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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
Baseball.

A raeeting of the managers OF the
North Dakota Baseball League was
held at Grand Forks. One of two Or
carnations in Winnipeg will be
awarded the sixth franchise of the
league, the other places being Grand
Forks, Fargo, Devils Lake, Cavalier
and Crookston, the latter being the
only Minnesota town. About all the
fteams have completed the roster OF
players. President Il. II. Kent has
returned from Minneapolis where he
opened negotiations for three league
umpires.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
Fatal Accident.

Martin Erickson of Fessendena was
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun. He and compan-
ions were returning from hunt and
as q loaded gun was handed to Erick-
son in the wagon it struck something
and was discharged, the charge strik-
ing him in the face, to tAe right OF
the nose, and tearing off the side of
his head. Death was instantaneous.
He was about 80 years old, had just
filed on a claim and his home was at
Spring Grove. MINI.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01

ter GENERALLY
listed Mr.. Wypne's services as his pri-
vate secretary, utilizing Mr.. Wynne's
acquaintance with public men and his
knowledge of public questions and af-
fairs. After the. change in the admin
istration and Mr.. Fosters retirement
Mr.. Wynne returned to his profession.
accepting the Washington bureau Of
the New York Press. He is president
of the famous organization of news
paper writer's, the Gridiron club, is a
member of the Army and Navy club
and member Of the Order of the 10y
al Legion by right of Inheritance. Mr..
Wynne and his wife are prominent in
social affairs and live in handsome
home on Rhode Island avenue, where
they entertain.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
TWO IMMENSE GIRLS.
They Arc Cousins. Live I'm Hungary,
and Beat Nveighs Record In the
Il @ Infantile World. 49,

The two fattest axe biggest chi,dren
in the world live near Buda- Pesth, Hu,s-
gary. They are respectively seven and
nine years old. Therese Santo the
younger, is the daughter of Hungarian
peasants Of the village of Macy Aoros.
" 1t is claimed for Theresa that no
child of her age in the history of the
infantile world ever weighed as much
as she does. She tips the scales at 12C
pounds, us much as the Average adult
woman.
Her cousin, Marissa Jahasz, though
two years her senior, weighs ten
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01

from her own lips the story of the
Woman's Era club and what it is do
ing for the colored women of New
England. I found her to be woman
of charming manners, who expresses
her ideas most Auently. In appear
ance she is small and plump. with wavy
gray hair and animated eyes. She is
the widow of George L. Ruffin, Har-
ward law graduate. and subsequently
a lawyer of ability, who served two
terms in the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture, and was on the Boston city coun-
Gil. He was also appointed a, judge
/. in ,Charlestown, and the first colored
man north of Mason and Dixon's line
to hold judicial office.
AS child Mrs. Ruffin attended the
public schools in Salem, in which town
the colored children were not separated
from the white children as they were
in Boston. .
A short time ago Mrs. Ruffin made
the statement that there was not a
drop of southern blood in her veins,
and this assertion caused much dis
turbance among the colored clubs. for
it was scattered broadcast that she de-
MED her negro blood. What she meant
to say was that her family was asso-
ciateds with the north and not the
south. .g a a@8E8
Her father had the mixed blood of
the French, Indian and negro races,
and her mother was an English wom-
an, and their lives and their children's
lives were so essentially connected
with New England that they felt they
were northerners to the backbone.
Since she was 80 years old Mrs. Ruff
fin has always been identified with all
definite work for the improvement of
her race. and has held many promi
\ nent positions, notably in the Massa-
5chusetts Suffrage as ISOLATION and the
New England Press association.
The3Woman's Era club took its name
from paper called the Woman's Era.
This publication was devoted to the
interests of colored women. and Mrs.
Rufin was its editor. It was because
of the progressive, work done by this
paper that the first organization of
colored women was formed in 1873, and
meetings held in Boston and on the
following year in Washington.
The purpose of the club is the bet
torment, intellectually and morally, of
colored women. 1t attempts to raise
their educational standard and to
arouse themto the thought of the pos
sibilities for the colored race to take
a higher rank in civilization and the
progress of the age.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
E,rd. Rnbbit. with Horns.

Sanford Bellmire, farmer of Home
stead, Okla, has curiosity in the
wav of six rabbits of which the males
have horns. The find was made I'M
der a heap of rocks. The male parent
rabbit is about the size of jack; it
has two large horns, two and one-haH
inches long and one inch in diameter.
They are hard and shaped like the
horns of yearling calf. Five smaller
horns also adorn his head. Two of
the young rabbits are males and upon
examination callous spots were found
which eventually will develop into
horns.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
FRANK P1NGREE ON STAND.
re.tif,e. Against the Andrews, who
Are Charged with Wreclxlng
Detroit Bank.

Detroit, Mich, April 2s.-Frank c..
Pingree, president of the wrecked
City savings bank, was called to the
witness stand Saturday at the exam
ination of Frank C. and Henry r. An
drews, vice president and cashier re-
spectively, of the bank, who are
charged with causing its ruin. Mr..
Pingree testified that last July the
directors discovered that the bank was
holding some of Frank C. Andrews
paper, which they had not approved.
Pingree said he talked the discovery
over with Frank G. Andrews, and told
him that if the bank was going to be
robbed he (Pingree) did not want to
have any thing to do with it, and would
resign. "Andrews," said Mr.. Pingree:
said he would not take the presidency
# I would resign. He added that il
I resigned he would, and if I wanted
the bank to go down all had to do was
to resign"
After heated argument Andrews
finally agreed to sell his real estate
and straighten out the affairs. Mr..
Pingree said that Andrews told him
they could sell the City savings bank
by fall, as there were two banks that
wanted to buy it.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
Mrs. Harper Dead.

New York, April 2s.-Mrs. Julia A.
Harper, widow of James Harper,
founder of the publishing firm of Harp.
er & Bros, of New York. in 1s44-45, is
dead at her home in this city from
heart failure.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
I Profe..ional lace w..her.

There died in New York the other
day an old woman who made good
living washing valuable laces and fine
linens for the Vanderbilts, Belmonts
and other wealthy folk. At the time
of her demise she was at work upon q
Venetian lace article which cost $4,000.
For years she cleaned these fine ma
terials with naphtha and with peculisr
washing compounds of her Divide
troit Free press. Il
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
Indian. BECOME Methodi.ts.

Consumption and pneumonia are
fast reducing the last of the once
famous tribe of Chippewa Indians
living near Saginaw, Mich. Mrs.
Mary sagatoo, white missionary,
who married two ISdians in order to
live and work among the tribe, looks
after the infirm and suffering, and
has converted the remnant of the
tribe to belief in Christianity and
the Methodist church.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
Congressman Cummings Better

Baltimore, Nd, April rs. The condi.
tion of Congressman Amos Cummings,
who is i'll in this city, was reported as
being slightly better Saturday morn.
ing. as -
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01

Colored Women Organizing In Iowa.
Ottumwa, Ia, April 2s.-The first
steps in the organization of an Iowa
federation of colored women's clubs
was taken here Saturday. A can was
issued for convention>to be held at
Ottumwa on Nav % and "a.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01

Australians In Philippines.
Australian immigrants are settling
in the vicinity of Manila. Most Of
them are farmers.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Dates settled.

The programs for the Tricounty
Educational association at Grafton are
out. The date has been changed to
the 9th and 10th of May SO as not to
conflict with the county superintend-
ents' meeting at Bismarck the last
of this month. The papers to be pre-
sented are SHOULD Phonics Be Dis
fcarded?" Correlation of Language
Work and Other Studies" "What Is
Geography and How to Teach 1t"
'Some Factorsof Perfect Attendance
and mental Arithmetic as an Educa-
tional Factor" Colonel L. F. Copeland
will lecture Friday evening, May 9.
AID h,aftteg the lecture the visiting
1>~l3y
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Grain, Provisions, Etc.
Chicago. April %.
WHEAT-strong and higher. May
ranged at 751zc to 76s@76hc; July, 6S1ac
to 64064Ac.
coRN-Also ruled frmer. May. e2ss@
621sc to 62zc. ~
OATs-Firm. May. 42A@42Ac; Old
@37Ac
guaranteeing steadier. Cream
cries. 17@211zc per pound: diaries. 17@20c.
POTATOEs-Market steady. Rurals,
good to choice. S1.O0@105: common, go
CSC: red stock. 92095c: Burbanks, 93@1s00.
EGGS--steady. At mark, cases re-
turned, 15c: "firsts," new cases included,
151sc.
LIVE PoULTRY-afarket feeling firm.
Turkeys 10@12hc: chickens, 1ok@11c:
ducks, 10011c.
New York. April 2s.
WHEAT-Opened firm, but was made
dull by bearish weather news from the
west, checking new demand. May, 80zs@
s1Ac; July, so 13-16@S1 3-16c: September.
sOss@SoNc; December. S1A@s1%c.
coRN-Fairly active and stronger
July. 6Sss@6S1zc.
oATs-Quiet, but steady with other
markets. Track white, 51@56c.
Live Stock.
Chicago April g.
HOGS~Choice to fancy strong weight
shipping, s7.15@735: common to choice
heavy packing, s6s0@7.15; plain to choice
heavy mixed. $6.75@7.15; selected butcher
weights. $7.00@715; assorted light, $6.75@
7O5; common to fancy light mixed. $6.550
$50; thin to choice pigs. $5.60@640
CATTLE-Prime beeves, H.2507.5o; good
to choice beeves, s6.90@7.2o; fair to good
export shipping steers, $6.35@785; plain
and medium beef steers. s5.6o@6.25; COM
mon to rough, $470@5.50; good to fancy
feeders. $4.50@565: poor to good stock
steers. $29004.40; bulls. plain to fancy.
$2.S5Q5.5O; corn-fed western steers. 5000
ITO: fed Texas steers, $5.00@6.30; Texas
cows, bulls and grass steers, $2O0g4.6O.
South Omaha, Neb., April 20.
CATTLE-steady. Native steers, 1870
@700; cows and heifers. $s.75@6OO: west
ern steers, $4.75@815; Texas steers, $3.50
@560; Gamers s1.75@3.2; stockers and
feeders. $2SO05.20; calves, $3.001700;
bulls, stays. ETC., s275@5.75.
HOGS-Five cents lower. Heavy. 500
@7.2o; mixed. $690@7.0o; light, $6.75@700;
pigs. $5.50@6.50: bulk of sales. $6.90@7.10.
sHEEP-Steady. Fed muttons, s450@
500; westerns. s4.5O95.25; ewes, s.75@5.50;
common and stockers. $s.25@4s5; lambs,
t5.50g690
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
one GOOD Fad served.

It seems there have to be mean men
SO we will appreciate the good ones.
Washington (Ia.l Democrat
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01
1 have some No l seed barley
for sale w. C.Jimeson.
Evenson & Allen have put in a
new front on their store, with
plat glass window. This geratly
improves the looks of the build

-r- AVID also makes place Tor an
west. Railroad men say they never
before handled so much of this class
of freight at this season.
Most Of the emigrants have means
and bring in good class of stock.
Never before has so much cheap
young stock been brought in here to
Craze and fatten during the summer
for shipment east this fall. One ranch
company this week brought in an en-
tire train-load of ewes and lambs for
their ranch twenty-five miles north
west and another shipment of train
load of twenty cars will be brought
in next week.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-01

Martin Nelson, of, Horace, NJ II
D., a brother of Victor Nelson. u
arrived here last Friday. "
Take look at the new wash 4
goods at Thompson Bros.
Geo. Corliss of Minneapolis I
has accepted a position in JOIN \
Syverson's store-grocery de-
partment.
We want potatoes. oats, barley !
rye, millet, butter, eggs. Seeb
US. before selling. b
WHIDDEN & KoYL. !. =
Evensoa & Allen have re- e
ceived and elegant lot of fixtures hl
for the jewelry department of
their store. h,
1 have some No l seed barley.e
for sale w. C.Jimeson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
THE BORDER CONTROVERSY.
Pauncefote Wants TO Settle il
Before He Retires.

Washington. December 29.-It is ex-
pected that efforts will be renewed be-
fore long for the settlement of the
numerous controversies which have
long existed between the United States
and Great Britain, growing out OF
relations along the Canadian border,
the Atlantic fisheries, war ships on the
great lakes, the Alaskan boundary and
other questions. Heretofore the nego-
tiations designed to secure settlement
of the matters recited have not proven
effective, largely because of the cum,
bersome machinery of negotiation, and
this has led to belief that much
more could be accomplished by direct
negotiations between Secretary Hay
and Lord Pauncefote on the nam
points. and the subsequent assembling
of a commission representing the Unl-
ted States and Great Britain and
Canada to give form to the bases OF
agreement rendered The British au-
thorities have expected for some time
that when the Isthmian Canal treaty
was disposed to adjust tie Alaskan
boundary and other pending ques-
tions, the canal treaty being regarded
as one of the many pending issues.
Now the British Government. has
welded the Clayton -Bulwer treaty and
other points in the Isthmian neogtia-
tions it desires to take up some OF
the other questions in which it has
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
The BattIeship Missouri.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Members of
the presidents cabinet with their
families and several bureau chiefs of
the navy department, guests of the
Newport Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company, left here for Newport News,
Va, at 10 o'clock this evening by
special train, to attend the launching
of the battleship Missouri at II o'clock
tomorrow morning. G. B. Orcutt,
president of the shipbuilding company
accompanied the party. A large num-
Der Of senators, members Of the house
and others, including Senator Cockrell
of Missouri, and his daughter, Miss
Marion CockrelI, who is to act as
sponsor at the launching, sailed for
Newport News tonight and will arrive
there early in the morning.
The Missouri is sister ship to the
Ohio and the Maine. Her contract
price was s2,8S5, 600. Her keel was
laid Feb. Z, 1900: and on the latest
construction report she is set down as
81 per cent completed. The Missouri's
contract speed is Is knots an hour,
so that she will rank next to the bat
tleships of the Georgia class in regard
to speed. Her compliment will be 40
officers and 511 men.
The hull is built out of steel and is
unsheathed. It is 3SS feet long on the
load water line; IS feet 2 1-2 inches
extreme and at mean draught of %
feet 6 inches, displaces II, 230 tons.
The hull is protected abreast Of the
boilers and engine by a side armor belt
of from 7 1-2 to II inches thickness
and by the casemate armor, 6 inches
thick.
Potection is afforded the vitals of
the ship below the water line by
protective deck, with armor from 2
3-4 to 4 inches thick. The main bat
terry of the ship consists of four 12-
inch rifles placed in two balanced tur-
rets and 16 6-inch guns.
A new feature introduced into the
offensive power Of the ship are two
submerged torpedo tubes. While Ger
man ships have been equipped with
these tubes for number of years,
the Missouri and her class are the first
battleships OF our navy to be supplied
with them.
Bilge keels to reduce rolling are
fitted to the vessel, experiments in re-
cent years in our own and foreign
navies having demonstrated the great
efficiency Of these keels in preventing
excessive rolling.
The Missouri and her class are the
first battleships of the United States
navy in which water tube boilers are
provided.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.

Charleston, Dec. 29.-The exhibi-
tors and concessionaires at the
Charleston exposition have organized
q club for the double purpose OF
forwarding the interests Of the eSposl-
ton and that of the firms which they
represent. The president of the club
is H. G. Bliss, the vice president.
Wallace S. Shaw and the secretary and
treasurer, L. G. Good. The exhibi-
tors have made splendid progress IN
the last week in the installation OF
their exhibits. The attendance on
the exposition is steadily increasing.
The races are proving to be a splendid
attraction: the buildings and grounds
present a most charming appearance
and the railroads are doing a heavy
passenger business. Tomorrow will be
s'Citadel Academy day at the ex-
position and New Years day will be
celebrated by the negroes as 5" Emancl-
patton day.
Arrangements are being made for the
International League Of Press clubs
and the Pen and Pencil club of Phila-
delphia, which will spend two days at
the exposition in January and an
elaborate programme will be made fol
the reception of the Liberty bell which
will arrive here Jan. 10th. The live
stock show will open on Jan. 9Th and
will be the largest ever held in the
south.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Compensation Eo- Cad cGcr-s3os1s
ed tSc Spiders scc2e-a
sG7rcgre3s'' Ceoc-t.

Lord Rosebery, fo--nerly premier CT
Great Britain, surprised soae cf his
hearers 1T a recent gathering !3y refer
ring to himself as al ag;c!cG.,ur;st, says
London newspaper. It IS net generally
known. even in England. that Lord
Rosebe1y, statesman, author. sports
man, is also farmer. lis farm is at
Mentmcre. On the splendid estate
which came to him or his marriage. It
is conducted en- the highest scientific
principles and is one OF the first model
fruit farms in England. Large QCanti-
ties of fruit come from Mentmore to
the London markets. Lord Pose5ery
has also dairy farm On the aIentmore
estate. At Dalmeny his association
with the world Of Industry is in the
form Of snale mines lySsig en- remote
corner of his estate. Now and again
the wind brings the smoke and smell
Of the mines up to the mansion. and it
was this which provoked visitor to
remark on the nuisance Of having such
things so close by.
"Ah. my friend said Lord Rcsebery.
however unpleasant it may be to you.
to me it is the smell Of % per cent"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
NEGROES KILLED BY POLICE.

Waterloo, Dec. %. AT 5 O'Clock
Saturday evening j. F. Duyall, town
marshal of Waterloo, arrested Walter
Lowe, colored. Lowe Immediately
drew his pistol and demanded his
release. At the same time George
Cunningham joind Lowe and the
marshal was powerless. Duvall called
to his assistance G. W.. Long, mem
Der of the town council. Long called
John Pitts to his assistance. In the
mean time Long secured Winchester
rifle and they attempted to arrest the
parties. When in about 50 yards OF
the negroes Waiter Lowe called on the
marshal to halt, at the same time
opened fire on the marshal, Long and
Pitts. By this time the negroes were
Joined by Pies Lowe, colored. Long
handed Pitts the rife and told him to
shoot. After the smoke had cleared
away George Cunningham was found
shot through the body and died in a
few hours. Pitts with his rife had
lodged a ball in Pies. Loves left
shoulder, shattering the bone. and his
condition is serious. Walter Lowe is
at large. He is a very bad negro.
Sheriff Docket is on the ground and
no fu1thre trouble is expected. Ex-
citement was high for time. ".
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01

important interests involved. Lord
Pauncefote desires to clear up all pend
ing differences and have "a clean
slate' before his present term as am
bassador comes to a close. Wien he
came to Washington there were four
great issues between the two Govern
ments. The first of these-was the
Behring Sea controversy, which had
reached an acute stage. The second
issue was over Venezuela, which, like
the seal question, at one time threat
ened war But the efforts OF diplo
macy we're again successful in avert
ing trouble and bringing about a set
tlement. The third important issue
was on the Isthmian Canal, which has
been satisfactorily disposed cf by the
recent Hay-Pauncefote treaty. This
leaves only one issue remaining in Or
der to bring about "clean slate, .
namely, the border controversy, both
as to Canada and Alaska. At present
modus yivendi exists as to the
Alaskan boundary, chiefly for the pur-
pose of avoiding clash along the
border and holding each side in check
until a final boundary is determined
upon. It seems to be conceded on
both sides that the modus cannot be
carried on indefinitely and that sooner
or later the main question Of estab
fishing permanent boundary must be
settled
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-01
The Panama Canal for Sale.

Paris, December 2S.-M. Lampre.
secretary general CT the Panama Canal
Company, sailed for New York today
on the French Line steamer L'Aquit-
aine, from Havre He will confer on
his arrival in the United States with
number OF the Panama Conpany's
American representatives and overtures
for the sale of the canal property to
the United States will then be renew
ed.
In view of the doubt existing in the
United States regarding the price the
Panama Canal Company's representa-
tives intend to ask for the property,
the correspondent of the Associated
Press made inquiries from the best
source of information on that subject
and is enabled to say that the price
will be approximately $40, coo, 900. This
figure cannot yet be given as the exact
one because the company has not yet
come to a definite decision, but it will
not be appreciably higher. The 18th
mian commissions full report is now
in possession of the Panama Com
pany, and its valuations Will be
studied in detail. The report of the
directors of the Panama Company
cabled to the Associated Press, on
December q, said:
"We offer to accept as the basis and
point of departure of fresh negotla-
tions the figures and declarations con-
tained in the isthmian commissions
definite repot.
The estimates come to by such emf
nent men are not thought to be open
to question, though possibly a few
items are susceptible to reconsideration
and few matters may remain to be
decided, such as a valuation OF the
company's stocks of supplies, but none
of these is calculated to modify the
gross figure TO any extent. The com
pany does not intend to give the
slig ghtest ground for any further
misunderstanding, and believes the
definite price put forward will now be
acceptable. With NJ. Lampre IN
America, it will not be necessary for
the mandatory who is empowered to
submit the definite price to depart
from France until later, when the
negotiations are under way.