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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27

(Chief Of the Bureau Of Ordnance, United
States Army.)
intrenching tools may be carried by
the soldier.
The new piece weighs but little
less than 9A pounds, considerably
lighter than the German and the
Mauser, yet has greater velocity and
greater penetration. 1t is noted that
opinions differ as to the value of the
rod bayonet. The construction of
5000 of the new muskets has been au-
thorized.
Gen. Crozier embraces in his report
the conclusions of the board of ord
nance and fortificaiton on the recent
tests of the several systems for new
field gun to show why the ordnance
department model is superior. He
says the bureau is proceeding with the
manufacture of field material from
designs which it has prepared concur
rently with the development of knowl-
edge by tests. Generally speaking the
new gun will have caliber of three
inches and will fire projectile weigh
ing is pounds with an initial velocity
of LOO feet per second. The breech
mechanism will be of the ordnance de.
partment type with certain modifica-
tions for securing safety. The piece
will have recoil of from As to 4s
inches. Defects developed at the tests
on the proving grounds are to be reme-
died. A new feature will be the bull
let-proof shields with which the pieces
are to be provided. Capt. Charles 3.
Wheeler is given credit for the design
of the gun carriage.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
TIE NEW ARMY RIFLE.
Markets, Dut Has Far Greater
Penetration.

Gen. William Crozier, chief Of the
bureau of ordnance, in his annual re-
port to the secretary of war says
the improved musket has been conn
pleted and tried with very satisfac-
tory results, the various changes not
only improving the weapon, but cheap
ening and accelerating the production.
The rod bayonet is a feature of the
new rifle. Its advantage is said to
lie in the fact that it lightens the
weight of the gun and dispenses with
the bayonct and bayonet scabbard
now in use, and in the place of which
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
APOSTLE REED SHOOT.
Mormon Leader who May BE Elect
ed to Represent Utah In United
States Senate.

Reed smoot, apostle of the Mormon
church, who is practically assured of
election to the United States senate
from Utah as result of the spirited
campaign he waged, is but little over
40 years, wealthy and popular.
His father was one of the pioneers
who crossed the plains with Brigham
Young, and was an early settler of
Provo, Mr.. Shoots present home. His
wife is daughter of H. S. Eldridge,
leading banker of Salt Lake City.
She brought him a fortune, which he
has increased by careful handling.
until he himself is reputed to be mill
lionaire. He is banker aud manufac-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
TILTED A REAL KING
Hoatenesrin Princess Drew Line on
Alexander Of Servia.
perenpterily Refused to Marry the
SDlay-F0oteA, Kaocked-l1need
Monarch OF Eaf0pe's Most
Turbulent Jkiagdon.

The only living princess who has
fitted king has become engaged to
another man.
She is Princess Xenia of Montene-
gro. Her engagement to the divorced
grand duke of Hesse recalls the most
sensational and piquant episode of
modern royal society.
True, it was only King Alexander of
Servia whom she Tilted, but he is a
real king and there are not many of
them.
So overpowering was the sensation
of disgust which this misshapen, OBJ
noxious little monarch aroused in the
beautiful princess that she literally
ran away from him, says the Chicago
American.
It is well known that royal marriages
are arranged by families and states
men and that the personal inclinations
of the two principals have little to do
with the matter. The wishes of the
girl in the case are least of all con-
suited. Princesses are brought up to
believe that it is their duty to submit
absolutely to the commands of their
parents and elders in the matter of
marriage. But even in the heart of a
princess there may lurk a spark of re-
bellion, and in this case it burst forth.
Three years ago Alexander of Ser
via was securing the imperial, royal
and princely courts of Europe seeking
for bride. He needed one sorely, for
his throne is very insecure, and with
out an heir he cannot expect to hold it
permanently. After making person
al application at the court of Russia
and at several others, King Alexander
ascertained in the most unmistakable
manner that he was not desired as a
relative by any of the great reigning
families of Europe.
He then made overtures for the hand
of the beautiful Princess Xenia, the
seventh child and fifth daughter of
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro. This
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27

plans to exploit the islands by es-
tablishing bank, encouraging agri-
culture and starting steamship lines.
This is not the first venture OF
this kind in which the princess has
been interested. A year ago she en-
gagged in real estate speculation. Sc
cured plot near Copenhagen, which
she cut up into building lots. with
the sanction Of the city, and erected
villas, which she rented to wealthy
people. She is interested in the de.
velopment of the Danish commerce
in Asia and has secured valuable con-
cessions from the Russian govern
ment.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
HAS NEW PRESIDENT
Republic Of Brazil Formally Inaus-
urates Dr.. Alves.
oaesal Career Of Chief Executive
Gives Promise Of Coed Things to
Cone-Belones to the Re.
publican Party.

DIR. Francisco de Paula Rodrigues
Alves, who was elected president of
the United States of Brazil last
March, was formally inaugurated No
vember Is. The inauguration cere-
mony took place at the capital, Rio
Janeiro, and the occasion was doubly
important to the citizens of Brazil.
because it was also the anniversary
of the proclamation of the republic,
the Brazilian Fourth of July.
The new president belongs to the
republican party, which is also de-
scribed as the conservative the OPP
posing faction being the federal par
ty. He was born on July 2, 1s4s. at
Guaretingueta, in the state Of Sac
Paulo. He was graduated from the
Dom Pedro II. college in 1866, and in
1870 received the degree of doctor in
law at the college of Sac Paulo.
Shortly after that he was elected to
the state legislature Of Sac Paulo,
and to the imperial congress in 1887.
Emperor Dom Pedro II. appointed
him after that as president of the
SGdVC VI 0dV 6U4Os kAAVCA VAAO paw
lamation of the republic, in 1889, he
was elected representative of his ma
tive state in the First federal assem-
bly,, and helped to frame the Brazil
ian constitution. In 1891 he was APP
pointed minister of the treasury un-
der President Peixoto, and in 1895
was elected federal senator for his
state. He resigned his place in the
senate to assume the second time the
duties of minister of the treasury UNI
der President de Moraes. DR.. Alves
was again elected to the senate, and
again left that body to become the
governor of his state, and before his
term of office had expired he was
chosen to the presidency of the re-
public.
The Brazilian congress is composed
of PIP deputies, representing the 81
a'7tricts or states, there being one
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
a UNIQUE CEREMONY.
First Eurspeau Cremation II siaa
Described ~ aa Iatelligeat
Eye WitaesS.

DR.. Peter Gowan, physician to the
king of Siam, who died recently, was
cremated according to the rites OF the
Buddhist religion. DIR. Gowan, who
spent the greater part of his life in
Siam, and was for many years physi-
clan to the king of Siam, gave up his
practice and joined the Buddhist
priesthood, devoting his time to teach.
ing the priests the art of healing. The
doctor had long suffered from asthma.
and did not long survive after joining
the monastery. Before his death he
expressed the wish that his body
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Newa In Brief.

1t will take II votes to elect a
United States senator from this state
this winter, and about 60 votes to
control a republican. caucus. Which
of the candidates has the necessary
sixty?
Down i'll Dickey county Warren F..
Denning, the democratic candidate.
was elected superintendent of schools,
and he has now been appointed dep
uty by Supt. Hicks during the re-
will enable him to familiarize himself
with the duties of the Office before he
takes hold.
Frank Wilson, one of the men ar
rested on suspicion OF being connect
ed with the burglary of the Sullivan
store at Durbin last August, was re-
leased on the order of Judge Pollock,
there being no evidence against him.
Rev. John Trenaman of Casselton,
one OF the pioneer Episcopal clergy
men of the state, dropped dead Of
heart failure. He was IS years ct age.
Work on the gas plant at Lisbon is
being pushed, and the plant will be
completed about Dec. Is.
Nashua, Ebert +. Skinner was caught
by the pilot beam of passing engine
and hurled against a train standing
and several ribs were broken and he
died in three minutes. He was bound
for Portal.
Percy Parker, farmer near Cando,
recently enlarged his dwelling, and
stoves were placed in the new part to
dry the plaster. The house took fire
and was burned to the ground.
Mr. Hyde, owner of one of the coal
mines near Minot, was caught in a
cave in few days ago, and was quite
seriously hurt.
The Chicago Tribune recently sent
out inquiries to many of the republic
can papers of the northwestern states
as to their. preference for speaker Of
the house. OF the Is interviewed in
North Dakota seven were for Cannon,
two for Babcock, one for Littlefield,
and two for any friend of the presi-
dent.
The Milwaukee road has completed
it's grade to Linton, and the work of
laying steel is we'll under way. If the
weather continues fair trains will be
running into Linton inside of three
weeks.
An elderly farmer named Simons,
living near Washburn, was accidental
ly killed by being run, over by load
ed water tank.
Two transients were arrested at
Darlington charged with stealing a
pipe from one store and a pair of
gloves from another. They were SEN
fenced to pay fines of $50 and $40 re-
spectively, and are now working out
the sentences in the county Jail.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
where kissing IL Unknown.

kissing is :. delight unknown to
the Maori women of New Zealand.
When they meet each other. and
wish to demonstrate their mutual
affection, they grasp each other by
the shoulders and rub their noses
together. In times of sorrow. when
mourning for the death of relative,
for instance, two women will sit to-
gether and moan by the hour, all the
time rubbing their noses together.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
HAS BUSINESS HEAD.
Princess waldemar Of Denmark,
& Who Prevented Sale of Islands
to the United states.

Princess Waldemar of Denmark,
who is credited with having secured
the defeat in the landsthing of the
treaty ceding the Danish West In-
dies to the United States. is pos
sessed of great business ability. It
is said that she acted in the interests
of syndicate of bankers and mer-
chants with whom she is believed
to be associated. This syndicate
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
mormon Leader Who May Be Electe
United States Senator.)


turer and is interested in large mum.
Der of other enterprises.
Throughout Utah officials of the
Mormon church electioneered for him,
while he had the assistance also Of
Senator Thomas Kearns, whom, it is
said, he is to help in return two years
hence. His candidacy split the repub-
lican party in the state, for many were
opposed to the idea of electing Nor.
mon apostle. These supported openly
the democratic legislative candidates,
who would vote for the return Of Sen
ator j. L. Rawlins, if elected. On the
other hand, many of the Mormon dem.
ocrats who are susceptible to eccle-
siastical influence in politics were
brought over to Smoot.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27

PRINCESS xENIA OF MONTENEGRO.
Charming Young Woman Who Rejected
King Alexander's Suit.)
country is the smallest among the
truly independent states of Europe.
Servia is certainly several places
higher in the monarchical hierarchy.
The prince of Montenegro was there
fore DESTROYS of having the king of
Servia for q son-in-law, and thereby
greatly increasing his prestige in the
Balkan peninsula. The alliance was
agreed upon.
The poor princess, only Is years old,
innocent, inexperienced, was sent
forth, accompanied by suitable es-
cort, to meet her future husband at
his capital, Belgrade.
The meeting of the affianced pair
was arranged. The princess stood in
her reception room, erect, radiant, a
model of Montenegrin beauty, to await
the king.
The king shambled forward, grin
ming. shambling, knock-kneed, hardly
able to see.
"Mon dieu, mais vous etes impossi-
ble!'' cried the princess, speaking in
French. as she is accustomed to do.
The cry came from her heart and
was the first impulse Of an innocent,
unspoiled nature. The princess
turned away from the king and put her
arm around her lady-in-waiting.
King Alexander mumbled a few lame
words of welcome and tried to cover
up the rebuff by suggesting that the
princess was suffering from the ia
tigue of the journey-Princess Xenia
glanced at him with pitying smile
and fed.
The action of the princess put an end
to the match. Even in royal families
it is scarcely possible to go on with
preparations for wedding after the
bride has expressed the deepest loath-
ing and disgust for the bridegroom.
After the first meeting the princess did
not hesitate to repeat her expressions
of disgust and to assert that she would
rather die than marry King Alexander.
There was nothing to do but to take
her back to her fathers capital, Get
TIME.
When Princess Xenia said that
King Alexander was impossible, she
did not exaggerate. His personal APP
pearance is singularly degraded and
repulsive. He has prominent, black
eyebrows, scarcely any forehead and
mat of black hair. His forehead APP
pears to have been smashed, down over
his head with a hammer. His small
eyes are extremely weak and recede
into his forehead. His nose is small
and hooked. He is round-shouldered,
knock-kneed and splay-footed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
war Balloons Are Costly.

War balloons are frequently made Of
the bladders of oxen, which are prefer
able to silk. The rents in skin bal
loon close almost automatically, and
therefore the leakage is slight. 1t re-
auires the bladders of about $4,000
oxen to make medium-sized balloon,
and the cost is about SIS 900.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Clothinx Made Of BarIk.

Shirts and hats that are never in
need of ironing are worn by the In
dams of the interior of Bolivia.
They are made of the bark of tree,
which is soaked in water until the
fiber is softened, and then beaten
with stones to make it pliable.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Garlic for Tuberculosis.

Garlic juice, inhaled under certain
conditions, is the remedy which DR..
w. C. Uinchin, of Kells, Ireland,
claims has cured many cases of adj
yanced tuberculosiR
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Must Fay Taxes.

Judge Pollock decides the Kimball
tax case in Fargo in favor of the city.
The company brought into the state
stock of merchandise after the as
scissor had concluded his labors, and
the city made a demand for taxes.
which were paid under protest. The
company sought to recover, and the
local justice before whom the case
was tried rendered decision in favor
of the city, which has been sustained
by the district court.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Coffee Causes. Blindn ness.

Blindness is very common among.
the Moors. At As their eyesight be-
gins to fail. This affection is due. it
is said, to the excessive use Of COT
fee.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Road Through Bad Lands.

The Northern Pacific has decided to
build cutoff through the Bad
Lands, starting at point one-fourth
of smile east of Belfield and running
northwest to the head of Green river,
about four and one-half miles north
of Fryberg and thence westerly and
crossing the high plateau half mile
north Of the historic town of Medo.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Found Dead.

A sensational discovery was made
in the woods along the James river,
near jamestown. The body of man
hanging 10 tree was found. Later
developments showed it to be that Of
Daniel A. Corkins of Arvilla, who es-
capped from the asylum Sept. 90. Cor
kins had attempted suicide several
times before but his efforts had been
frustrated. After his escape efforts
were made to find him, but without
success. His remains were taken to
Arvilla for burial.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
The smallest Screw. Made.

The smallest screws used in a
watch are so Giminutive that it
would take 10000 of them to weigh
q pound.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
Sentenced Ia be Hanged.

James Smith, who murdered Anton
Hylinger last spring, was sentenced
by Judge Winchester to be hanged
Feb. 20 for his crime. Smith pleaded
guilty to the crime on the opening
day of the Washburn term, thus SPAR
ing the county the necessity of trial.
Smith has claimed that the murder
was done in self defense, but when
asked whether he had anything to
say why sentence should not be pass
ed upon him, had nothing to say to
the court. He was then sentenced to
be hanged.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-27
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS



The officials Of Cass county are re-
joicing over the decision of the SUI
preme court, which affirmed Judge
Pollock in the drainage cases. There
were about seventy-five plaintiffs al
together and some of the suits were
combined. Judge Pollock heard nine
teen of them and called in Judge
Lauder to hear the remainder The
supreme courts decision is . sweep
ing one and sustains the law in every
form. 1t holds that the actions of
the drainage board have been fully
authorized and the assessments were
levied in regular manner. One rath-
er unusual confidence is that the de-
cision followed so closely that of the
Minnesota supreme court, which also
upheld the drainage law of that state.
Finally Married.
A young Roumanian couple went to
Velva and expressed q desire to wed.
The local justice protested willingness
to perform the ceremony, but the in
terested parties wanted priest Of
their own faith. The nearest was at
Minot, and he was wired to come, but
responded that he could not. The
couple took the next train for Minot,
and the priest, finding that after all
he could arrange to go, started about
the same time for Velva. The trains
crossed, and return trips were in or
der, and when last reported the situa-
ton was that the priest was at his
home in Minot and the young people
were starting out third time to To-
cate him.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-18

The census preliminary report on the
manufacture of liquors in the United
States in 1900 shows the following re-
suits, with percentage of increase:
Number of establishments, 2S49; in
crease, AZ per cent. Capital, S457 GA =
087; increase, 20 per cent Wage carr
ers, average number, 44,417; increase.
23 per cent. Total wages, $28,005, ,4S4;
increase, 20 per cent. Miscellaneous
expenses, s1sS, ,O99, 1876; increase, 81 per
cent Cost of materials used, $70,512,
042; decrease, ~ per cent Value of
products, S340,615,466; increase, IS per
cent
The distilled liquor statistics follow,
with percentages of increase: Number
of establishments. 957; increase, 12C
per cent. Capital, $32, ,551 ,GO4 increase,
5 per cent. Wage-earners, average
number 3,722; decrease. % per cent.
Total wages. s1,733,21S; decrease. rs
per cent Miscellaneous expenses. S73,-
21S,227; increase, - per cent. Cost Of
materials used, Sl5,1477S4; increase, 2
per cent. Value of products, SOC, 1885,
443; decrease, per cent.
The lack of uniformity in reporting
internal revenue tax accounts in a
measure for the decrease in the value
of distilled liquor products.
The malt liquor figures are: Number
of establishments, 1,523 increase, 22
per cent Capital, S415, 5,2S4 ,46S; in
crease, 70 per cent. Wage-earners. av-
erage number, 1882 increase, 81 per
cent. Total wages, $25,S26,211; in
crease. 25 per cent. Miscellaneous ex-
penses, $1O9, ,23l increase, 127 per
cent Cost of materials used, S51 ,674,
92S; decrease. 10 per cent. Value OF
products, $2S7 713; increase, 30 per
cent
The vinous liquor figures are: Mum
Der of establishments, 359; increase, 50
per cent. Capital, S9,SSS,015; increase
20 per cent Wage -earners average
number, 1,l6S; increase, II per cent
Total wages, s440,0F5; increase, 49 pei
cent. Miscellaneous expenses, S552,
1888; increase, 104 per cent Cost o!
materials used, 50 3,6S9 $3.50; increase, lSC
per cent. Value of products, S6,547,310
increase, 13O per cent.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-18
The Sunday saloon.

Answering the question, Who wants
the Sunday saloon in New York city,"
the New York Observer makes some
comments which might apply to other
cities. 1t says only n comparatively
small class of brewer capitalists and
wholesalers of liquor, with a part only
of the retail dealers, plus the crowd OF
rowGy- dowdies whose chief end in life
appears to be to drink and to get
drunk. plus the devil who is back OF
the whole wretched business want the
Sunday saloon. H. Is time for the me-
tropolis of New York to pause and con-
slider whether. If the people who want
the saloon are people of that class, it
is worth while to crafty them at the
cost of huge municipal bills for losses
incurred through the drink traffic, the
blasting of thousands of now happy
homes. the vitiation of the mental and
physical fiber of multitudes of drink
ers, and final inevitable collision
with the eternal principles of right
which the Judge of all the earth will
surely vindicate in the great Last Day
Let us act now with that Day in
view"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-18
LOOting Of China.
BY CLARENCE L. BEALMEAR.

BY CLARENCE l.. BEALMEAR.
Copyright 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Wun Sock leaned over the hearth
and drew with his bow melancholy
tune out of an old violin. Again and
again he drew the bow across the in
strument holding particularly deep
note, bending forward slightly and
looking intently at a spot on the
hearth. The room was dimly lighted
by tallow dip. Weird enough were
the surroundings the figures of drag
ons on the walls, Joss perched on q
shelf the giant shadows cast by the
fiickering light-without the accom-
panimeat of unearthly music. Twenty
minutes, half an hour, forty minutes,
and then, with an exclamation of Chi
nese disgust, he laid the violin down,
took up a large cork from the shelf
fitted it in a hole in the hearth and
blew out the tallow dip, and. after a
few puffs at the resistless pipe, threw
himself on his cot and slept.
A few minutes later Chip In opened
the door of the little join and tiptoed
softly in. Lighting the tallow dip and
seeing the violin lying there. he began
where Wun Sock left off, first taking
the cork out of the hole in the hearth.