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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-06
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS


Among the list of names of soldiers
recommended for medals of honor,
there appears but one from the north
western volunteer regiments. Private
Thomas Sletteland, Company C, First
North Dakota volunteer infantry. The
medal is awarded for distinguished
gallantry in action near Paete, Luzon,
p. l.. april IL, 1899, where single-hand-
ed and alone, he defended his dead
and wounded comrades against su-
perior force of the enemy.
The people of Grafton feel an espe-
cial pride in the fact that one of the
thirty-three medals of honor granted
during the Spanish-American war,
comes to member of the local COM
pany. 1t also brings to mind the sac
rifice which the home company was
called upon to make on that occasion,
when Corporal Isadore Driscoll, Wag-
oner Peter Tompkins and Privates Al
men and Lamb of Company c went
down to death together, and their
comrade, Thomas Sletteland, heroical-
~ protected them from mutilation by
the enemy.
The action at Paete occurred during
the Laguna de Bay expedition. in
which the second battalion of the First
North Dakota. commanded by Major
]. H. Frame of this city, took a prom
inent part. Private Sletteland and his
comrades, acting as scouts, came sud
denly upon hidden Entertainments of
the enemy and all but he fell at the
first fire. With rare presence of mind,
he dropped behind cover and held the
enemy off, until the main body of the
battalion rescued him.
The conduct of Private Sletteland
was SO gallant that Major Frame un.
hesitatingly recommended him for a
medal of honor. Upon his return with
Company c especial honors were
showered upon him, which he accept
ed very modestly, remarking that it
was his duty and he did it as best he
could. He is now at Cape Nome, Alas
ka. He is cousin of the Flekke
brothers of this city and was born
near Bergen, Norway, and came to
this country in 1882.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-06
Rates Reduced.

The decrease in freight rates from
the Twin Cities is a boo2 to Red Lake
Falls and other northwestern Mime
sofa towns. The saving Of from to IA
cents per 100 pounds on merchandise
amounts to q considerable sum even to
small business in years time. If
the railroads continue the good work
by lowering grain, coal and stock rates,
criticism of the merger" will be less
severe. James j. Hill is undoubtedly
familiar with the axiom that to reach
q mans heart it is usually necessary to
touch his pocketbook.-Red Lake Falls
Courier.
The Courier is evidently not onto the
fact that the merger was to increase
not reduce freight rates. 1t cannot be-
possible that the wicked James j. has
reduced the peoples burdens!-Alexan-
dria Post-News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-06
Faces . Dimcult Situation.

When he came to the presidency he con-
fronted situation of the utmost difficulty,
less serene, and TRANQUIL self confidence
There had been state of profound com
mercial and industrial depression, from
which his friends had said his election
with the outside world left much to be de-
sired. The feeling between the northern
and southern sections Of the union was
lacking In the cordiality which was neces-
asked for annexation and had been reject
ed by the preceding administration. Therel
was a state Of things in the Caribbean
which could not permanently endure. Our
were grave doubts as to our rights and
duties in the premises A man either weak
or rash, either irresolute or headstrong,
caiculable harm to the country.
Mr. Stedman, the dean Of our poets, has
called him "Augmenter of the State" It is
a proud title: If justly. conferred, it ranks
him among the few whose names may be
the historic Muse. Under his rule Hawaii
has come to us: and Tutuila; Porto Rico
and the vast archipelago Of the east Cuba
assured beyond the. possibility Of future re
question. The doctrine called by the name
Of Monroe, SO long derided and denied by
a or eehtradietion when uttered ta TO- TIE
world. It has become an international
,truism. Our sister republics to the south
Of US are convinced that we desire only
that we cherish no dreams but those OF
worldwide commerce, the benefit of which
shall be to all nations. The state is aug
mented, but It threatens no nation under
heaven. AS to those regions which have
come under the shadow Of our flag. the pos
sibility of their being damaged by such
change of circumstances was In the view
Of Mckinley thing unthinkable. To be-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-06
Live stock.

chicago, M2rCn1.
CATTLE-Prime becves. $1,000. 2o; good
to choice beeves, s6.4oa17.CO; fair to good
export shipping steers, S. S06l6. 35; plain and
medium beef steers, s5.15a5.S0: common to
rough. $4.S0a5.O0: good to fancy feeders,
A15@5.15; plain to fancy stockers. s215D
40; bulls, plain to fancy. s22cl4.6O: veal
calves, fair to fancy, $475Gl6.00; heavy
calves, fair to fancy. s2.5Oa4.50; corn fed
western steers. $4.S5@7. 90; fed Texas steers,
$4.50G6.25; Texas cows, bulls and grass
steers, $2000l4.3o.
HOGS-Plain to choice heavy mixed. IS. 30
sl6335; selected butcher weights $62O@6 40:
assorted light. $5.S5M6.20; common to fancy
light mixed. S.. 70G6.G5; thin to choice, 81 40
$3.50; stays and rough throw-outs, $3.50
SIS.
South Omaha, Neb, March 1.
CATTLE-Market steady Native steers.
$4.GO@6.s0; cows and heifers, $s.2515. As:
western steers, A.GNl5.25; Texas steers.
$2.75@475: Gamers, s1.5Oa3. 90; stockers and
feeders, $2.75G4.75; calves, $3.5O4I6.75: bulls.
stays, etc, $275014.75
HOGS-Market 5@10c higher. Heavy.
S. SCOOPS; mixed. s 95@6.06; light, IS. 50a6 90:
pigs. N.25@650; bulk of sales s.. $500 TO-
SHEEP-Market steady. Fed muttons,
$5.00@615; westerns. $.5@6D; ewes, s.. rs
GAGS; common and stockers, $3.25a450:
lambs. $5.50Q6.40.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-06
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Grain, PrOvlNIOnN, Etc.
Chicago, March I.
WHEAT-Inclined to weakness. May
sold at 7612@77c.
CORN-Firm early but weak later. May
sold at 61l4@6211c.
OATS-Excited. May sold at 4algll4G1kc.
rs POTATOES-Market firmer. Rural,
good to choice, 75@7Sc; common, T0@71c;
red stock, 66g70c; Burbanks, CS@73c.
EGGs-steady City recandled. fresh
eggs, new casesfncluded. 251h@26c: at mark,
cases returned, 24A@25c; at mark, cases
included, 25@25hc.
BUTTER-Firmer. Creameries, 1s925c
per pound; dairies, 1S@22c.
LIVE POULTRY-Ruled firm. Turkeys.
SQ11c; chickens, 10kc; ducks, 1O011c.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
LlberaIlzlng Spirit.

"A man with a f1ippant mind was once asked to define the Higher Criticism. and out of his irreverence he replied: The Higher Criticism proves that Adam never existed 1t was another man of the same name" remarked scholarly layman.
 Reasoning of somewhat similar sort seems to have saved the day for the young man who has just been licensed by a Presbytery in New Jersey, after a months postponement due to the fact that he regarded the Garden of Eden story as allegorical.
 '"rhe circumstances that the final vote was unanimous to license the young man, who seems to have been exception ally frank and honest under trying cir cumstances. does not throw any additional cloud over the Garden of Eden, but 1t does seem to indicate an interesting lib- eralizing spirit. which Is presumably not at work in New Jersey Presbyteries alone. The young man said that he did not in- tend to preach his doctrine, but that if inQuirers came to him, he would expound the gospel as he read 1t. That he did not intend to propagate his ideas publicly seems to have been a relief to the worthy gentlemen who were passing upon the young mans orthodoxy"
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
VOTE FOR LINCOLN? NOT HE.

"In one of the monthly magazines the other day there was an account of the method of running the government" said man in one of the hotels the other ev ening. "The author said that the annual receipts and expenditures of the Federal treasury were sometimes as high as a hundred million of dollars in Q year.
 That man probably never heard of the Reed billion-dollar Congress. or Of the records that have been made since then. His awestruck use of the filling phrase. a hundred millions. made me think of man who used to live in Forestville, Conn. and was pretty important figure in village affairs during the war between the North and the South
 When Lincoln was a candidate for re- election the Republicans in Forestville made every effort. but in vain. to get the support of this man. Finally one of them asked him why 1t was that he would not support Lincoln.
 Support him? Support him?' said the man. I'll never vote for a Republican as long as 1 live. Why. they're ruining the country. Lincoln has spent more than $75. 900 alrea-y trying to put this war down and he ain't stopped yes. There's no telling how far he'll go. I'll never vote for a Republican as long as I live
 '"The man was as good as his word. He didn't vote for lincoln, and though he is alive today, he never has voted for Republican. Lincoln's $75, 900 to put down the war was too much for him.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
Imnerialism in Samar.

The pacifcation of Samar is pro- gressing on the old lines. Gen. Fred Grant is in charge while General Smith is in Manila explaining his famous kill-and-burn order, and Grant is bring ing in a good many officers, but very few privates and still fewer rifles. Bolos are not wanted.
 The real situation in Samar Is not known to the general public. The island is small, but it is full of our little brown subjects, for such they are in the view of the Republican party and the administration and the Supreme Court-all Republican-and, strange to say. these little brown sub jects do not love their white masters. They distrust and fear General Smith, for example. But General Smith is but a scapegoat for the entire Repub- lican machine, and the little brown people of Samar may know thing or two about the general situation. Sa- mar is about a days sail from Luzon and much trading goes on between the two islands.
 It Is high time that the get-peace- quick policy should be stopped. Time is needed in which to bring about an intelligent and humane pacification of the ten millions of Malays in the Philippines. The army desires U
 bring about peace speedily, because its members do not desire to stay in the ennervating climate. The admin istration wants speedy peace for po- litical reasons. But speedy peace is unattainable except upon kill-and-burn lines. and the country Is mortified by such a policy. The kill-and-burn pol icy should be stopped, and very sum- marily, too, and the army should be told that occupation is a long task. The expense both in life and treasure will be heavy, but imperialism always is expensive. We have become q worlds power, and our colonies and new-found subjects are proving quite as expensive and refractory as we proved ourselves to be to Great Brit ain under like circumstances in George Washingtons day.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
THAT GRAND JURY.

From the Mobile Register.
 The grand jury of Jefferson county has been indulging in lecture upon the election laws of the State. The jury found no indictments for violation of the laws, but thought itself privileged to show how easily the laws may be violated with impunity. It is questionable wheth- CT a grand jury may enter into a discus sion of this sort, and we may also ques- tion the utility of its doing so. There ap- pears to be law enough, and good law. too, if public opinion demands it's en- forcement. The grand jury. If 1t wishes to lecture. should admonish the people upon the nonchalance with which they treat the ballot fixers, the crooked re- turning boards, and so on. It Is hardly to be doubted that if the sentiment of community is set against election frauds the perpetration of frauds will be stopped.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS.
One of the Men Is Dead and Ills Part
 ner Is at Large.

Davenport, Wash, May 1.-Particulars of a desperate battle between officers of the law and desperadoes which occurred on Sunday last at Almira, west of here, have just been received. As a result of the fight Bully Gibbons" one of the desperadoes. lies dead and his partner named Wild, is at large, though hand cuffed About two weeks ago Gibbons and Wild rounded up band of horses to ship to Wyoming. Deputy Sheriff Nickell of Okanoganio pursued them and Wild was captured in a hotel at Almira and turned over to a group of men in the hotel.
 Gibbons was located in saloon and in a fight that followed Nickell shot him in the side, arm and hip, but he managed to reach his horse. For eleven miles Nickell pursued him, the men exchanging shots continually. When Gibbons ann munition was gone he threw down his gun and surrendered. He was brought to Almira and died at midnight in the pres ence of his father and mother.
 Meanwhile Wild fought his way out of the hotel office and disappeared.
 Gibbons was a fugitive and has served time for cattle stealing.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
EMERALDs INCREASE IN VALUE.

Colombias emerald mines, which havs not been worked since the eighteenth oen- tury. are to be reopsned anu Operated by a company of American and British capi- talists. The mines, fin the Chivor district, are practically in tine same condition as they were in 1792, when they were closed by order of the King of Spain because their operation was no longer profitable owing to the low price of emeralds
 Colombia is rich country and has many valuable deposits of gold, silver, and precious stones, but on account of the scarcity of labor the aborigines do most of the work in the mines and they use only the rudest implements of wood and stone. The great difficulty that con- fronts a prospector in Columbia is the method of transportation. The country Is the most mountainous in the world and the only means of sending freight to the coast is by pack mules and by boat on the great rivers, which Is most diff cult and expensive.
 ''The diamond is no longer the most expensive gen." said an old miner. "As regards monetary value. 1t is far sur passed by the ruby aIfu the emerald, and even the pearl is rated higher. The emer- ald is at present the most fashionable stone. and brings good prices.An emerald of medium size and purity that may have cost about $50 a few years ago can not be had today for less than s250. Recently an emerald of three carats was sold for sS75. while one of six carats brought $40O0. A diamond of exactly the same size costs about 5000. It must not be assumed, however. that diamonds are depreciating in value. Other stones and especially emeralds, simply have risen in price of late in a surprising manner"
The age-herald., 1902-05-02

valuable crop where raised in due proportion to food crops. It's seed is manipulated at home and it's lint will soon be.
 But the soil of this State will pro- duce even more profitable crops. The story of the twelve-acre strawberry farm at York, presented yesterday, should be read in every nook and corner of the State, for there Is not a county in the State in which straw berries, Irish potatoes and peaches cannot be grown with profit. The net profit of the York farm carries its own moral, which the all-cotton grow CTS of this State will be apt to appre- ciate
 There is no more danger of glutting the market with early potatoes, straw berries and peaches than there is of glutting the market with cotton. The climate of this State is favorable to early production of the very things grown on the York farm, and too much of such products cannot well be produced. No one apprehends a surplus of early fruits and vegetables.
 We should not neglect our climatic advantages. Instead of looking for truck farmers in other States or other countries, let the young white farm CTS of the State take hold of this branch of agriculture. There is money in it, and there is not bright, active Alabama boy who cannot do the work that Med Brace" saw and compre- hensively summed up at York.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
"NEp BRACE" IS WANTED.
n the Union springs Herald.

From the Union Springs Herald.
 "Ned Brace" by nom de plume. none other than the inimitable E. w. Barrett, editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald, is now engaged in making a tour of the state, that is, visiting some of the more important towns and cities; and when he hits one of those places he does not do thing but turn into his home office a very interesting article about the com munity. He has with him either his kodak or lightning sketcher." for he attaches to his articles outline drawings of some of the most prominent persons in the place he writes pp. No matter how much dignity may mark the people, he has published their likenesses in such a manner as to make the most grave laugh. The Herald moves that he be given a special invitation to Init" Union Springs.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
COMMON SENSE IN POLITICS.

From the Guntersville Democrat.
 A Democratic primary election for state officers next fall should not be objected to by candidates or by the peo- pie The new constitution has eliminated the danger of negro rule and, since very few negroes will have the elective fran chise, the contest will be between white Democrats and white Republicans. There fore the desirab..ity of a Democratic state primary to select nominees for state of fees. All this talk of wanting a white" primary is foolshness, under the new conditions, because 1t will be largely the same electorate which would vote at both primary and regular elections.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
Railroad Rebates and the Trust.

All the essential facts relating to the beef trust have been officially ascertained. A Senate committee ot 1890 reported that "the overwhelming weight of testimony from witnesses of the highest character and from all parts of the West was to the effect that cattle owners going with their stock in the Chicago and Kansas City markets found no competition among buyers, and if they refused to take the first bid were generally forced to take . lower one" AS to the effect upon retailers, local butchers and consum- CTS, it was admitted by member of the combine that they were combined "to fix the price of beef to the pur- chaser and consumer so as to keep the price in their own interest" All these are facts officially established.
 Three agencies were and are used to do this. The tariff, to begin with, makes the cost of $100 steer $12750 if brought over the frontier. This eliminates all foreign cattle. The re- bates paid by the railroads render home competition impossible either where cattle are bought near the farms or where the product Is offered for sale. There is complete "com- munity-of-interest" between the rail- roads and the packers, by means of which the packers receive a rebate large enough to kill competition. The "credit associations" of the packers do the rest. These associations are mere inventions for the control and regulation of prices. Their blacklist ing of dealer is always respected by the six packers. An offending dealer or butcher Is crushed at once.
 The ring is thus complete. The tariff keeps out foreign competition: railroad rebates kill home competi- tion, and the credit associations step in to take care of details in each dis tr;ct and to render the monopoly strenuous and complete. A country that will suffer such a combine to exist deserves to be fleeced, as 1t assurediy Is and will be.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
o, CAPTAIN! MY cAPTAlNI

By Walt Whitman. U, Captain! my Captain our fearful trip Is oone, The ship has weather'd every rack. the prize We sought is won. The port Is near, the bells I hear, the people all exultlng, While follow e..s the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But, o. heart! heartl heartl
 0, the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain Hes, Fallen cola and dead. O, Captain! my Captainl rise up and hear the bells; Rise up-for you the flag is hung-for you the bugle trills. For you bouquets and rlpbon'd wreaths- for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here, Captain! dear fatherl
 This arm beneath your headl It Is some dream that on the deck.
 You've fallen cold ana dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale ana still, My father does not reel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, His ship Is ancnord safe and sound, it's voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the vict or ship comes in with object won;
 Exult, o shores, and ring, o bells!
 But l with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies.
 Fallen cold and dead.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
uniust Losses of Strikes.

A strike of thirty days, or twenty days. or ten days, or even of one day in the best season of the year for conducting building operations, is wasteful and deplorable, alike to em- ,ploye and employers. The strike of the carpenters and joiners in this dis trict is a case directly in point. The employe will lose wages when living expenses are high, and the employing contractor will lose gains through the stoppage of work, present and pros pective It is a loss all around, and no possible settlement will make these losses good if the strike be prolonged.
 A writer of the treasury department puts the direct loss from strikes in the United States between 1881 and 1894 at $29,O0O,000 year.. In that time there were 69,166 strikes and eO67 lock-outs, the most of which were in the building trades. The strikers numbered 3,712,561. Wages were lost to the extent of $19O, ,493, ,173, and the losses to employers is set down at s94,S25,237.
 These enormous figures do not in- clude indirect losses, which are often times as heavy as the direct losses of the wage-earners and employers in- yolyed Such losses falling upon the innocent call aloud for some better remedy than a strike. A striker has no moral right to injure the merchant or dairyman or servant or other loser who had nothing to do with the issue in one way or another. He has no right to injure the general prosperity of the town in which he lives, and he should e&haust every remedy, includ- ing arbitration, before he resorts to a strike. And the employer should consider also the indirect losses of a contest before he arbitrarily sets aside a proposition. In the pending strike 1t is impossible to apportion the blame, but it Is not impossible to apportion the losses. a good part of which will fall upon the people who are innocent of all participation in the subject matter
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
Hill or Roosevelt.

''It looks to me as If the winner in lso4 would be Hill or Roosevelt" remarked New York Democrat at the Metropolitan last night. roosevelt Is not as strong as he was when he assumed the Presidential office. He has made mistakes and he will make more.
 .'The trust prices are hurting the Re- publican party, but maybe after all Roosevelt will be able to carry the state of New York, and whoever carries New York is elected.
 q think the Democrats will nominate Hill. He Is perhaps the only available Democrat who could beat Roosevelt in the pivotal state. No western Democrat can carry New York Grover Cleveland could come nearer having an easy vic- tory than Hill, but the former President will not be in the race. It is Hill or mo- body. so far as the Democrats are con- cerned,
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
PadereWski.

There are pianists who rank higher in the world of art than Paderewski, but not one has ever been the money maker that the genial Pole proved to be-" said a musician. He did not, however meet with his usual financial success on his tour this season. Music lovers and the smart set did not flock to hear him at high prices.
 "Paderewskfs manager made an effort to work up a Southern town last month but gave 1t up as hopeless. The virtuoso is just as poetic and brilliant as ever. but as a box office proposition he Is not worth now more than other fine artists. Almost any one who has taste for music would pay s1.5O to see and listen to Paderewski, but few will pay s2.5o. In Paris and Der lin the admission fee Is not over $1, in our money"