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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-01
At the Sign of the Moon.

You practically half what ordinarily
be irst-cIass respectMe ABSOLUTELY
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

As the result of one of the worst
train wrecks in the history of the
Butte division Of the Great Northern,
when the Burlington passenger train
en- route to Kansas City from Seattle
crashed into a stalled engine at Ju.
dith Gap, Mont, two are dead, ten in
jured and the greater part of the train
Of coaches is in splinters and ashes.
AS a result of the recent blizzard in
the East it is announced by the New
York police that fourteen lives were
lost in that city alone, while great suf.
fering was entailed, occasioned by the
tying up of traffic and the impossibility
of carrying food and clothing to the
needy poor.
William Foster, a pioneer Des
Moines architect and theatrical man.
and Louis Bemis of Spencer, Ia, aged
seventeen, who was a guest at the
Foster home, wer found dead from
asphyxiation in adjoining bedrooms at
the Foster residence.
Seven children, ranging in age from
two to ten years, were burned to death
at Sykesville, Pa, and three other per.
sons were perhaps fatally injured. The
fire, followed by an explosion of pow.
der, destroyed the house Of Stephen
Bronosky, a miner.
Belated Christmas packages and
other valuable express packages in
large numbers went up in smoke in a
fire which destroyed the American Elk.
press company's Office and storerooms
at New York, causing a loss estimated
at $4,000
Three people, two Of whom we're wo.
men, were killed and at least forty.
three injured when the Rock Island
passenger train NO. 3, the California
Special" was wrecked two miles south
Of Trenton, Mo.
Spencer Trask of Saratoga, N. Y.
one of the leading %financiers of the
United States, a killed by a freight
train running into the real of the New
York Central passenger train neay
Croton, N. Y.
Four men who went down in thd
collapse of the center span of the Nc
Kinley bridge at St. Louis were res,
cued in In exhausted condition after
q thirty-hour battle with death in the
ice foes.
Four men we're blown to fragments
at the Ollie Bell mine near Mineral
Point, Wis, by the explosion of $50
pounds of dynamite, which wrecked
the upper workings Of the mine.
Four men were killed in the No. S
mine of the Centralia Coal company
near Centralia, Ill. They were shot
firers and had gone into the mine to
fire a charge.
Five men we're instantly killed by
the explosion of a boiler at the new
plant of the Metropolitan Electric com.
pany at West Reading, Pa.
More than a score of persons were
injured, five of them possibly fatally,
in a fire which swept a big double ten.
ement in New York city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
TO TAKE PLACES OF
STRIKING SWTCHMEN
One Thousand. Additional Mel
for Affected District

st. Paul, Jan. president Frank T
Hawley of the Switchmen's union o
North America was informed Of a. re
port that 1000 str~ikebreakers were be
ing added to those now in the affected
territory in the Northwest. His only
comment was: g
"All right; let them come on" s
At the local strike headquarters
there was no apparent change in thu
condition. President Hawley still in
sists that no men have returned te
work in Butte, Mont, and Great Falls
and that traffic at the Head Of the
Lakes is tied up, with only rs per cent
Of the normal force working in Duluth
and practically not a wheel turning in
Superior.
The local strike leaders are await
ing such action as may be taken in
Washington following the conference
Of Chairman H. B. Perham with Unit
ed States Labor Commissioner Neil
and Chairman Knapp Of the interstate
commerce commission.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
BURIED UNDER FALLING WALL
Four FIremen Killed While Fighting
Blaze al Milwaukee.

Vi Blaze at Milwaukee,.
Milwaukee, Jan. 5.-The fire depart
ment has begun an investigation Of
the fire which practically destroyed
the American Bridge company's build
ing and in which four men lost theil
lives.
For some hours after the fire It waa
feared other firemen had persisted, but
an examination Of the ruins convinced
the fremen that only four men died
The dead are: Fire Captain JohI
Hennessy, Fire Lieutenant Dominic
O'Donnell, Pipeman William Foley
and Pipeman Joseph Sullivan.
The fire started in the machine shor
Of the plant and spread rapidly under
. terrific west wind. The victims
were members Of the first company; tt
reach the scene. Captain HennessJ
and his company were standing under
the wall Of the plant, playing q stream
on the flames, when the wind sent the
wall crashing down upon them before
they heard the shouts Of warning
from other aremen.
Thousands of tons of brick buriec
Hennessy and O'Donnell, crushing
them terribly, while Foley and Sulli
van were running out of range when
they were struck down.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
NOW HELD AS
Brother Of EngIevaIe Slayer Freed on
One Charge.

One Charge.
Samuel Cant was freed from one
charge, that of being an accessory by
aiding his brother. Daniel Cant, a.
legged murderer Of Lewis Maxwell at
Englevale, to make his escape. The
court, on motion of the states attor-
ney, dismissed young Cant, only to
have. him arrested as an accomplish
in the crime.
The death Of Maxwell occurred on
the afternoon Of Thanksgiving day.
Lewis Maxwell, who al intoxicated,
got into an alteration with Daniel
Cant, and called him vile names,
which Cant. who was a cowboy, re-
scented. Cant drew his revolver and.
despite the interference of Walter
Pharoah, who had cought him by the
arm, succeeded in firing the shot that
killed Maxwell. The testimony OF
Pharoah exculpated Sam, the nine,
teen-year-old brother, Of any overt
act, except that he placed his hand
under his coat as If to draw a revolt
yer when his brother Dan told him tn
shoot as he was struggling with Pha-
roah.
Sam Cant was captured in a straw.
stack lei Britton, S. D., but Dan
escaped.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

The foreign commerce of the United
States in the calendar year 1909 ex.
ceeded in value that of any earlier
year with the exception of 1907. The
imports were larger than in any pre-
vious year, while the exports fell
slightly below those Of 1906 and 1907.
Unless relief comes soon many of
the smaller towns Of Central Iowa will
face a coal famine within a few days.
C%onf1scation Of coal by the railroads
is responsible for the situation.
All records of production in this
country of copper, refined lead. spelte.
and tungsten wer broken during tho
year just c:.osed. according to a report
Of the geological survey.
Railroads Of the United States dur
ing 1909 constructed Bats, miles nj
new main track. which involved An
expenditure Of more than $4,000. 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
THE BEST APPLES.
Bonn. That You Will Recognize a. Old
Friends In This List.

Bone That You Will Recognize 40 o'o
Friends In This List.
North America is tie great apple pro
ducing region of the world. and Ne"
York leads all the other states IN tne
quantity grown. although varieties
quite as choice are produced In otnei
states, particularly Missouri, Oregon
and Washington. To have perfect
fruit the soil and, the climate condi
tons must be Of the most favorable.
A list of what may be called the bes'
apples-best in one sense or another
has been arranged. The list comprises
these varieties: The Belmont, Bethle'
mite, Bullock's Pippin, Cogswell, Early
Joe. Esopus, Spitzenburg, Full Wine
Garden Royal, Melon, Mother, Nortn'
ern Spy, Pomme Grise, Porter, Fri
mate, Red Canada, Summer Pearmain
Summer Rose, Swaar, Wagner and
Westfield. TO this list are added the
Baldwin and the Rhode Island Green
inp-two of the best known apples the
A-o
country over
Other popular apples include the GIL
lifower, V%andevere. Maiden's Blush
American Beauty. Fameuse. Pound
Sweet, Talman Sweet, Winespice, Bell
flower. Red Astrakhan. Pearmain, Au
tumn Bough, Roxbury Russell. Sops 0
Wine, King, Twenty Ounce. Hubbard
ston and Peach Pond Sweet.
The Pippin wherever found seems Il
be always well liked. But one Pipp1r
differs from every other. What ONT
state knows as Pippin another state
greets by quite a different name. Tht
Ben Davis, for instance. so known II
the middle west, is known in New
York state as a New York Pippin.
Almost every propagation of apples
has found, If his experience and his or
chards are extensive, specimens which
he thought entitled to such names a.
Seek No Further, Nonesuch and Sine
Qua Non, so that If one receives ar
apple bearing one Of these names II
Massachusetts it may differ exceeding
~ IrOu Oue VI lue SdAc AuAS oHS1Ss
to him in Wisconsin. But they are al
likely to be worth the eating If theil
grower has seen fit to honor them will
such names.
The longer apples remain on the
tree, unless the weather becomes too
cold to permit their exposure, the bet
ter the flavor and keeping qualities
The fruit that comes to perfection The
farthest north, as that in the Hoot
river region of Oregon, appears tt
have the finsst keeping qualities with
out deterioration in favor.
OF the varieties raised in the cas-
the winter russets keep longest with
out being put in cold storage and real
~ reach the full perfection of flavor
only late in the winter or in the early
spring.. 1t used to be considered
marvellous and almost an impossible
thing to keep apples over from the
fall till the first summer apples ap
peared. but with methods of cold
storage so extensively used as they
are now this is easily achieved an(
with far less deterioration in 6avol
than might be reasonably expected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
News Of the Week From Varl-
Gus Parts Of the State.
GRAND FORKS MAN ARRESTED
Greek Charged With Completely
in Alleged Frauds.

The trip pass sensation, as far as
the Great Northern is concerned, ap
pears to center around the arrest al
Grand Forks of A. Toscas, a Greek
overseer of the Great Northern for
that division.
Toscas was placed under arrest on
last Friday on a warrant sworn out
by Great Northern officials and spent
the night in Jail. He was given a
hearing in Judge r. j. Purcell's court
and is now out under $1,000 bond fur.
nished by A. F. Turner and Max Ra'
bonovich of Grand Forks. The charge
against Toscas is the obtaining OF
passes from the Great Northern and
selling them to Greek ,aborers under
his charge. Toscas defies the produc.
ton of evidence to this effect against
him and has retained Attorney George
A. Bangs to defend him in the hearing,
which has been set for Jan. z.
Rumors that more arrests would be
made have been afloat, but there
have been no developments, and those
in a position to know claim there will
be no more.
But the sensational part of the Tos.
cas- affair leaked out, and If rumors
prove true the whole alleged fraud
may prove to be a fasco. The claim
is made from a reliable source that
the whole affair is a conspiracy on
the part of opponents to secure, If pos
sible, the employment contract held
by the Western Employment agency
of st. Paul, which furnishes laborers
for railroads of the Northwest,
Part Of Alleged Conspiracy.
The arrest of Toscas, it is charged
IL part of this alleged conspiracy.
When seen Toscas laughed at the
charge that he had procured passes
and sold them to laborers.
Let them show where ] asked for
any passes," he said. Checks have to
be presented showing that a mar is a
laborer before passes can be secured
and l don't see where I could get any
passes in the way charged. However.
this will come out at the hearing"
Attorney George A. Bangs, who has
been retained by Toscas, has little to
say or the subject, but prophesied
some interesting developments in the
case. w
On the other hand railroad officials
claim that there has undoubtedly been
considerable graft. but the extent can
only be guessed at. 1t is alleged that
an effort was made by a Greek to
spring a trap on the Hubbard Employ
ment Agency when Fred Hubbard was
asked for a pass. Hubbard, however,
1t is said, refused to be drawn into
the net. It is believed a similar plot
was laid for Toscas, but with what
success will not be known until his
hearing on Jan. Z.
The case promises sensational de.
velopments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
ClllNNNAL NEWS.

A series Of manipulations Of trip
passes whereby 1t Is stated that the
Great Northern railroad has been de-
frauded Of from $125,0O0 to $4,000
Ea year for several years past was
brought to light through an investi-
cation conducted by a special agent
of the company. President L. W. Hill
refused to discuss the affair beyond
authorizing the statement that none
Of the company's high officials we're
implicated.
Five men who intended to rob three
banks and the postofice at Harrah,
Okla, ran into a posse headed by
United States Marshal Jack Aber.
nathy. AS a result two of the ban
dts are dead, one is in jail at Guthrie,
wounded, and two others are being
held in jail at Oklahoma City.
States Attorney Wyman's case
against alleged grating In the sale of
coal to the city Of Chicago bore its
first fruit when true bills were re-
turned against two officials of coal
concerns charging common larceny
and obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
Orville Snyder, who killed Arthur
Green near junction Bar, Ore, on Dec.
"a and who had given himself up to
the authorities, was taken from a dep
uty sheriff while on his way to the
county Jail by five masked men, who
shot him to death.
r The war of the Chinese tongs in
New York city has been renewed with
vigor, the latest victim being All Hoon,
q noted Chinese actor, who was for.
merly q member Of the Four Brothers,
which, however, he deserted for the
On Leong Tongs.
Wilfred Gibson, aged forty-eight
years, a resident of Munhall, Pa, shot
and killed his wife, seriously wounded
a son, fired three shots at his fleeing
daughter and then sent a bullet crash
ing through his brain, dying instantly.
Burglars, who used a wagon to haul
away their loot, stole diamonds, furs,
clothing and jewelry valued at more
than $4,000 from the home Of Charles
Kaufman in a fashionable apartment
building at Chicago.
Jerome M. Godfrey, the eighteen.
|year-old SOL of Congressman Harry M.
Coudrey of the Twelfth Missouri dis.
trict, shot and killed himself in his
apartments at the Buckingham club.
st. Louis. ii
Mrs. Mary Lipp of Cincinnati, aged
thirty-eight, attempted to cremate four
of her eight children while temporarily
insane. The lives of the tots were
saved by neighbors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
THE DEATH RECORD.

Ray Lamphere, thirty-eight years
old, the convicted slayer of Mrs. Belle
Guinness and her children, is dead in
the Michigan City Qnd.) p%enitentiary,
where he was serving an indeterminate
term for arson. Lamphere, on April
%, 1908, set fire to the Guinness home
near Laporte, Ind, and incinerated the
family. He had formerly been EN-.
ployed by Mrs. Guinness as a workman
on her farm. Following the fire the
bodies of several persons who had
been murdered by Mrs. Guinness were
unearthed in the farmyard.
Mrs. E. ]. Milhan, known through
out the country in Wild West shows
as the Cow GIRL" died at Ponca City,
Okla, from injuries received when her
horse fell upon her while she was
riding for q moving picture concern.
G. Noble, once the richest man in
Pueblo, Colo, his fortune being esti.
mated at $500. 900 to $1,000. 900. died
at the county poor farm at that place.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Because he could not remember
part Of his address which he was TO
deliver at a banquet Judge John G..
voris Of Georgetown, KY, thirty-two
years old, committed suicide BY shoot
Ing himself. Judge Yoriss ~ ons Of
the most brilliant members Of the
Kentucky bar.
Distillers and brewers In Tennessee
closed down their plants at midnight
Dec. 81, when the new state law for
bidding the manufacture Of intoxicat-
ing beverages in that state became
effective.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Only a technical legal shadow now
stands between Charles w. Morse.
banker and one time ice king, and the
f%fteen-year sentence in the federal
prison at Atlanta. Judge Hough, in
4 the United States circuit court at New
York, denied his motion for a new
trial, but close upon the heels Of the
decision Martin w. Littleton, his coun-
sci. announced. that one more appeal
would be taken.
Bernard H. Bail, second vice presi-
dent and general freight manager Of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
company, became violently insane in
his Office in the Reading Terminal, the
company's big Office building at Phila-
delphia. It is believed that overwork
was the cause Of Mr.. Balls break
down. r. ,
Francis ]. Heney of San Francisco
has brought suit against William H.
Croker, the California millionaire, for
$250,00O on an allegation Of libel.
Honey bases his action on an open
letter bearing Mr.. Crocker's name,
which appeared in a New York even
ing newspaper Dec. 8.
Nikola Tesla, who has been at work
on wireless electric light" for twenty
years, has announced that he has
brought 1t to q state of perfection. He
says that q plant for its production is
now nearing completion at his labora-
tory on Long Island.
Andrew Carnegie slipped on an icy
spot while walking around the reser.
voir in Central park. New York, and
suffered a painful injury to the left
knee. &
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota is suf-
fering from a heavy cold. which has
settled on his lungs, and there is some
danger Of pneumonia.
Cardinal Satolli, fromer papal dele.
rate to the United States. is seriously
ill At Rome.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
M358&3ss

Cheap money for land loans al
ways on hand. Make your own
rate-no red tape. F. E.. Funk,
First Natl Bank, Washburn, N. D.
College Of Law, University Of
North Dakota. Strong faculty Of
able lawyers. Good library Fall
term opens Sept. 21st. For in
formation address. College of
Law. Grand Forks. N. D.
: Any one desiring one Of Capt
Marsh's new books, "The Con-
quest of the Missouri" can obtain
one at this Office. Price, net, per
copy $500. Postage extra, Zoe.
Anyone desiring copies Of the
late Jos. 81. Taylor's books will
call at the Leader Office and get
them as they are nearly all gone.
The price of the three books is
$500, or $1.00 each as long as
they last. s. r. Taylor. Adm.
Free scholarships given away in
the Fargo College Conservatory Of
Music to the amount Of $4,000.
The best equipped musical school
in the northwest, large faculty, all
branches taught. Pupils may en-
ter at any time. Send for in
formation regarding scholarships.
Fall term opens September Il,
1909. Large illustrated catalogue
of school sent on request. Address
3. Herdeg, secretary Of Fargo
College Conservatory Of Music, OF
W. W. George. director, Fargo,
N. D. ITO
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
LABOR NEWS.

All hope of bringing the railroads
and striking switchmen togther was
abandoned when the railway depart
sment council Of the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor refused to accept a prop
sOsition made by the railroads of the
Twin Cities after a conference with
Governor Eberhart in the latter's of.
nee at st. Paul. The railroads abso.
slutely refused to take back all the
strikers at once and ON this point the
conference was hopelessly blocked.
At q special meeting Of the Butte
Miners union the miners by an over.
SWhelming vote decided to keep their
hands OF the switchmen's strike at
Great Falls. This vote was taken Or
the report Of the conference commit.
stee which has been considering ways
ana means Of settling the strike in
that city. tss
No, increase In pav will be e'artes
the switchmen In the Chicago district
unless 1t should come through a board
sOf arbitration. The railroad managers
submitted their proposition to the VI.
Hon committee and in snbstany i,
fused every demand the union made.
II 10 announced BY the conference
committee of Big Four t%elesrarner.
md oficials OF the road fh.t terms Of
agreement have been reached by then.
There Will be 10 strike.
HgSS5S%ss sa~-S- s2.aAa.sen ~ Bus
Mont. who are members OF the Broth
Seshood u Railway Tlrlainan.aaeln. have re.
Eatlrned - work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
Wrecks House and Injuries Five Per-
sons.

with a terrific roar, natural gas
which had been escaping in the cellar
Of the residence OF G. Banks in the
town Of Lansford, exploded and lifted
the house fully six feet from its foun.
dation. Mr.. Banks and Mr.. Walker.
who had Just entered the cellar with
. lamp. were badly burned, and three
others were stunned and bruised. This
10 the first accident since the installa.
ton Of the gas in the city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
Woman Burned 70 Death.

Mrs. Catherine Gordon, seventy
years old, was burned ia. death at her
home in Glen Ullin. Mrs. Gordon was
subject to epilectic nts ana. while
there were no witnesses 10 the acct.
dent, it Is supposed she was carving
. lamp about the house when taken
with one Of, the FITS, and fell to the
noor, the lamp setting fire to the
house. The charred remains Of the
woman were found In the ruins.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07

be set at a steep incline. Such sails
must be long and narrow and set
closer together.
In pumping from a deep well the an.
gle Of the sails of the windmill is
such that the wheel will revolve the
same number of revolutions a minute
that it is desired to operate the pump.
This makes it possible to connect the
mill directly to the pump without the
gearing necessary where a high speed
is employed in operation Of the pump.
While the low speed means less wa
ter pumped. it greatly lengthens the
life of the mill.
In. the illustration the windmill, tow.
er and tank are combined in O rather
ornamental structure. When the well
is located on high ground as compared
with the grounds where the water is
to be distributed the tank may rest
upon the surface, as shown. and the
windmill frame be constructed over
head. When the mill is to be located
on lower ground the water tank may
be placed midway on the windmill
frame or on top. with the windmill
just above the tank.
A tank placed thirty feet from the
ground will give a pressure Of fifteen
pounds when the tank is full. This
would lift water to the second story
Of a house standing on the same level.
a garden hose nozzle connected with
this tank wOuld force = afroam noorlv
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL APPEARS
Measure 10 introduced by Representa-.
tive Humphrey.

tive Humphrey.
Washington. Jan. 5.-Representative
Humphrey of Washington has intro
duced in the house q bill providing
for ship subsidy by the United States
government, which measure is under
stood to have the approval Of Presi,
dent Taft and the administration and
to be the one upon which the pro
ponents of the subsidy bill will con
centrate their efforts to procure its
enactment into law.
The Humphrey bill provides an in
crease in pay to American ships fol
carrying the mails to South America,
China, Japan, the Philippines and
Australasia, bringing 1t up to 81 pei
mile for an outward voyage Of 1900
miles or more.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-01-07
KIM SELF IN CLEANING Gun.

Cantril. Ia, Jan. 6.-Charles Slime,
aged forty years. living eight miles
southwest Of Cantril, accidentally shot
and killed himself. He was cleaning
his gun. preparatory to going hunting,
when 1t was accidentally discharged