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The Washington herald., 1909-06-14

Miss Helen Nicolay has gone 20 New
Hampshire for the summer and has Sc
lected a camp on the picturesque Asquam
chain Of lakes that lie in a valley sur
rounded on all sides by attractive noun
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
LABOR LEADERS STAND
PAT; GOMPERS FIRES
VOLLEY AT JUSTICE

Washington, an. 25.-'We have not
asked and Will not ask for clemency, and
we hope our friends will not urge us tn
pursue such q curse. To ask pardon
would render useless all the trials and
sacrifices which our men Of labor and
ouI friends in all walks OF life have en-
dGrcd that the rights and liberties of
our people might be restored. Such u
pardon would only leave the whole case
in confusion and it would have to be
fought over again from the beginning"
+. This is some OF the language con
tanned in a statement signed by Com
.pers. Mitchell and Morrison in the cur
rent uInbe OF the American FEEDER
ationtst in protest against the action OF
Justice Wright in sentencing them to
imprisonment for contempt of court in
the Buck Stove and Range case Deem
Der 90.
Samuel Gompers heads his state
:ment: Judge Wright's denial of free
speech and free press" and declares
i've will not abate a single word on
take a letter back"
Mr.. Gompers refers to Contemporaries
and vindictive spirit displayed by the
Justice and to this TRADE of judicial
abuse and Misrepresentation" in a sep
iarate statement, but he joins with
Messrs. Mitchell and Morrison in de-
,claring that they would not enter into
competition With the honorable court
lin the use of invectives, rancor or
%.scatbing denunciation and thai should
protest against the courts unprece-
.dented and unwarranted fiagellation OF
the cause and people We have the homo.
to REPRESENT
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
LOTTERY winner
WINS HER FREEDOM
Mary Melser, Winner of First
Trip County Prize, Di-
vorced From Husband.

Platte, S. D.. JAM. 26.-Now the Of
,icials of the federal land Office must
decide whether Mary "A. Melser, who
won No. l in the great Trip county
lottery last fall, has traded off her hus-
for her $4,000 prize. or whether
her fortune has come to relieve her
at a time when she was about to be
left without support.
/. For Mrs. Melser was granted a di-
;vorce here his week by Judge E.. G..
Smith upon the ground of desertion.
] 1t was while on a visit to her par
,ents in Lyman county that Mrs. Melser
learned OF her good fortune. AT the
time 1t was wondered whether, as q
married n she would be entitled
to file on the land. since she had not
obtained a divorce. But she asserted
that she had not lived with Melser
since June, 1907, that she had given
him up INC that she had supported her
self since the separation. and the di-
ivorce was allowed. Accordingly she
will file on her claim when the time
comes. Unquestionably other winners.
looming after her. will raise the novel
question whether the divorce was not
iobtained for the purpose of allowing
her to claim her prize.
In any event. the proposals of mar
riage which We're stopped, at the time
she was announced winner by the
statement. that h was married, are
certain to begin deluging the young
woman, who, as shown by her pictures,
is still youthful and fair to look upon.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
WRECK OF Maine A
NATIONAL REPROACH
Magoon Urges That Govern:
ment Should Remove It
From Havana Harbor.

Washington, Jan. Ex-Governor Ma
coon, of the provisional government OF
Cuba, in his annual report to the sec
rotary of war, brings to his attention
the wreck OF the United States battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor and rec
ommends hat the government take i'm
mediate steps to accomplish it's remov-
!al without further delay. He says:
The wreck of the Maine continues
to lie in the mud and waters of Ha-
vana harbor. The sunken battleship is
the harbor as it occupies a portion of
the best anchorage. The obstruction
mas increased annually during the past
40 wears by causing a shoal.
Even more important than this OBJ
struction to navigation is the fact that
this wreck, although it contains the
bodies of SO American Gamer or what
,doned and forgotten by the government
and people of the United States. Thou
sands of Americans and other nation.
alities annually enter the harbor of
Havana and probably not one ornits to
express regret and censure for the de-
,plorable spectacle. 1t has become q
national reproach and an international
scandal.
The neglect to remove the wreck is
attributed by many, especially the
large Spanish contingent in Cuba, to
the fear that its removal will disclose
the fallacy of the popular belief that
the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo
or mine instead of an interior explos-
Ion: so generally does his opinion pre-
vail that L believe the Cuban govern
ment was deferred thereby from deal
ing with the wreck as an obstruction
to navigation of it's coastal waters and
DESTROYING. it,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28

Washington, Jan 26.-Exactly as re-
ported by the committee the naval pro-
gram for the fiscal year 1910 was adopt
ed by the House of Representatives and
the naval appropriation bill was passed.
The opponents of the navy increase
feature of the bill found themselves in
a hopeless minority. The only vital
alteration made in the measure was
the striking out of the provision re-
storing marines to nave vessels. The
aggregate amount appropriated by he
bill Is $135, 900, 900.
AS has been the case in the past. the
increase in the naval estimate gave
rise to extended and heated debate, in
Which members We're afforded an OPP
portunity to air their views of the
Japanese question. The peace advo-
Gates We're much in evidence in oppo-
s1tion to such increase, while the adher-
ents of the proposition We're alive at all
times to every move made to cut down
the number of vessels authorized.
Debate as to Japs.
Speaking in support of an amendment
by Mr.. Finley, of South Carolina, strik-
Ing out the battleship provision. Mr..
Bartholdt, Of Missouri, declared that if
there ever was a time when such an
sary 1t was now.
1t is Unnecessary" he said. because
we are at peace with all the world:
and. what is more, we have wisely
managed to safeguard our peace as 1t
has never been safeguarded before"
MI. Tawney spoke of the japanese
situation. II am getting somewhat
tired" he said, annie loud applause, "of
these annual recurring wars with
Japan. which occur simultaneously
With the consideration of the naval APP
preparation bill.
During every week of the year. Sc Ia
Mr.. Tawney. eve hear much about
our peaceful relations with that or 9th
err countries, but when we come to CON
slider the naval appropriation bill the
newspapers Immediately are filled with
predictions of what is going to hap
rem"
Future Deficit.
Touching on the finances of the gov
eminent, Mr.. Tawney predicted a
deficit this yea of 1926, O00, 900 and next
year Of SLAB, 600. 900.
The reasons assigned by Mr.. Tawney
for opposing the addition to the navy,
In the opinion of Mr.. Hepburn, are dis
honorable to the people of the United
iment Mr.. Tawney's statement that the
sole purpose of those who wanted the
additional ships, hat this. country
might excel in architecture.
Others who opposed the amendment
We're Messrs. Richardson, OF Alabama;
Harrison. of New York; Bates. OF
Pennsylvania; Hughes, of New Jersey,
and Foss, of Illinois. while Mr.. Finley,
its author. urged it's adoption. The
vote then being taken III amendment
was lost. 80 to 100.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
FLOODS TIE UP
ROADS IN WEST
Heavy Damage Is Being 1nhict-
ed by Thaws and Rains
in Oregon.

heavy downpour and c%loudbursts 'n of
yesterday, the rain and wind storm
which has been raging in all sections
OF California for almost two weehs
seems to have spent its force.
AS a result of the downpour Of yes
terday, Stockton is inundated, Sacra-
lnento isolated. and practically all the
train service in the north is at a stand
still.
The islands at the mouth of the Sac
ranento river are all flooded and
steamboats, are busy removing the peo-
pie and stock.
a c%loudburst at Angels Camp washed,
Stockton Still Flooded.
Stockton, Cal. Jan. ga large pars
of Stockton is still flooded. Mormon
and Miner channels began falling be
fore midnight last night. but receded
slowly on account of the high water II.
the island region to the west. Many
basement in the business part of the
city are full of water, but in many
cases hastily built bulkheads kept III.
water out. There was time to get the
goods to places of safety.
Havoc in Oregon.
Portland, Ore. Jan. 25.-As a resul.
OF the thaws and heavy rains which
have been general in Washington and
northern Oregon during the past week.
the Northern Pacific is in trouble west
OF Spokane, and trains have been an
nulled. At odessa. Wash. the Great
Northern has half a mile OF track
washed out. The North Bank railroad.
down the Columbia river, has lost a
bridge near the Cascades of the Co
lumbia, and is transferring passengers
over a temporary foot bridge. AS i'll
enters Spokane over the Northern Pa
cifc, 1t is tied up to all intents and
purposes.
The oregon Railroad and Navigation
company has abandoned it's trains on
the Washington division. About one,
hundred passengers are stranded at
Pendleton. BY reason of all these
washouts Spokane is cut off from raj,
communication with the west an6
south. North OF Seattle, between Ball
lard and Edmonds. the Great Northern
has a washout. and it annulled its
trains yesterday.
Reports from various towns in the
northwest indicate that the loss occa-
stoned by foods will be heavy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
ROOT REFUSES THE
DEMAND OF RUSSIA

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Secretary Root
has refused to extradite Christian Ru-
dowitZ. Russian. for whose possession
the Russian government has made Wig
orous representations.
refused because the offense charged
comes under the general prohibition
against the %extradition treaty with
which declares If it be made
to appear the ~extradition is sought
with a view to try or punish for an
offense of q political character. the sur
render shall not take place. The testi-
mony taken in the case at Chicago, it
was held. upholds the view taken by
the department, though the commits
sioner upheld the Russian govern
ment's demand.
Secretary Root declined to comment
on the decision at this time. pending
formal notification to the Russian au-
thorities OF the departments decision.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
JEFF DAVIS TRIES TO
STOP STOCK GAMBLING

Washington. Jan. 2s.-Evils tend
ing gambling in products of the soil
by the sale of futures on the exchange
was the subject of a passionate speech
delivered by Jefferson Davis in the
Senate today. Senator Davis advocated
the passage of a bill introduced by him
to penalize the use Of the mails, tele-
graph or telephone for the purpose OF
conveying gambling propositions be-
tween buyer and seller, He denounced
what he declared to be the evils Of the
money power and incidentally
touched upon the policy of maintaining
a protective tariff as part of the sys-
TEN he declared was for suppression Of
the rights of the people.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
MISS YockEY,s BIG coFF,N.

kittaning, Pa, Jan. 2S.-Miss Dora
Yockey, who died here, was so large
that a specially constructed coffin was
ordered. The coffin was SO large that
to get it i'll the house it was necessary
ito remove one of h windows, its
frame, and about IS inches of the wall.
Miss Yockey weighed more than 600
pounds. She vas always large, but was
afflicted during the last year with a dis
ease similar to elephantisis, and her
weight increased enormously. The spe-
cial coffin was A inches wide and sew.
en- feet long.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH
IN TEXAS HOTEL FIRE

Fort Worth. Tex. Jan. 2s.-Four men
were burned to death and another ia
tally burned today in a fire which
quilted the Southern hotel. The
plosion of a gasoline stow caused the
fire, which also heavily damaged six
other buildings. all frame structures.
The dead are not yet identified. Sew
eral women employees Of the hotel suf-
fered slight burns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
HOUSE REFUSES ia.
r. DECREASE WARSHlfS

Washington. Jan. 25.-The House to-
day defeated al amendment to the
naval bill by Burton. of Ohio. to limit
the naval increase to one battleship.
/, Finally the amendment to the nava
appropriation bill striking out the bat
1leship provision was rejected by a vote
BY a vote of 1os to 1853 the House
sustained the committee provision of
the naval bill calling for two battle
ships.
The House overwhelmingly refused to
strike out the provision for five tor
pedoboat d~estroyers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
BLAME NEGRO FOR
CRIB FIRE HORROR
Black Marched Into Powder
Room With a Blazing
Torch.

Chicago. Jan. 25.-The responsibility
for the crib fire horror OF. Wednesday
WAS attributed to a negro workman in
the testimony unofficially adduced by
Acting Chief Of Police Schuettler to-
day. The negro. who is now at the
hospital, was said by the Ave survivors,
whom Captain Schuettler interviewed.
to AVE entered the powder room Of the
crib with a torch Just before ex-
plOsion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
SUES FOR 100000 INSURANCE.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Susie
NJ. Burdette, widow of the late Joshua
Burdette. a wealthy pioneer merchant
of Creek county,, who was the victim
of q mysterious assassination at
Icufaula. Okla, in 1906, filed suit in the
United States circuit court here today
for the Of 100000 insurance
upon Burdette's life.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
PELT "cARRlE" WITH EGGS.

London. Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Carrie Nation,
who is attempting to deliver a series OF
lectures here. met with a hostile recep-
ton at the Canterbury Music hall. She
was pelted with eggs, one of them
beginning the audience maintained a
chorus Of boos and Kisses. Her nam
ager vainly appealed for fair play, but
Mrs. Nation was finally obliged to quit
the house under police protection.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
FRITzI scHEFF FAIN1Ep.

New York. Jan. 26.-Fritzi Scheff.
star in The Prima Donna at me
Knickerbocker. tainted twice in the
theater. She was taken to her apart
ments at the st. Regis. Miss Blanche
Morrison. her understudy, went on
with the stars part.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28

Berlin, jan. 26.-Prince Henry Of
Prussia. brother of Emperor William.
made a successful ascent in a military
airship from Tegel today. The balloon
was under command of Major Gross.
The weather was very cold.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
PASSES BILL
FOR NAVAL INCREASE
Aggregate Amount Appropriate
ed for Country's Defense
Is $135, 600, 900.
TAKE CENSUS OF
DEAF AND BLIND

Washington, Jan. 26.-The
House committee on the census
decided to report favorably the
Joint resolution introduced by
Representative Crumpacker, of
Indiana, which provides for
taking the census of the deaf
and blind.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
CINCINNATI SHOCKED
BY LITTLE QUAKES

Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 25.-what are
believed to have been earthquake
shocks were felt in Cincinnati and sub
urbs about s o'clock this morning.
There We're several violent shocks and
it was at first believed they were
caused by dynamite detonations. IN
quiry, however, developed h fact that
no blasting was being done.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28

The British p%ostoface savings bank
has over 10000. 900 depeeltQrA
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
HENRY TRIES Elv,nc

frlned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will he
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
Deen able to cure in all its stages.
ana that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being constitutional disease.
requires a constitutional treatments
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
,nally, acting directly upon the brood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ticn and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer 500 for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY e CO,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, rs cents
Take Halls Family Pills. for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
Some Long Professional
Baseball Games

20 innings-Decatur, 2; Blooming.
ton, l MAY 81, 1909
% innings-Fargo, o. Grand Forks.
0 Q901D
"a innings-Athletics, 4; Boston, I
Q906.)
% innings-Oklahoma City, 2; Hut
Crimson, l 5000
Green Bay, 2; Lacrosse, l n907.)
Oshkosh, A. Fond du Lac, 2 (I906. }
Stockton, /; Lodi, l Q905)
% innings-Seattle, >; Tacoma, 4
QS9O)
Peoria. 3; Clinton, Q9O7.)
Il lnningS-Johnstown. 4; Reading
5 (1907)
Jacksonville, 3; Burlington 2 1907)
Charleston, 4; Vincennes. 3 (19OS. }
20 innings-C Chicago, Z; Cincinnati. I
QS92)
Athletics, 4; Boston, 9 G9O5D-
Cubs, ?; Philadelphia. Q9O5.l
Many other 30 inning games in
minor leagues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
TWICE ATTENDANCE
OF BOTH THE OTHERS
Rock Island, with 3,17O Paid Admis-
siOns i'm Afternoon Set Record
for New Park,

Rock Islands receipts were more
than twice those both at Bloomington
and Dubuque, according to the figures
obtained by President Sexton last
night. Rock Islands total receipts
were S1,205.35. those at Bloomington
$369.S0, and those at Dubuque $22140.
The Dubuque figures are not official,
but are believed to be approximately
correct Rock Islands morning at
tendance was 1900 and the afternoon
$40, breaking the record at the new
park, and being next TO the attend
ance mark in this city. The grand
stand, which was built to seat 1900,
had LAS people in it at the afternoon
game. The holiday receipts being
pooled, each team received $2O211.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
ARE DIVIDED
ON SALARIES
Three Eye Magnates Slow in
Getting Down to Work at
Chicago.
KINsELLA MOST RADICAL
Says Nothing but IA Men and 81 300
Limit Will Do--Peoria and De-
catur Satisfied.

Chicago, June L. Especially - The
ThreeEye league magnates were slow
in arriving at the Sherman house for
the special meeting today. Up to II
o'clock only a few cities were repre-
scented, and the customary preliminary
wire pulling was omitted through lack
of material to work upon.
Decatur is represented by Mont Pen
niwell and he is instructed to support
the $1,000 and Is men limit. Bloom
ington is represented by E. E. DON
nelly and E. E. Pierson. Bloomington
favors a compromise of $1,700 with Is
men, with the privilege of using IA to
relieve sick or injured players.
Will Accept Nothing Less.
Temporary President Dick Kinsella
of Springfield is leader of the move.
ment for $500 and a IA men limit
and he declares that he will not be sat.
isfied or accept anything else. Peoria
land Dubuque are content with the 81,
| Geo limit. Rock Island wants an in
crease, and Cedar Rapids so far is non.
committal. 1t appears at noon as il
supporters of the $1,000 limit could not
muster enough votes to carry their
point, and the compromise suggested
by Bloomington may prove acceptable
| to ALL
Rock Islanders Scene.
Later arrivals included President
NJ. II. Sexton, who came in at noon
from Rock Island accompanied by F
| o. Van Calder and w. H. Reck of that
city. and J. T. Hayes and r. c. Lane
of Davenport Cedar Rapids is repre-
sented by l.. F. Broberg and Peoria by
w. J. Johnson, both reporting at noon
Dubuque was not represented up tC
l p. m.
At 1:30 the meeting had not beer
called to order
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
SET RECORD AT
BLOOMINGTON
Game Goes &c Innings and De-
catur Wins by the Score
of 2 to 1.
MARK PURTELL THE HERO
Fisher Hit by Pitched Ball and
Scored by Youngster With
Three-Bagger.

Bloomington, ILL.,, June blooming
ton and Decatur established a new
worlds record for baseball yesterday,
pitchers battle going 26 innings,
when Fisher of Decatur was hit by a
pitched ball and Mark Purtell scored
him with a three-bagger. A protest
was entered by Bloomington, the claim
being made that Fisher cut second
base.
The game started early, a double
header being scheduled, and the first
10 innings were played in the rain,
the game being called for 10 minutes
in the fifth inning. Both Clarke and
Burns pitched in phenomenal form, and
their support was sensationally bril-
liant, despite the muddy grounds. The
time of the game was four hours and
twenty minutes. Purtell is younger
brother Of Billy Purtell of the Chicago
White SOX The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
1T IS WONDERFUL.
Many People of Rock Island Are Re
porting Great Results.


Many of the newspapers of the coun-
try during the past few months have
published a great deal about the new
medicine that is now creating so much
talk here in Rock Island. Judging
from the reports that are now pouring
into Thomas drug store, Root Juice is
even more wonderful than is generally
supposed. A number of home people
that have suffered for years with indi-
gestion, rheumatism, kidney troubles
or nervous affections are reporting rap
id recovery under the juice treatment.
A well known lady. who for social rea-
sons does not wish her name publish
ed, said: 81 was confined to my bed
when | commenced to take Root Juice.
but after taking few doses | was
able to get up and am rapidly regain
ing flesh and strength. l had no ap-
petite when l started with the medi-
cine, and the food forced down would
sour and ferment in my stomach, caus-
ing raw, burning sensation that was
almost unbearable, but after taking the
81 Sat feHSuy d nc" udyS am aDle 10
eat anything and digest it without a
single disagreeable symptom
The people at Thomas pharmacy are
now busy listening to reports of this
nature and explaining the curative
value of the great medicine. The
scientist has hundreds of testimonials
and many of them are from among the
very best people of the country. The
juice seems TO have wonderful sooth.
ing, healing and tonic action on the
stomach, bowels, liver and kidneys.
During the demonstration period it is
sold for 81 bottle, or three bottles for
$3.50.