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Dwelling peslroxeh hx Eire.

one and a half story house. owned and
occupied by John Brown OF No. Gil Sub
urban avenue caught fire last midnight and
was destroyed The damage to the house
vas $500 and TO the furni. ne $50. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The uccu-
Pants of the house ESCAPED Injury.
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The lines # the Baltimore and Ohio sys-
TEN included in the above statement are:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Ohio
River Railroad. West Virginia short Line
Railroad. Pittsbu,g and Western Railroad.
Pittsburg. Painsville and Fai-rort Railroad.
PittsbuTg. Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
Pittsburg Junction Railroad
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V.ncennes. Ind. July ls.-Mrs He,te Merritt.
whose husband drowned In the Wabash
River several years and Mr Jacob L:
srapp. a prominen; farmer Of Russellvlile IN.
were married tonight. Both are 50 years old and
have grown children. woo objected to the we'd
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MOBILE AND OHIO.

'hiO-
us7a-- ATrt--.
90 an "4Cz
%Ir= -5s ar
40 IN KS Al
NiTN.-
D5r2;t Arrive
as Al 50 pa
- ~ -. an
'll.f5 III ar
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MOSES D0LPH DIED WHILE
SITTING IN ARMCHAIR.
Infir mites of Old Age Caused sudden
Death of Prominent Citizen
md Business Man.

Moses Dolph 81 years Old. who has been
prominent in St Louis business circles since
1876. and who was the father OF Clifford VI.
Dolph. president Of the Judge d Do!ph
Drug Company. died suddenly Of old age
at the home OF his son. Clifford Dolph- Of
No. 2s2s Castlsman avenue, yesterday morn
ing
Though he had been i'll for two weeks,
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'li.f5 III $50 ar
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SO an rs IN
~ = an
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KinH.GnfT III. July is.-Jaues ~ Sun.
man u Farina died Yesterday = his home after
an illness OF three months lie wa Accidentally
shot II the neck While fuG,!nG n Arkansas las,
La: az 60
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For Hannibal. II. & st. W:
points. Quincy. keokuk and
Burlington ...................-
Local - Hannibal .....-.......
Fer Quincy and keokuk......
For 81. Paul. Minneapolis, via
East Side line. Illinois an
Wisconsin -.-----..-....-..
The Misunderstanding Pa
c!ic Express. for Kansas
City. 81. Joseph. Northwest
Nebraska. Black Hills. Wyo-
ming. Montana. Washington.
Puget Sound, Portland and
Oregon ..-....-........; -.
Twin City Express for St.
Paul. Minneapolis and Iowa.
The Nebraska Colorado EN-
press. for Denver. Colorado.
ttah and Pacific Coast. via
-. Joseph ..-.....-.-.......-
Night Northern Express. for
-. Paul. Minneapolis and
Iowa ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..----
For Illinois. via East Side line,
70 Rock Island. Clinton. Ia.
Savanna and Dubuque -.-.-.. =.
For Kansas CITY. Council
Biuffs. Omaha. 81. Joseph.
Denver. Nebraska. Colorado,
Utah and Pacific Coast........
r.-aI .1- farrtf11i .
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III an
go. IN 80 an
-TEA- AVENUE
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20 ~ an 'J.i pm
tI-ip pm 7Ic..5 am
) pm ~ . PM
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RAILWAY EARNINGS FOR JUNE
Southern Lines Made Greatest Gain,
While Pacinc Roads We're Lowest.

While the reports OF all the great systems
as TO their gross earnings for the month
OF June show d creditable increase. still
the disparity in the gain over the same
,jrtioC. last year IS c9,.se FOR considerable
comment III railway circles, mos vi tie
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4t- az ArTl-e.
an "--''5 Pr
- an 80 IN
''l an p-
- - ia 80 al
go r- =" an
---IG1 - an
- T-.ra S-z-i1- a.
x ard ~: o. .l..
--a-- o - $50 =
- p -
-tz-- = d. a
o. II. - ,
s-JJ =. II. - =
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ST. LoUIS-PEoRIa LINE.
SOITHERN RAII.M,Y-

Train. rsigsst Ar-,ys
Princeton Louisville. Lexir--
ton uud stations C-lIt-
tH1nocE. Rome. Atlanta. Nat
tom and points IL the South
east - 800. - an = - ri
Mount Vernon Accommodation .s:ol I'M .e A. an
Princeton Louisville. i.aviur-
ton and way stations kr1N-
vile. AshHvil!e. Chat'a-ur-a.
Rome. AtIa1ta. .Auzuzt.,-
Charleston. Macon and all
pci'.ts IL Florida aai tire
SoutNeast -i1.-. -
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Il. * o. Annual STATEMENT.
Large Gain in Gross Earnings Is

Baltimore. Md, July l3.-The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company issued to-day
its annual statement Of earnings. expenses
and net earnings for the twelve months
ending june 30.
The following is the exhibit for the year
Just ended and tile precedinl vnar.
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TOLEDO. ST. r.oyrs ,yD WESTERN.

tCLONER LEAF KOJ-f.l
The Commercial TravcIe-'--
Toledo. buffalo and New
York e 80 ~! . ~ an
Eastern Express - Il'irnis In
diana and Ohio points. . IS arr '.:.S pm
Cayuga Accommodation . .-.ss -ri -l-.'S nm
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Train.
New Orleans. Mobile. lie-i!-
ian. Jackson. Cai-u. M---
i1Ns5c-o- Sparta. al. .--s
South and ScuJts1s-. ...---.-.-
New Orleans. Nozzle. Nero
tsG. N5.IE0 -Ig.--- Atlanta.
jackson. Ca-7l. all r.5l--s
= Florida aEI tha South a-.-
lE-tss-
NurPhyst--c. SF--ta an.
Chester ACcr1ra1 i1.1- ..-.-
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IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.

Train Delar-. A---.--
RCca, T.Nz-Ea1a. Dallas
Fe-r Worn and Ab;l=-e-.--.- 80 an ~ ~
Delta, Columbus nd Czi-J
Ixg-sss 500 an .7:i5 Pc
Fort Worth. Austin. san Az
tcalC. EsgstJl an Ca. - = 80 Pr
Texas Mexico a-1 California
SEeHjal - Hot ~--i--S. -s-l--.
Ia.!zE. Fo-t Worth. Il Pas.
Los Angeles. Galveston. 81.
Antonio and IzE-L---.-------. q = IN is AT.
Memphis Express 81 I'm go an
Fourth STREET AND caJuTEA-. AVENUE
STATION.
De 500 and Bismarck Ac-
coEEHoaat-7G .-...---.-..-... 80 m .Se1 al
ILLINOIS DIVISION
St LOUIS and Chester Ey.--ss > ~ an 80, l--
St Louis and Chester Express $50 IN - m
l.. H. & ST. L. RY. tHendcrson Route,.
Train L,--..rt .-r+y.
Fe-; Mzil-Cve-sh-5-1. CIr.4--
p5-t. Louisville a:.I ire last s2ls- rs N
Eastern EXp.tsS - LsV-s-1sl--l.
tlJEerr1rt- Louisville a-z
tie East .......--..'-.--..---'. - - ..ra Al
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Stewar.son. III. July BE. j. HGt~hHs. Sc
wears Old died II is home here Yesterday.
FRANK SENIOR
GGlconta III. July i2.-In thunderstorm at
Sheltcrville. ten miles north Of this city Frank
Senior was Killed by lightning to-day
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Minor Appointments.


Washington. July 13.-The following per
sons have been appointed railway mail
clerks:
Arthur s Baldwin. william Louis and : r
Mack Of St Louis. Ira a. Howell OF MayviIe
Mo: Robert G Fairfield Of Houston, and Charles
7. Adams of jacksonville, Tex and Earl \
Kendall of ScottviIle, kts
John W. Smell OF Kansas City has been APP
pointed tasger in the Bureau o, Animal Indus
Try TO be located al Fort Worth. Tex.
August G. Crockett of FL Reno. Ok has been
appointed assistant engineer at the Shosiiona
Indian School Wyoming.
Rural letter carriers have been appointed
to begin service August l as follows:
IIlinois-Marshsll. Harry E Cork and Francis
". Hurst, substitutes. Martinsyiiie Dallas II
Winterrowd, Harry Copper and Ferris T. Boot,Ic
carriers: William V. Deahl. Daniel T. Cox and
William Rogers. substitutes.
Appointed to fill vacancies:
Missour!-Tari.io. r. Richard Robertson. car
rer; Richard y. Robertson. substitute.
ilinnis-Eureka Jacob Fleming. carrier: Fred
VI. Chester. substitute. Metcalf-Russell Men
denhali, carrier. Samuel Miller. substitute
Woodstock. Arlie a. Deitz. carrier: Charles ".
RICHARD GARD
Mount Vernon IL. July l3.-Riehard Gard. 90
years old. FOR years engineer the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad. died yesterday at
Biz Springs; Tex. where. he. was visiting a
brother His body VIII he brought here for
burial and is expected at Woodlawn Wednes
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Decatur. III. July l3.-Thomas 4. Prttctett a
wealthy retired farmer and business man. died
suddenly TO-DAY He leaves may descendants
He vas the head Of the Pritchett family 81.
ROUNDING
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-r,f- .I-rart. Arrive
yay1ev Park Accourrio da zion . &C 81 am HOP
Valley Park Accommodation 1I:-J pm - am
Pacific Accommodation 's:IJ 3in ii.!J pm
Texas and Kansas Matl-For
Springfield. Fort Smith. Par
j. Dallas. Ennis. Houston.
Galveston. Carthage. Joplin
and Wichita ..-....-.. '9:H a n ~. pm
Pacific Accommodation $500. II pm 1le.-5 am
Valley Park Accommodation .ii:-J p'i! ~ . Pm
Meteor - For Sprin field. car
thage. Joplin Wichita. Vim
jta. Oklahoma. DeniSon.
Sherman Dallas. Fort
Worth Waco and Brownwoot 80 pn1 ~ - an
Valley Park Accommodation. t1-li mn ft'il am
Valley Park Accommodation . 4G - pm Is ~ pm
Pacific ACComfruiat ft--i pm :. 10 drl
Pacific Accommodation 5000. ----.- Is.'Q nm
Texas and kan-as Limited
Springfield Eureka Strings.
Fort smith. Paris. Dallas.
GrpenviIie. Ennis. CorsiCana.
Houston. Galveston. Austin.
san Antonio Carthage. Jop-
lin. Wichita. Burton and
the West ....-....-......-.... 49, lti - am
Western ENpr"Ss-For SprinE-
field Ninita. pen'SO.. Sher-
man. Oklahoma. Carthage
AMI Joplin -. ..-.,..15:Co pm .7;5 am
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TWO HOMES BIRN II NORTH VENICE.
Woman Carried From Turning Build
ins-Nan.s Lucky Leap.

Fire. caused h = snou-der.1- rubbish
heap that had been burning -esr or o.
the dwellings, destroyed tarse houses a
North Venice at go o clock last night '-f-
wife Of J Perry. who gave h!--G 70 4 c1..L
in the morning. was carried through III
smoke out OF the burning building. ! nm
Ieapsd from the third story O: az adjoining
cv-r.Inc and escaped ulcL q ~ 1r-i---.
TT. carnage Is estimated ~ about S,.l'-
JOHN KOHLHETEI;-
Evansville lad july 1s--Tvt- bathing = 40
Wa.yaeE River to-Gay John LgE4a-.---. i- V=a-s
old. was drowned. his hOl..z Tas ~ H-Leazs-
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'.:5s an :1i IN
CHICAGO, PEORIA AND ST. LOUIS
RAILWAY.

Train. Depart
and Alton -.1..t................ t5:so an
Alton. Chautauqua and Jer-
SEVILLE. Commuters Special. 1879 am
Al.6n, Springfield. Peoria and
ChautauGua Express -...:.-.:- 'S;li an
Alton. Chautauqva and Graf
hs!i Mail ......,............... t5:II pu,
f.lj -. ..-.-............ 1914 pr
airyr, and Iers.vvi!Ie .........-.tlI:S9 pm
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BENJAMIN Won KALLAY.
y. J. EtTrHINS.

Vienna: July l3.-M. benjamin Won Kallay. for
a long time AustrO- Hungarian Fiu21c" Minister
die. TO-DAY after a brief Illness. II" bonn In
1872 and Wa the author Of several historical.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ST. LOUIS Time.
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.

IAN. lt-
Fast NAL -.............-...... -.
Local Express .....--..------.-. =.
Dag Express - kansas C.-y
Pueblo I-I-s-. So. Lzz-
cry and san Frz.c.sc1 -. =.
Naslt1z tIE Accom- 1l.i.- .ll 100 80
s. JJS@p1. joplin. N-----a- az
Kansas Limited ana >g1-l-
v-s- N.s-r1El .--.-.--.--..-.. .
Kansas alz Cy-1-z-C Es1c--s- .
Creve CgeEr Lake ira--s -=av- r
So a II. '+.Ii Z. n. 80 g. x
OAK III! trains leave J--ll -
IL Flt.-- a F--s so q II az
h.-tS COO trains .l4-e Union ~
II. - 3 IT.. - - q =. -
=, - :. z. 80 q 4. Ts.JJ
IT. and ii - o ri
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W Wv III u
T LOrIS SOUTHWESTERN.

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY;
Train Depart ->EiI'--
Arliifsa. and Texas Express
,.ia Bisuarci. and Deltai-.: SEQ am I.l7 pm
Arkansas and Texas Fast Mall
VA bismarck and peItal.. SD pm go am
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Ii. d U. S-W r.

Train.
Cincinnati. louisville. WASH
!agt1u. Baltimore. Phi!ade!-
yhiz and New YORK Express.
Cincinnati. Louisville. Pitts
bug. Washington. Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New ICrE
Fast Ma!.--...--.-..--..--.-
Circicuat! Accommodation.
Cincinnati. Louisville. Pitts
burg. Washington. Baltimore.
Philadelphia ard New Eo:k
Roy al Blue Limited.--.-......
EI;lcenI-S Accommodations.
Flora Accyumodatiou...-......
West Baden ana French LICK
Slr.nEs. via Moron Eoute....
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CENTRAL AND

CENTRAL AND
AND ALBANY
OHIO R.-AILW AY.
Depart Arrive.
- an 5:5a pm
$50 am %.i5 pE
1870 moan e:+5 Pm
ri:2 pm 's:is an
$3.50 pm .........
rI:o1 pm "3o am
SIS pm 80 am
- t-:S9 an
- =. NJ. A :.
~
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

The Indian summer skies
Were blue as baby's eyes,
When all in a jerk from old turkey
Turk
Came wild and frightened cries.
Henpen, gooseruse, ducklock,
All full Of youthful pluck
Looked downward, around, high up,
ward and found
The cause OF his fear, cluck! cluck.
III.
A dull gray frosty cloud
Had clothed the blue in shroud,
And a frozen tear from her dead sum,
Had startled his Iordship proud.
Hush. Hushr' exclaimed they all.
The heavens are not TO fall
Because one white fake in the au-
tumn's wake
Fell on to your shoulders tall"
''Oh! gobble-gob." he cried.
ITO you life is untried;
Too surely, l know. the coming OF
Makes woe in the farmyard bide."
VI
THE hand that filings US corn
Waits for a wintry morn,
When nlortals they feast and give
cheer TO the least.
To slaughter us, all forlorn"
VII.
"Cluck, cIuckr "Quack. quackF'
Great. great,
"A truly dreadful fatei'
Said the three IN fun, but each started
And scoffers. in hiding. wait.
M. Francis Brown.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
ZEE NEwsBOYs, THANKSGIVING pINNER


a
rgoodd
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

Il want to ask you something. Oracle" said
the beautiful heiress.
''What Is il, DuelIie9'' the duke inquired
"WomId you object IL should request the
minister 10 omit The word obey rom the ser
vice when we arc married 90
Certainly not. lie can Just mako &; love,
honor, and supply Chicago Record Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09

or Ward county can't furnish
the facilities for a common
school education to her citizens
for pecuniary reasons, why don t
she make her wants known, and
enough charitable people in the
United States will send relief
am positive.
Public opinion says the above
conditions are due to careless
ness or dillatoriness Of some
body-and the powers that be-
have schools very conveniently
situated and with an
exceptional attendance of 6
pupils. Why ymust there be hund-
reds Of children Of school age in
Ward county deprived OF COM
mon school privileges? And we
have a compulsory attendance
law to.
II it wasn't SO serious, it would
be amusing. 3 OF 4 more years
out OF school is an irreparable
loss to q child and ii one class OF
children need a common school
education more than another, it
is the class that are holding
down homesteads in North
Dakota or anywhere else for
that matter.
Now I haven't mentioned my
own district s. W. corner Of 154-
IS. II anybody should be in
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
Deering Closes Norstrum Mine.

E. J. Deering was down from
Burlington Monday and fled an
Injunction on the Norstrum coal
mine, one the best in the state,
and it has been closed. He filed
on the land afew days ago. The
fling had run out which had
been placed upon it by one of
the members OF the coal com
pany. It had been the habit OF
the members OF the company to
file consecutively on the land
when the time OF filing had run
but Deering claimed that the
last fling had run out nine
months. The claim is worth
100000 when developed as there
is q ten foot vein OF coal. al
ready 1000 feet OF entry has
been made and it will take but a
little more expenditure to place
the mine in condition to get out
from eighty to one hundred tons
OF coal in a day.
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Took Crisp and naraess.

Charles Crisp, who came here
from Eando Q with astolen harness,
was taken back to thatplace Fri
day night by the sheriff from that
place. The harness which he
stole was sold to an employe OF
Tom Johnson's livery stable and
it was recovered. 1t is. believed
that Crisp will be convicted OF
grand larceny.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
Farrell Returned to Jail,

James Farrell, who has been
lathing for D. A. Dinnie for some
time, was taken to Grand Forks
Friday by Sheriff Scoheld and
placed in the jail at that place.
Farrell is connected in some way
with a holdup in Larimore and
D. A. Dinnie put up 9 cash bond
for the man. Recently he had
reasons to believe that the man
was going to skip, so ordered him
returned to Jail.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
Operated With a Jack Knife.

Mrs. Jos. Clementich, who had
her fingers jerked off by an angry
cow sometime ago, had a second
operation on the hand Saturday
and believes the hand is doing
nicely now. At the time OF the
accident she displayed great
fortitude. The fingers were but
partially pulled off, so her hus-
band finished the job with his
jack knife. A physician was called
in and put the finishing touches
on the lob.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
MANY CHILDREN WITH.
OUT SCHOOL ADVANTAGES
Ia Seine Parts Of the Country the Condition
is Appallipy--It VIII Take Time and
Money TO Establish the Hundreds Of
Schools Desired bat the Work Should
Net be Neglected.

Des Lacs. Ward Co. n. [
.,.. Dec. 4, 100:
TO the Editor Of Independent
Ny Dear Sir:
Askingyour indulgence
wish to air the subject ofschools
in = few communities Of which
am conversant. In n. G. corner
OF 1854 on 4 sections in =
square are some 30 children OF
school age. In n. e. corner OF
1854 the same is true-s. W. OF
the last mentioned instance the
condition is repeated. The cry
ing need of schools has been here
for three years already with no
apparent hope Of relief.
Burke says Education is the
chief defense OF nations Horace
Mann says-Jails and state pri-
aons are the complement OF
schools. So many less Of the
latter you have, no many more
of the former. Franklin says
A bible and a newspaper in every
house q good school in every
district-all studied and appre.
ciate as the merit are the prin-
cipal support Of virtue, morality
and civil liberty. From the
above quotations and the in
telligence Of your readers, it is
not necessary for me to speak
further on the need Of schools.
Now, these people, parents and
citizens have been asking petit
tioning and voting and are no
nearer cured that they we're when
they began to suffer.
And why they don't have and
can't get schools "no fellow can
find out" The all pay school
tax however. II North Dakota
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
Portal Pisrer In Hook.

James Early, q Portal pigger,
was brought to the Minot jail
Friday night by United States
Commissioner Gil Haggart. The
commissioner took his man to
Grand Forks Sunday where he
will be tried before the U. s. court.
Early is up the second time and
will likely get q severe sentence.
He will undoubtedly be found
guilty.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09

A. P. Slocum has a very beau.
tiful Christmas display at his
drug store. Several hundred
dolls arranged on a pyramid
present q beautiful sight.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-12-09
WILLlSTON HAS A
HOUSE CLEANING
O63eetDeasb4e cbsrsetees forced y Leave
ne 1sws but Nary Csoe 10 Mlsot.

The Independent learns from
E. L. Sutton, Attorney for the
Great Northern, Who has been
defending two murders at Willis
ton, that that city has harbored
within her borders criminals of
the worst character and the
scenes enacted in that place every
night heretofore, would put to
shame the worst dives of South
Clark street Chicago, OF the
Chinese dens of San Francisco.
A hop joint has been running in
full blast right in the city. Four
or five sporting houses have been
the scenes of the worst form of
rowdyism and within one week
two murders were committed in
them. Gambling honses were il
hull operation and beer was sold
in them as we'll as in the sporting
houses. Morphine tends Of the
worst character made Williston
their headquarters.
The recent murders have had
a tendency to clean out these
joints and Williston has seen the
best house cleaning other history.
The court ordered that the states
attorney investigate the condi-
tion OF affairs in the slums and
he has done so. It seemsssthRt
in Williams county, the officials
do not do anything in the way
Of getting rid Of Objectionable
characters, until ordered to dol
SO by the courj. The afternoon
that Pearl Taylor was found
murdered, one Of the sporting
houses, was moved out OF the
town, goods and all. The inmat-
es scattered, some coming to Mi !
not and others going west. The
hangers-on came to Ainot. ThusI |
our city has been flooded with
more OF this worthless set. AMI
information has been filed against
Charlie, the Chinaman, who is
accused OF running hop Joint. !
Another against Ethel King and
Rose Dow. 1t is presumed that
their cases will come up at the
next term OF court. Court will
convene at Williston again Dec.
21 at which time the case OF the
state VS.. Sennet, charged with
gambling, will come up.
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terested in our own welfare let
them inquire.
Now | only represent my own
Indignation and am open for
suggestions for relief.
resp. yours,
W. S. GrOnilepr. .