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The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
NOT SEEKING sENAToRsnlP
Governor Burke Will Keep His Pres.
ent Position.

John Burke holds the key to the sit
uation arising out Of the death Of Sen.
@atof NJ. N. johnson. In his Office the
governor mad,,; it plain, both by word
AMI manner, .lhat he was the one who
would do tbs appointing.
= Il have been rendered much advice
since the seat became vacant" said
he, ''hut I doubt IL all my adviser
would be SO positive In their views ii
the actual responsibility rested upo,'
them. Whatever may do in this
matter. I must answer for; and, since
I am ths one. responsible, prefer to
I be the reafs;suthor IF disappointment.
81 will not now. or at any time, say
4 whom. I will appoint When my de.
cision 10 reached shall make the ap-
pdintmsnt-and then announce It,"
On the rumDred possibility that he
might n,aneuvcr for the senatcrship.
Governor Burke wa5 emphatic.
"There has been, he said. "some
question raised as to whether or not
I an. eligible for seat In the United
States senate at this time; some sug-
gestion that our state constitution
may bar me from that once. All this
I talk 10 unnecessary.
THE pe0ple Of this state have elect
I'd me governor for fixed term, and
I shall In any case respect their dc.
crcs. aud complete that term"
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
DECIDES PEARY
REACHED POLE
Verdict Of Subcommittee Of
Geographic Society.
;s;r's"...-
GIVES ADDITIONAL DATA

Explorer Is Summoned to Washington
and Submits Original Field Notes
and instruments for lnspection-De
cision in This Case Is Independent
Of the Controversy With Or. Fred
erick A. Cook. ..
Washington, Nov. 3.-That Com
marder Robert E. Peary reached the
North pole IS the unanimous decision
Of the subcommittee of the National
Geographic society appointed to in
vestigete his claims.
The report of the subcommittee.
consisting of Professor Henry Gan
nett, Professor o. H. Tittman and
Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester, is
being drawn up and will be submitted
to the full committee on research
shortly. 1t will then be formally
adopted by the society and made pub.
lie.
Commander Peary, who had been
summoned to Washington by the sub.
committee, has returned to Boston.
having furnished original field notes
ard Instruments IT, the satisfaction OF
the committee that he stood on the
top of the pole April 6, 1909.
Uron receipt Of the official m.
rouncement of the society's action
Commander Ieary will begin arrange
ments for lecture tours. He has al
ready accepted an invitation from th,
society for lecture here on Nov. IL.
the decision in the Peary case is
Independent of his controversy with
DIR. Cock. The subcommittee was
appointed merely to ascertain whether
Pcary reached the pole. No decision
has been reached by the society as yet
regarding ar investigation of Dr..
Cocks cl$fms. Sone of the members
are opposed to waiting until Cooks
data il passed npon by the University
Of Copenhagen and favor taking up
the matter at once.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
CRIMINAL NEWS.

In reluarks following the verdict in
. case .,f false weighing Of imports at
New York Judge Holt criticised the
announced decision of the govern.
ment TO retain in The customs service
the wsiyhers who Turing the trial hal
confessed to frauds by which they
and tie importers benefited.
Arthur P. Heinze, associated with
his brother. F. Augustus Heinze, in
the United Copper company, nearly
landed IN the Ton.bs for tcn-day
sentence. but at the last moment
Judge Ward, IN the United States cir
cult cOnrt at New York, granted a
stay Of execution. 5
James Mcmahon has confessed that
he numbered his sisters, Miss Rose
McMahg.n and Mrs A)ODzo Van Royen,
and the latter's husband on farm
near Kansas City, KAN, q few days
ago. q long standing family quarrel
caused She t,agady.
G. Hsgf;owlds. president Of the Bank
Of Grand County at Sulphur Springs.
Colo. 81 under arrest on charge Of
looting the bank Of $4,000. Mr.
Rowldy had been operating tie banh
only about month. .,.sss.
Four EXPLOSIONS Of dynamite at In
6icnal,olia wrecked buildings In dit
fcrent parts OF the city. All were be
Ing constructed by Albert Won Spreck
elsen. It. contractor who employs non
union labor.
Frederick Gebhart. alias Otto Muel
ler. Of Brooklyn has made complete
confession .of the shooting of Anna
Luther, the woman he married In
Newark. near Islip. L T., in April.
1908.
Albert Talbot, . wealthy resident
sof Reno, New, was shot and danger
c,,sly oundedS BY his wife. we'll
known opera singer. In the Office Of
the iattsr's attorney.
Tho Standard on company Of Indt-
ma va lined $65. .O00 81 the district
se0urt at Austin. 4 VIZ, for violation zOf
- .Tsa6 .4s1ist Iav.
Tft f
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05

70 severely that she was unable to &c
on with the performance.
Harry K. Thaw's contention that be
was illegally committed to the Mat
teawan state hospital for the criminal
insane. following his ac1Mittal on the
charge Of numbering Stanford White
IN New York city. was overrulec BY
the New York court Of appeals.
John d. Rockefeller's gift Of 81.
0uO.00o TO fight the "hookworm" in the
South has stirred the ire Of Bishop
Warren Candier Of the Southern Meth
odist church, who denounces the oil
magnate's action as an insult.
Louis w. Hill. president Of the Great
Northern, In speech at Billings,
Mont. accused the United States gov.
ernlnent of conducting q gigantic
,swindle In the opening for settlemeu.
Of certain Western lands.
Millions Of bonds for inland water.
way improvement, but not penny for
the pork barrel, was the new slogan
enacted by President Taft In speech
at st. Louis.
The latest reports received at Rome
state that KING Menelik Of Abyssinia
In sinking fast. It Is feared that com.
plications will arise ever the success
sion.
Richard Croker, former boss of Tam
many FIall. has returned to this coun
try for the winter.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
DEATH BLOW TO THE HOME
Cardinal Gibbons Opinion on Woman
Suffrage.

New York, Nov. 3.-Cardinal Glib
5ons declared that woman suffrage
would be the death blow OF domesti,
life and happiness in letter written to
tho secretary Of the National League
for the Civic Ei lcation of Women
and read ut the first annual meeting of
this anti-suffmgette organization held
In the Waidorf-Astoria:
.; regret greatly that l cannot at
tend the meeting you have called. Al
though my many duties will not allow
me to be present at your meeting I
beg t. assure ycu that I an most
heartily in sympathy with the aim of
your league and approve most
strongly the stand it has taken in op.
posing woman suffrage, which, if real
fzed, would be the death blow Of do,
mestic life and happiness"
At the close of the reading of Car.
dinal Gibbons letter the 200 women
present broke forth in most cnthusias.
tic applause
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FOREIGN NEWS.

General ChamOrrOS' NiCaraguan in
surgent forces fought an engagement
with 900 of President Zelaya's troops
at point below Bcca San Carlos. on
the San Juan river. The revolution
lists won decisive victory, 100 Of the
government troops being killed and
300 wounded. General Cl,amorros'
losses were slight.
Lieutenant General lie IuGue, mtn-
lister Of war in the new Spanish cab
met, confirmed in an interview a re.
port that the government had decided
not to push further the Moroccan
of war said. the work of the army
would be that Of pacification and not
Of domination.
some storm records were BROKEN
In the recent typhoon which crossed
Northern Luzon and the Benguet
mountains. in the Philippines. Eight
cen inches of rain fell in nine hours
and twenty-siX inches fell in the TWEEN
ty-fo,ir hours the storm lasted. The
Bued river rose sixty feet.
Prince Ito, the famous japanese.
statesman, was assassinated by u
Korean at Harbin, Manchurfa, where
he had gone for the purpose Of con-
dnclins negotiations for the Russian
railway lines in Northern Manchu-tu
Prince Ito was seventy-six years Of
age.
A score of miners were killed by
an explosion in the Rhymney Iron
company's colliery in Glamorgansllre.
Wales. Manager Bowen and two COM
panicns, who attempted a rescue,
were themselves overcome by the
afterdanp and perished.
An enormous watersrout coming
swiftly in from the sea caused serious
damage at Genoa, Italy. Many houses.
In the vicinity of the Piazza del P0-
polo were unroofed. A large number
of persons were injured, but no one
was killed.
Hundreds Of houses we're washed.
away, thousands of cattle drowned and
immense dan'age done by flood in
the state of TabascO, Mex. Two per-
sons are known to nave perisbed, but
the loss of life is expected to be much
heavier.
The mutiny in the Greek navy 10
at an end. The government has taken
formal possession of the arsenal. tho
leaders surrendering. The ringleaderx
have been ordered into solitary con-
fncn,ent and will be courtmartialed.
One Thousand and thirty-eight per-
SONS were condemned to death in Eth.
ropean RusSia during the first nina
months Of the present year and AT
Of them were executed.
Vital statistics for the first efx
months Of the prescnt year show an
excess Of deaths over births in France
Of 28,205. In 1908 the excess Of
deaths was 1O,5OS.
Senor DR.. Don Radolfo Espjnosa,
minister from Nicaragua to the Unit
ed States, has resigned
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

With the expressed opinion that the
present policy Of the United States
In the Far East IL being shaped sole
~ in the interest Of group Of Wall
street financiers and that no possible
benefit 20 the nation at large can re-
suit from it Henry George, Js.. SON OF
the great single taxcr and publiclst.
declared that trouble is certain to re-.
suit which will end In the American
navy and army being called on to llght
the private battles Of the American
,nonicd interests under the suise Of
''urholdtng American HONOR
Jack johnson and James ]. Jeffrtes
for the uGsro insisted that as pres
ent champion his name should 60
tirst-signed articles in New York
binding them to fight forty-five or
more rounds tt, .fnish not later than
July S, 1910, tfloye. the club Offering
the best financial inducement, the win.
ner tc take side let Of $4,000 and
IS per cent CT the purse, the loser to
take ~ per cont.
John r. Walsh, the aged Chicago.
banker, will not be committed to q
federal prison at once. The applica-
tion for bis commitment made by
United States District Attorney Sims
was denied by. the federal circnit conr.
OF appeals, which rules that he re-
main in Chicago at liberty unde.
bonds pending an attempt to appeal
his case to the supreme court az the.
United States.
Calvin 4t.wdsy, q negro porter ut
Bismarx, ~. D.. vas the winMcf se
the first ch,tace Of the choicest of the
lnGinn reservation lands IN South IVA
x.aa. II. r. nnshj3 either TO read or
write and signed HIS application with
. cross.
Stirred tn action by . number Ut
fiery speeches By the more aggressive
members the Iowa Equal Suffrage as-
sociation adopted resolutions favoTtpg
the lnilitan, methods adopted BY the
snifraget,es of England.
Likening Joseph q. Cannon to q
grim old wolf whose fangs are long
t1riteil States Senator la Toilette pub
iished lnotaer attack ON the speaker
in lest wenk's issue Of la Follette's
Magazine.
Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens has been
Reelected presiden. Of the National
w. C. T. II.
The price Of milk n New York city
has bean Increased spn 2 tss cents
per quart. s,sss b. A s '.55i
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
THE DEATH RECORD.

john Stewart Kennedy, lawyer,
financicr and philanthropist, died At
his home in New York city Of Whoop.
ing cough. He was within two months
Of hts eightieth birthday. Mr.. Ken.
nedy was a director Of many large.
corporations, including the Northern
Pacific Railway company.
Two bombs which exploded in ths
down town section Of Chicago caused
considerable damage to property and
created great excitement. Both eS
plosjons occurred In buildings. 0cc,i
pied by geMbling clubs.
General Oliver o. Howard, last Of
the Union commanders Of the Civil
war, In, dead at Burlington. Vt. Heart
disease was the, cause Of the noted
soldiers death. He WAS seventy.nine
years old.
Edwin 5teinhauser Of Pitrsburg, Il
member Of an cid family and worth
mere than 81. 10N. 900. killed himself
IN the American HOuss in that city.
Q cheap hotel, where he was unknown.
Colonel John D. Hopkins. the father
Of popular pri,ed theatrical perform
ances in the AfijdIe West. 10 dead in
st. Louis. He wes abc,it seventy.
nine years old.
Alfred r. Swiasford. sevenly-hyc
years old, sormerly Of Marquette.
Mich, is dead IT juneau. Alaska. Of
which territory he was a former Eov-
crnor. y,.s .ss, 3sS sii
Willus Britt, manager Of Stanley
Ketcbsl and one II the most spectac-
Sular figures Ia the pusi siliatic world. =
dead at San Franciscos
Henry Charles l.ea, widely known
6 On 4 author. bankss. scientific arsl
psibltshsr, is deal Il Phila adplpl 'aj
aged signty-fouF ysarl
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
TWO UNKNOWN MEN BLAMED
Coroner. Jury Returns Verdict In
Care Of Kenneth Mckenzie.

III OSSC
eve lind that Kenneth Mckenzie.
twelve yenrs old, came to his death
In a Fargo hospital Sunday, Oct. "a:
through burns inflicted by two un-
known men IN Aneta, Oct. 16."
This was the verdict of the coro-
ner.s Jury at Aneta. Two men arr.
held as suspects, but the nature of
the evidence against them is not mode
known. They ara strangers in Aneta.
The dead boy from beginning TO end
stuck to the story that two men
caught md held him, pouring oil from
the lantern the boy was carrying up
on hin. ani setting him cilrc. Ills
story wss strongly corroboratcd.
Detectives Will be secured by the
father. Simon Mckenzie. assisted by
the town authorities. to run down the
murtlerers.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
TEACHERS MEET ON MOUNTAIN
highest Point In Black Hills Scene Of
"sunrise Breakfast"

Deadwood. 8. D.. Nov. 3.-Nearly
700 teachers were present at the sec.
ond days session Of the annual con.
venticn of the South Dakota Educa-
tiol.al association in Assembly hall
at Eend; the teachers having early
arisen and driven to Terry peak.
where they enjoyed sunrise break
fast" on the mountain. Ono of the
most interesting features was the ad-
dress pf Or. Luther II. Gqlick Of
Rrook k!yn, president Of the National
Play Grounds association, who made
4 strong Plea for this feature Of .
child.s development.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
FIFTY ITALIANS HELD
up BY MASKED men
-Four Armed Bandits Secure
Nearly sl,50o.

Paterson, N. j., Nov. 3.-Fifty Ital.
fan laborers employed by a construc.
tion company on a trolley line and
housed in 4 shanty were held up by
four armed men and robbed of nearly
sl,50O.
The four bandits represented them
aselaes to 'be .effieers rof the govern
ment who had been sent to investi-
gate a report that liquor was being
sold. One by one the laborers were
called out of the barracks which they
occupied in common and securely
bound and gagged. The bandits es.
capped.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
ROBBERY PROBABLE MOTIVE
Three charred Bodies Found in Ruins
of BLrned Home.

Plnefields, w. Va, Nov. 2.-The
charrsd, bodies of three members of
the family of George Hood. an aged
white man. were found in the ruins
Of the Hood home at Harper. The
body Of Hood was removed while tue
fire was in progress. The house was
burned for the purpose, the police be-
lieve, of covering up a ouadruple mur-
der. Robbery is believed to have
been the motive.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
Married Three Days, Ends Life.

Northome, Mimi, Nov. 3.-The life
less body Of Nels Olson was found in
the woods seven miles west Of here
by searching party that had been at
work three days. A bullet hole
Though his head and SS-caliber re-
volvcr still clutched In the dead
mans right hand plainly told the
tragedy that had been enacted in the
lonely spot. Olson had been married
but three days.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
MUST CAPTURE GUILTY ONES
Chicago Detectives Warned to catel
Bomb 1hrowers or Resign.

Chicago. Nov, 3.--Following an or.
der from. Chief of Police Leroy T.
Steward that men responsible for the
hurting of bombs in the war between
gambling syndicates in Chicago must
be found Captain Stephen Wood, head
Of the city detective bureau, told the
members of his department that ii
they failed to get definite results in
the Investigation they should get out
of the bureau.
Captain Wood, in addressing his
detectives concerning the latest bomb
outrages of Sunday night, when two
buildings were wrecked, went further
in his threat and declared that, should
his department fail to run down the
perpetrators of the prolonged series
of crimes. he would resign as head Of
the detective bureau. ~
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
senator John,o, Len No win.

Tho late Senator Johnson of Pc.
tersburg. did mot leave will, and his
estate, which Is worth between &50. 900
and $60, ,O00 viii 60 through the pro.
hats court Of Nelson county, though
not for the purpose Of division among
the heirs. The step Will be taken N
e.dcr that the only insurance policy
carried by the diseased senator for
I q .OO0 may be settled UP. 4. Z
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
STATISTICS ON DIVORCE
SHOW Most Separations Occur In Fifth
Year Of Married Life.

New York, Nov. 3.-The National
League for the Protection Of the FAM
i,y hes issued a summary Of tire Unit
ed States marriage end divorce report
for 1YO9-the first report Of the kind
to cover the statistics Of the entire
country.
According TO the statistics, It Is the
nth year Of married life IN which
most divorces take place. The aver.
age length of married life before the
divorce or separation is 80 years.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
81, Paul Live Stock.

4 st. Paul, Nov. 2.-Cattle Good to
cAoice steerc, $S.75@7.50: fair TO good,
$5.O0t16.75; good to choice cows and
heifera, $t.:5GD5.2b; veals. $6.5007.O0.
.Iogs .4O97.76. Sheep Wethers.
$4.10G 4.26; yearlings. 347s66.00,
spring lambs, $6.0006e5.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
TAFT At COLUMBUS, MISS.
Elaporass Plans Of Entertainment Car.
ried Out.

Columbus, Miss. Nov. 3--At z a. M.
President Taft's train pulled out Of
J),lrant. where It had been since in
the morning. and rolled away toward
West Point. The stop at West Point
.was short ons snA the FIRST real
stop OF the day, was 1t this place.
where the president arrived at IL: 80.
An elaborate proxr,Immc had been
aTrangeI for his cntsrtajnnsnt hsse
and ne spent three touvs q the city.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
MELON FOR STOCKHOLDERS
Pennsylvania issue Of Seo,coo,0oo A.
lotted at Par.


lotted at Par.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3.-The directors
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
have declared stock allotment of %
per cent at par. After the meeting
President McCrea stated that this al.
iotment would raise about $50, ,000, 900.
sufficient to meet the $66,O01.0t'0 of
notes and $20.OOO.0J0 general mort.
gage bonds maturing during 1910, and
that all improvements to the property,
including the completion, Of the New
York tunnel extension and any new
equipment that the company may re.
quire during 1910, will be raid olt Of
the SURPLUS jncome and funds now in
the treasury Of the company.
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
cnica,o Grain and PrevlsIens.

Chicago. Nov. 2. Wheat Dec.
81. .0ltg1.o4,4; May. $1.03%; July,
a6sk kc.:: Corn .sss Nay. soAc:
July. 6b34c (lats-!lpc.. 393s sf39!I 9;
Nav, 41N G42c: July. 1874 D3SsSc.
Pork-Jan., 3l9.62h;; May 3lS.22; !.
Butter -C..sa,Drries. :lh @s2c; dair-
.As. 24t, :sc. Egss--1S02:c. Poultry
TURKEYS. 1lc; chickens. 1tIc:
The Washburn leader., 1909-11-05
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapoiis Wheat.
Minneapolis, Nov. 2.-Wheat-Dec.,
31.01A@1.0l%; May, $1.o3lz. On
track.-No. 1 hard. $1.04@1.0z3t; No.
1 Northern, s1.0s1s @1.o4: No. 3 North
ern, $i.O11sSy1.02.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26
Swift & Company.

The great meat packing house
of Swift & Company last Monday
established a branch of their esta-
blishment in Winfield. 1t is
located north of the Louisiana &
Arkansas railroad depot. adioin-
ing the tracks of the road. where
shipments can be readily handled.
The house is under the manage
ment of Mr.. III. S. Haynes with
G. z. Martin as assistant. As
this town is great trading center
for the surrounding country, con-
venientIv reached by its several
lines of railroads, this branch of
the packing company will be con-
venient for prompt shipments.
1t will add another important
establishment to those already
established here.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26

Water Works.

For the benefit of the citizens
OF Winfield, will say, the water
works has been turned over to +.
commission composed of Messls.
e ii. Elliott. 5. j. Harper and
b. L.. Anderson with full author.
Ity ito manage the affairs of
same. We feel sure they will
do the best they can and
give all water connection that
want it. Water works, as a gen.
eral rule, is an expensive thing by
itself and | would ask that ali
take water, if possible, and at
once. The commission needs
your cooperation in this matter
and should have it.
L hope to get the finance COM
mlttee to make a report at the
next meeting of the council SO
that our people will know how
matters stand. >. ID. PACE,
Mayor.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26
Fire.

Last Monday night at 7:3O
Solock the fire alarm called the
fIn Company to the extreme
1rf,rn portion of East Center
1lpret. The residence of Mr..
zValter Hig6on had caught from
Affective fue while the family
~ 1t supper. The building
"a : portion of It's contents were
enosnmed. The fire was too far
ksyoad the waterworks limits to
= reached by the fire department.
7kDmgh the efforts of citizens
"a The 6remen a portion of the
Inrpiture was saved, ard the adj
i1ipe residence of Mr.. l.. I'll.
akl~in kept from igniting.
8 oi3anately there was no wind at
- time. The building was valued
8 ID, 900 and the furniture $400,
nrvd for 81, 900 in the w. NJ.
Usnpbell agency.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26
Death Of a Farmer.

Died near Winfield, March
%. 1909, of pneumonia, Mr.. Owen
ii. Myrick, aged 50 years.
The deceased was farmer and
had resided near here for several
years. He was born in this State
and reared a family. He belonged
to that sturdy class of farmers.
who ;have made the prosperity of
this section. and was characterized
By those qualities which mark the
good and useful citizen. Sympa-
thy is rendered the family in their
sorrow and bereavement.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26
Laundry Notice.

The Excelsior Laundry Co., of
Shreveport. has put in a branch
office at winfield and has sent
Mr.. Burt Stell from the city to
take the management of same.
This Company is going up to be
the largest in the South, and has
several different departments.
They do cleaning. and dying,
reblocking and cleaning of hats.
Phone Mr.. Stell at 95 for prices,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26

I69 remarkable mineral water
1Efkt Pace Oil Well has assumed
I {fnite form for the cure of the
io1Dd. Mr.. J. nj. Barrow has
o1ted bathing house at the
~ sc feet long that contains six
~ rooms equipped with appsr-
~ Tor shower and other baths.
~ water flows through pipes
DeAed to each bath room direct
Zou the well and is quite warm.
y onalysis of this water shows
Z is strongly impregnated
> heavy infusion of sulphur.
nagnesia and sulphuric acid.
= almost black after coming
- the pipes. 1t comes from a
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1909-03-26
Catholic Services.

A card from Father Blain, of
Colfax, announces that there will
be mass at the Court House in
Winfield on Friday, March 26,
and also a lecture at the same
place in the evening. The public
and Catholics especially are in
vited to attend.