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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
The State Day by Day.
NORTH DAKOTA PET CAT CASE.
May Prove a Dangerous Rival of the
Iowa Calf Case.


Iowa Calf Case.
The famous Jones' county calf case.
from Iowa, will have a revival in the
now famous "cat case OF Thompson,
Grand Forks county. 1t seems that
Howard Smith, the assistant agent of
the Great Northern at Thompson, shot
a cat belonging TO E. r. Spafford, a
general merchant at that place, Who
priced the animal very highly.
Spatford at first cnde avored to have
Smith prosecuted criminally. but States
Attorney WineInan refused to prose-
cute. Spafford then began suit in
justice court for $50 damages. The case
came up Friday before Justice Gamer
on. who dismissed the action. holding
that the cat was not one of the domeS-
tic animals termed property by the
state code.
Spatforu is not through vet. howsv-
ec, and has taken an appeal to the dis
tljct court. He has retained the firm
of Bosard & Eosard to prosecute his
case, While c. G. Murphy, the legal
representative of the Great Northern
in Fargo, will represent Smith.
AS tne legal talent employed is ol
the best obtainable. the case WILL be an
interesting one before it's finish. The
bar of the city is greatly Interested.
and all of the attorneys have been
digging" for law that would be appli-
cable. The date for the trial in the
district court has not been set. but the
case WILL without doubt. come up at
the December term. as there will be n
jury summoned at that time. The case
is the topic of the hour at Thompson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

George Arnold, 80 years of age, who
had been missing from the home of his
granddaughter, Mrs. F. ]. Warne,,
Syracuse, N. Y, was discovered in a
field three miles from the Warne
homestead. He was sitting under a
tree and had nothing to eat but some
green leaves and not drop of water
had passed his lips. Although very
weak he is expected to live. The old
man had lived in Toronto, Ont, up to
"a short time ago, when his wife died.
He frequently said that he wanted to
go home and had been acting in a
peculiar manner. One mile from the
place where the man was found his
wooden leg was discovered. He had
lunstrapped it and crawled on his
hands and knees over stone and barbed
wire fences.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Indictment Charge. Murder.

Mantorville, Mimi, Oct. 13.-District
court for the First judicial district is
now in session here, Judge Thomas S.
Buckham presiding Charles c. Hart
ley of Dodge Center. indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of murder in
the first degree, was arraigned at once,
pleaded not guilty and remapded to
Jail until the April term. He is charged
in the indictment with numbering Miss
Bertha Pelton on the night of June 4,
1901, by setting fire to his hotel where
the lady was guest for the night.
Miss Pelton was teacher in the Ken
yon schools. and was on her way to
her home in Wisconsin. All the other
guests escaped without injury.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

DR.. Colmette. head Of the Pasteur
Institute in Paris, and discoverer Of
the anti-venomous serum which bears
his name, has just had a narrow escape
from death, which he owes to his own
invention. DR.. Colmette was collect
Ing some serpents' venom, when one Of
the reptiles bit him severely on the
finger. A moments hesitation would
have been fatal, for the poison was a
deadly one, whose action is Immediate
Fortunately one of DR.. Colmettes COL
leagues at once injected strong dose
of the anti-venomous serum, and the
worst result so far has been a high
fever and swelling of the hand and
wrist.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
SMALLPOX AT MILE Laos.
Officials Take Precautions to Pre-
vent Its Spreading.

vent Its Spreading.
White Earth Mimi, Oct "a few
days ago intelligence was received at
the agency Office that smallpox had
broken out among the Indians at
Mile Lac and United States Agent
Michclet at once instructed DR.. L. A.
Atkinson, agency physician at Rice
Lake. and Joseph LuXon of the agency
police force''t to proceed to the scene of
the afflicted district and investigate
matters and vaccinate every Indian.
man, woman and child. and otherwise
use every available measure to pre-
vent the spread of the disease. The re-
port has also been received to the eff
feet that the plague has broken out
among the scattering bands of non
reservation Indians who live and roam
about the country in the vicinity of
Sandy lake, north of Aitllin and Nc
Gregor and Agent Michelet will leave
to-day to investigate the merits Of the
report.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Girls Attacked Nv Stril.ers

New York, Oct. 10. - A number Of
women and girls employed by the
Cooper Wrapper company, Williams
hurgh, Brooklyn, n. Y, where a strike
is in progress, were attacked on their
way to work yesterday and many Of
them were badly hurt. A dozen police
men who had been detailed to keep or
der near the wrapper company's fac
tory, had hard work to quell the dis
turbance, and it was necessary for
them to use their clubs to restore order.
Rosie Solomon, said to be the leader of
the attacking party, was arrested.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Box Chr on His Arm.

Northern Pacific railroad men at
Fargo were alarmed recently by hear
ing shrieks in the yards, and an in
vestigation disclosed a drunken man
with one arm across a rail and the
wheel of box car on top of his arm.
An engine had to be procured to pull
the car off his arm, which was badly
crushed. The name given by the man
was William Scott, and Idaho is his
home. He does not know how the acct
dent occurred, but 1t IS thought he was
trying to board some cars which were
being shunted on q switch track.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

Among the villagers on the Volga
in the Russian province of Samara
curious sect of women has made it's
appearance. 1t was originated by an
elderly peasant woman in Soznavo,
called the BLESSED Mother" These
women have fled from the villages
around into a remote district, where
they live singly in holes dug out Of
the face of the hill. They lead life
of fasting and prayer, and believe
themselves called from the world,
which they think is shortly about to
perish in a general conflagration. The
BLESSED Mother" has "ten wise vir-
gins" as a sort of bodyguard, and the
!sect believes that these eleven women
are possessed of miraculous power.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
PACIFIC CABLE.
The Attorney General Says the
Treaty Objection Is Not Tenable,

The Attorney General Says the
Treaty Objection Is Not Tcnnble.
Washington, Oct. 13.-Attorney Cen
eral Knox made verbal report to the
president and cabinet regarding the re-
suit Of the Investigations into the Pa
cific cable question. His conclusion was
that under the lazy of 1865 any domestic
company could land a cable upon the
shores of the United States or of it's
possessions. The president and cabinet
were convinced by the verbal report
that no executive action is called for at
this time. The president will go over
the subject more in detail with the at
torney general to-day. and will review
the whole question in his message to
congress.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
woSiuxsnEp M ROBBERS.
MinSc.ota ESamii, Has unplcn.ant
>AslvNmturN

MinSs;c.ota. Fa,nifS Has unplcn.ant
Adventure.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. Is. - Mrs.
Charles Hail, Minnesota woman who,
with her husband, was travelling
through the country in a covered wag-
on. arrived here in a badly wounded
condition as the result of an adventure
with highwayman. While encamped
for the night near Pipestone, Minn..
their tent was entered by two men who
thrust revolvers in Mrs. Halls face as
she arose from her bed. The visitors
ordered her to throw up her hands. At
the same time they fired their revos-
vers. y bullet struck Mrs. Hail in the
arm. Several other shots We're fired.
but none of them took effect. When
Mr.. Hall attempted to eject the men
they also covered him with their weap-
ons, and after ransacking the contents
of the tent. departed. The robbers took
every dollar Hall possessed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
NORTH DAKOTA IS HEALTHY.
Mortality Rate for Last Calendar
Year Is ls.4s per Thousand Populn.

1cOr IL per InOuSSl NIL k'OpuAOs
ton.
Washington, Oct. a-Statistics COM
piled by the marine hospital service
for 1.1s0 cities and towns in the United
States having a population of 1000 or
more. Indicates for the United
States an annual mortality for the last
calendar, year of 17.47 per 1000 popula
ton according to the census of 1900.
The population Of these cities and
towns aggregate 20,712.6oS. and deaths
from all causes in 1900 numbered $751;
10. The annual mortality per 1000 of
estimated population is 1857. There
were 36,240 deaths from phthiss pulo-
manis. 64S from smallpox. 1907 from
enteric fever, 1850 from measles. 2.2S7
from scarlet fever. 9.69S from diph-
liberia and nlembraneous Group. and
1859 from whooping cough. The table
shows North Dakota, With a death rate
of Cos per thousand of population. was
the most healthy state in the country
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
WILL LETTING CONTRACTS.
Au.triun Government win Spend
S1s0 ON Nllu In This Country.

au.trinn Government VIII Spend
S15O.COO. 900 In This Country.
Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 13.-Carl Red
Itch. constructing and supervising ems
pireer for the Austrian government, his
assistant, August Braund, and his Sec
retary, Edward F'alck. are here with
authority to let contracts amounting to
$3.50, 100000. The amount Is to be spent
by the government In building rail-
ways, canals. public highways. etc. The
gentlemen state that $500 miles of rail-
road are to be constructed, canals to be
widened and deepened, underground
roads to be built in many of the ancient
cities. A part Of the contracts will be
LET in Columbus.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

Sangar's circus recently caused a.
little scare in Ransgate. \ horse
drawing a covered van Of tigers made
a wild dash down the High street and
west through the windows OF a drapery
establishment. The horse was injured
and the van overturned. Two fine
tigers sprang out of the van as the
folding doors flew open, and the crowd
of sightseers was terrified; but some
of the showmen We're soon on the
scene, and the tigers were quickly re-
captured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

During the last year 1920 persons
were treated at the Pasteur Institute
at Paris. Eleven died Of hydrophobia.
and seven of these received treatment
too late. Of the lab patients who
were treated in time, four dicd-thc
percentage bei.g 2S-1O0 of per cent.
In 1881, when the institute began oper-
ations, the percentage was 94-1O0; by
1888 it had fallen to $500; since that
date it has. with the exception OF one
year, beer less than 40-1O0; and since
1898 it has been less than 10-100 OF /
ger cent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
WANT TO CUT LOOSE.
Normal Hoard Would Have Nothing
to Do With Hoard of Control.

Normal board Would Have Nothing
to Do With Hoard of Control.
ST. Paul. Oct. ia majority of the
members of the state normal board
favor an appeal to the courts to settle
their controversy With the state board
of control concerning the powers of the
two boards in the management of the
state normal schools. Secretary Olsen
yesterday announced that he had re-
ceived sufficient number of replies to
thu letters sent out by President Ank~
eny and himself asking for instructions
to show that at least a majority want
the question fought out in the courts.
and if possible the normal board freed
from all connection with the board of
control. All the replies received favor
such action. President Ankeny and
Secretary Olsen will confer with Attor-
ney General Douglas and action will be
begun within a few days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
SMALLPOX AMONG CHILDREN.
Seventy-onc Cases in n Government
School.

Ashland, Wis, Oct 9.-The alarming
discovery was made yesterday of sew
enty-one cases of smallpox in the gov
eminent school at Odanah, Cod River
reservation. DR.. Hicks OF Washburn,
representing the state board of health,
AMI DR.. Davidson. the Indian physi-
clan. made a Joint investigation with
the discovery that of IS pupils board
ing in the parochial school, As have the
smallpox. Out of the 70 pupils who
beard outside, 20 are down with the
disease. One teacher and two other
persons have the disease. This out
break is far more alarming than any
thing that has occurred in the North
west during the past two years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Reinbeck Has Diphtheria.

Reinbeck, Iowa, Oct. S.-Some appre-
fension is felt because of the preva-
lence Of diphtheria. One death oc-
Cured and ten families are under quar-
antire. It is feared the disease may
spread to Buffalo Center where the
schools of the township are grouped in
one. The churches have been closed
here and everything is being done to
Stamp out the disease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

In the centre of Liverpool there Isl
one large rocf-garden. 1t forms the,
hobby of lady who has at present in
successful cultivation currants, goose
berries, and a fine show of outdoor
flowers, besides eNotics in q green
house. The earth was taken up to the
tiles by means of a lift. and the gar
den is efficiently drained and free from
despoilers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

An expert says of the discovery OF
coal in India: The development of the
steel and iron trade in Bengal is only
"a matter of months. and Calcutta in u
of the east. With all the advantages
of an Asiatic population at hand, 81
unlimited output and the enterprise
controlled by Englishmen, there is no
fear Of competition. and new era OF
prosperity is we'll in sight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
PILLsBURY DANGEROUSLY ILL.

Friends of Minncsotn's Former Coz
ernOr Are Greatly Alarmed.
Minneapolis. Oct. IS. - Former Gov
ernor John S. Pillsbury is SO seriously
i'll that relatives are very much
alarmed. The attending MUSICIAN, DR..
w. a Jones. said that While Mr.. Pills
bury was very sick he was hopeful of
his ultimate recovery. The fact that
the heart action is very weak causes an
uneasiress which members of the fam
lily make no effort to conceal. The kid
neys are not operating satisfactorily,
and altogether there is complication
which, in view of the patients adj
vanced age, causes alarm.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
woMAN's PROPHECY.

Forctclls the Death of Nan and
Three Animals.
Louisville, Oct 49, - within nine
DAYS that fine mare will die, the colt
will die, your best hunting dog will dis
arpear and then you will die" This
was the prophecy made by an unknown
and mysterious woman to DR.. Alfred
G. Lemberger, and it came true to the
letter. for DR.. Lemberger fell dead from
heart failure on the evening of the
ninth day. The other conditions Of the
prophecy had already been fulfilled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
WANT PROF. SHAW.

South Dakota University Offers Him
PrOfeSSorshiD.
Bookings, S. D., Oct. Is. - Prof.
Thomas Shaw Of Minnesota has been
elected to the chair of animal husband
ry4 in the state agricultural college,
which also carries With it the director
ship of the United States experiment
station at this place. Prof. Shaw en-
joys national reputation and is a
leader Of his profession in this country
and Canada.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
THEFT OF $4,000.
rhar.ca Auninst n CAR In.pcctor

IL Charged Against IL Car INSPECTOR
at uhncn, n. v.
ithaca. N. Y, Oct. 13.-Charles Nor
ris, car inspector for the Lehigh Valley
railroad, was arrested here yesterday
charged with the theft of bonds. jew
elry and other property valued at $7o,-
OOO belonging to Mrs. Denman Thomp-
son and Mrs. Franklin Thompson OF the
"Old Homestead" company. The ar
rest was made while Norris was acting
as an inspector in an election booth.
Most of the property, including $6o,o0o
worth of bonds, has been recovered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Fell Into the Separator.

Milton, N. D., Oct. 13.-Harry Wilson,
whose home is in Michigan. fell into
the self-feeder of a separator on John
Wild's farm four miles southeast of
here, and received injuries which will
necessitate the amputation of his left
arm above the elbow and his left leg
a hove the knee
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Played With a Loaded Shell.

Armour, S. D., Oct. 13.-Roy Couron,
young son Of N. A. Couron of this city,
is another victim of the careless use of
gunpowder. While at school he OBJ
tanned a loaded 44-shell, and in trying
to drive it through hole in piece of
wood it exploded, the ball going
through the fleshy part of his left leg,
just above the knee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

Chicago, Oct. 10. - Railway passes
will not be abolished Dec. 81 next, The
plan to wipe them out of existence was
killed at meeting here yesterday of
the executive officials of Western roads
They will meet again Nov. S, when yes
terday's action will be ratified.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
looking After Rafting Intercsts.

Winona, Mimi, Oct. 9. Gov. Van
SAINT was in the city yesterday morn
ing to look after his rafting interests
in the absence of his son Grant, who
is in the northern part of the state.
The rafting season will end in about
three weeks he says.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Earl Mimic Nav omit

London, Oct. 13. - 1--WE understand u
say; the Chronicle, that, owing to
1rlctlon with the ministry, the Earl Of
Mimic is not likely to complete his term
as governor general of Canada, in
winch event the appointment will be Of
tered to Baron de Blaquere.''
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Wisconsin Women. Clubs.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 13.-The fifth an
nual convention of the state federation
of Women's Clubs of Wisconsin will
open in Madison next Wednesday and
continue for three days. The program
will be unusual.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
FATAL ACCIDENT.
foreman in Stnve Mill Instantly
Killed.

Swan, Wis, Oct. Civilian Fiddler.
foreman of the .stave mill at Curtis,
Wis, While shoveling sawdust from a
pulley on the line shaft, was caught by
bolt on the shaft and instantly killed.
Every garment was torn from his body
and his body and limbs We're so tightly
about the shaft that it was impossible
to remove the body without cutting the
flesh. Mr.. Fiddler was about sixty
years old, and for many years resi-
dent of Curtis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Coul PLAY Susue.,.1

Fargo, N. D.. Oct. 9.-Section Fore
man BriGgeman of the Northern Pa
cific found the body of laboring man
at the side of the track four miles west
of Fargo. Indications point to death
from gunshot wound in head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
SCQI0eI tn DcnfI,

Roanoke, Va, Oct. 13-1n week on
the Norfolk & Western railroad near
Dublin, Va, yesterday Frank Laven-
der, fireman, was scalded 70 death.
Hanging from the cab window he
begged for help but the bystanders
were powerless to aid him owing to the
escaping steam.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Searching for His Mother,

Kenosha. Wis, Oct. 49, - Earl G.
Brown, prominent manufacturer Of
Leadville, Colo, is in Kenosha making
an effort to find some trace of his
mother, Mrs. James Brown. who dis
appeared from Kenosha under the mys-
FERROUS circumstances more than TWEEN
ty-eight years ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

Diplomas Conferred by Van SAINT.
Faribault, Oct. 10. - Gov. Van SAINT,
DR.. Tomlinson of the ST. Peter insane
asylum and President Leavitt of the
state beard of control were present at
the graduating exercises of the atten-
dants' training class at the Minnesota
school for the feeble minded. The class
was smaller than usual. having but
three members. The diplomas were
conferred by Gov. Van SAINT.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Killed by His NcuI,c,v

Madison, Fla, Oct. 13.--John J. Pert
aged sixty, prominent and wealthy
citizen, was shot and instantly killed in
his home by his nephew. Munroc Will
Jams. aged twenty-five. A quarrel dur
ing an argument was the cause.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Tax Eerrets Found Five Millions.

Iowa Falls. Iowa, Oct. 13.-Five mill
ion dollars Of property that has escaped
taxation since 1896 is the astounding
record made by the tax ferrets en-
ployed by the board of supervisors of
Grundy county to unearth property
that has escaped the assessors the past
five years, or has been purposely con-
cealed by the residents of that county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
FARMER KILLED,
Thrown Out of Wagon and Wheel
Crushcs His Head,

Dell Rapids, S. D., Oct 9.-Carl Bor-
stad, a young farmer Of Dinsmore
township, who had been to Dell Rap
ids with grain Saturday evening, was
killed in his own yard on reaching
home. His team became frightened,
making a sudden lurch which pitched
him headlong from the wagon. A
wheel passed over his head, crushing
it terribly, killing him instantly. He
was thirty years old.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Redwood Falls schoo, Ex,o,,. !.

Redwood Falls. Mimi, Oct. 13.--The
board of education voted the sum Of
$1,000 to defray the expenses of the
district for the next year. including
payment of interest on OUTSTANDING.
bonds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
WORK OF FIRE BUGS.

Texas Town Almost Wiped Out by
an Incendiary Fire.
Dallas, Tex, Oct. Reinsurance men
at Dallas have been informed that
nearly all the town of Alba 100 miles
east of here, was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire Thursday night. 1t is re-
ported that only two business houses
of the seventeen are left. A large guam
tity of cotton was also burned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

The most curious cemetery is Stu
ated at Luxor, on the Nile Here re-
pose the mumified bodies of millions
of sacred cats Their remains are side
by side with the bodies of kings and
emperors in mauseleums.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

Ogden, Iowa. Oct. 13. - Arthur Will
kins son of Frank Wilkins. river land
agent at Ogden. was shot in the right
arm last evening, and the doctors had
to amputate the ann just below the
elbow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Threxhing Further Deloxcd

Fargo. N. D., Oct. 9.-Another steady
rain fell Saturday evening which will
cause another delay in threshing. Re-
ports from over the state Indicate that
the rainfall was general. Threshers
had just started after serious delays.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Farmers Are Buying Land.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, Oct. 13-Auditor
Dunn is conducting a state land sale
here and the crowd is finding it difficult
to obtain standing room in the court
house. The land is bringing about SO
per acre. Farmers are buying most Of
the land, spectators finding it difficult
to compete with the farmers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17

lcNarE"na, Ark, Oct. 13.-Two re,,
NJ ,''"h arrested at Wilton. four
n''lrs from Ashdown. on the cI,ar.o ~
no'"'ns up the Kansas City Southern,
"'" MONDAY night. Their names have
not been given out. e' "aVs
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-10-17
Leaves For Antarctic Cr,;..

sydney, N. S. W.. Oct. ia Norf,s
ner'ran Lloyd steamer chartered for
tne purpose, left here yesterday for
Nersuel"h land, conveying provisions
''''a aoss Tor the German antarctic ex-
pcol'loh on board the steamer Ga,,ss