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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-06-22
Around the State.

Thieves are robbing farm
fuses near LasfOrd.
Ike Ross of Bowbells seeded
{334acres with three horses.
The Bott!neau Courant is get
fling up a new map OF the county.
Three hundred North Dakotans
have registered at the St Louis
Fair.
A Stanley blacksmith stumbled
lover a rope with which horse
Twas fastened and broke his arm.
A Devils Lake man talked too
freely about some ladies and
now he is under $500 bonds.
Little Chas. Hughes was
drowned at Willow City while
trying to save a companion older
than himself. s1 . .;1,ss. 2
The body OF Paul Peterson was
found in a manger OF his barn at
Balfour. He had been murdered
three weeks before with an ak.
The Bismarck Tribune says
McClure's Politician is defunct.
Mac says not and he expects to
get out the next issue along about
New Years or before.
An organized gang OF shack
robbers robbed Bert Green's
shack OF everything in it, at
Glenburn. Hall, the Canadian
agent, lost a good harness from
his shack and a young woman
school teacher had all her winter
clothes stolen.
A preacher down in Missouri
applied for an increase in salary
recently. "Salary,' cried one Of
the pillars Of the church, "Why, l
thought you worked for souls. y
"And so l do,'' replied the
minister, ''but | cannot eat souls
and ii could, 1T would take a
good many souls the size OF yours
to make asquare meal
VIM. Barry was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at
Grafton and sentenced to life
Imprisonment inthe penitentiary.
This was his third trial. Ian.
3, 1901, Barry who was told by
his sister that Andrew Mellum a
farm hand had caused her ruin,
called Mellum to the barn and
after an unsuccessful attempt to
hang him stabbed him to death.
He was sentenced at the time to
life imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. He secured a new trial.
Barry's attorneys attempted to
show that he was insane.
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Train Load of Threshers.

A whole train load OF Case
threshing outfits passed thru
Minot on the 500 at 10 O'Clock
Sunday. There were 60 COM
plete rigs. The train was bound
for Winnipeg. At the rear was
a calliope manipulated by one OF
the engines. The train was dee
GRATED with flags and handsful
OF buttons and pins were thrown
out at the crossing as the train
passed thru. The prospects for
a big crop thru the Northwest
have caused the sale Of a great
many threshing outfits.
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Glenburn.

Geo. Stroup is building a very
large barn.
John Hake is breaking up his
entire farm.
Mr.. Moon is the new manager
OF the Imperial lumber yard.
Barton Harrington has a field
OF volunteer flax which heswears
will go thirty bushels to the acre.
Farmers are talking of closing
the public highway along the G..
N. unless the townships see fit to
purchase a road.
A regular league game OF ball
was played at Mohall Sunday
between Glenburn and Mohall,
result 3 to 4 in favor Of Mohall.
Many about Glenburn are figur-
ing on putting in ten acres ofpo-
tatOes next season. Barton
Harrington has four acres in this
season.
Miss Berthh Loechel, OF Chad
wick, Ill.,, is the guest Of her sis
ter. Mrs: G.. E. Colcord. Miss
Loechel will likely buy a re-
linquishment.
Many farmers complain that
mustard is thick in the fields this
year. 1t is a good plan to put
potatoes on such land. It can
be let stand idle and summer fall
low it.
Chas. Wellman has done ex-
ceedingly well with his claim,
having remodeled his residence
and built a new barn. A good
we'll has also been dug. Chas.
was under the weather with one
OF Jobs comfOrters.
Chas. Taylor, the genial man
ager of the Imperial lumber yard.
left Tuesday for Warroad, Mimi,
where he will spend the summer
hunting and fishing. Chas. may
soon go to South Dakota and
open a new lumber yard at the
Rosebud reservation.
Mr.. Healey, of the Glenburn
bank, states that not much land
is changing hands, tho it would
take a good price to get hold OF
a good piece OF land. He believes
that the farmers who have in
large crops will buy adjoining
farms in the fall.
Four young ladies from St.
Paul arrived to prove up on their
claims in Section 10, 1882. 1t
is said that they have spent but
night or two on their land and
their shAcks are in . deplorabls
cor q. A lawyer from %.
PanlHs With them.
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Difficult Operation.

Mr.. Cody who recently was
badly injured at Williston by be-
ing run over by a hand car, was
taken to St. Paul Sunday by his
mother where he will undergo a
difficult operation on his back.
1t is possible that a part OF the
spinal column will be removed.
His leg may also be amputated:
He had been care'1 for at our
hospital.
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Mr.. Thos. Dodds was called to
Fessenden on Friday by a tele-
gram stating Mrs. Dodds was
very sick.
The Misses Grethe and Alma
Peterson visited their uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. p. Fugelso,
at Minot last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Tunell and
daughter, Edna, came in from
their farm on Sunday to hear the
}. [. Case Co., calliope.
Grandpa Simmons and A. Lar
son drove to Minot the other
day. They returned the same
day tho tilt was a little late.
The Foxholm Ladies' Aid So
ciety will mold their annual sale
OF fancy goods etc., at the resi-
dence OF Lewis Peterson Satur-
day June Goth.
Photographer (and genius) W.
"A. Starrett returned Thursday
from Stanberry, Mo-, where he
has been spending few months
with friends and relatives.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. r. W. Holiday on
Saturday last. Also same day a
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Z. Noyes. Who says Foxholm's
population is decreasing?
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Hall came
in the other day from Minot.
Mrs. Hall will stay on their claim
and teach school this summer.
Mr.. Hall has a short term of
school to finish south OF Minot.
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Rsxisia.

Frank E. Kirkelie is on the sick
hat ~
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f.. Besteland
were down here from Carpio last
Sunday.
h. A. Schultz has returned from
an extended stay on his claim
near Donnybrook.
Mrs. M. W. EARLY returned Fri
day from Minot where she has
been attending the summer
school.
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GERMAN SHIP FIRED ON
Report That One Was Under Russian
Fire or Hull.

Berlin, Oct, 2S.--A dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger dated Geestemunde,
October 81, 11:55 p. M, says:
THE fishing vessel sonntag, which
arrived here to-day, reported that it
had been fired upon for two and a half
hours off Dogger bank, but was not
hit
Berlin Oct 2S.-The following is the
story of Captain Haohner of the Sonn-
tag: "On October 21, we were on the
west coast of Jutland. In the fore
noon five large Russian ships passed
and in the evening nine more. North
of us was a large freight steamer. AT
$3.50 o'clock p. M, we were lighted by
a reflector, and Immediately after
wards there fell the first shells in our
neighborhood. The Russian vessels
fired up to eighty shots a minute in
all directions. Towards $3.50 the
freighter approached us, drawing the
fire upon itself. In the tight of the re-
flecter we observed shells striking close
to this steamer. We then observed an
other reflector southwark, and shells
bursting near the ship which was firing
upon lis. We remained unhurt. After
II o'clock there were no further Shells"
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RoJEsNTENSKE,s REPORT.
Text Of Dispatches to Russian Admir-
aIty Made Public.

Text of Dispatches to Russian Admir-
atty Made Public.
st. Petersburg Oct 28The naval
general stair publishes the following
two dispatches from Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky:
First dispatch:
''rThe North sea incident was caused
by two torpedo boats advancing to at
tack without lights under cover Of
darkness against the vessel leading the
detachment. When the detachment
turned on its searchlights and opened
fire the presence Of several small
steamboats, resembling steam fishing
boats were discovered. The detach-
ment endeavored to spare these, and
ceased firing as soon as the torpedo
boats were out of sight.
1.-THE English press Is indignant be-
cause a torpedo boat left BY the de-
tachrnent on the spot until morning
did not aid the victims. Now there
was not a single torpedo boat near the
detachment, and none was left behind;
consequently the vessel remaining near
the small steamboats, was the torpedo
boat which was not sunk, but only
damaged The detachment did not aid
the little steamboats, because we sus-
pected them of completely on account
of obstinately cutting into the order Of
the positions Of our vessels. Several of
them showed no lights, and others only
very late
Second dispatch:
Having met several hundred fishing
boats, the squadron showed them ev-
cry consideration except when they, in
company with foreign torpedo boats. Of
which one disappeared while the other,
according to the fishers own evidence,
remained among them until morning.
They supposed it was a Russian, and
were indignant because 1t did not aid
the victims; but it was foreign, and re-
mained until morning, seeking the 9th
er torpedo boat, its consort, either in
repair, damage, or through fear of be-
traying itself to those who were not its
accomplices. If there were also on the
spot fishermen imprudently dragged
into the enterprise, beg in the name
of the whole squadron to express my
sincere regret to the unfortunate VIC
Tins Of circumstances under which no
warship, even in time Of deep peace,
could have acted otherwise.
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SOLDIERS DISCHARGED.
Two Men who Were Accused of MUIR
dering Boston Merchant.

Boston, Oct 27.-Fred watson and
Eugene Sennott, the two members of
the nth company of coast artillery, sta
toned at Fort Warren, who We're
charged with the murder Of Larkin
Wyman Hall, a miliiner, at the latter's
apartments on st. Butolph sereet, on
Sunday, October Is, were discharged
by Judge Parmenter in the municipal
court to-day at the conclusion Of a
three days hearing. In discharging the
soldiers, Judge Parmenter said that in
his opinion Sennett was blameless,
while Watson acted in self-defense.
Hall was found dead in his room on
the afternoon Of Sunday, October 16,
with wound made By q Japanese
sword over the heart. From letters
found in the room suspicion was di
rected toward the two soldiers and they
We're arrested. Watson admitted TO the
police that Hall had tried to kill him
with the sword and he parried the blow
and the. point Of the weapon entered
Halls body
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JAPANESE ASSUME THE
OFFENSIVE ON THE EAST
RUSSIAN POSITIONS REPORTED
TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN

Firing Lines OF both Armies Now
Facing Each other without Outposts
IA Reconnaissance in Force by the
Cars western FIank-Chinese Ex-
pect Evacuation of Mukden.
Mukden, Oct. 27-1O:15 p. rn.--NeWs
has just been received here that the
japanese yesterday assumed the offen-
sive on the east front and made slight
advance.
1t is rumored that the Japanese have
taken all the Russian positions at Err
dagou, between Huansian and Findia-
pu, on the road from Mukden to Bent
siaputzo, but the report has not been
confirmed and looks improbable.
With the Russian Eastern Army, via
Mukden, Oct. 27.-The heavy firing last
night and this morning was only the,
artillery exchanging shots. Both firing
lines are now facing each other without
outposts.
Mukden, Oct, 27.-There was a recon
naisance in force last night by the
Russian flank, and desultory firing con-
tinued until 3 O'clock a. m. The Japan
ese were discovered to be hurriedly for
tifying along the whole eline; but this
does not, of course, preclude the possi-
bility of an attack by them. It is the
general opinion here that serious events
Twill not develop for some days: but,
judging by the hurried manner in
which the Chinese are settling their
money affairs in Mukden, they are of a
different opinion.
This morning occasional shots were
heard on the western front.
Chefoo, Oct. Pho further news has
reached Chefoo concerning the opera
I tions at Port Arthur.
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submarine Boat Launched.

Newport News, Va, Oct. 27.-The
submarine torpedo boat Simon Lake
No. 10 was launched at the ship yard
here to-day. Miss Mildred Lake, daugh-
ter of the inventor, acted as sponsor
for the boat The submarine will be
tested In a few days. She is the third
Of the five boats believed to be des-
tined for Russia or Japan now COM
pleted.
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Connecticut Fleld Trials.

Hampton. Oct. 27.-The Connecticut
Field Trial club held the free-for-all
event here to-day, sixteen dogs being
entered. The contest was an interest
ing one and was won by Turks Rod
Field, owned by L. w. Dart, of New
London. Second prize was won by Reu-
ben Dan, the property Of w. G. Com
stock, iof East Hartford, and the third
prize by Ripple, owned by Major ]. G.
Elton, of Waterbury Hope Onward,
owned by r. Sanford, of Bayfield,,
Mass, won fourth money The MEM
bership cup was won By Rods Kate,
owned by II. G. Tolman. Of Centerdale,
r.
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HOME ron AGED MEMBERS
TO BE Buirt BY order Of vasa--omceru
Elected

New Britain, Oct 27.-At the annual
session of the Order of Vasa held here
last evening the principal business out
side Of the regular lodge matters was
the decision on the part Of the dele
gates to establish home for aged
members. 1t will be located some-
where near the sound, and per capita
tax will be levied to start it. The next
meeting will be held in Danbury. The
following delegates to the supreme
lodge were elected:
Christian Heglund, New Haven;
David Stromberg, Hartford; Henry
Hanson, Middletown; John A. Andrews,
New Britain; August a. Wahlauist,
Hartford; Charles Foherg, New Brit
ain; John Ahlstrom, Stamford; Robert
Maloquist, Wallingford; Mrs. Carl
Brandt, New Haven; Mrs. Carl Reyne,
Bridgeport; John Ericsson, South Man
chester. Delegates-at-large: III. Holts,
Waterbury; Carl Bergendahl, New
Britain; Fritz Hohenberg, Bridgeport;
Charles o. Nelson, Naugatuck; H. Bos-
from, Portland; Augusta Anderson,
Hartford; Mrs. M. Svenson, Meriden;
Charles Larson, Cromwell; H. Thun-
berg, Collinsville; G. T. Bergen, Mid
dletown; Emil Berg. Bridgeport.
The following officers were elected:
Grand master, Carl Brandt, New Ha-
ven; vice grand master, Mrs. n. Sven
son, Meriden; secretary, Christian
HegIund, New Haven; treasurer. Dav-
id Strornberg, HARTFORD assistant Sec
retary, Carl Modem, New Britain;
master of ceremonies, Miss Augusta
Anderson, Hartford: chaplain, Mrs.
Anna Bergendahl. New Britain.
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ANGLo-FREECH FRIENDSHIP.
Agreement over Newfoundland Strong
" Endorsed before Deputies.

Paris, Oct. 27The report Of NJ.
Francois del Oncle on the Anglo French
agreement relative to Newfoundland
was laid before the chamber Of deputies
to-day 1t strongly approves of the
agreement and says 1T is chiefly inn
portant in putting an end to a serious
difficulty between two great nations.
1t is part Of the general movement for
"a rapprochement and union between
France and Great Britain Too long
have these countries been divided The
hour has come when both people desire
reconciliation and union. This conven-
tion is one of the first pledges of the
establishment Of sincere relations. We
ardently hope that the two govern
ments will continue the salutary move
ment until they have achieved set
tlement of all questions still In sus-
pense in Africa, Asia and Oceanica."
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ATTEMPTS on rrssIAS FLEET Z
Report That Denmark Was Aware Two
Were to be Made.

Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 27.-The
correspondent of the Associated Press
learns that the Danish ministry Of ma
rine was informed that several ships
were chartered by Japanese at Hull to
attack the Russian second Pacific
squadron in the North Sea. The Rus
SLAMS were informed of this. The MAJ
rine authorities here credit the report. i
The Danish ministry was officially in-
formed that thirteen Swedish vessels
had been chartered by the Japanese to
attack the Russian squadron In the
Baltic. A Danish cruiser and a torpedo
boat watched the vessels SO closely that
their approach to the Russian squadron
was impossible.
While thus engaged the Danish tor
pedo boat Havhesten had narrow es-
cape. The commander of Russian
battleship mistook the Danish torpedo
boat for an enemy and fired blank
shot. The quickness of the torpedo
boat in displaying its flag saved her.
This happened at night-time. When
the captain Of the torpedo boat boarded
the battleship he found large quantities
of ammunition piled ready for use.
This incident was reported to the Dam
ish marine minister at the time
Danish warships acted as police for
Hthe Russian squadron until the latter
reached the North Sea-
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places. the greeting was enthusiastic
and long continued.
Brooklyn bridge was the terminus of
The express run and there noisy null
titude recruited from Brooklyn and
Manhattan Wed with each other in
hailing the precursor Of rapid transit.
Scarcely less noisy was the reception
given the train bearing Mayor McClel-
Ian and his party in the afternoon. To
the din of cheers and shouts was added
the shrieks Of the whistles on the cars
in the subway.
Outside, steam sirens whistled them
selves hoarse and bell throughout the
city proclaimed the fact that the train
was on its way. The mayor stood in
the power box and in just twenty-five
minutes piloted the train from the city
hall to Washington Heights.
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Shipping News.

New York, Oct. 27,--Arrived: Steam-
er Patricia, Hamburg, Dover and Bou-
logne.
Sailed: Steamers Deutschland. Ham
burg via Plymouth and Cherbourgi LA
3Gasconge (Fr), Havre; Neapolitan
Prince, Naples and Palermo.
Gibraltar, Oct 26.--Passed: Steamer
Pannonia, Trieste, ETC., for New York.
Lizard, Oct. 27-Passed: Steamer
Bordeaux, New York for Havre.
Havre, Oct. 27.-ArrivS I: Steamer La
Lorraine, Few York.
Naples, Oct 24-Arrived: Steamer
Giulia, New York for Venice and
Trieste.
Graf Waldersee, New York via Dover.
Marseilles, Oct. 24.-Sailed: Steamer
Gallia, New York.
London, Oct 27.--sailed: Steamer
MINNEAPOLIS, New York.
Naples. oct, 2T.--Arrived: Steamer
Hohenzollern, New York (and sailed
Z Cherbourg, Oct. 26.-sailed: Steamer
Kaiser wilhelm II (from Bremen and
Southampton, New York.
Queenstown, Oct. 27.-Sailed: Steam
er Cedric (from LiverpooD New York.
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MOTHERS CONFESSION
OF MURDER In COURT
SENSATIONAL END OF An US-
USUAL CASE.

Mrs. Kranss, Whose Home Was Once a
Social Center, Hands Document to
Judge Telling of Her Crime ON Being
Indicted for Poisoning Her Step
Daughter-senteneed to Life I'm
prisonment.
Hartford City. md. Oct. 27.-Indicted
this morning by grand jury for the
poisoning Of her step daughter Crystal
Krauss, Mrs. Rae M. Kradss after de-
manding an immediate trial to-day
pleaded guilty to murder. and walking
calmly to the bench, handed to Judge
Vaughn signed confession written on
October 16 while a prisoner in the
Blackford county jail.
The confession was read and the jury
retired for fifteen minutes returning
with a verdict of guilty. Judge
Vaughan then sentenced Mrs. Krauss
to Imprisonment for life Within half
an hour the prisoner was on the way
to prison.
The confession pleads that the crime
was committed while the defendant
was dispossessed of her senses; that
she was prompted to poison her stop
daughter by an indescribably desire to
kill, superinduced by the notion that
Crystal annoyed her father by keeping
company with a certain man. After
dealing at length with the domestic re-
lations of the family which the con-
fession says were most pleasant, the
confession conludes with an invocation
OF Gods help in supplying strength to
bear the sorrow which she endures. She
says she will pray increasingly for for
giveness and asserts that she loved
Crystal and greatly misses her.
Previous to Crystals death the
Krauss home was the social center Of
Hartford City. Mrs. Krauss is tha
daughter Of Dr. W. H. Andermans
prominent physician.
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sons Of Temperance Elect.

Bridgeport, Oct. ~ The annual cleo
tion of officers was held at the after
noon session of the grand division,
Sons of Temperance to-day. The cleo
tion resulted as follows: Grand wor-
thy patriot, Emery G. Graham, Of
Bridgeport; G. w. a.. Edwin f. Mar
vim, of Bridgeport; G.. s., William G.
Dickinson, Of New Haven; G. T.,
Charles e. Hart, of New Haven; G. c.,
H. H. spooner, of Kensington; G. G.,
Fannie Sanford, Of shelton; g. 81,
Louisa Buttery, Of Silver Mine; G.. s.
Y. P. w, Frederick j., Smith, Of New
Haven. Fifty representatives were
elected to the national convention,
which will be held next June at As
bury Park, N. ].
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garded as merely an adroit counter in
order to gain time. The text OF the
admiral's kilograms, received at a late
hour last night, are calculated to in
flame instead of allaying the resent
ment Of the British public. His state
ment that he ''endeavored to spare the
trawlers and ceased to fire as soon as
the torpedo boats were out of sight, J"
together with the virtual accusation Of
completely with supposed japanese tor
pedo boats against the fishermen, is
hardly likely to reconcile an angry ma
tion to the possibility that there is an
other side to the case calling for inves-
tigation.
How much longer" is the burden of
the newspaper articles this morning.
Commenting upon the continued delay
OF the Russian government and what
is characterized as the amazing story of
Admiral Rojestvensky presents in de-
fense of his action, little disposition is
displayed to listen for a moment seri-
ously to the admiral's story. Some st.
Petersburg special correspondents even
go so far as to suggest the explanation
home manufactured
The most serious Of the morning pa
pers confess that the country is under
the shadow of war and that the word is
now with Russia.
The Standard editoria1ly describes
Rojestvensky's whole story as the
creation of disordered imagination,
bearing its refutation Of its face, and
says: For Russia to enter contro-
versy with England IN the basis Of
such tissue of misstatements can
only lead to trouble
The Daily Telegraph says: If the
admiral believes his own story all that
can be said is that the sooner he re-
turns home and is looked after the bet
ter it will be for himself, his family
and his country"
These extracts well represent the
opinion of the country and press. The
fact that the second Pacific squadron
appears to have fired on vessels Of va
rious nationalities is regarded as prov
ing that its officers were in condition
of nervous panic, rendering the squad
ron danger to the worlds commerce
According to the Daily Telegraph s
st. Petersburg correspondent Admiral
Rojestvensky received from the admir-
atty in code secret instructions not only
authorizing but obliging him to fire
upon all ships approaching too close or
otherwise arousing suspicion, but that
foreign governments were not notified
of these instructions.