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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Report OF the Foarth Assistant
POstmaster Geneeal.

Washington, Oct. 30.-A total Of
1870 presidential postmasters were
appointed last year, according to the
annual report of j. L. Bristow, fourth
assistant postmaster general, issued
Wednesday. This is the largest num-
Der appointed in any one year in the
history of the postal service. The in
crease was due mainly to the expira-
ton of commissions during the year
and the advance of many fourth-class
offices to the presidential grade. The
total number of appointments OF post
masters of all classes was 16,970, an
increase of 1913. There was a slight
increase in the number Of removals
of postmasters "for cause" as re-
suit of more strict discipline TOR
carelessness and irregularities. There
were 3,o5s post offices establish dsand
4,059 discontinued, the latter attrib-
utable mostly to the extension OF the
rural free delivery service and the
consolidation of post Offices adjacent
to large presidential Offices. The
number of post Offices in the United
States June 80, was 1924, of which
220 were first class, 1923 second class,
3,4ss third class and 71,193 fourth
class. 5&
The report shows that buEglaries
of post Offices and the robberies of
mail boxes are on the increase. Ar
rests and convictions for all offenses
have materially increased. There were
1,746 robberies Of post Offices, II rob
berries of mail trains, is of mail mes
sengers, star route carriers and wag-
ons, and 465 of letter boxes. Of7the
total of 1921 persons arrested for vio-
lating postal laws, 304 were connect
ed with the postal service, including
112 postmasters.
The administration of postal affairs
in Cuba is commended as economical
and efficient. The total revenues of
the service in Cuba from the begin
ming of the last fiscal year to May
10, when the island was turned over
to the new Cuban government, were
$335,916, and the expenditures $372,-
574. Compared with the previous fis-
cal year, the revenues increased al
most $4,000, and the expenditures de-
creased over $4,000, the decrease in
the deficit being over so per cent.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
KILLED By TIE CARS.
Terrible Disaster to a Party of Run.
away Boys at Lafayette, Ind
One Beheaded.

Lafayette, Ind, Nov. Three run
away boys from Watseka, Ill, whoare
thought to have gone to sleep on the
Big Four track in the south part of
the city Friday, were run over by a
freight train. Stanley Buford, aged
IA, was beheaded; Dan Meals scalp
was torn from his head and one arm
and one leg was cut off, and William
Raush was seriously injured. The in
jured were taken to hospital. The
boys left home Sunday night and
were trying to beat their way to Ken
tuckv! 80 N. l,45 '3iis. * t&:A stt,}
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
A Gail 70 |I|VE THANKS.
President Roosevelt Issues the Gus
tomary National Thanksgiving
Day Proclamation.
APPOINTS NOVEMBER u As THE DAY.
Characterises Year Just Closed ~
One Of Peace and Overlooking
Plenty-DeclaEes We Can Praise
God Not by Words Only But ny
Deeds N Well.

Washington, Oct. 3o.-President
Roosevelt Wednesday issued his proc
lamation designating Thursday. No
vember 20, as day of thanksgiving.
The proclamation is as follows:
According to the yearly custom Of
our people, it falls upon the president
at this season to, appoint day, of fes-
tival and thanksgiving to God.
Cover. century and a quarter has
passed since this country took its
place among the nations of the earth,
and during that time we have had on
the whole more to be thankful for
than has fallen to the lot of any other
people. Generation after generation
has grown to- manhood and passed
away. Each has had to bear its Pc
culiar burdens, each to face its spe-
cial crisis, and each has known years
of grim trial, when. the. country was
menaced by malice domestic or for
eign levy, when the hand of the Lord
was heavy upon it in drought orsfeod
or pestilence, when in bodily distress
and anguish of soul it paid the penalty
I of! folly and froward heart. Never
theless, decade by decade, We have
struggled onward and upward; we
now abundantly enjoy material we'll
being, and under the favor of the
Most High we are striving earnestly
to achieve moral and spiritual uplift-
ing. The year that has just closed has
been one of peace and of overfowiig
plenty. Rarely has any people en-
joyed greater prosperity than we are
now enjoying. For this we render
heartfelt and solemn thanks to the
Giver of good; and we seek to praise
Him not by words only but by deeds,
by the way intwhich we do our duty to-
ourselves and to our fellow men.
y "Now, therefore, 1, Theodore Roose-
velt, president of the United States,
do hereby designate as day of gem
erals Thanksgiving Thursday. >, the
twenty-seventh of3the coming Novem-
Der, and do recommend that through
out the land the people cease from
their ordinary occupations. and In
their several homesand places of wor-
ship render thanks unto Almighty
God for the manifold blessings of the
past year. Il fyi
"In witness whereof have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed. AZ
ssDone at the City of Washington
this goth day of October, in the year
of Our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and two and ..of the Indepen-
dence of the United States the one
hundred and twenty-seyenth.
[Seal]
s(signed) THEODORE RoosE-
WELT. BY the Presidents:
"(signed) JOHN HAY, Secretary Of
State"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
down N THE COAL MINES
The Miners Are Once More Digging
Black Diamonds from the
Bowels of the Earth.
they ENCOUNTER MANY olfficul TIES.
Water, Gas and other Conditions
Make the Work Dangerous-Out-
put Of Coal IL IncreAsing Every
Day-Gov. Stone Orders the state
Troops Withdrawn.

Scranton. Pa, Oct. 2s.-Of the 1os
collieries operated by the five big COM
panies having headquarters here, only
10 are still idle. The individual oper-
ators are rapidly getting into line, and
before many more days all of them
except very few will be in operation.
Make Good Progress.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 29.-With 80
per cent. of the total number of their
workers back at the collieries and
more than 90 per cent. of the mines
open, the larger coal companies are
making greater progress than they
expected five days ago, when work
was resumed. The output yesterday
was the largest since the strike end
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
WI TING FANG RECALLED.
Chinese Minister Ordered to Return.
Home by Most Direct
Route. ia :

Washington, Oct. 2s.-Wu Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister, has been
recalled to his country by a special
edict which was received by him
Monday. He is ordered to return by
the most direct route to Shanghai
and will leave as soon as he can pack
his effects. probably within two
weeks. He will become minister of
commerce and will also be member
of the joint commission to negotiate;
commercial treaties. .
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Guam is about 80 miles long and
half astwide. The principal city-and
about the only one which could be SO
designated-is Agana, which has a
population OF 5000. It lies upon q
beautiful bay, and the town is in the
form Of crescent. The streets are
wide and pleasant, though not paved,
and the houses may be divided into
two general classes-those of the we'll
TODD, which are built Of stone and
plaster. and those of the poorer class
es. that are merely wooden cottages,
resting on stills. the roofs matched.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Noyes F. Palmer. Brooklyn, has q
new process Of making large bricks
of coal from the siftings and fine dust
Of coal which, in his. opinion, can be
utilized to save much Of the refuse
Of coal which is now almost useless.
The plan consists Of mixing the coal
dust with a small quantity Of cement,
to give it an adhesive quality, and by
turning the product out into large.
solid masses by the use Of an adjust
able stone press which he has recent
ly patented.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

A machine which will drill square
holes has at last been made. An En-
glishman named Edward Segitz is the
inventor, and his apparatus is said to
have solved problem heretofore re-
garded as being about as unaccom-
pllshable as the mathematical impos.
sibility Of '.squaring" the circle. Sc.
gifts machine is a "three-winged"
drill. semi-round, which yet cuts from
straight edges in its rotary motion.
That is. the motion appears to tho
eye to- be rotary. but there, is, Of
course a. maneuver = in the triple
fange.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Ocean records are achieved at an
enormous cost. An English engineer
has figured that the Campania Of 5000
tons burden, uses $4,000 horsepower
to make % knots an hour; while the
24-knot ship, would have to be much
larger and to develop $4,000 horse
power. This enormous horsepower
would require greatly increased coal
Consumption and an engine and coal
space which would reduce the freight
carrying capacity to a minimum.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

While there is no rise in price as
yet Tor confirmed gum chewers who
purchase their supply in five-cent pack
ages or one-cent Stats. manufacturers
who buy spruce gum by the quantity
say that it has gone up from so to e
cents pound. A scarcity Of genuine
black spruce trees in the Maine woods
IS the cause. Prior to the time when
the large pulp mills were built there
was no trouble in securing the gum,
many of the professional harvesters
having retained large tracts of forest
for their own use.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

The new German passenger steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm H.. which has
been built for service between Bremen
and New York, is not only the biggest
ship in the world, but is designed to be
the fastest. According to the contract
with the constructors, she must make
at least Is miles an hour, and the
builders are confident that she will
attain speed of e.. To enable her to
do this four separate sets of mighty
engines will driver her. Nineteen
boilers supply steam to them.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
seekinx New Horne,..

Chicago, Oct. 2s.-Between 10000
and $4,000 colonists have gone into
the far western, northwestern and
southwestern states during the
months of sSeptember and October.
The movement of homeseekers and
settlers has never before been so
great in the history of western rail-
roads.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Damaged by Fire.

Bloomington, Ill, Oct. 31.-The
state reformatory at Pontiac had an
other escape from fire loss Thursday.
A defective flue in the main building
is supposed to have been the. cause.
The main building was damaged $685.
600. With the assistance of the city
fire department the flames were con-
trolled. I'D E1'lf
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

A New York court has decided that
a municipality is responsible for dam
ages done by signs that merchants are
permitted to hang over the streets.
A clock hung in front Of a jewelry
store at Yonkers fell on Mrs. Rather
inc Leary and fractured her skull.
She sued the city and has received an
award Of $1,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Iowa bank Robbed.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 29.-The bold-'
est bank robbery occurring in Iowa in
recent years took place at Prairie City,
early Tuesday morning. The robbers.
dynamited the safe of the Iowa state
bank and secured an amount approxis
mating $4,000. They exchanged q
fusillade of shots with local officers
and escaped.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
. Held Up ana robbed.

Milwaukee, Oct. 3O.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Appleton, Wis,
says: Martin Cornelius, a wealthy sa-
loonkeeper of this city, was held up
and robbed of $4,000 late at night, by
two men, who, after threatening him,
made good their escape.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Submit to Arbitration.

Lansing, Mich, Oct. 31.-Striking
students of the Michigan Agricultural
college agree to return to their class
es and submit their differences to ar
bitration by committee Of the fac
ulty.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Congressman Robert w. Davis, Of
Florida, was out hunting south Of st.
Augustine a day or two ago, when
large black bear took to hunting him.
The congressman took a shot at bruin
and then fed, but the bear was gain
ing, and the. fugitive climbed tree
just in time to save himself. He re-
mained there several hours before
help came and scared away his pur-
Sror
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

An appeal is being made to the peo-
pie Of the United States by the Daugh-
tiers of the Republic Of Texas. and in
dorsed by the Federation Of Women's
clubs of the state for aid in the work
of preserving the Spanish missions in
the vicinity of San Antonio, Tex.
These mission buildings, five in num-
Der, are among the Oldest structures
in the United States.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
GREAT PERFORMANCE.
Cresceus Lowers Worlds Record by
Trottins Two Miles In 4s17
SO si5 at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 1.-Cresceus
in his attempt to lower the two-mile
trotting record here Friday after
noon made wonderful performance,
trotting two miles in 4:17 fiat. The
former record was 4:2s1l, and Cres-
ceus lowered this time by 11A Sec
ondS.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

ut is estimated that 100000 bunch.
es of bananas were shipped from ia.
maica last year. At an average Of IS
cents a bunch this would yield IS, 150,.
coo. It is also stated that about ST.
$4,000 is paid out annually in wages
by fruit companies. This would bring
d total of $5,o00,0oo to the island in
one year as direct result Of the fruit
trade. ttl
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

1.-THE interesting announcement is
made by the association for Promot-
ing Scientific Research by Women Of
the offer Of second prize Of $1,000
Tor the best thesis written by
woman on a scientific subject embody-
ing new observations and new con-
illusions based on Independent labora-
tory research in biological. chemical
or physical science.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Four Men killed,

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Nov. by q
sudden rush of gas, supposed to have
been sulphurated hydrogen, four men
were killed and three seriously af-
fected near the Twenty-fourth street
heading of the big tunnel trunk sew
er. The dead are: Lawrence Fish
er, George Rhodes (colored), Hugo
Swanson aud William Brandish.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Roosevelt ON the Presidency.

New York, Oct. 3o.-An article by
Theodore Roosevelt on the duties. Of
the president, written in 1900, de-
clares the latter has more power
than any other ruler and should be
held accountable for his acts or fall
ure to act.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Found Guilty.

St. Louis, Nov. Edmund Bersch,
former member of the house of dele
gates, was Friday found guilty of
perjury in his testimony before the
grand jury as to the $4,000 Doodle
fund raised to secure the passage of
the Suburban franchise bill and given
five years in the penitentiary.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
THE DIGGING SEASON.

were also found. From the evidence
secured it is thought William Wick
ingson died while fighting with his
revolver and that his brother was
struck by his; assailant while. he was
in the hallway. The remains were
placed in one casket and removed to
La Grange.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Apples ere to be plentiful and doubt
less cheap. The crop this year 10
enormous. AZ borne out by the figures,
which estimate it at 43,000,00 barrels,
against 100000 barrels in 1901. The
expectation. however, is reported as
three times as heavy as last season.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Cuba a Foreign State.

q Brooklyn, Oct. s1.-Cuba is held to
be a foreign state by Judge Thomas in
a United States circuit court decision.
Crimes committed there during Amer
lean military rule are subject to Cuban
court Jurisdiction.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

Brussels, Oct. 31.-Mr. Kruger, for
merly president of the Transvaal, has
decided to give up his irreconcilable
attitude towards the British He will
take the oath Of allegiance, and will
ask for permission to return to South
Africa.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
SIX Die During VoyaEe,

San francisco, Nov. six soldiers
died during the homeward voyage of
he>transport Sheridan, which arrived
here Friday with 1,o11 troops from
Manila.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Wheeler confessea

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Luke Wheeler has
made practical confession Of the
Masonic temple tax fixing fraud. He
will probably turn states evidence
before the grand jury. President j.
H. Gormley and prominent business
men may be implicated.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Not entity.

Washburn, Wis.,, Oct. 31.-The jury
in the case of Mrs. Cassidy, charged
with the murder of Michael Miller,
a logger, returned q verdict of not
guilty.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
CoKee Zone Destroyed.

San Francisco, Oct. 31.-The entire
coffee zone of Guatemala has been
destroyed by the flames and smoke
from Santa Maria's blazing mouth.
Eruptions threaten the destruction
of every living thing within reach of
the fumes and fire that pours from
the burning mountain, according to
cable to Castle Bros, importers, of
this city, received from their coffee
plantation in Guatemala. Only
meager details are given.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
ed, and in week or ten days the nor.
NAL quantity of coal will be mined
About $4,000 men are working.
A Good Showing.

Scranton. Pa. Oct. 2s.-Offcial
figures from the five big companies
having their main offices in Scranton
show that 80 per cent. of their col
leries are in operation, and that
their output is now more than three.
quarters of what it is normally.
"NIitchell Day"
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 30.-"M Mitch
ell day" was celebrated in all the prin-
cipal towns of the anthracite coal re-
gion yesterday, and in order that all
the mine workers might participate
the mines were closed down. The
principal demonstration was held in
this city and President Mitchell took
part. In his address Mr.. Mitchell said:
81 hope that there will never again be
a strike in the coal fields of Pennsyl-
vania. I want the union miners to
prove that they are better workmen
than the nonunion men. I desire the
men and the operators to meet. do
not want to make enemies Of the oper-
ators." it,r;A s, y. M I'm
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Gen. MiIes at Mania.

Manila, Oct. 31.-The United States
army transport Thomas, with Lieut..
Gen. Miles and his party on board, an
chored in Manila harbor Monday
night.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Killed Three Girl..

wynne, Ark, Oct. 3o.-Mary, Sophie
and May Gibson, aged II, 10 and 10
years, respectively, daughters of
Thomas Gibson, a prosperous negro
farmer, were killed, and one of them
was the victim of criminal assault
at their home near here. A negro
named johnson is charged with the
crime and posse is looking for him.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Evans in COMMAND.

Washington, Oct. 3o.-Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans has assumed COM
mand of the Asiatic squadron.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Troops All to Go Home

Pottskille, Pa, Oct. SIT is ex-
pected that all troops in the coal re-
gion will be ordered home before the
beginning of next week. The First
battalion of the Second regiment, To-
Gated at St. Clair, and the First bat
talon of the Third regiment, at Min
ersville, left for Philadelphia Thurs
day. Gen., Schall said Thursday that
the two battalions of the Third regi-
ment at Audenried will be sent home
Friday.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Shinnfnr Tied un.

Montreal, Oct. 30.-Two thousand
dock laborers have struck, complete
" tying up shipping in this port.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06

The commissioners spent The en-
tire day in their inspection of the
mines and the mining region about
Scranton. They visited the Manville
colliery operated jointly by the Del
aware & Hudson and the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western companies in
the. forenoon, and the afternoon was
spent in riding through the region
on a special trolley carr sss.s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-06
Miners Wages.

Scranton, Pa, Nov. 1.-The first
important action by the anthracite
coal strike commission, which is
arbitrating the differences between
the miners and their employers, was
taken yesterday when it was an
nounced by Carroll d. Wright, re-
corder of the commission. that if any
award affecting the existing rate of
wages is made it shall be effective
from November 1.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-06-30
SATURDAY. STORM
DOES MUCH INJURY
LOWEST ESTIMATE MADE PLACES
LOSS BY HURRICANE AT ONE
MILLION DOLLARS.
lBY ASSOCIATED PRESS.l

ST. Louis, Mo-, June 3o-A low estimate
placed ON the damage wrought within
radius of SO miles of Alton. ILL.,. by the
storm of wind and rain Saturday night and
Sunday, is 81 900 900.
In the American bottoms, farming dis
tricts, the farmers are ruined. Wood
river, small and usually harmless stream
overfowed its banks early Sunday morn
ing, and the farmers in the vast expanse of
bottom lands were forced to get into the
upper stories of their homes to save their
lives.
Their houses were flooded After spend
ing night full of peril they watched the
daylight come in only to see that their
crops had been washed away.
The Reuter- farm near the banks of
Wood river, three miles from Alton, was
damaged to the extent of $4,000, and when
the waters subsidized the loss may be twice
this amount. This is only one instance.
Railroad traffic through the bottom lands
is entirely shut off and the washouts, it is
said cannot be easily or rapidly repaired
At East Alton, the Western Cartridge
company was flooded with loss of $4,000 or
more. The reports received this morning
from the Piasa creek district say that the
farmers in their anxiety to get stock out of
the valley into the hills, neglected to save
any of their shocked wheat and lost all.
All the crops there are lost.