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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
-FOUR CALIFORNIA
women DROWNED
Automobile Topples Into Sac
... rament0 River.

Knights Landing, CAL, June o.
Four women were drowned in the
Sacramento river when an automobile
In which they were riding toppled into
the river when the driver lost con-
troll of his machine. The chauffeur
was rescued. The dead are: Mrs. w.
F. Nixon, wife of the editor of the
Woodland Mail; Mrs. ]. H. DUNCAN,
wife of the postmaster at woodlands;
Miss Meryl DUNCAN, daughter of Mrs.
DUNCAN; Mrs. Julia DUNCAN. her sis
ter-in-law.
The party started from Woodland
on a pleasure trip and arrived here
at $50 p. m. While attempting to
turn his car on the levee road the
driver lost control of his steering ap-
paratus and the machine tipped over
and rolled over the edge into the wa
ter. All five passengers were flung
free of the machine into the water.
The women were dragged down by
their clothing. but the driver seized
a boat moored near by and crawled
aboard. g"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
A bumper wheat crop will make the
country forget the panic, whether 1oul
is high or low.
Man and Nature.

Doctoring by contract is a revolu-
tionary idea for these days of self
cure. Nevertheless it has a warm adj
vocate in DR.. Woods Hutchinson. who
made this the subject of a paper read
before the American Academy of
Medicine at Atlantic City. The doc
tor believes that the contract fee
should be adapted to the purse and to
the general health condition of the
subjects. He argues that it would be
economical in the long run for the lay
public because it would reduce the
number of costly experiments.
Contract medical practice is not new.
Its general Introduction would, how
ever, be flying in the face Of modern
tendencies. Man, is disinclined to yield
to the view that he is at continual
warfare with nature and needs a de-
fender. Admitting that he is in con-
slant danger, he will prefer to have
the means of defense in his own mind
the results Of experience and training.
The doctor may repair, but he cannot
ward of ills which the patient in
vites.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.

President Taft has transmitted to
congress with a special message the
report of Charles e. Magoon, who
served as provisional governor Of
Cuba during the last American occu-
patton of the island. The president
takes occasion to warmly congratu-
late Governor Magoon and gives high
praise to Major General Thomas H.
Barry, who was in command Of the
United States forces 4
In the case Of former Sheriff Ship
and others Of Chattanooga. Tenn.
charged with contempt Of the supreme
court Of the United States, the court
postponed the passing Of sentence to
permit the prisoners to hls petitions
for a rehearing.
President Taft has appointed Will
lam r. Harr Of the District. Of Colum-
bia an assistant attorney general OF
the United States. Mr.. Harr succeeds
Afford W. Cooley. who recently was
appointed a supreme court justice in
Arizona.
Lieutenant General Arthur MacAr.
thur, the ranking officer of the army.
has been placed on the retired list ~
operation Of law on account Of are
and the grade Of lieutenant general.
ma ceased to exist. in the army.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
MILLIONS FOR ORPHAN BOY
Large Fortune Comes to Lad Through
Inheritances.

Chicago, June "a strange round
about series of deaths and inner
itances leaves five-year-old William
Mccormick an orphan and %possessor
Of $6,000,00O
The man who made the money
probably never dreamed it would end
In hands so far removed.
The property came to William
through the death of his mother, Mrs.
Emma Nelson, formerly of Topeka,
Kan. She received it on the death Of
her husband, through whom it had
come on the death of his former wife,
WHO before he married her was Mrs.
Sarah EIickling.
Originally, then, the fortune cams
from the deceased Mr.. Hickling. He
left 81, 900, 900 which judicious invest
ment in Chicago real estate has in
creased to its present size.
The young millionaire will prob
ably be taken to Topeka to reside
with his mothers family.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
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LABOR NEWS.

One noliceman shot and probably
fatally injured, nearly 100 persons
bruised and battered either by police
men or strike. sympathizers and five
oars wrecked and then burned is the
result of an attempt on the part OF
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
nany to operate their cars by import
ed strikebreakers.
Francis r. Thoman, business agent
of the Structural lronworkers' union.
was isEicted on a charge of perjury
at Chicago in connection with his ties.
timony for the defense in the trial OF
Madden, Pouchot and Boyle, the labor
leaders who were convicted last week
of grating"
In response to a telegram from Nc
Cloud, CAL, announcing that the 600
lumber workmen on strike there had
broken into the light and power plant
and forced the firemen and engineers
to quit work Governor Gillett sent
four companies of the state militia to
the scene "
The strike of Philadelphia street
car employees, which almost com
pletely tied up the trolley system OF
that city, has been settled. The men
secure an increase of / cent an hour
in wages, a ten-hour day and the right
to purchase uniforms in the open mar
ket.
A general strike of machinists in
all the shops of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad has gone into effect.
This action, it vas stated at the ma
chinists' headquarters, is the result Of
the introduction of piece work.
Officers of the Lake Carriers asso-
citation have rejected efforts of the
National Civic Federation to bring
about a conference between that as
ISOLATION and it's striking employees.
Boycott on the street a company
at Evansville, Ind, continues efec-
lively, public sentiment being largely
against riding on cars manned by
strikebreakers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

A forest fire covering hundreds of
miles of timber is sweeping over the
North Saskatchewan country. The.
fire extends for hundreds of miles be-
tween Crooked river and Bowsman
and from Hudson Bay Junction al
most to the pass. It is estimated
10000 Q worth of property has al
ready been destroyed.
Fourteen inches of rain fell in the
Black Hills within forty-eight hours,
resulting in floods that caused $500, 900
damage and suspension of railroad
traffic.
By the caving in Of an excursion
boat wharf at Vaudeville, La, more
than a score of persons are believed
to have been drowned and many were
injured.
Twenty buildings destroyed, four
people injured and hundreds of trees
blown down is the result of a tornado
which visited st. Cloud, MINI.
Terrible timber fires are reported
from several parts Of Western Can
ada and hundreds Of thousands of dol.
lars damage has been done.
Miss Laura Limnes and Fritz Falk.
two well known young people of Blu.
chanan, N. D., were drowned in Spirit
wood lake.
Several thousand pigeons, chickens
and ducks were roasted alive in a
100000 fire on the water front at Chi.
cago. Il
Serious floods have occurred at Fer.
ME, B. G. Several lives were lost.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
IN ORDER TO SECURE WORK
Negro Man Fined for Passing az
Woman for Years.

Chicago, June John Robinson,
colorcd, found it easier to obtain EN-
ployment as a woman and has passed
rs a member Of that sex for years, &C
cording to his testimony in the mu'
nicipal court.
Robinson found many avenues OF
employment closed to his race, but
years ago concluded that the serv.
ant problem offered a solution Of his
own diff oulties. He was young and
presently abandoned male attire, be.
coming a graceful young female
named Jeanette Robinson" He was
employed as a domestic by various
families and was working in a West
Side residence when detectives dis
covered his secret. He was fined So
and costs and ordered TO the
conventional dress Of his sex
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From vaIl.
Gus Parts Of the State.
TWO YOUNG PEOPLE DROWN
lose Their Lives in Accident on
Spiritwood Lake.

Miss Laura Limnes and Fritz Falk,
two well-known young people of Blu
chanan, We're drowned in Spiritwood
lake, fifteen miles northeast of James
town. The young people made the
trip to the lake in an auto for the
purpose of visiting friends, who were
camping there, and started off for a
boat ride shortly after arriving.
The boat was found a few hours
afterward half full of water, and with
Falk's hat and check book in the bot
tom. 1t is surmised that the boat
which was of steel, became tunman'
agable, and that Falk e~ndeavored to
save the life of Miss Limnes. They
were engaged to be married June Is
and both we're prominent in social
circles at Buchanan.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
FARGO BONDS HELD ILLEGAL
State Supreme Court Reverses Find.
ing of Lower Tribunal.


The $1O0, 900 bond issue voted by
Fargo for the purpose of installing a
water system and building an cleo.
trio light plant was declared illegal
by the state supreme court in an or
der entered reversing the findings of
the lower court in Cass county.
An opinion will be handed down
later. The principal point raised was
the fact that bonds were authorized
for two purposes without specifying
the amount to be used for each. The
bonds were offered to the state board
of schools and university lands which
agreed to take them If declared legal
by the supreme court.
The decision of the lower court in
Pierce county regarding the legality
of a SIS, 900 issue of bonds was also
reversed and the bonds declared IL
legal. Questions involved were SINH
lar to the Fargo case. The bonds
were issued for the purpose of build
ing a courthouse. r
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.

rI1 .lGg 5Gsg. .ktH .FL4 Ha.aHe et-.t srSffHtHtt
Senate radicals went down to an
other defeat when the senate, by a
majority Of eleven, adopted sections
80 20 ~ 4 the senate bill, covering
the cotton paragraphs, which have
been bitterly opposed all week BY Ila
Toilette, Bristow, Dolliver and Nelson
The low tariff Republicans lined N
with the Democrats with the excep.
ton OF Senator Borah Of Idaho ana
Senator Curtis of Kansas.
me senate has agreed to a resoluu.
ton presented by Senator Aldrich nro.
vlalns Ior night sessions. Under the
order order Of business 50 established the
senate will be in session ten hours
daily-from 10:3oa q. m. to s ). .. ma
from 8 p. n. to ii 3: d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
JOSEPH TILL is pARDoNEu
Freed After Serving Seventeen Years
in States Prison.

Freed After Serving Seventeen Years
in States Prison.
Joseph Till, sentenced for life from
Pembina for murder, was pardoned
after serving seventeen years. Other
pardons granted were:
John Sanders, Cass county, for
seven years, highway robbery.
Frank Davis, Grand Forks county,
ten years, assault.
Albert Werner, Stutsman county,
ten years, rape.
Freeman j. Weaver, Ramsey coun-
ty, burglary, n year.
Weaver has served three months OF
his sentence.
Till, an Austrian, murdered a fell
low countryman after having been in
this country eight days. The Austrian
government interested itself in his
case and bore part of the expense in
making applications for pardon. The
father of the man has spent a small
fortune in keeping the case before the
pardon board. Till learned to be an
expert harnessmaker while in the
p~enitentiary and also learned to read
and write English. Evidence at the
trial was circumstantial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
NEWS OF WORLD
Important Events Of the week
in Condensed Form
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Harry K. Thaw must remaln III ene
state ASYLUM for the criminal insane
at Matteawan, N. Y, under q decision
rendered by the appellate division u
the supreme court in Brooklyn. Ina" )
application for a writ of habeas cor
u releasing him from the asylum
was dismissed by a justice OF the
supreme court several months aso'
He then appealed TO the appellate aiVi'
sion, which sustained the lower court
and dismissed the writ.
Surrounded by President Taft ana
high officials of the government anu
navy and by more than tlSrty OF the
ninety-two of his classmates OF the
class of 81 of. the United States naval
academy Vice Admiral Baron Soto
kichi Uriu was the guest OF honor a,
a dinner at the Metropolitan IL al
Washington.
George Baglin, vice president OF the
United Copper company, was taken 10
the Tombs prison at New YORK ana
must remain there until the missing
books of the company which contain
the evidence upon which the federal
district attorney seeks the conVlctloh
of F, Augustus Heinze are produced.
John Mitchell, former president OF
the United Mine Workers of America
AMI now national secretary OF the
Civic Federation, a position he has
held for nearly a year, has removed
with his family from Spring Valley,
ILL.,, to New York, where he will re-
side hereafter.
Albert 7. Patrick's application for a
writ of habeas corpus releasing him
from Sing Sing, where he is under
life sentence for the murder OF Will
lam Marsh Rice, was denied by the
appellate division of the supreme
court in Brooklyn.
John F. Stevens has resigned as
vice president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad and has
once more turned his allegiance to
the railroad systems of James J. Hill.
from whom he parted some years ago.
Former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks were
received in audience by the emperor
and empress of Japan. They were
presented to their majesties by Am
bassador O'Brien.
President Taft has been forced
through the illness of Mrs. Taft to
postpone his proposed Western sum
mer trip until fall. His proposed visit
to Alaska will be abandoned.
Il. H. Hartman and Mrs. Hartman
sailed on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
II. for Bremen. Mr.. Hartman an
nounced his intention of spending
three months abroad.
James J. JefIries will go to Europe
In q few weeks and on his return will
prepare for his battle with Jack John,
son.
Jack johnson and AL Kaufman
have been matched to fight for the
championship of the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Germany For Germans.

Germans have been thinking in re-
cent years that the fatherland is good
enough for them. At least that Is the
drift of the German ambassadors ex-
PLANTATION Of the great decline of Inn
migration to this country. This decline
is most Impressive when the figures
for 1908 are compared with those of a
generation ago. Last year only about
10000 Germans left their home land to
settle in foreign countries. In the flush
times Of German immigration to the
United States as many as 100000 land
ed on these shores in a single year.
Count Won Bernstorff may state but
half the truth when he says that the
Germans find ample scope for their en-
ergies at home, the other half being
that prospects for that nationality in
this country are not so good as they
were twenty-five years ago. Ieutonlc
genius is of the pioneering type ana
has made Roadway here. When Ger
mans were immigrating in large num-
bers they left behind them conscrip-
ton and grinding toll but scantily
rewarded. Then the peasant was in
serfdom to a petty prince. Today when
the conscript leaves the army he finds
new and profitable fields for his labor
opened by the government which has
trained him for a higher citizenship. 1t
is not strange, therefore, that he thinks
the greater Germany which Bismarck
created is good enough for the bravest
German.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
LEFT FORTUNE TO SISTERS
Man Who Left Home Years Ago Ae'
~cumuIates $5,o0o,oo0.

Mrs. L. P. Nimbar. wife Of .
conductor on the Milwaukee at
Marmarth, accompanied by her
husband, have gone to Dawson City,
Alaska, to claim a .one-third interest
in mining and real estate holdings,
said to be worth $4,000, 900, left her by
a brother who recently died. The
brother left home twenty-eight years
ago after a quarrel with his father
and brother. He left his entire estate
to his three sisters, all married to
railroad men on the st. Paul road.
He gave his father and brother IS
each. @gs5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Boy Drowned at Pemblna.

Ernest Hales, aged eighteen years..
Of Orleans, Mimi, was drowned in the
Pembina river. at Pembina. He was
swimming with other boys when at
tackled by cramps. Before assistance
could reach him he had gone down to
his death. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hales
moved to Pembina last fall that their
son might have the advantage Of the
hiab school OF Pembina.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Furious buying Of Southern Pacific
railroad stock vas the leading fea.
cure 81 q sudden revival Of specula.
zion on the New York Stock Exchange.
Interest was congested in the Harri.
man Pacifcs and United States Steel.
a sudden upward rush Of nearly six
points in Southern Pacific had an i'm.
pressive effect on the whole market.
The agreement between the rail.
roads controlled by 3. n. Hartman
and those controlled by James ]. Hill
for joint use Of the tracks leading
into Seattle has been signed, sealed
and delivered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
THE: DEATH RECORD.

Colonel Alexander Mcclure, for
many years a prominent figure In poll.
tics and journalism, is dead at Wal.
lingford. Pa, aged eighty-one years.
Joseph Thomas Duhamel. arch.
sishop Of Ottawa, Ont, Is dead. He
was sixty-eight years old.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
10 RESUME USE
OF UNION Label
Number Of Hat Factories
Give Up Long Fight.
FIFTEEN %PLANTSAFFECTED

VIC lNdktOI'dI ~SoOCidliOu W NV
Ing the Required Ninety Days Nc
tice and Employees Consent to Re-
turn to Work as Individuals Until
the Expiration Of That Time. .
Danbury, Conn, June 9.-The strike
that has closed twenty-five hat fac
tories in this city, Bethel and New
Milford for the past five months has
practically ended. An agreement has
been reached between fifteen of the
manufacturing concerns and the ma
tional executive and advisory boards
of the United Hatters Of North
America.
The concerns that have Joined in
the adjustment plan include several
that announced Monday that they
would attempt to resume operations
on the open shop plan. The factories
that have not Joined in the move
ment for adjustment began work as
open shops and say that they have a
few hands at work.
The terms of settlement include an
agreement on the part of the manu-
lecturers to withdraw from the Ma
tional Association Of Hat Manufac-
turels, which can be done on ninety
days notice. At present the men,
bers of the national association are
under bonds Of $4,000 not to use the
union label Of the United Hatters.
According to the agreement the
union employees are to return to work
as individuals for ninety days in the
factories entering into the settlement
and after the withdrawal of the manu-
facturers from their national associa-
Non becomes effective all matters in
dispute in the local factories will be
arbitrated and the use of the union
label will be resumed. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
spaniards Fight Bloody Duel.

San Antonio, Tex, June 9.-Locked
in a room, where they had fought a
bloody duel with knives, Joseph Sa-
linas and Charles Sausa, prominent
young Spaniards, we're found clasped
In each others arms. lying on the
floor, which was covered with blood.
Police burst open the door. Salinas
had a cut w the heart and may
die. Both men ale covered with stab
wounds,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June s.-Wheat-July, ST.
1sN @1.19%; Sept, $1.10%; Dec.
$1.08sh. Corn-July, 72Ae; Sept,
6ekc; Dec, 5sMc; May, 59Ac. Oats
July, 53Ac; Sept, AAc; Dec,
44Wc: May, 47c. Pork-July, 1885;
Sept, $4,000. Butter-Creameries, %
@27c; dairies, 20A @24c. Eggs
19@21kc. Poultry-Turkeys, 14c;
chickens. 1870; springs, 20@30c.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
SUMMER UNIFORM FOR ARMY
Soldiers of Uncle Sam to Wear Olive
Drab Clothing.

Washington, June 9.-The first step
toward clothing the army in a new
ummer uniform will be taken on
Thursday when a special board Of
army officers will open bids at Phila.
delphia for furnishing the new shade
of olive drab cotton cloth to the quar-.
termaster's department:
At least $4,000 yards Of this cloth
is desired by the army and in the bids
the government makes provisions for
the purchase of an additional so per
cent. If desirable. AS fast as the pres.
ent uniforms are discarded the new
uniforms will be issued to the soldiers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. June s.-Cattle-Beeves,
sE.30@7.25; Texas steers, $4.60@s.3e
Western steers, $4.75@6.40; stockers
and feeders, s3.6o@b.50; cows ane
heifers, $o2.40@6.25; calves. $b!75@'
IT'S. Hogs-LAght. $7.0061.50; mixed.
$7.2o@7.7O; heavy. $7.25@7.so: rough.
$7.25@7.45: good to choice heavy.
$7.45@7.80;. pigs, $6.1007.o0: Sheep
Native, $4.O0@6.50; yearlings. 36.sS
07.2o; lambs. $6.00@S.So.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
SOME LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS
Floods Cause Damage In Many Sec.
tione Of Colorado.

Denver, June 9.-F1oods due to
heavy rains. in some instances ap-
preaching cloudbursts, and melting
snow is causing damage In many Sec
tons Of the state. Four lives have
been lost in swollen streams and
much destruction Of property caused
In the past twenty. four 4ours. Train
service In all directions is interrupted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Pleads Guilty 10 Forgery.

Pembina, N. D., June 9.-Andrew
Robbie, former president of the Dray-
ton Milling company, pleaded guilty
In district court to forging the name
Of James Bellamy to a note for $4,000
and was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Death Sentences for Seventeen.

Constanrinople. June 9.-An impe-
rial trade confirms the sentences Of
death imposed by courtmartial on
twelve Moslems and five Ar1nenians
for completely in the massacres ~
Adams last April.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11

Napoleon's dream of creating an
empire in Egypt vanished when Eng.
land and Turkey overthrow the
French expedition at Acre. Napoleon
would have forced western civilization
over Egypt and Turkey, and his de.
feat checked the wheels Of progress
there for more than a century.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11

If one railroad can carry 14O,000.O0O
passengers without killing n it is
time to stop talking of the enormous
annual casualty list as a necessary
evil"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
GUILTY Of BEREAVEMENT
Former Agent Of Grain Company Is
9 Convicted.

The jury at Medora in the case of
Charles e. Chadderton, charged with
embezzling $1,000 from the Western
Elevator and Grain company Of Min
neapolis while acting as its agent at
Beach, found him guilty. He will be
sentenced later.
Henry e. Miller and James Brown,
who pleaded guilty to holding up a
Northern Pacific train at Fryburg
hill, were sentenced to twenty days
in the county jail. The several
months of confinement of these men
was taken into consideration.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-11
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June S.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. i hard, $1.34; No.
I Northern, $1.32h; No. 2 Northern,
3l3oh; July, $3.50; Sept, $a.l11.
F1ax-To arrive and on TRACK, 81
7sk; July, $1.77A; Sept. Sl.51k:
Oct, $l.43h.