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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
EX-CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON
Bears Testimony of the Dishonest
rlethods used by the Republic
can gang of this State.

Petersburg. N. d., Oct. 81, 1904.
Hon. L. B. Hanna, Chairman Repub-
lican State Committee:
Dear Sir: I see by the Herald of
yesterday that you have notified the
national committee that I'VE expect
to carry the legislature by at least
two thirds vote, thereby insuring the
return Of Senator P. J. McCumber "
Who authorized you to say how mem
bers of the legislature will vote before
they are even electedY
Under your craftsmanship it has be-
come customary to deliver the votes
of delegates to state conventions with
out much reference to the will of the
delegates. But this is the first time
I ever knew chairman to announce
so far in advance the name of the man
the machine had selected. The agree
ment to reward Gronna for his share
in the last senatorial contest was
made at Bismarck nearly two years
ago, but kept secret until the last
moment. That was more decent. AS
chairman you ought to be impartial
between candidates for the U. S. S.
You told me you would be can
didate. I told you would be can
didate. Mr.. Spalding would not be
out Of place in senatorial race.
There are others.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
FALL Down NINE SHAFT
TEN MEN KILLED IN AN ACCl
DENT TO THE CAGE AT
NANTICOKE, PA.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 3.-Ten min.
ers were crushed to death or drowned
in the Auchincloss shaft of theNDela'
ware, Lackawanna and Western COM
pany at Nanticoke during the day. The
victims, with the exception Of one, are
said to be Poles and Slavs.
The men had taken their positions
on the cage to be lowered into the
shaft, the total depth of which is 1,7OO
feet. At the bottom is a sump filed
with water. The shaft is double one
with two carriages. When the signal
was given the engineer to lower the
cage it is said the engine got beyond
the control of the engineer. One OF the
cages shot upward to the sieve at the
top of the shaft and this caused the
other cage, carrying the men, to be-
come overbalanced and it fell to the
bottom of the shaft.
A rescuing party was organized
quickly but the work of rescue was
difficult. A portion of the shaft was
torn out by the cage in it's mad race
to the bottom and the shaft was filled
with debris of all kinds. The bodies
were horribly mangled. Those who
were not killed outright by the fall
were drowned in the sump. The otti'
cials of the company arrived at the
mine in a special car and at once be-
gan an investigation as to the cause OF
the accident.
The cage containing the men had
all the safety appliances and it ap'
pears that after dropping 1000 feet
the cage caught in the safety fasten'
ings. but it was brought to stop SC
suddenly that the bottom dropped out
and the men fell out and landed in the
sump, a distance of 700 feet further
down the shaft. Only one body has
been taken out.
The rescuers say it will be late in
the afternoon before the other bodies
are recovered.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
G0SS' RECORD
Is Given to the Voters For
Their Final Considcra-
ton Before Election.

AS previously stated in these COL
umns, Mr.. Goss as attorney in the
case of Haufenstein VS.. Caldwell
made a bill of costs verified by oath
in which Geo. J. Coulthard was
credited with days attendance and
"a miles mileage amounting to 81. 20.
Mr.. Coulthard makes affidavit that he
was not subpoenaed in said case and
was not a witness. Mr.. Ebenhahn
is credited with witness fees and
mileage to the amount of SO. 40 and he
swears that he was witness in such
case only one day. Mr.. Louis Holtz
is credited with SO. 40 and swears that
he attended court only one day in
this case.
In the case of Caldwell VS.. Cole and
in bill Of costs sworn to by Mr..
Goss in such case he makes an item
Of $3.50 for the service of subpoena
by Constable Dixon. Dixon return
supported by his affidavit says he
made charge of go cents for the
service.
Henry Zuleger made affidavit that
he relied on Goss' advice in giving a
fictitious bill of sale and that later
Goss threatened to prosecute him for
selling the grain covered in such bill
OF sale and thus compelled Zuleger to
pay 500 to be released from said bill
of sale.
Lorentz johnson, defended by Goss
for blind pigging. makes affidavit that
Goss charged 800 for defending him
after agreeing to do it for $25. 90 and
further that he gave Goss a pocket
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

book containing $4O0 and subsequently
Goss claimed there was only $3.50 in
it but after some argument admitted
it contained $400. John J. Mckee
swears that he made loan on his land
through E. B. Goss as agent and that
Goss paid him 1925 and tried to cheat
him out of the remaining $275 and that
he claimed the loan had been fully paid
later and just before session of the
grand jury he acknowledged his
guilt by giving said Mckee a note
for $275.
These are few things in regard to
Mr.. Goss that he cannot explain
away. All of the affdavits mentioned
are in the custody Of Squire Stewart
of Bottineau and may be seen by in
terested parties.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
AMPAIGN
LIE Nailed
Lansford Man Nips Another
Republican Falsehood in
the Bud.

The following letter received shows
up another campaign lie which has
been circulated by the republicans:
Lansford, N. D., Nov. 1, 1904.
Editor of Courant:-
Some time ago Hon. E. G. x
Bowen, republican nominee for states
attorney made the assertion that Miss
Eliza beth M. Clifford has used fic-
titious degrees in advertising herself
as a Master of Didactics and further
that the Iowa State Normal does not
issue any such degree. Knowing that
he was doing this to injure Miss
Clifford in the eyes of the political
world 1 corresponded with the Iowa
State Normal and this is the reply I
received:
"Iowa State Normal School b.
H. H. Seerley, President
Cedar Falls. Iowa.
October 20, 1904.
Mr. John Rocke
Lansford, N D.
Dear Strive send you copy OF
the Normal School catalog which
contains full information regarding
our course. We have thee degrees
Bachelor of Didactics, Master Of Did
actics and Bachelor of Arts.
Yours respectfully,
Homer II. Seerely,
President. "
Now if E. G. Bowen will attend to
his own degrees and merits and leave
others alone he will gain more votes.
Signed John Rocke.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

1t may be that the machine can
deliver the republican members of the
legislature body and soul to Mr.. Nc
Cumber as a reward for his successful
efforts to get our member of the
national committee pardoned out of
the Oakland jail, but I assure you now
that it will not be done for lack of an
opposing candidate.
You may have withdrawn from the
race. but I have not.
AS slight amend for the injustice
you have done hereby ask you as
our chairman to notify the party that
I am candidate to succeed P. J.
McCumber in the U. S. S.
I trust that my friends throughout
the state will, as far as practicable
vote for members Of the legislature
who are friendly to me and to the
political ideas and methods for which
l have always stood.
At least don't vote for men who
can be delivered by machine so ar
rogant and so confident as to an
nounce publicly before election the
way they, have decided to vote the
republican members on the most i'm
portant question to come before the
legislature. .---, ..,,,, ,.~,,...,
MN johnson
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
Partisan POstmasters..

We have good reason to believe
that certain postmasters throughout
the county have SO far forgotten that
they are public servants whose
province is to serve all alike, that
they. have held up our papers for pdl-
itical purposes. An investigation us
now being made and if we can bring
home to any postmaster a violation
of the law it will have a wholesome
effect on the attitude of this class of
public servants. A man who will
tamper with the mail service for any
purpose is unworthy of any leniency
and none will be shown.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
DISPATCHES DO NOT REVEAL THE
REASON FOR FAILURE TO
RENEW FIGHTING.
SLOWLY APPROACHING INNER WORKS
JAPs CLOSING in ON PORT AR.
THUR AND ITS FALL is Ex-
PEcTED DAILY.
WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED.

The Russian and Japanese armies
remain in entrenched positions, man
tanning desultory artillery duels Win
occasional small affairs along the e&-
tended lines. Dispatches from the
front give no explanation OF the delay
In renewing the fighting.
A detailed official report OF the oper'
ations against Port Arthur, sent 1rom
Toxic, indicates that the japanese are
slowly approaching the inner WORKS
and st. Petersburg takes q gloomy
view Of the situation there. Dispatches
Indicate that the Russian war othce IS
prepared for the announcement Of the
fall Of the fortress.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
.%Sa
M. IN. johnson.

not in any way solicited their support
or influence in my behalf. Further
I have every reason to believe that the
whole transaction originated with the
republican campaign managers, and
as part of the evidence to sustain this
belief 1 know that V. B Noble made
the assertion long before the democratic
county convention that the democrats
would seek to elect only such officers
as had to do with the enforcement of
the prohipbition law, showing that
the republican bosses had this kind of
dirty campaign in mind even before
they knew who would be the nominees
on the democratic ticket.
have endeavored to make my can
vass honestly and without unfair or
unclean methods, as I would rather be
defeated and know that I had retained
my self respect than to be elected by
the contemplate, slanderous method
that are being resorted to in the inter-
ests of my opponent and others on his
ticket. Further. do not think that
I am short t-sighted enough or that my
friends are short-sighted enough to
send to voters of this county the letters
with which we are charged, and do
not believe that the intelligent voters
of the county will be Influenced by
such campaign material, nor yet in
dorse such men and methods at the
polls.
Respectfully,
J. J. Weeks.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
KILLED IN ROW OVER BILL.
Kansas County Chairman Shot to Deatl,
by Farmer.

washington, Kan, Nov. 3.----Dr. p. N.
Smith, Chairman of the Washington
county Democratic central committee.
was shot and killed here by 8. p. Bo.
mar, a farmer. They quarreled over
bill and Bonar fred at the doctor twice,
one bullet entering his abdomen and
the other piercing his left arm. Bonar.
who is an old soldier. surrendered and
was locked up. n
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

~ Dayton. Ohio. Mrs. Mary Simpson
"Everything disagreed with me and
baby until I used HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. Now blby sleeps and
grows like a weed.'' 35 cents. Tea
or tablets.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.

Premature Discharge Of Blasts Results
in Deaths and Injuries.
Milltown, Ind, Nov. 3.-The prema-
ture explosion of a blast which was
being prepared at the Richel lime.
stone quarry during the day resulted
in the death of Foreman William En-
gleman and James Miller and serious
injury to Harvey Heath and Neal Mil.
ler. Several others were severely in
iured by falling stone.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

l. An overcoat in time saves nine
colds. Our new fall overcoats save
time too. No vexatious delays, per
feet fit Immediately.
(O2S tf) Chicago Clothing store.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
NURSE MAKES FATAL MISTAKE
Two Women Dead as Result in In
dianapolis Hospital.

0TdHdPUI1S r1OsP1tdr'
Indianapolis, Nov. 3.-Mrs. Susie
Cox, aged forty-six, and Mrs. Sarah
Shaw, a colored woman, aged thirty
five, are dead through the mistake of
Miss Funk, a nurse at the city hospi-
tai. The two women were recovering
from typhoid fever and the physician
had instructed sterilized water to be
administered to them. By mistake the
nurse used one to twenty solution OF
carbolic acid. The patients lived but
a short time. Miss Funk is in hyster-
ics
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

Cut prices. but our grades are the
very best. Let us show you our stock
and quote you our prices. We invite
a comparison.
Tmneria1 Tumhar Yard
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04
A RUNAWAY BICYCLE,

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg Of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove,
Ill. It developed a stubborn ulcer un-
yielding to doctors and remedies for
four years. Then Bucklin 8 Arnica
Salve cured. It's just as good for
burns, scalds, skin eruptions and
piles. 25c at all druggists.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

Imperial Lumber Yard.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-11-04

T. Sims.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
Sulphur as a Lice Killer.

The burning Of sulphur in the poul-
try hous is not a very reliable process
for getting rid of lice. The sulphur
smoke will kill the lice in the building
IL produced in sufficient volume and
continued long enough, but greater
or less proportion of the lice will de-
cline to stay in the building to be killed
if they can find any way of escape, and
in thhe poultry house of ordinary pat
tern they can find way Of escape
through the cracks and will camp ON
the outside until the smoke is gone and
then return to their quarters. This ex-
plains why the fumigation of the
poultry house with sulphur often fails
to clean it Of lice. 1t seems that Moth
ing could live in such a smudge, but
the lice are not"in it'' when it is at it's
worst, and owe their escape to that
fact. If the walls Of the poultry house
are sprayed with kerosene emulsion or
painted with a good liquid lice killer.
the fumes will remain for number of
DAVIS and if any of the lice should
seek to get away from them by escape
ing through the cracks they will en-
counter the death-dealing ordor on
their return. Burn sulphur in the
noultry house, but do not place your
dependence entirely upon this for
keeping the premises free from lice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
TAXING AMERICAN "DRummERs."

The Mexican state Of Sonora has re-
cently promulgated n law that strikes
a body blow to American trade In that
state. The law places a tax on travel
ing statesmen, amounting to fifty to one
hundred pesos ($2190 to $65.7o) per
month. This tax is collected from the
travellers upon arrival in each munici-
pality. 1t will be seen at glance that
such a tax paid two or three times
would mean the loss of profits on many
orders.
Thee reason given by the lawmakers
of Sonora for the passage Of the law
is that the statesmen. after taking the
orders of the wholesalers Of the cities
then goose to the retailers and sell
them, thus undertaking the wholesal-
ers.
The law applies not only to foreign
statesmen, but to those from other states
OF the republic as we'll. and in this
lies the hope of the American sales
men. for the execution Of the law has
caused so much dissatisfaction among
the business men Of other parts of the
republic that the chamber of commerce
of the City of Mexico has taken the
matter up and applied to the secretary
of the. interior to have the law annul-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

n, ma lambs are to be fed the following
winter for market.
"rhe man who pastures thru the
summer should SOW with all his gram
some clover, rape and turnips for pas
turs. as soon as the grain Is stacked,
and on his corn ground that is cleared
for the silo rye should be sown with
the last cultivation, which makes a
good pasture till snow comes. In thls
way lambs can be moved from field 10
field on fresh pastures and thus avoid
trouble from worm disease. The lana
growing this second crop that Is ac-
tually better than if it laid bare ana
the ewes pastured in this way are IN
fine condition as breeders. In the Sc
lection of ewes Gull the old ones that
have passed their prime and any young
eve that has failed to be good mixer.
The selection should be made and ewes
marked while lambs are with their
mothers 80 as to tell which are growing
good ones In selecting a ram get the
best you can afford, and you can't af-
ford q poor one, n matter how cheap.
1.-The breeding flock should have
plenty of room for exercise and be lib
orally fed on variety of feeds and
straw. ripe timothy hay and marsh
grass. can be left out with profit. Glow
or hay, alfalfa, oat and pea hay, bright
corn stalks. ensilage or turnips make
good variety. Before lambing time
all ting locks should be clipped from
ewes udder, so the little fellows will
have no trouble in finding what they
want"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
Study the Beef Breeds.

There is q possibility of farmers sue
ceeding with beef production without
the necessity of sacrificing their milk
calves on dairy farms are sold at an
early age, and the majority Of the
farmers go on the market and buy
their cows, in so doing also failing to
have good stock at any time. The
temptation offered by better prices
will induce them to retain their calves
and endeavor to improve with the
beef breeds.
Well-bred calves Of the beef breeds
sometimes reach the market when they
are years old, and 3 years Is consid-
cred ample time to turn out a good
animal in the market for beef. Some
cattle have have been known to aver
age a gain of two or more pounds per
day from birth to market; that Is,
steers $50 days days old have weighed
1860 pounds. Three year-old steers
have made gains of 1.6O pounds n day
during life, and when dressed would
average two-thirds of their live weight.
Farmers who use grades may not &C
complish such results, but they show
the difference between breeding for a
purpose and that of using all sorts OF
animals, and looking to the future for
developments. Some dairy farmers,
who expect to depend solely upon milk
and butter, already have cows that are
more prone to produce beef than milk.
IL the farmer can produce animals
that grow more rapidly than those he
has been keeping, and also save a
whole years time In reaching the mar
ket, he will not neglect the opportunity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

pushed much beyond that figure. AS
more troops arrive more supplies must
be carried, and already the powers of
the road are pushed to their limit. The
strain tells on the roadbed, and rolling
stock and repairs are constantly need
ed. The correspondent does not think
the road can be pushed to carrying
one thousand a day, with their sup
plies while Japan, across a narrow and
unthreatened waterway, can pour In
forces and food in unlimited numbers
and quantities. He does not pretend to
predict the result Of the war, but
thinks that anybody who can find en-
couragement in Russia's present situa-
ton there must be an optImist well up
in the business.
AS intoxication is held to be no eN-
cuse the insanity plea put forward by
best that can be done.
AS n sample Of the strenuosty OF
college athletics 1t Is stated that Coach
Marley makes the members Of the Col
umbia eleven turn out for signal prac-
tice before breakfast. This is moth
ing to the strenuosity of the life led
by the farmer boy who turns out and
feeds and curries ten horses, and milks
fourteen cows daily before breakfast
A few minutes signal practice before
breakfast is just play for the farmer
members of the Columbia team.
De Broke-Oh, pshaw! I must have
$50 by noon today, and I left all my
money at home in my other clothes
Can't you help me out?
Wiseman-Sure. I'll lend you car
fare to 20 home for 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
ourage suicide. Mr.. Lawton says:

courage suicide. Mr.. Iawton says:
at cannot be denied that the life in
surance companies have by their own
act deliberately offered inducement and
temptation to suicide. 1T Is quite pos
sible to conceive of a man harassed by
debt facing inevitable bankruptcy, per-
haps disgrace being led to the last
desperate act by the knowledge that
strictions on suicide. TO man In this
desperate frame of mind suicide means
comfort and even luxury to his family
and the salvation of his financial hon
or! When a man is at such crisis IN
life it takes very little to move him to
commit the crime. Crime? He hardly
considers it such Conventionally,
society frowns upon 1t. Secretly. 1t
frequently approves the act, and pities
If it does not applaud the doer. He
does not regard 1t as II fraud upon the
company, for has not the company
itself tacit,y agreed to consider suicide
merely a regular cause of death? Did
not the agent glowingly dwell upon the
clause mo restrictions after such and
such a time /? A suggestion to that
man that forgery. or personal use OF
trust funds at that critical moment,
would save him might be repealed with
honest Indignation. Yet, suicide for
the purpose OF obtaining the insurance
on his life for his family or creditors,
is as much fraud on the company as
would be the forgery of it's name to
droft''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
Iowa Newspapers

The Rulers Will.
IGeorre Fitch in Council Bluffs Non.
pareil.l
Upon bed Of pain brought low.
One, Rockefeller lay
And sought to make, ere life should go
His will without delay.
ITO my son John" he feebly said,
my son of eldest birth.
I freely give, when ! am dead,
All of the oil on earth.
"To my son William / will give
The coal meath land and seas
To hold as long as he shall live
Or sell for what he please.
The railroads all to John will.
In every land and state,
And William gets the ships to fill
With rare and costly freight.
"All of my senator's shall go
For Williams special use,
My congressman to John, l know
He'll give them no abuse.
NO deeper in my wealth, I'll probe,
He sighed with feeble laugh,
Just draw chalk line round The
globe
And give each one half"
Then suddenly he raised his head
And cried: II near forgot
The public. Let 1t ne'er be said
That 1 have loved them not.
Just give the people all the air
That they can breathe. And say:
Make out deed. Give each his shar'
Within the milky way"
CAME BACK TO BRYAN.
TSioux City Journal.1
The Parker machine, starting out
with smiles and low obeisances, has
soured on the corporations. AS the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

and will combine beef production with
that Of marketing milk and butter, and
the result being that the manure heap
will be larger every year, his crops;
greater and the capacity of his farm
for keeping more stock be increased,
while his advantages for converting
his crops into articles that are more
salable, and which will bring higher
prices and more profits. will be en-
larged.
When southern and eastern farmers
begin breeding for what they want,
ceasing to buy their own cows and
raising for themselves all animals Fept
on the farms, they will then make II
step in the advance, which will add
largely to their productions and give
them opportunities in the future which
they have neglected in the past.