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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11

center of Pennsylvania avenue. how.
ever, and for nearly three hours Pres
ident Taft and Vice President Sher-
man reviewed a passing column which
was replete with martial splendor and
picturesque with civic display.
Roosevelt Says Farewell.
Following the brilliant and impress
sive ceremonies In the senate, during
which both president and vice presi-
dent took the oath of office, President
Roosevelt, again private citizen,
babe an affectionate adieu to his sue
cessor, while all in the historic cham
Der looked on in silence and then
hurried away through side door to
take train for New York. AS he
passed out of the chamber Mr.. Roose-
welt was given an ovation quite the
equal to that rendered to the new
president. Outside the capitol the re-
firing chief executive was met nv
800 members Of the New York county
committee. and under their escort
was driven to the union station.
Ball Is Brilliant Affair.
President and Mrs. Taft were the
centers of interest at the ball in the
pension building. The scene in the
cavernous building. which had been
transformed into canopied court of
ivory and white. was another Of the
brilliant pictures which are uuadren-
nially painted here by the gathering
OF vast and brilliant assemblage
from every section Of the country.
Mr.. 'Taft's day was one of coutinu.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
TAFT SWORN IN
As PRESIDENT Of
UNITED STATES
Raging Blizzard Causes Aban-
donment of Customary Out.
door Ceremonies.
OATH IN THE SENATE
Great Inaugural Parade Moves
Through Slush and Mud
Ball Is Brilliant.

Washington. March 6. - The first
chief executive to take the oath OF
office In the chamber of the senate in
seventy-six years. William Howard
Taft. yesterday became president OF
the United States.
Accompanied to the capitol by
President Roosevelt and guard of
honor through swirl Of binding
snow, Mr.. Taft returned to the. White
House just as the sun began to force
its way through the thinning clouds
Of gray.
Weather Upsets Program.
A sudden blizzard sweeping in from
the Northwest Wednesday night, to
set awry the weather bureaus opti-
mistic promise of fair and somewhat
cooler" caused an abandonment of
the outdoor ceremonies on the IA
nous east front of the capitol, much
to Mr.. Taft's chagrin, and threatened
for time to stop the brilliant pa
geant of the afternoon.
BY almost superhuman efforts a
passageway was cleared along the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Sixty People Injured and Million
Dollars Worth of Prop.
erty Destroyed.
ARKANSAS TOWN WIPED OUT
Catholic Church Only Building Left
Standing Streets Piled High
With Wreckage.

Brinkley, Ark. March II. - Thirty
or more lives we're snuffed out, sixty
people were injured and property es-
timated to be worth 100000 was
destroyed as result of the tornado
which wrecked this little city Monday
night. CT the known dead fourteen
are white people.
The tornado shTieked above the
city only a few minutes, but its work
Of destruction was complete. The
Roman Catholic church, standing d.
rectly in the path Of the storm, alone
escaped damage or destruction and
stands grimly in a scene Of desola.
ton. It has been converted into a
hospital.
Streets Are impossible.
Main street and Cypress avenue.
the two principal thoroughfares Of
the town, are now impossible and are
piled high with wreckage from end
to end.
Every business house is in ruins
and there Is hardly home that has
not at least suffered the loss of a
roof or window. The Arlington ho
tel was totally demolished. Eighty
guests were registered there. but all
escaped uninjured. The Brinkley ho
tel. Southern hotel and Kelly hotel
were all destroyed, without loss of
life, however.
Relief squads have been at work
all day caring for the dead and in
jured.
Many Leave the City.
The Rock Island and Cotton Belt
railways have placed cars at the dis
posal Of the local relief committee
and many people are leaving Brink.
ley, seeking a temporary refuge at
other points near by. The dead were
sent to Hele.,a, from which point in.
terment will take place.
Gov. nonagbey arrived from Little
Rock yesterday afternoon in response
to call from the citizens commit
tee. He has the situation we'll in
hand and says food, clothing and shell
ter are the things most needed. Hun.
dreds of people are homeless and are
wandering about, seeking a Temporal
ry abode. Three special trains arrived
from neighboring towns yesterday,
bringing relief workers. physicians
and nurses.
Six Negroes Killed..
Cuthbert, Ca, March IL. - The
northwestern section of Cuthbert was
struck by cyclone last night and al
most totally destroyed. Between sew
enty-five and a hundred dwellings and
business houses were demolished.
Six negroes are dead and perhans
thirty seriously injured.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
news Of THE WEEK IN tplTOMt
important Events at Home aad On
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

Robert G. Valentine of Massachu-
sets, the assistant to Commissioner
Leupp, will be commissioner of Indian
affairs. The place has been offered to
him and he will accept.
Orders were issued at the navy de-
partment for the rendezvous Of the
Pacific fleet. under Admiral Swim
burne. at Magdalena bay on March %,
where the spring target practice will
take place.
The railroad rates involved in the
famous case of the city of Spokane.
WASH. against the Northern Pacific
and other railroads were held by the
interstate commerce commission to
be Inherently unreasonable" The
decision says the Eastern rates to
Spokane were higher than to Seattle,
more distant point.
Two samples of the chain to be
used on the gear of the locks of the
Panama canal were tested at the pub
lie roads of the department of agricul-
ture. The two sections were submit
Ieu IO n l0llSltC lSSI VI lfGsUUV pOuuuS
to the square inch before the metal
parted. and on second test developed
a strength of 5000 pounds greater.
AS agreed to by the senate and the
house, the 500 provision in the rivers
and harbors bill does not require the
consent of the State of Michigan be-
fore the waterpower to be acquired by
the United States can be leased. The
paragraph is also modified to make
such leases dependent On the needs
of navigation at the 500. All the Min
nesota items remained in the bill.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub-
lican national committee announced
the appointment of ex-Gov. John F.
Hill of Maine, member of the commit
tee from that state, as vice chairman.
Mr.. Hill has accepted the appoint
ment and will become acting chair
man of the national committee when
Mr.. Hitchcock retires from the chair
manship to take up his duties as post
master general in the new admins
tration.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
SNOW SPREADS BLANKET AGAIN

Severe Storm Starts in Southwest.
and Takes in Wide Territory.
st. Paul, March 11.-Breaking out
Of the Southwest and swirling it's
way across four states, one of the
worst snow storms of the season and
In some places tie worst in twenty
years, passed of last night into upper
Michigan and eastern Canada, leaving
a train Of snow in its wake which will
undoubtedly cause considerable trou-
BILE for the railroads for several davs.
st. Paul and northern Minnesota es-
capped with comparatively light
snowfall, being on the edge of the.
storm, while southern Minnesota.
which has been the hardest hit in
most of the storms during the past
winter, was covered with a snowfall
reaching depth of nearly a foot and
a half.
The storm was general throughout
Kansas yesterday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

The Cimmiins canning factory at
Ashtabula, Ohio, was destroyed BY
fire. Loss, 100000.
George Porter, superintendent of the
Scott and McComb kennels at Elms-
ford, N. Y, was killed when his auto!
mobile plunged over an embankment.
Fire completely destroyed the oat-
meal mills at Coralvile, Iowa. Loss
was $4,000. of which $4,000 was on
buildings and $4,000 on machinery.
There was no insurance.
Miss Viola Fellows, a teacher in the
Vacik district, nine miles southwest
OF Lodge Pole, Neb.. lost her life in
the storm last week. Her body has
just been found 200 yards from her
boarding place.
Five men were instantly killed and
two others perhaps fatally injured by
cave-in in the mine of the West Sew.
enth Street Mining company at Jon
lin, Mo. The men were crushed nm.
der tons of rocks.
Five miners were killed and one Sc.
riously injured in mine accidents near
Calumet, Mich. At the Red jacket
mine forty pounds of powder explod.
ed, killing three men. At the Mary
Charlotte mine, near Negaunee. a
slate slide killed two.
Mrs. NJ. w. Beekman, a widow. and
her four children, residing seven
miles from Parkersfield, Cal. on the
Union avenue road, lost their lives in
. fire that destroyed their home. II is
believed they were murdered and the
house set on fire to hide the crime.
With thunderous report tina,
shook everything for miles around. an
explosion rent the smokeless powde,
department of the King Powder works
at Kings Mills, Ohio. and with the nj
ter destruction of the plant, Waite,
Thompson. the only man in or about
the building at the time. was killed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
SINS AND SINNERS.

William Ward, negro, was hanged
at Clinton, N. c., for criminal assault
upon Mrs. Mollie Mcleod, near that
place.
Three more indictments against
Martin B. ("Skinny") Madden, presi'
dent of the Associated Building
Trades of Chicago. were returned by
the grand jury at Chicago.
James H. Sully, said to live in Eve
rett, Mass, committed suicide with
gas in a hotel at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
tearing out the gas fixture in his
room and nearly asphyxiating other
guests.
Walter r. Day, formerly state treas
urer under Gov. Taylor, was sentenced
to one year in the state penitentiary
at Jackson, Ky, on a charge of forg-
ing the name of his uncle, Floyd Day,
to a note for $4,000.
A military court-martial at Kiev,
Russia, has sentenced three men to
death, twenty-one to penal servitude
and ten to Imprisonment for various
terms. All of these men were men,
bers of the committee of public safety
at Lubny.
Jean Maths, the waiter who last
Christmas attacked President Fallieres
of France and tried to pull his beard
has just been convicted and sentenced
to four years imprisonment, the i'm
prisonment to be followed by five
years Punishment from the bounda-
ries Of Paris.
While her husband had left homo
to secure a doctor, Mrs. William Fin.
layson. wife of a prominent merchant
OF Regina, Sask., threw her three-year-
old son into the cistern and then fol-
lowed him to death. It was necessary
to drain the tank before the bodies
were found.
Vandyke Stoops, son of Finlay
Stops of Pittsburs. Kan, was found
dead in his room at Louisville. He
had shot himself through the fore
head. Stops, who was twenty-nine
years of age and student at local
business school, loft note declaring
that he could INST live through the
shame his parents had cast on his
life.
In the San Bots mountains of Okla
homa, single-handed and in the dark,
James Beck. "a farmer, residing near
Stigler, Okla. trailed for seventy
miles five robbers who had robbed
him of $4,000, recovered part of the
money and then made an Intellectual
attempt to land his game in Jail. Two
We're wounded hy Beck, but all es-
capped.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
SOUTHERN WAR IS INEVITABLE.

Salina Cruz, Mexico, March 6.-The
steamer Hathor, which has arrived
here from Ajajutla, brings the news
that war is inevitable between Mica
ragua and Salvador and that troops
are being mobil 'zed by both countries.
The battleship Presidente. which
comprises the entire navy Of Salvador,
las sailed unC~r sealed orders. and It
is presumed it will lombard Nicara.
suan ports.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
CABINET MEETS FOR FIRST TIME

Taft's Official Family All Present but
one-WiII Do His Own Talking.
Washington. March 11.-President
Taft's first cabinet meeting convened
at II o'clock yesterday. All the mem
bers CT the new cabinet, except Mr..
Dickinson. who is to be secretary of
war, we've present.
President Taft has determined not
to permit the members of his cabinet
to discuss the business transacted.
The meeting yesterday broke up at
l2:45, when Secretary Knox announc-
ed Mr.. Taft's ruling.
1.-THE president ha. decided to pur-
sue the policy of his predecessors and
do his own talking" said Secretary
Knox.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
rasS,OE Isl sra.

ed the swearing in of many new sena-
tors.
This ceremony completed, and with
out further ceremony of any sort,
Vice President Sherman announced:
The chief justice will now admins
ter the oath Of Office to the presi-
dent-elect."
Taft is Sworn In.
The sudden announcement came as
a surprise and a solemn hush fell
upon the assemblage. Mr.. Taft arose,
took the arm Of Senator Knox, chair
man of the joint committee on ar
rangements and premier in his cabi-
net. and walked around to a position
in the rear Of the presiding officers
desk. He was followed by Chief Jus.
tice Fuller, who was officiating for the
fifth time at this historic uuadriennial
ceremony.
Mr.. Taft took up a position facing
the members of his family, grouped in
the gallery. The chief justice began
the administration of the oath in a
low tone. AS he paused at the end
OF each phrase Mr.. Taft caught up his
words and repeated them in a slow.
distinct voice, which carried impres.
sively to the farthest recesses of the
chamber. When he at last kissed the
Bible there was an outburst of an.
plause. a grasp Of the hand by the
CHEZ justice and President Taft be.
gan Immediately the enunciat.on of
the policies Of his administration in
an inaugural address.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
PASTOR REFUSES BURIAL.

German Lutheran Minister at Pres.
ton, Minn., Provokes Indignation.
Preston, Mimi, March II. - Great
indignation is rife here because of
the refusal of the German Lutheran
pastor to conduct the funeral of the
late George Reidel.
Mr.. Reidel was highly respected,
but had not attended church during
the present pastors incumbency. nor
was the latter called during Mr.. Rel
del's illness. Some of the members
of the church have withdrawn.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
KILLED BY COAL GAS.

Woman Is suffoeated and Two Others
Have Narrow Escape.
Calumet, Mich, March II. - Mrs.
Watson, aged thirty-five, was suffo-
Gated and two other occupants of the
House Alloaez narrowly escaped
death from coal gss last night. Tho
gas escaped from stove in the CANDY
shop. The proprietor and daughter OF
Mrs. Watson will recover
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
storm in Southern Minnesota

Storm in Southern Minnesota,
Winona, MIMI, March ia &C.
we're snow storm is raging in South
ern Minnesota. Snow began falling
sarly yesterday. Last night there was
fourteen inches Of snow on the level.
Telephone and telegraph communica-
ton is greatly interfered with, and
wires are crashing to the ground un-
der the terrific weight Of the damp
snow.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.

Bodies Of Two Men Discovered Buried
In Snowdrift.
Winnipeg, March II. - Word has
been received from Barkerville, a
town few miles west of the Yellow
head Pass. that the bodies of Charles
Baker and James McCurdie, who left
Barkerville about six weeks ago, have
been found frozen in a snowdrift.
They were bound for the Yellowhead
Pass. This discovery was made by r.
Peden, F. Aiken and J. Goldie, three
prospectors.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
sIeet Storm in wi.con.,,

s'eet Storm in Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Wis. March 11.-The
sleet storm in Wisconsin is raising
havoc with the train service to and
from Milwaukee. Dispatches from the
state indicate that there was almost
a total cessation of trafic on electric
railroads.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Will Appeal Rate Case.

WIZ UpP0as fNASS SA0es
Jefferson City, Mo-, March 11.-At-
torney General Major last night stat
Cd he would take steps Immediately
to appeal the 2-cent passenger rate
and the maximum freight rate cases
to the supreme court Of the United
States.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Japs Fe!icitate Taft.

Sspe V0HSiSato ATT.
Toxic. March 6.-The press of ia.
pan continues to felicitate pres;aen+
Taft upon his Inauguration and 10
unanimous in rejoicing over the fact
that his knowledge of Japan is based
upon his personal observations whi,a
a visitor in the empire. Tie naners
say that in consequence of this ~
friendship between Japan and 40
United States is certain tn ~
strengthened materially during prast
dent Taft's term Of ofhce.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
GENERAL.

What is said to be the first cargo
of oats to arrive at any port in the
United States from abroad has Just
reached Boston from Buenos Ayres.
Tom Longboat. the Marathon runner,
was introduced to Paderewski, the pi-
anist, at Hamilton, Ont. Yes, 1 know
who lie u.s. said Tom. HE earns his
living with his hands; 1 with my
feet"
Medical Director Thomas Cameron
Walton. U. S. N, retired, formerly one
OF the leading members of the navy
medical corps in Annapolis, Md, died
suddenly at his home of apoplexy
while at dinner.
The New York branch of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical association adonf.
ed resolutions supporting DR.. Wiley's
efforts for the enforcement of the pure
food and drug law and urging his
continuance as chief of the bureau Of
chemistry.
The second specimen ever captured
OF the Ferdelance, or Lachesis che
South America venomous snake
whose poison has proved so useful in
the Homeopathic Medical Journal.
is dead at the Bronx Zoological Park
in New York.
When Charles Williams. bespar
was locked up by the police in Chica.
60 he confessed that he had reached
such stage of thirst for whisky that
ne mad pawned his artificial leg for
IS. He promised to sign the pledge
and was releaaed.
Judge harrington of the United
States circuit court handed down a
decision at Carson, New, sustaining
the Nevada railroad commission in it's
rulings against the Southern Pacific
road. The court dissolves the old in.
junction against the commission
A new office. that of general in.
spector Of navy yards, has been ere.
ated by Secretary Newberry. and
Rear Admiral Caspsr F.. Goodrich.
commandant Of the New York navy
yard, has been assigned to perform it's
duties. His work will be directed to.
ward the unification of operations of
navy yards. in accordance with Mr.
Newberry's general plan Of reorgani-
cation.
E. J. Uucky) Baldwin. the noted
turfman, died at his home at Arcadia.
Cal. He was stricken with pneumo-
mia six weeks ago and later rallied
and was able to appear at his famous
Santa Anita race track. The excrtion
was too great and relapse followed.
from which he failed to recover. Raid
wins correct name was Elias Jackson
Baldwin. though he was universally
known as Lucky" Few men have
had such varied career.
President Roosevelt has issued an
order setting aside 134,GS0 acres of
lend in the northern part of Michigs n
as forest reserve. Most of the land
is in the vicinity Of the Ausable river
and includes some very valuabl F.,
tracts of timber.
| An operation believe to be unioue in
surgical annals was performed at Mem.
rh's. when woman patient in the
Presbyterian hospital was found IA
possess two dangerous little apoen.
dixes instead of one. Although but
one IVES diseased. physicians il
charge :eMovel 10th.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11

5000 Bushels Of Grain Burn Up.
Woodstock, MIMI, March 1.-THE
Benson Grain company's elevator
burned to the ground here last night.
Five thousand bushels Of grain were
Sntirely destroyed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Nebraska Kill. County Onto,

Nebraska Kills County Option.
Lincoln, Neb., March 11.-Tho H.-
braska senate last evening, bv the
close vote of II to 16, defeated the
Miller bill. providing for county on.
ton in the regulation of the iiouon
srahac.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Prisoners Break Jail,

Prisoners Break Jail.
indianapolis. Ind, March 11.-Rob.
ert and James Baughman. arrested
several weeks ago, following series
OF robberies in Ohio and Indiana.
made their escape from the county
Jail yesterday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
Mysterious Murder.

Indianapolis, March 1y.-The police
uncovered a mysterious murder late
yesterday afternoon when the body Of
Mrs. Mary Nichols, f1fty-two years
old, was found, the head crushed.
Gustav Eaton. an old gardener, who
made his home with Mrs. Nichols, is
held pending an Investigation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-11
BIG WATER CLUBS MERGE.
Duluth Yacht and Boat Organizations
Now Has 1900 members.

Now Has 1900 Members.
Duluth. March 11.-By consolation
OF the Duluth Yacht and Boat clubs.
erected last night, Duluth now has
one OF the largest aquatic organiza-
lions in the Northwest. having about
100000 worth of property, including
two large boat and club houses on
the bay, we'll equipped with boats of
all kinds, and an extensive branch
club up st. Louis river, on Spirit
lake, near the site of the new steel
plant. The membership is nearly
1900.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-10-02
Timothy And Red Top

These two grasses should be sown
with the grain IN the fall. For market
and Tor horses and mules timothy is
much the best grass 10 sow on land
suitable ior it, growth Land that will
grow heavy crop 81 wheat or rye
will grow timothy. Red top may be-
suwn with timothy. or alone: it /, best
suited to moist land One peck 81 tim
nthy is about the right quantity to
SOW To- the acre. To obtain n heavy
set, making fine mixed hay for farm
stock. one peck 81 timothy and one
peck 81 red top should be sown to the
acre ir the fail. and one peck a. clover
scdc To- the acre in March This thick
seeding will give superior Yield Of
fine mixcd timothy and clover II the
summer should be moist after wheat
harvest: one heavy crop the following
y"nr. and po~>iblv second Tic tim
pihy wi'l lss. for several wears. and
when the timothy disappears the red
top Viii take is place In buving
grass seed get heavy. clean seed Clean
l'mothy seed vii weigh {; pounds and
clean red top a. pound, 90 the bushcl
hi, is several pound, NOR. go tho
lm,hc' than the ordinary rom ut seed
Buy heavy. c'c-u. ncw-crpp seed
Cheap seed +, usually light iu weight.
AVID "itcujmr> missed with rcrricious
weed seed, which Isl, closely resemble
'hr i"u, seeds as o. require ar .x0cr'
u. lone cNucrir"ce tn detect 'ham
p" seed. i~.m rc'ab'. firm
Cra@rd "'r1u hep, s,rd viii cr-' soy
n"ol cent, wr~e nrr u,rrl lrs 81 e