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The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Supreme Court Decides That John
Rooney Must Hang for the Mur.
der Of Harold Sweet
Near Fargo.

John Rooney must hang. The gu.
preme court has decided that he must
pay the death penalty for the murder
OF Harold Sweet. The case Is one of
the most peculiar in the criminal prae-
tice In this state. Rooney and two
pals attempted to hold up three boys
named Sweet Of White Earth, Mimi,
who were camping on the outskirts Of
Fargo last August, while on their way
to the harvest fields. Rooney and
Harold Sweet were engaged In a scuf-
ne. when the latter was fatally shot,
Rooney was captured by the other
brothers, and his partner fed.
Rooney was tried and convicted The
hearing was during the legislative ses-
sion, which passed bill requiring that
all executions should be In the state
prison at Bismarck. The legislature
also changed the law, requiring that
six months must elapse between the
date sentence was imposed and the
execution. as had formerly been the
practice.
After the measure had been signed
by Governor White, Judge Pollock
sentenced Rooney in March to be
hanged June 26 In the state prison,
making the date only a little over
three months, as he had not been in.
formed Of the time extension. When
he learned of the mistake the prisoner
was brought back from Bismarck and
new sentence imposed. to become ef-
fective in September, and conforming
with the law.
Rooney's lawyer appealed, holding
that the condemned man had been
convicted under one law and sentenced
under another, and that the last law
provided additional penalty in that
the time of preliminary imprisonment
was extended three months and the
sentence to be carried out in the state
penitentiary instead of the county Jail.
The supreme court has Just decided
the new law Is all right, and Rooney
will be executed in September.
He will be the first man to be hanged
In the pentitentiary and the first to be
executed under the new law. Rooney
has a long criminal record of having
held up farm laborers at Fargo every
fall.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
UPHOLDS POLYGAMY,
South Dakota Judge Decides Indian
Nav Have More Than One Wife,

South Dakota Judge Decides Indians
May Have More Than One Wife.
Sioux City. Ia. July LIN a case
which has gone up from Charles Mix
county, s. D., Judge Smith of Yank-
ton has made an important ruling
which declares polygamy legal among
Indians.
The case was where an Indian, who
had two wives, attempted to inherit the
allotment OF land Of the son by his
second wife. The Judge of the county
court decided that the child vas ille-
gitimate. Attorney ]. w. Lindsay car+
ried the case to the circuit court,
which held that all children of Indians
were legitimate, no matter how many
wives they had.
Judge Smiths decision lets down the
bars effectually. Polygamy is very
common on the reservations.
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Causes Much plsappoIn ntment,

The adjournment Of the supreme
court before the appeal in the case
against State Treasurer Mcmillan
could be perfected is fatal to the erec-
tion Of buildings at the different state
institutions this summer. Even If
decided In favor Of the state the delay
will be too great. as twenty days are
required to reassemble the supreme
court and ten days more would be
necessary for the arguments and the
decision. This would make 1t the lat
ter part Of July, and it would be i'm
possible to complete any Of the pro-
posed buildings by the time college
work is resumed this fall, and many
could not be made ready for the heat
ing plant before cold weather. There
is much disappointment over the ad-
journment Of the supreme court, as 1t
was understood that body would wait
2 day or two till the appeal could be
prepared. Friends of the different
state institutions are inclined to be
sore at State Treasurer Mcmillan for
his absolute refusal to help dispose OF
the bonds. There Is not a place but
needs additional buildings, and educa-
tional work in the state will be handi.
capped for year,
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DR.. Rerce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
adpatiou and biliouauess,
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
MINNESOTA CYCLONE
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED BY A
STORM IN THE VICINITY
OF HERON LAKE.

st. Paul, July IA special to the
Globe from Heron Lake, Minn.. says:
A cyclone occurred in this vicinity
Tuesday night with deadly results.
Eight persons are known to have been
killed, and the number may be in
creased by later reports.
Mrs. Joseph Fritcher and her two
children were killed two miles north
Of this place, and others were injured.
Mr.. Gallagher and his daughter lost
their lives near Wilder.
Many buildings were destroyed by
the storm, which was the most disas.
trous this section has known In many
years.
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KILLS TEXAS OFFICIAL.
w. 6. Hill Seeks to Redress Supposed
Wrongs,

W. ". rlIi seeks 10 HeoreS8 Supposed
Wrongs.
Austin, Tex, July 1.-Frenzied by
supposed wrongs, w. G. Hill, an ex.at-
tache of the state comptroller's office,
Tuesday morning entered the private
Office Of State Comptroller. R. M. Love
and killed him by means of two bull.
let's from large revolver. AS Hill
turned to fee he was intercepted by
Chief Clerk Stevens of the depart.
ment. who engaged him in a struggle,
during which Hills revolver was ac-
cidcntally exploded. The bullet enter
ed the murderer's abdomen, causing
wound from which he died in the af-
ternoon three hours after the death Of
the man whose life he sought. The
tragedy is the first assassination
chronicled in the Texas capitol. The
shooting threw the town and state into
commotion, but the death of the as.
sassin rs we'll as his victim has closed
the story.
AS to what caused the shooting none
can explain other than it was the act
Of madman. Hill had been an EN-.
ploye 'of the comptroller's office for
ten years preceding Loves term. He
was let out by Mr.. Love when the lat
ter took charge and it is presumed this
fact preyed upon his mind,
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TRAIN. INTO A RIVER
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PEOPLE
MEET DEATH IN DISASTER
ON SPANISH ROAD.
gers Drop From Bridge to tho va
ter Below, 4 Distance Of Fifty Feet.
One Hundred Bodies Have Been Re.
covered and Many corpses Still Re.
&,
main in the .Arsekane


Madrid. June 30.-By midnight one
hundred bodies had been extricated
from the wreck of the Bilboa train,
which was overturned Saturday night
from a bridge in the Nejerilla river,
and it is estimated that seventy corpses
remain in the wreckage. The bodies
are badly mutilated.
Differences between the civil and
military authorities rendered the work
of rescue more difficult.
That many prosperous persons are
among the victims is testified to by
the great quantity of money and jew.
elry collected by the gendarmes.
The train, which was composed OF
two enginN and sixteen coaches. was
crossing the bridge when the couplings
between the engines broke. The sec.
ond engine left the track and fell, fol.
lowed by the entire train, into the bed
OF the river. Fortunately the water
was low. The nearest medical attend.
ance was mile and a half distant,
and those passengers who were least
injured aided the others and did all
possible until the arrival of reli,
trains bringing nurses, doctors and
soldiers from Bilbao.
The train fell fifty feet from the
bridge to the river bed, the coaches
piltng up in mass of splintered
wreckage. The scene is described as
horrifying. Many corpses were car
ried down the stream, which was
actually Redeemed with blood. 1t W;
found impossible to extricate a mum
ber Of the injured who we're pinioned
under the wreckage. A railway guard
was arrested in the act Of robbing the
dead and narrowly escaped lynchinE
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
PURE BRED
REGISTERED
Aberdeen Angus
Bulls
or Sale.
AT z BELL RANCH
Owned by
J. B. STODDARD,
Sentinel Butte, N. D.

neapolis nurses at the schoolhouse.
The only physician in the town was
one Of the first to be stricken and he
is dead. Two young physicians are at.
tending the cases. The physician was
moved to the schoolhouse and died
there. The other victims object to be-
ing taken there in the fear that they
will also die. The water supply was
the couse of the trouble. Good drink
ing water Is not obtainable. Bow.
bells has population of 300 and is
located on the 500 road, thirty miles
from the Canadian frontier.
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FIGHT IN eREATHlTT COUNTY.
One Feudlst Killed and Two Others
Seriously Injured.

Jackson, KY, June 29.-In a feud
fight Saturday night near Daisy Hill,
Breathitt county, Hiram Barnett was
killed and John Henry Hecker and Jo.
seph Hecker were seriously injured.
The men, with Samuel and Silas Bar
nett. met at the home of Miss Leila
Burns, niece Of Burns Fitzpatrick, who
was the only juror against the convic.
tion of Curtis Jett.
While discussing the course Of Juror
Fitzpatrick, John Henry Hecker, the
friend of Miss Burns, resented what
was said and all soon began shooting.
There have been no arrests and no one
can tell who fred the shots taking ef-
feet,
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

AN OLD AND WELL-TR1KD REMEDY.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over sixty years by millions Of
mothers for their children while teething,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child, sottens the gnms, allays all pains,
cures wind calic. and Is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by druggists in every part Of the
world. Twenty-Five cents a bottle. Its
value is incalculable) Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Gasoline Stove ExpIodes.

A gasoline stove exploded In T. N.
Rltchie's lunch counter at Valley City,
and before the fire was put out much
damage was done to the restaurant and
to w. j. Westergaard's machinery
warehouse. Ritcnie's loss will be sew.
eral hundred dollars, while on the
warehouse and contents the loss will
be about $4,000. Both losses are Gov.
cred by insurance,
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SULLIVAN sos GOVERNOR.
iowa Democrats Nominate state
Ticket.

Ticket.
Pes ,Moines. June 26.-The Demo-
cratic state convention. by vote Of
463 9-10 to S54 Lilo, refused to adopt
a minority report of tho committee on
resolutions adding to The platform re-
ported by the majority of the commit
tee plank reafir ming the Democratic
national platform Of 1900 and by vote
Of 62Sh to 1895 rejected another mi.
nority report a''iing 10 the plank de-
manding government control of rail.
way charges a provision that in case
such control should not prove effect
i've the national government should ac-
quire owership of the railroads. The
following ticket was nominated by &C.
clamation:
Governor, ]. B. Sullivan; lieutenant
governor. D. B. Butler; judge of su-
preme court, John r.. Caldwell; su-
perintendent of public instruction, A.
R. McCook; railroad commissioner,
W. s. Porter.
]. B. Sullivan, the nominee for gov
ernor, has besn affiliated with the
Bryan wing of the party, but he was
acceptable to the gold Democrats.
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Monday, June 20.

Percy r, Lorimer, nineteen years old
was drowned in Pickerel lake. at st.
Paul. Sunday.
The postofflce at Spring Lake, Mich,
was robbed Sunday. The safe was
cracked and the burglars secured sew.
eral hundred dollars in cash and
stamps.
L. M. Fay, president of the Demo
cratic Printing company, and of the
Wisconsin Life Insurance company
died suddenly at Madison. Wis, Of
heart trouble
Theodore Davis Boal, q prominent
architect of Denver, was seriously In
tured at Salt Lake City by heinl
thrown from q carriage while tryine
to stop runaway team.
The king of Roumania has with
drawn all the Roumanian decorations
bestowed on officers of the Sixth Ser
Wan infantry, of which regiment he
recently resigned the honorary colo
nelcy.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June 30.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, s5.10@560; poor to me.
dunn, $4.25@500; stockers and feed.
ers, $275@4.75: COWS. $1.60@45O;
heifers;s $256@4:8O; calves, $2.5e@
6.25. Hogs-Mixed and butchers. $50
@595: good to choice heavy. $500
$50: rough heavy. s5.65@5.75; light.
S. $4,000, Sheep-Good to choice.
$3.75@4.50; Western, $2.60@4.50; ma.
tive lambs, $400@6.O0.
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SERIOUS RIOT ~ IRELAND.
Hundreds Of Police Charge 4 Mob and
Many Are Injured.

London, June 30.-During the un-
yelling at Arklow, Ireland, Sunday, of
a monument to the rebels who fell in
the battle af ArkloW in 1898, at which
ceremony 10000 Nationalists we're
present, the latter collided with a band
of street preachers. one of whom mar.
rowly escaped death at the hands of
the mob. The house in which he took
refuge was wrecked. Several hundred
policemen were obliged to charge the
NationaIists, and stones were thrown,
batons freely used and many persons
were injured before the mob was mas.
tered.
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CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June 30.-Wheat = July
77h@77ssc: old, 77%c; Sept, 76A q
1880; old. 7Bts@76Ac; Dec, 76c;
old. 1880; May, 7sAc. Corn-June
60c; July, 50hc; Sept, 50%c; Dec,
49%c; May, 1870. Oats-June, 39c;
July, 39c; Sept. 34c; Dec, 34Ac; May
36M@36Ac. Pork-July, S15.32k ;
Sept. s15.62A. Flax-Cash, North.
western, $1.02; Southwestern, esc;
July, 99hc; Sept, $1.01. Butter
Creameries, 16@20c; dairies. 15@1Sc.
Eggs-12k@14c. Poultry - Turkeys,
1Oc: chickens, 11c
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Close Of MayviIIe Normal,

The state normal school at Mayville
graduated a class Of twenty-one this
year. The graduation exercises were
held In the opera house and were un,
usually interesting. State Superintend-
ent Stockwell delivered an address to
the class and presented the diplomas.
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SHOT By A SOLDIER.
Richmond Youth Persisted In Crying
"Scab" at a Car,

Richmond, Va, June 29.-Lester
Wilcox, seventeen years of age, was
shot by soldier last night for crying
"scab" at car and refusing to desist
when ordered to do so. He is wound.
ed in the hand and hip. The boy was
placed on street car and taken to
the city hospital.
William Tucker, aged twenty-three,
q passenger on a Main street car, was
shot last night at the corner of Main
and Belvidere streets. He was pep
pered in the arm and leg with small
shot. Cars were run singly on all but
one or two Of the lines Friday and at
night under military protection.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Frevoht Handler. on Strike.

st. Joseph, Mo-, June Bone hun.
dred freight handlers, employed by the
Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, Santa
Fe and Grand Island roads, went on
strike at Z a. m. An increase of pay
OF 25 per cent as asked for May Il,
was demanded.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolia Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 80. - Wheat
Cash, $3.50; July, $3.50; Sept. 74ssc.
On track-No. hard, 845sc; No. l
Northern, $3.50; No. Northern.
82Mc; No. Northern, 80@82hc.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
MILLION DOLLARS RAISED.

Magnificent Medical institution to Be
Estabiistc:; In Chicago
Chicago, July 1.-Trustees of Rush
Medical college have succeeded in
raising a fund Of s1,0C0,G00 which will
be rendered to the trustees of the
University of Chica-c today, thus as
suring the gift Of sf000G00 promised
by John D. Rockefeller and the con.
struction in Chicago OF the most mag
niicent medical institution In the
world.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
TWO DEAD, FIVE INJURED.
Collision on tho Milwaukee Road .
Des Moines,

Collision on tho Milwaukee Road At
Des Moines.
Des Moines, June 29.-Two men are
dead and five seriously injured as the
result of a headon collision that oc-
CURED In the yards Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway in this
city between an accommodation train
and freight train drawn by two en-.
gines. The dead are John Erickson.
Des Molnes, and James Howard, brake
man, Des Moines.
The wreck was caused by the out
bound train pulling out without orders
under the impression that the freight
train had pulled in. Both trains were
travelling at high rate of speed.
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THOUSANDS OUT OF WORK.
Mines and Smelter Of AmaIgamated
Copper Company Cloeed.

Butte, Mont, July 1.-The big
smelter of the Amalgamated Copper
company at Anaconda, employing j.
900 men, was shut down during the
day for an indefinite period, and al
though the company announces that
the shutdown is for the purpose of
making certain improvements the men
believe it is for the purpose Of fore
stalling probable strike to enforce a
demand for an increase of wages from
$3.50 to SO a day.
The mines of the company in Butte,
from which the Anaconda smelter has
been supplied, are also shut down and
between 1000 and $500 more men laid
off indefinitely. The company says the
shutdown is for six weeks only.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Victim Of Bandit 0anq.

Proprietor Kubelik Of the Belfast
hotel was shot In the street at Buford
1t is supposed by Pierce, who escaped
from the Glasgow (Mont) Jail with
William Hardee. Pierce ia known to
be in the vicinity Of Buferd and there
seems to be little doubt that he was
recognised by Kubelik and shot him to
save being apprehended. A large
posse Is In pursuit of Pierce Pierce
is one of the four prisoners who es.
capped from the jail at Glasgow on June
s and he is supposed to have fired the
shot that resulted in the death of Jack
Williams, one Of tho guards After
his escape nothing was heard of Pierce
and the impression prevailed that he
had been drowned in crossing the Mis-
souri, river. Hardee, Mckinney and
Brown are dead and the killing of
Kubelik makes the sixth violent death
through tho escape on the above
named date.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
LEGISLATURE ADJouRNs.

Kansas soIons Refuse to Appropriate
Money for Flood Sufferers.
Topeka, Kan, June 29.-The extra
session of the Kansas legislature ad-
journed Friday afternoon. Over fifty
bills were passed, only two of which
were of general nature. Most of
them gave Kansas counties the right
to restore bridges that had been
washed away by the flood. County
commissioners are authorized to aid
food sufferers from the county fund
to any extent that seems best to them.
To the last, an effort was made to pass
a bill appropriating money for the re.
lief of sufferers, but 1t was defeated.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
St, Paul Union Stock Yards

st. Paul, June 30.-Cattle- to
choice steers. $4.25@5.00; common to
fair, $3.O0@4.00; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.25@4.00; veals, $3.50
@5.OO. Hogs-$540@5.s5. Sheep
Good to choice, $4.50@5.oo; lambs,
S5.75M6.50.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Saturday, June 27.


Heartbroken at the death of his
wife and children. bankrupt in pocket
and In hope, Theodore Walkopf put a
bullet through his brain Sunday at
New York.
Five cotton gins have arrived at
San Juan, P. R.. from the United States
and will be Immediately installed.
They are the first gins to reach Porto
Rico In forty years.
The signing Of the final treaties be.
tween Cuba and the United States has
been postponed until next week be.
cause Of the delay arising from the
questions raised at Washington.
Charles s. Green, a driver of trot.
ting horses and known to horsemen all
over the country, was thrown from q
sulky at Utica, N. Y, and had his
skull fractured. He cannot live.
Samuel Thompson Williams of Gilt.
ton, S. l.. is dead, aged seventy.three
years. He was appointed consul al
Hamburg, Germany, by President John.
son and under President Garfield was
for a time charge d'affaires in Brasil
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
TWENTY.FoUR MINERS DEAD.
Fifty Others injured by an Explosion
of Gas,

of Gas.
Baratorean, Coahuila, Mexico, June
29.-Twenty-four miners were killed
and about fifty others seriously in
jured in an explosion of gas Thursday
night in Las Esperanza coal mines,
the property of the Mexican Coal and
Coke company. The disaster was
caused by the ignition of gas by the
flame from defective lamp. The
men were on the point of quitting for
the day. Probably 100 men were In
the mine at the time of the explosion.
After the shock Of the explosion those
who were able to move rushed from
the exits, but the falling earth and de-
bris carried many down to death.
Fully fifty miners escaped with brok.
en- limbs and scorched flesh.
At last reports the dead bodies Of
twenty-four men had been brought to
light. Others may die of their injuries.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 30.-Wheat-To arrive
mo. I hard, SAC; No. Northern.
S2kc; No. 2 Northern. Sic; July.
82hc; Sept, 75hc; Dec, 73Ac. Flax
I'm store, to arrive, on track and July,
s9Ac: Sept, $1.01h; Oct, s1.01A;.
Nov 81 o.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Water Supply Contaminated

A reign Of terror prevails at Bow
bells as result Of the typhoid fever
epidemic. There have been five
deaths and there are now nine cases,
which are being cared lor by four Min.
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Friday, June 26,

Pope Leo's weakness was apparent
at the imposing consistory held on
Thursday.
The worlds fair company has ex,
pended in actual cash $S,500,00O up to
the LIST Of the present month.
Franklin Fyles, the veteran dramatic
writer and playwright, is dying at his
home in New York city. He Is suf.
fering from locomotor ataxia.
The wages of 1000 members of the
Railway Express Drivers and Conduc.
tors union will be increased on an
average of 10 per cent under the deci.
sion Of the Chicago board of arbitra-
ton.
There are now seventeen murderers
awaiting execution in New York state.
Five are set for the week Of July 6.
Eleven are assigned for dates extend.
ing over several weeks and one Is held
up on appeal.
Elek Ludvigh, one of the leaders of
the Hungarian revolution, compatriot
of Kossuth and later q member of tho
staff Of Major General julius Stahl, u.
s. A.. in the Civil war, Is dead at New
York from heart disease.
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NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday, June 26.

lnurooay, juno 20.
An immense building trades strike
Is threatened In New York.
Beloit (Wis.) college is to receive
$4,000 from Andrew Carnegie for 4
library building.
A small riot occurred in Philadel.
phia Tuesday when textile strikers
attacked policemen guarding nonunion
men.
Orders have been issued to the Brit.
ish channel fleet to assemble at Spit
head to receive the United States Eu.
ropean squadron on its arrival there
from Kiel July z.
Timothy Gleason, who was promi.
nent In the Fenian uprising in 1867
and was a brother of the late Patrick
Gleason, the "battleaxe mayor" OF
Long Island City, is dead.
Emperor William was entertained
at banquet on board the Hamburg.
American line steamer Moltke at Cux-
haven Tuesday evening by the direc.
tors Of the Hamburg-American com.
pany. Many yachtsmen and others
were present.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
Costly Fire at Minor.

Fire at Mllnor destroyed the sash,
and door room Of the Minor Lumber
company and other property, entailing
q loss of about $4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
s.I'veIeSt Ten POUNDS {"

A man says. "Look at this" And he
over-1aps his coat to show how loose 1t
Is. There are some people who can lose
fat to advantage, but the loss of flesh Is
one of the accepted evidences of failing
health, Ashesh-making processes begin
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
SKIP THE COUNTRY.
Paterson Anarchists Under Sentence
Forfeit Their Bail.

Paterson, N. j., June 29.-William
MacQueen and Rudolph Grossman. the
anarchists convicted Of having taken
part In the labor riot here last June.
have failed to appear In court to have
their five.year.sentence put into ex.
ecution and their bail bonds Of $500
each were declared forfeited. It is
thought they have left the country.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04

A chimney Of 115 feet height will,
without danger. sway ten inches in 4
wind. :.
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04

Beware Of the man whose dog cis.
Hke& to'follow him. 1.-stM ypsh Iia1A
The Dickinson press., 1903-07-04
ASSISTANT APPOINTED.
w. e. Corey to Perform Duties Of Steel
Corporation President.

Corporation President.
New York, July 1.-Reports prevail.
ent for months past that Charles M.
Schwab would retire from the presi.
dcncy of the United States Steel Cor
poration. eliminated Tuesday In the
appointment of an assistant to the
president of w. E. Corey, president of
the Carnegie Steel company.