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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-02-12
show that defendant had been guilty
of the crime charged, and third, that

of the crime charged, and third, that
the indictment charged the crime to
have been committed in the original
town site Of Richburg, and the evil
dence showed that two surveys had
been made thus raising the question
as to the prorer description Of defend
ants place Of business, in the indict-
ment. The court over ruled the mot
tion. The defence then asked for a
stay of sentence as they were prepar
ing a motion for a new trial. The
court refused to consider the motion
until it was properly brought before
him. A sentence of ninety days in the
county jail was imposed together
with fine of 5000 and costs of the
action in the amount of $500 and de-
fendant to remain in jail until the
fine and costs are paid. The defendant
had to be carried into the court room
from the Commercial hotel and in sen.
fencing him the judge told him that
in the opinion Of the court he was not
as i'll as he was pretending to be a nd
that the affidavits he had filed for con-
tinuance were false, and further that
his efforts to have the case continued
over this term were made in order
that the case might become outlawed.
This the court informed him was the
reason that he was forced to come in
and attend trial at this time.
Several civil cases and the following
criminal cases were continued over
term: The State VS.. r. B. Stewart; !;
the two cases against Bassett and the
case against W. D. Nicholson This
list does not include any of the last
indictments returned by the grand
Jury. This concluded the business
of the adjourned November. term Of
court. just before adjourning court
the judge delivered a severe roast to
some of the attorneys in regard to the
filing of notices Of appeal in some Of
the cases that had come up before the
court at different terms He informed
them that letters had been sent to him
some of them signed and some not
complaining of the neglect of the attor-
neys or the court in attention to their
cases. No notice was taken tf tLis
until the clerk of the court here in
formed him that representations had
been made to him that matters had
not been attended to and that notices
of appeal were in the po session of the
Judge. He then informed the clerk in
open court that no such notices had
ever been given to him until the week
before last. He said SO far as he was
personally concerned he did net care
but that he was going to see that his
successor in Office did not have this
to contend with, and that he would
see that these matters were attended
to in the future, and if the attitude of
certain attorneys toward the court did
not undergo decided change, some
of them would have to answer in dis
barment proceedings.
Court then adjourned and Immediate
ly re-opened in the Feb uary term.
Several motions were argued Mon
day afternoon and Tuesday and count
adjourned until the June term unless a
special jury term is arranged for in
March.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-02-12
NO JAPANESE LIVES LOST.
Victory Over Russian Ships at Che
muIpo Complete

mulpo Complete
Toxic, Feb. 11.-A dispatch from the
Japanese consul at Cheefoo. just
across the strait from Port, Arthur, re-
ports: 30
Entire Japanese fleet engaged Rus
sian aaet9 outside Port Arthur IL a. m:
OH the 8th. Two Russian battleships
were sunk by torpedoes. The Russian
ships outside the harbor were unable
to enter. No damage to Japanese
feet
Another dispatch stated that no Jap.
anese lives were lost in the engage.
Ment at Chemulpo.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-02-12
CAPTURE THREE TRANSPORTS.

Japanese Make Prisoners Of Two
Thousand Russians.
London, Feb. 11.-A special dispatch
from Toxic says the Japanese have
captured three Russian transports,
having on board about 1000 troops.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-02-12
SHELL FLEET AND FORT.
Japanese Warships Playing Havoc at
Port Arthur.

London, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Central News from Port Arthur says
the Japanese fleet returned there
Tuesday afternoon and again lombard
ed the Russian fleet and forts, but that
it soon withdrew. The losses to the
Russians, the dispatch says, was small.
During the firing Japanese cruiser
ODp6od
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-02-12
CLAIM A RUSSIAN VICTORY.
st. Petersburg Papers Report Three
/. Jap Warships Crippled.

zap "dTSHTPS VrPPIeu'
=. st. Petersburg, Feb. 11.-Some Of
the newspapers here print extras
claiming a Russian victory at Port
Arthur. Three Japanese warships and
four torpedo boats are reported to
have been seriously crippled. One re-
port says the Japanese battleship Ski
kishima was sunk. The people are
demonstrating, but there is no official
confirmation of the report and the an
nouncement is discredited.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
SOME ODD ITEMS IN THE GOVERNMENTS EXPENSE ACCOUNT

occupy particularly fine buildings. which
are said TO have cost not less than
S250OO each. The United States Iega-
tion building is such a rattletrap af-
fair. according to Minister Allen and
other officials of the State Department
who have dwelt within its walls. that
severe attacks Of malaria have over
taken several Of it's occupants. One Of
fetal Of the State Department who Wis
tied Seoul last summer is now lying II
in Washington as a result Of his stay
in the American legation at that place.
Increase of Consular Salaries.
As TO the matter of consular salaries,
there are many complaints. Mr.. Hay
reports that Sierra Leone is an exceed
ingly unhealthy place. The cost Of Iiv-
ing there is very high, and the cost of
transportation is out Of proportion to
the salary given allowed the consul. He
now receives $500 a year and Nj. Hay
recommends that this amount be raised
to g. 900. Our trade with the west coast
Of Africa demands that we advance the
salary TO the 5000 mark
Sivas, Turkey. is another post where
20 the risks This place is also un-
healthy and dangerous. An increase Of
from S1,5oO 10 5000 Is recommended for
Sivas. A commercial agent, compen-
stated by fees. is now stationed at Suva,
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The education of interpreters is part
Of Mr.. Hays policy. and in the Book
Of Estimates" the need Of such a corps
of men is explained by E. T Williams,
our secretary az Pekin. He calls at
tention TO the fact that. with a few
exceptions, we are the only power repre-
sented in China which attempts 70 carry
on its business with only one Chinese
interpreter. Great Britain has six
Chinese-speaking men on it's diplomatic
staff at Pekin; Austria Hungary has
three. Germany four, Belgium two and
Japan three. These men. who are secre-
taries. archivists. commercial attaches
and Interpreters, divide up. the Chinese
work Of their several legations. The
great increase Of our business with the
Chinese in the past few years makes it
most important that we should be well
represented in China by Americans who
speak the language.
Secretary Hay is anxious TO have men
go to Turkey for instruction under the
same circumstances as those who will
be sent TO China. The recent troubles
with the Turkish government showed
the advisability of Mr.. Hays policy.
Speaking Of Turkey it may be added
that one OF the peculiar items i'm the ex-
pense account of the legation at Con-
stantinople is one calling for a steam
launch.
In order to keep pace with scientific
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

The old building. which was Of brick.
formed two sides OF a square. with the
entrance on First Street under the large
arched window. which lighted the room
used as the Senate chamber. The prison
part included the building on First
Street and an annex on A Street, which
was built during the war. When Cover
nor Shepherds orders for grading the
Streets Of Washington were being car
ried out the streets on which this build
ing stands were cut down and it was
left on q high terrace. Subsequently
the old Capitol Building and two others
were remodeled into handsome dwell
ings and became known as Lanier Place.
Justice Field occupied one Of them
and General Dunn another. Senator
Spooner also occupied one when he first
came TO the Senate. For some time
there has been talk of buying this row
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goes to tie housing and feeding Of Grim
inals in Korea. Siam, and Turkey, allow
ing 50 cents a day per criminal There
is a special prison for American Grim
inals I'm Turkey, and the wages of our
prison keepers in Korea amount to $500
year. Upon the assurance that Ameri-
cans shall be admitted to its privileges.
we pay an annual fee of S25 to the Sum
ersct Hospital at Capetown, an institu-
ton for the care of sick seamen. We
pay $500 a y,7ar for the same privileges
at Panama.
Then there are still more curious ex-
penditures that go TO the account Of
the diplomatic and consular service.
The United States Government wishes
TO build a house within the legation
compound which shall be home for
Chinese interpreters. There are ten
American students who will &C to Pekin
under a new law for the purpose Of
learning the Chinese language They
are to be given a salary Of $1,000 a year
become competent they will be assigned
TO duty at the different consulates in
the Celestial Empire at larger salaries
The agreement between the Government
and these students provides that they
shall stay in the service ten years. il
called upon to do so. and that they are
not to be dropped from the rolls with
changes of Administration.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

expense of the Government, and good
appropriation will be necessary to ac-
complish this Salaries of superinten-
cents of cemeteries amounted TO $1,000
last year. while the appropriation for
headstones amounted to $4,000. These
two items are unchanged in this years
estimates. It is curious to note that
the headstone item is exactly equal TO
the annual salary paid the President OF
the United States. while $4,000. the
original Presidential salary, is the sum
appropriated annually for the support
OF reindeer stations in Alaska, for the
Introduction of reindeer from Siberia
and for the instruction of Alaskans IN
the care of these useful animals.
Other Interesting Items.
The breakwater at Key West needs
extending: 5000 more is needed to com
plete the quarantine station at Homo
lulu. for which $4,000 has already been
appropriated Many cities and towns
are after public buildings. chiefly post
Offices. and many a Congressman stands
a chance of defeat unless he IS able TO
get one for his district Annapolis IS
due for some lavish expenditures, ana
wants Ss.0OOOOO to complete the work
planned. Secretary Hitchcock, OF the
/ Interior Department, wants 500 FOR
flags for the east and west fronts OF
/ the Capitol He also asks for SI5,OeO
for a refrigerating plant for the House
wing. The Pension Bureau statement
contains the startling information that
for the current fiscal year S140,OoO0ol
will be spent, while S1SS,Oc0,eoO VIII De
necessary for next years expenditures
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
No Voting on Questions.

studies as 10 the shape of the earth,
Uncle Sam contributes $3.50 a year for
membership in an association of earth
measurers. This has nothing 10 do with
the work of the Naval Observatory and
other bureaus of the Government which
conduct Investigations on their own ac-
count at no small expense The inter
national bureau of weights and meas
ures gets s.. 800 a year from US, and the
BRUSSELS international bureau for the
translation and publication of customs
tariffs gets about half that sum. To
The Hague court the United States
subscribes $3.50.
Leaving the question: of foreign eX-
penditures and turning to the sums ap-
propriated for use in the United States.
we hnd that some Of the other depart
ments are not far behind the State De-
partment when it comes TO oddities.
For instance Surgeon General o Reilly
wants $125,O00 for artificial limbs for
soldiers. This is a smaller sum than
was asked for last year, but the grow
ing remoteness of the Spanish war is
| accountable for the decrease The in
Vestigation Of the varying levels Of the
Great Lakes calls for an appropriation
of $3.50. coo. 10 be paid TO the Engineer
| Corps. A post cemetery IS needed at
/ Cayey. Porto Rico, so Quartermaster
General Humphrey asks for enough
money to buy two acres of ground for
that purpose. The bodies Of civil en-
pIoyes of the army who have been un-
able TO stand up under the climates and
| conditions of Cuba, Porto Rico. China,
| Hawaii. Alaska. and the Philippines
will probably be brought home at the
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

MIA. mis- home and the birthplace of Mr..
Blaine being in the same neighborhood.
When Mr.. Blaine was at work on the
tariff question he sent Kerbey to Para,
Brazil, to study up rubber and report
upon its uses for insulation, with re-
gard to reciprocity
My most vivid recollections of the
old Capitol Building" said Mr. Kerbey
TO a reporter for The Sunday Times.
are of the time when l was a dweller
within its walls as the unwilling guest
Of Uncle Sam, in response to an unex-
pected and urgent invitation from Sec
retary Stanton. Mr.. Blaine once asked
me why / had received this invitation
and 1 told him that it was all because
| had fallen i'm love with a little Vir-
ginia girl, whose home was in Freder-
icksburg. He seemed to enjoy the joke
immensely and / laugh over II myself
nowadays. but while was eating prison
fare the humor of the situation never
struck me.
This little girl lived with her father
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

heads of departments rather than to
induce hard and fast decision of pol
icy, and there have been occasions when
Presidents after hearing the views of
the field marshals of the governmental
army have deliberately gone contrary
to the advice or opinions Of all or a
majority of them In other words, the
President, even If he stands alone, is
majority. Very frequently. however,
a President viii win over TO faith IN
his policy members Of mis- Cabinet who
have at first doubted its wisdom. This
was notably the case with reference
to several of the lines of action fol-
lowed by the late President Mckinley
during the Spanish-American war
Informal Discussions.
After formal topics have been disposed
OF the President and his advisers usual
" spend more or less time in informal
discussion that may touch pretty nearly
anything and everything in which the
men around the big table may be inter-
ested individually or collectively. It is
an interval which corresponds in q way
to the period at a banquet when chairs
are pushed back and cigars are produced, /,
and, to follow the parallel, It may be
noted that at such times the Cabinet
room is often hazy with tobacco smoke.
It Is at this juncture that the good
story-tellers in the Cabinet-and there
are several Of them-hnd their golden
opportunities. and likewise is II the aus
picious moment usually chosen by Sec
retary Wilson to regale his comrades
with American grown dates or some
orner new masterpiece Of Uncle sam s
high-salaried agricultural experts ThS
CABINET meeting breaks UP as inform
ally as it assembled As has been said,
no chronicle of the deliberations has
baen made but il aught has transpired
which il Is deemed that the public
should know some Cabinet member has
been delegated at the meeting to make
a statement to the press
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. HE United States Government has
some queer items on its annual
Il list of expenditures. many OF
which give striking evidence Of
cur far-reaching relations with foreign
lands. The Book Of Estimates of this
year. with its faithfulness to detail.
calls for appropriations for a number
OF small items deemed necessary by
those representing US in far-off coun-
tries, notice OF which tends to in
crease the interest of the stay-at-homes
in the life of American dwellers abroad.
Secretary Hay. of the State Depart
nent. has. for some time. been bending
his energies toward having the salaries
OF consular officers increased. and, when
one reads in the estimate Of the State
Department his reasons for desiring
suls. and for improving the condition Of
our legations and consulates. il is easy
10 see that Mr. Hays view of the mat
ter is a sound and highly laudable one.
legation at Seoul. Korea The United
States building at that place is declared
10 be a disgrace TO the nation. II is
particularly mortifying 70 Horace ". Al
len. the present minister to Korea, be-
cause all the other legations at Seoul
are located in handsome buildings. The
representative Of Germany and Japan
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

in Fredericksburg, which was between
the Federal ana Confederate lines dur
ing the greater part of the war. Her
name was Geno and her father was a
steamboat captain and owner of several
boats which ran on the Rappahannock
River. He was a source Of trouble to
the Federals as n runner of the block
ade who had been able to cover up his
tracks and avoid arrest l was barely
twenty-one then. but / had a good
knowledge of telegraphy and rendered
no little service to the United States
Government because Of this knowledge.
In time I became a spy and was known
as "The Boy Spy" a title which 1 took
great pride in. My commission was
signed by President Lincoln. who wrote
on the commission, Having special
confidence in his valor, patriotism,
etc, l hereby appoint the boy, -
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

and several other houses nearby by the
Government for the purpose of erecting
building for the Patent Office and for
other Government purposes. A bill 10
this end has been introduced in Con-
gress. but there are no immediate pros
poets of it's passing. When it does
another one OF Washingtons famous
landmarks will be obliterated by the
march Of progress.
Mr.. Kerbey's "reminiscences.
J. Orton Kerbey, an old Associated
Press telegraph operator, who did duty
I'm the Senate for many years and who
now lives at l4S A Street northeast, has
some very interesting "reminiscences to
tell of the days when, as he puts il, he
was a ''boarder' in this old building
Kerbey was a protege of James c.
Blaine when the latter was Speaker of
the House. He came from Pennsylva-
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Il was sent to Fredericksburg. where
went 10 live with Geno's family.
While + was there the Federal soldiers
discovered a plot to blow up a number
of their boats by means of torpedOes,
and Geno's father was implicated in the
alot. One day when Geno and 1 were
taking a walk we passed the telegraph
Office. / stopped in for a minute or
two and while in the Office / heard a
message coming over the wires from
Washington. The message was an or
der to arrest Geno's father as a suspect
Being boy, and being in love. told
Geno what l had heard She warned
her father and he escaped. Vt soon be-
came known that there had been
leak and IT was traced back to me.
l was given no chance to explain. but
was promptly taken TO Washington and
placed In prison, where l was confined
for several weeks as a suspect. 1t
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

walks, and not infreQuently can be
seen hurrying along. wholly preoccu-
pied, and with his great leather port
folio under his arm-a figure all but
suggestive of a tardy school boy.
Attorney General Knox is the owner
of some of the best horsehesh in
America, and yet he usually elects to
walk 10 the Cabinet gatherings. In COW
ering the three squares which separate
his Office from that Of the President.
the bOyish-looking Attorney General is
usually halted several times by friends
or acquaintances, but he seldom ap-
praches the White House at other than
a leisurely saunter The Secretary of
Agriculture. VINO has some distance to
/ come; Secretary Cortelyou OF the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and
1 the Postmaster General almost inva-
riably come to Cabinet meetings in
their official carriages. as does also Sec
retary of the Interior Hitchcock. who
has been dubbed the "aristocrat Of the
/ Cabinet" because OF his dignified man.
ners and bearing Secretary Moody of
the Navy Department and the Secre-
| tary OF War sometimes use carriages.
but more frequently they prefer to
walk rather than go to the trouble of
summoning their carriages for jour
ney of "A few rods.
| The Cabinet meetings are held in wha
is known as the Cabinet room. a large
apartment adjoining the private office OF
/ the President, and which is reserved ex-
4 clusively for this purpose. As a rule
President Roosevelt has stepped through
the communicating double doors and /,
/ in the Cabinet room awaiting his choser
| assistants when the first of them makes
| his appearance. From this moment the
/ Chief Magistrate is free from interrup
/ ton. and Major Loefiier, the veteran
doorkceper who stands guard over IN,
/ entrance to the Presidents office, re
peats, with a glibness born of long ex
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

the capital Of the Fiji Islands, which
comprises more than 200 islands, and it
is recommended that a salary Of S2OOo
be allowed for this post in order that
an energetic man may be sent there to
look out for the interests Of the United
States. which are increasing at that
point Tamatave, Madagascar. is also
on the list Of places the consuls to
which should be given an increase Of
salary. At present 5000 is the compen-
alton there.
Queer Foreign Items.
other peculiar foreign expenditures
there are in abundance. The amount
called for in the Book of Estimates
for our annual proportion TO the ex-
penses Of Cape SparteI and Ta1gicr
Light, on the coast Of Morocco, inciud-
ing loss by exchange" is $3.50 As our
share of the expenses of the special
bureau created under the Brussels
agreement Of 1900 for the suppression of
the slave trade in Africa and for the
restriction Of the sale Of firearms, am
munition, and spirituous liquors I'm GER
tain localities. the Government is asked
purpose Of bringing home criminals who
have skipped TO foreign lands, the Book
Of Estimates calls for 5000. We also
pay s2.oOO a year to the international
Prison Association. An appropriation
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
Copyright by Walden Fawoctt.)

IT VICE every week there occurs an
interval OF two hours or longer
when no person. no matter what
his position or MS mission, can
gain audience with the President of the
United States. Such is the splendid
democracy OF Uncle Sans system Of
government that all the world believes
that there is practically no time when
an American citizen with good and
sufficient reasons for seeking him may
not gain the ear of the Chief Magis-
trate OF the greatest of republics: but
as a matter of fact. there are occa-
sions. recurring every third working
day, when no person. be he powerful
Senator or mere ward politician, is ad-
mitted TO the presence of the Chief
Executive. These events for which all
else must give way are. the councils of
the Presidential Cabinet
Secret and Confidential.
The semi-weekly gatherings of the
Presidents official family are the most
secret and confidential Of all the confer
ences which are necessitated for the
administration of the Government. Not
only are no outsiders admitted. but no
record of the proceedings IS kept. and
even the Presidents secretary is ex-
cluded from the little assemblages at
which the grayest problems OF state
are discussed and disposed Of When.
during the Panama crisis Senator TIoor.
chairman OF the Senate Committee on
the Panama Canal. was invited to par
ticipate in Cabinet meeting. startling
precedent was established; but ii is