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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
EtymOlOElcal.

well. there's one consolation" OBJ
served Mr.. Suburbs philosophically. as
he shooed his neighbours hens over the
fence for the some hundredth time. "At
last l have discovered why chickens
have crops in their anatomy"
"Why?" asked his wife curiously.
"Why not. with all the seeds they
plant in themselves" queried Mr..
Suburbs.-New York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
Bank Robbed Of $4,000.

Burglars blew up the safe in the
Granville bank. twenty miles east of
Minot, and secured $4,000. Dynamite
was used by the robbers and the safe
and building are badly wrecked. The
report of the explosion was heard by
many citizens for blocks around, but
fear of a repetition of the Mortified
incident prevented interference. Five
hundred dollars in silver, which was
stored in the vault was left untouched.
A posse of officers and citizens are in
pursuit of the robbers with little
chance Of experimenting them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
Buys Eight Hundred Acres.

An interesting land deal has just
been closed by which George Marty of
Lcmont, o.. becomes the owner of 500
acres Of Sargent county soil. Mr..
Marty is practical farmer. and is
worth about $4,000. He will move to
Sargent county and will break up the
land this fall and SOW it to fax in the
spring. He will also put up several
substantial buildings. including fine
residence. The agents commission in
the deal was $2.40O. or SO an acre.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
RESUMPTION Of WORK.
WOODEN Mills Throughout New England
Start Up Again.

eral resumption of work Monday in the
numerous mills of the American
Wooden company throughout New Eng
land, which have been shut down from
one to two weeks. Upwards of $4,000
hands participated in the vacation.
Cotton mills also in various sections
resumed after periods Of curtailment
or idleness on account Of the cotton
situation. There is still large amount
of idle cotton machinery in New
England and from the output cur
tailment will be continued by many
corporations throughout September.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wedne,dax. Auo. 2e,

Wednesday, Aug. Is.
A storm struck Mossville, ILL.,, Tues.
day, killing one person and injurtne
several s. @.#{
IS Fire destroyed the Auburn (Cal)
hotel Tuesday and Daniel Christy and
w. B. Maither were burned to death.
At New York the warehouse Of p.
W. Engs & Sons. whisky distillers.
was Quilted by fire Tuesday; loss, $175..
900.
Pitcher Rube Waddell of the Phila.
delphia American league team was re.
leased permanently by Manager Mack
Tuesday.
The international cricket match at
Toronto, Ont, was finished Tuesday
the Americans winning by score OF
277 to 100.
The seventh annual convention OF
the Blind Peoples Higher Education
and Improvement association, IS being
held in Chicago.
By an explosion of gas at the Altoo
ma Gas company's works at Altoona
Pa, last night. three laborers were
burned. two perhaps fatally.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03

People seldom improve when they
have no other model but themselves to
pattern after.-Goldslnith
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03

Tie state Of New Hampshire gets
more than $4,000 each season from
summer boarders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03

Evil often triumphs. but never con.
auers.-Roux.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
Noreh Dakota Bankers oroaaixs.

At he mseting OF tie bankers 1t
Grand Fork. the North Dakota Bank
ess'sassociation was organised. All
the banks Of the state will be included
In the membership. The drst omcers
Of the association are: President. =.
~ C6tIto, Dottlnonns% @s91oeGoAyV
treasurer, w. @. MacfAdden, Fargo
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
Two Sisters Drowned.

Mary and Christian. da16hters of An.
respectively. w khed in the
tzing the swollen condition of the
stream, the father attempted. to ford
with his team. The wagon capsized
went under. M @ y@
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03
Precisel; That,

FFVC1Be1I INat.
Braggsby-I tell you I'm overwork-
ir" am turning out an awful lot of
just now
Nocker-That's just exactly the word
your employer used in describing your
present work.-Baltimore American.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
Grand Opera House.

Impressions bic people went away from
the Grand Opera-house last night with a
nightmare feeling some TO dream of
Nance O'Neil as Nancy Sykes as she
crawled bleeding toward the feet of her
murderer. That was the strongest scene
in the play and brought into the fore
ground the dramatic talent of the favor
its actress. A shudder passed through
the audience and half suppressed cry of
horror when she raised her CORY head
into fun view. 1t was a grewsome bit of
work, intensified i'm its portrayal by the
brute ferocity of Mckee Rankin, whose
Bill Sykes is seldom equaled. but the hor-
ror and the disgust awakened by the
sight of it are overcome by admiral tion
of the splendid art of the star and Mr..
Rankin
The only scene in "Oliver Twist that
comes next to it is that in which Fagin
gives vent TO his terror and despair in the
condemned cell, and that was made the
most of by Herschel Mayall, whose viril-
ity had fun play The Oliver of Master
Thomas Humphreys was a creditable per
Torrance, and l.. r. Stockwell and Gilbert
Gardner as 'the Artful Dodger" and
Charley Bates respectively, supplied the
comical element of the play.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
HOURS Of AGONY
J IN BAY WATERS
Two San Francisco Men
Are Overturned in
Sailboat.

BERKELEY. Jan. 5.-Charles Bachman
and William Davis, two San Francisco
men, struggled with death for three long
hours last night in the waters of San
Francisco Bay, clinging to the slippery
keel of an overturned boat They owe
their rescue and lives to r. Richardson
and Grover Rosentrater- residents of West
Berkeley.
Baohman and Davis started in a sail
boat for Sheep Island and,>peing inexperi-
enced sailors. they were Overturned in a
squaIl. Neither could swim but they
were both lucky enough to reach the boat
after tie plunge into the bay. The hours
they were tossed about in the water with
night rapidly closing in upon them were
filed with horror and physical agony.
They were fatigued when Richardson and
Rosentrater bore down on them In Sail
boat and took them outof the water and
on to Sheep Island There, the rescuers
and j. Ellis, who lives on the island,
worked over them all night to resuscitate
them. This morning they were landed at
Flemings Point and took the train to San
Francisco.
Bachman and his companion lost their
guns and ammunition. They were deeply
grateful for their rescue.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
Else No Money Is Wanted.

Any honest person who suffers from
rheumatism is welcome TO this offsr
l am a specialist in Rheumatism, and
have treated more cases than any other
physician. l think. For Is years 1 made
2000 experiments with different drugs
testing all known remedies while search
ing the world for something better Nine
years ago / found a costly chemical IN
Germany which, with my previous dis
coveries, gives me a certain cure
1 don't mean that it can turn bony
joints into flesh again; but it can cure
the disease at any stage. completely and
forever. / have done II fully 10000 times.
i know this So well that / will furnish
nv remedy on trial Simply write me a
postal for my book on Rheumatism. and
/ will mail you an order on your drug
eist for six bottles DR.. Shops Rheu-
rnatfc Cure. Take it for a month at
NV risk II II succeeds, the cost is only
$50 IL IL fails / will pay the druggist
myself-and your mere word shah de-
/ mean that exactly. If you say the
results are not what, I claim, I don't ex-
pect a penny from you
/ have no samples. Any mere sample
that can affect chronic Rheumatism
must be drugged 70 the verge Of danger.
/ us no such drugs. and IL is folly 10
take them. You must get the disease out
of the blood
NV remedy does that even in the most
difficult obstinate cases. 1t has cured
the Oldest cases that / ever met. And IN
all my experience-in all my 1000 tests-i
never found another remedy that would
cure one chronic case in ten
Write me and / will send YOU the order.
Try my remedy for month. as It can {
harm you any way. IL IL fails. II is free.
Address DIR. ShOOp box $50 Racine Wis
Mild cases, not chronic. are often cured
by one or two bottles. AT all druggists
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
ACCUSED LAWYER
RETURNS MONEY
Miss Jerome Receives
Large Sum From
Attorney.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

Ills Broadway, Jan. 8.
Fred Z. Whitney, the attorney who
stands accused of having defrauded
Ethel Jerome, the daughter of his friend,
the late f. b. Jerome, to-day made par
tial reparation by turning over $1,000 of a
5000 fee received for eight years legal
services connected with the estate Of the
late Elizabeth L. Cook The amount
whitney is accused of having embezzled
from his young client is $4,000 To secure
the additional $500 Whitney says he has
turned over ample securities to Miss Je-
rome. The attorneys preliminary trial
on the charge of embezzlement has been
set for January Z.
In an interview to-day Whitney said:
I am glad of this opportunity Of showing
any intention of defrauding her. 1 would have
paid back the entire amount, but 1 had al
ready received and expended $4,000 OF the fee
/ have given her additional security and she
is perfectly satisfied with the arrangement.
The Cook estate, from which Attorney
Whitney derived his fee, has been in lit
igation for eight years. Before Mrs Cook
died she decided to E. c. Tripp property
aggregating $2S. 900. This was recovered
by the heirs on the ground of fraud.
Whitney had charge Of the case and was
assisted by the firm Of Reed & Nusbau-
mer. which also received $4,000 fee.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
pLUNGES FROM FERRY
STEAMER PIEDMONT
Mechanic. Seeks to End His Life in
the Waters of the Bay, but Is
ReScTIed

OAKLAND, Jan. 5.-Joseph H. Rodgers,
a blacksmith. SO years of age, resid-
ing in San Francisco. attempted sui
eide this afternoon by Ieaping over
the rail of the ferry steamer Pied
mont on the boats 4 o'clock trip
from San Francisco. Lack Of work and
an overindulgence in liquor are SUPPOSED
to be the causes of Rodgers rash attempt
upon his own life
In emerging from the water after the
first plunge into the bay the unfortunate
man was struck in the face by the paddle
wheel He was not rendered unconscious
by the blow, but sustained a half-dozen
deep decorations varying from half-inch
to two inches in length. He floated. how
ever until the rescue party reached him.
The would-be suicide was taken to the
Receiving Hospital.
Tonight Rodgers said the reason ne had
attempted suicide was because his wife.
from whom he had been divorced. had Sc
cured possession of his home, which cost
$780,
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
ALICE COLOR
LINE IS DRAWN
Twentieth Century Club
Feels It Has Been
Insulted.
President Says Compliment
ary Lecture Tickets Will
Be Returned.
oakland ONCE San Francisco Call.

Ills Broadway, Jan. s.
Members of the Twentieth Century Club.
composed of intellectual colored people OF
this city, are in a ferment over what
they consider an insult that has been Of
ture to be given by Booker T. Washing
ton, the negro educator, in the Mechanics
Pavilion, San Francisco, on Thursday.
They emphatical assert that they have
been snubbed and sJinted in the distribu-
tion of tickets for the address by the
lecture managers, and this solely because
of their color
Mrs. George Ingraham, president OF the
Twentieth Century Club, stated tonight
that she would bring the matter before
the organization of which she is the head
a a meeting 10 be held Wednesday night
and that it was almost certain that the
twenty-five complimentary tickets sent
70 the club by Mrs. Frederic Burk Of San
Francisco. president of the Alumnae As
sociation of the University of California,
and the chief of the lecture managers,
would be returned. In speaking of the
ored club circles from center 10 cirCum-
ference, Mrs. Ingraham said:
consider that the manner in which Mrs.
Frederic Burk has treated the Twentieth Cen
tury Club in the distribution of tickets to My
ion Thursday direct insult--one that cannot
be concealed. and which 1 feel sure was
prompted by prejudice. If 1 had in
formed Mrs. Burk when | wrote TO her for 30
tickets last Friday that our club was composed
Of colored people, the opportunity for the snub
NJ fyr7f
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
TICKETS ARE ACCEPTED.

The tickets accepted matter OF
form but the club members so indignant
over what we all feel Is an insult TO our race
that the tickets viii without doubt be sent
back to Mrs. Burk. l have written her and
in my letter made it plain that believed tina I
her action IN first sending US 225 tickets and
then cuuntermanding the order 10 Twenty-Five
after she had found ont that our club was one
of colored people. was a slight and an insult,
and that it was 81 received by every member
of the Twentieth Century Club.
Mrs. Ingraham said Mrs. Burk had writ
fen that there was to be a special lecture
bv Washington at Zion Methodist
Church in San Francisco for colored peo-
pie That explanation does not satisfy
the president of the Twentieth Century
Club of Oakland. who queries why any
coIored peoples organization should be so
summarily treated in a case where the
most distinguished man of their race in
the United States IS concerned.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
Variety Of Bills Intro
duced in Upper
House.
Lodge Favors Suspension of
the Duty for Ninety
Days.
~ilberson Would Remove It Entirely
and Mason Declares for Fed
eral Operation of the
Mines.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-when the Sen
ate reconvened to-day after the holiday
recess few Senators were absent. Almost
Immediately discussion began regarding
TIE coal situation. Lodge prefaced
his introduction Of bill suspend
ing Tor ninety days the duty on
cQal with the statement that in New Eng
land there was much distress owing TO
tie scarcity Of coal and that unless re-
lief were afforded at once a number Of
factories would have TO shut down. Lodge
said he was aware that such q measure
must originate in the House. but he de-
stree 10 call The attention OF the Finance
Committee 10 existing conditions. The
duty of So cents on anthracite coal. ne
saio. could be removed for ninety days
without injury 10 the coal producers Of
the country.
Cuiberson followed with a resolution
providing for the removal Of the duty on
anthracite coal and asked its immediate
consideration. Piatr OF Connecticut OBJ
sectea. saying II was his understanding
that there was no duty on anthracite coal
vest took exception 10 this statement and
said that the Board OF General Appraisers
and President Roosevelt had decided that
such a duty was imposed. Vest also in
trcdUced resolution on the subject.
Senator Mason Of Illinois introduced n
htl 10 provide for the temporary opera
ton OF coal mines II provides that
hereafter whenever any coal mine is un-
CEeTated and continues TO be unoperated
to the prejudice Of the rights Of the peo-
pie II shall be the duty Of the Attorney
General 10 apply TO any Judge Of a Unit
&C States court for a receiver for the
mine, who, II appointed. shall serve un-
III such time as the court shall find by
Cfcree that neither the general welfare
nol public necessity require further Op-
Grafton Of said mine by such reeeivership.
Senator Vest introduced a resolution d.
recting the Committee on Finance TO pre-
pare and report a bin removing the duty
ol anthracite coal. He asked for its i'm
mediate consideration in the Senate. bur
ON objection Il went over until to-mor-
TuW.
Another resolution bearing on the sub
5ect of coal. introduced By Jones Of Ar
kansas, recited the charge that there was
an Illegal combination among certain rail-
roads 10 control the shipment Of anthra-
cite coal and called on the Attorney Gen
eIal for evidence which il was alleged.
lively debate. in which several Republican
Senator's vigorously resented what they
thought was a reflection on the Attorney
O'Clock. when the question went over
being displaced by the statehood bfll.
ln the House to-day Representative
Powers Of Massachusetts offered a joint
resolution suspending the opera tion Of all
laws imposing tariff on coal of any kind
Unul November j, 1893
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT
TO COMMIT BURGLARY
Police in Patrol Wagon Follow and
Arrest Daniel n. Tremaines
at Midnight.

The police arrested a man named Dan
iel H Tremaines near midnight last night
who is supposed to have made an attempt
to enter the house of Mrs. n. de Prefon-
taine 515i5 Hermann street.
Trcmaines is said to have tried to break
the lock of the front door Of the house
with an iron CRATE and some nails.
1t is presumed that Tremaines thought
Mrs. de PrefOntaine was alone. but IL
happened that man named John Burns
was in the house, and. hearing the noise
and making sure that an attempt was be-
ing made to pry open the lock OF the
front door. he telephOned to the Park PO-
lice Station.
Police Officers Charles Wedexind and
Peter j. Bourdette We're sent in answer
to the summons. but Tremaines had in the
meantime taken flight. The policemen,
who were in the patrol wagon. overlook
him at Fillmore street and made the ar
rest Tremaines was locked up on a
charge of attempted burglary.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
5RAPE-NU
A SOLDIER FOUND
What he Had Look for s5 Years

Many interesting stories are stilI told by
the heroes Of the late war Of the rebel
h0n. An old soldier Of Morris. III. re-
lated his experience a short time ago.
When enlisted in the war" said he.
. J was strong and healthy and weighed
$50 pounds. and when / was discharged
four years later only weighed 13O pounds.
which was the result Of a very bad stor1-
ach trouble contracted while in the army.
Il was treated by medical men for a
long time. paying out hundreds Of dollars
but receiving no permanent benefit. Pat
ent medicines were also highly recon-
mended for dyspepsia and stomach trou-
bles, and I tried a number of them but
got no relief. and IN the end was actually
worse. ] became mentally and physically
a wreck, had no energy TO do business.
and 7 simply got enough sustenance
from my food to keep soul and body to-
gether, and was in pain and misery
constantly.
While in this condition ] met ffiend
who asked me II ] had used Grape Nuts.
] had not but had used other prepared
food and got no relief, and so had no con-
Gdence in any Of them he continued TO
urge me TO use Grape-Nuts, saying his
wife had become so much improved in
health by using this particular food.
so. partly TO please him. ] bought a
package and made my supper that night
on Grape-Nuts, fully expecting to suffer
an night as the result To my surprise
and great soy il agreed with me perfectly.
I had a good appetite from that time on
and Grape-Nuts was my only food for the
first four months. Then / began to par
take Of other food sparingly. / gained
very rapidly, mentally and physically,
with energy and force restored, and I
also gained in flesh. my weight increasing
thirty-fve pounds in about six months.
Nv stomach from which / had suffered
untold misery fer thirty-fiVe years, be-
came perfectly healthy. that 1 could
eat all kinds OF food in connection with
Grape-Nuts.
To-day 1 am 81 years old and enjoy
good health, and I believe Grape-Nuts to
be the best OF food products, scientifically
prepared so as 10 contain the greatest
amount Of nutriment and tonic proper
ues." Name given by Postum Co, Bat
tie Greek, Mich
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
WRITES FOR TICKETS.

Having seen notices in the papers that tick
cts for the Washington lecture on Thursday
could be had by clubs at special rates. wrote
to Mrs. Burk for 22j tickets and forwarded
her 81 90 by messenger in payment for the
same. Saturday / received a letter from her
in which IL was stated that the tickets were
GENT to the home of her father, the Rev Wal
ter Frear Of Tenth avenue, East Oakland, and
that II l called there l could obtain them
When i did call / was told by Mrs. Burk 5
sister, Miss FSear, that she had received tels-
phone Ino ssstge from Mrs. Burk that but twen-
ty-five tickets to be allowed the Twen-
tieth Century Club and l was given TO under
stand that the reason for this deduction OF
go tickets that Mrs Burk had learned
that our club composed OF colored peo-
pie. fact which / think she was ignorant or
when she first received my order for ID TICK
cts. That came day / received letter from
Mrs Burk in which she tried TO explain why
she did not allow the number Of tickets we
originally asked for She held that 1t would
be an Injustice TO the colOred clubs of san
Francisco to favor an Oakland club by giving
them more than twenty-five tickets, which,.
she said in accordance with the allot-
ments in San Francisco. She proffered twenty
FIVE complimentary tickets and returned the
81 80 [ had sent her.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
DRAG A WOMAN INTENT
ON SUICIDE FROM BAY
Railroad Employees Prevent Mrs. A.
D. Stowell From Jumping
Into the Water.

OAKLAND, Jan. 5.-Just as Mrs. A. D..
Stowell Of 903 San Pablo avenue was about
tG take a fatal plunge into.the waters of
the bay this afternoon at the railroad
yards she was dragged back by two rail-
road employees, who had been watching
her queer actions. She had waded into
tile water a short distance and was pre-
nariug to jump when she was rescued.
Mrs. Stowell was turned over to state
Railroad Policeman Brown, to whom sne
gave the name of Mrs Ellen smith.
1ron,n took her to the City Prison, where
I,ar husband turned up and gave her
right name He told the police that she
suffered from temporary fits Of insanity.
Mrs. stowell is 45 years old and has five
children.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
NEARLY
HALF A MILLION
Water Company Shows
a Heavy Charge on
Consumers.
Annual Report Gives Idea Of
Effect Of the High
Rates.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
111S Broadway. Jan. s.

The Contra Costa Water Company, ae-
cording to it's annual report filed tonight
with the City Council. put the screws on
harder during last year than in 1901 even.
when the present municipal legislative
body favored the corporation with rates
to its liking.
Figures furnished by the water com
pany show that Oakland rate payers dur
ing 1902 contributed to the Golfers Of that
corporation a total of S4941ss So as
against the aggregate for Oakland the
wear before Of 1924. 1873 16. These figures do
not include more than 100000 in claims
for supplying the city, which Auditor
Breed has refused to allow on the ground
that the company had no legal right TO
the money and that the Council acted IL
legally in passing the extremely nigh
rate ordinances it has imposed upon the
consumers of this city.
The returns on the dividend account OF
the water company for 1902 show that the
high pressure schedule OF rates has ope-
rated to the great advantage Of Contra
Costa Water Company stockholders. They
were paid S247O O91 "a last year. as against
S123, ,545 80 in 1901, when the high rates were
fairly started.
The corporation again invites the Oak
land consumers to pay their proportion
of costs CT the water rate suit. In 1871
the company entered costs OF that litiga-
ton at s97. .S2o. Last year they tackled on
$S1 Csc IS, making a total TO date Of ex-
pense involved in that sCit OF sl7S, 9O2 IS.
and II has not reached the Supreme Court
on appeal
In the matter of interest payments the
company throws in an item OF sS72,52I 20,
which will have to be reckonsd with In
the fixing of rates.
Its receipts from water rates in Berke-
ley were $70,645 As and in Alameda S6S.-
794 49, In the San LeandrO district the
company collected S13, ,9S6 &C. The report
will be taken up when the City Council
prepares to fix rates this year. 1t is pre-
dicted that the Councilmep who for two
years have voted for high rates will wait
until after the municipal eleNion ia
March before touching the subject this
year.