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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09

convened on that day clearly demon
strated the urgent necessity for
prompt action.
The house of representatives
promptly responded to the presidents
message. On the same day in which
it was read in the house. the late Mr..
Dingley, OF Maine. chairman of the
committee on ways and means, in
troduced the new tariff bill Such
unusual expedition had been made
possible only by the untiring work
of the members of the committee on
ways and means for several months
previous.
The bill was passed in the house of
representatives March 81. 1897, less
than a month after the inaugural
ton of President Mckinley and two
weeks after congress had convened
in extra session. 1t passed the senate
July Z, 1897. with amendments. Two
days later it's consideration was be-
gun by conference committee Of the
two houses. and it finally passed the
house July 10 and the senate July "a.
,
when the president signed the bill.
Thus within five months mo other
tariff law was ever passed in so short
a time) after the inauguration OF
the president a new tariff law was
placed on the statute books. Under
it's benef;cent influences the United
States has enjoyed a commercial and
A., 10
history The hopes of the president
as expressed in his message have been
realized: ample revenues were pro
vided for the ordinary expenses OF
the government. and in providing
them duties were levied upon foreign
products, so as to preserve the home
markets: manufactures have revived
and ncreased; agriculture has beer
relieved and encouraged: domestic ano
foreign commerce have been increased
mining and building have been aidec
and developed, and more liberal wages
have been paid to labor.
Under the operation of the Wilson
act, from September /. 1894. to July
"a. 1897. a period of 35 months. there
was total deficit of S1OS .0O3.24.;
This deplorable state of the revenue:
was largely responsible for that lacl
of confidence which prolonged tn.
hard times inaugurated by the panic
of 1893.
The Dingley tariff became Law
July "a. 1897. Under it's operation
ample revenues have been provided
rs urged by President Mckinley
During the period of SO months TIL
Jaw has been in force. July "a, 1897
to April l., 1900. the receipts of TIL
government from all sources, exclu
sive of Pacific railroad items, wer
S1,ee4 .326,G0s. Deducting from thes
receipts the treasury department
estimate of collections under the wa
revenue act, amounting to $1S3,70S,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09

of agriculture, which in the fiscal
year 1899 were $lOO, 900, 900 greater
than in the fiscal year 1897, and in
1895 were 5000, 100000 in excess of
those of 1897.
The message also recommended that
he new duties should be SO levied as
ito aid and develop mining" That
mining has been greatly encouraged
is amply shown by the figures relating
to the two great mining industries,
coal and iron. The coal production of
1899 exceeds 2OO.0OO.OOO tons. against
179 100000 in 1897 and Ill Geo 900 in
1896, and has placed the United States
at the head of the worlds producers of
this article. our product in 1899 being
greater than that of any other coun-
try in the world. The pig-iron pro-
duction in 1899 was 1850, 1O3 tons.
against 9,652.6sO tons in 1897 and
s.a23,127 tons in 1896 In pig iron. as
in coal the United States now holds
the first place in the worlds produce
| ton
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
GHOSTS PLAINLY VISIBLE.
Some People Said to BE so COnsti.
tutcd That They See Super
natural Beings.

There is no doubt that person may
apparently see objects and hear words
which another person close by cannot
see or hear. Such impressions are to
be referred not to actually existing OBJ.
jects, but to the action of the subjects
mind. says the Westminster Review.
DR., Abercromby tells of one patient
who could, by directing his attention
to an idea. call up to sight the appro.
pirate image or scene, though the thing
called up We're an object he had never
seen. but had merely imagined. When
meeting a friend in the street he could
not be sure whether the appearance
was his friend or a specter illusion till
he had tried to touch it and had heard
the voice. Goethe saw; an exact coun.
terpart of himself advancing toward
him. an experience repeated by Wilkie
Collins. Sir Walter Scott relates that
soon after the death of Lord Byron he
read an account Of the deceased poet.
On stepping into the hall Immediately
after he saw right before him iE, a
standing posture the exact representa-.
ton of his departed friend. whose rec.
objection had been so strongly brought
to his imagination. After stopping a
moment to note the extra ordinary re-
sembIance he advanced toward it and
the figure gradually disappeared.
Some of the cases narrated by Sir
David brewster are particularly in
s1ructive. The subject was lady Mrs
A. and her Authorizations were care.
fully studied by her husband and Sir
David. On one occasion she saw her
husband. as she thought. who had
gone out half an hour before. ytandin,,
within Two feet of her in the drawing.
room. She was a>tonished to receive
no response when she spoke to him
She remen Dered that Sir David had toll
her to press one eyeball with he finger
| when the impression Of any real object
would be doubled. she tried to appl j
the test. but the figure walked awaj
and disappeared. The simple scientif:
| experiment. divert ed her attention froIl
| the creation of her mind. and this. H.,
longer being in sole possession. coul.,
rot maintain itse,f and was dissolved.
Another hallucination took the form
Of her dead sister-in law. The fgurs
appea red in a dress which Mrs. A. had
never seen. but which had been de.
scribed to her by a common friend.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Brownies Appeal for GRANDMA.

y little girl whose parents have given
her the name of brownie" was recent
ly repeating her prayer of Nov, | lay
ME to her mother. concluding with an
appeal for blessings to be showered
on each ard every nembe of he fan
lily, The mother tucked her securely
in bed and stepped into an adjoining
room for sonnet hing before going Gown
stairs for the night. Presently she
heard low voice in the chld's room.
and. going to the door. was surprised
TO see the little girl again kneeling at
her bedside. Pausing for a moment to
hear what Few thought was pulsng in
the small brain. she heard the words:
Say. God. wouldn't that jar you?
/ forgot grandma.'
Brownies mother tells anot her tory
Of the Youngsters first party. She re-
turned With her nurse. quite tired and
sank in her small, chair. in the manner
OF a weary society woman.
Did YOU have a pleasant time?" in
quired the mother.
jus meinm." sighed Brownie. 81
Bit one children ard scratched anoth-
er. -Chicago Inter Ocean.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
CHINESE MILITARY DRILL.
sham Battles of the Troops Excite the
liabilities of Those NhO Mit-
ness Them

Sham BATTLES form large part Of
the drill of the Chinese troops. These
are terrible affairs in the eyes of the
natives. but to foreigner they are
extremely farcical, says a foreign en-
change. People living near a military
post are awakened nearly every morn
ing by reports Of firearms in sufficient
regularity to Indicate some intention
in the discharges. This firing is part
of the exercise which a battalion goes
through regularly. The exercises of
the battalion-part armed with muz-
zle leaders and part with breech load
ers-is in the genuine Chinese style.
Flags form an important part of the
display, writes a recent observer OF
one of these affairs. Eleven flags
stood 80 PAGES in the rear of the line,
two large ones in the center and one
planted so yards in front of the CEN
ter. Two officers stood facing the
front of the line near drummer, the
former with his instrument on a
stand. The battalion having gone
through some volley firing by sec
tons of six men each, regulated by
the lowering of the furled flag, the
drummer gave a signal, the flags were
unfolded and the variously costumed
soldiery wandered off in single file in
a kind of pantomime circular counter
ton in SINGLE rank was assumed.
'Bat1alion" volleys We're then fired,
the furled flags lowered and the bear
ers pranced out, going through
queer bit of a lance exercise, char.
acterized by skip and caper and
twirl between each point, accompa-
MED by a shout when delivered. This
seems to have been intended as a
comic interlude while the musketeers
went through the serious business of
loading, and was repeated between
each volley until the drum again gave
the signal for the pantomime coun-
termarch. On reforming the line
began file firing to the tap of the
drum. single shots running up the
rear and down the front rank, the lat
ter kneeling to fire. The walk round
was repeated and. the line having been
reformed. circular groups of six mus
kettefS formed ROUND eaCh nag IN
the line, and, moving round the flag
bearer. each man discharged his rifle
as he came to the front. reloading as
he circled. This ended the show and
the performers marched off in sim
gle file. executing maze" and the
drummer, who had regulated every
thing with his taps. disappeared with
his companion. the gongman, who
seemed to have chimed in whenever he
thought ii would sound we'll
OF the artillery drill the observer
says: "The guns We're small modern
krupps. not horsed, but manned
with drag-ropes. Each gun was ac-
companied by huge flag to enable
the enemy to find his position. Some
times the guns We're aimed blank car
fridge being fired. and followed by a
great waving of flags. The whole de-
tachment was too crowded and Of
fered a splendid target"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
,so tber. were NET rece;nts of 3, nan

53e. there were net receipts of 81 .o40.-
61S.070. The expenditures for the
same period aggregated $l.366, GG3.-
400, and dcducting the treasury de
partmen1 5 estimate of war eXpendi-
lures of 1872, 100000. the net eNpen-
ditures for the period stand at 1894
Co., 40G. leaving for the 81 months
operation of the Dngley tariff an ex-
cess of net receipts over net eNpen-
ditures of $45,954 ,664.
The president urged that the new
duties be so levied as Ito revive and
increase manufactures" In the tis-
cal year 1897 the imports for the con-
sumption of articles in a crude con-
dition which enter into the various
ed to $2O7, 26s.155, and in the three
years 1895. 1896 and 1897 averaged
less than $2OO,OOO.0O0 annually. while
in the calendar year 1899 the imports
of this class amounted to 1867 .493 $50
an increase of nearly $7O00O,00O over
the average for the three years OF
| low tariff, in which many of these
articles, notably wool, We're upon the
| free list. At present the importation
of manufacturers materials is run,
ming at the rate of S2s.0O0,000 pei
month, or more than so per cent
higher than the monthly average in
the year prior to the enactment Of
the Dingley law.
The president also urged that the
new duties should be so levied as ste
relieve and encourage agriculture.
That agriculture has oeen relieved an6
encouraged is shown by the increased
prices for agricultural products. al
of which have materially advanced il
the home market, and by the large in
crease in expectation in the product!
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Because Busine.. was Better.

The books Of the third assist ant post
masrer-general for the fiscal year end
ing June 80. 1890, show an increase in
the sale of postage stamps for 1900 over
the year ending June 80. 1899. of 46..-
417.4Go stamps. the total number sold
being 3,963.3374.3l0 stamps. valued at
$76.216.904. The increase in revenue
was S9.474.413.5O In addition to these
stamps. there were issued 1868 .04O
books of 10 stamps each. valued at
$S3O.G4s.4s, making the total increase
Of sales of stamps $1o,3o5 ,061.9s, or
about - per cent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
I: NOnpIuSeil Her.

Mrs. Malaprop-And then. after all.
when | got TO the convention hall the
man at .he door said: sorry, madam.
but YOU can't get into the hal, without
8 ticket
Mrs. Qualifications what did you
20 then?
II DIDN'T know what 10 do. ] vas
completely ne p,rs." - Philadelphia
Press
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Struck by Lightning.

Waukesha. Wis, Aug. 1.-The Sc
verest electrical storm in the city's
history struck here early Friday.
lightning striking and causing dam
age in many instances. The barn be-
longing to Hebe Smith. three miles
east of the city, was struck by light
ming and burned to the ground. to-
gether with l3S head of sheep and five
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Game of Chance.

4 man met a bun in a field.
III toss YOU TO see who stays. said
the bull
He tossed and the mar lost.
The moral is that it is never safe %
indulge in games of chance. especially
when all the ODDS are against you.-
Philadelphia North American.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
The Treasury Surplus.

Receipts of the national treasury for
the fiscal year just ended were $685.
9sS,94s, and the expenditures $4s7,75e.-
III. making surplus for the year Of
$s1,229,777.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
In Greater Demand .

He came in the office with book
under his arm.
Il hear tina, you intend visiting the
great expostion"
We'll, yes"
Then let me sell you How to Go to
PARISH"
NO. but have you book How to
Get Back?' Chicago Evening News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Damage viii Reach $1,000, 900.

Arcola, H.. Aug. 3.-Authentic re-
ports received in this city by men who
have covered the broomcorn district
indicate that Wednesdays storm dam
aged the growing crop to the extent Of
ST. 900 900. From one end of the dis
trict to the other the corn is fla. on the
ground
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Not Exactly Baseball.

Dolly swift-Why are so many Of the
girls fairly throwing themselves at
young Munniman?
Sally Gay-BecauSe he is such good
catch, presume.-The Smart Set
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09

EaTmrrS VIII nOtlce how these eN-
ports steadily declined during the last
democratic free trade administration.
and how much larger our exports of
breadstutfs have been under the repub-
lican administrat and protective
tariffs
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Demand for Provisions.

Exports of provisions from American
farms last year were worth $3.50 1000, 900.
or SAT, 900 more than in 1896. This
sort of expansion is what the demo-
Gratis call "imperialism."
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
News In Brief.


ing brcaKbeam at Jamestown-and be-
ing caught at it.
William Smith. of Fargo. who went to
Kansas to help with the harvest was
accidentally killed.
James Snodgrass. who shot himself
near Wahpeton. lived IA hours after the
side of his head had been torn off by
the charge of shot.
a dozen houses in the Russian settle
ment at Bismarck were burned Chil-
dren played with matches among piles
OF ties and the wind did the rest.
Census reports from the state are slow
in reaching Washington but lOl out OF
263 portfolios have been turned in. So
soon as all are received the result will
be announced
The jamestown city council will give
u sugar beet factory.
Jamestown's tax levy is $4,000
Company d. of Devils Lake has saved
up $1,000 for armory purposes.
Prairie fires in kidder county destroyed
several thousand dollars worth of prop
erty. The fire swept into Logan and
Emmons counties. and the entire popula-
ton was kept busy for an entire day
| fighting the flames.
Oakes has a proposition for a sugar
beet factory and Hon. Tom Marshall is
much interested in the matter, President
| Worst Oh the agricultural college, went
down to Oakes to attend a mass meet
| ing to talk the matter over.
The promoters of the sugar beet fac
tory state that they viii send an engineer
to Jamestown to look over the site Of
4 iS rba,. x1-in
begin to break ground Sept. l. The farm
ers in the vicinity have agreed TO plant
'arge acreages of beets
| Postotiice service has been established
at Virden, with Elias Gingerick post
master.
Sargent county stockmen have leased
reservation lands for the ulpose of Win
terng cattle.
j. I5ridgeman. of Fargo. captured an
eagle which was evidently tired out by
long flying The bird tried to get away
by running but Bridgeman finally cap.
tured IT and took it home The wings
measured six feet and six inches from
tip to til.
Fargos real estate assessment this year
was left at So sos by the county board
OF equalization. Last year the same
hoard left the amount at 81 .9a6. 2S7 which
vas raised u per cent by the state board
the figures this year are such an increas.
AVER the local returns last year that it is
thought the state board will proba bly,
permit them to stand
Carl kreiser. a Mercer county farmer
lost five cattle by lightning.
North Dakota will not export man!
train loads of potatoes this year.
Samuel Desoe, of Willow City, has In
vented and patented a new form of ha.
rack made of angle iron, which he think
will be a great improvement over t.
IaSodan sort
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
\ Warming.

Considerable OF the flax crop is spotted
with disease this season and Prof. Bolley.
of the agricultural college, warns farm
ers to secure their seed from other fields
| for the disease, a fungus one in the
ground. will remain and infect next year.
Examine the fields, and if there are spots
OF dead or diseased flax, send samples
of the dead and dying plants to the coll
| lege for examination.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Stabbed.

Word comes to Cannonbal of serious
stabbing affray on Four Mile creek. Bob
Marshall. half breed rancher. was stab
bed in the face and breast with large
pocket knife, 1t has not been definitely
ascertained who did the work. Mar
shall may die. No arrests have been
made as yet. Whisky was the cause
Marshall lay on the prairie several hours
before he was found.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Banks Well Fixed.

The comptroller of the currency has
given out an abstract of the reports Of
the condition June 26. Of the "a national
banks in North Dakota. 1t shows total
resources of $1,1239S4 loans and discounts
amounting to $3.50. O32. and cash reserve
to $780, 69, of which $150.471 was gold. In
dividual deposits were s4.S17,994. and av-
erage reserve held was $l7.2O per cent
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Women Will Vote.

Tie women of North Dakota are not
going to let go of any of the rights
they have acquired in this state which
places them on civil and political level
with man-at least not this fall-and par
ticularly is this the case with the cleo
tive franchises. 1t is true that female
suffragistS have only a limited oppor-
tunty to display their rights in this di-
rection. They are permitted only to vote
in this state upon matters affecting the
schools and for the election of school Of
tcers. but in this direction they propose
to exercise their franchise as they see
tit and Independent of party lines and
ties
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Sad Case.

A fatal accident happened eight miles
north of New Salem by which the Az
year-old son of {. F. Skubina lost his
life. Mrs. Skubina and the boy We're
on a load of hay when somehow the hay
caught fire. The horses began to run
and Mrs Skubna turned her attention
to the horses and told the child to get
off the wagon. The unfortunate lad fail
ed to understand what to do. and the re-
suit was that he was so badly injured
by the flames that he died within an
hour. The hay wagon and harness were
burned and one horse badly injured. The
other horse escaped. Mrs. Skubina was
badly burned but will recover.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
Exports of Breadxtufs.
Our exports of breaGstutfs compal

as folIowS:
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
A Sensation.

Bowden, Wells county town. in which
number of Fargo people are Interested.
hes had another sensation. Several
boys We're enjoying a keg of beer in
blacksmith shop when four or five mask
ed men came to the door and called one
OF the party out. AS he stepped out he
was seized and beaten into insensibility,
was thrown into buggy while the white
caps fed toward a farm house near
town, firing several shots as they vent.
When the gang left, the party in the
blacksmith shop FASTENED to the street.
where they found their companion, who
had been thrown into the buggy, but
who had regained consciousness. The
beer party Immediately resolved itself
into a vigilance committee and struck
out for revenge.
Going down TO the aforesaid farm house
two shots We're fired into the building
and the proprietor. who. it is said, had
nothing to do with the affair, was given
| a sound beating. The members of the
beer party claimed they knew every menu
Der of the white caps. and among those
named was the preacher.
The daily sentinel., 1900-08-29
INTERESTED IN IT..
Mrs. Georgia Fay and Daughter
Florence Own Some Good
La Sal Properties.

The Sentinel received today a COM
munication from its correspondent in
the La Sal mining district, which con-
tanned some information concerning tive
former Grand junction ladies' which will
be interesting to great many people
in this city who know the ladies' person
ally.
The communication refers to Mrs.
Georgia Fay and daughter Florence, and
says:
"The Brooklyn property, between
Miners Basin and Castle Creek, is tho
latest property to show rich gold values,
and may now be termed a paying prop.
erty for local mill.
This property is owned by j. d. Hud-
con and Mrs Georgia Fay, of Grand
Junction. Buildings are being erected
near it and preparations made for pro-
ducing enough ore for trial run.
Mrs. Fay and daughter Florence own
a group Of claims in the quartzite local
ity, all of which show rich gold values.
Thes ladies shoulder their picks and
shovsls and can be seen every day wend-
ing their way to the mine t. perform
their daily work.
"In the evening after supper is over
they may be found at the creek with
mortar, pestle and pan, carefully scrutin-
iziDg the results Of their discovery and
as a rule they can show as many parti-
cles Of gold dust as any old "chloriders"
in the camp.
Mrs. Fay also conducts hotel and
restaurant here aud it is the only one 70
supply the hungry miner and weary
traveller with palatable meal, in addi-
ton to the strict attendance to her min
ing operations.
"Miss Florence Fay, accompanied by
. number OF La Salites will leave here
some time next week to participate in
the Peach Day festivities. They will
also provide themselves while in the
Junction with . goodly supply of pro-
Visions for the miners many Of whom are
preparing for the winter.