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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-10-14

INNo4 YEA w
Cornelius Wellington,
lot No 1, bounded n by
Eden town line. E by
est David Bracy and S
j Walls and others, 5
by road. w by Eastern
Shore Land Co,
Lot No 2, land bounded
N and W by Co road, E
by Chas Partridge, 5
by Otter Greek barber,
Lot No 8, land bounded
N by Fred Stanley, S
and w by S j Walls,
Lot No A, land bounded
N and w by S J Walls,
E by road, S by Trip
and Brewer,
Lot No 6, blacksmith
shop lot
Total value,
Paid.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Mss DUNLAP ACQUITTED.
Jsry at AleAo. Ill., Finds rssss
Wensn Not Gallty Of auraer
Of Allie Dool.

Aledo, Ill, Jan. s.-Antoinette DUN.
lap was Saturday acquitted Of the
charge Of poisoning her chum, Allie
Dool, by means of chocolates contain
ing strychnine. The jurors worked
over the testimony all of the night.
The case is one Of the most interest
ing in the criminal annals of Illinois.
On the night Of August Miss Dunlap
purchased some chocolates and shared
them with Allie Dool, her closest
friend. Miss Dool was Immediately
taken ill and died shortly afterward in
great agony. In her dying statements
she practically accused Miss Dunlap Of
poisoning her. At the preliminary
hearing Miss Dunlap was dismissed,
but subsequently the grand jury in.
dicted her and she remained in Jail
three months pending the trial which
has just concluded and which occupied
five weeks.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
SEVEN MEN KILLED.
Result OF = Passenser Train Crash
Ing Into Rear End of a Freight
at Cochrane, Pa.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. s.-As result Of
a collision between a passenger train
and the rear end of freight train or
the Monongahela division of the Penn
sylvania railroad tonight at Cochrane
station, just above Duquesne, seven
men are dead, one is dying and five
others are injured.
Following is list Of the dead: c.
E. Stroud. baggage master, Elizabeth
accommodation, Homewood; C. NJ.
Boehner, brakeman of accommodation,
Pittsburg; John Stewart, passenger,
residence unknown; two unknown for
eigners, killed outright; two unknown
foreigners, died on way to hospital.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Indiana Legislature Meets.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 9.-The
Sixty-third regular session of the gem
eral assembly of Indiana convened
Thursday. Both branches met at ten
o'clock and were regularly organized
by the election of the states Endorsed
Wednesday night at the republican
caucus. A cordial reception was given
to Henry w. Marshall, of Lafayette,
as he took the speakers chair. The
senate adjourned after it was organ
lied and met at II o'clock with the
house to listen to Gov. Durbin's mes
Sape
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY.
Estraneed Couple Meet In Adrian and
Husband Kills His wife
and Himself.

Adrian, Mich, Jan. 1o.-william b.
Chic, aged As, Of Toledo. on Friday
afternoon, shot and killed his wife
Elizabeth, aged IS, and then fred the
revolver at his own breast. Both
victims were dead, the woman with u
bullet wound through her heart.
when crowd of people, who heard
the shots, broke into the parlor of
Platt's hotel, where the tragedy oc-
CURED. The couple had been living
apart and the woman was an employee
of the hotel. She had charged that
her estrangement from her husband
had been due to the latter's abusive
treatment of their 14-year-old daugh-
ter.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
KILLED IN A WRECK.
one Tr.inman Die. and otAghs Are
I Hurt in Collision Between
4 Trains at Moro, iii

St. Louis, Jan. 1o.-TRo express
trans running ~ full speed came into
collision at nine O'clock Friday night
n ear Moro, Ill, on The Big Four. A
fireman whose name ac not been as
cfrtained was killed. Engineer Hen
( dficksani Mail Clerk Thomas Corrigan
were probably fatally hurt. All the
Ears but two left the track, but SO far
HIS known none of the passengers was
seriously hurt. The trains were Nos
IL and SO.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
COAL STRIKE HRARMc.
The Cennaassion Resunee work IN
PhilAAelDhia ana Hears Nonuaien
Side Of the Controversy.

Philadelphia, Jan. AFTER recess
over the holidays the anthracite coal
strike commission resumed its work
yesterday Of hearing the nonunion
mems side Of the controversy in the
great industrial war in the anthracite
coal regions during the past year. The
entire day was taken up in hearing the
stories of intimidation, boycotting and
personal violence, the commission
learned nothing new the evidence being
mostly cumulative.
Philadelphia, Jan. "a clash be-
tween President Mitchell, of the
Miners union, and Chairman Gray, of
the coal strike commission, was the
feature of yesterdays hearing. Ex-
sception was taken by President
Mitchell to a remark make by Chair
man Gray that he would like to see
the Miners union come up out Of the
mire that is around the baser part Of
it into the sunlight. Mr.. Gray re-
piled that he did not wish to indict
the organization, but hoped it would
disentangle itself entirely from the
sAoACASS anu AdWASSsASSS COMAA4eCSu
during the strike.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1o.-After occu-
plying eight days, during which time
they presented about $50 witnesses,
the nonunion men, who are a party
to the arbitration agreement, closed
their case yesterday before the coal
strike commission. The coal COM
panies will open their case to-day.
Gen. Goblin, of the Pennsylvania
militia, testified yesterday that the
troops were barely able to maintain
order.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

Z Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, who
died recently. had known every presi-
dent of the United States since Jack
son. She knew, and knew well. Mrs.
Dolly Madison, Mrs. Alexander Hamil.
ton, Queen Victoria. the Empress Eur
genie and q host Of the most famous
women OF both continents. "A belle Of
washington at "a the bride Of a run.
away marriage at II, the wife Of the
hrst republican candidate for presi.
dent IN 1866, for years she had lived
n quiet and obscurity IN q little rose.
lowered cottage at Los Angeles, Cal,
for By her devoted daughter:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Illinois Legislature.

Springfield, Ill. Jan. s.-Both
houses of the Forty-third general as
sembly convened promptly soon after
noon Wednesday. In the house, after
the swearing in of members, the first
business was organization, and John
H. Miller, being the choice Of the re-
publican caucus, was elected speaker
and the other officials on the slate
were also approved. Gov. Yates mes
sage was read in both houses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
FOUR PERISH.
Their Lives In a Hotel Fire
in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. Fire in the Hotel
Somerset, Wabash avenue and Twelfth
street, caused the loss of four lives
Mrs. Margaret Perry and her three
daughters-at an early hour. The
flames were confined to i've rooms on
the fifth floor, but they burned SO
fiercely for few minutes that the VIC
Tins we're unable to escape, three being
overcome in the building, while the
fourth jumped from window and was
killed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

A recent analysis Of the water of the
Dead sea shows that there is over "a
per cent. Of solid matter in It. The
greatet part Of this-over 9 per cent.
lis chloride of magnesium. Next in
quantity comes common salt, and then
chlorides Of lime, potash. iron and
aluminium In decreasing amounts, with
traces also Of salts Of ammonium. sill
lea, sulphur. etc. After person
bathes in the water his body becomes
Instantly covered with a thin layer Of
these salts. The water is extremely
Irritating to the eyes.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

It appears that Great Salt Lake. IN
Utah, is doomed. Weather Bureau of.
licials announce that the waters OF
the lake are rapidly receding, and that
unless there is large increase in the
rainfall of that region the lake must
eventually dry up. Local observers
declare that even an increased rain.
fall would nave no permanent effect
in staying the drying-up process. The
lake in the last ten years has receded
seven or eight feet. Wet seasons do
not seem to have made much differ.
ence.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

With sixty feet of water above them
and but steel film and ten feet or SO of
mud between, little group of human
ants is toiling day after day, scoop
ing out beneath the North River the
path Of the new trolley tunnel from
Jersey to New York. Within few
feet Of them ocean steamers are pas.
sing. For % years men have been try.
ing to dig that tunnel. and it is more
than three quarters completed. and 1t
Is promised that the cars shall be run.
ming through 1t in 10 months from
now,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

All the women who have written to
the bachelor governor ct Kansas pro-
posing marriage will receive courteous
replies, but not from the pen Of Gov.
Bailey. His private secretary has be.
gun declining with thanks the offers,
saying to each that Gov. Bailey is not
in quest Of wife. About fifty photo
graphs will be returned to the send
ers. Sixty-six declarations will go to
New York women and more than 100
to New England states. Not one of
the proposals came from a Kansas
woman.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
sAGAsTA IS DEAD.
Former Premier Of Spain succumbs
to Attack Of Dronchitis and
Gastric Trouble.

Madrid. Jan. 6.-Former Pre-
mier Sagasta died at II
o'clock Monday night. At half
past six he had an attack of heart
failure, and it was then thought he
was dead. He rallied. however, and
lived for four hours and half.
Sagasta was 76 years old. He drifted
into politics when his age was %, and
has had checkered career. During
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

The mighty peaks Of the Hima1a-
yas, several Of which rise far above
the Hottest elevation attained by any
other mountains on the globe, have
long challenged the mountain climber
with IMMUNITY. Sir Martin Conway
got to the top Of one, $1,000 feet in
height, in 1892. but the real giants
rise more than mile above that lev.
ell. Now DR.. Jacot Guillemot, with q
party Of two Austrians> and three Eng.
lishmen, has started for India to at.
tempt the ascent Of Mt. Goodwin-Aus.
ten, formerly known as Mt. Dapsang.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

Harboring venomous reptiles, ca,
ressing them, loving them. teaching
them tricks. and attending to their
needs and comforts quite as eagerly
rs other girls look after their cats.
dogs or canary birds. is the strange
fad with Miss Lillian sanderson, who
lives among the beautiful, oak-covered
hills just back Of Nordhoft, Cal. She
has a room full Of rattlers, tarantulas
and CHA monsters.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Ex-Conxre..manD Ie..

Denver, Col, Jan. 10.-Ex-Congress-
man II. P. II. Bromwell died in this
city Friday. He was born in Balti-
more, was admitted to the bar at
Vandalia. I'LL. in 1853, was for four
years county judge there, and after
removing to Charleston, ILL.,, was
elected to congress, serving from
1865 to 1869. He came to Denver in
1850 and engaged in the practice OF
law.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

The aborigines Of Venezuela dwell
In huts built Of palm leaves. Each
family has its little garden, the chief
crop of which is cassava root, useful
for bread. These people are among
the nakedest on earth. neither men
nor women wearing any garment ex.
cept small rectangular scrap of
beadwork hung in front and fastened
by string. The beadwork is very
beautiful, and is always Of particular
pattern.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Michigan Legislature.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. s. Both
branches of the Michigan legislature
met at noon yesterday and organized.
Gov. Bliss message was read to joint
session of the house and senate this
morning. January 20 the legislature
will elect Senator r. A. Alger, of De-
troit, to fill out the unexpired term of
the late Senator James Mcmillan.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

Americans in Alaska are discover.
ing that great profits may be found in
reindeer farming. The animals are
useful in SO many ways. They are
cows, for their milk is wholesome;
sheep, for their flesh is eaten and
clothes made from the skin; horses,
for they are the only reliable means
Of conveyance in the Alaskan region.
From their antlers are made tools:
from their skin harness and from
their sale good Alaskan gold.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

A curious example of the reward Of
excessive virtue is the case of certain
British pickle manufacturers who have
been making their pint bottles hold a
little more than a pint, to be on the
safe side of the British law. When
these pint bottles arrived at Canada
they found that there was law in
operation which provides that any
package measuring more tnan pint
must pay duty as a quart!
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
All Barriers Removed.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Confirmation
was received here of the reports from
Caracas to the effect that all barriers
in the way of settlement Of the;
claims of Great Britain, Germany and
Italy against Venezuela had been, re-
moved by the last named country
yielding to the demands Of the .Eu-
ropean allies.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
TO Honor Hia Memory.

Springfield, Ill, Jan. 10.-The citi-
zens of Carlinville have started move
ment looking toward the erection in
that city of monument over the
grave of Gen. John NJ. Palmer, former
governor of Illinois and United States
senator from this state and the gold
democrats candidate for PRESIDENT
of the United States in 1896. The pres
ent monument is but small slab. !,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Has 4.OOO.OOO Member.

Boston, Jan. s.-The twenty-second
anniversary of the formation of the
first Christian Endeavor society, Feb
ruary next, will be celebrated by at
least 100000 members in all parts
of the world, according to expecta-
tions of the officers Of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Nominated Unanlm ously.

n Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 7.--Senator a..
G. Hansbrough was on Tuesday chosen
by the republican caucus to succeed
himself as United States senator from
North Dakota. The nomination was
unanimously made. The legislature
will cast the formal ballot of cleo
ton on January 20.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Dropped Dead.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. s.-Capt. Ben
jamin H. Ferguson, president of the
Springfield Marine bank, dropped dead
in his Office at the bank shortly before
noon Wednesday,. He was reading a
newspaper when clerk near him saw
him drop the paper dnd fall back in
his chair. He died before doctor
could be summoned.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
spen,t s12,OOO.O0O.

New York, Jan. 6.-Twelve million
dollars is the sum expended by the
American Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION in 1902 for its work. The
membership list has overtopped 3O0.-
600 and the number Of associations
,oxcands sf(f1
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
In Memory Of Mckinley,

Columbus, O., Jan. 10.-Gov. Nash
has issued a proclamation calling
upon the people of Ohio to observe
January 20 with exercises b in all
schools, colleges and universities
commemorative of the sixtieth ami
versary of the late President McKin-
ley's birth.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

Walrus skin IL the latest thing to
be used for covering the hundred and
one things necessary for mans hap
piness. The very handsomest memo
randum books, desk pads and card
cases come from the skins Of the
North sea animals, and one and all
are completed with silver corners Of
dull. old.looking metal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Eighteen Drowned.

Port Townsend, Wash, Jan. q,
News of the wreck Of the Norwegiaa
bark Prince Arthur and the death hi
drowning Of IS of the crew was ri.
ceived Tuesday. The scene Of the dil.
aster is two miles south of Ozettk
on the Washington coast, IS mil
from Cape Flattery.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
jSkS FOR gold BASIS
The Philippine Commission Urg)
Congress to Give the Isiands 4
q Stable Currency.
WANTS BANKS OF ISSUE EsIABllsaED
Admission Of Limited Kumber q
Chinese Skilled I.aborers e Res Bee
ommendcd-Insurr Il EAued
and People Are EnjoyiaE Civil
Government. ,Sls

Washington, Jan. t.-Iho fn1upf
pine commission in its annual rel
port made public here urges congress-
to establish gold standard IN tnel
islands at once and to authorize 1tRd
establishment Of banks empoweredstd
issue circulating notes.
The commissions report is act
companied by 9 separate report by
Gov. Taft, who reviews the results
accomplished by the civil administru-
ton Of the islands during the fiscal
year 1902.
Recommendations.
The report of the commission con-
cludes with the following recommend
aticns:
The establishment of gold stand
ard in the islands, and of banking cor
porations empowered to issue circulat-
ing bank notes under proper safe
guards.
The reduction of at least IS per cent.
of the Dingley rates of duty upon
goods imported into the United States
from the Philippines.
An amendment of the Philippine act
SO that the limit upon lands which may
be sold or be held by individuals OF cor
porations from the public domain shat:
be increased to $4,000 acres, or in, thy
alternative so that the government
shall be given the power to lease for
60 years upon competitive bidding
tracts|from the public land aggregat-
ing i4 any individual or corporate
lesseV not more than 10000. 1t says
this legislation is necessary to the de-
velopment ct the islands, and that as
the government owns $4,000, 900 out OF
70, ooo 300 acres in the archipelago,
there is no danger of concentration OF
ownership in individuals or corpora
tions.
Chinese Labor Needetfs
That an amendment be made to the
Chinese exclusion act giving power to
the government by law to admit fixed
and limited number Of Cinnamon into
the philippine islands, who are certi-
fed, to be skilled laborers, on the bond
OF, he employer that for every Chinese
sk.-lt.d laborer employed he will em-
plok Filipino apprentice, and that
he will return the Chinese skilled labor
er thus introduced within five years
after his admission to the country.
Insurrection Over.
n ;;ferring to conditions in the islands
the commission report says:
"The instruction as an organized
attempt to subvert the authority OF
the United States in these islands is
Entirely at an end, and the whole of
It'd Christian Filipino population, with
It'd exception of a few thousand peo-
PEI in the Moro country in isolated
TWINS, are enjoying civil government.
American Soldiers Idle.
Since the civil government was COM
pletely established in the Philippine
rrdvinces throughout the archipelago
ii July of last year, the governor says,
ain American soldier has not been
called on once to fire gun, the coun-
try having been policed by the constab-
plary, force of 5000 OF 5000 men.
Gov. Taft says the figures show that
for the year ended June 80, 1902. the
Imports, exclusive Of quartermaster'a
stores, of all goods, were $41, 0o0, 900.
while the. exports were about $27. 00o.-
100.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Attorney GeneraI,s Viewe.

Washington, Jan. 2. = Attorney
General Knox's views of the po-
sition of the administration on
the trust question provide for the
prevention and punishment of dis
ordinations in rates of trans
portation; prohibiting interstate COM
merce entirely in products manufac-
tured by illegal combinations; the
creation of commission to supervise
the regulation of the trusts substan-
TALLY similar to the interstate COM
merce commission in its relation to
the railroads, and provision for the
expedition Of suits against trusts and
illegal combinations.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
killed by Gas.

Chicago, Jan. I'll. Finkelstein and
his wife and two children were as
phyxiated by gas at their residence in
this city.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
And Other Issues Are in the Shade.

his life he had been leader both of
revolutionists and monarchists, and
was forced to fly, the country twice.
He was blamed by Americans as being
responsible for the Virginius massa-
ere.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15

law at this session. It will be neces-
sary to steer middle course
between the desires of the radical
antitrust people and those who pro-
fess to see little evil in trusts or
combinations of capital. That such
a course will be adopted by congress-
I have no doubt"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
INV Ared IL Year. Hanred.

Camden. N. j., Jan. s.-Paul Wood
ward. aged II years, was hanged in
the Jail here Wednesday for the muir
der last Octaber of John Coffin, aged
II, aps - Jennings, aged 14years.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Village Destroyed.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. s.-The town Of
Vista, in, southeastern Oklahoma, has
been des royed by dre. Loss, $4,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
R.~t. R00Presid nj.

Washington e.senator Nc
Laurin (Miss.) Med or Postmaster
General Payne u nrsda.. and .nrge65
him to reopen thsSsasa;4:sce9lts post Of
flee. Mr.. Payne told him thai tie case.
now rested with President Roosevelt.
who was giving the question Hsreful3
considerat ton.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
Has Served Many YearA

Oil City, Pa, Jan. 1o.-G. w. Pr.
nam, aged "a years. probably the q /
est postal the country
dead at his Nm MOP kstfeld, nj, :!
He was app& President
Licoln's fitst Int a clean shave hnd held
that positios class hair cut. II to- his
death. me 3 call
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
storm Fatal to Men ana c.ttle.

Sioux City, Ia, Jan. ed Stewart
and Dan Bronson lost their lives in the
storm, near Arlington, s. D., being
crushed under ruins Of barn. Over
100 head of stock was also killed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15
nsrael 8 .Deaf1a.

Cherokee. u, Jan. Ohm Miller.
. leading merchant % Lsrrabee ~
burned 70 death Wetln ksday night Is
flames communicating to his night.
clothes from : kerosene lamp. Is