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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
FOREIGN NEMS.

|. A dispatch to the st. Petersburg
Novoe Nren1ya from Astara says that
the Shakhseyan tribcsmen are raw
aging the Ardabit district in Azerbia-
jan, the most northWesterly prov
inces of Persia. According to the dis
patches 5000 persons hare been killed.
The recent earthquake iu France
was most severe in tie departments
of Herault and Bouches du Rhone.
There are fifteen dead at Lambeso,
ten at St. Cainat and twenty at Rog-
mes. 1t is believed that the total of
dead will reach 100.
The submarine torpedo boat Kan
bala of the Russian-navy was sunk in
a storm in the Black sea while the
boat was undergoing trials. Twenty
members OF her crew, including the
captain, first. lieutenant and chief en-
Egineer, persisted.
A dispatch from Cracow, Austrian
Poland, says that 800 persons We're
wounded by the explosion of an army
powder magazine there. Three sol
diers were killed, forty houses were
wrecked and hundreds Of other houses
damaged.
The town Of Korinchi, Sumatra, has
been DESTROYED by an earthquake: Two
hundred people We're killed and many
others injured. The shock was acs.
companied by a tidal wave, which
swept the native huts like cookie
shells. +, E9
Reports received at Madrid tell of
terrific havoc wrought by a storm that
ravaged the districts Of Durango, Ar
rata and Lasierra, causing immense.
damage to- property and great loss Of
life.
Part Of a native eonstabulary COM
pany at Davao, Philippine islands,
mutinied on june 6 and attacked the
American officers and others. Many
we're killed. or wounded q each side.
Bjornstjorne Bjornson, the Nor
swegian novelist, who has been seri-
ously III, is improving gradually.
.I4 49, FtNE EEAE ~ - ~ . Ht NrE - go go.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
or NOTED PERSONS.

Judge Honore OF Chicago has or.
dered William Guggenheim, capitalist
Of New York and director Of the so
called smelter trust: and Grace B.
Guggenheim to show cause why their
divorce secured in that city in 1901
should not be set aside.
"A frenzied demonstration Of well
come by the men in gray for General
Fred Grant, the Q of the man who
defeatedfthem, marked the final scene
of the nineteenth annual reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans at
Memphis. Tenn.
AT Philadelphia Stanley Ketchel,
the middleweight champion, defeated
Jack O'Brien in the third round, thus
accomplishing a feat that Jack johns
son, the heavyweight champion, failed
to achieve in six rounds soine three
weeks ago.
William r. Corey, president of the
United States Steel corporation, and
Mrs. Corey were slightly injured in
an automobile accident in France. M.
Godilleau, manager of Mr.. Corey's
French estate, was probably fatally
hurt.
William J. Bryan is in the race for
United States senator from Nebraska
to succeed Burkett, according to a
statement made by Richard L. Met
,calfe, editor Of the Commoner.
Francis j. Heney, graft prosecutor,
was nominated for district attorney
by the San Francisco Democratic club,
representing N faction of the local
Democracy.
General Clement A. Evans has been
reelected commandments Of the
United Confederate Veterans
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
NEWS OF WORLD rid
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

The Cunard liner Slavonia, bearing
ITO cabin and 300 .steerage passen-
gers, stranded. off Flores island, in the
Azores group. The vessel, which left
New York for Naples on June 3, is
almost a complete wreck, but thanks
to the timely aid rendered by passing
liners every passenger was taken off
in safety.
Eleven persons are dead and sew
Central Texas. Seven were killed at
Haskell, three near. Lueders and one
passenger was killed when q passen-
gen train on the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient railway was blown into the
BRACES river near Sweetwater.
The locks of the big Canadian ship
canal at the 500 were wrecked while
the steamers Assiniboia and Walker
were passing through. AS a result of
the accident the steamer Crescent
City is ashore and the Assiniboia and
Walker are damaged. 1t will cost
$250,0eo to repair the locks.
An accident to the steamboat Shear
water. on the Delaware river off Phil
adelphia imperilled the lives of about
fifty persons, most of them young
women. They We're taken from the
disabled vessel by a Philadelphia fire.
boat. The Shearwater sank.
Without a mishap the 526 passen-
gers Of the Spanish liner Antonio Lo-
PEI, which went ashore in the fog off
Fire island On of the most dread
ed stretches of the North Atlantic
coast, were taken off the vessel and
landed at New York.
Six men were burned to a crisp,
four fatally injured and ten seriously
hurt when a slip" occurred in the
Martins Ferry {O.) furnace Of tho
Wheeling Steel and Iron company,
covering the workmen with white hot
metal.
Four nj were drowned in the
Sacramento river at Knights Landing,
Cal, when an automobile in which
they We're riding toppled into the
river when the driver lost control of
his machine. The chauffeur was res
cued.
Leta Williamson, eight years old,
lost her life at Indianapolis in an eff
fort to rescue her baby sister when
fire broke out in her home. The girl
failed, but the firemen rescued the
baby as well as another sister,
Lightning struck the steeple of Holy
Cross Catholic church ct Bay Settle
ment, Wis, killed IN man and
shocked and injured sixteen others,
two of whom may not survive, while
mass was being sung.
Four men We're killed and two were
badly injured i'll a wreck of an extra
freight train and a log train On the
Chicago, Milwaukee, and ST. Paul road
thirty-fiye miles north of Claiming,
Mich.
Fire at Presque Isle, Me-, destroyed
upwards Of 100 residences and other
buildings, causing a loss of 100000.
More than 1906 persons are homeless.
Two hundred pounds OF dynamite
mysteriously exploded, wreeking the
business district of Fredericksburg,
Ia, and iniuring a score of persons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
OF FEUD
FIGHTING FEARED
Mississippi Troops Called Oui
10 Preserve Oder

Meadville, Miss. June 16.-Fearine
q renewal of the street fighting ir
which two men were killed and five
wounded late Monday, eight compa.
MES of state troops have been called
ont to preserve order. Two compa.
MES are here and the rest waiting in
their armories for orders from Gov.
ernor Neal.
In the meantime a conference is un,
der way at which it is expected mar
tlal law will be declared. If the civil
authorities are allowed to keep their
power it is probable that the troops
will be used only TO guard the officers
at a special session of the court which
will be held in the effort to punish
the offenders and end the trouble.
The fighting Monday was the result
of an old feud which ended not long
ago in the killing Of Cornelius B.
Pritchard by DR.. A. w. Newman.
Monday, Newman. who is leader OF
one faction of the feuGists, was driy-
ing through the streets. AS if by
magic men with s~hotgums appeared
and all open fight began.
In the encounter which ensued 25O
shots We're fired, two men we're killed
and five wounded. Two of the wound.
ed mel will die. if is said.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
MAYORS HOUSE SET ON FIRE
Blazing Rags Thrown Through Win
dow of His Home.

B%ellefontaine, O., June 16.-What is
believed to have been AN attempt tc
assaasinate Mayor William r. NiveE
and burn his residence in this city
was made when a burning bottle filled
with kerosene was thrown through the
large plate glass window of his house.
The bottle was wrapped with rags
saturated with oil end was blazing
Tho curtains. carpets and all furniture
in the room were set on fire, but the
fire department quickly responded and
extinguisnel the fire. The mayor was
away FROM home at the time.
Mayor Niven vas elected on a cdr!
ticket two years ago. He is a well
known Democratic politician.
Mayor Niven doubfs that tho at
tempt "a Ct Black Ii&nd origin, He
believes that he has 1aa4e many en-
emies by his strict enforcement of the
local option and other laws.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
MORTALLY WOUNDED BY LION
Disaster to iiunter in Same Distric!
As Roosevelt,

Naivasha. b. e. A., June 16.-A
member OF the party of f. C. selous
the noted African hunter, and George
Mcmillan, nephew of the late Senator
Mcmillan of Michigan, was brought in
here MORALLY wounded by a lion. The
victims name is Williams. He was
in the service Of Mr.. Mcmillan as a
secretary. The encounter with the
lion occurred in the Sotik district
where the party has been shooting.
The Roosevelt party left here ten
days ago for Sotik district, but moth.
ing has been heard of the expedition
since.
Williams was attacked by the lion
after it had been shot. His shoulder
was broken and his flesh ripped into
shreds in q dozen places. Williams
was an E.nglishman living in the
Lumbwa district and was a hunter OF
large experience.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

After eighteen months service as a.
United States meat inspector in East
st. Louis packing houses j.. f. Harms
has resigned and has written a letter
to Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson de-
handing an Investigation of the meat
inspection system at the National
stock yards. Harms asserts that he
resigned because he could not tolers5
ate the conditions he saw and that in,
spectors i'll charge of the bureau of
animal Industry are too lenient with
the packers.
The decision Of the interstate com
merce commission in the Portland
gateway case, in which the Northern
Pacific was ordered to join with the
Union Pacific and the Chicago and
Northwestern roads in establishing a
through route for passengers, has
been nulliiied by an injunction Issued
in the federal circuit court at ST.
Louis. X N
The Northwestern Newspaper Tn,
Ion Of st. Paul, which before the sale
of the Pioneer Press to the Dispatch
operated BIZ the former, has been
sold. It is understood that the purss
chaser is the Western Ne5Nspapeirsy
Union of Omaha. B
Great Northern directors have fatty
refused to send to Spokane, WashG:sss
the conipany's records which n
grand Jury there wants to 6 4
nection with charges made againstSSAafss
4. Gordon, former counsel for the Il
anx maAAEA#ala IN aaaASS @assss@.mRE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
REFUSES TO GO TO COURT
French Cardinal Accused Of 'ncitine a
Breach Of Law,

Bordeaux, June l6,-Cardinal An.
drieu, who has been summoned to
court charged with having melted a
breach of the laws by the alloution
he pronounced at the cathedral on the
occasion of his enforcement, has
sent a'letter to the judge in which he
formally refuses to appear in court to
answer any charge in connection with
the separation law. The cardinal
writes:
THAT law became ~non-existent for
Catholics the minute their supreme
chief, the incorruptible guardian OF.
the morals of individuals and nations,
condemned it as inimical to the prop
erty. authority and liberty It the
church ss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
HIGH OFFICIALS TO ASSIST
Probe of East St. Louis Packing
Houses to Be Thorough.

Washington, June Undetermined
to ascertain the true conditions exist.
ing in the East st. Louis packing
houses as the result OF the charges by
former Inspector J.. Il. Harms, who
declared that inspections at that point
had been a farce, Secretary Wilson
Aas reinforced the two inspectors al
ready sent to East. ST. Louis by sew.
4Aal high government officials. These
are DR.. A. d. Melvin, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry; George P.
McCabev solicitor of the department,
ard an assistant attorney general
from the department'of justice. These
officials will take personal charge OF
the inquisition and the five men will
Constitute a board which shall delVe
into,all the charges and ascertain their
truth OF falsity. H
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
LABOR MEMS.

The strike@that has closed twenty
two hat factories in. Danbury, Bethel
and New Milford, Conn, for the past
five months has practically ended. An
agreement has been reached between
fifteen Of the manufacturing concerns
and the national executive and adj
viso,ry boards of the United Hatters.
of North America.
The kanaWha CIV. Va.) coal strike
has been formally brought TO close
All operators In the district will re.
sumo the agreement Of 1908, paying!
miners Nv the net ton without check
81. Six; thousand men IRE affected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Coddling Prosperity.

The captain Of industry who ran give
In a nutshell the only recipe for maxi
ing and remaking prosperity opens ny
about the time congress quits work
each year and keeps the stage until the
Memorial day orator comes along with
his sweetcr If less practical song.
From the flowers and the poetry of the
soldiers festival the mind turns for
ward naturally to the thoughts which
belong to independence day. The men
who carved u independence hardly
knew the meaning of the word pros
perity, much less of the word eco
nomics. Neither did their SON and
grandsons. For nearly a century Amer
icanism meant fighting or readiness to
fight for nationality. Takers and or
ators rung the changes o. that. And
for nearly half a century since we
have reapcd where others sowed. The
spring orator starts in with rcaping
usually, although now and then a pes
simist like Hill drops a hint that it's
well to look to sowing a bit.
The Fourth is a good time to EN-
phasize the necessity of sowing 1t is
sacred to yirile n%ationalism. the ma
tionalism that builds states and plows
Cor Il crop of manhood. The right
kind Of sowing leaves nothing to worry
ol,o,,+ and ~ ,n.o-s;t,, .fn,. oCptip,,oIlv
coddling prosperity. The men who
made the state took it for granted that
the people would have enough to live
on so long as they stood by the ship.
Here's where sentiment is more prac-
teal than commercial shrewdness.
With the nation sound on the main
question, all that happens must come
right.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

home i'll Roxbury, Mass. DR.. Hale
was eighty-seven years Of age and had
been in failing health for some time.
After prophesying his own, death
and writing a series of melancholy
poems Charles Ettinger, aged sixty
six, one of the founders of Chicago
university and a famous educator, was
found drowned in Lake Michigan.
Timothy T'arsney, a former con-
gresham from Michigan and prom
inent state Democrat, is dead at his
home in Detroit.
General john S. Kountz,. past com
mander-in-chisf of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, is dead at Toledo, O.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
LAMPHERE SAID TO &c DYING
Convicted Slayer of Mrs. Guinness i
Serious Condition.

Laporte, Ind, June 18,-That Ray
Lamphere. convicted of burning the
home of Mrs. Belle Guinness, Laporte's
arch murderess, is diving al the Michi-
gan City penitentiary was the infor-
nation brought here by Mrs. James
Finley, his sister.
Lamphere recently wrote to her
stating that he had had four hemor-
rl1ages and that death was imminent.
An effort will probably be made to
secure Lalnpl1ere's immediate parole.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Lest we forget. Remember the
Maine must be raised"
Lone ri tance Stunts.

Weston Is ). marvel, almost a freak.
vet he viii !iaNs initators. He teaches
thai; age is iu bar Il. long, long tralnps.
He las kent ~ the walking habit all
his li4a. and h. Old age achievement
must encourage others to take long
walks ~ "cQnssifUzipHals." Now comes
the Marathon canning craze with its
test of ea,2aranle. Fortunately long
distance achiava:eent and speed are not
essential sar the promotion of health
by runllin.. 4 shar, ran is good ex-
ercise ever t.anu:sh the pace never rises
above a d.. trot.
Regularity in running makes tie
sure runner. A steady gait brings all
the muscles and organs into play and
gives the body perfect exercise. a
three mile run is a good performance
for the average man. The American
Indian at his best would trot for
twenty-four hours. He would cover
not more than a hundred miles in that
tine, but Still it was healthier exercise
than going twenty-siN miles inside of
three hours or fifteen miles in an hour
and a half. BY cutting out the speed
Feature and the aim for extraordinary
distance records the running habit may
promote %soundness OF physique, for
every strain that falls upon man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
chicaao Grain and provisions.

Chicago, June 15.-Wheat-July,
s1.15k@ 1.15A; Sept, s1.o9A; Dee,
s1.oT5s; May, s1.10M. Corn-July,
re; Sept, 6a%c; Oct. 1890; Dec,
5gAc; May, 500. O%ats--July, 51@c;
Sept. 43Mc; Dec, i4Ac; May, 1859.
P%ork--July, s20.3T1a Sept, s2o;b75s..
Butter-Creameries. 2302sAc dai-
ries. 2o1a @s41.c. Esggs-194021h \,
Poultry-Tnrkeys, 14e;: chickens, 1aei;
springs, 20Nl27c.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Chicago Union Stock. Yards.

Chicago. June observation-disclosures.
SJ.39@F1.25: Texas steers, s4.65Mt.25;
Western steers. s4.75M6.aO: stockers
ard feeders, $3.60@5.50; cows and
heifers, $2.5O@s,s0; calves, 5000
800. Hogs-Light, $7.10@7s0; mixed,
s7.aOM7.95; heavy, $7.4oM2.c5; rough,
$?.4oGN7.6 go; good to choice heavy.
s7.sOns.O5; pigs, s6.l5@7.O5. Sheep
1915 $500; yesrlings, 5000
Q7.l5; lambs, $5.O0@S.10.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jane 15.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No, 1 hard, s133M; No.
| Northern, S1.31@; No. 9 Northern,
$1.29S; July, $1.29M; Sept, s1.1O1k..
Flax--To arrive and Oh track, S1.79;
July, SITS; Sept. S1.49; Oct, SLAIN.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The proposed fourteen-foot deep.
waterway project from st. Louis to.
the Gulf received . blow when the
beard ef engineers reported to con,
gress that such waterway is not
desirable. TheTEwaterWay would cost
S$$~12s;O00,O0O for construction and $751;:
100000 annually for maintenance, the
engineers Say. ,Ss sssd \ Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

IT seems that the question What is
wtisky?' is to be a poser for every adj
ministration, matters not who has the
say or what the say is. 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

Waste of good money to spend thou
sands for auto and aeroplanc thrills
when Just as good come for 10 cents
a thrill as you shoot. the chute a la
Concy Island.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

Londoners hail American slang as a
''real refreshment to English ears"
London slang must sound as horrible
to the natives as 1T does to the
stranger within the gates.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

II but d single lock Of Washington's
hair was left for posterity it is time
to look into the Widow Custis'5yiews
on woman's rights. u.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
FINANCIAL AND iNDusIilRI III.

The general average conditfonsSDss q q
crop growth the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
June ], based 81 All tile Il s@s&
ed to the departlneItt agIkIlaH.llltta li16aaIs
was announced Ass epnrfoSsyaGa1Iaaxtee &
percent below M lsIsy al1a55
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

Cubans will do we'll to remember
that even with the big stick gone Uncle
Sam has the slipper. the strapSand the
hickory woods to fall back on.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

The judge who sentenced a woman
to ninety-nine years evidently has a
particular view on the old age habit,
but it is difficult to tell what particu-
lar view it is.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

The inventor of Il snore cure has been
arrested. He should have known bet
ter than to interfere with a popular
snort.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

\ feasible plan to avoid the neces-
sity of "assimilating" Cuba would
probably get a hearing in Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

Some ardent eulogistss of Tom Paine
need to be reminded that one Of the.
most popular works of their hero is
entitled Common Sense"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 15.-Wheat-
July, $1.3oh; Sept, s1,1oAs; Dec,
1.079&@ 1.O7M. On track--No. / hard.
$1.35M @1.35M: No. / Northern,
s1.34M @1.34M; No. 2 Northern,
$1.32M M1.a2a; No. 3 Northern,
$1.30A M1.31A.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

The man who wasted three rife
shots On a balloon SO e that its DC.
cupanis heard his challenge unwilling
" gave a demonstration in military,
~aeronautics. Not only is a target high
in the air unstable, but all currents
defect the missile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

Castro is NJ example Of how small a
hole is made when Il needle is drawn
from the ocean.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Socialist Member Causes Ex=
element in Commons.
REFUSES TO BE SHUT OFF
Declares 1t. VIII Be a Good Job II
Russian Emperor Gets His Deserts
During His Proposed Visit to King
Feeling Against Cars Presence ir
England.

London, June 16.-ANilliam James
Thorne, the rabid Socialist member
from West Ham, got up quite an eX
element in the house of commons by
a heated denunciation of the emperor
of Russia in connection with this SOW
%e'eign's proposed visit to King Ed
ward during the Cowes regatta. Mr.
Thorne, in the guise OF a question tG
Foreign Secretary Grey. declared tina.
there was intense feeling in this coun
try against the visit. The speaker
called Mr.. Thorne to order, but the
member would not be quoted ana
Shouted out:
1T will be a good job If the Rus
sian emperor gets his deserts wher
he does come; he is an inhuman
brute The speakers efforts to stem
this abuse were quite Intellectual Ill
til an uproar of protests from the 9th
er members drowned Mir. Thornc's in
vective.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

After a tour along Pay streak the.
eastern mind will be open t 4 the III
amended advice, Go northwest, young
nm >, 4 SUI &Ssl #t4as5@g 4SSs&4.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
THE DEATH RECORD.

Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain of the United States senate and
noted divine and author, is dead at his
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15

The State Board of Health has
decided to place anti-toxin in every
county in the state, to be at the
disposal of people too poor to buy it
for the treatment in diptheria. This
is the only treatment by which the
dread disease can be successfully
combatted.