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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
HIERARCHY TO ACT.
American PreIates Meet In Washing
ton Next Week.

Washington, April 4-The Ameri-
can hierarchy, consisting of fourteen
archbishops of the United States and
the board of directors Of the Catholic
university, will meet here April Is and
Ia. 1t is the first conference since
the elevation of Plus x, and will be
one of the most noteworthy gatherings
Of Roman Catholic clerics and laymen
in recent years. At the request Of
the pontiff, it is stated, the members
of the hierarchy will signify their fav-
orite candidate to be elevated to the
cardinalate. The choice of the pope
seems to lie between Archbishop Far
ley, Of New York, and Archbishop Ry-
an of Philadelphia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Bids Wanted.

The undersigned will receive sealed
tenders for the construction of the Col
umbia church building, until noon on
the goth day of April, 1904. Plans and
specifications may be found at the
office of G. NJ. Kerns, Electric Building,
Ottumwa, Ia, or from the undersigned.
The lowest nor any Of the tenders not
necessarily accepted.
R. A. Bruce Chillicothe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
WEDDING TONIGHT.
Mrs. Belle Lewis and Ira GIassford to
Be Married.

The marriage of Mrs. Belle Lewis
and Ira Glassford is announced to &C.
cur this evening at s o'clock at the
home Of Mrs. Lewis on Grove street.
Mrs. Lewis is the woman who was re-
Gently tried before the district court
at Sigourney on the charge of murder
ing her husband. AS motive for the
alleged crime the prosecution attempt
ed to show that Mrs. Lewis desired to
secure her husbands life insurance
and be free to marry again. 1t is stat
ed that the couple contemplate an ex-
tended wedding tour before returning
to Ottumwa to reside.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, April 4.-The weekly
bank statement shows that loans have
increased $14,s43,400; deposits have in
creased $50, 1000 800; reserve has in
creased So, 461, 400; surplus has increas-
ed $780, LIS and United States deposits
have increased $2,S26,O00.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
WILL CONTEST ENDS.
Jury Renders Verdict for Proponent in
WASHINGTON Case

VuTy neHueTS veru1ct TOT FTUPonent IN
Washington Case.
Washington, Ia, April AFTER two
weeks of the most strenuous effort on
the part of the attorneys on both sides
the Downs will case came to a close
Saturday when the jury brought in a
verdict for the proponent, J. L. Downs.
The estate in question amounted to
about $4,000. In all the contestants
had ten witnesses who testified that
George Downs, deceased, did not have
testamentary capacity during the last
few years of his life. The prepayment
had some twenty witnesses who testi-
fled that Mr.. Downs was of sound mind
ct the time the will and codicil were
written
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Chicago Live Stock Markets.

Chicago, April 4.-Cattle-Receipts.
$4,000; good to prime, $5.25@ $50; poor
@4.25; cows. 1.25@4.25; Texans, $500
@4.60.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; steady to SC
higher; mixed butchers, $5.20@5.45;
good to choice heavy, $5.30@5.47R !;
rough heavy, $5.2O@5.S5; bulk sales,
$5.25@5.35.
sheep-Receipts, $4,000; strong;
$3.50@5.40; lambs, s4.50@5.95.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Horse Sale April 1918.

Owing to the mutual dissolution of
the original Ottumwa Horse Sale Com.
Co. the sale of April 1918 will be con-
Quoted by the Ottumwa Horse Sale
Co. Bring in your horses.
L. A. Meeker, Secretary.
L. R. Fleener, President.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Worlds Visible Supply.

Chicago, April 4.-The visible sup
ply of grain today and a year ago is
as follows: Wheat 31,727,O0O bushels,
and year ago 41,sos,ooO bushels; corn,
$4,000 bushels today and a year ago
9,S11,O0O bushels; oats, 10,494O00 bush
els today and a year ago 7,349,oO0
bushels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
TWENTY SIX ROADS SUED.
Violation of Sherman Antitrust Law
CHARGED by CHICAGO Shinners

Chicago, April a. Eight specific
charges. each one pointed out as a vio-
lation Of the Sherman antitrust law,
are brought against twenty-six leading
railroads running into Chicago in bill
prepared for the Chicago Coal Ship
pers' association. to be filed in the
United States circuit court. The ac-
ton is an attempt by the coal men to
put the Chicago car service associa-
ton out Of business on the ground
that it is an illegal combination of
railroads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Republican Primary.

The republicans of Green township will
hold a primary meeting at the township
house on Saturday, April 8, 1904, at 7:30
o clock p. M, for the purpose Of selecting
three delegates to attend the county con
vention at Ottumwa, Ia, April 16.
b. f. BLACK Committeeman
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Tri- Courier.
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers Wishing their address chang
cd will please give the name OF the Post
Office to- which the paper has been sent as
well as the Post ofice where they desire 1t
to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Asks for Bank Statement.

Washington, April 4. =. The comp
troller of the currency has issued a
call for the condition of all national
banks at the close of business, March
l2S.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Killed By switch Enaine,

Des Moines, April Especial. -
Clarence Oliver, aged IL years, was
struck by Great Western switch en-
CINE in the yards here today and kill
ed. The boy was running across the
tracks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

When you can get SOC dress shirts
at 15c, 19c and 29c it is wise to take
them. A few more at those prices at
the Hub.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
STRAWBERRYpRlCES
cHANeEARLE CONDITION OF THE
WEATHER AFFECTS THE
LOCAL MARKETS.
The Red Fruit Sells for Twenty-Five
Cents Per Quart-vegetable Market
Is Featured With An Excellent Grade
of Asparaeus-The Local Quotations.

The unpleasant conditions of the
spring experienced thus far has not
favored strawberries. Prices remain
high and the quality has not been uni
form. Many crates have to be picked
over at a loss and the berries in some
consignments have been fine, but fit
only for cooking In syrup or tarts.
Shortcake and cream berries have
been scarce. The prices now range
from ten to fifteen cents per pint and
twenty-five cents per quart. Those
on the local markets are grown in the
south.
In the vegetable market the fea
ture is California asparagus, which
is Of very fine quality. The Pa
cific coast grass" is green and ten
der. Rhubarb could not be better. II
is cheap and of an excellent quality
Prices of all vegetables are reasonable
A week of vernal weather would glut
the markets, and the cost of garden
stuffs would rejoice those Of slender
means.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
DAVENPORT GOES REPUBLICAN.
Democrats Ousted From Control BY a
Margin of ITO Votes.

Davenport, April 4. Harry w.
Phillips, republican was elected may
or Saturday by Ito plurality over Wal
do Becker the democratic incumbent
who carried the city by 400 at the last
election. The republicans also elect
ed four of the eight aldermen and all
the rest of their ticket. The result
was in doubt until returns were receiv-
ed from the last precinct at l o'clock
Sunday morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
ToDAY's MARKETS.

This market is furnished by the
Cassidy Commission company, MEM
bers Chicago board Of trade. Local Of
fee rooms rs and 80. Holman block.
3. g. French. local manager.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
CAN STRIKE OVER.
American Can Co. Plants Will Resume
Work on Monday.

Chicago, April 4.-The American
Can Co. announced today that all diff
ferences between the company and it's
1000 employees have been amicably adj
justed. The company's four plants
will resume operations Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

This is the last week of the big
Bankrupt sale of clothing by the Hub.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Northwestern Receipts.

Minneapolis -. $40 511 975
Receipts Today.
Wheat. Is cars; corn. 17s cars; oats.
152 cars.
Shipments.
Wheat today $4,000 bushels and last
year $4,000 bushels; corn today 2S2,-
900 bushels and last year $4,000 bush
els.
clearances.
Wheat, 147,OOo bushels; corn, $4,000
bushels; oats, $1,000 bushels.
Visible Supply.
Wheat has decreased $4,000 bushels;
corn has decreased 371,000 bushels;
oats has decreased $4,000 bushels.
Hog Market.
Receipts today, $4,000; left over,
1880.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Hides. Wool and Feathers.
RETAIL PRICES
Flour and Feed.


Flour, per sack ............ L1o@1.4o
Cornmcal, lob sack ....... 5000
Graham flour. 10 ID. SACK. 80
Buckwheat, 10 fb. sack. ..... 5000
Corn and oat chop per cwt. 1926
Shorts, per cwt. ............. 1.25
Corn chops. per cwt. ........ 1.20
Bran, per cwt .............. 10
Ear corn. per bu... ........ 50
Shelled corn. per blu. 10
Wheat, per bu..... ....... LIS
Oats, per bu ............. so
Chicken feed tgroundj 20 ID.
sack ~
Oil meal. per cwt..... ...... LEO
Oyster shell, per cwc. rs
Hay, per cwt. 80
Straw, per bale ............. 40
Butter and Eggs.
Creamery butter, separator. 80
Country butter. per pound. 20@25
Eggs, per dozen .......... 171s
Vegetables and Fruits.
Radishes, per bunch -. SOLO
Green onions, per bunch.. 10
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
The Local Markets.

Aside from a slight change in the
prices Of hides and tallow, the local
wholesale markets this morning are
the same as those quoted Saturday.
There are no material changes in the
retail m arkets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
St. Louis Produce Market.

st. Louis, April 4,-Wheat, cash
$1.OO1s; July, S2@s2A.
Corn-Cash. 491s; July, 49A@49as.
Oats-Cash, AZ; July, 3s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, April 4.-Butter, firm;
extra fresh creamery, 23k common to
choice, 15@22.
Eggs-Strong; firsts, 1874.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, April 4.-Wheat. No. 2 red,
$1O1@1.O4; No. 8 red, 9S@1.03; No. 2
hard. 93@96; No. hard, $685.; May
SAY; July opened 87B @S7B; highest,
S7& @S7%; lowest, 1914; closing. S6%.
Corn-No. 2, No. 2 white. No. yell
low, 55k@ 56; No. 8, 46k@52; No. 3
white. 46h @52; No. 3 yellow, 4s@52;
May, Sc; July opened 53A; highest,
537s; lowest 52a; closing 52a Q52B.
oats-No. 2, 391s@4o; No. g. 800
ss1s; No. 2 white, 4S@43h; No; 3
white, 41@421@; No. 4 white, S8k @
4o1a; standard. 41k@42k; May, 39A;
July opened, 1915 @391a; highest, 39k;
lowest 50; closing, SO.
Pork--May, 1910; July, $4,000
Lard-May, s6.so@6.s2; July, s71o.
Ribs-May, $685.; July, $500.
Rye-May, 70.
Timothy-April, $3.50.
Clover-s10.60.
Barley-Cash, 1896.
Flax-$1.o9@116
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria. April 4.--Corn, firm; No. 8
4ss.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
GREAT WORLDS FAIR
Will Formally Open the Last Of this Month.
The Largest Exposition Ever Attempted by
Any Country.
Buildings and Exhibits Being Completed
Every Day.

The
Coues contest
testants in the division.
Miss Anna Hardy from sixth place to fifth
few
thousand will change than they would
contest because there get
this condition another of the contestants
and no has advantage this respect Right the time to
get friends they have for
The last features the fair There
are athletes training for the different events that will be
contested at the grounds
The national which
the United States will
and ehtoed continent
The Great Fair will be formally opened the last this month"; and
then until will
will have fight The people all nations will to
fair o n
The grounds of the ST. Louis exposition
are easy OF access from the center OF the city, both by steam
electric railways
The standing of the
1-ELZABETH FITZGERALD, WEST SECOND STREET.
2-IsABEL DORIAN, EAST HOLT STREET.
s-coRA coNNELLY EAST STREET.
4-MAUDE NEWMAN SOUTH oTTUNWA.
5-ELlzABETH JORDAN, EAST MAIN STREET.
e-MAY DITCH, HAMILTON STREET.
7-FAY DOROTHY, EAST PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
s-ALIcE PETERSON RANSOM STREET.
e-RosE GEPHART,
1o-LlLLAN TIBBETs, VERNON AVENUE.
11-BLANcHE BAKER, EAST SECOND STREET
TOWN DIVISION.
1-BELLE HAYWOOD, ELDoN t#sG
WEIGH EDDYvILLE.
s|EsslE BLAKE, EDDYvILLE
4-DELLA RooP, HEDRlck.
E Gamma HARDY, BLAkEsBURG. ass
NELSON, BELkNAP
7-LAURA L. ALLEN, EDDYvILLE.
s-sTELLA SQUIRE, CHARLTON.
CARMEN,
1o-EvA THOMPSON, r. r. NO. S. oTTUMy<A
Hanna RILEY, kEB
13-FLoRENcE sADLER,
BEvARD, DERBY.
15-RAE WOOD, RcHLAND.
16-JosIE SWIFT, CHARLTON.
17-BERTEA kEosAUQUA
1s-KATE THOMPSON,
1e-MARIE REYNOLDS, AGENCY.
2o-VA KING, RUSSELL.
2-EDNA HOWELL, MoULToN
DooLEY ELDoN.
23-LoRA MNEFF, DRAkESVlLLE.
24-GoLEA KING, BLOOMFIELD.
25-MARGARET NORRIS, BIRMINGHAM.
26-MARTHA RoOP, OLLIE.
27-BERTHA DAVIS, MoRAvA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
New York Poultry Market.

New York. April 4.-Poultry--Aliv
steady; chickens, 13; fowls. Is; tur-
keys. IS; dressed, firm; chickens, 12@
13; fowls, IA; turkeys, youngs hens, Is
Ole.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05
New York Produce Market.

New York, April 4.-Wheat, July,
90.
Corn-JuIy, 57&.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago, April 4-Butter, steady;
creameries. 14@24R; diaries, 1914 @21
Eggs-Steady, 16@16h.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-05

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, April 4.-Poultry-Ste
~; chickens, 10.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
Corean Cinderella.

In Corea the people tell a Cinderella
story that is much more ancient than
that familiar to western people. The key.
of the latter story is the slipper, but not
SO theirs. Peach Blossom, the Corean
Cinderella's name. was the family
drudge. One day as the mother was
starting OF with the fayorite daughter.
to q picnic she said to Peach Blossom:
"You must not leave until you have
hulled a bagful of rice and filled the.
broken crock with water" While sit
ting there bemoaining her hard lot she
heard twittering and a f1uttering Of
wings. Looking up she saw flock Of
sparrows pecking the hulls of the rice.
Before recovering from her surprise. q.
little imp jumped out Of the fireplace
and 80 skilfully repaired the crocktha
but few minutes Of work was required
to flll 1t with water. Then she went to
the picnic and had royal time.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
NOON A L1FELEss WORLD.
c.veres with vast x.....,.., mt u
without Atmosphere or
Vegetation.

Children and grown folks, too, like to
think Of the disc the moon presents to
the earth as the smiling face of an old
man. A little study and little drawing
upon the imagination easily turns the
full moon into such face, more or less
closely resembling the pictures OF the
moon rs shown in children's books. 1t
requires more careful observation to
discern the man in the moon" with
seen by the children OF Germany, who are
taught to regard him with fear and awe.
Before Galileo's invention Of the tele-
scope 1t was not known what caused the
notified appearance of the moons sur
face. We now know that the surface OF
the moon is diversified with hills and
valleys and mountains and plains, just
as the earth is. and that it is he'shadows
cast by the elevated portions of the sur
face that cause some parts to appear
darker than others.
The lunar mountains are vastly higher
In proportion than those of the earth.
Though the moon Is only about one
fftieth the size of the earth, its noun
tains are nearly as high one at least, be-
ing about four and half miles high. An
other popularity of these mountains Is
that SO many of them have the form OF
volcanic craters, which no doubt they
really are. So far as can be seen all are
extinct, however. Near the center Of the
level floor Of these craters, often thou
sands Of feet below the top Of the rim,
Is curious peak resembling little
mountain within a mountain. Herodotus,
the largest of these ring mountains, has
q diameter of more than % miles, and
its crater is 1000 feet deep. Besides the
giant Plato Herodotus is mere pigmy,
for the former is more than three times
as far across and deep.
The moon is dead world. fossil among
the heavenly bodies. There is apparent
ly TO vegetation, no atmosphere, no life
of any kind. Could we stand on her suY-
face everything would. in consequence.
appear strange and odd. Even at midday
the sky would be studded with stars.
but the sky itself would be black. There
would be no dawn or twilight, for the
sun would rise and set suddenly and
sharply, its two weeks intolerable glare
giving way to another two weeks of in
tense cold. Everything would be SOM
Der, colorless, silent; there would be only
sharp outlines of light and shade, soft
ened by no gradations such as make the
eerth pleasant and beautiful.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
DESERTED VILLAGES.
Dank Buildings and Residences IN
Former Times Now Farmers'
OuthOuscs.

Acurious thing about most of the west
ern Kansas counties Is the number Of de-
serted towns. Some of them were the
former county seats and the victims OF
the fierce wars that in the SOS caused
many Kansans to sleep with their guns
within easy reach, and that made night
ly guard upon the court house the price
of keeping it.
Others were flourishing little towns
when the big boom was on, and were
afterward abandoned when the country
became depopulated. says the New York
Sun. Bank buildings are now farmers
outhouses, once fine residences are
farm houses, and in some instances
barn was once the county court house.
There are as many people there as
ever, but they have founded new towns.
Gettysburg, once the county seat of
Graham, is now marked only by an old
graveyard, with crumbling tombstones.
Hill City, the present county seat. is
composed of four other towns that were
moved there bodily when. in the hard
times. wealthy landowner offered to
original town site lots were sold, the
proprietor laid out q new town site
across the ravine to the north. and there
put up the court house. -.a-a~s.y-.
This created feud that exists to-day
and presents the peculiar spectacle of
two towns side by side with fierce
rivalry between them. Each town has
as little to do with the other as possible.
A county candidate from one town
never gets any votes from the other, and
1t is considered misdemeanor for
man to do business with anyone In the
other part of the town. Each side main
tains hotel, and each vies with the
other in keeping up the appearance Of
its business houses and streets.
When commercial travellers have sold
goods in one town they dare not walk
over into the other, but must resort to the
trick of driving in from another direc-
IL Is a.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
Had Him GuesslnE.

Silas Shaken Che postmaster)-Thet
city teller proposed ter Mandy Hayrick
on postal card. q
Reuben Corntossel-Wal, what air
you kickin' about? a
"She replied by letter en- ! don't
know whether she accepted him Or
pot'-Columbus Dispatch. III ~
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
News Notes.

A carload Of North Dakota dirt has
just been shipped east to be used as
fertilizer. What better proof than
this is wanted of the richness of our
native soil? sf'tsss~ n
The people of Wyndmere want a
-four mill, and the local paper ex-
p.ai1s; why it would be a good thing.
A gasoline explosion in Rankin
sen bowling alley made things inter-
esting for a time.
C. H. Weed, of Minot, has pistol
which he says is the identical gun
used by Aaron Burr when he killed
Alexander Hamilton. The weapon,
according to the story, was sent to
Mr.. Weed by cousin in Pennsylva-
MIA whose mother was q niece Of
Aaron Burr.
! There is more smallpox in Ward
county than is pleasing to the people
there, and urgent demands are be-
ing made for more thorough Ell
forccmcnt of quarantine regulations.
Another coal company has beep or
ganized at Grand Forks, which will
operate mines near Willistop.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
A BAD Fire.


The entire business portion of ri.
SEX was wiped out by fire. The fire
started in the general store of F. E.
Macha and was caused by Mr.. Macha
dropping . lamp on the floor. In
a few hours nothing remained of
the business buildings of Pisek.
The losses in the fire were: F.
E. Macha, store and general mer-
chandise stock, $4,000. insured for
$1,000; Frank Pevik, poolrocm, ST.
GOO; Pisek Implement company, Of
flee, $500; Krell Bros, hardware store,
$4,000, with insurance of $4,000; A.
Snyder, general merchandise, $1,000;
-Lovik Bros. general merchandise and
building, $1,000; Anton Lovik, pool
room, $1,000; Mr.. Patrick, residence,
$500; Joe Rosum, residence. $1,000.
There was a high wind when the
fire started, and as the town has no
fire protection nothing could be done
to prevent the destruction of the
buildings.
Mr.. Macha will rebuild and it is
probable that others who were burn
ed out will do likewise.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
A Missins Editor.

H. II. Palmer of Darlington, pub
Usher of the Independent at that
place. and one of the best known
newspaper men in the state, is miss
ing, and his friends are TRYING to as
certain what has become of him.
Mr.. Palmer left about a month ago
for Irwin, Kan, to collect money
which he claimed from an estate left
by his father. In this he was unsuc-
cessful. On Jan. he wrote his wife,
who remained at Darlington, saying
among other things:
''When this reaches YOU 1 will be
off the earth. Don't expect to see me
again.
In this letter he gave his wife adj
vice as to the best way to manage the
paper. About the same time he wrote
to a Darlington man, naming the lat
ter as his administrator.
Mr.. Palmer has good plant and
fine residence. His friends believe
that his mind has been affected by
worrying over the estate left him,
on which he has failed thus far to
realize.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
Too Much Whisky.

90 MUCH WHISKY.
Recent occurrences in the vicinity of
the Standing Rock reservation indi-
cate strongly that there is altogether
too much whiskey being sold to the
Indians and mixed bloods in that re-
gion. The recent shooting of the
halfbreed, Alfred Morain, by John
Leach at Leach's store, was declared
by the coroner's jury to be justifiable
and there is every reason to believe
that if Leach had not killed Morain,
Leach would have been killed. But
it was whiskey that was the cause
of Morain's quarrelsomeness, and he
was looking for whiskey in Leach's
store, asserting that somebody had
hidden his bottle. Persons from
lower down on the reservation say
it is an easy matter to get liquor
onto the reservation. and many of
the Indians become drunk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
vii, Help the City.

:. The CITY OF Fargo has nOt 1uHus
enough to buy the pump that is need
ed and the business men propose to
come to the rescue and raise the re-
guired $1,000 which is about the sum
lacking. by loaning 500 each. This,
It is considered, will be a better way
than to take chances with the present
appliances and pay the additional in
surance rates that the present con-
ditionx demand .i''-' 't+