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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
VICTIMS OF TORNADO.
Terrific Windstorm in Laredo, Tex.
>. and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Lives Lost.

Laredo. Tex. via Bermuda, Tex, May
L. Twenty-one persons were killed and
scores injured in Laredo and New La
redo by tornado which tore through
this vicinity late Friday night. RumOrs
of others killed in pieces outside La
redo are heard. The property damage is
large. Five of the dead are members of
one family, and were employed on the
ranch of George Woodman. They were
crushed to death by the falling in of the
heavy walls of the adobe house which
they occupied. The other victims met
their fate in a like manner.
The damage wrought at the Laredo
seminary is severe. Not one of the group
of magnificent buildings is uninjured.
The escape from death of the teach
ers in the institution is consid-
cred miraculous, as the walls of
some OF the buildings which they occu-
pied were completely demolished. The
entire town has suffered more or less
from the storm.
The storm made its appearance from
the southwest in the neighborhood OF
Lampasas. Mex, u miles from this city.
and it is reported that great havoc was
wrought in that locality. When the
storm struck the city huts occupied by
the poorer classes were the first to be
leveled TO the ground, but later the more
substantially constructed buildings were
unroofed and in many cases were demol-
iShed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
ROB VILLAGE BANK.
Safe of institution at Gilbertsville,
N. T., Blown open-Between
$4,000 and $4,000 Stolen.

Oneonta, N. Y. May "a band of
masked robbers rode into the village
of Gilbertsvilie. about 10 miles from
here. AT three o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, blew open the modern and sup
posedly burglar proof safe in the pri-
vate bank of +. c. Brewer. and made
good their escape with booty estimat-
ed at between $1,000 and $4,000. When
the startled villagers were awakened
by the muffled roar of the explosion
and had been halted by the pistol fire
of the retreating bandits, they found
that the robbers had completely iso.
lated Gilbertsville from the outside
world by cutting all the telegraph and
telephone wires. Efforts to commu-
nicate with neighboring towns We're
futile and when the village folk final
ly started in pursuit the robbers had
gained lead which could not be over
come.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
FAMOUS SOLDIER DEAD.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Passes AWAY in
Washington-Stricken with
Apoplexy.

Washington April 29.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, of Virginia, died at the Providence
hospital in this city at 1920 o'clock Fri
day night, as the result of an attack of
apoplexy and paralysis with which he
was stricken early Friday morning
while travelling by rail from Boston to
Washington.
Gen. Lee was a nephew of the famous
Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief
of the confederate army. In Washing
ton he was we'll and popularity known,
and his appearance on public occasions
always was the signal for outpursts of
applause from hosts of admiring friends.
Gen. Lees record includes an honorable
service in the cavalry branch of the
army of the United States up to the time
of the civil war, years of active service in
the confederate army and the filling of
important federal and state positions
since that time, including the governor
ship of Virginia. the presidency of the
Pittsburg & Virginia railroad. the COL
lectorship of internal revenue, for the
Lynchburg district. and the consul gen.
eralship at Havana.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
JURY DIsAGREEs.
Fails to Reach Verdict in the Nan
Patterson Case and Is
Discharged.

New York, May AT 1870 O'Clock
this morning the jury in the case OF
Nan Patterson, tried for the third time
on the charge of numbering Caesar"
Young, was called into the court room
by Recorder Golf. When the IL men
were in their places and the court Off
Gals had all arrived, the recorder
asked why the defendant had not been
brought into court. A deputy sheriff
replied that she had been feeling i'll
and had retired, but was then being
dressed. After wait of IL minutes,
Miss Patterson appeared, looking pale
and in a highly nervous state. The
usual questions We're asked and the
foreman announced that the jury was
hopelessly disagreed and was unable
to return a verdict The recorder or
uered the jury to again retire and con-
slider the matter further. and the IL
men filed out OF the room.
At 2:20 o'clock the jury again en-
tered the court room. where the re-
corder and other court officials were
in waiting. and the foreman announced
that they had failed to agree on a YER
dict. He added that their disagree
ment seemed hopeless of adjustment.
Upon this announcement Recorder Golf
formally discharged the ~ men COM
posing the third jury that has consid-
cred this celebrated case. 1t is under
stood that majority of the jury was
for acquittal. but in what proportion
they stood cannot be ascertained. Re-
corder Golf. before dismissing the Jury,
cautioned them not to tell how they
stood.
Miss Patterson collapsed on the ju-
rvs announcement and fanted dead
away She was assisted from the court
by one of her counsel and several court
attendants and revived in an ante
room. Future procedure in the case is
uncertain. 1t has been intimated by
the district attorneys Office that the
people probably would not attempt an
other trial. Should this be the case.
Miss Patterson would be released,
either on nominal bail, or under her
own recognizance and the Indictment
eventually quashed
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
FALL OF A BUILDING.
Wind Causes Collapse of Structure
at omaha-Three Men Killed,
Six Injured.

Omaha. Neb.. May 4.-Three per-
sons were killed and six injured. none
fatally, by the collapse of three-story
building at Thirteenth and Grace
streets late Wednesday. The building
was occupied by the Omaha Casket
company and the killed and injured
were, with one exception, employees of
the concern. The dead are: Jacob
klrschner. 43. assistant shipping clerk;
l.. Mon Martin, a collector, aged %;
Henry Dietl, aged 40. foreman.
The collapse of the casket factory
was due to a heavy wind storm which
at point near the factory assumed
the proportions and action of a small
tornado. The building was a substan-
tial one. of brick, three stories high.
The collapse came without warming
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
MISSING CASHIER ARRESTED
Henry q. Coll, of Milwaukee, 1mpli-
Gated in Recent Embezzlement,
Caught in Chicago.

Milwaukee, May 4. - Henry G.
Coll. the former assistant cashier of
the First National bank. of this city,
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT, who was
arrested in Chicago Wednesday by De-
tective Dennis Sullivan, of this city.
was brought back to Milwaukee at nine
O'Clock Wednesday night and is now
locked up at the Central police sta
ton. When searched Coll had but s2e
on. his person. He refused absolutely
to answer any questions and would not
go even SO far as to tell his age upon
being booked.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
DEMAND STATE AID.
Chicago Employers Want Gov. Deneeu
tn Send Troops to Quell
Strike.

Chicago, May 4. - Running battles,
in which scores of shots were fired,
thousands of bricks. bottles and chunks
of Goa! thrown. hundreds of hickory
clubs swung and knives drawn, forced
both the employers and Mayor Dunno
ing 10 cessation of hostilities. The
business men decided upon an appeal
to Gov. Charles S. Deneen to order out
the troops and the mayor prepared a
request to Sheriff Barrett to swear in
probably 1000 additional deputy sher-
ifs to supplement the efforts of the po-
lice.
Chicago. May 2. - An injunction,
sweeping and direct in its nature. was
granted Friday by Judge kohlsaat. OF
the United States circuit court, against
all labor unions and others. restraining
them from interfering in any way with
the operations of the Employers Team
ing company. This action places the
employers under the protection of the
federal government. One hundred de-
PENDANTS are specifically named in the
writ. including the transfers joint
council. The order is temporary one,
returnable May 10, when the labor peo-
pie will be called upon to show why it
should not be made permanent.
Chicago. May 1.-The strike extended
its tentacles Saturday, violence in more
pronounced form prevailed in the streets
of the city, and employers and union
men through their boards of strategy
planned relentless campaigns. while civ
ic officials and committees representing
the general public made tentative moves
looking to the restoration OF peace.
Twelve indictments against labor lead
ers in connection with the Montgomery
Ward & Co. strike were returned by the
Cook county grand jury in its final report
to Judge McEwen Saturday. The men
dent OF the transfers union. the presi-
dent of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor and officials of practically all of the
local unions of transfers.
Glenwood Springs, Col. May p
President Roosevelt has agreed to give
the Chicago striking teamsters an OPP
portunity to present their petition
when he reaches that city on May 10.
Word reached the president in his
camp on West Divide creek that the
strikers are preparing TO ask him to
use his influence in their behalf SINH
larly to the manner in which he ad-
Indicated the anthracite strike three
years ago. He has given the strikers
no encouragement other than agreeing
to receive a delegation from the petit
TONERS. The president cannot give
consideration to the petition until he
reaches Washington.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Missing Boy Found.

Norfolk. Va, May 4.-Leo Fleisch-
man, alias Farrell. 17-year-old boy,
who has been missing from his home
in New York for nearly year. and
for whom there is standing reward
of $1,000, was found Wednesday after
noon aboard the United States receiv-
ing ship Franklin by Detective Con-
nors, of the local police department.
Flsischman, who at first denied his
identity. finally admitted that he is
the party for whom the police of nearly
every city in the country have been
searching.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
SLAUGHTER IN WARSAW.
Over Sixty Persons Killed and lGanv
Wounded in Nay Day Riots
in Russia

Warsaw. May 3-The May day dealt,
roll totaled 60. including ten persons
who died in the hospitals during the
night. Probably 200 were wounded.
Crowds gathered at the Tenth district
police station Tuesday morning, where
30 victims. men and women and three
children were awaiting Identification.
The troops apparently were uncontrol-
able and violated all orders to act with
moderation. They fired into crowds OF
demonstrators, and workmen in retalia-
ton resorted to the use OF firearms and
bombs.
The first disturbances occurred be-
tween one and two o'clock D. M. when
procession of several thousand work
men. carrying red flags. marched along
Zelazna street. The demonstration was
quite orderly and proceeded without mo-
lestation for some distance. Suddenly
several squadrons Of cavalry and infan-
try charged into the procession, driving
it with the fiat of their swords into dis
organized mass. When the cavalry with
drew the infantry fired volley, where
u,
The infantry continued to discharge
volleys into the retreating, shrieking
multitude. Thirty-one persons were
killed and many wounded, and of the
latter it is believed that Is will die The
shooting is described as having been
quite unprovoked.
Another terrible scene was enacted
at five o'clock p. NJ, at the corner of Zlota
and Sosnore streets, when workmen
fired from behind wall at patrol.
which Immediately opened fire on the
passing crowd, killing or wounding 20
persons.
The first bomb throwing occurred at
9:35 o'clock at night when bomb was
thrown into Cossack patrol near the
Vienna station. Three Cossacks and one
policeman were killed and two women
who were leaving the station at the time
were severely wounded by the explosion
of the bomb. Cossacks and infantry fired
a number of volleys. and it is reported
that many persons were killed or
wounded.
The city was apparently outwardly
quiet Tuesday morning. but the situa-
ton is none the less grave. The com.
mittee Of the social democratic party of
Poland and Lithuania has issued man.
ifesto proclaiming a general strike ami
calling out all the worlsmen immedi-
ately in consequence of MONDAYS blood
shed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Bowen Is Ordered Home,

Washington. May L. Secretary
Taft Saturday received instructions
from the president to call Minister
Bowen. now at Caracas, to Washing
ton; also. to send Mr.. Russell, now
minister to Colombia, to Caracas, and
Mr.. Barrett, now minister at Panama,
to Colombia. 1t is stated that if Mr..
Bowen's action relative to the charges
affecting Assistant Secretary LOOMS
are not subject to criticism, it is the
presidents purpose to send him as
minister to Chilli and then probably as
ambassador to Brazil.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Acetylene gas is the most brilliant
and most dangerous. Acetylene is Il
colorless gas almost as heavy as air,
with a characteristic, unpleasant odor
which warns of its presence long be-
fore the amount of it in the atmos-
phere reaches the explosion point. 1t
liquif1es under pressure of $50
pounds in temperature of 800 Fab
renheit and is then the ligLtest LIQUID
known, its specific gravity being o..
Its pressure is said to reach loo, 900
pounds per square inch and it's tenn
perature 1900 Fahrenheit during it's
explosion,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Jefries to Quit Pugilis,,,.

Cincinnati. May 3.-James ]. Jeffries,
champion heavy weight pugllist. will re-
tire from the prize ring and from the
stage, and go into business with his
brother Jack, in California. according
to statement made by him to the Times
Star. He will leave the stage on May
15, arrangements having been made to
cancel all engagements after that date.
Jeffries takes this action at the request
of his wife. In addition to this. Jeffries
says that pugilism does not pay.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

The total number of hogs killed the
past year in commercial channels in
the west and elsewhere in the United
States has been exceeded in a single
instance, for the year ending March
I, 1902, the number for the summer
season in that year being 1,609,OO
greater than for the past summer sea.
son. while the record for the winter
season now closed exceeds the CORE.
spending period of that year by 116.-
600. For the past year the total west
ern packing represents 23,91S,00O hogs
compared with 22.375,000 for the pre-.
ceding year.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

The report of the Massachusetts,
fish and game commissioners (the lob
ster is "game") shows this condition:
''The outcome, the commercial extinc-
ton of the lobster, is sure to result
as day is to follow night. There has
been an increase of pots per man, but
falling off in the catch per pot from
80 in 1908 to 2S!E. in 1905, or a de-
cadence of about IA per cent. In IS
years there has been a decrease of
more than 66 per cent. in the catch of
Holsters per pot"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Damage by High Water,

Houston, Tex, May 3.-The Brazos
river is flooding the bottom lands all
along the valley from Hearn, south to
Richmond, and rising slowly at the
latter place. The water is foot and
half deep in the town of Columbia
near the mouth and has spread over a
considerable area of farm lands. The
damage is greatly lessened by the
warning which enabled farmers to get
their stock out but the loss to cotton
and corn will amount to many thou
sands of dollars.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

All the vast sums accruing from va
rious forms of taxation In Russia are
banked to the credit of two officials
named tie imperial treasurers, who
scharge all the liabilities of the Rus
sian government. The car has the
first call upon the money paid into
the imperial treasury, and draws upon
it whenever he wishes, by simply di-
recting the treasury officials to lodge
SO much money to his private &C.
count, giving them a voucher for the
amount.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Only ten men who have held the of.
fee Of president reached or surpassed
Mr.. Cleveland's present age Of 68:
only six exceeded it by SO much as ten
years, and none exceeded it by twenty
years. Only ten presidents have sur.
vived their retirement from Office
longer than Mr.. Cleveland, and four
Of these lived to great age. Wash
ington. who survived his retirement
less than three years. thought himself
an old man when he was first made
president at the age of 81. John AZ.
ans survived his retirement a quarter
Of 9 century.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Against Rate Reduction

Atlanta. Ga.-The recent proposition
of ]. Pope Brown, chairman of the
Georgia railroad commission, to reduce
the passenger rate in Georgia from
three to two cents per mile was pro-
tested against by the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers, the Order of
Railway Conductors, and unions of the
blacksmiths, machinists and telegraph
er, boilermakers, railway .trainmen,
carpenters and joiners, clerks and car
men. These organizations employed
an attorney especially to represent
them, who urged that such reduce
ton would work against the prosper
ity of the state and lead to reduc-
ton in the number Of railroad en-
ployes as well as of their wages. The
Travellers Protective association also
protested that a reduction as proposed
would result in few trains and Door
serVica.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Six Lost At Sea.

Pensacola, Fla, May 4.-Fishing YES
sells arriving here report that the fish
ing schooner Florida was lost in hur-
ricane, near Campeachee banks. about
ten days ago and that the entire crew
of six men went down with the YES
sci. The schooner was owned by
E. f. Saunders 4 Co.. of this city,
Some of the fishermen of other vessels
saw a big sea strike the Florida and
she went down.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

If any man might be pardoned for
taking a pessimistic view Of humanity
and the present social order, it would
surely be such a parsonage as Hon.
Rufus ,. Cowing, who has been a
Judge in the criminal courts Of New
York City for the past ~ years, and
si4 that time has had pass before him
III army Of not less than $4,000 pris-
ilerS accused OF all the crimes in the
SteSpry, from picking pockets to MUIR
But IN recent interview Judge
q ing declared his conviction thai
cd md women have many, many
rQre Of good than evil In then. !.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
$3.15
Profit after expenses.

Profit after expenses. 5000. 1855
Profit from one ploughing. p. 4. .$43.7s
I am sending you the yield of these
two fields which are both in my home
farm. thought they might be inter-
esting reading for you. had 1850
bushels of wheat on my different
farms, and between 5000 and 5000 OF
oats and barley. remain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) ALFRED WILSON.
Agents of the government will be
pleased to give full information rs to
rates etc
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Thirteen Miners Entombed.

Wilburton. Okla. May Thirteen
miners were entombed and probably
killed by an explosion at 1920 Sunday
morning in the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Coal company's mine No. 10. four
miles west of here. There is little pros
pect of their bodies being recovered for
several days. The men went into the
shaft at midnight. Foreman William
Ray of the shift that left the mine at
that hour. states that the mine was in
good condition and gas explosion was
hardly probable.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
chauncey Dewey Is Free.

Norton, Kan. May 4.-The cele-
brated case of Chauncey Dewey, q
millionaire ranchman, and Clyde Will
son and A. J. Mcbride, cowboys en-
ployed by Dewey, who were charged
with killing two members of the
Berry family. neighboring ranchmen,
in northwestern Kansas, has been
ended in the district court here when
the judge dismissed the defendants
without trial.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

In 1900 the census showed that
there were $4,000 Japanese in this
country, as compared with 10000
Chinese; but while the number of
Chinese was declining through the
embargo on immigration, the Japan
ese total was increasing. In 1905 the
number of Chinese in the United
States is probably $4,000 and that of
Japanese 100000. A large proportion
of these Japanese are in Hawaii.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

tacks of kidney disor.
ders which kept mo in
the house for days at .
time, unable to do any
thing. What I suffered
can hardly be told.
: Complications set in,
the particulars of
which I will be pleased
to give in a personal
interview to any one
who requires informa-
ton. This I can con-
scientiously say. Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
general improvement
in INV health T1,ar
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Paderewslli, during his recent sea
son in San Francisco, sold his sigma.
lures at 81 each, with bar or two OF
music at 50, toward his share of the
fund for the erection of a manument
To Chopin in Poland.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Damages Awarded.

Detroit, Mich, May Anthony
Kaminsky has been given judgment
for $4,000 against the Grand Lodge,
knights of the Modern Maccabees, in
the circuit court here for injuries
which he alleged he sustained while
being initiated into the organization.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Pass Gas Bill.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 3.-The house
Tuesday passed the Church gas "regu-
lator'' bill giving municipalities of the
state power to fix the price of gas
and electricity with three-year limit
on the price when once fixed. The bill
will be rushed to the senate.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

In 1899 the government of Russia
had lO,234 open stores for retailing
spirituous beverages. During the
same year 9,2OS places were discov-
cred where such liquors were secretly
and illicitly sold. This is nearly as
many as the number of open govern
ment stores.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Bribe-Takers Sentenced.

Grand Rapids, Mich. May 1.-Carey
P. Bissell. John I. Donovan. Adrian
Schriver and Ryner Stonehouse. former
city officials. who had pleaded guilty to
accepting brides in connection with the
Lake Michigan water scandal. were
fined in sums ranging from 500 to $500
by Judge Newman as his last act be-
fore retiring from the bench. All the
men paid their fines.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Coal Dealers Indicted,

Cleveland. O., May 1.-The county
grand jury Saturday returned indict-
ments against IL members of the exec
utive committee of the Cleveland Re-
tail Coal Dealers association, known
as the local coal trust.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Bank Robbed.

WOODBURY., Ore, May 4.-The bank
of WOODBURY. was robbed of $4,000
Wednesday afternoon by two masked
robbers, who covered Cashier Tracy
Poorman and the bookkeeper, Miss
Gertrude Eddy, with revolvers. One
robber stood guard while the other
rifled the cash drawer.