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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
Mss ToPpAx INDICTED.
1ssse Charged with Usasw PessSn @
kiil Three Ratieats UsAer
Her Care.

Barnstable.Afa Dec. 9. Miss Jane
Toppan,of lowell, stood up in the SUE
perior courtroom late Friday after
noon and heardsthe grand jury's in-
dictment charging her with the MUIR
der of three persons whom she had
been engaged to nurse back to health,
but who had died under her charge.
and, according to the Indictment, by
her hand The indictments, and there
are three, one charging her with the
death of Mrs. Mary d. Gibbs, second
with the death of A. p. Davis, both OF
Cataumet, and the third with that of
Mrs. Genevieve Gordon, of Chicago, all
alleged that the cause was the admin
istration of poisonous drugs. ten
grains or morphine or atrophine, or
morphine and atropine together, or
by some poison unknown, to the jury.
For ten minutes the woman stood
tightly clutching the rail while the
clerk read the Indictment charging her
with the murder of Mrs. Gibbs. At
length Miss Toppan's counsel spared
her further agony by waving the read
ing, and all that remained was for her
to plead. Three times she was asked
il she was guilty of the murder, and
three times she replied ina low voice:
'Not guilty" After the woman had
entered her plea her counsel sked that
the state appoint counsel for her. and
Chief Justice Mason, who presided,
said that he would take the matter UNI
der advisement. Miss Toppan was
then led away to her cell, where she
will remain until some time early next
spring, when she will be given a trial
by jury.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
GEN. cHAFFEE REPORTS.
Military Governor of the Philippines
Tells Why Guerilla Warfare
Ii Prolonged.

Washington, Dec. 0.-The war depart-
ment has made public the first annual
report of Maj. Gen. Adna II. Chaffee,
military governor of the Philippine is-
lands. Gen. Chaffee sums up the situ-
alton in the Philippines from mili-
tary point of view by stating that the
provinces of Batangas and Laguna, in
Luzon, and the islands of Samar, Min-
doro, Cebu and Bohol constitute the
area now disturbed by any embodied
force of insurgents. He says that to
the physical character of the coun-
try, to the nature of the warfare OF
the rebels, who are amigo and foe in
the self-same hour, to the humanity
of the troops, which is taken advan-
tage Of by the rebels and the inhabit-
ants who sympathize with them, and
to the fear of assassina ton on the part
of the friendly disposed if they give
informat ton to the American forces. is
due the prolongation of the guerrilla
warfare.
He recommends that there be no fur
Their material reduction of troops be-
fore January, 1908. The civil govern-
ments which are being organized--pro-
vincial and municipal-Gen. Chaffee
says are both new and untried, and
there is but one certain and reliable
method of ascertaining the progress OF
the Filipinos in self-government, Nance
ly, observa ton by the army.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
FOLLOWS HIS MASTER.
- - ~ ~ So
auAble Rrssiaa Priest whe Prae-
I tices. - Wen assPreaches the
Teachings pT Christ.

In all Russia there is no man who 10
more honored than the humble divine
who is known as Father John OF 'Cron-
stadt From the car. himself down
to the lowest day laborer there is but
one sentiment in. regard to him, and
that lis of love and admiration.
Nominally his parish is in Cronstadt,
but actually all Russia is his see. Alex
ander Ill, when hesknew that his last
hour was approaching, sent for him
TO pray by his bedside. and during his
last moments on earth this car, once
SO potent, paid more heed to the words
of the provincial priest than to those
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12

ence and fiction, two creatures of an in
compatible temperament, happy. At
least so far as the lay world could
judge. .|t.s
But he himself was not made happy
by his work. In his later days he has
been frequently melancholy, because,
as he continually said, he thought he
had accomplished nothing worthy in
literature. A favorite remark of his
has been: "Je ne compte pas dams Ia
literature Francais,' II amount to
nothing in French literature"
Georges Sand, the great woman nov
elist, admired his tales. After reading
several stories which he wrote about
balloons and flying machines, she
asked him to take another tack.
One of his greatest novels, Given
ty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea-" followed. Then one of Cooks
tourist time tables gave him the idea
of around the World in Eighty Days"
which is the best known of his writings.
Even to-day, when By means of the
transcontinental railroads a traveller
manages to make circle around the
earth in less than so days, he is wont to
boast of having defeated the resource
full Phineas Fogg.
Verne was. not % traveller. He never
tried to visit any Of the places he wrote
about. The majority of the sites he
writes about are inaccessible to mem
bers of this age and genera ton, amy
how, and maybe their describer thought
it was not worth while to go to the
rest. He always said his hardest work
came when he had to read up about the
Places he had not seen but would de-
scribe.
He worked hard, fact shown by his
output-s0 imaginative novels in less
than 40 years. Arising at 4:30 in the
morning, he worked till IL before eat
ing; then came breakfast, and in the
afternoon four or five hours more of
work.
When the first draft of book was
done he corrected and recorrected un-
til he had gone through the proof
sheets seven or eight times. His pub
fishers say that his last correction
looks entirely unlike the first draft;
that the outlines of the plot and even
the names of the characters are
changed.
Verne began to write at the age of
~. Poetry, it was then, and dreadful,
too" he says himself. When graduated
from college he went on the Paris
bourse and in a few months specula-
ton lost considerable money. He was
always glad of it, however, because he
claimed that he was thus enabled to
see at close range that nervous energy
and lightninglike thinking which
makes his heroes interesting.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
BLIND AND IN WANT.
Last Days of Jules Verne Move His
Friends to Tears.
Famous French Author, Once the Pet
Of Society, Reduced to Affect
Poverty-Some of HIS Create
est Stories.

Jules Verne, 'he of the great imag-
ination," as the French call him, the
writer of 80 fabulously successful now
els, lies dying at his home in Amiens,
old, blind and penniless. His son is
now in England with the hope of get
ting some of his fathers admirers to
place their names on subscription list
that the dying man may lack. neither
doctors nor medicine while he yet lives,
nor decent burial when he dies.
The worlds farewell to the novelist
must be to him bitter contrast to it's
welcome and to the hospitality he en-
joyed during his stay. From every
point of view his life has been success
full. He had fame in every civilized
country, money in consequence there
of, the friendship of the great among
his countrymen, health and the love of
a devoted wife. To-day the last alone
remains to him. His fame diminished
as his writing waned. He had spent
his money and the faculty of making
more departed with old age. His
friends are dead and he has become
blind.
Verne's books were new sort, diff
ferent in kind from any that had been
published in France. The love motif
was entirely absent. His heroes were
adventurers, travellers, who neverthe-
less, in contradistinction to the
conventional daredevil, spent none
of their time in either getting
beautiful maidens into distress by
breaking their hearts, or in get
ting them out of it by breaking
their maligners' heads. The Verne
adventurers fight and beat other men
or more frequently nature. The laws
of time and gravity are theirpet antip-
athies. The tales were all pseudo-sci-
entific. Their author succeeded in ac-
comprising the previously impossible,
for he made the marriage between sci
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12

eter. In the center is hole large
enough to admit the bit. On the in
ner side of the burr are punches of
bristles, which protrude quarter of
an inch. The burr is slipped on the
bit and the bristles rub against the
side of the horses mouth when the
line is pulled taut. The burr is used
legitimately for correcting a cone
line puller,'' as horse which pulls to
one side is called.
Bristles is the usual material used
for studding the burr, although it is
charged that some horse owners use
tacks, with the sharp point filed off.
Both kinds of the burr are said to
have been removed from the New
York horses.
II do not thing bit burrs are used in
Chicago for anything other than cor
recting the habit of some horses to
pull to one side," said the manager
of Studebaker Bros Manufacturing
company. "The burrs are kept in
stock for that purpose, and I do not
believe any of the New York people
used them for the purpose of making
their horses hold up their heads. 1t
is effective for the purpose for which
it is intended, but it is not such an
awful instrument"
II am surprised to hear the New
York report, and do not believe Com
modore Elbridge T. Gerry had burrs
on his horses" said President John
G. Shortall, of the Chicago So.
ciety for the Prevention Of Cru
city to Animals. II have never
heard of such cases of cruelty in
Chicago, and would be pleased to be
furnished with evidence against any.
one here who resorts to burrs to make
his horses appear stylish. A burr is
cruel thing to attach to a horses
bit" 5tt.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
NORTH DAKOTA HOGS.

Not long ago. G. B. Taylor. a pr0nt-
nent1 farmer at Havana. had the distinc-
ton Of selling a load of hogs. which
never.saw corn, at Is cents per 100 pounds
more than the next highest sale and fully
Is cents per hundred pounds more than
the big end of all the hogs sold in the st.
Paul market on that day. There were 81
hogs. averaging 1923 pounds, and they sold
at $3.50. They were fed strictly on ground
millet. and. while they were not prime.
yet the finish which they had. tends to
demonstrate that North Dakota can pro-
duce just as good quality of hogs. with
out corn. as can be raised in any Of the
corn producing states.
Mr.. Taylor has been an exclusive wheat
years. but last fall his attention was
turned toward raising hogs. His mex
perience in this line, however, caused him
to act cautiously. He had no corn to
feed although he did have plenty of
millet. His first purchase consisted OF
little over 100 pigs. year ago this fall.
They were compelled to rough it through
the winter. although on days when snow
was on the ground. they were given
about 21a bushels of wheat each day.
During the summer they took care OF
themselves and on Oct. l, they were put
into feed-lot supplied with self feed
err and plenty of water and fed all the
ground millet they could cat. @s A-i
Included in the bunch marketed yes
terday were Is brood sows. a part Of g
head, which raised over 300 pigs during
the: past summer and their gain on this
ration was something miraculous as well,
as financial success. With check in
his inside pocket for 100000, meaning the
net proceeds Of the sale of his 81 hogs and
still with nearly four hundred hogs left
on his farm, as the result of one years
business, Mr.. Taylor said: II hesitated
to venture into raising hogs, but during
my short career in this line am already
convinced that farmers in North Dakota
would be far better off. financially, II
they would make the same move. Wheat.
as an exclusive crop, is practically
dead issue with us and my advice to the
farmers is to raise less wheat and feed
more cattle. hogs and sheep for the
market"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12

a great breakfast was served, at which
all the attaches of the legation were.
present and met the members of Mrs.
Wu's suite. '''''
Two enormous vanloads of luggage
followed the party to the legation.
Queer-looking trunks and boxes made
of bamboo were piled high, while there
were many bundles wrapped in cane,
splints and bagging.
When Miss WI and the members of
her mothers suite are introduced
formally to society it is expected that
the affair will even exceed the magnifi-
cent functions usually given at the
legation. This is the first time in the
history of the Chinese legation that
young Chinese women of high caste
Shave been brought to this country for
the purpose of entering society.
ss=@a Nine. WI is already well and favor
ably known in social circles, and her
daughter and the members of her suite
are certain of a most cordial reception.
The young women will experience no
difficulty, as, in addition to Chinese,
they, like majority Of the members
of the diplomatic corps, speak French.
MissAssaWu and the two. young women
of theEsuite are exceedingly small in
stature, but are as fair as many eau
casian bellies. All wore their hair
brushed straight back. Next to auto
mobiles, electric cars and Chow Chou
on his bicycle, the new arrivals mani
Tested the greatest interest in the baby
of shen-Tung, the first secretary, who,
with his wife, welcomed them to the
legation.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12

of all his courtiers. In like manner
the present car, it is said, has on va
rious occasions sought counsel of
Father John and has expressed his adj
miration of his lofty character and
stainless life.
1t is not, however, as an adviser OF
monarchs that Father John is entitled
to distinction, but because he is in the
true sense shepherd of the people.
A son of the soil himself, he knows the
joys and sorrows of the people thor
oughly, and he has spent his entire life
in an attempt to increase the former
and mitigate the latter. In this work
he has met with such signal success
that most of his countrymen regard
him as a saint, who can perform mir
acles whenever he pleases. And truly
he does perform miracles, though they
are not such as require the exercise
of any supernatural power:
If he uses any magic, it is solely that
of his own wonderful personality.
A born philanthropist, he is waging
incessant war against every form of
STU anu SuleIIHS, anu 30 SlFOlS IS HIS
will that he works wonders where men
less godly or less energetic would sure
ly fail. Strange stories are told Of
instantaneous cures effected by him
and of his unparalleled skill in obtain
ing money whenever he needs it for
any charitable purpose. Millions Of
dollars, it is said, have already passed
through his hands in this way. Yet he
himself has remained poor, and there
is not a priest in Russia who spends
less money on himself than he does.
His admirers claim that he has done
quite as good work in his own field as
Tolstoi has done in his, and, further
more, they maintain that the life work
of the two men is intellectually and
spiritually akin, since it is based on
their love for humanity and is designed
to prove the truth of the saying that
love is the fu1fillment of the law.
However this may be. no more pic
turesque figure than Father Johns
has appeared in Europe for long
time.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12

tie character and the most charming
manners. He will be 21 years old on
May 6 of next year, and that event will
be celebrated with great rejoicing in
Germany. The young man is an officer
in half dozen Prussian regiments and
is very popular in the army. He is ex-
pected to cross the Atlantic in yacht
being built especially for his use, and
which his father will present to him
when it is finished. The prince, by the
emperor's desire, will, if he comes.
study American methods of shipbuild-
ing, which seem to have commended
themselves highly to the kaiser's judg-
ment. His private yacht will be amar-
vel of comfort and naval architecture.
Prince Frederick will preside at the
launching, which is to take place in
March, and, although the superb ves-
sci is being ostensibly built for the en-
peror, it is understood that it will be
Prince Frederick's private property
and his principal birthday gift
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
DAINTY AND PRETTY
Daisy WI, Daughter Of Chinese
Minister at Washington.
Just Like y Picture on an Oriental
Fa.-+ywin BE Introanced to So, q
ciety Before the winter
IL Over.

T. T.. : . L
A9Washington telegram to the New
York World says that bundled in furs
andsrobes, and resembling nothing SO
much as rolls of rich cloth, Nine. WI,
her daughter, Miss Daisy, and the two
young women of high caste who con-
stitute her suite, arrived at the Chi
nese legation early the other morning.
With them came half score of 'serv-
ants and almost carload of baggage.
Minister WI and all the members Of
the lega ton were at the railway sta
ton to, bid Mrs. WI and her young
charges welcome. As the travellers
were assisted from the train all tried
to talk at once, except the imperturb-
able minister himself, who, after
singing out his wife and affectionate-
ly greeting her, shook hands with the
young women who accompanied her.
His daughter, Miss Daisy, who is as
dainty as picture on silk fan, greet
ed the minister and then began looking
out for the comfort of her mother.
All the young women will assist Mrs.
WI in her social duties during the
COuAuS SSdSOH. Lie uduSAGCI VIA NC
formally introduced to society at a
dinner and dance in the near future.
The ladies chattering volubly in Chi
nese and French, the party entered
carriages and drove to the legation.
Just as they arrived Chow Chou, the
minister's 14-year-old son, came whiz-
zing under the porte cochere on a BIZ
cycle. The young ladies looked at him
in wonder. Chow Chou greeted his
mother and sister in much the same
fashion as any American boy would
have done, for this youngster insists
that he is an American. After kissing
his mother and his sister, Chow Chou
stood his bicycle up on the edge of the
pavement and watched the two young
women of the suite get out of the car
rage.
With mincing little steps the women
in the party entered the house. where
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
CRUELTY, TO HORSES.
BIT B0rrs to Make Their Teams
Appear Spirited.

Bit burrs for making horses hold
their heads high in the air are said
to be in common use in New York
Eight pairs of the burrs were removed
from the mouths of horses attached
to private carriages in front of the
Madison Square garden in New York
the other night. The owners of the
carriages desired to have their horses
make good appearance at the horse
show, and hit upon this means of max
ing an ordinary animal appear frisky.
The bit burr is continuance made of
heavy leather, three inches in diam
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
French TAX on bicycles.

The handsome sum of nearly 5,5oo,00o
francs has been brought into the treas
ury of the French republic by the tax
upon the cyclists during the year 1900.
The tax was first imposed during the
year 1894, and was paid by 2o3, O36 per-
sons. In 1895 it was levied upon $780,
0s4, in 1896 upon 329,s16, in 1897 upon
4os, 500, in 1898 upon 4s4,414, and in 1899
upon nearly double that number-s3s,-
$50. The tax upon motor carriages in
1900 was paid by 1897 persons:
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
HOBART MAusoLEuM.
Tomb which Will Contain the Re-
mains Of the Late Vice Presi.
dent of the United States.

The massive mausoleum which will
contain the remains of the late vice
president, Carrot A. Hobart, is now
rapidly nearing completion in Cedar
Lawn cemetery at Paterson, N. j.
The design was prepared by Brite 6
Bacon, the New York architects, and
all the work has been done under
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
Legal Denn,t,on Of Riot.

To constitute the offense of riot
there must be not only common in
tent on the part of two or more per-
sons to do an unlawful act of violence,
or some other act in violent and tu-
multuous manner, but also concert of
action in furtherance of such intent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
Catching Carp with Corn.

Some fishermen on the Ohio. near
Jacksonville. Ind, have discovered
that carp bite eagerly at hooks baited
with green corn. It is the rule to put
several grains on each hook. Fish
weighing from 20 to 80 pounds have
been caught.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
HOBART MAUsoLEUM.
Quilt to Contain the Remains Of Il
Late Vice President.)


their direct supervision. The tomb
will cost about $4,000. It's material
will be principally white granite, SUR
rounded by futed columns of the
purest white Parian marble. The en-
trance is guarded by heavy bronze
doors, ornamented with piece work.
All of the interior is lined with white
marble. The dimensions of the build
ing are: Length. 80 feet inches;
width, 81 feet inches, and height. %
feet 2 inches. The remains of the
vice president will repose under the
heavy dome in marble sarcophagus
beside another Of similar make des-
tined for the last resting place of
Mrs. Hobart. In addition to these re-
ceptacles will be six catacombs for the
other members of the Hobart family.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
Au.tralia's Cattle King.

The cattle king Of Australia owns
more than 100000 acres Of farm land,
and leases about 100000 more. He is
an Irishman named Samuel McCaugh-
ey, who in 1856 landed in Australia al
most penniless. One of his farms on
Darling Downs is 40 miles long and SO
miles wide. His chief business is rails
ing sheep.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.
HI. Father May Direct Him to visit
the United States Some Time
Next Spring.

Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany. who may pay visit to the
United States next spring, is anunusu-
ally bright young man of the most gen.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
special Indian Agent.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Frank NJ. Com
ser, of Ohio, now supervisor of Indian
schools, has been appointed special
Indian agent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
FIRE AT OsNoBRoCK.

Fire started in Dan McAlln's general
store at Osnobrock and nothing could be
done to stop the progress of the flames
till the buildings in the entire block were
Tapped up. The losers are as follows:
Syverud Bros, general store; Dan Nc
Alin, general store: Bidlake & kitchin.
hardware; Bennett, hardware; McAllin
Bros. confectionery; Kelstad & Bangs.
jewelry and confectionery. The fire
finally burned itself out.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-12
The Chinese Loa II.

Paris, Dec. 9.--The Chinese loan Of
265,O0O,OOO francs at three per cent.
will be issued December 81.