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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
GUILTY
ST. PAUL ALLEGED DOUBLE MUIR.
DERER ADMITS COMMITTING
ONE CRIME CHARGED.

st. Paul, May 9.-Edward Colt
schalk, charged with killing Christian
H. Schindeldecker, the West Seventh
street butcher, Feb. 10 last, and after
ward numbering Joseph Hartmann, his
alleged accomplice in the crime. plead
Cd guilty before Judge Lewis to killing
Hartmann. Sentence was deferred.
Hartmann was slain on Pike island
Feb. Il with a heavy instrument, prob
ably an ice pick. Heavy fatirons
were tied to his feet and his body
thrown into the Mississippi river.
According to G%ottschalk Hartmann
planned the Sch~indeldecker robbery
and the young fellow entered the
butcher shop and killed the butcher
while Gottschalk remained on the out
side in the street. Hartmann came
out and told Gottschalk what he had
done, much to Gottschalk's surprise
and dismay. Gottschalk then tried to
avoid Hartmann, but the actual muir
derer persisted in following him about.
Gottschalk on the Monday following
the murder went to Pike island and
Hartmann trailed after him. Gott-
schalk could not rid himself of Hart
mann. Finally Hartmann produced a
razor and made a savage attempt to
kill Gottschalk. In s~elf-defense Colt
schalk killed Hartmann and threw his
body into the river.
The self-defense story, however
plausible, does not comport with a
plea of guilty to murder in the first
degree.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
RATHER THAN SURRENDER.
Employers Declare They Will Let
Business Stagnate.

Chicago. May &C. H. Conover.
vice president Of Hubbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Co., said that the employ
ers of Chicago are agreed to lock up
their doors and let business stagnate
rather than surrender to the Team
sterS' union. This. he said, would be
the rule of his own house. The state
ment was brought out by a report that
the company was about to return to
union drivers.
Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett, after
making a tour of the shopping dis
trict, where he believed rioting might
be likely to follow the greatly in
creased delivery plans of the retail
merchants, said:
"The serious trouble seems to be
over. The strike situation is now
well in the hands of the authorities
and I look for a continuation of COM
parative quiet and tranquility. l am
glad that the employers have decided
not to engage any more negroes.
When | was brought into this matter
for conference | unhesitatingly in
formed the merchants that the use of
negroes for strike breakers was caus-
ing more rioting than any other factor
in the fight to win from the unions"
President Charles Dold OF the Fed
GRAFTON of Labor denied with force and
accuracy a statement from a member
of the Employers association that the
employers had already Won the strike.
''The unions have not touched at the
edge OF their resources yet" said Pres
ident Dold. ''The strike has not been
won by the Employers association.
The unions have only started. They
know they have a big fight and ex-
pect a long n There is no surren-
der thought Of"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday, MAY 8.


Expert calculations show that the
peasant debts RENTED by the recent
Russian imperial decree amount to
about $45, 900, 00O.
Charles Edward Speed, president of
the First National bank of Pittsburg,
and widely known throughout the
financial world. is dead.
Articles of Incorporation of the
United Shoe Machinery corporation.
with a capital stock of $4,000, 900,
have been filed at Paterson, N. J.
Nearly 1000 women from all parts
Of the country Tuesday inaugurated at
Philadelphia the eighth annual con.
gress of the Women's Whist league.
Bishop Favier, whose defense Of the
Peitang cathedral was one of the bril-
liant episodes of the Picking siege dur,
ing the Boxer troubles, is dead at
Picking.
Work on nearly all the large build.
ings now under construction in Brook.
lyn has been stopped by a strike of hod
carriers, bricklayers and plasterers'
laborers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
ISAAC PERRY ACQUITTED.
Found Not Guilty Of Setting Fire to
Plant at Heuewich, Ill.

Chicago, May 6.-Isaac Perry, who
has been or trial charged with having
set fire to the Chicago Car and Loco
motive plant at Hegewich, ILL.,, to Sc
cure the insurance money on the plant,
was acquitted by a jury in Judge Kers-
tens court during the day. The jury
was out only ten minutes. The a
and locomotive works, which were
burned down several months ago, had
been shut down for some time. MI.
Perry, who vas president of the Ma
tional Bank of North America, was
also an officer Of the Hegewich con-
Germ. The bank of which Mr.. Perry
was an officer had loaned the concern
several hundred thousand dollars and
Mr.. Perry was charged with setting
fire to the plant to secure the insur-
ance money to meet the claim of the
bank.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
THIRD TRIAL OF NAN PATTERSON
ENDS WITHOUT A VERDICT
BEING REACHED.

New York, May 4.-Having failed to
reach a verdict and declaring that they
were hopelessly disagreed, the jury in
the Nan Patterson case was formally
discharged at 2:20 o'clock Thursday
morning.
1t is understood that a majority of
the jury was for acquittal, but in what
proportion cannot be ascertained.
Miss Patterson collapsed on the
jury's announcement and tainted dead
away. She was assisted from the court
by n of her counsel and several court
attendants and revived in an ante
room.
Future procedure in the case is I'M
certain. The district attorneys office
may not attempt another trial. Should
this be the cas- Miss Patterson would
be released either on nominal bail or
under her own recognizance and the
Indictment eventually be quashed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
FLEETS ARE UNITED
NAVAL DIVISIONS OF ROJEST.
VENSkY AND NEBOGATOFF
JOIN FORCES.

st. Petersburg, May 9.-According
to dispatches to the admiralty brought
to Saigon by the hospital ship Kostro-
ma, the junction of Vice Admirals Ro-
~1estvensky and Nebogatoff is by this
time an accomplished fact. The ad-
miralty processes ignorance Of the
present location Of the united squad
rons but in view of the long and I'M
interrupted voyage of Nebogatoff's di-
vision, it is believed his ships will
spend some time in sheltered waters
OF the Chinese sea neal the coast, but
outside the three-mile limit, in order
to complete final ~recoaling and other
preparations before setting out on the
last and crucial stage of the voyage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
APPEAR OFF
Vessels Of VIadivostok Fleet Burr
Small Sailing Craft.


Toxic, May 6.-Four Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers from V~ladivostok
have appeared westward of Hokkaido.
They seized and burned a small sail
ing vessel and imprisoned the captain
and disappeared to the northwest.
They we're evidently returning to
E~ladivostok. There is a possibility
that they have destroyed other small
craft, although no reports to that eff
feet have been received.
The object of their visit is not clear.
It is thought that probably they hoped
to torpedo the Japanese patrol at
night and it is also suggested that the
W~ladivostok vessels plan a diversion
to assist the feet of Admiral Rojest-
vensky.
Although none has been sighted it
Is believed the larger vessels of the
M~adtAostok squadron accompanied the
t9rpsdD boats. 1t is doubted that the
nrbefo boats would venture across
ufsescorted in the heavy sea which
was running when they burned the
sailing vessel.
All the crew of this vessel except
the captain, who vas captured, sue
ceeded in landing, but a steamer dis
patched to the rescue of the burning
derelict was forced to return on &C.
poured kerosene on the deck of the
sailing vessel and withdrew after hav-
ing ignited the surface Of the oil.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
NORTH DAKOTA Npu,
'TEMs OF A WEEK FROM vAp,o,.
PARTW OF THE STATE
Recent Developments Indicat. -,
tho Red River Valley Universi,,
May Not Be Removed
From Wahpeton,

Recent developments in tbo n,
River Valley university remova, ~ nv
troversy indicate that the matte, ~ S'
be finally adjusted to the satisfso. sl
of those interested in the school wy
chat the university will remain Aa
Wahpeton. For four or five mor,,'
the Methodists of the state have hss
agitated by the talk Of remova, ~,
many towns in the state have had WV sa
billions to be the home OF the MethoS,s
institution. The agitation was st.s
ed by DR.. Robertson, president Of fl,
Wahpeton school, and President Mar
field of the state university, VII,
evolved a plan for a%ttiliating the tvo IN
situations. The school at WabDe,m
was to be closed and the Methodiss
were to build a small building on ts
state university campus and nav tn
or three professors who were to teach
Bible history and other branches M
in the curriculum Of the state scbm
At a meeting of the board of trustee,
In March it was voted to move, but n
what place was not decided. sips
that time opposition to the Grand
Forks plan has been growing stronger
and at a meeting two weeks ago thu
board Of regents of the state %universih
refused to 1ndorse the memoranda A.
fara6 into hv tha nracidantc 30 IL.
two institutions. This action prse
tically kills the afiliation idea. It an
pears that DIR. Robinson is now Willing
to work with Wahpeton in an attempt
to retain the school, provided Wahpe
ton will be liberal in it's support, and
provided he and the local church mem.
bers can come to an amicable agree
ment. The Commercial club has the
affair in charge and liberal subscrip
lions are coming in.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
OYAMA Is PREPARED
JAPANESE COMMANDER READY
TO ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE
ON A LARGE SCALE.
Advance Divisions of Mikado's Forces

Advance Divisions of Mikado's Forces
Already in Contact With the Rus.
slams in What May Be the Prelude
to Another Big Battle-cossack Divi.
sion Compelled to Retire by supe-
rior Force of Japs.
Fenghushshieng, Manchuria, May 6.
Field Marshal Oyama seems ready
to assume the offensive on a large
scale and activity already has begun
against General Linevitch's left. This
may be the prelude to another general
battle. The Japanese have concen-
trated heavy columns on the Lao river
and their advance divisions have been
in contact with the Russians, who are
Holding the main road from Fakoman
to B~ashienchen.
On Thursday the Japanese cavalry
suddenly attacked a Cossack division
In overwhelming force, compelling the
latter to retire. Then, supported by in
fantry, the Japanese advanced and
drove the Russian infantry out Of the
village of Palitoun.
A Russian accommodating party
twenty miles further west fell into an
ambush and all except five were killed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Rain Beneficial to Wheat.

Nearly every section of the state has
had more or less rainfall in the past
week. The rain was not needed in
the Red river valley proper, but It
comes at an opportune time to start
the wheat evenly and pack the soil
after seeding. Conditions all through
the state have been greatly benefited
by the moisture and the outlook is very
encouraging because of the large
acreage and the early date at which
the wheat was sown. In ONE sec.
tons of the state quite a heavy snow
fall was recorded and it proved fully
as beneficial to the crops as did the
rain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Saturday, May 6.

Addison P. Brewer, one of the prom
inent and wealthy 1umbermen of Mich.
lgan, is dead at Saginaw, aged seventy
nine years.
Safeblowers secured $1,000 in cash
and nearly $4,000 worth of merchan.
disc at the general store of Todd &
Bosch at Alexandria, Ky.
The Wisconsin state senate has
killed the bill requiring formulas of
all patent medicines to be printed on
packages in which the medicines are
sold.
1t is stated that the recent purchase
OF the Ann Arbor railroad from the
Wabash interests was for the Detroit
Southern and that the two lines short
ly will be merged.
The New York senate has passed the
bill extending the term of the mayor
and other elective officers of New
York city from two to four years. The
measure already has passed the as
sembly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Two Laborers Killed.

Two laborers, Fred Thompson and
J%enfoit, were killed while stealing a
ride in a lumber car one night last
week in the Great Northern yards at
Minot, by the lumber in the car slid
ing, crushing them both to death. They
were on their way from Williston TO
st. Paul. Thompson has relatives a!
Hamilton, N. D. Jenfoit had a letter
on his person from j. Harrison OF the
Metropolitan Commercial college, MIN
neapolis. The bodies were horrlO!
mangled and were taken to the eli!
morgue.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
DEATH IN WIND STORM.
Number of Persons Perish in Indian
Territory.

tSttiSO
Muskegee, l. T., May GA number
OF persons are reported killed, many
injured and much damage wrought to
property as a result of a fierce storm
in various parts of Indian Territory.
Wires are down and names and de-
tails are lacking.
At Owl. $50 miles southwest of
South McAlester. eight persons r
said to have been killed and a dozen
injured. At that place nearly every
building is reported wrecked. Pro-
fessor Binson. a teacher, is reported
fatally hurt and many pupils are said
to have been injured. 1t is believed
that none of them will die. Among
the buildings wrecked were a church,
which was wholly demolished, three
business houses and twenty resi-
dences.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Cass County May Be Sued.

Cass county is likely to become III
volved in a lawsuit as a result OF Inc
commissioners decision to dispense
with the services of Architect Bell u
Helena as supervising architect OF le
new courthouse being erected on plans
furnished by him. He was engaseu
to supervise the construction at IL
per cent, and has served in thal "a
pacity for some time. 1t is SAID le
terms of his contract with the coau'!
are rigid, and that he will be aDle
collect.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
WEALTHY WIDOW SUICIDES.
Unfortunate Love Affair Cause o
Rash Act.

New York, May 6.-Mrs. J. w. Gray,
believed to be wealthy and said to be
the widow of a Chicago broker and
who was described by her friends as a
remarkably beautiful woman, commit
ted suicide in the Hotel Imperial here
by shooting. She was found lying un-
conscious before a mirror in her bed
room with a bullet wound in her head
and died a few hours later at a hos
pital without regaining consciousness.
letters left by the suicide indicated
that she was the victim of an unfortu-
nate love affair and that, although
possessed of ample means, she had no
desire to live without the man she
loved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
NAMES ARE SUPPRESSED.
Illinois Grand Jury Indicts Standard
Oil Officials.

Peoria, ILL.,, May 6.-The grand jury
at Pekln, ILL.,, has returned indictments
against two high officials of the Stand
ard Oil company. Requisition papers
will be asked of Governor Deneen.
The names have been suppressed.
The two officials are charged with
having induced one Charles Kersher to
swear that he owned a horse and
wagon, which really belonged to the
Standard Oil company, in order to
force Fred Hamsuit, a resident of Pc
kin. to quit selling the product of the
Royal OH company, a competitor OF
Che Standard OIL company.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Farmer Dies of Burns.

John Bergerson, a farmer living II
Latona township, near Park h,e''
died from burns received while trsinS %
to save his horses. His lantern 10.
from a rafter, setting the barn ~
fire. MIR. Bergerson succeeded III -,
ing two of his horses, but in trylls ="
get the third out his clothes were
on fire. He suffered terrible asoAa
and died a few hours after. re wa
bachelor, about sixty-five years ou'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Freight Train Hits Street Car.

Philadelphia, May G.-An unknown
woman was killed and three men in.
jured, two of them seriously, in a
grade crossing accident. A freight
train on the Philadelphia and Reading
railway crashed into a summer ear
which was well filled with passengers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, May 8.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.60@6.75; poor to me-
dunn, $4.4O@5.4O; stockers and feed
ers, $2.75@5.0O; cows and heifers, 81
75@5.oO; calves. $3.00@6.OO. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $5,4O@5.5O; good
to choice heavy, $5.40M5.E2k; light,
$5.20m5.47A. Sheep-Good TO choice
Wethers, shorn, $A.40@5.00; Western,
sheep, shorn, $4.00@5.O0; native
lambs, shorn. $4,0O0GOO; Western,
$5.75W7.l0.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
ALL ON BOARD PERISH.
Barge Moonbeam Goes Down in a Gale
OF Point Judith.

Newport, r. l., May 4.-The tug Ger
trude put into this harbor during the
day and reported the loss Of the barge
Moonbeam off Point Judith during the
night with all on board, including the
captain, engineer, steward and two
children of the captain. Captain Haly-
burton of the towboat did not know
the names of any of those drowned.
The Moonbeam was being towed
hom Hoboken to Providence with a
cargo of coal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Tuamen Out in Sympathy.

Chicago, May Ga strike of tug
men in sympathy with the teamsters
began during the day and river traffic
of the Peabody Coal company and
other concerns was interrupted. Mem
bers Of the Tug Linemen's union and
Licensed Tugmen's union refused to
work on tugs doing lighterage work
for the %boycotted places. The strike
was not called officially.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
WIFE AND CHILDREN KILLED.
Minnesota Farmer Leaves Dynamite In
Kitchen Stove,

Kitchen Stove.
st. Cloud, MINI, May 4.-One wo-
ma and two children were instantly
killed and one boy probably fatally
injured on q farm three miles from
Bridgman by the explosion Of dyna-
mite.
James Hunter was clearing his farm
Of stumps, using dynamite for the pur-
pose. Before he went to work he put
a stick Of dynamite in the kitchen
stove to warm 1t. Soon after this he
found it necessary to change his plans
and go to town for some repairs. for
getting to take the dynamite from the
stove.
Soon after Hunter left his wife and
three children, who were in the
kitchen, were blown up by al explo,
sion, which instantly killed the mother
and two children. A boy about six
years old was blown through a win
dow and thus escaped instant death.
He will die, however.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
PAT GROVE AT OMAHA.
Alleged kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy
Returns Home.

Omaha, May 6.-Pat Grove, alleged
kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy, son of the
millionaire packer of Omaha, and for
whose arrest rewards ag%gregating $780,
600 have at different times been Of
fered, has returned to this city after
an absence of four years.
Grove stated that he had served in
the Boer war, fighting with the Beers.
He returned to this country after the
war and has lived continually, accord
ing to his statement, in a South Side
flat in Chicago. He says he has been
in Chicago nearly three years and that
he has visited Omaha on three differ
ent occasions during that time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Tuesday,, Nav O.

reports from all sections of Califor-
MIA tell of splendid crop conditions.
The Grand Trunk railway machin-
lists from Montreal to Port Huron.
Mich, are out on strike. Twenty-Five
hundred men are involved.
Edoardo Rubini Swinfin Jarvis, bet.
ter known as Edoasdo Rubini, once a
distinguished singer and teacher of
vocal music, is dead in New York city
at the age of sixty-three years.
George w. Lyon, surveyo of the
port OF New York under President Har-
rison and more recently judge of a
minor court in the Philippines, is dead
at the home OF his son in Saybrook
Conn.
Charles Pease, eighteen years old;
Richard Meade, sixteen. and Charles
Chappelie, twelve, all of South Wind.
sor, Conn, are missing and are be.
neved TO have been drowned In the
Connecticut river.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
MARKET
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, May S.-Wheat-May,
S1.02A; July, 96A @96%c; Sept,
80hc. On track-No. 1 hard, $1.O7%;
No. l Northern, $1.05A @1.05A; No. 2
Northern, $1.O1A @1.Q2M.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
MAYOR DuNNE ASSURES GOV.
ERNoR THAT EVERYTHING IS
QUIET AT CHICAGO.
Large Increase in the Number of WAC.
Rather Than Surrender to Strikers

Chicago, May Ex-Governor Deneen
and Mayor Dunno had a talk over the
long distance telephone during the
day and the mayor assured the gov
ernor that everything was quiet and
there "a no need for the militia.
The city and county authorities
claim to have he situation we'll in
hand. Sheriff Barrett now has 500
deputies (all white), who are aiding
the 1000 policemen on strike duty.
After walking through the streets and
watching the moving v of wag-
n and the diminished number of fol-
lowers the sheriff came to the con
clusion that peace is near. The lead
ers of the teamsters, however, say that
the strike has not been won by the
Employers association.
Many additional wagons were moved
during the day and the deliveries
down town and in the residence dis
tricts were largely increased. The
threats of the police to arrest those
who follow escorted wagons has had
an excellent effect.
A sympathetic strike of tugmen,
which will interfere with coal deliv-
cry on the river. was the only addi-
ton to the ranks of the teamsters.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Trip Beneficial to Kaiser.

Berlin, May G.-Telegrams from
Karlsruhe, where Emperor William ar.
cived during the evening, describe him
rs much benefited by his Mediter-
samoan trip. His naturally pale face
mas become really Drowned by ex.
lposure to the Southern sun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
ONLY ONE PERSON Persisted.
Steamer Arkansas Sunk in Collision OF
Vineyard Haven.


Vineyard Haven, Mass, May s.
With the arrival here of the tug Pa
tience came news of one of the most
remarkable marine disasters in the
history OF Vineyard sound shipping.
The Joy line steamer Arkansas, bound
from Boston for New York, was struck
by the coal laden barge G%lendower, in
tow from Philadelphia for Boston, and
sunk less than fifteen minutes later,
but out OF forty-seven passengers and
a crew OF Twenty-Five on the steamer
only n life was lost. Miss Mamie
Kelley. twenty.seven years of age, resi-
dence unknown, was missing when the
roll OF passengers was called.
rev OF the passengers saved any
thing except their clothing and small
hand baggage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, May 8.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.50@6.O0; common to
fair, $4.50@5.25; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.75@4.75; veals, $2.OO@
4.25. Hogs-$5.10@5.3O. Sheep-Good
to choice y%earlings, $4.50@5.50; good
to choice native lambs, $5.25@6.OO.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May S.-Wheat-'To arrive
No. / Northern, 96c. On track-No. /
Northern, CSC; No. 2 Northern, 500
92hc; May, 96c; July, 94Ac; Sept,
8012c. Flax-To arrive, on track and
May. $1.40; July, $1.39; Sept, $1.2S;
Oct, S1.27A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-11
DR.. KOCH NOT THE MAN.
Asa P. Brooks Says Defendant Did Not
Kill Gebhardt.

Mankato, Mimi, May 5.-"The man
l saw bending over the form of DR..
Gebhardt as gazed through the tran
som on the night Of Nov. 1, 19O4-the
night of the murder-was not the de-
PENDANT, DR.. KOCH"
Asa p. Brooks, the New Ulm news
paper man, who is the only direct wit
ness in the Koch murder trial, made
this statement during the afternoon
while on the stand.
Unless Brooks testimony is impeach-
ed in such a forceful style as will leave
little doubt as to it's lack of authen-
ITCHY, it will prove a Gripping blow to
the prosecution.