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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Minot, n. D.,
September 9th, 1902, I.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make Communication proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore louis Schierbeck, clerk of district court of
Williams county, at Williston, N. D., on Octo-
- ANDREW OLSON, Il. E. No. 25ls,
TOR the 81 swA and 81 seA of section 50, town.
ship IS, range 95.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, viz:
Peter G. Hanson, Louis Folsom, Thomas
Nordby, Manly Anderson, all of Hof1und, N. d.
sept11 R. G. SANBoRN, Register.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
Official Paper Of Williams County.
wi!Iiston, n. o., October 9. 1902.
Announcement.

hereby announce myself as an Independent
candidate for the Office Of Judge Of the County
solicit The support e Of ths qualified pe eleetors o
the county, irrespective Of party If elected,
promise to perform the duties of the Office with
out prejudice or partially in favor of or against
anyone. Respectfully,
ASTORIA A. AUsTILL.
Williston, N. D., October 9TH, 1902.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
CATTLE FOR SALE,

Montana, Manitoba and Minnesota
cattle for sale in car lots and over. Will
also meet my competitors at any low
price. Pure bred bulls always on hand.
J. N. Balm, Culbertson. Mont.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
County Warrants Called.

Notice is hereby given that all outstanding
warrants against the county of Williams are
called for payment on November 10th, 1902 at
ter which date interest ceases.
WILLIAM SNYDER, County Treasurer,
Dated October 9Th, 1902. oct9
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
Proceedings of the Board of
Town Trustees.

Williston, N. D., Oct. 9TH, 1902.
Board met in regular session, with full
board present, and was called to order
by President Baldwin.
The monthly report of E. Leonbardy.
Justice Of the Peace, was accepted and
the following fees allowed:
Z. Leonhardy, justice fees...........$ 2 20
John Pagan, marshal salary ......... 2 IS
The deed for the town property was
received, and the clerk was instructed
to procure an abstract from the register
of deeds.
The ordinance granting to J. A. john
son and James Kennedy. a franchise for
putting in water works and electric lights
was accepted as published, with the vote
as follows,
Chas. Baldwin, aye.
J. H. Belyea. ave. 81,
E. A. Sharp, aye.
Thu. follOuino hil1a we're ~QllOwed and
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09
ICE CREAM.

After May LIST the undersigned will
serve Ice Cream, Cake, ETC., at her
bakery, corner of FIRST and Main streets.
Give me call. may1tf
Mn. A. u. KING. Willistcn. ). Il. D..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09

Remember the Shoemaker.
Shoe repairing neatly done at the
Bruegger Mercantile Co.'s store by Wal
ter Kurth. aug14tf
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-09

Stops the Cough
and works OFF the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. No Cure no Pay. Price
Is cents. -.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
TIRED OF LIVING LONGER
MIKE KOEHLER KILLS HIMSELF
AT HIS HOME ON EAST THIRD
Had Been III with rheumatism
and Unable to Work
Since Last
April.

Mike Koelnler, aged ffty-six years, liv-
ing at 1899 East Third street, committed
suicide late yesterday afternoon by
shooting himself in the right temple.
Coroner A. w. Miller also found on in
vestigating hatathere was knife wound
where the bullet had entered and that,
from all appearances, it had been made
prior to the mans death. DR.. Miller VIII
hold an autopsy on the remains at Will
werscheids undertaking rooms this
morning. From appearances it is
thought that the dead man attempted
to commit suicide by Stabbing himself
with a knife in the temple and on finding
that he could not produce death in this
way, he fired a shot into his temple from
an old thirty-two caliber revolver he
had in the house.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Koehler the dead man has been suffering
from rheumatism for the past five years
and has not been able to work since
last April. She has made the living for
the family by washing and yesterday
morning she left as usual to go to a GER
tain place to. wash. Their only child, a
son twelve years old, went to school and
: the father was left alone in the house.
After school the boy went to meet his
mother and when they arrived at the
house she was Mortified to see her hus-
band lying on the floor in a pool OF
blood, with a revolver in mis- right hand.
She called in a neighbor and they placed
the dead man in a chair and notified the
coroner
Mr.. KoehIer. was born in Germany and
came to St. Paul eighteen years ago. He
was married fifteen years ago and leaves
a wife and a, son.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
SEEKING FOR HARMONY
REGENTS CONFER WITH BOARD OF
CONTROL.

For conference on the vexatious Ques-
ton Of the state board of controls au-
thority to supervise the finances of the
meet in special session today at 10 a. m,
at the university. Representatives of
the state board of control will be pres
ent. 1t is understood that the confer
ence is in the interests of harmony.
Last spring a similar conference re-
suited in nothing. The regents are
going into this meeting entirely in the
dark it is said, as to what is to be done,
but some course will be determined in
order that in the future the boards may
operate together. The conference was
decided upon, not as concession to the
new board because of the supreme
courts recent decision as to the normal
schools, but it is simply deemed adYIsa-
bic to get together in some way.
The regents have always claimed the
exclusive right to manage the affairs of
the state institution Of learning; the
board asserts, since the normal school
decision Is in its favor, that 1t has the
right to supervise the university finances.
At present the regents hold the fort.
They do not admit that the normal case
is analogous or that they come under
the board of control management sim
ply because the normal board did.
Il is expected that the regents will
decide on one of three courses: Let
the question be settled by judicial pro-
cedure; left to the judgment of the state
legislature, or subdivision of work
between the two boards be agreed upon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
SECOND: ATTEMPT FAILS
COMMITTEE no INVESTIGATE RE-
PORT CAN'T GET QUORUM.

A meeting of the committee named to
investigate the correctness of the public
exa SINNERS report on conditions in the
engineering department was to have been
held last evening, but a quorum failed
to make its appearance. and nothing
could be done.
This is the second attempt made to call
a meeting, but without success. City En-
gineer C1aussen says he fears that the
thing will drag along and the investiga-
ton will never be completed.
Mr.. Claussen, with the aid of his
clerks, has prepared an answer, which
he says refutes in every way the aIlega-
tons of Gen. Pope. He says his report
is fully backed by affidavits
Andrew Swanson5 according to his re-
polt, is the only one Of the accused that
has failed to throw satisfactory light on
the transactions credited to him. All
but $500 of the amount charged against
him has been accounted for.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
COMMITTEE CONFERENCE AT COM
METi CIAL CLUB.

A conference of the committee on in
dustrial self-supporting high schools and
colleges will be held at the st. Paul
Commercial club rooms next Saturday
afternoon at $3.50. The topics will be:
THE Social Necessity for Intelligent
Citizenship by Giving Everybody Com
plete Education DR.. S. c.. Smith.
Present System Tends to Make a Lit
erary Aristocracy Rather Than One of
Practical Value" Rev. J. M. Cleary.
''The Desirability of More Intelligent
Workers in Factories, Those Own.
Homes" Mrs. Oliver Crosby.
What Girls Can Do" Mrs Meredith,
state experiment station.
"Desirability of Having a Systematic
Method of Aiding Pupils to Pay for Their
Own Education" Miss s. c. Brooks.
"One-fourth of the Time of the Pres
ent School Work Could Be Used for In
dustrial Work Without Reducing the
Scholastic Efficiency" Assistant supt.
]. D. Bond.
Correspondence" S. H. Comings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23

DAMN
This little word Of four letters, lacon-
ically brief, but undeniabIy expressive,
almost persuaded the editor who has had
charge of the missing word contest that
has been carried on by T h e Glob in
connection with the serial story, Lost
River" that he had 'em." In the very
first fnstallment of the serial a space that
should have been filed in by this word
was for obvious reasons left blank, 1t
being one Of the rules of T n g ! o b e
Office that when the word has been used
in the sense Of swearing and it is neces-
sary that it be quoted blank shall in
dictate it.
Evidently not all Of The GIob e
readers are acquainted with this rule
The afternoon of the day the first In
stallTnent of the story had been publish
ed-the installment containing the blank
that was substituted for the tabooed word
the editor came down to the Office and
found his desk covered with a white drift
of envelopes that resembled nothing so
much as an all night snow fall. Absent
mindedly he drew his paper cutter
through the first envelope he happened
to touch and glanced first indifferently
and then in utter bewilderment at the
paper enclosed. Across the top was writ
ten the succinct little expletiye quoted
Nonplused, the editor took
up another envelope and opened it.
There at the very top Of the sheet Of
paper was the saucy word. Another and
still another letter was opened. Still
only that word damn" followed by a
signature. In trepidation the editor
seized the mornings Globe. Could
anything have crept into It's columns
which merited such wholesale and I'M
compromising condemnation But the
paper contained only the news Of the
day and he laid 1t down and started in
afresh on the work Of opening several
hundred envelopes.
Another sheet was scanned. Still only
that same odious little epithet followed
by a Signature. The editor look out his
handkerchief and mopped his brow. In
stinctively he glanced toward the door.
What if the writer's of those very brief
epistles decide to convey their displeas-
ure in person? No wrathful eyes glared
at him from the doorway, however, and
YEARLY he seized another envelope
With the perusal of its contents came
sudden relief and broad grin. Doubt
less thus last writer had never been told
that brevfty was the soul of wit At
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
TO REMODEL GRAND
MADE ON OPERA HOUSE
BLOCK
WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
Sherman Block to Be Made Into an
Apartment House at u Cost of
$5O,OOO-Light Build
ing Month.

Plans now in preparation contemplate
additions to and the remodeling of the
Grand Opera house block, which will,
when fully completed, represent an ex-
penditure Of nearly $4,000 A portion
of the Improvements only will be COM
pleted this year.
The building, as it is now constructed,
consists of the main auditorium, and a.
front given over to lodge halls and Off
ces, while on the Sixth and st. Peter
street sides are wings Of one and two
stories, each given over to mercantile
purposes. According to the plans, these
two wings will be torn out and supplant-
ed by combination stores and Office
buildings running to the full height of
the main structure. The number of
stories will be about six.
While the construction of these two
buildings is the ultimate intention, the
improvement this year will be confined
to the Sixth street wing, which will be
torn down at once, and erected anew.
The first three stories will be occupied
by the Minnesota Tailoring company,
and the remainder given over to offices.
Next year the st. Peter street wing will
be remodeIed SO as to conform to the
architecture and style Of the remainder.
In the main building the top floor,
which is given over to lodge and dance
purposes, will be remodeled and enlarg-
ed so as to take in both wings. The
number of offices will also be increased.
Manager Hays, who is representing
Jacob Lift, the owner of the building,
says the full cost Of the improvements
have not yet been figured up, but it will
not be far short of $4,000 when the ad-
ditions are fully completed.
The city building department is expect
ing the filing in a few days Of the plans
for the remodeling of the Sherman block,
Ninth and Wabasha streets, recently de-
stroyed by fire. The building will be
converted into an apartment house, with
stores on the ground floor. The cost
will be over $4,000. The contract for
the work has been placed by the owners.
OF sixty or more building permits is
sued this month by the city building de-
partment, over forty are for the rerlod-
cling and construction of small residences
ranging in value from $1,000 to $1,000.
Unless some big plans are filed, this
month will fail behind that Of a year
ago in the value of permits taken out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
DIDN'T JOIN MORGAN
MINISTER'S FAILED TO ATTEND
WINE-ORDINANCE PROTEST
MEETING
ORDINANCE DOES NOT PLEASE
Ministers Cali 1t LoophoIe for sa-
IOOns-AIdermen Express Their
Views and Defend Their
Action.

Local ministers, under the leadership Of
Rev. David Morgan, attempted to hold a
meeting atfthe Y. M. c. A. yesterday aft
ernoon for the1 purpose of protesting
against the substitute wine-room ordi-
nance passed BY the board of aldermen
tuesday might abut the number respond
ing were SO few it was decided to post
pone the gathering until next Monday
morning.
Unless it is the Rev. Morgan, the min
listers generally refuse to talk on the
subject, except to say that they do not
think the ordinance passed meets with
their views. Rev. Morgan, however, is
outspoken in the matter, claiming that
the ordinance sanctions wine rooms rath-
er than abolishing them. He holds that
1t is subterfuge and is of no value
whatever in combating the evil.
The new ordinance removes restau-
rants and hotels from the requirements
of the law, and this the ministers are Up
in arms against, holding that it provides
loophole by which designing saloonists
can escape punishment for violations. 1t
is claimed that all a saloon will have to
do is to open restaurant in connection
with the business of selling liquor.
The majority of the board of aldermen,
among them Aid. Knauft, Bantz and
Murphy, say they were actuated by
spirit of fairness, not desiring, for the
benefit of a few reformers, to cause the
tearing out of expensive fittings in such
places as the Metropolitan, Carvings S, the
Magee hotel, the Ryan and other hotels,
and restaurants equally as prominent.
In these places the booths are often made
the gathering place of fashionable dinner
parties: and were the proposed law in
force, and enforced to the letter, they
would have to be torn out. Aid. Muir
ply says he will not vote for such a
sweeping ordinance in any event, while
Aid. Bantz, who is also opposed to the
ministers ordinance, says the whole
thing could be better adjusted by taking
away from a saloonkeeper his license
when he is found using his stalls and
booths as a gathering place for women
and young girls
Viewed from a political standpoint it is
expected that the assembly will refuse
to pass therboard of aldermen ordinance
On the ground that it gave a similar
ordinance passage and it was refused by
the board. This will leave the situation as
it was before. a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
MAY AFFECT TAXLAW
ILLINOIS COURT HOLDS GRAIN IN
TRANSIT FREE FROM TAX
ALTON
LIKELY TO RAISE A DOUBT
Direct Bearing on Much Discussed
Clause in Tax Law Regarding
Grain in Terminal
Elevators.

An Illinois court decision is likely to
have an important bearing on the action
of the coming session of the legislature.
1t will be interesting to Minnesotans in
view Of the clause in the report of the
tax commission providing for the asses
sing of grain in terminal elevators at its
full value.
Judge Small, Of Joliet, ILL.,, in the de-
cision referred to uphoIds tie claims of
the grain and elevator people that grain
in elevators is in transit and not subject
to local taxation. This case may ultt-
mately be decided by the supreme court
of Illinois At any rate there seems to
be an important element of doubt as to
the legality of the plan to tax grain in
terminal elevators, and the decision Of
the Joliet court is of special and timely
interest. The report of the decision is
as follows:
Grain in elevators is in transit, and
is not subject to local taxation, accord
ing to the decision of Judge Small in the
famous case Of Bartlett, Frazier & Co.
against Theodore Green, township COL
lector, and w. w. Clifford, county col
lector. The decision was based upon the
supreme courts opinion.
Last spring the assessor at Joliet levied
a tax on $77,oI0 worth of grain in the
Midland elevator. The assessment was
resisted and an application mace for an
injunction. While the matter was pending
Bartlett, Frazier & Co., the owners of
the grain, were summoned before the
board of equalization to show why the
assessment should not be made. The
decision just announced upholus the in
junction and indorses the contention Of
the plaintiffs that grain in elevators is
not taxable.
The case is an important one, and the
result not only affects the present COM
plainants, but also similar dealers in the
country. An appeal will be taken to the
supreme court.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
THE EDITOR WAS SURE He HAD EN-

any rate she had written on her COM
munication this all explaining sentence.
The missing word is damn" The
mystery was explained. Unfortunately,
the voluble correspondent could not be
rewarded, for, of course, the missing
word was not damn. On the contrary,
it was blessing" which may not be so
expressive, but which is much more
pleasing.
According to the rules Of the contest
the first letter containing the correct
receive the prize, a box at the Grand
for one performance of the "Lost River"
Miss Marie Filiatrault is the winner and
consequently Miss Filiatrault will have
the pleasure OF entertaining her friends
at box party on any evening except
Sunday Of the week 1.-THE Lost River" is
played here.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
WHAT THE SOLONS THINK
VARIOUS OPINIONS ON THE ExTR A
SESSION.

Senator Dan Shell says he hasn't got
anything to say on the new tax law or
the extra session. ''When / hear some
of the boys talk 1 may know more about
it-or I may know less
Alvah Eastman would have Van Sant
ask the legislature to create a commits
sion to prepare distance tariff bill for
railroads in Minnesota.
A. N. Dare says: The proper thing to
90 would be to adopt the bill recoD1-
mended by the commission without
amendment and go home. If the legs-
lature does this it will be entitled to
the commentator of the people Any
other course is liable to injure themselves
and the party.
Capt c. c. Whitney says: 1t is pos
sible that some slight changes in the tax
code may be desirable, but to a layman
it seems that the efforts of men so sig
nally qualified as are the members of the
tax commission should meet the approval
of the legislature and be given the benz
fit of one years trial, when needed
changes can be effected by the regular
session of the legislature year hence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
PRESENT JOB ALL RIGHT
LABOR COMMISSIONER HAS NO DE-
SIRE TO BE A MAYOR.

John O'Donneu. state labor commission
er, has been talked of as a. labor candf-
date for mayor of Minneapolis. Without
a question he could command a strong
support for the Republican nomination.
Mr.. O'Donnell declines to be tempted,
however. He says:
while I consider it an honor to be
mentioned for sIVch a high Office, 1 feel
that I am now in a position to be of
pie not only OF Minneapolis, but of the
entire state. My ambition is to serve
creditably in my present position, and I
should be given an opportunity to show
for another Office Speaking of labor
candidates, I would suggest that there
are other interests to be considered in
selecting a mayor. Business men should
have something to say
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
(ITY
~ N E w S

The Ulland Land and Loan company
OF Fergus Falls has filed articles of in
corporation with $4,000 capital.
The West Side Turnverein will give its
annual masquerade and mardi-gras
Saturday evening at Martins hall.
William ]. Martin, a Pullman car con-
ductor filed a petition in bankruptcy
yesterday. Assets, $500; Habilit es,
$1,S29.9S.
Stephen Cernohous failed to appear to
answer the charge of assault and battery
on Matilda Cernohous and it was dis
missed.
Alfred Scheffer, of the firm of Scheffer
& Rossum, yesterday paid the SIS fine in
the police court, arising from conviction
under the anti-blacklisting law
Attorney General Douglas will leave for
Washington Friday evening to be pres
ent at the opening Of the United States
supreme court Monday morning.
Pawnshop Inspector Lavallie recovered
a coonskin coat stolen Jan. 10 from Ole
Munson, Cos Jackson street. The coat
was at Seventh street pawnshop.
The Western Queensware company has
filed suit in the district court against
Gumpalen & Hage to collect SOL 40 al
legged to be due for merchadise delivered.
Augustus ]. damon has begun action
in the district court against Philip Smith
to collect an aggregate amount of 81 900
alleged to be due on certain promissory
notes.
Joseph F. Hermann lies critically i'll at
his home, 1853 Hudson avenue. He is an
old resident of Dayton's bluff and is well
known in local real estate circles. He is
sixty years of age.
Ike Ruskui had a runaway yesterday,
driving the team of Melady & Casey, at
Seventh and John streets The driver
was thrown out and had his face and
hands cut, not seriously.
Rev. G. H Mcdaniel, D. D., president
of Ambidexter institute of Springfield,
ILL.,, will preach a special sermon to men
only at Pilgrim Baptist church, Cedar
and Summit, at p. m. Sunday.
Lieut.. E. S. Persons, now stationed at
Fort Keogh, has been ordered to report
at once to his proper station at Fort
Smelling, being relieved from further duty
at the Montana post. Lieut.. Persons is a
surgeon.
Irvine McDermott seven years DID, liv-
ing at lib North Smith avenue, is con-
fined to his home with a broken leg sus-
tanned in collision with an ice wagon,
while he was coasting on the Sixth street
hill.
meeting of the assembly committee
on streets will be held this evening for
the purpose of cleaning up a lot of work
that has accumulated. This will include
consideration of the fire limits ordinance
and the measure drafted by City Engi-
neer Claussen calling for paid inspection
of all street work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
AFTER MURPHY'S SCALP
REV. DAVID MORGAN "KNOCKS So
ALDERMAN TO MAYOR SMITH
Protests Against Murphy's Appoint
ment to Board of Public Works
Says He Blocks Mu-
nicipaI Reform.

Rev. David Morgan is after the scalp
Of Aid. Murphy because he thinks that
official is largely responsible for the
long delay, and what he calls the defeat,
Of a sweeping measure that will cause
the adjustment of the wine room evil
Yesterday Rev. Morgan called upon
Mayor Smith and had a long Interview
in which he registered a protest against
the appointment of Aid. Murphy to a
place on the board of public works.
Murphy, he contends, is not a fit man for
the place, as he has been the stumbling
block against which many of Mr.. Nor
CAMS drastic and sweeping reforms have
gone to pieces.
WHAT satisfaction he obtained is not
known. Mayor Smith refused to discuss
the interview, except to say that Mr..
Morgan received the courtesies of the Of
flee.
Said Aid. Murphy last night: Mr.. Nor
gan's protest is the best recommendation
could have. / don't think he likes me.
have been a little plain spoken, and up
set few of his plans, and he remembers
it, 1 don't think I'll lose much sleep over
Mr.. Morgan's protests