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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27
GIVING 3 PERFORMANCES
Friday, September 20.
Saturday Matinee and Satur-
day evening the Both.
This company is we'll known
and guarantees satisfaction.
NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH
IS A PROBABILITY

What would you think OF a
$4,000 church for the city Of
Minot? That is Just what we
will have at a time not very far
in the distance. Rev. Jos. Raith,
the wide awake priest in charge
OF the affairs OF the church in
Minot, will spend this year clear
ing up the debt which is on the
parsonage, and then will begin
an active campaign for the new
Minot church. The present one
was built in 1889 and was large
enough for the handful Of CathO-
lies who were here at the time.
But the church here has grown SO
fast that there is scarcely room
for the members, and it is imper-
alive that a new house OF wOr-
ship be provided before long.
The church property is very
valuable, located as it is in the
center town, and it will not be a
hard matter to raise by popular
subscription the money.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27

A farmer near Glenburn took
the trouble to count the number
Of threshing rigs that could be
seen from his door yard and was
surprised to learn that twenty
were at work. And yet it will
take a month to clean up the
threshing. Hands are scarce.
The writer saw a number OF
threshers in from the country at
Glenburn as early as eight clock
in the morning trying to secure
hands at three dollars a day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27
ALAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP.

"a cold or cough nearly always pro-
duces constipation--the water all runs
to the eyes, nose and throat instead of
passing out of the system through the
liver and kidneys. For the want of
moisture the bowels become dry and
hard" kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar is The original Laxative Cough Syr-
up. 1t meets and corrects the above
conditions, by acting as pleasant ca
thartic on the bowels--expels all colds
from the system and cures all Conghs,
Group, Whooping Cough. Lagrippe,
Bronchitis, etc. Sold by Mccoy & Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Notice is hereby given that the followin
named settler has filed notice of his intentiG
to make final proof in support of his claim, an
that said proof VIII oe made before ne n Reg,
Minot, N. D., on Oct. Is, 1905, viz: John v
Clear, n. E. No l461s for the neA dissection 8
township 1856. range 81.
He names the following witnesses to prov
his continuous residence upon and cultivatio
OF said land, viz:
David Shorb, Simon Hufford, Daniel Petrl
Aaron Enoch. all of Surrey, N. d.
X. G. SANBORN, Register.
Geo. w. Burke, Agt. o-l3.lO-ll
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27
Nice Wad of Money,

Night Officer Tom Halligan has been
assigned to guarding the Second Ma
tional bank nights, and Chas. Gates
has been put on the streets nights tenn.
porarily. The Second National bank
has something like 100000 in currency
in reserve and it behooves the bankers
to keeps sharp eye en- all suspicious
ooking characters.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27

TAKEN UP-At my place on section
8, township 155, range 81. one sorrel colt
with white star on forehead Owner
prove property, pay charges and take
the same away. SO 9-2O
Andrew jacobson, Burlington, N. D
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-09-27

Many train loads OF cattle
from the west have passed thru
Minot during the past week. The
cattle are all above the average
in appearance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
HOCH'S THIRD ESCAPE
CONDEMNED WIFE MURDERER
SECURES REVIEW OF CASE
BY SUPREME COURT.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Johann Hoch,
the man of many wives, convicted of
the murder of one of them and under
sentence of death, has escaped the
gallows a third time. He was to have
been hung Friday, but a supersedeas
was issued on an order of Justice
Magruder of the supreme court.
The justice said that he had care
fully examined the record presented
by Hoch's attorneys and his study of
it satisfied him that there was enough
doubt to justify a review of the entire
case by the supreme court. The case
will come up at the October term of
the court at Springfield. Hoch has
been confident that the sentence of
hanging would not be inflicted.
Hoch was smoking a cigar when
told of the issuance of the writ. 81
am not guilty Of this horrible MURDER"
he said, land now I will have the op-
p%ortunity of proving myself innocent
before the highest court in the state.
I never have felt that l would go to
the gallows. l may be guilty of other
crimes, but that of murder"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday, AUD. 20.

One man was killed and five per-
Sons injured in a trolley a collision
on the Brooklyn bridge.
Alfred Warehouse, a we'll known
architect and prominent member OF
the Royal Academy, is dead in Lon
don.
The three-masted schooner Marion
E. Rockhill went ashore near Amagan-
sett Bay, L.. L., Tuesday. Her crew
OF five men were rescued.
j. c. Slavery, owner of the famous
Cable mine and we'll known in Iowa
banking circles and on Wall street, Is
dead of heart disease at Anaconda,
Mont. He vas eighty-three years old.
Six representatives of the imperial
railway system of Japan arrived in
Chicago Tuesday and left for New
York via the Great Lakes. They are
in this country to study the Amer
lean locomotive and to purchase rail.
way supplies.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
DEATHS FROM FEVER
LARGEST NUMBER OF ANY ONE
DAY REPORTED IN THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, A&S. 2e-Following is
the official yellow fever report up to
6 p. N. Sunday:
New cases, 81; total cases to date,
1,743; deaths, 10; total deaths, 255;
new sub-foci, II; total sub-foci, 4O2;
cases remaining under treatment, 119.
The record shows the smallest num-
Der of new cases since Aug. 6 and
the largest number of deaths on any
day since the fever made it's appear
ance. The unusual number of deaths
is attributed in a measure to the
sudden change in the weather, Sat
urday night being cool and pleas
ant, in great contrast to the weather
of the preceding week. Three we'll
known merchants are among the new
cases. Only two names that can be
traced to Italian origin are among the
thirty-one new cases. Of the deaths
eight are Italians.
The principal news from outside the
city was the announcement from
Natchez of the discovery Of six cases
there and the attempt to blame New
Orleans for them. This is regarded
as rather strange in view of the fact
that of all the tight guarantees
against New Orleans, Natchez has
maintained the highest, not even al,
lowing its own people to return there
If they had been near New Orleans.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Fatal Elevator Accident.

While instructing a new engineer to
the passenger elevator in the
Antlers hotel at Grand Forks, John j.
Freeman, proprietor of the place, was
caught between the floor and the side
of the elevator and instantly killed.
His head was split open from top to
bottom, and the body fell from the
third story to the pit in the basement.
The brake had become caught, and
while showing the new nan how to
fix it, the car started upwards, and
Freeman was unable to control it.
While jerking at the lever, he pitched
forward, and his head was caught be-
tween the car and ceiling and crushed.
The engineer escaped by jumping
over the screening when he saw that
Freeman was helpless. Freeman is
survived by a wife and n grown
son. He lived in Dickinson eighteen
ears before moving to Grand Forks
Two years ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
GOES DOWN IN SUBMARINE.
President Makes Descent on Board the
Plunuer,

Oyster Bay, l.. L., Aug. 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt during the afternoon
made a descent in Long Island sound
on board the submarine torpedo boat
Plunger. He was aboard the vessel
about three hours. At n time the
little boat was submerged for fifty
minutes and in that time was put
through all of the submarine feats of
which she is capable. The president
expressed his delight at the novel eX-
perience and said that he was i'm
mensely impressed with the boat and
with the manner in which she was
handled.
The presidents intention not only to
make a personal inspection Of the tiny
vessel, likely to prove so deadly in
naval warfare, but to make a sub
marine descent in it was reached after
q conference with Lieutenant Nelson.
The Plunger's commander explained
to President Roosevelt the operations
of the boat and assured him that a
trip on her and a descent into the
depths of Long Island salnd would be
as devoid of danger as would be a
trip on a New York subway express
train.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
THREATENS MOROCCO
FRANCE DEMANDS RELEASE OF
CITIZEN AND FULL REDRESS
FOR HIS ARREST.

Paris, Aug. 24.-The ministers, un-
der the presidency of Premier Rou-
vier, held a lengthy special session
during the day. 1t was principally
devoted to a consideration of the dis
ciplinary measures to be taken against
Morocco should the sultan not yield
to the demands of the French govern
ment for redress for the recent arrest
Of a Franco-Algerian citizen.
An official communication says that
unanimous approval was given to the
instructions to be sent to the French
minister at Fee and to the subsequent
action to be taken to compel the sui
tan to give complete satisfaction.
The nature of this action is not dis
closed, but it is known that it contem-
plated the military occupation of a
Moroccan town near the Algerian
frontier, probably Oujda, owing to its
proximity to a large French garrison
In Algeria and to its strategic impor-
lance, as it commands the route to
the interior of Morocco and the cap
ital, Fee. The latest official advices
from Fee show that the sultan contin-
ues to hold the Algerian a prisoner.
Following the meeting Premier Rou-
vier SEN instructions to the French
minister to demand the immediate re-
lease Of the prisoner, informing him
that a military demonstration would
be made in case Of a negative re-
spouse.
Later it was announced that the
ministers had decided that. in case
Morocco refused the French demands
the entire personnel of the French
legation would leave Morocco stimuli
taneous with the military demonstra-
ton
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Friday, Aug. 25.

The opening session of the military
rife tournament began at Seagirt, N.
J., Thursday.
Louis Sands, one of the most prom
inent pioneer lumbermen of Northern
Michigan, is dead at Manistee, aged
seventy-nine years.
The plant of the Canadian Machin-
cry company at Point Edward, Ont,
was destroyed by fire Thursday. Esti-
mated loss, S125,0OO.
The entire plant of the Lincoln Car
company at Greensburg, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday night. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
The stockholders of the Western Pa
cifc railroad have formally voted to
increase the capital stock of the COM
pany from $50, OOO, 900 to s75,O 600, 900.
The breaker, office, boilerhouse and
e~nginehouse of the Pine Hill Coal
company at Minersville, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday. Six hun
dred men and boys are thrown out of
employment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Russian Farmer Alleged to Have Slain
the Manager Of a Ranch
for Damaging His

Last week a Russian named Kuntz,
1t is alleged, deliberately shot w. S.
Steel, manager of the Boetcher ranch,
sixteen miles east of Linton. Some
days ago the Russian went to the
Boetcher ranch and complained that
Steel had damaged the farmers grain
by driving along the edge of the field
with a header. Steel offered to pay
the damages. Kuntz would not ac-
cept pay, but said he would fix Steel,
it is said. One afternoon last week
he met Steel and without any'warn-
ing, it is claimed, shot the latter with
a rifle, the ball entering the face and
causing instant death. kuntz and his
wife wen to Linton and he was i'm
mediately arrested. Steel was recent
ly married, his wife only arriving at
Linton a few days before the tragedy.
Kuntz apparently was much surprised
when was arrested.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Saturday. Auu. 26.

Eduardo zero, Cuban secretary of
public instruction, is dead at Havana.
The Associated Press has good rea-
son for stating that a new Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance has been signed.
An imperial edict declares that
telephones and wireless t~elegraphs
throughout China are government mo-
%nopolies.
Carl Bailey Hurst, United States
consul at La Guayra, Venezuela, has
been appointed United States consul
at Plauen, Germany.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the Office of honorary vice president of
the public schools athletic league,
the headquarters of which is in New.
York city.
The heaviest rainfall in twenty-one
years has prevailed at York, Pa, dur
ing the past twenty hours. Streams
are overlooking their banks and crops
and outbuildings have been washed
away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
ORPHANS as a V

Children of the slums of New York
are to be sent to North Dakota to
commence a species of serfdom in the
homes of poor Russian settlers in the
extreme western part of the state.
Superintendent Hall of the North Da-
kota Children's Home, is responsible
for the statement. Despite the law in
this state against the importation of
orphan and needy children from other
states, he reports that a carload of
slum children has been gathered in
New York and plans completed for
their shipment to this state. Twenty
seven Russian farmers on the extreme
western part Of the state have made
application for these children. Some
of the applicants already have families.
1t is probable that efforts will be made
to head off the shipment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Thursday, Aug. "a.

William A. Russell, the new Amer,
lean minister to Venezuela, has pre-
sented his credentials to President
Castro, by whom he was cordially re-
ceived.
Assistant Secretary of State LOOMS
returned to the department Wednes-
day and resumed his duties as acting
secretary. He will remain there sew
eral days.
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana.
who is recovering from a surgical OPP
Grafton, sailed from New York
Wednesday on the steamer Baltic en-
route for Paris, where he expects to
remain several weeks.
The United States government
building at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, erected at a cost of $780,
600, has been sold to q wrecking COM
pany for $40, 500. The steel trusses
In the structure alone cost 500, 900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
OVER A SCORE PERISH
MANY HOUSES WASHED AWAY BY
FLOOD IN RHODE CANYON
IN COLORADO.

Trinidad, Colo, Aug. 25.-According
to latest reports more than a
o of persons lost their lives at
Tabasco and Berwin as the result of a
flood in Rhode canyon following a
cloudburst. From twelve to twenty
houses occupied by Austrian and Ital.
ian miners and their families were
swept away and many of their occu-
pants drowned.
Tabasco and Berwin, coal mining
camps, having together about 1000
population, are located in Rhode can
yon, down which a torrent of water
rushed, wrecking everything in its
path. The property loss is estimated
at hundreds of thousands of dollars,
suffered mostly by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company and the Colorado
Southern Railway company. The for.
mer company had mines and coke
ovens scattered along the canyon and
although they We're situated mostly
out Of reach OF the food the tram
ways connecting the different proper
ties of the company were practically
all wrecked and the loss in this par
ticular will be immense. The railroad
company had a line running up the
mountain and this road was nearly
completely washed out.
Traffic on the Colorado and South
ern, the Santa Fe and the Denver and
Rio Grande railroads is interrupted
owing to the washouts in this vicinity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Threatens the Court.

If John Young makes good his
threats, Judge Pollock and Attorney
Lee of Fargo are endangered. Young
just escaped from Bismarck after
serving a few months Of a twenty
year sentence for highway robbery.
He pleaded guilty on the advice of
Attorney Lee with the expectation Of
securing a light sentence. The charges
against him we're of such fragrant ma
ture that Judge Pollock sentenced him
to a score of years. Young vowed
that if he yer escaped from prison
that he would get ever with Pollock
and Lee. He evaded the officers at
the pen and a reward is offered for
his capture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Offenders Sent to Prison..

Three penipentiary sentences and
two for the Jail were imposed by
Judge Pollock at Fargo last week.
Nicholas Steinkamp was given six
years and six months on manslaughter,
having killed Charles Dolman by stab
bling. His attorney made an effort to
have the sentence reduced, but the
court intimated that if the jury had
not fixed the penalty he would have
made it twenty years. Fred Schell,
convicted Of obtaining money under
false pretenses, and Theodore Pari-
sienne, convicted of forgery, got a
year and a half in the pen. Jacob
Hanson was convicted on a charge Of
selling BOOZE" He got five months
in Jail and 5000, His partner, Stewart,
got three months and $22.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
STEAMER PECoNIc LOST IN A
FIERCE STORM OFF THE
FLORIDA COAST.
Vessel Struck by an Immense Wave
While Changing Her Course. the
Cargo Shifts and the Boat Goes to
the Bottom Immediately-Only Two
Of the Twenty-Five Men Constituting
the Crew Succeed in Escaping.

Fernandina, Fla, Aug. 29.-Twenty
men, constituting all but two of the
officers and crew of the American
steamship Peconic, bound from Phila-
delphia to New Orleans with coal.
were drowned by the sinking Of that
vessel off the coast of Florida Mon
day. The disaster was the result Of a
fierce gale that ragged along the coast
during the night and early morning.
Lashed by the storm, an immense
wave struck the vessel with terrific
force about 1880 a. N. The impact,
coming just as the vessel was max
ing a turn, caused a shift of the car
go, and the vessel leaned over and
sank Immediately. The accident oc-
Cured so quickly that only two of
those aboard her-an Italian and a
Spaniard-were able to save them
selves. They succeeded in getting in
to a lifeboat, reaching Amelia Beach
about noon, and on landing told the
story of the disaster.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
California Rancher Killed by His Sis.
ter-in-laW,

Nevada City, CAL, Aug. 26.-Robert
L. Wimberly was shot and killed at
Downieville by his si~ster-in-law, Der.
tha Bennett, aged seventeen. The
cause of the shooting is unknown.
Wimberly was killed with his own re-
volver. The shooting occurred on a
ranch n mile from Downieville. Miss
Bennett, who was Immediately placed
under arrest, refused to talk. VIM
berly leaves a wife and two children
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
MAD SLAYER LEAVES A SIGN.
tx. c. No. ID" Written on Cards by
Brutal Murderer.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 26.-Lewistown,
the county seat of Fergus county, is
stirred I'VE the brutal murder there
Of Samuel Studinski, s%iXty-seven years
old. Studinski was attacked when
alone in his pawnshop. An axe or
similar instrument was used and the
victim was beaten to death. The body
was found lying in a pool OF blood
Pinned upon the breast was a caro-
upon which was scrawled in the VIC
TINS blood *. G. No. a." A similar
card was found on the stove. The
place evidently had been robbed. The
legend on the cards leads to the be-
lief that a demented man was the
murderer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
THREE PERSONS PERISH.

Many Others Narrowly Escape Death
in Hotel Fire.
Readfeld, Me-, Aug. 26.-Three per-
sons lost their lives early in the day
in a fire which destroyed the Mariana
cook hotel at Lake Maranacook. Five
other persons were burned or other
wise injured.
More than four score guests and
employees escaped in night attire, many
of them leaping from the windows.
That there had been loss of life was
hot known until a search of the ruins
during the forenoon revealed the
charred bodies.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Tornado Near cogsweil.

A tornado and very heavy hail
storm passed one-half mile south of
Cogswell last week. The house on
the John McGraw farm, occupied by
o. G. Adams, was completely de-
molished. Not a stick of wood was
left to show where the house stood.
Mrs. Adams was hurt, but no N ia
tally. Hail stones as large as hens
eggs fell in town, breaking many win.
dow panes. Fortunately, but little
grain was uncut, SO that the crop dam
age from hail Is small.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Monday, Auu. %.

There have been no DEVELOPMENTS
at Chicago in the police investigation
OF the murder of Mrs. f. F. Mize.
The national convention of the
kriegerbund of America opened at
Joliet, ILL.,, Sunday with an elaborate
parade.
George M. Tower, one of the prom
lnent business men of Iowa Falls. Ia.
committed suicide by hanging. Con-
t1nued i'll health is supposed to have
affected his mind.
Mayor Charles f. Herrick of hide
pendence. Ia, aged sixty-nine, died
from cancer of the stomach. He was
a veteran of the Civil war and was a
prominent Mason.
United States survey ship Hancock,
Which was rammed and sunk by the
steamer Binghamton in Lake ST.
Clair, Aug. 20, a raised Sunday and
towed to Detroit, where she will IN
dergo repairs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
TWENTY LABoRERs KILLED.
Number Of Other Mexicans Hurt b,
an Explosion.

Mazatlan, Mex, Aug. 28.-Twenty
Mexican laborers were killed and a
number injured by the premature ex-
plosion of a quantity of dynamite at
the port works at Manzanillo. While
it is said that the explosion was the
result of carelessness on the part of
Of the laborers, the families of
those killed have been Unidentified by
Colonel Edgar K. Smoot, the con
tractor in charge of the Manzanillo
port works.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Tuesday,, Auu. 20,

Lawrence Hanley, the actor. died
at Los Angeles, Sal, Monday, after a
long illness. Hanley died in poverty.
The Catholic university at Washing.
ton has filed proof of it's claim for
100000 against the bankrupt estate
OF Thomas E. Waggaman.
W. F. FRANKIE, a druggist at Sid.
nav, Mich, was hit by a foul tin at a
ball game. His skull was fractured
and death followed in a few hours.
j. Pierpont Morgan took luncheon
With the president Monday at Saga
more Hill and discussed with him
matters pertaining to the Canton.Hen
koW railroad in China.
Judge i. Bethune, the aged brother
or Harry Bethune Of Butte, Mont q
well known mining expert and nro.
moter, is supposed to be dead in
Death valley.
Gus Bobbs, who Is alleged to have
stolen 100000 in cash and checks
from Charles A. Stevens and Bros Of
Chicago, on Aug. II, is under arrest
In Seattle. Wash.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
Crazed by Drinking Cider.

William Millhouse, the negro who
terrorized the people at McCanna, was
tried last week and sentenced to
thirty days. Millhouss smashed all
the windows in the depot, broke into
the office and got a shotgun, and then
smashed the furniture. He says he
had drank only two glasses OF cider.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-31
WILL MEET ON AUG. 81.
Commissioners to Negotiate Swedish.
Norwegian Dissolution.

Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 26.-The
commissioners appointed to negotiate
with regard to the dissolution of the
union of Sweden and Norway have
been announced as follows:
For Sweden-Christian %Lundeberg,
the premier; Count A. P. Wachtmeis-
ter, minister of foreign affairs; M.
STAFF, member OF the cabinet without
portfolio, and M. Hammarskjold, min
lister of education and ecclesiastical
affairs.
For Norway-Premier Nicholson,
Foreign Minister Loevland, C. C. Der.
ner, president of the storthing, and
M. Vost, former interior minister,
The commissioners will hold their
arst meeting at Carlsbad Aug. 81.