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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09

a Few Foreign Facts.
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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
North DAKOTA NEWS
Government Wins.

Judge Amidon of the United States
court holds that the Western Express
company. which operates along the
500 road in this state, must pay the
government whisky licenses for each
agent in the state.
Internal revenue officials started the
suit against the company, claiming it
was shipping packages of beer and
whisky into this state under initials,
and anyone with the price could go to
their agents and buy, claiming the in
itials could get intoxicants.
Revenue officials held it was q
straight sale and the government was
entitled to the license from each
agent.
The case was tried here three days
and by stipulation it was taken
from the jury by Judge Amidon, who
directed that the company should
pay $4,000 back license money
claimed. An appeal will be taken.
State officials will begin an action
against the company's agents in this
state for violating the state prohibit
ton law, for which a minimum pen
atty is ninety days in Jail and 5000
fine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
and room, far speed in westchestef

and room, for speed In Westcheetef
county.
Gabe Case was the founder in this
section Of the practice of setting up a
magnum of champagne for the first
driver - amateur, of course ~ who
reached his hotel in a sleigh or cutter
and upon runners each autumn. The
magnum was always taken after .
fierce struggle on perhaps a quarter
inch of rapidly fading snow, and Of
course it brought to the hotel enough
custom to more than compensate for
the cost of the wine. Afterwards other
hotel keepers copied the idea. One
man in Yonkers used to set up wine
for the first bicyclist to reach his place
every year. Result race beginning at
one minute after midnight between 50
or more hooting scorchers, making
night hideous, and sometimes pedaled
through six inches Of snow. After the
winner got his supplies. the others still
had thirst to assuage.
Thirteen years ago Case moved for
the third or fourth time to McGown's
Pass tavern in Central park.
Gov. Flower and his staff had
q festive dinner there. In his
day Case knew well Robert Bonner.
w. H., w. X. and Commodore" Van
derbilt; the Jeromes, the Works and
other people who loved horses because
they were horses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Time for Proofs.

Minot Optic: Charles Dwyer has
been appointed special agent of the
United States land office for the Mi
not and Devils Lake districts under
the new ruling which will take effect
August 1. The special agent will set
the times each month when proofs
can be taken at Stanley, Bowbells.
Mohall, Williston and Bottineau. For
the month of August proofs will be
taken in Stanley August II, at Bow
bells August 10, at Mohall August "a.
For Williams county proofs may be
taken August Is at Williston, for Bot
tineau county proofs may be taken
at Bottineau Aug ust "a. The object
of the new ruling is for the purpose
of stopping fraud. After proving up
under this system no attention will
be paid to any protests or contests,
as the inspector will have passed upon
the proofs.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
News in Brief.

Mclean county officials have broken
up gang of horse thieves:
The electric light company are
putting up 45-foot poles over their
system in Minot.
John Gordon, living three miles
west of jamestown, had three horses
killed by lightning. The stock was
insured.
The Gladstone hotel at jamestown
was struck by lightning and some
damage was done.
Linton has a gun club which WIFI
be heard at the next state tournA-
ment.
The Minot creamery building 10
completed and the machinery is in
stalled. The WORK of making butter
will begin in few days.
Boys stole over $500 worth Of
goods from Devils Lake confection-
cry store.
William Barry has again entered
the penitentiary. He has been three
times tried and twice convicted, and
the outlook does not appear very
promising for him.
Six of the memorial windows of the
new Catholic church in Mandan have
already been taken-thc first to
James Burke for $65>
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Decided Constitutional.

The state supreme court has de-
cided that the Woods law is constitu-
tional in the case of Peter Pickton,
plaintiff and appellant, VS.. the County
of Cass, defendant and respondent,
which was appealed from the district
court in this county, where Judge
Pollock held as the supreme court
now does, for the defendants.
The decision is a very important
one, as it affects much property in
the city and county, and will be re-
ceived with great interest throughout
the state.
What is known as the Woods law il
an act entitled "An act to enable
board of county commissioners to in
stitute proceedings to enforce pay
ment of taxes on real property, sold
to the state or county for taxes and
remaining unredeemed for more than
three years."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Killed by Lightning.

A farmer was killed instantly in
his house east of Darlington by
lightning. His name was George Fo-
gel. He and the farm hand were sit
ting by the kitchen stove during the
storm when a bolt struck the Chin
ney and came to the floor in the
room, killing Fogel and not injuring
the man close to him beyond severe
shock. The lightning was very sharp,
a Mrs. Frank Brown being injured by
a stroke that fell in the town, while
a cow was also killed during the same
storm. Hail fell in Eddy county of
large size, doing some damage.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

ried woman of title Miss Edith
Van Buren,, who was grandniece of
President Van Buren,, married the
Count de Castelmenardo of Italy, and
was badly treated by him.
4 Other cases turned out better; the
early ones apparently more often
than those of recent happening. Thus
the daughter of Preston King married
the French minister, Waddington. Her
memoirs, which have just been pub
aished, reveal happy life spent in high
places, vexed by nobler cares than
trouble the titled do-nothings who
seem preferred by so many silly girls
nowadays.
To this latter class belong the Prince
Rospigliosi, whose noble family have
made miserable the life In Rome of the
former Miss Marie Reid Of New Or
leans; the Baron Won Schellendorf,
who took his Cincinnati bride to Ger
man East Africa and tortured her by
drunken attentions to dusky rivals; the
Baron Halkett, whose American wife
is now q hermit in the Adirdndacks;
the Prince Colonna, who, with the
proud record of thousand years of no.
bility behind him, drove the adopted
daughter Of John W. Mackay from his
home with her two children; the Baron
denFocke, arrested for embezzlement
ingvienna within the honeymoon with
his bride. Miss Anna Cox. of New
York; the Count Larisch- Monisch, who
was backed by marriage syndicate in
his campaign for the hand of AAlss
Mary Satterfield, heiress ofeight Stand
ard Oil millions in Buffalo.
IN spite Of the marriage last winter
of the duke Of Roxburge and Miss ,Goe-
let the fashion of international ro-
mances is decidedly going out. And
Roxburge, unlike the creatures who
have been named. is a manly fellow
we'll worth marrying on his own ac-
count.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Found Guilty.

j. L. Smith, an attorney at Leon
ard, pleaded guilty in the United
States court in Fargo to the charge
of making fraudulent proof to q
pension voucher two days after the
death of a pensioner.
He was fined 500 and sentenced to
six months in the county Jail. Sew
eral men who had been introducing
whisky on the Indian reservations
were fined $40 and given short Jail
terms
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

country to prevent q British-American
allianse-of which, by the way. there
was no danger.
Genet,s. son died the other day in
New York, where he had nveu all his 80
years. His father, the minister. who
came to this country in 1898, remained
and became a citizen; he was friend
and admirer Of George Clinton. and
when in his middle life son was born
to him he gave the boy Clinton's name.
So when George Clinton Genet died SO
recently New York took-not of course.
SO much interest az in prize fight or
something really important-but de-
cent degree of interest.
For 1t was curious fact that this
gray-haired old man had heard in his
youth from his fathers own lips per-
sonal "reminiscences of both the French
and the American revolutions; and that
thus a single life interviewed between
Washington and the present day.
Genet married an Albany lady Of
good family and practiced the law I'M
til Is years ago and gained a fortune.
This country has always had an at
traction for Frenchmen of title OF
ability. Few men Of his day knew our
west better than Chateaubriand. The
Bonapartes of Trenton and Baltimore
are a famous case in point. 1t has
long been believed by many that Mar
shall Ney was never really shot by the
soldiers of the restoration, but escaped
to this country and lived here many
years. And the story of Eleazer Will
liams' identity with q missing dauphin
belongs to the curiosities of history.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Suspicious Death.

Mrs. William Graham was found
dead at their farm, eighteen miles
north of Minot, with bullet hole
through the forehead between the
eyes. The bullet came out at the
back of her head. Her husband is
missing. A scouting party found no
trace of him. No cause is assigned.
Graham is well-to-do farmer. Muir
der is the theory upon which the Of
ucers are working.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Limit Is Reached.

These blooming correspondence
schools ought to be suppressed"
snorted the old editor. throwing down
the paper he was reading; they're
trouble breeders"
why" remarked his assistant, 81
never heard you exclaim against them
before"
mo, but here's one of them that
offers to teach people to write poetry"
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

n. MOhlON mas
been vice presi-
dent when his
daughter married
abroad. Not the
first case in the
families of men
d distinguished in
American politics.
G e n. G r a n t 8
g r a n d d a u ghter
married q Russian
prince. President
Arthur's son mar
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

is prominent in society. Its
head has been governor of New York
and vice president of the United States.
Its wealth is ample, it's country estate
at Ellerslie on the Hudson one of the
finest in the country. Mr.. Morton him
self is in feeble health and old. He is
broken by the sorrow Ct his second
daughters death, which came almost at
the same time as the final news of the
irrevocable parting of the Valencays.
One Of Napoleon's plain-spoken
marshals described Talleyrand as a
:...shovelful Of mud in. 4 silk, stock
ing" The description would fit
some Of Talleyrand's. distant rel
atives of to-day. The man who mar
ried Miss Morton is fully named the
count Of Talleyrand-Perigord. The du-
cal title Of Valencay came from Mr..
Morton; ct any rate, his money to the
tune Of $500. 900 bought the ducal
chateau, and that may or may not, car
ry the higher title. That point is dis
pnted. "
In New York Mr.. Morton lives in a
house on the east side of Fifth avenue,
about 81 feet in width-one of those
slice-of- cake-shaped houses that cost a
lot Of money and are bigger than they
look. In France his daughter was for
a little time nominally the mistress of
a great medieval palace with proud
name, but not with happiness, actually
she never occupied it. It was seized
by her mother-in-law.
This lady, the Princess de Sagan, is
that rare phenomenon, an aristocrat
with a decided personality, and decid-
eddy unpleasant at that. The dukes
elder brother. was once in prison half
a year for forgery. Another member of
the family, Charles, las actually been
divorced by two American wives.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Authors with Money.

AN I JOKES udV0
been exploded at
the expense of IT.
wing Bachelor and
Hamlin Garland.
who went to Next
co with the object,
as the funny men
will have it, Of
buying gold mines.
AS q matter of fact
Garland is an ex-
perienced miner
and both men have
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

earned big money by their pens so
they could try their luck If they
wished. Bachelor, who already has q
beautiful seaside place in Connecticut,
is preparing to build new one Of
magnificent proportions l do not see
how he can bear to leave the study he
has built Of native granite upon q rock
fairly. oyerhanging the water.
All the successful authors seem to
take to country places of immortal size.
Winston Churchill's mansion up in
New Hampshire is show place for
miles around. r. II. Davis has place
up the Hudson with .. private golf
course. kennels and stables, but he
married money. Frank Stockton had
but just moved upon q big Virginian
plantation with stately mansion when
he died, older far than he looked with
his sprightly figure and keenly intel
lectual face One Of the finest houses
have seen in New York was that in
which the late Paul Leicester Ford did
his writing-fne, that u.s., from a writ
ing mans point Of view. The library
was vast and well filled, partly with
books that old Gordon. Ford, Paul's
father, who was one Of the owners OF
the Tribune, had collected.
Authorship was IS years ago a very
uncertain business. The number Of
men and women who earned more than
$4,000 a year, by their pens. except in
newspaper work, was small. The great
sale Of fiction Of recent years has
changed matters. Suppose, forinstance.
that MI. Churchill's new book goes to
100000 copies; multiply that by 20
cents q copy-and his royalty is prob
ably more than that-and you can see
that the proceeds will keep up a New
HAMPSHIRE mansion, for some time.
4Aa5 OWEN LANGDON.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
From the Nursery.

Mrs. Newlywed-Doctor, that bottle
of medicine you left for baby is all gone.
Doctor-Impossible! told you to give
him a teaspoonful once an hour.
Mrs. Newlywed-Yes;b but John. and
and mother and the nurse, have to each
take spoonful, too, in order to induce
the sweet little cherub to take 1t. Tit
Bits.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
The soStal Calendar.

Eyes, have bsen go busy with my
visits this week" said the impressive
lady. Il Mondayed in Chicago and Tues
dayed at Peoria. Then Wednesdayed
at home and Thursdayed in Michigan
City. Fridayed with friends at Moline
and Saturdayed at Waukegan."
"Yes?" asked the friend. "And where
do you expect to to-day tomorrow
Judge.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
"Citizen" aenet's Son.

NE doesn't need to
have. read much
American history
to remember the
row that was
made more than q
c e n t ury ag o
q out C i t /.
zen" Genet. the
French minister
who in the time of
the Paris revolu-
ton came to this
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Then He Hurried Home.

Il say, Miss Nellie" remarked young
Borem, as the clock chimed the hoIr
of II. II have conundrum for you"
WELL" she Queried, as she attempted
to suppress yawn. what is it,"
What is the difference between me
and a five-dollar gold piece?" he asked.
"One can easily lose five-dollar gold
piece" she replied.-Cincinnati En-
Quirer
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
SENSE of Propriety

ut was careless of me to say that I
admired Bacon" remarked the young
woman with glasses.
.Did you offend some Shakespearean
STUDENT"
mo. It was a Chicago pork packer.
He frigidly remarked that he didn't
care to talk shop" Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Lost Voice.

Their voices often, In duets,
Were heard some time ago:
But now to join no chance he gets.
For things have changed. you know.
Now they are wed, and she prefers
A solo part to sing.
And he. poor man. no longer has
A voice in anything.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
A Reminder.

"You may not remember me, Miss
Summers" he said, "but was en-
gagged to you once"
"Indeed?" she replied coldly. you
have quite memory for faces"
NO" he replied, glancing at her fair
hand, "but nave for the rings I buy. "
-philadelphia Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Steadfast.

"A woman should be able to trust her
husband" said the idealist, land feel
that he has the courage to remain stead
fast in his purpose, despite rebuffs."
WELL" answered young Mrs. Tor
kins. that's exactly the kind of man
Charley is. He has lost at every race
meeting for the past three years, but he
is just as steadfast in purpose as ever +"
Washington Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
She Hated to Tell Her Age.
Judge-How old are you?

Judge-H0W Old are you!
Lady Witness-I can't remember.
Judge-What year were you born In?
Lady Witness-I forget.
Judge-Well, madam. your instinct
for self-preservation still seems to
work all right.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
cabe Cases Tavern Morns.
Y GABE CASE a
niot,,,n.~,,o AY.-

81 GAbG CASE q
picturesque New
Y or k character
has passed away.
Case was born in
the city; almost no
one is.. so that this
alone was q dis
tfnction. In sue
cessive taverns in
the upper part of
the city he catered
to those horsey
people who before
automobile Jared
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
A Paraphrase.

Some men are born to greatness:
With luck their lives begin.
And some achieve distinction
And others Just butt in
-WaShinGtok Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
TITLES AND THE 400
EXPERIENCE OF AMERICAN
WOMEN WITH NOBILITY.
PRODUCTIVE OF SCANDALS
Daughter Of Vice President Norton
Bringing Suit for Divorce from
Brute Of q Husband-Some
Exceptions to the Rule.

NEW YORK. -The
divorce scandal in
the case of the
Duchess de Valen-
cay was no sur
prise to New York.
For some time the
duchess, who was
Miss helen Nor
ton, the daughter
of Levi p. Morton,
has been sheltered
by her fathers
The Morton family
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

She-What Is the term applied 70
to check?
He-Five or ten years usually, be-
lieve.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

Bobuppe-It's q shame the way he
treated you. but you should heap cosls
of fire on his head.
Flareuppe-What! With coal at the
present price? Say. I'm not that fond
of revenge.-Chicago Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Variable.

VHCl0UIe.
The conversation turned upon the
alderman from the 'Steenth ward.
What do you suppose he's worth?"
asked the man with the patch over his
eye.
Nobody knows" said the man with
the cinnamon beard. Sometimes you
can buy him for $50 and at other times
it takes $5O0."-Chicago Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
The Audience.

They listen to the orator.
Then as they homeward walk,
They say: I'VE don't believe him.
But We like to hear him talk"
Washington Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

A Dangerous Experiment.
If everybody told the truth.
In just about a week
All human beings would feel hurt
And none OF them would speak.
--WashingtOn Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
To Get the Real Thing

To Get the Real Thing.
Il tell you. :utomobiling is exctt'
ing"
Think so?'
II know it,
well, If you want real excitement.
you want to give up your automobile
and take to driving on roads where
automobiles are thick You don't begin
to get all there is coming in the excite.
ment line. Chicago Post
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
| * kze;5MILEE F.
4 e SN3l644SAA.4a. - =, s. x <zszs.
No Rea1 Grievance.

Say" complained the customer. x
want to put in kick Remember that
ton of coal got here yesterday"
''Yes. sir" said the dealer. whats
the matter with it,"
You sold it to me as your best smoke
less. find it has q lot of broken stone
in it,
We'll. stone doesn't smoke, does 1t:
What are you kicking about?"-Chica-
60 Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
The Deficiency.

The Deficiency.
$50 Bifins' new patent food wouldn't
sell?"
mo"
Il understand it was very good food,
too"
YES. The food was all right. But
the advertising pictures weren't funny
enough" -Washington Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

Lovely Woman.
Oh, woman, in our hours of ease
AS quiet as fellow please:
But wher he's busy how you walk
Around his chair and talk and talk
Houston Post.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
'Inadeq uate Pay.

Inadequate Pay.
tied
And when the performance was done.
He examined his fee; the "Alas!' ex-
claimed he;
IT add one to one and make one"
philadelphia Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

Poor Mrs. Japes-Yes. mum. and af-
ter that we gets behind in the rent.
District Visitor-And what was that
owing to?
Poor Mrs. Japes-The landlord.
mum.-Ally Sloper.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

the ADVENT OF the aut0mOD1Ie Jared
forth Of the city gates to find dirt roads
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07

what funny hat that is"
4 Eyes, mum; it's a sort Of combi-
nation sunshade an lightning rod
Chicago American.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
A Country Idyl.

We may beat our swords to plowshares
And our spears to pruning hooks.
And betake ourselves to farming
In the peaceful country hooks:
But we want them back as weapons
When we find at early dawn
That our neighbours scraggy chickens
Have been scratching up our lawn.
.-Tit.Rifa
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-07
Other Pitiable Cases.

"a - R. MORTON