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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
SCENE
ON 500 TRAIN
Gang of Forty drafters Cheat the
Conductor Out of Many Dol
lars Refuse to Pay for Ride
Into MlnOt.

A band OF forty grafters Great
ed much disturbance on the train
between Portal and Minot Fri
day night and the conductor, in
attempting to eject one big fellow
from the train, was nearly put
off himself. He telegraphed
ahead to Bowbells for officers to
enter the train and arrest the
fellows, but as they did not have
warrants for the arrest of any
of them, refused to do so.
DR.. Huber, who was returning
to Minot from q trip west Of
Portal, saw the disgraceful bunch
worry the conductor. Ten Of
them had bought tickets and a
few had paid their fare. When
the conductor attempted to col
lect fare from the others. the
checks were juggled in the crowd
and it was hard to tell who had
paid and who had not. The
crowd remained close together
and crowded the conductor from
one end of the car to the other.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23

came to the rescue and with
ont q moments hesitation low
cred himself into the we'll with
the bucket. A moose was fas-
tened about the little fellows
BODY and he was drawn to the
surface. Mr.. Seibel remained in
the we'll to catch the body,
should it slip from the moose.
A physician was called imme-
diately and for a time there were
little hopes for his recovery, but
Tuesday morning the doctors
announced that the boy had a
fighting show, to live. His skull
bones were injured perhaps
crushed. TWAS feared that his
back was broken, but Tuesday it
was ascertained that he was not
paralvzed in the lower limbs.
The little fellow at this writing
lies in a comotose condition,
moaning continually and occa
sionallv opens his eyes.
Mr.. Srib+l deserves a good
deal communication FOR his unus
ual Drawer, III rpscning the boy
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
Discipline in Germany.

The eccentricit!es peculiar to some
Of Germany's soldiers are obviously
not all to be found between the COW
ers of Lieut. Bilse's novel with pur.
pose" We learn from Cologne, "the
city of one scent and a thousand
Smells" that an artillery officer, tried
by courtmartial at Strasburg, has been
sentenced to five months imp:ison-
ment and reduction in rank Qess pun
ishment, by the way, than was meted
out to the bookwriting Heutenant) as
reward for his ingenuity in invent
ing a new disciplinary measure.
This was known as reform by the
nose," and was carried out by the Of
ficer selling the noses Of his men
and twisting them. The cries Of the
victims were smothered-by order
by their comrades, who had to sing
patriotic songs while the reform
was put into force.
Ironically enough, this gained the
company the nickname of ''the Jolly
squad. Sketch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23

Mrs. f. F. Tompkins and her
daughter Pauline and Mrs. Gil
roy OF this city left on Tuesday
of last week on an extended visit
to the Portland Exposition, and
will be absent for a period OF
about three weeks. The trip
they have taken is by way Of the
Sooline going out and the Great
Northern on their return.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
SHOULD NOT
Be TOLERATED
Hoochee-COochee Shows, Knife
Racks and the Like Should
Not Be Allowed to Run in the
City-It Is Harmful in the Ex-
IRENE.

The INDEPENDENT doesn't know
what the merchants think about
it, but we are OF the opinion that
the hoochee-coochee show, knife,
racks and other fake schemes
which are tolerated in this city
during the races are entirely
wrong, and the city will be in
iured to great extent on that
account. Westood on the street
Tuesday evening and watched
the young men file in and out of
the tents, and some Of them we
know owe debts in town they
cannot or will not pay. Per-
haps they borrowed money from
some Of their friends in order to
see the show, which is far from
elevating. The INDEPENDENT
does not want to pose as any
moral guide. We want to see
the city get all the revenue it
can when it does not cripple our
selves. But the grafters get the
long end of the money deal and
we suffer after all. Run an up
to-date city and cut this sort of
thing out.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
The New York Store.

Nr. Van Brockwin has Erected a new
house on his claim which is situated
just east of L. S. Caswells claim.
Marion Britton's three brothers arriv-
ed from Indiana last week. They drove
through with covered wagon and have
been on the road for over two months.
Blame Witham and Mr.. johnson from
the Township South of us are keeping
J. A. Shea in the harvest field. Shea
has about ninety acres of bundles to
harvest.
L. B. Shea and wife made trip into
the hills about fourteen miles west last
Sunday to get his mare and little colt
which has been in pasture there this
summer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
STATE NEWS,

Several hotels in Wicked viii
liston were robbed.
Williston believes the Grea1
Northern shops possibly will
move to that city:,he INDr
PENDENT thinks differently.
A Richland Co. man got a lit
tie seed from central Asia from
which he is raising four-headed
wheat. He will get about a ha]A
bushel this year and will CAREFUL
" preserve it for seeding next
season.
Judge Cowan sentenced Dan|
Kenison, the man who assaulted
Sheriff Douglas at Dunseith on|
the Fourth, to three and a hafr|
years in the penitentiary. He is
81 years old and has a wife and
five children.
The practice of treating seed
wheat with formaldehyde seems
to have practically rid the state
of smut. An occasional co a.
plant is heard of a smutty crop,
but these are exceptions. Ele-
vator men and millers say that
smut has almost disappeared.
David Carral, a Lansford man,
bod l;o xu;fn <oLov RI po%+;poo,,
to be tried before the county
court for insanity. The woman
was discharged and she returned
home with her disappointed hus-
band. The couple had not been
agreeing very we'll. Emma Kel-
Tough, another woman from that
county, was tried for insanity.
She seems to be off on religion,
butwas sent back home with her
husband, who will look after her.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
Heinze Not Afraid of hoodoo.

Tenants of the big Office building.
at A Broadway. New York, are not
called upon to face the danger of-a
thirteenth floor. There is no such
unlucky location in the edifice, that
number having been jumped. The
next floor above the twelfth is the
fourteenth. F. Augustus Heinze, the
thorn of the Amalgamated Clipper
Company, does not appear to have in
herited any superstition traits. His
Office is 1913 on the thirteenth floor
of 81 (thirteen reversed) Nassau
street. In his fight with the Amalga-
mated Copper Company Heinze has
been exceptionally fortunate. But the
superstitious say he would have been
doubly fortunate If he had joined
forces with the Standard Oil crowd In
the first nlace.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
Piggers Again Raided.

Another raid was made on the
Minot pigs Monday night, this
time Kirk and "Blackey" falling
into the hands OF the sheriff.
The men were arrested on North
Ramsted street on bench warrant
and this means that they will
have to lie in jail till court sets
again in November. We under.
stand that injunctional orders
were placed on the houses in the
Coulee and at other joints re-
streaming the sale OF liquor.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
OUR NEW CLOTHING
FOR MEN AND BOYS

has just arrived. The entire line
goes at the following prices: :.
s 900 Mems Double breastedC e *
Cashmere Suit, special ~ u ~
S14.OO Mems Auburn Melton IN IN
Suits, special ............... IUsJU
$500 Mems All-wool Clay n *
Worsted Suit, special. $50. 0slJ
$1,000 Mems Unfinished Black
Worsted Suit, Silk Lined, + m
special Observation-Disclosures. IJsUU
SCI Set, s Special, Cotton .: vo'.:ea $50
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
DRY GOODS SPECIALS.

All fancy dark patterns in the best
grade of Table Oil Cloth, lQn
per yard. Observation-Disclosures. IUO
Fancy Huck Towels, size 16x33. On
Special price, 3 for. ......... LJO
1900 yards all-new patterns in best quail
ity Vicougna Cloth. Always I'M
sold at 1870 per yard. ...... IUG
1000 yards best quality and newest
styles in light and dark col i'm
ors of Outing Flannels, pr I'D lUO
CH1LDREN's UNDERWEAR. A good line.
worth up to 25c, the entire i'm
lot at each Observation-Disclosures. IUV
zoo pairs Mems Gloves. worth from
SOC to SIPS, to close at q less than the
regular marked price.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
THE new YORK STORE
Races Are to Continue for One Week, Begnni
Friday, August 25th.

Yes, know you will be interested IN this BIT Of Information
and you will take prominent part them. Everybody will be
we are giving You know selling right Read this ad.
then bring with you and money. Your dollar
always goes the farthest this We always buy and sell
for cash. We sell cheaper than merchants buy
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23
We ARE RECEIVING
new FALL STOCK
EVERY DAY.

We have new Carpets, Linoleums and
Oil Cloths, new Window Shades and
Lace Curtains, new Comforters, Quilts,
Blankets, etc. New Underwear, new
Clothing for Men, Boys and Children,
new Shirt Waists and Skirts, new
Shoes, new Dress Goods. The best
quality and lowest prices.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23

Martin AndersoI's five-year-
old daughter near Bowbells ate
a lot OF fly poison molasses
and arsenic - and nearly died.
She was unconscious for n time.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-23

We have full line of Hunters sup
plies, such as Hip Books, Waders,
Sweaters, Hunting Coats, Shells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

in a little better position to carry on their struggle for existence; give them better weapons and implements. lumber to make their dwellings dryer, instruc- tions in a few fundamental sanitary prin- ciples. and one or two items of civilized food, as coffee and biscuit, allies to rout the demons starvation and cold.
 Fortunately for them with no possess sions to excite cupidity, with land in which no one but themselves could con quer a living, they are likely to be left in peace, to live out the part appointed them by the Creator undisturbed by efforts to understand the white mans ideas of God. of right, of mortality, and uneontamnated by his vices or diseases till the Great Night ends forever and the Great Ice' dissolves In the convulsions of the last day
 Such are the people who, in uod's wis., dom, are destined perhaps, to be the in strument of solving the mystery of the centuries and giving to this country the last of the great geographical prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
LUCKY CHINAMAN
Borrowed Thirty Gents and Won $55oo
 in a Single Day.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Three days ago An Wing was a beggar on the streets of Chinatown, with an un- ,shaven beard and an empty belly. Yes lterday MT. An Wing set sail for China with money to burn-enough money to make him a bloated bondholder in his own country all the days of his life In three or four hours he had achieved the fortune that many of his fellow-coun- .trymen spend their lives in miserable slavery trying to amass, and then die baffled and disappointed in an alien land.
 Lottery heap good," think An Wing $ friends.
 His financial operations were in detail ss follows:
 In his hungry condition he made a s'touch"-not a difficult thing to do in generous hearted Chinatown Somebody loa..ed him 30 cents.
 He spent 5 cents for something to eat; 25 cents he invested in lottery ticket.
 Kind gods were with him. Oh, happy day! He marked a nine spot
 1t should be known that a Chinese lot tery ticket is little Chinese poem about the sun and moon. It has eighty charac- ters scrawled like turkey tracks for the words of the poem. You daub any mum ber of spots from nine to twenty, and the lottery company marks twenty for the drawing.
 An Wing was lucky enough to catch nine spots on a twelve-spot ticket
 His reward was $500.
 No sooner did he get the money thar he immediately invested $5 in another lottery ticket, one of the $5 kind. This time the new fortune that dogged hin fin so exceedingly wondrous way made him mark eight spots the same as the company. His second reward was s50Oo because he had paid so much more foi this ticket
 Great was the consternation in China town. The lotter company is capitalized for only Sl00Oo. Eight spots on a $5 tick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
ELLIS. ,yEWELEP. 10th St. & Ave. E. Ensley.

ct are not common; no one remembers
 such a thing happening before.
 The policeman in Chinatown corroo-
 crates this story. He saw An Wing cart
 ing off his money in an express wagon
 They paid him mostly in silver. He did
 not have to guard the money with gun, the way we should in our higher clVih- zation."
 He immediately put his money In the
 bank, bought letters of credit. engaged passage for China and left yesterday Tor San Francisco to catch the steamer lie will never return to this country unless
 he gets the yearning again. The lottery companies have been hard hit of late, this being the second big haul in two weeks. Another Chinaman won s2Oo0 recently. These are not the lotteries continually being raided by the
 police. They are exclusively for China men and are so protected that no prose- cution seems possible.
 Sensible white men stay away from Chinese lotteries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Three representatives of The Age Herald will be In EnsIey next Satur- day, October 2s, between 12:3o and l o'clock p. n1., and will present two dollar bill to each of the first three persons seen with a copy of The Age-HeraId of that mornings issue In his or her hand two dollar bill.
 These three representatives will start from a given corner, going In diff ferent directions, and will keep walk ina until a person is seen holding a Saturdays Aee-HeraId, whereupon he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
ATTENTION!

All cars at present running on 2oth street from 9th Ave. north to Ave. B south, will during the visit of the Presi. dent to B'ham. Got 24, use 18th St., lst Ave, 22nd St., Ave. B.-B'ham Ky. Lgt. & Power Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Notice.
Birmingham 4

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 21, 1905 Special Orders: Every member of Bat tery D" is hereby ordered to report at the armory at 2:30 p. m, Tuesday Octo- Der "A, in full blue uniform.
 No excuse will be accepted unless &C., companied with doctors certificate and apoved by General Clark, Brigade Commander By order Capt. J. R. Smith. F. F. Hooper, First Sergeant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
TRICK DOGS SKULL TREPHINEo
Power to Do Her Stunt Restored by
 Removing Brain Clot.

From the New York Tribune
 Part of the brain and skull of Cora, a trick dog, owned by Charles De Gamo. a vaudeville performer was removed yesterday at the Veterinary Hospital at 2lS East Eighteenth street. For some time her owner has been at loss to know why Cora could no longer pick out American from English coins, or do any of her other tricks. Several days ago he took her to the Veterinary Hos pital for examination.
 The x-rays revealed a large clot Of blood over the brain. The dogs skull was trephined by pr. Armstrong and about half cubic inch of the brain re- moved with the clot. A silver plate re- placed the piece of bone. The opera tion undoubtedly will be successful, says Dr. Armstrong, and the dog will be able to perform again soon. Dr. Armstrong; says 1t was the second time, to his knowledge that such operation has been performed on dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
AGE-HERALD WILL GIVE
 AWAY TWO DOLLAR BILLS

or she will be presented with bank note of the two dollar denomination with the compliments of The Age Herald.
 1t is not necessary that the first per son met be subscriber to The Age Herald, the only condition necessary being the holding in his or her hand a copy of The Age-Herad of Saturday, October 2e.
 Look out for the three Age-Herad representatives between 12:3o and 1 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Office over Bank of Ensley. Crown and Bridge Work a Speciality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Fair Grounds Transporta-

During the State Fair cars to the grounds will come im on Third Ave, to 18th St. i, along 18th to First Ave. along First Ave. to 20th St., along goth to Second Ave, along Second to 18th St., along 18th to Third Ave. and cut Third to the Fair. There will be a car every two nain- utes and more frequently if fsund necessary.
 Cut this out and preserve as reference.
 E. R. l.. & P Go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Character Sketches Is adapted to both old and young: useful to the student and literary man. as we'll as to the public al large.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-22
LADY CURZoN.

continue so to describe her. Her medl-
cal attendant has told her that her
only hope of regaining something like
her youthful contour of figure lies In
the practice of rigid self-denial with
respect to the dainties she enjoys
most. The Princess of Wales mas also
received hint from high medical
authority that she will some day be-
come second edition of her mother
the Duchess of Teck, who was enor-
mously fat, unless she practices fru-
gality in the line of confections.
The Duchess of ARGOS, formerly
Miss Virginia Lowry of Washington.
wife of the new Spanish ambassador
to Italy. arrived In Rome recently
from st. Petersburg, the former post
of her husband. On opening her
trunk it was discovered that it had
been robbed In transit of jewels val
ued at about $1,000. 1t is Supposed
that the robbery took place between
Turin and Rome. van Calva.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-22
NNEoTICUT SEA FIGHTER BEING BUILT BY GovERNMENT

ersby We're likely to be rolled in the
nearest mud puddle and the tendency
to break windows and trough house"
inns and alehouses became so pro-
nouneed that keepers Of shops and
taverns put up their shutters and Sc
eurely barred their doors. When RI
val bands met there was vast smash
ing of heads which afforded ample
practice for all the BARRIERS and
leeches In the neighborhood.
Matters went from bad to worse
until the public and authorities be-
came weary of reading the annual
list of dead and injured, and about
1890 the great Shrove Tuesday
matches died out. The game was
perIetuated In the colleges, but even
there 1t was no sport for weaklings,
as Is proved by the fact that as late
as 1915 hacking" or kicking an OPP
posing player ON the shlns, was al
lowed as one Of the finer points. The
Football Association formed In 1873
was the result Of the interest in ath-
letics aroused by the volunteer move
ment In England In 1860 and the
Rugby Union was formed In 1871.
The present rules In the United States
were evolved from those OF the Rug
by Union. as opposed to the "socker''
or Association style which has recent
" been exploited as a possible sub
stitute for the American game.
The daily tribune., 1905-12-22
An EarIy Print

The finding of a human footprint
said to be 10000 years old, in y Penn
sylvania collisry has led to the report
that a record In antiquity has been es-
tablished. But this IL thing Of yes
tor day, geologically speaking. The
day will como. the ethnoloxists say.
when mans age will be found recorded.
NOT in thousands Of years. but millions.
Even now they have traced him back
to prc-glacial days. How to express
that IL figures Is problem, but. at any
rats, they fix certain happenings In the
glacial period AZ 100000 years ago.
And in those days our forefathers. with
or without their tails, their three eyes
or fewer. were busy In Europe with the
mammoth and tho elephant. the girane
tho lion, tho tiger and species which
ho has outlived. Man was on the eartl
before vesuvius and Aetna reared
their fiery heads unto the skies. Ht
has been found with his works of ar'
buried n hundred feet deep In the gold
bearing gravols of California, overlait
by four successive lava streams from
VOLCANOES long extinct,
The daily tribune., 1905-12-22
PERFUMES FOR THE NOBILITY.
Ambassador Mhitelaw Reid Engages
Services of Earl's Son.

At one time Lady Curzon had the
reputation of spending more money
on perfumes than any other woman
in England 1t was said that she was
more extravagant in this respect than
Queen Alexandra whose perfume bills
amounted to something like $1,000 a
wear. Now, the story goes. the Ouch
ess of Roxburgh has become the
most extravagant purchaser of per-
fumery in the land. She patronizes
the heavy-scented essences OF the
East which are known to be most ex-
pensive. The cost of her daily bath
would, it is said, keep middle-class
family for a week. Lady CurZon
used these same essences at one time,
but she found them so expensive that
she decided to try cheaper extracts.
Queen Alexandra, too, has gone In
for retrenchment in the same direc-
ton. and she Is now satisfied with
the favorite scent of the late Queen
Victoria, which was a species of Law
ender water, specially prepared for
her by chemist at Windsor. The
Princess of Wales is also extravagant
in the use of scents and uses spe-
cial preparati ton made from violets
and other carefully cultivated flowers.
1t is strange that Lady Suffolk, for
merly Miss Letter of Washington. dis
likes scents, considering her sisters
passion for them.
Even royalty finds 1t necessary to
yield obedience to the Doctors orders.
The fiat has gone forth that Queen
Alexandra must eat no more sweet
things. In consequence, well-known
firm of London pastry cooks. who
have for many years supplied her
majesty with confectionery and other
tempting delicacies, have had their
order cancelled. For their loss of
trade the are consoled by the fact
that they are still allowed to display
the royal coat-of-arms, which fndi-
Gates that they are under royal pat
ronage. The Queen has loEg been III
ordlnately fond of sweets and CON
fections and has recklessly indulged
her appetite for them. That has pro-
duced an accumulation of superfiuOus
adpose tissue which even the most
expert of dressmakers are unable to
conceal. She is no longer slim and
wilowy, though English newspapers
The daily tribune., 1905-12-22
FOOTBALL ANCIENT SPORT.
ROOSEVELT'S NOT THE FIRST
ROYAL EDICT 10 PREVENT
ROUGH PLA YING.
English and Scottish Kings Nave
Debarred Game. Has Always Been
Roughest of Sports for Five Hum
dred Years--Shin Kicking Approved.

President Roosevelts attempt to
bring about a revision in the rules OF
the gridiron sport that 1t may be
played with less risk to the lives and
limbs of the contestants is after all
but revival of the caustic com
ments of Mt lenst two English sov-
ereigns who beat the President on
the revision business by several hun
dred years. Football is one of the
oldest of all the English pastimes, and
1t is even believed that the Greeks
and Romans had similar game.
Ever since it first made Its appear
ance 1t has been characterized by ex-
treme roughness ana has been the
subject of denunciations on the part
Of those who cared more for their
own safety and that of the players
than for the final score.
As early as 1914 football had be-
come SO popular IN London a. street
game and attracted SO many disord-
erly spectators that the staid old mer-
chants entered a vigorous protest.
KiRg Edward II wits on the throne
then and wasted no time dining the
football coaches or arguing about
the matter, He issued a proelama-
ticn In which he said:
"Forasmuch AS there Is great noise
in the city caused by hustlIng, over
large balls from which many evils
might arise, which God forbid, we
command and forbid ON the half of
the King, on pain OF Imprisonment,
such games to be used in the city In
tho future"
This terse and omlneus declaration
by more .aan Ave hundred
years the American legislators who
have come to the front In the past de
cade with bills to make football IL
legal In their States.
The sport may be rough and IN