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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
nm NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From vari-
GUS Parts Of the State.
DECIDES AGAINST STOCKWELL
Court Holds He Was Nc: En-
titled to Fees.

Judge G. F. Templeton handed down
q decision at Grand Forks for the
plaintiff in the case of the State We. w.
L. Stockwell, state superintendent of
public instruction, in which the state
brought suit to recover about $4,000,
which covered the amount of fees the
defendant had appropriated as part of
his salary. Through Attorney General
Miller the state brought suit against
Stockwell, claiming that a state officer
had no right to use the fees that came
into his Office as a part of his salary.
Judge Templeton held that Section
"a of the North Dakota state constitu.
ton was self-executing. After fixing
the salaries of the various state Off
Gals, the section says:
"But the salary of any Of the said
officers shall not be increased or di.
minished during the period for which
they shall have been elected, and all
fees and profits arising from any Of
the said offices shall be covered into
the state treasury"
The case attracted great attention
throughout the state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Dispatches received from DIR. ]. M.
Ctarcot, leader of the French Ant
arctic expedition. now at Punta Arenas
on its return trip, states that while the
expedition failed to break the record
of Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton, who
came within Ill miles of the South
pole, it made valuable discoveries of a
scientific nature and was altogether
successful" as DR.. Charcot put it.
A verdict of $4,000. said to be the
largest ever rendered in an alienation
suit, was awarded to Mrs. Charles G.
Hendrick of Brooklyn against Laura
Biggar, the former actress, accused Of
alternating the affections of Mrs. Hen.
bricks divorced husband, DR.. Charles
c. Hendrick. Mrs. Hendrick sued for
100000.
Word has been received in Balti.
more by cable that Mr.. and Mrs. An.
thony Drexel, who r in London, had
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Margaretta, to Guy Mon.
tague George Finch atton, Viscount
Maidstone, and heir to the earldom Of
Winchelsea and Nottingham.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota,
q member of the senate committee on
finance and as such one of the trainers
of the new tariff law, will undoubtedly
be named a member of the senate com.
mittee that is to be created for the
purpose of making an inquiry into the
cost of living.
Formal announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Eleanor Robson, the &C.
York banker, has been made to a wide
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
NEWS OF World:
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

In a driving snow storm the Nor.
issey line steamer Belle of Bends
crashed into the bar at Filters Land.
ing, Miss, with such force that the
big boat was driven half way across
the bar and almost broken in two.
A panic among the passengers fol.
lowed and many had to be. forcibly
restrained from throwing themselves
into the Mississippi.
Three men are dying and five 9th.
ers are seriously injured as the result
of the dropping of an elevator six
stories in the plant Of the Simmons
Manufacturing company at Kenosha,
Wis, T%hirty-five men we're riding in
the elevator when it fell.
While a score OF workmen we're
warming themselves in the boiler room
of Pincing's saw mill at Crump, Mich,
waiting for the whistle to start the
days work, the boiler exploded, killing
six of the men and injuring all the
others.
An unexplained explosion in mine
No. l of the Stearns Coal company at
Stearns, KY, killed six men outright.
1t is thought that the victims ran into
a pocket of gas. which ignited when it
came into contact with their lamps
Fire which destroyed the farmhouse
of Hubert H. Hayes, two miles from
Burton village, o., cost the lives of
his invalid wife and her nurse and
brought probably fatal injuries to Mr..
Hayes.
While digging in a sand pit about
ten miles northwest of Brookings, S.
d., Theodore johnson and Nels Nelson
were killed and three other workmen
seriously injured by a cavein.
Boston's beef supply was nearly
"cornered" by a fire which destroyed
approximately half a million dollars
worth of property at the Brighton
stock yards.
Miss Bessie Ryan of Hinsdale, Mass.
was killed and thirty persons were
injured in an electric car accident at
that place.
Fire which threatened the business
center of Lancaster, Pa, caused dam
age estimated at $780, O0.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
ONE MILLION ACRES OF LAND
May Be Thrown Open to Settlement in
North Dakota.

May Be Thrown Open to Settlement in
North Dakota.
One million acres of lands in the
Fort Berthold Indian reservation
will be thrown open to settlement If a
bill introduced by Representative Han
ma becomes a law. The bill is drawn
with a view to safeguarding the inter-
ests of the Indians, but in doing this
no h%ardships are imposed upon pros
pective settlers.
There will be established a demon
stration farm, covering a section of
land, in order to promote agriculture
among the reds.
twenty-five thousand dollars is pro-
vided for the construction Of buildings
and purchase of stock.
Sections 16 and 36, aggregating 49,
900 acres, will be coded to the state
for school purposes. Three sections OF
the land, embracing the ruins Of old
Fort Bertholdt, Indian village and
burial ground, will be converted into a
national park. The timber on the res
ervation will be reserved for use of In
dams, while coal will be protected and
sold later and the proceeds deposited
in the treasury to the credit of the
tribe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.

With a Republican majority of fifty
five in the house last March the postal
s%ubvention bill was defeated by three
votes. This year, in the ouinion OF
many unprecedented representatives
the Humphreys ship subsidy measure
will suffer the same fate, but by q
greater margin.
The federal incorporation bill. which
has been.introduced in congress. is not
to be pressed for passage at this SEES
sion.' il the bill should be passed Pres.
ident Taft has stated his willingness
to stand as its sponsor and to take the
responsibility for having recommended
1t.
Seventeen pension agencies are
wiped out by the appropriation bill re-
ported by the house committee on pen.
siOns by the simple method of making
no provision for the payment of the
salaries of the agents and other ex.
penses incident to their maintenance.
One million acres of land in the
Fort Bertholdt Indian reservation in
North Dakota will be thrown open to
settlement If a bill introduced by Rep.
resentative Hanna becomes q law.
The Bennett white slave" bill, reg.
ulating the traffic In immoral alien
women, was passed by the senate
practically in the same form as passed
by the house.
An investigation of the causes Of the
high prices Of the n~ecessaries Of life
was provided by the passage Of q res.
olution for that purpose by the senate.
One million dollars will be appro.
priated by congress at this session for
the Improvement Of the Upper Missis'
sippi river.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
FOREIGN NEWS.

Driven helplessly from her course
in one of the widest storms that has
swept the Mediterranean sea in forty
years the French Transatlantic
Steamship company's steamer Gen
eral ChanZy crashed at full speed in
the dead of night IN the t~reacherous
reefs near the island of Minorca and
all but n of the 157 souls on board
persisted.
Sultan Mulai Hafid's alcalde and his
escort of soldiers were massacred at
Taznit. Morocco. where they had gone
to enforce the collection of objection.
able taxes. The sultan will now send
a punitive expedition to Taznit empow.
cred not only to collect taxes but to
demand redress for the massacre.
The French foreign Office has an
nounced that the four protecting pow
ers, France. Russia, Italy and Great
Britain had reached a complete agree.
ment as to the representation to be
made to Crete concerning the partici.
pating of the island in the forthcom.
ing Greek parliament.
1t has become known that President
Fallieres of France is in extremely
poor health and that he will resign his
Office o. May Is. French statesmen
predict that M. Fallieres' predecessor.
M. Loubet, will succeed him.
The condition of the empress of Rus.
STA, which has been known for some
time to be critical, is reported to have
grown worse and she is said to be un-
able to recognize her husband aud
children.
The improvement. in the condition
of King Gustave of Sweden. who re-
recently was operated on for appendi-
citis, continues. He is constantly
gaining In strength and recovering his
appetite.
The Manitoba government has an
nounced its policy t" establish govern
ment owned abattoirs to Offset high
prices and the monopoly created by
the meat trust.
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan of
Turkey, made an unsuccessful attempt
to commit suicide by hanging in his
prison palace at Salonika.
Eighty. persons were killed by the
eruption Of the volcano Poas in Costa
RIGA,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
mIKL MAKES A CONFESSION
Admits That He Killed Child and
Wife.

Admits That He Killed Child and
Wife.
Frank Milk, who was convicted of
murder in the second degree at Graf
ton, made a complete confession of
guilt.
Quarrels over parentage of a. two.
year.old boy led up to the murder Of
the child on Christmas day, and when
Mrs. Mikl threatened to nave him ar
rested he also attacked her and choked
her to death in the anne manner that
he had done away with the child.
The confession means that Mkt will
be given a second trial, this time for
the killing of the child, and, If con-
victed, he will receive either a life
sentence or death on the gailows.
The jury was charged by Judge
Kneeshaw and returned a verdict four
hours later, finding Mikl guilty Of mur-
der in the second degree.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
pemented Man . suicide.

Thomas Thorson, the clerk of court
Of Ramsey county. cut his throat with
a razor. He left the house in the
morning apparently In his usual mood.
When he failed to appear at noon his
daughter became anxious and instftut-
ed q search. His body was found in q
barn on the back lot. He had cut his
throat from ear to ear. It is believed
the suicide was a result Of q sudden
At Of insanity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
KID TRAILER FOUND GUILTY
Jury Returns Verdict In Ho%rsesteaIIne
Case.

The jury in the case Of the State
vs.. kid" Trailer, alleged ~horsethief.
brought In a verdict finding the de-
PENDANT guilty Of horsestealing in Will
Jams county. 1t is understood a mo-
ton for a new trial will be made on
the ground of an error in the opening
remarks Of the states attorney, in
which he is alleged to have mentioned
the fact that the defendant was not
placed on the stand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
LABOR. MEMS.

Ey q reported vote Of 3.O07 to 81
switchmen members Of the Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainmen Of eighteen
Chicago railroads decided in favor Of a
strike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-25
Two chlidrsn Perish Il. Firs.

While James Ellenberger and wife
Of .McClusky we're attending q funeral
IN 4 church their two children, aged
six and two years. were burned to q
crisp IN their home. The IRE II be.
lieydd I 8have been caused by matches
with which the elder child was play.
Ing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

extent warranted by her known min
eral wealth.
The total value of the mineral pro-
duction of the territory since produc-
tive mining began, in 1880, exceeds
$147,000,000.
The known mineral wealth of in
land Alaska is embraced in the two
copper bearing belts of Copper river,
lying 100 to 800 miles from tidewater;
the Boring river coal fields, % miles
from the coast of Controller bay and
100 miles from a good harbor on
Prince William sound; the Matanuska
coal fields, $50 miles from an ice-free
port on the Pacific, and the Yukon
placers, from 400 to 600 miles by
feasible railways routes from the Pa
cific tidewater by high, snow-covered
ranges, broken, however, by several
river valleys.
The full development of the mineral
wealth of inland Alaska must await
improvement in means of communica-
ton, which will need to be of very
radical character.
Thanks to the Alaska road commits
sion, and in lesser degree to local
enterprise, much has been accom-
plished in the way OF road and trail
building. Much, however, remains to
be done, for in this territory, en-
bracing nearly 100000 square miles,
there are only 542 miles of wagon
road, 397 of sled road, and 255 Of trail.
The coastal service of ocean vessels
and the river transportation systems
of the Yukon and it's tributaries are
being much improved. In addition to
this, steamboats, have been, placed
on Copper and Sushitna rivers. Local
transportation facilities have also
been greatly bothered by short lines
of railway, such as those at the White
pass, at Fairbanks, in Seward PENN
sula, and the Copper River railway,
which now extends from Cordova for
about 70 miles inland.
All these improvements in means
of communication, together with the
military telegraph lines, wireless sta
lions and long distance telephone sys-
TENS, have done much to advance the
mining industry. They can, however,
be regarded only as supplementary to
a system of railways, which alone can
make available the mineral wealth of
extensive areas. In fact, they serve
to emphasize the inadequacy OF the
existing transportation systems. The
industrial demands for better COM
munication can be met only by rail-
ways which shall connect the mineral
deposits with open ports on the Pa
cific seaboard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

M EW YORK.-Three weeks on lin
~ tied diet in an endeavor to repair
the internal damage done by a runa-
way appetite couldn't obliterate the
memory Of three-inch steaks and milk
Ied clans and all the while that James
McGowan sat in front Of mirror in
the Memorial hospital at Orange
watching his waistline assuming
Polaire proportions his mind kept re-
verting to menu cards he had met. He
talked constantly in his sleep, the bur-
zen OF his oratory being with mush-
room 20 cents EXTRA" and dishes
marked x are ready"
Try as he would he could not erase
recollections of times when he had
compelled the cook to beg for mercy.
he read whole reams of antifat fiction
and did everything possible to dis
courage his appetite, but it wasn't any
use. For breakfast, luncheon and din.
ner he has been allowed walnut, a
sprig Of lettuce and ten drops of d.
iuted water He tried hard to con-
vince himself that he was overeating
and begged the hospital authorities to
cut the menu to one course.
But his dreams were haunted with
sides Of beef, acres Of French fried
potatoes and showers of gravy. He
stood 1t as long as he could, but yes
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Trials of Girl at the Music Counter

SOA6.
Whereat the music counter girl
whirled on her stool, dashed of few
chords on the piano and looked around
just in time to catch the eye of an
old gentleman who was studying list
attentively. Hesitatingly, he asked:
Il want to get list of songs-here
they are" he began. Then there en-.
sued a long search for them. The
songs were old ones and they weren't
on hand, SO the old gentleman asked
if the lady would play over a dozen or
so in order that he might match 'em"
as near as possible.
Large store managers realize that
the people at the average music coun.
ter are busy, hard-worked individuals.
There are so many things to contend
with aside from the knowledge re-
quired of music lists, and the ability to
play the piano. That is why the sales.
man and saleswoman in this depart.
ment average higher wages than al
most any others in the whole store.
And it is said to be the most tire.
some Job imaginable. Young lady
taking music lessons, imagine how it
must be to play the plano all day and
for other people, strangers, day after
day, until you almost 60 wild. Wouldn't
like that sort Of job, would you? 1t
seems novelty to the uninitiated, but
so sick of playing does the salesgirl
become after she has had week of
It that she is only too glad to take a
lob any place else in the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Tho Mecca of the Fat.

Marienbad is place of special in.
terest to English people, for King Ed
ward had deserted Homburg, where
for SO many years he did his summer
cure, and every August saw him in
stalled in the Church square at Ma
rienbad and prepared to follow out
the somewhat severe regime of the
place. Twenty years ago this famous
watering place was scarcely known to
foreign people, although it is nearly a
century since it was visited by so
great man as Goethe The springs
are owned by the Abbey of Tepl, a
large monastery some miles away,
and the good brothers evidently did
not understand the art of advertise.
ment, for the place remained prac-
tically unknown outside German
speaking countries until recent times.
But doctors began to find out how
useful its waters were to the man who
loved his dinner and to the lady whose
figure had lost It's lines, and nowadays
1t has become the Mecca of the fat
Wide World Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

Anew YORK.-M. Bourke Cockran's
" eloquence won the acquittal in the
court of general sessions of Victor Mel
son, negro, accused of the murder on
March % last of Claude Humphreys,
another negro. Cochran was assigned
to defend Nelson by Judge Malone.
The jury gave its verdict at 8:45 p. m.
All Its members requested Mr.. Cock
ran to give them copy Of his address
In defense of his client.
II can scarcely expect you to treat
this negro like a peer. Then treat him
like a dog" said Cochran in his sum-
ming up Of the case. Eyes, treat him
like a dog, If you must. A dog that
bites wantonly we kill, but dog that
bites in defense of his own masters
home we protect. Men have given
their lives in defense Of such dog.
Give my client the SAINT shift you
would give such dog"
It was the theme OF Mr.. Cockran's
two hours of oratory in behalf Of the
prisoner that Nelson had shot and
killed Humphreys in self-defense. The
evidence shows that Humphreys had
been killed by a bullet that entered
his body and travelled in an upward
course.
Mr.. Cochran said that this fact abso-
lutely proved the truth of his clients
testimony that he had been kicked
down three steps by Humphreys, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
Cubs Mascot Tanned After Wild CHASE

Pretty good team we have, eh?"
asked the Cub fan OF the Sox sup
porter, who was brushing the dust
from his clothes.
"Oh, I don't know"
well, that was our mascot. And
the team is travelling about as fast az
Bruno, added the Cub rooter.
Then the team Is going some," ad-
mitted the Sox fan as he turned and
watched the bear mascot disappear in
a cloud of dust.
Bruno, closely followed by the small
army of pursuers, continued to fight
everything that came his way, until,
bleeding from dozen flesh wounds,
the animal fell exhausted at West
Adams and Morgan streets.
The cub was penitent, and showed
no desire to romp and play until one
of the club officials had tied red
ribbon about its neck. Then Bruno
frightened up, but did not try to es-
cape again. The cub was to make its
first public appearance at the West
side ball grounds as mascot Of the
Tubs In the afternoon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

CT. LOUIS.-"Young woman" said
u motherly individual, holding two
small children in her weary arms.
will you play When the Roses Bloom
Again for me, please?"
The music counter young woman,
perched on her stool, selected the
piece mentioned among heap of 9th
ers and prepared to reel 1t off.
The shabby woman listened atten-
lively until the last notes died out
She ogled the children in the mean
time.
Thank you very much." she said,
and strolled slowly off.
There" grumbled the girl behind
the music counter, that is only one Of
the things that we've got to put up
with. There are hundred others, and
as soon as can get in the ribbons I'm
going to get out of the music, once and
for all. The work is worth twice as
much as any other job In the store.
People think that you are there to en-
terrain the public instead of to sell
goods. I feel safe in saying that fully
65 per cent. of the people who ask for
a concert do not buy single ten-cent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

NHICAGO.-Bruno, a black cub bear
u late of Montana, mascot of the
Cubs baseball team, was tanned few
days ago.
Brmto escaped from his cage home
IN the basement of the Monroe club,
West Monroe and Green streets, and
ran amuck on the West side, creating
q panic among pedestrians and chill
dren, swapping at cats, growing at
chickens, and attacking stray dogs.
Two baseball fans" were in the
midst of heated argument over the
merits of the Sox and Cubs when
Bruno, running at full speed and pur-
sued by score of club members. Pc
destrians. policemen and children,
rudely upset the Sox fan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24
ONE Woes of Diet Treatment Victim
to All Readers

terday morning at precisely a quarter
of four o'clock, after the last of a regi-
ment of savory squads had marched
directly under his nose. each SQUAD
carrying julienne potato for mus
ket, he sat up in bed and in clarion
tones demanded that the nurse bring
him two yards of porterhouse steak,
half peck of French fried potatoes
and such vegetable brick-a-brack as
might be necessary to accompany the
steak on its journey.
Nothing doing in the steak line"
said the sleepy nurse. go back to
bed and I'll give you another walnut"
I'm done with walnuts," said Mr..
MCGOWAN. 1--WE eaten so many I'm
beginning to feel like squirrel. It's
James for little broiled cow and fix
ings"
The nurse assured him that it was
against the rules to allow diet patients
to break training. She left the room
just then and her patient embraced
the opportunity to take himself by the
hand and make a dash for freedom
and regular food.
Policemen McManus and Almond
saw the white-robed figure and sneak
ed up behind it with drawn clubs. Be-
lieving it to be the ghost Of some
misguided commuter, they were get
ting ready to soak it on the head
when MIR. MCGOWAN saw them.
"GenAlemen," he pleaded, have pity
on me and get me something to eat"
What you need is something to
wear" said McManus. What do you
mean by frightening two honest po-
licemen out of a nights rest with your
night-shirt drill?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-24

undertake by anthracite ana wv
square miles underlaid by bitumlnous
COAL The coal bearing rocks trend
to the northeast into the unsurveyed
high ranges, and it is quite possible
that there may be an extension OF the
coal fields in this direction.
Coal beds varying from 6 to 20 feet
In thickness are exposed in this region,
with some local swellings, giving a
much higher maximum thickness. In
quality the Goals vary from an anthra-
cite, with "a per cent. of fixed carbon,
to a semi-b, luminous, with "A per cent.
of fixed carbon. and include some va
rieties that will coke. There has
been much prospecting of these Goals,
but in the absence of railways no
mines have been developed, though a
small output from one bed has been