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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION
Il q Unconstitutional and Unneees.
sary to con6scats the Property
Of the Railways.

Testifying before the Senate Com
mittee at Washington, Interstate Com
merce Commission. Prouty said in dis
cussing the proposition to give to that
Commission the power TO regulate rail-
way rates:
II think the railways should make
their own rates. I think they should
be allowed to develop their own BUSH
ness. have never advocated any law,
and I am not now in favor of any
law, which would put the rate making
power into the hands Of any COM
mission or any court. While it may be
necessary to do that some time, while
that is done in some states at the.pres-
ent time, while it is done in some coun-
tries, am opposed to it. The
railway rate is property. It is all the
property that the railway has got. The
rest Of its property is not good for
anything unless it can charge rate.
Now it has always seemed to me that
when rate was fixed, II that rate was
an unreasonable rate, it deprives the
railroad company Of its property pro
tanto. It is not necessary that you
should confiscate the property Of q
railroad; 1t is not necessary that you
saould say that it shall not earn three
per cent. or four per cent. When
you put in rate that is Inherently
unreasonable, you have deprived that
company Of its rights, of its property,
and the Circuit Court of the United
States has jurisdiction under the four
teenth amendment to restrain that.
l have looked at these cases
a great many times, and l can only
come to the conclusion that railroad
company is entitled to charge fair
and reasonable rate, and If any order
OF commission, If any statute of q
state legislature, takes away that rate,
the fourteenth amendment protects the
railway company"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Meet Death in a Well:

Marion, O., June George Craner,
aged 60, and Mrs. Benjamin Craner,
aged 81, are dead, and Benjamin
Craner and Harry Winters are in seri-
Gus condition from damp in we'll.
George Craner went into the we'll to
clean it and Mrs. Craner, his daugh-
ter-in-law, tried TO rescue him from
the damp when she was overcome.
Benjamin Craner and Harry Winters
tried to rescue them and they were
overcome and fell into the we'll
Neighbors coming along later dragged
the bodies out.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
TRAGEDY ON A FARM.
Dead Bodies of Two Girls and Young
Man Found-Circumstan
Indicate Murder.

Hillsboro. O.. June 5.-'rhree young
persons. Madge Dimes, aged IA. Nettie
Hart. aged 16. and George Baldwin,
aged IS, were found shot to death in
an upper room in the home of Ed.
Dimes, farmer, and father of Madge,
three miles out of the city, late Sun
day night. The girls were slain with a
revolver The mans brains We're blown
out with shotgun. The latter wea-
pom was found in the room in which
the bodies lay. The theory that the
young man murdered the two girls
and then committed suicide is not en-
tertained, though certain circum-
stances point to that conclusion. A
fourth person is suspected. but the
identity of the alleged murderer and
his motive are withheld.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
A Bad Fire.

Braddock.-What proved to be q
disastrous fire for A. Doehle, who re-
sides north of here, occurred early in
the morning. About $3.50 Mr.. Doehle
was awakened by an unusual noise
and looking out of the window he dis
covered his barn on fire and burning
very furiously. When he reached the
barn he was unable to open the door
on account of the ferceness of the
flames and the stock in the barn, two
horses and q calf and also harnesses
and other things generally contained
in barn, were consumed. How the
fire originated is a mystery, unless
the fire was set by some one who
imagined they had grievance
against Mr.. Doehle. There is no in
surance and the loss is heavy one to
Mr., Eoehle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

David Briggs, a Brooklyn farmer,
the nineteenth member of his family
to kill himself, was found drowned the
ether day. He threw himself into a
mill pond on the outskirts of Bridge
port, Ct. The suicides of the family
have followed at intervals OF q few
years for nearly half century. Six
years ago Andrew Briggs. a rich
farmer, weighted himself with q stona
tied to dog collar fastened about his
neck and walked into a pond. His
neighbors found a stick fastened at
the edge of the pond pointing to the
place where the body lay.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
pELcAssE RESIGNS.
French Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Quits Cabinet and Rouvier As
sumes Duties.

Paris, June I'm. Delcasse Tuesday
presented his resignation and definite
ly retired from any further direction
of the foreign affairs of France. His
resignation was submitted at meet
ing of the council of ministers held
at the Elysee palace under the presi-
dency of President Loubet. The cOun-
Gil opened at 1:1O p. m. and lasted
nearly two hours. The meeting
aroused deep interest owing to the be-
lief that the Moroccan situation would
result in a ministerial crisis. NJ. Del
case in submitting his resignation ex-
planned the reasons leading up to his
action. He said he recognized that
differences of view had arisen between
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Cloudburst.

Bismarck. Shirer, sheriff of
Emmons county, had an interesting
experience in cloudburst about IL
miles north of Mandan. After MAX
ing the trip to Messingham's ranch
without incident the return trip was
begun and the edge of a cloudburst
storm was struck. It was necessary
to swim the horses over ravines and
keep on the uplands. On the flats
where there was not drop of water
on the way out there were veritable
lakes of water up to the top of hay
stacks. 1t is likely the cloudburst
covered only limited area, otherwise
much damage would have been done.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
FATAL STORMS.
Four Persons Killed in Wisconsin
and Six Meet Death in
Michigan.

Milwaukee, June IA loss of $1,000
900, at least four persons killed and
scores injured, a woman driven in
sane, barns blown down, houses un-
rooted. streets torn up and cellars
flooded-these are some of the effects
of tornado-like storm, followed by
rain almost like a cloudburst, which
swept over part of Wisconsin Monday
night and Tuesday Train service in
the stricken district is completely sus;
pended.
At Fond du Lac 20 streets are under
water and the loss is 100000. A big
raft of logs was carried into the lake
and boats must be used to rescue it
Not cellar in the city is dry. The
Eldorado dam broke Tuesday after
neon and the water began rising.
At Chippewa Falls Paul Labountey
and another schoolboy were swept
away with bridge and drowned
Poynett, Portage and Barron are iso.
lated and the. dams are out.
Grand Rapids. Mich. June Wash
outs caused by the rain of the last few
days are responsible for six deaths and
the injury of several. Four men were
killed in the ditching of Grand
Trunk construction train near Pewa'
mo. and another may die. A Pere Mar
quette train carried two men to death
in ditch near Ionia. and three men
were hurt in a similar accident to the
Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee
line. The property damage caused
by the storm in western Michi-
gan will reach 100000. of which
100000 was in Grand Rapids and
vicinity, and the flood situation
shows little improvement. The
original list was swelled by II persons
Tuesday.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

sented to him by the council OF state
providing for separate consular repre-
sentation. and the Norwegians MAIN
tanned that the king by SO doing and
partly by his absence from Norway
had suspended his rights and duties as
king of Norway. One OF the causes
for the desire in Sweden and Norway
for separate consular systems was the
fact that Sweden is protectionist and
Norway is for free trade. and also be-
cause of Norway's more extensive sea
trade and other Emergencies of COM
mercial interests.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Astounding Graft Charges.

Milwaukee, June s.-According to a
story set afloat late Wednesday after
noon Edward Strauss. convicted bribe-
taker. has made an astounding confess
sion in which he duplicates in graft
ing" deals nearly all the county board,
many business. men and some of the
highest officials in the public service.
Strauss statement, it is said, states
that the amount involved is we'll to-
ward 100000 and gives both sides Of
scores of deals
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

It is not known generally that New
York City is by far the most cosmo.
politan place in the universe. as may
be seen from the fact that there are
one hundred newspapers and maya
zines published on Manhattan Island
in languages other than English. OF
course, by far the greater number OF
these are in German. A long way be-
hind comes the Italian tongue. with
five or six dailies and six or seven
weeklies. There are six daily newspa-
pers in New York printed in Hebrew,
and there are seven or eight Spanish
periodicals-two of them weeklies.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

1
(French Minister of Foreign Affairs Who
Has Resigned.)
himself and his colleagues relative to
the execution of the foreign policy OF
France, particularly concerning the
direction of the negotiations with Mo-
rocco. Therefore he had believed it
to be desirable in the interest of the
ministry and the country to place his
resignation in the hands of the presl-
dent
Premier Rouvier, in responding. ex'
pressed the regrets of his colleagues
adding a tribute to M. Delcasse for
past services. M. Rouvier thereupon
announced that he would take ad in
terim the duties of minister of foreign
affairs.
Later it was announced that M. Rou'
vier would hold the portfolio of for
eign affairs indefinitely, probably
yielding the ministry of finance (Which
he directs in addition to being pre-
mier) in order to devote his entire at
tention to the solution of the troubled
foreign situation.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

Recent cable dispatches convey the
information that Germany is about to
begin tariff war against the United
States, with the main object Of shut
ting out from her market many mill
lion dollars worth of American agri-
cultural products, and that "a strong
syndicate Of foreign business men has
been formed" in Germany with unlim-
tied means to oppose in Great Britain
Mr.. Chamberlain's policy in every
way" This is significant. as it shows
how Germany is lining up her forces
IN the worldwide struggle for com.
mercial supremacy.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

Newfoundland has recently devel.
oped new industry, which is stated
to be a successful one-namely, that
of placing on the market whale flesh
in place of beef. Whale meat tastes
more like venison than beef, and ID
quite a tempting article of diet. A
firm intends shortly to try a shipment
to the English market. where it is ex-
pected they will be able to retail whale
meat at from lAd to Sd per pound.
The meat has already beer shipped Il
large quantities to the West Indies,
Where it is much appreciated by the
i natircs,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Found Dead.

Fargo.-Widowed after being a
bridge less than a month is the lot
of Mrs. Wesley Arnold. Her husband
was found dead in a local hotel, and
nothing was known of the address of
his relatives. Mrs. Arnold was at
Buffalo, awaiting the return of her
husband, when she saw the notice Of
his death in a Fargo paper. They
were married at Watertown, S. D.,
and came to Fargo.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Fear MANY Lives Lost.

London, June 5.-A collision. in
which it is feared % men were
drowned. took place in dense fog of
Dungeness. The battleship Caesar of
the channel fleet struck and split in
twain the British bark Afghanistan,
bound from Hamburg to San Diego.
Only II of the bark's crew of "a were
picked up.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

teen years I suffered
with terrible pain in
my back. I did not
know what it was to
enjoy a nights rest
and arose in the
morning feeling tired
and unrefreshed. Ny
suffering sometimes
was simply inde-
scribable. When I
finished the first box
of Doan's Kidney
Pills I felt like q
different woman. I
continued until l had
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

According to Mr. f. E. Dawley, sec
rotary of the New York Fruit Growers
association, the empire state leads the
union in the production of apples, al
thought it does not have the largest
number of apple-trees. Missouri heads
the list in this respect, with total OF
2O,O4O,399 trees. New York has but
15,o54,ss2. But the New York trees
show an average production of more
tnan three bushels for each tree, whila
in Missouri the average is about one
huShel
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
4 small fortune passed through y

A small fortune passed through To.
peka recently in two freight cars on
the Santa Fe railroad. The two cars
contained. one-tenth of the living buf-
falo of the world, valued at about $780,
900, and they are being taken to the
101 ranch of the Miller Brothers at
Bliss, o. T. There are 80 buffalo in
the herd. These, added to the Miller
herd at 1O1 ranch, will make the larg-
est herd Of buffalo in the world.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Salisbury Fined.

Grand Rapids, Mich, June Giant
X. Salisbury. former city attorney and
the peoples chief witness in the
bribery trials of the city officials and
others implicated by Salisbury in his
confession of the methods used in an
attempt to secure a water contract
from the city, was sentenced by Judge
Wolcott in superior court to pay a
fine OF $1,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

After five years work and at q cost
Of $2,500.000, 10 acres of the richest
iron deposits in England have been
claimed from the sea on the Cumber
land coast, by means of semicirculal
sea barrier almost 1000 feet long, 21o
feet wide at the base, So feet on top
and 40 feet high. An old sea wall
constructed in 1890. 600 yards further
inland, made 100000 tons of ore avail
able.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Millers in Session

Kansas City, Mo-. June 8.-Millers
from many parts of the United States
were in attendance Wednesday at the
opening session of the third annual
convention of the Millers' National
federation. President Espenshied. of
ST. Louis, replied to Mayor Neff's ad-
dress of welcome.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
News Notes.

Devils Lake.-One Ramsey county
man was successful in killing twenty
wolves.
Dickinson.-The Odd Fellows sold
their property to Frank kim for
$4,000, bought lot for $500 and
have $1,000 to go on.
Rugby.-It is said that the new q.
n. branch southwest from here will
ultimately reach Bismarck.
Edmore.-The Northwestern Co. is
extending the telephone line frou,
here to Munich.
Dickinson.-Some of the sheepmen
on the Missouri Slope have been paid
as high as 25 cents per pound for.
their wool clip.
Fargo.-Fiftythree persons took
the druggists examination the other
day, and 81 of them passed, IS al
assistants and the other five as full
Aedged druggists. There are now
about 300 druggists in the state.
Washington.-The commissioner OF
the general land Office has ordered
the withdrawal from entry of &c.,.
600 acres of land in the Minot land
district on account of the Williston
reclamation project.
Bismarck.-The usual pilgrimage OF
farmers will be made to the agricul
tural college at Fargo this year, be
ginning in about a month-the exact
date not yet having been fixed.
A creamery directory for the stat.
Of North Dakota has been issued by
r. +. Flint, assistant dairy commits
sioner. The name of the creamery
location, whether It is an individual
incorporative or stock company, ant
the name of the secretary or man
ager, name of postofice Of such man
ager, with the names of most of tn,
buttermakers of the creameries ar,
given.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Man Blown to Pieces.

Dixon, ILL.,, June 5.-A man was blown
to pieces here with dynamite Friday
night. His head was found intact. but
the remainder of his body, in small frag-
ments, was spattered against houses in
the vicinity. Windows were broken in
the entire neighborhood. The explosion
is believed to have been an accident.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

Greece attempted to raise her rev.
enue by making every Smoker take
out license, but as the smokers OBJ
jected and sade riots in the streets
-she compelled her people TO purchase
the national emblem in the form Of a
small flying swallow. These she had
manufactured in bronze in very large
quantities, charging few cents for
them, any person not having one in
his or her possession being liable to .
pena1ty
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
RESIGNATION Accepted.

Pittsburg, June flames Hazen
Hyde is no longer a director of the
Frick banks of this city. His resigna-
ton was received Monday and was ac-
copied by the boards. This action fol-
lows the declaration by H. C. Frick
that he would not again sit on board
of which Mr.. Hyde is member.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Famous Hotel to Be Sold.

Denver, Col, June 6.-The state SUI
preme court affirmed the decree of the
district court Of Denver permitting the
United States Mortgage & Trust COM
pany to sell the Brown Palace hotel in
this city on foreclosure of mortgage
amounting TO $650,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Shoots Wife and Self

Cleveland. o., June S.-Following a
family quarrel. John Bran Wednesday
shot his wife, Lottie. and then fired a
bullet into his own brain at the home
of the couple here. Bran died almost
instantly while the wife's wound is
only slight.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

A trade journal has estimated, after
much figuring. that the annual output
Of link sausage in this country
amounts to more than 100000 900
yards, or 227,272 miles. This is enough
70 extend around the world nine times
keep at the equator.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

The United States is the largest
consumer of coffee in the world. Last
year this country consumed 1,117,O00-
600 pounds. valued at $SS,OOO,000, less
about 100000 pounds exported to
other countries.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Heavy Loss bv Fire.

Cordele, Ca, June S.-A fire which
started here about noon Wednesday
destroyed business property to the ex-
tent of 100000. The city electric light
plant and several blocks of business
property were threatened.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Irdictments in Beef Probe

Chicago, June 3. = Indictments
against 80 men are being drawn, it is
said, as result of the evidence Sc
cured by the federal grand jury in
its two months hearing of witnesses
in connection with the packing indus
tries.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Deneen Names Flae Dav.

Springfield. ILL.,. June 6. - Gov.
Deneen Monday issued proclamation
designating June IA. as Illinois Flag
day, and requesting that the day be
properly observed by the decoration of
public and private buildings and resi-
dences with the United States flag.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Slain from Ambush

Murfreesboro. Tenn, June 7.-Thom-
as McUin was shot and killed from am
bush as he drove up to cabin on his
farm near here Tuesday night. McUin
had had many personal encounters DUR
ing his life here, and had killed four
men, being acquitted in each instance.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

A lemon pie from one Of the large
bakeries in Chicago has been analysed,
with the result that it was found to
contain no lemon, butter or eggs. It
was made of starch paste and various
products of coal tar.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

The crown forests of Russia COM
prise 30,OOO,000 acres belonging to the
car and SO3,OOO,O0O farmed by the ma
tional exchequer. The car employs
$4,000 wood police. who cut 100000
tons year. chiefly for firewood.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Fifty Drowned.

Durham, Natal, June 3. = A great
storm which has swept over Pinetown,
the center of the tea and sugar planta-
lions of Natal, caused the reservoir to
overflow, resulting in the drowning OF
30 Hindoo laborers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Arrived in London,

London. June 6-The king of
Spain arrived in London Mon
day afternoon. He was welcomed
at the railroad station by King
Edward. Their majesties arrived at
Buckingham palace at 4:5S p. m. The
royal visitor was accorded the heartiest
reception the whole length of the route.
No untoward incident marked the
event.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

White jet is the jewelry novelty Of
1905 in Europe. It is like ivory, but
sparkles, and when it has been care
fully cut the effect is said to be daz-
cling. Old jets, both black and white,
u being unearthed and reset.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

The open spaces of London measure
Ply square miles. The aggregate
cost each year of the maintenance of
the parks is less than a quarter of q
million sterling
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
TWO Killed in Wreck.

Los Angeles, CAL, June 1.-Two men
are dead and several others are injured
as result of collision between the
west-bound overland passenger and a
newspaper special, on the Salt Lake
railway four miles from Riverside Tues
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Two Drowned.

Hooper, Neb., June THE capsizing
of ferry boat in the Elkhorn river near
here Tuesday precipitated eight men in
the current of the river and two of them.
Daniel Foley and E. G. Neal, were
drowned.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Ordered Back to Jail

Montreal, Can. June Judge La
fontaine, extradition commissioner,
Tuesday gave judgment in the case of
the United States versus John F. Gay
nor and Benjamin b. Greene, commit
ting both for extradition and ordering
them back to Jail to await surrender to
United States officers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
May Become g. Republic.

London, June 6.-The Copenhagen
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
says: ut is believed here that Norway
intends to establish republic and
that important events may be expected
within the next few days.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15
Packers Complain.

Washington. June 5.-Packers COM
plain to President Roosevelt that the de-
partment of justice in seeking to obtain
evidence against the beef trust has used
questionable methods.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-06-15

Doan's Kidney Pills act " effective
ly, very promptly, reflex the aching
pains and all other annoying difficult,
ties
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price 50
cents per box.