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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
i. q. O. f.

The Grand Lodge Of I. o. o. F. and
Rebekah assembly for the state of North
Dakota both adjourned at Grand Fc.ks
after very pleasant and profitable ses-
sions. All the business OF both bodies
was dispatched in due time and the gath
erings brought to a very satisfactory
close. A great amount Of important bust
ness was disposed Of by both orders.
among which was the adoption of new
constitution by the Rcbekahs. which was
approved by the Odd Fellows, and in con-
sequence the ladies are feeling highly
elated. In the past they have felt that
In several particulars they have been Ia
boring :.nder certain disadvantages, and
each year for number of years past
they have submitted new constitutions to
the Odd Fellows for their approval, but
heretofore the latter body has always
failed to approve Of the action of the
Rebekahs, but recently the new const;-
tuition was approved.
The Odd Fellows spent the greater part
Of the day in receiving large number
OF reports and transacting business which
was not made public. In the afternoon
resolutions were passed thanking the
members Of the local lodges for the en-
tertainment that had been provided and
The last business attended to was the
other courtesies that had been extended.
installation of the Grand Lodge officers
elected some time ago. as follows:
Grand Master-R. NJ Pollock. Fargo.
Deputy Grand Master-I. N. Bryan.
Emerado.
Grand Secretary-Don Mcdonald, Grand
Forks.
Grand Treasurer. N. Gilmore, Hope
Grand Warden-F. w. Cathro. Botti-
neau.
Grand Representatives, p. Aylen.
Sheldon; A. NJ. Packard. Mandan.
The Rebekahs elected the following of
1icers, which were installed in the after
noon:
President-Mrs. Louisa Stacey, Grand
Forks.
ce-President-Mrs. Lillian Showers.
Wheatland.
Secretary-Mrs. Clara Wilson, Minct
Treasurer-Mrs. ETA Lawyer. Ellen
dale.
Wardea-drs. Ella Ellsworth, James
town.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20
Excursions for Farmers.

The annual excursions will be run from
every county in which the Great North
ern lines are located to the North Da-
kota Agricultural College. President Hill
inaugurated the free excursions two
years ago and hundreds of farmers took
advantage of them. Fifty delegates are
given free transportation from each
county, and. as far IS possible, they are
chosen from farmers who have not Wis
tied the institution before. President
Worst has submitted the dates that are
most suitable and the Great Northern Of
ficials will check them up.
Captain Wilder. who is in charge of the
temporary recruiting station in Fargo.
reports quartet of soldiers for Uncle
Sans service for the first week of his
work. The station will probably be main
tanned till the early winter. and several
good men will be secured.
Joseph Bassanella, who escaped from
fail about a month ago. where he was
being held for the murder of A. Ander-
son. has been recaptured by Sheriff Col
Inns at ranch near Malta, Mont. and
will be brought here for trial at once.
Sykeston is to have a creamery. among
fits other improvements.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20

Mrs. DeStyle-"Of course, this new fur
niture you've bought is quite pretty, but
it's SO distressingly new. 1t lacks the fash
ionable marks of age and antiquity" Mr..
DeStyle-"Never mind, it'll be all right
couple of weeks. "-Philadelphia Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20

The Rag-Time Favorite. is that
quiet individual whom the guests seem to
avoidy" ooh, he's famous composer of
classical music" "And that young man
VINO seems to be the lion of the EVENING"
why, he's rag time piano player."-Ohio
State Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20
Fire Record.

Chief Munsey, of the fire department of
Grand Forks. has completed his annual
report for the last fiscal year. which
makes very creditable showing. There
were just fifty-two fires, or an average of
one a week. The approximate value of
property exposed was $350000, while the
amount o. loss was s67.19o. The insur-
ance carried is unknown. The salaries
of paid and volunteer members of the
department amounted to s3,75s.
News in Brief.
s. L. King living near Cando, lost his
barn, stock and 300 bushels of grain by
fire.
Fence wires near Cooperstown have
been utilized for the carriage of tele-
phone messages.
B. C. Boyd was elected a lieutenant in
Co. L at Hillsboro to succeed w. A. KEEL
ly. resigned.
"A lamp exploded in the office Of the
Rannan Land Company at Lisbon, and
considerable damage was done before the
flames could be extinguished.
There was a 4.0O0-pound lump Of coal
from the Wilton mine on exhibition at
Fargo during the festival.
The Sheyenne chemical engine was
tested and found to be just what was
wanted.
The Hurd Land Company sold 100000
acres in the vicinity of Bowdon q few
days ago.
Cakes people are requested to discon-
tinue playing ball within the city limits
on Sunday.
Those Chautauqua comps to the press
boys seem to have taken we'll. The idea
was good one.
The iron for the walhalla water works
has arrived and the work of ting
is we'll under way.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-20

The more effusion q person puts into the
declaration that he would be glad to do any
thing he could for you, the less 5 likely it. is
apolis News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
A Governor in Luck.
New York Commercial.

New IOrk ComfnerCIai.
 w. D. Jslks, Governor of Alabama, IS interested in 'gusher" that was recent ly brought in at Beaumont, in that now famous Texas oil field. While President of the State Senate, after the adjourn ment of the Legislature, in company with his bfother, R. c. Jelks of Birming- ham, and others he went to the Beau mont field and made some purchases. Tho Alabama oil Pipe Company was formed and drill was put to work. While in Texas on this business Governor Jelks received a message announcing tnal W. J Stamford, then Governor, had dieo rather suddenly at Tuscaloosa, where he had gone on State business, and that he should hurry back to take charge Of df fairs. Mir. Jelks returned post haste tc the State and took the oath of office.
 The drilling for oil continued, and dur. made that a "gusher'' had been Drought in The Governor. who seems to have had honors and luck cast on him in plen- ty in the past few years, Is newspaper man by profession. For years he ran By his able editorials and witty articles he gained reputation in Alabama jour nalism, and then he branched out into politics. He was elected to the State succession to the office of Governor fol lowed rapidly through the unfortunate death of Governor Sanford. There is nc Lieutenant Governor provided for in tht ma, the President of the State Senate being in the line of succession.
 The Governor is still young man and he is after a second nomination and eiec- ton. At present there is no doubt but that he will succeed himself one term The Governor is decidedly good-looking man and when he is about and ladies are in the vicinity he is in his element. The Governor Is a pretty good story-teler, too, and when "out with the boys Is not behind when his turn comes to tell one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
October Critic.

Aside from being a Publishers An nounceInent Number and containing CO., pious lists of forthcoming books, the Oc- tober Critic maintains it's interest in the purely aesthetic side of letters and art. From a pictorial standpoint MT. Tlghe Hopkins's paper on The Tauchnitz Edi- tion" is easily the feature of the current number. Illustrated by portraits of Bar on TauchnitZ, Senior. and Baron Tauch- ni-z. Junior. with views of their resi- dences and of the plant and enlivened by much literary and biographical material ap-C pos the German publishers and the English and American authors with whom they have had dealings. the arti- cle is in every respect noteworthy.
 Of different. and more personal inter. est. is MT. William Wallace Whitlock' s interview with MT. Ernest Seton-Thomp- son. The Carlyles will perhaps always enlist the interest of Anglo-Saxon read ers and the article on Mrs. Carlyle and her Housemaid" in the current issue of The Critic should prove welcome side light on the domestic life of couple which has so long suffered from Froude' misrepresentations.
 Both practical and theoretical is Mir. Gerald Stanley Lees third paper on Literary Drill in College"
 Few men are better equipped for writ ing on Gilbert White than MT. l.. c. Mi edition of ''The Natural History of Sel- borne"
 In addition to the above features, the October Critic contains a short paper by Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske on "The Ef- fects of a First Night on the Actor, " diverting Pocket Version" of Mir. Hall Gaines "The Eternal City, and other thetic. together with a "Lounger" as full of varied interest as is customary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
A PLUMP FIGURE.
Makes a First-Class Telling Argu-
 ment.

About a year ago a doctor and his wife came to board with us. We already had Miss G., who was at that time thin and yellow and considerably out of health.
 "The first morning the new boarders came to the table as guests, the young lady remarked as she set her cup down This is coffee!' while the doctor added Not at all like the poor coffee they have been giving us at the hotel I smiled be- hind my napkin and asked If either Of them ever used Postum Food Coffee. The doctor said he had tasted 1t, but it was of 1t and wished she could try 1t.
 said nothing, but at the end of three months, when Miss G. was ready to leave us for a new field of labor. said. I have been giving you Postum Food Coffee all the time you have been here. What, is that coffee, Postum% she said, l remark ed that l had noticed with great pleas ure her daily gain in health. and now that she was leaving us after only three months at our table. afle had rosy cheeks and a plump figure, which was all the argument anyone needed to prove the fact that she had been well cared for. and the reason for her gain in health was the use of Postum Food Coffee, for no other change had been made Of any account, in her food.
 "The doctor was very much delighted with the experiment, and discovered that where he had tried Postum before, he had been unfortunate in having it under boiled. Postum must be boiled fifteen or twenty minutes to bring out the delicious flavor. and then it will suit the taste of anyone" Mrs Florence Dougherty, PlacerYile, Idaho.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The people will learn from the proceed ings of the Schley court of inquiry a good many things about naval affairs that they did not know before. They can already see that ships log or an of- fic,al chart is not necessarily conclusive Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The Steel Trust owns up to net earn ings for the past six months of nearly s55. .000 900 and declares a quarterly divi- dend at the rate of per cent on the pre- ferred stock and 4 per cent on the com mon. If the trust can do this in spite of big strike closing many of its mills for several weeks. 1t surely does not need a high tariff to protect it.-New York World.
 We are certainly not taking the course to make the Cubans love us, but perhaps that does not matter so long as the com- mercial interests are taken care of. II would seem, however. that if We have nothing to propose for the islanders fur ther betterment we should not keep them dangling to us by chain.-Chicago Rec ord-Herald.
 Mir. Cummins. the Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa, pipes up with a faint endorsement of MT. Babcock's tariff views. His tone of voice was hardly loud enough to reach the people-but the high protected barons all heard it.-Albany Ar gus.
 By the expedients of heavier deposits In national banks and the purchase of bonds, Secretary Gage has managed to prevent undue currency constrictfon. As soon as Congress shall assemble anxiety about the accumulation of revenue will cease; but there will be great danger of improvident expenditure. There is al- ready evidence that the advocates of the ship subsidies, ship canals, arid land ir- rigation and other schemes involving heavy outlay are aching for chance to get the first whack at the surplus.-Phil- adelphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
That Ponderous Volume.

Eufaula Times.
 If you are not convinced that local legis- lation permitted by the old Constitution and prohibited by the new, is a great evil get Justice of the Peace to show you the acts of the last General Assembly. These acts have been bound into book of twenty-eight hundred and fourteen pages and a cross-eyed man who had no regard for the truth might say that the thing is beauty in shape and substance.
 The general laws passed by the last Legislature can all be put in book of one hundred pages. The other 2,700 pages of the book Of a thing about six inches thick. about six long and about four wide can be called a book, is made up of many, very many. local laws, some of which should not have been passed and others could have been accomplished un- der the general laws. Get the book and read 1t from page 6. where the Chinnabee Company is Incorporated to page 26S9 where something is done to the Wetump- ka Company.
 Mir. Taxpayer. don't you think the pro- vision of the new Constitution preventing such work hereafter. and avoiding suct expense to the people of the State, i. worthy of your consideration?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05

.I III sf
 its first year. The aim of the magazine to explain and to interpret the most m teresting things thnt are done espec,amy in American activity-brought 1t imme- diate success: and 1t ends its first year thoroughly established. prosperous ana
 A wear ago The Worlds Work hung itself into the activities of our most act i've era, with the earnest purpose to in- terpret the important things that are done. It was a task as definite as 1t was serious. and somewhat new one-to make an interesting magazine that should before have done.
 Into the midmost field of cheerful and significant work this magazine has tried to carry its readers and to interpret the far reaching meaning of it-to present the literature of action. Although this diffi- cult task has been inadequately done dur ing this first year. serious effort to do It was at ono erecognized and 1t brought in- stant success to the ma magazine--conclusive
 proof, If proof werc needed, that the idea
 upon which 1t is founded Is a sound one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
THE NEW MAIL ORDER. Less Matter Will Be Handled in the
 New York Office.

A New York dispatch of October Srd says:
 Through the enforcement beginning on the 1st of the order of the Postmaster General of July 19 last. the New York City postoff1ce will have decided de- crease in the amount of second-class mail matter there handled. and its receipts will likely show an appreciable falling off. Indirectly the employment of about 5000 persons, printers, pressmen, stereotypers. and bookbinders, is made less secure and a large source of business for the paper trade Is threatened with diminution and possibly eventual destruction.
 On the other hand, the Postoffice De- partment will have accomp; ;lished. tempo rarily at least, a check upon an expen- sive portion of its service, to which for years past it has attributed It's annual deficit of several million dollars. This re- suit is expected from the enforcement of the following order. which became opera tive yesterday:
 Periodical publications having the characteristics of books. and those the circulation of which are not founded on their value as news or literary journals. etc. will not be admissible to the second class; but when a publication has once been formally admitted to the second-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

Hon. c. W. Thompson has been con- fined to his home in Tuskegee for some days with a threatened attack of pneu- monia, but is up again. He has an- nounced an appointment at Rockford for the 14th of October, when he will speak for the ratification of the Constitution. He will make a number of speeches in his district for ratification, and probably elsewhere in the State during the cam paign.
 Hon. A. A. Wiley returned yesterday from. Ozark where he has been engaged in court for several days. He has ten- dered his services to the State and County Campaign Committees, and will make as many speeches for the ratifica- tion of the new Constitution as his time will permit.
 Mr. c. W. Boyd, of Beat 10, was In the city yesterday. He reports that the crop situation is as bad as it has been re- ported, and that cotton will be far be- hind last year.
 Hon. Oscar Hundley of Huntsville. reached the city last night.
 Hon. F. P. o'Brien. of Birmingham, is in the city.
 Rev. o. s. Welch cf Luverne, was in the city yesterday en route to Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05

class the certificate of entry cannot be revoked until SO ordered by the depart ment. Unsold or return copies may not be mailed by news agents at the pound rate"
 Immediate effects of this order are to increase the mailing rate from cent to 8 cents a pound on the immense mass of reprints in cheap form of popular books issued in series as libraries" and to re- quire. the payment of cents, in place of 1 cent, per pound on magazines returned by agents to the publishers.
 New York. however. puts out about 50 per cent of the total publications in this country which have been classed as peri odicals and admitted as second-class mat ter at the 1-cent-per-pound rate, and are excluded from that classification under the present order. The dozen or more local firms engaged In this business.
 which is of enormous proportions, em-
 pioy about 5000 men and women. They
 will withdraw from the mail all of ths
 business that can be handled by express or freight.
 Postmaster Van Cott said that the or der would not affect the force required at the local postoffice. The total amount of second-class matter handled in the New York city postoffice during the year 1900 was 91, 4S2.145 pounds, which paid post age of s914,s21,45. Perhaps 20 per cent of tiuSs HhNiuk UcSH SNCluutu ITDIE lHt S6G- ond-class, will be subject to postage of cents a pound and only a small propor- tion need be mailed at that rate to main- tain the revenue derived from the whole 20 per cent at cent a pound, though the decrease In the amount cf matter han dled will be considerable.
 Auditor Thomas A. Jardine of the city
 postoffice. said that the increase in busi- | ness of the office for the quarter ended yesterday over that ended September 3o
 1900, was 10h per cent-$229, ,467.46. Publishers and their representatives re- fused to be quoted, but 1t was learned that their plans embrace immediate trans fer of all the business possible from the l mail to the express companies.
 The increase in the price of 10-cent books to IS cents will be explained to re-
 tail purchasers by a paster on each, plac- ing the blame on the Government depart
 ment. No legal action to test the right of the Postmaster-G General to issue such an order is contemplated at present.
 In the present Congress and the one immediately preceding 1t, Chairman Loud of the House Committee on Postoffces and Post Roads, fathered and forced to a vote a bill which had for its object the legislative enactment of the measures which General Smith has made an executive order. The Loud bill was defeated by large majorities in both Congresses.
 Among the New York firms which are affected by the order are Street & Smith. the Lupton Publishing Company, the G.. W. Dillingham; Company, George Munro's
 Sons. Hurst & Co.,, D. Appleton x Co.,, the American News Company, and Frank Trousey. ormond G. Smith of Street &
 Smith, Patrick Farrelly of the American News Company. and H. J. Victor conn pose the committee in charge of the pub fishers interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Miss Caddie Hays.

The news has been received in this city of the death of Miss Caddie Hays. at her home near Louisville, Ky. She was the daughter of Major and Mrs. Thomas H. Hays and was niece of Mrs. c. B. Fer rell and Miss Broughton of this city. Her serious illness was announced some days ago and her frineds are ,sorrowing over the announcement of her death. She was a young woman of splendid intellect. great force of character and attractive manners. It Is sad to think of one so young and with so much of promise ahead being taken away on the very threshhoId of life. During her visit to Montgomery she made great many warm friends who sympathize with her bereaved relatives in the great distres that has fallen on them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-05
THE PENSION FUND
THE APPoRTIoNMENT HAS BEEN
 MADE BY THE AUDITOR.
Number of Pensioners Increased and Amount Decreased-Examine Report-No Rifles for
 Cadets.

The Auditor has apportioned the pen-
 sion fund raised under the special tax for disabled Confederate soldiers and their widows and childi en, and the distribu- ton Is to be made at once. More money was received this year than last, and yet on account of the fact that the pen- | sion list has increased about 2.00o names | this year over last, the amount that each pensioner will receive will be less than
 that received last year.
 There are four classes of pensioners, graded according to their condition and needs the blind, the lame, the loss of limb and other physical inhrmity being
 considered in chasing the applicants. For
 this year the amount has been appor-
 tioned among the different classes as fol-
 lows:
 Class i, no pensioners, s37.s5; Class 2.
 145 pensioners, $si.54; Class 3, 1s5 pension CTS, 520: Class {. 12S92 pensioners, S1S.90 Last year the distribution was to Class
 1. $42.34; Class ?, $35.46; Glass 3, $Si. .eS;
 Class 1. $z.27.
 The warrants are being prepared and
 will be sent out within the next ten or fifteen days.
 State Examiner of Public Accounts J. T.
 German has reported to the Governor the
 result of his investigation of the books
 and accounts of George C. Hally, ex- Clerk or the Circuit court or MarSnaii
 County. He reports that he found the
 books and accounts substantially correct,
 al. solicitors fees being promptly report ed and paid into the Treasury. properly entered the fees on the fee book in State
 cost bills, taxed up as costs and issued
 execution for feed bills in cases of con- viction of defendants.
 Also reported result of his investigation of the books and accounts of M. M. Downey Clerk of the Circuit Court of Marshall County. which he finds correct with the exception of one fee collected for the State of $6s.6o, which was not entered in the fee book. and with which he charges Mir. Downey.
 Assistant Examiner M. L. Woods re- ports result of his examination of the
 books of Henry c. Stewart, ex-Tax Col
 lector of Coosa County. which he finds | substantially correct. He finds certain taxes collected by Mir. Stewart and not reported to the Probate Judge and not
 included in his annual settlement with the State. amounting to $32.25 for the State
 and s14.27 for the county.
 None of the military schools of the State have regular army officers on duty
 as propessor of military science, and the request of the Adjutant- General on the War Department for rifles for the cadets
 of the schools of the State has been de- nied.