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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
looD' SITUATION WoEsE !
mississippi River Continues to Rise
s. ats,Ias Crosse, CreD. y
y ~ Dannxe In Vicinity -$t'$s

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 21.-The food
situation sswns; worse Saturday Cat tbis
point, the river having risen six inches
more during the night, the stage of water
at noon Saturday being - feet. j The
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
tracks on the river frontswere under six
inches d water and heiflood had entered
the Easements Of numerous wholesale
houses along Front street.
The hieRontoon bridge c0lnectieg this
selty ~ Crescent /, lGinHs d 70
cary Saturday IA fining tipped nearly
soHeE by. tho food and only. the prompt
action Of large crew Of brtdgemen pre-
vented itifrpm betnK5washsd away. The
damage to this structure shuts OF all
eommunicati0nsw with this. city for thou
sands,of Minnesota farmers Who trade
here Ct ~: .s;::fS1 ..1e. fjTq Z, aaIT
: In North La Crosse the water was
three feet deep in some ofthe residences.
and French etislAnds opposite the = city,
sis almost entirely submerged, hundreds
Of farmers there suffering total, crop
losses. a;a :I,tI;i .9s.a IA. tis.#
* Reports received here estimate the
crop damage in this immediate vicinity
at 100000. I. Townships in the nearby
counties are heavy losers on account Of
innumerahle bridgesb being washed away.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
tsnportant o0e,s,on.


Tho supreme court has handed
down two decisions appealed from
Richland county that are OF great inn
portance to farmers who were in mu-
tual hail. insurance companies that
went into, the, hands Of receivers be-
fore paying losses, and it may be that
under these decisions some Of the
money illegally collected may he re-
covered.
The decisions, are in the, cases Of
George S. Montgomery as receiver Of
the Red River Valley Mutual Hail In
surancei company VS.. Andrew Whit
beck, and Montgomery as receiver Of
the same company VS.. GA. Tucker.
both of Valley City. Both these cases
were tried at WahpetOn before Judge
Iauder, who directed verdict in f.
vor of the receiver. The supreme
court reverses this verdict and gives
an order for the appellants and de-
PENDANTS: to recover costs in both the
district and justice courts as well an
In the supreme court,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
LIGHTS FOR TRAINS
aox ti.es1seity u utniisd IL Ger.
many and Arst4ria.


The various attempts during the mast
few years to introduce electricity ~ q
means OF light on railway trains. and the
many experiments connected Herewith.
have proved that only y very limited
number Of the different Systems now In
use may be termed q technical and eco-
nomic success. Afailway train running
1t . high rate. Of speed presents many
difficulties which are easily overcome In
the application Of electricity from STA
tionary plants. These obstacles accumu.
late when We take into confederation that
an even volume oflight must be provided
for the same train. not only when 1t IL
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
). street Car Talk.

Once more there; is q revival Of
street car talk in Fargo. Some time
ago the representatives of the stock
holders requested the city council TO
extend the, time Of establishing the
line till Dec. L. The council agreed to
If q forfeit was put up. The stock
holders consented tofthis and an or
dfnance WAS passed making the re
quested extension, but the $4,000 for
felt still remained in the bank. There
was some talk Of resembling the or
dinance.S The season lis 80 late that
there are grave doubts about the pos
!sibility of. completing the line this
fall. but the company says it has all
contracts made and has 100000 in
cash to pay for the work. Fargoans
have reached the, stake where they
will believe the street railway is .. 60
when they see it going. .s;i. iijj,ii;;fg5
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
TO. DEAD VETERANS.
4MseniAcent Monunaent, Erected By
~ Old Soldiers Of Illinois, In-,a
s@5fya, yelled ut Greenyille. Z. ;,,,Y1.s

~ Bloomington, ILL.,. Sept. 21,-One of
the most notable events of the fall
amon9 the, old soldiers of. Illinois was
che unwilling at Greenville Saturday Of
a magnificent monument to the memory
of 1 200 deceased veterans. :, Lieut., Gov
.Northcott presided. hi Cow Richard
Yates, Gen. John c. Black, OF Chicago,
national commander Of the Grand
Army of the Republic; Benson Wood; Of
Empgham,. state commander Of the
grand army; Congressman Rodenberg,
Judge John B. Hay. adjutantf Of the
One Hundred and Thirtieth,s and other
noted orators, were present and !deliv-
cred addresses The annual: reunion. of
the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois
volunteer regiment and the fourteenth
annual reunion of the Bond County
Soldiers and Sailors association were
held in connection and thousands {; Of
strangers were present. i;.t5g :
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.. -. ,,,
UNFORTUNATELY e'is'l lol 'ne sssu ~ wno !,Aes
!, TO compare tne wolA " tne W. 49, y,
err ss ne SEES .nem, .nls ps.l Ale a,s =! ~
the same ieAeue anu cvnssquen.s9 310
not appear DetoIe tue s.ne cloWos. ~
the american iessue CIRCUIT La9o'. -
consloereo the greatest ., .ne" ~
WINE IN tne Na'lonal league cues
Hans wagner Is recoenizeo as tue stal
OF the aeereeation.
It would De nara matter 70 oecloe
which really Is tne Detter payer: -
'Joie@ ana wagner are IN way paying
the game on ABOUT the same lines: botn
are awkwerdly Quilt fellows 1! VINO g desnos
impress one a. having mucn speed, Dut
who are m ,l' faster. tnan some OF me
players VINO are hs1ed among the lase
men OF the profession. Mnen II comes
to batting they are IN :. elass Dy tnem-
selves. AS nelaers' Do.n are stars ~
their 9 respective positions. Wnen II
comes 70 al!Eroune Work wagner seems
to have . DIT the De'ter OF MS rlvai ior
frst hopors, for Wasner mas proyse :
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24

Oyster Bay 81 il sept. 1s-Jtl.
dent RooseHSlt's rsfty arrived h1tSa
the naval yacht sylph ~ 10:e0 oaAck
Friday morning, the run frcmfs Nv
York having consumed nearly 6e
hours. The president AID partyA4lnt
aboard the naval tug Nakeeta, sS3ss-
sey City, soon sitter seven. o'e@ek.
They were conveyed to- tho News k
Yacht clQbs landing. whers they Il
aboard the aylph.i The PARTY hs1ak.
tasted on tho sesaal. and soon 1890.
ward stafted fof; Oyster Bay.
After qreturniug from his Ant1em
trip, President Roosevelt receives ~.
eral callers. Among them were j0hn
w. Suetterle. president Of thessA.
donal Saengerfest who presentedsan
to- The president TO atlepd
the saengerfest to be held in MilaGa.
kee next July. The president S6ald
not give Mr.. suetterle . ,dennitaE
swer. but indicated that he pro Siy
would not be able % accept the sinvi-
'tatiesas The presidential, camrlbn
VIII b. ID progress ut that nd
the prisidents attention likely Wall be
absorbed In that work.
]. o. Thompson, Of Alabama, Id q
conference with the president coe6ssn.
ing some federal appointmentss which
shortly will be made. In Alabama. No
attenuation concerning the conference
was made public. s :s /
Gov. William HI Hunt. Of Porto
Rico. called 70 pay his respects to The
president before returning to HIS post.
He win sail Tor San Juan in Stew
days. % ~ '-sSs q t7@3s sssss
J. H. G. Luce. Of Boston, Mass, 1
personal friend Of the. president vaa
big guest ut luncheon. !, r., s 80; I
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
1sTdbefesIesls ~ sJaD...

Or. Yamane, q member Of the house
Of representative; proclaimed in q re-
cent debate ahsfs more than l5o, 600 psr-
sons suecumb annually to tuberculosis
in Japan; and the number n constantly
increasing. III regard TO sleprosy, he
stated: There is no country In the
world IN which this disease 81 sosprev-
alent and 80 negle cteS. The home ONCE
returns show that there are 81. 059 lepers
In Japan, while their, offspring number
sss, 800. The authorities allow lep-
rous beggars to siton the public streets
and to infect the very air with their
spittle." tii ~ sItift, ~ s.t;gs.3
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
10 motion. but when It is stopping atsta-

in motion. but when It ID stopping atsta-
.tions as we'll. ll!ijl5i5f5Ig \, Eti.:;t :;
10 the casual observer It would seem
that any arrangement which will admit
Of all the lamps Of a whole train being
lighted up fromsome one centraldynamo
must in the naturesof things be the most
practical method which might well be
adopted. Theoretically, this could only
be: possible when based upon the assnmp7
ton that q railway tain would always
be- made up With the same number ofcars,
and that the central accumulators had
been tested and 'nhely gxuged to1 train
the.length Of which is. invariably the
same The best solution Of the problem
has been found In the method which en-
ables each carriage Of railway train to
be lighted separately and Independently
Of the others. For example. IN the Dick
system, explained below. each car IL sup
piled with q small dynamo which Is at
tached to the axle Of the car wheels. This
dynamo drives the necessary current for
creating light into the lamps while the
train :is in motion. simultaneously. u
email battery is charged with electricity
from the same dynamo. This battery
then serves the purpose Of keepingup the
current while the train is stopping at
stations. Generally speaking, however,
the lamps should be fed as long O. posi-
BILE directly from the dynamo in order
that the battery may belspared. During
stops and when the train 10 going ut .
slow rate Of speed up steep grades. the
lamps are always fed fnorn the battery,
The accumulators are charged while the
train is in motion, and this Is the case by
dry I'd well as by night. 9)a ~ l29af
The different systems Of electric rail-
way lights now either in use or being ex-
perfmented with in Europe ore known BY
the following names; ADVERT, q Kull,
Stone; Bohm. Moskowitz. Joaquin, Yicari-
no. Dick. The last mentioned, or the
Dick system, has been adopted by the
oesterreiche schuckert- Werke, In VI
emma, 34kustfias end this company has Mt
ted up large number Of railway car
rlAses with this apparatus
The machinery and apparatus Of the
Dick system are divided into four parts,
namely, dynamo, storage battery. ap-
paratns safe. and circuit wires, .installa-
tionss etc, - . Z
The illustrations show how, the dyna-
mo is attached TO the axles o. the car
wheels, whereby the current is generated
by means Of friction, The average NUM-
Der Of volts produced by the velocity Of
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
FINANCIAL DIFFICULT
Force. Consolidated Lake svSasaor
Company to Temporarily CJSjs
/ sSis N}rSrtion ef'Operatiens. ss.ss

1saut Ste. Marie. Mich, sept.sa9:-
Pending the outcome of the fiygifeial
difficulties in which the Console Med
Lake Superior company is nov In
yplyeds President Shields has ajskaed
orders to temporarily close down Ill
of the operations Of the company;.se x.
cent the street railway system on
both sides OF the river. the ferry sys.
tenn and the Tagona Light and Pow.
er. company, Of the Canadian sooss
This stop is taken, It Is announced,
because the funds of the compsnYa re
exhausted. and Mr.. Shields doea not
want Ito incur further liabilities sun-
til it is known where the none with
which to meet them is coming from.
sIn4slnuch "a, tn olnSenY,s SEPARATIONS
on III sak1etieanf sssffddes sSt6lss ii lsfed
to the street railway and the power
'hotss force. the order will not mate.
rally affect. the American 500. In
the Canadian 500; however, the effect
on business will be very extensive.
The total number Of men thrown out
81 employment Is $500. Train ssrv.
'iee over the Algoma Central railroad,
owing to- the cessation, OF work in, the
woods, will be reduced to one train
per week. The Helen and Grace mines,
at Michipicoton, will shut down, as
will the Gertrude nickel mine, at Sud.
bury. The general stan Of the com.
pany will be reduced from 80 to Is
men. @ ,s<is' >s:a}
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
news Of Two Tragedies. .

Seattle, wash., Sept. 19.-Ckaries
Carlson, Of San Francisco. was drowned
In the Chignik river, on the Alaska
peninsula, several weeks ago. About
the same time John Nelson was killed
by 4 half-breed named Wilson The two
had words and Wilson grabbed q Ratchet
and struck Nelson over the head, killing
him. Wilson lied to : the Z mountains.
News 81 the two tragedies reached here
on tie cannery tender Francis Cutting,
witch has arrived from the north.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
Nexro Lxnched.

z st. Louis, Sept 81 "A special to the
Post Dispatch from Luxora. Ark, says
Negroes Friday night oyerpowefed the.
sheriff here; took out a Hell
len and hanged him to, q water tank,
where his body was left dangling until
Saturday morning. HELEN was charged
with criminaHy assaultfng two little
negro GIRLS, aged i've and ten.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24

between; remarks q
Cincinnati writer Of
sports. Askthereg
ular attendant at
the game, and he
will tell you that
there are only two
players In harness
to-day that are
genuine topnotch-
ers, and they are
Hans Wagner of
the Pittsburg'sand
Napoleon Lajoie OF
az Nlnvn1anN Ton m
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
] IL Leo.I .T.nule,

There seems to- be a tangle I'M the
Mouse river country which will result
in expense to some one, unless care
is exercised. A call has been pub
lished for d meeting of the electors Of
the county Of Renville for the purpose
OF electing a treasurer to receive the
taxes which will, become, due and, de-
linquent after Nov. 1. i The call states
that il the people desire the question
of thu election Of full set of officers
will De taken UP. Aa the county OF
Renville has not been. created, such
action would, certainly be illegal and
persons who pay taxes to "treas-
urer' thus elected will undoubtedly
be called on to pay their taxes to the
treasurer, of Ward county,; y,.i9 tt,A
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
Given Good Position.

II washington. Sept 2l.lThe vacancy.
on the board of general appraisers 1t 1
New York has. been rendered to and ac-s
ceepted by Eugene q. Hay, = ,Well-known
lawyer E6f Minneapolis. ~ L liitt;st
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24


made. In the following q years the
boat builders Of England and the United
States have bent their energies toward
the construction Of racing yachts Of
the speediest type. Canada twice took
up the fight Of the mother country. In
the last ten years Lord Dunraven with
the two valkyries and Sir Thomas Lip
ton with the three Shamrocks have done
ell the lighting for the trophy.
Only once in Ill the series OF races
sailed has an English boat won 4 single
race. In 1871. when the Livonia was
challenger, she beat Columbia in ono
race. Sappho was at once substituted
to defend the cup and defeated the Liv-
onia three times in succession.
Following is q history Of the races
for Americas cup: IN
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
Cabinet ID Conpletkd.

Victoria. B. G.. Sept. 21.-Premier Nc
Bride Friday completed his cabinet by
giving the portfolio Of proviacialsecre-
tary to A. s. Goodevo. Of Rossland.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24

4 Millions have been spent in defend
Ing Americas cup: More millions have
been spent In trying to take the trophy
back to England. It has been figured
that twos average modern warships
could 3have.been built and equipped with
the money spent for the toy boats.
Below is an estimate of the cost In de-
Tending and challenging for cup that
has an intrinsic value Of only q few
hundred dollars:
Cost and maintenance Of Relance.$ 10000
Cost OF other defenders.............3 100000
Cost and maintenance Of sham.
Cost Of other NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
f. Total. 10000
The races for the cup have brought
about q marked change in the speed
qualities Of racing yachts. Sir Thomas
Upton says that the development Of
mere speed Is Of no value whatever to
shipbuilding and predicts that another
boat like Shamrock III. will never be
built In England. In II years the area
sof, sail on the challengers and defenders
has been almost doubled. The May
flower. in 1886 carried only $500 square
feet Of sail, while Reliance could hoist
1912 square feet. The size Of the
boats has also been increased gradually.
Mayhower had q length over ali OF
100 feet, while Reliance 10 1884 over
Ill. The length over al has been; in
creased without making any material
change in the length at the water line.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24

Really great bail players. from the
standpoint Of the fan, are few and far
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
! ei,divF Woujndaa.

Alfre4 Denny was accidentally
wounded on Williamson farm south
of amestown. Denny was seated in
q cart and had q shot gun. beside him.
The gun slipped through the Stats at
the bottom Of the cart and the trig-
ger was caught. The. gun went of
and the whole charge lodged in Den.
ny's left breast. He sbled profusely
from the wound and the physician
who was called gave it as his .opin-
ion that he could not recover. He was
brought TO Jamestown to receive
treatment. +'''i-f - - .!'fias.j q.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
News Notes.

HeWo N0I00s r.
~Lignite coal will cost about three
dollars ton delivered at jamestown.
About SKI miles of the iron has
been laid on the Underwood extern
sion Of the Washburn road.
4 Two married Indians at Fort Totten
were arrested for clipping with q, cou-
pie Of girls Of, their own race.
Alfred Denny, Of jamestown, who
was wounded by the discharge Of a
shotgun which he was carrying be-
side him in a cart died from his in
juries q few days later. ~,
Complaint was made that the men
accused of shooting .Jorgen Olson Of
Ward county some time ago were at.
tempting to dispose of their. property
with. q view of leaving the country.
On the showing made the court
raised their bonds from $500 to 81.
600. :;sSi14-z8i iss;si ~; ~; /:
Messrs. Bessierre and Delhi, Of
Towner county, headed their grain
this year, and report that in spite Of
the wet weather both fax and wheat
have kept splendidly. Oats and bar
ley have mot kept, 80 well, and the
heading process is voted not success
for these crops.
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fs =
Commentators.

Two strangers were taken into GUS
tody by Sheriff Bannon at Grafton
on suspicion of passing counterfeit
money. They gave their names as
Morgan and Davis. Z Nicholas Lein. and
John johnson. Of Conway came over
and identified them.uy There is, not
sufficient evide1ce as yet to convict
them of counterfeiting, and they were.
rearrested on i ssvagrancy charge.
Each receivedza sentence of ten days.
In the meantime the authorities will.
endeayorl to. celleG t. evidence Of coun-
terfeiting. !. .sv.,... -, ,s-,.s;i',.
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a slloht Mlatake.

:Andreas Rohrick, a farmer living
north of Harvey, worked himself into
a rather embarrassing position recent
II by getting hunting instead of \
marriage license. AS he did not spec
'ify the nature of the license wanted,
the auditor sold him what he had md
the prospective bridegroom went on
his way rejoicing. The error was not
discovered until the license, was hand
ed to the officiating clergyman. The
marriage was postponed until Rob-
rick could secure another license;
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!, copies. In the meantime there are no
pamphlets Ii print. and the. copies print
ca have reached q premium. many Of
them selling FOR 80 cents, double the
price of the tissue. Mr. Bali purity
smAnagers openly proclaim grave dissat-
) Distractions; In the, first place. they say
they cannot get any more copies for
their impatient constituencies. and they
add that they object to paying for dit-
:, erature which is. supposed to be; the
:, most, powerful aid In keeping the gov
eminent III power. - s |
w Several Of the conservative agents
have gone 30 far rs to threaten to re-
sign. The publishers make no discount
to party organizations, even though
thousands are ordered, and actually de-
mand the money IN advance i G5s
~ The press learns from an authorita-
+ tive source that Mr.. Balfour expects Mr..
Chamberlain to reenter: the cabinet in
the event that an appeal to the coun-
try returns Mr.. Balfour to power.
Both desire, however, that the elections
be postponed SO long as possible. in or
der to give. Mr.. Chamberlain the OPP
b pnrtu1ity to- ilnpfess. his views on the
people. II the government is re-
turned, or, n q veal. liberal ministry
is retained in power only short time,
Mr. Baltonr anticipates that he and Mr..
chamberlain will roorganize, h . 4 new
i ministry. Ii According to an authority
, thoroughly cognizant with NJ. Cham
berlain's plans. Mr.. Balfour might then
find Mr.. Chamberlain unwilling to join
him. y E 49, ~
e ut has been Mr. chamberlain's pur-
pose" said the person quoted. TO form
q party of his own. and he may take adj
vantage Of the present opportunity to
carry out his intention. His reputation
rs the only public man In England With
q definite policy, coupled With his
strength, of, will and ability, may en-
able him g achieve his ambt tion,i / In
case Of the sucress at the elections Of
CHS advanced programme of preferen-
> tial tariffs, he. would form his own cab
met and probably displace Mr.. Balfour
as premier'' j -: tiIIIias e...:.Is31
Glad Of Chamberlain's Resixnation,,
A Reuter- dispatch from st. Peters,
burg says, Nj: Dhanlberlain's resigna-
ton is regarded by the Russian press
saad spubHc with setisf4etien, ~ dt is
scohsidered that with MI. Chamberlain
disappears one Of the most dangerous
political factors for European peace.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24

= The defeat Of sHazltosx lll., dSe,5Soa
M small extent to the skilful Seaman

ship displayed In
the races By the
skipper Of the de-
fender Reliance,
Capt. Charlie Barr,
ended the twelfth
unsuccessful at
tempt to lift Amer
ica's cup. After
the trophy was cap
tured by the yacht,
America In 1851.
10 years elapsed
before the hrst
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24
RvscuA4ked|.;

The; troops, evacuated the post at
Fort, Yates last week. With the pass
ing Of the fort. the little town. Of WI
mona, on the east side Of the Mis-
souri, also goes. Wincna has long had
the distinction Of being the .wiciedest
town in the state, and is one of the
few places which the prohibition law
has never reached, saloons, gambling
joints, and dance halls always having
run without interference. ~; f8G