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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
ORvnLt MAKES SHORT FLIGHT
AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO
MAKE AEROPLANE FLY, is
SUCCESSFUL.
5others Say Flying Machine Is Ike a
Horse, You Have to Learn
Its Peculiarities
First.

Washington, June 3O.-After MAX
ing three unsuccessful efforts to get
his new aeroplane into the air yester-
day Orville Wright made a short
flight, encircling the Fort Myer aero
drOme.
Lack of power, due to a loose spark
control, was finally determined upon
by the two Wrights as the cause for
the refusal of the machine to fly for
more thar 100 feet beyond the end of
the starting rail. Their persistency in
trying, time after time. to make the
machine behave properly, won the APP
prevail Of the large crowd that had
gathered in anticipation of a flight.
The difficulties which attended un
der ideal weather conditions the first
trials of the flying machine, which is
a new one, constructed to replace the
II smashed by the accident at Fort
Myer last September, is a ~vindication
of the Wrights in their refusal to
make a flight Monday in an adverse
wind.
"A flying machine is like a horse"
was the way Wilbur put it afterwards.
IF it's new, you have to get used to
it before it will go just as you want it
to. You have to learn it's peculiarities.
l am glad we learned what the matter
is, and after a few more trials you
will see some fun"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
HUNTINGTON GENERAL MANAGER
SUPERINTENDENT OF 500 LINE
BECOMES ITS NEW GENERAL
MANAGER.
Road Officials Declare Lines Are En-
joying Unusual Prosperity.-Re-
funding Bond Issue Of $780,.
COO Authorized at Meet.
ing Of Directors.

Minneapolis, June 29.-GeOrge r.
Huntington, general superintendent of
the Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie railroad, has been promoted to
the office of general manager. effec.
tive July I. Mr.. Huntington came to
the 500 line eighteen years ago from
the Milwaukee road. He began on
the o as train dispatcher, and
worked up to his present position.
The appointment mean that Ed
mund Pennington, president and gen.
eral manager, will %relinVuish some Of
the duties connected with the opera
ton Of the road. to which, notwith.
standing his election to the presiden.
cy to succeed Thomas Lowry and the
latter increase of the work by the
lease of the Wisconsin Central road,
he has still given attention. No sue
cessor to Mr.. Huntington as general
superintendent will be appointed for
the present.
Directors of the 500 line me- today
in the Minneapolis general offices to
dutuOllZc du ISSUE Ol @l,oUU,uUV Ill +
per cent %refunding bonds. The pro-
ceeds will go to replace money e
pended for Duluth terminals, for con-
struction, for new equipment and gen.
eral expense incident to the opening
of the line between Brooten and Du-
luth, which will be in full operation
in the not distant future.
The new Duluth station, costing
100000, will be erected on Sixth
Avenue, between Superior and Mich
igan Streets, in that city, and archi.
tecturally will be beautiful.
The 500 will spend about $500, 0O0
on Minneapolis terminals this year,
and during the remainder of 1909 will
continue work upon its plan to cross
the river farther down than Camden
place and enter its station On Fifth
avenue North, along the west side.
This involves additional trackage from
Fourteenth VENUE North to North
town Junction, with elevation Of the
tracks for a distance Of about 5000
feet between Northtown Junction and
the river.
Mr.. Pennington reports a reflection
of the increasing activity in the north
west in the larger volume of freight
and passenger business being handled
The 500 line is doing 10 to Is per cent
more business than at this time a year
ago.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
is THIS LEON N
Chinaman's Body Found in Hudson
MAY Be That Of Murderer.

New York. n. Y, July 1-Although
complete Identification was impossi-
BILE tonight. there appeared to be a
strong probability that the body of
a Chinaman, which was found float
ing in the Hudson river, in the up
per part Of the city tonight, was that
of Leon Ling or William L. Leon,
the murderer of Elsie Sigel. The
mans height. weight and general ap-
pearance tally with that of Leon
Ling, but as the body was nude ex-
cept for a silk undershirt and had
been in the water for more than a
week, a thorough examination will
be necessary.
Coroner Mcdonald, who was the
first to inspect the body, believes
that it is Leon, as do a number o.
policemen, but until measurements
and facial characteristics are careful
ly gone owe the Identification VII.
remain in doubt.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
RETAIL COAL MEN CONVENE.
Illinois and Wisconsin Dealers Meet
In Chicago for Business and Fun.

Chicago, June 30.-Several hundred
retail coal dealers, members of the
Illinois and Wisconsin association,
gathered this morning in the Sher-
man house and with the song of Coal,
Coal, Coai.' opened their fourteenth
annual convention. President H. A.
Robinson, of Peoria, was in the chair,
and after Walter S. Boyle had well
coined the association to Chicago, he
delivered his annual address.
This afternoon there were papers
by Carl Sholz, of the Coal Valley
Mining Company, e. l.. Ewing, of Pc
oria, and w. l.. Abbot and Homer
d. Jones, of Chicago. Tomorrow the
association will take possession OF
he steamer Theodore Roosevelt and
viii sail away to Michigan City. All
The way over and back the coal men
viii discuss trade topics and CON-
piete their routine business.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
MORGAN GOING TO ALASKA.
Financier May Meet Taft in North
Should President Make Trip.

New York, June 29.-J. Pierpon,
Morgan will visit Alaska this summer
to make IN inspection of the prope
ties there in which he is interested,
especially the new Copper River rail
road, in which he and the Guggen-
helms have invested $780, 900, 900. 1t is
probable Morgan will meet President
Taft there, in the event that congress
furnishes the president with the re-
quired $4,000 travelling expenses.
Morgan will travel to San Francisco
in a special train and carry his own
cooks. At San Francisco he will take
part in the laying of the cornerstone
of the new Episcopal cathedral on the
summit of Knob Hill, to the building
of which he was a liberal subscriber.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senator Aldrich ordered the senate
finance committee to reduce the t
on window glass.
The health department of the Dis
<rict of Columbia has issued an order
barring ROSTERS from Washington.
Representative Cooper OF Wlscon-
sin, who was one Of the leaders OF the
lnsurgent movement in congress, VIII
not, it is said, be reappointed chalr-
man of the insular affairs committee
President Taft sent a message to
congress urging an amendment OF the
law under which Porto Rico is gov
erned.
Frank B. Kellogg, the trust buster.
denied the report that he had tod 'ne
president he intended to quit the gov
eminent service.
President Taft declared himself IN
favor of Fairgrounds for children IN
all cities.
The bureau of statistics issued a
report at Washington showing that III
the value of imports and export utue
conditions of the world would show d
decline compared with last year. MS
is attributed to the reduction IN prices
in many places.
Representative Moore of Penns?l-
vania has introduced a bill IN con-
gress to make October y, the an
niversary Of the discovery OF America
by Columbus, a legal public holiday.
The first vote on the tariff bill IN
the senate was on the lead schedules
which were adopted.
Senator Cummins of Iowa said the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill il passed
would cause a political contest tor an
other revision.
Mr.. Murphy of Missouri, following a
speech in the house, renewing MS
charges against Judges Philips ano
Mcpherson of the federal bench, salu
he would file impeachment proceed
ings against the jurists.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
MEAT INSPECTION EFFICIENT.
Special Committee Gives Clean Biz
of Health.

New York, June 29.-The meat in
spection service Of the United States
is to be given a clean bill of health by
a special committee appointed by Sec.
rotary of Agriculture Wilson, to inves
tigate the charges of Inspector J. f
Harms that filthy conditions existed
at the national stock yards of East
st. Louis, according to a Washington
special.
Mr.. Wilson will the find.
ings of the committee within a day or
two. The statement will show:
That in the neighborhood Of sixty
persons We're examined.
That the evidence secured fails tc
~substantiate any point of Harms allie
cations.
That the stock yards are in excel
lent condition and that meat which
has been labeled inspected and pass
ed was food fit for human consump.
ton within the meaning of the laws.
That Harms never made any report
about the alleged violations of the
law and the passing of unfit meat and
its products, although he had been in
the service eighteen months, until he
published his open" letter to Secre
tary Wilson, and that finally this let
ter was prepared in conjunction with
a newspaper man.
To Arrest Trade Injury.
The statement that the department
of agriculture will make is expected to
arrest injury to the foreign meat
trade Of the country, which such allie
cations as Harms were calculated to
produce. Accompanying it will be the
assertion, couched in as strong Ian
guage as it is possible to write, that
the inspection service generally is eff
~ficient; that $50 establishments en-
gagged in interstate commerce, which
are under the jurisdiction of the ag
r%icultural department, are obeying the
law, and finally that meat shipped by
such establishments and labeled by
the government inspectors is fit to
eat. In a word, the department will
make a sweeping vindication of it's
meat inspection branch.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
PERSONAL.

Johann Salvador, SOL of Leopold ii.
and cousin of the emperor OF Austria,
was found working for SIS a week in
q factory at gainesville, O.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Day,
ton, O., aviators, returned from
Europe.
Former Vice-President Fairbanks
sailed from Honolulu for Japan.
Charles A. Willard of Minneapolis
was appointed by President Taft to
the place on the federal bench made
vacant by the resignation of Judge
Purdy.
John Fleming, 70 years old, who dis
sipated a fortune in dress, was made
an inmate of the county poor farm at
Eaton, O. He gained fame by substi-
tuting gold coins for buttons.
Count" Louis Hamon, better known
as "Cheiro, the palmist," has been
sentenced to 10 months Imprisonment
in Paris and has been ordered to make
restitution to Count Festetics Of Hun
gary of nearly $500, 600, the proceeds
of an alleged swindle. Cheiro, who Is
supposed to be in London, some years
ago was a palmist in Chicago.
c. w. Caldwell, an attorney of Co.
1umbus, Ind, sought to Dust Secretary
Of State Knox by u warranto pro.
ceedings.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
PROBABLY THREE ATTORNEYS
WILL REPRESENT COUNTY IN
LEDBETER CASE.
RELATIVES ENGAGE ATTORNEYS
Children See Accused Woman In Jail.
-Four Prisoners Arraigned Be-
fore Judge Comstock In Pres
ence Of Great Crowd,

Mankato, Mimi, July 1.-The our
prisoners accused of the murder of
II. j.. Ledbeter were arraigned before
Judge Comstock. 1t was the intention
of h authorities to keep the fact a
secret, but the courtroom was packed
by a great mob and the officials had
trouble in keeping order. Mr.. and
Mrs. Schwandt and Mrs. Ledbeter
We're represented by three attorneys,
G. B. Wilson, A. r. Pau, Jr., and c.
}. Laurisch. Smith, the fourth mem
Der of the accused. party, had no at
torney. Just before the warrant
charging murder was read attorneys
for Schwandt, his wife and Mrs. Led
better announced that their clients
would waive the reading. Smith, hav-
ing no attorney, and as the four were
Jointly charged with the crime in one
warrant, Judge Comstock ordered all
to stand up and listen to the reading.
The two women and Schwandt de-
handed a hearing and it was set for
July IA at 8 a. m.
Smith asked permission to secure
legal counsel and his hearing was
therefore set for July 16. All four
OF the defendants appeared in court
with no outward sign Of concern. Mrs.
Ledbeter has been i'll since her con-
finement in Jail, but bore up we'll and
returned unassisted to Jail with the
rest of the party.
More Legal Assistance.
The county board held a special ses-
sion to consider the matter of secur-
ing assistance for the county attorney
in the prosecution Of the parties &C.
cused OF the murder of II. J. Ledbeter
and also considered re-imbursing P.
A. Ledebter for the expense he has
been to in sea. hing for his brothers
body. Relatives of the murdered man
are planning to retain one attorney to
assist the prosecution, but it is felt
that h county should also provide
other assistance, as the case has de-
veloped so many battling features that
it will take the work of several men
to unrave1 it and present it properly
to the jury. Three of the ablest law
yers in the city have been retained by
three Of the defendants, and another
will be secured by Smith.
Mrs. Ledbeter's two little girls
made the first call on their mother in
jail yesterday, on returning from their
fathers funeral. The kind hearted
jailor permitted the interview to oc-
cur in the office rather than let the
children see their mother behind the
bars so soon after seeing their father
buried. There was no scene.
The procession that followed Led.
beter's body to the grave at Medo
was over a mile long and the town
hall, where the services were held,
was crowded.
The whole county turned out anG
many floral offerings were made. In.
tense sorrow and indignation were ex.
pressed over the murder of one who
grew to manhood among them. A de.
tective arrived from the Twin Cities
and vas accompanied by Chief of
Police Pind to the Ledbeter farm
house and several hours were spent
on the case.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
Weapons Thrown Into Lake.

Chicago, July 1.-Five hundred and
cighty-one deadly weapons which the
police have confiscated in the last six
months We're cast into the lake today.
The city tug took the police depart
mert custodian beyond the three mile
limit and he dropped overheard the
levolvers, dirks, slung shots, knives
and other deadly weapons in thirty
feet of water. This disposition of the
weapons is prescribed by the city
code.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
BIG TUNNEL CONTRACT LET.
Hartman to Have Bore Between
Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

Portland, Ore, July IA contract
has been let by the Hartman inter-
ests in this city for the boring of a
tunnel through the peninsula between
the Willamette and Columbia rivers
al a point just north of here. The
tunnel will be 5,425 feet long and will
cost about S1,000.000. The work must
be completed within a year.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
Flood U Panic.

St. Joseph, Mo-, June 3O.-The Mis-
souri, river has risen three inches with
in the last twenty-four hours and is
two feet above the danger line. Dam
age to crops is increasing and farmers
in the bottoms are in a panic. Num-
bers of buildings have been seen float.
ing dow stream.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
Carrie Nation In Train Wreck.

Des Moines, Iowa, July latter
missing the regular train for West
Union, where she was to speak, and
hiring a special at Cedar Rapids, Car
RE Nations journey suddenly ended
in a wreck near Independence.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD

Complete Review Of Happenings OF
Greatest Interest from All Parts OF
the Globe-Latest Home and Fog.
eian Items.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
THE SIMPLE LIFE LEFT BEHIND.
Mankind Has Created Con- plications
Hard to Do Away With.

1t is easy to talk about the simple
lie and so hard to live it, for life is
not simple any more. Its complica-
hcns seem unavoidable.
The trouble lies in ourselves: the
entire trend Of womanly sentiment is
away from the things the centuries
held dear. ..-,...
1t was not SO hard to keep life sim
pie when ones best black silk did
duty for decade. Nowadays If tho
SILK didn't cut into. ribbons the cut
or the garment would mean the patch
box In at least two seasons.
1t is the craze for something new
that Is the undoing Of simplicity.
Novelty is the keynote of most of our
lives. Even friendships and matri
mony are getting infected with this
microbe of restlessness.
A mother said not long ago: Baby
Louise Is so finnicky she will only
play with her toys two or three times
before she Is tired Of them and I have
to send them off to the hospital.
And the mother seemed to think
that 1T showed a progressive spirit in
her child. Such a craving for novelty
can mean nothing but unhappiness, no
matter what ones ability to crafty
1t.
If We are ever to become simple
again without some dire calamity fore
ing 1T upon our country, we mus:
change our views OF much that we
now think progressive:
We will have to learn to draw a
sharp distinction between our necessi-
ties and our frills. A woman who is
noted for her restfulness apG her
placidity in the midst of a hard life
was asked how she managed to keep
unfretted. '-'' 'F'.- .
II try to keep my life simple Long
ago l learned that what womCn los
sess beyond the real necessities soon
grows to be weariness to the :i@:,;ae
The more of the unessentials We ac.
quire the more we want. Our most
coveted treasure soon grows lnsie.
nificant in the thought Of somsT;tii.;
still to be achieved. / make ny rui,
If life less change and more r"nose ="
That is a good rule for any ha: q; Sod
mother OF business woman WIZ Lao
come to think life too much for iirr--
st. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
How High Tiger Can Jun,n

For the benefit of the prosvr:v,
big game hunters corresponds.
finally disposes Of the theory thai -.
tiger Is unable to jump to any Lojrh,
from all fours. He records that il
took refuge In tree from a particr
lar tiger. The beast, however. iuupa.
up to him, like an India rubbe, bali
a good seven feet" and. 1t was olI,
by letting 60 with my. right and ram
ming both barrels down his moutt
that did not have very bad time o.
It," .
The moral evidently is that wh-i
avoiding tiger 1t is necessary 10 li1a
. tree with its lowest branch al Ioae
16 feet from the ground.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
AND THEN MAMMA UNDERSTOOD.
Must Have Had Hard Time Explain
ing to the Minister.

The new minister was making his
Arst call and was waiting for mamma
PIN the drawing room. Little sister and
ner elder were holding an earnest con-
fab in the hall. You dassent," said
the elder, in tense, small tones. "You
Just see," said Little Sister, proudly.
And she danced of into the drawing
room, an angelic figure in daintiest
white, her f1ossy curls Of shadowy
gold clinging around neck and brow,
her big blue eyes as innocent and con-
ndins as a mothers and herfdowerlike
face meriting any impulse of reverent
admiration which the occupant of the
room might be moved to feel.
When mamma appeared, Just as Lit
tie Sister danced out OF the door again,
she thought the expression of the
minister was rather curious. and that
ne seemed to be making an effort to
control it. Also his manner was en-
barrassed and his call was very brief
rendering over these things and a
good deal puzzled; she remembered
seeing Little Sister leave the draw
Ing room as she entered it. The small
maiden was forthwith summoned and
asked what she had talked about with
the minister. .,..
"Nothing-much," she faltered.
Tell me exactly what you said to
him, mamma demanded sternly.
1T it wasn't anything = much -
Just little story Edith and l made
up to tell the janitor's little girls.
They were down there in the yard
when you made us come up yester-
day, and they told us such yarns,
mamma! You never heard such
things! And Edith and 1, we said we
wouldn't have them growing over us
that way If we got q chance to slip
F: down there again. And so we made
up little story to tell them, and
Edith said l dassent go in and tell it
to the minister. and so, Of course, /
did" o.
And what was II? Tell me exactly
what you said" '.'
1T wasn't any-anything-much,"
the small voice faltered. II just told
him that my papa came home last
night az drunk as he could be and
kicked my mamma over and Jumped
up and down on her stummick. And,
mamma, the minister did look So
funny and s'prised!" =" .'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Phenomena Awed Europe.

Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer of 1888. Says
Gilbert White Cetter 109): "The sum-
mer of the year 1888 was an amazing
and portentous one q. for, be-
sides the alarming meteors and tremen-
dous thunderstorms the pe-
culiar haze, or smoky fog, that pre-
vailed for many weeks in this island
(England) and in every part of Eu.
rope. and even beyond its limits, was
most. extraordinary appearance. The
heat was intense. Calabria and part
OF the Isle of Sicily were torn and
convuised with earthquakes" cowpSer
also refers to this phenomenon, in
speaking OF nature. with . dim and
sickly eye" G'.. f:'.= = .; 'i'@,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Terribly Scalded

is something we hear orread about
every day of our lives. Burns and
scalds either slight or serious are
bound to HAPPEN III your family,
he prepared by having a bottle of
Ballard's Snow Liniment handy.
1t relieves the pain instantly and
qnickly heals the burn. Sold by Elko
Drug Go.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
A Millionaire's Baby

attended by the highest priced baby
specialist could not he cured OF
stomach or bowel trouble any quick
er or snrer than your baby IL You
give it McGee's Baby Elixir. Cures
diarrh9a, dysentary and ali de-
rangements of hestomach or bowels.
Price % cents and SO cents. Sold by
ElkO Drug 60.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Bank Balance and Independence. o.

Business women have evolved the
Idea Of saving. and the thrifty incen.
tive was not inspired by their broth
ers, but rather envelops the girl with
pendence which evolves th> girl with
5000 or $400 to her credit and spurs
her on to add more and mrre to the
reserve.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Wanted 20 Let or steam.

Little Elmer accompanied his moth.
er to church, and on the way had been
cautioned to keep very quiet during
the service. But Elmer became rest
less and said in an audible whisper:
Mamma, when we get home can go
out in the back yard AMI holler just
0nce?"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Deer sprans Through Window.

Persons returning from church in
Nashua, ". H., saw buck deer leap
through the window Of bank. The
animal was so severely cut that it had
to be killed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30

France Has Crown for Wealth.
In proportion to the number OF In
habitants, France Is considered the
wealthiest country In the world.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30
Rolled Gate Dumplinu.

Take two large cups of rolled Oats.
a pinch OF salt, and one tablespoonful
Of wheat flour; mix with just cGou. IN
good rich meal broth to form in small
balls with your hands; flatten out a
little and drop these in boiling broth.
which you should have about three
pints Of; boil 15 minutes; serve IN
liquid they are boiled in at once.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-30

Lies Setting Sun.
Blessed retirement, friend to LIES
decline;4-Goldsmith
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-11-30

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