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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
MANY lose LIVES
N prairie FIRE
FLAMES SWEEP OVER THOU
SANDS OF ACRES OF LAND
IN OKLAHOMA.
Survivors Are Destitute Of Clothing,
Food and Fuel-Property Loss Is
Immense-Kansas and Nebraska
Counties Also Suffer.


terrific gale from the north, which at
times reached q velocity of 80 miles
an hour, prairie fire swept over $4,000
acres in Comanche county, inflicting
damage now estimated at 100000 and
causing q heavy loss of life. The city
of Lawton was saved only by great eff
fort, while many farmhouses were con-
sumed. Kiowa county was also visited
by prairie fire, while damage is re-
ported from all over the southwest.
Losses Are Large.
The losses from wind and fire report
ed to date follow: Hobart. $4,000;
vinson, $1,000; Lawton. $1,000; small
country town aggregate $4,000;
farm property, 100000. The loss of
life is known to be large. but it is inn
possible at this time to give any accu-
rate figures. A report has been re-
ceived at Fl. Sill that an entire Apache
Indian village was swept clean. The
report has not been verified.
Hundreds Are Homeless.
Three thousand square miles of ter
ritory in Kiowa and comanche coun-
ties were swept by the fires. Hundreds
of people are homeless and the finan-
cial loss covers wide extent of coun-
try.
At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa
county, the fire approached from the
east, destroying the stables and fifteen
race horses, Is residences, two business
houses and various small buildings.
Spreading to the southwest. the fire
swept acres of government military
and timber reserve and Indian school
reserve.
Spreading westward the flames COW
cred miles of the homestead district,
destroying houses, barns and stock. 1t
was in this district that five persons
are reported to have perished in at
tempting to protect their property.
Fight the Flames.
Late at night the fire began moving
southwark toward this~,city. At mid
night 5000 people of the city were
fighting the fire. The advance line of
the fire was fully two miles in length.
BY hard work they saved the town.
stories are coming III Oh NOW ldmllleS
lay out on the prairie throughout the
cold night after the storm had passed.
with only thin clothes on. Hundreds
of people are destitute and are suffer-
ing intensely from the cold and their
burns. Clothes, medicine, and physi-
clans are being sent out from all the
cities and towns of the district to re-
lieve the suffering.
Fires in Kansas.
Salina, Kan, March ga prairie fire
swept over part of this county. Re-
ports received here state that the fire
ragged in Ellsworth, Lincoln. Graham,
Ellis, Russell and Salina counties. Two
lives are reported lost.
Nebraska Reports Loss.
Lincoln, Neb., March 5.-Prairie fires
raging in western and southwestern
Nebraska have been checked. Many
animals lost their lives and many
barns were burned in McCook The
loss will amount to several thousand
dollars.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Two Banks Suspend.

Oswego, N. Y, March 3.-The Farm
ers' Exchange bank, at Cleveland, N. Y,
and the Parish Exchange bank, at Par
ish, Oswego county, both operated by
Potter & Marsden, have suspended BUSH
ness. The Farmers bank was estab-
lished in 1882, and capitalized at SIC, 900.
According to recent statement it owed
depositors $1,000. The Parish bank
was established in 1892. It is not be-
lieved that it did large business.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

The report of the French govern.
ment commission, which has for more
than two years been investigating vel
low fever in Rio Janeiro. gives une.
quivocal confirmation of the epoclal
investigations of the United States
army officers, Reed, Carol and ARA
monte, in Cuba, in regard to the mode
of infection by the mosquoto stego'
myia fasciata and methods of its pre-.
contjan
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

The countess of Warwick intends to
establish agricultural settlements in
different parts of England, where WON
en- who are expert in horticulture
dairy farming and poultry raising can
work on the cooperative principle.
She believes that the problem can be
solved by training intelligent and edu.
Gated women to these callings.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

Recent experiments in France show
that white blood corpuscles, or "leuco.
cytes," besides absorbing foreign bod.
les destroying WORKOUT cells, absorb
ing liquid poisons, and carrying food
substances to- the tissues. also fulfill
a very important function in distrib-
uting medicinal drugs to all parts of
the body and carrying them in par.
ticular to the location in which they
will do the most good.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Cleveland Enters Denial.

Washington, March Ain the house
yesterday a letter from Grover Cleve-
land to Mr. Webb, of North Carolina,
was read, denying that c. H. j., Taylor,
a negro, had dined with him at the white
house while he was president, as charged
by Mr.. Scott, of Kansas, few days ago.
Mr.. Scott promptly offered his apology
to the former president, saying he never
before had heard the statement which
he had made denied.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Oldest Man Dead.

New Brunswick, N. j., March g.
Noah Raby, believed to be the Oldest
man in the world. died at the Pts
Getaway poorhouse near this city yes
terday. He was nearly 1872 years old.
He was born at Gatesville, N. c., on
April l, 1872.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

Toward the building of it's 1874
miles of railway, the Canadian govern.
ment has contributed at the average
of 1896 mile of railway construct
ed, the provincial governments at the
rate Of 1,757, and the municipalities at
the rate of 1873 a mile.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

The business of the New York post
Office increased by 81, 1853, 1896. or 9.31
per cent. in 1903. The gross receipts
were $13,582,829.62, against $12,423,.
831.96 in 1902. The approximate net
revenue for 1903 is given as $S,945. 900.
The money order business was $780,
$50, 527.57, an increase of $43 ,639 ,O99 So
Superintendent Elliott purchased over
$3O,OOO,O0O worth of foreign exchange.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

The value Of all animals exported
from this country during the year 1903
was $42,551,174. This includes cattle
to the value of $37, 725, 452. hogs to the
value of $53. 1SO, horses to the value
of $3,142,731, mules to the value of
$354,776, sheep to the value of $1,153,-
40, and all other, including fowls, to
the value of $121,265.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Took Poison,

Waterloo, Ia, March IN. T. Blake,
cashier of the First national bank Of
Dunkerton, committed suicide Tuesday
by taking carbolic acid His act was not
discovered until he was dead. He had
been cashier about year. The bank
officials suspect embezzlement and are
examining the accounts Of the bank.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Four Babies.

Louisville, KY, March 3-Mrs. Laura
Wyman, wife of one of the largest land
owners in central Kentucky, gave birth
yesterday to quadruplets. Mr.. Wyman
Immediately named them Grover Cleve-
land Wyman, Marcus Hanna Wyman.
Theodore Roosevelt Wyman and Willie
Bryan Wyman. The last is girl. :.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
unable to Stand Fortune.

Unable to stand Fortune.
Bessemer, Mich, March 1.-James Col
gate, who was left $1,000,000 by his
grandfather, James Colgate, ST., of New
York, has been taken to the insane
asylum 1T Newberry. Young Colgate
was working here as a mine teamster
when he received'the news of his legacy.
The news unseated his reason, and phy-
sicians say he may never recover SUM-
GENTLY to enjoy his wealth.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
SKY SCRAPER IN
new YORK falls
THIRTEEN STORY BUILDING COL.
LAPsEs AND sEvERALPER
SONS ARE KILLED.
Without a Moments Warning the
Frame Work Went Down With a
Crash-overloaded Floors Caused
the Disaster.

New York, March. - Sixteen per.
sons were killed, and several injured
in the collapse yesterday of the steel
skeleton Of the Hotel Darlington, 49,
story structure in course of erection at
81 West Forty-sixth street. The steel
framework had been erected as far as
the eleventh floor and the structure was
swarming with iron workers, masons,
and laborers. Without q moment,s
warning the upper floor sagged and col
lapsed, and the whole framework went
down with grinding noise and crash
that was heard for blocks.
Fell on Hotel.
A part of the huge steel frame crashed
into the rear of the Hotel Patterson,
slicing OF an end of the dining-room
and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Storrs, wife
Of Frank Storrs, wealthy resident of
Rye, Westchester county. Mrs. Storrs
was at luncheon with the wife of Rev.
DR.. Minot j. Savage. Mrs. Storrs, whose
husband is in London. England, and
Mrs. Savage were buried under the de-
bris of the roof and walls. Mrs. Savage
barely escaped being struck, and her
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Famous Writer Dies.

Guilford, Conn, March 4.-William
Henry Harrison Murray, the writer.
better known, as Adirondack Murray"
died yesterday at his home here, agei
Ga years. Mr.. Murray had been in poor
health for two years. AS an author,
traveller, lecturer and clergyman he was
widely known.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10

Cardinal Ferrari, who attended the
German Catholic congress, took back
with him to Milan as a present the
bones of the three kings, Melchior.
Gaspar and Balthasar, which were
the most famous relics in the Cologne
cathedral. The legend is that the rel.
les were taken away from a Milan
church by Frederick Barbarossa's men,
and the gift is intended as a restitu-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
The Public pebt.

Washington, March 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business February 49,,
1904, the debt, less cash in the treas
ury. amounted to $91s,034,634. which
is an increase for the month of $2.972.-
'O91. This increase is accounted for
by the decrease in the amount of cash
on hand.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Dick ELECTED SENATOR.

Columbus, o., March 2.-Charles Dick,
of Akron, was yesterday elected to the
United States senate, to succeed the late
Marcus A. Hanna. He was given the
solid republican vote of the house and
senate, which voted in separate session.
The democrats voted for John H. Clarke,
of Cleveland.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Aged Army Chaplain Dead.

Council Grove, Kan, March 5.-Rev.
Tawren Armsby is dead at his home
here, aged SO years. He was chaplain
of the Eighth Minnesota volunteer reg
iment, that saw greater variety of
service and country than any regiment
in the civil war, fighting the Sioux in
Montana and northwest before going
to the gulf and the Atlantic.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Lost Their Charters.

Springfield. ILL.,, March 2.-Charters
Of 1000 corporations doing business in
Illinois have been Cancelled by the sec.
rotary of state, for failure to comply
with the law which requires. annual
statements.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Five Dead.

Fort Smith, Ark, March "a spe-
cial from Stillwell, I. T., says: Five
young men of this city are dead and 9th
ers are critically i'll as the result of drink
ing lemon extract in large quantities as
a stimulant.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Die in Moonshine War.

Owingsville, KY, March 2.-Three
men were killed and one fatally wound
ed in battle between moenshiners
and revenue men in the mountains of
Knott county. William and John Had
dix, moonshiners, and deputy mar
shall are said to be dead, and Jack
Combs. another mocnshiner, desper-
ately wounded.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
For Another Term.

Baraboo, Wis, March 4.-Joseph w
Babcock was renominated for congress
by the republicans of the Third Wis
consin district. Congressman Babcock
received SO votes to Is for Col. D. o. Ma
loney, Of Mount Vernon. The dele
gates chosen to the national convention
are Col. John C. Clark and r, P. Perry
They were instructed for Roosevelt.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Bank Robbers Corrugated.

La Crosse, Wis, March Awkward
Raymond, Otto Kellar and James MUIR
ply were convicted yesterday of robbing
the Spring Grove bank at Caledonia,
and were sentenced to serve five years
each.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Killed himself.

Des Moines, Ia, March president
La Rue, of the Corning bank, shot him
self through the head Friday, dying
instantly. His bank failed this week.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Miners Strike.

Huntington, w. Va, March 5.-The
miners at the East Lynn mines, on the
East Lynn branch of the Norfolk r.
Western railroad, are on a strike.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
skirt was pinned to the floor by mass
of fallen bricks.
Floors Overloaded.

The cause of the disaster was the over
loading of the floors. Foreman James
Halpin, in charge of the ironworkers,
stated that there was large quantity of
cement and other building material on
the fifth floor and that on the ninth floor
were SO iron beams which were to have
been used in constructing the remaining
floors of the building.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Indiana Republicans.

indianapolis, Ind, March 5.-The re-
publican state committee fixed q state
convention for April 26 and q at H.
dianapOliS
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Hundreds of Sheen Drown

Fremont, Neb., March 5.-The most
serious property loss resulting from
the overflow of the Platte river was
the drowning of 1000 sheep belonging
to N. H. Schreiner.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
Pioneer Minister Dead.

Springfield, Ill.,, March 5.-Rev. Rob-
ert Clark, one of the pioneer Methodist
Episcopal ministers of Illinois, is dead
at his home in Waverly. aged "a years
The sun., 1904-12-04

seat In front Of the counter with profound
bow. There she sits as II anchored till her
purchase Is completed,
-1hen the salesman salaams several
times: and inquiries deferent,ally what he
can show her Dark blue tafieta, she says.
He takes one piece from the shelf opens 1t
as II IL were gold and trails one end over
the counter in front OF the customer, who
perhaps remarks that the color isn't Just
what she wants, at which the salesman
the shelf and as carefully opens and spreads
It, meanwhile bowing some more.
Nov In the same length OF time an
American salesman would have had half
a dozen pieces of silk in front OF customer
and be hunting ont some more rolls that
he thinks might suit. However before the
English woman leaves she is pretty sure to
order 80 many yards cut of and. perhape,
without even asking the. price.
The American woman's way is different;
the salesman, Judging by hex prosperou.:
appearance, Is delighted at the\prospect OF
a big order The American says. briskly:.
I want TO see some bonnet silk, pale
green, think. No, don't care for that
shade as one piece Is put before her. rs
opens out second roll. I want heavier
silk and so on till she has seen and handled
at least half a dozen pieces. when, as likely
a. not. up she jumps and says 10 the as
tonished clerk: ...
"'Well, perhap' will come in again.
don't see anything exactly fancy to-day.
and whisks away before he can say word.
Then all the O, her clerks have the grand
laugh on him and he swears under his
breath,
Meantime the American shopper goes
on TO the next store and does the same thing,
eventually. perhaps, going back to the one
she first tried.
Now. ! don't pretend to say that the
New York salesman never gets put out
with this sort Of customer, for he often
does. Not long ago one OF our best
salesmen wasted as he thought, nearly
one hour during the busiest part of the
day with woman, who finally strolled out
without buying a yard Of goods: and he
was not happy over it. ! can tell you. He
felt differently. though, the next morning
when in walked the same woman bringing
two others with her. the trio spending
nearly $500 before they left.
NO, we don't try to prevent customers
from handling the silk-it would be no Use
II we tried. In England they keep stock
on the shelves longer han We do therefore,
they can't afford to let it get soiled, whereas
over here any st ore OF any Importance clears
out everything at least once year,
American women shop differently from
The sun., 1904-12-04

STAYED unsold on the counters long,
But In New York that doesn't happen
often. Instead Of keeping on hand goods
placed on special sale on particular day,
we often have to replenish the stock two
or three times before O'clock
Naturally, in the course OF year we
are bound to lose a little on shopworn'
soiled goods which must be sold at re-
duced prices, but our loss would he ten
times as much II we tried to restrain
shoppers from examining the stur'
-The American woman and the English
woman explained department m .nager
who was born on the other side and has
had business experience on both sides OF
the ocean. are entirely unlike in their
shopping habits.
"ihe English woman doesn't shop; she
never dreams of running from store to
store just for the pleasure OF looking at
goods. When, for instance, she wants
favorite store and makes her selection
from the fabrics she sees there.
Does the average American shop that
way? Not much. Why. even the incest
women will make tour OF half a dozen
OF their Pet stores, look the stock over
before deciding at which store TO leave
the order
"Nea York salesmen know this. every
proprietor knows it, and We all understand
that in the long run the American woman
is sure to buy, and buy lberally. and that
one store stands just as good chance OF
sc ling to her as another.
Il can understand though how the Eng
lish salesman feels about il. Why, II an
Englishman should see counter like that
1t would shock him, and the speaker waved
his hand toward the silk counter, literally
strewn from end to end with the newest,
most alluring weaves Of every quality and
color. Women came along. handled the
silks. asked the price and passed on.
THE silk department in an English shop,
went on the manager, 'is very different
from this, simply for the reason that in
England the people, the plain people, l
mean. don't buy much silk. Consequently,
it is the higher class principally which
patronizes the silk department,
A salesman Of SILKS considers himself
away above the salesman Of calcoes. say.
and most OF them are arrayed when behind
the counter in a frock coat and match it
with a sort OF reception committee manner.
Here. for example is the way an English
woman buys:
"She sails into the store slowly ard 'ears
down upon the silk counter. escorted per-
haps by floor manager, who waves her to a
The sun., 1904-12-04

all others on the face Of the earth, they
expect and take more privileges, and they
are the least considerate. i think. was the
opinion Of q floor manager whose dealings
are principally with the fair sex. where
or when their privileges are to stop is a
sAs It is, they do everything but wear out
n garment before bringing the thing back
to he exchanged. In this store woman IL
privileged not only to handle every garment
In the particular stock from which she s
making a selection. but she may have one
or two or several pieces sent home on ap-
proval and then be at liberty TO send every
one OF them back the next day and come
in later on and go through the same per-
formance all over again.
And II saleswoman or salesman
doesn't look happy over 1t and treat her
with the greatest cordiality she Is likely 70
complain to the management. ! have
known customers to visit our millinery
department, try on as many as dozen
hats and leave without purchasing one.
Whether they had any intention OF buying,
even II suited. I'm sure don't know. Ihe
same thing happens in the cloak and the
suit department.
"The American woman, I think, is COM
pletely spoiled, and the fanlt. think. lies
at the door of department store proprietors
who let shoppers do just al they please.
"Only few years ag" il was almost un-
hoard Of for any establishment TO take
hdcH G0O'lS ana IPIuHu 'Ilt IliSt VI '''-"''
but now il is common occurrence.
When this remark was repeated to the
proprietor of leading department store,
he nodded his head and acknowledged that
it was quito true.
sWhy do we do it," he echoed. 'Recause
it pays. just as it pays to let shoppers handle
the stock.
aThe American woman may not be an
ideal shopper from saleswoman's point
or view but and most other storekeepers
have M fault to find with her. II she never
went into o store except when she really
wanted to buy. a good many of US would
have to cut down our business.
we owe much OF our prosperity to the
fact that the rank and file OF American
women go first of all to the shops to see what
the latest fashions are, what there is that
is new and that when actually in touch
with goods which ca toh their fancy thoy
can't resist the temptation to buy. As an
instance: f.,
Down on the main floor is a table loaded
with ribbons advertised at a special price.
Those ribbons have been pulled and hauled
twisted and tied by crowd Of eager women
ever since the store was opened this morn
ing Thousands of yards have been sold
to-day and thousands more will 60 Of
Tomorrow.
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Ohat IS the
Tmerican
Shopkeep eper' 5 2aea

chicr aim in this store, and think 1t is the
aim Of every large American department
store, Is to get customers to look at our
goods, to handle them, in some departments
to taste them; for II a woman gets that far she
is pretty sure to buy sooner or later
1T was A. T. Stewart, pioneer OF the
great New York department store system,
who use1 to tell his clerks
show the goods. Don't be afraid To
show them, Let them speak for them
selves and save YOUR breath.
He was never an aivo 'ate Of the old
fashioned method of crsuading a customer
to buy. And he was right,
As a rule a woman who is persuaded by
q glib-tonguei salesman to purchase any
thing which does not appeal to her at first
sight Ia pretty sure to be dissatisfied with
it, and ten chances to one will return IL.
aIn this store at least we seldom or never
refuse to take back goods and refund their
price Pay us? or course it does, We
found out long ago that it is not good busi-
ness to force goods on shoppers nor profit
able to let customer get grievance,
fanciel or real, against the house Idont
know how it is in London, but over here
there ia less loss than might be imagined
from the handling Of stock. ! am asked
over and over again by foreign merchants.
who open their eyes to see special counters
lcatel down with fresh goods which are
being handel here and there like shavings
by shoppers, many of whom don't buy a
ward or an article: Are not the goods ruinei
by such constant mauling?' and | always
answer that they wouli certainlyibe If they