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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

On lots exclusive Of structures tle
following increases were made: Eddy,
80 per cent; uRichland, 10 per cent:
Traill, 10 per cent;!Walsh, 10 per cent.
On structures on lots the Following
increases were made: Cavalier, 10 per
cent; Eddy, 10 per cent; Ransom 10
per cent; Sargent, per cent; Walsh,
10 per cent.
On Improvements on lands the fol-
lowing increases were made: Cavalier,
20 per cent; Dickey, 40 per cent; Eos
ter, Is per cent; Mclean, 100 per cent:
Pembina, 5 per cent; Walsh, 35 per
cent. Decreases: Griggs, 20 per cent;
Nelson, 10 per cent and Wells, 20 per
cent.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
summary State Crcp Report.

nisiilafck, Aug. 11.-Good harvest
weather has prevailed dnrino +ha naat
Week The weather was generally
oool' COOL with light showers in some sec-
siolo' ana on the whole very favorable
loi maturing and filling grain Thun
aer storms, in some cases accomna-
ilieo oy nail, have done Slight damage
,n some separated places, but tbev
nave not been widespread.
Early wheat is filing and rjpenlnu
ia'V' ana cutting, which commenced
over week ago in the southern nor
tiohs' is last becoming general in an
paflS' except the extreme northern
Late wheat is generally poor but has
oeeh improved by the showers Of the
past week. '''0
oats' rye and barley are also being
harvested, the most Of the crop now
pelng in the shock.
Early fax is doing very wel but
that sown late has not advanced any.
II anything deteriorated duino the
past week: and but little Of it is ex,
pected to be cut.
Corn IS still backward. as it has
oeen from the beginning of the sea-
son, but is not losing ANYTHING now.
ana II frost keeps off it will make an
excellent crop.
laying is still in progress, but has
Deeh interrupted in mcst sections by
showers. The larger portion of the
crop has been secured and is Of excel
lent quality. =
s-llght damage from minor causes
insects, rust, dry weather, etc. are
stlll reported, but nothing serious has
occurred as yet.
sTUTsMAN COUNTY.
Pingree- Gram is filling nicely, and
II IS believed the yield will be good:
harvesting barley and oats in progress:
wheat cutting viii begin this week:
1aS for the most part looks we'll. but
some pieces are thin.
Eldridge-F'ine weather for having.
ana large amount is being put M:
Wheat rlpening and some will be cut
this week: barley mostly all cut: flax
dong well: corn all silked out: pota-
toes fine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
Caucus Law.

Ihe Interpretation of the caucus
la" as understood by ATTORNEYS. is.
that If man took part in the recent
party caucuses to eject delegates. who
were to attend the county conventions
10 eject delegates to the state convan.
tlons, it does not bar him from talyinn
part IN the caucus ofany party he NAV
cnoose IN the county conventions IN he
held later in the season. For instance
II voter took part in a renublican
caucus recently, he is not barred from
taking part IN a democratic cauc,s
later IN the season. The same rn1e
apples also to those who NAV wish ia
take part in the republican caucuses
althoush they voted at the recent dem
ocratlc caucuses. The law does nor
mean tnat man must stick to> ono
brand OF caucuses during one year. or
even one month, if he cares to chance.
Inc only restriction is that a nerson
cannot take part in two party cal1cuses
IN which the delegates are TO he elact-
eollor the purpose OF electing the same
grade OF officers or delegates. It is
not likely that anyone would care to
NIX up IN Two caucuses directly oppos-
ed, but it was for any who might have
such desires that the law is as at
present. Voters can therefore take
part IN either of the party caucuses to
be held in few weeks.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
Dead For Three Days.

The body of Mrs. Anne Carlson, a
working woman OF Moorhead, was
found in her house in state Of decom.
position, having remained uncared
for since Thursday. Neighbors were
afraid something was wrong and broke
in the door. No evidence of foul play
was found. A large dog was the only
other occupant of the house. A GER
tihcate of deposit for S63S was found
and S13. Is in silver.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
Suicide.

On the Grandin farm, No. l, eleven
miles southeast of Hillsboro, Henry
Ruakka committed suicide with 3S
caliber revolver. Deceased was an
Icelander eighteen years of age.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
Franchise Accepted.

The Fargo street car franchise has
been accepted, and the forfeit money,
$4,000, deposited. l. G. Van Storch Of
Scranton, Pa, will be president of the
new company.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

Arthur Buro, an Glendale Finland
er, was arrested on complaint of Liz
zie Boss, seduction being charged.
Before the hearing had progressed far
the Interested parties decided to get
married. The knot was tied accord
ingly by the judge who presided at
the hearing.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

A Harvey lady claims to have been
held on Mrs. McKinley'S lap many
years ago and being a favorite of both
the martyred president and his wife
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

The Kuhn Messenger issues neat
little eight page special edition, Illus
trating the growth and development
of that town and section of LaMoure
county.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
Total valuation 1902. .s1o 9s5 GAO
Total increase, 1902. -. s

The detailed statement shows that
the n. p. has 377 miles of main line,
GIL miles of branch lines and 1S5 miles
of side track in the state. The G. n.
has 507 miles Of main line, 620 miles Of
branch lines and l49 miles of side
track. The 500 has 361 miles of main
line, 2lS miles of branch lines and Al
miles Of side track.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14
BETTER BUTTER
Legislation Intended to Improve
the Quality of
Butter.
LEGISLATION is Intended to Lessen
Competition by Oleo
Manufacturers.
Mariner Boys are Bound Over Tor
Breaking Out of the
CalabOOSe.

The oleomargarine bill which was
passed by congress in May and which
became a law July l, was enacted not
only in the interest Of pure food, but
as a benefit to the producer OF pure
butter. 1t is designed to prevent oleo-
margarine from coming into contact
with pure butter. The tax on oleo-
margerine colored in imitation of but
ter has been placed at ten cents per
pound, which practically prohibits the
sale of such goods. Nearly all the
oleomargerine sold VIII have tC be sold
in the uncolored state, and can be cas-
lily distinguished from the pure article
of butter.
This legislation will benefit the
farmer, but it also obliges the farmer
to improve the quality OF his butter
The law not only deals with oleomar
gerine, but with adulterated butter.
AS there has heretofore been no strict
standard as to what should constitute
pure butter, there has been no incen-
tive to strive for excellence in butter
making The result has been that a
great many butter makers have never
thoroughly worked their butter, and
have put it on the market saturated
with milk and water. Others have
put in too much salt to add weight.
A government official is authority
for the statement that butter contain
ing over 16 per cent. water will come
under the head Of adulterated butter.
A recipe has been sold extensively
which is responsible for the making Of
a very large quantity of impure but
ter. This recipe calls for the mixture
of soda and possibly other ingredients
into the butter, which makes the but
ter absorb large quantities Of aud
greatly increases the weight. This
goods will come under the head Of
adulterated butter, and the penalties
are extremely heavy, not only on the
party making, but on the dealer SELL
ing it.
There is only one safe course for
butter makers to take from now on,
and that is to make the very best and
purest butter possible. There is no
question but what the farmers Will be
benefited by this legislation it it re-
suits in an improvement in the quality
of country butter, and lessen the COM
petition with manufacturers Of oleo
margarine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

Thursday evening James Mariner,
Louis Mariner and Ed Brockway were
arrested by Officers Charley Severn
and Enoch Russell, the charge being
fast driving on Fifth avenue. The
three we're taken to the city Jail and
locked up. Later in the evening Ot1i-
Ger Russell went to the Jail to see how
they were getting along and found
that they were gone. A bolt had been
removed with the aid Of a wrench, it
is supposed.
The men were noticed leaving the
place short time after being locked
up. 1t was still daylight when they
left.
Warrants for their arrest were is.
sued by Justice Pearson on a charge of
breaking Jail, which is quite serious
crime.
In the case of the State against
James and Lewis Mariner, for break
ing jail, an examination of the States
witnesses was held yesterday before
Justice Pearson, the defendants, de-
clining to put their witnesses on the
stand, we're held to the next term of
the district court for trial, furnishing
bonds in the sum Of thrce hundred
dollars in each case, and were dis
charged from custody.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

The total valuation of railroad prop
erty for purposes Of assessment this
year will be s19, 1856, GAO. This is a
gain of So, ,0O2,275 over last year. The
following shows the valuation for the
year, as fixed by the state board Of
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-14

equalization:
Northern Pacific. .......... 81 474 3S2
Great Northern. -. s O5S 945
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul. :. 1855 $50
Minneapolis, ST. Paul &
Sault Ste. Marie. ...... 3 529 2S3
Devils Lake s. Chautauqua 2 S76
Chicago & Northwestern. 81 314
Bismarck, Washburn &
Great Falls :. ..... 81 30
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
Patriotic Young America.

Here is a good story which was re-
Gently related by Dean Stubs of Ely,
England: Bishop McLaren of Chi
cago had for his secretary Archdeacon
Rushton, an Englishman, who had
married a Canadian. The archdeacon
was a Yorkshireman. The children
of the union were born in Chicago.
One day the youngest boy came home
from school. His lesson in history
that day had been about the war of
independence. He asked his father
and mother if they were 'Britishers.
They said they were. Well replied
the boy. 4 don't care. You had the
kings army and we had only lot OF
farmers, but we thrashed you"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
Thirty Thousand Are
Dead in Martinique

ders and ashes, which came from the
direction of st. Pierre.
The cloud swept over the city with
terrifying swiftness, turning bright
daylight into the darkness of night,
with hardly moments warning.
From this cloud a rain of rocks
poured upon the town and threw the
entire population into the widest
panic.
The sea suddenly swept back in a
great wave for distance of between
fifty and sixty feet and vessels fas-
tened to the wharves were set crash
ing against each other with great
force. Twice the great wave swept in
and out from the shore, and finally
the waters settled down to their nor
NAL level
AS quickly as possible in the con-
fusion the government authorities and
the mayor of the city, realizing what
need there was, began to organize
some system for carrying help to those
known to be in dire distress.
The French cruiser Suchet, which
happened to be lying in the harbor,
became instantly alive with activity.
1t was made ready for sea as quickly
as possible and started away at full
speed up along the coast in the direc-
ton of st. Pierre and the great col
umn of smoke and fire. There were
several boats that had arrived at Fort
de France that same morning, and
they, too, made instant preparations
to return.
Troops and provisions were hurried
aboard of them, and they started away
in the wake of the Suchet. They had
not been gone over two. hours when
they returned, bringing back the It'd.
ings that st. Pierre was utterly de
stroyed and that the entire seashore
| from the suburb of LIE Corbet as fal
as the Village of LIE Precheur was on
fire, and that it was impossible to land
at any point on account of the intense
heat.
Along the shore the spectacle was
appalling. 1t looked as though the
whole of the northern part of the
island was one mass of flame.
The cruiser Suchet got back to For
de France some time after the Other
boats which had followed in the effort
to reach the scene of the disaster. Or
board the Suchet were thirty sur
Vivors, who were picked up in the st
Pierre suburb of LIE Corbet. All o.
them were frightfully burned ant
wounded, and nine of them died OF
board the cruiser before it reached
! this port.
Every preparation has been made il
the hospital at Fort de France to take
care of as many wounded as possible
The work of rendering aid has beer
put on an organized basis, provisions
have been requisitioned and the prin
cipal stores, banks, and even the bak
cries, are guarded by soldiers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

that continued for many months. The
sound of the explosions of old Kraka-
toa was heard at a distance of $3.50
miles, and it was estimated that the
air waves travelled four and a half
times around the earth. Between &c.
900 and $1,000 lives were lost, and
16O villages were destroyed.
Two years later the first earthquake
in the United States of worldwide i'm
portance occurred in Charleston. On
the night of August 81 an earthquake
shock was felt along the entire Allan
tic coast of the United tSates, and
several hundred miles into the interior
especially in the southern states. Be-
fore morning it was known that Char
lesion had suffered an unusual vista
ton, and when the final news was
known it was found that forty-one
lives had been lost in the falling walls
of the city and property to the amount
of Sc, 900 900 had been destroyed.
In March, 1889, the great storm in
the harbor of Apia, Samoa, electrified
the world with its appalling loss of
life. The German gunboats Olga, Eber
and Adler, and the United States men,
of-war Nipsic, Trenton and Vandalia
went to pieces on the reefs, and ff-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
FIDELITY OF ooLoRED SERVANT
Splendid Exam pie of the Old Tim
Negro "Befo' de Wah."

Splendid Exam pie of the Old Tim
Negro "Befo' de wah."
Arthur Simmons. the veteran col
ored doorkeeper at the White House,
is exceedingly fond of Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina, and nobody
seemed to know the reason until a
few days ago. Then Arthur told the
story. why, Senator Simmons is al
most related to me-" he said. my
father was a slave of Senator Sim
mons father, and we have known each
other since we were boys together.
He is a good man and 1 like him.
Senator Simmons is also fond of Ar
thur, and would do anything in the
world for the ebony guardian of Sec
rotary Cortelyou's door.
Simmons always gets along well
with Southern people. He knows how
to handle them and they appreciate
him. He was talking some time ago
about his "old Mistress the North
Carolina woman to whom he belonged,
and how well she treated him when
he was a boy. "She was the best
woman that ever lived, and she never
allowed me to come up with ordinary,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

until illness came upon me three years
ago. l first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation gradually my
general health failed 1 could not en-
Joy my meals; 1 became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
81 advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any i'm
provement. One day he said.-' Try
Lydia Pinkham's Remedies 1
did, thank God the next month L was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months was cured. This
is nearly year ago and L have not
had a pain or ache since. bonnie
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Ill.-S5O0o forfeit If obOUe testimonial is not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

This is the first authentic account
of the fearful disaster on the island OF
Martinique. 1t was sent by cable to
Paris from Fort de France:
l visited ST. Pierre yesterday after
noon with the first party that has
landed at the site of the destroyed
city since Thursday mornings catas-
trophe.
The streets and all the neighbor-
hood around what few days ago was
the largest and most prosperous city
in Martinique were found incumbered
with heaps upon heaps of dead bodies
in all directions.
All the dead seen were stark naked,
their clothing apparently having
burned from their bodies like so much
finder, while they themselves were
roasted to death.
In the vast majority of instances
fires seem to have been the sole cause
of death. Great numbers of the bodies
have been burst asunder by the ter
rife heat and lie disemboweled.
In many instances the faces of the
victims are quite calm, as though they
were stricken down instantly where
they stood, without a moments warn
ing or with hardly time to appreciate
for an instant the deadly peril they
were in. Others have stamped on their
faces an expression of indescribable
terror.
The entire city and the neighbor-
hood all about reeks with a horrible
odor of burned flesh. In one instance
an entirely family of nine persons was
found, all tightly locked in each 9TH
ers' arms, and the bodies in horrible
state of decomposition.
Almost the first thing done was to
make preparations for the cremation
of the dead. Fatigue parties of sol
diers built enormous pyres of wood
and branches of trees upon which they
heaped the dead bodies by scores and
burned them as rapidly as possible.
The total number of dead is now
estimated at fully 10000. The disas-
ter itself took place within thirty Sec
onds, and in that half minute the vast
majority of all these people were
killed
1t is supposed, for there is nobody
living apparently to tell the exact
facts, that there was suddenly shot
down from the mountain a great sheet
of flame, accompanied by a terrible
gaseous whirlwind and flashes of
lightning, precisely such as are re-
ported as playing about the summit of
La Soufriere, on the Island of st. Vim
cent.
What horrible revelations of the
havoc wrought to human life which
these grim mounds are yet to reveal
can hardly be imagined. In these two
quarters of the city not a trace of the
streets that existed there can be seen.
They are buried as completely out of
sight as were those of Pompeii.
Along the water front there are a
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

be carried away by the tremendous
swell which followed the movement of
the first gigantic mass of water. The
disturbance reached the shores of
Spain. Morocco, Madeira, and many
other islands in the archipelago. carry
ing death and destruction with it
wherever it went. The shock of the
earthquake was felt over a territory
5000 miles long.
About the beginning of the seven
teenth century Central America was
visited by an earthquake which killed
10000 people, scattered over a wide
territory. Naples at the same time be-
gan to feel a series of earthquake
shocks which continued internationally
for seventy-five years and eventually
amassed a total of 900 people
slain.
Not until the battle of Gettysburg
was reached, however, has such a ire
mendous list of casualties occurred in
such limited space of time and terri
tory as at st. Pierre. In the three
days fighting before Gettysburg, in
July, 1868, the Union loss was 23,190,
VI WuOm zsoo4 were killed ana Is, 10
wounded. The Confederate loss for
the same engagement has never been
officially stated, but was approximate
ed $4,000, of whom 5000 were killed
and $4,000 wounded.
By far the worst of recent seismic
shocks, however, occurred in the re-
gion of the Malay archipelago in 1888
1t accompanied the explosive erup-
lions of the volcano Krakatoa, on the
island of the same name, in the strait
of Sunda, between Java and Sumatra.
The eruption, which began in May,
continued for nearly four months.
Nearly the entire island was de-
stroyed.
The wonderful phenomena which
followed this disturbance are still well
remembered. The ashes and dust were
thrown so high as to mark the upper
air currents and be carried completely
around the globe, producing peculiar
effect in the air, like a twilight glow,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
THE WORLDS GREATEST DISASTERS
Earthquakes, Floods and Battles That
Have Slain Their Thousands.

Earthquakes, Floods and Battles That
Have Slain Their Thousands.
This is the third time the island of
Martinique has suffered disasters of
volcanic origin. In 1867 there was a
great earthquake which cost the lives
of more than 1000 persons. That was
the greatest disaster in the history of
the island previous to this now report
ed. There was an earthquake in 1889
which destroyed nearly half of Port
Royal, the present capital of the is
land, and killed 700 persons. The
damage resulting from that shock ex-
tended all over the island.
History's pages are full of disasters
which have befallen the human race,
but no calamity of its kind in recent
years can even approximate the ter
rible loss of life which has made nota-
BILE the destruction of st. Pierre on
the island of Martinique. OF events
which have shocked the world by the
enormity of the destruction which fol-
lowed in their wake, none but the bat
tie of Gettysburg can approach the
recent disaster for loss of life. In
stances where whole towns and COM
munities have been wiped out are
comparatively few, but all have been
terrific in their consequences. st. Pi-
ere has been no exception.
Among the calamities which are
most notable, the destruction of Pom
peii and Herculaneum in the year 70
| stands as the most ancient of which
there is a complete account extant
Strangely enough, the destruction of
these cities is the nearest approach
in history to the disaster which befell
the Inflated st. Pierre. The work of
Vesuvius on this occasion was as slow
as it was complete. Herculaneum
was literally swept from the earth by
a stream of molten lava, while Pom
peii was suffocated by the cinders and
! ashes. The eruption lasted for days
and covered the two cities to a depth
of from eighteen to twenty feet, and
so changed the topography of the
country that it was centuries before
topographers were able to locate the
lost cities. The loss of life on this
occasion was never known, but it must
have reached far into the thousands.
Not until 1755 was the world again
shocked by a catastrophe of similar
proportions, although there were many
throughout Italy, Sicily, South Amer
lea and the Orient where the loss of
life has been estimated at much high
er figures, which were impossible of
verification. The great earthquake
and tidal wave of Lisbon in 1855 was
one of the most far-reaching and de-
structive phenomena of nature which
has come down in history.
1t was a festal day in the city and
all Portugal was there. Late in the
afternoon a giant wave swept over the
doomed city, and in eight minutes,
when the wave had receded, it carried
with it $4,000 people into the sea. The
survivors crowded the stone wharves
along the water front, many only to