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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25

lust how preposterous common
wealth case can be made was instanced
Yesterday in the trial of Charles ii.
Major, charged by Superintendent OF
Police Iona Il. Day with keeping a
gaming house.
On the mere showing that the place
was a colored club house; that dozen
card tables, chest of chips and box
of playing cards were captured there,
and that three detectives played poker
in the place, the commonwealth had
the effrontery to ask a jury to find that
gambling was permitted on the prem
iscs. The jury was out at adjourning
time but when it comes in, if it does
not report verdict censuring the COM
monwealth for it's violent presumption,
il will be because the facts do not war
rant such a report.
The case was tried before Judge
George S. Ferris, of Luzerne, specially
presiding in court room No. >. Assist
ant District Attorney Louis Gramer ap-
neared for the commonwealth, and John
j. Murphy and ii. L. Taylor, for the de-
fendant.
The alleged gambling house is stu-
atcd at the corner of LackaWanna and
Adams avenues 1T is known as the
Eureka Reading club house. Charles
II. Major the defendant, claims to be
steward of the club.
William Bower, II. c. Bower and
Lester Hamlet (white), detectives from
the Barring agency in Wilkes-Barre
testified to having played poker there
with Albert Cation and other colored
men on two occasions last October
Hamlet also told that he played poo
with Mrs. Major for ten cents corner
EX-Superintendent of Police Robling
Superintendent of Police Day and Lieu
tenant of Police James Feeney testified
to raiding the place ON sunday, Novem'
bcr 20, and to having found there chips
cards and tables.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
Delaware, Lsckawanna and Western.

In Effect Nov. 3, 1901
Trains leave Scranton for New York--At 1,i0,
ais, 6,O5 $50 and 1906 a. m.; 12.45, $40, S.33
p. m. For New York and Phladepha--I50,
1906 a. M, and IL, 40 and 323 p m. For Toby.
hanna-At 6.lO p. M For Buffalo--i.t5, 6.22 and
300 q. III. 1.55, $50 and 11.35 p. m. For Bing
hsmton and way stations-i0.2o a. m. and lilo
p. m. For oswego. Syracuse and Utica--1.t5 and
B.22 a. M. 1.55 p. m. Oswcgo, Syracuse and
Utica train at 6.22 a, IN. daily, except Sunday.
For Montrosc-oO0 a. M; LILO and $50 p. m.
Nicholson accommodation--4.0 and GIG p. M
Bloon,sburg Divison--For Northumberland, at
6.35 and 1906 a. M; 1.65 and 6lO p. m. For
Plymouth, at $40 a. M; $40 and 900 p. m
Sunday Trans--For New York, 1.iO, 3.15 COS
and 1906 a. m; $40. 393 p nj For buffalo
For Bnghamton and way stations-10.20 a. m.
bloomsbury Division--Leave Scranton, 1906 q.
m. and 6.1o u. IN.
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SOME JURIES
MIGHT SAY YES
DID THESE coLoRED CLUB MEM
BERS GAMBLE?

Commonwealth Tries to Show by the
Presence of Large Number of Poker
:hips, Playing Cards and Card
fables That Detectives Told the
Truth When They Averred They
Played Poker in the Eureka Club
Rooms-Convicted of Assaulting
Patrolman-other Court Matters.
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The bonds offered issued for the of refundng the
heretofore existed Full
the bonds and the which they
President
which will furnished application.
from this letter appended.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-25

Coupon and Registered Bonds.
Immediate application will be made for listin
New York Stock Exchange.
New York Security g. Trust Co. Trustee.
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Interest Payable January and July.
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New York, Ontario and Western.

In Effect Tuesday, Sept. IL, 1901.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Leave Arrive
Trains Scranton. Carbondale. Cadosia
No. l ..... 1880 a. III. lilo a. IN. LOO p. IN.
No. ....... 10 p. m. Ar. Carbondae u. 40 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Leave Arrive
Trains. Cadosia. Carbondale. Scranton.
No. ...,.... 100 a. M. 1.40 q. m.
No ........ els p. IN. 400 p m 4.40p. IN.
SUNDAYS ONLY, NORTH BOUND.
Leave Leave Arrive
Trains. Scranton. Carbondale. Cadosia.
No. 0 ....... $50 a. N. olo p. m 1915 a. M.
SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Leave Arrive
Trains Cadosia. Carbondale. Scranton.
No, G ....... 700 a. m. 7.4O a. m.
No. 10 ....... 4.30 p. IN. COG p. M 6.i5 p. m.
Trains Nos / on week days, and on Sundays,
make main line connections for New York city,
Mddletown. Walton, Norwich, Oneida, oswego
and all points west.
For further information consult ticket agents
j. G. ANDERSON, G. p. A., New York
]. Z. WELSH T. 2. A., Scranton. Pa.
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Erie Railroad, Wyoming Division.

Trains for New York, Newburgh and interme.
diatc points leave Scranton as follows: 7.2O a.
M; 2.25 p. m.
Arrvals-1035 a. IN. from Middletown Homes.
dale, Hawley and intermediate points. 9.20 p III.
from New York, New5urgh and intermediate
points. No Sunday trains.
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THE DEFENSE.

The defense was that Major was only
the steward of the club, and that If
there was any gambling there, it was
against his wishes and without his
knowledge.
Select Councilman G. Il. Chttenden
was called by the defense as "A char
acter witness for the house. He told
that he had occasion to note il. as his
place OF business was only a few doors
away and as far as he could see it was
a well-conducted place.
Albert Cotton, who was alleged by
the detectives to be one of the men who
played poker there, admitted the truth
of this allegation and declared that the
chips belonged to him, were usually
kept in his trunk. and that Steward
Major knew nothing of them.
Mrs. Margaret Major admitted that
she played two games of pool with
Hamlet but denied that any money
was wagered. William Fisher, Fred
Wells (white), William Powell and
Charles O'Neill testified they We're
members OF the club. lived there and
spent most of their leisure time there,
but never saw any gambling.
Samuel Porter, formerly of the
American house. West Lackawanna
dNGuuG, lGSltilGu tndl tnS SuDDOSSd
gaming tables found at the club house
were sold by him to the club, and that
they were not gaming tables at all. but
regular. really-truly dining tables. To
prove that no suspicion could possibly
attach to them, he told that he pur-
chased them from the Scranton Rowing
association.
MURRAY ON TRIAL.
James Murray, the third of the South
Scranton men. charged with assault
and battery on Patrolman Tom Jones
during the car strike riot, on Stone ave-
nue.. October %, was convicted in short
order in the main court room. where
Judge Frank w. Wheaton. of Luzerne,
is specially presiding.
The story of Patrolman Jones and
Morgan Sweeney. who came to his as
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26

will be taking grain in a very few
days.
Mr.. Williamson arrived a few days
ago to take charge of the National
house here.
Messrs. John Bloom and Chas. Eft
itch were stopping in u town a
couple of days last week. These
gentlemen were at work IN q map Of
Ramsey county which will be gotten
out soon by the Inter Ocean.
Mrs. Floren, Of Lakota, and her
sister, Mrs. Lunde, Of Minneapolis,
were visiting with Mrs. E. o. Enle-
sather over Sunday.
Rev. Robinson, of Lakota, held
divine services in the waiting room of
the depot last Sunday. We hope to
have a nice little church edifice some
time in the near future.
II. r. Aslakson, postmaster at Ed
more, called on Brocket folks a few
minutes Monday on his way to Grand
Forks, where he went with his daugh
ter Ethel, who is going to attend the
university.
Miss. Mary Skoletsen is here for a
few days stay on her claim, but will
soon return to Devils Lake, where she
he's been employed as cook in the
school for the deaf.
Frank Vierhus accompanied his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Wittig, to Grand
Forks last Saturday. Mrs. Wittig
came here from Canada a few weeks
ago to visit several of her children
who live in different places in North
Dakota.
Guy f. Humphreys, accompanied
iby his friend H. P. Farnham, came
down from Edmore Saturday evening
to spend Sunday with his parents.
MI. Hipes, Of Lakota, is in town
painting a sign on s. II. Lonbakken's
general store.
G. D. Strong, who has been max
ing his home at Hotel Brocket, the
greater part of the summer, returned
10 MS nome AZ ElmOro, h1nn., lasJ
Tuesday.
A social hop was given out at Mr..
Murray's last Friday evening. Quite
a number of tho young folks from
to WI attended
D. F. Humphreys new residence is
nearly ready for the plasterers.
DR.. Montgomery, of Grand Forks,
called in town Tuesday.
Since the creamery shut down L.
M. Steberg, the butter maker, has
been working for N. e. Nelson in the
pool room, but has severed his con-
n~ection with him and goes to Lakota
Wednesday to clerk in a general store.
-Capitola.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
BROCKET

Sept. ss.-Fine threshing weather
the last few days.
Mr.. Armstrong, of St. Paul, has
been at work surveying the TOWNSHIP
at Lawton.
Miss Clara Sware, of Devils Lake,
was visiting with the families of
Syver Hanson and Mike Thompson a
few days last week.
A new barber came to Brocket the
other day and has taken up his abode
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lamoureaux.
Almeda Vierhus went to Grand
Forks to attend university the COM
ing year.
Z. R. Rogue, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
has been employed in the Palace drug
store.
f. A. Stoltze, ST., was q Brocket
caller the other day on his way to Ed.
more where he is visiting his sons, F.
A. Jr., and Harry. Mr.. Stoltze looks
to be q hale and hearty gentleman fol
one of his age, and enjoys shooting
chickens the same as the young men.
Katie Vierhus goes to Lakota ono
each week to be instructed in music
by Prof. Berger.
Mrs, F. A. stoltze, formerly Of
Larimore, called in Brocket on hel
way to Edmore where she will make
her futrre home.
G. G. Humphreys has been employ.
ed to teach school NJ. 2 in Lillehof
township.
John Monsen, n of our merchants,
is quite i'll with bronchitis.
There was a ladies society organized
in Brocket last week with Mrs. Frank
Vierhus, president; Mrs. Thomas
Long, secretary, and Mrs. E. o. En-
gesather, treasurer.
John Robinson, agent for the I'M
perial elevator company at this place
reports taking in considerable grain in
his new elevator.
The Mclaughlin and the National
elevators are almost completed, and
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Proposed Constitutional amendment

geg IL EI-FEt 10 4sHEga-s
That subdivision 8, Of Section s15,
of the constitution of the State of
North Dakota be amended SO. as to
read as follows:
Subdivision 8. A state hopsital for
the insane at the City of Jamestown,
in the county of Stutsman. And the
legislative assembly shall appropriate
twenty thousand acres Of the grant Of
lands made by he act of Congress
aforesaid for "Other Educational and
Charitable Institutions to the bene-
fit and for the endowment Of said in
%titution, and there shall be located at
or near the City Of Grafton, in the
county Of Walsh, an institution for
the feeble minded. on the grounds
purchased by tho Secretary of the In.
terror for the penitentisrya building.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26

E:;#!:#I The editor Of the. Donnybrook Mir
AHEH; is opposed to blind pigs, with
H#;|iHHiimbling and woman attachments and
unless 30 citizens will come to the
Miirrow Office and sign a petition in
their favor he will continue to oppose
them.
Some years aggosa homestead entry
wa made in La Moure county by Jas.
SH. Culley. Later he disappeared and
no trace has aver been secured Of him.
His family believe him to have been
murdered His father maintained the
improvements o. the claim and has
just made final proof.
Rolla Roberts, 35 years old and son
Of Capt. 5. s. Roberts, Of Wahpeton,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
hat science has been able to cure in ali its
Cure is the only positive cure known to tha
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu.
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sny.
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
f%oundation Of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up. the constitu-
The proprietors have SO much faith in its cura.
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred Dol.
lars Tor any case that it fails to cure. Send fox
list of testimonials.
Address, FL. aENEI S CO., Toledo, ..
Sold oy Druggists. IS cents.
ALI Family Pills are the best.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Proposed Constitutional amendment.

That Section 176 OF the Constitution
of tho State Of North Dakota be amen
ded, by adding thereto and making
part thereof, tho following clause.
The legislative assembly may fun
Their provide that grain grown within
the state and held therein in eleva-
tors, warehouses and granaries may
be taxed at q fixed rate.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
was found dead in the buggy he was
driving. Heart failure was the cause.

was found dead in the buggy he was
driving. Heart failure was the cause.
Enderlin is to have a state bank.
Lidgerwood is to put in waterworks.
A famine of dwellings is threatened
in Grand Forks.
Linton is to have a new stone Epis-
copal church.
Threshing machines are busy all
over the state. 1,
Bottineau has a new court house
nearly ready for occupancy.
Grafton has put in a sewerage sys-
tenn. Casselton is planning to put in
a sewer system.
Two hundred farmers from outside
states have purchased farms in Nc
Lean county.
Hon. N. G.. Larimore is working in
behalf of the Trans Mississippi Com
mercial cong1ess.
Linton is to have a $50, 600 hotel
built of sandstone quarried within a
mile of town.
Mrs. Stephen Hannah, a farmers
wife at st. Thomas, was run over by
a binder and died from her injuries.
Prairie fires have already started in
several places in the state. Much hay
and some grain lost. Farmers should
not delay blowing FIRE breaks.
The settlers who came to this state
this spring are SO we'll pleased that
they are sending encouraging reports
back to their friends. This will cause
a big immigration next spring.
Hobos took several shots at a North
ern Pacific train crew near Casselton,
without doingany further injury than
making a few holes in the air. The
hobos had been elected from the train.
Kasimir Sand-r has been arrested
at Harvey, charged with attempting
to murder Mr.. and Mrs. Vinzens West.
Sander and Vinzens quarreled in
Harvey. Sander followed Mr.. and
Mrs. West when they were going
home, it is alleged and fred three
shots, striking one of the horses they
were driving.
Six halfbreeds were before Judge
Amidon in the United States court
five of them being charged with hav-
ing sold liquor on the Turtle Noun
tain Indian reservation and n of
them for timber trospass. They all
entered a plea of not guilty but were
remanded to the Rollette county Jail
in default of a 300 fine.
Next year The Modern Brotherhood
of America will hold it's first state
picnic at Valley City The delegates
from North Dakota to the supreme
lodge, which meets Oct. 8, at Sioux
Falls, S. D., are M. T. DeWoody,
Fargo; G. H. East, Casselton; Wei
lington Irysh, Wheatland; W. E.
Elliott, Sherbrooke; DIR. w. L. Grant,
Grand Forks; Frank Lighthouse,
Jamestown.
The fax crop of North Dakota con
tinues to be Disappointing. The early
sown fax is not turning out more
than a half a crop and the late fax is
little better. There is a great differ.
ence of opinion as to the cause, some
asserting that the dry weather in July
hurt the early fax and the frosts hurt
both, but the conviction is growing
that Professor Bolley of the North
Dakota Agricultural college has struck
the right theory when he says the dam.
age is due to fax wilt, or flax sick
soil.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICATION FOR
DRUGGISTS PERMIT.

State of North Dakota,
County of Ramsey ss.
IN tho county court.
Pursuant to an order of this court, made on
the 2Srd day of September AID. 1902, notice is
hereby given that on Friday, the .31st day of
October, A. D. 1902, at 2 o'clock in the after.
noon ooon. OF mat day, at the court rooms of this
Devils Lake, County Of Ramsey, and State Of
North Dakota, has been appointed by the Judge
Of this Court as the time and place for hearing
Devils Lake, in said Ramsey. county, for the
granting to him Of q Druggists permit. to sell
for medicinal, scientific, and mechanical pur-
poses,. malt, vinous, spurious, fermented, or
3ther intoxicating liquors at Kelley avenue, in
Sne city Of Devils Lake, County of Ramsey and
State OF North Dakota; when and where any
person Interested in the granting of said petit.
ton may appear and contest the same under
heard. w
Dated at Devils Lake, North Dakota, the
zSrd day OF September, A. D., 1902.
90 90 ID. g. Duell,
1858 Judge of the County Court.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26

of the State of North Dakota is amend
ed to read as follows:
s 1853. No lands, other than those
granted for the use and benefits of the
common schools, shall be sold for less
than appraised value, and in no ase
for less than IS. 90 per acre. The pur-
chaser shall pay one-ffth Of the price
in cash, and the remaining four-ffths
at the option Of the purchaser, in not
more than twenty years, with interest
at the rate of not less than six per
csntum, payable annually in advance.
All sales shall be held at the county
seat of the county in which the land
to DO sold is situated, and shall be at
public auction and to the highest bid
dor, after sixty days advertisement Of
tho same, in a newspaper of general
circulation in the vicinity of the lands
to DO sold, and one ut the sat of
government. Such lands that shall
not have been specifically subdivided
shall be offered in tracts of ons-quart-
OF section, and those 80 subdividsd in
tho smallest subdivisions. All lands
designated for sale and not sold within
two years after appraisal, shall DO re-
appraised before they are sold. No
grant or patent for any such lands
shall issue until payment is made for
tho same; provided, that the lands
contracted to be sold by the state shall
be subject to taxation from the date
Of such contract. In case the taxes
assessed against any Of said lands for
any year remains unpaid until the
first Monday in October Of the follow
ing year, then and thereupon the con
tract of sale for such lands shall be-
come null and void; provided, fur
Their, that Sections Is and SO, or any
indemnity lands selected in liew of
losses thereof, appropriated for the
common school of the state shall not
be sold for less than $40 per acre.
TER CAcrata ~ 0f CT
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

E S4O00 OokSs
Notice is hereby given that the certain mort.
gage executed and delivered by John A, Psrci-
val and Abbie c. Percival, mortgagors, to the
An erlcan Mortgage Company of Scotland
Liinited) Of E%dinburg, Scotland, mortgagee,
dated the 9Th day of May, 1886, and fled Tor re.
cord in the office of the Register of Deeds in
the County OF Ramsey and Che State of North
Dakota on the 21st day of May, 1885, and re-
corded in Book ''C'' of Mortgages at page $50
and assigned by said mortgage to the First,
Nat Bank Of Devils Lake, North Dakota,
viii be foreclosed by a sale of the premises in
tae front door Of the court house, in the county
otRamsey and the state of North Dakota at the
nour OF 2so.clock p. M, on the 18th day of
october, 1902, to satisfy the amount due upon
SAID mortgage on the day of sale. The premises
descrlbed in such mortgage and which will be
sold to satisfy the same are described as fol-
lows: The Northeast quarter (NEN) of section
tn~lrty,nve ISL township one hundred and fly
tour Slo4) north Of range sixty-four(6A,) west, in
Ramsey county, North Dakota: There will be
due on such mortgage at the date of sale the
sum OF eleven hundred and ffty-two dollars
l$ll52.OO) and $143.52 taxes paid, and $500
statutory attorney fees.
Der 1902.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DEVILS LAKE,
NORTH DAKOTA.
ByA.O WH1pPLE,
Townsend & Denoyer,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee.
Devils Lake. North Dakota, 27-ss
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Bids for Coal.

Bids will be received until IL O'Clock NJ,
Monday, October 9Th, 1902, by the board Of
county commissioners of Ramsey county. N. D.,
native Ignite coal in carload lots, delivered in
the coal bin at the rear of Ramsey county court
house, in Devils Lake, N, D.
county auditor and plainly marked IBID for
Coal"
The board reserves the right to reject any or
ers.
Emil S. Eich,
Auditor.
Dated at Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 10, 1902:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Proposed Constitutional Hmadmsnt,

Subdivision five, Section two hun
dred and fifteen (s15), Of Articl. nine
teen (19), Of the Constitution of the
State of North Dakota, is amended 80
as to read as follows:
Fifth. The school for tho deaf and
dumb of North Dakota, at the city of
Devils Lake, in the county of Ramsey.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-26
Constitutional amendments.

The following proposed amendments to the Constitution
OF North Dakota, having passed the Seventh Legislative As.
sembly, will be submitted to the Eighth Legislative Assem-
bly, for approval or rejection.