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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20

tiers who come into North Dakota
this year will have one great adj
vantage over those who came Is
or 20 years ago, in that they will
be able to raise a remunerative
crop the first season. Farmers
who came here years ago occasion
ally planted a little wheat on the
newly broken sod, but the results
we're scarcely ever satisfactory
Wheat needs a finer seed bed than
that furnished by new breaking,
and the plan generally adopted
was to spend the first summer
blowing and "back setting for the
next years crop. There was thus
no revenue the first year. Now
that flax has come to be a crop OF
prime Importance a large area OF
new land will be sown with this
grain which thrives we'll on sod
ground, and which rots and mel
lows the sod as no other grain
does. Many of the new settlers
will thus more than pay expenses
the first year.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20

present Dingley tariff rates to pay,
the Puerto Ricans will feel that.
they are going scott-free in the.
way of taxation when they COM
pare these rates with those of
Spanish rule. According to a re-
port made by DR.. Henry K g
roll, special commissioner, who
was sent to Puerto Rico in 1899,
the earnings Of merchants, manu.
facturers and other producers,
there we're, under Spanish rule,
subject to a tax of 122 per ceut or
more, according to the financial
exigencies of the treasures, pro-
vincial and municipal. For ex-
ample, if a merchants income were
valued at $l,00Ga year, he would
pay in direct taxes $137. He
would also pay for his personal
passpart from IL cents to 1926 or
more. He would pay direct taxes
on his residence, furniture, horses
and other live stock, if not used
for labor. If he were just starting
in business, he would pay a tax for
privilege. Articles of common
use, such as rice, -four, corn, char
coal, wines, etc., not only paid
heavy import duties but we're sub.
ject, together with fresh beef, milk
and sugar produced in the island,
to a consume tax at the gates of
the municipalities. For example,
-four, which had paid a duty of 81
per 100 kilos at the custom house,
paid at the city gates $3.50 con-
sumo tax, or a total of $3.50, which
was at the rate Of about So a hun
dred-weight. Rice, the common
article of diet, paid $2.70 import
duty and 81 consume tax: fresh
beef paid a consume of SIS a hun
dred kilos, or 220 pounds. This
was in addition to the head tax
paid the city by the slaughterer.
Under the Is per cent Of the Ding
ley rate. the Puerto Ricans would,
comparatively, be free from all
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Especially For Ladies

Are those splendid compartment
cars on the Burlington Limited
from St. Paul and Minneapolis to
Chicago. All the comforts of
home, including an electric heater
for your curling-iron. When you
send for a railroad ticket, insist on
having it over the Burlington,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Superior Dining Service.

Rev. Jesse r. Zeigler, of Mon
ango, N. D., recently went over the
Burlington on a trip to Pennsyl-
vania. He writes: II found the
service and Accommodations of your
route superior to any I have known
in the west. This is especially
true of the dining service"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Notice,

Owners of dogs are hereby mott
lied that CANNES unmuzzled will
not be permitted to run at large.
Ii you value your dog, keep him on
your own premises in such a man
ner that he will not scare children
nor endanger lives.
+. BY order of
CHIEF OF POLICE.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20

With only Is per cent Of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
WISCONSIN.

FOND du Lac-George Crippen, vet
Gran Of the Spanish-American war. and
MISS Cara NARROW, a society girl of This
clty,Were secretly married at Menomonie
several months ago. The announcement
OF the marriage has been made and
created sensation in society circles
Merrill-A contract has been drawn up
tel company and N. G. Hazen. of Pres
ton, Mimi, and E. w Hazen, Of Vlrooua.
Wis, whereby they agree to lease the
new Motel. The contract provides that
the hotel must be furnished and opened
by April /.
Marinette-The absence of snow has
been great drawback to logging opera
tlons, and the high temperature makes Ii
impossible to freeze ice roads. Nothing
further can be done until cold weather
sets In as most OF the timber Is on the
ground ready to be moved.
Fort Atkinson-McCarroll and Bennett,
the men charged with assault on the
Thovsons. near Sullivan, have been bound
over to the February term of court. Nc
Carroll has confessed. but claims that
Bennett was not his accompice.
of the Manufacturers National bank the
old board was reelected, and d. c..
Van Ostrand selected president to sue
coed Hirma Smith, who recently died
Chippewa Falls-Albert Mccoy, q young
man, former resident OF this county, was
accidentally killed at Butte City Mont,
yesterday The remains will be brought
here for burial. His relatives live twenty
miles north of hereu
died in a chair in4. Bonas' saloon O
heart failure and heavy drinking. He
was unmarried. His Relatives reside at
Dubuque, 10.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13

reply to question he said that he knew
Mr.. Toole and Mr.. DAILY were on friendly
terms, and he also knew Toole was OPP
posed to Clark's candidacy He had at
first thought Mr.. Whitesides proposition
"a little unique" but after thinking 1t
over he had decided that 1T was proper.
The witness said DR.. Minshall was tc
have been appointed a physician a Mr..
Clafk's mines, but instead of his getting
the position it was given to a member
of the legislature who had voted for Mr.
Clark.
The last witness OF the day was Henry
E. Carr, a member of the legislature
from Flathead county, Montana. He Is
one Of the members OF the legislature iii
whose name money was turned over to
the legislative investigation committee by
Mr.. Whitesides, and the only one OF
them who afterwards voted for MI. Clark
for the senate.
Referring to his transaction with Mr..
Whitesides the witness said Mr.. White
sides had been a warm supporter of his,
and he had listened respectfully when
Whitesides had asked him to go to his
room, and had complied with his request
when Mr.. WhitesideS had asked him to
mark for Identification an envelope con-
tanning S., 600 in $1,000 bills, which White
sides had brought to him at tho Helena
nOlel curing INC SSSSlOll VI lllC lSSlSiotd {
last winter. He had no reason for doing
this except his confidence In Whitesides,
and the additional fact that he himself
was IAN egregious ass He, however,
had pute his initials on the envelope eX-
hibited yesterday in the committee room
as the one marked He declared that
Mr. Whitesides had rever said anything
to him about voting for Clark, and that
he had kept his promise TO Conrad s
friends to vote for him as long as he
had chance Of election. He pronounced
as untrue the report that he had told
Judge D. f. Smith that he was to vote
for Clark and receive $1,000 for so doing
In reply to questions from Mr.. Camp
bell Mr.. Carr stated that since the adj
journment Of the legislature he had pur-
chased a ranch for an aunt living with
him, paying So, 500 for it, and that he had
also loaned 5000 for her. This aunt had
lived with him for several years, and he
had never before transacted any bust
ness for her or known whether she had
money or not. The ranch was paid for
In currency, one Of the bills being Of the
denomination of $1,000. He had had to
vote for Clark in the end to avoid dead
lock in the legislature.
On cross-eXamiration Mr.. Carr said he
had never received any money for vot-
ing for Mr.. Clark or for promising to vote
for him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Sioux Falls-The board of trustees Of
the town Of Hudson has let the contract
for the construction Of a water works
ers at special election.
Hot Springs-A petition is being cir
culated for the organization of two COM
missioner's districts in Butte county
when has recently been enlarged by an
addltlon being added to the county. There
is no opposition to the movement and it
will undoubtedly carry
Brooklngs-A call for a meeting of the
South Dakota Business Mems associa ton
John r. Diamond, to be held at Redfleld
me annual election of officers will be
held and matters of trade interest dis
cussed.
has elected the following officers: Presi-
gent, George III. Waskey; vice president,
george irish; treasurer. Iven Hubbell;
GInief, Ihomas Tierney assistant chief,
Ed Vreeland; color bearer. e. B. Davis.
M1lbank-The commissioners of Grant
county nave appropriated $500 towards the
erection of new building for the chill
dren,s home at Sioux Falls.
oland-Adam Leno has been arrested
on llveryman at Crotch, which he at
tempted to cash here.
Yankton-The city council passed res
olutions of sympathy for the Beers.
,M1tchell-The executive committee of
as
ISOLATION will meet here next June at the
same time the state @. A. r. convention
is held.
Lakota.-.The new A.. o. U. w. hall will
De formally opened on Feb. %.
observation-disclosures, Mann & Co. will
Dnild road from here to Warroad,
MINI, on the south shore of Lake of the
Woods
Grafton-Great Northern Agent Grace
mas ISs been taken to a hospital at Rochester,
MIMI, Tor medical treatment.
| Larimore-Thc residence of J. M. Hop
kins was totally destroyed by fire.
Oakes-The Bank of Cakes has pur-
| CHASED the Insurance agency of e. G..
ton-About week ago the Mon
arch elevator burned, and the companies
carving the insurance made an inves-
tlgatlon OF the cause of the fire which has
resulted In two men being lodged in JAIL
Bismarck-Work on the engine room
ana new binder twine plant is progressing
rapidly. The institution will commence
the manufacture of Irvine as soon after
the completion of the plant as it is posi-
pie to secure the necessary raw material
from the East
Fargo-A crusade is being made by the
church people against slot machines, and
9 petltlon has been presented to Mayor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
nL0BE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
~ 20 WASHINGTON Nv SOUTH
Te,ephone-Main 2o13 Advertising
Observation-Disclosures

BY vote of 81 to the city council last
night reelected James r. Canterbury
chief of the fire department
The victory of the Canterbury men was
gained at the expense of Aid. Leighton
and his Republican street commissioner
George w. Wales, Of the Third ward,
Tor much to the surprise and chagrin of
Aid. Leighton Mr.. Wales failed of re-
election. Instead Aid Kiichlis candi-
date, excluding Inspector John A. Gill
man, was chosen on secret ballot by a
vote of ID TO u. Leighton and his friends
made futile attempt to undo the job
and actually succeeded in carrying, by
the same vote, d motion declaring the
office of street commissioner of the Third
ward vacant But it was of no avail,
as the city attorney ruled that having
elected Mr.. Gilman the council could not
remove him except for cause. Conse-
quently the passing of a motion declar-
Ing the Office vacant could have no legal
effect.
The Republican caucus was held in the
office of Health Commissioner Norton, be-
ginning shortly after p. M The four
teen aldermen were on hand promptly.
r Shortly before o'clock they entered the
council chamber where the ten Demo-
cratic city fathers and Aids. Lane and
Sutherland and a large crowd of citi-
zens awaited them.
Immediately after roll call Aid. Adams
moved that the council proceed to the
election of a chief of the fire depart
ment and street commissioner. The mo-
ton prevailed and Chairman Crosby APP
pointed Aids Powers, Nelson and Cur
rier teilers, with promptness that gave
the proceedings a cut and dried aspect.
Then President Crosby declared that the
floor was open for nominations for fire
chief.
"I nominate Frank L. stetson," said
Aid. Lane.
II desire to nominate James r. Can
terbury,' announced Aid. Leighton.
This closed the nominations, and the
tellers quickly passed through the aisles
and collected the ballots. Aid Powers
announced the result, as follows:
Gentlemen, there have been twenty
seven votes cast of which James r. Can
terbury receives nineteen, Frank l.. Stet-
son seven and Meloy one"
Some applause followed the announce
ment, but it was shortlived as President
Crosby declared the ballot Illegal, more
ballots having been cast than there were
members present. This necessitated an
other ballot, and this time the three tel
lers travelled together, to see that each
alderman deposited only one ballot in the
hat The result ended the suspense.
Canterbury received twenty-one votes
and Stetson the rest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
FOR GOOD OF STATE
WITNESSES IN MONTANA sENA-
TORIAL INQUIRY EXPLAIN WHY
THEY TOOK MONEY
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY GIVEN
One Man, a Member OF the Legisla-
ture Who Voted for Mr.. Clark,
Saw Money, but Was Not Asked
to Cast His Vote for Pay-Other
Witnesses Testify Differently -

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-There were
again four or five witnesses before the
senate committee en- privileges and cleo
tons today in connection with the attack
upon the right of Senator Clark, of Mon
tana, to his seat In the senate. One Of
the witnesses, State Senator Myers, pro-
duced letter from c. w. Clark, son Of
the senator telling him Myers) that he
had forwarded $500 as a retainer for him
as attorney in the coal interests of the
Clarks. A dentist named Rector also
displayed letters from Senator Clark him.
self, referring to Mr. w. NJ Bickford as
representative of his, and that while
he Clark knew nothing of Rector's
claims for service, his policy was to re-
nunerate all that served him.
Possibly the most important witness of
the day was H. III. Carr, a member of the
legislature, who had voted for Mr.. Clark
for senator. He was one of the nlsm-
bers in whose name money had been
turned over to the state. Mr.. Carr stated
that while Mr. Whitesides had showed
him $1,000 in $1,000 bills, and he had
marked the envelope containing them.
Mr.. Whitesides had never said anything
to him about voting for Clark.
Mr.. Myers said that he had only agreed
to Mr. Whitesides proposition to accept
$4,000 from Mr.. Welcome for the pur-
pose OF exposing what he believed were
efforts at bribery. He said he had re-
ceived the money from Mr.. Whitesides.
the latter saying that Mr.. Welcome could
not see him then. The witness said that
after the exposure, in the legislature, he
had been persuaded to go to see A J.
Steele, when the latter, he said, had
tried to persuade him, first to vote for
Clark, next to leave the state until after
the excitement over the senatorial race
had subsidized, and lastly to sign a state
ment denying his connection with the
exposure. and contradicting his own ties.
timony before the legislative committee.
In each case Steele had asked him il
there. was any inducement or consider,
alton which would assure his assent, and
he replied that there was not.
MI Myers also said that Mark Hewett
had offered him $4,000 to vote for Clark,
saying Charley Clark had authorized him
to make the proposition. The latter had
told him, he said, that he could put up
s1e, coo with Whitesides' to be paid to him
In case he voted for Clark.
On cross-examination Mr.. Myers said
1t was his opinion that the attention of
the grand jury which undertook to in
vestigate the alleged bribery was given
to Whitewashing Mr.. Clark.
DIsAVOWS PREJUDICE.
The witness declared that he was not
preiudiced in the case. He said he had
gone into the combination only as mat
ter of duty 10 the state. He went into
it upon the advice Of John r. Toole. In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
GOPHER BOYS WON.
Minnesota Debaters Beat the North
western Representatives..

Minnesota's debaters succeeded last
night in completely vanquishing their Cp-
ponents from Northwestern, and thus
wiped out the defeat sustained by the
football team last fall.
Gov Lind, in opening the meeting, read
the rules of the Central Debating league,
which governed the contest, ana then told
the Northwestern representatives that
Minnesota would have no feelings Of envy
If the judges should decide in their favor
at the close of the contest, but would feel
proud of having been defeated by so
worthy opponents. And after solo by
Miss Cunningham the debate commenced
The question as stated was: Resolved,
That modified form of the Gothenburg
system is the best means Of attacking the
liquor problem in this Countrywide modi-
fication to consist of government owner
ship, and the inclusion of matt liquors"
Minnesota sustained the affirmative side
of the question, while Northwestern at
tempted to prove to the judges that the
Gothenburg system was a failure. Each
speaker was allowed twelve minutes in
his first speech and five minutes in his
second speech.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
NOVEL DOCUMENT.
MaIietOa Tanu Derides the White
Mans Civilization.

MSI1etOa INnu Der10es the Wh1te
Mans Civilization.
LONDON, Jan. ~. : Malietoa Tanu, in
letter to the London Times, published
today inclosing copies of the protests
he addressed to the United States, Great
Britain and Germany against the Samoan
| treaties, characterizes the partition of
Samoa as a gross violation of the trea-
ties, and as crime against the law OF
nations only eQuai to the dismember-
ment of Poland, Denmark and France
lie thinks that if ii is for the great pow
erS to promote wars and annexations to
distract the minds of the peoples, then
The Hague conference was the greatest
farce of the century. The writer also as
serts that the civilization introduced by
the great powers in their anneXations in
the South seas, Africa and elsewhere is
inferior to the primitive state of the
countries stolen, leading to war through
breach of faith on the part of the gov
eminent officials, and to the defamation
of the peoples by contagious disease and
spirituous liquors.
THE missionaries who graced our coun-
try with their holy, or unholy presence
introduced the same religious differences
and hatreds against each other as per-
tanned at the hour in civilized states.
Missionaries live in palatiar concrete
houses, with all the luXuries their coun-
tries can afford and charge us for Bibles
and prayer books, which, we understand,
are sent as free offerings
Malietoa Tanu further charged the
missionaries with extracting all the
money possible from them, in return for
which they only receive a Bible, a prayer
book, Or a Pilgrims Progress He in
stances the Wesleyan missionaries with
collecting 927000 at single meeting at
Tonga, adding:
1.-The missionaries aroused great spirit
Of emulation, telling the natives that the
largest givers would be the most accept
able in the sight of God, thus reversing
the spirit OF the widows mite
The Samoan chief concludes:
These be thy gods, oh, Israel"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
MINNEAPOLIS BREvIrIEs.

It was reported last night that w. ].
fed their intention to accept the places
on the charter commission to which they
were appointed last Thursday.
The funeral of Mrs r. j. MendenhalT
who died Thursday night at her home
at p. m. from the residence. The serv-
Ices will be conducted by Rev. William
P. Angel.
A Norwegian, whose name is as yet un-
known, is working the religious CRATE. .
northeast, reported to the police that III
his zeal for the mission paper he stole
four gold rings from her. He is thirty
S od Xe ten be inches
mustache, wears a Fedora hat and short
black faded oyercoat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

greensboro, Ky.-In a general fight at
Renfrow's store yesterday Felix Pool an
ex-convict, was shot dead and Caleb
Wright Sr. severely wounded. Wright
had accused Pool of stealing some money.
New York-Lewis II. Severance. of New
York. has given 900 to Oberlin college
for the new chemical laboratory He has
purchased the land on which the labor
atory is now being built.
Philadelphia-The celebration of the
feast of the new year. according TO the
orthodox Greek church, the first ever
held in this city, is in progress today.
San Francisco-The Evening Post says
that q syndicate of Eastern business men
is planning to invade the local fed in
opposition to the local brewers combina-
ton.
cago--Forcclosure proceedings were
begun today against the famous Ferris
wheel to collect $780, coo paid to the Fer
ris company by the holders of 400 bonds
of the value Of $1,000 each.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
MORRISON ARRESTED.
Man Who Shot His Wife for a Bur-
gIar Charged with Murder.


NEW YORK, Jan. 12-Alfred Morrison,
who shot and killed one OF his wives,
with whom he was living In Mount Yer
non, is under arrest Crowds waited
around his house all day, in anticipation
of the arrest and they followed Morri-
son, who was in charge of the two de-
tectives, to the court house, where he
was arraigned and held to the grand jury
on the charge of murder in the first de-
gree.
Morrison, on the night of Dec %, shot
his wife Aida and she died the follow
ing day. He appeared to be grief-strick-
en- over the affair and told a pitiful tale
of how the shooting was the result of
fright, occasioned by dream of burg
lars. The woman herself knowing that
death was certain said that the shooting
was accidental and attributed it to the
same cause as Morrison did. The cor
oner's jury eXoneTated him.
Some days later Morrson's original
wife, who he married many years ago
under the name Of Gordon, gave out the
information that the man was a bigamist
and had practically abandoned her, and
from that facts tending-to put Morrison
in a bad light have developed. The po-
lice have been watching Morrison ever
since, and 1t was rumored that Morrison
was acting like crazy man. When he was
placed under arrest today, however, he
was very quiet and perfectly composed.
Judge Appel, for Morrison, said the
dispositions in the case and the papers did
not show that any crime had been COM
mitted, or, if any crime had been COM
mitted, they did not show that the pris-
oner at the bar had been guilty.
Justice Shattuck denied this motion,
and Judge Appel said he would waive
examination and that the prisoner would
stand committed to the grand jury.
The grand jury will assemble at White
Plains on the first Monday in February.
District Attorney Andrews today claim
ed that he had sufficient evidence to
prove that Morrison, in shooting his wife,
committed a deliberate and premeditated
murder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
New winona Building.

WINoNA, Mimi, Jan. 12-(Special.)-
The initiative ia the erection of a large
office building to be known as the Grain
and Lumber exchange was taken today in
the purchase by Charles Horton and
others from the Winona lodge of Masons
street The ground is 60X14O feet, and one
of the best locations in the city. Ground
will be broken in the spring and a build
ing erected that will house the clerical
force of every grain and lumber company
in the city A dozen or more companies
will occupy it, and, according to the
plaas, it will be one Of the largest and
handsomest public buildings In the city.
The Empire Lumber company Is the prin-
cipal concern in the enterprise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13

5 per cent The total receipts for last
December were 1882 3S New York, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis. Gin
cinnati, Brooklyn, Baltimore and Pitts
burg all showed increases. San Fran
cisco's receipts decreased rs per cent. The
largest percentage of increase shown was
at Albany PIG per cent. Decreases are
shown a. Providence, r. l.; Lowell Mass;
New Haven. Conn. Hartford. Conn;
Peoria, ILL.,, and st. Joseph, Mo.
Pension for Gen. Henry's Widow.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ia pension Of
$50 month to date from Oct 2S 1899 was
today granted by the commissioner of
pensions to the widow of Gen. Guy V.
Henry, who died last October