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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
INNOCENT sYsrANDER IS SHOT
Bullet Intended for Wisconsin State
Senator Strikes His Friend.

wausau. WIS, dispatch: State Sen.
ator James A. Wright narrowly es-
capped death at the hands Of Marshall
Lloyd. Wright was attacked by Lloyd
In hotel at Mlnocqua and graspcd
Lloyd's revolver just as the trlgget
was pulled. He DETECTED the muzzle
from himself. but the ball struck his
friend. j. A. Mckay. probably fatally
wounding him. The shooting was the
result OF quarrel between Wright
and Lloyd earlier in the day. Mckay
Is heal scaler In Wisconsin for the
st. Paul railroad. Wright is the head
OF big lumber company
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
FORMER CONVICT IN LAWSUIT
Damages Asked OF John M. Oracle
for ALLEGED 30 Treatment.

Memphis. Tenn dispatch. John M.
Oracle. for years a familiar figure on
western race tracks. one time presf
dent or the Arkansas Jockey club OF
Little Rock. and regarded rs one Of
the VESTS spectacular plungers, Is dc.
PENDANT In a damage suit filed AZ Pine
BLUM by Charles Smith, former state
convict. who has just finished his
term Smith alleges bis health has
been permanently impaired BY treat.
ment received from agents OF the de-
PENDANT at the latter's plantation,
where state convicts were leased for
use as laborcrs. The sum prayed for
Is $1,000
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
uNcovERs COUNTERFEIT COINS
Young Woman Was Hunting Tin Can
In Which 20 Plant Flower.

81. Louis, Mo. dispatch: While
searching in a vacant lot adjoining
her home on Division street for a tin
can in which TO plant flower Miss
Palona Scheppached. aged 16 years.
found tin can full OF counterfeit
coins The police were notified and
searched the lot more thoroughly.
finding a pile OF over 200 counterfeit
coins OF various denominations under
some weeds. Il is presumed the bo-
gus money was hidden by counter.
feiters who feared discovery.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Mayors SLAYER is Indicted.

bloomington III. dispatch: Two In.
dictments were found by the Mclea
county grand jury against william
Leduc. who murdered Mayor Charles
Nickel and Hugh Jones al Chenoa.
The case viii be brought to trial with
the least possible delay.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
WEALTHY MAN IS TORTURED
Coroner Believes Victim Was Robbed
and Burned 10 Death.

Allentown. Pa, dispatch. After IN.
yesiigating the case OF a man burned
IN his house in Lynnport twenty
miles from here. Coroner Scheirer re.
turned with the statement that tho
victim was undoubtedly tortured and
robbed and the house set on FIRE The
victim was Samuel J Everett. az
years old RE leaves an estate. most.
~ IN property IN this city, valued at
upward OF 100000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
ADVISES MINERS TO BE FIRM
"s,ern Conditions" Should Meet an
Attempt 70 Force Down WAGES.


Attempt to Force Down Wages.
Linton. Ind. dispatch In an address
before $4,000 persons from inton and
dozen near by towns President John
Mitchell OF the United Mine Workers
urged n stern resistance against any
effort for reduction IN miners wages
and determined stand for better
pay so far rs my adtice can con-
troll the actions OF the miners there
will never be another reduction in
wages. realize that the conditions
OF the market have an influence on
wages, but ! believe that the op.
orators are better or when they pay
higher wages determined resist
ance should be made against reduc-
tlon. and any further attempt to force
down the scale OF wages should be
met with stern conditions ! am not
satisfied with the present conditions"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Rob Bank OF 5000.

vincennes. Ind. special: The Sand.
born bank. branch OF the German
National bank OF this city, was blown
20 pieces and robbed OF $4,000 In.
oluded in what the robbers carried
on was $1,000 in silver.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Dies al 100 Years.

Buffalo. n. ". dispatch: Mrs. Della
George. probably the oldest resident
in the state. IL dead AZ Lancaster. at
the age OF 1Os. Her husband served
In the war OF 1912.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Nan York Pfooucn.

Butter-Un Unchanged
Cheese Unchanged.
Eggs-U Unchanged
poultry-LiYe western chickens 10c.
fowls. lie; turkeys. iic. dressed western
chickens, sa15c, turkeys, is426c. fowls.
9Qi3o
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18

Poultry &c. springs. 10
91sc. turkeys, 1lW12hc; ducks, Toe. geese.
Sc.
But,er-creamery I9a2ie; dairy. 1870
Eggs. l9Mc. case count.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
OFFICIAL TRAIN is oeRAILeD
Special Carrying Manager ooodnow
OF Alton Road Goes Into Ditch.

Springfield. H.. dispatch The spe
oial train carrying General Manager
Goodnow OF the Chicago a Alton road
on n tour OF inspection was wrecked
near womach. small station Eve
miles east OF Carllnvlllc No one was
injured The engine turned over In
he ditch and the two special cars
left the track An open dcrall Is said
10 have been the cause OF the accl
dent
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Child Burned TO Death.

Carmi. H.. dispatch Fouryear-old
Rachel Hughes while az play in her
home fell into the fireplace. and was
burned 60 death
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18

Eggs-Missourl and Kansas, new No 2
wildwood cases Included. gle: case
count, lsc. cases returned, nc less
Butter-Creamery PIC; packing, &c
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18
Grain Quotations.
WHEAT

WHEAT.
Chicago-No red SgWs0ikc
New York No red a4Ac
Minneapolis No ! northern. S6Lc.
ST Louis No red S0ia u92 iac.
Duiuth-No ! northern. SGAsc
Kansas City--No. red S9m90c.
Milwaukee No. / northern, S9c.
Toledo No. = red soc.
CORN
Chicago No .. 527kc
Liverpool American mixed 6s 2kd
New York No q 6gc
Peoria No 3. 4GMc
ST Louis No # Doe
Kansas city No mixed, Csc
Milwaukee No. , 5gc
OATS.
Chicago Standard. aOA Q31Lc.
New York Mixed 3ac.
So Louis No y SOC
Kansas City No mixed. 29m29ikc.
Milwaukee Standard. 2024 m3likc
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-11-18

Live Stock.
CATTLE
Chicago 81 50m6.3O
Omaha 1000 $50
Kansas City S1h6I6O0
ST Louis g. O0m6q0
81 Joseph 81 50ff6 So
New York 81 J0m62b
HOGS
Chicago 81 00M6.iS.
pmahn- - 400 40
Kansas city s4f0n5.O0.
81 Louis S. 0nft6.Ol
81 Joseph s475M5 90.
New York - 5Om5 co
SHEEP AND LAMBS
ChicHro FL h0NfT G5.
omaha - SO0725
kansas CITY s3f6ffT.f5.
81 Louis s. 2g6lT 80.
ST Joseph ~ f0m79I.
New York s. 25M735
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

Morton is causing thorough examina-
ton of the affairs of the Equitable.
Petty graft is being abolished. salaries
of ornamental officials cut, agents' COM
missions closely looked after. Other
companies are doing somewhat similar
work, though less vigorously.
Mr.. Hughes, the chief counsel of the
committee, is marvel of capacity for
hard work. He has a giants task; if
he carries it through to the satisfaction
of the people he may be heard from po-
litically.
And political material in New York il
scarce. All summer long the fusionists
who have been considering possible can
didates for mayor have hit upon no
name. If they had inserted an adver-
tisement, "Wanted-A bright, young
Brooklyn democrat; magnetic, a good
speaker, not connected with the Ring.
not tangled up with trusts in any way,
to run for mayor" no one could have an
swered it. Edward M. Shepard is all
that is here stated, and man of much
ability on the stump or at his desk; q
man who may yet be heard from; but
he has yet to expatiate having run as a
Tammany candidate against Seth Low.
Comptroller Grout, honest, able, ambi-
tious, non-magnetic, good, but not
a rousing speaker, accepted Murphy's
Endorsement two years ago. That set.
tied him.
1t sounds absurd to say that William
Travers Jerome was badly wanted both
for the district attorneyship and the
mayoralty nominations, because he was
the only man-really needed in both
places, but that was the absolute truth.
New York is shy of capable politicians.
Young Burton Harrison may be SUCH a
man in time; he is only 20, and not as
yet tactful. New York city has no able
man in congress. Metropolitan talent
doesn't seem to run to politics. II
Hughes can make good" he will DO
available for all sorts of things
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

Well, cir, you'd dide to see dad and
Leopold make q rush for that swim
ming place. The king put his hand in
the water, and said itFas fine, and be-
gan to peel his clothes OF, and dad
took of his clothes, and the king made
4 jump and went in all o. er, and came
up with his eyes full of water, strang-
ling because he did not hold his nose,
and then dad made leap and splashed
the water like an elephant had fallen
in. and there those two old men were
in the lake, just like kids.
''I'll swim you q match to the other
side," said the king. Its co." said
dad, and they started porpoising across
the little lake, and then thought it was
time there was something doing. SO
got busy and tied their clothes in knots
so tight you couldn't get them united
without an act of parliament. They
went ashore on the opposite side Of the
lake, cause some women were driving
through the grounds, and then found
q flock of goats grazing on the lawn.
and the dog and I drove them to where
the clothes were tied in knots, and
when the goats began to chew the
clothes l took the dog and went back
to the entrance Of the park, and dad
and the king swan back to where the
clothes and the goats were, and when
they drove the goats away and couldn't
unite the knots, the king gave the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

q tiny patch of grass. halfway up q
precipice. or one meets him descend
ing into the valley with half the crop
Upon his back, the rest to be fetched
Gown at his leisure. The same idea OF
hanging up prevails in the harvest
field, where the shocks of barley six
or seven feet high present ludicrous
resemblance to somewhat disheve!icI
human being.
The life of the Norwegian is hard.
yet il has many compensati0ns. One
is the variety of occupations. A man
may be a blacksmith, fisherman and
small proprietor at the same time; or
he may be in the winter a tailor, and
in the summer a tourists guide. The
women do their share of the work.
Ore finds two or three of them or
sometimes whole family up in tine
lonely mountain valleys, spending the
summer months at "saeter." often d
little stone one-roomed dwelling of the
most primitive description. Here they
are employed tending the cows and
goats, and making cheeses or butter,
and altogether leading very healthy
and happy existence. Their manner to
strangers is always charming, and the
tourist can be sure of a welcome IL he
elects to leave the beaten paths and ask
for food and shelter at a mountain
farm. The lodging may be simple AMI
the food plain, but any discomforts are
amply atoned for by the beautiful
scenery and the keen, bracing air Ct
the Norwegian highlands.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

graal halling sisa II distress. q sonss
thing, and the guards q tAe palace ana
some cavalry came % the run. and the
park seemed 1lled with IN army, and
bid the dog good-by and went back 70
the hotel alone. and waited for dad.
Dad didn't get back TIL after dark,
and when he came he bad ON . suit Of
the kings clothes. too tight around the
stomach and too long In the legs, cause
dad 10 pussy, and the king 10 long
geared.
Did you have . good time, dad ?" says
I. and he said. Haven't you got any
respect for age, condemn you. Tho
king has ordered that you be fed to the
animals in the zoo.'
I told him that didn't care what they
did with me. had been brought up to
tie knots Id clothes when saw people
in swimming. and didn't care whether
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
the hours Of work in bahesnops ana q.

the hours Of work IN bakeshops ana q.
forcing sanitary requirements. Such
Law was passed, but has just been de-
clared invalid by the supreme court OF
the United States.
Gorli, the Russian novelist, describes
in one Of his gloomy sketches. the life Of
dozen Russian bakers in a miserable
underground shop. where they worked
long hours for miserable pay. never see
ing the sun. coughing, dying Of con-
sumption. The same bakers, working
under the same conditions are in New
York. The worst denominations Of the
dirty old shops, in the material way, are
prevented by the new tenement and
health laws, but the comsumptive cough
ing still continues. The men, as one
sees them in their rare leisure. arrarg-
ing the affairs of their shattered union,
are a pale, puny, unwholesome looking
lot, whose big eyes shine out fiercely
from under the heavy eyebrows Of the
Russian peasant or the Jewish inhabi-
tant of the Pale.
A considerable percentage of the
deaths by consumption in the city are
ascribed by East side physicians to the
conditions in the kosher bakeshops;
strange condition when the rabbinical
rules for healthful making of bread are
made to cloak quite the reverse.
The danger to public health has raised
up a champion for the kosher bakers.
He 10 Assemblyman Hartmann, young
man whose career shows what can be
done IN New York. when the right man
tries. Hartmann is poor teacher in
public school, q Hebrew himself,
teaching Hebrews. His assembly dis.
trict is the strongest socialist region in
the city; it was until last year also solid
for Tammany. headed by typical dis.
trict leader. The leader held the dis
trict in the hollow of his hand; he gave
out patronage; he was rich. charitable,
as Cammany leaders have the means to
be. Whenthe votes were counted the I'M
known teacher had beaten him. A re-
publican had been elected in the heart
of the East side, not one mile from. 2.,n
Sullivan's headquarters. Hartmals. is
about to undertake campaign in behalf
Of the bakers. Seventy-five per cent. OF
the kosher bakers. it is said. have con.
sumption in dangerous degree.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28

Ouly clSuL uuOUI0S,
plans have been filed for $4,000, 900
worth of buildings in Manhattan and
the Bronx. In Brooklyn and Queens
boroughs the rate of building is still
more rapid in proportion to population.
but the cost is relatively much smaller.
The city is now erecting homes for ESQ.,.
600 additional residents, and the un.
housed or badly housed will fill them as
soon as they are finished.
The demand for building workmen Is
something extraordinary. Men make
fabulous sums by overtime. 1t is poor
trade that doesn't pay I'VE dollars day
to skilled men. No contractor dare
speak harshly to workman. The man
has only to go next door where any one
that can swing hammer or lay brick
will be put to work and no questions
asked.
A plumber who was doing small lob
in the house of friend Of mine sighted
it. The "boss," who was also his uncle,
repfoved him, but mildly. The boy took
up his tools and started away. The boss
looked after him in despair. IF your
own nephew can walk out like that" he
said. you can't much wonder the others
will"
Most people think the pressure is TEN.
porary. do not. For ten years to
come New York is going to be the golden
Mecca Of the building tradesmen.
Homes for new millions Of people. the
standard Of quality and average cost ris.
ing constantly-whois to make themo
OWEN LAN1DON.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28


army that will pass in review from now
until the end of October.
It's good place to eat luncheon-on
Sunday. OF week day before three
p. m. it is the busiest corner in the world,
not even excepting Threadneedle street
by the Bank of England. For there the
buildings are not so high. Right where
Silas or Elijah sat, n-bearded. elder
~ man chewed vigorously ham sand
witch, Washington from his balcony ad.
dressed the cheering throng at the close
of the revolution. Diagonally across
from Silas and his women folk was ]. p.
Morgan's Office, modestly enough
housed in q building which cannot last
much longer. because 1t is only eight
stories high, and the land there is worth
not less than 330,0OO,00O an acre. To
the right the sandwich eater could look
upat Trinity church, dwarfed by the can
yon Of high buildings that now encom-
pass 1t. And down before him curved
Broad street, where the curb market on
week days howls to the left and to the
right rises the beautiful marble facade
Of the new stock exchange, with the
holly debated statues in its pediment.
OF course, everybody has to decide for
himself whether they are immoral or
not-after careful inspection.
I can imagine that q 'Seeing-New
Yorker" has pretty good time of it for
delirious week. He rides on a rubber
neck coach through Chinatown, where
they may murder some one any time for
his especial amusement, he is permitted
to understand. He strolls or rides up
Fifth avenue and gapes at the costly
houses Of the millionaires-every bus
driver names them for trifling fee to
those who ride on top. He'goes to Bed
lows island and climbs up the Statue
of Liberty, something that neither nor
any other nine of ten New Workers have
ever done. He sees the navy yard as
far as they will let him-well, remem-
Der when you could wander anywhere
through the weeds! He goes to Coney
Island, and there is nothing like that
anywhere else on earth; that's some
comfort.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
OLD CITY FASC||MTES
ANCIENT CAPITAL OF JARAH
CHARMS vI8IToRs.
Nara Also Commands Attention Of
Tourists-Is Still Regarded a. Holy
Place Of Pilgrimage = Famous
Rapids Delight Sightseers.

There are many charming expeditions
in the neighborhood Of Kyoto. the old
capital of Japan. and one of the most
fascinating is the ancient city of Nara.
still holy place of pilgrimage.
The railway between the two places
runs through the famous tea plantations
of Vii where whole hillsides are COW
cred with low. thick bushes, most OF
them carefully protected from the sun
by matted awnings. Here the finest
Japanese teas are grown and prepared.
only the youngest leaves or buds being
nipped of by the pickers for use; and
these choice teas are not exported, but
are consumed by the court circles and
rich Japanese. All this is, so to speak,
garden cultivation. for each family
works independently in quite q small
way. more japonica. and there are no
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
Our Cold Waves.

We Americans are always talking
about our mountains Of gold and coal
and iron. of our fat fields of corn and
wheat, but few Of us ever realize that
We have in our climate q great advan-
tage over all other nations. In the
cod wave which in summer and win.
ter 30 often sweeps across the land
and sends the thermometer tumbline
80 degrees in almost as many minutes.
we have q constant, . never-dimfnish-
ing asset Of priceless value. The; wave
acts as tonic, but, unlike any tonic
made by man, it carries no reaction.
No other land has cold waves like
ours. To the cold, dry air of this Do
riodie cold wave. which brings extra
changes Of temperature, va
owe much Of the keen, alert mind. the
fncessant, unrsmitting energy Of our
American race.-Century.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
vAsTNEss OF MOUNT ETNA
Circumference Of the Highest Of All
Volcanoes at It's Base Il
Ninety Miles.
.ENNERY.

Just come out. Yes, 1t is visible!s
So 1t was. But how different from the
Mount Etna of our Imagination! Its
very vastness dwarfed it. We had not
realized that the highest volcano in
Europe was 80 miles in circumference
at its base. says Sicilian letter in the
Christian Register. The slope is SO
gradual from base to summit that the
first impression is totally different
from that of an abrupt mountain ris-
ing 1000 feet above the plain and sea
and produces something like a disap-
pointment. Then, too, this morning
there is no smoke. The snow scarcely
comes down more than 5000 feet; the
long slopes below are clothed with for.
ests. But the summit is clear and gilt
tcring in the sunlight This for q few
minutes only. Then the clouds wrap
themselves round the head of our dis
appointment. We hope the monarch
will uncover and show himself longer
another day.
Taormina is rapidly becoming the
popular tourist resort Of Sicily. Not
only is it one Of the best. but it il
the safest point whence to study the
effect of light and shade on the mighty
slopes of Etna and the long and Jagged
coast line of the overcoming sea,
Places down below are malarial. This
place is high in air. above all risk Of
malarial fever. It 10 also extremely
picturesque-some one called it mad.
ly picturesque" 1t lies ON Z shelf Of
limestone rock, one long street with
rib-like lanes ascending and descend
ing on either side. Above and behind
this one long street three tall, jagged
peaks fling themselves wildly upward
against the sky, like mountains alto
gether gone mad and raving." II one
wishes to realize what may be meant
by mountain insanity" let him come
to Taormina.
Two weeks ut Taormina and Etna
would not be gracious! Sometimes.
for an hour in the early morning, his
head remained uncovered. Then we
had to be content with q tremendous
mass of cloud, dark and far from inn
pressive. He was q cold neighbor.
sending q chill air or q tempest or a
rain almost every day. One day. to
the delight of the Taorminians, he GOV.
cred all the ground with snow. After
q night of storm, on the morning of our
last Sicilian day, he stood forth in all
the glory Of his majestic greatness.
No single mountain we had ever seen
had presented outline 10 simple. 50
grand. From the most distant up.
slope of his base to the dazzling white.
ness of his summit not suggestion of
cloud; all the eyes that had waited so
long were uplifted, fixed upon him.
Taormina was not. Etna was eyery-
thing. How stupendous q presence.
What individuality! Not one of 4
range, but standing there alone: not
beautiful, but more than that-sub.
lime; strong and mighty. his head
clearly outlined against the brilliant
sky! Nor is this TIE mood of an hour.
All the day he stood forth shadowless.
It was enough. all that We could have
asked or waited for.