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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
WOMAN BOILED ALIVE.
Falls Into Geyser in Yellowstone Park,
and Dies of Her Awful
Injuries.

Livingston. Mont, Sept. 7.-Miss
Fannie A. Weeks, of Washington, died
here Wednesday as the result of fall
ing into hot spring in the Yellow.
stone National park. Miss Weeks,
with party of other eastern tourists,
was watching a geyser in action, and
as the water spouted high into the air
she stepped back to avoid the scald-
ing spray. The woman weighed 200
pounds and her weight caused her to
break through thin crust of earth
which covered the hot spring. Into
the boiling water she sank up to her
waist, and her flesh was slowly cooked
while her friends were trying to res
cue her. The crust of earth broke
about her and it was some time be.
fore she could be reached. Mean
while she stood, screaming with pain,
in the boiling water until she became
unconscious. Finally Miss Weeks was
dragged from the spring and hurried
to the hospital here, where every eff.
fort was made to save her life, but
after two days of intense suffering she
succumbed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
NEW ORLEANS IS HOPEFUL.
Yellow Fever Conditions Continue
satisfactory-one New Case
at vicksburg, Miss.

New Orleans, Sept THE yellow
fever record up to six p m. Wednes-
day is as follows: New cases, 81; total
cases, 2,142; deaths on Wednesday, a.;
total deaths, 29S; cases under treat
ment, 81; cases discharged, 1927.
Wednesdays record was again a ia
volable one, with q diminished number
OF new cases, and deaths only slightly
above recent days. While new foci con-
tinue to appear, they are offset by the
elimination of foci from which there
has been no secondary infection during
the 80 days set as a minimum limit by
the federal authorities. DR.. White and
DR.. Warner both testified to the inval-
liable assistance that has been rem
dered in the campaign by the women's
organizations; many representative
society women have foregone vacations
to remain here and assist in the cam
paign.
Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 7.-One new
case of yellow fever was reported
Wednesday. making total of Is, ten of
which are still under treatment. An
autopsy performed on the body of a
quarantine guard who died south of
the city Tuesday night shows that
death was due to yellow fever, the first
fatality to occur in this vicinity.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
JUMPED ovERBoARD.
Panic Occurs on Launch on st. Clair
River and Four Persons
Are Drowned.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 5.-Panicstrick-
en- at the flash of flames when a light
ed match was carelessly thrown into
some gasoline on the bottom of the
launch Ben Hur late Sunday night at
the st. Clair fats, a number of the 30
passengers on the launch jumped over
board. Four of them were drowned.
Their names are as follows: August
Mogg, of Cleveland; HI. ]. Messenger,
of Detroit; Miss Becker. of Detroit;
Miss Newman, of Detroit. The launch
was carrying party Of people to the
hotels near Algonac from dance at
Joe Bedores' hotel. According to the
owner Of the launch one of the passen-
gers who had been drinking kicked
open a cock on the engine which per-
mitted quantity of gasoline to flow
out on the floor and then, after light
ing cigar, carelessly threw his match
into the gasoline. The fire caused a
panic instantly among the passengers,
a number of whom jumped overheard.
All but four were rescued by the Ben
Hur and other small craft that hurried
to the scene. The fire was quickly
extinguished, and the launch was dam
aged but little.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Didn't Discount.

Crystal.-The state scale tester was
at Crystal and collected his fees The
next day Fairbanks, Morse COM
pany's representative came along and
examined the scale at the state eleva-
tor. He found that the scale had sag
god on one corner, and would way cor.
rectly up to 1000 pounds, when a
beam would bind. At this point it re-
quired so pounds to move the scale.
II load of grain was drawn onto the
scale and the weighs put on after
wards, the load would weigh so pounds
more than its actual weight. By test
Ing the weighs he found three of them
incorrect, some were too heavy and
others too light The Fairbanks,
Morse company representative had the
scale repaired and put in frst-class
condition before he left, The state i'm
spector did not discover anything
wrong with either the scales or weights
and passed them as correct.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
THE TORCH APPLIED.
Great Oil Tanks and Refineries
Near Baker Fired by
Agitators.

Baru, Sept. 6.-Troops. under the di-
rection of the governor, are acting
with the utmost vigor, but they have
not succeeded in restoring order, al
though there is rather less firing. Tar
tar bands are securing the country,
numbering and pillaging. The country
is in state of wild panic and houses
and farms are being abandoned. The
famine in many parts of the country
renders the situation more terrible.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-THE dis
turbances of Tuesday in Baku were
marked by immense property losses,
which fall with crushing weight on
the Russian oil industry conferred at
Baku. The combatants resorted to the
torch, as the result of which hundreds
Of tanks of Oil and naphtha and num-
Der Of important refineries in Baku
and its vicinity are now in flames. Oil
men here are unable to estimate the
loss while the conflagration continues,
but they believe that it will run into
millions of dollars in Baku alone. The
fire. which commenced in the reflneries
of the Moscow Caspian society, Accord
ing to private reports, spread to 500
smaller tanks and to one tank in the
"blac!l town" quarter containing 5,OOO,-
900 pounds of oil. At Biebat, near
Eaku, the works of the Mantaschell
company. among the most important
In Russia, and the works of the Tiflis
society are on fire. Refineries at Mo-
mani and Sabunto have been de-
stroyed and railway communication
with Sabunto has been interrupted.
The oil men have telegraphed to EN-
peror Nicholas imploring the protec
ton of the government and asking for
assistance to prevent the complete de-
struction of their properties in the
Bsiu district, (which give to the state
1GO,C00,000 roubles in revenue and fur
nish heat and light to Russia
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
VETERANS MEET IN DENVER.
Annual Encampmento Of q. A. r. Opens
City Filled with Delegates
and Visitors.

Denver, Sept 5.-The first official
business of the thirty-ninth national
encanpment of the Grand Army Of
the Republic was transacted Monday,
| when the national council of admins
tration met and selected E. B. Stillings
OF Boston for the Office of junior vice
eommander-in-chief, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Commander-in-
Chief Wilmon w. Blackmar, and the
promotion thereby of the two officials
below him in line. The council also
approved the work of it's executive
committee performed during the inter-
i'm since the last encampment. and
audited the accounts.
Denver, Col, Sept. 1.-THE main event
Of the Grand Army encampment,
speaking from the viewpoint of the
rank and file, was the grand parade,
which occurred Wednesday. To the vet
eran, the privilege of again treading in
step with comrades of the bivouac Of
81 is one for which no hardship seems
too great to undergo, no ordeal too Sc
we're to undertake. Many who marched
the two miles were exhausted when the
end was reached and many others,
weakened by age, fell out of line long
before the journey was completed.
Three hours and five minutes were
consumed by the procession in passing
the grand stand, in front of which was
the reviewing stand. On the latter
stood the national officers of the Grand
Army and distinguished guests, and in
the grand stand sat thousands of spec
tators. Col. Harper M. Orahood, chair
man of the parade committee, estimated
that $4,000 members of the Grand Army
narticinated in the narade
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

"a popular misconception of the an
tiseptic theory is resulting in a new
afliction-carbolic gangrene," said a
physician. ut is caused by excessive
use of carbolic acid on common cuts
and bruises, and sometimes the It's
sues actually begin to rot before the
case comes to the physician. The
carbolic acid is in every case applied
at home, where some member of the
family has grasped the fact that the
acid is an antiseptic, but does not
know the other fact that it can do
great damage if it is used to excess"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

During the months of June and July
Of this year, 1905, more men have per-
ished between the Colorado river and
the southern end Of the Sierre Ne
vada than were lost in that dreadful
land during the preceding half century.
The desert has swarmed with pros
pectors ever since the opening of the
Salt Lake railroad in May, all Of
them hoping to strike leads as rich
as those uncovered in Goldfelds AMI
Bullfrog, and too eager in their hunt
for gold to wait until the winter rains
shall have restored the flow of infre-
quent springs, filled the dried water
holes, and banished the internal heat.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

The new Isham shell, which, the ill.,
venror says, will sink the largest bat
tle-ship in three minutes, is being test
ed at the Sandy Hook proving grounds.
The shell is constructed Of 900 pounds
Of cast steel and carries and explodes
a charge of 120 pounds of dynamite and
nitro.glycerine. It is the most power
full ever made A 12-inch gun is used
to fire it. The obstruction at which
the explosive is aimed for the test is
a piece of Harveyized steel, IL inches
thick, backed by heavy oaken timbers
and q mound of sand.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
NATION IS DISAPPOINTED.
DISSATISFACTION IN JAPAN
OVER PEACE TERMS.
Rioting Occurs in Tokio-Mass Meet
ings Denounce Result at
Portsmouth.

Toxic. Sept. 7.-Rioting broke out
here Tuesday night in connection with
the dissatisfaction over the results OF
the peace settlement. There were sew
eral clashes with the police, and it is
estimated that two were killed and 500
wounded. The rioting ceased at mid.
night Police stations were the only
property destroyed.
Toxic, Sept. delayed in transmits
slon).-The first turbulence attendant
en- the popular anger over the terms
Of peace arranged with Russia took
place Monday. A mass meeting to
protest against the action of the gov
eminent was called to take place at
Hibiya park, but the metropolitan po-
lice closed the gates and attempted to
prevent the assemblage of the people.
The municipality protested against the
action of the police, and finally the
gates were thrown open and a large
crowd gathered and voted in favor Of
resolutions declaring the nation humii-
lated and denouncing the terms upon
which the treaty of peace was ar
ranged. The crowd was serious in its
conduct, rather than angry, and the
police handled it discreetly. The
gathering eventually dispersed in an
orderly manner.
Later on, however, crowd attempt
cd to hold a meeting in the Shintomi
theater, and the police dispersed it.
A portion of the crowd then proceed
ed to the Office of the Kokumin Shin
bun, the government organ, and began
hooting. Three employees of the paper,
armed with swords, appeared at the
door of the building and checked the
attack, and the police again dispersed
the crowd. 1t was thought that the
trouble had passed, when suddenly
portion of the crowd made a rush at
the building, hurled stones and dam
aged some machinery.
Teiegrams from Kobe. Nogoya,
Osaka, Sasebo, Kanazawa, Himeli,
kyoto and Tokoma expressed the pop
ular dissatisfaction and detection over
the result. The minor radical pa
pers have thrown off all restraint and
pronounced the peace settlement the
greatest humiliation the country has
ever suffered. They even advise re-
fusai to ratify the treaty, through va
rious expedients.
The entire nation is keenry disap-
pointed at the outcome. Nowhere
throughout the empire has there been
step taken toward the celebration of
the conclusion of peace.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
WILL SUCCEED LOOMS.
Robert Bacon, Of New York, Appointed
as First Assistant Secretary
of State.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 5.-President
Roosevelt Monday afternoon announced
officially the appointment of Robert Ba-
con, Of New York, to be first assistant
secretary of state, to succeed Francis b.
Loomis. The announcement was ac-
companied by the statement that Mr..
Bacon would not assume the duties of
his Office for some time, perhaps until
about the middle of October, after Sec
rotary Root had become settled in the
Office of secretary of state. Mr.. LOOMS
resignation has been practically in the
hands of President Roosevelt fcr sew
eral months. His desire to retire from
the Office of assistant secretary was
known to the president at the conclusion
of the Bowen-Loomis inquiry, which re-
suited in the forced retirement of Min
lister Bowen from the diplomatic serv-
ice. .sH -
For years Robert Bacon has been an
important factor in the business equa-
ton of New York. Until within COM
parative recent months, he was junior
partner in the banking house of ]. p.
Morgan & Co. At the settlement by
President Roosevelt of the anthracite
coal strike, Mr.. Bacon represented Mr..
Morgan in two conferences in Washing
ton, which made for an amicable settle
ment Of the trouble. Subsequently,
when Mr.. Bacon retired from the firm of
]. P. Morgan & Co., the president de-
termined to utilize his services, II q
suitable place for him could be found
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

The smallest full-grown dog in the
world, weighing only % ounces, was
owned by Deputy Sheriff Hamilton
Rayner. Of Ell Paso, Tex. This little
animal stood with all four feet in the
palm of its proud owners hand with
case. sherifi Rayner's dog was Of the
Chihuahua breed, deriving its name
from the fact of it being native Of
chihuahua, the Mexican state which
borders Texas. It was descended from
species Of wild dog, now domesti.
Gated, which once scurried over the
plains Of Northern Mexico in the days
Of the AZtecs.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
Meerschaum is mined like coal.

Meerschaum is mined like coal.
1t is a soft, soaplike stone, and in
Asia Minor it's mining is an important
industry. The crude meerschaum is
called hamtash. It is yellowish white
in color, and a red clay coat or skin
envelops it. The blocks cost from $25
to 5000 carload. They are soft enough
to cut with knife. These blocks in
summer are dried by exposure to the
sun. In winter a heated room is nee.
essary. Finally, the meerschaum
blocks are sorted into IL grades,
wrapped in cotton and packed in cases
with the greatest care.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

Mountain lions have increased so
rapidly in Yellowstone park of late
that they threaten the extinction of
deer, elk and other wild animals that
live in this great government game
preserve. So numerous have the
cougars become that the government,
through President Roosevelt's recon,
mendation, has given John and Homer
Golf, celebrated guides and hunters at
Meeker, COL, contract to clear the
lions out of Yellowstone park. John
COT is the guide who won fame taking
President Roosevelt on his successful
cougar-hunting trip in Colorado.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

Many Of the officers Of steamships
running to New York are afflicted
with a new eye disease, which. for
want of a better name, some Of them
call the fog eye" It is an inflamma-
ton caused by peering into the mists,
and, while painful, 1t soon passes
away. Never in the memory Of the
eldest skippers running to New York
has the fog hung 80 persistently over
the waters along the coast as it has
this summer. One captain said that
they were compelled to eat fog every
trip hiSsvessel made to New York dur.
BipE the last SIX weeks.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
School Money.

.gargo-State Superintendent Of In
aAruction Stockwell announced that
the department had just made the Au-
gust apportionment, the third for the
current year. It amounted to 40 cents
per capita on 1875, 800 school children
in the state, 861, 1897.
The total of the three apportion-
ments for this year is 81. SO per capita,
80 cents per capita greater than the
total of the four apportionments for
the year 1904, and yet there is one to
make. This is the result Of the good
business policy of the board Of univer.
sity and school lands In keeping the
money we'll invested. All the money
in The institute funds is out and the
common school fund is down to $s5, 600,
the smallest amount uninvested in
three years. The board has invested
$3.50, 200 in state bonds at per cent
and is negotiating for SAC, 900 more.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
q. N. Extension.

Palermo. - The Great Northern
branch from here to Crosby is now an
assured fact A party of survivors
have been working out from Palermo
during the past week and it is semi
officially giving out that the work Of
grading the road bed and possibly the
laying of steel will go forward this
fall and will be ready for operation in
time to market at least a portion Of
this years crop. The people of Paler-
mo are very jubilant over the assur-
ance of the building of this branch
line, realizing that it will give this
sprightly little city new impetus and
ultimately make it one of the best
towns in this county.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
Disaster at State Fair.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. I'm the pres
ence of thousands of visitors at the
state fair late Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Seventhal, of Eau
Claire, Wis, fell from the upper car OF
a Ferris wheel to the ground, dis
tance of nearly 100 feet. Mrs. Seven
thai was instantly killed and her hus-
band was so badly injured that he
may not live. The accident created a
scene bordering on a panic. The car
was descending, and the seat in which
they were sitting broke, precipitating
them to the ground.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
Prizes.

Fargo The. awarding Of prizes by
the state department Of agriculture
for articles on the history and resour.
ces Of the various counties of the state
ought to bring forth some valuable
matter. The prizes will run into
quite a lot of money, but If the plan
results in the collection Of the amount
and class of matter which the depart
ment has right to expect it will be
money we'll expended. Let all take
hold and give the plan boost
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
VESSELS ARE LOST.
Three Ships Known to Have Sunk In
Lake superior-others Missing
Sailors Perish,

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 5.-The stories
OF shipwreck and loss of life that ara
beginning to come to shore prove tina:
the gale which swept over Lake SUI
perior Sunday and Sunday night was
the most destructive to life and ship.
ping in years.
The schooner Pretoria. with five o!
its crew of ten men, was lost, and the
schooner Olive Jeanette is believed ia
have gone to the bottom.
Fifty ships-steamers. schooners
and barges-are known to have been
out on the lake during the gale. Many
Of these have not been reported, but
all vessels arriving at Lake Superior
ports report passing large quantities
of wreckage of all kinds.
From IS to % lives are believed to
have been lost and the property loss
will reach nearly half million dol
lars.
Six persons who escaped in a boat
from the steamer Savonia have reached
Bayfield,. The bodies of Capt. McDon-
AID and one of his crew were washed
ashore at Sand island.
Pequaming, Mich, Sept. 6.-Twenty..
six names were added on Tuesday to
the death list from Sundays great gale
on Lake Superior. practical confirma-
tion Of the loss of the steamer 1osco
and her tow, the schooner Olive jean
cite, having been received at this port.
This brings the total loss of life to 20.
Both vessels are believed to have foun-
dered near Huron island.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
FL,ckERTAIL NUGGETS.

Fargo-Jamestownis to have q lodge
Of Elks.
Grauville-A bunch OF hobos was run
out of town.
Cando-Ehorts were made to burgle
the depot here.
Flasher-Claim shacks have been
stolen near here.
Minot-The business houses closed
during the races
Berthold-The Great Northern will
make Improvements.
Waliston-Our people want the land
office established here.
Westhope-The people rejoiced over
the opening of the depot.
Jamestown-A telephone will run
from here to Spiritwood lake if enough
of the cottagers will subscribe.
Dickinson-R. X. Clemie was shot by
Charles Hartwell at the liner ranch,
thirty miles northwest of Dickinson.
Hartwell, who came here and gave
himself up, says he came up behind
Clemie with gun and fork and acci-
dentally discharged the weapon.
Minot-Some ranchers are blowing
fire breaks as they fear prairie fires
this fall because Of the luxuriant
growth Of grass.
.Rugby-Some of the papers in the
northern part Of the country claim
the trains are bringing back more peo-
pie than they are carrying to the Cana
dian Northwest.
Jamestown-Word has been received
that numbers of the quail placed in
timbers near the river here last year
are being shot by boys and others.
The birds are said to be increasing in
numbers and shooting Of them now IL
contrary to law and the parties caught
doing SO will get into serious trouble.
Fargo Architects are displeased
with the arrangements for the recep-
ton Of bids for the capitol, because no
sum is stated as q limit for the guild
ance of bidders.
Norwich-Our people were sore be-
cause the railroad commissioners did
not stop here to hear protest
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

With the blood of noble Hindoo lin.
cage coursing through his veins and
aspirations to become great teacher
of his low-caste countrymen, X. Mo.
zumdar, prince of India, is a humble
dish-washer in a Portland IN. W ho-
tel. Only few weeks ago the prince
was lionized in Bellingham (Mass.) So
ciety. He was a prominent figure in
the lecture-room of the state normal
school and seemed to have a smooth
Path before him. 5t''i'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
Chief Salmon Resigns.

Washington, Sept. DIR. David Il.
Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal
industry, department of agriculture,
has rendered his resignation, and it
has been accepted to take effect on
October l. Secretary Wilson de-
clined to state whether the resigna-
ton ia due to the charges filed recent
ly against DIR. Salmon.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

A fine cattle ranch of 66,50O acres,
near Calgary, Alberta, British Colum
bia, has been bought for 100000 by
President Smith, of the Mormon
Church, and lne land will be colonized
by Mormons,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14
Burned Out.

Bowbells-While out doing chores,
Ole Opheim, living fourteen miles
north of here, had the misfortune to
lose his claim shack and all its con.
tents, including clothing, bedding aud
provisions He had left his breakfast
on the stove cooking, and was out but
q short time when his attention was
attracted to the flames, the fire proba-
bly, having caught from the stove pipe
in the roof
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-14

Before Formosa passed into Japan.
csc hands, 10000 Chinese coolies were
imported every year during the tea
picking season. The number now is
less than 5000, the japanese employ,
ing their own coolies. So