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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

Twenty men were hurt in a railroad
collision near Brussels, Belgium.
Trustees of Columbia university, New
York, decided to give the alumni repre-
sentation on the board.
Several persons were hurt in a clash
between artillery men and citizens at Port
Townsend, Wash.
Reports from Hawaii indicate a record
pineapple crop for 1908 far in excess Of
any production yet recorded.
Woman suffragists are said to be pre-
pairing for a crusade at Albany when the
New York Legislature assemblies.
Rear Admiral Mason, chief of ordnance,
in his annual report, says the big guns
on American warships are the equal of
any in the world.
Frederick J.. NJ. Rhodes, cousin of Cecil
Rhodes, in an interview at Mexico City,
said he considered war between England
and Germany certain.
DR.. Cyrus Northrop, president of the
University of Minnesota, will retire at
the end of the present college year. He
has held the position twenty-five years.
A report that Germany and Japan pur-
pose to conclude an agreement concern
ing China similar in terms to the Ameri-
can-Japanese understanding is said in
Berlin to be without foundation.
Within sight of home and native land,
Carl Uerbster, a private in the hospital
corps. ended his life on the deck of the
transport Thomas. near the Golden Gate,
by slashing his throat with a razor.
Contractors on the Milwaukee and St.
Paul tunnel. through the Cnur d'AIene
mountains in Montana set a new woFld
record in tunneling for a month in No
vember, having bored 1917 feet. The
tunnel will be $3.50 feet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
FIRE IN NEW YORK THEATER.
Herald Square Playhouse Burns
Shortly After Audience Leaves.

Just after the curtain went dow
on the last act Of The Three Twins
at the Herald Square Theater in New
York Tuesday night smoke began pour
ing from the wall back of the first bal
cony. There was a cry Of fire and 4
confused rush for the Kit doors by
about 200 men and women left in the
house, who were standing in front of
their seats arranging wraps and coats.
They all got out safely, but not q mo-
E1ent too soon. for about three min
1tes after the alarm flames burst
through the wall back Of the balcony
and swept across the balcony seats. In
ten minutes more the whole rear part
OF tho theater. from orchestra to gal
lery. was ablaze.
At midnight the fire was about under
control, but the theater was practically
Quilted. All the auditorium part was
gone, n the flames had penetrated
into the section back of the stage. The
girl members of the company were the
last to leave the place. Some of them
fed to Broadway and to 35th street in
their costumes and ran into adjoining
buildings. Bessie Mccoy, the star,
tainted on the stage when she saw the
Games break through the balcony wall.
Some of the other dancers carried her
off.
Had the fire burst through into the
balcony ten minutes sooner or even five
minutes. there might have been terrible
loss of life. But most of the audience
of 900 or so of men and women were
out of the theater or in the lobby lead
ing to Broadway when the cry of fire
arose.
Lee Shubert, one Of the Iessees of
the Herald Square Theater, said that
the damage was about $4,000 to the
building and $4,000 to h ~ine-rior.
The properties and scenery OF "Ihe
Three Twins were not injured
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
GROSS-EARNINGs TAX Is LEGAL.

Minnesota Wins Cases Against Great
Northern and the Maple Leaf.
The State of Minnesota Won a double
victory in the Supreme Court in st. Paul
when that court, by Justice G. L.. Brown,
filed opinions in its favor in both the
Chicago Great Western and the Great
f>ortHcin rurf~nSo
upholds the validity of rho law iner.~sfns
the railroad gross-earnings tax from 3 to
4 per cent, which the roads attacked as
unconstitutional. Attorney General e. T.
Young personally fought the roads con-
tention that they could not be made to
pay a gross-earnings tax larger than the
3 per cent, which was provided for in
their territorial charters. The Great
Northern case nominally involves $780,
1877 S for 1906 taxes. The Great West
ern case involved about $50 The
amount at stake, however, is really more
than $15O,OOO a year to the State treas
ury, il the decision is sustained by the
United States Supreme Court, to which
it will undoubtedly be appealed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01


to be behind the bars for n twelve
month.
The famous contempt ease Of Bucks
Stove and Range Company against
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison of the Federation
Labor was decided by Justice Wright
Of the Supreme Court of the District
Of Columbia adversely to the Fedora
ton officials. Gompers was sentenced
to twelve months Imprisonment, Mitch
ell to nine months and Morrison to six
months. The case grew out of the al
legged boycott of the company's products
and the placing of b company on the
unfair list, and the FederatiOn's alleged
violation Of Judge Gould's recent man
damus attracted wide attention.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
WORK OF
CONGRESS

In the Senate considerable time was
devoted Wednesday to a discussion OF
| the Presidents course in placing stric-
lures on Congress in the matter of the
secret service. and a searching resolu-
| ton, proposed by Mr.. Aldrich and
amended upon the suggestion OF MI.
Culberson, providing for a thorough in
| v~eStigation by the cOrumittec on appro-
| priations of the Presidents charges,
| both in Respect tC the acts and the
| course that should be taken by Con-
| gress to resent the imputation believed
to nave been cast upon that body, was
adopted. Mr.. Aldrich, in introducing
his resolution made no comment upoI
it, but Senator's Bailey, Bacon. Till
man, CulberSOn and others declared
that Presidents words should be re-
scented by the Senate as highly insult
ing. Senator Fornkcr's resolution call
ing on the Secretary Of War for in
formation concerning the work of de-
t~ectires in the Brownsville affair also
was adopted.
The postal savings bank bill was be
fore h Senate Thursday for over an
hour. Senator Burkett OF Nebraska
making a comprehensive argument in
favor Of its passage. The Senate list
cned also to the reading of a message
from the President recommending
change in the form of government Of
the District Of Columbia. by which a
single executive head would take the
place of the board of three commission
ers who now Jointly act as a governing
board. At 2:3O o'clock the Senate ad-
journcd until Saturday. By unanimous
vote h House adopted a resolution
presented by the special committee of
five calling on the President for proof
OF his charge that members were fear.
full of an investigation by the secret
service agents. The remainder Of the
day was given over to consideration Of
bills on the private calendar, a large
number of which were passed.
49,
The Senate was not in session Fri
day. Because of the general oct
of members for their homes for the
Christmas holidays, the attendance in
the House was far short Of a quorum.
Nevertheless a good deal of business
was transacted. This consisted mostly
Of the passage of war claim bills, some
Of them giving rise to considerable dis
cuSSiOn.
A brief Senate session was devoted
to routine business in accordance with
the agreement reached before the adj
journment Thursday. Several messages
on minor legislation were received from
the President and bills and other meas
ures were introduced. At - 80 O'Clock
the Senate adjourned until Jan. 4,
9 After passing a bill granting the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company a
right of way across the Fort Mason
military reservation in California. the
House, on motion Of Mr.. Payne, of New
York, adjourned at u IA p.-m.- till
Monday, Jan. 4, 1909.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
MAN SLAIN BY YOUNG WIFE.

kansas CITY Mans Attempt to End
Marital Discord Results in Death.
Frederick L.. Peterson was shot and al
most instantly killed in Kansas City by
his wife, Mrs. Rose Peterson, as they
were returning from a dance. The couple
were married three years ago, but lived
together but one year. Last month Mrs.
Peterson filed suit for divorce, but her
husband had been attempting to effect a
reconciliation, and persuaded her to ac-
company him to a dance. They quarrel
ed while he was taking her home. and in
a lonely spot in the southeast part Of
town. it is claimed, he slapped her face.
She drew a small revolver from her pocket
and shot him four times. She was arrest
ed, but expressed no regret.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

John w. Askern of Albuquerque, N.
NJ. will claim a share of the estate of
Baron Christopher Springer at Whining
ton, Del, estimated at $S0,OOO,OOO. As
kern, who is an employee of the Santa
Fe railway, declares his grandmother,
Hannah Springer, was a sister of lIe
baron and that he is her only direct de-
scepdan now living.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

Frank w. Cutting, 81 years old, fol
the last forty years connected with the
Worcester. Mass, Mechanics Savings
Bank. and for seven years its treasurer,
was found dead by suicide at his home.
He left a note saying hat the accounts
were all right. The bank, according to
the latest available report, holds $11,.
9 900 belonging to depositors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
FREES CONVICTED PARRICIDE.
Kansas Governor PardOns John Coll
linz. NifucSa HAVING RaCanfed

Kansas Governor Pardons John Coll
Inns, Witness Having
Gov. Hoch of Kansas pardoned John
Collins, now serving n life sentence for
the murder of his father, J. S. Collins, a
well-to-do real estate and insurance man
of Topeka, in May, 1898. Young Collins
was a student at Kansas university at
the time of his fathers death. He was
convicted upon the testimony of three
negroes, all of it being circumstantial.
The State set up the plea that Collins
was in love with Miss Frances Babcock,
a wealthy young woman of Lawrence, n
planned the killing of his father hat he
might gain the big life insurance which
the senior Collins carried. One of the
negroes has since written a book assert
ing that the testimony at the trial was
part of a plan by enemies of young Col.
Inns to ruin him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

The explosion of a workman's powder
filed clothes caused the owner, Asa Bur-
ton, to be seriously, if not fatally, in
iured at the plant Of the Burton Powder
Company, near Lowcllville, Ohio. He
turned on a small motor which emitted
a spark. which caused his clothes to ex-
plode, but fortunately did not set off any
powder in the plant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

A falling tree seriously injured Ebert
Hubbard. the author and lecturer, in the
woods near his colony at East Aurora,
N. Y. While assisting workmen he mis-
calculated The direction that the tree
would fall and was crushed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

of h G American
Federation Of La
Dor. Briefer terms
are E | o. n
Mitchell and Secre-
tary Morrison. AS
he had announced
that he would go to
d cell rather than
abandon the boycott
and blacklist, Mr..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

The Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung learns
from a reliable source that Austria-Hun
gary is prepared to grant. Turkey $780,
100000 as compensation for the annexa
ton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The pa
Der adds that the transaction only awaits
necessar nv formalitieS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
INCREASE IN ALIENS SMALL.
America Gained Only G,20S For
eiEnern in Year.

eiEners in Year.
The increase in the alien population OF
the United States in the year ending
Sept. 30 last was only 6,29S. According
to Secretary Straus, 724,112 foreigners
ca me to this country in the years between
Oct. 1, 1907, and Sept. 80 last, but dur
ing the same period 717,S14 foreigners left
our shores for their own countries. Sec
rotary Stratus said that never before has
the government had figures as to depart
ing aliens. Steamships nave been relied
upon to furnish estimates of these, but
init the last year the figures were not
officially recorded. Hereafter this will be
done.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

Newman Quits Railroad job.
w. II. Newman has resigned as presi-
dent of the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company. his resis.
nation to AXE effect Feb. !, 1909,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

Immediately after she had looked upon
her dead husband. who was being buried
from their home. Mrs. Catherine Moore.
aged 81 years. dropped dead from heart
disease in Philadelphia. The Moorcs had
been married forty years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
More Quake s in Frisco.

Two slight earthquake shocks lasting
three seconds, according to FOrecastcr
McAdie of the United States weather
bureau. were felt in San Francisco Tues
day afternoon. No damage was done.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
Low Water w Coal Ships.

A shipment Of 100000 bushels of coal
left the Kanawha river the other day for
Cincinnati and Louisville. The river at
dam No. 6 lacked one foot of enough
water to start the Pittsburg fleet of over
81, 100000 bushels for the South or Tues
1ov
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
Eptombed Miners Found Dead,

Entombed in the Pennsylvania c%olliery
at Mount Carmel, Pa, by an avalanche
of coal, the bodies of Frank Logan and
Stanislaus Mortsvage were found in a
manway by a rescuing party.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
Life Term Given Boy of Sevent

The jury in the case of Harvey Hazel,
II years old, charged with murder in the
first degree, for the killing of his mother,
returned a verdict Of murder in the second
degree in Toledo. Ohio. The finding of
the jury means that the boy must go to
the penitentiary for the remainder Of his
life. The court can give no other SEN
tence. but he has hope of pardon or pa
ro1n
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

Gas Main Breaks; People Suffer.
A bad break in the natural gas main
of the Columbus Gas and Fuel Company
ut New Albany. Ohio, caused the gas to
20 out in hundreds Of homes in Colum-
bus and there was much suffering.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
JAIL FOR LABOR E

Leaders of American Federation
Sentenced for Contempt.
II year in Jail is the punishment
for contempt OF court meted out in
Washington to Samuel Gompers. head
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-11
Tales Of lhp Town TersG|y Told.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Douglas visited
the Seattle fair last week.
Robert Bower of Portland, visit
ed his father, |. Bower, last week
Brush up a bit, we have brushes
of all kinds and prices. Evans Drug
Co If
Mrs. l.. Evenson and grandchil-
dren are visiting relatives in Mon
tesanc.
Miss Margaret Spellessey returned
Saturday from a weeks visit at the
Seattle fair.
Deputy Sheriff Gus YOungeberG
went to Seattle Friday evening, to
visit the exposition.
Attorney A f. Cross went to Olym-
pia yesterday, to try couple Of
cases in the supreme court.
The r. c. S. club will meet next
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. c..
Ennis, 300 East Second street.
Robert Gray chapter, d. A. Il. met
Thursday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs William Irvine, North Aberdeen.
Fred C. Furth, E. A. Rupert, G. b..
Reid and r. D. Vernon went TO
South Bay yesterday on hunting
trip.
T. f. O'Neil has returned from an
etended visit in British Columbia,
where he is largely interested in Il
saw mill.
Musical Instruments, music books,
sheet music, instructors, strings fit
tings for all kinds of instruments.
Evans Drug Co. tt
c. S. Oleson is building $4,000
residence at the corner of First and
M streets. The building is one and
one half stories
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-11

Lowney's candies at Evans Drug
Sos. u
F. G. left went to Tacoma on
business Friday evening.
Mrs f. r. Saurborn will entertain
the Rowena club tomorrow afternoon
MIS- Thomas L. Douglas entertain
ed at luncheon Thursday afternoon
Light or heavy hauling. Quick
service, A. A. Star Transfer Co. Tel
II.
The board of education will hold its
regular monthly meeting tomorrow
evening.
City Treasurer Roy c. Sargent re-
turned Friday from a business visit
in Seattle.
For Sale-Lot on Second street
near Michigan avenue, 50x130 feet
Inquire at Herald office. II
Eugene McGillcuddy and Ira
Smith left Saturday for South Bay
on hunting expedition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank o. Dole and
children, returned from an etXend-
ed trip to California Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edluns, of Seattle
are visiting the city, the guests OF
Rev. and Mrs. John J. Hulen.
w. II. Cady is handing out cigars
His liberaity is the result of son
who was born early on Friday morn
ing.
G. F. Karshner and family vii
leave in couple of weeks for theil
farm, in Skagit county, to spend the
winter.
Toilet soaps, toilet waters, per
fumes,in fact everything necessary tt
a ladies or gents make up. Evans
Drug Co. Il
Jos. Barley was taken suddenly
i'll at the knights of Pythias dance
Friday night, and is still confined tC
his home.
Mrs. w. l.. Helling entertained
Friday afternoon. in honor of Miss
her home. in Iowa.
r. II. Keagy and II. A. Comeau
have formed the ComeauKeagy Co.
for the establishment of general in
surance and real estate agency.
Mrs. NJ b. Wheeler started for
Buffalo, Wyoming, Friday morning
to join the doctor, who is located
there. BY rail she will go as far as
Sheridan, and then stage it 40 miles
She took the doctors two blood
hounds with ner.
The oasis., 1909-06-12
Whole No. 83o

they remained over night with Mr..
Tribolet, which they had done reg
ularly every month for a long
time. After breakfast the day fol-
lowing they started on their way.
After covering distance of about
six miles, near the Cuchuta rancho,
four masked men, mounted and
armed, rode into the road out from
the chapparal, two on each side,
and called them to halt. The
driver whipped up his mules,
quickly getting them going at the
top of their speed. The bandits
kept pace with the flying vehicle
discharging at the driver their
revolvers, one shot killing him,
and he fell from his seat, dead.
Mr.. Whitmore and his companion,
in the back seat of the blackboard,
abandoned the vehicle in the most
expeditions manner and took to
the brush, leaving the small grip
sack containing the money under
the seat they had abandoned. The
team ran away. At distance of
about mile the bandits succeeded
in stopping the team by killing one
of the animals. Then they took
the money. Whitmore and his
companion went to the Cuchuta
rancho, engaged saddle horses and
rode back to Bis5ee, which place
they reached late at night. Arriv-
ing there Mr.. Whitmore wired
Colonel Weir, in New York; and
the rest has been told in the fore
going corrections of Mr.. Alleys
narrative, which was quite correct,
with the exceptions noted.
The oasis., 1909-06-12
Analysis of Water.

Recently the Nogales Water
Company sent to be analysed two
samples of water from their we'll
at the Bayze place about two miles
north of town. One was sent to
the University of Arizona, the
other to Thomas Price q Son of
San Francisco, leading chemists of
the Pacific Coast. The certificate
of analysis by Price q Son was re-
ceived Tuesday, and it is herewith
reproduced, as subject of interest
to the people of Nogales:
THOMAS PRICE & SON
METALLURGIsTs,
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, June 4th 1909.
Sample water. Received June
3rd. 1909. Submitted to the No
gales Water Company, Nogales,
Ariz.
Total solids held in solution
1874 grains per U. S. Galloon of
which 1.S1 grains are sodium chic,
the balance 1898 grs. are chiefly
calcium carbonate with small
quantities of silica, alumina, mag
nesia. and organic matter.
Free ammonia 0.04 parts per
million. Albumonoid ammonia
0.O7 parts per million. Not a
trace of Nitrates or Nitrites. The
water is free from all injurious
contaminations both organic and
inorganic; it is only moderately
hard and is we'll adopted for gen.
eral purposes.
Respectfully submitted.
Signed. THOMAS PRICE Son.
The oasis., 1909-06-12

Sunday evening Mr.. Carney, the
son of w. w. Carney, who has
been with the Southern Pacific
survey in the vicinity of Guadala-
lara, arrived from the region named
to visit at home a short time.
The oasis., 1909-06-12

Mexico, the governor of Sonora, or
anywhere else. And they did SO
by virtue of the law then in force
(and perhaps it is YETI which pro-
vides that anyone engaged in rob-
berry of railway train, car, stage
coach, or vehicle of any kind upon
public highway shall be executed
summarily, and the arresting Off
Ger usually a Rurale or Gendar-
meria Fiscal) is Judge, jury and
executioner. That law is known
as "the suspension of the guaran-
ties" and for bandits, brigands and
highwaymen it suspends the usual
constitutional guarantees given men
in all civilized countries. The in
exorable operation of the law of
suspension of guarnties did more
to break up brigandage in Mexico
than all otheir influences. And in
some parts of the republic it has
lined the highways on either side
with the graves of brigands and
bandits. In 1882 the writer was
travelling by stage between San
Luis Potosi and Monterey. The
preceding stage, two days ahead,
had been held up and the passen-
gers robbed by two highwaymen.
When our stage passed the scene
of the holdup, two days later a
party of rurales was riding away,
and two newly made graves along
side the highway told eloquently
how well they had done their duty
and enforced the suspension OF
guarantees against the bandits who
had robbed stage at that point.
1t was the operation Of this mex
orable suspension of guarantees
that entangled Tribolet in his own
misdeeds, and buried him beside
the highway near the Cuchuta
rancho.
Nor was Irlbolet an American
| as intimated b. Mr. Alley. He was
a Swiss, but had been naturalized
| in the United States. However
| that naturalization he had aban
r doned, and he had naturalized ir
. Mexico. He was a Mexican citi
zen. An effort was made to enlis
= the United States in claim fol
, reparation. A gentleman named
t Roberts from Maine was then con
sui for the United States at Noga
), les, Sonora. He was instructed t,
= to investigate, and reported tina
3 his inquiries had developed tn
e fact of Tribolet's citizenship il
+ Mexico. SO there was nothin
" done on the score of his allege'
! American citizenship.
,e For the sake of perfect accurac
70 in this recital it is stated that a
!. the time "dobe" dollars were wort
,e about forty cents each, instead
ninety, the value set upon them i
70 Mr.. Alleys narrative, and ther
d we're twelve thousand Mexican do
70 lars in the roll carried by the pay
,e master. Nor was he travelling b
v stage, as narrated by Mr.. Ale,
The vehicle was the company
g. own blackboard
as The details of the occurrence al
le about this way; The paymastt
e. for the Nacosari company, a gel
MS teman named Whitman, Viii
v more or some similar name, lie
n. Bisbee for Nacosari with the none
;" to meet the payroll for the mont
Mt preceding. He was travelling
at the company's blackboard, drive