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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

.LIEEaEhENL EEL
Fire that broke out en- the northern
water front at Seattle during a hurri-
cane was carried by the wind to- dis
trict to the eastward thickly covered
by wooden buildings and in a short
time twenty acres were ablaze. caus-
ing q loss Of. 1000, 900 and rendering
500 people homeless. The fire de-
stroyed all the buildings on SIX city
blocks and picked out a wooden house
here ana there in the surrounding
district not entirely fire swept.
The bodies of Miss Dolores Sunol,
daughter, Of the late Antonio sunol Of
barcelona, Spain, q pioneer million
aire. land owner Of San Jose, Cal, and
Mrs. Frances Sunol Lintell Of Eureka,
Cal, author and linguist. were found
under an overturned automobile near
ssansJose.
Twenty persons were injured, two
probably fatally, and q score Of farm
houses. besides numerous other struc-
lures, were demolished by q tornado
which swept through . portion Of
Smith county. Tex. and the edges Of
sad1oining counties.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
CONGRESSIONAL D0lKGs.

A & E nAE 'M-A
The house refused to agree to the
senate railroad bill ard the measure
was sent to conference. The vote was
close, but the day was saved for the
regular Republican organization by six.
Democrats ~ Representatives Fitzger-
aid, Harrison, lGoulde1 and Goldfogle
of New York and Underwood and
Craig Of Alabama. I.
The postal savings bank bill has.
passed the house .Ey a vote of 1875 to
1O1. All the Republicans and twenty.
two Democrats supported the measure.
Under the provisions Of the bill de-
posts Of any one individual cannot
exceed $500 and 65 per cent Of Aide.
posts are to remain In banks.
a deadlock has developed between
the two branches OF congress on the
question OF having the government
pay for the keep Of the autos used ~
vice President Sherman and Speaker
Cannon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

tague George Finch-Hatton, viscount
Maidstone. The wedding took place
in fashionable st. Margaret's church
at Westminster.
Permission has been refused Oscar
Hammerstein, the theatrical manager
Of New York, to visit Russia. 1t was
Mr.. Hammerstein's original intention
to visit st. Petersburg to secure Rus
sian dancers.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the International Woman's Suffrage
association, who recently underwent
a serious operation in New York city,
is pronounced out of danger by her
physicians.
Former President Roosevelt deliv-
cred the Romanes lecture at the Uni
versity of Oxford and the university
conferred upon him the honorary de-
gree of doctor of civil law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
News Of the Week From varI-
Gus Parts Of the State.
TAXES ON RANCH CATTLE
important Case Pending in Nc.
kenzie County.

Mckenzie county has a claim aggre.
eating about $4,000 for. delinquent per.
sonal taxes on a bunch of ranch cattle
supposed to belong to J. E. Phelan,
and SO assessed.
After due advertisement the of.
ficials assembled on the reservation
and rounded up about 400 cattle,
which they proposed to sell for taxes.
They were stopped just as the sale
was commencing by an officer bearing
an Injunction signed by Judge Goss
Of Minot, acting for Judge Crawford
Of Dickinson, restraining the sheriff
from selling Oh otherwise interfering
with the cattle.
It isanow said that the cattle belong
to thesSpringvale Cattle company, Of
which, p. Phelan is president. The
matter will go to the courts and will
be watched with great interest, as sew.
eral counties in what mas been unor.
ganized territory have been unable to
collect taxes on ranch cattle, and even
the state has been unable to collect
taxes in unorganized territory.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Charles R. Heike, the white haired.
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
dning company. was convicted at New
York on one count Of an indictment
charging conspiracy to defsaud the.
government Of customs dues on sugar.
Ernest w. Gerbracht, former superinl-
tendent OF the Williamsburg refinery,
was convicted on all six counts. For
James +. Bendernagel, former cashier
OF the refinery, the jury stood seven
to i've for acquittal. He will be tried
again.
The federal grand jury at Washing
ton has returned anindfctment against
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany charging It with forty-two VIC
lations OF the bucket shop law q
March 4, 1909. The charge dc made
that the Western Union company, BY
means Of a telegraph wire and ticker,
aided and allotted the conddct Of
bucket shop i the District q g J
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

President Taft declined to receive
Representative Francis Burton Harri-
son (Dem, N. ", who called at the
White House in company with two
representatives to introduce q
number of Jewish rabbis who took up
with the president the question of the
expulsion of Jews from Russia. Mr..
Taft based his refusal to see Mr.. Har-
flson on statements attributed by
newspapers to the representative in
connection with his resolution in the
house calling upon Attorney General
Wickersham for full information as to
the connection of his. office with the
Ballinger-Pinchot episode.
A deed of reconveyance has been
recorded at Pittsburg which practi-
cally returns to Alice Thaw, sister of
Harry Thaw and formerly Countess
OF Yarmouth the marriage dover that
was executed at the time of the we'd
ding of Miss Thaw to the Earl of Var
mouth in 1908. The properties in
volved produced an income of $780,
900 a year.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has
turned homeward, he and his family
sailing from Southampton, Eng, on
board the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria,
which is due to arrive in New York
on the morning of Saturday, June 10.
Miss Margaretta Drexel, daughter of
Anthony j. Drexel. the millionaire
banker of Philadelphia and London,
was married, at London to Guy Mon
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
LABOR NEWS.

An increase in wages, amounting to
more than $4,000 per year. and a de-
crease in the working hours have
been granted to the telegraph opera
tors of the Southern Railway by the
arbitrators appointed under the Erd-
man act to mediate the differences
between the railroad company and its
2,1OO telegraphers.
Nearly 900 delegates. representing
967 lodges Of the Brotherhood Of Lo.
connective Firemen and Enginemen, AZ.
sembled at the Auditorium in st. Paul
and for the next three weeks or Q
month will devote their entire time u
the discussion Of plans for the better
nsat q their service.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
FRED RINkER GETS AWAY
Escapes From Officer by Jumping From
Train,

Ht+HH -#." ..- udbus
Fred Rinker Of Bismarck, who is
also known as the millionaire kid"
escaped from Deputy Sheriff Barnes at
Mandan after having been arrested at
Miles City, Mont.
Rinker has had a spectacular ca
reer. Working in a Bismarck hotel as
q bell boy he declared last winter that
an uncle at Crookston, MIMI, had died
and left him a fortune of $25, 900. Later
the story vas proved to be without
foundation and the theft of a case of
cigars from the Northern Pacific
freight Office was traced to him, but
not until he had left the city.
He was captured at Linton while
working with a survey crew and
lodged in the county Jail to await trial,
but escaped in company with a former
convict. He was arrested at Billings
and was being brought to Bismarck
when his second escape was made.
While handcufed he jumped through
q window. He then went to the North
ern Pacific shops at Mandan and told
a story Of being held up and hand
cuffed by tramps: Employees in the
shops cut the chains between the cuffs
and Rinker thanked them and stated
that he was going to the police to have
the cuffs unlocked.
This was the last seen of him and a
reward of $3.50 has been offered for his
arrest.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
AND INDUSTRIAL

Ebert H. Gary. chairman of the ex-
ecutive board of the United States
Steel corporation. in an interview at
Chicago, predicted an increase in the
cost of living, a general wage advance
and an advance in the cost Of produc-
ZION of nearly all commodities.
The latest move to secure more
seyenue for the railroads IL q plan to
charge an excess fare Of / cent q mile
for all passengers riding IN Pullman
and parlor cars.
Hill interests have completed the
acquisition Of the Pacific and Eastern
railway in Oregon.
Chicago 10 to have . t~hirty-story
kotel. TO cost 35.o00.00o.t
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
NEWS OF WORLD.
Important Events Of the Week
in. Condensed Form
WASHINGTON NEWS.

A complete agreement between the
government and the recently enjoined
railroads OF the Western Trunk Line
association was reached at a White
House conference which lasted for
more than four hours. The railroads
represented agreed to withdraw all
rate increases filed, to be effective on
or after June 1, and agreed to file no
more increases until the bill in con-
gress, which gives the interstate COM
merce commission power to %investi-
gate and suspend increases that are
not justified, becomes a law and goes
into effect.
Attorney General Wickersham has
advised Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
that the department of justice has no
jurisdiction over the assaults, batter
les and acts of oppression which are
alleged in the federation's charges
against the United States Steel cor
poration. Those acts, the attorney
general declares, are within the juris-
diction Of the separate states in which
they have been committed.
AS the result Of President Taft's in
sistence that the railroad bill should
include some provision looking to the
control of the new issues OF stocks
and bonds by railroad companies it
was decided at a White House con-
ference that a paragraph shall be
added to the bill providing for a COM
MISSION to investigate and report at
the next session of congress the best
meal of dealing with this situation.
President Taft sent to congress a
special message asking that the rail-
road bill be SO amended as to give the
interstate commerce commission i'm
mediate power to pass upon the rea-
sonableness of a railroad rate, either
upon it's own initiative or upon COM
plant. The pending bill provides that
this particular feature of the bill shall
not go into effect until sixty days
after the bill is signed.
With the prospect of an early agree
ment in conference on the administra-
ton railroad bill Republican leaders
predict that congress will adjourn by
July 1. President Taft expects con
gress to get away by that time and he
is making his arrangements accord
ingly.
The president has fatty refused to
accede to a demand from the citizens
of Seattle, Wash, for the removal of
the Twenty-fifth infantry (colored) be-
cause a soldier is accused of assault
ing a white woman.
The Canadian government has indi-
| Gated to the secretary of state its de-
sire to take up as early as possible
the subject of the negotiation of a
trade treaty with the United States.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
POLITICAL NEWS.

President Taft will take the stump
this fall and contribute his share
toward a strenuous campaign to win
a verdict of popular approval for the
present congress and his administra-.
ton. The president has in mind to
deliver only three or four speeches,
however. He does not contemplate
a "swing around the circle" and activ-
ity such as he displayed during the
campaign two years ago. That would
be incompatible with the dignity of
the office he holds, according to his
views.
The conference of Taft Republicans
called in al attempt to break h
power of the progressive movement
in Wisconsin, which has enrolled in
it's ranks Senator La Toilette and
consin delegation in congress, met at
Milwaukee with delegations present
from all but three of the seventy-two
counties Of the state. Vice President
Sherman was present and made an
address.
With only five counties missing Gov
ernor Carroll Of Iowa a renominated
by the Republican primaries by a ma
jority of FOG votes. The missing Jul
ties are known as Carroll strongholds
and probably will bring his total up
to 1900 or 1000. Progressive Repub-
licans won in eight out of the eleven
congressional districts. Representa-
tive Hull was among the s%tandpatters
defeated.
Joseph G. Cannon has decided to
make an extensive speaking tour in
the coming campaign. Uncle Joe said
he had not yet decided on just what.
states he would visit, but that he
would go to a good many Of them
and do all in his power to bring about
the election of d Republican house.
The primary election in South Da-
kota resulted in the denomination Of
Governor Wesley by the Republicans
by a small margin. Congressman
Martin and Burke. %stalwarts, defeated
their progressive opponents for the
Republican nomination for congress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
JAMESTOWN CORNERSTONE

Elaborate Masonic Ceremonies When
Hall IL Formally Begun.
with the elaborate ceremonies of
the Masonic order the cornerstone OF
Sanford hall at jamestown college was
laid under the direction Of State
Grand Master H. D. Bendeke. There
we're representatives present from al
most all the lodges between Grand
Forks and Bismarck.
President Worst OF the state agri-
cultural college, who was scheduled
for. the principal address. was obliged
to leave on an afternoons train before
the ceremonies and mis- place on the
programme was filed by w. L. Stock
we'll. grand secretary Of the state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Dated at Washburns McLean county. North Dakota, this 18th ga OF Jun "a! ~ n III
e By Theodore Ser, Deputy.

Clarence c. Dinehart, state treas.
urer of Minnesota, died at st. Paul
following an operation for appended
tbs. He was thirty-three years Of age.
Professor Goldwin Smith, one of the
most distinguished educators and writ
ers of modern times. is dead at To-
ronto, Can, aged eighty-seven.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
secure Change Of Venue.

Jack Buooy,e and Pat Meehan have
been granted a change Of venue to
Bottineau county. The trial will take
place the last week In June or the
drst week 81 July. The defense pre-
sented copies Of articles IN Rugby pa
:nars and sixty-one afhdavits Of busl-
8 men and farmers Of Pierce coun
m III their acontention thattasfair trial
IL the defendants could not be had
insPierce county
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
POLITICIANS ARE ANXIOUS
Proposed Division May Affect Primary
Election Results. IT..

- NNH.- uSSegS "H r.
The politicians are decidedly anx-
ious as to the status of the
Burke and Renville county situation,
for, the question of whether or not
they will still be a part of Ward coun-
ty when the time for election arrives
is important to them. If the action
started in the district court by the
people Of Kenmare to prevent the
certiication of the matter delays
things materially the counties cannot
legally be formed until after June 49,,
on which date the primaries are held.
In that event people residing within
the districts, described as Burke and
Renyille county will vote for the can
didates on the Ward county ballot
just as though there never had been
any division.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
.Thr,, Hurt il Auto Accident.

Thrss Hurt Ia Auto Aeeldent
IN Z 4 auto accident near Minot ~
thur aUpham, Adolph sorenson and
RalphF Lafson received rather serious
injuries. Upham was given the most
serious Jolt, receiving . broken arm,
while sorenson sustained . pair g
broken ribs. The q struck 9 rock
vine they YER making fast time.
5oyerturning and causing danage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Official List Ct Pei. ions for Nomination

l. Paul S Meya Auditor ofM#Nr." c,".N rh Daku. do hereby certify that the with
and following is true list fte pemsm the lHmti political parties who have filed heir petition
im denominations and those whose peMhonsf for omiahth w. been certified om me by the Sec of State
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
BIG SHOW AT LYRIC.

"A refreshing vaudeville programme
OF unusual merit is being given at the
Lyric to packed houses this week.
Three big acts, all good ones, Of the
lively singing, dangling and monologue
variety. are being given and the ap-
Of the numbers Is being
shown by the increased patronage.
Bert Durand gives q monooGue dis
course. Overlooking with wit, he sings
some and dances better. He is all
right.
Miss Daisy Blaudin q dainty SOU
brette, is an. actress Of unusual force.
makes her singing and dancing go well
with the audience. y
Cooper and Brown are two dancers
as well trained as any ever seen here.
They also render songs in a very aG-
ceptabIe manner.
To forget dull care for an hour you
want to see this bill at the Lyric to-
night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
PERSONALS

0 q 49, .a7 + i Ia ~ "
Mr.. A. =. Donell5 has been in Titus
Vile, Pa. on several days business
visit. re eq'aa AIit
Miss Mary Williams. of Uniontown,
Pa, is the guest oefyierds in tho city
having come to attend the Cook Hos
pital commencement, Of which insti-
tuition she is a graduate. III
Miss Nola Nay, of Clarksburg, came
down this morning 70 spend Sunday at
her home on Walnut avenue.
John S. Martin, who had been a
visitor in the city the past week, re-
turned to his home at Oakland, Md,
last evening.
Miss Malissa Williams returned yes
terday afternoon from Clarksburg
where she had been the guest Of
friends for several days.
Mrs. j. M. Crane, of Kingwood, has
been a guest at the home Of Mrs. j.
.. Crane for several days.
Miss Blanche Corbin has returned
from Grape Island, where she attend
ed the Mcdonald Browse wedding on
Wednesday.
Miss Fanny Collins, of Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, formerly of Fairmont, is In FL
kins on a visit to her sister, Mrs. 9. G.
Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs R. E. Timbers, Of
Charleston, have gone to Washington,
ID. C., to reside.
Miss Evelyn Burns, who has been at
Mountain Lake Park, arrived in Nor
gantown last night and will remain
here Until Monday. Col. Burns and
his family are at Mountain Lake for
tho summer.-Morgantown New Do
mlnion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
nenr.en 4. Master Il Arts.

Rev. R. B. Whitehead. supply pastor
at the Temple will leave Monday morn.
ing for Adrian College where he will
receive the degree of Master Of Arts.
Last year Rev. Whitehead graduated
from oberlin Theological Seminary at
oberlin, Ohio, and has since been do
ing post graduate work. On Friday
night of next week, Rev. Whitehead
win attend the graduation exercises
of the oberlin High School from which
his daughter, Miss Alma, win gradu-
ate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
seIlInu the Farm.

So many farmers in middle life are
selling out and retiring that a word
OF caution seems necessary. The
chief reasons for this great movement
seems to be a scarcity Of suitable
farm labor, the lack Of a son who has
a liking for agriculture, a longing
for a lvelier life on the, part of the
farmer or his wife and family or Just
common laziness. OF course. there
are reasons which would seem to JUS
tify the farmer in parting with his
land, but even though he may be
tired Of milking COWS plow ng, reap.
ing, sowing, in short, tired OF farm.
ing as an occupation, he should be
very careful lest he make a mistake
in parting with his farm to, retire to
engage in some mercantile business
in his home town, says Practical
Farming. The man who said that
success seldom comes to a man after
middle Life If he has failed at some-
thing else gave us some advice which
the would-be retired farmer should
consider. AS a matter OF fact, we
seldom hear Of a farmer retiring who
has been successful. He doesn't want
to sell his land; is happier there than
he could be elsewhere; is more indie
pendent and contented than he could
ever hope to be in some city or town
end, as he has been successful, Is
looked up to and respected in his
communl y. Every section Of the
country and every small town can lay
claim tosa few financial and agricul-
tiral wrecks who have sold their
farms after middle life, expecting to
live lives OF ease the remainder Of
their days. This dissipation Of the
hard earnings and savings Of % years
or more is often a sure road to the
poorhouse. To retire means capital;
to conduct mercantile business
needs capital and skill with salts
fed patronage. tits the sincere hope
OF the Practical Farmer that those
who are contemplating this step will
read this article and act upon its
advice. II any Of our readers are dis
sdtisaedwith farm life TOR any cause,
1t would be better toaglve the farm
in trust to some reliable party who
will take good care oft and them as
long as they live. Farm values are
sure to increase, and farm produce.
meats, grains. foodstufs and the like
must advance with the increase IN
population. a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
yesterday afternoon at their home on

yesterday afternoon at their home on
Falrmont avenue. The receiving house
we're from three until FIVE ari a large
number Of guests were entertained.
Last evening Miss Robinson was the
honor guest at a, dinner party at which
Misses Eva and Ida Conaway were
hostesses at the r. F. Watson. Gov,
ers were laid for Misses Robinson,
Hutton, Jessie and Edna Jacobs, Lou
Use Nichols, and Estelle Hamilton.
Miss Robinson who left on IA today
for New York Is a memberof the grad.
uating class Of the Normal School.
Yesterday she was awarded her dl
ploma in the Academic course.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-11
W. VU CONTEST
THIS evening
OLIVER sHuRTLEFE oF FAIR
MONT WILL COMPETE FOR
PRIZE m RECITATION.


i aioRC AisTolylS; june The ail-
Inual contest between the Columbian
and arshehons /. literary societies 81
the University ior honors n declaria-
ton; essay and ora ton viii 6e held a.
Commend cement han this evening be.
ginning al $50 d clock The contest
viii be- one d the most interesting ot
the events Of Commencement week.
and 4 large audience VIII hear the
young men and women who. have been
chosen csreptesent the socisties. The.
partisans 81 each society vim he on
hand in large numbers and viii cheer.
their representatives on. 70 victory.
The cash prizes offered for the win.
ners 60 to the societies and not to the
contestants The rogrammeis as toi..
lows
Declarations.
Cochran Vance Nero Conquered
by sienkiewiez.
Oliver shurtleif Richard III: 10
His Army BY Shakespeare.
Essays,
Miss Helen Blanche Vance "a
West Virginia Writer"
Miss Clara Selle Lyle Mark
Twain az an Exponent Of American