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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING
James Currier Tells How lie was
Fatally Wounded at Valley
City.

A special from West Superior says
that James Currier of Valley City lies
in st. Mary's hospital, dying from a
bullet wound received in Valley City
last week. Currier says he was shot
while waiting on the depot platform
to take a train. One Of his lungs was
punctured. Although he was badly
wounded the bystanders put him on
the train for West Superior, he says.
He did not know who the man who
shot L4ln was, and the man disappear
ed after the shooting.
The time of the wounding of Cur
rier is about the same as that on
which the attempted hold-up occur
red on the hill in Jamestown in which
Wagner was shot and it is barely pos.
sible that another man was wounded
in the fight. Curriers' story sounds
improbable.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Threshimg Flax General.

Inc weather is again pleasant and
threshing of flax was resumed Monday
all over the county. Many outfits are
short OF help and some of the farmers
are hnding it slow work to get their
crop threshed on that account. There
are a number OF small gas engine ma
chimes being used and in several cases
reported the farmers are doing the
work almost wholly by themselves,
with what help the fgmily and
nelghbors can give. A good deal of
fall plowing is going on. The fax
crop IS much lighter in all fields than
was hoped for in the early season
when the stand looked exceedingly
promising.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
TRUST QUESTION
Senator MCCumber of Opinion that
all Combinations are not
Harmful.
Removal of Tariff Would Prove Dis
astrous to Business interests
of Country.
Compares Condition of Affairs Under
Democratic and Republican
Rule.

Senator McCumber addressed a
large audience at the armory Satur-
day evening. Senator McCumber was
introduced by Attorney S. e. Ellis
worth, and was warmly greeted by
the audience and stated that his
speech would be more educational
than humorous. He contrasted the
depression of 1896 with the prosperity
Of the present and attributed the
change to the conditions resulting
from republican administration
He compared the democratic and re-
publican policies. The republican
view Of combinations, he stated, was
that as long as the rights Of the peo-
pie were not infringed on there could
be no objection. Conditions have
changed since Is and 100 years ago
and the great enterprises of today re-
quire the capital of many men COM
bined. Republicans believed sin pre-
venting the combinations from being
harmful by proper legislation while
the democratic policy was to remove
the tariff and thus kill off all enter
prises and bring ruin on the country.
AS only twenty per cent Of the busl-
ness Of the country was in the hands
of the trusts, the effect of removal
of the tariff would be ruinOus on the
other eighty per cent while the trusts
would in all probability survive. If
the tariff is the mother of the trusts,
said Senator McCumber, why is it
that the Standard Oil Company has
hourished so long, it being unprotected
by tariff?
Senator McCumber was of the
opinion that an amendment to the
constitution Of the United States is
necessary to reach the trusts. He
cited cases where the United States
had dissolved combinations violating
the provisions Of the Sherman anti
trust law
Senator McCumber compared the
prices Of cattle, sheep and farm pro,
ducts in 1896 with the present and be-
lieved farmers should be well-satis.
fed with the republican administra.
tiOn.
The speaker approved of expansion
as the policy OF the United States
since the beginning.
Following the speech of Senator
McCumber, was a reception at the
armOry, during which refreshments
were served and a number of James.
town people had an opportunity of
meeting the senator.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
SWlNDLED AN CAKES MAN
Chicago Man Who Forged Check for
$3.50 Said to be Biga-
mist.
mist.

A Chicago dispatch says: De-
claring that she would hold her faith
in her husband even against the evi-
dence Of her senses, Mrs. Lizzie Nc
Cloud, or Mrs. j. /. Anderson, of Lucas
Iowa, as she believes herself to be,
calmly handed back to the police Of
the central station today letter
found in the pockets of her husband
and proving him almost conclusively
to be the husband of another woman
and the father Of five little children.
Anderson was arrested on the
charge Of having obtained money by
forged certified letter and was con-
fronted today with the charge of be-
ing bigamist. He was apprehended
by detectives on a fugitive warrant
from OakeS, n. D., and was later ac-
cuSed of having deserted one woman
to trick another. He refuses to have
anything to say on the first charge,
but he declares that he is innocent of
the second.
While Mrs. McCloud or Mrs. Ander-
son, as she calls herself. was declaring
her faith in her husband in the office
Of the central station, he was saying
in cell below that he had never mar
ried Mrs. McCloud and admitting that
he was the husband of the other
woman and the father of her five lit
tie children.
Anderson is a grain speculator who
has been coming to Chicago from lis
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23

nome in Lucas for a number Of year
10 make deals on the Board of Trade.
On his last trip to the city he met
MIS- McCloud, who was then practic-
ing medicine here. Two months ago
Ghey were married and a little later
went away on their bridal trip. They
went to Oakes, N. d., to visit Mrs.
4. ). Walton, the daugeter of Mrs.
McCloud. There Mrs. McCloud S con-
1dence in Anderson was communicate
ed TO her daughter and son-in-law and
When Anderson induced Walton. who
vas assistant cashier in the Oakes
oahk, TO cash a certified letter for
$500 for him. Walton charges that
he was SWindled,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
MRS. OHNMIES INSANE.
Taken to the Asylum After Hearing
Before the Insanity
Board.

Mrs. Dan OhnmieS was taken to the
asylum today after hearing held in
the office of Judge Bigelow. The.
woman appears to be perfectly sane at,
times and her case has been quite a
puzzle to her acquaintances. At the
hearing before the asylum board she
said she did not like to 60 to the asy-
lum but would 60 if it was decided
best for her to be placed there. She
said she has had a great deal of
trouble since her husband died.
Two children Of the unfortunate
woman are being cared for by Mrs
Buzzeli, and the youngest one is being
looked after by Mrs. Joe Mason.
Her son is still in jail awaiting the
disposition of his case by Judge Glas-,
pell Of the district court.
Mrs. Ohnmies and children were
left section of land worth about
$4,000 on the death Of Mr.. Ohnmies.
This property is being looked after by
George Bouer and Eugene Clark.
After reaching the asylum today, q
search was made II the clothing Of
Mrs. Ohnmies!for the money she claims
to have had stolen from her. The
search was rewarded by finding the
sum of 1858 in the wOman'S stocking.
The guardian. Eugene Clark would
like to get good homes for the three
children, one agedssiX, one four and
the Youngest year. The. older child
rem are bright little girls and -can be
legally adopted.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
MorTOw=Williams Wedding,

MI. and Mrs. J. b. Morrow are
spending d few days in Jamestown, af-
ter which they will leave for their new
home nine miles west of Adrian. The
bride was formerly Miss Edyth Will
liams Of Plano and the wedding oc-
cured Wednesday at the residence Of
S. d. Williams, father Rot the bride.
Miss Fanny Manns was bridesmaid
and F. +. StOtt of Adrian attended
the bridegroom. The bride carried
roses and the bridesmaid carried car
nations. Only the relatives Of the
principals were present.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Poor Shooting.

Numerous hunters have been out
during the past week or two after the
ducks and geese bu5 their success has
been very poor. The ducks are away
up in the air and the geese are few ana
wary. The weather has been too fine
those who have been chasing the ducks
claim, and they are waiting patiently
for cold stormy snap to drive the
geese down from the north and make
the ducks fly closer to the ground.
The chicken season closed October
Is. 1t was about an average season and
there seems to be plenty of birds left
to make a start next season.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
HON. JOSEPH CRoNAN.
Sentiment Found in Portions of the
State on the License
Question.

Hon. Joseph Cronan, of Fargo, Dem
ocratic candidate for governor, spent
Tuesday and part Of Wednesday in the
city. He is among the most popular
men in the state and as modest and
able as he is popular. His friends
claim that he will get a fine vote when
the returns are all in. People are too
busy as rule this fall to give much
time to politics, but Mr.. Cronan's
wide acquaintance will cause him to
be remembered by thousands of voters
on Nov. 4.
Mr.. Cronan says he has not made an
extended canvass OF the state, but in
portions Of it where he has had the
time to visit he finds a sentiment
among the leading Scandinavians that
high license in this state would now
be a good thing. The idea among
many such citizens is that the sale of
liquors should be under some sort of
state regulation such as prevails in
the old country where the quality Of
liquors sold is periodically inspected
by officials, and strict regulations con.
corning the sale of it are in force. An
other reason advanced is that with a
license system regulated on some such
plan, large number of men would re-
main in the state during the entire
fall and make the securing of crops an
easier matter than now, when help is
scarce. Many of this class of men who
come to the state for farm work leave
on the first approach OF unpleasant
weather and farmers have hard time
to get help to secure their crops. They
are frequently obliged also to suffer
losses owing to delays, and in the de-
crease in prices as the marketing
season advances. Mr.. Cronan says he
finds such sentiment on that ques-
tion specially prevalent in the north
ern and western parts of the state,
but in his opinion if the sale of liquors
was to be proposed on the old unregu-
lated plan, formerly in force in the
state, the vote would be decidedly
against it.
Another fact that he finds in this
connection is that large number of
our new settlers from Iowa and South
Dakota, where prohibition has been
in force, are in favor Of a high license
system under state regulations, the
same as in those states at present.
Mr.. Cronan is regarded as man
whose word can be depended on and is
known as reliable, prompt and
Efficient business man, with friends
among all classes of our population re-
gardless of politics.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Married..

Donald Mckinnon, of kenSal, and
Mrs. Ida Altman, Of CrOokSton, were
married today by Judge Bigelow. The
bride arrived on the morning train
from the east. The happy couple left
for their future home, located near
kensal.
The marriage Of Johl P. Schwalk to
Miss Madeline SpinarSki occurred at
the Polish church north of Jamestown
Monday. Oct. 20. Father Anthony B.
Wooster Of Wimbledon performing
the ceremony.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Fatal Injuries.

a man named Schindtke, while
driving load of wheat to Minot, met
a neighbor with whom he had some
trouble. He started to get off his
wagon to give the other fellow a
when the wagon seat gave
way and he fell under the wheels, re-
ceiving injuries from which he died.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
George Harmon Dead

Ex.railroad commissioner George
Harmon of Mandan was found dead in
corn'tield near his house supposed to
be due to heart disease from which he
had been sufferer. He was we'll
known in the state and was an old set
tier of Morton county. He was at one
time sheriff of Morton county and a
prominent and respected citizen.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Shot Colored Man.

Robert Cook a mulato, was shot by
Dan Falconer residing near Bismarck.
The negro became insane and in drlv-
ing him off Falconer shot him in the
arm with a shotgun.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Killed Himself.

John j. Robinson, of Coal Harbor,
one of the wealthiest and most prom
inent men in Mclean county, COM
mitted suicide Sunday afternoon by
taking morphine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Missing.

Louis Schierbeck, clerk of court Of
Williams county, is missing and his
books show shortage of $500. The
shortage caused quite a sensation at
WilliStOn.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Resigned.

Deputy Sheriff Ross of CasSelton
and the police officers of that city
have resigned. They were charged
with extortion by harvest hands.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Killed by Train.

Walter Harshman, aged II years,
was instantly killed by passenger
train at Sanborn. He tried to cross
In front of the engine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Will Sing.

Mrs. Frank Marsh, whose husband
was killed at Grand Forks by West,
has Joined the Ferguson sisters and
will sing through the northwest:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-10-23
Judge GIaspeIl Decides the Case of
Michael O'Connor vs.. James
A. Manley.
Decides that Manley is Entitled to a
Place on Eddy County
Ballot.
Rules that Law Regarding CauCuseS is
Directory and Not
Mandatory.

There is a peculiar state of affairs,
politically, in Eddy county. The dem
ocrats nominated Attorney Manley
for states attorney Of the county at
the nominating convention held not
long ago. and the Republicans at their
convention did not put up candidate
against him, the present state S attor-
ney, P. Nj. Mattson, who controls Ed
dy county politics, not wanting the
nomination and there being more
friendly feeling for Manley than for the
republican candidates for the office.
Michael T. O'Conner, a former resi-
dent of Bismarck, and noted old
timer in North Dakota, was one Of
the candidates turned down.
He secured sufficient names to a
petition to have himself nominated
and then started after Manley's scalp.
Alleging that insufficient time had
elapsed between the time the demo-
cratic caucuses were called and the
time the same were held, Mr.. O'Con-
nor secured temporary Injunction
from Judge Glaspell restraining the
auditor Of Eddy county from placing
the name of Manley on the official
ballot.
Judge Glaspeil dissolved the tenn
porary injunction restraining the
auditor Of Eddy county from placing
the name of James A. Manley, candi-
date for states attorney, on the official
ballot at a hearing held Tuesday even
ing. Arguments were made by At
torney Manley in his own behalf and
by Michael O'Connor, candidate Tor
the Office of states attorney of Eddy
county by petition, who applied for
the temporary Injunction about a
week ago.
Acknowledgement alleged that the
call for the caucuses in Eddy county
was published only nine days before
the caucuses were held when ten days
should have elapsed, according to law.
In court Tuesday Attorney Manley
introduced affidavits from the pre-
cincts Of Eddy county which showed
that no one!was wronged by the notice
for the!caucuses being trifle short OF
the time required by law. 1t was
also shownl that publication Of the
notices had been made in the Eddy
County Provost twice and in other
newspapers of the county.
Judge Glaspell ruled that the section
relatingIto the time notice must be
given before caucuses are held is di-
rectory and not mandatory. He
therefore.ruled that the Injunction be
dissolved. He stated that from the
affidavitslit appeared that no one had
been wronged by the notice of the
caucuses being short. The court
stated also that the complaint in the
action had not been properly drawn.
Attorney O'Connor did not take
kindly to his defeat and stated that
he would make another effort to have
the whole democratic ticket Of Eddy
county left off the ballot. Judge Glas-
pell suggested to him that he appeal
the case to the voters Of Eddy county
and let them decide by their ballots
who was right.
Late Tuesday evening Attorney
O'Connor stated that he would have
the whole democratic ticket kept off
the ballot in Eddy county on the ground
that the party did not poll five per
cent Of the votes two years ago.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16

den to that already carried by the large
number Of ambitious youths who are
ananclerlng their way through college
largely by their own personal efforts As
for the third proposition, it has been said,
with considerable emphasis, that, even
were the endowment forthcoming. there
is a question whether It would be a wise
policy to make free hospital attendance
literally something for nothing --one
of the parts Of an academic education.
PLAN OF INSURANCE.
But for this year the authorities are
trying out" the first plau--that Of vol
untary Insurance" The situation as 1t
now stands Is very well summed up In
circular letter recently sent out to all
students In the Cambridge departments of
the university. The letter, which is prac-
tically a note TO students and officers of
the college from President Eliot and the
medical adviser, Dr. Marshall II. Bailey.
describes the inhrmary aud then con
tinues:
"All officers and students in the univer-
eity who, on or before November 8, 1907,
assume an annual luhrmary charge of "a,
to be included, In the case Of student,
in the February term bill, shall be entitled
to accommodation al the lnhrmary on the
order Of physician, provided not less
than 1000 persons avail themselves Of this
offer"
IAN officers and students In the univer-
sity who do not assume such charge
within the time designated shall be enu'
tied, on the order of a physician. to ac-
commodation at the inhrmaTy at the rate
OF 81 for each day.
Under either plan OF payment such ac-
commodatiou shall include, for each
patient bed in the wards board, and
ordinary hospital nursing 1t shall not In.
clude medical attendance, IL being expect
ed that patients win be attended by their
own physiciausi but needy students may be
attended by the medical visitor without
charge An extra charge shall be made
for the use Of private rooms aud for spe-
clal nursing except that II the proper
treatment OF Il patient who has assumed
the annual fee Of 50 uecessltates mis- isola.
tion, he shall he accommodated in pri.
vate room without extra charge II
needy student required special nursing lt
nay be provided without extra charge
The proposal in brief. invites the students
and officers TO form what is TO all intents
and purposes an association tor providing
It's members with hospital attendance in
the sulman iufrmary at a merely nominal
yearly assessment, and IL is hoped that
there IS already enough enthusiasm among
the student body to say nothing OF a
natural pride IN the new institution itself,
TO make the appeal Immediately successful
unce started It Is believed that member
ship in the association will easily become
as natural part Of college life as mem
bershlp Ia any other popular undergraduate
institution.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16

following 1t. A few days In the college
inhrmary is much less formidable to
young man who Is merely feeling "A little
under the weather" than a visit to some
more distant institution, as for example
one Of the big Boston hospitals, and rs the
greater part OF the medical advisers work
lies along lines OF prevention, he had been
greatly hampered, TN MIR. stnlman came
TO the rescue by the difficulty OF persuad
Ing his patients To take an inconvcnient
and expensive ounce Of this famous spe
cihc
The stillman inhrmary, designed especi.
ally with a view to being the temporary
residence Of young men who are not so
desperately III, after all. is more homelike
than the average hospital. There is much
comfortable furniture. and a generous use
OF the cheerful CRATE nre that Is one OF
the invarlable features Of the Harvard
mans dormtory. But, for all that. the
new building is a thoroughly modern hos
pital FIRST and a pleasant retreat" after
ward Thoroughly modern means, neces-
sariy, thar it is better planned and
equipped than any except the very latest
Of the larger hospital plants with which
nearly everybody Is familiar In the larger
American cities. Comparatively few hos
pitalS for example, defy the accumulation
OF dust by rounded surfaces where corners
are usually made by the meeting OF
doors, walls and ceilings, and the plan
adopted for ventilatng the lu6rmary with
warmed dust-free air is a novelty SO ne.
cent that It is almost unique in hospital
construction.
But there is another question, Just at
present quite as interesting AS the new
hospital itself. From the first, the imam
clal support OF the institution has pre-
sented a problem to the university. The
cost Of running such a building seems sur
prisingly large TO those who do not stop
TO realize the thousand aud one things
when are constantly demanding an outlay
Of money; yet SO great is the expense that
even II the patients are charged after the
methods OF the ordinary hospital outside
heip may perhaps be needed either In the
! way Of endowment or 10y the makeshlft OF
/ a college appropriation Theoretically, there
are three possible solutions. plan OF vol.
uutary subscription whereby each student
| would be offered what would practically
| amount to an insurance against the possi
billy OF needing hospital attendance dur
Ing his time In college; a similar plan with
! the important difference that the insur.
ance would be compulsory part OF the
regular tuition feet or, finally. an endow.
rnent that would make the institution a
free hospital. Each plan has certain oh.
/ ieetions 10 the hrst, there Is the posi-
billty that the average student will hest
tate 70 expend even the small amount nee.
essary for Insurance on the grounds that
he doesn't believe there is any likelihood
of his being m enough to need it. So
far as the second is concerned. there is
the natural upwilinspess Of the uuiysr.
slty authorities TO add even small bug