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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
ing to do with the robbery Of the tool
house, which was entered by the men
who fixed the fuse that blew Ferguson

house, which was entered by the men
who fixed the fuse that blew Ferguson
to death. ~
The abandoned mine on the Patter-
son farm, near the scene Of the trag-
edy, which was supposed to have been
used as refuge by the criminals. was
closely guarded all night, and Satur-
day morning was thoroughly explored
without any evidence being discovered
that the. men had been hiding there,
and the ..searchers left satisfied that
the mine was empty.
+ EARLY Saturday John Welsh, resi-
dent Of West Middletown, found the
satchel in which Contractor Ferguson
had carried the money. It was rifled
Of the roll Of bills amounting to about
s., 800. Some $40 in silver were left
in It, also some valuable papers. A
coat, vest and collar were also found,
but it is not yet known to whom
they belonged. Mr.. Welsh found the
satchel at nine o'clock Saturday morn
ing in cornfield q little north. of the
scene of the explosion. 1t had evident
ly been rified shortly after the tragedy
by the man who was seen by Louis
Liggett; the farmer working near the
scene who guarded his treasure with
a drawn revolver and was allowed to
go unmolested for that reason.
Mr.. Martin, the bookkeeper Of the
Ferguson Construction company. who
/ was In the buggy with Mr.. Ferguson
and seriously injured, did not rest we'll
Friday night and Saturday morning
was complaining Of pain In his side.
f The excitement in Washington coun-
ty is very high and general indigna-
ton is expressed. No such crime, so
ingenious. 50 scientifically executed
and, so tragic In its results has ever
been recorded In this section. Many
citizens formed independent armed
searching parties and went on the
trail Of the fugitive desperadoes.
A Fiendish Murder.
Washington, Pa, Sept. 2S.-One Of
the most fiendish and bloodthirsty
murders and robbery in the history Of
Washington county occurred Friday
afternoon on the Middletown road, about
guson. Of the Ferguson Construction
company, Of Pittsburg. was instantly
killed and his secretary, Charles L.
Martin. Of Cincinnati, was fatally In
jured. The two men were driving along
the road in buggy, carrying $500 in
cash. with which to pay of some Of their
men employed on construction work
hA 1f~~ ~ 10
when suddenly an explosion Of dynamite
in the roadway literally tore the rig to
pieces killed Ferguson outright and
threw Martin 200 feet and tearing his left
arm almost from the socket.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
Work for ReciprocifN

New York, Sept. ga meeting Of
leading business men and representa-
tives Of the Planters, association has.
been held here, says Tribune dis
patch from Havana, to consider what
action should be taken. to further the.
cause Of reciprocity between Cuba and
the United States. It was agreed to-
recommend that the commercial bodies
and the Planters league begin at once
q literary campaign in the United
States. taking up the question with the
various commercial bodies of that
country and requesting them TO use
their influence with their representa-
tives in congress In favor Of the treaty.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
Personal AND PoLIr1cAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Col. c. w Deiand. one Of the oldestand
best known newspaper men in Michigan.
died at his home In jackson.
Mark Smith, well-know comic opera
comedian and the original Pooh Bah in
The Mikado," died at his home in New
York. aged 48 years. 4
Colorado populists have nominated
Judge Frank w. Overs, Of Leadville.
for justice of the supreme court VI
The executive committee Of the
Greater New York democracy voted ia
stand. by the fusion ticket headed by
Seth Low for mayor.
Gov. Yates. Of Illinois, has an
nouneed his. candidacy for another
term. a5I
After living in three centuries, John
Chrapsey, 1o4 years Of age, died at his
home in st, Paul, MINI. ssl sls !.
Former Congressman Edward. Over
ton died ats his homo in Towanda,. Pa,
aged s7 years.
Alison 8. Sherman. who. was mayor Of
Chicago IN 1874, died at his home in Wan.
kegan. III. He was 81 years old.
William Macabee. Of the United States
naval home in Philadelphia. celebrated
his one hundredth birthday. ii
Charles B. Farwell. former United
States senator. merchant and public
man who had been q resident of Chicago
since 1874. died at his country home In
Lake Forest, aged so years.
The republicans of the Sixteenth Ohio
district have nominated Caleb Il, Weems
for congress.
Republican and citizens union conyen-
tfons in New York city renominated the
entire fusion city ticket-Low for nay
or. Grout for comptroller and Fornes for
president Of the board Of aldermen.
Col. John Z. Glen, u. s. A., THE Drum-
mer Boy Of Shiloh, . and Miss Elizabeth
Sullivan, daughter and heiress Of Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Sullivan, OF San Antonio,
Tex, were married at San Antonio.
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Indiana Manufactures De.d.

South Bend, Ind, Sept. 2s.-Martin v.
Beiger, president Of the Mishawaka
Wooden Manufacturing company, died
Saturday in Epworth hospital. following
an operation for appendicitis. He was
about So years old. He served In the
civil war as member Of the One Hun
dred and Thirty eighth Indiana. At
his death he was president Of the
board Of trustees Of Depauw university.
and trustee OF. Chautauqua assembly,
Chautauqua, N. Y. He leaves a widow.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
FOREIGN.

The Panama canal treaty is dead. the
time limit for ratification having ex-
pired. A new proposal is awaited BY
Washington. 81
Ten fishermen were drowned by the
.capsising Of . boat in Killim bay near
Waterville. ireland.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
!, Explo.ion Il wiscon.in.

Milwaukee. Sept 2S.-A Daily News
special from Menasha. Wis, says:
With q report which shook the entire
town and startled the, inha bitants OF
the Twin Cities, . huge pile Of refuse
In the waste coop" Of the Menasha
Woodenware company exploded, kill
ing one man and injuring four others,
two seriously, one Of whom may die.
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President to Go Hunting.

New York, Sept. 2S.President
Roosevelt viii soon visit the Adiron-.
dacks as the guest of VIM. H. Seward.
Of New York, according to dispatch
from Utica. The date Of the presi-'
dents arrival in the woods has not.
been definitely learned. but the guides.
are planning to give him some fine
deer hunting.
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Mrs. Jeaerson paws wor.%.

Buffalo. N. Y. Sept. 2s.-Mrs. Jener-
son Davis was worse Saturday morn,
Ing. her condition being constdered
critical. The doctors say, however.
that the crisis has not been reached
and should she get relief she may re-.
cover. Several relatives and friends
have arrived and are at her bedside.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
lGissouri Bank ROBBERY,

Keokuk. Ia. Sept. 2s.-Robbers Fri.
day night entered the Merchants En-.
change bank at Downing, Mo-, Sc miles
west Of Keokuk. blew open the vault.
door with dynamite, and we're then
frightened away without securing any.
booty. The inner door had not been
penetrated.
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Reward OOerea.

Washington, Pa, Sept. 2S.-Friday
afternoon, q reward Of $1,000 was Of
fered by the county commissioners and
the Ferguson company for the arrest
Of the guilty parties.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01

snl stru1 mr. Irqf Is Itskers N Aed "a
favcf Of { htllg sal Parks and tkaSlh
&c 1eles 6ssom I6sel nntos "a J. Of
New York.
AT Mcc:.iilt Vernon. Ind, while resist
+lng arrest William Ngilksrson shot AID
killed City Marshal schwake. Chased
by . posse the murderer took his own
life before he could be.captured.
Judge DeHayen. .of. the United States
district court II San Francisco, sent
enced W., II. billiard, former internal
revenue employe. to. I'VE years in the
penitentiary Tor the forging Of Chinese
certificates.
Robert Allen, Jr.. aged 20 years, Z
prominent lawyer q Red Bank, N. J.,
was found dead in q Wagon house at his
home with q bullet wound In his head.
He is supposed to have committed suicide
because Of business troubles,
sOnicials of the Burlington Railway
company and the Adams Express COM
pany have offered q reward Of 81, 900 Tor
the arrest andsconvicticn OF, the men who
held up - train nearSSt. Joseph, Mo.
Gov. Doskery has offered reward Of
$500 for each robber. ,,
At the Empire City track, near New
York, Prince Alert went against the
worlds pacing record of 1859 held by
Dan Patch and beat It most decisively,
going the distance in 1857.
Three men were killed by q coll
lision OF trains at Marion, Ind.
November 10 has been named as the
date Of the opening to settlement Of
the 100000 acres Of coded Chippewa
laads in Minnesota.
Orders for restriction of the anthra-
cite coal output have affected nearly
all Of the colleries in the Wilkesbarre.
Pa, region. Over $4,000, 900 tons OF
coal have been mined since January 1.
An itinerary Of 1886 miles and trav-
ersing ten states and two Canadian
provinces, for the coming trip Of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery COM
pany Of Boston. with the guests. the
Honorable Artillery company 81 Lon-
don. has been completed.
A grand jury returned two .indicct-
ments against George III. and p. N.
$500 ~, ~. D.rAels :. nuEton. -. VINO
n.y.; Ssss mon.ns ago ianea Win iiaoh-
said to have accepted deposits after
knowing the bank was insolvent. -
n. lns p..on oc crop nox OF TINS season lor
40 nen - =. -,v.o,Ovy Dalss. against IL
.'v - ~ .as ~. year:
- .no nnliW y, convention Y. II.
monensal.sn, =, ol W. LoMs. was CHOSEN
pessuon. " inc un1tea Master baAers
= M AnAsllsa
~ s.ate Dank OF !. ROBERTS y WIS, was
looDsu anu more .nan $o'OoO was se-
suIeu i !a'' lne saIe Dy the ROBBERS.
Ernese spltzei was instantly Killed
anu :, !. yosepn Doodle was probably fatal
y INJURED Dy 2 Chicago. Cincinnati &
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Dlstinguished Visitor Here.
New York. Sept. 28.-Lieut. Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton, who participated in the
defense Of Ladysmith. arrived from Liy-
erpool on the Lucania Saturday.
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TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis. Sept. "a

MlHHeHpUass sept. -
Wheat-No. ! northern, sac; No. 2
northern, 7sc; Dec. 7e1lc. Oats--No.
white, Soc. Corn No. 8, Sic Rye
NO. 2, Soc. Barley No. 2 9, SIC
Flax 81. 90. Butter Creamery, .ex-
tras, 2l@22e; creamery, firsts, 1o@s6c;
dairy, fancy, ls@i9c. Poultry-Tur-
keys, 5000; chickens, rose. Hay
Uplands, fancy, $500.
st. Paul, Sept. 90.
Cattle-Steers, @3.35@l 90; oows, ~ IS
93.35. Hogs $4.9o@5.40. Sheep
muttons. S. 90: lambs. 46.O0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
The audience wouldn't look at any

The audience wouldn't look at any,
thing else
"Belasco is equally merciless with the
lines of the play A whole act is altered
in a night With Belasco it is one thing
to read play or have it read to you,
and quite another to hear the lines
parts portraying strong emotion are
the ones to suffer most. for with these
Belasco is most particular.
" Stop! comes the order from the
says to the actor, I don't like those
lines. Too many big words in there.
Is But 1 gave them as they were
written protests the player.
." 1 know that. But l don't like the
lines; they are too ponderous. Try
this And he sends up correction.
which is duly noted by the prompter
When you try to express strong
emotion, says Belasco, use little
words. No one uses polysylla bles 70
voice great suffering Give me the
monosyllables.' And the monosylla bles
make their appearance by the diction-
aryful at these last rehearsals.
Speaking of temperament which is
considered the first requisite for a sue
cesSful stage career, / don't know any
one who has more of it than Belasco
He comes nearer living the scenes on
the stage than any actor under his
management, and 1 don't except even
Mrs. Carter.
when a strong scene is on for re-
hearsal he fOrgets where he is and who
he is. He is all the actors who take
part in the scene. You can see him
creeping up to the footlights from the
/ back of the theater, his shaggy cu1ls
/ in disordered mass over his brose.
/ bending over with his hands clinched in
/ front of him, his eyes almost bulgins
] from their sockets but fastened on
4 the players, his ears strained to catch
every infection. He is not in the the
alter; he is in Japan or Versailles, in
trance almost hypnotic in its intensity
/ The slightest mistake or jarring note
brings him back to earth and he in
terrupts the actor with a note of disap-
proval. If all goes we'll he awakens
more gradually, and a slight gasp Of
pleasure shows that he is satisfied and
that the idea he sought to enforce has
| been clearly brought out
! AS for the actors. the long rehears-
| aus are q severe strain to them and
Mrs Carter and Miss Bates are often
forced to leave before the night is
over. But Belasco, patient and inde-
tatlsable, stays on perfecting the de-
talls working harder than the meanest
stage hand, but buoyed up by the hope
OF another stage triumph
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stage manager. Did bring that man
clear from New York for this work?'
Yes. Mr.. David replies the stage
manager.
well, wasn't I a - fooI?' Mr..
Thompson seems to think a reply I'M
necessary.
But it is all over in an instant, and
soon Belasco has lost himself in some
other detail of the production.
"Belasco has been called extravagant
on account of the lavishness of his pro-
auctions. You don't gather half an idea
of his absolute disregard of money from
the New York productions BY the
time he gets through with the rehearsals
and the Washington premiere thousands
of dollars worth of properties have
been thrown away. He ordered them
while mapping out the production, but
when he sees them on the stage he
throws them aside by the wagonload.
But there are reasons for all these acts
of apparent wastefulness-
In the rehearsal of the fete scene at
Versailles in 'Du Barry a gorgeous
horn of plenty, mounted on gilded
wheels was brought on, surrounded by
Cupids scattering flowers.
Take it OFF, cried Belasco instant
.'.Oh. Mr.. David pleaded Mrs. Car
ter Please don't; it is SO pretty
. Take it off, commanded Belasco.
I'll talk it over with you next year,
Mrs. c.
Five hundred dollars gone to the
dump heap, moaned Ben Roder, Mr..
Be1asco's business manager.
Too distracting,' explained Belasco.
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1NvENTs A NEW DANCE.
Cleo de Merode Has a Substitute for
the Cake Walk.

Mile Cleo de Merode, professional
pDeauty and ballerina, formerly of the
a aIls opera troupe. has invented a new
lance ua.lSe, we are not yet to know what
IL Il Nm pc All Mile. de Merode will say
1t is refreshing to find somebodv in
raIis VINO Is not in love with the cake
Walk. Malk. Mile Cleo hates it, and rightly
S snks II grotesque. coarse and silly. IN
i tdct' her idea in inventing a new dance
~, 70 d great extent, been to kill. if
possible, the cakewalk craze which has
las .ed FOR year and still RACES. Mile
ue Merode is also tired of the oId-time
pallet step and attitudes which she
practlced for many seasons on the opera
ssase. IN her new dance. accordingly
~ VIII reject the tip-toe pirouettes Of
italian ballerine. as well IS the will
kl,ihee-to-chin lurching and the back
IIllgs OF negro walkers. She win aim.
III her own words, at grace and vol
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petitions were made by the English.
More recently there has been the inevi-
table American invasion with the cam
era. While the writer cannot produce
inconvertible evidence to support the
statement, Spaniards began exploring
as early as the sixteenth century. Very
little was known of Vancouver, named
after an English captain. until 1921, al
though fur trading was carried on pre-
ViOusly to that time. There was no
photographer there at the date men
toned, so we must take the word of the
historian, who tells us the first white
man to traverse the Jagged bosom of
nature was Sir Alexander Mackenzie
who in 1890 followed the Fraser and
Peace rivers to their sources. He left
his own name duly tagged to the chief
river of the land.
Many things good and useful do we get
from British Columbia. The appetizing lit
tie anchovy, the delectable sturgeon, hall
but of the largest and car loads of the best
salmon in the world are a few of the table
delicacies that come from there The sight
of the dense masses of fish which crowd up
the Fraser river would make visionary
tale of the most imaginative OF Ike Wal
tons look like a weak almanac jest. Many
trout, normal and abnormal, are taken
from the pretty lakes that abound. There
are seven different species of salmon, the
four most important being the quinnant,
sockeye (sawquaD cahoe and steelhead.
valuable. 1t is species weighing from
six to ten pounds. The salmon canneries
are numerous ana uOuIlS0lnB. 4ney SlV1
employment to many hands IN British Co
lumbia, for the tins In which the fish are
packed are manufactured on the spot.
Many Indians and Chinese are employed.
At one time a considerable quantity of sal
mon was sent across the continent and TO
Australia, and even to London, packed in
ice.
While the metalliferous resources of the
province may not be well known, the
country is famous for its wealth in coal.
There is an abundance of sulphites of cop
per and iron, silver and lead ores, copper
ore containing silver and iron and copper
pyrites holding gold. The ores have wide
Variance in value.-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
THE YAHO VALLEY.
A Picturesque Country in the Rockies
of British Columbia

Perhaps in no other country could one
"go forth under the open sky and list to
natures teachings with better results.
both poetical and practical, than in
British Columbia. The vast arid deserts
that Mother Nature sighted, the bouad-
less oceans she left unporportioned and
unyielding, she has made up for in the
favored land of British Columbia. Ma
ture has shown Partially to this spot.
not only by lavish strokes of indescrib
able beauty. but with liberal be-
stowal of buried wealth and uncovered
resources
British Columbia has Outlines been
depicted as a cold and inhospitabls
country This is true only in a meas
ure. There are vast resources for the
employment of labor and capital-not
forgetting the poet and the man with
the camera and palette Yaho valley.
among the British Rockies, is prac>
tically a newly discovered paradise of
big falls and glaciers. In this valley
is the Takakakau fall of 1,200 feet, the
highest in America.
The "discoverers'' of this land of
wealth and beauty are numerous as
the many legends. Spain made many
explorations, but the first practical ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

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Theatrical Notes.

Lovers and Iunatics' is the title of
farce which will soon be produced in
Chicago.
Franklin Fyles has dramatized the novel
Hearts Courageous and Orrln Johnson
will star in the piece, starting in Chicago
the latter part of August 20 ir
Edwin Milton Royle ana his wife. Seiena
Fetter, are to be Jointly starred next sea,
son by Nat Rothsin My Wife's Husband"
a new play by Mr.. Royle.
Jacob Adler. the eminent Hebrew TRACE
dian, intends to play in English next sea-
son, appearing in king Lear and THE
Merchant of Venice
1.-THE Runaway has at last caught the
fancy of the New Workers and is now
playing to big business The acquisition of
Fay Templeton turned the trick.
Marshall P. Wilder, the funny story tel
Ter and monologist, was mari led in New
York last Wednesday to Miss Sophie Cor
nell Hanks, daughter of a Brooklyn physi-
clan.
Mrs. Stuart Robson, whom the theater-
goers of eight or ten years age will better
remember by her stage name of May
Waldron, intends to return to the stage
next season
Isabel Evesson will be featured next sea-
son in Viola Aliens success, In the Pal
ace of the King under the management
of Davis and Darcy, who will also control
THE Christian
portant role in Peggy from Paris in Bos-
ton has signed three years contract
among next seasons stars
When the estate of Stuart Robson is ap-
praised next week in New York It IS eX-
pected that it will only total up 900. At
one time Mr.. Robson was thought to be
worth half a million dollars.
Charles F'rohman has put mis- foot down
on the WISHES of William Faversham and
his wife, Julia Opp. that they play together
next season AS a result of this decision
Miss Opp may not act at all
Eugene Cowles. the basso. is to play
five weeks enga cement over the Keith
circuit and then take up rehearsals fer
1.-The Duchess of Dantzig," in which he
will have prominent part.
A cablegram from London says that VIII
Iiams and Walker presented I'm Daho-
mey'' at Windsor Castle at command of
the king and queen, and after the perform
ance were heartily congratulated by roy
atty
Ethel Knight Mollison, an actress of
some prominence in this country, is now
playing i'll Australia and has scored a big
ing Sadie Martinots old part.
Babes in Toyland," now being produced
in Chicago with strong caste, has only
been a halfway success, the acrobatic
dancing of Charles Guyer and Nellie Daily
creating more talk than the work of the
stars.
Pauline Hall last Tuesday signed a con
tract in New York with Henry w Savage
to play the part of Mrs Madison Croker
which that manager will have next sea-
son.
]. c. Duff who controls the rights to all
of the musical comedies produced and
owned by the late Augustin DAILY, mas
leased San Toy to a firm of managers,
who will send the opera on tour as Ear
as the Pacific coast next season
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o. D. Woodward and it will be seen in
this city during the coming season for the
first time at popular prices.
The production is one of the most stu
pendous Mr.. Frohman has ever offered, and
it promises to be the sensation of the
popular priced theaters this coming sea-
son of the wind storm which occurs in
the fourth act, when it was first produced.
FRANKLIN Fyles, dramatic critic of the
New Sun. said: Not since the hurricane
scene in Fanny Davenports production of
Cleopatra has anything SO graphic been
represented on our stage"
Cigarette in Under Two Flags" has.
like all of the other stars risen from the
ranks She has served a faithful and bril-
liant apr enticeship in stock and was
chosen by Mr.. Woodward as the important
player his big production because she
leading woman. Miss Remark is playing
this summer in a Denver stock company.