Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1902-07-25

"Farmer Hinds,'' who made himself
famous an! a few yearS ego by advocating
the building of a farmers railroad In
North Dakota, has been adjudged In
sane and committed to the asylum at
Jamestown. He vas sent to the asy.
lum a few years ago, but later was re-
leased, having recovered his sanity.
frankie, aged three, and Desiab,
eighteen months old, children of Mr..
and Mrs. Lockerby, of Valley City,
were taken i'll Monday Of last week
with symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
The room they were playinR in is pa.
pered with green paper; and it is sup
posed they pulled some of ito3 and ate
it, as in no other way could they have
obtained the poison. It T. thought
they will recover.
Public sympathy is all with Hntsln-
piller, the Oakes farmer who shot and:
instantly killed Dick Helleran, y
bachelor, Thursday of last week. A
month ago, on complaint Of Hutsin-
piller, Halleran was arrested on a
charge Of slanderin& Mrs. Hutsinpiller.
He was bound over and ofefsd bail.
Since getting out he th5eatened
Hutsinpiller's life.
There have been pR new develop
ments in the Mccormick tragedy at
Grand Forks, and it is doubtful il
there will be any pptil the onicial re-
port is made BY the minneapolis spec
ialists whp are now chemicall5eana
ing the contents of the stomach Of the
two victims Of the tragedy, IS we'll as
portions Of the liver and lungs. Of each,
apd the contents Of the Jug Of beer,
which was taken to Minneapolis the
first Of the week by Professor Bah.
oocko the state university. 1t has
been definitely determined where the
beer was secured, but the oficials as
yet refuse to make public the result
Qf their Investigations regarding
whefe the poison was secured and who
garchased It.
A terrific wind and, hail storm
Visited portions Of the Red River
Valley "Wednesday Of last week, and,
IS q result, THOUSANDS Of acres ofgratn,
nearly ready to harvest, bas been De.
atroyed. The, storm developed no1th
OF Conway, andswept to the southeast,
leaving path. Of desolatioR for at least
q hundred miles. GilbK Conway,
Forest River. Ipkster and. Kellys were
In the path Of the storm. Hail covered
the ground to. q depth ot severeal
inches in some parts. Several persons
were injured. One man near Merri-
field was carried bodily for ansighth Of
y mile and landed in the miadle Of Z
corn; Aeld, without serious injury.
An insane delusion that she IL .
near relative Of the late President Nc
Kinley and '&n instrument In the
bands Of Providence to svense bis ".
sassinstion has quite upset the mental
equilibrium Of Mrs. Anne Kirby, wife
Of. William Kirby, Of Lisbon. She has
been adjudged insane and taken to
the hospital at jamestown. She Is the
mother Of nine children, the eldest
being not II years, and the youngest
only seven mQpths old. Ars. Kirby
recently purcbased = revolver and
cartridges, with. the avowed intention
Of shooting % anarchist. She singled
out . well-knQsSn, uhch-esteemed
clergyman as her target, but the
weapon was taken away from her be-
fore The could execute her threat.
Last Saturday evening a severe hail,
storm, swept the communlty for q,
Width OF i've miles north Of Washburn,
dem0lishing everything 10 it's path.
The storm Travelled towards the south.
east, striking the settlement In and
abQit Andrews, but II had spent, liz
fOne, and the damage done east ocC
there vas comparatively light. The