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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-04-08
NECESSARY TO GUARD THE
UNITED STATES CONSUL
GENERAL.
DESPERATE BATTLE IS FOUGHT
OVER ONE HUNDRED MEN ARE
REPORTED KILLED OR
WOUNDED.

Cape Haitien, Haiti, April 1.-The
situation in Santo Domingo city is ex-
tremely critical The commander CT
the United States cruiser Atlanta,
which has arrived at SantO Domingo
from this port, yesterday landed fifty
bluejackets to guard the United States
consul general in that city. A shell
fired Wednesday night by the Domin-
lean cruiser Presidente, which was on
the side of President Vasquez, fell on
the German consulate. The damage
done, however, was immaterial, as the
projectile did not burst.
A battle lasting three hours took
place yesterday between the govern
ment troops and the revolutionists on
the banks of the River Ozena, which
flows into the Caribbean sea at Santo
Domingo A hundred men were killed
or wounded President Vasquez de-
mands the surrender of Santo Domirl-
20 city, but the revolutionists are dis
posed to resist up to the last moment
The rebels while crossing the river
yesterday morning were attacked by
the government troops and an hours
fighting ensued.
The Clyde steamer New York, from
New York March 18, which reached
San Pedro de Macoris March %, has
not yet arrived here, where she is
due, and has apparently been pre-
vented from proceeding by the au-
thorities of Macoris.
All communication and news from
the interior is interrupted and bust
ness is practically suspended. A
quantity of arms and ammunition
was shipped yesterday on a gunboat
which is in the hands OF the rebels
for an unknown destination.
The situation is critical.
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ADVANTAGES OF PURE Sled WHEAT
Prof Boey Goes Exhaustivey Into the Subject in
the Latest Bulletin of the Experiment Station.

the following season. ~ The youna
plants are attacked just as they are
coming through the soil. 81 Smut
does not remain in the soil in form to
do any damage to following crops.
(4) 1t has been said by some that
seed wheat that is two or more years
old will not produce smut, even
though smutty. This, by experiment.
! have proved to be erroneous. Smutty
wheat kept two and three years, pro-
duced as much smut as year old wheat
of the same strain. The tornado.
hyde treatment by sprinkling or by
spraying has proved a perfect success.
There are also number of smut
treating machines on the marked
which do very satisfactory work.
Summary-Procure the plumpest
best colored grain you can get for
seed. Use no other, if it can be avoid
ed. It is much more certain way OF
getting rich to feed inferior grain to
stock than to use it for seed.
If in doubt whether grain will ger
inmate or not, it is easy to make a
test of it in small box Of moist sand
or dirt. However, it is hardly wise
procedure to use any grain for seed
purposes which looks SO poor as to
cause one to doubt whether it will
grow.
Grade out all small or shrivelea
grains. This will also remove the
weed seeds.
Treat all the seed used.
Treatment: Use formalin or Gao
per cent formaldehyde) at the rate of
one pound of the liquid to forty-five
gallons of water. Apply this water
solution to the seed grain in any man
ner which allows all grains to become
moist over the entire surface.
Sprinkling and shoveling is as eft
fective as dipping if well done and of
course much more rapid. A small
hand spray pump will be found very
useful for applying the solution. Place
the grain upon tight floor space or
en- a canvas, spray or sprinkle on the
solution and shovel or rake over the
grain until seen to be evenly moist
Leave piled few hours before SOW
ing.
The grain for seed should be meas
ured before treatment and again he
fore seeding to ascertain how the drill
should be set in order to SOW the re
quired amount of the swelled seed.
The same method of treatment pre-
vents smut of oats, barley and millet
1t takes about three-fourths of a
gallon of the solution to each bushel
of wheat and one to one and one-halt
gallons to each bushel of oats. barley
or millet.
The same solution prevents potato
scab If the tubers are soaked in it for
one and onehalf hours before being
cut for planting.
This solution is also preventative
of flax wilt. Treat the seed by the
spraying method. Use one-half gallon
of the solution per bushel Of vel
cleaned and graded fax seed. II moi
clear on the subject. send for bulletin
on flax and fax.sick soil.
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LAWYERS CAN PUZZLE.
Technicaiities Surround the Sentence
Of Rooney.

Technieaiities Surround the Sentence
Of Rooney.
There is some speculation over the
Rooney case. even after Judge Pol.
lock resentences him, making the date
of the execution six months in adj
vance, instead of three, as under the
old law. 1t is said that Rooney was
convicted under the Old law and any
sentence imposed must be under the
new law, which provides an additional
penalty to that imposed under the law
that governed murder cases at the
time Rooney was convicted. in that it
is made condition that he must re-
main in prison six months before ex-
ecution instead of three. Many attor-
neys say Rooney can escape the gal
lows under the change of law. and
that he cannot be placed en- trial un-
der the same charge again. II he
should escape on the technicaiity the
state will be able to convict him OF
Joint highway robbery and impose q
life sentence
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LIGHT ON OLD CRIME.
Life Convict Taken From Prison for
New Trial.


Life Convict Taken From Prison for
New Trial.
The return of William Barry to his
home county, Cavalier to await Sec
ond trial for the murder OF Andrew
Mellem for which he was once sen
fenced to the penitentiary for life, has
revived interest in the case, and incl
dentally has started rumor that the
line of defense to be adopted in the
forthcoming trial is to be entirely diff
ferent from that followed before. 1t
will be remembered that Mellem was
killed in the Barry stable, and that
after the homicide Barry drove to
Milton and gave himself up to the Off
Gals there, stating that he had killed
the man, and alleging that he had
done so because of the relations which
Mellem had maintained with his (Bar-
ry's) sister.
The defense. at the trial-was that or
insanity. and the family records show
that there have been several cases OF
mental alteration in the family, the
latest being that OF, the woman who,
in a measure, was the cause of the
trouble, she dying few months later
at the insane asylum at jamestown.
There is a rumor just now, however,
which has never before been pub
lished, that the defense will contend
this time that the killing was done
not by Barry, but by the sister her.
self. and that Barry chose to accept
the responsibility for it. There has
been a good deal Of feeling concern
ing the case, and associated with 1t
there has been a good deal OF race
prejudice. Barry is an Irish-Canadian
and in religion Catholic. Mellem
was q Scandinavian, and the popula-
ton of Cavalier county to very large
degree has taken sides on the case
according to race.
Among his neighbors Of his own
race and religion Barry has some very
warm friends, and among them there
has been Arm belief that the killing
of Mellen was actually done by the
woman who is since dead. In support
Of this they point out that after the
tragedy there was at no time anN
blood found On the person or clothing
Of Barry, though the man was killed
by having his throat cut during a ter
rible struggle, and blood was found on
the door of the stable, the house door
and the clothing of Mary Barry. Other
features are pointed out which lend
color to this belief
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FRACAS ENDS IN DEATH.

Farmer Stabbed in the Temple, Dies
of Injuries.
Bemidji, Mimi, April 3.-Ole Stcph-
enson, farmer near Aida, died here
last evening at the st. Anthony's hos
pital, from the effects of knife
wound on the temple which he re-
ceived in fracas in a saloon at
Aida last Sunday. A row started be-
tween several men in the saloon over
a stolen watch, and finally came to
blows. Ole Stephenson attempted to
part them and was stabbed in the
temple with knife held in the hand
of Gilbert Engen. The latter was ar
rested and taken to Bagley, where he
will be given a hearing.
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Copenhagen, April 4.-The emperor,
who was in the best Of spirits on his
arrival here, was warmly welcomed
by King Christian, and replied most
kindly to the latter's remarks. After
inspecting the guard of honor. their
n,aiesties drove in a carriage drawn
by six horses to the Danish roval es-
tate of .Amielborg, escorted by de-
tachmcnt of hussars. The route was
thronged by cheering crowds. who IN
the warmth of their demonstration at
one point broke through the police
Gordon. The castle was reached at
O'clock
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THREE MEN ARE GONE.
It Is Thought Guardhouse Prisoners
May Have Killed Sentry.

u is Ihou9ht Guarohouse PRISONERS
May Have Killed Sentry.
Helena, Mont, April 3. - Murder
may have been committed at Fort
Harrison Tuesday evening. William
B. Wallace, aged twenty-five, and
Fred Alexander, aged twenty-seven,
guardhouse prisoners who have been
confined for some time, secured pos
session of rifle in some manner, and
either by killing or removing Sentry
George B. Smith, escaped. There is
no trace of either of the three men,
who are members of the Twenty
fourth infantry. Smith was known to
be unfriendly toward the prisoners,
and this leads the officials to believe
that he was done away with. The city
police and a detachment of soldiers
are searching for the men, but as yet
no trace has been found Of them.
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TWO NEW BUILDINGS
Gymnasium and Administration Build
ina to be Erecteds 1t University.

Gymnasium and Administration Du|ldr
inc to be Ersctedsst University.
Two new buildings will be erected
at the University Of North Dakota
.his year. This was decided upon at
he regular meeting of the board of
trustees held at Grand Forks, and
$35, 900 ws set aside for the purpose.
A modern gymnasium building, 40
by 80 feet in size, will be erected.
This building will be one story high
above high basement and will be OF
common brick. 1t Is estimated that
total cost will be $4,000, and this
amount has been appropriated.
A new administration building will
be more pretentious 1t will be two
stories high on a high basement, or
three stories above the ground, and
will be of pressed brick. 1t will be
4Ox80 feet in size and will contain a
number of recitation rooms, an assem-
bly, hall and the offices for the heads
of the several departments. The esti-
mated cost of this building is $25,OOO,
and plans for both structures will be
drawn by Architect J. Bell De Remer,
who drew the plans for and superin-
tended the construction OF the new
buildings at the university LAST year.
A building committee consisting OF
William Bulge, S. Collins end Presl-
dent Merrifield was appointed to &C
:ept plans and advertise fer bids Tor
the new buildings.
The board also appropriated $500
for an Icelandic library, with the I'M
derstanding that $4,000 is to be raised
by subscription in the 1celandic set
Elements of the state. For Scandl-
navian library the sum of $1,000 was
appropriated, with the understanding
that an equal amount will be raised by
subscription. Theseatwo libraries Will
place the University of North DAKOTA
In a class with Harvard and Yale re-
garding libraries OF these languages,
these being the only American col
ieges equipped with 1celandic and
Scandinavian Libraries OF any preten-
tons.
The board decided that fair
grounds and race track was not a
good thing in too close proximity to
the university, and rejected the ap-
plication made for lease OF forty
acres of land west of the buildings
for that purpose. The application was
made by the promoters of the Grand
Forks County Fair association. When
the delegation made application for
the lease President Merrifield op-
posed it, claiming that the location
would be very undesirable for the
good of the university. Before TIE
president had finished his remarks on
the subject the members OF the COM
mittee felt as he did that the location
would not prove desirable one, and
when the board rejected the applica-
ton at the meeting there was no dis
appointement and the members OF the
committee felt that the action taken
was for the best The trustees trans
acted large amount of routine busl'
ness before adjournment and directed
the president to select man to I'LL
the position made vacant by the res
ignatiOn of Prof. ROllefsOn.
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HURT By A DOG.

Woman Is Knocked Down by Fright
ened Animal.
Sioux Falls, Iowa, April 3.-Mrs. P.
w. Daily is lying at her home with in
juries which may prove fatal as the
result of peculiar accident. Some
mischievous boys tied a paper bag
containing few gravel to the tail of
a large St. Bernard dog. The animal,
frightened and wild, dashed out of
an alley and down busy street. 1t
collided with Mrs. DAILY, causing her
to fall violently to the pavement on
her head. She was picked up in an
unconscious condition. 1t is feared
she is also injured internally.
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COURT STOPS ELECTIONS.

Immediate interference With Gov.
Van SAINTS Order.
Ada, Mimi, April 3. - The special
election ordered by. Gov. Van SAINT for
yesterday in Norman county was not
held. The Republicans secured from
the district court and order enjoining
the auditor of the county from pre-
pairing for the election, and until these
proceedings are determined there will
dered as the result of tie vote for
county commissioner in the Second
district of the county last november.
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Carnegie Gives to Anoka

Anoka, MINI, April 4.-Anoka is to
have a public library building. An
drew Carnegie has made formal Of
fer of $12,5OO for the building, Anoka
to furnish the site and guarantee 81
$50 for expenses a year. The o1er
will be considered and no doubt &C
cepted by the council. A committee
will decide on the site.
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CORN PALACE THIS YEAR.
Old Building Will Be Enlarged to
5:.:: the Crowds.

Mitchell, S. d., April 8. = Mitchell
has arranged to have another corn
palace this year and the executive
committee has gone to work to make
the preliminary arrangements for the
big event. The dates selected are
Sept. % to Oct T. inclusive. The corn
palace building will be enlarged to
such an extent as will permit larger
crowds in the building, as there has
been no year since the palace has
been held, since 1892. that the build
ing has held the crowds.
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PATENTS.
list Of Patents issued Last Week ~
Northwestern Inventors.

Northwestern Inventors.
Edward P Arsneau, Duluth, Mimi,
derrick; Louie Derry, Montpelier, N
D., bundle carrier and shock former
for harvester binders; Charles Car
rett, Minneapolis. Mimi, dry pipe
valves; Andrew Lenna, Canton, S. D.,
clothes or mop wringer; Francis Rus
sell, Hoffman, Mont, tug buckle; Bert
Selfridge. Butte. Mont, packing de-
vice for drill rods and the like; Henry
]. Wessinger, Duluth, Mimi, expan.
sion pipe joint.
IIothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers 911
md 9l2 Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul
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SHOT BY A PLAYMATE.
"Don't Tell Mammalian Wouldn't
Hurt Me-"

St. Paul, April 3. Don't tell
mamma! Dan wouldn't hurt mel
said little Ellen, the nine-year-old
daughter of Richard KirkwOod, 1867
Carter avenue, after she had received
q bullet wound in the left side Of the
abdomen fred by Dan Mcclellan, four
teen years old. The little girl was in
a critical condition last night, and she
was taken to st. Mary's hospital to be
operated on. 1t was said at the hos
pital that she probably would not live
more than few hours. The boy was
engaged in rife practice when the lit
tie girl suddenly ran in front of his
rife just as he pulled the trigger.
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Punishment Made Him Crazy.

Salt Lake, Utah. April 4-Word was
received at the general Offices of the
Mormon shurch in this city yesterday
that Elder A. Olpin, a Mormon mis-
sionary, was terribly beaten by a mob
in Williamsburg, S. c., and as re-
suit is now maniac in an asylum
at Columbia, s. c.
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A Literary Opinion.

willie said the minister, laying
his hand on the little fellows head.
what is the best bcok?"
"The dictionary, sir"
what? Isn't the Bible better?'
mo, sir It's pretty good, though.
can stand on my tiptoes on it and
reach the jam shelf But the die
tionary IS better. brooklyn Eagle.
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One Reason Why

"She is very bright for one who has
iust lost her husband"
That's so; but you must remember
that she is in the honeymoon OF her
vilowhood.'-LaC aricature
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Becker County Enterprise.

Park Rapids, Mimi, April "a new
telephone company was organized at
Usage to be known as the Farmers
Cooperative company. The new line
will run from Park Rapids to Usage
and other Becker county points.
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pemented Man Uses a Gun.

Kansas City, April 2. While SUI
fering from dementia Frank Candee,
aged forty-five years, last night shot
and fatally wounded his brother,
Nathan r. Candee, aged thirty-s'sht
years, and his sister. and himself.
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Bids Opened for Battleship Minnesota.
Washington, April 4.-The navy de-
partment issued proposals for the
new battleship Minnesota. Bids will
be opened June 3.
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EMPEROR MAKES A GALL.

William Of Germany Visits His Broth
er Of Denmark.
Kiel, April 4. - Emperor William
Yesterday embarked on the Imperial
Yacht Hohenzollern, and, accompanied
by the German cruiser Nymphe and
the Danish cruiser SleiDner, sailed for
copenhagen. amid salutes from the
warships.
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Fall Resulted Fatally,

Mora, Mimi, April SC. L. Wood
beck, who was severely injured by
falling from the roof of a house. died.
yesterday. In the fall several Of his
ribs we're broken and driven into his
lungs.
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BRAND NEW LAKE.
South Dakota Town Constructs Its
Own Summer Resort.

OWN Summer RcSOrt.
Artesian, S. D., April 3.-The sur.
plus flow from the artesian well which
furnishes the people of this place with
water for fire protection and domes-
tic purposes has filed a twelve-acre
lake to overlooking in five months.
The land surrounding the lake will be
arranged for park Many trees will
be set out. A gasoline launch and a
number of rowboats have been Sc
cured to pillow the waters Of the lake
during the summer, and it promises to
become a resort for the people Of
this place and vicinity.
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RUGS MADE FROM YOUR OLD
CARPETS by the Reliable Rug Works
$40 w. 11th ST., Des Moines, Iowa Mrs
w. E. Ferrington. Proprietor.
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aecoonized the Sound.

The teacher was teaching a little
BOY the sounds Of letters. Putting
on the board, she said "a, a. what
toes that soundlike, Lester?"
at sounds like little lamb growl-
fnc," he replied.-Little Chronicle.
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Too Versatile.

Bloomington-Ile's handicapped by
versatility.
Stocksheimer- How can that be?
Blcomington-Well, versatility is
having so many taleats that you can't
get time to make living with any
one of them.-New York Times.
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Appraised.

Jean-she called me good-for-noth
ing fellow.
Pierre Never mind her; she only
had 30 cents in her pocket. Journal
Amusant
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Some men are so lucky that they
have to travel in order to recover
from the effects of too much resting.
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A Human Nature Exhibit.

yohnscM-There goes queer EAR OF
rrcthers.
Thonpson-Yes. one Of them never
Knows anything and the other one al
knows It all.-Detroit Free
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Mrs. WlnslDw's SuOth:nE SyruF.e
For children teething sostens the gums, reduces -
,ammation allays pain cures wind collie &c bOttas
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The biggest mistake In the world Is
the one the fool makes In thinking ~
IL giving an imitation d wisdom.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-15
Marriage of Mrs. Schoonoyer.

Denison friends of Mrs j. H schoon-
over will be pleased to learn of her
marriage that took place on June "a.
Prior to that time she had been connect
ed with the state house at Des Moines
in the Office of DR.. Kennedy Secretary
of the state board of health. From the
Board of Health Bulletin we clip the
the following;
Our former stenographer, Mrs. Mar
garet S. schoonover. to whom we re-
ferred to in our June Bulletin as having
declined a reelection, was married,
June "a at York Neb, the home of hel
parents to Mr.. George H. Rust, of Elk
Point S. ID. This is case where the
contracting parties evidently believe
| that it is better to Rust out than tc
wear ont. The Bulletin extends heart
lest congratulations and best wishes.
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New Advertisements.

The new advertisements in this issue
cannot but fail to attract attention of
our readers. Nj. M. Bamford speaks OF
a great novelty sale lasting seven days,
in which ridiculously low prices are
quoted. This is Il genuine bargain sale.
The Loom End Sale at the Peoples
store is now on and is drawing bargain
hunters. Last Saturday, while there
were not many people in town, the
Peoples store say they did an excep-
tionally fine business. The Balle-B Bro
derson Co. call special attention to
many new values in Dry Goods and also
their fresh fruit aud vegetables.
The Boys" are also offering big
clearance prices and are soliciting q
share of the patronage. In their large
ad will be found many truly astonish
ing prices.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-15

The Epworth League viii give a
lawn social at the home of Mrs ). L.
Gable on Friday evening July Eth.
All are cordially invited.
Mr. T. B. Sherman, near Back Grove
accompanied by his moOher-in-law was
II Monday visitor in Denison ard rs
membered this office with . pleasant
call.
Mesdames NJ. u Jones and c. w, Carr
have issued cards for lawn party TO
be given July 18th, at o'clock. The
Guests OF honor are Misses Dow, Miles,
Mckay, Marshall, Beh Marshall
Mrs Dora Downs and son Shirley re-
turned on Monday to THEN home al
Brighton, la, their Denison visit hay
ing been unexpectedly and suddenly
terminated by the sad news OF the death
of Mr.. George Downs, the aged grand
father of Mrs. FL Il Savage.