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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
TERRIBLE. DISASTER.
Explosion Of Powder Near Newport,
Ind, Kills Four Men and
Injuries Two.

i, Newport, Ind. May 5.-A powder mill
owned by the Northwestern Powder
company, three miles from Newport,
was blown up Wednesday. -Four men
were killed outright and two were in
jured. The dead are: Desota Briggs,
Albert Mayhem, George Mayhem, Henry
Griffin. The injured are: Quincy Fos-
ter and M. I. Taylor. Ten thousand
pounds of powder exploded and the
bodies of Briggs and Griffin were blown
into such small pieces that they could
not be picked up. The other bodies were
not badly mangled. The injured men
will recover.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
A HELP TO TRADE.
Improvement in the Weather Is an
Aid to Distribution-Farm
80 Work Progressing.

New York, May 7.-Bradstreet's says:
Long expected good weather has at
last materialized and has helped farm
ers and retail trade in seasonable
goods. Crop preparations and planting
has made especially good progress, the
present outlook being that while the
winter wheat crop will be short, the
acreage in spring wheat, oats and corn
will be heavily increased. Retail and
wholesale trade, however. has not ex-
perienced the stimulation earlier looked
for. there being a disposition SO far
to regard results as below expectations
Recorder trade with jobbers is slow and
fall orders are backward. Other con-
ditions partake of irregularity. The
iron trade is quieter, with prices dis
tinctly weaker. On the other hand,
rather less than the usual number Of
May strikes have occurred, and this
year so far makes a more favorable
showing than did 1909"
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says: Somewhat better retail
distribution has followed improvement
in temperature, but it came too late to
recover any large part of the tardy sea-
sons injury to spring trade. Some i'm
provements> in collections particularly
at the south and west, will also
strengthen weak concerns. The per-
centage of idle factories has increased,
especially in textiles and footwear.
Commercial failures this week in
the United States are 20os against 202
last week, 241 the preceding week and
ITS the corresponding week last year.
Failures in Canada number %, against
16 last week, 10 the preceding week and
% last year."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Two More Victims.
Fire in a Colliery.

Shamokin, Pa, May Fire which
broke out late Thursday night in the
Locust Gap slope, operated by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company. was still raging fiercely
Friday. John and Michae. Boglan and
Michael Shannon, of Locust Gap, who
were in the mine when the fire start
ed, were unable to reach the surface
and rescuing party is at work en-
deavoring to reach the entombed men.
Locust Spring breaker, which prepared
the Locust Gap coal for market, was
forced to shut down, rendering over
1000 men and boys idle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

In 1899 commission was appointed
by the japanese government Ito con-
slider whether by meat diet or by
other means" the race could be made
taller, but it came to. the conclusion
that, as the Japanese exceeded taller
races in strength and endurance, this
wise plan was to disregard stature.
The Japanese are fond of bathing, and
use baths heated to a degree that
would be intolerable to the average
American, but they also use cold bath.
ing. Water, indeed, is freely used.
both internally and externally.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
HAS NO AMBITION
FOR SECOND Place
SPEAKER CANNON DECLARES HE
WON'T ACCEPT VICE PREsI-
DENTAL NOMINATION. .ai
Believes He Can Be Of More Service to
the Nation by Remaining in the
House-He Hopes to Be Reelected
as Speaker.

Washington, May 4.-"Even at the
risk of being accused Of declining
that which l probably could not get,
If desired it, answer most un-
equivocally that If the nomination
were rendered to me l would not &C.
cept it under any circumstances what.
ever" Thus strongly did Speaker
Cannon in an authorized interview
with Post reporter Tuesday empha-
size his determination with refer
ence to the vice presidency. As he
concluded debating what he had to
say, the speaker added: "If there il
any language which can be more de-
cisive, write it. In -
"What are your reasons for such q
statement" he was asked. and re-
piled:
II have been for almost 30 years a
member Of the national house Of rep
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

1t is Chicago University professor
Dean James H. Tufts-who has dis.
covered the virtues Of flirting. play"
he says, "is an important factor. in
gaining control Of our faculties. Co.
quetry, like other forms of play, is a
training for the abilities which one
needs in serious life 1t is not merely
an outlet for the dissipation of SUI.
plus energies. as it has been consl l.
cred, but it is distinctive and tents
to the development Of the higher ami
intellectual faculties" ~..,.,.....
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Robert b. Armstrong, the assistal.
secretary of the treasury, in charge
OF customs, has photograph of The
first custom house ever built in tits
country. 1t was erected at York, Va,
during the revolution, and it MAS
there that the first dollar of revenue
was collected by the government Of
the confederated colonies that wore
struggling desperately for their int.o.
pendence. The building, which was a
small one, was constructed of i.l-
ported bricks, and is still standing on
the original site.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Bishop Merrill Resigns.

i Los Angeles, CAL, May THE
resignation of Senior Bishop Stephen
N. Merrill, of Chicago, was pre-
sented to the general conference
Of the M. e. church and re-
ferred to the committee on episcopacy,
with instructions to report to the general
conference with appropriate resolutions
commendatory of the great service
Bishop Merrill has rendered to the
church in his So years as minister and
bishop. Bishop Merrill is 70 years old,
and it is because Of his age that he has
asked to be permitted to retire.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Name Debs for President.

Chicago, May 7.-While 200 dele
gates waved hats and handkerchiefs
and shouted themselves hoarse, the So
cialist national convention Thursday
afternoon nominated Eugene v. Debs,
Of Indiana, as president Of the United
States. The scene was repeated on the
unanimous nomination of Benjamin
Hanford, of New York, as Debs' run
ming mate. -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Mourn Hanna's Death.

New York, May THE executive
committee of the National Civic FEEDER
alton held its first meeting since the
death of its chairman, the late United
States Senator Marcus A. Hanna, Fri
day. Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, pre-
sided. Resolutions mourning the death
Of the late senator were presented by
Oscar S. Straus and adopted unani-
mously. Brief tributes to the memory
of the late Senator Hanna were spoken
by Bishop Potter. John Mitchell, Cor
nelius N Bliss and others.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Recent experiments. in France show
that the white blood corpuscles or
"leucocytes," besides absorbing foreign
bodies, destroying worn out cells, alb.
sorbing liquid poisons and carryingf food
substances to the tissues, also fulfill
a very important function. in distrib.
utfng medicinal drugs to all parts Of
the body and carrying them in par.
ticular to the location in which they
will do the most good.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

The highwater mark Of advanced
surgery has been reached by dali
cate and daring operation which has
restored life to human heart which
had ceas9d to beat. DR.. w. w. Keen,
the famous Philadelphia surgeon,
whose fame is familiar in all the great
medical and surgical centers Of the
world, is authority for the statement
that such an operation has been sue.
oessfully performed in at least two
cases that have come to his knowl-
edge. It seems that the wonders Of
medicine and surgery will never
cease. b &hf ,5s&t
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Placed in the Tomb.


Springfield, ILL.,, May The fu-
neral of Judge William NJ. Springer,
for 20 years representative in con.
gress from this district, and later a
federal judge in Indian territory. who
died last winter in Washington, D.
c.. took place Thursday afternoon
from the First NJ. E. church in this
city. Rev. DR.. Mel: m G. Lyons Off.
ciated, and addresses were made by
former Vice President Adlai E. Stew.
enson, Of Bloomington, ILL.,, Rev. DR..
w. N. McElroy and Rev. DR.. John A.
Kumler. Many prominent men were
present from other cities. The re.
mains were inferred in Oak Ridge
cemetery.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

In the curren: discussion regarding
the frequent breaking down of men
who carry the administrative burdens
of the world, it is not to be forgotten
that the average length of human
life increases and that the average of
the term of service of many great
workers lengthens. A better under.
standing Of the laws of health which
touch beth the individual and the com.
munity represents the great cause t,f
this prolongation.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Proposed Visit of King.

Paris, May 6. - The correspondent of
the Temps at Madrid says it has been de-
cided in principle that King Alfonso
will visit Paris, Berlin and Vienna. The
dates Of his visits have not been fixed
and are dependent on affairs in the far
east and Spain's internal politics. The
kings visit to France is expected to sup
plement President Loubet's visit to
Rome and strengthen the Franco-Spaa-
ish understanding.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

resentatives. may say my life work
has been in connection with legisla-
lation in the house. have been re-
nominated by the republicans Of the
congressional district in which I re-
side, and 1 have accepted the nomina-
tion. have every reason to hope /
shall be reelected"
Wants to Be Speaker Again.
"If the republicans have a majority
in the next house of representatives"
he continued, "of which in my judg-
ment there is no reasonable doubt,
will be a candidate to succeed myself
as speaker. If, perchance, however,
the republicans should not have ma
jority in the next house, will take
my place ON the floor and give the
best service it is in my power to give
to the minority. In my judgment I
can do better service in my capacity
as a member of the house of represen-
tatives than can do elsewhere.
Can Find Stronger Men.
II have no ambitions, touching the
public service, outside of and discon-
nected with the house OF representa-
tives. One word more. There are
many men in the republican party in
the middle west and elsewhere who
are better equipped for the great Office
of vice president than am, and
would add more Of strength to the
ticket than l would, SO that the de-
cision, as above announced, and my
duty as a citizen and republican run
together in the conclusion that have
come to, which is final.''
"Have you taken into considera-
tion," he was asked, that it has
been suggested that your candi-
dacy on the ticket as vice president
is necessary to carry 1llinois?"
'There is nothing in the sugges-
tion," he replied. 'The republican
party is as strong in Illinois as it has
been in a quarter of century,"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Commissioner. Hugh ]. Lee. who two
years ago went to Wales, Alaska. for
the United States government to look
after the reindeer and the natives, has
established temperance camp there,
and has dealt SO fairly but firmly (as
justice of the peace) with the lawless
and drunken set he found there that
in a year there has been but one case
Of drunkenness. ffff
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Sent to Prison.

Philadelphia, May 7.-Charles s. Re-
Der, formerly bookkeeper for McNeely
company, manufacturers of kid, was
committed to prison in default Of $4,000
bail, charged with forgeries aggregat-
ing $4,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Scientists have explained the great
dustfall that surprised Southern Eng
land in 1908. By a study of the wealth
er maps it was shown that the dust
originated on the northwest coast of
Africa, and, after riding out in a great
cloud, far over the ocean, to the neigh.
borhood Of the Azores, it turned to
the northeast and was sprinkled over
England. 1t resembled, when swept
up, fine reddish-yellow powder.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Law Is Constitutional,

Columbus, o.. May 4.-The supreme
court has decided the Russell inner.
itance tax law, passed at the last ses.
sion of the legislature, to be consti-
tutional. The law exempts all es-
tates or inheritances under $4,000. On
all estates Of more than that amount
two per cent. is levied by the state
auditors.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Oswald Fritz Bilse, the German ex.
lieutenant who is now undergoing his
Six months imprisonment for publish.
Ing novel of garrison life, is only 26
years old. He is the son of the head
master of a school in Thuringen.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

1t is announced, with evidences Of
serious belief in its truth, that the
young men of Utah who adhere to tho
Mormon faith intend to make an az
gressive movement against the polyg.
amous practices of the saints, with IL
view to force President Smith to &c.
clare against further plural mar
riages
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Minnesota Republicans,

/ St, Paul, MINI, May 5.-The repub-
lican state central committee decided
to hold the republican convention for
the nomination Of candidates for
state offers in st. Paul, Thursday,
June 3. - ~ - 49, I'D
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Are Probably Dead.

shamokin, Pa, May Five miners
are entombed and believed to be dead
as. q result of a, fierce fire which is
burning in the Locust Gap colliery of
the Philadelphia, & Reading Coal &
Iron company. 2
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Flour Mills Closed.

Minneapolis, MIMI. May 5.-On &C.
count of the small demand for their
products all of the flour mills in Mime
apolis have closed until trade increases
to warrant resumption of business.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Monsignor Sogaro, rector of the Ac.
cademia Del Nobili Ecclesiastical, has
cided to add the German langua,,.
to the courses taught in his school in
view of complaints that the papal rep.
.resentatives in German countries sci.
dom know that language and there.
fore were unable to attend to their
duties properly.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Deadlock Is Broken.

Sioux City, Ia, May &c H. Hub
bard, of Sioux City. was nominated for
congressman by the republicans of the
Eleventh district on the fifty fourth bal
lot, defeating Congressman Thomas and
other candidates.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Hearst Wins in Iowa.

Des Moines, Ia, May 5.-William Ran
dolph Hearst swept the field in the Iowa
state democratic convention held here
Wednesday. He had majority of over
$50 in the convention, and Hearst reso-
buttons were adopted, the Hearst dele
cations from the contesting counties
were seated and Hearst delegates were
selected and instructed to vote as
unit.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
killed bv the Cars.

Coshocton. O., May 5.-Harry West
fall and Emmett Lewis, two schoolboys
aged IL and eight respectively, were
killed by atrain at PAN Handle railroad
crossing in Newcomerstowu.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
E1ectrocuted.

Plattsburg, N. Y. May 4.-Allen
Mooney, the condemned murderer, who
shot and killed two women at Saranac
Lake, N. Y, on November 4, 1902, was
put to death in the electric chair at Gin
ton prison, Dannemora, Tuesday.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Victim Of Heart Disease.

Victim OF Heart Disease.
Cincinnati, May CDR. Giles S. Mitch
ell, prominent physician, died sudden
ly Thursday at his home in Avondale.
this city, from heart disease. He was
widely known among physicians all over
the world through his membership in
medical societies. -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Three Hanged

Winchester, Tenn, May 6.-Henry
Judge, Joe Delp and John Evans were
hanged here Thursday for the murder
of Simon Butcher and his wife last Au-
gust.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Fatal Disaster in a Mine.

&~ess3 0A"s0SeH 81 . aa&30es n
Wilkesbarre, Pa, May Can ex-
plosion of gas occurred at the No. II
colliery Of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coal company, at Plymouth. Thurs
day, in which two men were killed, one
fatally injured and four others injured.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
First Suicide from New Bridge.

First Suicide from New Bridge.
New York, May 6. - The first suicide
from the new Williamsburg bridge
which spans the East river q mile above
the old Brooklyn bridge, was recorded
Thursday, when an unknown woman
leaped to death in the river 135 feet be-
low.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Originated Famous Celebration.
New York, May 6.-Joseph stillwell
Cain, known as the father of the celebra-
ton Of Mardi Gras in this country, is
dead here, aged u years.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
Found Dead.

Ottawa, Ont, May 5.-W. F. McCreary,
M. P. from Selkirk, was found dead in
the Russell house Wednesday afternoon
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

being alleged that he had taken $500
from an employer on a promise to call of
a strike. Other similar charges were
made, but both times he was tried on the
same case.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12

Refuse to Repeal Crimes Act.
London, May 5.-The house Of COM
mons by a vote Of 1877 to 1874 rejected
resolution in favor of the repeal of the
Irish crimes act.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
MANY. PERISh..BY
Fierce TORNADO |! "A
NUMEROUS FATALITIES RESULT
FROM A FURIOUS WIND-
STORM IN TEXAS.
Sixteen Persons Known to Be Dead,
and the List Is Likely to Be Larger
Many Injured-Much Property
Destroyed.

st. Louis, May IA special to the Re-
public from Dallas, Tex, says: The tor
nado in northwest Texas Friday night
killed Mrs. Mary Wagley, her daughter
Anna, and George Anthony, at Moran.
A dozen persons were severely, but
not fatally, injured. At Putnam one
man was killed and one woman
was injured. Their names have not
yet been learned. A negro cabin
was swept into the Brazos river,
five miles above the Texas & Pacific
railroad crossing, and three negroes
were drowned. A wreck train was
blown from the railroad track near
Crescent, and George Sommers and
William Apple, negro laborers,. were
drowned. Twenty houses were wrecked
at Moran and half dozen at Putnam.
Hundreds of head of live stock are re-
ported killed in Shackelford and adj
Joining counties. Crops were badly in
jured by the wind, rain and hail. Wire
service is still badly crippled and re-
ports as to further fatalities are still
incomplete, but it is believed that lives
were lost in isolated places that will
swell the number to 20. 49, 49, ,..
More Deaths Reported.
Houston, Tex. May storm news
Is coming in very slowly, but it is GER
tainly known that there have been many
deaths in different parts of the state.
Among the known dead are Will Perry,
1t Harrisburg, killed by lightning; Mrs.
Allen G. Dennis, O.. w. Mason andchild of
s. T. Harper, at Goldthwaite;~ Luther
Rudd, Allen Dennis Mrs. S. FsssHarper
and child and Joe Griffin are also badly
hurt at the latter place. The damage to
cotton and corn crops will be heavy.
The damage to property will run into
the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
At Ruby, John Mullen's house was
wrecked. Mr.. and Mrs. Mullen were car
ried nearly 100 yards by the wind; Mrs.
Mullen is believed to be fatally hurt.
Wesley Spurlock, II years old, was
killed. At Sunset nearly 20 buildings
were wrecked.
Two More Victims.
Hamilton, Tex, May IA tornado in
the section of country about Star Noun
tain, located about Is miles southwest of
this place in Mills county, destroyed five
houses, killing George Mason and blow
ing away one of his children. The child
is still alive, but not expected to live.
c. E. Bohocker had his home blown away
and one child killed and other members
of his family slightly injured The house
Of Mr.. Rayburn was also destroyed, in
Turing four of the family.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-12
;. Noyelist Passes Away.

tss..gs sygs Novelist Passes Away. s,s,sas,s. =
Buda-Pesth, May 6.-Maurus JoKai,
the Hungarian novelist, died Thursday
evening from Inflammation Of the lungs.
He was 70 years of age.
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other hand, there are many who are
opposed to any change In the para
graph.
OF more interest to the general
public will be the election of new
bishops. Two active bishops have
died since the last general confer
ence and several others may be SUI
perannuated. The number Of mission
airy bishops that will be chosen is
problematical. The election of three
new bishops for southern Asia has
been recommended, and in addition,
Bishop Moore who has been in charge
Of the missions in eastern Asia dur
ing the last four years, advises that
three missionary bishops be elected
for that territory.
While whatever action may be Ia
ken with reference Ito missionary
bishops will have some effect on the
number of bishops, there is no doubt
that at least three new bishops will
be elected. Successors will be chosen
for Bishop Hurst of Washington and
Bishop Ninde of Detroit, both recent
ly passed away, and third vacancy
caused by the coming retirement of
Bishop Merrill of Chicago must be
filed.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-03

The jury has been secured In the
celebrated badger case, and the case
Is being heard an we 60 to press. In
this case John B. Gill is suing Gus
Reddersen and others for damages
for causing his horse to run away.
The horse got frightened at a badger
fight that was pulled of on Main
street in 1892 in front Of the second
hand store in the Gaullier block. The
outcome Of the badger case will be
watched with interest. Some trouble
was experienced in securing a jury.
as many of the citizens had express.
ed opinions in regard to the CASE
Judge Poage is the attorney for the
plaintiff and Richardson. Reid and
Hervey are representing the defend.
ants.
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FIRE AT STOCK YARDS.

Sheds and Pens Burned.-Grain, Hay
and Cattle Lost.
Indianapolis. Ind, May "a fire at
the Union stock yards early this NOR
ming caused loss of 100000 to the
Belt Railroad and Union stock yards
company. The insurance is 800, 900.
ed and 40 acres Of cattle sheds and
live stock pens totally destroyed to.
gether with 500 tons of hay and ten
thousand bushels of corn.