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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
ConareuationaIists Meet.

The twenty-fourth annual meeting
OF the general Congregational asso-
citation Of North Dakota was held last
week in Fargo. Rev. Fred M. Hub
bard OF Mayville was elected to take
the place of the retiring moderator,
Rev. Robert Patton Of Darlington. Rev.
l.. Robert Elwell of Harwood was
elected scribe. Charles H. Phillips of
jamestown, treasurer; Charles G.
Fairbanks, auditor, and the following
a committee on credentials: j. R.
Beebe, S. e. Fish and c. G. Barnes.
There are 1875 Congregational
churches in North Dakota. Each is
entitled to a representation by it's pas
tor and one lay delegate at the state
association. The chief feature of the
meeting was the address by DR.. Wash
lngton GLADDEN..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
CABANS~ FIGHTBATTLE
CONGRESSMAN AND CHIEF OF PO.
LICE FALL IN POLITICAL CON.
FLlCT AT CIENFUEGoS.

Havana, Sept. 23.-Ohcial dispatch
es from Cienfuegos nounc the kill
ing of Congressman Enrique Villuen-
das, leader of the Liberal party and
most able orator in the lower house,
and the chief of police of Cienfuegos
during a conflict between the two po-
litical parties, the Liberals and Mod
crates.
The government advices say the po-
lice had information that within the
hotel in which Villuendas resided a
quantity of arms had been deposited
and they went to the hotel to investi-
gate the matter. AS the police ascend
ed the stairs they were met by a
party of Liberals, who fired on them,
killing Chief of Police Illance. The
police returned the fire, killing VII
luendas and w%ounding several others.
Intense excitement prevails at Glen
fuegos and Havana.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
BAD FIRE AT BUTTE
PROPERTY VALUED AT ABOUT A
MILLION DOLLARS GOES
UP IN SMOKE.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 25.-Fire which
caused a loss estimated at about
$1,C00,0oo consumed the entire bust.
ness portion of Butte lying between
the Shodair block and Renshaw alley
On the south side of West Park street
and half destroyed the public library.
The Miner, Broadway, Harvard, AT
gyll and other buildings were licked
by the flames, but good work on the
part of the owners and the fremen
prevented what seemed for some time
a general conhagration, as a stiff wind
was blowing flaming embers every.
where.
The fire departments from the
Rarus, Cora, PARROT, Original, Gag.
non, Anaconda, Silver Bow and other
mines responded with alacrity and
rendered great service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Justice William J. Gaynor TUESDAY
declined to accept the fusion nominal
ton for mayor of New York city.
Sixty buildings were destroyed oy
fire at Nome, Alaska, on the nlsht u.
Sept. 10. causing n loss estimated at
close to 100000.
Joseph Keenan,, banker and FORMER
mayor OF Leroy, Ill.,, is dead. He
leaves extensive land holdings IN Cen
trail Illinois. He was seVenly-seVen
years old.
Four mysterious fires In three OF tue
forts protecting New York haroor
within the last two months nave
caused the military authorities OF the
department Of the East much concern.
Active work is going on in NE"
York city looking toward a permanent
worlds fair to be opened IN l909 IN
celebration of the tri-centennial cele'
bration of the discovery of the Huu-
son river.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28

Stockholm, Sept. 25.-The Asso-
ciated Press has succeeded in secur-
ing the text of the protocol signed at
Karlstad Saturday by the Norwegian
Swedish delegates appointed to ar
range the terms for the dissolution of
the union of Norway and Sweden sub
ject to the ratification of the riksdag
and storthing. The historic document,
which will become a treaty when rati-
fed by the two parliaments, consists
of five main articles and thirty-tive
sub-clauses. The first article deals
with a%rbitration; the second with the
neutral Zone and the demolition of
the Notifications; the third with rein
deer pastures, etc; the fourth with
intertraftic and the fifth with common
waterways. The agreement provides
for the compulsory arbitration before
The Hague court Of all disputes en-
cept matters of vital interest for the
period of a decade, with extensions
for other periods of ten years unless
two years previous notice is given Of
an intention to abrogate it.
The treaty provides for a zone OF
either side Of the frontier which shall
forever be neutral and for the demoli-
ton of the f%ortresses within that zone
with the exception of the old portions
of the Notifications of Fredriksten,
G~yldenloeve and O%verbjerget, which
may remain, but which are not to be
used as Notifications. A headquarters
staff and garrison may be maintained
at Fredriksten to the same extent as
prior to the erection of the new for
tihcations. No extension of the Kongs-
vinger group of Notifications will be
permitted, nor of the new forts erect
ed within ten kilometers of the old
fortress of Kongsvinger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Severe Storm at Larimore.

A severe wind, rain and thunder
storm struck Larimore and vicinity
last week, damaging the wheat in
SHOCKS and delaying threshing for sew
eral days. The barn of Owen Ash
brook was struck by lightning and
completely destroyed, with three
norses' team mules, harness and ma
chlhery. The loss is $4,000, with
paf'lal insurance. The barn of John
'a'esky was also struck by lightning
ana three horses were killed, but the
am was not materially damaged.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Thursday, Sept. 81.

Ross j. Alexander, Indian commits
sioner under the second Cleveland al
ministration, is dead at Bridgeport, y.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Wednesday afternoon received the
Duchess of Marlborough, formerly
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt.
The town of Baramula, in the kash-
mir district Of India, has been de-
stroyed by fire. One thousand build
ings, mostly homes, were burned.
The North Carolina Pine associa'
ton has advanced the price OF all
grades of lumber, including dressed
and rough timber, the average ad,
vance being IS cents per 1000 feet.
Frederick Laurence Knowles, the
poet, is dead at RoXbury, Mass, of
typhoid fever. Mr.. Knowles was best
known for his two volumes of verse
entitled, con Life's Stairway" pub
lished in 1900, and Love Triumphant
which was published a year ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Wheat-Sept.
sage; Dec, 85B@s5Ac; May, s7N
@S7Ac. Corn-Sept., 52Mc; Oct, 52c;
Dec. 1913 @45Ac; May, 44&c. Oats
Sept, 27Ac; Dec, 28M @2SMc;
May, 30M @30Ac. Pork-Sept., $3.50;
Oct, $500; Jan, $12.32R @12.35. Fla,
Cash, Northwestern. 98hc; South
western, 92c. Butter-Creameries, II
@2Ohc: dairies, l7@18hc. Eggs
l5h Mi7Mc. Poultry Turkeys, Ice;
chickens. lie: springs. l0c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Nurenbereer to Appeal.

ne appeal in the case of Freder-
.eH N'renberger is being prepared.
Nnre'iberger was convicted of subor-
aA''oh OF perjury in connection with
iaha frauds and sentenced by Judge
A"'oon to welve months in the peni-
r1n''aiy n to pay a fine of $1,000.
f1's pan was to induce veterans and
WIDOWS In Ohio to take up North Da-
no'a holnesteads and after making
nIa' PROOF to turn the claims over to
MN ne paying expenses n a bonus.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Sept. observation-disclosures,
s3.4o@6.30; cows and heifers, $3.50
AGO; stockers and feeders, $2.25@
4.40: Western, S3.10@4.75. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $5.15@5.75; good
heavy, $5.35@5.70; rough heavy, $500
@5.2O; light, $5.15@5.65. Sheep, $3.50
@4.85; lambs, $4.25@7.60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Workman Sawed in Two.

Bucyrus. o., Sept. 23.-Thomas
Johnston, aged thirty-two, son.in.law
OF T. r. Carson, postmaster at New
Washington. was sawed In two while
at work. He was running a saw and
stopped down to remove a piece Of
bark. The saw caught him on the
shoulder and drew him against the
teeth and literally sawed him IN two
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Sept. 25.-Wheat-To arrive
No. ] Northern, S2Bc; No. 2 North.
ern, 79Zac. On track-No. / North
ern, 82hc; No. 2 Northern, 79Mc;
Sept. (old), 82Bc; Sept. new,
1910; Dec, 78Ac: May, 82Ac. Flax
TO arrive, 97hc; on track, 99c;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Sept. 25.-Cattle-Good 20
choice steers, s4.5O@5.5O; common to
fair, s3.75@4.25; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.50@4.25; veals, $4,000
$50. Hogs-s5.0O@5.4O. Sheep-Year.
ling wethers, $4.50@5.25; good to
choice native lambs, $500 as. so.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
BONE EXPLOSION AT PICKING.
Foe~ Minor Officials Killed and Many
Persons Injured.

Peking, Sept. 25.-At the Picking
railway station, as a train carrying
one Of the four missions ordered
abroad to study foreign political meth
DDS was leaving, a bomb was exploded
inside a private car, killing four minor
officials and wounding more than TWEEN
ty persons. The wounded include
Prince Tsai Tche, who heads the
most important of the missions, and
WI Ting Fang, former minister to the
United States, both of whom received
slight injuries.
The perpetrator of the outrage, who
was in the car, was blown to pieces.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
DEED OF INSANE MAN.
Fires Home and Crematee Wife and
Three Children.

Madison, Ind, Sept. 21.-On Beat.
tvs ridge, in Switzerland county,
George Ford. who is believed to be
insane, cremated his wife and three
children by setting fire to the house
In which they were asleep. All four
persisted in the flames.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
NOW NUMBER ONE HUNDRED.
Memorials to Mikado Against Ratifica-
ton of Treaty.

Toxic, Sept. 25.-The emperor is
giving personal attention to the memo
rails presented to the throne against
the terms of the peace arrangement
with Russia. These memorials now
number nearly 100. The agitators
who are trying to interview privy
councillors advocate the refusal to rat
lily the treaty Of peace and the public
is almost unanimous in demanding the
resignation of the cabinet. Even the
moderates do not conceal their grief
ut the result Of the negotiations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
KILLS ONE, WOUNDS TWO.
Homesick Macedonian Turns Loose
With Gun at indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Sept. 23.-Homesick
and enraged at his countrymen, who
refused to contribute money to pay his
fare back to Europe, Cantro Wassili,
a Macedonian, drew a revolver in a
lodginghouse filled With foreigners and
began firing. Tonse Risto was killed
and two men yer wounded, one of
whom will die.
Wassili was regarded as a tramp by
his countrymen and they knew moth
ing Of his whereabouts until he ap.
peared and demanded money.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Monday, Sept. 25.

M. White, the senior Russian peaco
envoy, has arrived at Berlin.
Captain David B. Cadotte, q we'll
known master OF lake vessels, is dead
at Detroit.
Preliminary steps have been taken
at Madrid for sending home the On.
bans still remaining in Spanish nris-
ons.
The Republican municipal conyen.
tion OF San Francisco has nominated
John S. Partridge for MAYOR Part.
ridge is deputy city attorney.
F.. W. McKenna of Chicago b.c
been elected second vice presjden, rs
the Chicago, Milwaukee and s, PAM
Railway company. The office is nou,v
created. S
The bull fight which was ~ b.vo
neen a conspicuous feature Of tho fac,
tlvltles in honor Of the coming visi, ~
president Loubet to the Spanish ran.
TIA has been Suppressed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
tuesday,, Sent. %

French officials conxIder ina, q Ana,
agreement between Franz. and cor.
many on the subjec> n ne Io,oc,.n
conference is imminen.
Frederick Z. Carson. 2 co,n,,,..,
steward in the %eu r,-> nayyr.rd :,
brooklyn, has been '>.nt guu,~ -,
O'gamy. Carlton ha1 s,ar n.y.v
Mrs. Roosevelt Ylal>sa Ha,y.,, ,,I
iese Monday for HE Dgf,,a. y, 81
speeding The rooms "ngaY.r for Tben.
oo'e hoos"'"l', Jr, 4, Cisy4fly u,u
Dr: George f. Mr<er, .,rm41 c,,v
phys''lah OF M~inncapoua, ms ,onrd
uead IN his office in ne MN CI,u
An autopsy ahowcd ma, d..,t m...
que 70 a rupture Of q bl,,d v..., 3.
the heart. ""'' u
Count Francis ION Frh.,h. r.t.
'"'hty'"r.y.at oId Hon ~ ,ho
"e"o ~ me secnnd branch ~ m. on
.'''' h'nH" Of Erborh In H.,sc hn.
D"cn get hnide from the sucr.,.,n, '
""F'hf T." !"d N" nau.ht., -, =,
"h"'''' "'Lnan ~ Ertach
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
WHOLESALE EMIGRATION.
shipIoads Of S%paniards Going to South
America.

Madrid, Sept. 2l.-Dispatches from
the famine districts of Audalusia say
that entire trains Of emigrants are
leaving to embark for South America.
Many families are abandoning their
homes and farms. Some villages in
Galicia have been totally deserted
through despair of receiving the prom
ised relief. The steamship companies
announce that fifteen steamers loaded
with emigrants will leave Andalusian
ports III October. The press is urging
the government to adopt energetic
measures against wholesale emigra-
ton to America.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
No Marked Change in Conditions at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, Sept. 26.-Following is
the official yellow fever report up to
6 .. m. Monday:
New cases, 81; total cases to date,
1865; deaths, 3; total deaths, $40;
new sub-foci, 7; cases under treat
men1, 2S2; cases discharged, 2,2l6.
The great majority of the new cases
being reported lately come from the
Seventh and Eighth wards, which de-
veloped into the real battlefield OF
the campaign as soon as the originally
Infected district began to get under
control.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Only Two New Cholera Cases.

Berlin, Sept. 25.-The official bull
letin announces that 2 new cases of
cholera and 2 deaths have occurred
in the last "a hours. making the totals
GAG cases and So deaths. The fresh
cases are at Dirschau and Wirsitz.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
FIVE DEAD IN COLLISION.

Crash Of Trains on the Philadelphia
and Reading Road.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 22.-Five rail-
road employees were killed and eight
others seriously injured in a collision
between a pay train and a combina-
ton passenger and milk train on the
Philadelphia. Harrisburg and Pitts
burg branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad at Mount Holly
Springs. None of the passengers was
injured.
The pay a contained about $4,000
in checks, which are scattered about
the tracks. Officials OF the company
here say the accident was probably
due to a misunderstanding OF orders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Sept. 25.- Wheat
Sept, S2%c; Dec, S2Bc; May, 85%
@85Bc. On track-No. l hard, SIC:
No. / Northern, $500; No. 2 North
ern. SIC.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
FRANCE is INDIGNANT.
Offensive Treatment Of Acting Mlnls.
ter to Venezuela the Cause.

Paris, Sept 2S.-The offensive atti.
tude OF Venezuela toward NJ. Taigny,
the French charge d'affaires at Ca
racas, has aroused indignation ir OFF,
cial quarters here. Although the min
istry has not yet taken definite action
1t is said in the highest quarters that
Premier Rouvier undoubtedly will de-
mand that Venezuela disavow the Of
fensive action and adopt a course con
formable with the usual courtesies Of
diplomatic intercourse. Unless Vene-
zuela apologies soon, a naval demon
stration may be made against her by
France.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
EARTHQUAKE AND cLoupRuRsr
Disasters Continue in Province of Ca
labria, Italy.

Rome, Sept. 22.-Earthquake shocks
continue in Calabria. At Amantea
two ome were killed. At Ajello
many houses fell and twelve persons
were injured. At Bruzio a church fell
and there was further damage at Co.
senza, Catanzaro and Monteleone.
There was a %cloudburst at Bari, the
wind capsizing a sailing vessel in the
harbor and six persons were drowned.
At Portici, near Naples, there was
another cloudburst and the floods of
water brought into the town many
large blocks of lava from Vesuvius.
Service of the street cars was inter-
rupted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28

Man Who Fires Into Street Car Mar
rowly Escapes Lynehinu.

rowly Escapes Lynehing.
Kansas City, Sept. 25.-Frank Mi
kell, an Italian who shot into a crowd
cd street q a mile from the business
district because he had been elected
from the car, was chased by a crowd
Of men that gathered quickly and was
badly beaten before the police rescued
him. Mikell SOU ). refuge in a base
ment from viii. . was dragged by
the crowd and Probably was due
only to the ara. 81 the police that
he was not killed. The bullet fired
BY Mikell shattered the glass windows
In the a above the heads Of the pas
sengers. barely missing a number of
nerSOnS
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
NEGRO WHIPPED TO DEATH.
Mob Takes Man From Cell and Gives
Him Fatal Beating.

Huntington, w. Va, Sept. 25.-A
mob of twenty or more, said to have
been composed of the better class of
people, at Williamson, the county seat
of Mingo county, ". Va, broke in the
Jail door and, forcing open a cell, took
Moses Lovern, a negro, across Tug
river into Kentucky, where he was
tied to a tree and fatally whipped.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
NAVAL ARMlsTlcE ARRANGED.
Russian and Japanese Admirais Agree
on Terms.

Vladivostok, Sept. 21.-The Russian
and Japanese squadrons commanded
respectively by Rear Admiral lessen
and Vice Admiral Shimamura met in
Koruilof bay Sept. Is and the ad-
mirals arranged the terms of the ma
val armistice. The conference, which
lasted five hours, determined OF the
n in which ships Of the two n a
tions are free to circulate, regulated
the question of contraband and estab-
lished a line of demarcation beyond
which military c%ontraband shall not
be carried.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
blaze at VaIlev Ci<v

~ ~ Varnson's jewelry store at Val.
IVY was completely Quilted by fire
aM WEEK. which started by an explo.
S.'" ol gasoline In the rear OF the
store. The stock and axtur.s were
valued at $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Farmer Kills HImso,f.

John klock. a bachelor sarmer liv.
h ~" 'h'les northeast OF BowbelIs.
A'"'''' u'"i'" ~ Blown! his
"'' ''''""' entire, from his body
WV" "a ~lwelve'gaugc shotgun
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
COLONEL WALKER DEAD.
Former Commander.in-chief Of the
Grand Army.

Indianapolis, Sept. 23.-Colonel Ivan
N. Walker, assistant adjutant general
OF the Indiana G. A. r., is dead of
uraemic poisoning. Colonel Walker
was widely known in G. A. r. circles.
with which organization he had been
prominently connected for many years,
having been commandments Of
the order. He was also prominent In
state affairs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Friday, Sept. e..

The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows has decided to meet next year
IN Toronto.
Horse racing with all the wagering
attachments is to be resumed in the
vicinity of Chicago.
Miss Virginia Niles Leeds, the au
thoress, is seriously i'll at New York
after an operation for appendicitis.
William kastor of Chicago has just
married Miss Cecilia Bearman of St.
are husbands of two sisters of the
bride.
Two men, both past seventy years
of age, inmates of the Bridgewater
On. J.) poorhouse, fought a duel with
sharp kitchen knives and both are
likely to die.
The Chinese customs returns for the
second quarter of 1905 show an in
crease of nearly 80 per cent over
those OF 1904. In Shanghai the in
crease was nearly 60 per cent.
oaeu'ody, oePt' 20.
DR.. Francisco Garcia Calderon, for
mel president of Peru, is dead. He
was born in 1884.
Bishop Stang of Fall River, Mass,
will probably be the successor of tho
late Archbishop Chappelle at New
Orleans.
Alonzo X. Cults, aged eighty-one
years, died suddenly at GAINESVILLE,
Wis. Cults served continuously as
constable since 1859.
Captain w. Boismann, a prisoner of
war and former commander of the
Russian battleship Peresviet, is dead
at Matsuyama, Japan.
Judge w. ]. Calhoun, who was
charged with a special mission to
Venezuela in behalf of the United
States, will sail for home Oct, 2.
Cooperation between the University
OF Chicago and a number of railroad
officials has resulted in the establish.
ment of a four-year course in railway
education.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
MURDERED AND cREMArEp.
Negro Woman and Four Children Meet
Horrible Fate.

Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. 23.-The
charred remains OF Lulu Wise, a negro
woman, and her four children were
found in the smoking ruins of her
home lear this place.
The skulls OF the woman and all Of
her children were crushed, indicating
that they had been murdered and the
house had been burned to conceal the
crime.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
TROOPS ENTER FINLAND,
Large Forces of Cars Soldiers Sent
to Strengthen Garrisons.

H~elsingfors, Finland, Sept. 25.-
Large forces of Russian troops have
already been drafted into Finland.
Over 1900 men have arrived at Hell
singfors to reinforce the garrison Of
Sveaborg, which is adjacent to Hell.
singfors, and garrisons at other points
have also been reinforced by 700 to
1000 men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
RAILROADS HAVE LITTLE TO SAY
IN REGARD TO TARIFFsoN =
DRESSED MEATS.
President Stickney of the Great West
ern Railroad Tells the Interstate
Commerce Commission How the
Beet Barons Do Rusiness-Always
Insist on a Big Cut From Regular
Rates and the Carrier Must Agree.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-"The packers fix
the rate" declared A. B. Stickney,
president of the Chicago Great West
ern Railway company, testifying for
the defense before the interstate COM
merce commission during the day re-
garding freight rates on live stock and
1--WE stock products from the Missouri
liver to Chicago. In answer to a
question as to how the charges were
made President Stickney replied:
In fixing the rate on dressed meat
we don't have very much to say. The
packer generally makes the rate. He
comes to you and always makes you
feel that he is your friend. Then he
asks you how much you charge for
certain shipments of dressed meats.
The published tariff may be % cents
per 100, but he will not pay that. You
say to him: I'll carry your meat for
1S cents He says: oh, no you won't.
| won't pay that. Then you say:
We'll, what will you pay for it? He
then replies: 1 can get it hauled for
16 cents So you haul it for JIG cents
per 100. He generally tells you that
if you want the business you must
haul the meat for the price he names"
President Stickney denied that his
road had paid any claims for damages
or rebates since the G%rosscup injunc-
tjon
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
Marshal Haggart Dead.

United States Marshal John E. Hag.
CART died at Fargo suddenly last
week. Heart failure is assigned as
the cause of his death. He was In ap-
parently good health when he retired
and about 4 o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Haggart was aroused by her hus-
band gasping for breath. She hur-
riedly got a glass of water from the
sideboard, but the marshal was dead
by the time she returned to the bed.
The funeral was held in Masonic tenn
pie. MIR. Haggart was a pioneer resi-
dent of Dakota Territory. He was
born fifty-nine years ago in the state
Of New York of Scotch parents;
served in the Civil war, after which
he went to the Pacific coast. In 1871
he located a claim six miles west of
Fargo. He had the honor Of being
the first Mason ever initiated in what
is now North Dakota, having been
given degrees in Fargo in 1878. He
married in 1875, and his widow and
nine children survive him. Mr.. Hag-
CART had taken most prominent part
IN the development Of North Dakota,
and was very active politically. He
was a Republican.