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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
DECLARES DEATH
IS DUE TO POISON
coRoNER,s JURY AT HONOLULU
RETURNS A VERDICT IN THE
STANFORD INQUEST.
Finds That strychnine Was Placed in
Bottle by Unknown Persons with
Felonious Intent-No Motive Yet
Known for the Awful Deed.

jury Thursday night returned a verdict
that Mrs. Jane L. Stanford died an un-
natural death. The verdict says that
death was due to strychnine poisoning.
the poison having been introduced into
a bottle of bicarbonate of soda with
felonious intent by some person or per-
sons to the jury unknown. The end OF
the inquest with positive verdict OF
murder leaves the police of Honolulu
as much without clew as when Mrs.
Stanford died. The jury returned their
verdict after about two minutes de-
liberation.
Subject Of Adverse Criticism.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
to the effect that the death of Mrs.
Stanford was due to strychnine poison
ing is the subject of much adverse
criticism here. Many persons declare
that the evidence was lacking to sus-
tain the conclusion. of the jury as to
felonious intent. The verdict was
written out with the knowledge and
assistance of Deputy Hight Sheriff Raw
Inns and the jurors, who took less than
two minutes to arrive at the verdict.
Immediately signed their names.
To Be Thoroughly Probed.
San Francisco, March 1.-THE fact
that . the coroner's jury at Honolulu
decided that Mrs. Jane Stanford was
murdered by means of strychnine has
added interest to the mysterious case.
A conference was held here Friday be-
tween District Attorney Byington and
Mountford Wilson. attorney for the
late Mrs. Stanford, at which all the
phases of the situation were discussed
and it was determined to probe the
matter to the bottom. No intimation
of the proposed course of action has
yet been given GU.
Under Close Surveillance.
All the present and former members
in the Stanford household are being
closely watched. Chief of Police Spill
lane and Captain of Detectives Burnett
said that SO far as the gathering of
evidence in San Francisco regarding
the case was concerned the police de-
partment and local detective agency
had about exhausted their ,cs:orts.
No Motive Yet Discovered.
1--WE will not make any arrests to-
day." declared Capt Burnett, land per-
haps not for several days. We simply do
not know whom we can justly accuse and
hold. OF course we arc satisfied now
that crime has been committed. The
one gap in the case lies in the Honolulu
end of the story. Detective Reynolds,
of this department, and Capt. Callun-
dan will work to bridge it over. 1t is not
true as published that the police have
arrived at a conclusion as regards the
motive behind this crime. We are as
much in the dark relative to this i'm
portant phase as we were earlier in our
investigation. Neither is 1t true that
the detectives have been sent to Homo.
lulu to bring Miss Berner back. So far
as our investigation goes there is less
evidence against Miss Berner than any
Of those who occupied the Stanford resi-
dence on January IA, the date Of the
first attempt made to poison Mrs. Stan
ford.'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
! ouarles Takes Oath,

Washington, March 1O-Ex-S Senator
Quarles Thursday took the oath Of
Office as circuit Judge for the eastern
district ot WISCONSIN. M. &C..
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

There isn't much difference between .
trust and monopoly. When girl feels
that she can trust fellow she wants .
monopoly on -Philadclphia Record.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
building Blown to Pieces.

i Peoria, ILL.,. March II An8explosion
in the wheelhouse of the Buckeye Pow
derscompanyS at Edwards Thursday re-
duced thesbuilding to fragments and
caused property loss Of $4,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

It begins to look as though person
would have to be millionaire in order
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
[0I2[IW0NN

JUST SEND 1OC AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed CO., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great .catalog, worth
$4,000 to any wide-awake farmer. *. Ii
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
overworked People

overworked People
tism. Pains, Weakness, Blood or Nervous
disorders, Indigestion, etc, should take
Pushcck' s. Kuro. 1t is unqhestionably the
best medicine to-day for these diseases.
also for Nervous Debility. Insomnia and
Stomach troubles. Try it. Insist upon
your druggist always keeping P1sheck s.
Kuro on hand.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money II PA10
OINTMENT fails TO cure in to IA days. Soc.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

An engineer declares that $4,000
people now do the work with the aid
Of machinery which needed 16,OO0,OOO
people to do few years ago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

"a rub with alcohol is a great beauti-
fer says physician. In Maine the rub
comes when you try to get the alcohol
Portland Advertiser.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

1t is encouraging to read prophecies Of
an early spring, even though you don't
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
Profile t {. Canal

showing in different colors the work done
by the De Lessep Company, the French
Company which succeeded De Lessep's,
and the work which remains to be done BY
the United States Government.
Enclose ten cents to cover posta.,e and
mailing, and address,
wARafA J. LYNCH. General Passenger Agent,
Big Four Route.
tNap Dept.) CINCINNATI. o.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
Cooperstown Courier.
coopERsTowN. N, DAKOTA

A medical authority says that In
railway collisions the passengers who
are asleep escape the bad effect of
shaking and conclusion.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
FREE
Official Map,
History and Workings
of the
Panama
!. Canal

Map In three co3oss. 23 u Is inches.
This map which was prepared BY one
of the official engineers, shows in. COM
plete detail the topography of the 1stl,-
mus of Panama, mountains, rivers and
water courses on the scale of 1000 feet
to the inch, the location of the Canal and
present and future line Of the Panama
Railroad, the diversion of the Chagres
River, location of the controlling dam and
the famous Culebra Cut. Also
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16

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Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
TROLLEY CAR SMASHED
Ran Away On steep Hill With a
Funeral Party Aboard.

Kan Away on steep Hlli WIN
Funeral Party Aboard.
Lancaster, Pa, March 22.-While de-
scending a steep hill on the Lancaster
and Southern railway near Martic
Forge, about 20 miles south of this
city, a trolley car bearing a funeral
party ran away and was smashed tc
pieces. Not one of the 21 persons
aboard escaped injury. Thomas Cum
mings, aged so years, whose wife had
just been buried, was so badly injured
that he will die. The other more seri-
ously injured are John E. Herr, con-
ductor, cut about the head; Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Williams, of this city,
hurt internally, and Miss Rebecca
Moss, of this city, cut and bruised. All
the victims were brought to this city
for medical attention except Cum
mings, who could not be moved. He
was terribly crushed in the wreckago.
For a mile the car ran wild with
steadily increasing speed. At the foot
of the hill is a safety switch. When the
car struck this switch it was going
with such tremendous momentum that
while the wheels were caught and held
firmly, the body of the car shot from
the trucks and smashed against the
the high embankment along the track.
The passengers were buried in the
debris, some pinioned to the ground
and cut and bruised by glass and flying
timbers. Those who were able at once
went to the rescue of the seriously in
jured. Word was sent to the nearest
station for anothee car, but the vic
tins were without the services of a
physlclan until brought to this city.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
Horace Burt to Head Canal Commission

washington, March 2L-Horace G.
Burt, former president of the Union
Pacific railroad, will probably be the
new head of the Panama canal COM
mission, in charge of the construction
of the great isthmian waterway. His
nomination has been seriously consid-
cred by Mr.. Roosevelt for several days,
and it is understood that the offer has
already been made. or will be made
forthwith It is part of the plan of re-
organization which has been under
contemplation.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
russian OFFICIAL sHor sY aoY

Would-5e Assassin Seriously Wounds
Governor Miasorodoff at Viborg.
Viborg, European Russia. March Il.
Governor Miasorodoff was shot and
seriously wounded by a boy whose
identity has not been ascertained. The
assassin, who is about Is years Of age
obtained an entrance to the governors
ONCE and fred three times at him, one
bullet inflicting a serious wound and
the others slightly wounding the gov
ernOr's legs. The governors clerks and
secretary were unable to stop the
would-be assassin. who reached the
street where, however, he was arrest
ed without a struggle
The governors condition is critical.
The youth who shot the governor
has been identified as Matti Hjalmar
Reinikke, who admits that he is a
revolutiinist. He halls from Kurikke
parish. in the northwestern part of
Finland, but recently has lived in
Stockholm to avoid arrest on account
of his known revolutionary ideas. He
returned four days ago to Finland by
way Of Tornea, and spent three days In
Viborg, but declines to reveal his
stopping place.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
Nurse Dies Of Spinal Meningitis.

New York. March 21.-Close appli-
cation to duty in the face of grave
danger has cost the life of Miss Jessie
Blauvelt, aged % years, of Newburg,
N. Y, nurse in the Harlem hospital.
Death was due to cerebro spinal men
ingitis which Miss Blauvelt contracted
while nursing patients afflicted with
the disease. She was taken i'll last
Tuesday, and died at the Metropolitan
Ec~pital on Blackwell's Island.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
KILLED PLAYING INDIAN
Boy Shot Dead With a Rifle BY a
COMPANION.

Philadelphia, March 2O.-While a
half-dozen boys were playing Indian"
in the woods at Mount Airy, a suburb
of this city. Warren Carr, aged 16
years, was shot dead with a rife in
the hands of James Hawthorne, aged
II years. The bullet entered the boys
heart. The boy who did the shooting
ran away and has not yet been found.
All the other boys who saw the shoot
ing are held by the police as wit
nesses. They all declare that they did
not know the rifle was loaded, and
also said they believe that Hawthorne
also thought the rife was empty.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
Senator Allison Says It Will Be Called
Oct. I to Consider Rate Question.

Des Moines, Ia, March 21.-Senator
Allison is authority for the statement
that President Roosevelt will call con
gress in extra session October 1, two
months in advance of the regular ses-
sion, for the purpose of considering the
railroad rate question. Senator ALI
son also expressed his own views rela-
tive to the rate question. He stands
for empowering the commission to adj
Just rates, declaring that there are
many cases which are subject to cor
rection.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
Is Rennenkampff Surrounded? /?

London, March 22.-Russian official
circles in London, although without
official news. are inclined to credit
Harbin story published in Paris con-
Meeting the firing reported to have
been heard about seven miles south of
Tie Pass with General Rennenkampff'
division. The dispatch from Hardin
points out that the only explanation
of a canonnade in that locality is that
Rennenkampff has at length arrived at
Tie Pass, where the Russian armies
were ordered to rendezvous in case Of
retreat, but only to find the place occu-
pied by the Japanese. Consequently it
is feared that Rennenkampff is sur
rounded.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
cordova,s BAL s4oo0.

New Brunswick, N. j., March 22.--
Bail was fixed at $4,000 for ]. F. Cor
dova, the former Methodist minister.
who was convicted and sentenced to
four years Imprisonment for abandon
ing and assaulting his wife. In fixing
the bail, Judge Strong said: Il want
to make it impossible for him to get
away very easily" Cordova has ap-
pealed from his sentence.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24

to wait fossist u.s."
fore her piamb Thrown Among Warsaw Soldiers
Senate can warsaw. March PA bomb thrown
n the window OF a house in Volsk
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
General Macarthur at the Front.

With the Japanese Left Armies.
March %, via Fusan.-General MacAr-
thur, the American military observer
with the japanese armies. and Captain
Parker W. West, his aide-de-campw who
left Toxic March for the front have
reached General Oku's headquarters.
General Macarthur said: Il cannot ex-
press my appreciation Of the kindness
OF the Japanese officials. Everywhere
tt,o,, have do,a avarvtbiDor noeeibIe IN
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24

street at 3 o'clock in the evening ex-
ploded in the midst Of passing patrol
composed of police and infantry. Six
soldiers and two policemen were dan
gerously wounded. They were removed
to the military hospital. The assailant
escaped.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
Muet Hold sunaarl RrIdae.


st. Petersburg, March 22.-General
Linevitch's headquarters has been es-
tablished for the present at Chen-Chia-
Wa-Tzu, situated at the crossing Of the
Sungari river, whence he is directing
the retreat Of the three Russian armies
and disposing Of the fresh troops of the
Fourth corps just arriving from Euro
pean Russia
The protection of the Sungari bridge
IS vital to the salvation of the army, as
the river is not fordable below Kirin.
Once the line of the river is passed and
the bridge blown up the Japanese pur-
suit will, it is thought, be effectually
checked.
At the same time the Second army
is falling back on the line of the rail-
road, while the First and Third armies,
with the transport, are retreating along
the Mandarin road to Kirin, both de-
stroying bridges and roads, denuding
the country behind them and making
it impossible for the Japanese to live
in the immediate wake of the retreat
without their own cOmmissariat.
Apparently it is a question as to
which army will outmarch the other,
although the general staff seriously
doubts the ability of Field Marshal
Oyama's fatigued soldiers, with the diff
ficulties of getting guns, ammunition
and provisions over the ruined roads,
to continue the pursuit energetically.
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
lKUROPATKIN GOES
BACK TO The FRONT
Appointed Commander of the First
Manchurian Army.
LINEVITCH GETS FRESH TROOPS

st. Petersburg. March 22.-General
Kuropatlin has been appointed COM
mander of the first Manchurian army
The appointment is gazetted in the
Oficial Messenger today.
Kuropatkin is still considered by
many, in spite of his series Of reYerses,
the best general and foremost strate-
gist OF the Russian army. Sinking all
feeling of personal bitterness because
of his suppression and all the old
time enmity between himself and Cen
eral Linevitch in a patriotic desire to
be Of service to the fatherland, the
former cOmmander-in-chief volun-
teered to remain in any capacity with
the army which he had so long COM
manded. The tender has been accepted
by Emperor Nicholas and gratefully
received by the new leader of the
grand army.
The change exactly reverses the old
order of affairs, when Kuropatkin was
the supreme leader and Linevitch di-
rected the first army.
Authoritative news of this remark
able step was known in Manchuria
much earlier than in St. Petersburg.
General Kuropatl1in, having paused on
his homeward journey at Hardin,
started southwark the afternoon OF
March 90, amidst a most remarkable
farewell from residents of Harbin and
soldiers who are on the way to fill out
the ranks of the depleted army. The
send-off was a mere foretaste of what
awaits General Kuropatkin at the
front; and his self-sacrifcing deter
mination and the equally patriotic
course of General Linevitch in accept
ing the service rendered are bound to
do wonders for the re-inspiratiOn of
the emperor's legions and give promise
of union and harmony at the council
table which that army has hitherto
lacked.
The retreat is apparently progress
ing uneventfully No dispatches of mo-
ment were received yesterday.
Little weight is placed here on the
deduction drawn at certain European
capitals from the dispatch announcing
that cannonading had been heard to
the south of Tie Pass, that General
Rennenkampff's corps, endeavoring to
rejoin the main army, had been inter-
cepted south of Tie Pass. AS stated
yesterday morning, the dispatch in
question undoubtedly was erroneous,
and it may be pointed out that several
correspondents at the front have men
toned the orderly retreat of General
Linevitch's army, and asserted that it
effected a concentration at Tie Pass,
with scarcely a straggler missing, but
made no mention of the absence Of so !
we'll known a fighter as Rennenkampff.
In addition the Associated Press cor
NJ. Toluzakoff, who was
with Rennenkampff's command during
the battle, has arrived at general head
quarters Slightly wounded.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-23
The Poor Worm Must Die.

However, in the silk worm culture,
where the cocoons are gathered Tor
their silk alone, ii Is necessary TO XIII
the worm before it breaks the tiny
threads This is done quickly, however,
by either the use of hot, moist air or
steam, or the modern painless method
of destructive gases. The methods or
reeling the silk from the cocoons vary
according to the country where the In
dustry thrives.
The history of silk culture in the
United States dates far back to the
days of the early cOlonists of Virginia,
South Carolina and Georgia, while 1t
was introduced in New England
about the year 1860. In 1901, Secre-
tary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, after visit to the South
investigating agricultural conditions
and possibilities, came to the conclu-
sion that something should be done to
ameliorate the condition of the ex-
tremely poor people of that section,
and particularly the colored race.
Silk culture was among the ideas
which suggested themselves to him,
and his interest in that line led to an
appropriation by Congress of $4,000
to continue the Investigations of the
subject. Congress during its session
of 1902-1903 repeated the appropria-
ton. and additional appropriations
have been since made.
Good Outlook for New Industry.
1t is believed that there are many
portions of the United States well
adapted to silk raising, many places
which might we'll become silk cen
ters, where labor can be employed
at rates comparable to
those of Southern Europe. The estab-
lishment of a silk mill in such a loca
ton is believed feasible by the De-
partmpnt officials, and can be made to
pay. Foreign capital is becoming in
terested in the subject. the proprietor
of a large estate in Italy especially
giving the matter careful considera-
ton. What the success of silk cul-
ture would mean in the United States
might well be indicated when it is
learned that nearly $100,000,000 was
sent out of this country to be eXpend-
ed in the purchase of both raw silk
and the manufactured article.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-23

FRANK II: HITCHCOCK. FIRST AS
SISTANT GENERAL.
eating the Government Printing Office
and which will further look into the
question of duplication of work by the
various bureaus and branches of the
government at Washington.
While these advances have been
gratifying to Mr. Hitchcock's friends
and doubtless to himself, they have en-
tailed severe extra work. When he
left the department of Agriculture to
become chief clerk of the Department
of Commerce and Labor he still had
several uncOmpleted publications of
the former Department which occupied
all his spare evenings for months. Up
on Secretary COrtelyou's resignation
from the Department of Commerce and
Labor to engage in the work of elect
ing Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Hitchcock went
with him as his principal assistant, his
uncOmpleted duties, however. still fol-
lowing him as they had previously and
were not even completed upon
his appointment to the Post Office De
partment. 1t is doubtful if he has yet
caught up with important lines of
statistical work which he undertook
to do prior to accepting his present APP
pointment.
Mr.. Hitchcock is very properly de-
scribed in current number of
1.-THE World To-day" as 1.-THE man with
out pull" as his remarkable rise in
the service of the government has been
the result of ability unaided by polit-
zeal influence. His qualifications are
perhaps most correctly summed up in
the words of Secretary Wilson, who. in
expressing regrets at his loss to the
Department of Agriculture, said:
"He has industry, application and in
| telligence He is n born organizer can
pick good men, tell them what to do
| and how to do it, and get the best
work out of them. He is of a class
not big crowd-that make themselves
| indispensable. The government can't
get along without men like Mr.. Hitch
cock"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-23
LARGE CROPS AND CHEAPER
RATES.

The farmers of the Northwest are
jubilant not only over their large c"TrS.
but the reduction of the transpt
ton charges. The reduction of
rates, according to a st. Paul dispa
ranges from five cents hume
pounds from the most distant poi
to half cent from points nearest -
Paul and the head of navigation on the
Great Lakes. These rates are going
into operation over two trans-conti-
mental railroads, and it is said they will
be met by all other roads doing bust
ness in the same territory and tribu-
tary to it, With the large North
western wheat crop of two hundred or
so million bushels, the aggregate Of
this in favor of the farmers reduction
is a large one. There can be no in
crease of rates made elsewhere, 1t Is
stated. to even the receipts up in the
interests of the railroads. The reduc-
tion is looked upon as one Of the evo-
buttons in transportation.