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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From yari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
WRECKED BY GAS EXPLOSION
Poo|room Damaged and Several
Persons Injured.

The poolroom and restaurant al
Leeds, owned by Henry Nelson, was
wrecked by a terrific explosion of gas
IN the basement, and several persons
were hurt. The injured are: Charles
Dunn, n knee disjointed; Bernard
Peterson. ankle bruised and crushed,
Henry johnson, severe flesh wounds
and bruises; John Batters, cook, Sc.
we're scalp wound and broken Shout
der; Tollif Nelson, dishwasher, Sc.
verely burned about the face and
hands.
Mr.. Nelson mad gone to the base
ment to make an investigation, when
the explosion came. A large hole
was blown in the floor of the restau.
rant and poolroom, the joists were
raised about three feet in the rear
of the building and both walls were
bulged out, while the walls in the
rear room were completely blown
from the building. The entire front
Of the building was also blown away
and pieces of glass scattered to the
further side Of the street. Pool ia
hies aud other furniture were Hurled
to the sides of the building and com
plete!y wrecked.
About a dozen people were in the
place. Some were eating, SOME play
ing pool and others were sitting
around. Charles Dunn and Bernard
Peterson were playing pool on the ia
BILE which stood directly over the place
where the explosion occurred, and
they had a most strenuous experience.
The pool table was torn into pieces,
hardly a foot square being left, and
1t is considered remarkable that both
the young men were not killed.
Charles Dunn was found lying with
his feet hanging in the hole made by
the explosion. File was unconscious.
Fire followed the explosion. but it
was eXtinguished by the department
before it gained great Roadway.
The loss on the building and fix
is $500.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21

he turned up at Kin. a station on the
railway, inquiring there the way to
camp. He was given the desired dt'
rections.
Nine. Emma Games. prims donna,
was served, at Philadelphia witch a
summons in q suit for alienation OF
the affections. brought by the wife OF
the famous baritone, Emilio de Go
gorza. The amount of money Nine.
Games is asked to pay as the price Of
the affections is 500, 900.
Accompanied by a salute of thirteen
guns the blue ensign of Rear Admiral
Casper h. Goodrich, commandant OF
the Brooklyn maynard, was hauled
down and the command of the yard
turned over to Captain Joseph B. Muir
dock.
Theodore Roosevelt has killed his
first elephant. 1t was q big 'tusker'
and the former president picked it oui
Of a herd Of about a dozen. A baby
elephant about two months old was
roped and taken alive.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

At least twenty men were killed By
Q premature blast Of dynamite in a
stone quarry operated by the Callahan
Road Improvement company near
South Bethlehem, N. Y. One thou
sand pounds of dynamite exploded and
the bodies of the victims were hurled
hundreds of feet by the concussion
and so badly mutilated as to be al
most beyond recognition.
Twenty.one men were drowned
when q gasoline launch sank in the
middle of the Ohio river near Schoen-
vile, Pa. OF the thirty occupants of
the boat only nine are known to have
escaped. All were employees Of the
Pressed Steel company at McKees
Rock and were crossing the river to
their homes.
A series of t%ornadoes in Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma killed at least
fve persons, injured fifty-fve others,
devastated one town, wrecked a train
and did great damage to property.
The town of Hollis, Nan, near Con-
cordia, was swept away. Here three
were killed and ten seriously injured.
Saturday nights earthquake shock
In Northern Montana was followed by
a heavy rain and wind storm. The
shock did some damage to the smelter
stack ut Great Falls, the highest in
the world, but investigation shows
that it was not serioue.
Five persons. four girls and a young
man. members of a party of eight,
were drowned when a boat in which
they werextattempting to. cross the
Hackensack river at Hackensack, N.
j., capsized during a storm.
To save 5 cents bridge toll five for
eigners attempted to ross the Monon-
gahela river at McKeesport, Pa, in a
small boat, which sank as they got
into midstream, drowning three of the
men,.
Emmert Schoolcraft, a Civil war
veteran, eighty years old, and his wife
Emily, seventy-seven years old, were
burned to death at Wayne, Mich,
when their home was destroyed by
fire.
The jury in the case of William Ad-
Ter, president of the defunct State Ma
tional bank of New Orleans, who was
charged with mfsapplying funds of the
bank. brought in a verdict of guilty.
The mixing room of the Lafin-Rand
powder mills at Turek Station, Kan,
blew up, killing four men. Twenty |
workmen We're injured, some serious.
ly.
Between thirty and forty persons
were injured, some of them probably
by the wreck of Chicago and
train No. Ia neal Odessa, Mo.
a. p. Riddle, former lieutenant gov
ernor of Kansas, was killed near Sa-
lima. that state, i'm an automobile accl.
dent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED
Passenger Train on the 500 Derailed
Near Courtney.

Passenger Train on the 500 Derailed
Near Courtney.
A wreck on the 500 line just east
Of Courtney might have resulted dis
a%strously. .
Through spreading or defective rails
two day coaches and the emigrant
sleeper left the track while the train
was going at a nigh rate of speed. All
three coaches and the mail and bag
gage cars went into a ditch, n car
flying thirty feet from the track. The
Pullmans and diner remained on the
track.
Many passengers were bruised and
scratched. and only three seriously
but not fatally injured. All sustained
| injuries to their backs. Two hundred
| yards of track was torn up and traffic
blocked all day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
CORONER KEPT VERY BUSY
Another Body Found in the River at
Fargo.

Before the coroner had time to hold
an inquest over the remains of an in
FAINT child taken from the river, the
body of Fritz Schumm. a resident of
Cesseiton, was taken from the wa
tiers of the Red river. The body was
discovered just above Fargo. His
watch was still running. No marks
of violence were on the body, and
money. notes and valuables were in
tact. The mystery is unsolved, but
is believed to have been a case of sui
eide. The body is the fourth taken
from the water in that vicinity this
spring in a comparatively short time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
LABOR NEWS.

The dificulties and friction which
have existed between the Canadian
Pacific railway and the federation Of
mechanical unions IN the Eastern
lines OF the system for some time, but
especially since the strike last fall,
have been finally settled on an am am,
icable basis. s{ss55f3
Master builders and general con
tractors associations Of Denver have
declared q lockout Of 1000 men afiii
ated with the building trades council.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
OF WORLD
Important Events Of the. Week
in Condensed Form.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The turbulent session of the French
chamber of deputies ended in another
signal victory for Premier Clemen-
ceau when the governments policy
with regard to the postal strike was
emphatically endorsed by q vote of
454 to SO, including also the govern
ment's insistence that the postal en-
plcyes and other functionaries have
no right to strike.
Only excerpts from President Taft's
message on Porto Rico have been re-
ceived at San Juan. These have
caused excited comment, mostly of an
unfavorable nature. President Taft's
attitude has caused general disap-
pointment among politicians of all
parties.
A comprehensive bill for the re-
moval of Roman Catholic disabilities
and providing for an alteration In the
accession oath taken by the British
sovereign passed its second reading
On the house of commons by q vote of
1872 to 1923.
Captain Rhodes, commanding two
troops of the Sixth cavalry, struck a
portion of the band OF .outlaws headed
by Jikiri near Bamno, Philippine isl.
ands. and in a fight that followed five,
Of the natives we're killed.
In a conflict between Panama DO.
lice and employees of the canal zone.
c. M. Abbott, an American electrician
In the power house at Cristobal, and
a negro, also an American, we're
killed.
Most of the villages in the Vicinity
Of Marash, Asiatic Turkey, have been
destroyed by the raids of the fanat-
zeal Mohammedans and the scattered.
populations. are flocking into Marash.
a total of $4,000 refugees are being
fed at Adana, Asiatic Turkey. Three
hundred wounded persons are being;
cared for at the American and other
hospitals established in. Adana.
The French. postal strike is prac-
tically dead. The government off,
Gals that only 400 men are.
out and these are expected to return.
to work soon.
The entire railroad system of Cor:
sica is tiei up as a result of a strike.
on the part of the employees.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
Dresden Elevator Burned.

The Cargil elevator at Dresden and
three Great Northern box cars were
burned. The loss is about $4,000.
The fire is thought to have been start
ed by a hotbox, caused by the contin-
nous operation of the machinery. The
National elevator at Dresden burned
q few weeks ago, but is being rebuilt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
hdmjts he Is Horse Thief.

John Moshier entered a plea of gull,
~ to the charge Of horse stealing
snd was sentenced to a year in the
state penitentiary at Bismarck by
Judge Il. B. Goss. sitting In chambers
at MinQt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
BY VERY SMALL MAJORITY
Minot Favors Government by the Com
mission Plan,

mission PI1n.
The commission form of government
was adopted at Minot by ten majority.
the vote being $3.50 to 800. The cleo.
ton was preceded by the publication
Of a report by a committee Of the
council showing that the city of $4,-
0OG in debt in excess Of the legal debt
limit. The commission law has no
recall nor initiative and referendum
and commits the city 70 a cash basis.
The present council took office Il
month ago. but will he ousted by the
commission in twenty days.
The opponents Of the system who
supported the present mayor, Sam
Clark. hired every carriage in town,
hut failed to retain the council sys-
tenn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-21
MEMS OF NOTED, PERSONS

Kermit Roosevelt lost his way from
his, fathers camp near Machakos, BIZ
b.. A., and spent an enti1e night alone
ON horseback, riding through a region.
unknown to him. The next morning
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
Ne knows Esrthauake..

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Professor John Milne, who has re-
Gently been awarded a medal of the
Royal society for his eminent services
In h modern development of seismo-
logical science, Is the leading earth
quake expert OF the day, says M. A. p.
The professor has been n great traveller
but he now lives quietly in h Isle
Of Wight, where he keeps his seismo-
graph, the wonderful instrument that
records an earthquake, no matter at
what part of the globe II may occur.
Professor Milne Is also one of the
greatest living authorities on Japan,
and was for 20 years engaged by the
Japanese government as a geologist
and mining engineer. Like the late Sir
Edwin Arnold, the professor married
q Japanese lady, and their welded life
has been ideally happy.
Had 1t not been for chance, Profess
sor Milne might never have seriously
taken up the study Of earthquakes at
all. He was quite a, young man when
Field, the famous American cable lay
er, sent to the school OF mines for a
man to go out to Japan, and IL hap
pened that young Milne was selected
for the post. Can you start on Tues
day." asked Mr.. Field. well, today Is
Friday; / am afraid / cannot get my
things ready In so short a time" was
the reply. Look here, young man"
said Field, ut only too six days to
make the world, and If a whole world
can be made in that time, your things
can be got ready in less" So the fu-
ture professor went to Japan, and 1t
was while in the land of ~chrysanthe-
NUNS that he invented the wonderful
apparatus hat has made his name
famous.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
Thjnua 70 Think About,

American railroad shops employ $780,
900 men earning 5000, 10000 a year..
A census Of the railroad cars of the
country shows 1900, 600, Of which $4,000
are passenger cars.
The railroads Of this country employ
more telegraph operators than the tele-
graph companies.
The state superintendent Of instruc-
ton in Wisconsin says the college girls
eat too much candy. The Daily Car
dinal of the University of Wisconsin
after investigation has decided this
true. The girls deny 1t.
Charles Dawson, Of Pennington,
Devon, England, who celebrated his 92d
birthday recently, neither reads nor
writes n has never seen the sea nor
travelled in q railway train. He has
worked on the same farm for Al years.
A committee has been formed in
Denmark to erect a memorial to Myths
Erickson, who persisted with his COM
panions while engaged in explorations
In Greenland. 1t is expected hat the
memorial will take the form Of a light
house to be erected on the Danish
coast.
"Squatter sovereignty was the prin-
ciple of leaving the slavery question to
the decision of the settlers, first applied
on the admission to the union as terri
tories Of the districts acquired from
Mexico in 1S48. It was afterward ex-
tended, in defiance of the Missouri
compromise, to Kansas and Nebraska
in 1854.
The banking power Of the United
States in 1908 as represented by capital,
surplus and other profits, deposits and
circulation Of national and other re-
porting banks, together with estimated
amount Of funds of this character in the
non-reporting banks, Is shown to be
ST, 642, 705, 274 in the report Of the
COMPTROLLER OF the currency.
I'm afraid l got stuck when / bought
dat dog"
"What'd you pay for him."
"Nuthin'! A man give me a dime to
take him away with me-"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
Huue Anchors.

IF some of the sea worthless could
come to earth and get a look at the
anchors which were recently turned
out in the Charlestown navy yard, they
would not believe their e~yesight," said
H. M. Knight, Of Boston, to a Milwau-
kee Sentinel reporter. "Battleships
nowadays carry four anchors. These
have been ast heretofore, but they
were liable to break at the wrong time.
They were so big, however, that 1t
seemed there was no other way to
make them. Finally 1t was decided to
try n forge an anchor Of the size
needed al the Charlestown navy yard.
Accordingly five men were set at work
on an anchor which was to weigh IT,
500 pounds. The men worked on the
anchor a month and then turned out
n that stood all the tests and was
accepted. Now they are making those
anchors in the yard in sets of fours
for shipment wherever they are need
ed.
These anchors will hold the largest
battleships afioat unless they are
caught in 6. hurricane. They are i'm
mense affairs. They are 10 feet long
from crown to shackle and about nine
and a half feet across from point to
point. The palms at the arm ends,
which get the grip on the bottom. are
80 inches wide. Several sets have been
shipped to the Pacific coast to go on
battleships at the stations or the
coast"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
Meanness q ! Joker.
From Illustrated Bits.

A - ASAA A0NGN DllEsL
som people cannot resist the tempta-
uon TO play practical jokes on innocent
victims. A fiend of that variety was
accosted by a man who stammered
padiy. Can you tell me where / can
t-t-t-t-tasksP"
Yes, certainly replied the inveter-
ate jokist. You urn down this street
to your left, then turn again to your
left and then go straight ahead, and
you'll find an ironmonger's where you'll
be sure to get them
The stammerer continued on his way
and the jokist bolted down the street
and tackled the ironmonger first.
Have you any g~-g-g-g-good t-t-t-t-
tint-t-t-tasks?"
Yes, sir" said the obliging man, pro-
ducing his best after some rummag-
ing.
"Are you sure th-th-these are g-g-g-
good onesl" H. " "
Eyes. The best that are made"
Are th-th-the heads st-st-strong?'
Yes, sir"
Have they g-g-g-g-got s-s-s-s-sharr
p-p-p-points?"
Certainly" e,
well, p-p-p-please s-s-s-sit on them
t-t-t-till l set back, will your" he said
making a dash for the door.
Presently the unlucky stammerer ar,
rived and, entering, asked innocently:
Have o any g~-g-g-good t-t-tin TIT.
tacks"-
When he recovered he asked in a
somewhat dazed fashion whether the
house had fallen on him, or IL 1t was
simply an explosion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
CURED ITCHING UMo

Big, Painful SwelEnEs Broke and
Did Not Heal--SuHered Three
Years-TOrtures Yield to Cuticura.
Little black swellings were scatter
ed over my face and neck and they
would leave little black scars that
would itch so l couldn't keep from
scratching them. Larger swellings
would appear and my clothes would
stick to the sores. l went to a doctor,
but the trouble only got worse. BY
this time it was all Over my arms and
the upper part of my body in swellings
as large as a dollar. 1t was so pain
full that / could not bear to lie on my
back. The second doctor stopped the
swellings, but when they broke the
places would not heal. l bought a set
Of the Cuticura Remedies and in less
than a week some OF the places were
nearly well. l continued until 1 had
used three sets, and nov l am sound
and we'll. The disease lasted three
years. o. L. Wilson, Puryear, Tenn.
Feb. 8, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
"AIl Women Are LARS

The Stampa newspaper at Milan
prints an interesting essay by an
Italian philosopher, who wishes nat
uraily to be nameless on women as
Liars" ..... ...t. e.
II could never bring myself to con-
denim lying says h essayist, for IN
doing so 1 would condemn No
woman can get along without lying at
least a hundred times a day.
""Only fools and children are affront-
ed by women's little falsehoods; for
fools and children do not understand
women at all. A a who is a man
rather delights In womanly lies. He
expects to be fbbed at regarding his
wife's or his s~weetheart's, or his Atm
ity's prevarications as part of the deli
cate comedy of life.
"As God gave the bird and beak a
throat to sing, so he invested lovely
ome with the smile that spells be-
trayal. With women habitual prevari-
cation is merely an exercise of intellect,
the more clever a woma the more &C
complished liar she Is.
"Woman's cruelty to woman is part
and parcel Of the capacity for lying
with which nature so generously en-
bowed her. Every word she wastes on
other women Is q libel"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
Another Operation Avoided.

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, Ill. -"I want women To
know what that wonderful medicine.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, has done for me. Two of The
best doctors In Chicago said I would
die If / did not have an operation. and
I never thought of seeing o we'll day
again. i hada small tumor and female
troubles SO that i suffered day and
night. A friend recommended lydia
&. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me q well Woman."--Mrs.
ALyENA SPERLIEG, II Langdon St,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fbroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, andnervous prostration. 1t costs
but a trife to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29

Western CRnRda's Happy Prospects.
In no year since the development Of
Western Canada began has spring
brought a brighter outlook than 1t
brings this year. In no preceding
spring has there been greater assur-
ance Of advancing development and
prosperity. The movement Of immigra-
ton has already assumed large proper
lions, and Is as desirable In character
as 1t Ia satisfactory In volume; from
across the Atlantic sturdy, industri-
Gus and thrifty newcomers are arriv-
ing In large numbers, h~omeseekers
from Ontario and the other older
provinces are coming in a steady
stream, and from across the interna-
tional boundary q movement is already
In full flow which, it Is confidently
predicted will beat the records OF all
previous years; special settlers trains
are crossing the line, loaded with eff
fects, actual material wealth being
thus brought into the country at the
rate Of millions Of dollars worth
monthly.
The movement is so unprecedently
large that extra Dominion lmmigra-
ton officials have had to be provided
at both North Portal and at Emerson,
and 1t Is estimated that the total num-
Der of new settlers from the United
States this year will be 10000 at least,
and may run well up toward 100000.
Last years total of new settlers from
the South was 53,T23; thus the area
that will be placed in wheat and other
grains this year will greatly exceed
that Of last year. Settlers are making
extraordinary efforts to get on their
lands and begin seeding operations.
The price of wheat now, away above
the dollar mark, is incentive enough,
and when one has In view the splen-
did results that the past few years
have shown, it is not to be wondered
at that the present will be the banner
year for immigration to Canada. Ask
your nearest Canadian government
agent for rates of transportation, and
he will also send you illustrated
pamphlets.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
WHAT coIoRs SHALL i UrEr
This Question Ia Important I'm PAINT
Ing a House or Other building.

This Question Is Important in Paint
Ing a House or other building.
A proper color scheme Is extremely
important In painting a house. 1t
makes all the difference between q
really attractive home, and u at
which you wouldn't take a second
glance. And it makes a big difference
in the price the property will bring on
the market.
As to the exterior. a good deal de-
ponds upon the size and architecture
OF the house, and upon its surrounds,
tngs. For a good interior effect you
must consider the size Of the rooms,
the light, etc.
You can avoid disappointment by
studying the books Of color schemes
for both exterior and interior painting,
which can be had free by writing Ma
tlonal Lead Company, 1902 Trinity.
Building, New York, and asking for
Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49L
The outfit also includes specifications,
and a simple instrument for testing
the purity Of paint materials. Pure
White Lead which will stand the test
In this outfit will stand the weather
test. National Lead Company's famous
Dutch Boy Painter trademark on the
keg is a guarantee of that kind OF
white lead. s#
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-29
The Fire Bearer.

Ye who bear fire within your breast.
Look not for rest.
Early your clamortng heart shall learn
Only to burn,
To ask nor other food
Than his own fire, @
Nor better brotherhood ..
Than his sublime, unQuenchable desired
Ask not what end, If asking give
Less joy to live,
Or, II to ask, you long must wait
Beside some gate , .
Where the glib answerers dwell; 4
Your heart of fire
Hath his own lore to tell b..
OF his sublime, unquenchable desired
The mute, unkindled multitude,
The rough, the rude,
Let them your giving raptures know,
And share the glow
The undermining give their dream!
Fire answering fire, g%#
Fulhllment, sweet shall seem
or your sublime, ~unquenchable desired
Arthur Upson-