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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

Speaking about final examina-
tions in schools a correspondent
in the Sumner, Wash, Index,
has the following very pertinent
diagnosis of the case to make:
"And now comes the period of
rapid reviews and the pernicious
practice of cramming for final
examination, a practice insisted
upon by the regulations of the
state course of study. It is a
relic of past educational barbar-
:sm, no longer practiced where
educational conditions are at
their best. Every individual is
a law unto himself, and should
be developed as an Individual.
and not forced into a common
mould: in fact he cannot be
without almost complete des-
truction of all that is of any real
value to him. Who, then, will
presume to frame ten questions
that shall give a fair opportunity
for expression of individual
worth in even single pupil, to
say nothing of a class of thirty?
Who will presume to affix stand
ing on percentage basis? The
same answers graded by a dozen
different examiners will show re
suits differing from five to twenty
per cent. The intelligent, i'm
partial teacher who has had
charge of a class during the
schoolyear is the most competent
to decide the matter of promo
tion. Digestion, assimilation
and growth are the objects of
school work, and not mere ab-
sorption of isolated facts to be
given up as water from a sponge,
under the squeezing process of
written examinations. It is a
matter of common experience
that the pupil who is unable to
make promotions upon the basis
of written examinations proves
the strongest man or woman in
life. Why did not written exa-
limitations fOretell this? Evident
ly the lack was not in the individ-
ual, but evidently in our ability
to comprehend the difference
between real and apparent
strength.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

The republican state central
committee turned down the
Murphy faction in Ward county
which was the proper thing to
do. When delegates have got to
be met at the door by pugilists
and their credentials taken away
by brute force it is time to call q
halt.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

The postofice department calls
attention to the fact that private
postal cards are contrary to law,
and that those who have or in.
tend in the future to use them
must refrain from so doing.
The following instructions have
been received from Third Assist.
ant Postmaster General Madden.
1.-THE law officer for this depart.
ment advises that cards issued
by private persons bearing on
the address the words "United
States Of America" are in like
uess or similituds" of the regu-
lar United States postal card,
are therefore in violation of law
and unmailable, (Sec. 1891, pos.
til laws aud regulations.) How.
ever, in order to give owners OF
such cards reasonable time Ia
dispose of those on hand, post.
masters will accept them for
mailing until July, l, 1904, upon
payment of postage at the pro.
per rate. On and after July 1,
1904, such cards will be treated
as unmailable at any rate of
postage"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
G. NJ. D1NsDALE.
FRED DICKINSON.
RoHR. LYON.

ATTEST: ANTON SCHMlDTBAuER
HARTELL AND BROWN HELD.
Charles -Hartell and Harold
Brown were taken under sur.
veillance of Deputy McCoul about
noon Tuesday and after the in.
quest were locked up in Jail be.
ing held as accessories before
the fact. Brown is a brother in.
law and Hartell an employe
of B. K. Clinic and all three are
comparative strangers here,
having come from near Coopers.
town.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
The Clinic Case
Synopsis of the Evidence
Before the C0r0nor's
Jury.
From Dickinson Recorder.

From Dickinson Recorder.
DR.. Perkins IN answer to ques-
tions Of Attorney Simpson, act
ing for the state, testified; I was
personally acquainted with Ole
p. liner, have known him init
.mately for the past six years and
last saw him alive at the county
convention at Richardton April
%. On Monday morning this
week was called to go to the Zin-
er ranch, northeast about IS
miles and there saw the body of
liner, dressed in drawers and
underwear, cotton shirt, with
blue stripes. grayish pants,
stockings and shoes, and brown
felt hat; no suspenders, no coat
and no vest, but he had on a
heavy pair Of bnckskin gloves.
The body lay face down.
ward Immediately under q barb
wire fence, the head pointing in
. northwesterly direction, to-
ward the ranch house. OF the
two wounds think the fact Of
the rim of the hat being under
the head indicates that the shot
in the back was the first re-
ceived aud it was sufficient to
cause instant death. In my
judgment he was just getting
under the fence when he receiv-
ed the first shot, headed toward
the house aud the bullet struck
him in the back. Just outside
the fence was 3 strip of plowing
and beyond that. q recently made
track of q heavy wagon. Nine
feet from the nearest wagon
track upon the plowing) lay a re-
volver aud nearby a short hand
led pick, a small tin pail of onion
sets and about eight or ten feet
from these a garden rake. The
revolver was 80 feet and 6 inches
from the feet of the body and it
was 50 PAGES from the body to
the house.
Witness identified the bullet
taken from the right shoulder as
the one first shot and stated in
his opinion it was 30 or 80 caliber.
In cross examination by At
torney Crawford it was brought
out that the person firing the
shot must have stood to the left
of the man who received it.
Richard Fordyce, the next
witness stated: On Sunday May
Is, was in the employ of Ole p.
liner at the latter's ranch. Am
acquainted with Sheriff Goodall
and Harry Knutson, they were
both at the ranch and left sepa-
rately between seven and eight
o'clock Sunday morning. Knut-
son returned about eleven. After
these men had gone only
Mr.. liner and witness were
there. About 9 o'clock Mr..
liner went out to the plowed
ground to plant potatoes and
onion sets witness assisted him
until about half past ten and
then went to the house and from
there to the barn, on the way to
the barn saw a wagon with two
horses attached coming in which
were Clinic, Hartell and Brown,
they were about 100 yards from
liner when witness first saw
them. Witness was in the barn
about two minutes, saw them
stop near liner and heard some
man say ':hello" went to the
house, heard no loud or angry
talk, entered and was hanging
up coat when he heard q shot
and went to the door, saw liner
just getting under the wire fence
coming away from Clinic. Saw
Clinic standing in the wagon,
shoot at liner with a rife, did
not see liner move after falling
when first shot was fred, then
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

Crawford elected that witness
was in plain view of the men in
wagon while between the house
and barn, also that Hartell was
on the right of the spring seat
driving the team and that Brown
was seated in the wagon box
with his back to the scene of the
killing; also that he saw no gun
in the hands of any of the men
before the shooting began.
The testimony of Harry Knut-
son, who was the next witness.
developed nothing new.
John Goodall swore that he, as
sheriff of Stark county, went
out to the liner ranch in com.
pany with MIR. liner last Friday
and stayed until Sunday morn.
ing, in the meantime tallying the
latter's cattle; slept with liner
but saw no gun on him or in the
shack; remembers telling Clinic
Saturday that he was going to
Dickinson but saw more of the
cattle, went back, Tailed them
and then stayed all night, driv-
ing by Clinics place and again
stopped to talk with him. Wit
ness remembers telling him that
liner was going to Dickinson
Monday and that Clinic thenand
previously had made threats, on
saw Clinic jump down and run
toward liner and shoot again
within half q minute after the
first shot, saw the second shot
hit liners head. Clinic and
the others were there only five
to ten minutes in all, before
driving of Clinic called witness
to come down and said: He
pulled q gun on me and shot; he
didn't get me-" Witness had
never seen the revolver that was
one occasion saying in substance
that he would kill liner if the
latter did not leave him alone.
Witness left Clinics about nine
or.two hours before the shooting
at the liner ranch, four miles
from Clinics.
Cross examined witness de-
scribed revolver picked up on the
plowed ground, said it had five
loaded cartridges and an empty
shell under the hammer. Also
that Clinic had said in substance
on one occasion that he did not
care what became of himself but
that liner should never turn Gil
mics 80-year old mother and g.
year old son out doors.
The redirect brought out that
the gun was a montgomery
Ward" affair, that the loaded car
tridges had apparently been in
the gun some time, the empty
one seemed to be an old one that
had been creased to place it in
there. Witness said however
that there was considerable rust
in all the chambers.
CORoNER'S VERDICT.
At an inquisition begun at the
ranchof Ole P. liner, in township
one hundred forty-three range
ninety three (Which territory is
attached to Stark county for ju-
dicial purposes) on the 10th day
of May, A. D. 1904, and from
there, upon said day, adjourned
to the city hall in the city of
Dickinson, in the county and
state aforesaid, on the 18th day
of May, 1904, before Anton
Schmidtbauer, coroner of said
county, upon the body of Ole P.
Ziner there lying dead, by the
jurors whose names are hereto
subscribed. The said jurors,
upon their oath, do say that the
said Ole p. liner came to his
death on the 18th day of May,
1904, by means of a leaden bullet
fred from a gun in the hands Of
one B. K. Clinic with intent, fel-
oniously, to kill and murder said
Ole p. liner, and Charles Hart.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
DEMANDS BIG DAMAGES.
Castro Says Asphalt Company Aided
Venezuelan Rebels.

castro Says Asphalt Company Aided
Venezuelan Rebels.
Washington, July 13.-President
Castro of Venezuela has demanded
100000 bolivars from the New York
and Bermudez Asphalt company and
has given notice through one of
his ministers of his intention to
proceed legally before the Vene-
Znelan courts to secure the mon
ey. The president bases his claim on
the allegation that the asphalt COM
pany gave material aid to the late rev.
dictionary movement, and especially
to General Mateos, whereby the Cas-
tro government was put to the neces-
sity of expanding the sum of money
named to suppress the rebellion. The
suit is the elimination of long series
Of litigations growing out of the claim
of a rival concern-the Warner-Quin-
Ian syndicate-to part of the asphalt
lake at Felicidad. Finally last winter
the supreme court OF Venezuela gave
judgment in favor of the New York
company. The suit for damages which
General Castro is now about to insti
tute is said to be the outcome Of the
failure of the proceedings before the
supreme court. The state department
will watch developments at Caracas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
GOES TO THE CREDITORS.
Jewels and Treasures of AngIesey
Castle to Be Sold.

Jewels and Treasures of AngIesey
Castle to Be Sold.
New York, July 13.-Anglesey cas-
tie is slowly giving up it's secrets, says
Herald dispatch from London. The
catalogue of it's contents when pub
lished will form one of the most re-
markable documents ever issued from
the printing press. Fictitious stories
arising out Of the local gossip which
fixed the value of the jewels and other
treasures found in the castle at ST.
100000 may be dismissed, but the facts
are in themselves sufficiently extraor-
binary. The living rooms in Anglesey
castle are furnished in manner that
is magnificently extravagant.
According to the latest computations
the Jewels that have been discovered
are expected to realize at auction from
$4,000 to $15O,OO0. The original cost
was probably double, but owing to the
fantastic settings their value is con-
siderably reduced.
Approximate value of the furniture
and other articles apart from the jew
els, real and imitation, that are now
being catalogued, probably will be
something like 100000.
In the house and grounds every
fancy of the marquis has apparently
been gratified in the most luxurious
manner.
The liabilities at present ascertain.
ed are about $1,38O,00O, and it is be-
iieved under the proposed deed of as
eignment the creditors will receive
their money in full, plus 4 per cent
interest, within about nine years, pro-
viding the marquis lives that long.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
THOUSANDS QUIT WORK.
Packinohouse Strike in Effect at Kan
sas City.

SaS City.
Kansas City. July 13.-About 1000
meat cutters at Swift's, Cudahy's,
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger's and
Fowlers had gone out before noon
and others were gradually leaving
their places. A committee waited on
the management at Armours and gave
notice that all the men in that plant
would go out and the manager stated
that he expected the entire force OF
5000 to quit
All the stock on hand in this plant
was cleared up early in the day. At
the plants, of Swift, Cudahy and
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger in the Ar
mourdale district the men secured
their tools during the morning, gather
ing them quietly and leaving without
any disturbance. All of the three
plants were shut down last week on
account Of the food and had not re.
sumed killing At Fowler's many of the
men did not appear for work and it
was announced that most of the 1000
men in that plant would 60 out. AT
Ruddy Bros. their 200 employees are
still at work. J., 1T 49,
There are about 1000 hogs on hand
at the yards and these probably will
be returned to the country.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
IN EFFECT At OMAHA.
Four Thousand Packinghouse En-
~ pioyes on Strike.

Omaha, July 13.-At noon 1900 en-
ployes of all the packinghouses at
South Omaha laid down their tools
and went out on strike. The packing
plants affected are those of Armour.
Swift, Cudahy and the Omaha Pack
ing company. The strike is the result
of an order received from Second Vice
President Vail Of the 5Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers union and
affects practically every man employ
Cd in the packinghouses, skilled and
sunskilled. N &r2.Ss "a .-7-zs-r
The demands of the strikers are for
higher wages for the skilled and q
closed ship for unskilled labor. The
packers say they will make no at.
tempt to operate their plants for the
present. III ... %
A statement of the position Of the
local packers shows that they are
unanimous in their refusal to accede
Z to the demands Of the men. They
claim that conditions do not warrant
y IN increase of wages.
Ten unions are affected by the
strike most of them being affiliated
with the butchering craft. Il st ID
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

w. P. Dockray, who during the Civil
war was captain of the gunboat De-
soto of the Atlantic blockading squad
ron, is dead at Lawrence, Kan.
On Sept. 100000 short term
Philippine bonds will become due and
It is the present intention of the war
department to resell them, although
the Philippine government has not yet
formally directed such course.
The hey of Tunis arrived in Paris
tuesday. He was accorded military
honors, received notable popular re-
ception and visited with President
Loubet at, Elysee palace. where they
had long and cordial exchange of
friendly sentiments.
Lady Marjorie Gordon, the only
daughter of the Earl of Aberdeen, for
merly governor general of Canada,
was married in London Tuesday to
John Sinclair, member of parliament
for Forashire and former captain OF
the Royal Irish Lancers. *~", ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
SECRETLY MARRIED IN FRANCE,
Senator Clark of Montana Weds His
Former Ward.

Senator Clark of Montana WEEDS His
Former Ward.
New York, July 13.-Formal an
nouncement of the marriage of Sec.
ator Clark, multimillionaire of Mon
tana, to Miss Anna La Chappelle in
Marseilles, France, May rs, 1901, has
been made. The couple were quietly
married and have daughter nearly
two years old.
The bride is daughter of the late
DR.. Chappelle of Butte, Mont. Tbs
romance began years ago when DR.
Chappelle, who had never studied al
medical college, got into trouble
with a medical society in Butte.
Senator Clark, at the instance of the
Doctors pretty fifteen-year-old 'daugh
ter. sent the doctor to college. He
graduated, but died soon after.
Miss La Chappelle has been in Eu
rope for number of years completing
her education. She is remarkably pref
ty and talented. She had posed as the
ward of Senator Clark.
1t is believed that the marriage has
not been announced before because
of the opposition Of Senator Clark'E
family.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
BY AN INGENIOUS METHOD
Government Loses Big Sum In Duties As
Result of Ingenious Smuggling Oper=
atoms.

New York, July 13.-Rehind the ar.
rest of wireless telegram operator
and a hospital steward emploved on
one of the largest transatlantic liners,
charged with smuggling Sumatra to-
bacco, the customs officials claim to
have unearthed new and ingenious
method of smuggling diamonds, silks,
tobacco and other merchandise which
should pay high duty. Frauds on
the government of enormous proper
lions are believed to have been per-
petrated by this method. Its success
full conduct required combination Of
expressmen, steamship employees and,
possibly, government officials. Its
benefciaries and. possibly its promot-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13

Chicago, July ia general strike
of the employees of all the big packing
plants throughout the country went
into effect at noon as ordered by
President Donnelly of the Amalgamat-
ed Meat Cutters and Butchers asso-
citation. Approximately $4,000 men
are directly affected.
In this city the men quit work at
different times during the day and
at 2 p. m. II 900 had quit work. While
the strikers were passing out of the
gates leading to the packinghouses
women, children and other sympa'
thizers congregated and shouted en-
couragemeNt. The strikers and thell
friends were silently watched by 400
stalwart police.
No definite arrangements. have been
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
MOB AFTER A NEGRO.
Attempted Lyncl,ing at Minneapolis
Fooled by Policeman.

Minneapolis, July 13.-While an in
furiated mob of men and boys, armed
with ropes aud axes, muttered threats
of lynching and lay in wait for the
victim which was to pass them Patrol
man NJ ]. Salmon rushed negro ac-
cused of attempted assault to "a street
car and boarded it before the crowd
realized it was being tricked.
When the pursuers saw the car stop
and the gates close on the policeman
and his prisoner, with a wild yell of
rage they started for it. For several
blocks bowling gang followed it as
the captive negro, on Bonded knees,
breathed out prayers and supplica-
tons. Salmon finally locked the man
up at the Central station and in all
probability saved him from being
lynched.
The negro is accused of attempting
TO assault an eleven-year-old girl.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
TRAGEDY IN A THEATER.
Vaudeville Performer Shoots Wife
and Attempts Suicide.

81. ana AIIciHPtS 0OiStoSs
St. Paul, July 13.-Spurred to des-
peration by the sight Of his wife
talking and drinking beer with an
other man Edward E. Herr, variety
performer, fired three shots from re-
volver at the woman in the Empire
theater shortly before midnight and
severely wounded her. Herr then
turn turned the revolver against him
self and is now at the city hospital at
the point of death. The woman will
recover.
Herr and the woman, whose stage
names is Blanche Lamont, came to st.
Paul nine weeks ago and since then
they have been playing at the Empire
theater. Herr is hypnotist and the
Lamont woman dancer and as far
as is known there had not been, any
trouble between them since they
reached ST. Paul. 4 II s%$
The principals in the case are each
about twenty-three years old. Herr's
home il said to be at Kewaunee, ILL.,,
and the woman's at st. Cloud.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
HORSES FOR JAPANESE ARMY.
Large Number Of Creole Ponies and
Texas Bronchos Ordered.

New Orleans, July 13.-Creole po-
MES from the prairies of Southwest
Louisiana and bronchos from the
plains of Texas may be fighting the
battles of the Japanese within two
months. 1t is learned that a Texas
firm has been approached by Minister
Takahira of Japan with a view of Sc
curing 100000 head of horses of the
type now used by the Japanese cav.
airy.
The Creole ponies and Texas bron-
chos, with wonderful staying qualities,
easily kept and fed, are considered
ideal mounts for the Japanese saber
men and it is understood that nego-
tiations have been opened with the
traffic department of the Southern Pa
cific railroad for a large amount Of
stock cars so that everything may be
In readiness to rush the ponies to San
Francisco, thence by ship direct to
Korea.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
SICKNESS ON THE INCREASE.
Rainy Weather Affects Health of Rus
sian Troops.

st. Petersburg, July 13.-An official
statement of the number OF sick and
wounded belonging to the Manchurian
army shows great increase in sick
ness after few days rain and also
q large proportion of sick and wound
ed officers compared with men. Be
fore the rains to June 26 the total
was: Officers II and men 80 per 1000,
OF whom wounded officers numbered
10 and men per 1000; suffering from
contagious diseases, 2 per 1000, OF
whom one-half were suffering from
dysentery and one-tenth from typhus
There was one case of plague and not
q single case OF smallpox.
After the rains, July 9, the figures
were: Officers, "a per 1000; men 4G
of whom the wounded officers mum
bered 20 per 1000 and the men 8 pei
1000. Contagious cases had risen to
9 per 1000, affecting in equal proper
| tons dysentery and typhus and intro
ducing scurvy and smallpox, of which
there we're 3 cases, and bringing uI
! the plague to cases.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13
BIG ARMIES in TOUCH
Russian and Japanese Are In Force On OPP
posite Sides of Liank River===Botfl
Ready for Struggle.

Headquarters of General Count KEEL
Ter, Niutkiay, eleven miles west of IL
andiansian, July 13.-The opposing al"
mics are grimly facing each othe1
on the heights across the Liank river.
ready to engage in a death grapple.
The Liank crosses the main Lao
yangFengwangcheng road. twenty
eight miles east of Liaoyang. 1t flows
north into the Taitse river, which
passes through Liaoyang and empties
into the Lao river.
The correspondent of the Associat'
ed Press, who arrived here after a
thirty-fve-mile ride from Siaolindji
saw long lines of infantry and trans
port trains winding through the noun
tains. At Liandiansian lookout, sta
toned in a tree top, pointed out the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-07-13

way to General KeIlers headquarters
near Ntutkiay. There the Russian
Eastern army was found, hidden in the
hills. In a plain tent the correspond.
ent saw General Keller, living like a
simple soldier, his staff being quarter.
ed in a native hut nearby. The gen.
eral looked cheerful and was bronzed
by exposure. He talked enthusiastic
ally of the engagement at Hoiyan.
Around the generals tent were
many officers of the guards, the pride
of st. Petersburg. The whole army
is anxious to fight General Kuro.i
whose headquarters are at Wanda
pudze and whose men are entrenched
on the other side of the river. The
burning question is who will be the
first to cross the dread valley of the
Liank river.