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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

Making grand total of $3.50. 43,272.29
The total bonded debt is. ............ $4,000. 90
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
Emil s. Eich,
County Auditor.
Dated at Devils Lake, N. D., July
1st. 1904. n
Moved that in accordance with sec
tions 1923 and 1929, Revised Codes of
North Dakota, 1899, az amended, the
followingacounty tax levy for the year
1904 be and the same is hereby made
and levied upon all the taxable prop
erty in Ma msey county, North Dakota,
both real and personal, viz: 2
For county general and support of
poor ......... ........... ...... .SzI0UO w
For county bond and interest .....". 1000 90
For county BRIDGES. ............. $500 90
For county roads. Observation-Disclosures. 5000 90
For county poor farm buildings..... 500 90
Making total off,. .$42OOO w
Carried, all the members voting yes.
The county auditor then in com
pliance with section 722 Revised
Codes 1899 levied tax of two e.
mills on the dollars of valuation-on
all property, both real and personal, in
the county.
And one dollar (s1) school poll on
each ele ctor for school purposes.
Moved that levy of one ~ mill on
the dollar of valuation on 1904 ASSESS
ment, on all taxable property, both
real and personal, sbe made for the
maint enance of state schools in accord.
ance with chapter b156 session laws Of
1901, and the auditor is hereby in
structed to extend all of the abovesnd
foregoing, taxes or9Ievies in accordance
with the laws governing same,
+ Carried; all members voting yes.
On. motion the board adjourned until
9 o'clock a. m. TUESDAY, July 18th,
1904.
! Chr, Anderson,
Chairman.
Attest.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

section 3I-156.66. Carried.
The Board then adjourned until
Monday, August Is, 1904. .a3S sas
~. 49, Chr. Anderson.
- Chairman.
Attest: ,.-.a
Emil 8. Eich,
e. County Auditor.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29
his city property for 1904 was on mo

his city property for 1904 was on mo-
ton denied.
The report of justice of the peace J.
w. Kennedy for quarter ending July 4,
1904 was read and approved and war
rants ordered drawn in payment Of
came as follows. subject to chapter 1872,
laws 1901. 4,,i. vi Ia T.. ..s
J.W. Kennedy, justice fees... S4.25
Herman Rutten, sheriff's fees..... $500. 300
Carried. ~. -. 81
The report of justice of the peace J..
F. Henry. for quarter ending June 30,
1904 was read and approved and war
rants ordered drawn in payment Of
same as follows: subject to chapter I62,
avs 1901.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

The additional report of Justice Of
the Peace J. F. Henry for the quarter
ending June 80, 1904, was read and ap-
proved and warrants ordered drawn in
payment Of same as follows: Subject to
Chapt. 1852, Laws 1901. ft
J. F. Henry, Justice fees. =. .........S EOS
Herm. Stenseth, sheriff fees .......... l4OO
Carried.
The report of Justice of the Peace
D. G. Duell for quarter ending July I.
1904, was read and approved and war
rants ordered drawn in payment of
same as follows: SUBJECT to Chapt. l62,
Laws 1901. gs-sL,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

board and services rendered Mrs. Bren.
nan during June and July 1903, SLATE
was on motion disallowed.
Moved the following bills be allowed
and warrants ordered drawn in pay.
ment Of same subject to chapter 1852
session laws 1901. @F
W. E. Goozee, labor on bridges ........ $3.50
John A. Van Liew, labor on roads...... $500
A. j. Mcconnell, salary as county ply
stefan. End District. 3l.25
Mrs.. NJ. "A. Degan, rent of house for .s
Mrs. Stenson. ........... 5000
A. D. Sprague, poor order Mrs. Smell SOU
W. H. Reid, boarding Mrs. Buchanan. 200
&. p. Brainard, hardware supplies,
April and May, '04.. -. S7.2s
Russell and Schultz, Door order, Mrs.
Schnel ........... .............. 4.za
Carried.
A recess was then taken until 2
~Sclolx !, m g.s4ta4s.G
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-07-29

NJ. S6EIlou, s-F f NO.. I
The following Inspectors for G eneral
Election i'll November. 1904. were ap-
pointed for the unorgsnized townships:
In township I56, range 6l-Thos. B.
Connolly.
In township I56, range 62-George
Welsh.
In township 1856, range 66--John
Gum.
Carried.
Moved that the following polling
places be designated in the following
precincts:
No. 5--Bartlett-- Woodman Hall, in
Bartlett.
No. 12--Stevane.
No. 24-- Lake Ia Twp. Building on
lot 8. Rich ardson Addition,
No. Extraordinarily. G. Bennett
in Village OF Webster.
No 81 Irvine--J. 6. Nichols house,
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TO BE CONTINUED.

ar Last year the British mercantile
marine sustained 1888 casualties. OIL
which 34s were complete wrecks. The
loss of life was 5,31S.
~ The hay crop. excepting corr
alone is the greatest in value. the gross
realization during last year on 61,-
3O5.94O tons being s556.376,SSO.
,sH The Stuttgarter Mit-und Ruckver-
sicherungs- s-Aktiengesellschaft is ar
insurance company, with a capital OF
$4,000. 900. which insures machinery.
s1' The patent office is proportionate-
ly the most profitable of our govern
ment departments. A balance of over
s5.OOO.OO0 lies to it's credit in the treas
ury.
II Royal palaces in Russia are said
to be damp and unhealthy. Their in
sanitary condition is claimed by some
to be the cause of the czarina's recent
illness.
ar A four inch strip of land was sold
in New York city recently. The price
paid Is said to have been s1.666. The
strip separates two properties on Sew
enth avenue.
3T The tip problem has been solved
by a Partisan restaurant, so the res
taurateur thinks. His custom Is tc
assess his patrons five per cent oi
their bills and divide the money thus
raised among the walters.
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suers, whose guns were beginning to
speak. The fugitives had good start,
and. being the picked runners Of the
Crossroads, they crossed the open,
weedy acres in safety and made f. r
their homes. Every house had become
a fort. and the defenders would have
to be fought and torn out one by one.
As the guns sounded. woman in a
lhanty near the forge began to scream
and kept on screaming.
On came the farmers and the men Of
Plattville. They took the saloon at a
run, battered down the crazy doors
with a fence rail and swarmed inside
like busy insects, making the place
hum like a hive, but with the hotter
Industries of destruction. 1t was empty
of life as a tomb, but they beat and
tore and battered and broke and ham
mered and shattered like madlnen; they
reduced the tawdry interior to mere
chaos and came pouring forth laden
with trophies Of ruin, and then there
was a charry smell in the air, and
slender feather of smoke foated up
from second story window.
At the same time Watts led an as
sault on the adjoining house, an assault
which came to a sudden pause, for
from cracks in the front wall squirrel
rifle and a shotgun snapped and
banged. and the crowd fell back in dis
order. Homer Tibbs had hat blown
away. full Of buckshot holes. while Mr..
Watts solicitously examined small
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A voice rang out above the clamor

A voice rang out above the clamor
that followed the judges speech.
"'Bring him backv God could, may
be, but he won't. Who's travelin' my
way? 20 westr' Hartley Bowlder
had ridden his sorrel right up the EN-
bankment, and the horse stood between
the rails.
There was an angry roar from the
crowd. The prosecutor pleaded and
threatened unheeded, and. as for the
deputy sheriff, he declared his intention
Of taking with him all who wished to
20 as his posse. Eph Watts succeeded
N making himself heard above the
tumult.
"The square!" he shouted. "Start
from the square. We want everybody
Well need them. And we want every
one in Carlow to be implicated In this
posse"
"Thcy will be" shouted farmer.
Don't you worry about that"
1--WE want to get into some sort of
shaper' cried Eph.
"Shapep' repeated Hartley Bowlder
scornfully.
There was a hiss and clang and rat
tie behind him, and steam whistle
shrieked. The crowd divided. and
Hartley's sorrel scrambled down just
In time as the westbound accommoda-
ton rushed by on Its way to Rouen.
From the rear platform leaneds the
sheriff, Horner, waving his hands fran
tically as he flew by. but no one un-
derstood or cared what he said or in
the general excitement even wondered
why he was going away. When the
train had dwindled to a dot and dis
appeared and the noise Of its rush
grew faint the courthouse bell was
heard ringing. and the mob was rush
ing pellmell into the village to form on
the square. The judge stood alone on
the embankment.
"That settles It," he said aloud.
gloomily watching the last figures. He
took off his hat and pushed back the
thick white hair from his forehead.
Nothing to do but wait. Might as well
go home for that. Blast it," he ex-
claimed impatiently. II don't want to
60 there. It's too hard on the little
girl. If she hadn't come till next week
shed never have known John Harkless."
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aperture in the skirts Of his brown coat.
The house commanded the road. and
the rush of the mob into the village
was checked, but only for the instant.
A rickety woodshed which formed a
portion of the. Skillet mansion closely
Joined the Last Chance" side. of the
family place of business. Scarcely had
the guns Of the defenders sounded
when, with loud shout, Lige Willetts
leaped from an upper window on that
side Of the burning saloon and landed
on the woodshed and, Immediately
climbing the roof of the mansion itself.
applied a brand to the dry. time worn
cIapboards. Ross Schofield dropped on
the woodshed close behind him, his
arm lovingly Unfolding a gallon jug OF
whisky, which he emptied (not without
evident regret upon the clapboards as
Lige fired them. Flames burst forth
almost instantly. and the smoke, unit
ing with that now rolling out of every
window Of the saloon, went up to heaV-
en- in d cumbrous, gray column.
AS the flames began to spread there
was rapid fusillade from the rear OF
the house, and q hundred men and
more, who had kept on through the
fields to the north, assailed 1t from be-
hind. Their shots passed clear through
the tiimsy partitions. and there was q
screaming like beasts howls from with
In. The front door was thrown open.
and q lean. fierce eyed girl, with case
knife in her hand, ran out in the face
of the mob. At sound Of the shots In
the rear they had begun to advance on
the house q second time, and Hartley
Bowlder was the nearest man to the
girl. With awful words and shrieking
inconceivably she made straight at
Hartley and attacked him with the
knife. She struck Mt him again and
again, and in her anguish Of hate and
fear she was so extraordinary a specta-
Gle that she gained for her companions
the seconds they needed to escape from
the house. AS she hurled herself alone
at the oncoming torrent they sped from
the door unnoticed, sprang over the
fence and reached the open lots to the
west before they were seen by Willetts
from the roof.
Don't let 'em fool you" be shouted.
Look to your left! There they go!
Don't let 'em get away"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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a Hero In Politics.

II has rather an odd sound, "a nero
in politics," but I want to tell OF just
such a hero. His name was John -
Huffman, and he lived at Bluf1s'
Scott county, ILL.,, says December NC
Clures. A few years ago his neigh-
bors, who knew him well, elected him
10 the state legislature, at that time'
perhaps, one of the most corrupt leg
islative bodies in the world. he nao
q seat on the Democratic side Of the
House; he seemed out Of place there;
he was not we'll dressed; his hands
were hard and rough with WORK ne
couldn't make a speech to save MS
life. Indeed. he was only farm Ia
borer earning $25 a month. But ne
sat there day in and day out, listening
intently, making up his mind as 10
the simple rights and wrongs or the
question, and then voting right.
Sometimes his "No"-his voice was
always loud enough when ne voted
was the only negative on his slde OF
the house. Once-by the WORD OF
the Leader" who offered the money
he could have had slO,ooo 1or ms Vote, tsa
But he shook his head, and when the
bill came up he voted an honest vote.
In a sense he was an outcast; ne
could not herd with the good fel-
lows" who were banded together for
plunder; he took no part in the horse
play of those around him; some even
accused him Of stupidity, but no one
ever said that he was dishonest. Be
fore the session was over, old John
HUFFMAN Of Bluffs, stupid, perhaps,
uncouth, unlearned, came to be
marked man, a monument Of decency
and dignity Of character, winning the
respect Of the corrupt men arouno
him. even coming to prominence IN
the Chicago newspaper dispatches for
the very miracle Of his honesty. And
when that session was over he went
back to work on the farm, having
done his duty,
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CROSSING LAKE BAlKAL.
Russia's Great Inland Sea In Wartime

Lake Baikal, the frozen barrier thai
cuts the great Siberian line in two, Is
indeed Il, remarkable body of water
SAYS the London Express. In length
It would stretch from London to Edin-
burgh, yet it's breadth Is only from
twenty to fifty-three miles. From
where I stood to the town OF BalKal
on the other side. was a little over
forty miles: but it is this distance, over
the frozen floor of which stores and
men have to be transported TO tne
front, that will cause the Russian gov
ernment more trouble and anxiety
than the entire route from the Ural
mountains to Port Arthur.
The track has not yet been completed
around the end Of the lake. AS an
engineer explained to me the southern
end of the lake, which Is the only pos
siole route for the line, is imbedded III
mountains. Sheer granite cliffs rise
from the surface Of the water to
height of $500 feet. Through these
cliffs tunnels to the number of tWen-
ty-seven are being laboriously cut, but
in my engineer friends opinion 1t Will
be long before this strip of rails Will
be opened.
During the summer two great seam
ers cross the lake with the trails on
board, but in the winter the Ice Is
far too thick for the Baikal or her
consort, which I saw firmly anchored
in the ice.
There was a great rusn LOT Tie
sledges which awaited us. With some
difficulty I secured a place In one
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them then. He couldn't have had q
show for his life among them. Do
what you like. Maybe they've got him
mt the Crossroads. If there's chance
of it, dead or alive. bring him backw
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CHAPTER TX.

LII morning horsemen had
been galloping through Six
Crossroads, sometimes sin.
gly. oftener in company. AT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-25
FOREIGN NEWS

Envlle Hall. in Kidderminster, Eng
land, the country seat of the Earl OF
Stamford, was destroyed by FIRE today
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the terms OF the Anglo Russian con-
yention growing out of the slaughter
among the Hull fishermen by the Rus
sian feet en- route to the far East, will be
signed this afternoon.
Letters received in London announce
that the King Of Siam, reused by the
successes of the japanese forces in the
fighting against the Russians, has deter
mined to re-arm his followers, and to
establish his own arsenals. The king
has also asked the Indian government to
lend Siam artifcers.
In the French chamber of deputies
today Premier Combes announced that
the government desired TO retain the
French religious protectorate in the
Orient, but that 1t preferred to substi-
tute lty priests for monks, and to treat
directly with the Sultan of Turkey in
stead of with the Vatican
The Pope is much distressed at the
reports of intense suffering among the
Catholic missions in Japan, Korea and
Manchuria, aud has given directions
that large sum be appropriated from
his private purse, for the relief OF the
devoted missionaries who have remained
at their post despite privations.
Captain Milan NikOlitch, aServian OF.
fcer, has been arrested for conspiracy
against King Peter. He has confessed.
took two officers into his con-
fdence, and one of them betrayed him.
His design was to kill Peter with his own
hand, The captain was engaged to mar
ry the daughter Of a Servian army colo
mel or Sunday next. Nikolitch is cap. |
able officer, and it is suggested that his
mind has been unhinged.
Replying to a question in the Cham |
Der today, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Delcasse announced that the policy of
France is to approve any action looking
Oward the establishment of peace in the
ar East. Therefore, he said, his govern
nent would look with approval upon any
American initiative toward that end.
President Roosevelrs call for new peace
conference has the hearty approval Of
VI. Delcasse and his associates in the
French Cabinet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-25
Uprising in Siberia.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 25.-An uprising
is reported from the province OF Altai,
Siberia. As q result, it is reported,
apparently upon good authority, tina.
some 1000 Kalmuck tribesmen have
been slaughtered. The Kalmucks, who
are exceedingly bloodlhirsty, have been
stirred to frenzy by high priest, Ariod
by name, who has claimed to be endowed
with prophetic powers, and whose stories
of coming greatness OF the tribe were ac-
cepted as gospel by his deluded follow
ing. Fearing trouble the government
some time ago armed the peasants with
modern rifles, and, it being reported
that an uprising was imminent, last
night let them loose against the Kal.
mucks. A fearful slaughter followed,
the clubs of the tribesmen being Of no
use against the bullets Of their oppO-
nents. When the fight was over llore
than 1000 of the tribesmen were found
dead, while many others were badly
wounded. The prophet Airod was cap
tured aud dsarmed, laden with chains
and sent in triumph to Bijst, the seat Of
of the province.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-25
War I'm the East.

General Kuropatkin's tardily published Of.
hcial announcement of losses for The period
Of IL days prior to October q. giving the sick
and wounded at 943 officers and 31.2l men,
rather startled the public in st. Petersburg
No mention is made OF the dead, although 5000
are reported by correspondents TO have fallen
in the series of charges uDsuccessfully made
to capture General Oku's posiii ms.
According to dispatch from the front Gene
raj Kuropatkin's desire 20 remain quiescent
is not likely TO be respected by Marshal Oyama
A correspondent telegraphs: There are EVIL
dences that the Jspanees are not going % leave
us alone. but are going to make determined
effort 10 double on our left flank"
Wireless communication between Port Ar
tbur and Chefoo has ceased.
A dispatch from Toxic says: Telegraphing
Yesterday the headquarters of the before Port
Arthnr reports: "The conhagratiOn Ia the
buildings near the arsenal. caused by our
naval guns, which. as reported yesterday be-
oan about noon, November %, continued mn
iii o'clock on the morning Of November %.
Ii Isl probable that the coal stores have been
burned"
A huge pile Of coal near the railway station
at Port Arthur was ignited by Jadauees shells
on November 20, and still burning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-25
Virginia News.


Mrs. Armints Z. d. Msckall, relief
Of the late Gen. w. w. Mackall, died al
her home at Langley, Fairfax county,
on Saturday last, in the SD year of her
age.
j. Stewart Yeakley, 81 years of age,
died at his home, near Winchester,
Yesterday, Of pneumonia. His fatal III
ness was contracted at the funeral OF his
father in-law, the late Thomas Spence,
on sundaylast.
Jesse Boulden and Fisher Parker, two
negroes, are 10 jail at Pulaski closely
guarded to prevent their being lynch I'd.
They held up and robbed two men We'd
nesday night and fired at the officers
who tried to arrest them.
While several small boys were shoot
ing at target yesterday evening
near Richmond the accidental dis.
charge of Fritz Herman's gun resulted
in the death Of Emmett Cousins and the
serious injury Of Richard Golding. The
load passed through Golding's arm aHd
struck Cousins in The abdomen. The
boys are all very young.
Robert Page Vass. aged twenty-one
years, the son OF Mrs. James p. Vass.
of Hanover @. H., accidently shot his
right hand off while with party Of
gentlemen hunting yesterday. He was
in the act Of placing his gun by the side
of leg with his hand over the muzzle
when the trigger struck the log and
caused the gun to 60 off.
A dispatch from Winchester says
Charles Mullikin, the wealthy st. Louis
ian. who now owns and occupies the
Page Crook estate in Clarke county. has
purchased from the ThompsOn-0gden
estate the Virginia Hotel property and
three adjoining storerooms fo- 81 400.
1t is understood that be will either radi-
cally improve the present hotel build
ing or erect one on the latest modern
scale.
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Dont't Want TO Open Old Bottle OF
Wine

Covington, Ind, Nov. 25.-Nowhere
in the country WAC stranger Thankspiy.
ing feast held than was celebrated here
yesterday. Two men, each more than
so years old, sat down to banquet Ia
bic, which ffty-seyen years ago was
spread with feast for twenty-one young
men. On that Thanksgiving Day these
young men came together in Covingtou,
agreeing to gather each Thanksgiving
Day thereafter as long as one OF the
twenty-one lived. Now only three re-
main The two that met in Covington
are Lewis Hetfeld and Colonel James
McMannoney. The former is so years
old; the latter is SO. The third member
of the club is Robert Brown, of Kansas
City, who is "a years oil age. When
the first banquet was spread in 1S47
bottle of port wine was placed upon the
table, and it was agreed that the last
surviving participant should drink the
wine. Colonel McMarnoney, who is
veteran Of the Mexican War, said yester-
day that the club was known as the
Raging Lads. 81 wouldn't open that
bottle for anything in the world" he
said. Hetfeld said; 81 don't want to
be the last L. will be a sad, very sad
occasien--the opening of that old bottle"