General Clark has given
Gov. Vesssy an opinion that tho state
has the right tc! organize the coantry Of
Corssn, EVENT. It Ii IN Indian reserv-
atlon; that By the sale of heirship lands
to whites within the territory in quest
ion and the granting Of townsitss by
the government along the right Of way
Of the railrosd which operates across
that country, thu stats has acquired
jarisdictic len over the tracts thus sold OF
granted. and has the power to proceed
with the organization.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
SUM MONS

State of South Dakota In Circuit Court thereof:
County of Hughes Sixth Judicial Circuit
Zell Guthrie. plaintiff, VS. Schuy-
Ter j. Robinson; the unknown adj
illustrators, executors heirs, de-
vcees, legatees and creditors of
Schuyler J. Robinson, deceased;
David c. Pulver; the unknown adj
illustrators, executors, heirs, de-
vcees, legatees and creditors OF
of David C. Pulver, deceased; Uriah
D. Pulver: E. w. Pulver, whose SUMMONS.
true christian name is to plaintiff
unknown w. l. Huctt. whose true
christian name is to plaintiff I'M
known; w. c. Foster. whose true
christian is to plaintiff I'M
known: and all other persons who
have claim to have any interest
in or lien or ncumbrance upon the
premises described in the com
plant, Defendants.
The State of South Dakota to the above named
Defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required to an
SWer the complaint of the plaintiff which was
filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Court at the
City of Pierre, in Hughes county, South Dakota
on the 10Th day of March. 1899, and which pays
for a judgment quieting the title to and the de-
premises described in the complaint situate in
said County to-wit: The South west quarter of
the Southeast quarter of Section 2S and the West
half OF the Mort beast quarter and Lot Three of
Section thlrty-three, township one hundred
twelve, range eighty. West 5th P. M. containing
l54:7 acres. according to the Government Survey.
and to serve copy of your answer to said COM
plant on the undersigned at his office in the city
of Pierre in said county of Hughes within thirty
days after the completed service of this summons
upon you, exclusive of the day of such service
and # you fail to answer said complaint within
the relief demanded in the complaint
;, zELL GUTHRIE,
5i-f Per Sc.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
GOLD PLATED RING FREE
with Each Order For Old Time Song
Book.

With Each Order For Old Time Song
50 dear old tunes we all love, words
and music complete for piano or or
gan, for 10 cents America, Annie
Laurie, Aud Lang Syne, Battle Hymn
of the Republic, Catch the Sunshine,
Columbia, Comm Thro' the Bye,
Darling Nellie Gray, Dixie's Land,
Flag OF the Free, Hail Columbia,
Home, Sweet Home, Juanita, Lead
Kindly Light, Lilly Dale, Long Ago,
Marching Thro' Georgia, Massa $
in the Cold Ground, NY Bonnie, My
Maryland, Old Kentucky Home. Old
Black Joe, Robin Adair, Rocked in
the Cradle of the Deep, Swanee River,
Sweet and Low, Blue Bells of Scot
land. Last Rose of Summer, Old Oak
en- Bucket, Star Spangled Banner,
Vacant Chair, Those Evening Bells
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Uncle Ned,
We're Tenting Tonight, When the
Swallows Homeward Fly, and twenty
others for lOc, stamps or coin. For
a short time we will send a gold plat
ed finger ring Free as souvenir to
each one who sends a dime for the
song book. Send today to Piano
and Music Co., Galesburg, Ill.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
General Sale and Lease Notice.

Notice is hereby given that sale of common
school lands will be held in the following counties
April 18th: Minnehaha. April 18th: Aurora, April
30th Douglas, May LIST: Charles Mix and Sphinx.
May Bird; Gregory and Clark, May 4th; Day, May
5th and a sale of endowment lands will be held
in Marshall May 9Th; Edmunds. May 7th, and
MCPHERSON May 8th
All sales will be made at public auction at the
front door of the court house OF the counties
wherein the land is situated. between the hours
of 10 O'Clock a. M, and o'clock p. N.
All land remaining unsod will be offered Tor
lease on the day following the SALE by the several
county auditors except in Douglas county where
the date of leasing is HAY 3rd and in Mcpherson
county May 10th.
Dated at Pierre. February 9th. 1903
O. c. DOKKEN,
Commissioner of School ard Public Land
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
THE RUNAWAYS.

When you have been offered The
Runsways, you have been offered the
best in the musical comedy line. SO /,
In view of that, it is an interesting
announcement that this big New
York success will be at the Gran d
Opera House Saturday, April oath
1t is soaring this season as grandly
as it did when it ran for seven months
at the Casino, New York, and then
took the other larger northern cities
by storm. Yet, there is reason for
this seasons triumph, and it is this:
The company is a large one; the
principals are George Ovey, Francis
Carrier, William Lennox, Louise
Horner, Caroline Canton.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
County of Hughes. DO
In County Court

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
County of Hughes. no.
In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Notice for Appli-
Elizabeth Richards. rcation for Letters
deceased. Of Administration.
The State of South Dakota Sends Greeting: To
Thomas c. Richards. Robert w. Richards. Samuel
M. Craddick, Anna E. Williams, Kate J. Mann.
Clara Culver, Jennie Culver and Nelson R. Gull
ver. heirs ut law and next of kin of Elizabeth
Richards. deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come:
Notice is Hereby Given. that Kate J. Mann has
filed with the Judge of this Court. petition pray
ing for Letters of Administration of the estate
of Elizabeth Richards, deceased. to be issued to
M. P: Goodner, and that Friday. the Both day of
April. 1909. at 10 O'clock a. m. being day of a
regular term of this Court. to-wt. of the March
term. 1909. at the office of John H. McCord Judge
of the County Court in the Office of County Judge
on Pierre street, in the City of Pierre. Hughes
COUNTY. South, Dakota. has been set for hearing
said petition, when and where any, person inter-
ested may appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be permitted.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota. this 9th day OF
April. 1909
lSeall JOHN H. McCORD.
Attest: Judge of the County Court.
H. R. TARBELI.. Clerk of Courts.
Qirst Publication April g.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

Now let the senate of the United
States make record for celebrity on
the tariff bill. Senatorial courtesy
should be extended in this instance to
the waiting business interests of the
country. Every days parliamentary
delay suspends the forward march of
prosperity.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

by the arrest of Matt Kerchen,
freight checker at Fort Pierre, the
Northwestern officials think they have
put stop to the stealing of freight
from shipments to merchants at Fort
Pierre and points west A part of the
stolen stuff was found in Kerchen's
house, but he denies any guilt in regard
to the losses.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
GENERAL NOTICE
Sale of Common School Lands

Notice is hereby given that the following de-
scribed school lands will be offered for sale towt
NWA Section 29-o9-76. All Section l6-99-79 and
All Section l6-lOO-79 in Trip county and
SWl4 Section 6-l2l-78 in Waworth county
Said lands will be sold at public auction at the
front door of the court house in said counties or
at the front door of the building in which the
Office of the register of deeds is located.
The sale in Tripp county will be held June 18th
and in Walworth county June 18th.
Dated at Pierre S. D., April 10Th, 1909
o. C. DOKKEN
Commissioner of School and Public Lands
April $3.50 days.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Caroline NJ. Norris. deceased.
Notice is hereby given. by the undersigned
Executor of the Estate of Caroline NJ. Norris.
deceased. to the creditors of and all persons hay
ing claims against the said deceased. to exhibit
them. with the necessary vouchers. within six
months after the first publication of this notice.
to the said Charles w. Humphrey. executor. at
his Office in Pierre, in the county of Hughes,
South Dakota.
Dated. Pierre, South Dakota. March go. 1909
CHARLES w. HUMPHREY.
Executor of the Estate of Caroline NJ. Norris. de-
ceased
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22
CORNER ENR1cHEs AMoNopoLlsr,

james A. patten OF Chicago, has
been for months engaged in cornering
May wheat. That the farmers are not
in position to make profits from the
resulting high prices is evidenced by
the fact that he has succeeded. No
body has real wheat to deliver tosatisfy
the Patten contracts. and Patten is
monarch of all ne surveys in the wheat
pit, having made himself a millionaire
many times over, with the option still
more than half month to run. The
prizes touched $l.3S on the 9th. Patten
is said to have boon "long" about 20
oOOO GOO bushels of this cereal, most Of
which he got at about dollar bushell
Meantime, the mills are shutting down
because wheat is worth moro to specu-
late with than to grind, and the poor in
Europe are suffering from dear bread
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-22

( St ,
When the bears started to pound
down the price of wheat Mr.. Patten
rushed to the rescue with the orders to
buy 100000 bushels in order to keep
the price from slumping. And yet II
the price had been allowed to slump
Mr. Patten could have bought those
100000 bushels 5or 10 cents cheaper
per bushel than the price he paid. Con-
sidering that Mr.. Patten believes wheat
is worth more than the prevailing
market price, it seems curious that he
should overlook AN opportunity TIC buy
lot more Of the cereal at . bargain
counter price. All Of which Is not in
tended as anintimation that Mr.. Patten
3dosen't know his business.