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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
STOLE MUCH MONEY.

Skipped to British Honduras, but
Comes Back and Is Caught.
Duluth, Mimi, April 21.-Last even
ing Sheriff Mckay of Bayfield, coun-
ty, Wis, and Chief of Police Schwartz
of Ashland arrested in this city A.
Williams, formerly county clerk of
bayfield,, on the charge of embezzling,
in conjunction with Alonzo Knight.
the county treasurer, between $12.-
600 and $4,000. When arrested Will
Jams was on his uppers and had just
arrived from Hastings, whence some
one had sent word to the Wisconsin
authorities. The prisoner was at
once taken to Superior. Knight, the
other alleged embezzler, was arrested
a few days ago. He is brother of
John H. Knight Of Ashland, Senator
Villas partner, and a late candidate
for United States senator. The crime
is alleged to have been committed in
1891, shortly after which Williams
skipped out for British Honduras.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
'D!||U|j.RANT is. GUILTY. ] |. I !
10 DECLARES THE CORONER's
JURY AT SAN FRANCIsCO.
A Verdict Returned Declaring That
Durant killed Miss WIillinmS-
Suspicion, However, Rests
Upon Another YOUNG
Man.
nLnEa WOLFE ON THE STAND.
He Becomes Ratified and Durant's
Friends Say WolR Knows More
Than He Wants to Tell.

San Francisco, April 21.-The coro-
ner's jury has returned verdict de-
claring Durant guilty of the murder of
Minnie Williams.
When Durant was shown the YER
dict after his return to the city pris-
on his face flushed for the. first time
since the first terrible crime for which
he Is accused was discovered.
Miss Gertrude Taber, step-sister
of Elmer Wolff, the young man whose
name has been frequently mentioned
in the case, has come forward and
identified the pocketbook which was
found on the Sandstone road by a
clam digger, and which contained
some papers, among which was
business card of DR.. Vogel on the
back of which was written the name
Of Miss Williams.
Miss Tabor says that she missed the
pocketbook some time ago while out
riding, and explainst the presence Of
the card by saying that Miss Williams
visited her some weeks ago and wrote
her address on one Of DR.. VOgeps
cards.
Elmer Wolff's testimony at the in
quest was Slightly mixed, and some Of
Durant's friends thought he knew
more of the crime than he wished to
tell, and pointed to the finding Of the
pocketbook to substantiate their claim.
1t is q peculiar coincident that the
pocketbook should have been lost by
one so closely related to Wolff and
found at this critical time.
Mrs. Durant, mother of the accused,
tteYs she has evidence for the defense
a 6ich will go to upset the bearing Of
ME statement Of Witness Hill, who
Testified before the coroner's jury that
Ghe had seen a couple answering the
description of Durant and the dead
girl standing near the church about
$50 on the night of the murder, and
who afterward entered the church
yard. Mrs. Durant says that a young
couple had come to her and stated
that they entered the church yard
about the time Hill claims to have
seen a couple pass into the front gate.
To-day the police received informa-
ton fromsa laundry that pair Of
bloody trousers had, been left for
cleaning. The police say that the
trousers are too big for Durant, but
that they will trace the clue to find
the owner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
SLY. 81 ON THE DUTY
N ALLEGED xWINDLE PERPE.
TRATED BY IMPORTERS. III
A New York House II Said to Have
Defrauded the Government Of
100000 by a System OF
Undcrvaluation Of
Goods. 'Ss
CUSTOMS OFFICER IS Involved.
The Fraud II Said to Have Been
Perpetratcd by the COllustOn y
Of an Omcer. s{

New York, April 21.-The disclosure
of q great case of differentiation at
the custom house has caused the col
lector of the port, James G.. Kilbreth.
much annoyance. The amount of I'M
LIBERALIZATION is said to be 500, 600.
The matter briefly stated is that 0. L..
Sypher. the importer of antique fur
nitures. has been importing goods at
greatly under-valued rate. The
matter was brought to the notice OF
the customs authorities through dis
charged employee Of the firm, L. II.
Todd. A few years ago he was head
salesman of the firm known as o. L:
Sypher & Co. He said he had worked
for the firm for fifteen years. Dur
ing that time they had been importing
antique furniture, old silver and
tapestries. The firm, he declared,
were continually importing loving
cups, trays, in fact, all kinds Of silver
rs old silver, and paying the duty on
old silver. which is As Cd an ounce.
These goods have been passed in
through the second division. One year
ago Fl. w. Hart, now in charge Of the
second division, vice Cyrus A. Stew
ems, appeared and stated that in the
1ufO1CcS VI SypucI " w. lAC "6oouo
were worth ten times more than the
valuation.
The case has been under investiga-
ton by Special Deputy Dudley Phelps,
who said: "Three years ago when
Sypher & Co. suspended, special,
agents suspected that they had been
engaged in illegal practices, but they
carried away and secreted all docu-
ments in a cellar in Mount Vernon.
The customs authorities investigated
the matter, but it was never COM
pleted, and the officials We're very
much annoyed"
Col. Phelps thinks efforts have been
made to stop the investigation. The
official upon whom opprobrium is cast
is said to he Eugene Honeywell. He
is said to have been in collision with
the firm. He has been in the depart
ment for fifteen years.
"While the charges are serious"
said Col. Phelps, land are under in
vestigation, the collector is inclined
to think that charges against Honey
we'll will prove to be nothing more
than negligence"
Sypher was to have sailed for Eu-
rope tomorrow, but Col. Phelps is au-
thority for the statement that he will
not depart.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Merely Suspicious.

New York. April 21.-Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Battle said to-day that
he was still investigating the charges
made by Mrs. Flora Adams Darling.
that in her belief her son, Edward
Irving Darling, who died in Mount
Clemens, Mich, on Feb. ID, 1894, was
deliberately poisoned. It is not be-
lieved by the district attorneys staff
that her suspicious and accusations
are borne out by the facts.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
AN IVES CASE.

Chief Justice Start of the Supreme
Court Reverses a Decision.
st. Paul, April p. - Chief Justice
Start handed down a decision cover
ing the cases of Russell and Quigley,
who were fined and imprisoned by
Judge Ives for contempt in interfer-
ing, as he claimed, with witness in
the liquor prosecutions the judge was
conducting against the East Grand
Forks saloonkeepers. 1t is held that
the court had no right to convict the
accused in cases of this kind upon
facts within his own knowledge, and
that the accused had a legal right to
a hearing and to have witnesses ex-
amined in their defense.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
DEATH IN THE WIRE.
The Terrible, Sudden End of Joe

The Terrible, Sudden End of Joe
- Kinnen.
st. Paul, April 21.-Joe Kinnen. a
lad Of fifteen years, was on the roof
Of the Union block, and for some rea-
son, put his hands on one of the
tangle of great wires that pass over
the building. In a second he fell over
limp and unconscious as though the
bolt Of Jove had flashed on him from
the clouds. His death was instan-
taneous. 1t was first reported that he
had been investigating an electric
light switch board, but this was a
,mistake. Kinnen's hands were horri-
bly, burned and into the bones. The
hot wire had shriveled the hands
into scorched scorched flesh, and on
the nuckles of the left hand there We're
terrible burns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Bullet Hole in His Head.

ST. Paul, April 21.-G. F. Korner, a
wo0dsman who was a stranger in St.
Paul, was found dead with a bullet
hole through his brain and a revolver
lying in front Of him on the ground in
the woods near the corner of Ran
dolph and Smelling avenues. He had
suicided. No cause is known.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
IN W1sCoNs1N,s LEGISLATURE.
Last Actions of the Body Which Elk
pires TO.MOrrOw.

Last Actions of the Body Which Ex-
pires T0-Morrow.
Madison, April PA long fight be-
tween Forest county and the North
western road ended in favor of the
former this morning. The bill pro-
vides for levying a bigger tax THAI the
railroad wants to pay. A resolution
was adopted requesting Messrs. w.
A. Jones and L. A. LANCE, who are
on the committee for the revision Of
the rules. to get pointers from the
Illinois legislature. Before retiring.
Speaker Burrows announced the fol-
lowing members Of the apportionment
committee: Messrs. Lamberson. Treat,
Anderson and Yawkey, Republicans,
and Conway and Schellenberger, Dem
ocrats. Assemblyman James T. Eller-
son of Wautoma has been appointed
game warden.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
China Kicks.

London,aApril pa dispatch to the
Times from Pekin says it is under
stood that China has refused to con-
cede .Japan's demands in regard to
opening certain ports to foreign trade.
The dispatch adds that Ii Hung
Chang is still in a state of high fever
from the effects of his wounds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
ASSAULT ON MRS. PARNELL.
The Mother of the Late Irish Leader
Found Unconscious.

INC MUtHer O1 tHe 0sHte 1f1s1 des&Uc1
Found Unconscious.
Bordertown, N. j., April 21.-Mrs.
Della T. Parnell, mother of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell. who lives at
Ironsides, overlooking the Delaware
river. near here, was found bleeding
and UNCONSCIOUS on the road near her
home. Because of her advanced age
her condition is regarded as critical.
Her handbag was found alongside the
railroad track near by, with her peck
etbook missing and papers scattered
in all directions. This circumstance
lends an active probability to the
theory that she was brutally assaulted
and robbed. Mrs. Parnell later re-
gained consciousness, but was unable
to throw any light on the affair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25

To-day, but the shop windows and the
Fronts of the houses where the Con-
Jservatives were wont to display fortl
and other emblems in honor of the
great Conservative leader are con.
spicuous hy the absence of decoration.
The BeaconsfielG statue in Parliament
Square was not forgotten, but there
were fewer flowers left there to-day
than usual.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Americans Released.

Washington, April 21.-The depart
ment of state is in receipt of dis
patch from Consul Brice ut Matanzas,
Cuba, saying that the two American
citizens, Justo Gcncre aud Jose NJ.
Carabello, arrested at that place April
6, were released on the 9th inst. The
men were suspected Of completely in
the rebellion, and it was owing to the
American consuls good Offices that
their case was disposed of favorably.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Hoyuestcad Entry Decision

Washington. April 21. - In the case
of L. j. ]. O"Tool VS.. w. P. pic l.. at
WATERFOWL. Iowa, for homestead en-
try, where both parties settled simul-
taneously on the land in question.
Secretary Smith has decided thai it
must be sold to the highest bidder
This establishes new principle, a
similar one never having come up for
decision.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
] rice Chosen.

Chicago, April 21.-Samuel NJ. Rice
was unanimously elected president of
the Whisky Trust to-day to succeed
Joseph B. Greenhut, who was removed
by Judge Grosscup last February as
receiver Of the corporation and ex-
PEELED from its board Of directors last
Wednesday by the stockholders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Condition of Trule.

New York, April 81. - Bradst,eet's
says the volume Of general trade has
maintained the previous weeks pro-
portions, and at some points show
noteworthy increases as compared
with the total a year ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
An Illinois Ira DIV.

Decatur, Ill, April p. = William
Kramer shot his divorced wife, Mrs.
Emma Bogardess, to-day, She was
papering second-story room when he
entered and began firing. The first
shot struck her in the breast, the sec
ond in the stomach, and the third in
the hip. She will die. Kramer then
killed himself.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Eamoua Dor Dead.

Little Rock, Ark, April 21.-sir Bed
jvere. the most famous st. Bernard
dog In the world, died at the Argyle
kennels in this city last night of
gastritis. Sir Bedivere was bred by
Green. near Liverpool, in 1887.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
! battle of Lexington,

New York, April 21.-The general So
ciety9 Of the Daughters Of the Revolu-
ton celebrated the 10th anniversary
Of the battle of Lexington by lunch
con at the Hotel Waldorf to-day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Sheriff Shot.

Wheeling, w. Va, April 21.-New
from Kingwaad, Preston county. This
state, gives details of fight wit
horse thieves from across the pcnnsyl-
vania line in which the sheriff of the
county was fatally shot and two O
three other men wounded. The thieve
were arrested.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
HOG CHOLERA.

The Disease Discovered at south
St. Paul.
st. Paul, April 21.-Health Commits
sioner Stone, at the request of officials
at South St. Paul, had DR.. Price go
there yesterday and make an investi-
CATION of lot of hogs said to have
the hog cholera. Out of 1875 hogs the
doctor passed only sixty-four, finding
the others suffering from the disease.
The hogs had been swill-fed. The
party who sold the hogs has another
car load at the Transfer, and these
have been guaranteed pending In
spection.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.
Paul Kleinschmidto ON Trial for XII
ing Max Peigert.

Paul Kleinschmidt ON Trial for KILL
ing Max Peigert.
Minneapolis, April 81 = After the
preliminarics in Judge Ponds court
room HAD been disposed Of Paul Klein
schmidt, who stands charged with
manslaughtef in the first degree. vas
placed on trial. The melee which re-
suited in tie death Of Max Piegert &C.
cured at the birthday party given on
March 9 last, by Mrs. Gall. an aunt
Of Piegert Kleinschmidt is defended
by w. R. Morris and County Attorney
Frank NJ. Nye represents the state.
Kleinschmidt, who is a young fellow
of-nineteen or twenty, did not seem
disturbed in any degree by the ia It
that he was Oh trial for crime which
may result in at least long impris-
0nment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
for Contempt.

Mtnn polls April 21.-A fine of $40
OF thirty days in the county Jail was
imposed on Charles A. Ebert, Jr., by
Judge Jamison this morning in the
contempt rs proceedings which were
commenced as the outcome of the as
sault made last Tuesday on the wit
ness, Fred IA. Harlow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25

opehed alsnra-zc ana crossed as bUc.
On trackNo. hard. 62 1-4c; No. 1
.M1-2c.
st. Paul, April 21.-Hogs - Market
steady with; yesterday; quality little
better. Cattle steady; good demand
for tat cattle and good stockers and
feeders. Gamer stuff dull.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Union of Churches.

London, April p. = The papal en-
cyclical in regard to the union of the
ANGLICAN and Roman Catholic
churches will be published here to-
morrow. 1t is addressed to the eng
lish people who seek the kingdom Of
Christ in unity Of faith" MI
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Corenn omcial Arre.tcd.

Yokohama, April 21.-A dispatch re-
ceived here from Seoul says that III
Moshun, the Corean minister to Jap
an, who resigned on Wednesday last.
was arreste yesterday. The charge
against hin! IL not stated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Ardmore Badly scorched.

Ardmore, Ind T., April 81. - The
main business portion of Ardmore. for
six solid blocks on Caddo street, north
and south of Main street, were de-
stroyed by fire about o'clock this
morning. Sixty business houses were
entirely destroyed. The loss will ag-
gregate 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Well, /. This the Last,

Sioux City, Iowa. April 81. - The
Woodbury. county bond case was dis
missed In the district court to-day.
The county board ut once passed a
resolution issuing $230.O0O of judg.
meLt and $4,000 Of funding bonds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
| Attack of Vertigo.

q In3ianagplis, April 81. = While out
wal hR A Gov. Albert Porter fell to
the gant unconscious, suffering
with cute attack of vertigo. An
acqslai ntaiice passing in a carriage
saw himIfall, and, with the assistance
of otherS carried him to a convenient
cohveyA in which he was carried
to- his He will recover.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
HAVE A BIG PLAN.
Company Proposing to Cross Wis
cOnsin Three Times.

III 0O11HVs1HJ TOTUsIHEs To CFUSS w ~
consfn Three Times.
Madison, April 21.-The Chicago &
Old Colony Railroad company, capital
stock S15,000,O00O, have filed articles
Of association with the secretary Of
state. The company proposes to con-
struct 500 miles Of railroad in Wis
consin from Madison to Sturgeon bay,
some point on the southern state line
in Kenosha county, to Superior, and
from Green Bay to La Crosse. The
incorporators are Charles D. Smith.
NJ. G. Smith and Milan w. Smith of
Fond du Lac; John S. Mcclure and
Albert Holman of Chicago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Prepared to Die.

Kewaunee, Wis, April 21.-William
st. Peter, a farmer living two miles
from this city, was found last evening
dead behind his barn with a bullet
hole through his breast. He recently
procured insurance on his life for
$4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
.ConErcssmcn Ill.

agton, April 21.-Representa-
tt Of Illinois and Coggswell of
alsetts, two of the best known
AeAn members of the house of
esshtatives, are seriously i'll here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Patriots, Day.

Boston, April 2O.-The anniversary
..ofs the battle of Lexington patriots
day., q legal holiday in Massachusetts,
is being generally observed in Boston
today.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Muraso Goes Home,

Washington, April p. - Senior Mu-
rago, the Spanish minister who has
been succeeded by Senior de Lone,
has left for Mexico whence he goes
to Spain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
fourteen Big Millions.

aOurteen Big Millions.
sngton, April 21.-Commission-
Il. of the internal revenue bu-
lis sent a letter to Secretary
4 in which he estimates the re-
pm the income tax to be about
20.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
On q Gold Basis.

st. Petersburg, April 21.-The coun-
Gil Of the empire yesterday unanimous
" approved decree authorizing COM
mercial transactions of any kind to be
concluded on a gold basis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Wales IL Coming.

Newport. R. L., April 21.-The an
nouncement was made here on the
most reliable authority that the prince
of Wales will visit Newport during
the coming summer. The informa ton
was furnished to the representative Of
the Associated Press by a prominent
society man who has just received a
letter from England announcing that
his Few ',:rl>,, 40 49, - ~. 80
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Caught in the Act.

Monticello, Mimi, April Fl. - Last
night the store of Bryant & Andrews,
general merchants. was broken into,
but the would-be thieves did lot have
time to enter before they were nabbeds
by officers who had been waitine for
them. Their names are Archy Riggs
and Jim Fuller.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Fatal Derrick Acctdent.

Chicago, April 21.-Two men were
killed and five injured by the collapse
Of a large derrick in the Chicago Ship
c0mpany's yards at South Chicago
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
s5 k.ssne Paid In Silver.

Denver April 81. - A special dis
patch Az the Times from New York
annohncing that the indemnity of
$3.50, 100000 to be paid by China to
japan Is to be paid in silver and
'''"''" six annual payments, created
this city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Negro murderer Hanged,

Talluah, Ia, April 21-Ben Bredden,
colored. was hanged here in the Madl-
son parish jail yard for the murder
of John Thompson, co'ored, Mt Delta.
I.a., In 1850.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
The END Ia Near.

Hatfield, Iowa, April 21.-EN-ScuH
tor Wilson has been unconscious n!
day. Physicians say he cannot liv,
many more hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Winslow'. Majority.

Madison, Wis, April 81. - Justice
Winslow's majority for the supren"
bench by complete official figures is
a,OS6.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
Charles Manxur,. Funeral.

Richmond, NJ J., April 21.-The funer-
al Of the late Charles A. Mansur, dep
uty controller Of the treasury, took
place to-day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-25
killed In n Mill.

Saltwater, Mimi, April 21.-William
Neu1nan, young man whose parents 4
reside on farm near saltwater juno
ton. was killed at Hershey's mill last
night
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-08
Highest Of an in Leayening Pover-Latet u Gov! Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Cocaine Habit. ~


pr. e. +. Belcher, Of st. Louis, has been
Interviewed by the Chicago Nels, and is re-
ported as expressing the following views:
.,The cocaine habit is now as regularly a
accepted disease as phthisis or govt. We
have in ST. Louis more than a dozen cases
Of it-men and women who have let this
fatal drug get the mastery Of them, and
who have been completely wrecked by its
effects. One Of our physicians is among
the number-one of the brightest men in the
profession. He is now in an insane asylum
being treated for this habit. Cocaine is
worse than alcohol and opium put together.
1t robs a man of his will power from the
start and changes him into a drunken beast
after the first exhilaration passes away. /
do not know Of any drug which seems to at
tack so severely mans moral side. The CO
caine user becomes a villain as naturally as
a chloroformed man goes to sleep. He loses
his sense of right and wrong and is violent,
passionate and brutal. The effect is the
same in both sexes. | have studied cases
enough TO know that cocaine must affect
that part of the brain, if there is such a To-
calizati0n, where what we cali mans moral
Qualities abide"