davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

It is claimed that Belfast, Ireland, is
the leading place. among. til. cities of
the world for Christian Endeavor
progress, it now having twice as many
societies IN proportion to its popula-
.tiom as London, which now has the
largest union in the world.
The new Princeton university cata-
logue shows a total OF 1882 students
this year. against 1854 last year. The
number of professors and instructors
has increased fram 10l to 10s. The
combined Princeton libraries contain
$4,000 volumes, $4,000 having been
added during the year.
Hitherto it has been. considered a
moral weakness to slumber in church.
Now DR.. Dabbs, the editor of Vectis,
comes to the rescue of the church
sleepers with scientific facts. "You
call it irreyerence to sleep in church!
Nonsense! 1t is only carbonic diox-
ide." The really irreverent person is
he who permits the church to be full
of this foul air.
The report of the treasurer Of Har-
ward university presented to the board
of overseers shows that the university
as whole has completed the past year
with an excess of receipts over expendi-
lures of $43,6O2.56. The gross receipts
for the year were $4,7ss, 056.47, and the
gross expenditures $3,793, 953.23, leav-
ing net increase of funds and bal
ances of $685., O03.24.
Along the line of the new departure
in college courses Williams college
will permit a student who is able to
anticipate two college courses, by taxi
ing 10 hours work for two years and
10 hours for the third year, to COM
plete the required work in three years,
but if the general character of the
work is not good the faculty may re-
fuse to permit a studentto do this.
Charles J. Capep. senior master of
the Boston Latin school, has been o
teacher in that institution for so years.
Lately his friends presented the school
with handsome portrait in oil of the,
veteran instructor. While Mr. Capen's
record is remarkable, that of Miss
Harriet Caryl, of the same city, is more
so. Miss Caryl entered the high school
as pupil in 1852, the year the institu-
ton was founded, and three years later
became a teacher. She has remained
in that position continuously ever
since.
The. Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Emmanuel church. the oldest Swedish
Lutheran church in Chicago, celebrat-
ed its golden jubilee recently, many
eminent ministers Of that denomina-
tion taking part in the service. The
congregation numbers over 1000 and
the Sunday school has 800 pupils. In
the so years of its existence the church
has had only two pastors. An album
engraved in gold and silver lettering
and containing history Of the church
will be sent to King Oscar of Sweden
who caused collections to be made in
the churches of that country to aid
in rebuilding the first edifice destroyed
in the Chicago fire.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Attenptea elpeotlne,

Nels Nelson attempted suicide after
firing. two shots Mt Annie Madden, and
il lodged in Jail at Dickinson. The
wozzan IL not 'seriosisly injured a.
though one bullet is lodged in tn mus
Gle of-her left shoulder.e The shooting
look place on the, platform at Richar-
ltopsa small place . short distance east
Of Dickinson, where the Northern Pa
ciic train stopped I've minutes for
weter and the passeagers stepped out
for fresh air.
Nels fired his twenty-five into the
roof Of his mouth and the passengers
who saw him lying eHsthe ground az
the train pulled out supposed him to
he dead, but he became = lively
corpse and the DOCTORS are now prob
ing lor the bullet. Nels says that he
recently scured hiss 'discharge from
the navy IN New York and was taxing.
Annie, also of the same city, to Port
land, Ore. s.
He says she was accepting consid-
cradle attention from q young man
ON the train and ,hsseould not stand
it. Annie does not Mave much to say
except that she wished Nelson had
succeeded in killing, himself. 49,. Is
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
HON. LEE S. ovERMAN.
new senator frs1 North Carelina 70
Net . .Noylce ia the Game
81 Politics.

Senator Lee Slater Overman. demo-
crat, Of North Carolina, has taken. nm
active interest in public, ma tiers in his
state and from the time he left Trinity
celleges North Caroline, he has beet
associatedswith the leading politicians
of his state. Mr.. Overman was born
in 1854 in Salisbury, N. c., and WIS
graduated from Trinity college with
the degree of A. b., the degree Of M.
"A. being conferred upon him twoyears
later. He taught school fog couple
OF years after graduation and then
became private secretary to Gov.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
aanda .Purchased.

school lands purchased the following
bonds authorized for state institutions:
State university, Grand Forks, $780,
600; state deaf and dumb school at
Devils Lake, $4,000; state normal
schools at Valley City and Afayville,
100000. In addition the board
bought $4,000 of school district
bonds, making u total purchase of
nearly 100000, from the permanent
school fund. The proceeds of the in
stitution bonds will be used for build
ing Of additions ut the several insti-
tutiOns named.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09

the Census.)
throughout the country as one of the
best authorities in the United States
ON the tariff and the tariff schedules.
He remained with the Albany Express
for three years, when, in 1890, he was
elected secretary of the wool manufac-
turers' association of Boston, Mass,
which position he has held ever since.
In 1880 Mr.. North was selected to
prepare the newspaper statistics for
the tenth census, and in 1885 completed
the preparations for the taking of the
New York state census. In 1890 he was
selected to make a special report on
wool manufactures for the eleventh
census, and in. 1894 was secretary of
the republican branch of the senate
committee on finance. While engaged
in his duties ut the capitol as cor
respondent Mr.. North attracted the
attention of the4ate President McKin-
lev, who was then on the committee of
ways and means of the house of repre-
santatives. Mr.. Mckinley had charge
Of the preparation of the tariff hill
passed during his last term in con-
gress, and which was known as the Nc
Kinley bill, and Mr.. North was charged
with the making of the tariff schedules.
Later he performed the same service
for Representative Dingley. This
work secured for him position on the
Industrial commission, to which he was
appointed by President Mckinley in
1895. A year later, at the earnest So
1icitation of the president, Mr.. North
resigned from the industrial commits
sion to become chief statistician in
charge Of the division of manufactures
of the twelfth census. The work of
Mr.. North in this division has attracted
attention throughout the world, and
his thorough knowledge of the statis-
tics, not only of his special division,
but Of all the divisions of the census,
made him valuable aid to Director
Merriam.
A short time ago Mr.. North found
that he could not continue as secre-
tary of the National Wool Manufac-
turers' association if he desired to keep
up the work of his division at the CEN
sus Office, and as he preferred the for
mer of the two positions he rendered
his resignation to Director Merriam
about the middle of February and left
the Office February 90.
Mr.. North was mentioned for the
position Of director to succeed Mr..
Merriam from the first, although his
candidacy has been kept quiet by his
friends. He was strongly Endorsed,
however, and his selection by Presi-
dent Roosevelt was no surprise to his
former associates. He was popular
with all the employees of the census
Office, and his departure from the office
was the occasion of general regret.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09

Vance, and later occupied the same
position with Gov. Jarvis. He began
the practice of law in 1880. Five times
he was elected member of the legisla-
.tnre, and in 1887 he was the unanimous
choice Of the democrats for the
speakership,. but was defeated by a
combination between the republicans
and the Independents. He was elected
speaker of the house in 1898. In 1894
he was president of the North Carolina
Railroad company. In 1895 he was the
choice of the Democratic caucus for
the United States senatorship. hut was
defeated by Senator Pritchard through
a combination of republicans and pop
,ulists. In 1900 Mr.. Overman was presi-
dent of the democratic state conven-
ton. He is now president of the SAL
isbury Savings bank and forten years
has been a member OF the board Of
trustees Of the state university. Mr..
Overman's wife is the daughter %
United States Senator Merriman. He
succeeds Senator Pritchard.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
Prob ably Appeal.

John Rooney has received his sem
tence of death a second time for the
murder of Harold Sweet of White
Earth, MINI. On the first sentence
Judge Pollock placed the date of ex-
ecution a little over three months,
but the legislators had changed the
law to make six months elapse, which
necessitated resentencing and the re-
turn of Rooney from Bismarck. to
Fargo again. The attorneys for the
defense made a big fight and wanted
the sentence set aside on the ground
of expost-facto legislation. The court
overruled the motion and the case
will probably be appealed to the SUI
Dreme court.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
A Lonp-.Fa

During a blizzard Inst Januafy stock
belonging tow. D..Donahue, . Deuel.
county farmer. got otit1of his barn and
were covered by hugh snow drift close
to the barn and SneaE the edge Of his
grove. BY hard work he succeeded
in il, getting all his Stock back into the
about 300 pounds. { The animal could
not be found, aud for three days the
farmer and his hired man shoveled
snow in the vicinitysof the barn in an
effort to rescue it. The other day
Donahue was surprised to find his
long-lost hog, (which. was alive and
well notwithstanding that for a pc
Rod of As days it had remained a
prisoner under a snow drift without a
particle of food. When discovered If
ter its long imprisonment the animal
weighed only sixty pounds, but was
full Of vigor and wild as q hawk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09


than Archbishop Bruchesi, of Mon.
treal, who, according to unofficial an.
nouncements recently made public,
will shortly be created a cardinal, a bit
of information that has>been hailed
with satisfaction by the Roman Catho-
lies of the dominion.
Most Rev. Louis Paul Napoleon Bruch.
esi was born in Montreal in 1855. He
pursued his theological studies at Paris
and. Rome and was ordained priest in
1878. On his return to Canada he was
appointed to a chair in Laval univer.
sity. In 1893 he prepared the educa.
tional exhibits of his native province
for the worlds fair, Chicago, and was
subsequently for some years chairman
of the Catholic school board of Mon.
treal.s He was appointed archbishop
of Montreal in 1897.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
A Queer case.

John Spencer, the we'll known and
popular land man of ullnot met with a
rather peculiar circumstance one
night while sleeping at ms boarding
house. John awoke III the night and
found himself in u pool of blood. In
some manner while he was asleep an
incision quarter of an inch wide had
been made on his breast, and he be-
lieves he was stabbed with something.
The flow of blood was stopped with
great difficulty, but he feels no i'll
effects from his experience.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
steam Al . Dlsinfesfa.t.

Experiments to determine the eff
cacy of various disinfectants made by
the New York board of health show
steam to be the most valuable. 1t
not only destroys quickly all disease
germs, but has the power Of penetrat-
ing and disinfection not possessed by
formaldehyde or sulphur fumes. No
other agent is effective in the disin-
fecting of clothing and bedding
Scientific American.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
A Explained.

Mrs. O'Mulligon-Oi want cake av
soap.
Polite Clerk-Do you wish some
thing for toilet purposes, ma'am?
"Indade an Oh don't. Oh want it to
wash me face an hands wid."-Chica-
60 Dai.J News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
Colleee for Policemen.

A college for policemen is in exist-
.ence in St. Petersburg. In the school
is museum where candidates for the
police force make themselves familiar
with the tools of criminals-jimmies,
drills, chisels and contrivances for rob-
bling collection boxes.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
neon nit At .Clereyman.

A certain Philadelphia clergyman,
who is very highly esteemed for his
many good qualities, is noted for
preaching sonorific sermons. His con-
3gregation lately gave him new pulpit,
a very ornate piece Of furniture. and
it bears this motto: "He givcth his.
beloved Sleep
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
A Sure Test.

Chumley-He says he was born in
Italy.
Dumley-Yes, 1 know; but 1 found
out that he was only lying about that.
els that 500" =.
eyes; 1 asked him casually one day
how long it took to thoroughly roast
peanuts, and he. didn't know. % Phila-
delphia Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
THE HoUs1SAT FERRY-JOHN BROWNS FORT
md Ohn Brovn. $50

public
fighting
probably establishing capable Of
might find refuge
atshmistdn. VI,
December {. ~T@.f
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
To Prevent Loss.


AS means of preventing the loss
of cattle by lightning passing from
wire fences to them during s.orms it
is recommended that all the wires of
fences be connected with the ground
at frequent intervals by short wires
twisted around each fence wire and
cheap and simple, and it seems likely
to be effective.
News Notes.
Fred Bay of Plano was cleaning his
trousers with gasoline wnen the stuff
took fire and he was severely burned.
The unusual hesitancy of the ice on
the Missouri to let go has caused
fears of flood on the low lands near
Mandan.
Kidder county has a colony of 60
colored persons from Illinois.
Farmers at Keith, Ramsey county,
are organizing a creamery associa-
ton.
Ward county farmers are interested
in proposition to start creamery
at Minot.
Iyer Holt, a Minot clerk. fell from
a shelf and broke three ribs.
A couple of tramps entered the
postoffice at Windsor ny means of
skeleton key. and got away with
about IS in cash and a revolver.
Emil Ponath of Great Bend, N. D.,
has secured a patent on n macnlne
for shocking grain.
The man injured in The Mandan
yards the other day, and who after
wards died from his injuries, was
named Pierson, the name O'Leary by
which he was known being an assum-
ed one.
Poles are being --auled for the tele-
phone line from Mandan to Dickinson
and it is expected that Tie line will
be completed early in the summer.
A visitor at the Minot jail was de-
tected in the act Of giving whiskey to.
a prisoner, but he begged so nard
that the matter was passed over.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
sHrewerie. I'm Germany.

More than half of the breweries in
til world are in Germany. Altogether
there are about $1,000, Of which 10000
are in Germany.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09

New Coins Cast Last Year.
D2sing the calendar year Of 1902 the
coinage of the mints of the country ag-
gregated $40, 4s5,S15.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-09
Lonely Death.

A lonely death is reported from
Hannah, Cavalier county. Mrs. Pink,
an aged woman, who lived entirely
alone, was found dead at her home.
Death occurred several days previous
~, as her body was frozen and water
in the room was also frozen, indicat-
ing that the fire had been out many
hours. She was widow and her
children were dead. She'had consid-
cradle means, but no companion.
Death may have been due to asphyxi-
alton.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Pointed Paragraphs

Cupid is always shooting and continually
making Mrs.
Some men would rather lose q friend than
the best of an argument.
CareIessness with parlor matches causes
a few fires and many divorces.
1t takes a dog and the boy who owns him
to form a mutual admiration society.
There's quite a difference between keep
Ing boarders and having boarders keep you
Some men do not hesitate to break a
promise, because it is so easy to make an
other.
There are occasional moments in every
old bachelors life when he is glad he never
married.
The wise girl doesn't waste her time on
the young man who wastes his time kissing
her hand.
The country has turned out some great
men-and there are a lot of others in office
that should be turned out.
The truest and best friend a man can have
is a wife who does her best to keep him In
the straight and narrow path.-Chicago
News.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

of the suit and the fees Of the plaintiffs
lawyer.
The man who loses a lawsuit in Ger
many mtst not only pay the costs, but
also the fees Of his opponent. The Icp,i
tees are fixed for each case, and they ara
very low. One can hire a coed LAWYER 70.
one day for $3.50, and the drawing I'M NJ
papers costs little more than the charges
Tor ordinary clerical hire in the United
States.
Berlin has now a good electric car avs
TEN. The cars are of the American pat
tern. many OF them having been made in
81 Louis. They are sent here in p.eces
anu are put together by the German me-
chanlcs. Each car seats twenty-e!ght pass-
enSers' ana there are a certain numbar
OF standing places on the platforms. N,
smoking is allowed in the cars. but Their,
Is on the wall outside a little brass shels
with grooved holes into which cigars can
be stuck by those who wish to 90 inside
Each groove has it's number. and the
thrifty German after coming out lights II,
his cigar and finishes his smoke. The
american would throw away the cigar; the
German smokes it to the end, although he
does it in sections.
Inc ordinary street car fare is 10 pfen-
mss VI "a VI our cents. In some cases
an extra fare is charged where the course
Is long, but l lave ridden several miles
Tor III pfennigs. This seems to be the rate
all over Germany and is Just half that of
our American rate. Indeed, | doubt IL Won
VIII md a city where transportation is
cheaper than here. Friedrichs rasse Is too
narrow for tram cars, and a large part of
Its transit is on omnibusses, which charge
a cent and a quarter a trip, These buses
run every minute. The footboards are
very low, and enc can jump on or off with
out stopping the omnibus. There are SINH
lar vehicles on Inter den Linden.
l like the cab system here. Not only in
Berlin, but in most of the German cities
there are cabs known as taxameters. Each
cab has a sort Of cyclometer arrangement
on It, a clock-like affair, which is Just be-
hind the driver. and so that the man who
rides in the cab can watch the hands go
around, indicating how many miles he has
Travelled and how much the fare is. You
pay so pfennigs. or 12h cents for the
first half mile, and 10 pfennigs for each
additional quarter Of a mile. There Is an
other part of the machine which registers
the fare for waiting. so that one can tell
just exactly what he ought to pay at any
point during the ride. Baggage may be
taken on top of sucn cabs, aud the charges
are from s cents to rs cents, according to
the weight of the trunks, the former being
the charge up TO ffty-hve pounds, and the
latter that for l box weighing 22O pounds.
Everything is paid for according to tariff.
and there is no extortion like that Of New
York and some other American cities,
FRANK C. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Copyright. 1906

.ght. 1903. bv Frank G. C~arpenter.)
I ERLIN, March Especial Cor
respondence Of The Bee.)-In the
capital Of the German empire, In
the heart Of Friedrlchstrasse,
> within a block Of Inter den Lin
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-03-14
COST A PRETTY SUM.
Ceremonies at Durbar Required Ex.
penditure of $40, 700, 900.
Lore Cursor Praised for So Success
fully Carrying Out a Spectacle
which Was Unique in the
Annals of World.

Now that the magnifcence OF the
0urbar has gone, people are counting
the cost. Including the bill the In
dian government will have TO pay, the
expenditures incurred by the Indian
urinces and chiefs and the English
governors and lieutenant governors,
Il is safe to say that at least S1o'ooo'-
600 has been spent In furnishing q
spectacle unique in the annals OF the
world.
The Indian governments bill ia Ike
" 70 exceed S3,750,000. The cost to
Lord Curzon personally has been very
great. for large number of guests
were entertained by him entirely at
his own expense.
The expenses Of the native princes
and chiefs vary greatly, from the $780,
900 said to have been spent by the
Nizam of Hyderabad TO the S50,OOO,ooO,
for which sum the minor chiefs were
able TO make but an Indifferent dis
play. When it is remembered that the
number of these princes and chiefs
reaches nearly 100, the total expendi-
ture can easily be calculated.
The governors of Madras and Bonn
bay and lieutenant governors of the
several provinces found it possible by
the exercise of careful European su-
pervision TO keep down the complete
cost of their camps TO about $4,000.
OF the various events the procession
durbar was undoubtedly the most i'm
pressive, and the review Of the retinues
of the native chiefs was the most pic
turesque, while the natives appreciated
the fireworks most of all.
The ball in the Dewaniam was the
most gorgeous scene. as the investiture
was the most stately, but the weari-
some state entry into Delhi was very
remarkable as an example Of organizs'
| ton
II is wonderful that no accidents 90
CURED during the long procession OF
elephants, carriages, horse and foot
through the streets.
Lord Cur12u Is to be warmly CON
graduated on the result of his hart
work.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-03-14

one. fancy compes one to follow the footsteps of fact
When 1.-THE Climbers" out people were forever Identifying
the characters with person that several silly people, UNDER
stand rather puned being the originals of some OF my
people All like finding the likeness between couple
Of hats shownohng assure you
Our American society, if will rh our very men, our
menu rich and our old county ch city ch form mass
in hundred ways the rich people of other coun
tries and 50 furnishing finely differentiated dramatic material Modern
culture tends to making gentleman and lady much the same the world
M not Quite the The comedy of lives on these
b distinctions and place and custom habit that tell you
a man i. English or French that woman is American
These things the clothes of the matter the nu
man being that they cover the human being at whom the
dranatis must aim m :,
In the making Society plays there are fad and foeS thar
,rssert themselves they be treated with satire and 50 FUR
h h,nr Socey the human SINS and to be treated
&c hoee Of other human their degree and their consequences
We cannot do this as done in France Germany or Italy, tor
instance where subjects of ordinary conversation which we can
not a1ude IN comedies of American life
The trend of the from the older conventions ana
,o toward the human Stories will be worked out more
and more simply but less powerfully and all the more truly
and ncngly There will be less complication OF plot There can
never he an entire absence arc but will be less obvious And
the stories need not disagreebe Life not So Why then
transcripts from life? 49, , -
Whv is the drama Of middle class life no longer welcome
American incnaSe-s?" have been asked .
country OF ap1rauos a1tef wealth.
mr. neo would rather the successful people in their own and ano
the aroa of other pictured the stage than the poor ano
their struggles which they only too we'll human 70 IKE g
, m glitter out gray life But make strong good plays OF o
die class life and they will be produced IS think good oeal
matter Of plays writte1-I mean the good playa