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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

The Armours made enough on their
September wheat corner to buy their
winter coal even at present prices. The
profits are said to reach into the mill
lions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

Lieutenant Peary says that the north
pole business is now SO situated that it
only requires 100000 to complete it's
capture. Here is chance for Mr.. Car
negie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

anthracite strikers. The company as
serts that a large number of the Blue
Creek miners are opposed to the assess
ment and favor continuing work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06
Kansas City and Return $500 Vis
Santa Fe.

Fall Festival. tickets on sale October
3rd to 7th. final limit October 18th Eight
trains a day in each direction.
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Kansas City and Return $2.Oo Wis
Santa Fe.

Fall Festival, tickets on sale October
Bird to 7th, final limit October 18th. Eight
trains day in each direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

Now that 1t has been discovered that
there is a tariff on anthracite, what is
to be done about it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

Wanted-Sweetheart, wife, every ad-
nlirer of beauty to use magician Satin
Skin Cream and Satin Skin Powder,
beauty bringers; Csc. Kenne~ & Paxton.
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We admire the man Of tire-ess toll, but,
really, any of us could accomplish great
deal il we ran up against toll of that de-
scription.-Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publlca-
ton in Topeka.
The news is received in the State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose, busy through the entire day. A
complete copy of the night report Is also
received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06
PRORLEN

PROBLEM A DIFFICULT ONE.
Dubuque, lathe problem is difficult.
hope the president and his advisers,
who now have the facts, can find the
solution. They have studied the ques-
lions involved. and can be relied on to
do the best possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-06

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
unuauai Case.

What is perhaps the most unusual
case in judicial annals of North Da-
kota has just been settled The pro-
hibition law provides for minimum
sentence of ninety days in Jail and
5000 fine ON convictions or pleas Of
guilty.
At Williston, as in some other of
the western towns, public opinion
sustained the violaters of the law.
Enforcement league spoilers finally
invaded this territory ana evidence
was secured on which Judge Cowan
issued injunctions. At recent term
of court a compromise was effected
by which all the saloon men signed
IN agreement never to engage in the
business again in this state and were
given immunity from punishment.
The injunctions remain in force
against the buildings to prevent fur
Their attractions of the law.
Public opinion endorses the com.
promise, which is said also to be sat
isfactory to Judge Cowan, but the
legal fraternity of the state is specu-
.lating as. to how the Judge arose
higher than the constitution and set
aside the law which is mandatory re-
garding the sentence to be imposed
on violators Of the prohibition en-
tactment.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

81 have been doing sweep work for 30
years and have been in almost every
city in the nation Some years ago l
located here and quit travelling and
wearing uniform, but am the only
licensed sweep this, side of Milwau-
kee, and there amt many Of them
there. I got hold of hard chimney
one day and the idea occurred to me
that 1 might work the dog into the
business. I secured a rope and tied it
Just behind his shoulders and dropped
him down the fiue. It was great sue
cess. The poor fellow kicked ;and
clawed hard, thereby loosening the
SCOT, something I could not have ac-
complished any other way. He IL now
trained so that he will go down any
old chimney, and I no sooner COM
mence work on one than he jumps up
and whines to help.me. draw him up
occasionally and give him fresh air.
He holds his eyes shut just as you or
I would do, and that's the reason he
looks SO sleek-as if he'd never done .
days work in his life. Humane peo-
pie will interfere now; usually some.
thing happens when Teller gets
good thing worked up"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

just as much juice out of the orange
of life as may be possible. He is ac-
counted ''good fellow" He is essen
TALLY a politician, but one far above
the average. What the future and its
duties may develop in him remains to
be seen. He has always arisen to the
occasion and has shown his ability to
cope with each new situation. He has
proved his power to expand with each
occasional demand.
Mayor Rose was born in the town of
Darlington, Wis, and has been by
birth and training thorough badger.
At the age of II he began the study
of law. He was elected mayor of OAR
lington in 1883 and in the same year
was delegate to the democratic ma
tional convention in Chicago. He was
chosen county judge of Lafayette
county the next year, in which capac-
ity he served three years. He was de-
feated for city attorney in 1900 and for
congress in 1894. He was chosen may
or of Milwaukee in 1898, reelected in
1900 and again last spring was the
successful candidate. Mayor Rose is
an indefatigable worker. He counts
no labor too great to accomplish his
ends and is conducting strong cam
paign. He iss lover of good horses
and no sight ii more familiar in Mil
waukee than that of Mayor and Mrs.
Rose in spanking turnout riding be-
hind blooded horses. Two children in
the Rose home are endowed with tai
ent and good sense. Earl, the son and
the elder, is in the University Of Wis
consin. - ~ y <tfa ~ s.sfs~9Af
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06


story Of Anglo-Saxon courage and
daring. It was on the night Of jan
uary IA, 1915, that the President,
having just returned from boarding
the lion in his den,' was chased into
Long Island sound, near New York
harbor, by a British feet. IN COM
mand of her was the adventurous
Decatur, whose capture and burning
OF the Philadelphia in the harbor OF
Tripoli in 1904 Nelson pronounced
the ''most daring act sAof the age"
At daybreak on the 18th, the Pres
ident, having grounded and strained
herself during the night, was again
under sail. Decatur then discovered
that four of the enemy's ships were
in pursuit, one on each quarterzand
two astern. At noon the breeze fell.
The Yankee frigate was almost wa
terlogged. ~ y So ~ -
A favoring breeze brought on the
Endymion, the most powerful of the
pursuing fleet. She opened fire with
her bow chasers, to which Decatur
replied with his stern battery This
running fight continued for two hours
and the, Endymion was So disabled
that she avoided Decatur's efforts to
come to close quarters. For hours
the two ships sailed side by side, fir
ing occasional guns. But towards
midnight two fresh English ships,
the Pomone and the Tenedos, crawled
up and Opened fire. on the President
at close range. Decatur was COM
PEELED to, strike his colors. His loss
was "a killed and IS wounded.
The loss of the President was in
vestigated by court-martial, but
Decatur was exonerated of blame.
ssIn this unequal contest the enemy
gained q ship, but the victory was
ours" the court found. eve fear we
cannot express in manner that will
do. justice to our feelings our admira-
ton of the conduct of Commodore
Decatur and all under his commando
The President was sent to Ber-
muda, and from there she was;
brought to England by the Endy-
mion, whose captain was rewarded
by the king. For IS years the Pres
ident lay at Portsmouth, where she
was the model for several British
frigates. Later she was at Chatham,
and some time in the eos she be-
came a drill ship at the West India
docks. There she has rested for 40
years. and on her ancient gun deck,
where once American sailors gave
their lives for their flag, British blue
Jackets are now instructed in the art
of modern naval warfare. One mark
only does she bear Of her American
origin-the fgurehead of John Adj
ans, the second president Of the re-
public, on her PROV.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
IT'S GLORY ALL GONE
Melancholy Fate Of a Famous Amer
lean Frigate.
Eoreotten, the Presiaent Lies At q
London D0ck.Was One Of the Fin.
est Fighting ships That Ever
Flew Our Flag.

Never again will there be war be-
tween England and America. This is
the very confident prediction of the
statesmen of the two great English
speaking nations. More than ordinary
interest attaches, therefore, to the
once famous Yankee frigate President,
whose guns were among the last to be
trained by Americans on the flag of
England. For nearly century this
trophy of the final armed conflict be-
tween the two countries has rested in
English waters. Few are the Ameri-
cans who know that one of the most
renowned fighting ships of the early
days of the republic-a sister-ship Of
the beloved Constitution, of which
Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the stir
ring lines:
"Ayl Tear has battered ensign down,
Long has it waved on high" tG'
lies, unhonored and forgotten, in q
London dock. Just century ago this
winter the President, newly launched
from New York shipyard, was in the
Mediterranean as the American navy's
first flagship on the European station.
The contrast between her and the pres
ent American flagship, the steel-clad
Illinois, is as great as that between the
young republic of those days and the
mighty America of to-day.
Little does the President look like
fighting ship to-day as she lies in
the West India docks, denuded of
masts and spars and carrying a
house on her deck. But, says the
London Graphic, in the early years of
the past century, when England was
embroiled in the Napoleonic conflict,
and had little desire for a dispute
with the states, the feet-footed Yam
kee frigate circled the British isles,
challenging every craft that flew the
British flag. Such scourge was she
to British shipping that the admir-
atty issued a special circular to the
navy that the President must be cap
tured at all hazards.
HowrAmerica's first European flag
ship came to fly Britain's flag is q
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

which is trif1e misleading. The lord
mayor elect doubtless never made q
pair of spectacles in his life, nor did
any of his fathers before him. The
term is intended to signify simply
that he belongs to the naughty and
powerful guild known as the Spec
tacle-makers' company. Sir Marcus is
one of the great city bankers and
rich. He will get q salary exactly
equal to that of the president of the
United States, and will have to spend
almost twice as much on banquets,
formalities, ceremonials and general
gorgeousness.
One of the brightest and most fa-
nous of American newspaper CORE
spondents came to London recently
with an elaborate schedule of articles
all laid and ready to write. One of
them was headed something like this:
Interview with the mayor of Lon
don; how he rules the greatest city
on EARTH" That was delicious The
lord mayor, however, has no more to
do with ''ruling the greatest city on
Garth" than if he were mayor of Ho-
boken. The actual resident popula-
ton of his city is something like
Is, 1000, and it's total area is one square
mile. And even at that, he has moth
ing to do with ruling over it. 1t
happens, however, that his little
patch of territory in the middle of
greater London contains the banking
district and used to be the undisputed
financial center of the world until
Wall street rose up to contest honors
with it, So it il entitled to pay $780,
GOO year for the sake of having a
gorgeous figurehead.
The real London-the London Of
Z, 100000 inhabitants worries along
without any mayor at all, unless the
chairman OF the ondonscount icoun-
Gil could be called by that name.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
LoRDoN's NEW MAYOR.
Sar Mareas Samuel Calls Atte.tie. q
Electors to the Fact That He
IL Jew.

For q year after November the
city of London will have q Jewish
lord mayor. Sir Marcus Samuel, who
was formally elected by the so-called
livery of London, called attention to
the fact in his address to his electors.
Referring doubtless to the situation
in Roumania, he said: II am not UNI
mindful of the fact that it is not
everywhere that members of my per-
suasion enjoy the same liberty as
thank God-prevails in England"
Sir Marcus is set down in the for
nal biographies as a spectacle maker,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
HON. DAVID S. ROSE.
Democratic CANDIDATE for Gsverae.
Of Wisconsin 10 Dellevee
In Hard Work.

Mayor David S. Rose, thrice mayor
of Milwaukee, now the nominee for
governor of Wisconsin on the demo-
cratic ticket is man of virility, tact
full, graceful, fine orator, with .
splendid physique and commanding
presence. He is vigorous fighter
where fighting is deemed expedient.
He is well aware that honesty is the
best policy, but once said that "Dying
for principle is all rot" Mayor Rose
has great love for pleasure and is
willing that all the people should get
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
MISS LAURA BIGGAR.
Sticks to It That She Was Married
to- b. N. Bennett.


Laura Bigger is still in hiding. The
authorities have searched increasingly
for the former actress, who is charged
with others with forming gigantic
conspiracy to obtain the late million
ARE Henry N. Benefits millions. War
rants are out for her arrest in New
jersey, but for over q month she has
eluded all efforts Of the officers to APP
prehend her. It is alleged that there
is bogus baby and trumped-upmar-
rage certificate, and the heirs of the
late. millionaire assert that she was
never married to Bennett at all.
The woman sticks to it that she was
married, and avows she is not money
mad. but fighting for a recognition of
hef marriage. She has sent a COM
munication out from her place of hid
ing in which she tells her side of the
story. She makes allegations of q
startling nature, and writesvigorously
in her own defense. She says
Il am not hiding, and 1 have no fear
of arrest. have done nothing that
the whole world is not free to.know.
am looking for nothing that l am not
justly entitled to.
81 am charged with conspiracy, but
the conspiracy is all on the other side.
It is claimed that was not the wife
of Mr.. Bennett, and that Samuel STAN
ton, q justice of the peace, swore false
" that he had married us. It is also
claimed that DR.. C. C. Hendricks testi-
fed to lie when he said that I gave
birth to a child after Mr.. Benefits
death, while was in the sanitarium.
They claim that these two gentlemen
and myself made up the story of the
marriage. and the baby, in order to
render void Mr.. Benefits will, which
left me about GO per cent. of his es-
tate. They claim that I was not satis-
fed with this; that I was money mad,
and wanted all.
sTo begin with, I am not money mad.
am not as young as once was, and
ALL have to live for is my son, who is
Is years old. am perfectly satisfied
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

social triumphs in Wilmington, Del.
her home, and in the national cap
ital. Since the death of her mother,
an event which has sent tragic
shadow athwart her life, Miss Wilson
has shared with her poular sister
Katherine the duties Of hostess in
her fathers home.
Her mother, it will be remembered.
was, in April, 1900, burned to death
in Matanzas, Cuba, Of which province
Gen. Wilson was military governor.
While returning home from the pal.
ace Mrs. Wilson stepped on match
in her carriage, and, her clothing be.
coming ignited, she received burns
from which she died.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
slcH1MNRY SWEEP DOG.
interessfas Animal Is Used by It's
y Astu4e Owner to Make Himself
.sss IL 8 sGenerally Useful.

Perhaps the only dog in the United
States that assists its master in clean
ing sooty chimneys is "Watch," an
eight-year-old mixture of rat terrier
and ordinary cur, owned by P. H. Shoe
maker, professional chimney sweep
of Fond du Lac. Shoemaker says that
he and Watch have been in partner
ship for about year, but he has kept
it quiet, not caring to have the HUI
name society interfere with his busi-
ness.
In speaking Of himself Shoemaker
said to Milwaukee Sentinel reporter:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
MISS EL1NoR WILSON.
CharMi Delaware Girl Who IL Said
to BE Beloved by the Crown
W. ~ '3 Prince of Siam.

Miss Elinor Wilson, with whom the
young crown prince of Siam is said
to have fallen in love during his stay
il Washington, is the eldest daugh-
ter of Gen. James H. Wilson, in whose
company she witnessed the recent
coronation of King Edward VII.
Miss Wilson is an exceedingly at
tractive girl, and has figured in many
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
BIegest Radish on Record.

The biggest radish known was
raised this season by w. NJ. Matlock,
of Liberty, Washington county, Mo.
1t weighed five pounds, was 11h
inches in circumference, and 81 inch.
es in length. The seed was sent to
him by the agricultural department.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

with the terms of the will, andsI ID
not want it broken. If it were broken,
I would have the use of Mr.. Benefits
estate all my life, but when die my
SON would Inherit nothing. am
troubled with my, heart, and realize
that 1 may be called to the next world
at most any time. I want the will to
stand, and should feel that~I had lost
great deal if it were broken.
my only obiectin bringing legal pro-
ceedings was to establish my marriage
to. Mr.. Bennett, my right to his name
and the legitimacy OF the child, now
dead, thatl bore after his death. My
chief object in Il issswas to savemy boy
from the Hdisgrace which might other
wise attach to him if 1T were believed
that NJ Bennett and myself were not
man and tdfe: For my own sake, also,
1 wished my neighbors to know the
truth. realized that might stand
onthe housetops and proclaim my mar
rage, but that no one would believe
me- unless the facts were backed up by
s.And TOW let me tell you about my
marriage. Il had known Mr.. Bennett
for 10 years. He had come to see me
PLY and hAdfried to make love to me
many times, bat he had wife living,
and refused his advances. Two
months, after his wife died he came to
me and asked me to marry him, He
told me, what I believe was the truth,
that he had fallen in love with me
when he Hrst saw me, and that now
there was no bar to our union. He
was a man of many admirable qualities
mixed in-twith his faults, and after I
had considered the matter carefully
agreed to marry him. We drove to. JUS
tice Stanton's house, and he married
81 should have greatly preferred to
have the marriage made public at that
time; but NJ. Bennett was afraid that
itfwould cause q scandal and much
criticism, because his wife had been
dead so short time. He made me
promise to keep the marriage secret.
81 was with Mr.. Bennett almost con-
tinuoGsly for more than year before
his death. He would not have a trained
nurse 14arhim. He wanted me. If I'd
doze of to sleep sitting in a, chair at his
bedside, hewould call to me: Mamma,
wake up. can't sleep, and I don't see
why you should He had house full
of.servants, and an excellent cook, but
he insisted on ny cooking his meals
and bringing them up to him. I have
seen hin when one Of the servants
brought him God throw It, dishes and
all, to heshoor, and then order me to
60 down and get him something"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
The Flax Crop.

Elevator men who have returned
from trips to the western part of the
state say that the situation there is
not MS bad as thought at the time
the first frost came, when some be-
lieved the crop was practically ruined.
Superintendent Sims of the Minne-
apolis and Northwestern Elevator
Company says that, while the fax
crop has been a disappointment to
many, still in all but few instances
a paying crop has been raised. The
field runs from to 20 bushels an
acre in the west, with the quality
generally fair, though in some in
stances it is poor. AS to quality, the
valley county flax is far above that
found in the west. Superintendent
Sims says that all the flax bought by
his agents along the river north of
that city has been No. 1. The berries
are plump and the color first class.
The yields have in many cases been
excellent. The situation as whole,
therefore, is very satisfactory.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Murder and suicide.

News was received of a murder and
suicide near Brockett, Walsh~county.
John Laine was working in his gar
den, a few rods from the house, when
his attention and that of friend was
attracted to the house by his wife
rapping on the window.
The second time he heard the rap
ping he went to the house and found
that his wife had poisoned an eight
months old child, which had expired.
His wife was writhing in agony from
a dose she had taken herself. The
woman died in fifteen minutes. No
motive il known for the crime.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Aurora Takes Their Place.
There is neither thunder nor light
ming within the arctic circle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Beaten to Death.

W.. r. Jones is dead as result of
injuries received in a drunken row
in a blind pig il. Goodrich, new
town on the Bowden branch of the
Northern Pacific. 1t is alleged that
the crime was committed by two well
known residents of Goodrich who will
be arrested. The men entered the
blind pig owned by Jones, destroyed
most of the goods and damaged the
building. In his attempt to defend
his property, Jones was so badly
beaten that death resulted. He was
possessed of considerable money and
this is missing, and Is believed to
have been taken by the murderers.
Jones was about IS years of age.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Fire at Minot.

3 About S o'clock in the morning q
fire broke out in the lumber office
of T. p. Kulaas & Co. at Minot. The
fire spread rapidly and in less than
fifteen minutes about 100000 feet of
lumber was in flames. The loss is
$4,000; insurance about one-third.
The Minot Daily and Weekly Optic
office was soon on fire. and was totally
destroyed. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$4,000 on building; and printing out
fit and $1,000 on the type setting ma
chine.