The Wagner leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-1912, 1912-02-02
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five days entertainment in the United
States. the duke OF Connaught. COVER
nor general OF Canada and uncle or
King George v, turned TO Ambassador
Reid, who has e his host here, and
said: We were very much impressed
by the hospitality of you people. We
we're treated royalty by the press and
the public. The duchess and myself
are very grateful to the people OF New
York and we hall loo forward with
great pleasure to another visit. Our
visit this time seems TO have been too
short"
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.-Luther Da-
vies. an Oshkosh. Wis, lumberman. tes-
titled yesterday in the congressional in
v~estigation OF fraud charges in the sale
OF Indian lands that he purchased s1s.-
coo worth Of timber lands OF the White
Earth reservation at the first day OF the
sale at Crookston in 1900 and on the
second day turned them over TO Hovey
c. Clarke. said then to have been with
the Nichols-Chisholm Lumber compa-
ny. for $4,000. Mr.. Davies testified
that although the land was turned over
to Mr. Clarke the second day Of the
sale by quit claim, the total transfer
vas not made until three years after
ward.
BUENOS AYRES-Diplomatic reia-
tions between the Argentine republic
and Paraguay ave been broker of and
the Argentine minister at Asuncion has
retired from his post. The Argentine
minister Of foreign affairs, Ernesto
Bosch. has sent q telegram from Asun-
cion announcing that he had not re-
ceived a reply from the Paraguayan
government to A~rgentine's demand for
satisfaction. n that he a with
drawn from the legation this afternoon
and with his whole staff had gon
= nRq ri the Ayc1nri-n rrsnhnnr E1~a11
He added that he would arrive at
Buenos Ayres tomorrow.
WAsHINGTON-The Duke of Con-
naught went the American pace
in his visit to the national capital yes
terday. Arriving late in the afternoon.
he was whirled first to the British en-
bassy, spent 40 minutes in the White
House. where he was received by Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft, then was motored
back to the embassy, where he was
the guest OF honor at q dinner to which
most OF the prominent members OF the
diplomatic corps were invited; visited
the National Press club and then. tired.
but delighted" as he expressed IL.
sought his private ar. He left about
midnight for New York
ROME-France and Italy. ii is under
stood, are agreed as to h principle
in the settlement OF the Manouba af-
A1lEr IANOANIAE AAE 0EGCS( Va AAE1EAOFTS
of the Red Crescent society while pas
sengers on the French steamer Ma
nouba, en- route to Tunis. The nego-
tiations. which still continue, however.
between Marquis di San Giuliano. the
Italian foreign minister. and NJ Bar
rere. French ambassador to Italy. are
directed toward seeking a formula
which while fully satisfying France.
will at the same time safeguard the
dignity of Italy, so as TO leave no trace
of the incident TO either country.
FREEHOLD, y. J.-Andrew McCon-
nell. the magazine editor and founder
of a so-caIied electrical healing cult,
was convicted by q jury here yester-
day of assault with intent TO kill his
wife. who is a member of a family
prominent in Atlanta. Ga The testi-
mony showed that Mcconnell shot her
while she was at the house of her moth
er in Ocean Grove, N j.. on the night
of December g last. He fed. but was
arrested in New York Mrs McCon-
nell has partly recovered from her
injuries.
Observation-Disclosures Barretts
anxiety 10 see President Taft yesterday
landed him in the house of detention
where he win be examined tomorrow
as to his sanity. Barrett. who IS 50
years old. came to this country from
Ireland nine months & and in the
last two days has been acting Queeriy.
The day before he attracted attention
coming the duke OF Connaught. James
Sloan, jr, of the White House secret
service force. arrested Barrett at the
executive offices. where he claimed TO
have business with the president o. a
religious matter"
KANSAS CITY. Mo-while po.iti-
clans debated their choice for the
party's presidential nomination in hotel
Hobbies. and with the atmosphere out
side h meeting filled with rumors OF
possible clashes between supporters Of
rival candidates. the republican sta-e
central committee met in executive Sc
sion at the Coates house today. selected
ST. Louis as the place and April IS as
the date OF the republican state con-
v%entfon to select delegates TO the ma
tIonal IN Chicago. and adj
journed without even so much as a
mention OF factional troubles
PARASITIC Franco-Italian incident
arising out of the seizure of the French
steamers Manouba and Carthage by
Italian war vessels was settled yes
ter0ay satisfactorily to both nations.
This announcement was made at the
close Of a meeting of the cabinet, which
after examination. approved the terms
OF the note agreed upon by Camille
BaTrere, the French ambassador al
Rome, and the Marquis di SanguIiano.
Italian minister of foreign affairs The
note viii be published in Rome by the
Italian government
CENTRALIA. nL-The ~coroners
jury selected TO inquire into the Il
linois Central wreck at Kinmundy. H.
early Monday morning. last night
brought in a verdict placing the blame
for h death of ]. T. Harahan and the
others upon Henry Schneiderjohn.
operator at Edgewoo1. and Harry ].
Broecker. fiagman on train No. IS. The
jury also found that the railroad COM
pany erred In permitting trains to run
SO close together. The verdict was
returned after two hours de~liberation.
KHARTCM-The cathedral here.
which has been erected as a memorial
to G Charles Gordon. who was killed
when city was captured by the
Nahdists. was consacrated yesterday.
The function. conducted with the full
| rites of the church. was most imposing.
/, equaling almost the spectacle which
accompanied the reading by Lord