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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17
MURDER OR ACCIDENT.
West Superior Case That Puzzles the
Authorities.

West superior case lnat f'uZzleS tnc
Authorities.
West Superior, Wis, July 13.-Murder
or accident? That is the question Cor
oner Dudley is asking concerning the
death of Erick Kytala, a workingman
recently employed at the shipyards,
whose body was found floating in Tow
err slip. A black eye is the only mark
upon the man that is likely to lead to
clew, and the police are working on It,
It is evident that the body had lain In
the water for several days. as none Of
his acquaintance had seen him since
about the Fourth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Kansas City. July lathe Missouri
river is falling despite the enormous
volumes of water poured out by the
Kansas river. People in the lowlands
have been driven from their homes and
cornfields are inundated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17
FALLS AND IS FATALLY BURNED.


Iowa Girls Tragic Death by Fire
From n Lamp.
Sioux City, Iowa, July 12.-Miss Eva
Kelley, a popular young lady at Hart
ley, Iowa. met death in tragic man
ner. She was carrying lamp and
had reached the top of the stairs to
retire for the night, when she fell back
ward down stairs and was burned so
that she died. She was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Kelley, and was
a general favorite.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17
ONE DEAD, ONE DYING. TWO HURT.
Explosion of Matte I'm AnacOndn
Smelling Works.

Butte, Mont. July 12--In an eXplo-
sion of matte in the Washoe smelling
works at Anaconda George ParsicN
was instantly killed and John Galicch
probably fatally injured and George
Goodwin and John Natou both badly
burned and cut by flying particles on
molten matte.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17
CLEVER SWINDLE.
An Old Man Loses $1,000 by n Com
6lenCe Game.

HdenCe Game.
Winona, Mimi, July IAN old man
named Martin was cleverly victimized
out of $1,000 here by a couple of conf
dence men. On the pretense of want
ing to borrow money to close farm
deal. they induced Martin to draw
money from the bank and accompany
them into the country. When in the
buggy they removed the money from
the old mans pocket and dropped him
by the wayside. They left town by
train before the police learned of the
affair. so the chances for their capture
are small.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Kansas farmers are dragging tramps
from freight trains and compelling
them to work in the harvest fields. 1t
is such acts as this that make freedom
shrek.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

After facing the perils of a mot
Rudyard Kipling no doubt wonders
how Poet Laureate Austin has man.
,ged to escape so long.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

One of the latest and most sensible
fads in New York this season is the
throwing of stones at automobile
'acers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Herr Most has sounded the death
6nell of free press in America. 1t
Is certain that he will not take any
more liberties with it for the next
twelve months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Mr.. Bull understands himself to be
The victor, but he will have to put his
South African farm in order at his
,wn expense.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

What, asks the college boy. is the
good of co-education if the girls are
going to take it over in the next
block?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Baldwin. Wis, July 13.-At the an
rual school meeting of the electors of
this village $3.50 was nppropriated to
build new high school building
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

1t is feared that one result of the
Ruhlin-Sharkey fight will be to bring
the Hon. Jim Corbett before the pub.
ic again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

King Alfonso needs guardian
worse than ever, for he will probably
fall in love with some nice lady aged
,bout As years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Brooklyn advertises reliable bug
exterminator," which may be of use to
any one who wants to exterminate re-
liable bugs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

BY the time man has the forests
thoroughly subdued he will have
found, doubtless, some way of getting
long without wood.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

The breaking of college ties is SAD
out not half so melancholy as the
counting of subsequent ties.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

A season of protracted drought is
reminding the Texas people of Gen,
Sherman's opinion of war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Speaking OF an army, King Wheat
calls for 10000 harvester recruits in
Kansas and Nebraska.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Why should there be any furry in
financial circles? Pierp. is still able to
be up and around.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Love letters are writs of attach.
ment, and there is no lodging the SER
vice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

Portugal won't let Britain have
Mozambique, unless Britain takes it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17

The shah of Persia still refuses to
look pleasant in any of his portraits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13
Proof of the Lords Kindness.

AS one of the great Atlantic liners
was nearing the end of it's voyage re-
Gently a wealthy passenger on board
gave champagne supper to the other
male passengers. Each one of those
invited was to render payment by
singing song, dancing a jig or tell
ing a story. Among those on board
was one person who had won a repu-
tation for moroseness, for in spite of
the constant stream of moss-grown
tales which one is forced to listen to
on shipboard he had never tried to
revenge himself by telling one of his
own. Accordingly when his turn
came to speak everyone listened
eagerly.
"Gentlemen," said he as he rose to
his feet, II can't sing song or tell Il
story and | have never danced a Jig,
so / can only offer a conundrum. In
what way is the Lord kinder to a
turkey than to man?"
OF course everyone gave il up.
Because" came the answer, "he
doesn't allow it to be stuffed with
chestnuts till after it is dead. Chi.
cago Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13

to the invasion of our civil system
into their lives, and that they bear
no ill will to American citizens or
American soldiers.
when | first went to Samar it was
case of fight your way everywhere,
and protect yourself while so doing.
y soldier could not venture much
conquered towns without being set
upon and killed by savage natives.
Now an American can go anywhere
and go unarmed. One of our sol
diers deserted for some reason or
other, and he braved all sorts of
dangers and made straight for the
interior of the island. He met ma
tiyes armed to the teeth, but none
of them showed any disposition to
molest him.
This particular soldier, whose
name | have forgotten. was being
court-martialed when | left, but his
experiences with the heretofore un-
tanned and savage natives brushed
away a doubt and left the authori-
lItS III lllt btllNl NoitIiiNlI dllllu uAIG
of knowing that the island was con-
quered.
THE Moros, of course, will com
NIT deeds of depreciation now and
again, but it needs only a strong po-
lice force to hold them in check.
"When | first went to Samar | had
So garrisons and 5000 men under my
command. Peace dawned so rapidly
that the forces were gradually with.
drawn. and when / left there were
but half as many men and only IA
garrisons. This force is more than
is necessary to keep insurrectioH
down. The natives are showing
lively interest in the march of civil.
ization that our government has
started. OF course, they are a low
type of manhood-not a low type in
their physical development. They
are brave and strong. and have good
intellects, but they lack education.
They do not know how to read OF
write. In fact, their education con.
sists of their knowledge how to en-
gage in all sorts Of piracy and revel
III blbbb0u'b' IHe va VIII COME
however, when these natives will
reach a creditable stage OF advance.
ment.
"rhe natives are not quite as prim-
itiye class as our Indians, but they
are still wholly unctililed. We may
expect little trouble from the ma,
tiecs Of the lloln group. They are
ruled by sultan, but they owe him
sort of Informal allegiance.
don't think hr viii prove very strong
with Dds people n ever the time
comes that they get iuto serious
trouble with our troops, They ave
an ignorant. lnw-hrcd class and less
susceptible 60 restraint than any
other ~ the aatiyes % that com.
try"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13

mean? Yes, we keep our account
there"
81 didn't mean that; meant-in
the matter ola loan"
"No, not lately"
She looked the surprise which she
did not put into words.
But you did borrow money, didn't
you?"
"Yes."
"And you paid it back?"
81 did; or rather, we did. Mr.. Girls
void came into the firm just then,
and put in enough capital to pay us
out of debt"
She was twisting her handkerchief
around her fingers, and otherwise
displaying a degree of embarrass-
ment which was quite foreign to her,
or to Kaymer's knowledge of her.
would you mind telling me how
much it was?"
Not at all; it was $95,000."
so much as that? Somehow, I
have never thought of Mr.. Griswold
as "a capitalist. But it was good
investment for him, wasn't it?"
at would have been if we had not
had this strike"
Sl1e paused again, and again as
saulted as one who will not be daunt-
ed.
How much has the strike cost you,
Mr.. Raymer?"
"A great deal more than it would
at almost any other time. We had n
number of time contracts with for
FIXTURES, and they have lapsed, of
course. One hundred thousand dol
lars wouldn't more than make us
whole again"
so much as that! All of Mr. Girls
wold's money, and more" So much
she said, and then she was silent un-
til her nervousness began to be con
tagious TO Raymer. At length she
said: "You know Mr.. Griswold pret-
~ well, and love him; and | know
him pretty we'll too, and-and like
him. Did he ever tell you how he
came to have SO much money!"
why no. In fAct, | never thought
enough about it to be curious. From
tht ltllr ne mas tolu Hlc dbout hllh-
self | have gathered that he inherit
ed something from his father, and
that accounted sufficiently for his
means"
Now Griswold had been more con
ideutial with Margery than he had
ever been with his business partner,
So she knew the story of the slender
patrimouy, aud of its spending But
what has here been written down Of
MurFery Gricrsou has been ill-written
n IL has not shown her tu bc far
more discreet than her sex or her
age would hcsprUk, And because she
was wiser than her generation, she
went swiSLY aside from '-s'swolu' s
aI4.r
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13
PEACE NOW IN SIGHT
Gen. Fred D. Grant Brings Good
News from Philippines.
Inhabitants of Samar VIII Make No
Further Trouble and NorOs Can
he Controlled by Small
Force.

Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
who pacified the dark and bloody
Island of Samar, has returned from
the Philippines after three years
service in the islands. He came on
the transport Logan and brought
with him a bushel of facts about the
situation in the island, together with
a rather concise idea of the situation
down there. Since Gen. Smith, of
the kill and burn" order fame, re-
linquished his authority over this
blood-stained island, Gen. Grant has
been in charge. He began the work
of bringing the fiery native spirit of
the islanders under civil and military
control, where Gen. Smith left off,
and he pursued the task with a
mixed combination of aggressiveness
and diplomacy, qualities that pre-
dominated in his father, the late
president of the United States, U. S.
Grant.
Gen. Grant has been in the Philip
pines since the first outbreak, and
during that time he has only been
home once, and that was on a two
months sick leave. He goes to San
Antonia, Tex, having been appointed
to take charge of the department of
| Texas.
"Samar is enjoying the first period
of peace it has ever known" said
Gen. Grant, "and ! am entirely satis-
fled that the inhabitants of the
island will not attempt to make any
further trouble for our government.
Now that they have been forced
by the stress of military operations
to cease their hostility, the natives
! for the most part seem actually and
absolutely contented with the new
order of things. An incident which
occurred just before | left has con-
vinced me that even the natives who
live in the thinly populated portions
of the islands are no longer opposed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13

After this she drove home to don
her simplest gown while the man was
putting up the high-swung trap and
the big English horse, and making
ready the pony and the phaeton.
She made a long round in the
phaeton, driving herself. 1t began
on the manufacturing side of town,
and ended there, and was house-to-
house visitation in the quarter occu-
pied by the cottages of the iron
works men. She saw few of the men;
but she did better. She saw and
talked with the wives of the men.
What she said to the women, and
what her saying of it was like to ac-
complish was set forth in brief con-
ference with Edward Raymer at the
iron works office-a conference with
which the morning of conferences
ended.
She found Raymer alone in the
Office, and was glad enough for that
81 don't know what you will think
of me for meddling in this" she said
when she had told him what she had
been doing.
"You may say very justly that it
wasn't any of my business; but / saw
or thought l saw, a chance for a.
woman to do what all you men could.
mt seem to do. So | did my part, and
now if you'll do yours, l believe the
trouble will stop right where it is"
Raymer evaded the business part Of
it, and gave praise where praise was
due, taking her hand and letting his
eyes say more than his words.
II think you are the bravest little
woman 1 ever heard Of" he said,
warmly. II haven't the least doubt
in the world as to the success Of
your appeal, and no one but worn-
an-no one but yourself-could have
made it. You may be sure that Girls
void and l will do our part"
'If you will, | think we may con-
slider the strike settled" She rose
and made as if she would go, but that
was only because her courage threat
ened to fail her while yet the major
half of her errand was undone. She
fought a brave little fight, and then
went back to sit down beside him.
There is something else" she be
gan, nervously, "and l don't know
just how to say it. May l say any
thing | please?"
"Certainly. The privilege would be
yours in any case, but you have just
earned it n thousand times over"
"You-you have had some dealings
with the bank, haven't you?"
with your fathers bank, you
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13
D.adIy Illuminating Gns.

1t is asserted by writer in an
American medical weekly that cases
OF poisoning by illuminating gas are
on tire increase, and he attributes this
TO tho use Of the so-called water gas,
which contains a high percentage Of
the deadly gas called carbon monox-
ide. In Massachusetts, a law so limit
az the proportion of this substance
as practically 10 exclude water gas
from use, was repealed aboutl3 years
ago. Since that time, there have been
45g deaths from inhalation of gas,
while in period Of equal length pre-
cediug the repeal - the law there
were only eight deaths from this
cause. Carbon munoNlde Is not only
fatal in large quantities. but Il pro-
duces general condition ofilt-beulth
in very slight proportions, and the
writer believes that many pu<lliug
eases uf decline iu physical Uaor are
tp bg attributed o. almost inappreci-
al.e Eaa-'s4ls.- Success
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13

"I think that is all had to say"
she said, rising again. "All excepting
one other thing, and that is harder
to say than all the rest"
Raymer rose with her and took her
hand again.
"After what you have done, it
mustn't be hard for you to say any
thing to me, Miss Margery."
But this thing is hard-for me,
not for you. You say you keep you
account at the Wahaska National
Keep it somewhere else. Mr.. Ray.
mer."
He bowed in ready acquiescence.
"lll transfer it at once-and without
asking why 1 should do it," he agreed.
''But-but it is right that you
should know why" she faltered. my
father does not like you. Need l
say more?"
He pressed the hand he was still
holding and smiled down upon her
from his athletic height.
You needn't have said that much.
I have good cause to know it. And
tiIdb Joul NY any anu So'u-
ness of heart all the more wonderful
to me, Miss Margery. l Ecpe the
time VIII come when I can show you
how much / appreciate"
She snatched her hand away and
turned from him. Though he meant
it not, he was slipping into the con-
ventional attitude and it was more
than she could bear just then. Good
by" she said, abruptly, and before he
could offer to help her she ran out,
sprang into the low phaeton and
drove rapidly away.
Raymer stood at the Office door and
watched her out of sight. Then he
went back to his desk and sat down
to fall into a musing excursion which
led him far away from the matter in
hand-the matter of the strike and
it's probable composition in terms of
peace. At the end of the reverie, one
of it's conclusions slipped into speech.
"They may say what they please
about her-the mother and Gerty-
and the most of the things they say
are true; but away down deep in her
heart. under nobody knows what a
sandbank of trouble and hardliving,
there is vein of the purest gold.
l guess | couldn't say that if L were
in love with her; and yet"
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13
CHAPTER XVIII.


In the matter of the armistice
MargeTy was as good as her word
and a little better. She did not go
over to the enemy promptly upon its
expiration, as she had said she would.
Instead, she gave her father another
and final warning.
"Oh, pshaw! what can you do?"
was his rather contemptuous rejoin-
der when she reminded him that the
peace protocol had expired by linn
itation.
THAT is neither here nor there"
she returned, coolly. You will find
out what l can do if you drive me to
it,"
BAH" said the man, "to do you've
got to know. You don't know any
thing about my business"
This is your last word, is it?"
"You can call it anything you like.
Go ahead with your pigeon shooting
any time you're ready"
Margery bit her lip, gave a little
sigh, which might have been of dis
appointment or of remuneration, and
said no more.
But the following morning, after a
call upon some newly come guests at
the resort hotel, she made it a point
to stumble upon Mr.. Andrew Gal
braith, who was smoking peaceful
cigar on the veranda. The purpose
of the stumbling was meant to be
very obvious; was obvious, since she
made it the occasion of inviting the
banker to join the party in the
launch for an afternoon on the lake.
But after she had given the invita-
tion and had left him, she went back
to say:
''Oh, by the way, Mr.. Galbraith, l
think papa has heard something
more about those pine lands-up at
Red Lake, you know. They are not
worth nearly as much as he thought
they were. | think he is trying very
hard not to believe it, but
She stopped abruptly, not because
of any maidenly embarrassment, but
because she had the rare faculty of
knowing when she had said enough.
Mr.. Andrew Galbraith's smile was
shrewdly inscrutable, and what he
said touched upon the pine land mat
ter only as it might be a doubr en-
tendre.
81 thank you, Miss Margery. !
shall be very happy to join your
launch party"
From the summer resort hotel on
the lake edge, Miss Grierson drove
to the telegraph Office and sent a
brief message To far-away mining
camp in the Rockies. What she wrote
ON the square of yellow paper was
we'll within the teu-word limit. but ID
was withcunsequeuces 10 JAS
per Gricrson out Of all proportion
to its breyity "lle has broken faith,
and you may come" was the message
tickcd OIL by the wires into western
space. And when She had paid for
H. and had seen IL shot bullet-wfse
up the pneumatic tube 20 the oper,
atiug room. snc sighed again. II wsa
another bridge burned, bridge OF
price tn q young person whose am-
billions were chiefly .uelal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13
SUBDUING A BULLY.

ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-11-13

indeed, and went about to explain
that the Bayou bank was his bank.
Griswold listened respectfully, said
"Ah? it must have been thrilling
experience" and said no more. And
if he had been from his earliest child
hood the closest student of the va
rious methods of averting crisis he
could not have done better.
A little interval of smokers silence
interviewed, and Griswold was the
first to break it. The thing he had
come to say admitted no preface, so
he began in the midst.
"What | came here this morning to
tell you, Mr.. Galbraith, may strike
you as an odd thing with which to be-
gin an acquaintance; but as we have
no mutual friends, and as common
Justice is, or should be, more far
reaching than mere acquaintance, |
felt it my duty to come. l happened
to hear the other day that you were
likely to become interested with Mr..
Grierson in the Red Lake pine lands.
Was my information correct?"
AHuIeW IOOhttt
their shrewdest at this, but he an
swered in the affirmative, and Girls
wold went on.
Pardon me if I seem impertinent,
but is the transaction concluded?"
The banker said it was, in effect:
that it wanted but the passing of a
check to it's conclusion.
IL nf
doesn't it?"
'It does that, but it's a fine chance
to make money"
MAY l ask upon what you base
that statement?"
"Why, my dear sir! upon the stand
ing pine, to be sure. At the present
rate of consumption, a five-year hold
ing of a good-sized bit of virgin pine
land will treble its value"
"Of virgin forest-exactly. But
this particular tract you are buying
has been culled and re-culled for ten
years or more"
"Wha-what's that you're saying?"
Andrew Galbraith staggered up out
of his chair heavily, and Griswold
sd" again lnt itIIllItd JItSiutilb VI
the Bayou bank as he had seen him
on that momentous morning in the
private Office in New Orleans. But
this time the start was only momen-
tary. Mr.. Galbraith sat down again
and picked up the cigar he had
dropped in the shock of it; picked it
up and wiped it carefully with true
Scottish canniness.
81 think you must be mistaken, Mr.
Griswold," he went on. Il have file
of expert reports thick enough to
make a book!"
Griswold rose and held out his
hand.
81 have done what 1 conceived to
be my duty, Mr.. Galbraith-a rather
disagreeable duty at that-and
hope you'll pardon me if l have
seemed unwarrantably meddlesome
But l also hope you will send an ex-
perienced land locker whom you can
trust absolutely before you let that
| check pass. Good morning"